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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1896)
T0PIC8 OF THE TIHE8. A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER. ESTINQ ITEMS. Mlt mm4 Criticii aaaeaiaaje of tka Dw-llr mm Newa N The war flurry tu settled down to the conviction that the Monro doc trine U a sure thing. If Utah's claim that It U the most de lightful State to live In Is well founded it should change Its name to Matri mony. The best evidence that New York realizes It is no longer a rival of Chi cago Is that Its newspapers are scolding 8L Louis for wanting rhe Democratic convention. Greater Boston will have about 1,000 000 inhabitants, it Is estimated. But the town will not contain any more wisdom than It does now. That surely would be impossible. It will pay every American citizen to reflect carefully upon how much more securely the United Stares could "bluff England If the Nicaragua Canal were open for business and we were in control of It. Cripple Creek should be exceeding careful In advertising Its gold mine. If England finds out there Is gold there it will be almost certain to Bend Larry tiodkln with a regiment or two out there to take possession. Great Britain concluded that It would tie no fun to run up against Germany In South Africa. After thinking over the matter a while Gnat Britain may determine not to run against the United States In South America. Kaiser Wilhelm Is bound to get worst ed In his battle with the German press. He has already had several warning's that the people of his empire are angry at his vigorous attempts to suppress the free expression of opinion. The sen tence of Imprisonment imposed upon lierr nofrichter, an editor who exposed the barbarous punishments used In the House of Correction at Brauweiler, has stirred Germany to the depths, and Wilhelm may soon feel his crown shaky attout his ears unless he speedily learns prudence. Another of the old war correspond ' ents. Col. Thomas W. Knox, died at bis rooms in the Lotus' Club, New York, where for many years he has lived a pleasant bachelor's life. Col. Knox was one of the best and most accurate of the war corps of correspondents of the relel war, and did admirable work for the New York press. After the war - he turned his attention to literature, ' and became a great traveler. Scarcely a part of the world was left unvisited by him, and the result was a series of most charming books of travel and ad venture for boys, the income from which enabled him to live In ease snd without the necessity of doing contin uous work. Personally he was a genial, ireflned, courteous gentleman with a heart as big as his massive body. He 'will be sadly missed, especially by the 'thousands of young readers to whom 'Jhls books have ben a delight, i. Cecil Rhodes, the Premier and blg gest man of Cape Colony, has resigned, and his resignation has leen accepted by Sir Hercules Robinson, -the Gover nor appointed by the Queen. The Hon. Sir J. Gordon Sprigg. the Colonial Treasurer, succeeds him by the Queen's appointment. Cecil Rhodes, the depos ed Premier, was a man of great execu tive ability and towering ambition. It is as yet uncertain whether he was -cognizant of the purpose of Jameson when he made his foolhsrdy invasion of the Transvaal with only 700 poorly armed followers, without rations or aufflcient ammunition, to meet 2.000 or 3,000 well-equipped and well-fed Boers. very one of whom Is an accomplished j marksman. It has been stated that Jameson was only his tool and again that he knew nothing about the raid. However that may he the English Col onial Government seems to have mado a scape host of blm so that it may climb down and get out of a bad scrape all the easier. TV Governor of Virginia makes a sensible suggestion for the prevention of lynching. After ad vising laws for lining counties In which lynching" oc cur, he suggests that the penalty for otraga m women be death In every was, aad that an Indictment for the offense have precedence la court of all other eaaea. The nana! Justification for ihe lynching that hat been going oa la ihe Booth, with such barbarities as urning aaa laying, la that It Is aeees aary te awe the negroes Into tearing the white women alone. This may or way not be true, not It la easy to accom plish the amine rtault by lagal means. If the people are united In approving each summary puniab meats there coil Id lie no difficulty in passing laws to se--nre a abort, sure and speedy punish ment for the criminals. If ttie ordinary courts are Imufflclent It would be eaay to set up a special tribunal whose de--cision ahonld be beyond appeal and aboee verdict should be carried oat at or In effect a court-martial