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Show n Transvaal, wtere the paper money almost always receive in two piece carefully pinned together. The reason fur trestng It In suth manner is Is being, ojnyty sent to and fro through the mails, and a bill is torn apart and for safely sent under separate covers Some years ago I was coming dow n from Hrltlsh Columbia, "and having some teegrams to send 1 gave them to the porter, telling hiTI to pay for them and ltd me know the amount. It came to something like $1 40, and ha v nig a couple of Canadian one dollar bill, in my po ket I banded them over to h in to dl harge We were in the Indebtedness Fiiuuiisro Ua Lkroga eipregi at the time, and the 'hill., while, of course, not a legal tender in were SH the rttr of the ftoWrn in. .Vxju mvex or aox of the .Utki jm g brother of Washington My (oloi-- il manifestly had thp for all that war coming to him when he leailied hU destination for, in spite of the fa t that hart told h.m to ket p the ohane" e he handed them lix k atymg sorry .ah but do1 Hiu't no g rod in IN TIIE ODD CORNER. QUEER AND CURIOUS - issiMeii'UJPW' 044 - - THINC3 ,.Am!YfiTS, CoMw la CMiMtkM WHk tb Tmi "la Gnm. thaaf I. Ma4 f( M..y ky Tril Ymtk Tiunul ltaao4 Art--I Ika Too rtoco. of Pep t UUI. (. Tirlhr. TMt; Yrtra A go. (Rcpub.fabed bv request Ive Windered In the Illajs, Tom. Ive sat beneath the tree, ..Upon Abe, jirt) oolhou.e itUi ins ground that sheltered yoif and ms; But none was left to Jreef me, Torn, and few were left to know, -.. .WKo. played. ...with.. us. Mpo,JUeiuecn,. some twenty years ago The old school house 4s altered now, the bem hes are replaced By new ones very like the same our es once defaced, pen-kn- i. But the same old bricks sre In ths wall, the bell swings to and fro; It's music's Just the same, der Tom, ss twenty year ago. rivers running Just as still, tbs willows on Us side Arc larger than they were, Tom, the stream appears less wide, But the grape-vip- e swing Is ruined' How, where once we played the bean. And swung our sweethearts pretty girls Just twenty years ago. The spring" thift bubbled 'nesth the bill, close by the spreading ' beach, li very high was then so low that we could scarcely reach; And,' kneeling down to get a drluk, dear Tom, I started so To eee how sadly I am ebauged, sluco twenty years ago. Near by that spring, upon an elm. know I cut my name. Tour sweethearts Just beneath Tom, and you did mine same; Some heartless wretch has peeled bark 't was dying suie, slow. Just as she died, whose name you some twenty years ago. -- you the g'etl' - Why how-m- wlirt I Vlomlrra of llw Ur. John ,Wrt-k-r- blue-gree- n von-derf- but cut, v W ut ' 044 Culamw John Rankin of Sen Francisco was peaking at the Fifth Avenue hotel, the New York Tribune, of that bat Improvident custom on the Pacific slope of not taking any cognisance of a smaller subsidiary coin piece," "I suppose u is than a ftve-cebecause I am used to It said Mr, Rankin, "but I tor one am sorry to see ' the eystein given up. It came out about even up In the end. and you made aa much aa you lost by not having In circulation a smaller coin than a nickel, while It had the Inestimable advantage of preventing a lot of lleken feed from loading up your pockets. In earlier days, when a quar ater waa the smallest denomination of coin In use with us, it seemed tb work all right, but now the easterners kick and wa are slowly and regretfully coming to the Use of the copper cent slice samee aa other Mel lean cities. At the postoffice you get penulee in . change when you buy stamps, and under the law, as it now exists, you must pay that extra cent on telegrams.whlcb la bringing copper more and more Into circulation. When the war tax on telegrams was first put in effect I went Into one ! the hotel to wire a friend at San Jose, and tendered fl In payment The wire waa a quarter, and the ?S cents change waa forthcoming Al Feed for Mull MiihHM right The telegraph operator waa an sugar The planter in Texas largest Acidulated specimen of femininity, in whose plant-- 1 W. la Cunningham, J. old a and maid, appearance typical at Sugar-lanlocated are and tion refinery With a temper to match her face. When The crop la cultivated and harIt came to that war tax the trouble began, for, being conservative by na vested by convicts who are leased from sr tare, I resented that extra penny, both the state. Several hundred mules Me an Innovation and also as an Impo-tloemployed on the plantation, and Si Of