XL5H0P WHOSE DEATH IS UOURNXD BY THOUSANDS.
V T ai?iihol Kgrnni hotter- ' C 3 ' V
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Henry Codman Potter, bishop of the Episcopal diocese of New York,
Whose death is mourned by thousands, was born In Schenectady, N.Y. In
1888, and came from a family of famous churchmen. Ills father and an
Tincle were bishops before him, andlt was natural for him to follow In their
footsteps. It was not the original intention of his father to have him enter
the ministry. The elder Potter selected the life of a groceryman for his
on, and this was the first business in which he engaged after leaving school.
It was not to his liking, and he entered the Episcopal Seminary of Virginia
at Alexandria, from which he graduated in 1857 at the age of ,22, when he
was ordained a deacon. Bishop Potter was well known as an educator. His
Influence in secular affairs extended far beyond tho pale of the church.
As bishop his influence in broadening the human sympathies of church
work throughout the diocese and in bringing it into touch with the social
movements of a complex civilization was incalculable-, and he always accom
plished his ends without weakening the church's tenets or compromising its
historic and llturglc integrity, of which he was a staunch upholder. Cul
tured, suave, a prince at dinner, he was yet, whenever occasion required, a
rugged defender of his faith, and his unwavering faith was that of his church.
The bishop was married twice. Ills second' wife and several children by his
first marriage survive him.
The meteor trains studied by Trof
Trowbridge of Columbia University, are
the luminous streaks often seen in the
Wake of shooting stars, and they may
continue many minutes, or even an
hour or more They drift slowly and
become distorted, as if by air currents.
JThey seem to be self-luminous, and may
sometimes be seen in daytime. They
somewhat resemble the after-glow on
turning off the surrent from vacuum
tube electrodes. The glow Is greenish-1
yellow, diffuses 100 yards a minute, and
la most striking at a pressure calcu
lated to be that of the atmospphere at
ft height of fifty-five miles.
Now that the season of thumler
Btorms is here, this long-debated sub
ject assumes fresh Interest. It has
fceen redlscussed by Dr. A. W. Bortn
!Wlck, In "Notes from the Royal Botanic
Garden of Edinburgh," who concludes
that no tree la Immune, and that light
ning will strike one species quite as
feadlly as another. In opposition to
the popular belief that "It Is quite safe
to stand upder a beech, while tho dan
ger under a resinous tree or an oak is,
! respectively, 15 or 50 times as great."
Doctor Borthwick says that the beech
Is struck quite as frequently as any
other tree. Apparently the taller
trees in any neighborhood are the ones
most liable to be struck.
Recent study of the Hottentot
tribes in Southwestern Africa leads to
the interesting suggestion that the
Tlnshmiin tvne of necro once ranged
from Central and Western Europe,
across the Mediterranean, ana down
the east coast of Africa, to the lands
wlipre these people are now found.
rrhts is based upou tbe superficial re
semblance in features between some of
the Bushman and Hottentot types and
some of the peasant population of parts
of Central Europe, eastern France and
some parts of Ireland. Sir IL H. John
ston remarks that the Bushman tribes
are scarcely In an age of stone, but
rather In an age of boue, wood and
kins. Their arrow heads are usually
made of bone. Wood, leather, gourds
and thorns are the materials from
Which utensils and ornaments are com
monly made.
If the use of the various moans of
communication Is to be considered as a
measure of civilization, this country
certainly appears to an advantage when
comnared with Europe. The Inst He
mes obtainable are for the year ending
January 1, 1!K5. Of Utters and ihs
tal cards, each 1,000 persons sent 0,719,
as compared to 2'.,r..t for Europe. In
the matter of telegrams rucn 1,0(10
Americans sent l.OfK) messages for
fvpr 731 trniiRinlttp.'l hv KiimnennM.
But it is in the matter of telephonic
messages that the Inhabitants of the
XFnlted States Tar surpassed those of
tbe Old World. While each l.fXtO of
population in the old country sent 7,304
messages by the telephone, eaeh 1,000
Americans sent 44,344, or more than
six times as many.
