BANDON RECORDER.

MADNESS IN PLANTS.

Mexican Weed That When VnctiWill Drive Men Crny.

Marihuana is a weed used by peopleof the lower class and sometimes bysoldiers, but thoc who make largeruse of it are prisoners sentenced tolong terms. The use of the weed andits sale, especially In barracks andprisons, are very severely punished, yetit has many adepts, and Indian womencultivate it because they sell it at rath-er high prices.

The dry leaves of marihuana, aloneor mixed with tobacco, make the smok-er wilder than a wild beast. It is saidthat Immediately after the Hrst three orfour drafts of smoke smokers begin tofeel a slight headache; then they seeeverything moving, and Anally theylose all control of their mental facul-ties. Eerythlng. the smokers say,takes the shape of a monster, and menlook like devils. They begin to tight,and of course everything smashed is amonster "killed." But there are im-

aginary beings whom the wild mancannot kill, and these inspire fear untilthe man Is panic stricken and runs.

Not long ago a man who had Smokeda marihuana cigarette attacked andkilled a policeman and badly woundedthree others. Six policemen were need-ed to disarm him and march him to thepolice station, where he had to be putInto a straltjaeket. Such occurrencesare frequent.

There are other plants equally dan-gerous, among them the tolvache, akind of loco weed. The seeds of thisplant boiled and drunk as tea willmake a person insane. Among someclasses of Mexico it Is stated that Oar-lott- a,

the empress of Mexico, lost hermind because she was given tolvache ina refreshment.

There Is in the state of Michoacananother plant the elTects of which uponthe human organism are very curious.The plant grows wildly In some partsof Michoacan, and natives have ob-

served that whenever they traverse afield where there were many of suchplants they lose all notion of places.For this reason when a person reachesa place where there are man of theseplants he forgets where he is going,where the place Is and even where heIs and what he is doing there. It takesfrom three to four hours for a personaffected by the smell of the plant to re-

cover the full control of his mental fac-

ulties.Another very curious plant H the one

called de las carreras in some placeswhere it prows. When a per m drinksa brew of the leaves or seeds of theplant he feels an Impulse to run andwill run until he drops dead or exhaust-ed. Mexican Herald.

FROM A WIFE'S DIARY.

A word to the wise is resented.Many are called, but few get up."Where there's a will there's a law-

suit.Fools rush In and win where angels

fear to tread.Misery loves company, but company

does not reciprocate.I.ove Is romantic. Matrimony Is de-

cidedly a uatter of fact.When we hear of other people's trou-

bles it reconciles us to our own.We never know how good we

going to be until the opportunitypassed.

If you bestow a favor forget it.If you receive one It is wise to

arehas

butre- -

member.Happiness is the greatest of tonics,

the best of cosmetics and the envy ofdyspeptics. Detroit Tribune.

Advice About Esrs.A writer in the Delineator gives some

sensible advice about eggs. There is ageneral Impression that eggs, acknowl-edged to be a complete food, may besafely eaten on all occasions. On thecontrary, as the writer alluded topoints out. Invalids and young childrenshould nei'er be given eggs unless theyare very fresh. Persons suffering frombiliousness, gastritis and several othertroubles tind dilliculty in digesting evenfresh eggs. Some physicians declarethat the slightest tendency towardrheumatism makes eggs undesirable.The white of eggs whipped to a frotliwith a little water is a good thine togive fever patients, as a rule, but thephysician should be consulted beforeeven this Is given to a sick person.

Elevated River.The most elevated river in the world

Is tha Desaguadero. In Bolivia. It isof a considerable depth, and its wholelength, from the village Desaguadero,at the south extremity of Titicaca, tothe north end of the lake Aullagas, isabout ISO miles. The average eleva-tion of the valley or tableland of I esa-guade- ro

above the level of the sea isabout 13,000 feet. The river whosesource lies, highest Is the Indus, whichrises on the north of the Kailas Parbatmountain, In Tibet, 22,000 feet abovesea level.

IT la Sad I.on."Darn the luck: I lost a peach of an

umbrella today.""Yes, people don't seem to have any

conscience about swiping umbrellas.How did you lose it?"