course 1 knew I bad to pay .Cunningham Introduced s new food It, hut I Instated on receiving change for them a few years ago. This food for , the nickel 1 tendered, and such a is pure, black molasses, nnd the anitime as it waa to get that change! It mals are fed nothing else throughout waa after banking hours, and the only the year. Large troughs hav been way the operator could get those five built In the stable. Into which th molasses Is conducted direct from the copper cent awa to send to the tor them. In the deley she made refinery through pipes. Tb mules a few remarks to me that could safely have s great fondness for ths molasses N placed under the head of personal, and they are' kept In prim condition Ths Molasses ted to )mt I noticed that when after that I all ths tlms. had to aend a telegram through that the animals Is of s coarse quslitv, partlcilr0ffide .th Bfressary cheng J nad would command only low-pri- ce waa promptly forthcoming." "There in ths market It is much cheaper It not only keeps are many carious customs In eonnee-ti- o than corn or oats with money," said R. T, Sinclair, ths mules tn good condition." said the Who was With Mr. Rankin, "which are man wfcw told the atory, "but it flavpeculiar to certain localities. Such a ors th meat so that 'angar-cur- d the habit In Greer of making change mule hams, will soon be n profitable by tearing the bllla apart, or In the product. Chicago Inter Ocean. ..ole-soul- cd nt d. n. post-offic- i Dm, fsr-th- aorn steep beuewth the sea; few are left of our old class, ex- cepting you and me; And when our time shall come, Tom, and w are called to go, 1 hope they'll lay ua where we played, Just twenty years ago, Anonymous. '" HI, Smith, writing In Popn-la- r Sckme. gives the name of "iiiger bee" to a bee having a metallic sheen, which may be seen flitting about sandy placet during ths first heats of May. With the a I of liquid plaakr of Paria poured Into the holes that it makes In the ground, he has followed the bee through a The work (uni se of digging. Is ail dime by females, and Its prinary IY.tlr That htither laugh Nor Cry. object Is to provide protected cell la Chinee babies are the funniest which the young are bred. The be balile In the world They never cry, makes a tunnel a quarter of an lack In diameter, which, after atarting for and hardly ever laugh, so that they are so quiet that you a few 1m he on n slope, runs straight would never know they are about down into the ground. At the depth Poor women In China are obliged to of a foot or mora short lateral tunnel work in the field all day juBt the are driven, and at the ends of same as men, and when their babies are formed the breeding rells. Haare too small to take care of them-seiv- ving provided for her young, the bee continue to dig, down and yet the mothers carry them upon down, until aha la four feet or their baiks in a sort of bag. The more beneath the aurfaee, dyeven who doctors missionaries and good ing from sheer exhaustion about the have gone from America to Hongfirst progeny begin to make kong to teach the Chinese how to live time her their to the surface." way tike we do hare opened a great big unmese the for little nursery poor babies. Chinese mothers take their babies to the nursery morning and leave them there for the day In- - very difficult for the captain ud of shlpa-tascertain the dire tad of carrying them about on their pilots from Abet soondar of Jig 'Which tion backs:.-T- he the table, certainly enjoy cone change., Sometimes there are as many whistles, bells and other signala tor device some li there unless special toof a all hundred at them, playing k tayw getbep w Lth. ,.A tuer nd mtlk given them by Schmitt of Canada, has apparatus here Illustrated, aa aa aid the mUglonare,, 0ne of the gentle-Blowho Urd b h lhat Iff the collection of the sound sad the of from the point compaai It is simply wonderful to see ona him cating sounds emanate. Journaled dred babies, some of them not yet able which th a suitable in bearing on the top of to walk, and all of them together not the easing Is a conical sound receiver as would more noise than making which can he turned to all points of little mice. Cincinnati En- the many compass by a crank withisrtach quirer. of the operator. The sound wvsr transmitted through the connecting lwvmltWas f pipe to the pair of car tutu, It Is ImN Ms, Until quite lately there lived a luna-Jl- c easy to see that when the trunpet ia in Wellesley asylum, says London turned In an