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The Hotrfolk Ieuas
Now wait for Arbor tiny nnd plant n
troo and you hnvonl long to wait tho
SUml will soon 10 hens
A tour of Inspection somotlmcs
covers n multituclo of Idem whou usod
In connection with ft railroad ltom nml
high oDlcinls
A Syrncuso Now Yorlc man wns fined
1000 for hlifliiK girl on thi ohook
Problem Find what ft sinnoU on tlio
lips would bo worth nnd tho prlco per
peck
Tho Nebraska supremo court bus no
vnyof proving that It Is the rightful
liolr to tlio lato legislatures deadlock
nnd should bo onjolucd from using It
until titlo Is proven
Aguinnldo is now Inviting I1I1 fol
lowers to glvo up Ho doubtless recog
nises tho futility ns woll us nbsunllty of
fighting ngnlnst just whnt his people do
eiro freedom nnd opportunity
Up to this writing tho Kopublio for
ever Kniplro never soutimont rieeuia
to l iivo won out in tlio lout ciinpaigu
nnd yet disastrous was tho defeat of
those responsible for Its promulgation
If Agulnaldo should finally commond
tho courso of tlio republican administra
tion in the Philippines how quickly
would he Hud that his fusion frlouds in
tho states wore friends for political pur
poses only
O J Shumway of Hastings recently
Bold 83 hogs for which ho received fit I GO
That sum would almost buy an or
dinary farm It is to bo hoped for Mr
Kckofellors sake that farmer hasnt
an oyo on his capital
Nebraska editors who contemplate vis
iting tho Butlalo exposition should start
Boon as there aro likely to bo several
days soon when tho walking will bo bad
nuil delays are clangorous when tho db
tuuee ib considered
Tho curling iron is uow entitled to bo
classed as a death dealing instrument
A Minnesota milliuer in preparing her
Easter toilet caught her hair on tiro and
was burned to death nnd her establish
ment was destroyed
The Sioux City Tribuuo and Journal
nro engaged in a controversy that might
Ik expected from tho Bee and World
Herald of Omnhn or a couple of country
publications but seems to be out of place
in tho Sioux City papers
Tlio duel between two Oklahoma wo
men at 20 paces with pistols is uovol in
that women were tho participants but
it is in nowiso different from tho French
articlo in that neither of tho combat
ants were seriously wounded
Bixby of the State Journal is another
who does not understand or appreciate
clatsicul music He says To tho un
educated ear tome parts of VoguerV
Tannbnuser could bo improved by run
ning it through a clothes wringer
It is stated that a large amount of hu
man hair nnd wigs aro imported from
Germany Now if that country refusos
to receive our pork why not exclude its
hair Enough is grown here to make
the butter appear genuine anyway
There is a movement ou foot to oust
bridge whist as a social recreation iu
New York but an exchange is of the
opinion that it will come to naught be
cause no one can be found who will
take tho contract for moving tho bridge
It is said thnt not for two thousand
years has Easter falleu on April 7 Any
way we do not remember of auother
time Fremont Tribune Wo do or at
least our almanac remembers such a
time no further back than tho spring of
1833
Agninaldo has sigued a peace mani
festo to his followers and much toward
Bottling the dispute is expected from it
If ho has not lost his iutluonco by taking
up ith tho Americans au early termi
nation of the Philippine troubles may bo
looked for
Prospects for n lnrgo crop of applos
peaches pears and all entailer fruit in
Illinois are said to bo excellent People
of tho prairie states will hopo that tho
forecast is correct and that much of it
will seek n market west at a reasonable
prico
A republican has been olected mayor
of Denver and his uamo is Wright It
takes Denver somo timo to get Wright
after goiug wrong on tho free silver pro
position for several years but now that
the reform is accomplished it will
probably stick
If there is an nppoiumout either fed
eral or stnte that no ouo else wants a
candidate for tho position cau probably
he found iu Omaha That city appears
to havo an abundance of material for all
desirable appointments and will prob
ably undertake to see that uono go
Ilanchmeu about Ohadroii aro borrow
ing trouble They fear a raid of grass
hoppers during the coming summer that
will be disastrous to the ranges Many
people are of the opinion thatthoro isnt
