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Says the I.cs Angeles Herald:
"Queen Alexandra having set tho
fashion. It is now good form to wear
the gaiter on the left arm. But will
the contraption still be a garter? Why
not call it a bracelet or a surcingle?"
A queer will case lias just been de
cided by the courts In Minnesota. The
witnesses to the instrument bad
stepped through a doorway Into a
room adjoining that in which the
testator Iny at the time of the signing
of the will, and bad allixed their sig
natures at a table about ton feet
from tho testator, but just out of Ills
sight. It was testified, however, that
be was sitting ou the side of bis bed
at the time, and could have seen the
witnesses by stepping forward two
or three feet. The attestation and
subscription of the will under these
circumstances were sustained.
Now that rural free delivery is no
longer regarded 11s an experiment, but
has been established as a permanent
enterprise, It is time for the Postolllce
Department to take up the questiou
of increased compensation for the car
riers. The pay of this class of em
ployes is now S3OO a year, for which
the carrier must provide a horse and
wagon. The daily service (except
Sundays) Is a twenty-mile drive, which
occupies an average of six consecu
tive hours. Whatever may be the de
cision as to the amount of the pay,
there is no reason why the monthly
check should not he sent promptly. It
has become the eustom of the Gov
ernment to remain a full mouth in
arrears.
Senator Daniel, of Virginia, lives In
very modest style lu Washington. He
cannot afford to spend much money,
because everything he gets goes to
ward the payment of his father's
debts. Daniel has spent thirty years
paying off these debts, aud it will
probably he a life work. Ills father
was Judge William Dauiel, of Lynch
burg. lie was considered well-to-do,
hut when he died it was found that
his fortune had been swept away in
the panic of 1573, and thnt his liabili
ties were more than SIOO,OOO in ex
cess of the assets. Although Senator
Daniel could have repudiated these
debts, lie chose to assume them. Thnt
was nearly thirty years ago, and all
that thne Senator Daniel lias been
paying off the debts with Interest.
A Pica For Single Ilcds.
Two in a bed is the usual custom of
sleeping, lu the United States at least,
and also in Canada and England. But
In German and France, says Good
Housekeeping, single beds are the
rule. Tlie latter plan is more health
ful and comfortable. It is gradually
comiug into use In this country.
Single beds involve more linen, more
work in making beds and more wash
ing, liut I never knew a family to re
turn to the old plan after once giving
single beds a fair trial. Especially in
summer Is the single bed to be pre
ferred, or even sleeping 011 the floor,
to two in a bed. Many lamilics de
clare they never knew what comfort
was, during tho hot summer nights,
until they adopted the single beds.
I might add a word of protest agaiuat
allowing babies or young children to
sleep with old people. The latter cer
tainly draw upon the vitality of the
former. This is probably true as be
tween any bedfellows ono of whom
is sickly or less strong than the other.
Consumption nnd other diseases have
often been communicated from ouo
bedfellow to another.
He is the freeman whom the truth
makes free, and ail arc slaves besides.
There are more newspapers publish
ed in lowa, in proportion to the popu
lation, than in any other State of the
Union. Massachusetts, so long at the
head of the list, will have to give tin
first place to the Hawkeye State, for
in proportion to its population, lowa
has more than twice as many news
paper publications as Massachusetts
aid many more thau a large uuiiibe>
■j other States.
SONG OF THE SHOVEL.'
The friends I have are deserving friend*.
And I serve them well I ween,
The hands that hold me are honest hand*
Ee they ever so gnarled and lean;
Oh. birth and position are naught to mc—
If proud, they must earn my scorn—
For I set them free, under God's decree.
When the world was newly born.
A-swish, a-swish—'tis the song I *Jng
With a truer than the tr'umpet's
ring,
Or the roll of drum, or the shrill of fifo—
A-swish, a-swish,—'tis a tale of Life.
I bring to the peasant his homely food,""
To the prince his viands and wine,
The glittering stone and the saffron gold
I wrest from the grudging mine;
But, little I care for these tawdry things,
And my kindliest gift to toil
Is the joy that wings and the health that
springs
From the grasp of the grateful soil.