opposite dlrei tios from Answera.who turned out a round dozen that of the sounds that they will be as It Is revolved towrflth of Inventions during his ten years' faint, but stay In the place, and some of theip were really good and useful. One was a new style of ship's anchor, which bolds twice as fast a the old kind, never to foul It and can be tru-te- d chair or otherwise go wrong. The inventor had been a tailor before losing hi balance and knew nothing of ship and anchors But h drew th diagrams and made the moduli for this fruit of his disordered brain and one day a man who Tlaited him and saw the plans waa greatly taken with them. He obtalaed permission, patented and put th anchor on the market. It was favorably received and at the end of two years th Invention had brought him 1 10 000. Half of this the capitalist who had marketed the anchor gave to the two daughters of the mailman, who were alive and sane. During ths rest of the Inventors life the anchor brought In enough to pay for his maintenance and keep his two daughter in JUivented. other easy jjlrcumatancci-JI- e useful things, tnrtnrtiTig S Ttew ktnd Of corkscrew and folding chair. wwA-aw- 4 B. ea the early brokeu ties; I visited the old churvb-yarand took some ' flower to straw "Upon the grave of those we loved, some twenty years ago. ere 1 ask him, an! upon bis explam'ng that t hey would not he 'Oh, accepted in California I said Welt. If they are o pint why might as well get rid of tlem and tore them In two The c ilored mins eyes bulg- ed. and ho I tote them Into quarters, and then Into eighth. Ily that time he was nhgolu'ely in tears, and as I made as If to throw them out of the car Window he fairly threw himself upon me, as he sobbed out 'Deed, Mr Sinclair, if you don t want dose bills Why, what do please gib 'em to me you want of them If they're no good7 I demanded 'Dey aint no good In San Francisco, but dey Is in Seattle, aah, he explalncl and, foh Gawd, you mustn't throw dat gooj money awy ' Thinking I had had enough fun I give him the pieces and a dollar besides, but he evidently thought from the way he treated nte afterward that 1 must he at IcaHt a millionaire." I w i t'-e- it, My lids iiave long been dry, Tom, but tears come to my eyes. I thought of her 1 loved so well, those Some - -- 1 No V?' i olthe GATES. f"r 1 ricr08t be told ts her? Here w- - s S fits a fellow as ever It reyer .waa .Jherp., wj, ,nt w th.ii fijffan uch of ix of so great a sorrow, for she, too, was pv'Sistfirdr -cel, broad shouldered, and as sound emancipated from her clay. as a lell Under the Ua the hloonrcU At the gates of heaven the bride and health and youth flushed Irhls cheek bridegroom met. The Sketch. Through his calm, clear eye he looked the wnole world ia the face and owed TENANTS OF DUMPS. no Tuan except hi Uiior, A fearless fellow, this "eutlemin In khaki, Trib la 'Washington Store I'ietarcMia straight aa a shaft, true as steel, too Than Kagviekerft. good a man to become food for powThe of reclaiming the lowwork der. A whole shipload of his kin and where once stood famous Bel4 lands, kind wer. with him, bound for the rys row the despair of missionaries war. and the nightmare of the police goes The fare a ell came, the. tad adieu, and from the city.) waste and every heart wa full of love's merrily on, like the famed phoenix rife gruvs up, goodby from its -- own ashes, the most " He -- looped to k'ss the one woman lag un.que village ever ' "found by an Of .hia. life.... Her. nxm wara-UoiU.hi. T so.) a the IVushing-oneck as she clung to him, flint md Poat. Here on the bare stretch ft aslu seeping. His brow wis stern and h!s waate exists a t'lbe more picturesque Jaws set, for his English honor d far theu the Paris ragipekers. tame I him to shed never a tear. So by in story, and the adored model of tbs he raised her from the ground to his amateur artist In the Latin quarter. lips and set her down w'tb a parting Right within of the capltol and that was almost chill, though h.s full the hibtoric sightof is th part heart was pulsing like a fire engine most the by village, unique peopled Them her people took her and set her most unique inhabitants to be found en some baulks of timber, wrapped an- on the g'obe. The Digger Indians, th other shawl about her for they knew nor. in fatt, any of the Mouudbutltlers, all too well how frail she wav and let of this or'o.her counher weep, aa they, too, were weep- queer people tries, compare with these. Tholf ing. life nnd theT occupation prove