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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1893-7-27, Page 7;SITSFRON BERLIN. :small Talk of Emperor William, His Freaks of l? i?roy and �lusole, ,AN IMPERIAL GRIM LITRE JOKE f eratlo Routine Indulged he by 'William Whilst Itnnttng—eisia5ert S:mstems of IlnhabAtants of the Siirsewald—A Peen late the ling/0,44a! Wine Collar— Ques—tionable Plaything See tles tittle nohow. zollerins. ER LUNY, like Paris and Leedon, is beginning to empty now the dog days are in full swing. If there is one place in the en whole of Europe whore it can at times be swel- tering hot it is the city on the Spree. The heat is uniiko that felt else - whine; it seems to parch up and enervate one to Sean en extant that life becomes a hideous burden olehilst the hot waves last. Bach days as these have been experienced lately, and it le no small wonder that the best families, who can afford to flit whenever the spirit sueveth them, have flitted a::csrdingiy. The tering places are all full and will be iA er as the season advances, for the gen- erality of mankind does not leave the city until the middle of July. WILLIAM AS AN UNWELCOME GUEST. ti The Kaiser is doing his best to be one of the fatally party which meets every summer at Copenhagen at the court of the old King and Queen of Denmark. Strangely enough William seems incapable of understanding how far from welcome he is in such an assembly. He has more than once before this endeavored to intrude his presence at Fredenaborg, and has e.ch time been pro- perly Snubbed, but without avail, to judge by his eagetnees to protrude himself again on the Danish Royal Family. Personally be is not by any means liked, more especially by the Russian Czar, who always frankly enjoys himself when he forms one of the family group that now for some years past has come together at I+redone- berg each August. The Kaiser's presence amid such a family gathering, the charm of which is its per- fectly domestic simplicity, from which for the nonce all the boredom of court etiquette is banished, would be mast obnoxious, for Wilhelm has never yet learnt how to efface his own pereonallty. When he visited one as the guest of King Humbert it was generally felt that his hest was made to appear quite an inferior personage, so blatantly did the Emperor put himself for- ward on every possible occasion. It is also' .stated by those of his personnel who lawn year accompanied him to Emeland that he 'is by no means privately a persona gratin at 'the British court, and more particularly with his kinsman the Prince of Wales. RILOCA\CE AND CONCEIT Or THE TEUTON RULER. II Menarche now occupying European retire �}j+. William is assuredly the most alpa and enthusiaetio actor. In private life, when quite alone or with one friend, he As natural, unaffected and sincere. But let a stranger, or even a second friend, appear upon the scene, he immediately becomes -self-conscious and begins to pose. He poses as Emperor, he poses as political .economist, as statesman, as musician, as artist, as great general, as skilful admiral, .as theologian—in fact, as everything. ?Indeed there is not a single tole in which be does not con - eider himself superior to everybody else, and he is even in the habit when attending dramatic performances of sum- moning the leading actors and actresses to hie box in order to indicate to them how they ought to play their respective parts. He is an excellent and nenetble fellow, thoroughly unaffected and amenable to reason, if only one can speak to him alone ; 'but from the very moment that any third ;person approaches, no matter who it is, bis -manner undergoes a complete change. He ,.perhaps unconsciously begins to pose and Malay a part, and is no longer amenable eines he fears that an admission, either =direct or implied, that he is in the wrong would injure 'his prestige if made in the ;presence of two or more witnesses. DAILY ROUTINE WHILST HUNTING. full skirts andbroad head -drone of the woinea, it would require a large room to accommodate many euoh revolving couples. As soon as a blondish man dies the win- dow of his room Is opened, that his soul may have free exit. If he be a householder, the fact of his death ie immediately announced to the bees and the cattle. After the coffin has been carried away the animals are again addressed, and informed that now they must obey a new master. The bench upon which the coffinhas rested is also immedi- ately thrown ever for fear anyone should sib on it, a sure- omen of death within a year, according to the superstition of he. Spreewaldiane. WILLIAM BOSSES ITIS OWN WINE CELLAR. The Kaiser., as becomes a good German, is very fond of a glass of Rhine wine, and he is particularly proud of his cellars,,. which are almost unequalled for