A-swish, a-swish—'tis the song X sing
With a truer tone than the trifmpet's
ring,
Or the roll of drum, or the shrill of fife—
A-swish, a-swish, —'tis a talc of Life.
0, well for the world that my husky voice
Grows louder from day to day;
0 ill for the kingdom that melts me down
To boom in the deadly fray;
And woe to the ruler wno hears me groan
'Neath a burden of grievous wrong,
For often, alone, have I wrecked a throne
With the shriek of my angry song!
A-swish, a-swish—'tis the song I sing
With a truer tone than the trumpet's
ring,
Or the roll of drum, or tlieshrPl of fife—
A-swish, a-swish,—'tis a talc of Life.
—John A. Foote, in Georgetown College
Journal.
1 JESSIE PAILAMA S|
!'& is
By Ella HI. Hess.
¥ItS. BUTTON was alone in
her handsome drawing room
when a servant announced:
"A young lady to speak
to you, madam, It you please."
"Show her in," said Sirs. Button,
kindly; but the words were scarcely
necessary, tor the "young lady" was
close at the servant's heels.
The twilight was yet lingering, nnd
the room was mostly in shadow; hut
the hall outside was brilliantly lighted,
nnd Mrs. Button caught a clear view
of her visitor ero the door closed be
hind her. She appeared to be a young
and very pretty girl, of a tall, slender
figure, clear skin, and dark brown
hair and largo dark eyes; but it was
her dress that chiefly caught Mrs.
Button's surprised attention, nnd held
It captive as she gazed at her with
out speaking, for, though the hat nnd
shawl she wore were of the plainest
description, the dress she strove to
hide beneath them was of the costliest
silk, richly trimmed with lace, and
her gloves and shoes were the finest
that could be procured.
"Please, dear madam, do not judge
me by my appearance, but In pity
listen to me and grant my prayer,"
said the pretty stranger, coming a step
,r two nearer, and stretching out her
bands eatreatingly. "I want employ
ment and shelter, and though I have
neither recommendation nor reference
to offer, I beg you to forego both, lu
my case, nnd let me serve you. Oh,
do, dear madam, and I shall bless you
from the depths of my grateful heart!"
She was grentiy agitated; her voice
trembled, and It was evident that
pent-up emotion was overcoming her.
Now Mrs. Button was not a timid
woman, so it never entered her mind
to imagine thnt this trembling girl
Could bo one of a band of thieves,
trying to gain admission with a view
to rob her mansion, nor was she one
of those who see a designing rogue
In every applicant for aid; but the In
congruities of the young lady's ap
pearance troubled her, and made her
hesitate before speaking.
"Sit down hero near tlio window,"
she said, after a moment's thought.
"You are both tired and agitated, I
see. Have you come from a dis
tance?"
"I—l—that Is—l beg you will not
ask me," replied the stranger.
"Will you give me your name?"
After a little hesitation, the girl
murmured in a low voice;
"Call me Jesslo Pallama, please."
"Thnt Is not her name," was Mrs.
Button's mental conclusion; but she
asked again, "Will you not confide to
mo the trouble thnt forces you to your
present necessity? I will not betray
you, unless, indeed, it Is something I
could not dare to keep secret."
"I cannot," said the girl, resolutely,
though lu a very sad voice. "If you
repulse mc, I must seek further; but
I ehtrent you, In pity "
"Stay!" said Mrs. Button, decidedly;
nnd the girl who had partly rlseu,
dropped luto her seat with an Intense
ly thankful si'gh.
There was a moment's silence, and
then the lady continued:
"I am, no doubt, doing a very fool
ish thing; I am listening to the dic
tates of my heart, apart from the sug
gestions of my Judgment Come up
stairs with me. If you remain here,
It must be in a garb that will not ex
cite the wonder of my servants. I
have a woolen dress which I have
seldom worn; It can be nrrauged to
fit you, and will do for the present."