Any Invention or discovery promising
added luituunitv from the tnrrlhU sr.
plosions that occur In deep mines Is
always received wun sympathetic In
tereat. Itecentlv. Mona. J. Thnvert m.
ported to the French Academy of
'
Sciences the results of experiments
made to determine the possibility of re
ducing the heat evolved by nltro-ex
plosives to such a degree as to prevent
the combustion of the carboa mouoxld
abounding in the air of many mines. It
was found that the addition of alkaline
salts had this most desirable effect.
The detonation of the explosives thus
treated was not accompanied by In
flammation of the surrounding atmos
pherlcgases.
LOSES PRESENCE OP MIND.
Gorst, Though Foremiranl. Poll
Hoatesa In a Predicament.
An amusing anecdote was told by a
young matron the other day apropos of
absent-minded persons. She had been
married only a short time and was glv
ing a luncheon to some of her mother's
friends. She was particularly anxious
to have everything go off well, that her
reputation as a housekeeper might he
established. The little menu was mads
out after much consultation with the
new French cook. She had trimmed
the table with her own hands and all
was In charming readiness, when at the
eleventh hour an old school friend ar
rived from out of town and. asked if
she could stay for luncheon. It was
most inconvenient, but the warm
hearted brllle welcomed her.
"Stay, by all-means, dear Amy," she
said. "But there ,1s one condition.
Please do not take any chaudfrold.
There was not enough chicken and the
cook has only Just told mo. These
French people are so economical. But,
after all, If you and I both say 'No' to
them, they are sure to go around.
Don't forcet. dear."
Amy promised faithfully and went
upstairs to prepare for the party. The
guests arrived pro.nptly and the lunch
eon began with un excellent melon for
each. The hosteus, having been warn
ed against too much food, especially ns
there was to lie bridge afterwards, had
cut out all the extras anil, limited 'it
dishes to the melons, a cheese snu"le
and the chniidfrolds. The last she re
fused when they came her way and
trembled at the Finn 1 1 uimuint on the
dish. There was not even any extra
aspic Jelly, but she reflected with re
lief that there would be Just enough
when Amy refused. Then, to lux, hor
ror, she saw her absent-minded friend
not only take one. hut two, upon her
plate. Tho waitress !i:id nut siilllclent
presence of mind to halve the remaind
er, so two women went without any.
"And I am sure." mMyd the narnto.-,
lu conclusion, "that they nil went home
hungry. Why, I h!i:sh even now when
I think of that luncheon." New Yolk
Tribune.
All In One.
"You've read hl.s novel. In it a love
story V
"Yes, It's intended to i.e. There's a
young naval oiliicr In it and a cud and
an idiotic chiiiii "
"But what's the hero like?"
"I'm telling yn. The hero Is all
three of them." Philadelphia Ledger.
Out of Ilia 1 rln l-uu.
"Do you love me well enough to
give up cigars?"
"Certainly. Besides, after we are
married I won't be able to afford any
thing but a pipe." Illinois State
Journal.
A k'lrl usually muKUes la such a
way that after she is married, th
neighbors say she did not marry the
ma a ef ber choice.
A REAL ROME
MlSSKJtARY
The old time fairy
tale, which depicts
the stepmother as a
cruel ogre, has
warped and discol
ored the lives of hun
dreds of children. It
is directly responsible for the prejudice
even grown people feel for their father's
second wife.
"Cinderella" Is the most ropular and
widely kuown of the "stepmother"
stories. It has done Incalculable harm
by Implant ing false views In the child
mind, yet Its charms are so great It
will never be barred from he nursery.
Stepmothers are a muehmallgned
race. It Is too much to expect twery
stepmother to be an anRel. That would
be as ridiculous as to expect every mo
ther to be Ideal, every daughter sweet
and unselfish and devoted to her par
ents. No matter how harsh and cruel and
short-sighted a mother may be, she
never Incurs the public condemnation
meted out so generously to tho woman
who attempts to mother another wom
an's children.
Surely the most difficult vocation In
life is to be a wise, careful, strong
stepmother! Nothing but a great lova
could lead a woman to put herself In
such an anomalous position. She must
be wise to comprehend Instincts, and
emotions the child Itself does not un
derstand; careful not to Infringe lis
rights In the slightest degree; strong
enough to live her o n life and take her
own place In the household without
cringing to anyone, even the first wife's
relatives.
