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Show fl FUN IN "SMALL ADS" J UNINTENTIONAL HUMOR FOUND jM IN NEWSPAPERS. i j Some 8trange and Curious Ways ' Adopted to Make Wants Public , "Choice Villain" Offered for Sale i "Experienced Bug" Called for. ; It may be that tho funny man la iV not always original. Anyhow, ho ' apparently devote the boat days of his Ufa trying to make othor pcoplo Jj ' feel Jolly when they read his para- jH graphs In tho newspapers. Do that Jj as It may, no man needs to bo a pro- II ' fesslonal humorist In order to set an K awful lot of fun somcllmos out of tho fji newspaper advertisements. M To while away tho llmo recently 0 the writer busied himself the greater J5S part of an entlro day delving through m a. pllo of dallies and weeklies. The jj work was done through moro curios 1; lty, pretty much as "work" Is dono fiB by the backwoodsman who with his W ! gun on his shouldor tramps out early pJl In the morning In tho brush to see j, wnttt ho can get a shot at. There His was no thought of fun search In tho . Kj reading of tho papers nt tho start. II The fun cropped up ns tho reading i'K progressed. Tho "work" becaino not Kv a labor, but a decided amusement Is Now, then, for so mo of tho best y specimens discovered: IM "Sinners wanted to work on metal," Efli one advertisement began. jRM The samo one was found In another jjf nowspaper of tho samo date. Out H thcro was a slight difference between H tho two "ads." Tho word "sinners" 1 read "spinners." El Another "ad" In another paper was Hi just as good In Its way. it was: , ref "Patent leather men's shoes nt re- jfjj duced rates." i H9 The following ono was all right. At El least It told tho tmth: H "For Sale A Scotch collie thor- li I oughly trained; can tell black from i K whlti especially at night.". 11 Now what did tho advertiser In the i 1 following think of when he left out tho small Indies? 1 m ' "Largo ladles' neckwear house do- K sires to securo a city salesman j atnto age," etc. B Tho following Ih n good ono: j I "Lost Dog answering to tho name Kg of Gypt; can waltz on both legs." Bjl Listen to this: j n "$2G Ilownrd A lady'B gold watch, ' B lost between Union Squnro and , jm Twenty-third street." H Hero Is ono thnt may havo been written by a hushnnd who suddenly , Hv remembered, after he had been to hla 1 BJ "lodge," that his wifo had given him cfl verbal instruction to have an "ad" ; Br Inserted In a dally paper of this city: 1 Bj' "Board without lunch table, must M bo too good; ono bed." Bj What Uio advertlsor meant to say, i as the corrected "ad" tho next day ijBf showed, was that breakfast and din-Hi din-Hi ner, but no lunch, were wr.nted; that D the table must be good, and Unit tho (Hf two persons wanted only ono bed. Bf Here Is a weird ono: fly "For Sale A cholco villain, Whlto-Jf Whlto-Jf stone, L. I.; Ashing, boating." Kf The fact Is, Uio advertisement pub-UJ pub-UJ llshed the next day, properly, mado It J plain that tho advertiser had a villa UH. In Whltcstono which ho regarded as pflf choice, and he so described It. gH An advcrtlsomont appeared In a B newspaper last summer which enmo ijM& out a second timo, but in qulto a new jfl( form. Whether tao original shapo J was tho result of tho hasty work of Bj tho advertiser or tho typo Is a ques-' ques-' V tlon. This is tho way It came out Bt first: H- "io Let Cottage at Now Rochcllo, H faces tho Sound, good mosquitoes." H Tho "ad" appeared moro Invitingly M when republished In a reformed con-El con-El dltlon with two words that had been Bf forgotten by tho advertiser In his IH hurry not to miss his train for Now IB Kochelle, or by the man behind tho 1BT types. It read thus: f "To Let Cottage at Now Itochelle, Bg? facc8 U Sound, good bathing, no HP mosquitoes." jH) The following Is a decidedly good Bj "Wanted by n commission house, nn vB' experienced bug to assort samples of ot woolen goods." Tho samo advertise- Hh mont In another paper asked not for IBL a bug, but a boy. Bl 8HE CHOSE THE WRONQ MAN. HJ Tale Told of a D. A. R. Who Prided ME Herself on Ancestry. BE An amusing story is told by tho BE' , New York lioss of tho wearing of B miniatures. A newly rich womnn B who had seen her friends exploiting K- grcat-grandmotlicrs and grnud-nunts Bv- on ivory, blossomed forth with an HL, amazing portrait, surrounded by cm- BK; eraldsand pearls, and dangled her BJ new-found ancestor nt the end of n HE!'' costly chain. Mrs. Suddendough glib- BJP ly Informed her friends that tho mini BE' with the Inspired eyes nnd the shock Df ' of glowing red hair was her paternal Be' grandfather. Ono dny she was In n Bi gathering In Boston nnd exulting!.'