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Show ODD EXPERIENCE raelln Man With Peculiar Pliunicr. "Talk about your funny experien- ; res," said a popular New Orleans ho- ' tel clerk. "I had one last week that ! seems to me entitled to first prize. I ! had been up in Tennp.nsee for a little ! Chrlstma3 visit, and was on the train j coming down from Knoxville. sitting In the smoking compartment of the ! sleeper with four or live fellow paasen- ! gera. In the corner of the seat oppo- ! Bite was a smooth-shaven, portly ruac. who seemed vaguely familiar, but f ! paid no particular attention to him ! until I happened to observe that he was looking at me fixedly. His stare nettled net-tled me, and I was proceeding to return re-turn it with interest, when to my intense in-tense surprise he hfian making a series of fatr-3. The other men in the compartment noticed my startled attitude, atti-tude, an i all hvj were turned immediately imme-diately vj the fat stronger. 'He's having hav-ing a fir:- sal.! one of the party. "Get some water, quick!' but before it could be brought he sid.'b n !y b! rte 1 out the two words: 'Military he spoke, the cx:i!.: across my nrnd, a-i ! ! ruph'a." and ition flashed ' :-.s astonished I hadn't recugnized the man at once. He lives in M.-uipii..-. a ad has oi.e of the worst imp-dimen's in his speech that ever was. ti:ie he visited i New ti'!''.n-i h: pur up at our liotel, I and on the uiht :' hi.-, departure he was unable to ii:..i a pair of handsome i military !;n:!i-'.s t.v..-.t liad formed pnit i of bih l'lir.suirv 'Uie to the J, to ropo: t the lo-.s before leaving; and i with Kiel- dir!i i!ty managed to say: j "I'm parking up my things. I cannot find a pair of--' ::. i as iirj ha.i only ten niinutt s in whici! Im . .t h the train, the harkman draS'-d him away while j he was still mouthing nd making ; faces. Tliis was the iirst time I had ; eeii him since. 'I am glad to reas- ! sure you. sir.' I said. 'Vour brushes ' are s:ife in oar sto-er.,,.ni. and will be sent w herevt-r you wish." Then I ex- I plained to the other.-;. Ijid they i laugh? W!!. I w..-h , h:ul heard ; t-m."- N'-vv f)rie;na Times-Uemocrat. i AFTER THAT They Went Around 11 in, i,ke He a Nvaii,, New York iii iral stuty l.t.-t i'ab.d ,,; at. I.s Hc U .-e. "i , , . s t e: town tr wtary. arrived made bis ,vay c une: 1 ,::;t i neard a eap-sai eap-sai i George at lac H man -'.'i in a western irou- Ve.-t'lie Ve.-t'lie f i t ..oi e and af if-i noon, an 1 Ci)W wa the Oi!f st!et of -ti.iiier.ly startled 'he bur--;. -5y till! -oiinds I i i.M-ovrr":) fiiti; auoti:-r. "i !,. tile f(ja.r o!I!( squaia-, at urorr. 1 t.-, tlpp-e:I a s-.f. wa'eii tiie oari a h!:ier. g.,;;,. ,t s! n.t rid looking U!) I t!ie me:i siiou.ing ;;t one were standing at of an snoot iu-x imaginary at the man in -vhat he p.msc i to fr i when n ii on iji i he 'm iff ilitClded That roused his p:s:"! he drop- man:, en i,v vratii. and or; ped the maa all but dropp. fly II tr w ! i .1 - :ir. hi hi bis tracks who had ini. Another bullet its mark, but near u i to :. s:; a:,-er. eaus ;me ,i; i o;jer j, iii matair.i; m.-a sougat i mm to lay out- and tre two re- j safety in flight. ; a tba; I :: t alar t.,,vn auels had been previ. it.-!;- iamp.irativly harmless imtisinei,t, oxving to t.'-e poor marks-man.-hip ,-f cor;t cs; ants, but the man who vn'X sno.,t had arrived, and the inhabitants, although they turned out to greet him in A body and grant htm i lie fn-edom of the city, did so in manifest awe dr.,i trrpal.ttion. Whenever When-ever he io!,l t:,r- story afterward he used to wind it t.p impressively by sayintj: "Ami. boys, ia that town after that they w at around me as if I had been a swamp." Ilnrnni-!