"Well, It was standing against thewall in the restaurant. I kept my eyeon It"

"You bet you have to! Well?""And Just as I was getting up the

fellow that owned it came along andtook it!" Cleveland Leader.

Chicken."Does he think there Is any money

In raising chickens?""Yes; he says for every grain they

give a peck." Yale Record.

"GnirlUh an She In Spoke."Dumley Do you take your breakfast

downtown? Quibble Yes, but I eat Itat home. Boston Transcript.

"Force of the Fntare.Cut off the future, and man Is the

most timid of creatures. The demonsand dragons are too terrible for himto face and attack. But spread beforehim the illimitable future, and he willdare all things, certain of victory atlast. Any night, however filled withweeping, can be endured by one whoknows that Joy Is coming in the

I IMIN

Trout season and the very mentionof this ever pleasant, theme brings asparkle of pleasure to the eyes of theanglers, and their faces are wreathedin smiles at the prospect of lauding" thespeckled beauties, on the banks of someof the teeming trout streams along theline of the California NorthwesternKail way. Thanks to Mr. A. W. Foster,president of the road, and the rest ofthis progressive company, and theCalifornia Northwestern lish hatcheryestablished by them at Fkiah withthe spawning station at Willi!-- , therewill be no lack of sport, for for yearspast they have replenished the streamsevery season with millions of littletrout tlia.t were kept at the hatcheryuntil they were able to take care ofthemselves, then liberated by the thousands at a time. The best part of oneof these jaunts or li'diing excursionsinto this part of the county is that theangler never conies back empty handed.He has not only dined himself upon

gamy fellows, but friends who were good evidencesknow what it get whin" the sa nig as church mice!'

of the air, ami sum it all up found 1 couldn'tfeast eyes loveliness "llbrd to attend churchpart world bountiful it doubt there churchesated grandeur, and mountain andvalley, canyons and mossy banksspangled with Mowers ami ferns, aresure to be remembered with that mostacceptable of gifts--- a box or b:isketlined with ferns andcontaining a mess of speckled trout ; adainty trophy the success and skillof angler. Many sniglers are turn-ing their eyes toward t his mecca of thetrout fishers, for they know by pastexperience what to expect, and theydon't have to go an all day's journeyto get there. Anglers are born exagger- -ators and we can be prepared to hearmarvelous tales. The lenirth andbreadth of some of tin? little trout willbe truly marvelous, and the veracityof the angler will never be questioned,although a great deal of allowance willbe made by the friends, who know thatthey are perfectly reliable on everyother subject, and their word is as goodas their bond.

Trout season brings to mind a realtrue lish story. Three old-tim- e friendspacked their lunch baskets, and whenthe work was finished, they havewell been the envy of every epicurean,no matter how fastidious they mightbe. they sallied forth with silkenlines, artificial Hies and cans of realtrue bait, lish worms and the like. All

the sjHirt and trudged miles be-

side the stream wending way like asilver ribbon between the mossy bank?..One of the trio carried a novel and hefell by the wayside no, I mean thestream-sid- e, and was soon lost in a lovetangle of a people in another part ofthe country, to all aDnenninc. HeI A -

was playing possum however, for everynow and then he would deftly transfera trout from his friend's basket to hisalmost empty one, until he had quite arespectable mess to carry home as evi-dence that he had been fishing andwa really successful. L nkind friendshad remarked on previous occasionsthat he v:is too lazy to lish when he,poor fellow, was only tired. All werein high glee when it approached thetime for starting home, and no one wasin better spirits than the man withthe novel, who chuckled with glee overthe surprise he had for his friends.They finished the last of their lunchthen the angler who Snid walked andtlshed sill day, proposed that they opentheir baskets and count their fish."Done," said the novel reader :is hedumped his basket of trout out on thegrass and began to count, ' What areyou doing?" he asked excitedly of hisfriend the persevering fisherman, ashe watched him appropriate troutafter another from the pile. " Simplygathering up my own lish," said theman cooly. "They are mine, everyone of them," said the novel reader."Oh, no; they are not," replied theother culmly. "See that notch intail. I brought my scissors along andcut a notch in the tail of every lish I

caught." When wise man gotthrough counting the tired man hadan even half dozen little speckled troutin basket, and remarked that hehad had the meanest kind of a trickplayed upon him.

