The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, October 12, 1905, Image 4
WORDS OF WARNING
The President of a New York Bank
Talks Out
The History of tho Houun Republic
May Ho Repeated Unless drafters
Are Checked.
Dishonesty In high places In the
state, the judioiary and great financial
institutions and corporations and
palliation of suoh by the masses gravely
threaten the future of tho country,
according to views expressed Thursday
by J. Edward Simmons, president
of tho Fourth National bank of New
York, in an address before the Maryland
Banker's Association at Annop
oils, Md. Ho pointeo to the Iobsols
taught by the tall of the ancient It >
man republic, tho reign of terror in
Franco and the disaster* which befell
Russian arms in the recent conllct in
the far east, all of which, he said,
wore due to palliated dishonesty. "I
M-jar voices from the east and voices
from tho west," said he, "111 boding
voices, from the pulpit and the divine,
voices from the college aud the educator,
voices from tho bench and the
bar, voices from the press and its sag
es, the voice of the president himself,
denouncing in ringing tones and
deploring the universal spread of
selfishness in its meanest and most repulsive
form?the form of dishonesty>
They bewail one universal curulv&l of
dishonesty. Alas, these voices are nol
unconfirmed."
lie deplored the conditions whlcl
have led men to tolerato the term*
"Kraft" and "grafters" and sakl h
feared the very use of the words was
an indication of men's tolerance of a
thief and his trade. He called upon
the members of the association to give
their assistance in remedying a condition
which makes it possible "for men
who pose as the salt of the earoh and
who condemn, without, reserve, those
who steal tifty dollars or forge a check
for a hundred dollars, or accept a
bribe, to themselves make millions by
lying, by misrepresentation, by fraud
and by bribery, without receiving
punisnmeut or even criticism, while
the man who steals the paltry sum is
sent to Jail, lie denounced the man
of stainless private life, who, "in the
interest of corpo?ations. of the trust,
of the gas company, of the railroad
company, of the insurance company,
have recourse to every vhliany damned
in the decalogue; who does the deed
of a highwayman with air of a saint."
Mr. Simmons said that the work
ings and dangers of great corporations
and multl-DJilliouatro enterprise ha e
not been and are not as fullv und^rstood
as their advantages. He b lev
ed that their dark tide shout 1 oo investigated
and sot t u ' h eo1 .
forcibly as their bright mac. lie ro
ferred to the growth of the Socialist
movement, as shown by the last presidential
elections, as duo largely to
the fact., ho s:?)d, that tho masses see
great fortunes accumulated by dishonest
means and when so accumulated.
combined to some other individual
enterprise. lie believed, however,
that the situation was not without
hope, as the very fact that the coun
trv has awakened to the conditions,
and that fearless and able men are or
ganlzlng and leading a campaign
against dishonesty are grounds for
hope that a far-reaching remedial process
has alro&dy begun.
BOMB MORE GRAFT.
lllchlnnd County ?a.id to H?vo Lost
Fifty Thousand Dollars.
The committee appointed to inves
tlgatc the tioanciai aiTaira of Rich
land county Thursday submitted its
report to Gov. Hey ward, as was required
by the act of the legislature
According to the report of that committee
the county has lost $50,000 by
the maladministration or the mismanagement
of the affairs of the oftlce.
xne report iiseir is sensational in tlie
extreme In the very calmness In which
It is stated, but the recommendations
made bv the committee occasioned
great surprise, for the committee has
suggested that the former supervisor,
S. H. Owens; the former clerk of the
county board of commissioners, Oapt.
0. M. Douglass; a member of that
board, J. E. Harmon, and two other
parties l>e arrested on criminal charges.
In short, it Is claimed that the
county has lost $60,000 by fraud.
The charges are that warrants for
pay of parties alleged to have done
work for the county were issued when
those parties had never done such
work, and that hv forcrerv thair a1?.
natures were placed on the papers as
If the parties had received the money,
when in fact the money was paid to
some other person, presumably Capt.
Douglass. There are various other
charges in the statement given to the
press bv t.he committee, but those are
the most damaging.
it is also alleged that pay vouchers
properly approved were used as the
model from which to forge the signatures
of the members of the county
board in approving claims. The correctly
signed voucher would be laid
upon top of a blank voucher and by
means of carbon paper the signatures
would be traced slightly upon the
blank voucher, The signature on this
blank would then be retraced in ink
and the paper tilled out, the money
going, presumably. tnOnt- Douglass.