. BJ;' displayed tho portrait, telling tho oll BF' story. Ono bespectacled damo stated gK and, after Mrs. Suddendough's de- IK parture, she of tho glasses said, B "What do you thluk of that? It was BEu Patrick Henry's portrait and ho was K. a bachelor!" B sign of Sanity. BJ "Did you hear what a crazy tiling Bl hat old unclo of Primer's did will Bf his money?" B "No. What was It?" HE "Lett It all to found a lunatic itt Bl Killed In London's Streets. J&n About 4,000 persons aro killed c: M year In London's streets. HHHHHiiVi'MCr " " " BBBBBBBBjwg3 LIKE A LITTLE QUEEN. Three-year-old American Girl, Around Whom Swing Golden Ceneers. Ono of tho most fortunate of the children of this century Is Katherlno Duer Mackny, tho llttlo daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clnrcnco H, Mnckay. With the prospects of ono day possessing possess-ing $50,000,000 or moro, llttlo Miss Mackny lias" started out In llfo Ilka n veritable princess, Sho was born three years ago on tho Gth of February, nnd no royal Infant could havo handsomer or costlier frocks and frills than this baby girl possesses. Her christening robe of fine laco was valued at $1,600, and gold and raro gems wero literally heaped upon her tiny head. On each of her birthdays she will recclvo a beautiful pear-shapod pearl, costing not less than $15,000, so that when sho Is 21 she will have a marvelous-ly marvelous-ly necklace worth $315,000. Katherlno Duer Mackny rcsemblos her mother very strongly, nnd now that she has progressed beyond the period of swaddling clothes sho looks llko a genuine hit of Dresden, so exquisite ex-quisite Is her coloring, so delicate are her features nnd so dainty aro her llttlo llt-tlo frocks. An entlro sulto of rooms Is sot aside for this child's own tiso, both In the town house of her parents and In tho moro spacious ono at Roslyn, L. I, Her rooms nro bright and airy, sho has trained nurses to care for her, a French maid and a nursery matron. Her dainty frills and flounces nro done up by her own special laundress; In fact, this lnfnnt of millions reigns llko a little queen. WA8 HEARING IT ALL. Not Listening, Dut He Missed Little of the Conversation. Sho wns on the street car, and hor girl friend was with her Sho had a shrill, catarrhal voice, nnd porsbt-.l In telling her companion nil tho In-normost In-normost socrcts of her own and of hor relatives and acquaintances to tho remotest re-motest degree, In n tone that filled all tho spaco not occupied by a dozon fellow passengers. She was particularly particul-arly minute In tho l elation of tho details de-tails attending tho presentation of a ring by "Johnny D., whom sho Is to marry this spring." This episode wna finished ns the car was Hearing Cobb's crook. Tho pasBcngor who sat In tho seat immediately im-mediately In trout of her, and w io hnd, In conscqttcnco of this pro::tmItj, boon the chief sufferer, turned his head toward tho lady who would not keep sny secrets, and llxod on Iter n. look that eloquently nald: "Well, you'vo broken tho record!" Sho encountered thu look-, tool: In the situation instnntcr, nnd retorted promptly and Incisively: "Aro jou listening to our conversation, conversa-tion, sir?" "I'm not listening to It, miss," ho replied, In n distressed touo, "but, by thunder, I'm hearing It nil." Kxcept for tho occasional tlttr of his co-sufferers, silence thenceforth reigned supremo tho reinnltider of that trip, Philadelphia Ledger. Circumstantial Evidence. Last spring a truck fanner, who raised large quantities of onluus for tho market, was very much annoyed by having tho beds torn up aud plundorcd nsn1" " 1 'v tho Philadelphia Ledger, lio hud good reason to suapoct that the culprits were some small negroes In tho neighborhood. neigh-borhood. Especially did ho suspect ono bright, ebony-hued boy named Knsttis. Tho farmer nccusnd him several sev-eral times of being tho guilty ono, but ench time ho denied It nn stoutly that ho was not punished, Ono evening on returning to his homo the farmer found Rnstus sitting In his doorway with a skunk whiwi ..o iwi cuptmoil, clasped tightly In his arras, Tho odor which filled tho vicinity was unmU-takablo unmU-takablo and penetrating. Ha3tus, seeing see-ing tho farmer approaching, ran towards hlra c orly, shouting "Mlstah Jccms, 1'to cotch tho chnp lint's bin stealln' yer onions, Whow!" Witness In Hard Luck. William H. Crandall, nn