enough grass in tho vicinity of Ohndron
to feed a grasshopper much loss to
furnish oanso for worry
A Hobokon N J firm Is said to have
cornorod tho peanut market nnd tho
olrcus packages this sunimor aro qultn
llkoly to show an additional shrinkage
Tht Is worso than thocrlmo of 71 nnd
soiiio champion of tho common peoplos
rights should at onco ralso his volco in
protest
A Khodo Island young lady nged 10
married nn baby boy tho
roromony being necessary to save an es
tate valuod at SO000 loft by tho brides
grandfather Tho brido has tho ad
vantage of other wives in that sho can
take her husband aoross her knee and
spank him if liodocsut behave
Tho rubber nock has got into court
and a learned opinion hns been handed
down by a Toledo judgo regarding tho
expression Ho thinks that tho uso of
tho term is suflicieut provocation to
justify tho administration of a scuud
boating An exchango thinks this is
stretching a point but that perhapi the
necks can stand it
The amount of building under wny
and contemplated in Norfolk this sea
son is nil oncoiiraRlng outlook for
builders and nn ovidouce that tho spirit
of investment and improvement is
greater than any year siuco tho boom
was on Republicans aro likowiso in
clined to cousider It an ovideuco of
McKiuloy prosperity
Tho dry men of Kansas nro dosperato
and propose to wet their throats at all
hazards At Coffoy villa they wore not
satistled with tho beverage tho unmo
implies and broko into tho city jail
stealing sovoral gallons of whiskey
thnt was stored iu an inner cell nnd that
had boon taken from a joint Two locks
were brokou in tho raid
With Govomor Dietrich as guardian
of the public monies the appropriations
of tho lato legislature wore more than
1100000 below what tho legislature of
two years ago did in that lino Tho
fusionists will certainly bo void of cam
paign ninterinl regarding republican ex
travagances and taxpayers will not bo
given much room for kicking
Sioux City is congratulating itself
thnt it will havo n rato making rail
way this sunimor It is said that tho
Chicago Great Western is certain to
build to that place this summer It is
also asserted that tho samo road will
build to Omaha Whether this will af
feot tho rates west of tho Missouri is not
stated and tho two chief cities probably
care not
George Brottoll an old timer of Lead
S D who died recently left his sou 10
per mouth for live years nnd nt tho end
of that timo ho is to havo 2000 pro
vided ho nuits tho cigaretto habit If
all wealthy persons should leave such
provisions in their wills the habit would
receive a sad blow It is probable that
the power or money would nave n
greater influence in breaking bad hnbitB
than nuy moral forco that could be
used
It is not only against tho law to sell n
man n gold brick but tho recent legis
lature has made it unlawful for a person
to sell any kind of brick in Nebraska
unlea they nro eight and one quarter
iuches long four inches wide nnd two
and one half inches thick Violation of
tho act is mudo punishable by a fine of
not less than 100 nor more than 300
Now if the next legislature would regu
late the me of n plumbers bill n ton of
coal nud a ham sandwich life would be
worth living
The Sioux City Tnbuno thiuks that
Mr Bryan may ultimately discover
where he stands iu the estimation of his
own party and of the country It says
Mr Bryan declined invitations to speak
for Carter Harrison in Chicago but Car
ter was overwhelmingly elected In
tho Commoner ho opposed Rolla Wells
tho regular democratic nominee in St
Louis nud Wells won a signal victory
After tho election last fall an analysis of
returns from states nil over tho country
showed thnt Brynu uniformly ran be
hiud tho rest of the democratic ticket
Mr Bryan is of the opinion that the
auti imporinlistio quostlou is not oven
phased by the capturo of Aguiualdo
nor will ho probably concede that tho
Filipino leaders oath of allegiance or
tho complete subduiug of tho rebellion
alters the Importauce of tho question iu
any respect Mr Bryan has romarkable
tenacity Wheu he believes a question
is paramouut 0 g freo trade free
silver and anti imperialism in several
separate and distinct campaigns ho will
hang on until he beholds the peoplo
leaving him in locks and herds then ho
becomes alive to tho situation and
creates a now issue that shall be para
mouut at least during one campaign