HUIIK Mini.
Peter Smith, an old negro, was
hanged at Marshall, N. C., on Monday
for assaulting a young white girl.
The execution was witnessed by 2,000
people. Smith protested his innooence
to the last.
SPECIALISM IN LAW.
The Solicitor mid tho Harrlater la
Our Usal I'motlve.
In tills country nearly every student
admitted to the bar la under tho impression
tli.'t thero la In liiiu tho more
' than pot"!' ility of a grout trial lawyer.
Having read act ?unts of brilliant cross
examinations and successful addresses
to Juries, he has in n.i id tl*Pt ho La en(
tlrely competent at tho outset to try
the most complicated and dltllcult
cause. Unfortunately as to many who
are not qualified for that work It Is
only after very mau^hyears and after
considerable experience ut tho expense
of litigants and the public. If nt all,
that they ascertain that they have not
the peculiar aptitude necessary to the
successful trial lawyer. In the meantime
not only have clients suffered, hut
[ the buslnoss of tho courts hn^fcecu retarded
to a very serious extent by the
i lack of adaptability on tho part of tho
i practitioner us well us by lack of experience,
since It is Impossible that every
man admitted to the bar shall havo
the opportunity to try u sufllcleut numi
ber of causes to give him the degree of
experience requisite In order to obtain
the best results.
Sooner or later in tho Interest of the
i clients and to snvo the time and patience
of the courts there must bo lu
tlds country a natural division between
tho labor of the solicitor and the
1 duty of tho barrister, not artificial or
conventional, but one which ahull grow
i up from the nature of the case, by
which certain men who are host quailled
for the trial of causes will curry
on that work to the practical exclusion
of those without special adaptability
for that class of business. In this, as
in every other direction, the specialist
must lind his place.?Green ling.
MAL1BRAN WAS A TEASE.
TU? Great Primn Donna Whn ! "nil of
MUcUlef mid Caiii'Ico.
No prima donna was ever more delightfully
capricious, more full of mischief,
than the famous Mine. Malibran.
At the rehearsals of "ltomeo and Juliet"
she could never mako up her
mind where sho was to "die" at night.
It was Important for ltomeo to know,
but all la; could get was "not sure,"
"don't know," "can't tell," or "It will
be just as It happens, according to my
humor; sometimes in one place, somotlmes
In another." On one occasion
she chose to "die" closo to the footlights,
her. companion, of course, being
compelled to "die" besklo her, and
thus, when the.curtaln fell, a couple of
footmen had to carry the pair off, one
at a time, to the Intense amusement of
the audience.
John Templeton, the fine old Scottish
lunur, was pronaoiy never so miserable
as when he was cast to sing with
Mnllbrnn. Very often she was illspleased
with his performance, and one
evening she whispered to him, "You
are not acting properly; make love to
me better," to which, so It is said,
Templotou innocently replied, "Don't
you know I am a married man?" Evidently
the lady did not think thoro
was anything serious in the circumstance,
for not long afterward, when
in "Somnambula" she was on her
knees to Temnleton as Elvino, she succeeded
in making the tenor scream
with suppressed laughter when ho
should have been singing by tickling
him vigorously under tlie arms.
GIiin* "Wlinlovru.
("Jlass windows nro known to havo
existed at Pompeii as early as A. D.
70. In 1 lie third century tho windows
of roj'al houses throughout Europe
were glazed. Windows of colored glass
were placed in many French and Italian
churches In 074, nnd the use of
glass became general In private houses
during the twelfth century. Tim panes,
however, were only three or four Inches
square, nnd tho material was so inferior
that, whilo a room was lighted, it
was often a matter of some difficulty to
discern objects on the outside through
the glass. For a long tjrao windows in
England wero a subjoct of taxation.
D?ni* nn?l Fnmo.
It la amusing to learn that Bums
when just emerging from obscurity
Jocularly anticipated that his birthday
would coruo to bo notod among other
remarkablo events. In a letter to his
early patron, Gavin Hamilton, In 178(1
he says, "For my own affairs I am in a
fair way of becoming as eminent as
Thomas a Kempls or John Bunyan,
and you may hencoforth expect to seo
my birthday Inscribed among the wonderful
events In the Poor Ilobln and
Aberdeen Almanacks along with the
Black Monday and the battle of Bothwell
Bridge."