age and vintage. Occasionally one gets, by favor, permission to view these really wonderful vaults ; but the acquaintance with the casks and bottles is an external one only. One ool- ler contains wines which were intended for Frederick the Great'% private use, the in. scripticn on the door being " Souvenir de Janssonoi." Each bottle—there are but a few left—has the monogram " F. R." (Frederious Rex) and the crown stamped upon it. The Emperor Frederick intended to present one of these bottles to the Hohenzollern museum as a souvenir of " Alter Fritz," but his illness intervened. On one door is written the following quaint inscription : " Anno 1736, King John of Portugal presents this costly wine to Hie Majesty of Prussia, King Frederick William 1." From the formation of the letters it is supposed that the donor himself arranged the inscription. This cellar contains port wine of the rarest flavor, "costly wine " indeed ; and as there are only about fifty bottles left', the Kaiser only permits one to During His Majesty's recent stay in the woods of Prockeiwitz, where he devoted -himself to his favorite sport of deer shoot- ing, he led a most strange existence. an rose at 2 o'clock every morning, and after •having eaten a beefsteak, nearly raw, he •started off, shooting until 11. He then re- turned home and slept till 3 o'clock in the afternoon, when he rose and attended to very urgent documents. At 4 he dined, and then shot until dark. At 8.30 he bad .supper, between which and 9,30 he con- sumed three quarts of lager beer and ten • ounces of a special cordial he always carries about with him, and at 9.45, with military gsunctuafity, he stretched himself in bed. Every day this routine was observed with• en minute's deviation in time. ISER'S PARTIALITY FOR THE SPREIDWALD. RANCHING IN PARAGUAY, Some Information About the Great Oattle Raising Oountry of America, ALL YOU NEED IS A START, r t,sv. N all parts of South America, says Fanny B. Ward, the greatest for Wien have been realized by foreigners -.not in diamonds, gold and silver, guano or nitrate, coffee, sugar or India rubber—but in cattle raising and it is still one ofthe best investments for email canitai—barring an occasional vielba- tion of murrain. In Paraguay no industry pays so well, although it Jan not yet attained anything like its proper develop- ment. Before the war of the Triple Alli- ance there were over 2,000,000 head of horned cattle in the country, but official statistics now compute them at a little less than 700,000. These figures, of course, do nob include other domestic animals.. Careful records kept on various estates have demonstrated that a square league of land is capable of eupperttng about 2,000 grown-up beasts, or 260 of them to the square mile. According to this computa- tion, Eastern Paraguay alone (which con- tains 61,100 square miles), might support 16,000,000 of 'tattle. THE LAW AS TO NUMBERS. It is a well-known tact that the proper rule under ordinary conditions is in the ratio of one animal to two and a half acres of be brought out on the - most epedal ooh dant f,but,there _is ,a law in Paraguay (at oasione. Enact In thiel; a meek obi a oeent 0e410 Q Y, til!! x� 14rr matters, His Majesty supereiit(hQ cellars perermaily, Paying ' er rielet visits, but alarm visit►, e ' slillegleA unexpected ones also. r HIS MAJESTY'S GRIM LITFLID JOKE. One day recently, nporjii his return to Berlin, William weal in his study transacting business, when he heard a great uproar in the nurserya'and as he iikee to have a finger in everyf pie, he seen went to the scene where t)Ie tumult was taking place. When he 'entered the nursery the Kronprinz and Prince Eitel drew themselves up and sainted; their father, in military fashion, as they are in the habit of doing. " What is ali,'this noise about Y'' asked the Emperor. " A slight dispute, father," re- plied the ' eider boy. " I was obliged to let my brother know who is Crown Prince in this establish- ment." " Good," replied His Majesty. " I see what you mean, and I think it will he as well if I let you know who is Emperor and master in this same establishment ;'• and saying this he forthwith administered a punishment which made an impression on the mind and elsewhere of the little Keen - prime which he did not soon forget. It has been a standing jab in the Imperial house- hold, the only one who has failed to appre- eiate the joke being young hopeful himself, who for several days experienced great diffi- culty in sitting down. TOY FORTRESS Fon THE YOUNG PRINCES. By the Kaiser's orders a very questionable " play thing ""is being prepared for his sone in the grounds of the new palace. His Ma- jesty has decreed that the Imperial Princes shall have a miniature fortress, to combine inlay with study of the rules of war. The torerees, which will cover a space large enough for a good-sized church, has been specially designed ; it will contain all the modern improvements, revolving towers, moats, drawbridges, etc., and, above all, in to be furnished with cannons. If the small boys do not end by blowing themselves up, it will be a special intervention of Provi- dence. The foundations are already a good height, and the fortress is being hastened forward, so that it may be finished this summer. A picturesque old-world colony is the (Smeller/1d, of which William is very fond, «situated about two hours from Berlin by ,,rail, and accessible from the little town of Lubenau only by the low flab beat of the .