- on o-ean ('aides. The recent in vcstiratins for cable laying in the l'acitic Ocean has revealed the fact that if not upon rock bottom, they become encruted with seaweeds, heavy enough t break the in. This is like dy siepsi.t. which grows until it breaks down the health. Hostetter's Stomach Citters will cure it. as well as iudie-otion. liver and kidney tronbles .loin the I nlon of Your Craft. "As I review the progress of labor from the early '70s to the present day." said Mr. James H. Payne, president presi-dent of the Chicago Trades' Union Label La-bel league and business agent of th Boxmakers' and Sawyers' union. "1 observe a great striiie in the advancement advance-ment of the movement in evey way and from every Mandpoiut. In that day labor organizations were few and scattered, with each one having a purpose pur-pose of its own. and ail uncertain as to the future. Now we find them uniied and crystal! ;ed in their jurisdiction juris-diction and world wide in their In- Muenee. No-oii- now disputes the right ! of Iaoor to organize for its protection, j and it ta.o iutie persuasion to induce j the workers to accept the idea that trades unions furnish the only practical prac-tical means of their emancipation from the power of greed and selnshness. Labor organizations encourage education educa-tion and independence, develop manhood man-hood and establish fraternity, shorten the hours of toil and increase wages, enlarge the privileges of the toiler and abolish oppression, thereby making the world ;e;ter as an abiding place. 1 have, therefoie, but urn? sentence of advice for workingtnen join the union of your craft." have been relieved of female troubles by Stirs. Pinkbant's advice snd medicine The letters of a few arc printed regularly in this paper If any sne doubts the efficiency and sacredly confidential character of Mrs. Pinkham's methods, write for a book slso has recently pubtisJted which contains fetters from the mayor of Lynn, the postmaster, post-master, and others of her city who have made careful care-ful investigation, and who verFfy all of F.Irs. Pink-ham's Pink-ham's statements and claims. The Pinkkam claims aro sweeping. Invostigato them. THIRTY YEARS OF CURES FOR WOMEN AND HOME ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR MAIDS AND MATRONS. Pink Moaellne I Sole Bodice A Caique Evening Uowu Hot Water Remedied I'leful Household Hint Oar Cooking School. The Ways or Maiden Fair. They look the new moon In the fa.ce, "Now. make a wish." said she, "I will If you will make one, too," He answered pensively. ! ri"'v Kazwj up at the crescent that Hiinc III the western akv. And wished and tinned away, and i Broke off a little Mih. Tjey sat nlune upon the steps. rif and the maiden fair; $" lo'kt.d ernund to be assured Wo or e was lurking there. : -n'li.ii was your wish?" she sweetly . a-k.d ".Ah, Something Rood, I know; ; Ci nf.ss, and i will tell you mine. Per ha pa. be! ore you go." : He looked Into hr upturned eyes. Her little hand sousht his. j "My wWh tonl-ht," he said, "was what j My fond wish always Is: ' I wish that I. somehow, mictht find ; The f -ii that leads to fame That. d Ins. 1 may leave be hail A great, an don ned name." She pulled her little hand away. Shi- signed ani.ll.tr sign. "What fools they are who wish,'' she K.d.J; "Good evening and good-bye!" And. Relng heme, he wondered at The sudden charge of air ome people krow so htile of The ways of maidens fair. S. K. Klser. Hot Water Ueiurdl. Buffalo Evening News: Hot water Is to simple a remedy, and so easily obtained ob-tained that its value is not half appreciated. ap-preciated. It is one of the best restorers re-storers of nervous energy, it rests the weary, and it relieves pain, not only as an outward application, but as a remedy rem-edy to be taken internally. A sudden and wearing attack of coughing often needs immediate attention, especially in consumptives, and those chronically ill. In an emergency, that ever useful remedy will often prove effective. It is much belter than the ordinary cough mixtures, which disorder the digestion and spoil the appetite. Water, almost boiling, should be sipped when the paroxysms come on. A cough, resulting result-ing from irritation. Is relieved by hot water through the promotion of secretion, secre-tion, which moistens the irritated surfaces. sur-faces. For the trying dry cough, hot water is also excellent, as it promotes expectoration, and brings relief. When one has a sudden attack of indigestion it is a good plan to take a cup of hot water as nearly boiling as it can be borne. Persons suffering from dyspepsia dyspep-sia will find a relief by drinking a cup of hot water on rising in the morning. Vhen one comes home at night after a fatiguing day. nothing is more restful than bathing the head and back of the neck with a towel wrung out of water as hot as can be borne. It soothes the nerves and rests body and brain. The same treatment relieves a nervous headache as nothing else does. When one is overheated and there is a rush of blood to the head hot towel applied to the face and head iR a rPat relief in rh heat of cum mer this same hot towel refreshes and cools the skin, and gives it a feeling of lightness and comfort that cold water wa-ter never gives. Economr and Old Furniture. There are certain economics which are not economics. Our clothes and our houses should be reflections of ourselves. 