Evening Star Newspaper, January 2, 1897, Page 14

14 come and gone,” nother Christmas hi explained an old citizen, “and while ma things in connection with the observance are a part of the same dear old story, there are many innovations which old timers do not enjoy. I have the greatest trouble to explain to my grandchildren the differ- isimas Is celebrated in the section, as com- pared with the y things were done fifty years ago, and even later. In my boyhood days we brought in Christmas by singing drigal other songs. § own houses \¢ i many times in times in pubi ouses, a the strets near to the houses of our friends. The boys of long times ago gen- erally gathered about 11 o'clock the n.zht stmas, and from then until t mas morning we made | y ure you, With our sing- before Chri early hours of Chri things lively. I “The boys generally kept in their own neighborhood. Of course, the Httle fellows ; j went to bed to dream of the coming of Santa Claus, and so it is of the boys of older years that I speak. In the era of which I speak firecrackers were very much in evidence. We rarely ever had fire- crackers on the Fourth of July. Every boy who could manage to get an old single barrel pistol (there were no others in those days) did so Christmas eve, and if he did not stay out all night popping away with it, he generally managed to stay up till midaignt, and welcomed Christmas with | ) as much noise as he could produce. It was the same way all through the south. The war seemed to change everything, and it certainly changed the custom in this par- ticular in this city, as any of the boys of fifty years ago will tell you.” ‘Some months since I related some ex- periences and opinions in regard to the defect in hearing of white cats,” observed man, “and as an evidence of fie ‘tion with the same. Nine- who have written on the that white eats are -ertained, however, | y statement | + those with me even one hair is not a white cat. The | the whol condi years ago P’ to buy some | purposes in of. Beli who | at white ¢ advert ht him. hree, th t his cat was | j them, however, to nearly all in- | hey were not hairs me rarely | hav t river,” | remember | with It got when to 1 in ion held local | x burned the Madison moved which in past demen it asa man t “ral as we t that time normously His incom ufacture of ¢ Mficer of exper Ameri 4 now I are about the can be bought h have long y have gradu- > do away with candies, except onsumption In ot yuntries, and in America in partieu- i © French people will not buy a con- f which is made of sugar alone. They dey more upon saying that sugar- ever, sold in Paris. would be made if it was de- people of Paris prefer some- Two weeks before Christmas I und I had to send to at least n so-called famou: ‘andy manu- ore I could buy any sugar- I could get hundreds of com- marshmallows, chocolates and that line. In Germany it is much andies. ions, gsi same ; not ee ou would not take me for a dead maa, " asked L. C. Bradley of Wor- cester, Mass., at the Raleigh. “But that is what I am, and yet no man on earth en- joys better health. My cards read, ‘L. C. Bradley, deceased." The reason is a sin- gular one. I was accused of nihilism in Russia and sentenced to Siberia, but es- — would you far ah far behind in the use of compressed air,” said C. ments have been successfully which persons have traveled twenty miles in eleven minutes in a pneumatic tube, and | 8e veral lines will soon be in operation in except as ing buildings. pressively. resources which were won for us by the Pilgrim fathers and George W: then before, a | | More rotation in office— more’n I hey jis ter rush in an’ something!” man. postmaster as well as storekeeper. ™m m orter know thet. git none. any new EARD EEN> caped and succeeded in reaching Alaska, where I went into the fur business for sev- eral years before being able to return to the United States. years I could not write and then I did not, and it was nine years before I reached my home in Boston. that my relations had secured the appoint- ment of an administrator, under the rule of law seven years raises a presumption of death, and my reached home I tried to overturn this pro- ceeding, me, and I wa as being alive. as deceased.” For the first three When I got there I found that an unexplained absence of property was divided. When I but the courts decided against S$ not allowed to assert myself Hence, I refer to myself * * eK OT “I don’t see why Americans should be so zd in so many things and yet so L. Mueller of Hamburg, Germany the Metropolitan. “In my city experi- made by 3ermany. The pneumatic cylinders in which the passengers are seated are fed with pure air, and no one has as yet felt any bad effects from being slid thus rapidly through space. miles of pneumatic tubes for transporting In London there are many parcels. and yet there are none in America, between different portions of With the United States leading, as it does, in railroads, I expected to sce t far in advance of us as to the use of compressed air, and was disappointed at pot learning anything new about it in this country.’ —_—_—_—_ OBLIGED TO CONTRADICT. An Opinion Founded on the Questions and Phrascology of the Day. He was a mild man, with chin whiskers. He stood pensively holding a buggy whip ike a stage super’s spear, and chewing a straw, while the man with the shiny Prince Albert coat discoursed on the defects of society in general and of this government's shortcomings in particular. tow are we using our magnificent birth- ight of freedom?” the orator queried im- “What nave we done with the ssade tee if shich | ORCe we were a nation of war ed circulation of The Star, which | soca ‘ready to fight for principle’ Now - remarks, I have heard from | jgok at us!’ he went on, in a crescendo of nearly every state in the | emotion. “Just look at u: And the farme sy “And what is the cause of it? The fail- ure to recognize the equality of men. The ng on to power, once It is at- s the difficulty. be surpris that,” replied ef there his wus auditor, a “It’s beyond question. What we want is “Boid up! You've studied this subject an’ it stands ter reason thet it. But I make he tendency ter * is whut we've gotter fight ter me thet nowadays the orter kn ust thing a man does when he gits wheels git try ter —_>. A FATH The Old Gent bu on. There was t ent in his voi e tremolo of he remarke y to add to a somewhat tion. 1 love, mean thou lovest, he em too bad to see you starting * the old gentieman mused,“with culties that has always surrounded But you might as well com- % to learn that them words another cause two-thirds of the botheration that occurs in this lif “Ph can I quit school, then? x You couldn't as well go right r with them as rnin’ ’em ain't half the worry that handlin’ ‘em isvafter y now “em. Cheer up, Johnny, and remem- ber that mc of your trou! still ahead of you.” ————— WANTED STAMPS. ‘The Country Merchant Knew How to Keep Up His Stock. “I obtained a peculiar order from a Ken- tucky storekeeper,” said a cigar sale: “I left the railroad to work some interior towns and stopped at the country stores en route. At one cf these places 1 found a man whom the commercial age: ies gave a good rating and who acted as I hand- him my card and he said: “Thar ain't but one thing yo’ kin sell “What is that” I inquired. ‘Yo’ kin sell me ‘bout. $0 wuth o° amps, envelopes an’ postal kyards.’ “Why, you can get them from the gov- ernment. No, I kain’t. Yo" see, they won't credit I hev ter sell stamps an’ put ‘em on people's bills, but th’ government won't let me hey none ‘thout sendin’ th’ money. “Taint right, 0° cose, fer I'm good, they But I hain’t got a stamp nor a kyard in th’ office an’ no way ter Vil hev ter buy “em somewhars.’ coming convinced of the man's I sold him a line of stamps, mped envelopes and postal cards, to be shipped with a bill of cigar: pe eee A KANSAS SCHEME. “After solvency, A Cat and Rat Business That Nears Perpetual Motion. “So they have discovered perpetual mo- tion out in your state, Colonel Blue,” said Major Pickler to the representative-at- large from Kansas, as they took seats in the House restaurant for an oyster feast. “They have discovered all the other crankisms out there, so I am prepared for legations. Elucidate!” replied the colonel, sententiously. “Why, a man from Kansas has just been telling me that a firm composed of mon- d men has bought a lot of land in Kan- sas, and will stock it with 1,000 black cats and 5,000 rats. It is estimated that the ts will increase to 15,000 in a year or two, and black cat skins are worth $1. The rats, he says, will multiply five times as fast as the cats. The rats will be used to feed the cats, and the skinned cats to feed the rats, and if that isn’t mighty near per- petual motion, I don’t know what is.” An eye for color.—Life, , THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1897-24 PAGES, WHY HE DON'T PLAY POKER “There's a great deal of amusement to be had from a pack of cards,” remarked the member of congress who represents a con- stituency in the southwest. “It’s wonder- ful to think of the amount of entertainment @ man can get out of those pieves of paste- board, if he knows how. Do you know what I do when I feel as if I'd like a little relief from the monotoriy of life?’ “I couldn't say exactly,” The -Star man replied; “‘but I think I could make a very elcse guess.” “And I'l bet a hundred dollars to twenty- five that you'd guess wrong. You'd say that I find a few acquaintances and sit in at a quiet game of poker.” “Isn't that right?” “No, sir; not in Washington. Out where I live I can count chips, winner or loser, as fest as any man in the township. But here I pass out before the game starts. What I play is solitaire. I let the tide of fortune ebb and flow for others, while I sit off in a corner and do my best to get all the cards of one suit out of the middle piles onto ‘the corners. It ain't much of an am- bition in life; but it's better than taking any such chances as I understand you run against in this community when legislation is active.” “Why, they play poker here just the same as they do anywhere else.” “No, they don’t. I've heard about it. Ore of the biggest men in this outfit insists cn playing straights around the corner. He says that ‘queen, king, ace, deuce and tray’ constitute just as good a straight as he wants to see, and that when you're able to bring it to bear, it’s as much in order as a motion to adjourn.” “I've heatd of that. But it’s a small de- tail that you could soon master.” “I dcn’t want to learn any variations. As soon as they get to ringing in mongrel