'EEKI®W BULLET VTL 10 mretiboy LAW Bar Tf Aaty 4x7) re ee ae reli ntieang a v3 VOL. IL. FLORIN, PENNA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1902 50 CENTS A YEAR MANY LOCAL NOTES. What Transpired in Our Busy Village Since the Last Issue. Harry Stoll had a finger mashed one day last weeZ. Jacob Weisman of Reading, is spend ing some time in town. Lizzie Willoughby of New York city is visiting in the village. Benjamin Brubaker sold his crop of seedleaf tobacco for 8 and 2. C. H. Reider, was the guest of his parents at Bellaire last Sunday. Ben Brubaker and wife of Harris- burg, werein town on Sunday. Alois Bube and wife made it pleasant for all at Hotel Florin on Thursday. Emanuel Trout and wife, of Man- heim, spent Wednesday afternoon in town. J E Longenec/er still has a lot of fine horse-radish ready for the table * at ten cents a pint Mrs. FranZ Shan of Landisville, was the guest of her sister, Mrs. J. S. Car- onday. is Mr. Armstrong of Gordonville, the new ent at this place. Good is recovering. Jacob Hostetter has subpoened quite a number of witnesses on his suit against the pike company. Mrs. John Kontz of Maytown, re- turned home after spending the weeZ with Mrs. Metzroth. David Barnhart last Tuesday killed 2 hogs and a beef and on Wednesday he slaughtered 6 more hogs. Christ Risser and Frank Mitchel at- tended a crokinole party at a Washing- ton borough hotel recently. Samuel Gingrich, our enterprising baker, was presented with an appren- tice boy by his wife on Friday. _ The Misses Oberholtzer and E. Young of Lancaster, spent Sunday the guests of Gertie and Ella Menaugh. J. C. Stambaugh, formerly of this place but now a resident of Lancaster, will move to Steelton in the near future John Myers and wife of near town, were both taken Sick very suddenly on Wednesday but now they are improv- ing. Mr. Siedle of Marysville, a student at Wade's business college, Lancaster, was the guest of Christ Charles over Sunday. E. F. Heiner was at Milton Grove on Saturday, aiding in the consolida- tion of a Republican ticket for the pri— mary on Saturday. J. S. Carmany and Martin Weltmer attended a wedding reception of G. H. Moyer and wife at Palmyra on Sunday. Turkey, ducZ and goose were served. The finest specimen of work ever turned Out in a coachmaker’s shop in this section of Mahe state, left Young Bros.’ this week, isbeing a baker wag- on for Mr. Dearbeck at Columbia. It né®&ls no comment as their work talks for itself. District Deputy S. S. Stacks of this piace, installed the following officers of * Florin Castle No. 13, A. O. K. of M. C. of this place : Past commander, S. 8. Gingrich; Commander, W. B. Winters ; Vice commander, N. S. Men augh ; Marshal, J. M. Reider; Inside guard, William Saylors. David M. Wolgemuth, who was mar- ried last Tuesday, moved into the brick dwelling on Market street, on Thursday and entertained a number of his friends at a fine dinner. A wee calithumpian band visited him on Thursday evening, a larger band on Friday evening and an enormous one on Saturday night. Quite a number of reports were cir- culated as to who will conduct the Flor in Hotel, after April 1st, and the names of numerous persons were heralded in the local papers but all were incorrect. William Able, of near Marietta, has rented it and will take charge on April 1st. He was about town on Thursday soliciting signers for a new license. John S. Widman of town, received from the U.S. authorities an applica- tion which he is seriously considering at present. Our government has de- cided to build >. ools, court houses, etc., in Porto Rico and the Philippines MOUNT JOY BOROUGH. Happenings of the Week Told in a Brief Yet Interesting Manner. Charles Shrite of Port Deposit, in town on Sunday- Borough Council held a special meet- ing last Monday evening. Z. W. Keller sold a carload of fine horses at public sale yesterday. Harry Garber and wife of Manheim were visiting in town Sunday. John Dierolf served a turkey supper to a number of his friends on Thursday evening, B. F. Gochnauer held a very success tul live bird shoot in this place last Tuesday afternoon. Harry Stoler killed a 260 pound hog for John Pyle on Monday. Abbie Shelly was overseer. Watches and clocks repaired prompt- ly by Harry Peopple, Mount Joy, and all work guaranteed. John Henry, an employe at the Grey Iron, had his eye very badly burned by a spark while casting on Thursday. The shortest will ever entered for pro bate was that of John A. Kuhns of this place, which read : ‘“Leave all to my wife.”’ A break occurred at the engine at the gas works on Thursday evening and our borough was without gas for a short while. Thomas Brown’s large porch at his residence is fast nearing completion. The iron fence around the yard is al- ready in position. On Thursday evening a surprise par- ty was held in honor of Anna B. Her- shey near town, about fifteen couple being in attendance. Joe Nissley, clerk at G. Moyer’s, has accepted a similar position with Herr & Snavely at Lancaster. The change will be made April 1st. Eli H. Engle sold his entire lot of live stock except horses, at McGirl’s stock yards on Saturday, having no convenient place to keep them. The ten-year-old son of Jacob Rhye last Wednesday fell from the abutments of the Marietta street bridge into the ‘cut’ and narrowly escaped serious in- jury. Nathan Zink moved his family to Thorndale, last week, having secured work on the P. R. R. Jacob Heisey has moved into the house vacated by Mr. Zink. Mary Brunner of this place, recently discovered a cabbage or yellow butter- | fly in her parlor, flying about among some flowers there as though it was not mid-winter. A was LOWER TAX RATE “By Their Works Ye Shall Know Them In these days when the renegade press of Lancaster and Philadelphia is harping on the corruptness of machine politics in this county and scoring Leader Griest on every occasion, the recent action of Presi- dent M, L. Greider and the other County Commissioners in reducing the tax rate from 34 to 3 mills comes as a pleasant sur- prise. Our people are conservative, and they are apt to judge men by their works, and not by what their detractors say of them. Good management of County affairs means lighter burdens for the people, and a lower tax rate appeals to the average man in a way that political argument, reform oratory and bombast can not. ‘Let well enough alone’’ is the motto of this paper, and incidentally we suggest the advisabili- ty of renominating M. L. Greider for Coun- ty Commissioner at the Spring Primary for another term, and thus reward an able offi- cial for suggesting and aiding in effecting wise economies which helped to make a lower tax rate possible. It is only another evidence of Mr. Griest’s astuteness that he selects such able lieutenants as that noted farmer son of Rapho, Martin L. Greider. Maytown News. Claud Henderson is recovering. Josie Garber is somewhat better. Charles Stouch and sister, Maggie are confined to the house with the grip. George Hull, of Baltimore, Md., was in town Monday on account of sale of his pro- perties, Mrs. S. E. Hulsinger, who has been con- fined to the house with pnenmonia is some what better at this writing. Mrs, Flora Richard, of York, was called to the bedside of her aont, Mrs S. E. Hul- singer, who was in a very critical condition. Violet Houseal gave an evening company on Monday in honor of her 17th birthday. About 25 couple were present, After serv- ing refreshments all returned home at a late hour well pleased. George Hull, executor of the late Elizabeth Hull, of this place last Wednesday evening offered at public sale at the Washington House, Maytown a lot of ground with im- provements, in that village. The property was withdrawn at $1,050. eeieriet od eins Donegal Springs B. Hersh has a fine crop of seedleaf to- bacco. Clayton Nissley bought a horse from Jac- ob Loraw. Jacob Souders sold his crop of tobacco for 6 3-4 and one. John Martin killed a hog that weighed 480 pounds dressed. Frank Spidle sold three trios of white games to B. H. Greider. Martin Nissley of Elizabethtown, was the guest of Jacob Inners recently. Herman Drager sold his tobacco to John Longenecker and will deliver it on the last of the month. W. L. Heisey’s men loaded 25 holes with 100 pounds of dynamite on the Cameron farm which sounded when set off, like a young earthquake. iii Joint and Vicinity. John Gibble sold his tobacco for 74 Rev. A. S. Hottenstein of East Pet- ersburg, united in marriage at the home | of the bride’s parents on Sunday morn- | ing at ten o'clock, Norman K. (riss-) inger and Lizzie A. Sheaffer, both of this place. The Republican primary of East Don egal township on Saturday was very | quiet and the vote light, but what was cast showed plainly that the voters of! the lower district are perfectly satisfied ; with Henry Witmer as