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Show i; H tr t t. - & IN THE ODD CORNER. and curious thincs QUEER AND EVENTS. Isdla Ink to Firmry Hi III FlourUhta Flavor Urinkt (Ituwr 2 u.porln tiune llnii(bl lulu th I lilted Moio fruut leltlul t ouutrle. I IKPI ew two vultures, grd t . j were and Horned, n a uuuMjti sat lilnii Oc bo eetmed Otaw-eial- d within the oilier iteeiento -- a, curie, Jeot f r Juit hut , mu n he, A fu,l content and somnolent with food, ' Clulihed with 'sum me griii the gulden cross High on th tbmch an alien treed had built Ton In the museum might) Humeses sleeps For some new childhood swaddled like a babe Osiris and Jehotah, Allah, Christ, This land hath known, and m the duwn of time, The noaihing In the sand Rr Rameses worship) and ere Sell died lfow much of truth to each new faith he gate Who Is the vety father of all needs, 1 1 know not iiownor sliall I know Even ertll Fast temple, palace, tomb, the great Nile flows Free and more free as men of bounty learn To use Its values Only this I know. Cairo 1WS Dr S W. Mitchell In "The Wagir und Othtr Poems " W here Ilracy Flourishes. The man who labored under the Impression that piracy was a thing of the past must have read with no little surprise the story told a few davs ago by on of Reuter's correspondents In China of a very flagrant case of piracy near the mouth of the Canton river The Celestials of the neighborhood of Macao, an Island at the mouth of this river, have for untold generations been most notoiious sea thieves. The case of the Spark, which was raided some je.irs ago, brought a British gunboat nlong and compelled the governor of f'arton to pay more strict attention to the subjects under his contiol; but on Junh3 are still bf very common ocouirenoe, the pirates ictreut-in- g after ea h adventure to the hills behind Macao, and subsequently reupon ceiving patdon on terms agre-with the governor But by the very latent mail we learn of n encounter betwem a cutter from H M S. Twped and a route laun h on the Ve- -t rivei Piracy is one of the chief occupations of the Oman Muscat const of the Persian gulf Not many months ago seven boats were attacked by Wakrah pirates and robbed of nnnv thousands of rupees worth of pearls. Shortly before a number of Bahrein boats were similarly looted. In one instance twenty-fiv- e of them seized a bungalow in open daylight, within sight of the soldiery, and put off to sea In search of plunder. The Turkish soldiers went In pursuit, but the pirates showed them a clean pair of heels, and got away In time to seise and plunder a boat beAt longing to a merchant of the beginning of this year there were e several raids on coasters from a port that does a large trade inward and outward with the Persian gulf, but the rdtfier pressing attentions of British gunboats have spoiled The Riff this branch of the trade. plratee of tne Morocco coast have subsided Into private life for a space after their outbreak of a year or two back. But. no doubt, they will rise again. A -parliamentary return issued t I8S7 shows that between 40 and 60 years ago the Riffian pirates gave Europe trouble of the same kind as at present. Two years ago the British steamer Pegu was looted while going from Penang to Olehleh by a number of Achl-nes- e (from Sumatra), who had come on board under the guise of passengers, and the captain and 14 of the native crew were killed. Having gained possession of the ship, the pirate plundered the strong room, secured about 115,000 coin, and left In the Pegu's boats, landing on their own coast near Slmpang Olim. The Achlnese hare kept fairly quiet during recent years, but they have a long chronicle of piracies to their discredit, more especially those associated with the Spanish brig Bllbalno, the British steamer Queen, the British bark Caesar, the Danish bark Carl, and th9 American ships White Cloud and Libra Twenty years ago they were one of .the greatest scourges of the eastern sees, sweeping the waters with their small, swift sailing proas, capturing merchantmen of all nattons.and customarily butchering every soul on board London Leader. ntt-ick- s d Kur-jache- Ink to Flavor Drink. was not first discovered, would seem to Indicate, in eirliest records we have of was first made In China, it show it and the hulk of the present daily supply Is brought fiom that country. Like many things of practical utility to mankind, India ink was not an Invention, hut a dPtuvery. That is to say, the individual who produced It first did. so entirely by accident, without