hands on me I quit. A burnt child avoids the fire, and I'll never fool with any game that I've got to learn as I go along. I did it once. The young man that gave me my experience was from the east. He started in to play straights around the corner, and he seemed so hurt and surprised when I said I wasn’t used to 'em that I let him go aheae and have his own way. I liked to listen to him talk, anyhow, for he was mighty good company. He secmed to know so much about everything else that I didn’t hesitate to give him credit for being right up to date on poker, and I figured it out that living sort of sccluded-like as I had a few fine points might have escaped me. Every once in a while he'd work off a new combination on me. He was getting along first-class and I wasn't doing much of any- thing except buying chips of the bank. But he lost a good thing and made me skeptical for life by playing his luck too fine. He might have been collecting reve- nue from me yet if he hadn't insisted on beating my full hand with his high, low, jack, big casino and one for his nobs. It may have been all right according to his theory of the game, but to this day I can’t help having my suspicions. ——— SOUTH CAROLINA. IN lis Marriage Laws One of the Things the State is Noted For. “South Carolina is noted for more things than the possession of Ben Tillman and a ispensary law which allows no cocktails,” zen of that state to a number of listeners , including a Star reporter. ‘‘No divorce can be obtained in the state for any It is the only state in the Union which doesn’t grant divorces. I have known many instances of couples going there from far-off states to get married, because they said they never wanted to be parted. A peculiar case was settled by the eme court a few weeks ago. Two years © a man named Pepper courted a Mis: Sailie Shearer. Pepper declined to marry the girl when he was pressed to do. so. About this time, however, the brothers of » young woman took a hand. They put ral bullets in Pepper, and would have put more into him had he not agreed to marry the sister. The ceremony was duly ormed by a legal officer. Immediately r the ceremony the two separated, and never lived toget Pepper remained in the and his wife went to Texas, where sui now she lives. Pep, was not with the the marriage ceremony brought about, and sought legal reme jease him from his bonds, ciaiming that he never ef his own free will and con- it married the woman. He further was never legally he ver lived cireuit judge decided Pepper and heid that he had no diction in t ce, Pepper's wife be- ing in 1 and refusing to submit to the jurisd uth Carolina court. The supreme court sustained the lower court. “The laws of South Carolina do not recognize the age of a divorced wo- nas a legal riage, and she has no rights to the pre of her hus when 2 dies. A case tiled Be- settled many s re- a couple either one of which a divorce in some other ert of that kind wa: by the supreme court two yea fore this was “d to marry obtained > -— AN ACCOMMODATING TENANT. He Could Get Children if They Would Reduce the Rent. He was from the country and was look- ing at a flat in the upper part of the city. The janitor eyed him a little suspiciously, for it was evident that the clothes he wore had not bggn the product of a fashionable tailoring establishment, but the country- man did not realize that he was beiag utiniz “First time I’ve ever lived in the city,” he exvlained confidentially. “Of course [I've been here, but never to stay all night. Now, I've got a job in a big store, I used to always clerk at home, and a drummer found me a job in Washington. “It’s a good place, and I want to iive as well as any of them. Show me a good flat.” The janitor conducted him to the cheap- est one in the building, and the young man thought it would sujt him. When he heard the price his face looked troubled, and when the janitor asked, “Have you any children?” he looked even more du- hbious as he replied in an apologetic tone. “No. Yeu sce P’ve only been married a week. Children do brighten up a house, and I guess my sister would let a couple of hers stay with us, if it would make the rent any less."’ st ae ae GENUINE HOSPITALITY. An Actor's Experience in the Wild g and Woolly West. “Talk about hospitality,” remarked a broken-down actor yesterday, “the place to find it is in the far west. The last time I was out there we were playing Uncle Tom’s Cabin, with a real mule. We played to fair business, and paid our bills until we reach- ed Red Bluff. There the owner of the opera house had a piano for an orchestra, and it stood just pelow the stage. When the mule came on some one in the audience got funny, and, throwing a lariat around the reck of the animal, pulled him off the stage. The mule and the piano got mixed up, which ruined the orchestra, and when he got away from the piano the mule kick- ed down one of the boxes before he walked through one of the seats to where the fellow with the lariat wanted him. I had a mouth organ, with which I went on with the orchestral accompaniment, and we closed the play with the fellow that cap- tured the mule riding him around the opera house. “The manager of the theater claimed damages, captured all of the box receipts and we could not get out of town. Of course, we expected to walk, but