Supervisor, he being settled by an overwhelming ma- jority. Direotors. The following well known business men, who compose our board of direc- | tors, are a guarantee of careful and ju- dicious management; burglars may an- | noy you ; bad loans may cripple you; i we will pay you 334 per cent. for your deposits: John O. Denny, John C. For- rey, Wm. B. Given esq., Jacob R. Her- shey, C. C. Kauffman esq., Michael S. Seachrist, H.S. Stauffer, John W. Stea. cy, John Westerman, Qos. W. Yocum, Wm. Harm, George WH Moore. | GEORGE CRANE, Treasurer. ' Columbia prrust Company. ee The Bread Question Considerable argumefts are afloat as to the condition of bread ‘nowadays. Many people desire bread which is rarely baked and when their baker serves a loaf that is well baked, they kick. § For the benefit of those kind of people wel would say : bread and hard to dijest whilgthat which is well baked although a liffle hard, is mach | healthier as yon can wd see by recalling and want none but American mechan- | ics. John hasan offer for $5.00 per of eight hours and transportation. our ancestors who bake one baking to last two lived longer and they people are nowadays. read enough at three weeks and | re haelther than i through. Elmer Engle was busy busy hauling dung on Thursday. Harry Zeager, froze his feet putting away ice last week. Daniel Miller has hired Amos Gipe for the the coming year. Henry Brandt, will move on Jacob Niss- ley’s farm February 1st, Samuel Garber, sold his fat hogs to Jacob Lehman on Wednesday. Henry Garman hired himself to John Kulp for the coming year, Jacob Newcomer, will finish stripping tobacco this week. He is now ready for the buyers, Elmer Strickler, has strpped 9,000 pound of tobacco already. He expects between 9 and 10 ton. The News of Newtown. The primary election was held on Saturday The revival is stil seeker, The River Brethren held their quarterly meeting in town on Sunday. There was no Sunday school in town last Sunday on account of the fine near Mount 1 progressing with one ‘While Erb Bros. were returning from “olumbia they met with an accident, the ly. “u pin breaking at their wagon but ne dame." was done, A charter was granted tothe Newtown Junior Cornet Band, the officers of which : are as follows: President, John Wittle, Vice President, Victor Fogie; Secretary, Albert Mumma; Assistant Secretary, Clarence: Divet; Leader, William Givens; Treasurer, John Fogie; Trustees. Elmer Givens, Sam § uel Shenk and Jacob Geltmacher. —— Peete. Work of the Register. Catharine Kuhns {administratris e. t. a. of John A. Kuhus, deceased, late: ef Mount Joy borough. Ezra G. Gish of Mount Joy township, administrator of Henry M. Gish, late of N West Donegal. An Explanation “J. R. Missemer brought suit before Al- derman Spurrier, of Lancaster, against Jno. E. Schroll, publisher of the Florin Bulletin for printing the Bulletin fifteen weeks, which work had been done in Missemer’s office. The hearing was had last Tuesday and Alderman Spurrier gave judgment against Schroll for the full amount of the claim.” ; The foregoing article appearec in the last issue of the Mount Joy Star and News and I desire to explain to the public its meaning. On June 1st, 1901, I printed the first copy of the Frorin BULLETIN. When I decided to establish this paper I asked J. R. Miss- emer if he had any objection of me doing this to which he said he had not. I then ask him whether he would allow me to print it on his press to which he also consented. I also ask him what he would charge me per week for printing the paper when he said :*The first three months’ (thirteen weeks not fifteen) free and after that fifty cents per week.’”’ I agreed and printed the paper. The first week after the BuLLetin was three months old I wanted to pay Mr. Missemer the fifty cents heretofore agreed to, for the use of the press and when I told him he said he had never given me any price at all. Then I told him all right what are you going to charge me? After a delay of two days he replied,one dollar per week. I at once consented and thereafter whenever he paid me, a dollar per week was always deducted from my wages for press-work which was certanily O. K. Some time in October last I asked Mr. Missemer for money and he said he did not have it. I then told him I wanted it until noon as I intended to quit. He then told me that he did not owe me a cent and that I owed him that for presswork when I