Th? Reitl Imrue.
Stem Parent?Well, young man, I
know nothing against you, but Pra not
very well acquainted with you. Before
i you marry my daughter I'd llko to have
something In the nature of reference*
or? Suitor?I can trlvo roforonc?a
from threo clergymen, sir. Parent?
That's all very well, but can you give
references from many bankers? ?
i Cleveland leader.
To tl?e 1'otnt.
Dr. Gruff?Your husband, madam,
needs rest
"I know that, doctor] but he wont
listen to me."
Dr. Gruff?If you would make 4t unnecessary
for him to listen to you,
madam, I think that will bo rest
enough.?St. Louis Republic.
Alraowt Human.
Lndy^-Can that parrot talk? Dealer
?Talk? Why, say, lady, you'd t'lnk he
wuz brought up In a box at de opery,?
Puck,
The saying that beauty is but skin
deep is a skin deep saying.?Herbert
Spencer.
THE SHABBY BATHTUB.
It May Easily Be Made Hrtsht, Preah
and InTlting,
Among the crosses many houscwlvoa
have to annoy them Is a bathtub of uninviting
appearance In a room that otherwise
looks fresh and clean. The tarnished
surfaco may refuse to become
bright, no matter what cleaning materials
are employed.
Ily being your own workman you
may at a trifling expense make the tub
quite dcslrablo. Procure a small can of
common paint of any light color desired,
a can of enamel paint of the
saino color and a good si/.oif* brush.
Cut eight or ten inch pieces of yellow
soap into bits and put it over the lire
to dissolve in a couple of quarts of water.
Fill the bathtub with hot water
and throw in a generous handful of
powdered borax und the dissolved
soap. When the water becomes cool
enough to put the hands in it scrub the
surface with a brush, letting the water
run off as the work is done. Again partly
All the tub with hot water and scrub
it with the brush and sand soap to
make sure that all greasy particles
have been removed. Then rinse it in
clear hot water and thoroughly dry.
Cover it with two coatings of the
common paint, letting one thoroughly
dry before putting on the second coat.
Then give It several coats of the enamel
paint. Tills paint will dry more
quickly than the other, and the bath
will no longer bo an unsightly object.
Care must be used not to run hot water
into the hath alone until the paint has
hardened.?Philadelphia Ivodger.
THE CARE OF HER GOWNS.
nil* Woman'm Method I?i Worthy of
DcIiik Widely Copied,
A time saver Is the plan which a woman
who has much of her dressmaking
done In the houso has evolvent in the
care of her gowns. She keeps all of
her waists for each gown If not the
whole gown Itself in boxes. With it
she puts the little bunch of silk or
scraps of lace and ribbon that were
ten. one niso puts in tho particular
bunch of ruchlng that she has selected
for wearing with It so that In case of a
fresh piece being needed or any little
change being thought of Rho has everything
at hand ready when sho takes
down tho box.
As may bo Imagined, she Is ono who
can add a touch here and make a
change there In her collar or belt arrangements,
Uttlo Improvements which
In true feminine fashion Rho often
makes a few minutes before Pho puts
the dress, on. For this and for nny accident
which happens to tho gown the
scraps already at hand are Invaluable.
Tho same plan applies In keeping the
veils which go with It In tho box with
each hat, where they havo more room
than In a common veil box and where
the time Is saved which It takes to get
out two boxes.?Pittsburg Dispatch.
DRESS HINTS.
DonT wear big sleeves and ?t)lg hats
if you arc Hhort.
Don't jurAp Into your clothes and expect
to look dressed.
Tight gloves will go on moro easily
lr wanned before putting on the hands
than If put ou when cold.
In sowing on buttons hnvo tho knot
of the tiiread on the right side directly
under the button and see If tho button
docs not stay on longur.
Whatever may be tho shape of her
foot a woman should bo particularly
careful to bo well shod, and tho uglier
(ho foot tho moro careful she ought
to Ih\
Mover havo tho top of the boots tight,
as it Interferes with tho action of tho
calf muscles, makes one walk badly
and spoils the shapo of the ankle.
