EARLY SPRING (JEMS
WILL MAKE MILADY LOOK LIKE
A HUNTRESS.
later Wrap Will Mot Satire Wltk
oat a Bti-ngsle-ABMeetioa for Her
Who Mast IicrciM Ecoaomy-Har-Mm
ot the lituu Btjle.
The Newest TIb.
LOAKS and eapaa
are to Dare one
very atrautfe sort
of succeis.r In the
early iprlug day
when the air la still
chilly. These are
the most terrifying
exaggeration o f
the little harmless
beastle, almost aa
big aa a carriage
rug or door mat.
Toe animal a p -
, pears to have been
plit and laid flat
iopen, ana nil nesa
comes right In the
middle of the square end, while at. tbe
other end are several tails because one
would look lonesome. A pair of big
claws hang at the corners of the head
and, and the whole effect makes a
-woman look aa If she were Just home
from the hunt with her catch over her
shoulder, rather than a harmless and
frivolous woman who will wear any
thing fashion dictates. Bat before
these strange devices are available,
the ' garments that serve In severe
weather are biding' by means of new
designs for prolonged life. A bidder
that was deearvtng of success was a
magnificent new cloak of pearl-gray
corduroy, and Its wearer fairly flaunt
ed It In tbe faces of observers leas for
tunate than she, to whom came at
oaos the dread thought, "She can wear
it but two months T' The garment
came to ths hem of the dress, was
close-fitting, and over the shoulders
felt three full capes, each lined with
black and edged with a narrow row
of table. The capes stopped at the
edges of an inserted vest of black vel
vet that reached from the high velvet
collar to the vest line This effect re
lieved the upper part of the cloak of
the bunchlness of three all -round
capes. The sleeves were very large at
the shoulders, causing the capes to
SOT KL STRAP TRIMMITtO.
stand almost horizontally over them.
At the wiitrta velvet cuff turned back,
tbe velvet throughout being heavily
crusted with gold embroidery. The en
tire cloak was lined with the heaviest
Mack satin. Above all the edrfng of
fur ran a tlQy line of ncarlet topped
with gold, and the waist line a belt
of scarlet and gold faxtened under a
magnificent rhlneetone and Jet buckle.
Another staggerer to .he woman
who must exercise economy is shown
beMde the Initial. It is made of pine
green velvet, lined with hyaclath pur
ple latin mervellleuz, and falls in two
deer) box pleats In the front of the
skirt, 'the fullness being taken In at
the waist by four heavy sblrrtngs.
Collar." trimming and muff are oiue
forfur, and a large bow of black
satUf ribbon haa a conspicuous posi
tion. The sleeves are new and are
finished with flaring cuffs of embroi
dered satin. Tbe chief Interest of such
snints to most women lies In the
fact 'that they will probably be re
flected In the styles of next! aut.iiun
Besides, if a thing of beauty be a
lasting Joy, the contemplation of such
handsome garments should cause sat
isfaction. It will to ths wearers, de
pend on'tt ' - ' 1
With the time for discarding heavy
wraps passed, the tailor girl will, In all
probability, be much less numerous.
but gowns that put ber In mind will be
'two stbaws.
Ths first ptctars of Mil col-
am slsa slews' si -xpls; Of ddrts
broaddoth. It !' made, wtt
aad fawML atsatod skirt and
vr-i
MlJLJi-r
wttk hsary M-krtIk. Ts f
and tbe jacket which tnrns back tn
large revere with turned down collar.
Is piped with a wide bias fold of the
same. Tbe boiee rssteos in ine (wa
ter beneath the strap garniture
With nothing about tbem that sug
gest tbe tailor maid are the next two
gowns shown, though they are not elab
orate, and in that respect constltue a
straw that acts as a vane for fashion's
coming breeaea. It may be relied on
that with spring well advanced there
Is a marked departure from tbe passing
aeon's frivolity of design. At tbe left
side of the picture there Is a dark-
brown silk drees trimmed with Jet pas
sementerie. The gored skirt Is stiffen
ed, lined with silk and edged with a
Jet border. The Jacket bodice haa a
short pleated basque, but Is plain over
tke hips. A velvet belt encircles the
waist and the gathered vest laps over.