as a part ff the peace establishment However dbieetlonable such a tribunal may sp an (he lawyers. It Is much to be ta the lynching party that to mmrprnf the functions of. courta, tad wouM avoM mpot of the dangers of netting llsn wrasg aaaa. American have good reason U ro Jeto wttk th sturdy foJlaweraof "Oem vMcfe tawy tzni lt Jiamaa torn- mVanartaiaVsmVy tAmar SaflA UPWwflaaaaaaw P Great Britain since our own Revolu tiooary war. The similarity between them and the heroes of our struggle for Independence Is strong. They are a tough, deeply religious, pastoral peo ple. The can fight and pray and keep their powder dry. They live sim ply, read their Bible piously and shoot accurately. They know how to mind their own business and how to tecb their neighbors to remain at home. They love Cod. but they are pot afraid of the devlL They go Into battle cry ing 'The sword of the Lord and of Gideon," and the hosts of the Mldlan ites run like water before these leath ery soldier men. One result of their terrific defense of the republic has been the overthrow of Cecil John Rhodes. The rocket-like career of this man stunned the common sense and the conscience of the British people. Flown with riches and arrogance, there was nothing short of the conquest of Africa to the source of the Congo that seemed to satisfy his ambition. He was worshitwd In Ixmdon last week; this week he Is a fallen star, with the murder of thousands of defenseless na tives to answer for. Ijist week there were two great men In South Africa Cecil John Rhodes and S. J. Paul Kru ger. To-day there Is but one. GREAT LAWYER'S INFIRMITY. He Generally Lost Hi Temper and Alio Ule lite, The late Chief Justice E. G. Ryan, of Wisconsin, was. In many respects, the most notably able man the State ever reckoned among Its citizens. He had great learning, particularly In law. Among veteran lawyers who knew Judge Ryan there are few, If any, who do not concede that he was better vers ed In law than any other man In his profession in the State, but he was less fortunate In his practice than many of the first-class lawyers. The late Matt H. Carpenter used to win most of his cases when Judge Ryan was the opposing attorney, but often la mented that he was not as good a lawyer as his unsuccessful opponent. Once Mr. Carpenter said: "Why, If I possessed E. G. Ryan's legal ability to go with my good nature and skill In control ling my temer, I would not be averse to meeting any lawyer In the world, no matter how lmiortant the case." Y'et Carpenter seldom lost a case when the opposing attorney was Ryan. "How is it. Matt, that you nearly al ways defeat Ryan, eTen when It is plain that you have a poor case and he a good one?" asked one of the great Senator's friends. "By keeping my temper and helping Mr. Ryan to lose his," was Carpenter's prompt reply. That was so. Carpenter knew that his brother attorney was always well prepared when he went Into court well loaded, cocked and primed and he also knew that If Mr. Ryan did not lose his temper he would win bis case, so he was careful to see that Mr. Ryan lost his temper, and fired off his perfect load so that it scattered and lta effect was wasted. Age took the rough edges from Judge Ryan's temper, so that when be be came chief Justice he flued the high station In as able and dignified a manner as it ever had been filled. Chicago Times-Herald. Matter-of-Fact- A Philadelphia business man tells a tory to one of the papers of his own city, which, he thinks. Indicate a want of humor on the part of the people of Chicago. The Philadelphia man waa In Chicago. He expected a money-ordet letter iu a day or two, and to avoid trouble about identification, he went to the iostofBce elerk, and said to him: "I am expecting a money -order to th amount of dollars, and my name Is . Here are a lot of letters addreaeed to Die from a good many place, with all the postmarks on them; so that you see if I am not the man I claim to be, 1 must have raur dered that man and possessed myself of his letters, and am now person ating htm. As that ta not likely, yon must admit that I am trie man." He went away. In a few days the money -order came, and the Phlladel phtan came around to get It cashed. He expected to find the clerk all ready for blm, but at first the clerk did not recollect him. Presently the Philadel phia man succeeded in recalling himself to the clerk's memory. "(h. yes," he said, quite seriously; "you're the man that murdered the other one." Aa he paid over the men, however, the Philadelphia man had no cause ta complain. arc Proof. It is said that the Hon. Ramael Garlo way, of Oolumbua, imto, waa oaa af the plainest men ever known In tba State. He told man stortaa