started this pa- per. After an argument which lasted sev- eral hours, J. R. agreed to pay all he owed me at the time and every cent that I earned from then on. Then I told him hereafter you might demand my wages for presswork at any time to which he said and I have witness to that effect, that he would ‘“nev- er charge me or hold a cent of my money for that presswork.” I continued working until December 21. The following Tuesday when I came to the office and ask Mr, Missemer how soon I could use the press he told me when I quit working for him 7 could not use his press thereafter. I told him I did not quit the Saturday previous to which he said ‘‘take oft your coat and get to the case.”” This was the time that I had only been working the last four days of the week for him and to his command I said I will not, give me my and I’ll quit. He then made out a bill for $15.00 for fifteen weeks press work. Then I told him. Well, well is this the way you are going to play me? Didn’t you say that you would not charge me any thing for that press work? to which he replied: “I know I did. I know I did.” My bill at the time was $10.90 and that is exactly the situation at present. I desire the readers of the BULLETIN to be the judges in this case. What would you infer from it kind reader? THE EDITOR. Ed East Donegal Items. Edwin Myers was hauling ice from Levi Nissely’s pound this week. Francis Neightig will occupy David Eyers tenant house, near Rowenna, in the Spring. Amos Root, of Mount Joy. was around taking orders for nursery stock this week. J. L. Book received a car load of Quaker oats feed on Wednesday, most of which he sold from the car at $23.50 per ton. John Longenecker, of Mount Joy, was around last week among the farmers look- ing at the tobacco, but the most of them do not seem in a hurry to sell. — Se — General News of the Community. Joseph C. Kauffman, of Marietta, asoldier of the Spanish-American war, has secured a pension of 36 a month through the agency of Alderman Halbach. There will be five eclipses during this year, but all will be invisble her xcepting the fourth which will be a total ~~ lipse of the moon shortly after mid-night on Oct- ober 17. Mrs. Carrie Nation, while flourishing a large hatchet which she received as a pre- gent from an Eastern manufacturing firm dropped it and the keen edge of the instru- ment severed the large toe of her right foot. Operation Was Successful. Miss Sadie Hoffman, aged 18, daughter of Aaron Hoffman and wife of near May- town, underwent an operation last Tuesday afternoon, which was made necessary by an accident which befell her about four years ago. At that time a horse tramped on the great toe of her left foot, inflicting a pain- full wound. The injury healed quickly, ‘but soon a growth formed which gave the -young lady more and more trouble. Dr. T. | E. Ingram was called, and decided that a surgical operation was necessary. The operation was entircly sucessful. erated Happenings at Rheems Station. A daughter was born to William Snavely aad wife last Saturday. J. G. Enterline, our coachmaker, has em- ployed Mr. Madeira, of Milton Grove. E. L. Heisey purchased a fine driving horse of Z W. Keller, dealer at Mount Joy on Saturday. The store of S. G. Graybill was entered ou Friday night and about $25 worth of 2991s stolen. . VEN Life is like a mountain railway, ‘With an engineer that’s brave, We must make the run suceessful, From the cradle to the grave. Watch the curves that fill the tunnel, Do not falter, do not fail, Keep your hand upon the throttle, And your eye upon the rail. Lirers Raiway to Hea Chorus—Blessed Savior, thou wilt guide us Till we reach that blessful shore, Where the angels wait to join us In that praize for evermore. You will roll up grades of trials, You will cross the bridge of strife, Sce that Christ is your conductor, In that lightning train of life. Always mindful of instruction, Do your duty, never fail, Keep your hand upon the throttle, And your eye upon the rail. You will always find obstruction, Look for storms or wind and rain, On a curve or on a trestle, They will almost ditch your train. Put your trust alone in Jesus, Never falter, never fail, Keep your hand upon the throttle, And your eye upon the rail. As you roll across the trestle, Spanning Jordan's swelling tide, You'll behold the union depot Into which your train will glide. There you’ll meet the superintendent God the Father, God the Son, With a hearty, glorious granted, Weary pilgrims welcome home, Mystery Both Ways. Pauline—Just think of the awful things we know about people whom we don’t know! Emeline—Yes. Isn't it wonderful! And just think what the people whom sve don't know may know about us!