Jet trimming edges the fichu collar and
sleeves.
The dress beside this Is composed of
royal bloe silk, trimmed wltb pale
lavender ottoman silk and open Jet
galloon. The skirt's front breadth is
sarnlshed with three two-inch bias
folds of the light silk and passemen
terie. The same appears on the bodice,
which fastens on the side and has a
small round yoke wltb collar to match,
of the light silk. Lavender point
edged with Jet show through slashes
In the cuffs and the belt ends In a big
bow In front
Many new bodices have fronts and
backs that apparently do not belong
together. One In mind has a close-fit
ting back of peach velvet the front be
ing a blouse of paU green chiffon laid
in close pleats, every seven pleata be
ing separated by a !and of spangled
gold galloon. The chiffon blouse front
Is made over peach-colored satin, but
the foundation does not show. Sleeves
of green satin so encrusted with gold
that tbe color of the satin Is hidden.
have great puffs to the elbow and are
completed by a little fold of gray velvet
that Is lined with blue satin. Tiny
handkerchief ends peep out from under
the droop of the great gold puff. The
Idea of the touch of gray Is to bar-
monlze the sleeve with the dove color
glove that Is now the correct wear for
dress occasion. With a model like this
In mind no woman need despair of a
bodice If she can muster enough odds
and ends. '
That doesn't look much like the be
ginning of an era of simplicity, and
neither does the next pictured drea.
though ita details are less fanciful, but
the era Is beginning, nevertheless.
Plum-colored velvet Is used for this
drees, and spangled and Jetted galloon
trims It Plum-colored moire lines the
SHOWItT APFtlQintD.
skirt, which Is cut with tiny train and
trimmed at tbe foot of the front breadtb
bv a wide galloon band. The bodice
fastens at the side, the front being or
namented with a yoke banded with
narrow galloon and a full vest of span
gled net It Is further enriched with
several bows of plum-colored satin rib
bon,
Finally there Is shown a .bluet cloth
sown with a very wide skirt trimmed
with two rows or biacK veiret appnque
figures. A deep velvet yoke and vent
show on the waist, the remainder, with
the sleeves, being of doth ornamented
to match the skirt Gilt spangles are
embroidered on to the yoke.
Little side bows are appearing to
flntter over the softly bunched rolls of
hair that now cover the ears of our
Koiiea. These bows ad yet are purely
ornamental and serve outf to Increase
the extension of the coiffure from sldo
Later they will have a mors
--.-ai a.cnae In covering Add secur
ing the ends bt the llfll tale side
earW that Are swstseowa Into ufe. for
fjMMoa fsWwdp A '
hair ever ths ease thaA any ordinary
.il i .- ts u- U - I M
- rh'aisr, .- ssidlea
til '!&' &rfatf owt of ths tfeltof
IX VEI.VCT KB ALI.OO!.
i
MADE A sVEAL OP THE MOON.
Tke wsaass Tkwri mi fe
ails HeM fcv Africa Tribes.
The eetlpm wag visible las fttfb to
Afrit, says te Boston rWrald. II
would be rather more than feed
guess to say tlmt thousands af be
nighted heathens riving on the dark
cent-neat HeHeved, when they saw (he
phenemeami, that the amtm was pes
tered by wiWfcn and devrte. fts f it
UBreasenalde te "eappese thfet' thess
heathea attempted U frighten away
tbae whites by beeping up torrtfie
seise as tsag as the shadows on the
moon's surface lasted. Indeed, I be be
liefs had prertloes which, among sav
age races, cluster about the eel I pee of
the moon are almost beyond a civilised
man's belief.
Oae very widespread theory Is very
amusing. Home tribes think that an
acllpee Is caused by the bead of a
dragon deprived of tail and trunk.
who swallows the moon. When the
moon has been digested down to the
end of tbe dragon's head It must of
course, be released by this bodiless
beast, and thus ths ecllpee Is at an
and.
