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IN NEW CAi.EDON&A... An Ulana In the sata PIAa East of - Austrana. :.m : ' East of Australia, in' the South Pacific, lies the island of New Cale donia. -It belongs to France and has an area of 6,769 square miles, with gn estimated population of between 45,000 and 75,000 people. The nar tives are of the Papuan race and speak a language kindred with the Australian tongues. They are divid ed into numerous tribes, are well formed, tall, muscular, but indolent. Their huts are nearly conical in shape and vary from ten to twenty feet high. Work is begun by digging r UT 0 A MNGO cHmEr, r;aW OALEWOoIA. a hole in the ground and then plant, ing a tall stout pole in the center. A number of poles running up to this form the framework, which is woven together by a kind of basketwork, and then the whole is made water tight by earth, additions being made until the wall is several inches thick. Entrance is had by a door three feet wide. Many of the natives bare been converted to Christianity and are in. dustrious and sober. New Caledonia was discovered -by Capt. Cook In 1774. In 1853 the French took possession of the island and established there a station for their Pacific squadron. During the reoent years there was considerable friction between England and France over the latter's scheme of making New Caledonia a convict settlement Too Much Knowledge. The foreman of a room in one oi ihe largest manufacturing establish ments in the country told a friend re cently the circumstances of his first going to work there. He was sent to the foreman of the factory by a friend who was anxious to get him into the employ of the company, and the following conversation took place: "Well," the foreman said, "I under itand you want to come here to work. What do know about machines?" "Nothing," the other replied. "Nothing!" echoed the foreman, in surprise. "You do not mean to say that you never saw a machine, I sup "I literalylreri-zaw a machine work in mny life," was the reply, "ex cept a locomotive." "Where did you come from?" "Cape Cod." "Hum!" the foreman remarked, studying the face before him. "I came from the Cape myself. Do you suppose that there is anything in our business that you will not know fall about in six months, if you come here to work?" The Cape Cod man was puzzled how to answer, and contented him self with saying that he was sure ho could not tell. "The truth is," the foreman ex plained, "we can get plenty of men, but by the time they have been here Six months or a year they know so mnuch that we have to send them away. They know a vast deal more than we men who have been here for ~twenty years, and they are mostly willing to impart to us their valuable knowledge. Now, if you think there are things that you cannot learn in a week or two, we should like to hire you; but If you are one of the abominable wise kind, you had bet ter move along and give us a chance to find somebody who doesn't know tuise so much-" Idea-Trading. If two men, or a commurity o! men, were to set about exchanging goods and commodities right among themselves, no matter how long they traded, they would not get any rich er as a community. Some would come out at the little end of the horn, hav ing goods of less value than before "swapping;" all would be out the time spent In trading. But with ideas it is different. Ten men start out ex changing ideas, and although some may have better ideas and more facts than others, all are benefited by the exchange; no one is in any whit the poorer. The time spent in "swapping" is a Clear gain to every member ol of the community taking part in it.] I have gone about a good deal, and find that it pays to absorb other men's ideas and give out their own and my own. Eachi year I know more than I did the year before, and my veighbors find it pays them, too. A Famous ralac&. The ruins of the famous palace of St. Cloud have just been sold at pub lic auction. There were only eleven bidders, and thc imperial residence, or what remains of it, fell into the possession of ono Kassel, a contrac tor. flis bid was 3,325 francs. At present St. Cloud is an interesting rain. The roof is gone and the wails are partly demolished, in reality littlo remains of it. Its magnincent reception rcoms