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Show 6 THE SALT LAKE TIMES. WEDXESDAYM A KOH 25, 1891 prlatencss of these nicknames or to change an old one for a new one. Tub president in sure to linvo a handle to his name. Jle may be "l'ri'xy," as at Yale; "Jimmy," hb every graduate of l'rlncoton loves to call ex President MoCosh, or "Charlie," an they dul President Eliot ut Harvard. I'or the professors t here are t he thousand and one names suggested hy personal characteristics, alTilial ions, duties, habits, etc. A college ill New Jersey, where nick-- ; names are an thick as leaves in Vallum-- i brosa, has lis "Bean," Its "Dull," 1M 'Charlie," agray haired reverend: its "(icu-- i end." an old army oliicer; its "Daddy," a fatherless teacher; its "l'at," from Erin's Isle; its "liiir Mac," so enlled because thera is uo "Little Mac" there; it' "Sister." its j "Uaby," its "tiranny," its "Fatty," its "Mary," its "Hilly," etc., etc., and w on through all sorts of ludicrous names sug-- gestive, at least to the student, of Mima well known peculiarity of the person whoso name has lieeu taken in vain. Of course the professor is aware of the fact that he is dublied In this undignified way, but noth-- 1 ins he can do or say can change, the sane-- ; 1 ion of tradition and the nickname slicks. fcew York Tribune. Nicknames of Professors. College nicknames are queer things any way. A student is, as the phrase goes, "no good" unless ho haa a nickname, and a professor has 110 place in the college world unless he has a label of this sort. Nick-names for the undergraduates are general-ly fixed early in the college career, and often express tho sopliomoric idea of a freshman's characteristics. With the pro- - fessorsit is difl'erent, for their nicknames! are based on traditions dear to the college heart. Thus a professor goes along from year to year with the label fastened upon him, way back iu the fifties it may be, and tjueerly enough time, which changes all things, never sees lit to question the appro- - j A HOLY PLACE IS THE HEARTHSTONE. A holy plnoe Is the lionrthstone. Where loved ones ure (fathered ronnd, W here mot hers, sires and sisters dear And brothers and friends are found. A holy ple is the heart Iwtouti, Hume's Innermost shrine is there, Liulrn with blessed benisun And hallowed hy lovinn prayer. A holy place Is the heart listnnoi What elusteriiiu Joys iiliiito Y'licre the cradle of our Infunrjr Wiis rocked by n mother's siila, A holy ph-- I the lieurlhMonc, Where i hililuood's patterin feet Gi idnnriuu la shade anil sunshine To tlio music of pleasure's heat. A holy place is tlio hearthstone. Where the youth have wooed and won. Ami wed and (rone to the battle (if life with full armor on. A holy place is the hearthstone, Where manhood has settled down With blessings blossoming round him. And iovo for a priceless crown. A holy place Is the hearthi-tone- , Whence the old and youim have son To rest from their wesry hilsir When the hut tie of lite was dune. And nil. from the holy liriirtlistnne, When purled troia those we love, Jhiy we co to meet by the bein listens Of our 1' alher's house alKivel - New York Ledger, them upon treys, allowing the water to percolate among them, as i ,k;ne salmon eggs. By tliis method lunch troubb would lie avoided, as well as the expense of feeding tho adult hen lob-sters. There is no reason apparent wherefore the BHine success should not bo obtained with lobsters as has been achieved with salmon, which have been made to swarm once more by myriads in streams depop-ulated by imprudent firhinK- - Already ths lobsters on tho North Atlantic coast are rapidly vanishing, and unless meaa-nre- s are soon taken for supplying place by artificial propagation there will bo none left. Apparently, however, it will be entirely practicable to turn ont upon tho depleted grounds many mill-ions of young lobsters yearly as soon as premier plants for this object have been established. Ono thins in favor of lobster rawing, as to cheapness, is that they prefer food that is partially decomposed, and the waste food of the towns, now thrown awav, might bo most usefully employed by tiie lobster hatcheries. Stale fish ia est ned by lobsters an especial delicacy, Interview in Washington Star. rroiuiKatins Lobsters Artificially. The first experiments in artificial propagation of lobsters were made sim-ply in glass jars with sea water that was changed daily. Even under theso primi-tive