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*«k-- * * sZSO.'W?'. "■ *■' 'Pi***'®] ^m'wm DEEPS ; KOT LOOKS. Not for our looks, but for our doeils, Shall wo be prized; The purest, truest hearts on earth Are oft disguised 4< Neath homely faces, yet one knows By its sweet breath where blooms the rose.” —Mrs. Laura J. Rlttenhous'-. SHOPPING IS CHINA. How would you like to go shopping in China'/ In the tlrst place you would have to have a stout servant to carry your money, and then you would have to have a second servant to protect the first from thieves and to see that he didn’t run away with the treasure. Cuineso money is all in sil ver and copper, and even a small sum is very heavy to carry. The shops, many of thorn, aro not much larger than dry-goods boxes, and each of them has a silver room, or great safe, where the money is kept. It takes a long time to pay a bill, because the storekeeper is very particular about every piece of money which he re ceives. Ho weighs it carefully, and your servant does the same with the change, so that you will not be cheated. When a Chinese lady desires the pleasure of shopping, she sends a ser vant to her favorite dealer with in structions as to her particular desires. The dealer thereupon takes down enough material to load anywhere from four to ten porters, and goes around with the invoice to the lady’s home. A European lady can enjoy the same privilege without any extra charge or any increase in the price -of goods. A NEST THAT TBAVELED. A farmer who had stored his buggy in his barn ail winter without using it, went to market at Middletown in it a day or so ago, and as he jaunted along the lonely highway he noted queer homida thitt. from the box beneathpia seat O^ce in a rough part of the road the vehicle jolted severely,and the farmer thought he heard a feeble squawk, bnt be paid slight attention to it Arrived at a grocery in Middletown, however, he thrust his arm beneath the buggy seat and his fingers touched something sleek and lively, and there was no doubt this time that something in the buggy squeaked loudly. There upon he threw back the cushion flap and peered into the dark recess be neath the seat. In the middle of the buggy box in a nest of straw and with fourteen eggs under her, sat one of his best Plymouth Bock hens, who had been trying to keep her temper and her seat on the eggs all the way,twelve miles, to Middletown city. She had about lost her temper, though, and when he thrust his arm into her nest she bridled up and flew into his face. The farmer replaced her and drove straight home and restored the incu bator—buggy, nest, hen and eggs— to its old place in the barn.—Chicago Record. THE SPIDER-MOTHER. A gentleman who was very fond of collecting insects for preservation was in the habit of killing them by placing them in alcohol. He inferred that, because they soon became quiet, they had lost all sense of feeling. One day he had a large mother-spi der and twenty-four of her little ones, about the size of black pinheads, which be wished to preserve. So he put the big spider in the wide-mouthed bottle of alcohol, and watched for a few minutes her writhings and frantic efforts to release herself; but by and by the deadly alcohol wrought its work. She folded her limbs close to her body, and was at rest. The man was glad that her senses were at last benumbed, and proceeded to put in her little children. The instant they touched the liquor they began to manifest great pain. That moment the mother roused herself, and, dart ing her arms in every direction, gath ered them to her bosom, and held them dost until death relaxed her grasp. Who can tell the mother love in that poor insect, which even the fumes of alcobi 1 could not deaden! The naturalist learned a lesson by the experiment, and ever after used chloroform in destroying the life oj the insects he wished to preserve.— Youth’s liunner. BOVS IN WALL STREET. A W all street boy is expected to be at the office at nine o'clock in the morning, and remain there as long as his services are needed, though he usually gets away about four o’clock. He has an allowance of half an hour at noon for luncheon, but the rest of his time belongs to his employer. He is expected to be neat in appearance, clean as to hands and face, well man nered, truthful at all times, prompt in obedience, and faithful in guarding the secrets of his employers. The duties first assigned to him aro to carry messages, deliver stocks at other brokerage offices, and obtain checks for them. After a while he is advanced to making comparisons of sales of stocks and taking the checks received from other brokers to be cer tified at the banks. Of late years the Stock Exchange clearing house has done away with so much of the stock delivery by boys that the number of them on the street is not more than half what it used to be. Formerly it was not uncommon to see from twenty-five to one hundred boys waiting in line at each of the prominent bunks to get checks certified, and nearly every bank