TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER
ESTING ITEMS.
I mm CrtaicteaM Baae4 I poa tha
f aha IMf-iitatariimJ aad
Vawa
Am onion weighing over four
pounds tu raised in the State of
Washington. Could anvthing be
Bore affecting?
An American in Vie ma claimed to
be one of the anrtet bills. He was
believed until be sw.nuled a backer
and tcok only t-O.ouo.
Some girls take Bret class happi
ness in having a burned Anger or a
cold tore or a sprained ankle, because
itiss comforting tj receive sympathy.
The desire for a purer press bas
touched the minds of the Gotbam
itea If it doesn't cost any more than
the sort they ire getting now the
citizens of Sew Vorlc will Insist on
having It
Tue latest sea serpent appeared off
the New Jersey coast. It stayed
only long enough to real e where It
was, and then put madly out into
the vasty deep. The sea serpent is
evidently as Intelligent as rare.
Late advices by cable from Berlin
are that Major Francois has defeated
Chief WilbooL When the first ex
citement has subsided somewhat
later news may explain who Chief
Wllbooi is and why be should be de
feated. New Yokk business men will make
war on cigarettes by refusing to em
ploy boys addicted to them. The
crusade Is partly based on moral
grounds, but the difllcuity of collect
ing rent In case of lire possibly is not
without weight.
A Washington squaw has secured
a divorce. She did not take the
necess.iry action until she had reached
the age of bu, showing that the In
dian, even if a little slow in master
ing the details of civil iatlon. Is still
approaching the point of actual cul
ture. The University of Chicago is re
ported to contemplate starting a
maga'.li e to rival the Century. If
the university go into the magazine
business it Is earnestly to be hoped
that It will draw tho Hue on the
Century somewhere. Say on C2.1
tury poetry.
At last a sea serpent bas ventured
near enough to man to have bad his
tall cut off with a broad ax. I nfor
tunately the severed tail wriggled
from captivity back into the uncom
municative deep, but for the Instruc
tion of doubters the broad ax can be
placed in evidence at any time.
If Washington correspondents
were under instructions to wire noth
ing but what they knew to be true
there would be a good deal more
race In the newsnaocrs lor matter
worth reading. The Washington
correspondent Is usually an ass who
is under the Impression that the pub
lic Is one.
fallen! Hut yesterday tbs vord
of Arnold stood against the constitu
tion of Illinois; now Ilea he In St
Louis knocked galley west And all
the people say Amen.
aalHBaMaBBwaaWa1aWaWaaBW
Governor Hogg of Texas, is mis.
named. He has a good deal of the
milk of human kindiess in him, and,
what Is equally valuable, be has the
courage of his convictions. The rail
road company t at undertook to
maroon several bund ed half-starved
recruits for the Coxey array in a desert
with the Idea of provoking them to s
breach of the peace got 1.0 sympathy
from Gov. Hogg. He notified the
railroad people that he would not
call out the militia at their request
No armed force," he said "while I
am Governor will tie permitted tc
sho t down men who commit nc
greater offense than to tramp and
Leg to keep Irom stealing." This ha
the right ring to It Some other gov
ernors might profitably Imitate th
Texas executive In his independent-
of Impudent and autocratic railroad
companies.
The Mexican revolutionist Is very
like a ward bummer In politics. At
one time he belongs to one party; at
other times he belongs to other par
ties, and he is used and distrusted
alike by all parties. It is announced
that Catarino t arza, who was at the
head of the guerilla war on the lower
Uio Grande a year or two ago, iudig
nantly and contemptuously repels
the allegation that he instigated the
present disturbance on the Mexican
side of the upper Uio Grande. Mr.
Garza declares that he is In regular
business In Costa Pica his regular
business probably being that of a
border revolutionist However that
may be, It is the duty of the United
States officers, of all grades, to doall
In their power for the suppression of
the periodical bushwhacker uprisings
on our southwestern frontier.