The mother who speaks disparagingly
of stepmothers liefore her children
makes a. great mistake. The children
for whom she would sacrifice life Itself
If necessary may come under a step
mother's rule at some future time.
Visits to "grandma's" frequently un
do all the patient stepmother has ac
complished toward winning tbe little
stepdaughter's affection. She returns
moody, disrespectful and Inclined to
pout. Heijo is where the stepmother, if
she be a woman of good Judgment, will
wield the "big stick" and forbid visits
to people who persist In poisoning the
child's mind. v
Of course, the neighbors will con
demn her, and all the dead mother's
family, to the distant third cousins,
will unite In forming an anvil chorus,
but they would do that In any case.
The woman who brings up a family
of children not her own, without rob
bing them of their father's affection or
real estate, and without causing im
manent estrangements, has accom
plished a life work of which she may
be proud. She need not fear the gos
sips. Such a stepmother Is a home mis
sionary In the fullest meaning of the
word. Cincinnati Post.
HOW MEXICAN DISHES ABE MADE
Chile Pepper and Garlic, Enter Large.
ly Into Old Spanish Heplpe.
In the preparation of nearly all
Mexican or Spanish1 dishes the chief
ingredient Is the indispensable chile
pepper, says the Denver Times. This
pepper cau be obtained at nearly all
large grocery stores. However, there
is a chllo powder preparation which Is
almost as gd as tho pepper, much
less difficult to use and not so expen
sive. The peppers are dried when
bought Before they can be used they
must bo boiled In water for ten min
utes. The skin and seeds then may
be easily removed, for only the Inside
pulp Is used. Mexicans flavor their
sauces and meats with-a garlic, but
an onion may be substituted when
there Is an objection to tbe garlic
llavor. Here are some of the most
noted ' Mexican dishes, with genuine
reeliHs for their preparation :
Prepare any fish suitable for baking
in the usual manner and stuff It with
potato dressing, seasoned -with a
small amount of garlic. When the fish
is nearly cooked, pour over it a sauce
made of two chits of chopped ripe to
matoes, a tablespoouful of butter, salt
to taste, aud the pulp of two chile
peppers.
Melt a tablespoon ful of butter In a
chafing dish. When well heated add n
tablespoonful of Mexican pepper pulp,
a half tablespoonful of mustard and
n little salt. To this add a half pound
of cheese cut In small pieces. When
the cheese Is melted stir In slowly
three or four tahlespoonfuls of milk,
and then add "tie beaten egg. Tbe
mixture should be stirred constantly
while cooking. ' When sufficiently
thickened, servo on (:nnll squares of
toasted bread.'
Heat a little olive oil In a frying
pan or chafinij dish. Chop fine the
(neat of two or three tomatoes and a
green pepper and season with a half
(ipoonful of suit and tho pulp of one
chile pepper. Place this In. the frying
pan or chafing dish and add two beat
en eggs; fry until the eggs are solid
and serve while hot.
Two pounds of raw" beef chopped
fine, one small onion or clove or garlic
chopped fine, two tomatoes strained,
tahlespoonful of chile powder or chile
pepper pulp. Fry the meat, tomatoes
and chopped onion tir garlic with two
tahlespoonfuls of suet until cooked
through. Then place In a stew ket
tle with about a quart of water and
boil one-half hour. To this may In
added a pint of Mexican beans which
have been soaked over idht and boil
ed very tender. Salt to taste. Mexi
cans do not cook the chile con carno
mill beans together, but serve them
usually In the same dish. American
cooks, however, cfok tho meat and
beans together for an hour. The chile
con nriie may lie thickened with a
little flour and water mixed if it seems
too thin when ready to serve.
Put a cupful of dried rice Into a
hot frying pan containing a table
spoonful of olive oil. Boast the rice
until well brown, but not scorched.
Add to this four or five finely chopped
tomatoes, a lltle salt and two table
spoonfuls of Mexican or chile pepper
pulp. Pour In a cupful of boiling wa
ter and let simmer until the rice is
oft
iAMBLE HI CHARMING CADI.
jaalat Street and lions el la
Artatoeratle Old Town oi Spala.