" You asked nie whether 1113 childrenattend and church,"said a gentleman the other day, "andI truthfully say 'no, they haven't formany a day.' There was a time in ourlives when every one of us went, fromthe oldest to the youngest, but thatwas when we lived in of the littlenland towns. You knew everybodyand you at home in little houseof worship. Everybody sung the good

ed hymns led by our volun-teer choir, and we sang with a will,and as though we meant evey word weuttered. When the sermon was ended,our pastor came down and stood at thedoor ami welcomed withinour gates, extending a cordial handgreeting with cheery words to bothold ami young. When we moved tothis big city, we thought, now we canlisten to eloquent discourses and enjoythe singing by cultivatedvoices. luck would have it, thehouse I rented was owned the pastorof the church whore we proposed toattend divine services ( 5 rent promiseswere made by the agent in regard toputting the house into perfect repair.The rear of it was a most unsanitarycondition and so filthy in appearance-tha-t

it would have lxjen at once condemned had a health olllcer visited it.Promises by real estate agents

amounted to nothing, and finally wewere compelled to move out and seekother quarters. We attended churchwhere the owner of the home we hadlived in preached. The people in general spoke of his eloquence, and theydid not exaggerate he was a silver-tongue- d

orator and delivered manytruths in a forcible ami sincere waythat would have appealed to nie, had I

not lived in his house. The lirst ser-

mon 1 heard him deliver was a beggingsermon, ami was the best beggar L

ever heard; he could talk the moneyright out the congregation's pockets.I was on a small salary and had a largefamily to support. I could give little.On the way out of the church after thesermon, the ending of which ellectcdnie like a dose of bit tors after a gooddinner; 1 was informed that I couldsecure pew by applying to a certainparty. We were strangers and not asingle person gave a kindly greeting.Then I began to figure it all Up, therenting of the pew, the regular Sundaydonations, the children's contributionto the Sunday-schoo- l, the paying ofeven a small amount to the thingsmentioned in the begging part of theservice. The pastor was wealthy, own-

ing houses and lauds galore, andstrictly speaking, 1 with others of the!

the little congregation, ofdo not is to a old poor

invigorating mountain To I

their on the of this in the city. I

of the with don't but are

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here where we would be welcome aminot made to feel our poverty.' Whenthe question is asked, 'Why San Francisco people are not more of a church- -

going people,' 1 know that many ofthem are afraid of the begging sermonsand the demand that is made on theman with a small salarv."

BRIEF REVIEW.

Togo's Nerves Steadied.

Admiral Togo, commander in chiefof the Japanese navy, whose prowess asa fighting man has won world-wid- e

praise of late, comes from an old schoolof Nippon warriors. I lis naval educa-tion is of the best, and he has beentrained in every way to be a fearless,calm and tireless lighter. In his youthhe and his fellow students at the Japa-nese naval acadeniv were accustomedto at tend an annual banquet. They satat a circular table around a slowly re-

volving cannon loaded with a ball amitrained to the level of their heads. Thetrigger w:is so arranged that it could betouched from a hidden source outsideof the banquet hall. That at sometime during the banquet the cannonwould be tired every one at the tableknew ; but just when, or in what di-

rection it would be pointing was a mys-

tery. Of course, there was a possibilitythat the ball might crash harmlesslybetween the heads of two banqueters,but it was equally probable that itmight carry oil the head of some student, let no one llincliel. 1 liesechances were equal to all. The picturesque object of destruction revolvingduring tlie jovial hours of the banquet,pointing from student to student, andready at a given moment to blow anyone of them to pieces, was consideredin .Japan admirable training to steadythe nerve.- - t.f a lighting man.

Talking Makes Wrecks,(hie of the chief iva-oi- is lor the fre-

quent nervous breakdowns amoiii;women is that they talk too much. If

you will look about you will see thetruth of this, as the women who chatterand gossip most, among your own ac-

quaintances, are tho.--e who most fre-pKiit- ly

have attack.-o-f nerves, necessiating doctors or drugs. Ellen 'ferry

the act res-!- , once sought a physicianfor advho, which was to pass threehours daily swinging in a hammockbeneath the trees. She hired a housein the suburbs, swung a hammock asordered, and recovered. Tnen shelearned that the prescription was simply a ruse of the physician to keep herfrom talking. M me. Calve talked toomuch, and her physician insisted thatoe lie ail day in a l oom u illi Hie sliaOt

. rawn, arising only logo to the operadie speedily recovered, because slit

Had absolutely abstained from talking.New York physicians quite generallygive this tongue-res- t cure for norvoutroubles among women. FreePress.