conditions tlio newly hatched fry thrived and grew to ls of some siz and healthy. Any ono who desires to rear lobsters by hand can accomplish tiie pur-pose most quickly by keeping the spawn bearing females in suitable ponds or tanks until the young come out. In raising the animals on a large scale, however, it would be best to separate the csks from tho lobster and tpreud THE REASON WHY. I love thee and I love thee not, I line Iheo, yet I'd rather not, All of thee, yet 1 know uot what. A flowery ey e as lender, A hw iiu like neck as slender. And on it a brown little spot For tears to fail afraid on. Awl kisses In he puid on, Have 1,1 her maidens too. Then hy love I, love, none but your Jf 1 could lind the reason why. ' Jlcthiuks my love would quickly die. Ay, knew how t'i hate thee, maid, I d hate lUtv for I knew uot what, fcxceptfiii,' that I'd rut her not He thy friend or pieman; For tiiou'rt the onlv woman On vthom to think my heart's Bfraidj f For, if I would abhor thee. The more miit I Ion for this?, What others force me to, I I urn me from; why not from you? If I could Itnd ihe reason why, My disenchanted love would die. Hut should'sl thou cense my heart to mov 1'., Ion in n. that I'd rather not, And tried I h.oe, I know not what .My hcurl woii'd do for mourning; I,oe I it burits, love seoriiimt, (in, elie.t hale, mt hateful love, This i omlwil nod cndcauir hut rii' laves me ever. I'll neiihi r of the two, ir hate or love the love of you. And now I've found the reu,ii why, 1 know my hoe can never die. '1 hoinas 1ivell Kcdrioes. Lynch k Glasmann. Real Estate Brokers. We Offer the Following Bargains for a Few Days Only. They Mist be Sold at Once, The Following Are Genuine Bargains : 3.3x1 BO ft Lot, with new Frame Cottuge, 11 rooms, larpo pantry anil closet, rity water, fruit trees: on Alameda Avenue, between Jtrkrham ami First So.itli, near llitli liist $ 1.400 50x1 30 ft, 4 Mock a north from MoCnrnlek's Resilience, nicely loeatetl, fruit tree.s, ete 1 .000 COxl 4() ft I.ot, on Capital Hill, nicely loeatetl, beautiful iev rrii 2.'5xl40 ft Lot, on Capitol Hill, good loeatlou, fair view.. 400 3 Lets, 301 10ft eaeli, on Grant street, between fith & Oth North; eaeh 130 40x1 in iJ, on Main street, 1-- 2 block from Temple; this is a snap 12,000 1 0 Lots, 2.x 1 2." ft, 3 blocks north of Poplar (Jrove; tho biiiK-l- i for 1 .2."0 330x105 ft, double corner, 4 blocks southeast of Warm Springs, line peach orchard on k round ij,000 ! i We Offer the Above for a Few Bays Only. I EasyTcrrqs! , ' z Lynch k Glasmank Col. Eilidlcy pi ssues Invitations to the Pub-lic to Attend the Grand Opening of HIS SEW RESORT. The Peer Among Peers and Sec-ond to None in this City In-vitations Have Eeen Issued by Mr. Edward Kelley for the Grand Opening of His New Sample Room, at 228 State St. The object of this demon-- ! stration on the part of Mr. Kelley is to familiarize his new location and introduce to his numerous patrons and the public in general, the many new brands of line imported goods that have recently been received at his new place of business. This establishment has just been refitted with ' elegant and costly fixtures and ' handsomely decorated in ac-cord with the balance of the tasty surroundings. Mr. Chas. Keilley, the pop-ular and well-know- n dispenser of the bright and sparkling liquids, has been appointed manager of the new sample room, and will be pleased at any and at all times to wel-come his host of friends and acquaintances. Notwithstanding this new acquisition, Mr. Kelley still retains the proprietorship of the Elks Sample Room, op-posite the Theater, the ony place in the city having a thoroughly equipped gymna-- i sium in connection therewith; and one that is first-cla- ss in all respects. The world-renowne- d and popular pugilist, Mr. Herbert Slade, has assumed the man-agement and directorship of the Elks Gymnasium and may be found at his post of duty at almost any time. The well-stocke- d sideboard will also be under this gentleman's personal supervision, aided by several thorough and compe-tent dispensers. The well stocked sideboard will be presided over by Mr. Herbert Slade, the Moari, who for some time was one of the prirfcipals of the celebra-ted John L. Sullivan Sparring Combination. Mr. Slade is probably the best known pug-ilist and enjoys a more exten-sive acquaintance among the fraternity than any other man in the West Col. Edw. Kelley is too well and favorably known to need