— Detroit Free Press. Stimulating Contributions. Mrs. Von Blumer—The minister preached the most touching sermon I ever heard. Von Blumer—How much did be alse?—Judge. Weight for weight, oriental rubles are valued ten to twenty fold the price of diamonds. The best come from China, Ceylon and India. A Rod In Pickle. Mrs. Goodsole— Why, Johnny, are you Just going home now? Your mother's been looking for you all afternoon. Johnny—Yes'm, I know. Mrs. Goodsole—Just think how wor- ried she must be! Johnny—Oh, she’s near the end 0’ her worryin’. I'm jest beginnin’ mine, ee tl ‘““‘Some time ago my daughter caught a severe cold. She complained of pains in her chest and had a bad cough. I gave her Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy acgording to directions and in two days she was well and able to go to school. I have used this remedy in my family for the past seven years and have never known itto fail,”” says James Prendergast, merchant, Annata Bay Jamaica, West India Islands. The pains in the chest indicated an approaching at- tack of pneumonia, which in this instance was undoubtedly warded off by Chamber- lain’s Cough Remedy. It counteracts any tendency of a cold toward pneumonia. For sale by J. 8. Carmany, Florin, Pa. ——E eee. Church Chronicle. United Brethren Church—Preaching Sun day morning at 10 a. m. Sunday School at 1.15p. m, Junior Endeavor at 6.30 p. m. Prayer-meeting Thursday evening at 7.15 p.m. Rev. H. M, Miller, pastor. Methodist Episcopal Church—Preaching every Sunday evening at 7 p. m. by the pas- tor and Rev. John Boehm on alternate eve. nings. Epworth League at 6 p m. 8Sab- bath School at 9 a. m., Amos Risser Super- intendent. Class meeting Sunday morning at 10 a. m. Prayer-meeting Thursday 7 p. m.. Rev. Wayne Channell pastor, Rev. John Boehm assistant pastor. Ee ———— ee ———— Rev. J. M. Yingling, pastor of the Bed- ford M. E. church, Cumberland, Maryland, says : “It affords me great pleasure to rec- ommend Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. I have used it and know others who have never known it to fail.” For sale at Carmany’s store. eee lee Spelling Bee and Entertainment. J. W. Hershey, teacher of the Joint school, one mile west of town, in Mount Joy township, will hold a spelling bee and entertainment on Saturday evening, Janu- ary 25. The programme will consist of two spelling classes, a general information class vocal and gramophonic music, recitations, dialogues, ete. The circulars announcing the foregoing were printed at this office on Friday. ia emer A Cure for Lumbago. W C Williamson, of Amherst, Va., says. “For more than a year I suffered from lum- bago I finally tried Chamberlain’s Pain Balm and it gave me entire relief, which all oiher remedies had failed to do Sold by J S Carmany, Florin, Pa comm —fitee—— If troubled with a weak digestion, belch- ing, sour stomach, or if you feel dull after eaiing, try- yhamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tabléts Price, 25 cents Samples free a#J S Carmany’s store ( CUPOLA OF 87, PETER'’S. Its Outline Remains an Unparalleled Idea In Architecture. The greatest of the architectural en- terprises Michael Angelo was called up- on to take up was the completing of St. Peter's, and he devoted himself through pure obedience to this task, refusing all compensation, offering his unpaid services in that way both to his master and to the service of reli- glon, He had to struggle against the op- sing ideas of the architects in charge of the monument, who held by later plans than those of the first deviser, and their enmity and misapprehension pf what was best aimed at a continual thwarting of all his intentions. He managed, however, to bring back the building to its original plan, that of his greatest enemy, Bramante, upon whom he has left this noble judgment. “It cannot be denied,” sald he, “that Bramante laid the first plan of St. Pe- ter's clear and simple, and. all who have departed from his scheme have. departed from the truth.” : We have not the great cathedral as Michael wished it, nor can we see In it the creation of his genius. But the one thing that Michael Angelo left to his successors in the work is the cupo- la, whose outline remains as an unpar- alleled idea, as important a landmark in architecture as his other records of nchievement in painting and sculpture. It is the mark of Rome and the ex- pression of Rome’s grandeur.