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
TOPICS OF INTEREST TO FARMER
AND HOUSEWIFE.
ftnun Mtacaid l'a the Whitewash Bnuh
Wrmrly Care of Karl Plant How to
Keep Pasture Springs Para A Powar
fal Log Jark.
A Powarful Log Jaefc.
The cut here shown illustrates a
log jack that any ingenious farmer
can make. It consists of two bard
wood planks nailed nearly close to
gether. Holes are then drilled in
which two iron icga should s ide
easily. A lever of hard oak wood or
of iron is then re ,uired with a short
chain and book. A chain is then
hooked to the top of the plan k. passed
under the log to r raised and hooked
to the chain on the lever. The lever
will not only serve as a purifier, bus
will prevent the iuaiun 0.' noxloui
animals It is one 01 the notale u
stances of the economy and tho
1 ounty of natur that this article, so
common and cheap, in &ervlcea Je in
so many way Philadelphia llecord.
SMUGGLED CIGARS.
Tha Expert
to an Old
1
LOO JACK.
1
Mb. Stead says that when an
American girl sells herself to a mis
erable scion of firltlsh nobility, in
stead of eulogizing her wo should
point at her the finger of scorn. Mr.
Stead Is In error In thinking Ameri
cans eulogize these women, but as
for the finger of scorn, providence so
uniformly punishes the victim ot am
bltion or vanity that the scorn part
may be foregone by her countrymen.
Sj Mr. Edison thinks sleep is
bablt that men can got over. Thinks
the electric light will revolutionize
our notions about it. Thinks we will
stay awake all the time after A wbila
Thinks we are wasting one-third or
(If we are lucky) one-half our lives In
bed, dees be? Well, Mr. Edison is a
clever man and he may be right, but
all the inventions he has given to the
world are not a grain of benefit to
suffering humanity compared with
m comer of that beneficent con
traption which Sancbo's friend re
fused to take out a patent on. Let
the wizard putter over his thlngum
bobs. We si all dream not the les
pleasantly on that account with the
covers over our heads Besides, we
need sleep if only to forgot about the
phonograph.
Giky, hallelujah! Arnold the
Worll's Fair photograph man, the
Lord High Executioner and court of
last resort at Jackson Park, has been
knocked out by the Unltod States
rMenit. f'nurt at St Louis. The
Vllbia -
Court decides that he is not entitled
to an Intunctlon restraining publish
em from issuing World's Fair views.
What a change has come o'er the
n'rlt of Arnold's dream since he
uMt to stride around the court of
honor ordering Columbian guards,
who trembled at his frown, to arrest
people whom he suspected of bating
kodaks concealed aoout neir persons.
Arnold tha mtcbU It lAUeUI. i
A ;i deal of sympathy Is being
wasted over the farmer by people who
don't know what they are talking
b .ut. The low Drice of wheat and
the decline in the prlco of live stock
re pointed out as reasons why the
farmer Is crying himself to sleep
every night As a matter 01 ract,
the farmer who has his farm 1 aid
for is the most Independent man on
earth independent of panics, of
financial stringencies," and polltl
cal experiments. He may not have
a great deal ot ready money, but he
Is as sure of a comfortable living as
anv man can oe in mis uncertain
world. There may, it Is true, be
failure of some crops but all the
crops won't fail His hogs mav be
decimated by cholera, but his sheep
n I his cattlo are left Times may
be dull, but if the worst comes to
worst be can live and live fairly well
on the produce 01 n s own iarm.
Clothes he must have, but fashions
don't change rapidly In the country
and a few bushels of potatoes or a few
hogs will produce the money needed
for absolutely essential clothes. The
farmer Is all rlaht He is not at
t ie mercy of labor unions or capital
lsts. All the mills in the country
may shut dowu and be is still certain
of three meals a day and a bed at
night As he Is the mainspring and
foundation of all material prosperity,
so he is independent of all the minor
disturbances that trouble the people
who are, after all, dependent on him
for subsistence.