an introduction through the medium of these columns and as a pleasant, genial, gentleman, he is considered by his host of friends and admir-ers ns having but few equals. During your spare moments CALL AND SEE HIM Opposite Theater. And 2 28 State Street. a COHN'BROS-- 1 THE' LATEST IN SPRING GOODS. .' Choieest, HIosI Comprehensive and VarioJ? MssorlhildL lllMMitaMgL Depart merit. j SO Dress Patterns, containing 7 and 8 yards of choice French high priced I Dress (iooils In checks, Btiipes and side bands, at tho low price of $4 a suit. j Look at Our North Window ! S.!rW53SSi ' (iiu lis in i ew effei ts at tec. We have Juki phicil on sain an eleR nit linn of JS-l- Novelty Dross ijooda. In pliiula, sirlpea an balls, all ne w Ucsinns and coiuriiiKs, at iOc We arc showlne a very laren and hmiflRome TlTTiCC! CXrrrn M of lre- - UitiKhams. nuUafcle for VULlUIi VJOOU.S ! I.adli n' iinil Child reus' wnnr, ut 10. !:.' an-- II'C V, liave oprmeil the hanilsomeat line ot Zopliyr Cloths at Mc ever sUowu in tlio O.ty. Over lot styles to select from. j' INDIA SILKS! A Handsome Line of Choice Imlia Silks at CO Cents Per Yard. KORAH MOIRE! Thla lathe ewtsf English Cotton Kalir'c of the We are showing 100 pes In 9 l'la.n unci r amies. LOOK AT OUK SOUTH WIN UOW. ; hs Things ia Our White oods Department ! I Fast Black ('ireniiilins. Lac EfTi Ct". Colo el Visum Irish Linens, Plain and Fancy I Pcrims, FtKiirsii liiei'seC'lotut anil tuiuclreJs of other Novelties. j A new Wi 8to.lt just opened. TTOPJT'RT? "V ' VY ?70r.i,,"n? ,)rt of Bf,'' f Kihtteti Hon iiisray mixtures, sizes to 84, at 10c per pair. I Chit ire i s Fa"t HU' k Iier'nv Itlhb d Hose at W'ic, worth B5c, We are offering the best 25c Ladies' Fast UlncaHose in this fir auy other City. j We have placed on salo a handsome line of Babv Flouneings at 45, 50, 60,75o and up to $'2. .10. Wo have a beautiful lino of lllack Lace Draperies and Cnantilly Flouucings at $1.00, 81.25, $1.40, $1.73 and up to 8113.00 f per jard. J v,.wiil..,ii.i- -' - - .. I New York has a novelty in the shape of a woman locksmith. Her husband, who hiis become an invalid, taught her tho trade, and now she has a large and pocial hue of custom. The surviving Union generals who commanded departments during the war of the rebellion aro Gens. Banks, Buell, Butler, Knseerans. Sigel, Lew Wallace, 1). X. Couch, C. 0. Angur, J. M. Palmer, X. J. T. Dana, J. J. Rey-nolds, II. ( I. Wright, G. M. Dodge, Scho- - j field and li. F. Kekiuv ' C. SELLS, J; TUCKER. H. W. SELLS. Sells & Corqpany, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Lumbe: . Tlrit South itreet, opposite 14th . Ward Assembly Room j i r. e. hn 1078. W pioneer lui I Armntrm 4 faftaw i I ' Cluppiiijc Hands ft m Salute, ' Anionn the Uvln.a, "when two 'Rran-- dees' meet, the juiiion leans forward, heinls liig knees and places the palms of his hands ' on the ground on each side of his feet, while the senior claps his own hands six or seven times. Tiiey t hen ehaiijjo round, and the juiiiorships himself lirst under the left nrmpit and then under tho riKht. Hut when a 'swell' meets nil inferior the siiie-- ! rior only chips his hands, and dis s not fully return the salutation hy following the mo-- lions of Hie ono who first salutes. On two commoners ; t hey pat their stom- - nchs, then clip hands ut each other, and linally shake hands. These RreetuiKs lira observed to an unlimited extent, and t he sound of pattinK and clapping is almost uneeasim;." j Scrpa l'into found tills ceremonial clap--' pinii in violent exercise aiiiouK the Am-- i buellas. I'aul du Chaillu reports tho salute of the Islioo.s to lie clapping the linnds toctlier and st retchiint them out alternately several times. Atnoiirf t lie Wulunua. in the moriiin, on every side a continuous clapping of hands koos on, with the necoiiip.iiiimciit of "kwi tata, kwi tata?" which is t heir mode of saying, "How d'ye do?" If a chief passes they drop on their knees, tow their heads tn t lie ground, chip vigorously and humbly mutter, "Kwi tata, kwi tata?'' Tiie cl ip-ping distinguishes the ceremony fnpu that of mere prostral ion ( 'id. liari kk JUallery in Popular Science Monthly. A CornUli I uslom. Of tho more modem and wholly qnnint Hid iiinm'eiit customs of Cornwall a few pleasant illustrations may lie citel. The iish wives of ancient St. I vest aro tin lot. Should yon visit tlio town ut the height of pilchard fishing, and en-ter the dark cellars where hundreds of women mid