nctor who happened to bo n witness to n murder mur-der In Wisconsin nearly n jc.ir ngo, has been detulhfd In Mma t-oe as a witness ever sir. o a! aj consequence conse-quence lost not only the pistion ho held then, but has been prevented from filling other engagements that offered. He now finds himself destitute desti-tute of means ur.d has appealed to tho court for money enough to meet his pressing wants nnd tho prosecuting prosecut-ing attorney has nsked tl.o court to make him nn allownneo for witness fees. The most oxtrnnrdmnr feature of tho enso Is that tl c ror was released on linll immeo'm iy utter thu crime, but Crandall t.u tunflnod In Jail fur several mouths When bo finally secured bunds for his appearance, appear-ance, ns u witness all atomies of employment em-ployment ero closed m imst him, diuuiatlc companies having made their "bookings" for a jiv In advance. ad-vance. Keep a Cherrfjl :' To bo ciieeriul .i u'd is going well with )u , virtue. Tho thing la to be c'-ie, fu' indor disadvantageous dis-advantageous eircur '-it ' i IV oue lias lost money, If h- inspects fall, If enemies appear trlui.ipl.ant, It there Is sickness of self or Pkibo doar to one, then Is It, Indeed, n tirtue to be cheerful. When poveity pluche day after dny, month after month or through tho years a.i t u- i-nss, and oiit hOF ev i Id ilt. ory lit tie lot:i e-i fur In iii 3 ( ' luzzlool how to make ono dollar do tho worki for two has to bo Bolvril, tiicii the maa who can still bo cheerful Is a hero. He Is .-. greater hero than tho eoldler wh faTs the cannon's mout'i. Such chMr f 'nr-s Is tfco Kind that wu need to cuIthn.e.MIlwaukeo Journal, ," ' 'v.1'1 -. nrrvf-T , "" r 5s , TOOK DEADLY RISKS MEN OF 8CIENCE EXP08ED TO YELLOW FEVER. To Determine Question of Contagion, Or. Cook and Assistants Lived for Days In Infected House Moaqultoee 8pread the Disease As tho cause of yellow fever Is unknown, un-known, and nn animals are Immune to this disease, it was necessary that alt experiments be conducted upon human beings who, nevor having had the fever, were therefore susceptible In order to test the theory that mosquitoes mosqui-toes convey the ferer from sick to healthy Individuals, It was necessary for the Investigators to submit themselves them-selves and their volunteers to the bites of Insects known to have bitten yellow fever patients. The investigation went on, nnd those men exposed themselves them-selves to certain infection until they had proved beyond reasonable doubt that tho mosquito was a conveyer of yellow fever. An Important question stilt remained unanswered: Could tho fover bo conveyed con-veyed by contact with clothing, or contracted con-tracted by sleeping In a house In which yellow fever patients had died, provided mosquitoes wore excluded? This question was tested in the following follow-ing way: A small house was built, consisting of one room, 14x20 foet. It wns tightly celled and well battened on the outsldo. It was provided with two small windows, 26x34 Inches, so placed as to prevent any thorough ventilation ven-tilation within. In fact, everything was dono to Invito Infection, If this were possible, without tho old of mosquitoes. mos-quitoes. Entrance to the house was effected through a vestibule arranged after tho manner of an airlock In a caisson, tho vestibule being divided In Its mlddlo by n screen door protected pro-tected without by a solid door and having a second wlro door across tho Inner cntrnnce. Tho windows wore also carefully scrccnod. When tho building was ready, three largo cases filled with soiled clothing from yellow fover hospitals of Havana were opened nnd Dr. It. P. Cook with two privates of tho hospital corps entered tho houso and closed tho doora, then unpacked these boves, shook out tho clothing and hung It around tho room. These men llcd hero for twenty days. At tho end of thnt time they wero placed In n-nrantlne for five days, but they did not develop tho disease. Further oxporlmcrtt went on for slxty-threo days, nnd conditions wero mndo still moro trying, hut not u Blnglo Individual Individ-ual developed the f jr. To settlo tho quoHtion How does a houso become liifccti.il with yellow fever? n second houso was built, divided divid-ed Into two rooms separated by wlro screens. Everything In this house was carefully disinfected by steam, and then Into the large room a numbor of Infected mosquitoes were introduced. A susceptible Individual enterod this room and permitted himself to be bitten bit-ten a numbor of times, and after three