beyond Every one who knew her, except her doubt that there is a use for everything soldier lover himself, knew well that on the face of the earth. Gave the city they had parted forever In this world, foundling. A company for the promofor her days were numbered by the tion of tenemnt districts could no! angel. draw a quarter of a cent dividend of! Her great eyes were like lamps In the tenants They pay which the spirit of her life was fast neither rent nor dumps. tax, nor yet Is th consuming. Her beauty was not of reservation allotted to them by the earth. The pallor and the pink alike government. They just pitch their tlq proclaimed her the bride of death. In houses where they like, and while the her and In him only reposed the blissonly signal for Sunday Is the cessation ful ignorance of this soirow, Well U of carts and tumbledown wagons backit that love is blind. up, there Is yet a profound respect ing 'the t,uay was lined with groups of shown for the rights of each Inhabitpeople waving their tearful farewells. ant. There may be no lock on the door Steam whistles and angry snotts from or fence about the yard, but every man impatient engines rent the air. The can depend upon his pile of scrap great hausers strained taut and were Iron, old bottles, rags, and ss on relet go as the dorkmen shouted to toe maining Intact without a bull dog tied to It There Is always a scurry like unto a football contest oxer every load of ashes, but once the contest is won, every fellow respects the champions rights. No one could well calculate the revenue from this part of the citys waste, but it is large, men, women anj children all plying the trade with a vengeance. The men sell all that they rescue from this source, while the women woik to keep their children warm and maybe also do laundry. The children toll back and forward, their little backs forever bent under the burden of the bag, or groping and scratching among the refuse. Many of them warm whole families In this way, while almost the entire colored population In the vicinity of the dump depend upon It for fuel. how -- a-- r-j 1 do you mean"' SJT ... tt di. country' m conveyed In pipes along the lines ol rail ways lor the operation of gas enHe gines and electric - generators. suggests the Installation of such a sys--i tern In connection with the electrics ,,lU a. Old Or.- ,- ..4 To MITU,,r met; and lines; r. 8nd lend and The open grata, also the use of fuel gas and gas engine. stove fronts that have seen b.ri iuppy fu-during the w,nterpfw 1 - 1. .?? , fftstre.a'ug to It4 earefut witr thoughts of the eamliir priag HORSE TIE FOR STABLES. renovation team to Impart n extra a--; h The old method of balT.,ne Horsemen will appreciate the devlci a 4 Ta The"accompinylhg' cut ' the plKurea form of stove poi.h hsve v.- -v Wttls ubJect .ftm on the widened and mu.;.. ined j to a minimum the liability of getting good the animal's feet Mifaus, bow to give them tangled up In the tiing blaik polish that will last j tethering rope, and also to keep the the question rope out of the way while the animal fo should know that l.vcry j, eating. By means of a special. y one p nt of asphaltum, thoroug ill constructed halter the connection is n.uel with a g'll of turent.n. and made on the upper Instead of the w.th a paintbrush to the der tide of the nose strap, and ths rratc fronts nders, or anv mniW.tle extends lo a point level or above Iron substance will give the shining the animals head. Thednventloa also that they wore when new-appfa'ice ii amount of the mixture will pa'nt f've grates und belongings, also the h tchen stove, It will last Just a. long, and will give exactly the appearance that eat h bad when new. It Is secured at a trifling cost, and la so easily ap plied that this work will prove ooe of the most satisfactory duties of th spring renovating. -- The gras. !. Just as green. Tom, barefooted boys at p!a Were sporting just a they did then. with spirits Just as gay. But the 'master" sleeps ujmio the hill. which, coated oer with 'snow, Afforded us a sliding place some twenty years ago The CIENE -- BEYOND TIIE - Includes an arrangement for taking up the slack in the rope, without In any way pulling on the halter suffito the animal ciently annoy The rope la passed through th front of the manger, resting oq a pulley, which may be adjusted to any desired- - height, and s small weight Is attached to the outer end, which is sufficient to hold the rope taut, no matter In what position ths animal puts his