A murmur of thanks was Jessie's
reply, and she followed her new mis
tress to a small chamber on the right
of her own sleeping apartments.
"This will be your room, Jessie,"
she said with a smile, "and I shall
exercise the right of locking you In
every night after I retire, thus mak
ing your object la seeking sedrecy
perfectly lqqjuiless to every one."
"Certainly,' madam. Only let me
stay here quietly, and 1 will do any
thing or agree to auybing you may
suggest."
.WJieu Jessie I'allama descended to
the drawing room again, she looked
llko a different being. Her glossy and
abundant hair was smoothly drawn
back from her beautiful brow, and
her fine form was well displayed In
the dark brown woolen dress she had
Ingeniously altered to fit herself.
Her place, as defined In a few
words by Mrs. Button, was to be that
of a companion and reader, as the
elder lady's sight was falling. Jessie
deeply appreciated her kindness, and
they soon became used to each othet.
Within a few weeks of her entran/5*
Into the household, Miss Pallnmn,
Mrs. Button always called her to the
servants, had made herself an Indis
pensable element to the generOws
lady's comfort and enjoyment
Mrs. Button, quick and keen of hb
servatlon as she was, had learned no
more of the young stranger's motives
than at first only two peculiarities
having developed on her part One
was her eagerness to scan the news
papers; the other her anxiety to rfVold
the front windowß, and to keey ont
of the way of any but the members
of tlio household.
It was In deference to this lnf?t de
sire that after reading over her letters
one morning, Mrs. Button BUSI to
her:
"Jessie, my dear, I am sorry % tell
you that I shall have a guest fbr a
week or two, because I fear bis pres
ence will banish you to you* own
apartment."
Jessie changed colon
"You are kind to consider rfflk dear
madam," she said.
Mrs. Button nodded. > ■ • ■
"I am very fond of the yonß^ 1 man I
expect His mother was sg? best
friend In girlhood, and her boy Is very
dear to me; but we were gWlng on
with our readings so nicely tßt I wish
his visit had been earlier or later."
Jessie answered her kind ESlllu with
a look of deep gratitude.
"As he will bo hero to ainner, he
says, this Is our last morning together
—for a little while, at aV. events—
so pray let us enjoy our book."
True to his promise, the stranger
arrived half an hour before the dinner
hour, nnd was shown to his room
like a familiar guest He was a young
man of frank and attractive appear
ance, not yet thirty, and evidently,
when In good spirits, what is general
ly termed excellent company.
He was not In a happy mental con
dition at present, however, as Mrs.
Button, soon discovered.
"Why, my dear Milton," she ex
claimed before they were half through
dinner, "what has become of your
appetite and your usual good humor?
You surprise and distress me. I was
impressed by something sad In your
letter but hoped It was Imaginary on
my part. Now, however, I see that
you look 111, and soem like one bereft
of hope, and you tell me that within
this very week you have fallen heir to
a nice round sum from an eccentric
?iunt who hail lived a hermit's life."
"That I 3 true, Mrs. Button," an
swered Milton Arlington, "and Aunt
Mary's legacy, bad It come earlier,
would have been the greatest blessing
1 could ask from Heaven, since it
would have given mo the means of
marrying the only woman I ever did
or ever shall love!" - • ; ■
"And Is she now lost to you?"
He bowed his head, bit his lips
nervously, and changed the subject.
Milton Aldington had chosen his
profession wither late, and was a
preacher of only one year and a half's
standing. Ho was thoroughly in
earnest, a lino speaker, and was be
ginning to be known; but his Income
was yet quite small, and his private
means had been almost swallowed up
In building up his church.
A few evenings later ho entered
Mrs. Button's drawing room, Hung
himself, with a listless air, into an
easy chair, and looked at his hostess
with the dull, hopeless look that was
becoming habitual to his tine eyes.
"Do you know, Mrs. Button," he
said, "I am accusing myself of selfish
ness In remaining here. You are my
mother's oldest friend, and I owe it to
you to be frank, so I will confess that
my object In coming was to catch a
glimpse, If possible, of—of Jessie St.