days devoloped yellow fever. Two non-immunes slept in this house for eighteen nights In the part of the room which was screened from mosquitoes mos-quitoes and did not develop the disease. dis-ease. Dr. A. T. Brlstow in The World's Work. ELKINS' HOBBY 13 FLOWERS. Pennsylvania Statesman Very Fend of Glowing Colors. Mr. Elklns experiences no discomfort discom-fort in a trolley car, but he Is miserable miser-able when his valet forgets to place a flaming red carnation or an orchid of the same color In his coat lapel every morning. It Is said that such an uatoward event has not happoned since a certain day several years ago, when a new valet Inadvertently tot-tot tot-tot this most Important duty, witfe disastrous results to himself. , By reason of this hobby Mr, Elklas Is a marked man wherever ho walks Philadelphia's streets, and many promoter, unable to gain entrance into the financier's private oSce, has waited for him at the foot of the elevator, ele-vator, spotted him by the flower, and importuned him In public to take up with this schema or that Mr. Klklns' passion for these two flowers in particular, and all flowers In general, U so strong that at his beautiful country home In Elklns a picturesque Philadelphia suburb which bears his name, and has been developed y him ho has no less than a dosen big greenhouses Oiled with all sorts of blooming plants. His favorite flower for his dinner table Ls the American beauty rose, and costly vases filled with selected buds are always al-ways to bo found in the great dining-room. dining-room. Washington Star. Congreteman'a Autobiography. Senator De-tow's autobiography la the Congressional Directory, which occupied nearly a page In the late volume, has been ocllpsed by that of Robert Baker In the new directory. Baker is the new Democratic representative repre-sentative from Brooklyn, and the story of his llfo, about 1,000 words long, occupies considerably more than a page. Several hundred words aro dovotod to minor Incidents In his career. Ths Proof Lacking. "Mlsa Oabberton spoke of you the Other day In a manner that strikes mo as being akin to slander," said the fair girl as she gaxed at the clock and at tempted to suppress a yawn. "Indeed!" exclaimed young Borem. "What did she say?" "She said." replied the fair one, "that you wero an easy-going sort of chap." Weight Keshan Can Carry. full-grown elephant cau carry 'three tons on his back. TOAST CURE FOR DYSPEPSIA. rtenultant Benefits 8ald to be Immedl. ate and Lasting. Many families that number dyspeptics dyspep-tics among their members aro now taking what might be termed the toast cure, toast being substituted for bread at every meal. In many cases the f;ood results have been rapid. A woman of my acquaintance has been steadily Improving, with fewer and fewer attacks of Indigestion, since her doctor recommended this simple experiment However, the toast mado in the ordinary way, that is soggy within and scorched outside, will not benefit The bread must be thoroughly dried out in the oven before toasting, then brought to a golden brown. Per haps more than one dyspeptic sufferer suffer-er could trace tho misery back to soggy bread. Even "second day bread" is not dry enough for a dell-cato dell-cato stomach, and contrary to an erroneous er-roneous Idea held by many, toast (properly mado) does not causo a sluggish state of tho system or work any other evil. COLOR LIKED BY MOSQUITOES. Little Pests Found to be Partial to Dark Blue. Color plays an Important part in the attraction or repulsion of certain Insects. It was noticed during tho Cuban war that tho American soldiers sol-diers who were clad In tho regulation navy-blua shirts suffered much more sovcrely than any others from tho bites of mosquitoes. Tho surgeon-general surgeon-general Instituted a scries of tests. He had boxes painted with various colors and placed in a mosquito-haunted mosquito-haunted neighborhood. It was found that the ono painted blue attracted 108 Insects, next came brown and dark red, but these attracted only two eacq. Yellow failed to secure a slnglo mosquito visitor. As a consequence, con-sequence, bluo shirts will no longer be Issued to troops In mosquito-Infested regions. Travelers aro recommend recom-mend to wear some khakl-colored material when journeying In tho tropics. trop-ics. Did Not Feaze the Walter. Henry Ward Beechor was amused when he went Into a Bowery restaurant restau-rant on ono occasion and heard tho waiter give such orders to tho cook as "Ham and ," "Sinkers and