In Southern California, a horde of
vagrants left the line of tho Santa
Fe Hallroad at Monrovia, and fol
lowed the line of the Southern Pa
cific This action was caused by the
threat of the Santa Fe Company to
ditch their trains rather than haul
these tramps across the desert
There is a valuable hint here for tne
railroads. Their submission to the
trespass of loads of loafers upon their
trains Is caused by the fear of injury
to their property. The tramps
threaten, If not allowed to ride free,
to ditch the traina wny snouiu
not the railroads take a hint from
the tramps? Ditching trains is a
game that two can plav at. If the
companies were to run occasional
trains of empty box and flat-cars
while the "industiial army" Is on
Its way, and offer no opposition to
their being seized, the train would
soon be loaded with vagrants. When
a favorite grade was reached, the
engine and caboose could be cut off,
the train crew abandon their posts,
and the train allowed to run down
the srade. At some point on the
grade where the train would be run
ning about sixty miles an hour, 1
missing rati might ditch the train
and nut an end to some scores of
worthless vagabond! This, or course,
is very wicked, but is very much bet
ter than having revengeful tramps
ditch passenger trains, and put an
end to the lives of honest men. This
project Is an expensive one, and
would cost the company something
tor smashed freight cars. But aftei
a few such "accident" to trains
loaded with loafer,
would decrease.
is then worked similarly to a pump
handle. When lowering the handle
and allowing the weight to rest 011
the outer pin, move up the pin In
front to a hole higher. When the
handle is raised with the weight on
the front pin, raise the back pin.
liy this plan a ton may be easily
raised by a single person, as the lever
age is only about half an men witn
a six foot lever.
ltlntn for Sugar Maker.
As a rule we believe a sugar or-:
chard Inclining south and east will ,
produce the most sap, while those
with a northwesterly slope produce :
the best quality of sugar. j
No sugar maker can afford to use
any but the best apparatus for boil-
ng. The quicker the evaporation
the less the expense and the better
the quality. Do not wait until your
buckets are full before gathering. I
think it a good rule to gather often
and boil Immediately. Do not have
too much storage, for with a modern
evaporator and good dry wood a man
should be able to boll nearly as fast
as a team and two men i an gather. ,
Always maKe your plans to have toe
works well cleaned every Saturday,
even if It does re iuire extra labor.
Strain your sap through a flannel
strainer as it runs from the tub.
Skim often while boiling and reduce
to the required density before draw
ing from the evaporator, bo noth
ing by guess. Test your syrup by an
accurate thermometer or hydrometer.
21H degrees by the thermometer while
boiling and 32 degrees by hydrometer
will g ve you syrup of 1 1 pounds net
to the gallon, the standard svrup
Strain through a heavy flannel or felt
strainer and can at once while boil
ing hot and screw the to,j down tight
to exclude air. Tut up like tms
syrup will hold its flavor and will n t
crystallize. Use none but lull-size
gallon cans and never practice any
deceit in rega d to you product
Farm and Home.
Oraillng- Comb Honey.
The method of grading comb honey,
adopted by the last convention is,
perhaps, a good one, and may stand.
However, it amounts to nothing in
the transaction of business, and is of
no practical value, tho. gh, it gives
employment to theorists. I have no
use for the woid "l-ancy" in relation
to dark honey, rne ract 01 como
honey being dark excludes all
Fancy." 1 prefer to use its proper
names, sucn as vvniteuiover, aimiij,
Basswood, Mangrove, Sage, Golden
rod, Aster, Holly honey, etc. These
and other distinct varieties sell ac
cording to their qualities. Others
are classed as dark honeys, kuck-
heat belongs to the latter, of course,
but being of a distinct variety, it is
called "buckwheat honey." Hy these
means it is possible to convince buyers
that the flavor and color of honey Is
determined by its source. The result
of this is that customers do not doubt
the purity of the article when a
strange flavor is discovered. Sugar
syrup tastes unmistakably like suar
syrup honey for It has no other llavor.