In making buttonholes In goods that
fray easily It Is a grcut help to stitch
twice around on tho sowing machine
before the hole Is cut, aa a firmer foundation
la secured nud no fraying results.
riirNlcnl Tralala#.
A physiciun points out In a contemporary
that there la not the slightest
need of glrla to engage In elaborate
gymnastic exercise* or to practice
beauty culture In order to obtain good
complexions and healthy physiques.
The very beet training for the muscles
Is to be found in ordinary hotMSrwock,
and when the body Is perfectly healthy
the skin will bo cleared and tho eyes
brightened. It is not given to all girls
to bo abie to Indulge in outdoor sports.
which U, of course, ths IdssJ way of
getting exercise, but all csua perform
nlmpkt household duties, and these, If
(lone with open windows and kn s brisk
way, will do far mors for those who
perform them, says this doctor, than
ordinary drilling.
The Title of the Month.
It la tho mouth which tella ths tale
of n fretful and lrrltablo disposition. It
la thla feature which acta as a giveaway
when a woman wishes to appear
HumtiuiLug mm boo isn't, a. woman
may spend a small fortuno In cosmetics
and massage, but If she doesn't watch
her mouth and keep It sweet her money
la wasted, for she cannot bo good
looking. A perpetually smiling woman
Is an offense against good taste, but a
woman with a sweet, expresstvo mouth
Is the loveliest thing In the world, but
there are very few of them.
The Improved Feminine Phr*kine.
Mrs. Stannard declares that the modern
woman Is not nthletlo, but that
the tall, finely developed young creature
of the day owes her appearance
to the fact that she la no longer scourged
by tuberculosis and that she has
been brought up more by her mother
and more In tho dining room Instead
of by persons of lower class In rooms
at the top of the house^-rLondon Post.
DRY SHAMPOOS.
Ptacrant Powd?n Tha< Will CleaaM
the Ualr and Scalp.
Dry shampoos are ofllcaclous la
cleaning both the scalp and hair, and
the following powders for tills purpose
are fragrant and delicious.
Take white cornmoal as flno ns can
be ground. Porfumo with a littlo powdered
orris root and rub a quantity of
it dry into the hair near the scalp.
Massage well and bring the powder
through tho long part. Then with a
long flbcrod brush remove nil the meal.
Tlii* la not a difficult tiling iT? do if
the brush has long libers. The strokes
need not be hard, and. Indeed, should
not be, or the hair will be pulled out.
The best way of brusldng Is to hold
the hair out in one hand and brush
through oach strand, beginning near
the hand ami working down closo to
tho head,
A powder that Is delicious ?for tho
same pufposo hs made of one-fourth of
n IKjuml of powdered orris root, one
and ono-tlilrd drams of bergamot rind,
the same of casslo flowers and onequarter
of a dram of coarsely ground
cloves. Mingle and put Ithrough a fine
sieve. Tho best way of using Is to
rub Into tho hair at night and let It
remain until morning. Thou brush
out. This will perfume tho head doIlclously.
A cheaper preparation made
In tlio same way Is composed of a half
pound of cornstarch, tho ?amo of orris
root powdered and live drops of oil
of rhodium. These throe aro specially
suited to oily hair, as tho powders will
absorb much of tho moisture.
A GRACEFUL CARRIAGE.
I*r?c<Ice Correct Sitting: rind Illninur
Ili'fore n Mirror.
To rise gracefully draw one foot back
a little and rise with the cheat and
the crown of the head leading upward,
not forward. I Practice sitting and risIn(C
before a mirror, tislng a straight
backed chair. T>o not run to extremes
and Pit bolt upright 011 the edge of the
chair. I,ct the erect body be supple
and ready to sway In any directionled
always by the chest. If you want
to lean against tho back of the chair
there can he no harm In you doing ho,
provided that you sit In such a way as
to allow the "small of tho back" to
rest against tho bock of the chair.
Do not lean shoulder blades against
the chair back and hollow the "small of
the back" whllo sitting. Such a position
Is Injurious to health and fatal to
beauty. If persisted In It will result
In prominent shoulder blades and will
Induce curvature of the spine.
If you would avoid round shoulders
and a forward stoop of the neck do not
use a high pillow when lying down. It
Is bettor to sleep without a pillow. If
custom has rendered a pillow necessary
you can gradually decrease its
eize until It becomes a very small one.