Judge Barnes Norfolk friends are
sorely disappointed at his failure to se
cure the appoiutiueut as one of the su
premo court commissioners Mr
Barnes friends had made an earnest ef
fort iu his behalf aud it is so seldom
that he has asked anything at the hands
of tho party with which he has affiliated
6iuce boyhood and for the success of which
he has always earnestly labored that they
almost feel that constant loyalty to re-
THE NORFOLK NEWS FRIDAY APRIL 12 1001
publican principles is at a discount with
thoso exercising nn nppolutlvo power
His frlouds aro gratified to know that
his disappointment does not affect his
party loyalty nud that ho ronmins true
to tho faith In fact ho scorns to havo
tho faculty of taking tho decision of the
judges with a greater show of equan
imity than some of his friends It is
to bo hoped that his failure to secure
this appointment but presages his ad
vancement to a better nud more desir
able position
Beet sugar may novor crowd out cat 0
sugar but whllo tho Hold for develop
mont of production of tho former is
practicnlly illluiltabto territory produc
ing cane sugar has it confines The
wond rful development of tho beet
sugar industry is shown In tho monthly
summary of commerce nud finance just
Issued by tho treasury bureiu of statis
tics at Washington undor tho head Tho
Worlds Sugar Crop of 1000 It shows
that the total beet sugar production of
that year was GOoOOOO tons and the
enno sugar crop 28OO00 ton more
than two thirds of tho worlds
supply being thuB produced from
This statement Is followed by a
showing tho enno nud beet
provided in ench decenuiul year
sugar
beets
table
sugar
begin
ning with 1810 and tho percentage
which these rival sugar plants havo iu
supplying tho sugar consumption of tho
world This table shows that in 1S10
beets supplied less than per cent of the
worlds sugar consumption 1850 they
supplied over 14 per cent by 1870 11
per cent by 1800 over 03 per ceut nnd iu
1000 077 per cent Tho beet sugar In
dustry in tho United Stntes is compnra
tively In its Infancy but has undoubtedly
lmd a largo sharo iu changing tho ratio
of production between the beet and cane
production in recent years
An Idle Discussion
All democrats do not believe that the
relinquishment of tho Philippines is
probable or indeed possible Colonel
Henry Watterson of tho Louisville
Courier Journal in commenting on Mr
Bryans anti imperialistic policy saj s
God moves in a mysterious woy His
wonders to perform Ho made the
Spanish war Ho was not loss behind
Dewey in Mnuiln than lie was behind
Shafter and Sampson nud Schley tit
Santingo Whnt was His allwiso pur
pose We know not But that we
wero there we are and nothing is
surer in tho future than that we shall be
there n century hence unless some power
turns up strong enough to drive us out
Instead therefore of discussing the ab
straction of imperialism illustrated by
the rights nud wrongs of the Philip
pines Mr Bryan wero more profitably
engaged in considering how wo may
best administer possessions which for
good or ovil aro with us to stay
Tho flag will never come down by
popular consent He who proposes to
take it down arrays himself against irre
pressible forces and antagonizes ten
dencies that ought to bo obvious to the
least imaginative discernment because
they are not morely national in charac
ter involving tho pride call it the
vanity if you please of the peoplo but
they embrace in tho wido sweep of their
encircling arms religion itself
FACTS ABOUT SARDINES
rhe firenter Pnrt of ThU Conntrya
Ci 11 an nipt I nn Now Inclccd Here
Formerly the sardines consumed In
this country were nil Imported from
France Now about three quarters of
the sardines eaten In the United States
are rfut up here the chief center of
the sardine Industry In the United
Stntes belug the eastern coast of
Maine though some sardines arc now
put up on tho const of California The
packing of sardines In this couutry
was begun about 1SS0
Thousands of people now find em
ployment In one part and another of
the work In catching tlsh In making
cans nnd In canning aud packing and
marketing and so on
Sardines are put up In greater va
riety than formely there being now
adays sardines packed In tomato
sauce sardines In mustard spiced sar
dines nnd so on but tho great bulk of
sardines both Imported and domestic
nre still put up In oil Sardines aro