•country. The region, which is intersected ,hy a network of upward of 200 little streams, tributaries of the Spree, was col- onized in the fifth century by the Wends, a race of Slavonic origin, who, though con- n}�uered and partially absorbed by the Ssaxons, have retained to the present day an individuality all their own in the " Forest -of the Spree." QUEER COUNTRY DANCE. At the " Gaethof zur Bleiohe," the prin - ei al countryinn of Burg,on a Sunday theh o nd meet tfromu Basan s miles around night, g, for a ball in the large lower romp of the inn. On a raised platform sit the musician of the neighborhood. The girls arrange themes' (solves on one aide of the room, standing„ amid so tightly packed together that their broad head-dresses touch, forming a solid wall of whitest linen, out of which peep the 'pretty demure little faces. Here they attend by the hour, waiting to be bidden to the dance, veritable wallflowers. One man ,of influence in social matters stands in the centre of the room to see that all dance in proper order and decorum. After the dance is finished he pushes his way through the crowd, demanding of each of the dancers the sum of ten pfennings (two ceats) as Mustafa/is' fees. And no couple, however ineigutficaut, escape his eye. SUPERSTITIONS OE THE NATIVES. it The ball room presents an unusually Mian and girl both ;.affectionate aspect, h other firmlyy around te watste ,..clasp each o if and press their cheeks closely t gether , time man be tall, however, she rests her rr:forehead against hid cheek. With the wide, SUICIDE TIME. Is There a Particular Time of Year When Self Murder l?lonrlshes? An eastern daily records the suicide of nine persons in one day within a radius of a few hundred miles. All of them were men, and three of them killed themselves because they had embezzled funds intrusted to their care in business. It has been observed that moot of the suicides occur in the hottest season of the year, when men's brains are broiled and their Liood frenzied with the heat. Many of those who thus put themselves out of the world aro leading members of society and of church in their respective neighborhoods. It is evident that Christianity had no hold en their minds, or they would not have dared to take away the lives that had been given them to make a wise use of. In the old Greek mythology it was taught that suicides wandered on the shores of the river Styx 300 years before they were allowed to cross. They flitted hither and thither, homesick shades, belonging neither to this world nor the next. It is the oriental belief that the man who kills him• self must hover disconsolate about the scene of his earth life till the natural term of his existence hero expires. It certainly seems that if there is any hereafter the in- dividual who cowardly shuffles off before he has done his work will have to undergo some dread purgation ere he can join the spirits that departed peacefully when their time was up. If one has done a wrong on earth, this earth is the place to right it. If one has been wretchedly unhappy, un- successful and disappointed in his cherished earthly hopes, this world, not the next, is the place for one to buckle en his armor valiantly and fight straight through all troubles. Every determined soul can do it. 1SPIDEIIICI !ln VIUU15, The Meyer's use 1teealis Wholesale )Nelson,• nags onlong Ago. Are there epidemics of crime as well as of diseases ? The cowardly murders of wives and near roletivea by the administration of poison are becoming shockingly frequent. The oases of Carlyle Harris and Dr. Buchanan and numerous other suspects now awaiting trial will recur to mind, These, however, involving only single victims, sink into insignifloance compered with the exploite of the pair of modern Borgies, ` " Dr," Henry Meyer and his supposed wife, whose awful career has just been disclosed through investigation follow- ing upon their arreet in Detroit, charged with the murder of one of the victims in New York, The cold-blooded devilishness of their methods has scarcely a parallel in the history of crime. Five or six viobims ' are already known to have been