employed a private policeman to keep the boys in line and in order. A story is told of a new boy on the street who once went to make a delivery of stock. When the bookkeeper made up the accounts at the close of the day he found himself eighty thousand dollars short, and an examination of the books showed that one of the boys had failed to bring back a check in return for some stock he hud de livered. He was perfectly innocent about the matter, and said that he had handed the papers in at the office whore he was sent to make the delivery, and as they gave him nothing he supposed there was nothing for him to get His employer treated him kindly, and told him to be careful not to make the same mistake again. He never did. That boy is now at the head of one of the largest brokerage houses ou Broad street —Harper’s Round Table. jhnmnm i>*w<*-hhop. In St. Nicholas there is an article by Theodore Wares, the artist, en titled “kh Gau’s New Year Celebra tion.” Mr. Wares gives the follow ing description of a Chinese drug store in San Francisco: Tfie interior of the shop presented a strange and Oriental aspect. One corner was occupied by the household shrine, the chief feature of which was a highly colored picture of some favorite god. The smoke of burning incense issuing from a brightly polished brazen ves sel rose from the altar before this deity and filled the air with its mys terious fragrance. Beside the shrine on a table was an abundant supply of refreshment, consisting of cakes, both red and yellow; of lichi nuts, oranges and candied ginger,a number of boxes of cigars, and last, but not least, of bottles containing sam-sheu.the favor ite beverage of the Chinese. Ah Gau’s uncle, dressed in a long yellow silk blouse, was standing near this table, busily engaged in do ing the honors to his numerous callers. He greeted his nephew and his friend with great cordiality, and in vited them to partake of refresh ments; but Ah Gau modestly content ed himself with a handful of dried watermelon seeds which he dropped into his capacious inside pocket. One side of the shop was taken up by a long counter, and shelves and drawers extended all around the room. These were covered and filled with a great and miscellaneous collection of strange and rare herbs and roots. Deer-horns, in their velvet stage, were suspended from the ceiling. These, after being sliced ns thin as wafers, are boiled, and produce what is supposed to be a valuable medicine. Dried lizards, neatly spread on thin bamboo sticks, occupied a basket at one end of of the counter. Dried toads, sharks’ tails and many other curious objects used in the preparation of Chinese medicines, littered the shop from end to cnd;and a richly carved and gilded open-work screen, with two dragons in the center, extended across the middle of the ceiling. The Chinese are very much behind hand in their knowledge of medicine. Their methods, which are based on ignorance and superstition, are quite as absurd and primitive as were those of the Europeans of the Middle Ages. ABOUT MOONSHINERS. THEIR BUSINESSHASINCREASED IN TWELVE YEARS. -.o Romance About Illicit Distillins in the Southern States —Hard Lines for Informers-Various Grades of Moonshine Whisky. Corn Whisky Made for Export. “Moonshining” has steadily Increased during the last twelve years, according to the commissioner of Internal reven ue. Last year 1,905 Illicit distilleries were seized by the government, the largest number discovered in any one GROUP OF MOONSHINERS. year, and more than twice as many as were found in 1893 or In any year pre vious. In its efforts to enforce revenue laws in the last twelve years the gov ernment has had ten officers killed and fifteen wounded. None was killed last year, but three were wounded, which record equals that of any one other year of the twelve. The largest num ber of “moonshine” distilleries—597— was found In Georgia. One congres sional district, the Ninth, developed 430. North Carolina was second in the “moonshine” industry, with 453 “blind stills.” Secretary Carlisle’s State, Ken tucky, furnished eighty cases of Illicit distilleries. As a rule, the great majority of tljese Illicit stills arc of the most primitive character, and generally of small ca pacity, Nearly every farm among the mountains has a still secreted some where, and should the proprietor be railed upon to surrender bis booze and go to jail, the usual explanation is that che moonshine Is “for family use only.’’ There are, however, mauy large stills scattered all through that rough coun try, and once in a while some of these big fellows get caught. The largest moonshine still on record was captured not long ago by Deputy Marshal Thax- ton, who, with a posse, was engaged In making a series of raids all through that suspected region. In this case the officials were well prepared for an emergency, but had no idea of the warm reception that awaited them. Guided by an informer, they trailed their way’ up the mountain side by the light of the moon, and a faint glimmer In a ravine far ahead Indicated the lo- i-ation the still.' As they drew near er the fllfe grew brighter, and a jolly crowd of men could be seen going about their work and talking among them selves. At a signal the posse, with drawii revolvers, made a dash for the sjiot. ifnd the “jolly crowd” jumped for their arms. A pitched battle followed, lu which more than one “shiner” was jhot down; but after a stubborn resist- inee the whole outfit was captured, marched off to Jail, and their property confiscated. If there Is one thing a moonshiner hates worse than a snake It is an in former. Nothing is more detestable to the dan than a spy. and no mercy is shown should one fall into their hands. This brotherhood of moonshiners Is lomewhat similar to the old ku-klux ar rangement, for they will stand by each ather to the last. The moonshiners really have no grievance against the revenue officials, and will rarely shoot ar even injure them, except in self-de fense, but an Informer is their common enemy, and woe to one of this class should he ever be found out or even suspected. There are Individuals in every district looking for this sort of A MOONSHINER’S HOME. Job; and it Is dangerous for a stranger to be seen wandering about the moun tains alone, let his mission be ever so Innocent. A pair of suspicious eyes are foUowing every movement, perhaps a woman's or a child's eye, and should anything appear to these watchers to be of a questionable nature, a rough clap on the back and a gruff “What's yer doing in these parts?” may be very difficult to explain satisfactorily. Not long ago. near Waco, Ga., a young man of excellent character was am bushed by three desperate moonshiners, who spotted him as an informer, and it might have gone hard with him had it not been for his rare pluck and rare work with his muscle. Young Rober son is a rustic athlete, who was written down in the catalogue of the moon shiners as a spy, and a plot was laid to make away with him on the quiet. The opportunity came one midnight, when Roberson was riding home from a visit to a neighbor. In a very dark part of the woods the “shiners” waited for their victim, and pretty soon he was seen coming up the road, mounted on a mule. As he arrived opposite the place of ambi iisl, quick as u Hash three men Jumped before his steed, and ordered him to halt. The rider, good-naturedly, said ho had no objection, and quietly dismounted. One of the men whipped out his pistol and demanded to know w hy he reported them to the revenue officers. “Shoot the d—d spy,” Kild one. “No; thrash the life out of him,” said another. The third was in favor of flogging, but Roberson decided the question for himself by shooting out his fist with the force of a battering ram, and the moonshiner with the pis tol executed some of the finest gymnas tic evolutions ever seen outside of a professional circus. The other two threw themselves upon the young man, and one of them drew a gun. Roberson grabb<*d the pistol, when it was acci dentally discharged, and the third moonshiner, who thought the “inform er” was shooting at him, out lo*>se and left bis comrade to his fate. Roberson wa* more than a match for the remain ing one, and by A series of grapples threw his antagonist and made him a prisoner. The others had taken to their heels and with the man's own pistol Roberson marched the fellow to town and turned him over to the authorities. The name “moonshiner" comes from the fact that the distllutions are gener ally carried out at night, and often hy the light of the moon. The spirits are sometimes called “blockade,” for the reason that those who sell it have to run the blockade in order to get the stuff to a purchaser. No one would suspect the innocent-looking load of cotton roll ing along the road of containing moon shine hidden somewhere down among those flaky bales; but a load of pota toes may bo equally as guilty, and wagons full of com. cotton seed, hay, or any other kind of produce or grain, all lend a hand to aid the moonshiner in getting ids goods to market. The finest article is manufactured from pure corn, and it is intended prin cipally for smuggling; but only the larger stills engage in the exi>ort busi ness. The smaller affairs are run in a different way. The very small ones are really “for family use only;” the product being intended wholly for WHEN Lit*- IS YOJNG. TYPICAL MOONSHINE STILL. home consumption. Except the larger ones, most of the stills art* run on the co-operative plan. That is: You bring so much grain to my mill and I will re turn you so much grist. He Gave the Wrong Name. I was iu the habit of weariug my hair »»mewhat long, after the style of a Cir cassian beauty. Entering the restau rant, I removed my hat, and. through habit, ran my fingers through my hair to keep it off my brow. Having seated myself and given my order, I curiously glaueed about the room iu search of a familiar face, when I observed a patron on the other side of the house convers ing laughingly with a waiter, with their eyes