John, the girl I loved, before her hand
was Irretrievably given to another. I
was drawn by a species of torment
I could not resist to haunt the outside
of the mansion In which my favored
rival lives. It belongs to his father,
Jessie's guardian, and the mnker of
the match. I felt sure from the first
that the poor girl never favored the
arrangement, and that I'could win her
if I was rich enough to speak my love;
but remember, Mrs. Button, she is an
heiress, and what motive would be
given to a penniless wooer, as I was
then?"
"But you nre not now, Milton!" cried
Mrs. Button, eagerly. "You have
money now; why need you fear to
offer yourself?"
"It Is too late—too late!" groaned the
young man. "There was a wedding
at the Jackson's mansion last night,
and she is Jacob Jucksou's u-rfo now."
"No, no!" cried a joyous voice at tbe
door, and, to Mrs. Button's supreme
amazement, Jessie Pallama dashed
excitedly Into the apartment. "Jacob
married his cousin Fannie last night.
See here; rend It In the paper. I saw
It there, nnd it set mo crazy with Joy.
Poor Fannie! I overheurd Jacob and
her lamenting together over their hard
fate, nnd Fannie said:
" 'Oh, If Jessie St. John would only
disappear, rever to be seen ngnln,
uncle would get over this desire to
keep her fortune In the furnlly, and
I could he happy, Jake.'
"That gave tno courage to do a
desperate thing. I -wrote a note to
my guardian, telling him I had gone
away, never to return, and slipped
down stuirs, took iny mnld's hat and
shawl, and ran all the way to Fifth
avenue to Mrs. Button's—foe my
maid's cousin lived there once, and
told me what a good, noble lady Mrs.
Button was. This inspired me with
the hope that she would receive and
help me. When I realized how much
I was asking I lost heart, and feared
she would refuse me; but she did not,
and I owe more than life to her!"
cried the impulsive girl, bursting Into
tears nnd Uiuglng herself Into the
generous lady's arms. "For when I
came to tell her everything I henrd
Milton's voice, and I could not help
listening—and oh, I am so happy!"
"Then there was a little feeling on
your part that helped you to make a
sacrifice for Fannle's happiness?"
whispered Mrs. Button, slyly, while
she kissed her with great tendernesn,
"Oh, yes!" confessed Jessie. "It
was killing me to know I must marry
Jacob. I could not bear to think of
It"
"Let me take my darling!" cried tbe
enraptured Milton. "I have worlds
to say to her. And first of all, I must
fccgln by avowing that I am wild with
ooy. Oh, Mrs. Button, It was a good
thought to come to you I"
"Of course It was!" cried the warm
hearted lady. "Now hurry up your
endless disclosures, for I shall expect
you to be rational it dinner time."
And she slipped away, laughing gayly.
—Wavcrley Magazine.
BENDER FAMILY FATE.
Old Indian Soont Tells of the Killing •
All the Murderers.
E. T. I'leree, more familiarly known
as "Dod" Pierce, one of the oldest
and most reliable Indian scouts of the
Black Hills, has given out a story
about the Bcuder family, of Kansas,
which seems to show that there Is no
further need of rho authorities search
ing for the family.
Pierce Is a reliable man, and for the
first time he tells what he knows of
the case. He had a friend In the 70s,
who was also well known In the Black
Hill), arid before the friend died he
related to Pierce tho Incidents relative
to the killing of all the members of
the Bender family.
When the York family was killed
nnd the tragedy was traced to the
home of the Benders, Pierce's friend
wns among those from tho city of
Cherryvale who went out to Investi
gate the condition of things at tbe
Bender roadhousc. There were twen
ty-four men In the party, one of the
men being an old buffalo hunter. They
found the house deserted and In
searching the house tho bedstead In
tho west room, about which so much
has been said, was found to he full of
bullet holes, and dried blood was on
tho mattress. They found the trnp
door behind the curtain, which led Into
the cellar, Into which the dead bodies
•had been thrown until dark, when
they were taken out Into the garden
and burled.