put up also In a greater variety of
packages than formerly there being
for example various sizes and shapes
of oval tins and somo Frnnch sar
dines are Imported In glass but ns tho
great bulk of nil sardines aro still put
up In oil so tho grcnt bulk of them are
still put up In the familiar flat boxes
tho great mnjorlty of these being of
tho sizes known ns hnlvcs and quar
ters nnd far the greater number of
these being In quarters Sardines nre
packed 100 tins In a case nnd the con
sumption of sardines In this country
Is roughly estimated nt from 1500000
to 2000000 cases annually
Like ennned goods of overv
tlon sardines nro cheaper uow thnu
they formerly were and American sar
dines nre sold for less than the Import
ed American sardines nro now ox-
ported from this country to tho West
Indies nud to South America New
York Sun
A CATHEDRAL
The mlmtera myitlc walla upreir
In times rich hues against the alqri
Fair Rtitlnclj that jcar by jcir
Have watched alow ccnturiea co by
Within such perfect calm doth reign
Aa by no word may be cxprest
For though without men war with pain
Here weary souls awhile may reatj
And retting gather strength anew
Mid dim memoruli of the past
The faith our fathers held holds true
Oer diterte was loves light to cast
C M lilno la Clumber Journal
RESPITE
k MM while Air flod 1 few brief day
I pray thee lei me lcep thl lote of mine
Jut In my Inmoit heart ufe from the wotlJI
Too dear loo deep It He for earthly gaie
A few brief dajil
A little while oh print the b vin I ask
For none can eter know aate hurt dltine
llotr IKee environment hire bound my out
Dear JoJI Oh aay I need net weir ray saik
A few brief dajil
A little while oh Juit little while
To hve and hold the loe Ite prajed Ion
Though dark the way nJ dreir ray heirt may
imlle
Tor evermore my life will holJ lovei ahrlne
Though lote but linger here
A few brief dijsl
Hoe Vanll Spcece In Scranton Tribune
sV U DUE II Id CLEF I
V
By Walter Littlefield
There were three of us one evening
In the reading room of tho Press club
M Paul Blouet better known ns
Max Oltell through his sketches of
French and English life and character
M Chnrles P Lebon Instructor of
French who by the way Is a littera
teur of somo little note nnd myself
The conversation after various fluctu
ations had assumed a story telling
drift M Blouet had Just related an
amusing nuecdote of his Boston so
journ nnd we were silently pulling In
thnt ngreeable languor thnt nrlses from
a good weed nnd a good story
On drawing his cardense from his
pocket M Lebon brought forth a small
bright object thnt glistened a second In
the lamplight ns It fell to the floor Ho
stooped for It with rather undue hnste
with so much hnste In fact thnt he
called ouruttentlon to n movement that
otherwise would have passed un
noticed
Whnt Is It Inquired M Blouet
Without a word Lebon handed him
the object be had dropped but eyed
him carefully as It was examined
A key icmnrkeil M Blouet a key
and evidently of gold And be passed
It to me
I held In my hand n Key of perhaps
nn Inch In length nud half ns wide
Theie was nothing particularly re
markable about it unless It were the
material of which It was composed
that nppeared to be gold Suddenly
my eye caught sight of n date nud nn
Inscription upon the ring of the key
ler Juln 1S4S Memento morl
A curious key I suggested ns I re
turned It to M Lebon Tell us about
It
The one nddressed puffed nsslduously
for n moment or two ns he twirled the
mysterious key between his forefinger
nud thumb but he made no reply
Come come said M Blouet ns ho
leaned forward with interest there
must be something to toll about a key
like that Why not let us have It
You are right gentlemen There Is a
curious story concerning this key and
since you desire It I will tell It to you
for truly gentlemen without exaggera
tion this little bit of metal that I hold
In my hand has one of the most re
markable of histories
Tell it Tell ltl we both exclaimed
In a breath
Fresh cigarettes were lighted and
still holding the key In his hand as if
to bear witness to what he said M
Lebon began his story
It was In 1S71 just after the surren
der of Paris The second empire had
fallen M Thiers and his party held
the government Evidences of the ter
rible commune were on every band
still the city was beginning to look like
tho habitation of a civilized people