fixed on me. 11 seemed they were greatly amused about somethiug, and that I was the cause of their amusement. Being somewhat annoyed, I motioned the waiter to my side and asked the cause of their joyfulness. “Well, sir,” replied the waiter, “that gentleman over there wanted me to ask you if your name was Bad ” Assuming my most feroelous look. I glared at the person who had sent the message, and said quite loudly: “You go back and tell tbat fellow that my name is not Paddy Whisky or Pad dy Brandy, but it’s Paddy Ryan, the ex-pugilist, and that I’ll see him after I have finished my luncheon.” I thought that would knock him silly, but It didn't; for he replied back, much louder than 1 hud spoken: “You’re a blank liar. I am Paddy Ryan, the ex-pugilist, and I’ll see you before you finish your grub.” But he didn’t; for I escaped from that restaurant before he had a chance to get up from bis table.—San Francisco Wave. Sheet Zinc. A seeming anomaly Is found in the fact that in the United States “tin plate” Is the favorite roofing, the use of sheet zinc for roofing being almost unknown; and yet in England, the home of the tinplate Industry, and in all parts of Europe zinc Is now the most favored material. A roof of good tin, properly laid and painted thoroughly at least once In every three years, will last from twenty to thirty years; the life of a slate roof may be from thirty to fifty years, while the life of a zinc roof may be estimated from the fact that the first zfuc roof ever put up. In 1811, ex ists to-day In good condition. A Companion in Affliction. A student at Williams town College had been married a short time previous to entering the college, and was led to fear that this fact might debar him from enjoying some of the privileges of the institution. Accordingly, Jn a great state of perturbation, be called to see President Hopkins. After some con versation the young man at last man aged to stammer, with a crimson face, apropos of something entirely irrele vant: “I—I am a married man!” “Ah,” said President Hopkins, smiling at him with great benignity, “so am I.” And there the student's trouble ended. AH Catholic princes give the pope the title of holy father or venerable father; in replying he calls them my dearest. How Pcdasoguea Made it Mi.'C.WV-S for YoimgaterM Years ' go. Cruel and unusual punishments are discounteuauced nowadays iu .ivlliscd countries. One must go to the Spanish possessions, or to some barbarous part of the workl, iu order to find cruelty lu regular practice hy recognized au thority. It was not always thus, of course. Even so late as the early part of the present century a variety of tortures were commonly applied by f eJJ ’.be feet, is a 'avori’e (cf r. of pun« jtt n ’nt In schools. The ancients wer*» srr. r vhlppers. In Sparta there were -crcinonial occasions when boys, mcre- !y for glory and as a quasl-rell&iouq ite, were * whipped so severely that they died; and such a death was con sidered very glorious. Horace, tho Latin poet, mentions a famous peda gogue of his day as “the Hogging Or- hi lius.” m KNOCKING HEADS TOGETHER. school teachers to their pupils. Many of these were exceedingly ingenious, and very distressing, but an impression then prevailed that they were necessary to bring out tin* latent virtues of youth which might otherwise remain undevel oped. The United States Bureau of Educa tion lias recently bad made a number of large drawings representing some of the tortures which used to lie applied in schools, and from these accompany ing pictures are made. From the pres ent day point of view they are decided ly interesting, and may well cause any old laiy of those rimes to congratulate himself that he was bom so late. Con sider. for example, the case of the un fortunate youth who is kneeling ort dried pens, or of that other little chap, who is trying with all his might to stand on one foot in a waste basket. History lias preserved the memory of a pedagogue named Hanherle, who died alxmt the middle of the eighteenth cen tury iu a village of Kwnliia. It is re corded of him that during a period of service extending over 51 years and 7 months, he Inflicted 911,527 blows with the rod, 124,011 blows with the cane, 20,!>89 raps with the ruler, 13(5,715 blows on the hand. 10,235 blows over the mouth, 7,905 (sixes on the car, 1,118,800 raps on the head, and 22,703 “note bones” with Bible, catechism and sing ing book. He made 777 tsiys to kneel on peas and (113 to sit on a three-cor nered piece of wood, not to mention va- HORSINO. rlous extraordinary punishments which he invented himself. The worthy school teacher was a methodical man, and these notes are taken from his own business memoranda. It was not until the latter part of the eighteenth century that popular dissat isfaction with this method of *duca- tlon began to grow. There was bodily exercise in tho sohools of these days, it is true, but the teachers received the benefit of it, anil the pupils served merely as parts of the “apparatus.” The latter, in