The searching party next went o.ut
Into the garden and looked for the
spot where the bodies had been burled.
A wagon rod was used to probe tho
ground for a 6oft place, and finally
a spot wns found that was soft. After
digging down a short wny the body
of one of tbe York children wns found
nnd the contortions of the face nnd
body made It took as though the
child had been burled alive. Ffteen
bodies were found, Including that of
a Texas eattjemnn jvho was supposed
to have been shot In tho Vest room.
Tho old Buffalo hunter had been
looking around for the trail of tiia
family. The trail of a wagon wns
found nnd the buffalo hunter followed
It up all day. About nightfall he camo
upon the family, camped near a creek.
The scout returned to the party of
cherryvale men and reported his find.
They agreed upon going back with
the scout nnd exterminating tho entire
family. The posse was divided Into
three parts, nnd the Bender family
was surrounded. One of the posse
accidentally discharged his rifle before
tbe proper time, which gave the warn
ing of dnnger to the Bender people.
They Immediately prepared for de
fence. The buffalo hunter fired at
long range at old man Bender and hit
him In the bnck, killing him.
Another volley from the posse and
John nnd his mother fell dend. Kate
was the last one to be shot. Tho
posse then went to the scene and
piled tho four dead bodies In a heap
and burned them, adding to the fire
wagon, harness and the camp outfit
Everything that would not burn was
taken to the creek bank and covered
over with dirt.
Tills Is tho story that "Doe" Pierce
tells for the first time since his frlond
confided tho facts to him twenty years
ago. The story that Kate Bender
came to tlio Black Hills several years
ago nnd made her residence In Dead
wood, South Dakota, Is not credited
there. A woman dhl go there about
fifteen years ago that had some re
semblance to the famous Kate, so
some of the old-tlmeri ay.—New
York Sun.
llnrmony Jlelow stair*.
Quite n craze has made its appear
ance In the servants' halls of X-ondon
houses I'or mandolins, snys the London
Express, and very expert performers
on the tinkling Instruments are to be
found below stairs. A banjo or two
Is sometimes added to give depth to
the other instruments when both
kinds are played by a party of do
mestics, the footmen twanging the 'jo
and the housemaids tho more feminine
mandolin.
In middle-class London homes,
where only two or' three servants
are kept, the mandolin Is also popular.
It is not n very expensive Instrument
to buy, and falling the possession, of
a piano, which many servants can
play, but few have at their command,
it has distinct merits. Provocative
of gayety and amusement among the
domestic as it Is, Its inoffensive tinkle
does not mount high enough to Irri
tate the mistress in her drawing room.
WHERE TARPON SWARM.
So Thick In Galvr■!on Water* That They
Have Hecome a Nul.aflce •
Tarpon are becoming so thick in
Galveston waters that the flsh is a
nuisanie for those who desire to en
gage in the sport of capturing flsh.
Not that the tarpon is not nn edible
flsh, for it is; but it is not considered
when there are mackerel and trout
and redflsh and sheepliead and a few
others.
The trouble is that the tarpon in its
eagerness to get a square meal, gets
after these edible flsh, steals bait and
often runs away with the hooks and
lines of the fishermen. But for real,
genuine, hard-work sport the tarpon
will furnish enough for an able
bodied fisherman for a couple of
hours. He is a game fish, if ever
there was one. He takes hold of the
hook with a swoop, lunges, jumps,
spars for wind, ducks for time and
makes the water churn to n foam
in his endeavors to get away. A good,
stout hook and line, with real, are
the implements necessary to effect
his capture, but even with these in the
hands of nn amateur he Is apt to
break the line and get away. Tarpon
has to be worn out before he can bo
landed, unless by a deft bit of assist
ance he may be landed on a rock
during one of his famous leaps and
plunges.
In fishing for tarpon most people
prefer a boat, so that they can follow
the fish In his runs nnd lunges with
out endangering the line. He is not
such a monster fish, but ho is a lively
one. Few tarpon will touch the beam
at 100 pounds, nnd the biggest known
here was six feet ten inches in length.