One morning Lo Journal des Debats
announced the death at Versailles of a
Russian lady who for mora than 20
years had kept nil the gossips of tho
Paris salons busy concerning a mystery
that seemed to surround her For rea
sons that I shall presently explain she
became known as La Dame a la Clef
Now a nickname In Paris means a
great deal more thnn It does here
When one Is nlcknnmed there one car
ries that name to the grave
The notice In Le Journal des Debats
mentioned La Dame a la Clef est
morte It did not give her own namo
That would have signitled nothing The
paper concluded by saying that she
died nged 45 In complete solitude It
seems that her husband who was much
older than she had visited her regular
ly every six months during the past ten
years nnd then had disappeared no one
knew where- AH was mysterious about
this Lady of the Key One day camo
to her the news of her husbands death
She survived him but a short time nnd
It was whispered that sho had allowed
herself to die from hunger That was
nil the notice of her death had to say
about tho matter Tho mystery still
remained unexplained nnd the Interest
concerning her grew less nnd less and
gradually died away altogether
M Lebon paused to relight his ciga
rette which he had allowed to go out
After doing this he settled back In his
chair puffed once or twice but did not
seem at all Inclined to coutlnuo the
story
Well I ejaculated go on That Is
no story Why you havent even said
what the mystery was or why she was
called La Dame a la Clef
Ah yes he replied pensively
quite right I had forgotten Gentle
men I havo not said that she was
beautiful yet such was the case Her
face was ouo of tho loveliest that I
have eter seeu her figure was perfect
aud
Well interrupted M Blouet some
whnt Impatiently
Geutlemen I will not bore you
continued M Lebon 6mlling Simply
imagine her beautiful In face and form
then gentlemen around her neck
-which was of the purest mold was
riveted a golden chain to which was
attached this key And gentlemen
from the 1st of June ISIS to the day
of her death the chain uovcr left her
neck nor the key
lie paused again and once more
scorned disinclined to go on
Well said M Blouet we have the
mystery now for the solving of It
Jentlemen continued M Lebon
smiling sagely ns he tipped oft tho
ashes of his cigarette I have told you
nil that anybody but myself knows
Is that not enough You now know
whnt nil Parl3 knew Are you not satis
fied nud ho laughed quietly to him
self
Wo smoked for a few moments In
silence both M Blouet and myself sur
mising that the best way to hear the
rest of the story was to lenve the nnr
rator completely to himself In a mo
ment the latter began ngnln penklng
rapidly nnd In short sentences
In 1S4S her husband owned n
country house near Passy Sho wns
then young nnd gay No chain or key
adorned her neck then One dny sho
wns surpilscd by her lord shutting
somebody Iu the wnrdrobe A servnnt
hnd bctrnyed her Tho Muscovite
Othello turned the key twice In the
wardrobe took It out then told his
wife to follow him A traveling
brizskn stood n few paces from the
villa More lend thnu alive the un
happy woman obeyed When tho hus
band had placed her In the carriage he
gave an order In n low voice to the
coachmnn Keep this key he said to
his wife I have forgotten something
nnd will return then went back to the
house
Ho returned according to his prom
ise but ns the enrriuge descended the
hill the poor woman saw flames Issu
ing from the windows of tho villa She
fainted Three days sho remained un
conscious pn regaining her senses sho
perceived that a gold chain was riveted
around her neck to which was attach
ed a goldeu key the exact counterpart
of the original bearing nn inscription
Sho wished to kill herself but her bus
band poluted to the Inscription nnd
ndded thnt if she would save her fam
ily from dishonor she must over ob
serve It She was therefore condemned
to live Her strange necklace excited
much curiosity in Paris At Inst her
tyrant ullowed her to retire to a quiet
rctrent on the express stipulation thnt
sho would not attempt to destroy her
self during his lifetime Ills death re
leased her from this condition
Somo three weeks later I was calling
on my friend Lebon who wished to
show me some old manuscripts that be
had been collecting He produced a
large box of rosewood which be casu