I'll be blamed if the landlord didn’t pack us all with our baggage in a box car, give us plenty of lunch and send us clear to Vir- ginia City without our paying acent. The most hospitable fellow I ever saw.’” gaeianab Sear Where They May Meet. Of the fifty-seven committees of the House of Representatives some are hard working, industrious committees, and oth= ers do not have so much labor to perform. A gentleman who was interested in a cer- tain committee of the latter class inquired of the clerk whether the committee had met. “No, sir,” replied the clerk, and this an- sver was made to each succeeding in- quiry day after day. At length the gentle- man efter repented visits asked: “When do you think the committee will meet?” “Well,” said the clerk, after some thought, “if the members of the commit- tee are good men—I don’t know them—if the members of the committee are good men, and lead an upright, virtuous life, they may meet in heaven, will never meet here.” THE HIGH THEATER HAT. A Young Woman Discovered Who is to Blame for Women Weariag High Hats to the Theater. She was a tawny-haited girl, rather old- ish, with dark eyes. She was talking with the emphasis characferistic of young wo- men of that type, and she was interesting her auditors, who had evidently been mak- ing remarks. xk “It’s all right,” sid snapped, “for the men and the newspapers, which is the same thing, to talk ahout women wearing high hats‘to the theaters, but the women are not entirely to blame for it. Of course, they oughtn’t to do it and I would Hke to see only bareheaded women in the theaters, as. we see bareheaded:men, but I don’t think- it is quite fair to put the burden of the offense on the women.’ “Adam began it,” suggested a listener. “Eve never wore a bonnet,” bantered an- other. = “I understand,” continued the young wo- man; “but that Is neither here nor there. The women wear high hats to the theater, and they are censured and slandered be- cause they do not stop it. Now, I say they are not wholly to blame.” “Who is?” asked a young man in eye- Blasses. > “Listen,” the girl went on. “Within the last two months I have been to nearly every theater ia New York looking up this very thing. I have counted the audiences carefully, and I have calculated that in each audience each night there are 250 women in high hats, hats that ought to be chopped down with an ax; 100 with hais tco high, and the balance in low hats or none at all. Taking the 350 as the ones we are talking about, I found that 90 per cent of them were accompanied by men. . Pos- sibly each woman wasn’t so fortunate as tc have a whole man all to herself, but that percentage of the women had men to look after them in squads of more or less pro- portions. “Now I contend that those men were to blame for letting those women go to the theaters with high hats on, if the men are really, as they say, so much against these hats. When the men saw the hats the ladies were going to wear it would have ‘been a very easy thing for them to suggest a lower hat, or none at all, and the women would no doubt have been willing to defer that much to their escort’s wishes. If they hadn't, and showed a disposition to be stub- born, the men could have shown that they were consistent in their opposition to the high hats by refusing to go to the theater with them. Under the circumstances, the woman is the guest of the man, and a guest must defer to the host to some ex- tent. The host has a right to make a just demzend, and this would be one. “Let the men teke the proper position in this matter, and the high hat will disap- pear forever. All they will have to do will be to respectfully but firmly decline to ac- company a lady to the theater either as host or guest, and, my word for it, the women will be ouick enough to see the po- sition they occupy, and will get away from it in a hurry. know what I am talk- ing about, and I know that many ‘of them have said when I have talked to them about it. They know better than to wear such hats, but as long as the men will permit it they will wear them, though for my part I think a woman is never pret- eer than when she has her hat or bonnet off." After which the girl became quiet, and four men in the party looked at each other, and walked out without saying a word. > WAS ENLIGHTENED. And No Longer Believed in the Su- perstitions, of His People. A colored gentlémati, who occupies the proud position of finitor in a public build- ing, has as his guest an uncle, who is a Baptist minister in a Georgia town. “Uncle Mose,” said the nephew, “de rea- son why I hab done got to de top ob de wurl is dat 1 don talk no stock in dem foolishness dat I used’ ter hab down in orgy. Now all ‘dem signs an’ supersti- tionistic notions am done gone.” “I dunno, Dave,” said the reverend uncle. “I hope yo' aint done los’ none ob yo’ ‘ligion, while’ disquisitioning wid de white folks. Ob co'se, I don belebe in no signs dat ain’ ‘cordin’ ter Scriptur, but dey is sumptin ‘bout dem. Now, dar am de lef’ hin’ foot ob de grabe ya'd rabbit.” “I didn’ mean no sich ting as da ”” interrupted the nephew m signs an’ superstitions. Ob co'se, de foot ob de grabe ya'd rabbit brings . Eberybody knows dat, but dat ai ign, laik if a dawg crosses ” path some one gwine do yo’ wrong or nything dat ebery man knows am