A walk through tbe streets of CadU
kteps one craning one's neck, says ths
Ban Francisco Chronicle. Tbe houses
are not very high four or five stories
but the streets are extremely narrow,
and it Is necessary to look straight up
In order to see the house fronts. The
lower story Is generally painted a dark
color brown, red or dull gray while
tbe upper stories are tinted white or
pale shades of pink, yellow, blue or
green. A very striking style of con
struction, one that Is decidedly pleasing
to the eye, is the gmnl use made of
glazed tiles. One house In particular
caught our fancy. Thv lower story was
painted a deep, dull red. ' The upper
stories were faced with palo yellow
tiles, the woodwork around all windows
being white. Balconies and bay win
dows Jut from every flwr of every
house. The streets look like narrow
canyons running through perpendicular
wails of balconies and bay windows.
In many cases lay windows are built
out Into the balconies, while In others
bay windows that reach the entire
height of a story are closely barred all
the way up. Along many streets these
bnlconies afford a very pretty sight, for
plant-loving residents have turned them
Into diminutive gardens and frequent
glimpses of red geraniums, purple bou
galnrllllers, roses of every color and
green vines supply a most pleasing
touch of color.
Along the principal shopping street,
Dubuque re Tetuan, are some handsome
buildings, most of Which are residences
of Squish 'aristocrats. In most cases
the ground floor has been transformed
Into shops, but In one Instance the eu
tlre house has been turned Into a Span
ish hotel. We went Into this hotel,
formerly the residence of a marquis,
but which has been greatly altered and
spoiled by its transformation. A curi
ous fact was that every liedrponi wo
saw opened Into n "patio" or court
yard, tho only air and light 'for tbe
rooms coming .from the court.
The better class of residences In
Cadiz are distinguishable by t'je nar
row square towers that rise to a consid
erable height above the flat roofs. These
towers are crowned by tiny glass
bouses, where members of the family
can enjoy a sun bath and at tbe same
time an unobstructed view of the city.
On a sunny day this view Is a bright
one, 'for Cadiz Is a very pretty sight,
and fully lives up to its name of "The
Pearl of Andalusia."
The total cost of the Suez caual was
$120,750,000.
There are more than 25,000 sailing
vessels of over'fifty tons on the oceans
at present. ) s
In the manufacture of cotton goods
Germany holds third place, belug ex
ceeded only by Great Britain and 4he
United States.
Under President Diaz the railroads
of Mexico have reached 19,000 miles,
and the government ' revenues have
grown from $15,000,000 to $115,000,000.
Out of a toal of 307,157 workers in
clothing factories, in Great Britain,
107,820 are women, the female tailors
numbering 40,072, to 13.9S4 men.
A single fruit company exported last
year 40,000,000 bunches of bananas to
Europe and the United States from
Central aud South America and
Jamaica.
The Plymouth (Eng.) Town Council
has 'decided to abandon the annual fes
tival of the "Fishyngo Feaste," which
has been carried ou for more than threo
centuries "to the pious memory of Sir
Francis Drake."
The Jewish Women's' Foreign Belief
Aygoclutiou of Los Angeles, Cal., has
opened a new settlement house. It I
named for Moses Mendelssohn, grand
father of the comiKiser. Mrs. Bertha
Illrsch Baruch Is president of the re
lief association aud one of the prims
movers in the work.
A seaside resort iu ths Hawke's bay
district of New Zealand Is called by
the charming Maori name Tamatauka
KiikaianguiaugaKoauau. nut this is
only an abbreviation. Tho full name
1b Tamatauwhatatalghlbangakoauaota
lienulrr.ranglkltanatahu. The trnnsla
tlon la: "The bill on which Tanenul
arangl (the husband of heaven) played
his Pute to his beloved."
That the stern of the Dreadnought is
hardly as satisfactory as could be de
sired Is no secret. The position of ths
two rudders Just aft of the two center
screws has already given some slight
trouble that has led to exaggerated re
ports of bad maneuvering qualities, but
the true difficulty lies not so much In
tbat as in the determination of the best
position for tho propellers in the newer
ships. It Is a. polut thut merits much
attention lu turbine vessels. Engineer,
Bobln Hood Is a traditionary English
outlaw and popular hero. He Is said to
have been born at Locksley, Nottlng-
hnmslvlre, about 1100. He lived In the
woods with his band, either for rea
soufl of his own or because he was re
ally outlawed, bis haunts being chiefly
Sherwood forest and Bamsdacl In
Yorkshire. lie Is also said to havs
been tho outlawed Earl of Hunting
d'Ui. According to tradition be was ex
travagant and adventurous and thougb
kind to he poor, robbed tbe rich.
iincn and Metllelue.
lu very early times women made up
medicines lu the couveutual Infirmaries.