Nitrogen Accessary For Life.

Thcatmosphere is compose) of a mix-

ture of oxygen and nitrogen, the formersubstance being essential to life. 1 1 hasbeen a matter of scientific speculation,however, what part is played b themitogen, and whether it could be sllp-mImhi.- mI

I iv bvilroireii. Professor M..I'- -

cacci of Palermo, Italy, has recentlyshown that in an atmosphere artificiallyconstructed with an equal amount of

hydrogen substituted for the nitrogen,life cannot be supported for any lengthof time. Professor Mai'cacci tried to

keep animals in such an atmosphere,but he found that, they soon died, thesame ellccts being noticed as would re-

sult from cold. This is explained by thefact that hydrogen possesses greaterconductivity for heat than nitrogen.

The Indian rhinoceros is slowly be-

coming extinct. There are only fourspecimens in the zoos of the continent,and the rliinosceroses in the jungles unbecoming so rare that one is but sel

dom seen, even by the most ardenthunter. .

All men over tiO are to be dischargedfrom Portsmouth ( Knglaiid) dockyard.The regulation will allect Pit) men.Hitherto men have been allowed to re-

main until they have reached the ageof G5.

Marriage life on an average laststwenty-eig-ht years.

J'etaluma's population has more thandoubled during the past two years.

WOMAN ANDFASHION MA,ESTIC SCENERY.BrenkfiiNt Jacket.

Becoming breakfast jackets tire al-wa-

in demand by women of tasteand judgment. This one includes a bigcape collar that gives breadth of shoulder and grace of hue. The sleeves al-

low a choice between the llowing styleand those gathered into cutis, as shownin the back view, in tins case of themodel the material is blue ehallie, thetrimming string colored laer, butcountless others are equally appropri

CH A I.LI I AND LACE.

ate, and the model will be found anexcellent one for washable materials.The jacket is made with loose frontsami tucked backs and is shaped bymeans of shoulder and under armseams. The sleeves are in one pieceeach, either left plain or gathered intostraight cuffs, and the cape collar isarranged over the whole. The i,uan-tit- y

of material required for tlie me-

dium size is ."1 yards J7 inches wide.3 yards 'M inches wide or l!:"t yards44 inches wide. v. itli . yards of laceand yards of insertion to trim.

I'lir Home Drcxsnuiker.In home dressmaking the long seams

are often ditlieult to get quite straight.As an aid in seaming pieces for theskirts of dresses, cloaks, etc., adopt thefollowing plan: Place one piece of thematerial on a smooth deal table andthe other above it. Smooth lightly Intoplace, and at one end of the seam pina tape measure to the stuff and throughinto the wood. Draw this down m theother end of the seam and a cam knock.in the pin. Then with lone thread lackby the edge of the tape measure, and inseaming use these stitches as guidinglines.

ItlbhoiiN For Sniiiiucr Hutu.Ribbons enter into the trimming of

most of the spring models, as theyhave done this winter, only they aretreated in a somewhat different way.The heavy quillings and shirred rueh-Ing- s

have gone out of fashion with thehigh crowns and Instead are ribbonstwisted carefully round and tied in asimple bow on one side or else madeup Into little tied knots. Therefore me-dium and rather narrow widths aremost In demand.

The Now 1 In ud llnur.Leather hand hairs with two square

pockets buttoned down by Maps on theoutside are rather novel.

Tor 11 Little Hoy.This model is an ideal one for the

little boy. being easily laundered andwell adapted to many materials. Thesimple, graceful lines gie a jaunty airto the little wearer. The waist ami

9KUSSIAN JlLObSI.

skirt are all In one piece, closing downthe left side. A belt of the material orone of patent leather may be used.It would bo very stylish made of redor blue pique, trimmed with a bandof white material and white leatherbelt. Gingham, duck, madras or anyof the lightweight materials may beused in the making. The medium sizerequires one and three-quarte- r yards offorty-fou- inch material.