ally remarked contained his family pa
pers To my astonishment he drew
from his pocket the mysterious key and
inserted It In the lock which yielded
readily to his pressure and the lid flew
back
Why I exclaimed in wonder that
Is the key
The key he Interrogated Then bo
laughed long and loud And you swal
lowed all that he said when he could
control his merriment
Certainly I replied grimly
By the way though it wouldnt
make a bad story would it I think I
will work It up elaborate it a little
you know-
I left the bouse feeling deeply morti
fied to think I had been so effectually
sold A desire for revenge took pos
session of me and I determined to steal
a march on him I have done so Cri
terion
Dont Scold
Of all forms of human effort nnd
execution scolding Is the most useless
When a parrot a chipmunk a squirrel
or bluejay scolds he Is ludicrous For
people to scold Is ludicrous too but
with a difference and assuredly the
difference Is on the unfavorable side
It never did and never will do any one
nny good It has done much barm
Besides scolding grows to be a habit
We have ail suffered because of the
shortcomings of some one else re
ceiving tremendous tirades over what
we had no hand In because wo hap
pened to be present when the scolding
habit was yielded to by one of Its vic
tims
Scolding Is easy It takes neither
power of brain nor heart to scold It
does not even make any great draft
upon the physical being Any fishwife
alive can be a grand success nt scold
ing Why compete with her
Scolding should bo compelled to per
ish from the earth The tongue the
voice tho eye the face all should be
trained not to scold yes and the pen
for of all things a scolding pen Is the
worst And the habit once formed
with the pen Is apt uever to be entirely
shnken off Ada C Sweet In Womans
Homo Companion
Mlllloiin Spent In Auinscmcnt
The American peoplo are great thea
ter goers and spend about 112000000
aunually for such amusements 6ald a
prominent theatrical manager to the
writer recently This vast sum of
money is paid into tho treasuries of
some 1000 companies which were esti
mated to be playing In all parts of the
United States last year This lucludes
everything that can be considered
strictly professional companies to say
uothlng of tho countless nmateur or
ganizations
Of the strictly theatrical organlza
tlons It Is safe to say that the average
receipts per night for the 1000 compa
nies Is 100 ench At seven perform
ances per week for each company tho
weekly average would be 2S00 The
average theatrical season is 40 weeks
Tho eutlre 1000 companies with aver
age nightly receipts of 100 would
produce weekly receipts at seven per
formances per week amounting to 2
800000 This multiplied by 40 tho
number of weeks In tho theatrical sea
son will yield gross receipts amount
ing to 112000000 which is probably
far below what the people of this coun
try really do pay every year for the
atrical amusement Washington Star
f
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DEEF SEA PRESSURE
ITott It CTinntrMi n Corked Dottle ef
Wine Into Water
SpeaklnK of deep sea pressure said
tme of the ofllccrs of the training ship
Prnlrle did you ever hear of the experi
ment of lowering a bottle of chnmpngua
nnd forcing In the cork No Well its
very curious I saw It done when I wna
en the Hero during Its Pnciflc cruise
hiking deep soundings An officer on
board offered to wager that If a bottle of
champagne was let down to a certain
depth It would come up tightly corked
but full of salt water Somebody took
him up and the experiment was at onco
tried
A quart bottle of chnmpngno was se
cured from the wardroom and attached
to the cannoti ball weight used on thu
deep sounding apparatus They let It
down how far I dont remember but It
was several thousand feet and when
they began to hoist there was naturally
a great deal of curiosity
All hands clustered about the rail
nnd when the bottle appeared It was ea
gerly cxnnilnod The cork wns firmly In
place although It looked as It It had
been badly crushed or jammed and mi
raculous as It may seem the stuff Inside
was undeniably sea water Erybody
could testify that the bottle went down
full of champagne and how the trans
formation wns effected wns n first clnn
mystery to most of those present
Yet the explanation was very simplo
When the bottle reached a certain depth