1 do not want you to carry this to the extreme. There is no reason rea-son why you should dress in silk and satin and velvet, and wear powdered hair, and dance a minuet because you have a Louis XVI. or a colonial hou.se. I have known people to admire the Orient so much" that they have had complete Oriental rooms without a chair in them, or even a divan. Handsome Hand-some rugs, were placed on the floor, and everyone sat there, and shoes were removed before entering the apartment, I know of others who had become so enamored of iif? n the Pacific Pa-cific Islands as to occasionally give a feast in an apartment arranged in the Elmple fashion of these remote coun- tries. They did not go into cannibal-' cannibal-' Ism, but they had thir dishes served very much in the same manner, and ; almost indulged in a war and sun i dance. Perhaps the taste of this j might be questioned, but then it was honest witnout the least sham. If l am able to pick up genuine furniture for my Louis rooms I shall be delighted, de-lighted, but I should rather n'.ece made to .n-resnnri.i n-ni, n, riod and 1 should not hesitate to tell anvone the truth about it even have a room of the era arran-ed without a single equivocal or doubtfa' 0id piece. There is orte thins nnm' which I shall insist. My chairq are to ne maae to sit upon and there shall be plenty of room for people to get around. Vogue. I a iu b Wool Dretlng C own. It is pleasant to note, with the change of the times, a growing taste for lambs-wool dressing gowns instead of the expensive materials which have enjoyed so glorious a reign for a season past. These are as soft as soft can be, ' and of light becoming colorings, the fabric has been brought into greater i j prominence than ever this winter. The I gowns are mostly of the monk's robe ! I order all in one, with an important i j cord and tassels round the waist, and a deep rolled collar cape of white cloth, piped with white and blue, or whatever shade may be chosen for the lambs' wool. At present there is "a feeling for" pink. A Woman' Cleverness. There are many who consider cleverness clever-ness lies merely in being abie to di one or two thing specially well. This is not so. A clever woman is one who looks well after the ways of her own household; a clever woman is one who undertakes nothing that she does not understand; a clever woman is one who is mistress of tact, and knows how to make the social wheels run siroothly; a clever woman is one who acts like hot water an tea. she brings the sweetness and strength out of everybody else. Gas-tit Rooms. Sufficient heed is not taken to properly prop-erly ventilate rooms lighted by ga A single gas burner Is a deadly instrument instru-ment Jn the production of carbonic &cid to dpfprlnmta . cimiospnere o! a frwkTn anil An - - . uuouiuu enormous o .uca ui ujjgea m tne process. F. person sitting in the room assist mis deadly process of corruptio every oreatn expelled from tr Is so Impure, so perfectl nourishment, that to man system without a purer atmosphere tantly fatal. Her, providing adequai cape of the corri Introduction of air through op re-Dlara A PINK MOUSK-INB y M.,.:ff:--.iKti i ( 1 - ...iu I f4mpml fed irffl water hidden away out of sight will feather materially as.i the air of a room. t in purifying A I nil) ae Kvenlng iown. This charming evening gown Is of green and cream white, with just a thought of gold. The underskirt is of green velvet shot with a thread cf gold, that only shows when the pile of the velvet is open. The overdress and corsage are of light green and cream-striped cream-striped taffeta. It is the trimming of the dress that gives it its distinctive characteristic. '1 his is a pattern material, ma-terial, and only comes in enough quantity quan-tity to trim one divss and it costs ?9 a yard. This pattern is of silk net, with an applique of French mousseline de soie, the net of white nd the mousseline mous-seline of pale