A Servile IIoiiMe of Lords.When King Henry VIII.'s name was

spoken in ids presence in the house oflords every peer prostrated himselfwith Asiatic servility. An entry In therecords of the house gives the sub-tanc- e

of a speech delivered by tliechicellor on Jan. 1(5, loll. In whichthe king's goodness and wisdom areextolled, and It tells us that wheneverhis majesty was mentioned, 'whichhappened often," all the lords pros-trated themselves, bowing to theground as one man.

JURIOUS ROCK FORMATIONS ON THECOLUMBIA RIVER.

The IMllur.s of Hereule, Two IMctur-eti- eIlxiNitltlc CnlumnH, nine From

Hit? Oregon Side of the Stream.TowitIijk Mountain Peak.The person who gave the name Pil-

lars of Hercules to two picturesquebasaltic columns rising from the edgeof the Columbia river, in the Cascaderange, on the Oregon side of the river,chose a name that was peculiarly ap-propriate. One of the interesting nutswhich the geologists In this countryhave had to crack has been when andhow the majestic Columbia burstthrough the basaltic Cascade range andfound its way to the foaming marginof the Northern Pacific ocean. Whoknows if the mighty Hercules who,according to the ancient (."reeks, whenreturning from the western kingdomof Geryon tore asunder the Europeanand African continents In order thattlie waters of the Atlantic and theMediterranean might mingle did notgo beyond Erythia, Geryon's islandkingdom, and perform a like servicefor the Columbia river? It certainlywould have been a feat worthy of hisprowess. The Columbia river, afterpursuing its placid way across the aridwastes of land on the eastern side ofthe Cascade range for nearly 200 miles,approaches the stately row of mountain peaks and pushes through betweenthe towering peaks, Mounts Hood andAdams. After descending in a boilingcascade, from which it is said that therange of peaks derives Its name, theColumbia, or, as it has often been call-ed, the Oregon, rolls between everwidening banks to the white bulwarkerected by the turbulent sea across Itsmouth.

One with a good strong arm couldthrow a stone across the river at tliepoint where it enters the portals ofthe mountains. Literally the river liasturned itself on edge in order tosqueeze through. Some distance be-

low this point the river pours over asuccession of rugged ledges; then Itsmilingly passes on its way to the sen.The scenery in this cut through themountains Is thought by some to rivalin sublimity that to be found any-where in the world. Pinnacles of vol-

canic rock tower toward the heavens.On them have lodged seeds carriedthither by the wind or birds. Fromthese seeds trees have germinated.These cling to the rocks with a remark-able tenacity, and some of them, onewould thin';, have a precarious living.On the very summit of one of thC3ePillars of Hercules a single repre-sentative of the evergreen trees whichabound on the western slope of theCascades elevates Its foliage with allthe impudent audacity and farcicaldiminutivenos; of a clown's stovepipehat. There It stands as securely fastened and Its foliage as raklslily inclined as the hat on the clown's browWhat depth of soil it has In which toplant its roots doubtless not manyknow, for itie ascent of the column hasprobably been accomplished by few. Itis said thac in the early days of commerce on the Columbia, when sailingships plowed their way up the streaminto the heart of the country, the yardarms wouli- often become entangled inthe branches of the trees which overhung the water. To the sailors aftertheir long sojourn at sea it was likeentering naradlse. Beautiful waterfalls add to the charm of the scene.They come pouring as If from the skyover precipices SOU feet high and. hidden In mist, plunge into the serenebosom of the great river.

There are a number of other strikingformations of basaltic columns besidesthe Pillars of Hercules. There are battlemented castles, rounded domes andu thousand rocks of other fantasticdiaper. One group of pinnacles, downwhich numerous small streams descend.Is called I'upc Horn. Dominating thescene everywhere through this regionare the two extinct volcanoes, snowcapped warders of the pass. Mount Adurns on the north and Mount Hood onthe south.