so. #lad ter heah yo’ say dat, Dave. I was ‘fraid yo" got ter be one o' dem ag- nostics,” replied the unc —_ He Was There Once. The other day one of the Illinois ladies whose husband is drawing salary as a rep- resentative from that state in Congress, Was assirting to do the honors at a tea, ani a quiet representative, who represents a scuthern constituency, wandered in and fell into the Illinois woman's hospitable hands. She tried to do the agreeable, but the gentleman was rather unapproachable. Finally, over an infinitesimal cup of tea and a “biscuit,” they got to talking of Chicago. “It is the most wonderful city in the world,” declared the lady. “Were you ever there?” “Um—er—well, yes, ol: tating reply. “Ch, how delightful!” she responded ani- matedly. “Didn't you like it? Do tell me how it impressed you.” “Well, to tell the truth,” he replied, in his scft southern drawl, “it didn’t please me very well. I was urgently forced to go on business that could not be deferred. I was very closely confined while there, and when it was concluded I was so glad to get away that I saw but little of the city “Oh, that is too bad!” she returned feel- ingly. “How long ago was it, and where Gid_you stop?” “Tt was in 1863, and I was a prisoner in Camp Douglas, with a fence so high about it that I couldn't see ove! Then she changed the subject. —_—_——__ Immigrants From Iceland. From the Toronto Mail. Permanent Icelandic citizens think that there should be a large immigration to Manitoba from Iceland in the spring. The results of the season on the island have been so unfortunate that those who suf- fered will be naturally anxious to get\.way if they have the means. In the southwest the fishery, which 1s one of the chief in- dustries, has been almost a complete fail- ure. The stock-raising industry has re- ceived an almost knock-down blow in the new act which compels the slaughtering of sheep and cattle at British ports. Up to this time Iceland has been one of the fa- vored nations, and has raised large num- bers of cattle and sheep for the scratch feeders to prepare: for market. Neither sheep nor cattle can be properly prepared for British markets in:I¢eland, and thus the scheduling oftheir cattle affects them much worse thansit aloes Canadian stock- men. Another unfortunate affair was the serles of terrible earthquakes which did so much damage rin. the island. As many people in Icelandchave relatives in Mani- toba who are doing well, it is only natural to suppose that Bt ttiis time they would turn their eyes towards the new land. , Uncle mean E e,”’ was the hesi- A Cai From Harper's Bazar. “Doctor, something is the matter with me. Sometimes my mind is @ perfect blank, and my memory constantly fails me. I wish you would treat me.” “I will, but in view of the peculiar nature of your case I shall want my fee in ad- vance,’ UNDER THE MISTLETOE The young woman's small brother looked with palpable disfavor’on the bunch of mis- tletoe which hung from the chandelier. He had not liked it from the first, and he had assistea with the greatest reluctance in securing it in its lofty place. Only the knowledge that much depended on his be- havior at Christmas time had caused him to even tolerate the sprig of vegetation, whose sentimental signiiicance Irritated him. As the memories of Christmas pres- ents and the obligations of decorum on his part faded into the past, he grew more and more inclined to be demonstrative in his aversion. A sneer curled his lip as he slid behind the sofa to watch the young man who was calling on his sister. “Why, Mr. Wibbies!” she exclaimed, “I'm 80 glad to see you.” ‘Thank you,” replied the young man. “And, er—by the way—do you notice where you are standing?” She looked overhead and then said non- chalantly, but with a sigh: “Ah, yes. That mistietoe has been there almost a week. Nobody seems to pay any attention to the old customs any more. But it does seem rather humiliating for a girl to have a mistletoe bough in the parlor for so long a time and not be kissed once, doesn’t it.” So sincere, apparently, was her belief that the old custom had been aban-loned, that she did not take the trouble to change her position, and as she spoke a look of resolve spread over Mr. Wibbles’ features. There was a puny struggle followed by two attenuated screams. z “There,” safd he, dashingly, ‘you can't say now that you have not been kissed under the mistletoe.” “No,” she answered in confusion; “thanks to your impudence; I have been J:issed rot once, but twice.” “Bis,” said her brother, rising up behind the sofa, “did you say ‘twice? “Yes, you hor8id creature, I “twice?” “Well, it's a good thing.” “What's a good thing, Sammy?” inquired Mr. Wibbles with a nervous attempt at sang froid. “That that mistletoe doesn’t wear any bell punch.” said een AN IDEA FROM AFRICA. A Revolving Cupboard for Use Be- tween Kitchen and Dining Room. Yankee notions of convenience are not so ccnfined to Yankee-land that a description of a household contrivance from far-away Africa would fail to prove interesting to housewives. In a Morocco hotel, whose stone walls are very thick, there is a long dining room and a kitchen adjoining. With a direct communication between the two rooms, both odors and sounds -night pass disagree- ably between the two; this is, however, obviated