and thc private apatrtments of Napoleon III. and Eugenic are now covered with a rih collection of wild weeds and shrubs. the growth of twenty-two years, and all around are heaps of stones black ened by the fire of 1871. Ihere and there are fragments of the ornamien tal work, the junk that constitutes the only present value of the onca nrinccir rplace. . A SKATING OSTUME ITHPAL An 'epedentMan. .. A rage wn t alaye' - fice sas th MineaolisJounal for he prpos ofgettng adee mad ou fo soe samplan h wa slin.Th iseero we head heol mn' rqust and then pikin uppen nd apeIh procededto jt don th paricu So' now neve 'oasked hernre ed r.e ward, tonc aer'sdoy. fin', says your winn fe'ls Journl, ade, anou r soe swmp and mar head the foldgo man res, ad then piasong up ner ankd paer, wht hers mind-e de.Yornamewa?" el e hrme, orney.ow"hieturd,"h fromuitve fard, "Whma isyret .id A.; wintdtoe A.andh forct Ls do't to ineerdedt s her"e pedMr. dly"ariagoe reaty mr. Brideyu"Yes;l it oatnd mr asea cookn her o ood"-Puc ark. - h,-i i src! W a' the easn yo neer skedherwha erdE name was?". "WlsEEV A LFE OVRERAB 1'IE APEOFFU, 4 KTN FU 1AEAN* UF wnosrsaEnr Pey( ry-Isupslk l >fyu knyu'elokn\o Puck. TAEIN NO CANCES DagtrYonrw asedm i yo wee wrthoverhal a illon, Fathr-"Wat oes e wat t know for ? Mr iy-Wl you shae mlot diss Gldersleve ? MisGldrlee-Bida 1,0 onse n it nd thn askme agin. Jerot re res A L+.ECLDWTR The Impecunious- Isjutases o oea ilwihmne stolv T EINE ETH FRONDSETET rUR GAP mE WT) MUFEF. O OI cac t - / a b d t 8 C d S C a t COSTUME WI2H HALF-LONG f "Who is your physician, Mrs. Ner- I 'Dr. Killum." "Do you like him?" t "Oh, so muoh. He always lets m% v have the diseases that I prefer."-- Q Chicago Record. BIE WAS 81UBE OF IT2. '~Is this a sound concern ?" asked the ~ business man who was looking over the ' books. "I sheuld say so," replied the clerk (who now reads the "Help Wanted" column.) "They are in the musie business."--Washington Star. t 5PoEE TOO QUICK. Brownly-"Yellowly was talking b about you yesterday." Hotbed-"He was, was he? Well,t sir, that man has the reputation of being the biggest liar in town. Hv y couldn't speak the truth if he tried. Brownly-"I didn't know that." Hotbed-"That's hischaracter, sir, What did he say about me?" Brownly--"He said if there was sa honest man in town you were one." New York Press. e. 1 ca b t d V aIIGFRSOT IHt -R~ / MUT lOCKING THEIR HEALTH AWAY. Lbandonment of the Cradle a Good Thing for the Little Ones. A chance reference in reading the ther day has convinced me that lato did not reason well every time, ays Elizabeth Cavazza in the Pitts iurg Dispatch. What he did not :now about putting l'abics to sleep. or instance would fill a book. In is work upon "Laws" he lays down he rule for the management of in ants that "they should be kept in erpetual motion and live as If they rere always tossing at sea." And hy? Because (he opined) fear is he emotion to be subdued-"a fear aused by something that has gone rrong within;" and the remedy for ,n "internal agitation is to counter ,ct it by an external one." Which ractically Interpreted means: If poor aby is afraid that he will not be al Dwed to look at the pretty candle ight, or is worried by a pain or pin -trot him incessantly and vigorously p and down, churning his little di estive apparatus into disorder; rock lm until the head, bobbing helpless 7, becomes dizzy and dazed in a mild rm of congestion; and in sheer .espair, unable to express his feel gs, the "agitated" baby takes refuge a an unhealthy sleep. I do believe hat a large proportion of the diseases f the brain in young children is aused by the nervous, foolish, cruel ,ractice of keeping in perpetual mo ion the delicate and susceptible lit ie bodies and heads. That I may rther support myself In the position have taken against the great Plato, will instance the case of the woman rho had been brought into the state f insomnia by means of a continual pinal headache which confused her 2ental powers. A new physician aving been called he observed her uring the first week of his attend nee. One day he said abruptly: Madam, you need no medicines. imply abandon your rocking chair!" he had the habit common to Amer an women-that of always sitting in rocking chair, rocking incessantly, bough gently, whenever