head. A patent on tha (levies has been granted to William 11, -- Bertram of England. Ciond Turrets and ThtndrStormflb scientific explanation of the connection between imposing masses of cumulus clouds, piled up in aspiring v.hlte turrets, which are popularly j alleij ."thunder heads, and" the approach of a thunder storm "is offered la a recta report on cloud studies at the Blue Hill observatory.,. It appears that the form of cloud called turreted cumulus ls most common when there Is s rapid vertical decrease of temperature In the upper air, combined with beating at the ground, which favors the ascent of columns of air to great heights, and this Is, at the same time, a condition favorable to thunder gtorma. A Recent Invention. For use In painting signs a lettering guide has been patented, comprising n pair of rulers joined by adjust- able clamps, which allow one ruler, of the edges of each letter. In an improved washing machine two independent arms are pivoted at the center of the cover, with perforated beaters secured to the Inner ends of the arms, the later being grasped one in each bands and operated independently to beat the clothes. Tailors can utilize an Improved measuring device, patented by n German, a tape being placed across the shoulders to pass under the arms and join at the back, with tapes suspended at either side to support a belt, which is adjusted at the waist or chest line for taking measurements An Ohio man has patented an Improved trousers guard which will not fall off from the ankle, having a locking device attached to the ends to lock the guard In place, a slotted head with a being formed on np;-epd, spring catch which engage a T head on ths other end of the guard. A Maryland man has designed- - an Improvement in halr.curlers.Jiy which the heating apparatus Is contained la the handle, the latter being hollow and' provided at the Inner end with a wick, the flame passing up through body the hollow tube which forms ths of the curler, to-- heat It from- the In- thus Indicating the slant -- chief ilimculUes in ths o! terior. Water pipes can be scoured and system for the propulsion of carriages nut running n rail by cleaned by a new German apparatus, two globular making an automobile trolley which, which Is composed while serving to connect the csrrtsg floats ts lit tb Interior of the pipe, vrith the overhead wires, ts itself carrying between them a toothed pel led by the electric current, under j scraper which engages the sides as ths control of the driver of the carriage float are forced through by the action so that It keeps step w lth the nrtlag of ths water, and no strain Is everted upon th eoq- By th use of a new necting wire. When connected with device tha knob Is prevented from wires In the ordinary way, n turning until released on th Inside that Is free to move from side to tidt and ths door can be held In any posl- of the road drags its trolley after It, tion, a rod being ferured to the upper and In consequence, th connection is edge of th door and connected at one end with a crank arm on the knob frequently broken. spindle, th other end operating v a p clutch on the door casing. 14 to TH tribal Th eattcntlon of electrical eaglassn has been attracted to the prospects All That Was Tfic ry use of the km engine on a vast seal mad a nice speech when t "Pa for th genervtlon n! transmission of gave m teacher thoo flowers." power. Mr. George Went lug hey "What did you aay. Tommy?" !' that a great saving of expense "Well, pa, when I handed em to her ' with -e mparr present methods I made a bow an then. pa. I said: from th dlstrlbatlon of IndianMrs. Jones. Tm me t you ga generated at central points nnd . 'JournaL apolis the trolley t p. door-holdi- gs J -- . q com--pelte- iu of-th- e pilot. TUea, . from the crowding - soldiers on the ship, swarming bareheaded at the bulwarks and clustering on the rigging suad shrouds, came hoarsely long, loud, reverberating cheers. The screw churned the harbor water, and out to sea. out into mist, passed the troopship. Wide-eye- d, with wet rose blossoms on her cheeks, still sat she there gazing gazing gazing, seeing one soldier only, till the ship was a little Rpeck at sea, and they led her away. Por, stricken bouI! Not for her would ever come the Joy of wedding bells. The veldt was like a furnace. The hot ftouth African sun blazed on high. The men In khaki were stretched upon the ournlng saod, athirst on the water, ess plain. Ahead of them, beyond the ant heaps amid which