The Indians have a legend as to theorigin of tho obstructions to navigationwhich form the cascades. They say thatthe two earth giants, the mountainsiealous ot each others power, oncepiarreled furiously. They belched forthtire and smoke and hurled great si ones.it each other. Some of these stonespassed across the river, while manyothers fell Into the stream. In the tleryconlllet a roof of rock which spannedthe river was broken into fragments.The lodging of all these fragments andstones In the stream created the cas-

cades.The whlto man has several theories.

One Is that the ledge of solid rock overwhich tho current sweeps was deposit-ed by a great rocksllde down the sidesof the gorge. These mountain sides arewildernesses of broken crags extendingto the summits, ''.000 feet high. Theledge Is crowned with large bowldersso great that the massy body of watercannot move them. New York

Then lie SnlUed."Mrs. Cusehley remarked to me that

it must l.e piesa..t t. be married to aclever man," said Proudley's wife.

"And what did you say?" queriedProud ley.

"I told her, of course, that I didn'ti:now; that I had only been marriedonce."

AVhere He .""lade Ills .Money.Years ago a gentleman set tint in the

south of England and becime verypopular in the neighborhood. The coun-ty families could never discover howhe had made his money, but were sat-isfied by his solemn assurance that Itwas not in trade. Nothing could excoed the ordinary gravity of his de-meanor, which, Indeed, caused him tobe placed on the commissi. n of peace,but now and then, without any appar-ent provocation, he would burst intosuch a laugh as no one ever heard be-

fore except In one place.Where thev could have hoard If 0117,

twenty years, but at last he was be-

trayed unconsciously by his own grand-child, who after a visit to a travelingcircus Innocently exclaimed, "Why,grandpa laughs just like the clown!"

James Payn.

EAR OF DIONYSIUS.

.ie of the I'aoionn WhlMperlnsr Placeaof the World.

Among the notable whispering placesf the world is tho "Ear of Dlony-Hus- "

of ancient Syracuse. It is Inthe shape of a parabolic curve, endingIn an elliptical arch, with sides par-allel to its axis, perfectly smooth andcovered with a slight stalactltlc incrus-tation that renders its repercussionsamazingly sonorous. It is 0-- 1 feet high,from 17 to 35 in breadth and 187 deep.It has an awful and gloomy appear-ance, which, with Its singular shape,perhaps gave rise to the popular andamusing paradox that DIonysIus had itconstructed for the confinement ofthose whom he deemed inimical to hisauthority and that from the littleapartment above he could hear all theconversation among the captives whowere brought to the ancient town ofSyracuse In the time of its splendor,when It was the largest In Sicily. Thesound of words uttered with a lowvoice is augmented In vaults or gal-

leries so as to become nudible at a considerable distance from tlie speaker.

A like effect takes place in a less degree when sound ascends from the bot-tom of a deep well or when words areuttered at one extremity of a long cor-ridor or passage In a building. If apin be dropped Into a well the soundproduced when It strikes the water isdistinctly heard at the mouth or thesounds of words spoken near the sur-face of any well Is similarly augment-ed. Try it. New Orleans

The

A FAMOUS STAR GROUP.

CoiiMtellntlon Orion In Lcfcendand Literature.

The constellation Orion is mentionedin tlie literature of all ages. In EgyptIt represented Horus, the young or ris-ing sun, in a boat surmounted by stars,closely followed by Sirius, which wasshown as a cow. It has also beenfound sculptured on the walls ofThebes ",l00 years ago. And on themen of that early time It shone downfrom the same position and with thesame brightness as It does on us today,a striking example of the unchange- -

ableness of the heavens.From the days of the early Hindoos

to the present the constellation has forsome reason borne always a stormycharacter. Allusions to Its direful Influ-

ence are found everywhere among theclassic writers. Thus Milton wrote:

When with flrrco winds Orion arrivedHath vexed th Red sea coast.

The loss of the Roman squadron inthe first Punic war was ascribed to thelieets having sailed just after the ris- -

ug of Orion. The group has also beenemployed as a calendar sign, its morn-ing rising indicating the beginning ofsummer, its midnight rising the seasonof grape gathering and Its early een- -

Ing rising the arrival of winter, withits attendant storms. In recent timesthe group has always represented agreat hunter or warrior. Its presenttitle came into Greek astronomy fromthe Euphrates and originally signifiedthe light of heaven.