But, as most readers know, an
ecllpee of the moon Is caused by that
luminary entering ths shadow of the
earth. In which position It ceases to
shine, ss Its light, being only inflected
sunlight, is then cut off. The earth,
tike other opaque bodies, easts a ehad-
which Is always directed away
from the sua. This great shadow
tebea away lsto space for about
1.000,000 miles. At ths distance of
ths moon, or 240,000 miles, this shadow
Is from two to throe times the width
of the moon. ' There Is plenty of room.
therefore, for the moon to be immersed
In It which sometimes happens, but
usaally the moon Jumps ths shadow-
that la, passes either above or below It
MINING FOR GOLD.
The Vaaciaation ml the Work te Thoea
BBcad la It.
T. L. Bailey, of Cripple Creek, Colo.,
rho for years haa been engaged In
prospecting la ths Rocky Mountains,
while talking to a party of friends in
the corridor of the Llndell last evening.
says ths 8t Louis Globe-Democrat
gave the following description of gold
mining In the far West;
'Ifs the prettiest work I ever did,"
he said. "It's the fascination of It;
when you have struck It pretty rich
and see your gold right In front of you,
when you are piling It up every hour
of the day, with a nugget now and
then as big as A bullet to cheer you,
and then, when evening comes, you
count It up and you find It worth nun
dreds of dollars, Just picked up out
of the earth In one day well I tell
you, there Is nothing like It Then,
when you don't strike It, you always
think you are going to the next day;
and It is Just as exciting hearing other
men tell In the evening what they pull
ed out during the day as In counting
your own. Why, I have gone for
months at a time without making a
dollar, and without a cent In my pock
et, but the excitement of the work
doesn't give a man time to realise how
hard up he Is."
Bench, Bar, and Beard.
The regulations for shaving ob
served in the bench and bar probably
came down from Roman times, and
tbe history of the custom among that
people Is a curious one. Pliny says
that beards were universally cult I vat
ed aa a matter of course till about
900 B. C., when Sicilian barbers, who
probably acquired their art from
Greece, first came to Rome, and Sctplo
African us set tbe fashion of shaving
every day. Thenceforward It became
so much the vogue In good society
that the term barbarous, ontlandlsh.
was long supposed to mean bearded,
In allusion to tbe unkempt hair of un
civilised nations, increased accuracy
In etymology has shown the real mean
lng to be akin to balbus, stammering,
IB allusion to their uncouth rpeech
For three centuries barbers had It
all their own way in Roman circles
Then came (he mperor Hatrian, who,
as Plutarch affirms, grew his beard
to hide some ugly scars, and forthwith
It became the mode. - Lawyrs and
priests, even more conservstive in
their observances than other folks,
continued to shave;, hence, it la sup
posed, cams tfie traditional practice
of the English bar, through the law
courts of Italy and France. Good
Words.' "
Reverencing His Mother.
A CMhamaxl,' he he king or coolie, Is
devoted to his father and mother.
When either .parent dies, custom or
dains that the sons shall resign all
honors snd employments to repair to
the ancestral tomb, and mourn there
for a long period.
Our former Minister to China, John
Russell Young, tells In the Uevlew of
Reviews how tbe Chinese Premier, U
Hung Chang, was prevented from
punctiliously observing the custom by
an Imperial decree.
The aged mother of the great Chinese
statesman died, and be hurried to eel
ebrate the rites at her grave, accom
panted by Ms brother, the viceroy at
Wuchang. Every one was expecting
the Premier! resignation', and bis en
forced retirement from all official po
sitions. His enemies thought 'hat LI
had tfone finally; his place would be
filled by another, and hla power be
came a memory. ,
Suddenly there came a decree from
the throne commanding LI to lay
asMs monrnlag, and at the end. of
tilted Mattel resume office. His jMrotft-
er wan permitted to remain at the
tomb, and do the filial reverence. Ths
dsns -a wwnt pracsqsat; put ths
western, ad hw
li J3Mf .Ohaf. jm
In the harbor of (Aw
went on board te pay Ms r-'
Ths fraseisr leobsd MM a
hussar. He were the eaaresat
not been shaved, aad his queue bang
Sows from a eleeted mass of hair.