cow," etc. "Watch me feazo that waiter with an ordor which I believe he won't abbreviate," remarked Beechor at length as the waiter ap proached. Then ho said: "Give us poached eggs on toast for two, with tho yolks broken." But the waiter, who was equal to the emergency, walked to the end of the room and yelled: "Adam and Evo on a raft. Wreck 'cm." It Is related that Dr. Beecher nearly fainted. Material for "Hot 8tuff." A veracious chronicler of the times of Jonathan Edwards glvos figures which prove a liberal consumption of fuel In the household of the great theologian. In the winter of 1740-41 the town of Northampton supplied the Edwards parsonage with seventy-five loads of wood; In the next season eighty-two loads were delivered; for the succeeding winter tho total was seventy-eight, and a year afterward tho astonishing quantity of ninety-five loads was supplied. There was no lack of fire at the Edwards hearth. Is It wonderful, then, that he preached burning sermons? This Involves Some Work. At a meeting of the Incorporated Phonographic society the other day It was stated that to write stenog-raphlcally stenog-raphlcally at tho rate of ISO words a minute Involves hearing on an average av-erage 750' distinct sounds consonants conso-nants and Towels In the course of every ev-ery minute, and managing to represent repre-sent or Indicate twelve and one-halt of them every second. Wrltlsg at MO words per minute means hearing about 1,'OOe sounds In sixty' seconds aad representing or Indicating rather more than sixteen of them in every single second. The Strength of Habit Mrs. Ollbert tells In her Inimitably humorous way, of a lifelong friend of hers, an elderly maiden who Is always sent for by nephews and nieces when an Interesting event takes place In their households. This maiden aunt had occasion to visit the dentist some little time ago, and twas arcompancd by Mrs. Ollbert Oas was administered and when the patient was emerging from under Its Influence she horrified the dentist by crying oxoltodly: "Is It a boy or a girl?" Now York Times, Drug Drinking In London. Tho now license act In London has brought to light tho fact that a great quantity of drugs that cannot bo brought within the meaning of tho act as Intoxicants are drunk by people, peo-ple, upon whom It has the effect of habitual drunkenness. Among things toat are thus consumed aro methylated methylat-ed spirits and eau de cologne, and tho practice Is especially prevalent among society people, chiefly women, who would resent the Imputation that they woro drunkards. Tall and Short Months. Averages for the height of women show thnt those born In summer and autumn aro taller than those born In spring or winter. Tho tallest girls are born in August As far as boys are concerned, those who first neo the light durlug autumn and winter are not so tall as thi.au born In sprlt aad auramor. TUoso born In November Novem-ber aro the shortest; In July tho tall-sst NEVER SAW A HORSE ALASKA INDIANS UNFAMILIAR WITH MAN'S BEST FRIEND. Tribe of Matanuskls Knew No Beast of Burden but the Dog Wandering Member Amused at Seeing the Animals Ani-mals Eat Grass. "It is hard to believe that thero are persons living in the western hemisphere hemi-sphere who never saw a horse," said Quartermaster John F. Rice at the Normandle, "but such is the oase. I well recollect when with the Aber-crombte Aber-crombte expedition In 1S99 we found ourselves one September night several hundred miles from nowhere. Just as the sun was sinking over the Alaskan range the camp was startled by the report of a rifle. "We sprang to our feet, prepared for any emergency, when our native guide discovered across the narrow valley an Indian who had Just brought down a caribou. By the use of signs and signals sig-nals he was Induced to come Into camp. After wo had tanked him up with strong tea and loaded him to the guards with pork and beans his tongue limbered up and, through ono of the guides, ho Informod us that he was a Matanuskl, by the way, tho fiercest trlbo In Alaska, and that he was hunting hunt-ing caribou. At the time we discovered discov-ered him he was 160 miles from the encampment of his tribe, which shows that the fellow had his nerve with htm. He had nover seen a horse and our pack animals excited his curiosity and wonder. He declared that no member of his tribe had over seen a horse, all transportation In his country coun-try being conducted by dog teams hitched to sleds In winter, and by pack dogs In summer. What amused him most was to