rotative to his own personal ugliness of face with great good humor. On which he often related with awn relish waa that of the remark made by Uie little daughter of a friend la an other city with whom he waa dlalag. "Mamma," be heard the child nay, la an awe struck wtrleper, after a pro longed aoTvey of the pert liar features of the guest "that aaatlamaa'a buubim must bare loved drfldren mighty wall." "Why, no, dear?" Inquired the anas petting parent. "Ob." returned the child la the earns audible wulaper, " 'cause she rained hlmr : Gecttag Bvea with Weeoeetei. The story la told of Oliver Wendell Batman tkat when oaa af Ma Mends aneaaaail hJ mtaamon af Mivefteg I laerura la Waraatar Haim aharrfaUy raapoaoaa: ti awranr giaa ta Beat H. 1 alwag 4M BaAtf If ran tava faWa wU alfl yon tplaan t em (kg arums, tat aaa 7a have hi CMi tea last. TOPICS FOR FARMERS A DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR OUR RURAL FRIENDS. Farmer Should Beware of Saaj-pcre Diet of Pica-Faraiiaa la Public Bcboola A New laaecltclde toua aliine la the Hotbouae. Way front Reliable Firm. Shynter concerns that manufacture all sorts of materials and put their goodis on the market In all sorts of con ditions. In order to get some of the trade of old established and reliable tirnui, are as characteristic of the fer tilizer trade as of other trades, sajs the Connecticut Farmer. Anyone who puts out a fertilizer can get It offi cially analyzed at the experiment sta tions, and It aps-ars In their reports, but the farmer does not know bethel the concern la reliable or not. The Connecticut station. In Its annual r-;-Iort for 1.VI5, Just out, cinpualiuii the fact that in buying uilx-1 fertillKMs farmers must rely to a latye extern oa reliable dealers, and say: "Tin ma.n security of purchaser of mixed fertil izers U in dealing with lirius which have an established r pu:uiioh, and In avoiding 'cheap' goods offered by Irre sensible parties." The caution is cer tainly needed when Uiure than one third of the nitnigetiom sjperphos pliates sold in Connecticut do not fur nish lu all resect all the iimuutactur ers claim for them. Out of seventy six brands, twenty-one n'c lielow tne manufacturer's minimum guarantee In respect of one Ingredient, live In re sjiect of two, and one lu respect of all three Ingredients. It Is the coii.-erua that have capital Invested lu plants that are most likely to remain In the business, and are the pues that It) the long run are likely to look well to their reputatiou, for they have oor at stuke. Another point that strengthens this caution Is that lu most States the analysis of fertilizers are not lijadu until after the spring trade Is over. The Care of Hwlne, The pigs are very fond of boiled Iotatoe, and rhey fatten ofT them fast er than any other single diet. Boll the potatoes thoroughly In a big kettle, adding a little cornineal, and a few apples, If they are handy, says the Massachusetts Ploughman. Mix to gether thoroughly, and feed to the pigs either warm or cold. They will relish such a diet, and thrive tilivly off It during the winter months. Where but one or two brood sows are kept uvn a farm, they will prolmbly fall heir to the swill or slops from the house. Such food is good for them, providing first that too large a proportion of It Is not water, and, second, that It Is fed wtirm In cold weather. When l-e covers the swill barrels the food taken from It U In a very unfit condition for brood sows. The adjuncts to swill may Include one or more of all the kinds of grain sown upon the farm, as, for Instance, wheat, rye, barley, corn, millet oats, peas, shorts and wheat bran. But of these, corn, rye and millet should be fed spar ingly, and barley cautiously, as they are too highly carbonaceous. Faraulaa In Public Hchoola. At one of the Ontario farmers' insti tutes John Darners a!d on the subject of introducing this topic into the schools: Nature should be the text book, the teacher should be merely the direc tor and maintainor of the attention. It ta true we have object leowms In our schools, but If these, as too often they do, end with a cataloguing qualities, the result Is chaff and not wheat The oboervatlon faculties are not trained by merely observing, but by reasoning about what Is observed. The eye sees the object held before H, but trained scientific oboervatlon seea more or lens of the htotory of that object stretching away back Into the pust or attempts to measure lu future poMMibilltie. 