Producers who ship honey, extracted
or comb, should endeavor to prevent
leakage, for It is a loss to all con
cerned and an injury to trade. Ex.
To IMwtror Lira on Cattle.
A correspondent writes the Breed
ers Ga.ette that ordinary water lime
or cement dusted over and rubtied
into the hair of animals is a chea ;
eas ly applied and safe remedy tud
an a solutely ure preventive of lice.
This Is doubtless partly true. Lice
cannot thrive among bair that is
tilled with lime dust but the dust
will not stay upon all parts of the
animal, particularly the sides of the
neck and the under parts ot the body.
A bit of rubbing with kerosene or
other oil over these parts will le
needed to make a thorbugh Jon of it.
And, by the way, it Is not necessary
to wa t till water lime can be pro
cured, which is not always readily
obtained, for any k nd of tine dust,
sand or clay from the highway will
answ r aiout as well. Lice cannot
live lonn In either dust or oily sur
roundings. Kut one application is
never enough. It should be repeated
frequently till the difficulty is re
moved. KarW Plant.
However desirable it may be to se
cure early vegetables by t-etting out
th. se started In the hotbed or in the
living room of the house, the work of
setting should not be attempted t-.o
early in the season. It must be re
membered that house or hotbed
grown plants are tender and not sus
ceptible to such a degree of cold as is
fre juenth experienced in the early
Dart of the season. It is therefore
safer to otuit transplanting until the
weather Is quite uniform in tempera
ture. Potted plants may be hardened
by putting out of doors and so sooner
prepared for trans lant ng. Easi
ness of product ie governed largely by
uninterrupted growth, the setting
should therefore be so attended to
as to jrevent any shock to the
growth. Ji'Vj'J'
Points 'n Driving. ,
To drive well you must keep your
eye and your uiind on the horse.
Watch his ears They will be pricked
forward when be Is about to shy,
droop when 1 e is tired fly back just
before he "b eaks" .nto a gallop),
aud before he k cks. liefore kicking,
too, a horse usuahy tucks In his tail
and hunches bis bac a little. When
you observe any of these indications
speak to him and sharply pull up his
head.
Keeping Pan are Springs Pare.
Too many of the sources ot the
water supply of our pastures are con
tain uated by catt;e wading in the
springs and dropping their excre
ments within the basin in which the
spring is situated, Into wh:cb all
loose material is washed by the rains
of summer. Such contaminated
water supply is highly undesirable for
HPEINO HOUSE AND WATEBING THOUGH.
Lima Water.
The uses of so homely an art'ele as
lime a out the household aie almost
Innumerable. One sees the hodman
on a new building keep his drinking
water in a tail coated with lime and
one thinks It is a poor receptacle for
the universal beverage. Vet it would
not be so good or so pure served in a
silver Ice pitcher. A tcas:oonful of
lime water In a glass of milk Is a
remedy for summer complaint It
prevents tho turning of milk or
cream, and a cupful added to bread
sponge will keep it from sour in,',
Allowed to evaporate fro n a vessel
on tbe stove, It will alleviate the dis
tresses due to lung fever, croup, or
dljhtheria. It will sweeten and
purify bottles, Jugs, etc
Lime itself, as every ons knows, is
(MwalBtatkla aa a rttfrlMae anil fl lain fart
tramp travel! tnt. sprinkled In cellars or closets
where then la a slight dampness it
any stock to drink from, but most
decidedly undesirable for the use of
dairy cows. There is almost always
a descending stretch of ground, or a
descending open ditch, from pasture
springs, which permits the keeping
of the water supply pure. The spring
should be completely enclosed and
roofed over, and the water conveyed
by a pipe to a tub or trough below, as
shown In the accompanying illustra
tion. Such a plan not only serves to
keep the water pure at all times, but
also to keep it cooler in summer and
warmer tn winter, if the spring is
ever used for the winter watering ot
stock.
hlils and Knit.