see the animals eat grass, and every time they would grab a mouthful of forage ho would almost go Into convulsions, he thought It so funny. In an ethnological sense the Matanuskls resemble the Apache Indians In-dians of our plains. They subsist on the flesh of the caribou and brown bear, the counterpart of the Rocky Mountain grizzly, and quite as ferocious, fero-cious, and are greatly feared by the other tribes in Alaska because of their fierce disposition and warlike nature. Our guides, who were shore Indians, seemed to be afraid of the newcomer, and ho treated them with haughty contempt. con-tempt. Whenever ho would shoot n flerco glance at thom they would quail llko whipped curs, and slink away from his Bight "We found the shore Indians quite a Jolly lot of fellows. Compared with the Matanuskls they wero quite sociable so-ciable and Inclined to bo obliging to white people. When camped on tho Yukon quite recently I heard a small band of them singing the familiar song, 'There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town To-night' and that other tender ten-der ditty, 'Goo-Goo Eyes.' "Washington "Washing-ton Star. "JOHNNIE ON THE SPOT." Indian Baby Surely Was Entitled to the Cognomen. Attorney Ben White of Macon, Mo., relates an Incident which illustrates the North American Indian's rapid assimilation as-similation of American humor. "The allotment rolls for tho Chlckasaws were closed at midnight Sept. 24," ho says. "Children born after that hour were cut out, but up to midnight every male member of the tribe was entitled to $29 acres of land, worth now about $1,000, but which promise soon to bo worth many times that amount Tho evening of the 24th was an anxious one for an Indian family dwelling not far from the registry office. An Interesting Inter-esting event was anticipated. The watchers' eyes wore fixed on the clock as the hands slowly hut with grim certainty crawled around to the midnight hour. At exactly 11:40 a brand-new Chickasaw of tho male persuasion per-suasion came into this sinful world. The twenty minutes was worth $1,000 to the family. He was christened, without any outside suggestion, 'Johnnie 'John-nie on the Spot' I have heard the term used several thousand times, but It never seemed to fit an event as strikingly as it did that one. There were plenty of witnesses to make affidavit affi-davit that Johnnlo was born beforo tho 25th, and thero was no difficulty In proving up his claim of 320 acres of flrstclaes land." Heroic Woman Abolitionist. Miss Sarah E. Sanborn, who died at the age of 80 last week In Hampton Hamp-ton Falls, N. H., was onco the heroine of an exciting abolitionist adventure Her brother, Franklin B. Sanborn, with whom she was then living, was outspoken In his utterances and work In support of tho abolition cause. An attempt was mado to kldnnp him. The hack In which ho was to bo carried away was loft standing at tho door. Miss Sanborn seized tho whip nnd lashed the horses till they ran away; then sho helped her brothor to escape. For this exploit tho cltlzons of Concord Con-cord afterward presented hsr with a pair of pistols. No More Tie Counting. "Do you favor a theater umlor tho patronage of tho government?" "I do," replied Slormlngton Barnes. "I should llko to see government ownership own-ership of tho theators and government govern-ment ownership of tho railways, and then hope for co-opcrntlon between these two great branches of our nation na-tion systora." A Good Business Transaction. England does $1,071,377,000 worth of business with its colonies, which cost about $12,000,000 a year. American Steel Plant for Holland. Americans are raakinR an effort to establish a sttel plant at Flushing Holland. OniGIN OF NUN'S HEADDRESS. First Placed nil Pretty Head by Gallant Gal-lant French King. Very fow persons, says a French ,hr- piipcr, know the orisln of tho head-diess head-diess which so many nuns wear, and which hides no much of tnelr faces. It was formerly the custom for convents con-vents to send nuns to tho vnrlqu cities and towns for the purposo of collecting nlms, and as u Tnlc two nuns, ono old and the other young, went to each place. They woro 'small caps, and were popularly known as ( "Swallows of Lent" . , On a certain Ash Wednesday two of them succeeded In obtaining admission admis-sion to the king's palace in Paris, and though the monarch and his courtiers were at dinner, they did not hesitate to solicit alms from them. One of the nuns was very pretty, and the young nobles who were feasting cast