sacrificed to their cunning arts. The plan adopted was to bring about a marriage between the I woman and the intended victim, and, after procuring insurance on his life, to causehin death, apparently from disease, bat really by means of poison; the skill of the doctor administering the drug enabling him to dupe the attending physician. The histories of France and Italy disclose several apparent epidemics of this form of crime. About 1650 a poisoning eooieiy was discovered to exist among Roman wives. Many widows were arrested, and under tor- ture disclosed the conspiracy, Fourteen women were hanged, eighteen committed suicide, ono hundred were publicly whipped and three hundred fled to avoid pun- ishment. A similar discovery was made in Paris about the year 1680. The hags who supplied the poison, who were burned alive in expiation of their crimes, gave their drugs such facetious names as " succession powder," because by i,teaid on heir could quickly enter upon his t'8 ce;powder," which brought diftband or wife with an ill - Orb. Over eight thousand ,exert;, tried by the courts in the pampas,elu��g'alibirrl fico, heir' much Iarger area of pasturage than Para- guay. In Rio Grande do Sul, a Province of Southern Brazil, where a league is computed according to the Portngueaestandterd of 11,- 640 acres, the law limits the animals put upon it to 2,500 ; and in the Province of Parana !b is restricted to one animal to ten acres. STARTING A RANCH. Starting an eetancia is a simple matter in Paraguay, and can be done, on a small scale, without much capital—though, as elsewhere, " money makes money," and large returns cannot be expected without the investment of a good deal of it. In the first place you must purchase land, end if not particular as to locality, you may get it as low as 20 cents per acre, or even less. Then your estate should be enclosed with an alanbrado, or fence of five wires attached to posts about five feet high. This costs about 600 pesos per league (a peso is the local dollar, worth about 75 cents), but if cash is short and the tract large, that ex- pense may be deferred for a time. Stocking the estancia is the more important part of it, and although not allowed to pub on mere than 260 head to the square mile you may begin with as few as you like, and wait for the increase. COST OF STOCKING IT. What is the cont of the stocking of a cat- tle farm in Paraguay ? That is a question I ant frequently asked ; and the answer de - ponds upon circumstances. 'If you are liv- ing he the United States and propose com- ing to this country, you will find that the greatest item of expense is the long journey, especially if you bring a family, which costs quite enough to set you up in a moderate business nearer home. If, however, you are on the spot, a few hundred dollars, accom- panied with a due amount of diligence and common sense, will soon make a nabob of you. Young cattle may be bought in Argentina and transported to Paraguay by river steamers at about $13 per head when arrived. If you are as superebibioue about that unlucky number as the writer, you will prefer to pay, say $13.25. The average price of cattle in these parte (bought al conte, that is, without selection) is ten pesos, or about $8 of our money. In cer- tain localities they are even lower, some- times down to four pesos per head. NO SHILL NECESSARY. Moistness of the Air. In a lecture on "The Leaf and its Func- tions " unc-tions" by Ptofeasor S. H. Vines, of Oxford University, at the Gardens of the Royal Botanic Society of London, the lecturer re- ferred to the enormous quantity of mois- ture drawn by the roots from the sell, and to the atmos discharged in bythis means r g were For ex am tar the commonsunflowerer as found to inhale 12 ounces of water ifs 12 hours, and an oak tree, with an esti• mated number of 700,000 loaves, would in the same way give off something like 700 tons of water during the five months it carries its foliage. While the otbei parts of plants varied but little in their conditions, the leaves, as being the most important organs of vegetable life, were able to alter themselves to suit the conditions under which they had to live, so that botanist were often able, by the appearance of a plant, to tell the climate and eircunintances under which it had been grown. fi Papa—So yon let the 1lfarberry girl get away all time class homers, eh 1 I am almost ashamed of you. ' Sweet Girl Graduate—Oh,'well, if I were as homely as she is I should have gone in for, that sort of thing myreif. inter, we atei be -a -tete mere Hover In a to rupted tlhan when we say nothing. ---Mlle. de Lespirtasge. ' dour yenta- 1%if3'More than fifty widows, who had poisoned 'their husbands, and nearly forty sons and daug`htefs, who had made away with their parents, wale. exe- cubed. The