Pudding bags hhould be made of
heavy Jean.
In packing bottles or canned fruit
for moving si p a rubber band over
the body of them.
Gkeat improvement will be found
In tea and coffee if they are kept In
glass Jars instead of tin.
Cold cream is apt to make pirn
pies and vaseline used on the face
will give one a disfiguring growth of
hair.
Stand a wet umbrella on the han
dle to drain; otherwise, the water
collecting at the center, will rot the
silk.
i A la hoe rug of linen crash placed
under the sewing machine will eaten
threads, clippings, and cuttings, and
save a deal of sweeping and dusting.
1 When your face and ears burn so
, terribly bathe them tn very hot water
S as hot as you can bear. This will
j be more apt to cool them than any
! cold application.
i T11 k he Is false economy, which
costs more than it returns, such as
saving old medic ne bottles, partially
used prescriptions, tho tacks taken
from the carpet, or working days to
save or make that which can be
bought for a few tents.
For nimble on the face, bathe It
occasionally in a soothing lotion coin-
posed of a weak solut on of borax ana
warm water. At night use very warm
water on the lace; then dry, and rub
in the Dores an ointment made of
flower of sulphur and lard.
Always use cotton holders for
lrona Woolen ones are hot to the
band, and if scorched, as they often
i t, the smell is disagreeable. In
Ironing a shirt or a dress turn the
sleeves on tbe wrong side and leave
them until the rest is done, and then
tura and Iron them. . ,
rell a Victim
Trlra.
The espec'al value attaching to any
article that has come into the coun
try through some other entrance
than the c stom house is well illus
trated by a 6tory that is now going
the round at the expense of an em
inently respectably but innocent
young physician over in Georgetown.
The young gentleman in question
Is an inveterate smoker, and, what
is more, knows a good cigar when he
gets a hold of one. Some time ago
me of his friends drooped in on him
for an evening call, and was greeted
w th a knowing smile, as the young
dis iple of Kseulaplus pushed a
freshly opened box of cigars across
tbe tatue to him and said: "There
you are. old man ju-t trv one of
these, and observe that they are a
great deal better tha 1 you have been
in tbe habit of smoking His guest
lighted up and the doctor, twirling
an unligiited weed between his own
fingers, settled back in his chair to
en oy the sight of a practiced smoker
getting hold of an unusual treat
The party of the second part pulled
away lor a little while with evident
exertion, and when the doctor asked
what was the matter, suggested that
a prescription ought to go with the
cigar. On be ng asked for the symp- t
touts, the smoker said that be '
thought a drawing plaster on the
back of his neck would answer bet- j
ter. The host was about to enter a
remonstraure against this revilement
of an expensive Havana, when a lit
tle spurt of fire chased a spiral around
the outside of the wrapper, and then
smouldered out with an unmistakable
smclL '
The host said he wassorrv, that he
guessed there had been a mistake of j
some hurt, and each of the connois- 1
seurs tried another weed with noj
better result And then the story j
ca 1 e out 1
The doctor had been in his office j
that morning when a sailor came in
and asked for treatment for a burn 1
on bis arm. The physician looked at .
the hurt, which seamed to be merely j
superfl ial, and gave the son ot tha j
sea a prescr'ptloft for sole ointment
that would help to heal it. He de- '
dined to mak any charge and the J
sailor man, after expres-ing his grat
itude for the kindness begged his I
benefactor to accept some cigars 1
which he took from th inner part of ,
h s reefer, done up in a black wrap
per, with the Cuban arms in gold oc
the outside.
The doctor lighted one, and as he
afterward declared it was a smoke
for the gods, ui course he asked
where it came from. Whit smoker
wouldn't?