green. It is in bow- i .i : . j t : -i- , T I. . . u a i kiiol uesigu ana meie is a i um luumu fringe of cream silk which is tcstooned from one bow-knot to another. Little wavelike threads of gold run from the bow-knots to the fringe. The corsage has a drapery of the green velvet, like the skirt, running across the upper part of the sleeve. Over the shoulder is an ornament of green velvet flowers. flow-ers. On the left shoulder is a group of saucy velvet bows fastened with jewels, and at the left side of the belt bangs a sash of velvet. The hair ornament or-nament is of light-gr.?en tulle with the aigrette, and it is shielded with emer- aids set on tiny gilt wires. Washington Washing-ton Post. t'scrul Household Hint. Fresh iaw meat is the best bait for mice traps. Lemon and salt will remove stains from the hands. Hot water and soda will remove most grease stains. For nose bleeding, snuff powdered alum through the nostrils. To make your light brilliant, rub thg lamp chimneys, after washing, with dry salt. Overheated rooms are more injurious injuri-ous than a temperature lower than Is usually advised for them. Use warm water instead of cold for watering the tropical plants, such a3 palms, rubber plants, orange trees, etc. Y'ellow oil stains left by the sewing machine will easily be removed in the wash if they are first rubbed over with a little liquid ammonia. To raise the nap In cloth soak It in cold water for half an hour, then put on a board and rub the threadbare. parts with a prickly thistle or Creamy Hair-Wash. One ounce oil sweet almonds, one ounce liquid ammonia, two ounces rose. four ounces spirits of rosemar; well. To be well rubbed in OUR COOKING SC V v ' fx;? : r- vw. 1 r J OE SOIE BODICE, 3 ' three cups flour, one cup water, four eg.rs, two teaspoonfuls baking powder, one teaspoonful vanila. Rub sugar and butter to a cream; add the eggs well beaten, then add the water, then the flour and baking powder. Stewed relery. Clean the heads thoroughly. 'lairS off the coarse, gr'ivi, outer leaves. Cut in small pieces' and stew in a little broth. Wheif tender add some rich cream, a little flour and butter enough to thicken the cream. Season with salt and a little nutmeg. Mucaronl Poup. Boil a quarter of a pound of macaroni maca-roni in a quart of watei for 10 minutes, then strain it off, and throw it into two quarts of boiling stock; let it simmer gently for half an hour, then serve, with grated cheese, upon a plate separately. sep-arately. Potato Croquettes. Season cold mashed potatoes with pepper, salt and nutmeg. Beat to a iream, with a tabiespoonful of melted butter to every cupful of potato. Add two or three beaten eggs and some minced parsley. Roll into small balls; dip in beaten egg. then in bread crumbs and fry in hot lard. I'otato Salad. Six cold boiled potatoes, one medium-sized onion, sliced .thin into a tureen; tur-een; first a layer of potato, then ol onion, alternately, until the dish is full; pprinkie with pepper and salt occasionally oc-casionally while filling the dish; do the same on the top; put on four tfiblegpoonfiiis of sweet cream; melt one half cup of butter or lard from fried pork, with half a pint of vinegar; when boiling hot pour over the salad and it is ready to serve. Cauliflower. Plunge a head of cauliflower in salt water several times to remove any insert. in-sert. Boil 10 minutes in salt water, drain cn sieve, put cauliflower in buttered but-tered dish. Melt piece of butter size of an egg; add to it one tabiespoonful flour, stir on the fire one minute; add gill of milk, a quantity of grated cheese, pepper and salt. Stir this sauce till it boils. Pour over the cauliflower, sprinkle over it a few browned bread crumbs, set it in moderate oven for a few minutes to bake. x Not Worth Mentioning. A clergyman says that he was one day called down into his study to perform per-form the marriage ceremony tot a couple in middle life. "Have you ever been married before?" be-fore?" asked the clergyman of the bridegroom. "No, sir." "Have you?" to the bride. "Well, yes, I have." replied the bride, laconically; "but it was twenty years ago, and he fell off a barn and killed hisself when we'd been married only a week, so it really ain't worth men-tuning." men-tuning." Tit-Bits. Too Bad. "I think I was never worse disappointed disap-pointed in my life," said