most widespread conspiracy of this nature was that unearthed in Naples at the beginning of the eighteenth cen- tury through the bungling effort of a nobleman's wife to poison her husband. Thousands of arrests were made, among the number being some of the best known women of the city. For three years the courts ware busy with poisoning cases ; 200 women were beheaded ; 200 were hanged ; nearly 100, in consideration of their rank and families, were privately strangled in prison, and nearly 2,000 were whipped, banished or imprisoned. Toffienia, the vendor of the poison, admitted complicity in 600 murders. How many more were due to her arts of poisoning cannot be told, as her potions were sent all over Europe. Large numbers of the accused and many of the convicted undoubtedly fell victims to the medixval form of prosecution still in vogue at the time of these occurrences, while really innocent suspects in many of the cases may have confessed to the crime charged ire order to escape from the rack. One is loth to be- lieve that such calculating fiendishness is as. common as might be inferred from these histories of criminal epidemics, and that Harrises, Buchanans and Meyers are not phenomenal cases of diabolical cruelty.— Philadelphia, Record. SIX LAID IN ONE GRAVE. knnjo &eider Tells the Story of the Mode, a,, 1aasaore, A RENARICABLia FUNERAL. At 4: o'clock this' morning waggons con- taining the families of farmers began to arrive at the Mennonite Meeting House, near Risser'o home. At 6 o'oleek the roads leading to the meeting house were filled with vehicles for half a mile in all direc- tions. There were 3,000 waggons and car- riages and 15,000 people there when an hour after sunrise the six bodies were laid aide by side in their coffins in one wide grave, This awful cavern was 14 feet wide and seven and a half feet long. In a front pew of the meeting house to- day sat Annie Kreider, a 16 -year-old girl end the eldest of the four survivors of the family. Annie to -day gave an account of the fearful tragedy that nearly wiped out her family. She said : " Last Thursday evening Baamberger played croquet with several members of the family, and seemed to he in good spirits. On Friday morning, when he committed the murders, ho arose at an early hour aad went to the room of my father, who was in bed. Without stopping to talk he killed him by sheeting him in the head with a double- barrelled shotgun. At the time mother was in the kitchen. When she heard the shot she went in the direction of the report and begged of the murderer not to take her life, but he paid no heed to her and killed her by shooting her in the face. e' All of ns then ran to where Baum- berger was. Re drove us upstairs at the point of the gun with the exception of our 13 -year-old sister, Bernice. She firatcrawled under a bed And then jumped from a win- dow. She intended bridling a pony, which was in a field, so she could ride to town to give the alarm. She scoured a bridle and started for the field, but Baum- berger followed and brought her back to the house. She asked him where father was, and he replied : ` He has gone to the Better Land.' He then showed her the iudies of our parents, and, pointing to mother, n 1 f° c There edd;Iies, like a dead cat.' He. then shot and kk d. Bernice. Baumberger then killed the other')ildren. Ho shot six members of the family, li't�t as that did not kill two of the children he hfaished them by cutting their throats. " He made me cook his breakriidt, and as I begged him nob to kill me he dosi®tecl• He took me to the stable, tied my hands i17.1.9. feet with ropes, beat me in the face whiff hie hand and also with a rope. Then he bridled the pony and rode away. Aaron, my 5 -year-old brother, came to the stable, cub the ropes from me, and I rode a horse to Cando and gave the alarm. The men that followed the murderer caught him, and he hi now In jail." No special knowledge of the business is required, nor exceptional care, for nature is ooth kind and generous here, and nearly everything may be safely left to her. The herds will multiply in natural course, and the owner has little to do about it, beyond collecting them once a year for counting, to brand the young ones with his own mark, and select those that he wishes to sell. As to profits : After making due allowances for losses and reserving a sufficient number to keep up the stock, it is generally com- puted that about 15 per cent. of the whole herd can be annually sold. This is the pro- portion in Argentina else ; but localities differ. In Rio Grande do Sul it averages 12 per cent., and in Parana only 5 per cent. In this country it is customary to sell only the 3 -year-old bullocks and cows that have ceased to be productive. For novillas (young bel. looks) sold on the estaneia, an average