by a revolving cupboard or dumb waiter placed between the two rooms. The wall is about 18 inches thick. By per- mitting the cupboard to project slightly into the room, a circle of two feet and a half or three ‘feet is secured. This is oc- cupied by a revolving drum or cylinder four feet high and divided into two shelves. There is an opening down one side only. When this is toward the kitchen the closed back of the cylinder faces the dining room, and, as it is made of highly polished ma- hogany, and the cupbeard opening is fin- ished at top and bottom with window cas- ing, the appearance is not at all bad. When the cook has placed the dishes for one course upon the two shelves of the drsm a touch of the finger whirls it noiseless about, and the waiter on the other side has onty to take the dishes off. OUTWITTED THEM. How a Detect Failed to Capture the Men He Was After. “What was the case that made the deep- est impression upon me?” was a well- known detective’s response to the query of 4 Star reporter. “Well, if I should tell it it would ruin my reputation, but I will give it to you upon the understanding that my name is not to be used. “A gang of horse thieves were working southern Indiana, and I was employed to ferret tem out. Taking two assistants, 1 started on the trail and finally succeed- ed in locating them in Brown county, which is, I believe, the only one in the state without a railroad. “We knew that the thieves had_ their headquarters somewhere between Colum- bus and Nashville, the latter being the county seat of Brown county, and with my men I scoured the county without success unt!l nightfall, when we took refuge in a cabin, the family being absent, and we ex- pected to explain our presence when the occupants returned. “In about an hour four men rode up, evidently much excited, the leader accost- ing me with: ‘We are from Columbus and understand you are looking for stolen horses. Three were taken from us last night, and we want to give you descrip- tions of then and join your party.’ At first I was somewhat suspicious and gave them no direct reply, inquiring instead: “Do you know whose cabin this is?” “Oh, yes; it is old-man Stewart's. They are in Columbus and will not be home to- night, but we are friends of his and know any man is welcome, especially on the mission we are. He has had four horses Stolen.’ “They entered the cabin and I soon lost all suspicion of them, taking descriptions of the horses they had lost and agreeing that they could remain with us the next da: awoke early in the morning, having occupied the lower room with my men, while the strangers had retired inwhe loft. I went to the log stable to see after our three horses and they were gone. Then I returned to the house and no trace could be found for some time of the strangers. Finally a rudely written note was discover- ed pinned to the door, saying that we were welcome to remain in the house until the following. day, when a stage would take us to Columbus; that they had moved and would not use the cabin any longer. That was the last tface I ever got of the thieves or the horses.” Se Barbers and the Fourth. “I hope there will be crisp, clear weather on the 4th of March,” said a city barber to a Star reporter. “Why?” he was asked. “Because the 4th of March, when in- auguration day comes, is always a big occasion for barbers, if the weather is good. We look forward to that day for months ahead. If the weather is good we make lots of money, and shave hundreds of people. When Cleveland was first inaugu- rated the weather was first-class, and I took in the cash right along. When Har- rison was inaugurated trade fell off, owing to the bad weather, and when Cleveland was inaugurated the last time we did hard- ly anything owing to the fearful weather. That was a mean day and nobody wanted to get shaved. They stood around in sa- loons and drank: I don’t see why the 4th of March was ever picked out for the in- augurations. The weather is nearly al- ways bad at that time of the year.” spies hes Peres She Was Courageous. From the Chicago Post. He looked deep into her soulful eyes. “Do you know,” he said slowly and im- pressively, “that scientists have decided that there is danger from poison in roses.” She looked fearlessly up into his face. “Tl risk it,” was all she said. ‘That was all that it was nec she should say. KEEP AN EYE ON KANSAS. What the Geographical Center Has Done, Can Do and Will Do. If you -want to mske the blood of a true Kansan boil just say to him that the sun- flower state has dropped back a peg in the march of civilization. Tom McNeal, an ex-state senator and humorist of more than state fame, is particularly jealous of the state's fair name. “You can jvst say to the jays who are poking fun at Kansas,” he said to a reporter of The Star, “that j whatever they may. think of her political couduct, whether they wear the sack cloth of the defeated or tnort with the exultant velce. of the victor, the unalterable fact remains that Kansas is still the geographi- cal center of the world—the linch pin of the universe. Even the fact that half the people of the world are at this time en- gaged in abusing or defending her sho: that she ts built to attract attention end invite contention. The ordinary common- place things of the world do not