Kljt Sundny.Palm Sunday Is known In England

as Fig Sunday because In many dis-

tricts tigs ure freely oaten on that day.The custom Is common In the villagesof Bedford, Bucks. Hertford andNorthampton and is found in someparts of north Wales. As Palm Sundayapproaches the shop windows of Dun-stable are filled with figs in readinessfor the crowds who go to the top ofDunstable downs to regale themselveson that day. At Kempton, in Hertford-shire, to "keep warsel" Is to feast onfigs or tig puddings with your friendson Palm Sunday. Fig Sunday Is probably connected with the story of thebarren fig tree, which forms part ofone of the lessons for the day. LondonMail.

A Tailor' Proclamation.The art of advertising has reached a

high pitch of excellence In these days,but old newspapers and circulars fur-nish some fetching examples which itwould be difficult to improve upon.Fifty years ago a Maidstone (England!tailor made this alluring appeal to tliepublic:

"Neoteric cutting. Coats, trousersand vests, In alamodal style and material, are scientifically constructedand symmetrically adjusted to the anthropological tlexibllities, for a thau- -

maturgieally minute, prompt, monetary gesticulation." Then follows theaddress, where your "commands willbe executed with rabdologlcal exactitude and molllloquent courtesy."

ninhoit Ilrook' Joke.Some years ago Bishop Phillips

Brooks was recovering from an illnessand was denying himself to all visitorswhen Kobert Ingersoll called. Thebishop received him at once. "I appreciate this very much." said Mr. Ingersoll. "but why do you see me whenyou deny yourself to your friends?"It Is this way," said the bishop. "I

feel confident of seeing my friends intho next world, but this may be mylast chance of seeing you."

""Time and Dookn.conomy of saving time Is wise,

but there Is an economy of spending

most wasteful. .1 If I .itcauiug is tue maKingof thoughts, of Ideas, of pictures In thebrain. All young photographers knowhow little Is to be made out of an "un-derexposed plate," but do they under-stand that there may be such a thingas an underexposed brain? It takestime to make Impressions on the mind.If you read too fast, either aloud oryourself, or skim over your reading,the mind receives poor Impressions ornone at all. St. Nicholas.

The DeNeendlnjr Senle.When a girl Is first engaged she tig-nr- es

on a ten room house in the swellpart of town. As time goes on thehouse gradually decreases In size untilIt Is n four room structure. Then alltlie fancy trimmings are left off. .1 :

next the house Is located in a re::-- .

part of town. Finally when t!:

zled tho county families for five and ! d,nK comCH ofT Is announced I .

couple will reside with the br;ther. Atchison Globe.

Of all the cants In this cantlug world,though the cant of lrypocrites may bethe worst, the cant of criticism Is tliemost tormenting. Sterne.

JliOICE MISCELLANY

Old Time In Wanlrlntcton.Dr. Edward Everett Hale in an arti-

cle on "Washington Then and Now"

m the Outlook discourses pleasauti'of the capital as, he lirst knew it:

"The city hasgrown In those sixtyyears from a mudhole which had 30,-00- 0

people perhaps within its bordersto a city of 2,")0,000 inhabitants. The

onlv nart of this common (not farfrom the corner of I and Seventeenth

streets) which was fenced In musthave been near where tlie British em-

bassy is now. We called It the gymna-

sium. I think. That was the high

sounding name for a bowling alley

which the young men kept up. I re-

member one afternoon we persuadedMrs. Madison, who was still alive, to

visit us there, and with great effortshe got a ball down the middle of thealley and was complimented on herknocking down the king. PresidentTyler came over and played with theyoung gentlemen sometimes. Every-

thing had the simplicity and ease, Ifyou please, of a small Virginia, town.Whenever tlie weather would serve agreat many of tlie southern membersof the house or the senate rode to thecapltol on their saddle horses. Therewere thirty or forty posts In front ofthe capltol near where the statue ofWashington now stands. You rode upto one of those posts and hitched yourhorse. You left him while you went Inand attended the meeting of the house.You came out and unhitched him androde him to your 2 o'clock dinner." .

modern Pioneer.The best patrons of the public

are the .lews; the best patrons ofthe public schools are tlie Jews; thebest patrons of the city and state col-

leges and unlversi.ies are the Jews.And of the Jews the best patrons of allthe means offered for education arethose who have recently escaped fromthe bondage of their European oppress-ors. In this respect the Jews are tothis day what the western pioneers ofthe early nineteenth century were tothat day.