Unas of sorrow etrsahsd his faee, aad
hie hands were grtaiy.
The Aral man tn the empta
for his sarefitasaB la raiment
eieeatlneae ef psrwa, appeared as the
meanest surds (hat he might, by
privation and penance, do leverenee
te his mother's memory, asenrdlng te
the creed of his ancestors. A few days
later, When Mr Yeang met LI at Tieat
sln. ths beggar's mien had vanished,
and he was again the weHappotated
nobleman. ' '
Legend of the Miff.
The Uiuu U eu aeseullslly a fsmtntns
adornment that It Is somewhat aston
ishing to find that, according to a myth
ological legend, this useful and orna
mental article of drras was Invented for
the benefit of one of the lords of crea
tion. ' Mars, so It Is said, was sxeeed
Ingly Jealous of ths mutual lovs be
tween Vcnns and Adonis, and, in re
venge, took ths form of a wild boar and
killed ths unfortunate lover with his
tusks. Venus, heartbroken, dears nflod
Into the lower regions, following her
dead Adonis, and there Interceded with
Persephone, " the goddess of those
realms, for his release from the dlse
bodled stats. - i .
Perasphons, sympathetic and compas
slouate, promised that Ados should
occasionally ascend te earth and eons
fort his beloved and Inconsolable god
dess, i But ths Changs in ths tempera
ture from the plains of Asphodel te ths
upper world was considerable, aad
Adonis found that hla Angara became
chilled and numb. Thereupon the ce
lestial daltles ordained that Mars, who
had been tbe cause of .ths lovers' mis
ery, should bs compelled, as a penance.
to descend from his habitation . on
Mount Olympus, and should kill suffi
cient sables to make" a covering for
Adonis hand. The likelihood Is that,
like t true lover, Adonis handed his
nsw possession to the fair Venus, but
certain It Is that tbe first muff was
destined for a tnascullns wearer.
he Had Him. .
He was an English lord of the blnsst
of blue blood. Bhe was a rich New
York heiress with enough rich near
relatives under the sod to make life
well worth living, at least from a finan
cial point of view. He had proposed
tbe day before, and she was hesitating.
They sat now In a box at the Metropoli
tan, whispering In undertones, uncon
scious that over a hundred opera
glasses were leveled at them at the mo
ment
"Why do you delay your answer?"
be pleaded. "You must know, my dear
Miss Stockeandbonda, that this sus
pense Is very painful to me."
Bhe was thinking what cruel delight
she was taking In this ardent noble
lover's Impatience of love, whereas he
was thinking of his forty -doliars-a-day
board bill at tbe Waldorf all this time.
'Besides," be continued, "you must
know that It Is a great come-down for
a real British earl of noble ancestry to
marry an unknown foreigner "
The maklen straightened haughtily.
'A come-down for you, Is it?" she re
torted. "I think It Is a great come-down
for me. I have to come down with a
cool million dollars In bard cash. What
do you come down with, pray?" But
bis lordship' didn't come down with any-!
thing but a sickening thud, and the or
chestra roared worse than ever. New
York World.
The Word BdenUst."
War is being waged In England
against the use of the word scientist
The Duke of Argyll, Sir John Lubbock.
Lord Raylelgh, Lord Kelvin, and Prof.
Huxley unreservedly condemn the
word; Sir John! Lublock proposes phi
losopher instead; Lords Itaylelgh and
Kelvin prefer naturalist Prof. Huxley
think! that scientist must be about as
pleasing as electrocution to any one
wbd respects the English language.