they sought some trivial shade and cover, stood a kopje full of the Boer enemy. And there water waa or death. All day those brave English boys lay under the burning sun. Little wreaths of sand curled up and eddied and swept away ki the distance like a beautiful cloud, Particles of silica and specks of Impalpable dust bung like a mist over the torrid earth, and the sun played with these glittering particles, gliding and painting the Iridescent beauty. But it was an agony and a horror to endure. Eys and ears and noftrils were full of sand. Every mans waer bottle was empty, every tongue was swotlen; the mra1 Ups were too parched even to curse Suddenly the enemy Mauser Are reopened at close quarters, and many a man fell. Volley after volley was given back, until out rang the stirring cry. "Fix bayonets! v There was a ring of merry steel avid hurrah, r But the crack "of tb Mauser rattled yet from bush and bowlder. Many a Briton fell before the Boeis were met. end then then there wss carnage and fierce bayonet work, grim fighting and deeds of rage and battle and blood. The kopje was cleared. Ere this the thirsty soldiers, with their hands in the mud and their Ups (n the water, had been drinking deep draughts of the muddy stream. Now that the fight was over they were again on hands and knees, cooling their parched and swoUen tongues who had slaked his thirst Then brought his bottltathclr lieutenant, for he our hero-wa- a wounded Qn wiped the foam from his mouth and put a cup to his Ups, and he drank greedily. But his head fell on one side., so they laid him to sleep under the stars And when the morning broke It was teen tbht this herd among s band of heroes where an are heroes waa dead. All hie manliness and courage had passed away. Two ballets had gone through hto body, the sand had drunk of his blood, and his soul had gons " forth to him who gave It foul-smelli- fe w-u- Ths lady whom he loved eh PUSS SAILED AWAY. . Aboard a Steamalilp wad Mad Henwif Quit at Horn, If there is anything in the popular superstition among sailors that a cat brings good luck, the voyage of the British steamship Thalia will be a pleasant one, says the Savannah News. A fine, large Maltese cat went aboard the day before she sailed, and composedly curled herself up on tbs heavily upholstered crimson sofa in the officers saloon, and when the vessel sailed she was a contented passenger. bald the She is an old traveler, b he stroked her soft fur, steward. "and this Is not her first voyage. Cats like a change, and they will visit one vessel and then another in port until they find one that suits them; and they are knowing animals, and seem to have ADtne Intuition when a vessel is going to sail. Do I think a cat brings lurk? Oh, yes. Its good luck to have a cat com to you. Why, thats not a superstition of sailors alone. Did you ever see a landlubber that didqt believe It! That cat will have the best treatment on board; besides, theres no end to the rats on board, and the cat. will be useful as well as lucky for us. YToltrho'i Exciting Ran. s The following incident in Lord Is career recorded at military haring taken place when he was l his twenties, and had been in the Brit He speaks ts Ish army three years it himself as the most exciting expep lence of his life. It waa In Burma, and Wolseley wa In charge of a small detachment. Duo ing the advance he hat, the bad luck to fall Into a deep hole,' and when h crawled out found himself on the enside. As he emerged, he emys was met with such a showei of bullets that he slid back In short order. After a few minutes he came out again, and amid a vigoroua volley, rn for his life. " He was nearly two hundred yards from tha Britlsh line, and was hit three times before be reached a plac ol safety. Wol-Beley- Rae bam RIm4 la Cate, The race issue of Cuba bas been raised lately in a peculiar way by large number of Havana negroes nnd mulattoes. They have petitioned - ths authorities to prohibit ths application to Cuban citizens of the descriptive words "black or brown" in warrants issued by the police court and to forbid the use of these 'adjectives in The petltloncrs, newspaper reports. STso Ask thafthe newspapers b prohibited from making reference to tha African origin of any one. Their argument is that th terms aa now used perpetuate race antagonisms, nnd that since the negroes of Cuba have proved their worth in the straggle against ' Spain they should b called only Cuban who citizens. 't ? EraLaaamt.7tMni.iTX'isl' i As V ' |