the remotest Intention of doing anything sensible or 'useful About three thousand Sears before the Christian era, a Chinese alchemist tffion by name, while experimenting Borne nostrum for the externalla preservation of life, or upon for converting dirt Into gold it matters net what accidentally coacocted a b!T substanre In the form of a This concocliquid .vunt or varnish. Ink. The black India first . the was tion the base of the pigment which forms was the soot obtained by burning ' Ink and pine charcoal. This soot was ue powdered finely and mixed with some kind of sire or glne. Fish glue or well M bone or Isinglass was used, as India India ink as Its name India. The Ticn-Tsch- some-formu- en horn glue; and sometime In making the finer qual.tles of luk, pearla wsrs bo.led In the glue. Sometimes dried ox tongue was added to give the Ink a purple tint; and the bark of the pepper tree was used to produce a tinge of blue. The ink was carefully molded, dried and paiked In wormwood leaves with lime or ashes until well seasoned. It U not stated whether eepla, the coloring liquid of the cuttlefish, wae added o the Ink originally or not, but as the hebt India ink iu use at present, has a hiuwuish tint, as It mixed with sep.a it is evident that sepia Is used now In the manufacture of the Ink. Sepia alone la used fret&iently In China in prefereme to the black ink. As aown eg It was discovered that India Ink was likely to he service-abl- e to mankind It was perceived by the Imperial Ptet to be a dangerous innovation upon the established cue-toof not haring It to use. The empire had got along very well without Iadia Ink prior to Its discovery, and It was Chinese public policy "to let well enough alone Therefore, the use of India ink was declared to be saereliglouu and its manufacture wae prohibited Afterward it dawned upon the versatile mind controlling the ot the Imperial Exchequer that there was great possibilities of revenue in the production of. India Ink. If judiciously absorbed by imperial preAccordingly the ban was rogative removed from the offending Industry, which revived quickly, though restricted to the province of Klang-8- 1 and heavily handicapped with an enormous tribute exacted by the em- peror. Apparently there were millions , in India Ink in those days, for a sharp competition in its production arose, and this was the beginning of trouble for artists and draughtsmen. The market was glutted with worthless grades. At first tlie ink was superfine In quality, and the lampblack used in it was ground into a powder so fine that it was as volatile as vapor and porvessed in tself an odor of musk. Later, when competition corrupted Its production, coarser and cheaper pigments were, substituted for the fine one. and the ink was artificially perfumed with mQsk In order to disguise its lnferi- oiity. The Chinese are passionately fond of musk, and India ink was used by them not only ns a writing mate- iidl, but also as a flavor for their choicest beverages. A little India Ink rubbed in water was considered, then, a most delicious drink Philadelphia 'Jlm, said Mr, Perkins, to his office boy, "put ou some more coal" Yes. sir. "And do you hear? Take this packet of papers around to Penn A Ink's, and ask 'em what they mean by sending me such a blotted piece of work. Yes, sir, safd Jim, evidently preetarch Pour - In water. boiling water; boil one minute, add one-hacup n sugar; pour while hot over the whites of three eggs; add teaspoon vanilla, stir all together and cool, haute Yolks of three eggs, five tablespoons sugar, a pint of scalded milk, took for a minute. THE PRETTY PAN HAT. cup cold one-four- th one-hal- t- pint lf well-beate- one-four- th dee-tiui- es Women, lont Worry. Bad temper and worry will trace more wrinkles in one night than hot and cold bathing, and massage, and complexion hi usbes, and creams and lotions can wash out In a .'ear's faithful application Physicians assert that M ,ffiHjtDge ttmouut of nerve force Is expended In every fit of bad temper; that when one little part of the nervous system gets wrong the face first records it. The eyes begin to lose the luster of youth, muscles become flabby, the skin refuses to contract accordingly, and the Inevitable, result I moat wrinkles, femininity's fiercest and . Home Woman Insidious foe, says the T Companion. There is no use httemptthe woman reason about a to with lug . . 