Grant Allen, while disapproving of the
word, thinks H Is pedantry to object
to a new word when. It U used by a
majority of persons; after ths camels of
altruism and sociology, scientist Is com-
paratlvely a gnat Alfred Wallace
alone la not disturbed by the word; be
describes it as userm, ana argues inai,
. ' , ,. "
ciwrnun, pnysuasi, p.VH
mi K M l aa wcii uw auvuwai. wn um v
ther asks, "What Is there to use In
stead?' Science Gossip says the word
was first Invented and used by Wh.
well in hts "Philosophy of ths Induc
tive Sciences'" In 184Q.
Drew the Line at Style.
A kind hearted young lady In Rox-
bury, who Is always doing good In one
way or another, and is a tireless work
er In the charities, had a hat Which she
was planning to trim over aad make
do for everyday wear this season, when
a woman called at her borne and, with
tears streaming from ber eyes, told
how poor she waa, and what a hard
time she had to get along. The young
lady had nothing else to give her, ami
offered to make tbe hat over for ber, If
she would accept It, thinking she her
self might manage to do without It
The poverty stricken woman took It,
tried It on her head before a glass, and
then returned It to the young lady
who by the way, Is one of tbe prettiest
and most tastefully, though not richly,
artl red girls at the Highlands, even
tnougb she U largely her own dress
makerwith the reman: -no, pins,
I 111 bet take M. thank yon, . They are
wearing wpaO crowns this year." Bos
ton Gasetto. ;.
la Sssat Traveler.
Slrtaa, AW 4 sour.' the brUhtost star
la ths bisVSWsll Apacatt
VNOL SATS Punt.
Vfcaae Bead ha -ha ftwry Ara m
Mm a -rnVfar to laaajMiry
eqatpped she mtmat he sappWis wKh a
varied i mstt il sf ths das af afl na
ttsaa. The Sag UiAsm os a r ear like
fhs ew York w aaaas awe than
AJ ths SagTa? awry ass asaAs
a ths iimil fd-t a toe
aaoklya Mr ya. Ths Sees af the
Aaftooss Is sovsssd with Saea sefee
ssa g ths sau set asasissisis at the
vartoas ssndg i e4 It Is a easy aesav
aadttlsae
ter te torn soft a Sag wMoh vG be e-
aty aeterdtag te pattern. heh as) Is 4s-
ssaft. There nee
aad hi
yettew.
yellow. The
need Instead of whits
signaliag. This is
that whan signaling at a AMasss a
white flag or a device e a wts grewad
blends with the horiaoa aad
almost invisible. The lasses! A
flag made Is called No. 1. H miisnsss
hAAt feat In length aad 122 feat te
braaath. and Is very raealy used. The
stae called 2, which Is usBsAAsra-sy
atnaUsr. la the one gsns need by
war-ahtps. Cratesss carry ths
aad Stripes In aaraa mmm ste
only the Minneapolis aad the
fly the gigantic !Ce. 1 ssm.
, Ths mtotn dtftVwM flag to make te that
of hi Salvado. Thte flag Seoul s
all ths eaiof aad Costa fries raaa ft
doaa. fsanlrtec afl hat We . Oas
own flag Is br no msaas aa sassy sas to
make. Ths forty -foar stass ta
Mas field have to be
arranged, aad ths stripes tatheaadcal
ly exact according to the oflVrtel pat
tern. Ths sUfs are mads of must,
folded twsoty-five thasa aad paaehad
out by a steel paurth. which cats a
doaen or mors stars at each operaUoa.
There are need ta the navy ynsd aaa
aHy 80,000 yards of bun tin Whtsh
all mads up ta ths Uatted State -fetor
batog mads up lata flaffi ths haa
lng Is pot to a vsry severe test rrom
each lot a saaqpte Is' takes and steeped
in fresh water for twsaty-foor bonn.
After that It Is thoroughly scrubbed
with strong soap and thsa rinsed and
dried. It U then exposed to the direct
sunlight for ten hoars, aad If it shows
no fading In color M Is accepted, The
Industry gives saagloymsad to a great
many msa and wnassa JUw lack
Herald.
Changed Has
Some time ago a tourist stepped hrh
a postal telegraph office tn one of oor
eo tin try districts, and going op to the
counter wrote an address on a lettsr.