tho pressure drove the cork right down
Into the body of it Tho champagne then
escaped water under compression took
Its place and In returning to the surfaco
the cork which was Uoating in the ueck
was pushed up Into its former position
Nevertheless It was a very surplslng
thing to witness
They tried the same experiment with
a bottle of beer and when hauled back
to the surface Its cork was found sticking
tightly in the neck but turned bottom
side up It hnd evidently whirled arouud
while the beer wns going out nud the sea
water was going in and happened to bo
reversed when the upward pressure drew
it back Into position
The performance wns of no special
scientific vnlue but It gave us all a vivid
realization of the tremendous weight of
water in those submarine depths After
such an object lesson It Is easy to under
stand why n diver can go only a limited
distance below the surface It he hnd
followed the bottle he would hnve been
smashed like an eggshell under a trip
hammer New Oi leans Times-Democrat
THE WRONG COAT
Whnt Ilnppened Wlien the Sinn Who
Took It Came Duck
Ill carry it said n young man at an
up town barber shop as the boy vainly
tried to help him on with the light over
coat he had plucked from the row
Throwing the coat over his arm he de
parted hastily
Always arouses my suspicions said
the wise guy when a man carries awaj
his overcoat from a public place instead
of putting it on
The man sitting alongside the wise guy
looked up uneasily walked over to the
rack examined an overcoat emitted a
howl and dashed out of the door In a
few minutes he returned with the young
man who had cariied the coat both some
what flustered
The barber shop was very much inter
ested nnd the bathers did not go on
shaving Malevolent glances were shot at
the young man
Im very sorry 1 took your coat said
he It looks veiy much like mine as he
indicated another coat hanging on the
rack
Oh yes returned the other sarcas
tically Dont do it again thats all
The young man Hushed deeply but
maintained his composute I shall ask
you he baid addiesing the proprietor
of the barber shop to put your hand In
the Inside breast pocket of my coat hang
ing there aud show these gentlemen what
you find
The pioprietor did so while everybody
rubbered ne produced a pocketbook
You will find cards bearing my name
said the young man mentioning tho
name The cards were produced
Whit else is there continued tho
young man
The proprietor fished into the pocket
book and displayed five 100 bills and
some others making something over
SS00
I may be very foolish to leave that
money lying around in nn overcoat said
the youug man but Id lather be
thought a fool than a thief Im much
obliged to you sir bowing to the man
who had brought him back for calling
my attention bo promptly if rudely to
the mibtake I made New York Sun
The Dead Sea Fulling
The Dead sea In Palestine was for
merly much larger than at present as
Is shown by the old beaches stretching
at various altitudes arouud the whole
basin
The phenomenon Is not due to nat
ural causes but to tho steadily Increas
ing qunutlty of water that is taken
from the Jordan river for Irrigation
purposes There nre other smaller
streams flowing Into the sea nnd they
too nre being utilized by the Increas
ing number of farmers who aro di
verting nil the water they can get to
the lnnds nnd aro relieving tho monot
onous aspect of the former arid and
lifeless region with many verdant
fields
The latest travelers say that some of
the salt deposits covering the bottom
of the lake may uow bo seen nbovo tho
water In the shallower places nnd near
tho shores This Is a new aspect Iu
addition to the deposits of salt crystals
that have always been observed on the
shores But even though this desicca
tion goes steadily onlt will take a long
time to dry up tho wnters for It re
quires a sounding lino over 1300 feet
loug to touch the bottom lu tho deep
northern part of the basin New York
Sun
Deep Water Conference
You aro not a renl fish you are only
nn Imitation said tho flying fish You
can fitav iinilnn wntm i
I two and then you havo to come to tho
surface to breathe
Thats all right retorted tho whale
You nre only an imitation bird I can
live under tho water louger than you
can live out of It
This dear children teaches ub that
those who dwell In water should not
try tojmjojn alra Chlcago Trlbuno -