8 of 11 whl As In every other line of the season's modes there is positively no end to the diversion iu hats The latest applicant for fashion's approbation is the pan hat. atf odd hut beautiful design in alternate bands of soft rough strew and satin The straw is pliable and makes a dainty frame for the face ot the summer girl. The brim of the pan hat is rather wide and shows a very decided downward curve at the front and sides I he hark is slightly raised by a bandeau of flowers or other trimming A design seen a few days ago waa d made ot straw alternat- cream-colore- !. j bur.ts ber .ta,!e.!.10 temper. But she does not slop at Just that time to think about it, and to remind her of the fact only adds fuel to the flames. But when she is cool and serene and at with all the world. Times. If you esn convince her that each fit ed with bands of soldi or CJueer Importations. of temper adds a year to her age by eatlh. The crown was low and rather At the front of the spreading type Not all of America's imports weakening her mental force and tracoidluary, every day things. Some are ing crow tracks about her eyes and. there waa a large bow of crushed rose bluish weiid and woiiduful, and others, tell-tal- e lines around her mouth, she Velvet, which also had lodps of The color combination taffeta n e Iti themselves, come from will pluk probably think twice hetore again was vety pretty. The bandeau formed places that seem ta us unubual. We forgetting herself. For, no matter take coal from Newcastle, N. 3. W.; what she asserts to the contrary, wom- the foundation for two rosettes of the rags from Antwerp, matches from an prizes youth and beauty above every velvet and taffeta. The pan hat bi'da fair io be mors Belgium, 'cigeis from Bombay, photo- other gift the gods hold It in their a passing fancy, tor It wide brim then and lobster canned graphic plates power to bestow upon mortals. makes it generally becoming,' And. Cape Town, fife crackers from better atlll, protects ' th complexion Canton, the amoant for the last quar-- ; - ' - . ComUrefa Pudding against' the ravages of the rammer! ter of 1899 being In value 184,000; wild Moisten one heaping tablespoon corn sun. . HELEN GRET-PAQEorchids from BarranquUla, Colombia, and butterflies from fiaiita Marta, Colombia. Among the queer things that .FOB THESUMER OIRU conie In from Canada are bicycle lamps, diamonds, steel rails, lumber from logs cut In Maine and taken to St. Johns, N. B., to be dressed; cattle theatrical switches, gas scenery, liquor, cattle tails, jewelers sweepings, tenderloins, tea siftings, green willow cuttings and frogs' legs. From Cairo we get real Egyptian cigarettes, while rosaries come from Anglers, In France. A large amount of paper for photographic purposes comes from Grenoble, France, and from Dresden, while 1500 worth of snails got in from Havre. Some one tirought in a pair of andirons from Lyons. That city also supplies & good deal of macaronL Mistletoe comes from Nantes, and rat traps from St. Etlenhe. Berlin sends to ua human hair and ready made clothing. Slate pencils come from Coburg, old rubber shoes from Konlgsburg and from Lubeck. We take pencil sharpeners and snow shoes from Mannheim, and also a little soot. For goose liver pies we ace Indebted to Neustadt Human skeletons, prepared and ready for use, come from. Sollngen. Brim stone to the value of nearly 3T6,000 comes from Gargentl, Italy, and also from Palermo, whence we Import donFrom Japan keys and' orange peel. we get the nhtlonal drink, sake, which causes headaches, and menthtol to make the head feel better. Philadelphia Times. sun-yello- w pl -- L Do Not Get Enough to Eat a common complaint among girls who move In fashionable society .that they never get enough to eat One young woman Sufferer has .been ImI am pelled to give voice to her woes. I don't dying of hunger, she wails. get enough to eat. It's this way; I go to luncheon probably In the morning and eat daintily otthe good things provided there, for one isn't supposed to have an appetite like a working man. Then In the afternoon 1 ap- pear at tea. I am ravencbsly hungry by the time 1 get there, and consequently I eat more cakes and swpets than is good for me. At all events It kills my appetite successfully, for When dinner tim coiqes at home I haven't a ghost of an appetite. At night when a reception is the attraction, and when I crave a .beefsteak with potatoes for ty 'this time I am again hungry- -I am given a dab of salad or an assortment of Ices, which girls are supposed to like better ?hyn anything on earth, while my escort regales himself with all the good things going. Sometimes In the midst of all these