He was about to leave, when he
caught sight of a lady In chars, aad
lifting his hat bowed politely to hsc.
But the lady had lofty Ideas of
rial position, and thus
departing gentleman:
I must say, Ifs a pretty
pertinence to come to this
to scribble and address."
The Intruder courteously
saying that be had hoped such a thing
might be permitted In extraordlaary
circumsUnces, but that if no persoa
was to be admitted for such purpose he
was quite prepared to send a luleejim
He then proceeded to fill np a form.
and handed It over to the lady, flOad up
In the following manner:
"The lady clerk at this offlc
tonly Ignores every rule of cMlIty.
The lady was struck dumb when she
read the message, which was addressed
to the secretary of the general poat
offloe, and" bore a well-knowm
The gentleman observed her extreme
confcslon,' and relenting, quietly said:
"I don't think m trouble you to send
the telegram, unless yon particularly
wlah; but I will express ths hope that
vou will be a little more careful as to
your language In the future."
The lady clerk did not fan to learn
the lesaon thu taught her as to her de
portment In the discharge of duty.
King of the Berlin Dwtaa.
Prince Frederick Leopold, of Prussia,
the' brother-in-law of the Emperor of
narminr ' has tost been Dromoted to
j th wnk of Maior General, although
, hu pjty ta such t,hat while ha'was
: captain of the Garde du Corps
PlllHmmtL his Colonel entreated the
' to transfer him to another
, Klment, owtng to the spectacle which
be propolMK, to mak, f himself on field
; days ana eves at ordinary maneuvers.
He Is' aulte young. Is known at Berlin
as the "clgerlrkonlg," or "kg of the
dudes," and dlstlngulahed himself In
this country by getting into a M-rape at
Coney Island, where, notwithstanding
his rank, he was dragged before a local
Justice, charged with disorderly con
duct He is very rich and Is the only
son and chief heir of the famous cav
alry general. Prince Frederick Charles,
popularly known ss the Red Prince,
and as the captor of Mets In the war of
1870. Henceforth he Is to command tbe
fourth brigade of the guard, having a
number of gray -haired veteran officers.
veterans of 1870, under Bis orders. Els
Is barely 32 years ef age, and his being
placed In such a position does not pre
cisely give 1 1 asm is or sattefactlon to
ths officers of ths German army, who
attribute, very Justly, bis promotion not
to merit or service, but solely to the fact
of his relationship to the
New York Recorder.
I Good Idea.
t A new departure In pa bale ntgtit
schools has been mads In PbHadelphU
by devoting one of the schools ta
coarse of lectures on ths history and
working of our political aysSsso, Na
tional, Stats and municipal got waa i
HI bs taken np la rum. Three lec
tures' s wsaA Will be glvea, tMMd
' more paxtkalariy for yeang aesa. hut
frsstBallwbo ths osi to attend.
age-red. whMe, MM
weary ysSew
td fsr
A t
TMEY DIG GINSENG.
A Cartoae reele Who Live ia a
Ginseng grows lo all the rich upland
wood, of North America, from Canada
. ... .. aifhafm
to the mountains or -
tHates. but especially In tne oD
Mississippi vslleys. It grows supera
bundantly In tbe West Virginia moaa
toins. snd there tbe profeeatonal sanger
Is found In all bis unlquensss. Tbe sang. ,
or ginseng, diggers of Minnesota, I ean-
sylvsnls. snd other Bute. usually
farmers and their families, who har
vest this crop as an Incidental, though
profitable, addition to their regular
fsrm products, but In West Irgin a
there are whole communities the dwell
ers In which do no other work than dig
ging ginseng and have no other lucome
than the proceeds of the sale of the root
It Is probably hardly neceeaary to say
that the, sangers are of a low order
of humanity. There are scattering, no
madic tribes of them In other parts of
tbe Bute, but In the Isolated counties
of Greenbrier, Webster. Pendleton and
Nicholas a race of these people ha ve a
fixed habitation. They are a PPJ6
themselves, and a curious one. Their
origin Is unknown.