price is 20 pesos -say 16 American dollars ; and the came animals delivered at the slaughter house in Asuncion would com- mand eight or ten dollars more apiece. If taken to Fray Benboe,in Uruguay, where the great Liebig factory is situated, they would bring in gold piastres an equivalent for 19 pesos, according to the state of the market. WHAT LAND COSTS. What is the selling price of good land now? That also depends upon various con- ditions -geographical position has not so much to do with its value as the length of time the ground has been under culti- vation. In so new a country the soil becomes rapidly productive, and any which has borne the smallest crop is worth several times as much as a piece of the eame extent which has never been tilled. The primary price of a hectare (2A English acres) ranged from 64 cents down tocentsbargains •but there are inch now, An estate 12 miles from Asuncion, o comprising about one square league, en- closed within a wire fence, sold the other day for 60,000 pesos, unetocked; while a neighboring estate, equally geed and ezten- alv, but never cultivated, is sold at 20,000 pesos. Within throe or four leagues of Asuncion 20 or 30 peon per hooters is the average; along the railway line, from 8 to 10 poses ; and in the immediate vicinity of large towns it is especially valuable for market g aide aing purposes. Not Exactly a Letricagrapher. " What became of that bright son of yours that yen sent to college ? Has he graduated?" " O, yes. He is at present interested in dictionaries." f' " Ila I Become is lexicographer 1" "Well, not exactly lexicographer. He is soliciting subeotiptions gibe a diction- ary" Quo atisir, Is a d'B thin - there is Quotation, mind , a community of mind in i classical quota- tion uota- over men all v 1 o of liter y r o is theparole tf n the world. " TIMBRE'S MT MArIIMA. S" The Little Child Cried and Pell ]Front a Third Story Window. " There's my mamma," cried little five- year-old Lizzie Donohue, clapping her hands and laughing gleefully. The child was leaning far out of a third story window at No. 235 Twelfth street, Jersey City, yesterday. Her mother had loft her at home while she went to the corner grocery. The little one, becoming impatient at her mother's absence, removed the mesquite net screen and climbed up on the window. The mother heard her daughter's childish greeting and saw the little one's danger. She was terror stricken and unable at the moment to utter a warning cry, but made a motion to the girl to go back. The child misunderstood the mother's action, and moved a little farther out. The next in- stant leer body shot from the window to the sidewalk, falling almost at her mother's feet. The child's skull was fractured and she was so seriously injured internally she cannot recover. The MouJkey. As an example of the reasoning powers of monkeys, Mr. Darwin tells a story of one that was scratched by a pet kitten. At first Jaoko was immensely amazed. Recov- ering from his surprise, however, he set to work to discover the location of the claws. After a severe tussle he got the four feet of the kitten with hie clutches, saw the nails thrust from their guards, and, with the broadest grin of satisfaction, forthwith pro- ceeded determinedly to bite off the points of each. Woman! Woman She—Why don't yen tell me that noise isn't a burglar, George? A women always needs to be reassured. George—Of course it isn't a burglar, dearest. That is only the rain dropping on the eaves. There I don't you hear it again Y She—What do you want to keep talking about it for? W.15.013 AND LE Old Uwe in Rhyme. The wrong pig by the ear; Stili waters MEI deep; There is in each flock a very black cheep., No fool like au old fool ; a had row to hoe; A straw shows the way the wind cleaneeth tit blow. Where smoke is there's fire; no news is good, news ; Ill news travels fast and a beggar can't choOes. Whatever's worth doing is worth doing wall If you give him an inch he'll take surely an elle !`is the last straw that breaks camels baolg' hit or miss; Wisdom is folly when ignorance is bliss. Save at the spigot and lose at the bun ; A man cannot drown who is born to be h Little pitchers have big ears; as thin as a In the dark are all cats black ; as slow as r snail. As proud as a peacock ; as meek as a lamb ; As pretty as a picture ; nob worth a tinker's Set a thief to catch thief ; barking doge never bite ; Easy come easy go, and twoo wrongs make se right. Same cid two -and -sixpence ; both tarred by same stick • FIne feathers make fine birds a hint beats a Butteriwkon't melt in one's mouth ; give and. take; The devil his own loves ; hard lines ; make or break. Actions speak Iouder than words ; kill Or cure; Good intentions pave hell ; to the pure all is pure. When in doubt take the trick ; look first