England, were obliged to have their hair frizzled, with powder and jio- made; they wore embroidered coats, knee breeches, silk stockings, ami a sword at the side. No costume can lie imagined more Inconsistent with the natural activity of children or better calculated to cause them discomfort The notion that children have rights which grown people are bound to re spect is rather new. Boxing the ears was a favorite method of punishing children up to the time of the present lit i «> KNEELING OX DRIED PEAS. generation, but it has gone out of fa vor, owing partly to the fa<*t now rec ognized that it is apt to cause deafness. Striking the tips of the fingers with a ruler was another torture, very painful. In oriental countries the bastinado, applied with strap or rod to the soles THEY PASSED HIM ON. Lon Wnh JourneTfd us Freight bn* Paid Heavy Tribute to Rrukemen. lion Wah had a goodly proportion of this world's goods when he left Peking —at least it was wealth from a China man's standpoint—for he had his pass age money and enough more to open a laundry in St. Louis and to keep him in provender until the laundry was on a paying basis. He would have become one of the bloated aristocrats of St. I Amis' Chinatown had he arrived In that shape, hut unfortunately he did not. lie is a child of misfortune and a victim of blackmail. This time It was the godly American who exhibited “ways that aro dark and tricks that are vain.” At least in* matched the “Heathen Chinee.” and a little more. Lon Wah had conceived a plan, not peculiarly Chinese, of riding sans rail road ticket. He mulled a wide Mon golian smile and blinked his almond eyes ns he crawled into an empty box beside a pile of freight iu the City of Mexico. He had attended to such pre liminaries as having the 1k»x labeled, taking a good supply of boiled rice and perforating tin* 1k>x as a means of ven tilation. He journeyed thus hy freight to Fort Worth, Texas, without molesta- COLLECTINQ TOLL FROM LON WAH. tlon, aud was felicitating himself upon his success when he was discovered. A lynx-eyed hrakemnn spied him and pounced u]K>n him without ceremony. “Cough up or over you go,” he shouted, emphasizing the demand by punching Iahi lu the stomach with a stick poked through the airholes of the 1h>x. Lon Wah explored the recesses under his all-enveloping shirt, and produced a small coin, a very small coin. Bnt the hrakeman was Inexorable, and af ter another punch or two Lon Wah fished up another coin. A third of larger denomination satisfied the hrakeman as far as his personal wants were concerned, but he passed the word along to thoroughly that by the time he of the almond-shaped orbs and tho flowing shirt reached 8t. Louis he hadn't street ear fare left. llival of Niagara. 8. T. Thompson, of Duluth, who !i* now in Santa Catalina, Veneznela^ writes to a friend ns follows abont a giant cascade: “During the explora tion of the concession of the Orinoco Company, headed hy Donald Grant amt other Minnesota men, a trail was cut to lumtaca mountains, starting from this point, n village of 150 inhabltants. , The duties assigned to some members of the party kept them upon or closo to the Oricono until a few weeks ago, when two of us, licslle O. Dart, of Litchfield, Minn., and myself, found time to take an excursion to the moun tains. Pushing ou beyond the point reached by the other party, we heard from the top of a mountain a sound which at first we thought to be thun der, but afterward decided that It must come from a waterfall of conslderablo magnitude. Working iu the general direction of the sound, we came at noon, on Thursday, Oct. 15, to a largo river, and discovered what must rank as one of the greatest waterfalls In the world. The river bursts diagonally: through an almost perpendicular cliff,! which I estimate to be 1,600 feet In height, breaks Into half a dozen separ ate streams, which divide and subdi vide, spread out Into broad, fan-like expansions and twist about In such a curious corkscrew fashion that the water at the bottom of the falls flows exactly the opposite direction from the course it holds where It first comes Into view. By clinging to bushes and go ing up giant creepers, hand over band, we climbed up the cliff until the aneroid indicated an elevation of more than 500 feet, but It was Impossible to reach the top and learn how much higher the falls arc.” Under Pressure. She—No, sir, It Is impossible. I am sorry indeed, but I can never marry you. He—And yet the encouragement you gave me last night In the waltz! She—Oh, that mustn’t be counted— what I said under pressure, so to speak. —Answers. An Effective Way. Gilboy—I understand that Judge Mnr- rimore is breaking up housekeeping. Gadman—That can’t be; he’s very busy these days deciding divorce cases. Gilboy—Well, isn’t that what I said? —Roxbury Gazette. “I hear you had a financial discussion with Deadwood Pete. Did you find him open to conviction?” “No, but when l left him the doctor had to take four teen stitches in him.”—Detroit Tribune, ' \. I