girls nr engaged in "Imlk-ing,- " or salting, the fish, scores of grin-ning AiuuzoiiK will rush at yim, and tho fitt'test ono will daub your ulnies gener-ously with tho odorous fish oil which l:;w drained from tho piles of curing Iish, This is called "wiping the nlns," and if yon do not respond with tribute, of at least a half crown for luck of the "fair D mills that feed and clotho tho poor" that is, tho pilchard fishes your subse-q'te- "litis! ling" by theso savory Vcnehe will certainly cost you a new nit of clothing. Tlio pjuuh custom, savo that tlio daubing is done with "ininci'' clay," prevails within tlio mines, wliero the ttr.mgi r is expected to pay some-thing for his initiation into their mys-teries. Ivlgar L. WukciiMU ia Kow York Sun. Calbl I. tiles Table Ileeoratlon. At a hip ill and olo.cant coiupiiny given recetiily tho liosiess deparled from tlio customary serving of iocs in glasses ami had them" in real calla lilies. Tho largo stamen was removed and tho flower con-tained quite as much ico ns tlio ordinary receptacle. When tho cup so filled wna laid on an exqnisitw plate tho effect was very attractive. (.'alius filled with bunches of sweet Knglish violets make a beautiful deiuiation when piled in pyramid form on tlio center of a dinner table. They aro also equally pretty placed at each plate. ('alias by themselves are cold, formal, still (lowers, except when grouped with growing plants, but filled with small blossoms liko violets, tiny rosebuds, or even a larger flower, softened willi a bit of maidenhair fern or asparagus, they becoino things of beauty. If a lily of this kind bo filled willi strawberry ice, with a fnrget-ino-ii- i t stuck in tho ceiiter.it would bo a charming, patriot lecniiniiiiaiiou Buuauio for tho Fourth of July. It is a flower that may boused in numerous ways, and a woman of ideas can give a calla party that would be a revelation in the way of beautiful enter-tainments. Tlio flower is ono that com-bines both Useful and ornamental qual-ities in tin unusual degree, and its largo cup makes it very desirable for (such purposes. Indianapolis Tribune. IlanKer In Taper Money. Passing from hand to hand among all t lasses of tho people, it would ho strange indeed if mouev, and wpodally paper money, did not' in it" transit become from timo to tiwio tho vehicle of in-fectious disease. Even tlio crisp "fiver" of tlio Hank of England no doubt has often borne the germs of fever in its folds, and how much moro then the greasy, discolored and well thumljed 1 note, or tho paper fraction of some foreign currencies. Higher values have here 'a distinct advantago. Less com-mon, less in keeping of the overcrowded pior, less handled and soiled, therefore they may perhaps in many cases run their circuit without having done much mischief. There aro, indeed, preservative cir-cumstances which guard tho sanitary credit of all paper currency, Ono is tiie very freedom of circulation and tlio ven-tilation this insures. Smoothness if sur-face is another, and a third, which oper-ates in a minor degree, is found in the fact that not children aro chiefly con- - corned in tho business of exchange, These qualifications my suffice to justify, at least by a negative verdict, the em- - ployment of pajsT money from a sani-tary standpoint. Still a certain risk remains, and care-ful jiersons will do well to note this and on occasion to disinfect even their bank notes. Tho danger, such as it is, should also, in our opinion, be allowed some weight in deciding tho question whether a small note currency, hitherto not found to bo indispensable, should or should not 1 generally adopted. London Lancet. The llarber Wan Iteaily. An old veteran told this as happening at Savannah during tho war: A young oflicer, who was pretty much of a bully, stopped in at a toiisorial sa-loon. his sword he ordered the barber to shave him, at the same timo warning him that if ho cut his face 9r drew a drop of blood ho would kill him when ho got up. Tlio operation was jierformed without accident. Eofure he went out, however, tho bully asked the artist if he was not very much fright-Vie- d while ho was doing the work. Tlio barber smiled. "Not in tho slightest," he replied; "for if I had accidentally drawn a drop cf blood 1 would have cut your throat from ear to ear before you could have luoved." Atlanta Constitution, To lo Away with Ocean Ntenmer. "Of all inventions that ever came to my notice," said a patent solicitor, "that