—John La Farge in McClure’s. : The Pelican Smiled. There is a sly old pelican in Central park which has an almost human way bf noticing what goes on about him without seeming to do so. The other day two herons in the same cage with him fought over a fish. One had made the catch, but the other had under- taken to wrest the morsel from Its rightful possessor. They squabbled over it like two boys who have hold of the same baseball bat. The scuffle brought them into the neighborhood of the old pelican, who stood, apparently asleep, with his big bill tucked away under a wing. . Then the heron dropped its fish, and the bat- tle went on. No sooner had it been dropped than the great bill came out from under- neath the wing and the fish went into the pelican’s pouch. Then the head dis- appeared again. The pelican was plainly asleep. When one heron gave up the fight and flew away, the other looked about for the prize. It was nowhere to be seen. The keeper of the bird cages sol- emnly asserts that he saw a twinkle in the eye which the pelican opened to give a glance at the retreating heron.— New York Times. Peculiar Roses. One of the wars of the roses, the fiercest and deadliest of them all, was fought on a field where, curiously enough, a rose pecullar to the spot rows or used to grow. It is a rare plant Row, and the reason is explained by Mr. Leadman in his account of Yorkshire battles. After describing the terrible battle at Towton on Palm Sunday, 1461, he says: “I cannot con- clude this story of Towton fleld with- out an allusion to the little dwarf bushes peculiar to the ‘Field of the White Rose and the Red. “They are said to have been plenti- ful at the commencement of this cen- tury, but the visitors have taken them away In such numbers that they have become rare. Such vandalism is slm- ply shameful, for the plants are said to be unique and unable to exist in any other soil. The little roses are white, with a red spot on the center of each of their petals, and as they grow old the under surface becomes a dull red color.”—London News. Cave Animals. No animals whatever are found in the dry parts of caves. Dampness or a certain degree of moisture seems to be essential to their existence. Under the stones one finds white, eyeless worms, and in the damp soil all around about are to be discovered blind beetles in little holes which they excavate and bugs of the thousand leg sort. These thousand leg bugs, which in the upper world devour fragments of dead leaves and other vegetable debris, sustain life in the caverns by feeding upon decay- dung. Kneeling in a beaten path one can see numbers of them gathered about hardened drips of tallow from $ourists’ candles. There are plenty of crickets also. A Varnishing Tip. When varnishing wood, the work must be done in a warm room at a tem- perature of at least 75 degrees F. Ata lower temperature the moisture in the air will give a milky and cloudy ap- pearance to the varnish. On the other hand, at the higher temperature the moisture is not precipitated until the alcohol of the varnish has sufficiently evaporated to leave a thin smooth film of shellac. The durability and gloss are dependent on this. Chinese Typesetting. When a Chinese compositor sets type, he places them in a wooden frame 22 by 15 inches. This frame has twenty- nine grocves, each for a line of type, and the type rests in clay to the. depth of a quarter of an inch. The types are to be found! : ed wood, fungous growths and bats’ | ITALIAN VIOLINS, oo The First /Strad” Seat te" Could; Find No Purehiide.:. Itallan v lines have not alwagw the supremacy they now. enjoy. I not indeed till ‘thé. beginning -of-4 nineteenth centuty that they éainse-in vogue to any extent outsidé thely-u tive land. Previously Jacdb ‘Seein (1621-83) was the favorite" S( his high model had, been aljiiost: dueki] sively copled by :his fellow GeoMnige and the different rhakers In Frailéoand England. When the .eldiér” Gosbiogta, who had been a merchant beore ‘enter ing the pi profession} “camy te London, in 1788, he brought with. bim some instruments ‘by. Strddivast.