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Show IiN THE ODD CORNER. QUEER AND CURIOUS THINGS AND LVENTS. An laUnit Is Ih. O.or nf Heilro, Which Hk a h.,.l,, f'hsneea Color, and sa utteu as Twice s Day Uueer Ilreaat TIIK Sl l KNI.i.H VAI.1J. The splendor lulls on untie walls And snowy summits old In story; The long llK,i ,,ukes across the lakea And the wild cataract leaps In glory. Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes Dying. Blow, bugle, answer echoes dying dying living. O hark! O hark! how thin nml clear. And thinner, clearer, further going! O sweet ami far from cliff and scar The horns of Klfland faintly blowing! blow-ing! Blow, let us bear the purple glens le-Plylng; le-Plylng; Blow, bugle; nnswer, echoes, dying, dying dying. 0 love, they lie In yon rich sky They fnlnt on hill or field or river; Our echoes roll from soul to soul. And grow forever and forever. Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying. And snswer, echoes answer dying, lying, dying. Alfred Tennyson. IKTIIDI) r Kill. I'M) TIMIC. "You might think a traveling man's time wa fully occupied." said a drummer drum-mer recently, "hut there aro occasions when be feels the need of relaiallon and, although theaters aro well In tholr way, they occasionally pall. I waa In lioaiun lost week, and a nion put me onto something new, The Ides Is like this. It won't work In a town whers you're scqnalnted, but say you are In a strange place, it has Its eicltlng elements. You go out of your hotel In the evening, either alone or with a man who Is euually Ignorant of localities, and you walk two blocks In any direction.. Then yon halt and toss a cent. Heads, you turn to the right; tails, you turn to the left The next two block, you repeat the tossing toss-ing up, and follow the Indicator. Bo you keep on until you have twisted and turned all over the town. Kor variety thoro I nothing to equal It: It brings you Into the strangest quarters, and you see sights that you would otherwise mis. Of course, there Is a chance that you will double on your tracks, anil come back to where you started, but In that case It Is allowable allow-able tc cheat, or take another toss-up. Try It some time when you are In a strange town and you will have more tun tban a cat fight," A STKANIIK t SLA Ml). One of the most extrsordlnsry Is-, Is-, lands of the world has been found In the Oulf of Mexico. Like a chameleon, It changes color, and as often as twice a day. When the sund along the beach la not covered with water the Island Is purple red and at high tide It haa the color of bright gold. An explanation of this slnnulur phenomenon phenome-non Is to be found In the name of the Island. It I called Hualls Inland, and It la the snnlls which sre responsible for the change of color. The sand Is of a golden hue, and when the water rises and sprend over the wide bay, which Is strewn with inuiael shells, the Island glitters Ilka g ill. .As toon, however, au the water recedes the gold changes to a purple red, which becomes even darker, until it Is1 fiiiully ss dark aa the purple of a prince's mantle. The reason Is because myriads myri-ads of little purple snails are then spread over tho snnd. searching euorly for the food which Is cast up to them by the water. This strange change of color Is now attract lug much atten Ion, and those who have seen it suy it Is one of the most remarkable sights In the world. WOMrN S HO KCItS. IN K.I UOI'K. tn the most exeluslvo circles of French society nowadays smoking has become a llxed huhlt wllh nearly all women between 23 and 4u. In Paris a woman of fashion no longer apologizes apolo-gizes to her guc tn for lighting a cigarette cigar-ette after dinner, and even as an an-oiieompuiilmcnl an-oiieompuiilmcnl to & o'clock tea a golden gold-en tipped Kgyptluu cigarette la frequently fre-quently Indulged In by fair Parls-fonnes. Parls-fonnes. Itusalan ludlcs who Inhabit he capital are largely responsible for the growing taste for tobacco among the grand dame of I'url. In Germany Ger-many feminine emancipation Is not sufficiently advanced to inuke the practice prac-tice of smoking among ladles very prevalent. In certain circles and the mart . restuuruuts, however, many women muy bo seen with cigarettes and even cigars. Among the middle and working classes it is safe to suy that acarccly a woman would think of smoking except for fun. Berlin women wo-men who go In for speculation invariably invari-ably smoke cigarettes. The habit haa nut yet obtained niucb of a foothold In England. Tils l'Al'AVA TUKt The papuyu, or pupau (Carlca papaya), pa-paya), which grows abundantly at about the Isothermal of 77 degrees lu Asia, Africa aud America, la reported as having remarkable properties aud as being put to many use. Its bark makes excellent rope, and Its fruit Is esten both raw and cooked, while Its Juice possesses the power of dissolving dissolv-ing albuminous substances. The natives na-tives of the Antilles use the pulp of the fruit ss s cosmetic, and In some sections where meat has to be esten as soon as It Is killed, and conseqiieit-ly conseqiieit-ly when It Is more or less tasteless. It Is rubbed with t slice of ths fruit to Impart a flavor to It and at the asm time make It more