e'er you leap ; Take time by the forelock ; catch a weasel asleep. Every man for himself and the devil for us all. When the blind lead the blind in the ditch tumble all- Fle eats humble pie ; drowning men at straws clutch ; Too big for his buttons ; it just beats the Dutch; Making mountains of mole hills; still pig gets most swill ; Blood's thicker than water ; each Jack has his Jill ; Slow and sure ; fast and loose ; hail fellow well melt; All things are fish that come into his net. Soft answer turns wrath ; every dog has his "Th; a ; Where there is a will there is always a way. Bad habits—Prises garb. Second Nature.. •• This room is very close," remarked the guest to the head waiter of a Broadway restaurant. " Can't I have a little fresh air Y The well drilled automaton raised hie voice to a high pitch. " One air 1 " he yells, after a pause add- ing, " Lot it be fresh 1" Money and Mind heading. The arrest of a woman of Cheney, Wash- ington, on a charge of shop -lifting was quickly found to be a mistake. She was shop- keeper ho guilty simply of kleptomania. The hie error, kee or felt much chagrined at buthowwas he to know that oho was rich and respectable? Not everybody can be a mind-reader. The Heaviest Sentence. Primus—How did Hollis explain his donation of his wife and children to the justice Y Sooundus—$e said his wife was a virago. "ria was punished for resisting the police. Primus—Gob six months on the island? Secundus--1 o. Six months at home. Wants a good deal—The card player. A Russian does not become of age until he is 26. The bicycle can hardly he justly called r. tire -lees steed. If yea really wanted a man to keep ceol don't, tell him to. Nearly 900,603 grown English people can neither read nee write. "No, Maud, dear, the tiger lily is net necessarily a wild slower. This- eumurer'e bathing suit is devoid et any decorative enmplexities. Woman fs a charming creature, who changes her imam as easily as her gloves. Shetland. is the most temperate county and'Cork the meat drunken town in the The erigt1.0f,logn tatters lb. generally used m an abbrneil k for pound is the Latin word librsy ams d. The Mohawk much as a lelede of gray grave of their can:manloifi To make love when otic • is a venial eine it is a mottle is old: and ugly --De Bemis. The newspaper man who Eulalia as Castile e hope ought to think apparatus a shower bath. Ina Memblabstreet restaurant : Pam.?" Will them buckwheat cakes be Iong7f Waiter—Nee, air ; they will be round. The are of conversation consists less In showing one's own wit than in giving oppor- tunity for the cls play of the wit of others. "I hear roux wife has just presented, you witht'wins ; may I congratulate you?" " you may cargratulate me that it wasn't so." In Misuser the winter cold is so intense that it freezes quicksilver, while the sum- mer ummer temperature is as high as that of Na pies: Germany has one post -office to every 1,744.. inhabitants. In proportion to the population. the United. States has twice as many.. There is a predominance of females over males in Spain,' the number of the former being, 8,943,000 and of the latter 8,607,000. AN .4JtTiFICIA.l. MAIDEN. -- It is Easy Enough to Be lteautifu if Yon Only itnow flow. " No one," he said musingly, as he gazed at her in fond admiration, " ever had such a profile as yours. It is absolutely classic." She gave him a quick, scrutinizing glance and asked, " Do you Iike it, John ?" He nodded assent. " And that rosebud of a mouth!" he con- tinued. "I have never seen its equal. And those dimples, too See how they play hide and seek. • The imprint of angels' kisses. I am sure I" A demure look stole across her face, but she did not speak. " And the droop of your eyes, dear," he went on. " No wonder that half the men be town are at your feet. Wan there ever such a face as yours!" " I am glad you like the tout ensemble," she answered. " It has been the aim and object off my. life to be considered beautiful. Toll me, John, if I have succeeded." " You are a masterpiece," he answered enthusiastically. " But tell me what you mean ? ` The object of your life to be beautiful.' I de nob understand." " Bat you will," she answered sweetly. A gleam of triumph was in her eye, for even he had nut detected the work of science. " I must tell you the truth," she said after a pause. " That classic profile was a Roman—six months ago. And this mouth i You ahouid have seen it, John, stretched half tierces my fame. Bat I had it altered. And these dimples. I am glad you admire -them. Well, they cost me just $50 apiece. Even the droop of the eyelid was acquired. The designs were all my own. I am so glad to have pleased you," and the maiden smiled at the thought of the ear - prises she had in store for -him, when he ventured to admire openly the shell-like ear, the