Mr. Gasweir, "than when I paid $25 for that Mexican hairless dog." "What's the matter with him?" asked the other man. "Wasn't he gen ume? "Yes, I suppose so, but I alw: the idea that there was some in Mexico for taking the It seems there Isn't. I buying a work of now that the blame, that way!" Chi "Whah quired M, -w; Pinkl Lrt Ayindeed, the rry i. 9 r r "Yf M A QUARRY Of VERDE. ON ISLAND OF CATALIN A, OFF CALIFORNIA. Was Cued by the Indians Made Household House-hold Uteuxlla from It and Bartered Them for Uam and Skins Sawing Plant EltabliBhed. (Special Letter.) The question whether we are advancing ad-vancing in the mechanical arts and great schemes of engineering is often suggested when we are confronted with the work of the ancients. The pyramids are tha most stupendous works of man ever coutempiatcd. and there appears to be nothing new under the eun. Intere&i. m irrigation in the southwest dawned i;hiu the las: twenty years, yet ia Arizona and New Mexico there are traces of a civilza-tion civilza-tion so old that the mind falters in following ii back. We see beds of t-treams cut through miles of country, even mountain ranges, and a maze or irrigation streams crossing and re-crossing re-crossing the land, male unknown ages in the past years, so perfect from an engineering standpoint that the experts ex-perts of today are emptying them of the sand and debris of centuries and using them as the ar'.eries that shall bring new life to this fertile part of i ,iil r ' ' SERPENTINE QUARRY AND WELL. what was the old American desert. Everywhere we follow in the steps of the ancients, and on the island of Santa Catalina there Is au interesting illustration of this. When the whites first visited son th-ru th-ru California they Sound in use among all the mainland Indians richly shaped ollas or mortars of steatite or serpentine, serpen-tine, while scores of articles were formed of finer grades of the same, which experts have pronounced verde antique. In almost every grave ollas were found, and hundreds had been handed down and were in the possession posses-sion of the Mexican descendants, of the Indians. There were ilat stones, perforated to hang on pegs, quaint ornaments, sculpturing of various animals and tally stones with lines cut in them. One found by the writer at Santa Cruz island on the breast of a skeleton bote titty or more straight marks which might have been the man's age and were all that could be made out. Verde antique was valuable, and a search was made for the point of supply. sup-ply. Finally Prof. Schumacher of the Smithsonian discovered it on Santa Catalina island, which lies off southern south-ern California, in a locality named Pott's valley, about fifteen miles from the little town of Avalon. Prof. Schumacher found on this island a perfect treasure house and carried car-ried to the national museum hundreds of objects representing the ancient California Cal-ifornia islanders. All the islands of this group were inhabited by a hardy race that had camps in every canyon where there was water, and Santa Catalina abounds in kitchen middens and places where these people lived. That they were a commercial race is ghown by the ollas made by them, and they were the merchants who supplied (he races of southern California with their pots and mortars or ollas. Prof. Schumacher's attention was attracted at-tracted at Pott's valley by the remarkable remark-able rock where the scars of ollas that have been broken off by the islanders are plainly seen. Tha rock Is a lofty mass of steatite that rises in the center cen-ter of Pott's valley, now called Em- ROUND SCARS INDICATE PLACES EN BY THE idIglTiTTia haiiie Hdiscance at sea and is over- out a sixpence in my pocket unless I . u (iiiu vaiiuus ivi 11 vaw The early Spanish navigator, C-brillo C-brillo and Viscaino, who discovirud the iland 300 years ago, describe tijs fine canoes of the natives. The, laden with ollas, crossed the Santa Catalina channel, and the natiyea exchanged ex-changed them far game and skia not found here. The present owners of th,o island, recognizing the value of the stone for commercial purposes, have followed out the mute suggestion of the ancients by establishing at Empire Em-pire Landing a sawing plant, opening up a valuable quarry and one that is unique, it is believed, having no prototype pro-totype at least