The Abbess lllldegurde, who founded a
school for nurses at Uupertsburg, near
Blugen-on-the-Ublne, In the twelfth cen
tury, made u special study of tbe art of
healing, and Iniitructcd her nuns In ths
use of medlclaul plants, tho compound'
Ing of simples, aud the dispensing of
medicines, lllldegurde left ueblud her
tbe Jardln do Sante, a materia m edict
of the time, lu which are described the
principles accepted lu tbe middle ages
ooucerulng tbe properties of plants and
minerals as related to disease. Ths
Abbess was counted a great and learned
parson, was tho corresondent of popes
snd emperors, and after her death was
canonised. London Curoulcle.
swnsnnm.
f&Jpr'XSW I
Perhaps the most superstitious class
sf people in the United States are the
otherwise hard-headed, keen-witted
railroad men. They are fatalists by
circumstances of a life of constant dan
ger. Death Is a commonplace; aocj
dent and Injury all in the day's work
and line or duty. Contempt of death,
akin to that of the fanatic Mussulman,
but without the allurement of the
black-eyed hour! paradise. Is bred by
familiarity, tho never-ending risk of
life and limb, as told In tho grim sta
tistics of railroad fatalities. Mam-
bloody campaigns of great wars show
fewer casualties than the annual death
and accident report of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. This makes
life cheap and Its risk and sacrifice
for so much per diem an Incident. The
railroad map lives In an atmosphere of
the fatal chance and nervejeaslng un
certainty. Death tnay bo speeding to
ward him and arotin the curve ahead;
the next pounding of tbe massive driv
ers may strike a broken rail ; the
tower signal man makes his awful er
rors in an almost unvarying average;
the landslide wid the tampered switch
are entirely beyond prevision. And It
is this domlnancy of chance, of the im
provised, the unexpected, the unfore
seen, utterly battling human ingenuity,
that makes tho average railroad man
as suierstItloiisly fatalistic as a whirl
ing dervish or a warrior of the Mad
Mulluh.
This environment of tbe fatal
chance, emphasizing human futility and
powerlessness, creates h rich soil for
omen, charm and fetich, and few rail
road men can be found who are not In
oculated with the virus of protecting
superstition. Press them closely, and
seven out of ten will confess It lu a
half shamefaced, half defiant way.
.For Instance, it Is considered most
unlucky among engineers to take an
engine out for its first run Friday or
on that fatal day to put the finishing
toucnes to it In the. shop.
Trainmen, particularly lirakemen of
the old school, believe It is bad luck If
MOUNTED NURSES. . '
Thejr Mar Become a Ftar of tan
English Array.
Army nursing may be revolutionized
as the result of a course of training
Instituted at the North London Hiding
School, where the Islington Drill Brl
gado Girls' Yeomanry, twenty-five
strong. Is showing what mounted horses
could do In tbe field.
The innovation will be brought un
officially to the notice of tho British
military department at the next annual
show of the navy and army, and it K
believed the army medical corps will
give the Idea more than passing con
sideration. The work of the girls' bri
gade is a revelation to every army offi
cer who witnesses it.
They are trained to all the arts of
nursing heforo being advanced to the
brigade service. In this their work Is
to bld up the wounds of any soldier
found helpless in the field, hoist him
HUIISE AMI WOl NUKU SOI.IHKB.
upon their horses and ride with him to
the field hospital. All this they do lu
their regular drills with surprising pro
ticleiicy. x
Army olhVers are already discussing
the practicability of the plan. The
most reasonable object Ion urged Is the
question of ciu' alile lo mount nurses
where every available horse Is ueeded
for fighting and transport work. Most
of the officers admit that tho women
would be invaluable If they could be
equipped iiikI so maintained.
Admittedly It would be out of the
question to have such a mounted nurse
cerps In desert fighting, such us Eng
lish troops are frequently required to
engage In, but on European battlefields
there Is no reason why they could not
be used to distinct advantage.