- » The result of this: endeayor tb“tntsadupe Italian work Into England fill#“one with pathetic wonder. - It is alfnést “beyond belief. As he could. not get™ns-much as £5 ($25) for a violoncello hema abliged to send the instrument back 4o Italy for a bad speculation. ‘Five pounds fog a “Strad,” and net a single purchaser Bw monte Sl y This incident in ftselt Turdish clent testimony-io the slivish following of‘ the. great German ‘Hike® and the strong prejudice “of: the violinists of that period In favor of the high model It is indeed the players who are most to blame for the slow: adoption of the flat model, for the creator must make what is necessitated by the demand; but the eighteenth century fiddlers, a# any rate in England, France and Ger many, seem for the most part to have been content that their viglins should possess a small sweet tone,, never real izing the lack of power and sonority,— Connoisseur. re ————— He Said to Himself. Kansas enjoys the distinction, posst bly, of being the only state in the Union where a man has been aliowed by a court of Inquiry to testify regard ing what he sald to himself. | A committee had been appointed by ( the legislature, says The Green Bag | to investigdte the alleged bribery of certain members in connectioh’ ith a defeated railroad bill. The“ firs¢ wit- ness called -testified that he_sa%" ne of the representatives late one nigh Cui ing down the hotel stairs,’ is “I sald to myself,” he $éplugR. but a member on the side of the 8% ctw jumped to his feet. oe SE “Hold on!” he shouted)” * off cans testify about what you_ sid 3g. yous- self” $A TN The prosecutor retorted tha$ thers was no law to probibie His} rom so testifying. A long argiiment “ensued, but a majority of the commiftee : with the chairman that the tes mony was admissible. 0 vey fo “I said to myself,” seriously, proceed ed the witness, “that AM, had bben wp to Billy’s room to get his‘pity:~** The testimony was recorded and made a part of the official rd6RL. Chinese Points iP “Don’t eat with your eara” saye Yuan Mel, a Chinese writer, “by whieh I mean do not aim at having extsaes dinary out of the way foods, just te af™nish your guests, for that B te eat with your ears, not with yous mouth. Bean curd, if good, is scteally nicer than birds’ nest. And butter Shan gea slugs, which are not first rate; iv é dish of bamboo shoots. 2 “The chicken, the pig, the Sek dné the duck—these are the four hereces of the table. Sea slugs and bird# nest have no characteristic flavors of thels own. They are but usurpers in the house. I once dined with a friend whe gave us birds’ nests in bowls like vats, holding each about four ounces of the plain boiled article. The other gucete applauded vigorously, but I smfled dnd sald I came here to eat birds’ nes nok to take delivery of it wholesale.” He Understood. Anton Rubinstein, the Russian eom- poser, in his autobiography tells of the confusion which overcame a certains architect of his acquaintance who had a habit of interlarding all his remarke with the phrase, “You understand.” On one occasion he was explaining certain architectural matters to the emperor, and, according to custony made free use of his favorite expres sion. ; “Good heavens!” exclaimed Emperor = Nicholas at last irritably. “Of course I , understand! My dear fellow, how could I help it? How the Natives Treat Goriliaa Natives in the countries inhabited by great apes regard them always as hu- man beings of inferior types,:and #t is for this reason that for a long time i was found impossible to get bold of an entire gorilla skin, because the saw ages considered it religiously neces sary to cut off the hands and feet of the animals when they killed them, just as they do with their enemies, pos sibly for the purpose of rendering theas harmless in case they should by any chance come to life again. His Choice of Sacrifices. “It is true,” said the person of high ideals, “that you have attained pros- perity by your writings, but you have produced nothing that will live.” “Well,” answered the comfortable litterateur, “when it comes to a ques tion of which shall live, myself or my writings, I didn’t hesitate to sacrifice my writings.” i Her Comment. ie : Mrs. Growells—My husband is cone tinually quarreling about trifies. of wood, perfectly square, and the com- positor handles them with pinchers, » ’ » z Mrs. Howells—Well, my dear, the less one has to quarre} about the be &*
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