The wily naval man was a trifle re
ticent, but finally, by dint of ques
tioning, allowed tbe doctor to draw
his story from him. Ha had just
come up on a bark from the Indie-,
and touching at Havana, he had
been tempted to do a little free trad
ing on his own account Of course
It was not rluht, but then sailor's
wages were small, and he haa a fam
ily to support, he did not say In how
many dl ..erent ports) andwell the
upshot of it was that the doctor
agreed to take the whole of the 500
cigars that he had with him for $25.
The sailor was afraid to bring the
cigars up through the town in day
light, but agreed to have them at the
bouse by dark. He had just brought
them.
But the do tor sadly came to the
conclusion that they had not been
grown on the same side of the island j
with the fir t sample, and what was :
more, he was Inclined to believe that
the superficial burn, which he had
paid $i lor the privilge of treating. :
was artificially produced by meats of 1
croton oiL Washington Post
enough to go to Ohio and start
an w. He la ored one long year fir
the Standard Oil Company in he
swamps of Wood County. At th
end of the year he bad one suit of
clothes liabil ties to tbe amount of
Him, malaria and rheumatism, fever
and ague. Then be studied medicine
for three yearn and worked one year
as n.ght-watch in a lunatic asylum.
Finally be drifted Into Chicago and
tbe newspaper business.
In tbe course of time bis mother
wrote she was coming to visit her
boy. Then she went to tbe cblna
closet in tbe corner and too from
tbe top shelf the yellow sugar bowl
with gilt stripes and from it the
blue slip of paper pla ed there by ber
own band thirteen years before.
1 The other dav she collected the
money, which was given to her In tbe
shape of a 25-cent piece bearing the
date of ls'i. .vhe placed the bright
coin in ber wandering bov's band.
GETS HISQUARTER AFTER MANY
YEARS.
A Pennsylvania Hoy's Due Rill on a Chlcnjro
House Promptly Honoreit.
A due bill for 25 cents against a
certain Chicatro firm was collected
recently. It had been credited to a
boy by the firm over thirteen years
ago.
in the w nter of 1880 a Pennsyl
vania boy decided to Invest his sav
ings in a pair of skates, lie sent a
sum of money to a Chicago firm and
received In return the skates and
with them a letter, stating that 25
cents too much had been remitted,
and that the amount was credited to
the boy on the books of the firm. A
blue slip of paper was enclosed
which bore the, in.ormation that the
firm whose signature was attached
would
Pay to the bearer or order the sum
of twenty -five (0. 2o) cents on de
mand.
The boy forsot the due bill and
wore out ana outgrew tne SKates.
But his old mother found tbe faded
paper in an old jacket-pocket among
the tlsh-hooks. dried worms, dried ap
ples, eta, and laid it carefully away,
saying:
"1 may go to Chicago some day."
The boy joined the busy ranks of
men who ga n a livelihood in the
pi. lures ue Western counties of the
State by extracting petroleum oil
from the bowels of the earth. He
reached the years and average size
of manhood, little having occurred In
the meantime to distinguish him or
his life from the ordinary boy 0 the
average boyhood. Finally he wa in
duced to study law. Falling in that
he became discouraged and began to
travel. He went to St. Louis, thence
to the Uockles. He dug ditch on the
snow-clad side or Carbonate Hill. He
"punched" cattle In the valley of the
Arkansas, ran a faro bunk In Salt
Lake C ty, pumped water out of a
silver mine in Leadvllle, and nearly
died of typhoid fever in Pueblo. He
returned to Pennsylvania, where hi
old mother nursed him ba k to life
Ad health and gave him money
Pleasure in Affronting.
Dean Swift was a whimsical mis
anthrope, who took a morbid de
light in bum Hating bis social in
feriors because he himself, when
young, had been outrageously af
fronted b his superiors.