digestible. The for-menl. for-menl. or eni.vme. whlih Is the active digestive element, is known as papayotin. papayo-tin. It has been separated ftoui the Juice In the form of a white powder, though not as yet In a pure stnle. it has the appearance f pepsin obtained from the atomneh of animals, but differs dif-fers In the fact thai It Is rendered Inactive In-active by acid of the strength of the gastric Juice. QITr.K KIHK It CI. I l.tTIIIIN. They have smnc uueer (lie regulations regula-tions In (iemiuny. Kx Senator Mlti licit li-cit of Wisconsin, says a Berlin correspondent, corre-spondent, hud a funny experience In nil apartment where he was spending last winter. Something caught (Ire 'n his rooms early in the morning, and the kervants rushed out and gave the alnrm. In the meantime the senator wn awakened, and, organizing a shirt tall brigade of the members of hi family, he extinguished the names with bowl and pitchers of water from the bathroom. When the llremen arrived ar-rived the family wus sitting around calmly talking It over, but the police were determined lo inarch them off to Jail for Interfering with the fire do. partment. After the alnrm wa given they should have locked their door and left the house, placing the entire resiMinslblllty upon the . tiro department. depart-ment. It was unlawful for them to do anything toward putting It out. THIS MH'linilK-ltlllDt X nilHI.II. To the bacteriologist nothing Is sarred. In his positive greed for a new scare he will ransack the secret recesses of my lady's wardrobo, attack llerr tin by 'a feeding bottle, ruthlessly create a panic In the puntry, aud even destroy one's fulth In settled vessels. Casting about tb find some fresh lair of his beloved baclllu. be would fling ovor the headgear of beauty herself a microbe shadow, ao to say. He would have ua believe that the ubiquitous germ lingers In Ibe material of which our dainty hats are composed, and. furthermore, that the very Jeweled hatpins hat-pins wherewith we secure thorn to our coiffures becomo coated with tiny organisms, which are thus conveyed to llpa snd thioats. It la surely a rather rath-er ridiculous suggestion, which hat manutueturora trent with contempt. Hoatly, If we were aa mlcrobe-rldden as all thl. life would soon not be worth living. florae C'heelnat rood. Horse chestnuts contain about i'i per cent of albumen, this remarkable proportion being greater than la found In any cultivated plants, but their bitter bit-ter taste, due to the presence of about 10 per cent of bitter renin, has condemned con-demned them aa unfit I ir food. By extracting the bitter principle, H. Klugge of Hanover, clnlma to bave mailp useful another waate material, Afler partial roasting to loosen the shells, the kernels are removed and pulverlied, the powder la placed la a tight percolator wilh alcohol for about a week. To extract the bitter completely It may be necessary to rf-plnco rf-plnco he fluid with fresh solvent. The alcohol dissolves out tho realn. leaving n pleasant and nutritious nieul, which contain all the albumen anil "larch of the chestnuts, and la t valuable food. The spirit la purified by distillation and used repeatedly. - A Very ltnirklil flock. To the list of remarkable clock) In the world that Just completed by a Bohemian In Chicago, who haa been at work on It for nineteen years, will havis to he added. It la mora than eighteen feet high and la fifteen feet square nt the base. A miniature earth circles around the dial and turns on Its sxls every tweuty-four hours, while the sun, moon, Venus, Mars. Saturn and oilier planets are represented In their proper relative places. When the clock strikes a door opens and a procession pro-cession of all the presidents of tho United Btntes iRsiies. followed by fig ures which symbolize the growth of the republic. The Inventor has kept his work a secret all these years, and even now refuses to sell It or allow It to be exhibited. x Queer Klmla of llresit. Bread is made of vastly different materials In different countries. In l.aplund, outs with the Inner burk of the pine are used. The two together, i well ground and mixed, aro made Inli large flat cakes and cooked In a pa over the fire. In Kamchatka. In Ail utlc Russia, pine or birch bark by J J self, well macerated, pounded, nfll baked, frequently constitutes t) f ,. whole of the native bread food. Til,. Icelander scrupeR the Iceland mose i-j the rocks and grinds It Into fine, flop J which serve both for bread and pa 3 dings. In pails of Italy chestnuts uijir cooked, ground Into meal, aud uetf. for mnktng bread. Ibirrs. a varlot -L of ml I t. Is much used In India, Kgv) : Arabln slid Asia Minor for niaklj '" bread. , : r A Telephone Mistake. j Telephoue mistakes have their sr : ous side. A man who wished to co ! munlcate with another, numed Y, Hums, looked In the directory u j itien culied up a number "south." Pr i ,. ently there came through the recel- , s soft feminine voice "Hello," and j , said. "Who la that?" "This is V f, Williams." "Have you any Idea wb j,, your husband Is?". He couldn't ui.(1 1 r. stand why she mux off ao shar j r until he looked In the book again t i,i discovered tbut he hud called up ! , residence of a widow. Milwaukee S j. tlnel. ' , s I f i! |