Then you will come to wonder how
you ever slept comfortably In tho awkward
position necessitated by a high
pillow, and you will be pleased to llnd
that your prominent shoulder blades
are retreating and that your back and
neck are assuming symmetrical lines.
LAUNDRY LINES.
8mvo your tired feet on ironing day
by standing on n cnyhlon.
In banging clothes to dry always
hang the stock lugs by the toes, nightdresses
from tlio shoulders and skirts
from the hem.
When hanging wet blankets or whlto
spreads on the line to dry put a small
square of cloth under each clothespin
to mako sure there will he no stain
from a dusty pin.
Carbonate of lime, better known as
Spanish chalk, used In the proportion
of two to one of starch, will render all
light atufTs such as muslin Incombustible
yet not hurt the material Itself In
any way.
To giro linen a gloaa pour a pint of
lulling water on two ounces of gum
arable, cover till next day, then strain
It carefully ami pnt It In a clean bottle.
Two teaspoonfuls of tills stirred
into a pint of ordinary starch will give
collars und cuffs an Appearance of
nevrum.
T? T*H T*fc
To test tea put a pinch In a glass,
pour upon It a little cold water ami
shake It wcdl ?p. Pure tea will only
slightly color the water, while a strong
infusion U quickly got frets the adulterated
leaf. Now boll both separately
mid let tbein stand till cool, and the
difference between them will be most
marked. The false tee will become
still more strong after kmg etandlng,
but will remain transparent, whereas
the pure tea will become muddy or
milky. This last appearance arises
from the tannic add. which is a nab
ural property in pure tea. but which
in artificial tea ie entirely abeeni.
Thin Slllcn nnd Laoek,
A good gum arable mixture to keep
on hand for stiffening thin silk or laces
Is made by putting one ounce of gum
arable in a wide mouthed bottle and
covering it with a cup of coid water.
Place the bottle In a kettle of cold
water error the lire until tho gum
arable Is dissolved. Strain through a
piece of cheesecloth. If tills is to be
all used within a few days It needs no
other treatment, but If to t>e kept somo
time add a cup of alcohol and cork
tightly.
!few W?m?n In the South.
The southern woman of affairs really
antedates the "new woman'* of Amerlea,
about whom we have heard so
much in recent years. The training of
southern women for tho practical supervision
of large undertakings began
during the war of 1801-05, when they
were loft tn entire charge of a very
considerable percentage of the southern
plantations.?Macon Telegraph.
MOLASSES FOR LIVE SfOCK.
A, Ifew Trade Product nail Hide Llut
For lleftnerien.
In regions where sugar is manufactured
It boems to bo a common practice
to feed molasses to stock. In feeding
it is usually mixed with some other material
which absorbs it and thus allows
it to bo readily handled. An article lu
tho Louisiana Fianter and Sugar Manufacturer
describes a new feed patented
recently In England and made from
molasses and bagasse (the dried refuse
of the sugar cane after the Juice has
been expressed), which has been called
molascult. The cellular matter of the
bagasse having the Juice expressed
from It by the ordinary mill process
springs back into a spongy mass and
In condition to.absorb liquids up to
nearly Its original capacity. Molascult
is made as a comparatively dry, granular
mass, readily capable of shipment.
An Adjunct to Su^ar c II kl lift.
The article also expresses the belief
that the sugar cane world will llnd in
molasses feeding to live stock an adjunct
to sugar manufacture as essential
to Its success as Is the feeding of
cattle and horses to the manufacturing
distilleries In tho great west; that those
who do not desire to feed live stock at
the sugar factories will iliul by tho
molascult process a method of cheaply
producing a marketable live stock feed
which will at once give to their molasses
a posslblo valuo of about a cent
a pound.
For Ilcnvr Truck IIorne.H.
In this connection the publication
abovo noted quotes an article from a
New York paper relative to the feeding
of molasses to tho truck horses used by
r largo sugar refining firm In Brooklyn.
The molasses Is mixed with tlielr feed,
and the cost of feeding Is said to be
but 34 cents a day for each of those
fine horses, ranging from 1,700 to 1,800
pounds In weight, a reduction of 20 to
2f> per cent in cost from the old system
of maintaining them on oats and liay
exclusively.