When Swift was a young man he
aeted as Sir William Temple's pri
vate secretary. Once, while Sir
William was confined to his bed
with gout. William III. visited him,
and swift officiated as his guide
throueh the beautiful gardens of
Moorpark The King taught the
secretary how to cut asparagus in the
Dutch way, and Switt also saw him
eat the vegetable.
Years after, when Swift was Dean
of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
h s publisher, Faulkner, called at the
de anery on business connected with
some proof-sheets. Having been de
tained until near dinner-time, he was
pressed by the Dean to dine with
him. Asparagus was one of the veg
etables, and the guest asked for a
second helping.
"Sir, ': said the host, pointing to
the publisher's plate, "first flaish
what you have upon your plate."
"What, sir, eat my stalks," asked
tbe surprised guest
t ' Aye, sir; eat your stalks, or you
w 11 have no -..ore. King William al-
ways ate his stalks." replied tbe
1 ean in his most imperious manner.
Whereupon i he publisher, yielding to
the Dean's will, ate his stalks sub-
misslvely. '
j Shortly after the Dean's death
I Faulkner told the incident as an 11
i lustration of Swift's insolence.
I '-And were you blockhead enough
to obey him?" exclaimed Leland, the
historian who was listening.
"Yes" Faulkner ieplied, br dl ng
up; "and doctor. If you had dined
with Dean Swift, you would have
been obliged to eat your stalks, tool"
When grown in the old fashion,
the slender green stalks eaten by
King William were a little inferior
in texture, but su erior in flavor to
the heads of the vegetable. But be
fore Swift became Dean of St Pat
rick's tbe new horticulture had made
asparagus stalks uueatahle, and by
forcing a plate of them down his ob
sequious publisher's throat the mis
anthrope had the satisfaction of
goading him into self-humiliation.
Youth's Companion.
Plenty o(' Paint.
Alma-Tadema, the eminent artist,
is a great advocate of work. "Noth
ing can be done well without taking
trouble," he says; "you must work
hard if you me n to succeed." The
writer of an article upon this artist
in the Century says that, he has no
patience with would-be dilettanti,
who pester all busy professional peo
ple with fatuous inquiries about their
ways of work, such as "JNow, what
color would you use if you were going
to paint a bluebell?"
He has a broad and genial sense of
humor, and possesses a fund of amus
ing anecdotes astonishingly large;
and his triendsare freouently ama ed
at his aptness in bringing out of his
treasury an appropriate anecdote or
bon mot for every occasion.
I have heard Mr. Alma-Tadema
tell a story of the fate of two unsuc
cessful pictures ot his student days.
One of them was returned unsold by
the committee of the Brusse's exhi
bition in 185i the subject, I believe,
was of a house on Are, with people
rescuing the victims.
His fellow-students were asked Into
the studio of the rejected painter,
and were invited to jump through
tbe canvas, the owner of it leading
the way by leaping, head first, through
the oily flames
The other story was of a large
sized, square picture which came
back bopslessly, again and inraln to
the easel of its creator until at last it
was cut out of its frame, and was
given to an old woman to use as a
table cover.
The picture was praised by at least
one person who apDrecialed its ex
cellence, for this old lady remarked
that it "was much better than those
common oil-cloth things that always
let the water through, for this one of
Mr. Tadema's making was a good
thlcK one, w th plenty of paint on
it."
Buainess Is Rusinena.
Jacob Tome, the Philadelphia mill
ionaire, began life as a bustler.
Some time ago, according to the
Philadelphia Kecord, a friend of bis,
who had been a fellow hostler In
Tome's early days, and who bad never
risen above that, approached him
for tbe loan of 1250. He was In
formed that he could have it upoo
producing proper security. This de
mand for security I necked Mr.
Tome's hostler friend, who, turoUf
to him, said: "Why, dang iu Jake,
weren't you and 1 hostlers together?"
and received the reply: "Ye-, and
you're a hostler still."
In winter jou ean put on enough
to be warm, but in summer you can't
take off enough to be oool
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