such bold glances at her that sho blushed with shame, whereupon tho king roso from tho table, and, taking bis napkin, nap-kin, folded It In two and placed in on her head In such a manner that It concealed her blushes. Ever since that day, it is said, this kind of headdress head-dress has been worn by nuns. THE INVENTOR OF VALENTINES. New England Spinster Who First Cut Fancy Paper Hearts. Miss Esther Howland of Worcester, Mass., Invented tho modern Valentino In 1849. She never married, nml died about ten years ago. Sho was a j graduate of Mount Holyoke seminary, ( and her father hnd a small book Btoro and bindery. Wishing to add a new j feature of the business, sho took stiff letter paper.scallopcd and fringed the edges, cut heart-shaped holes In the corners, glued on colored pictures that camo with raisins, tea, etc., put ( around the pictures borders of tho i laco paper that was used on tho in- f sldo edges of fancy boxes, and hand- j painted a little verse on them. The ( valentines found a ready salo; bust- ness men In Now York and elsewhero began to order them for tho next year, and It soon appeared that Miss How-land How-land bad developed a real business. Experiments of No Value. All eggs havo a parthcnogenotlc tendency, which, ns Bovcrl demonstrated demon-strated at tho last meeting nf the Ger- E man Society of Naturalists uml Physicians, Phy-sicians, disappears through degeneration degenera-tion of tho controsoma. All that. Prof. Locb of Chicago did was to show that this parthenogcnotlc tendency could be stimulated In sea urchins by u normal nor-mal salt solution. In certain infusoria tho process of fecundation consists essentially in a -subtle osmosis between be-tween tho sexes. The experiments of Loeb did not creato life, but simply stimulated bisexual generation tit tho expense of parthenogenesis. Theso experiments, therefore, demonstrate nothing as regards tho cause of llfo. Running as an Art and Exercise. Running, llko many other things, Is J-an J-an art. It Is seldom an Inspiration, X and to bo performed properly sftould be learned and practiced. A bad, untutored un-tutored stylo ls not only ungraceful, but It prevents a player doing tho best work of which sho Is capahlo and militates against good plays ns powerfully pow-erfully as anything can. A good, free style, on tho other liaad, wiuca u . u tho full uso of nil proper muscles, gives a girl additional penco nnd security, se-curity, with infinitely less exortlon, when once It has been acquired. Moreover, it Improves tho cnrrlngo and lends grace to all tho movoments. Decries Statue of Houston. Tho statue of Gen. Sam Houston of Texas, to bo placed in tho vapttol at Washington, of which Jilta UU.ari Noy is the sculptor, Is to be n duplicate dupli-cate of tho statuo which has Just been finished nnd placed In tho capl-tol capl-tol at Austin. This statue represents Houston as an Indian at a timo when he was living with tho Chcrokeo trlbo nfter his self-banlshmcnt from Tennessee. Ten-nessee. Judgo John H. Reagan, who knew Houston Intimately, l angry over the Indian statuo and In a letter protests against Its duplleato being placed In tho national cnpltol. Offered Hb Card. I An amusing Incident occurred In Judgo Galloway's court the other day during tho progress of a civil case, v says the Memphis Sclmltnr. One of A the litigants, a Deal street pawn I broker. "Now, Mr. ," said tho I attorney "turn your faco to tho Jury I and tell them your namo and placo of business." Tho witness reached I into his coat pocket and, ((rawlnrj I forth a well-worn bit of pasf board, said: "Hero vas mine card." Judgo I Galloway was obliged to pound for order. Secretary Cortelyou's Pompadour. I Secretary Cortr-lyou is 0110 of tho I fow remnlnlng men In public lire who affect the pompadour stylo of brush I Ing the hnlr. Fifteen or rU'ilen jeais ngo It si-med a8 If ail u . i,, 1 B I had tho pumpndi t er 1, B "Pompadour Jim" c. are 1 t a '3 I every sport that was n sport woro B his bristle, rampant. Tho style ly I very becoming to Cortelyou. It ena- B bles hi in In serious reflection to run his fingers harrowllko over his bond I without disturbing his contour. The First Artificial Butter. IK Mnrgailne. tho first artificial butter, U was mado .it rtrfssy, in Pr.inc In' I 18C9 for tho first time. It was mado from tho fnt of the kidneys and loins of cattle. Tnllow, lard, and olivo and H cottonseed oil aro also uaed In tho J K mai.u'acturo of various buttorlnes H Cocoa-nut butter Is hugely used In B Northern Kurope, BJ |