brought by an old (iernian the other day beats everything. His idea is to build a massive pillar in the center of the Atlantic, ocean and place upon it a revolving bridge, ono end touching New York and the other end London, so that those people in Eng-land desiring to mine to New York can get on at the Ixuidon eml of the bridge, and vice versa, liy a semicircular turn of the bridge the passengers will lie brought to their destination." "That would la) ikliglitful," said I, laughing. "It would," the attorney replied, "but when I asked him how he would get the pillar in thu ocean, and where the puwer would come from to turn such a structure, be seemed daneil; and when 1 told him fur-ther that there was danger of the ice in the anvtic regions being an obstruction to the turning of tho bridge be was still more dazed. At any rate he gave me credit, for my criticism, and actually thought that my points were Will taken. So there is hope for that man yet." New York Her-ald. (ileal Is the llernlianlt. Manufacturers, designers, modistes anil dry goods merchants tho world over owe Sara Bernhardt a debt of credit for tho innovations she lias introduced and the changes sho is constantly making in the fashion plate. It was Sara who revived tho sconces and candelahras, and filled them with wax candles to dress and to diiio by. It was Sara who converted the loose, unsightly wrapper into the be-wildering, lieautiful and becoming tea gown. It was Sara who designed the La Tosca, and sent hundreds of dress-- , makers into tho madhouse trying to make a bodice without darts or seams. It was Sara who brought ont tho moiis-quettii-trlove, the Loui j XIV coat and tlio hats of the artists. It was Sara who ordered sahlo round tlio bottom of a white silk hall dress, whito Aurora down the front of a break-fast robe and black lambskin sleeves in her seal jacket. It was Sara who brought out tho wolf and feather boa. Sara re-vived tho Klizalx-tha- ruff, the Medici collar and the passementerie pieces to cover up her lonjr neck and flat chest. Si'ra it was who built up tlio sleeve heads and made every fat woman in the laud who copied her look as though sho had an apartment house on each shoul-der. Sara revived the miniature craze and tlio fad for barbaric ornaments, and now she has given all creation tho Egyp-tian fever. Looked at from any stand-point Sara is a great girl. New York World. Ileril lllrd of In Souffrlero. Tho bird called tho "devil bird of La Sonrlriero" by both Labat and o, has weblied feet like a duck or a goose and claws like a bird of prey, a sharp and curved bill, and large eyes, which cannot bonr the light of day. When surprised in tho daytime at a dis-tance from its nest it will run or fly against everything in its way. Father Dutertre, in his description of Guade-loupe, where tho volcano of La Souf-frier- o is situated, says that the natives call tho bird by a name which means "devil," and that they do so on account of a popular belief among them that the bird nests in tho very crater of the volcanos at a place inaccessible to man, among the melting lava and sulphurous j fumes. Father DutertTO finishes his account of tho devil bird in theso words: "Hero wo have a bird of wonderful and surprising ingenuity, which fishes by tho light of a volcano and hatches its eggs by the warmth of its gaseous discharges." St. Louis Republic. Vielclit of I'reueU Money. A Frenchman, who evidently revels in unndling largo sums of money, has com-piled some entertaining statistics with regard to the weight of a milliard of the French coin of tho realm. According to him a milliard in silver weighs 10,000,000 pounds; in gold, 045,100 pounds; in 1,000 franc checks, 2,otiJ pounds, and in 100 franc checks, Sd.OOO pounds. Assuming that a carrier could carry two hundred Weight, IS men would lie required to rarry a milliard in 1,000 franc checks, Ha men for the same sum in 100 frano checks, o,22."i men in gold and 50,000 in silver. A milliard in 1,000 frano checks Vronld make 2,Mi0 volumes of 500 pages nch. Boston Herald. j A Lake M vntcrlounly llrntiiril. In the year lwl, wit limit a moment's warning and with scarcely a tretnlile of the earth, the li irh and rocky strip of land which separated the l.ir'o lako iu Ihe. rear of the city of Manzanillo, Mexico, from the sea suddenly parted, and the waters poured out into the harbor. The immenne amount of water which poured t hroimh the narrow chasm may lxi lietter ralrtilatcd