In appearance as tbey come from the
water they are like great ingots of
silver, the tips of their scales being
of that hue. But they put up a lively
fight, and in no place are there so
many as at Galveston. Galveston
fishermen say that they will get forty
five strikes here where they get one in
Florida waters. The waters nt times
seem alive with them. Their chief
diet Is mullet.
These little fish come along In
schools covering acres. When the
water is quiet out along the jetties
the mullets will come up, play in the
surface nnd keep the water agitated
with little ripples. They move along
with the Jetty slowly, when suddenly
they will stop, act bewildered, dart
this way for a few rods nnd then turn
nnd run in the opposite direction.
Soon on all sides the tarpon will begin
to plunge nliovc the surface of the
water in diving for mullets. It ap
pears that the tarpon is quite a gen
eral nnd surrounds his prey before
attacking. Tarpon Is also fond of
menhaden, but these do not appear
in such numbers as the mullets.
But the tarpon Is nn enemy to any
thing tha( swims which is small
enough to be contained In his stomach,
and for that reason he is a nuisance.
After the jetties were, completed and
the workmen with their noise and dis
turbance were disbanded fish found
the rocks a good place for breeding.
As n consequence the jetties hnve be
come the finest place for fishing to
be found in American waters any
where. They furnish the finest place
because of the many game
fish that abound, as well as the great
variety nnd the enormous quantity,
the fact that small fish find the jet
ties sucL Comfortable places for the
establishment of liomc3 has attracted
the tarpon nnd the shark and the pro
poise, the Junefish and the rnyflsh.
These nil feed on the smaller fish
nnd each preys upon the other. It is
n pure enso of the survival of the
fitttest, nnd were It not for the fact
that millions of small fish exist to
where there is one big fish the race
of small fishes would soon become ex
tinct and the big fish would go hungry
or have to go on health food for a
time.—Galveston News.
Wholesale Perjury In Court,
At the recent meeting of the lowa
Bar Association President McCarthy
made some very startling charges as
to tlie prevalence of fulse testimony
in courts of the present day. Ho
said: "Where is there a lawyer who
has not seen a guilty criminal pass
out of the court room acquitted and
free because of perjured testimony?
What one of us has not seen rights
of persons and of property sacrificed
and trampled under foot, presumably
under due forms of law, but really
and truly by the use of corrupt, falso
and sometimes purchased testimony?
These are the things that beget dis
trust and disrespect for the courts and
for verdicts and for our boasted forms
of laws. These are the things that
produce anarchy, lynching, and invite
a just contempt for, as well as a lack
of confidence in, the tribunals called
courts of Justice."
One remedy, ho thought, was to
make oaths more impressive. Oaths
should bo administered solemnly by
the judge, he said; and the jiulgo
should take frequent occasions to im
press on witnesses the severity of
punishment for perjury. He thought
oaths of offlcinls to do their duty
should be abolished, and that in no
ease should they be allowed to bo
taken lightly.
Need of n Third Eyo.
Montaigne once sr.id: "If I had the
power of creating and endowing my
self I should make myself three-eyed."
"Why a third eye?" some one Inquired.
He answered: "To enable me to see
the cheerful tide of everything."
Some men have that extra vision. But
it is not a separate organ, not concreto
faculty, but merely a mental atti
tude, a habit of seeing things from the
best possible point of view.—Phila
delphia Saturday Evening Post
It has been discovered that the
average Parisian is the lightest ce.cr
la the world.
: FACTS; jiJtV
I Insurance against hail storms has
become loss common among the farm
t ers of Southern Europe iu regions
■where regular "cannon stations" for
, breaking up the storm clouds have
, been established.
I I
I 1 In the chief room of every Japanese
house there is a slightly raised dais,
, which is arranged so that it can be
. shut off from the rest of the room.
• This is a place for the emperor to sit
■ should he ever visit that home.