she sat own. Banishing the rocking chair, he recovered from both sleeplessness nd headache. Novel Elk inung. In the latter part of July and dur ng August the M*ican, or "Califor dan," as he is locally styled, has his Teatest feld sport-hunting the elk. Lt 'this season elk are the fattest. ley come down from the mountains, othills and crags, attracted by the xuriaut pasturage of the valley ands,coursed by streams oi' fronting n the sea. In these favored losalities he heavy dews add luxuriance to the rild grasses. At this season, because I their extra bulk, elk cannot run so ast. Ordinarily they gve the fleetest orse a close race. The Mexican elk hunter is "armed" nly with a lariat and a luna, a cres en shaped haiife which is tied at the nd of a slender pole about ten feet in angth. The luna somewhat resembles he moon, henice its name. The luna Sused to hamstring the elk after the riat has been thrown over his horns. A party of ten or fiteen Mexicans tus equipped and mounted on the eetest horses will charge a band-of a ndred or more, each man selecting. is victim. On being lassoed the elk rill plunge violently, almost pulling be horse forward, for the riata is stened to the pommel of the saddle. But the trained horse throws his weight aokward and stands stiff, with nerves rained to hold the elk in check. The exican sits calmly on the horse, siking sarcastically to the struggling 1k, bestowing praise upon himself ad smoking his cigarette. After the aimal exhausts himself the Mexican brows the luna and hamstrings the 1k. He then cuts ~its throat with the in or hunting knife, if he cares to ike the trouble to dismount. Immediately he is off after another, >r the stampeded band will soon es ipe to the foothills unless they. have een run into a glen or on an isthmus, 'hen the slaughter is terrible and meL It usually requires two men to ispatch an elk unless the hunters are sy expert-one to throw the lariat, ie other the luna. To cut the throat of a wounded elk ihe turns his large, full eyes, expres ve of fright, sorrow and reproach, pon his merciless captor requires a ardened heart and robs the sport of a pleasures seemingly. But the Mex an regards the coup de grace as the sme of the chase. An elk will yield >venty-five to twenty-five pounds of Jow. It is largely used by the mcheros for cooking purposes be mse of its superior whiteness, hard ess and delicate taste. It commands good price in the market, as does ie hide._____ ___ Largest Elevator in the World. The largest grain elevator in the orld was built at Minneapolis Junc on in 1886. The main building is 36 feet long, 92 feet wide, and 175 set high. Its storing capacity is 000,000 bushels of grain, says the 'hiladephia Press. During its can bruction the carpenters and joiners sed 12,500,000 feet of lumber of all inds, besides 32 carloads of nails. 'hese nails filled 10,000 common nail egs, and best calculators say that ere were but little short of 50,000, DO of them driven into the immenso bructure. Special Farming. Each farm needs a special system f farming to a certain extent, as the Ly of the land, the texture of the 1, the c'~nposition of the soil, and be climate are points to be con dered; but no farmer is correct in hering too closely to old methods. 'ests and experiments should be iade each year in order to determine e full capacity of the farm for pro acing those crops that will prove p~ rofitable if grown upon it. A W.sE FOR s7!Ml'LTr. Witherby-"You haven't seen my ew boy, have you? They say he takes fer his father." Plankington-"If he takes the same king his father takes, I'm sorry for im - mn"-.-nctroit Free Press. DRESS WITH SCALLOPED CAPE FOR GIRLS OF 6-8 YEARS, AND DRESS WITH TUNIQUE FORl GIRLS OF 10-12 YEARS. AWAMMMMMMMMM/RW15//X/MM / EVENING DEEES IN PRINCESS STYLE FOR ELDERLY WOMEN. The Eskimo's Stomach. r H i h ~tHCud The stomach of the Eskimo must be rte salsoryn wonder. The grinding arrartdngementshusla f a fertilizei- factory would die of 'aso i ieh etaotAi verwork if! compelled to perform the dotnghecsruioofod abors marked out for the Eskimo's jdsIisiklthths rte aterior. Bear, walrus, and whale ia oegetIjsiet ehs eat, eider duok, alive or very dead-- h. odubteolgnlma nything and everything goes. 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