CULTIVATING CORN.
Pr?inpt T,'*? of tlie M>e<1er n I1I?:
I'olnt In Corn GroulnK.
The chief purpose of cultivating corn,
with most farmers, Is to kill weeds.
Yet a very Important object may bo
to warm and dry the soil, or,- on the
contrary, to stop evaporation and save
the moisture for tho com. Tho best
time to kill weeds Is as soon as they
have sprouted and before they coine
up. At this timo the ground will often
seem tilled with tho tine threadlike
rootlets, ftiul If they ure stirred and
brought to tho surface they will soon
die. This cun bo most easily dono by
use of harrow or wecder.
The cornfield should bo gono over
with weeder three or four days after
planting and at about the same Interval
thereafter. There Is a temptation
to let It go until the weeds begin to
show and tho field looks green. This la
a mistake, for after tho weeds begin
to show the weeder will not do nearly
so good work. If tho use of tho weeder
is well followed up tho weeds may
be kept down with it alone at a great
saving, for It will cover twice tho space
and In half tho time, saving threefourths
of tho tlmo required by tho
cultivator.
A great mistake Is often made at this
point in neglecting tho corn to nlow
and plant more ground, when often
the actuul yield would be greater If
tho time and work were given to the
crop already planted. Neglect of the
corn leads to loss In tho crop that Is
not counterbalanced by the gain on
the additional area planted.
Sometimes It is necessary to cultivate
com while It is wet for tho purpose
of drying the soil and, by exposing
It to the air, warming It. This can
be done In cloudy weather. Tho ground
should not ho worked deep and should
be ridged as much as possible. Then,
if stirred at the right time again, tho
work will bo found u great benefit?
Ohio Fanner.
Frannt Onltnre.
I grow two varieties, the Spanish and
tho fancy Jumbo, a large light colored i
nut. Tho Spanish I plant In three foot i
rows, one hull, which almost uniformly i
has two nuts, every sixteen to eighteen <
Inches. Planted In this way It takes ;
one to one and a half bushels per acre.
It Is best to soak nuts before planting,
as they will come quicker, Soak from ,
threo to six days. First cultivate close i
to tho young vino, but shallow. Cultivate
level; nevor bill up, as the vine
should drop to tho ground as soon as
possible. In this way the vines will <
run along, sending down their small
fruit bearing stems almost to the end
of the vines and will mat in the middle,
making an Immense amount of '
good hay.
The Jumbos are planted and cultivated
the same as tho Spanish except that
tliey require wider rows and moro distance
in the row. Of these I make 100
bueiiols per acre. For thorn I find a
market with the wholesale grocery
trade at from $1 to $1.40 per bushel,
says a Texas Farm and Ranch corre
spondcnt.
Lamb and Pen*,
The Colorado press bureau speaks of
a new Industry for that state. One of
Its circulars says: "Colorado's sagobrush
and cactus have given way to
peas. A few years ago several farmers
In this locality, generally regarded as
one of the most arid And worthless sections
of the state, sowed a part of their
laud to peas. When the crop neared
maturity they turned In their lambs to
graze. The results were marvelous.
Other farmers did likewise, and the
business fncreased until last year more
than 200,000 lambs were fattened In
this country for shipment to tho eastera
markets. They netted an avorage
profit of $1.50 each on an investment of
$2^-Exchange.
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THE LASTING BRICKS.
Oaoo Ma<le, Tlie?e Calcon of Bnke^;'
Clnr Arc Good For Ail Time.
From the time the clay Is dug out
of its bed until it lliuls its permanent
place in some building's walls us a ^
brick it is bundled not less than a him- I
dred times and by more than a score ..1
of different individuals. J
Tako Into account tho persons and
processes directly and Indirectly In
terested in brickmaking, masonry
building and Inhabiting such buildings, 1
and the human mind is bullied by ligures
reaching into the trillions?and a f
trillion Is written 1,000,000,000.000!
Once made, a brick is practically in- ft
destructible. Nearly every brick that ?f
lias ever been made by mar* \pm tho '
* Ul" , . ML
beginning of time is svlll ffgi ^lstenco
on this eartli. The men who made and
laid them and directed these
operations have long since been gathered
into dust. Some of them have
doubtless contributed iu tlielr b idles to
the mukiug of more bricks. But tho
steadfast and euduring square of
baked clay persists and will until the
heavens nnd earth are shriveled like
a scroll.