in this country. The verde antique resembles soapstone in the crude rock and would easily escape es-cape observation. It is cf different degrees of hardness, and while so soft that it can be readily read-ily worked, it has great tensile strength, iu chief value being in the remarkable manner in which it can be worked. Almost every possible object ob-ject can be made from It from a boat to a screw. A great value lies in its imitation when polished of the darker grades of marble; and owing to its cheapness and durability it is in demand de-mand among architects for mantels, lining, electrical slabs and where a perfectly polished surface is required with the utrength of marble. The new city hall of Los Angeles and many of the fine buildings in that city and San Francisco are finished in it, the stone taking a rich polish, abounding in greens and yellows, grays and black. A visit to this quai-jg most interesting. in-teresting. Here, XQCv-or 900 feet above the sea, is n' elaborate plant and a series, of "saws that are capable of cutting cut-ting out hundreds of feet of verde antique an-tique a week. The rock is first bored into with a steam rock drill, a modern improvement on the flint chips of the ancient owners of the soil. A series of borings make it an easy matter to break off the slab, which is then lowered low-ered by a huge crane upon a car, run der the saws and blocked for cutting. The saw is a gang saw with a blunt surface and, worked by a steam engine, en-gine, moves back and forth on the edge of the stone, not touching it but cutting by the grinding into it of a mass of steel shot, which are really the teeth of the saw. The rapidity with which this is accomplished is marvelous and large slabs are cut with ease. WISHED HIMSELF POOR. The Marquis of Winchester Envied I'ln in John Smith. The marquis of Winchester, whose name figures in the list of Transvaal victims, was exceedingly popular with his soldiers, writes a London correspondent. corre-spondent. There was one duty, however, how-ever, in connection with the Household House-hold grigade which he positively detested, de-tested, and many stories are told of the marquis' stubborn protests against going on bank guard. The staff quarters quar-ters assigned the oflicers in Thread-needle Thread-needle street were close and stuffy, and the marquis invariably left them wdth a viol ent headache. Once when going off dpty he said to the sergeant: "This job always makes me wish such a commodity com-modity as filthy lucre had never been invented. Then there would be no bank guard." "But my dear lord," came the reply, "you wouldn't have had an income of so many thousand a year. That might not have been very pleasant, either." "Oh, sergeant," rejoined the marquis, mar-quis, with a smile, "it is not the first time in my life that I have wished I FROM WHICH OLLAS WERE BROK INDIANS. IITGII PRICE OF PAPER. TARIFF TAX ON WOOD PULP A COSTLY ONE. May Compel Subscribers to Pay Mora for Their Country Newspaper The Cry for Its Instant Kepeal Is Very Loud Paper Trust Robbery. There are very conclusive reasons why the present tariff tax on wood pulp and printing paper should be repealed, re-pealed, and there is no reason in the interest of American industry that pleads for the continuance of these taxes. They are now simply an element ele-ment of robbery under color of law. and they should be effaced from our statutes. The paper trust is now taxing the newspaper and book publishers of the country many millions, not because of any such actual increase in the cost of producing paper, but because the trust has the power to extort from the purchasers pur-chasers of paper up to the extent that would make tariff-taxed foreign paper and pulp cheaper than the prices demanded de-manded here. This trust has played its scheme of extortion to the uttermost, and congress should at once remove the tax that protects no American industry in-dustry and that has become only au agent to rob the consumers. Two-thirds of the wood pulp used in the manufacture of paper for American consumption should come from Canada, Can-ada, but it is excluded by a tariff tax, and we are now rushing headlong in the destruction of our forests, while Canada, with its almost limitless supply sup-ply of timber, cannot reach our markets mar-kets because of the tax imposed by the tariff. The two conclusive reasons which should make congress act promptly are first, that the paper trust should be at once halted in its rapid destruction of our American forests by the admission admis-sion of free wood pulp from Canada; and, second, that the present extortion practiced by the paper trust upon publishers pub-lishers of newspapers and books shall cease to have the protection of the government. gov-ernment. The time has come wv" 4ist .nTlve vnlntt that makes, ';."1'''' ... , . . ..i??iriff - tion will - , , Katies m.