attract attention, only the little things of value invite contention. “Kansas will in the future, as she has in the past, overcome more difficulties, create more surprises and make more material ad- vancement in a given time than any other state in the Union. “Kansas is-the only state that ever zrew enough wheat in one season to furn bread for more than a week for ev man, woman and child on the face of globe, from crient to occident and Greenlanid’s icy mountains to India’s coral She is the only state that within four hovrs can furnish a climate suited to the taste of the ice man from Iceland, the Poie from Poland, the Hol from Holland or the trop‘cal savage from Borneo in his untrammeling suit of sun- shine. “Kansas is the only state that can mix in the commerce of every clime and where a hot wind will affect the markcts of Christendom. Withm the last ter years the state has raised sufficient corn to fat- ten enough cattle to drink up the waters of Lake Superior and enough hogs to fur- nish ham gravy sufficient to float the United States navy. She has enough nat- ural gas to supply the furnaces of civili- zation and enough salt to make pickling brine out of all the fresh waters of the globe. “Keep your eye on Kansas and don’t be discouraged. She will profit by the agri- cultural mistakes of the past and develop along the lines that nature intended.” ESS ss HER PRESENCE OF MIND. Convincing Evidence That She Had Kept Cool in an Emergency. Mr. Torkins is fortunate in having been able to educate his wife to an appreciation of the pleasures which he enjoys. An ardent devotee of the camera, he has in- spired her with the same artistic enthasi- asm which he feels when he has secured en especially beautiful or unique picture. “It is too bad for us to miss all the skat- ing,” he remarked. “We're not so old to deny ourselves one of the greatest en- joyments that the scason affords.” “I don’t know how to skate,” was thé answer. “But don’t let that make any difference to you.” shouldn't think of leaving you behin J,” he rejoined, gallantly. “It’s not a matte of any importance, and we'll say ro mor: about it” “That would make me feel ve aly Now, we can get to the pond before sunset. I'll dress m. and look on elf! warmly and go with y “That won't be very exhilarating sport for you.” “Oh, I shall be ever in watching you.’ “That's so. That'll b so much entertained Maybe I'll fall down for you. ure to amuse you.” = e went on, never heeding the I can take the camera with me e on the lookout for so new to photograph.” They t out, thing e pond, and there w one to warn him that he was ay spot of danger. There was a c a crash, and in a moment only a in the ice gave ev > of Mr s' whereabouts. Some men who heard him cry out he went dowa came hurrying to the re , and it was not long hefore he was at home. “[ must ” he remarked when beginning to feel comfortable once bat women haven't much presence he was more, his wife answered, hat you "t intend that remark to apply to m: “I certainly do.” “But what ground can you find for such ertion, Charley? This afternoo * is what I have erence t thought of getting a board and shoving it out to me or any of those things that you read about its being proper to d oin of ident. So far as I can remember you didn't even calt for help.” “Charley, I have always heard that men find fault when they are not well. I sup- pose I ought to make allowances, hut I can't help feeling hurt when you I lacked presence cf mind. If ther thing I did have it was that. I may no have done just what you expected. But —" and she gave an affectionate glance at the era on the mantelpiece, “i got a splendid snap-shot of you, just as you were going under the water. ——— COTILLON FAVORS, is any Uses to Which They Are Put by So- clety Girls. From Harper's Bazar, It is an interesting study to note the dif- erent uses to which the so-called New York society girl puts her cotillon favors. One girl always has something ready when she hears the little voice in the early morn- ing say through the crack of the door: “Sister, got anything for me? What did you get last night?” Another girl saves them all from year to year. Shé came out in society last winter, and one entire side of her bed room is covered with every con- ceivable favor, even to an enormous Japan- ese spider, tied by the neck with a narrow ribbon. This year she has had a rack made to hang her new ones on. The effect is very bright and pretty in her room. Then we hear of still another kind of a girl: This girl rips up almost all her favors, and makes good, practical use of nearly every one. She trims her summer hats with the artificial flowers and ribbons, makes collars and belts of some of them, uses the fans, and gives some away as presents; in fact, she asserts that going to a dance is great economy. The nicest one of all the girls who fs lucky enough tp get favors is the one who, without telling any one or letting any one see, will divide with some other girl at the dance who has not had sch a good time as herself, and in that way will help to send her home happy and contented. —___+e+___ A Clever Shopper. From the Cleveland Plaindealer. “Just to see that young fellow plunging through the solid crowd of shoppers! Who is the tall woman following so closely be- hind him?” “That's