, ' There Is no record that the Philip-
I pines was ever visited by a big epi
! dcmic of bubonic plague, and it is
, ! most remarkable that, while this
■ dread disease has periodically ap
: ■ peared nnd ravaged Ilong Kong nnd
! ( Macao, Manila has retained its iinrnu
i nlty.
i | Kansas's wheat crop, If sold nt the '
average price of sixty cents a bushel,
: ; would give to every man, woman and
1 i child in the United States no less than
$1 per capita. If placed In box cars
! on n single track It would fill enough
cars to reach from Wlctilta to New
York City.
A bon-constrictor being moved from
i his cage in the Carnegie Laboratory
j recently bit the iron bars in bis auger.
I These bars bad been chewed by sev
-1 : eral rattlesnakes which had been
moved n day or two before. The bon-
I constrictor eickened and died, nnd it
I is supposed that the venom left on the
j bars by the rattlers poisoned it.
In the wilds of Alaska a strange
i burial custom flourishes. When a medl
i cine man of an Indian tribe dies be is
buried on a lonely hillside far away
from human habitation and a wooden
i statue of his totem set up over him.
His spirit is supposed to remain about
1 the place and Indians suffering from
1 desperate Illness or wound's—non i
1 other would dare so far—visit the spot
' and appeal to the totem for aid.
A sixteen-year-old girl in the Yucca
Mine, near Barstow, Gal., Is working
tlie sand and dirt from a deserted
claim with a dry washer, and suc
-1 ceeds in getting from $0 to $7 worth
of gold dust every day. She uses the
washer as effectively as her male
; companions, who are also engaged in
; the same profitable occupation there.
She can sharpen and temper her pick
as well as any experienced minor.
;
Among living things the most vast
Is a wliale called the rorqual, which
1 (caches the length of 100 feet when it
' Is grown up, and has teeth longer f
I than a man's leg. It measures forty
feet around the place where its waist
coat would be if it bad one and It can
i move through the water nt the rate
of forty miles nn hour. It gets
i through about a ten of fish and other
i food per day when in robust health, to
; say nothing of a seal or two.
•? . f?-,
fienluH of Lazy People,
i Some one time ago said of a
: very competent American mechanic
with whom bo bad come In contact
fof several years, that he was the
laziest man he had ever known; "that
he was so lazy and disliked so much
to work that when there was any
thing to he done he would think of
some little scheme to do it better
and quicker than was possible in the
ordinary way, something that would
enable him, further, to do the job
without much work himself, and that
he would hustle around lively to
make the scheme do what he planned ; t
It should."
In these few lines there are summed
up, perhaps no. altogether correctly,
but certainly In a very pointed way,
some of those mental peculiarities
of the so-called "Yankee" workman
that have made him In the eyes of
many a model mechanic. Whatever
Its mainspring, the fact Is pretty well
established that he is generally more
keenly on the lookout for shop
"wrinkles" than the workman of any
other nationality, and it Is these cer
tainly that help to cut down time,
hasten processes and make money for
all concerned.—Cassier's Magazine.
81ns of Over-Nutrition.
To overload tlie stomach with food
is not less unhealthy than to deluge
it with beverages; he more nutritious
the food the more hazardous are the
consequences when excess is habitual.
Of all the sins of nutrition, the iin
moderate use of meat is certainly the
most grevious. It gives to the body
In a form that is favorable for easy
assimilation the albumen that Is ab
solutely necessary to life, and hence
the earliest effect of its excessive use
must bo to surclinrge the body with
nutrients. The chief point here is the
critical examination of what is called
hunger. Many persons believe that
any and every sensation of hunger
must be satisfied immediately, but tills
Is a great mistake. An equally great.
If not worse, mistake is the opinion
that one must eat until a sense of
satiety arises. Excessive nutrition In
jures tlie mental capabilities also. Of
tlie particular consequences of exces
sive nutrition, such as hypochondria
(tha very name of whicli refers the
reader to the region of the abdomen),
and the gout, it is hardly necessary
to speak.—Elaetter fur Volksgesuud
heitspflege.
Tha Notra Dame Church in Paris,
which liau heretofore ocen lighted
by candlea. Is to be supplied with ,
electric at a cost of soo,ooa