dainties Id give a small fortune for something substantial and longingly remember the generous slices of buttered bread of my child- -, hood daya. If the 'season last much longer I will be a bag of bones, with a ruined .digestion by the time Lent comes. . And the popular debutante wandered off to the next place of It la i a i "We havent seen your Uncle Elisha lately, dear," said Mrs. Molyneux Mard air and tin to her eldest daughter. "Kate ferring the slippery sidewalks ot the outer world must work a penwiper for him. and to the close Rule law office, liar Led off you mqst embroider him a pair ot slip- - . like an arrow out of a bow. pert. It wont do to let him lose tight Mr. Perkins took out a fresh handle of his nearest relatives." of quill pens and a quire of legal foolsMa, said Miss Katherine, Ue A cap and began to work lfi good earn- pity you discharged Mist Archdale so est. when, all of a sudden, a tap came suddenly, because she was so handy at to bis office doty. fancy work." "Come In. said Mr. Perkins. In a And besides, added Edith Rosa-bellvoice that sounded considerably more "It really and truly wasnt bet like "Clear out, and a young lady fault because Walter chose to make entered, dressed In a currant-colore- d ejea at hert merino, with a little plumed hat and "Dont use such vulgar expression a neat looking flat satchel on her arm my dear," said the mamma. She was "I haven't anything to give, said pert, bold faced thing, and would Mr. Perkins, sternly. have eloped with your dear brothel - The young lady sat down uninvited, if she .had remained Jtn. the, house am, and tbeu Mr. Perkins saw that she was other week. And I told her so, pretty pretty. plainly, too. Who's that? The post"1 was not begging, sir," she said. man? Give the letter at once. Edith I "May ask, then, what was your Roaabelle! business? said Mr. Perkins, mors "Somebody has sent us wedding ft .Idly than ever. cards, said th youngest hopeful ol a from The young lady took parcel the family of Molyneux Martin. "Open her hag. see It, mamma, quick, and let u "1 dont want to buy anything," said whom they are from. Mr Pei kins. Mrs. Molyneux Martin tore open the, "I am not selling, sir," said the envelope, and giving one glance at lady. fell backward with hyscontent, "Please explain your business at terical scream. no "I have he said, tartly. once, Elisha Perkins'. she shrieked. time to spare." uncle. Alas! my poor, its your Girl, "Please allow me to do so, then," disinherited pets!" said the young lady, "1 was soliciting For Mrs. Molyneux Martin had edusubscriptions for cated her daughters In the full belief "I don't want to subscribe, hastily that each and every one ot them was Interrupted Mr. Perkins to he an heiress In the right of Uncle "How do you know whether you do Elisha Perkins money. or not, Inquired the young lady, with But, mamma, who's the bride? seen the have some spirit, "until you Whom has be married? You don't tell work, at least? Us the name, persisted Katherine, Mr. Perkins smiled a little. She was who was endowed with a goodly spice ot Mother Eve's bequest. I dont care!" "I dont know! screamed Mr. Molyneux Martin, tapping the soles of her slippered feet on tbs carpet In a way that threatened a yet more violent attack of hysterica. Pick up the cards, Kathle, and look, urged Edith Rosabella, "Amy Arcbdale!" she read aloud. "Why, ma. It's the governesa you discharged! It's our Miss Archdale!" "The old fool!" shrieked Mrs. Molyneux Martin. "To go and marry a girl young enough to be bla granddaughter! Well, that caps tha climax!" You forgot, ma," said Edith Roaabelle, "Uncle Ellahas only two year are. ;I. heard MdeSLtttktt ray so lots of times." "Hold your tongue, you ungrateful, unduttful daughter, ejaculated Mrs Molyneux Martin. "Ill sever speak die- - to him kwwii 4mA kahia't ltatlwt agate. like that. And, besides, she waa de- I ' But she did.. Sober, second thoughts 4 , cidedly original. f convinced her that If was better to "Because there have been at least submit to the Inevitable and she was three of your craft before you this one of the first to call on Mr. and Mrs. Tllus-trate- d morning, said be, all selling Elisha Perkins la the elegant brown Lives of Great Men. ' tone house that the lawyer bought "But mine It quite different. Mine Is and furnlahed for hla bride. with Careers of Famous Women, And perhaps one ot . the most triumsteel plate engravings," persisted the phant momenta of Amy Archdale'a life young lady. waa that tn which the extended A gra-elo"Your business