hy tho figures of li. Zapparn, the civil engineer, who declared that tlio volume represented 1,000,0:K) callous a minute dur-ing the three days it was rushim? through the break. The hike was full of alligators and the harbor swarmimr with sharks. When the monsters met a water battle im-mediately ensued, and was closely watched dnriiiK the three days it lusted by almost tho entire population of M.itiziiiiillo. it may lie mentioned that the sharks liually triumphed. St. Louis Republic. I Queer Face Ornamentation. At any time from 10 to 22 years of hro Iho inalo Ksqnimaux have their lower lips pierced under each corner of tho month for labrets. When the incision in lirst mado sharp pointed pieces of Ivory are pnt in. After the wound heals the hole M grad-Oall- y stretched to half an inch in diame-ter. Some of tho poorer natives wear labrets made from cannel coal, ivory, common gTavel and glass stoppers ob-tained from ships, which they bhapo for the purpose. All who am obtain theia have agate ones. Washington Letter. JIok's History. In all Jewish history there is not a single allusion to hunting with dogs, though mention is frequently found of nets and snares. Tho Hindoos likewise consider tho animal unclean and submit to various purifications if they acci- -' dentally coino into contact with one, believing that overy dog Is animated by a wicked and malignant spirit con-- d. lulled to do penance in that form for crimes committed in a previous state of rristence, Even in Egypt dogs now are as much avoided aa they wero once ven-erated. However, in Greece and Rome tho beast was highly estimated. Alex-- ; nuder the Great built a city in honor of a dog. Interview in Washington Star, The Sponge. If you look at the sponao you use for your hath you will see lliat it. is covrredall over with small holes, iili lo re and there toward the top some large ones. Now try to realize that in life this creature, the skeleton of which ym wash yourself wit h, was composed as to its lleshy parts of small cells. The whole struotuiis as it was in li e niiitht be compared to a city intersected hy canals. Kvcr so many lit tie canals guvo entrance to the sea water, which was ex-pelled through the big orilices. In this way it, was managed that 110 large foreign objects could be sucked in, while the sew-ers, as they might he called, were wide enough to drive anything out by. Wash-ington Star. New Features itf Mouse Decern! Ion. We who are at till observant will no-tice two cry radical departures in re-cent forms of home decoration. First, Ihe prevalence of natty Utile porticos or mantels over doorways and windows, and secondly, the advent of a Hew idea of curtain dressing, requiring a valance along the top where heretofore tho cur-tain polo was a conspicuous feature. Tho over Jour mantel vastly improves a room, and the same device arranged over the windows gives an excellent opportunity to display the bric-a-bra- In ono rxiin the walls are furnished with a deep frieze with a picture mold- - ing dividing it from tho lower part, These walls are in pale ivory, deepened into browns on the reddish cast along tho frieze the colorings that one often sees in old ivory, soft and subdued. Over the doorways and windows sharp bits of old blue and cardinal stand out in tho brio- - Philadelphia Upholsterer. How Mitrk Twain Seems. The opinions of our serving folks aro eouiotiuies worth knowing. At tho Mur-ray Hill hotid the other day one of tho porters remarked: "There goes the st and disiualost gent as ever stopped at this 'ouse. I don't h'lieve ho ever knowed what it was to larf." The subject of this depressing anil Juelancholy criticism was Samuel L. Clemens, Esq., of Hartford, Conn., not nnknown to admirers of serious and literature aa Mark Twain. Kew York World. Questioned Her Motive. The following fragment of a conversa-tion caught on an elevated train seemed to possess certain claims to considera-tion: "And Miss L. is as good as sho is clever," commented one man to another; "I've known her more than once to choke down a bright speech which would be at the expense of a companion." "How did you know it was a bright speech';" questioned the second man. "Because she made it later, when the companion could not overhear it." "Humph," replied the other and elder man, "and when the companion could not reply to it." After which a silence fell. Her Point of View iu Now York Times. Sketch of a Famous Tear Tree. On the farm of