-ii-cr; ; , V -X-eted by the government'.'' oVreAmerican industry in-dustry needs protection it is reasonable reason-able to permit it, but where alleged protection is used only for systematic robbery, it must be overthrown. We can now manufacture paper as cheaply as any country in the world. There is no excuse whatever for a tax upon the manufactured articles, and the raw material should be free, not only because the general principle is correct, but because if it shall not be done promptly our forests will be practically prac-tically destroyed within a few years by tariff taxes excluding the lumber of Canada from our markets. Paper and pulp must be made free of all taxes, as the paper trust has demonstrated dem-onstrated that these taxes serve only a single purpose that is to invite robbery rob-bery under color of law. Philadelphia Times. A Hard Rain. "It rains a great deal in the Puget sound country," said the man from that section, "and I heard of a funny incident not long ago about it. Some chap had come from the Missippi valley val-ley to take up his residence at Whatcom, What-com, on Bellingham bay, where there are very high tides. When the boat landed him at the end of the long pier extending over the tide flats the- water was low and the new man didn't notice anything but a wide stretch of sand between the boat and the town. It was in the evening about dark and was raining, and he went to the hotel on the front street and stayed there, going to bed without having gone out for a walk. The next morning when he got up he looked out and the tide was in, the water coming up close to the hotel. He gazed at the widespread waters for an instant, and, throwing up his hands in astonishment, he exclaimed, 'Gee whiz, but it must have rained hard last night!' Then he hurried down stairs to the office to find out if there was any danger from the flood, and the clerk smiled four or five times and gave him some much-needed information." informa-tion." Washington Star. Both In the Same Box. A parson who occasionally preaches in South London arrived to take the place of the vicar, who had been called away on account of some family bereavement, be-reavement, and found an old and rather asthmatic lady struggling up the steps which led to the front door. He courteously cour-teously gave her his arm to assist her and when they reached the top the dame asked him if he knew who was going to preach. "Mr. So-and-So," replied re-plied the parson, giving his own name. "Oh, dear me," exclaimed the old lady; "help me down again, if you please; I'd rather listen to the groaning and creaking of a windmill than sit under him," and she prepared to descend. The parson gently assisted her downstairs and sighfully remarked as he bade her good-by: "1 wouldn't go in, either, if I weren't the preacher." New Method of Lighting Tunnels. A new method of lighting tunnels is about to be adopted in one constructed in Paris for an electric road. Electric 1 in I ii i"l 1 ' i ' iiiln i ilb -iIlT STRUGGLE WITH A PYTHON. An Experience He Had N Wish to Repeat. From "Wild Animals in Captivity," by Edward Bartlett. Some few years since I was Invited to the house of a surgeon who had just returned fron? Ceylon, to see a freshly Imported serpent ser-pent of this species. Upon arriving at the house I found that the doctor was absent and that his wife and ir.aid-servant ir.aid-servant were the only inmates. Upon mentioning the nature of mj visit I was told that the serpent was in a large box in the greenhouse. I was handed the key of the box and informed that there was no danger iD opening it because the serpent was below wire netting and therefore I would be able to see it without tht chance of it making its escape. I accordingly ac-cordingly proceeded to the greenhouse, unlocked the box and opened the