Upon inscriptions in bricks our earliest
knowledge of human history depends.
Klngfwwhose glory lias passed
so utterly iWat all but their names
have perished still owe the perpetuation
of these names to a mark in the
perdurable brick.?Chicago Journal.
THE ALLIGATOR'S JAWS
Tliey Will Open if Yon Stick Your
Flngora Iu 111a Eyon,
"If ever you have the luck to be
caught by an alligator put a finger in
each eye," says an old Australian hunter.
"That will have the effect of mak- t
ing him open his Jawa, and then you
call make the most of your opportunity.
There are several known Instances of
the escape of natives by that means.
Alligators prefer their food high, so the
chances ure if yon are caught you will
he deposited on the bottom somewhere.
I heard of ony native escaping even
then. When crossing the rivers the
uutlves carry stout sticks, so If encountered
by uu alligator they can
ward him off by shoving a stick down
his throat.
"That alligators have enormous
strength I hnvo evidence besides my
own experience. At Port Esslngtou a
buffalo was drinking in a stream when
nn alligator nailed it by the head and
drowned it. Soon afterward a horse
was canglit while drinking at the same
spot. It dragged the alligator about
forty yards before the brute let go.
Mr. Robinson anchored the body of
a horse a little distance out from a
clilY close to his camp. In duo time he
had his chanco and shot a fit to on foot
alligator."
ARTIFICIAL FLIES.
Tlie Peculiar IIiikIucmk of Che Fnrmcr
Who llui.ic* Them.
"I raise (lies on my farm?artificial
flics," lie said, smiling. "I am, in fact,
an artificial fly farmer.
"That confuses you, doesn't It? Yet
it is simple enough. I raise birds that
give those little delicate bright fcatli- l*
(M'S Hint ?>nnmr??rt ftalioi-mnn'a fll.ia
- -? ? " """" \
Tlmt Is all.
"The finest birds I raise are golden
pheasants. You have seen salmons
flies? You know their beautiful toppings?
Well, those toppings can only
be got from tko golden pheasant's
crest.
"At a certain time of the year I
gather my golden pheasants around
me. I take one between my knees. I
pluck out his crest. How mad lie
gets! I wrap the crest In silver paper.
And so I go on till every bird has been
plucked. Do you know what I get for
these crests? I get $2.50 apiece for
them.
"I raise mynahs, finches, mallards,,
jays and green parrots. I supply ten
fly makers with ail tho feathers they
can use."?Philadelphia Bulletin.
\Vlijr Toacli-me-not. m
Tho columbine, geranium and larkspur
we think of together because they
are all named after birds?tho dove,
tho crane and tho lark. Tho meaning
of geranium is "crane's bill," and if
you notice the seed poda of a geranium
you will seo that they do look liko the
long bill of a crane. Tho touch-me-not
gets its namo from a peculiarity of the
seed pod, too, but not a peculiarity of
appearance. It is'tho pod you must,
not touch, for if yiu do it will burst,,
and out will fly tho seeds.?St. Nicholas.
A Blood Sucking Enrlhworiu,
South Africa la tho home of a species
of earthworm, a creature closely re?
'i tori +/\ Ait* * *
. . .vu ?.v/ uui V.UU1IUUI1 nngieworm, wno
Is not only a giant among the denizens
of the soil, but which is reputed to
have a tnsto for human blood. There
are two species of this uncanny wlggler?one
of a dark red color and the
other almost black. They are larger
than one's finger and from three to
four Inches In length.
A Do!4 Girl.
ITer Mother?If yoli marry him yon
need never expect me to come to seo
you.
Dr.*- 'iter?Will you put that liufcww* <
writ! J? )%."What
for?"
"I want to give ]? to Fred as a wc M
ding prosent." > M
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Porc? of Ilnblt. .
"A thousand stars are looking ^
on you this night!" said tho'ft
young man to the girl. 'h |
And she unconsciously put tie
up to arrange the position of keipf *
If we did not take great pjrf' tlOn
were not at great expohse to
our nature, our nature would wQTO J
corrupt us.?Clarendon. |
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