Is overcrowded." and patronising greetlpg to the alif Mr. Perkins. "No, you fieednt who had turned her out of woman, take the trouble to show me the book. door scarcely three months before, , , don-h do something. you Why ngrffOilancetfiemselves even"Will you tell me what? said the In this world. If one only has th ly young lady, despairingly. "Will you d. patience to wait!" she said to her help me to get anything whereby I Cleveland Plain Dealer. , may support myself?" "Can you write a clear and legible ' ' . trhMia la Oereieey. band?" Mr. Perkins asked. The young lady sat boldly down at A The college man, aays. Prof. Hugo desk by the chimney-piecMunaterberg, who specialise in politi"Ill show you what 1 can do." said cal economy or phlloeophy or chemishe. try from bis freshman year, knows, in Mr. Perkins looked over her shoulhis special field, far more than any on der as she wrote, In a quaint, distinct of u know; but It w tak a compoe-- lt style, the words; picture ot all tenlora the boy who name Is Amy Archdale, aid I leave th gymnasium la not at a dis"T , want to earn my own living. advantage in the comparisons of IntelMr, Perkine looked medltatlngly at lectual physiognomy, while he' is, ot her for a second or two. course, far leu mature, according to "I should think you might teach," his much lower age. If any maa in said be. Dartmouth or Amherst takes his bach"I did try It," said Miss Archdalj. elors degree With that knowledge la "I was governess In a private family," mathematics, history, geography, litAnd why did you give It up erature, Latin, Greek. French or physaid Miss sics which we had on leaving school "Is this a catechism? Amy smiling. "Well, I have no objec- he is sure to graduate with honor. tion to answering. Do you want tne to Our going to the university can thus tell you the plain truth r be merely with the entrance compared - - - Certainly." into the ; course,.. Our. was because It "Well, then, my lady three highest gymnasium classes alone employer did not like to have her to the coJege, and whoever groanup son address me wltb'colnmon correspond the German university with compares sne ( thought was Perhaps politeness. the college instead of the graduate endeavoring to fascinate him, but she school is either misled by the pge of was entirely mistaken." or by the external .form of student th Mr Perkins. "Please "Or said and Instructloh. Atlantic life student write down your address. ' t "Are you really going to give Be Magazine. some copying to do?" she asked eagsnow-freighte- m com-ltior- sure, and Mr. Perkins gave her some r more work. "You neednt bring It," said he. "1 I have business that way, and Ill call for It myself." e, ' it! jw ua hua-ban- e. post-graduat- e, erly. And so Miss Amy Archdale walked off with n parcel of papers under. her shawl. 1 . nd'0mpt' Jy, said Mr. Perkins in a sort of mental soliloquy, "there's no reason 1 cant let her have-- some awe work- ,- If ebe doesnt U wont be the first case Of feminine swindling In New York. But she had a pretty, Innocent littja, face, too hang It. Ive half a mind to ga Jq her aldress on the sly, an$ see if she ready Is a deserving object of charily I was going to say. But it isnt Eha wacti,ork, uut , THE ABSOLUTELY - V CORRECT-MORNIN- TRY PLACE. ". t DRESS FOR A QUIET COUN- Generoas New Turk Given. NeW York city unquestionably leads , "Im going to try you." alms,-TUsr- e's always-somebod- wanting something In this of a city of great, chattering onrs," added Mr. Perkins, Irately, as he drove off two match boys, an pple girl, and a vender of pins and shoe- : strings from his doorstep. She brought the folios next day, seat legible, and without blot or era--. , T1 ' Y L . r in the bestowal of charities and ty the generous nature of Its contributions to every deserving cause. It is the center which the collector, of .money toe educational, benevolent, or relief purposes first direct their steps. New York,"as The reserfOTFoT the ballons' wealth, is constantly giving, and most Of It gifts go unrecorded. Its annual contributions to the hospital fund. Its Easter day collections and many other special eontrlbutiuBg'foot up in the ag- gregate to amazing figures For In- -' stance, the Easter collect Iona of! a few! of the leading churches in New 'York City aggregated. oxer a hundred thousand, dollars. Including nearly $26,000 St Grace church, $121000 each s,t tal-vax- y, St. Bartholomews ' and Holy Trinity; $11,000 at Bt, Thomaa and St. Andrew's, and nearly $9,000 at St. Ann's, Brooklyn. , i |