The Islington brigade has been of
Iclally Invited to attend the next mili
tary tournament, and it Is by no means
Improbable that they may ultimately be
tbe nucleus dT similar corps throughout
the army.
1
IU:M .Mil ;f
JDME OF HUT BEUERT
rmMnr adhered to by
HIE MOn
IN
a woman Is the first to enter the train
at the beginning of the trip. They will
resort to ruse or diplomacy t avert
such an Invitation of accident They
will stop a woman with slew infulries
about her ticket or destination In erdsr
that a masculine foot will be the first
to ascend the steps. It is alse consid
ered bad luck for the train te permit
a cripple or n hunchback to enter first.
A one-armed man among passengeri
upon .a train is also viewed with sus
picion as an omen of accident
Sometimes a. careless fireman will let
the engine bell toll. Such an untoward
accident means that some member of
the engineer's family will soon die. Old
time engineers will not count the num
ber of cars in a train as It rounds a
curve. It Is considered bad luck.
As would naturally be expected from
the wide prevalence of the number 8
superstition, it occupies an Important
place among railroad men's omens. It
Is the firm conviction of almost all
railroad men that when ene man la
killed or Injured in railroad work two
other fatalities or accidents will follow
In rapid succession. It Is considered
uulucky, before two or three days have
elapsed, for a railroad man to take the
place of another who has been killed
lu an accident
Engineers see an omen of death upon
the trip If the headlight of their en
gine accidentally goes out as the en
gine Is leaving the roundhouse.
A left-handed engineer Is viewed as
a hoodoo by many trainmen. It is be
lieved his presence in the cab Invites
disaster, . and old-time firemen and
brakemen seek transfer te other trains
as soon as a left-handed engineer is put
on their run.
Trainmen dislike tbe presence of a
corpse in the baggage or express cars,
Just as sailors object te carrying a
corpse on board ship. But It Is consid
ered particularly threatening to load
the coffin on a train with the feet of
the dead person toward the engine. In
a recent wreck in North Carolina a
corpse was almost Incinerated and
many persons were killed. It Is the
firm belief of trainmen on the South
THE BF.KArS8A.yCB 07
COAST ABOUNDS IS FISH.
I'nrlOo Itrslon Will la Tlate Sneplr
hie Whale Coaalrr.
The extensive coast line of the terri
tory seems everywhere abundant with
halibut, which has become almost a
luxury In the East. There the fishing
Is done at great hazard and at long
distances from markets, while in Alas
ka tho fisherman leaves his home In
the morning and returns in the even
ing with tbe fruits of bis labor.
A little off tbe coast of Alaska and
lu many places among tbe numerous
islands along the shores there exists
great cod banks. These are little
known and while they are now fished
to some extent It might be said tbe in
dustry Is wholly in Its Infancy. When
we consider the enormons extent of
these banks as compared with those off
(he New England coast and the very
few fish now taken on them as com
pared with the large numbers taken on
tbe Atlantic It can readily be seen to
what an extent this fishery can also
lio expnTulcd. Here also the element of
safety Is greatly In favor of the In
dustry on the Pacific coast. At present
lu a small way, both halibut and cod
are shipped clear across the continent
to Boston and New York. With better
and cheaper facilities tbe markets of
the 1'nlted States will soon be openlug
up to the Pacific.
Tho salmon fishing Is now wholly
done for canning and in a small way
salted. The extent to which this part
f the Industry has grown Is more fa
miliar to the world tlufn any other.
During the last few years the fresh
Thh Industry has made Inroads even ou
the cannery supply aud mild cured sal
mon Is now being hipped all the way
to Germany for smoking. During the
last winter buyers from German
houses In Hamburg have appeared In
Alaska towns and eagerly taken all tho
product they could secure. This is but
a beginning, and development In time
lu the way of improved means of trans
portatloii will extend the shipping of
sulmon rresh "from the watera of
Alaska to all parts of the world. Pa
elflc Coast Monthly.
Plain.
Casey Are yes for agitation, Molkel
Dugan Faith, OI am! So long as
Olculand Is silent under her wrongs.
England will be deaf to her cries.
Boston Transcript i
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VPrA
COUEAGEOUsf
m
MEN AND
ern that the body was loaded In tha'
fste defying way.