Those pioneers, with their indomita-ble passion for improvements, gavetills nation the tremoudoii.i foru-ar-d

impetus which is still carrying it for-

ward and which will contine to carryit forw d despite the increasing num-

ber of fu.i stomachs, superciliously ed-

ucated descendants of those pioneerswho are advocating "culture" and"aristocratic repose."

Keep your eye on our Jewish fellowcitizens. They are not in the habit ofgetting too good for their business.They give a wide berth to any schemethat tends to make a man less energet-ic, less capable, less alert. Above all.they don't put their business out ofmind when they are amusing them-selves. Saturday Evening Post.

Gormandizing at Sen.Before Breakfast. Tea. coffee, choc-

olate, grapes, pears, melons, biscuits,bread and butter.

Breakfast. Everything customary,finishing up with hot cakes and sirups.

11 a. m. Pint cups of bouillon, bis-

cuits.1" Noon. Sandwiches of all sorts,

carried about tlie decks.1 p. in. Lunch. Items that did not

appear at breakfast and some more.3 p. in. Trays of ices, biscuits, cakes.4 p. 111. Tea, coffee, chocolate, bis-

cuits, bread and butter, toast, cakes.5 or i p. m. --Taffy and other sweets,

carried around on trays.7 p. m. Dinner. A new creation, in-

cluding oysters, whitebait, turtle soup,venison, hothouse fruit and similar del-icacies.

u p. 111. - Supper. Broiled bones, sand-wiches, fruit, tea or coffee, lemonade,etc. Menu of the New Cunard Liner.

A M'omlerful Watcli.A watcli has just been completed aft

er seven years' hard labor by a notedParis watchmaker. It Indicates tliehours, seconds, days, months and years

'(making the necessary change In leapyean, lunar phases, seasons, solstices.equinoxes, hours of the rising and set-ting of the sun and time of 12T cities ofthe world.

It Includes a thermometer, hvdrome- -

ter. barometer, altimeter (good up to1.H0O feet, which Is hh enough for mypurposes), a compass and a repeatingchronometer. It also shows the celes-tial maps of the two hemispheres. Inwhich even stars of the fourth magnitude can be located in their exact posi-tions thr ugliout the year. My oldlonging for the Strassburg clock hasquite vanished. Unfortunately theLouvre has alreadj acquired the newwatch. T. P.'s Weekly.

Speed of the Gulf Stream.It Is said that tlie gulf stream is run-

ning so much more rapidly than for-merly that sailing ships cannot makeheadway against Its current. This "riv-er In the ocean" Is caused by the wa-ters of the gulf of Mexico piling upuntil that oval caldron rises two orthree feet higher than the waters In themid-Atlanti- c. Florida strait, aboutninety miles broad, forms tho onlyegress for the waters, which Howthrough tills narrow outlet, between

time. In reading, especially, hurrv Is Kot- - xvnaf n..,i n.,un 1

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eight or ten miles an hour.

Hint For the Front Lavrn.As the snowdrifts subside tlie careful

gardener will notice that they leave athin, sticky coat of black soot on hisgrass plot. This must be removed atonce or it will destroy tlie turf. Everymorning wash the lawn with castifesoap, cleansing thoroughly. Do notshampoo the grass, as It will cause It toBpllt at the ends and fall out. Drycarefully with a palm leaf fan. A goodlawn Is worth all the care you bestowupon It. St. Louis Globe-Democra- t.

JTo Sach Thlnjc ai Orerrrorlc.Do we suffer from overwork? A

practical method of determining themeasure of fatigue is to trace the tiredfeeling to Its source. We may learnthat what we have been calling over-work Is nothing more nor less thanworry or boredom. The human ma-chine was built to work. Dr. Cater.

Artist I've Just finished old Cash-ley- 's

portrait, but I haven't done himjustice. Friend Haven't you? Artist-N- o;

he's paying me handsomely for notdoing it New York Tress.