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Show THE KINO OF HARD DRINKS. Effects of "Ron," a Native Beverage of Panama. It Is rnld thnt during tho construction construc-tion of the Panama tallroad lor ocry tic laid a human Ule .an gi, in up, but this Is cr.e of thoie rc-mantlc lies which everybody likes to read but few believe. There were, Indeed, a great many deaths; some caused by legitimate disease dis-ease and some by careless living, and many by drinking a native beverage called ron. This latter liquor Is mado from sugar-cane, and It Is such a drink that a Scotch highball Is pink lemon-ado lemon-ado alongside of It, Taken In small quantities, it pro-vents pro-vents malaria, but taken In coplus draughts, as "some men use It, it produces pro-duces life overlastlng. The National. Makes Billiard Playing Simple. The way In which billiard playing Is simplified by the device ot a Munich professor 1ms astonished thoso who have wllncRxpd tho test, says tho Amcrlrnn Inventor. "Tho sides of an ordiiaiy billiard tnblo aro piovlded with fix nilirni. oi:n or more of which can lie turned down when n play Ik mad'-, vul the a'lvar.tago rests In tho fact th.i. .my Image Is reflected In the same a ?!c In which it fulln on tho mirror, ,'-i as the billiard ball rebound! re-bound! from the cushion in tho samn angle n.i I -at of striking. Tho mirror shows at onro the different ways In which a n!iot cun be mnde. Kven tho Oyn Is .said to nrika difficult indirect shots nx ic.tdlly as direct ones, and the Intrlcuricx of the game aro quickly quick-ly conquered by anybody. Christening a Railway. Knglnecrs arc, as a rule, sternly utilitarian, util-itarian, but there are occasions on which they Indulge In sentimental practices. One of these occutred the other day on the completion of the first transcontinental railway In Africa. Af-rica. When the plate-laying gangs from Bnluwayo and Salisbury, respectively, respect-ively, camo within twenty chalnR of each other a telegram was sent to the contractors and engineers, who at once arrived on tho scene The rails were Joined and two engines proceeded proceed-ed slowly toward each other from each side. Attached to tho dravr.iea.l of tho engine from Salisbury was n bottle of champagne and as tho two engine met It was broken and tho now railway was named in the orthodox ortho-dox manner. The Rcentgrn Raya Failed. Hearing of tho clficacy of tho ! Roentgen rays for the removal of ' hairs from the upper lip a lady In Hanover, age thlrty-fh o, applied to Dr. Karl Bruno Schurmier, a properly prop-erly qualified doctor- and Itoentgen ray specialist, for treatment. Ho operated twice, but Instead of removing remov-ing the superfluous halm the operation opera-tion resulted in tho skin of the face becoming red and the lips swollen. The lady thereupon brought an action against the doctor and was awarded fCO damages, against whlr'.t he appealed, but the decision has just been upheld. Protected Royal Quest. Just before King Edward's visit to Paris I,c Figaro suggested that the government, should elean the newspaper newspa-per kioRque's on the boulevards and along the Seine of the filthy caricatures carica-tures which some of them exhibited for sale. The authorities took no action, ac-tion, but the proprietors ot several klosques withdrew the caricatures during the royal visit. In one or two Instances a proprietor who failed to show good taste in this matter was attacked at-tacked by a crowd ot students and his literary and pictorial wares thrown into the street. Wanted Mule Power. In Venezuela many years ago a wealthy agriculturist was appointed minister of marine. Being a hard worker, he asked at onco for particulars particu-lars of the Itcet. The socretary brought him particulars about tho only warship. Tho details gave length, tonrage and hoVse power. At this last the minister stopped the secretary sec-retary and bade him write down an order to the chief of customs. "Tako out these 120 horses at once and I will send you good mules In their places," explaining that mules wero much more economical both as regards re-gards food and ability to withstand fatigue. t "Real Indian." A young woman recently received Instruction in the art of Indian basketry, bas-ketry, and had made several copies ot Indian baskets of which she was very proud. A frlond, who had been living In Arizona, called upon tho young woman, who showed the baskets with ronstderablo prfde. "They are really very woll done," commented tho visitor, visi-tor, "but of course they aro not the real Indian baskets." "Why, Mrs. Saw-ypr," Saw-ypr," Indignantly exclaimed tho maker, "bow can you say that, when I Just told you that I made them myself?" my-self?" No Royal Road. t CWr McKelway believes that tho Journalism of tho future will bo a profession and that men will be especially espe-cially educated for It. They aro anil always have been. Did that Important and valuable member of tho profession profes-sion never hear ot "tho hard school of Journalism?" There 1b no other, and nover will be, worth a pinch ot snuff, in our humble estimation. Tho university uni-versity of experience Is the one which (;Ives the real degrees in journalism. Smallest Public School. What Is probably the smallest public pub-lic schodl In tho world was opened at Easter on tho Halllg Nordstrandlsch Moor, In Schlcswlg-Holsteln. It has been closed for some time In consequent conse-quent of the depopulation of the Island, but it is about to be opened again with ono master and two pupils. |