But the railroad van is net alone
In his belief In omens and charms. The
passenger alse has a pet lot of superb
stittona that defy logic and the persuv
ton of common sense. The belief that
tbe wearing of a white newer or a white
ribbon protects travelers from accident
is fairly widespread. Some believe that;
burning coffee just before leering on i
Journey Is better than an accldut Vr
Icy, and In certain sections of the Sooth;
some very pteus people will not under
take a railroad trip without first tylnf
a copy ef the sixteenth psalm under th
left armpit Patting a wisp ef straw;
In the bottom of tbe trunk Is believed
net only to protect the baggage frox.
lees, but aleo Insure the safety of the
owner. Women sometimes pack thttf
stockings la the trunk In a mystic cir
cle, as a protection from accident
There la a superstition that It Is un
lucky to lock the trunk before it leave!
tbe house, and with more apparent rea
son, It Is particularly portentous if the
trunk lid falls upon, you while you are
packing.
It a traveler loses his hat out of
car wtndew there Is compensation in
the knowledge that It means good news'
from home. If a passenger happens to;
pass a derailed or wrecked locomotive.
ft is. the sign that he soon Is to come
Into pessessloa of hidden wealth. To
see a crow reeding on a carcass is an
other lucky omen for a traveler.
If dust blows Jn a person's eye while
en bis way to catch a train It Is a sign
ef accident on the trtp. It la consid
ered an ominous encounter for a persoa
hurrying to a train to meet a spectacle
wearing negro. It is also unlucky for
a traveler to cut his finger nails just
before starting on a Journey; disgrace
win overtake him, a ad if a traveler
leaves home In a carriage for the station
It Is simply Inviting disaster for his
family or friends to watch him out ef
sight To lssure the safe return of a
nervous traveler It la only necessary
to tie an Irish knot In his handker
chief, but If he loses the knotted piece
of linen he had better end his misery
by Immediate suicide.
Here is an Incantation which Pullman
conductors declare will Insure slumber
en a sleeping car te even chronic In
somulacs, If rapes ted several times with
the eyes focused on the tip of the nose:
"A sleeper Is that on which the;
sleeper which carries the sleeper runs;
therefore, while the sleeper sleeps In
the sleeper the sleeper carries the sleep-'
er over the sleeper Into the sleeper
which carries the sleeper, and jumps
off the sleeper by striking the sleeper
In the sleeper, and there la no sleeper
In the sleeper."
THE KNICXEBBOCKER.
JUSTUSES TO GO TO CX&CUS. i
Farmer Telle Way Excitement la
Toe Coetly (er film.
In riding along the highway I no-.
tlced that all the barns were covered
with circus pictures and by and by.
wnen I came along to where an old
farmer was cutting weeds outside his
gate, I asked :
"Well, uncle, I suppose you will go
to the circus next week?"
'I couldn't do It," be solemnly re
plied, accompanied by several shakes
of his bead.
"Are you afraid that tbe elephant
will break loose?"
"No. I'm afraid of myself."
"As te bew?"
"Last fall," he said, as he straight
ened up to lea a on the hoe handle. "I
went coonlag ene night In that corn
field over there. Tbe dog routed out
coon and the pesky varmint headed fot
a tree that stood where you see that
stump. I had just finished building
a (400 barn where you see that mess of
timbers and boards. The dog follered
the coon and I follered the dog. It was
a big, fat coon and bis pelt was wuth
all of 40 cents."
"I see," said I, as he made a long
pause. .
"I never knew that I was an ex
citable man before, but they say they
heard mo holler two miles away. I
meant to have that varmint. When he
treed I ran for the ax. The old wom
an came out and yelled at me, but I
chopped and whooped and whooped and
chopjied, and then the tree coma crash
In' down It smashed tho barn as flat
as a ctnor nail and the coon got away.
Am I goin' to the circus? Wall, I guess
not! I'm going to root up weeds and
hoe In the garden and he the quietest
maq In this hull state for the next year
to come!" Baltimore American.
He Would.
"Bonsevelt loves a man who has a
large family."
"The man who married the fat wo
man In the museum would be Just his
kind of people, wouldn't he?" Houston
Post
Perhapa a few mora people would try
to be good If they didn't bump late so
many others who overdo tbe thing.
Many men's goodness Is due to the
fact that they are not found out " ' '
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