There are deer and bear a plenty In
the mountains, but the Sanger Is no hun
ter. He does not take to a gun, yst
shot is always among the supplies hs .
orders In return for bis ginseng. He Is
as expert fisherman, though, and I fol
lows the rare trout streams of bis habi
tat with great results. "
The earners of West Virginia ars of
small suture, a five-footer being an ar
eragelsed man. They are tough, Ure-
less and aglla. They are pea iu.
not given much to the use of lntoXJ
caats. Their garb Is grotesqus In ths
kii made ud of any and hll
felnds of cast-off thing, and frequently
eovsring. or half covering, or rags aoa
Utters. The only attempt, at ..--.-tore
these people make 1 ths scratch
ing up of a little ground to raise the to
bacco they use-end they sll see It ra-
gardlees of sgo or sex, chisny oy sn -lag
it In a corncob pipe. Tbe women
drink a tea made from pungent roots or
s-fras bark. The members or we
tribe live In log huts, with chimneys
made of day. There Is never more than
one room to a but, and that serves for
all the needs of ths occupant, iney
sleep on the floor, and, although In tbe
winter time they are frequently put to
great stralu for the necessaries ot
life, they seem happy amid their want
and squalor.
Ginseng root ta sold green to toe coun
try stores by the diggers. The rural
dealers frequently offer prises for the
hMvlest single root, and for the great
ast number of pounds brought In by ths
Sanger. The price paid varies wltb the
season, all calculations being mads up
on the basis of dry sang. As soon as tne
root Is bought from the ssnger It la
either dried In the sun or In kilns mads
for ths purpose, or steamed and quick
ly evaporated. It behooves the man who
Is dealing direct with th Sanger to oa
up to all the tricks of the trade, TOT Tr- V
be Isn't he will get lett me exporw-
win not buy a pound of ginseng that Is
not aa dry P-k d absolutely free
from all other roou. The tricky Sanger
has a deft way of mixing poke root,
colts foot angelica, elecampane, and
other roots that are difficult of detec
tion with his sack f ginseng. The sang
Is very porous, and the Sanger long ago
discovered that by soaking It in water
before Uklng It to market lie could add
materially to Its weight But ramming
shot Into the roots and skillfully hiding
the holes where they went In has al
ways been the fraud of which be was
most proud.
Qnlte a Difference.
Mistakes In speaking a foreign lan
guage are not always merely am visa
ing. A tourist waa climbing tbe Alps
with a guide, who persisted In Ultlng
bad English lustead of Indifferent
French. The guide had Just crossed a
snow bridge, over a wide trerasse, and
turned to await tbe tourist on the fur
ther side. He was asked If the bridge
was weak, and replied, "No-stroog."
Naturally, the tourist walked boldly
across the bridge, which promptly col
lapsed and dropped him Into the cre
vasse. However, it was not very deep,
snd when bs crawled out, looking like
a snow-man, he discovered that bis
guide bad meant to say that the bridge
waa "Not strong." The tourist then
strongly enjoined upon him to reserve
his English henceforth for use In ths
valleys.
Sulky Lips.
Writing of solky people, Mrs. Lynn
Lynton cites a wedded pair who lived
together In the same house, meeting at
the same table for meals, receiving
guests, housing friends, and ' going
through all the formalities of society,
yet for years and years never speaking
to each other. All tbe communications
which perforce had to be made between
them wers made In writing. No spoken
word unlocked the closed portals of
their sulky lips. Padlocked against
each other, thuy lived In mute un
broken enmity for ths rest of their
natural lives. Sulky to tbe last, only
when death dissolved tbe cloud of tem
per which had enwrappwi his soul and
mind did she come out of hers
Orsjaa Grinders.
In Montreal, organ grinders have to
pay 20 for a license, and are only al
lowed to play wjthln certain hours.
In France thers Is the same llmlutloa
of hours, and a certificate of character
and special badge are Insisted on In
St Petersburi bo street music te al
lowed, and In Spain one only hears ths
guitar. . '
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