Mrs. Skaggs, and the young man is her nephew. She hires him to go shop- ping with her. He’s the half back in the college foot ball team. Whew! See him break thrcugh the line!” GET FLESH. GBT STRENGTH, VIGOR, CLEAR COMPLEXION AND GOOD DIGESTIOX, NoT BY PATENT MEDICINE, BUT IN NATURE'S OWN WAY. Any honest physician will tell you that there Is Wut one way to get increased flesin: all the patent Ncines and cod liver oils to the contrary not- sadiins, has but one way to increase flesh, strength or of =nind and boy, aid that la throng ch ty wholesome food, weil digested. ‘There is no reason or common sehee In any other method whatever. Veople are chin, run down, nervous, pale and shoky in thelr nerves simply because their stomachs are weak. They nay not think they have dyspepsia, } fact remains that they do not eat enongh food What they eat is mot quickly amd properly as it should | the reasoa ix because ad pepe h lacks, preparations which will do th! us Stuart's Dyapenst tx Dyspepsia ‘Tatar t fs to incrase + of the BO cents: fo) from found at or ai Mich. pack art Co ial, diseases inailed free. ON CHRISTMAS DAY. A Scene From Real Life Waxhington Stre. It was Christmas after: the little drama a lath street, a neat, cleanly-dr acccmpanied by his littie haps five, enterel the car. The little maid wes prettily by eaply dressed, and dear little dimpled face was as bright heath and happy childhood could make it. She carried in her hands a six-inea doil, gorgeous!y dressed in pink lawn a macted ina Car. the sc car. ot ect At 7th 1 workingman, jaughter of per- on, as cheap tinsel, a toy that rever cost mo! than fifteen cents, and in the other hi @cmall white net bag of candy. At Lith street a woman entered the car—at least something that had been a woman, and t her heels followed a dirty unkempt hild of six or eight, whese ragged skirts The was re down a’ woman was olent of went to wled up on nd instantly told that she was a girl a wreck, and her breath bad liaucr. Si sat p. The child of po the seat by the little m the doll attracted her it longingly a mome her dirty no man na irink of y ping w Claus» dim,” replied street smile, as he tex. sh: derly wl, hiding it under said half to Angel fur her.” man smil 1 closer to h man slept in bag of candy ANOTHER Z60 ATTRAC | Catef Joseph “ton Genuine Meine Indian Wigwam. To perpetuate a relic of habitations of the aborigines the au wigwam homas, ed will e ical P seph,” a dian, ‘tan Indian Jos. fall-bloc at the er Passamaqu who is a well-known Ind and hunter of nort Work on the wigwam o i the mate consist of pir birch bark, spruce roots, etc.. ar woat the Zoo. In building the wigwam nails will be used, and only the material used by the Indian before civilization came to him, Fach pole is numbered with an Indian no d vo fit: nicely ether and lied with roots. The birch bark as leather and when sewed t orm kes a warm water-tight covering for the roof and sides that for comfort puts an ordi- nary Canvas-covered tent completely in the shade. The wigwam w about fifteen feet in diameter and the pole on which ‘t is built of about the same length Mr. Thomas was employed last s: by Major J. W. Powell and Professor Ct ing of the bureau of ethnology wher were spending the summer, at Brooklin, Me., to gather m: f for the wigwam to be erected here, which Was temporarily set up near Major Pow- ell’s cottage. Ali the material and a large num! Indian relics and utensils, such as w used by the American Indian before the white man came to this country, consisting of stone and wooden dishes and crude wea- pons, which will be placed iu the hut when finished, were found along the seashore of Brooklin, Me.. and on the neighboring islands in Eggemoggin Reach Mr Thomas has a contract of $6,000 from the French government to construct a sim- ilar yigwam at Paris for exhibition @ the exposition of 1300. Ethnologists in Maine. Last summer while Major Powell and Prof. Cushing were conducting their re- search for Indian relics on Torry’s Island they exhumed an Indian skeleton in fair preservation, which is a rare occurrence nowadays. It was uried in a sitting posi- tion, and the date of burial was scientifi- cally fixed at about 700 years ago. Major Powell while in Maine consented to give one of his interesting lectures of “The Ex- ploration of the Colorado River.” Two other Washington gentlemen, Prof. Cushing and Rev. W, E. Parson, gave a lecture to the people of Brooklin, and quite a sum of money was realized for a free public li- brary for the little village, Mr. George R. Aller adding a check for $100 to nelp the cause. —_— Exalting Her Idea of Him. From the Chicago Times-Herald. A State street jeweler was conversing with a friend the other day when a large, stylishly dressed woman and her daughter, of about nineteen years, dropped in and wanted to look at some diamonds. The jeweler displayed a trayful of glit- tering gems and the elderly caller said: “I want to get a stone to match this one. It is for a Christmas present for my other daughter, and I want to surprise the dear gg eae she slipped off a solitaire ring which the younger caller wore and handed it to the jewel acs Seach a of course, if you will give me a little time. It js a finer grade than we usually carry in stock. ““sWhat will one like that cost?” inquired the woman.