Levi Fetterman, near Vera Cruz, Lehigh county, stands a pear tree known to lie l.V) years old. One of tlio descendants of the original settler, who se-cured the farm in 17:16, which deed is si ill in Mr. Fetterinan's possession, reineniticrs the pear tree as being an old tree in ISixi, when his father ordered the boys to cut it dow n. They were lazy and cut it olf about three feet from the ground. t began to sprout from there again, and in a few years it was again a lie iriiig tree. It is now an old t ree again, ready to lie cut down. Heading Times. Discovery of Mahogany. in the year 1397 one of Sir Walter Ra-leigh's ships, in an expedition against the Azores, put in at Trinidad for repairs. 1'he workmen used tiie first wood that came to hand, and it hapiienod to be the now famous mahogany. By this accident it was first introduced into England, where it was much admired, but it did not become an article of commerce nnt.il century later. Since then it has held Irst rank as a cabinet makur'a wood. Golden Days. The First Woman Voter ill Texas. Mrs. Cora Bacon Foster, of Houston, ono of the most successful real estate agents in Texas, has immortalized her-self by voting at the election held on Monday iu that city to amend the charter, claiming her right to vote on the ground of being a property holder. Sho is the first woman that ever voted iu Texas. Laredo Oate City. The Autorrat of the Game. Mamma What's the matter with my two little boys? ' Jimuiie (fretfully) He wants to play jackstraws. and I say it's just mean for Lira to always call 'em afier hisself, and I play jiiiistraw-- . today or nothing. Jude. Studio Amenities. "There's one thing about yon, D'An-lie-r, that I can't understand," saiJScuin-ble- . "What is that, old fellow?' "That with your unequaled taste in art you should have such a largo collec-tion of your own pictures." ruck. Too May Ke Lucky. A New York statistician and financier figures that out of 20,000 men only 8,000 will die worth over $ 10,000, and only ' B,000 who can ho called rich. He says that 3,000 men lose ?2.000 and upward per year, and that 2,000 men lose $10,000 Bach where one makes $100,000. Detroit Free Press. Tilled While in dull. A peculiar case was that of John Gray, who was up in the criminal court for receiving stolen goods. Attorney A. E. Goss had just secured a verdict of not guilty for him, and he was stepping from the box when ho was remanded for desertion. It seems ho had pre-viously lieeu ordered to pay his wife 2 a week alimony. He was in jail a month waiting trial on the larceny charge, and it was for his failure to pay the alimony during that time that he was held fur desertion. Pittsburg Post. Lady Brooke, tlio fashionable English beauty, is one of the richest heiresses in England. Her name before her mar-riage to Lord Brooko was Frances Eve-lyn Maynard. Sin- - is a blonde, with a small, delicately chiseled face and a slen-der, graceful figure. Hold the mouth closed and firm when not speaking. His ono of the hardest tasks in training to keep young people's mouths shut. Uirls must be biting their lips out of nervousness, because they don't know exactly what to do with theiust'lvts. It Was All Creek to Them. Dr. and Mrs. Eliot, well known resi-dents of Portland, Ore., recently cele-brated their silver wedding. Their cards of invitation bore a quotation from the Odyssey in the original Greek, and the nnfamiliar characters "tangled up" a lot of tho bidden guests, who didn't know whether it meaut "Xo flowers," "Answer if you please" or "Xo plated ware ac-cepted." Tho doctor is a very popular citizen, but many of his friends felt that ho soared almvo their heads when he aired his knowledge of Homer. Her l'oiso, Mr. Richman Here comes Miss Sfcate- - ly. I so admire her poise. Rival Belle (very slender) How cruel you aro! Yon shouldn't poke fun at the poor girl's poise yon mean, of course, ".voirduiwis. Deuiarest's. Beverly's Lurk with the Ciun. George Beverly, of Thomasville, is a great hunter. Ho never goes out with-out bagging a large nuintier of quail, and ho goes often. While hunting re-cently with Mr. Belcher a frightened quail flew against his gun and killed it-self. Cor. Savannah News. It Snowed Salt. It snowed at Salt Lako recently, and a peculiar feature of the storm was a largo quantity of salt which fell with it The snow melted next day, and left the salt on the ground at least one-fourt- of aij inch in thickness. Cor. Chicago Trio- - |