lid. To my utter astonishment the snake was coiled up on the top of the wire netting, and with the quickness of lightning darted at me. I had just time enough to seize it by the neck, when it instantly wound itself around my right arm, and I had not the power to disengage myself from the grip this serpent had upon me. The two women wo-men were horrified, and nothing would Induce them to come to my assistance. My only chance of getting rid of this powerful brute was by trying to strangle him, to do which with both hands I strove my utmost. It appeared appear-ed to me at the time that I should not be able to accomplish my efforts to squeeze his life out. The constant increase of the pressure he put upon my arm caused me to fear that I should entirely lose the power of my right hand , as I was grasping the brute just below the head with all my strength. The time appeared to pass very slowly without any visible diminution dim-inution of its extraordinary grip. However, I felt some relief on finding after a time that it was slowly relaxing relax-ing the pressure, and presently It gradually slid off my arm until its tall touched the ground. So soon as I found the snake sufficiently disengaged from my arm 1 dropped it into the box, apparently more dead than alive. After Af-ter this I did not consider it worth while to purchase the reptile, although none the worse for m9 S3ueezingi- had given it. POOR LO IN DECORATIVE ART. X Late Fad for a Turkish Divan Corner It is no longer customary to cry "Lo! the poor Indian," but lo! the fine, dashing, decorative Indian, superb su-perb in war paint and feathers, who suddenly burst upon us in vividly colored col-ored prints not many weeks ago and took the town by storm. They now hang in "dens," snuggeries, bachelor girls' apartments, studios, and have even ventured into semi-Oriental cozy corners, which seemingly require that bit of tribal savagery to strike a healthy balance, says the New York Commercial Advertiser. These prints have found their way in single copies, in several framed together, or have been turned into a wall frieze, where sporting tastes were uppermost. They may be bought for the small sum of $1. As they were originally drawn from life, the reproductions are worth the money. Far more interesting are Cal-thorpe Cal-thorpe series of reproduced Indian portraits, por-traits, dating from 1836 to 1838, and ordered at that time to be painted for the United States government. A nne reproduction of the originals may be purchased singly, or in sets, at $f.Btf-each. $f.Btf-each. The southern Indian tribes figure fig-ure in these prominently, their handsome hand-some faces and half-civilized costumes presenting a fascinating picturesque-ness picturesque-ness in strong contrast to the northern bloodthirstiness more familiar to us. A late fad, for Turkish divan corners, is to have queer porcelain men-monsters, with small smoking tube attachments at their backs and in front a receptacle for a cigarette, which is smoked through the tube mentioned, as one smokes a Turkish pipe. They sell for $2 and $2.50 each, and go off like hot cakes," because of the novelty. Mastered His Embarrassment. Among the stories told of Charles Lever, the witty novelist, is one which concerns the days when he was British Brit-ish consul at Trieste, relates the Youth's Companion. He had accompanied accom-panied his daughter to London for a little social enjoyment and had neglected neg-lected to go through the formality of asking for leave of absence. On tis arrival in London he was invited to dinner by Lord Lytton. who was delighted de-lighted to see him. WThen he arrived at Lord Lytton's house his host said: "I am so glad you could come! You will meet your chief, Clarendon" the minister of foreign affairs. The novelist, novel-ist, much embarrassed, began to give reasons why he must tear himself away, but before he could make his escape Lord Clarendon was announced, and almost at once espied him. "Ah, Mr. Lever," he said, blandly. "I did not know you were in England; in fact, I was not even aware that you had asked for leave from Trieste." "No-o, my lord," stammered the novelist, novel-ist, disconcerted for a second, but no more than that; "no, my lord; I thought it would be more respectful to your lordship for me to come and ask for it in person!" I Rar 1I Blblo-" |