contour of the face, the finely pen- cilled brows and the cleverly chiselled throat. Once a Tear. Little Girl—Mamma says you have been on the shelf for years. Visitor --Oh, indeed ? Little Girl—yes ; but I suppose they take you down and dust you every spring, don't they ? " lvttiw, Johnny, do you underhand thor- oughly hl wwhyI amgoing to whipyou 4' "'gStea ou're in ad umor thi1a rain' an' you've got tell lick someone before you'll feel satisfied." TO CLEAN DRESSES. Mow To Make Soiled and Rumpled Summer Gowns Fresh. To renovate the old black lace which has began to look hopelessly gray try this plan. Brush it with a soft brush that will not tear the lace. Sponge with tepid water contain- ing a little powdered borax. Lay on a folded flannel and press on the wrong side with a moderately warm iron. Lay over the lame while pressing a piece of thin black si.Ik. China and wash silks may be cleaned by sponging with benzine or gasoline. Use a flannel cloth to rub them, and dry in the air until the odor has disappeared. To wash such waists make suds of luke- warm water and white soap. Wash quickly, squeezing through the suds and rubbing as little as passible. Rinse in slightly cooler water. -New York World. Ancient Longevity. "-I San see nothing preposterous in the ages ascribed to antediluvians in Genesis, if - t a nowrites ' i.I lion a a mea grew up quickly English, w, corroapondeant to the Lnglishe Mechanic. " Bets grew up in less than two months, and then live seven years ; peacocks grow up in a year, and then live 80 or 90 years." Be Started the Machinery. 's lt'sn pretty good rule not to Ieb your left hand know what your right hand is doing." " Well, I don't know about that. I know a fellow in a wooden working establishment who lost hie left hand that way." not allow se Qwupoa the. ud fair '114.0' ens Although the Sultan of Johore seldom wears any jewels except one magnificent diamond aigrette in his cap, ho is fond of giving away costly* gifts of jewelry, and during his last visit to London he presented eeveral handsome brecohes, loakets and bracelets to the ladies at whose houses he was entertained. it Jane, did Kett invite the gentleman to come in and tatre a chair 'f" "'tee, but it was the table ho wanted because you'd not paid for it." Little Sophia bad just returned from a visit to her aunt when she observed : 'or don't like our upright piano. I like aunty's downright, one. She—You mean to say that, knowing yen are in debt on every side, you have the audacity to pay me market attention ? He: —Yes. It is. the only thing I can pay. " I neves: borrow trouble," said the im- pecunious man, who likes to discourse of hist own affairs. "Well," replied the busy man, " I'm sorry, but I haven't anything else to lend to -day." Blobba had just had his face shorn of his whiskers, and as ho returned home his 4 year-old boy ran in the house and heralded. the father's approach thus: "Oh i mamma ; papa has got a new face 1" He—I don't believe your father ever door as he agrees to do. She—Why, Charlie. how mean of you! Papa always does just; as he nays he will. Three days in succession I have asked him for $10, and he said her wouldn't give it to me, area he didn't --roe there I es' This room in very close," remarked the guest to the head waiter of a Broadway restaurant. "Can't I have a little fresh air?" The well -drilled automaton raised his voice to a high pitch. "One air I" he yeller, alter a pause, adding, "let it bei fresh. i" Two vagrants called on a kind old lady in. the suburbs of New York. " To which of you shalt I give this nickel ?" she asked. First Tramp --Give it to him, madame. He has purchased the route from me and I am. taking him around to introduce him to the customers, The Shelby (N. C.) Review says that Mr. and Mrs. RAZ'. Weathers, of that township, have a most remarkable record. They raised a family of twelve children to man- hood and. wermenhood, and no member of dose of medicine evertook a the family y` until Mrs... Weathers' last ilhsese. Similarity of Methods. " What might leo your business ? " asked the passenger in the Jeans suit. I. am a writer of short stories," replied his coat Mains, with a touch of pride. " What paper do you write for Y" " Nene (especially. I place thy work with. whatever„ pblication will accept it." e, Oh,a sort of odd -job feller, eh ? I've got a brother that makes his living that way, toe ;, in though his line ain't writing storiesIi',m,tt to the tinware -mending r . ifmbrheir Ronne She ----Afton yet left me lent night, George,, papa peat his foot down and said your attentions to nee must cease. I knew this cruet blow was coming, for I'M) felt I in my benne dl along. He—Ye dear, I hooka it, for fast as I toldtut his foot upand- he put ( Was leaving +>qa the mato ting f' feed at an my lemma MA.