1 should rather have my child reacij ten scientific ooncluoiomi by hHt own efforts (obeerratlonM) widely directed than to acquire a thousand by remembering Ipse dlxlts of teacher or text-book. For example, I projwunded the ques tion: "Whether Is the dew heavier on calm or on windy nlglita?" After three observations the child said "on windy nighta," giving her reaaon. Kvcn tbat result I thought much better than If be looked In a book and read the op posite statement. I told her to continue watching and writing earti morning what she noticed. The farmer oeeda to use bis eyes and reach correct judg ments from bw obeorraMone; so does everybody etae. Hence nature study should form an Important part of every school curriculum from the Brat to rha highest grade. Progress la thin kind of education cannot be tented by the or dinary written examination upon a net of formal questions prepared for all rhe sohoota of a country or a province. & How IaoacUctde. Tree rermla will aoon have no pence or comfort la the orchard or shrubbery of the progreanlve farmer or lover of nature. Kerosene emulsion, parts greea, pyrethrum and other Insecticides bare been moat effectually used in the destruction of certain forma of Inaect pests, but a class of vermin consisting of borers and other aorta have baffled all attempts at their destruction. The New Jersey Kxperlraent Rtatloa found the Oernman lime remedy, "raupen lelm." effective, but eipenslve. Ac cordingly, the station official set to work to produce a similar product wlthla the reach of all farmers and others who would rid their premise of tree bi sects. "Doodroleaa" Is the prod net of the expert inenta, and has bean found very effective. It waigba about like battCVad la applied to truaka of tree wltk a brook. Baiag atlcky, lass eta aaa aeither orawl ap nor down a trunk aaa tad wttk it, or laaaata aaaot bora ajrroagh tad traak. ar taa adatt laaaat ana tramk Car Ma frne ta traaa, ft awawa aa harmful effect It has bean found effective In destroying peach and pear borers, and will probably afford Im munity from canker worm, scale In sects, moths and caterpillars. Full par ticulars of this Insecticide are printed in Bulletin 111 of the New Jersey Ex periment Station at New Brunswick. anshlne la Henbouaee. It is a suggestive fact that the number of eggs laid rapidly decreases as th days grow shorter. The time of gTeai et scarcity and hlgheat prices Is during the shortest days of winter. To be sure, tbee are generally alo the ooldest days. But lack of sunlight encouraging the fowls to active life has something to do with It In a dimiy-llghted heu house fowls will stay on their roosts until 9 or 10 o'clock on a winter's morn ing. Every hen house should have at least one window In the east and anoth er in the south. If these windows, es pecially the ones to the east, are made double and the sashes chicly fitted, there will be little loss of heat through them, l uless windows are made dou ble they will do little good In admitting light on the coldest days, for they will be obscured by an Ice covering from freezing of the moisture In the breath of the fowls. Care of Milk in Winter. Milk should never lie set lu :1m iU-'.i-en, nor where potatoes or other vege tables are stored, as the odor of t'ie vegetables will Injure the flavor of the cream, and thus soll the bu'.ter. W licit a creamery Is not In use the csm umy lie set In a wooden vat or chest. The tiox should lie a little deeper than the cans and have a lid that can b locked, and a few auger holes bored In inch end near the top for ventilation. (Vvr these holes with gauze wire lo keep out mice. The box should lie given two costs of white paint inside and (nit. In the early full it should st near the well lu the puinphouse, and be filled with water within one Im-h of the top of the cans. When the weather becomes cold set the Ikix In a room that can be kept at a temperature oi m to ('A) degrees, and diH-nse with the water. Milk can be kept for several days sweet In such a box, and a first-class quality of butter can be made from the creun-. A creamery for five cows will cost $2., and a milk chest to hold the milk from the same numtier of cows can be made out of lVlneh white pine luinlier In the liest nmnner for $10, which will answer every purpose. A cheap thermometer should lie hung in the Ikix so the right tem-rnture can be had The Auirl can. Feed in: rheep In Winter. A corresxndeut of the Albany Cul tivator think that It Is foolish to talk of Imlanced rations for sheep. Corn and straw will suffice to fatten them, with some turnips If they can lie ob tained. Reading farther on we find that he limits his corn feeding to one half pound of corn per day. But for a poor, thin sheep si much corn might lie Injurious. The advantage of the bal anced ration Is that It enables the feed er to give a greater amount of nutri tion without Injury to the digestion. By giving a little wheat bran and whole oats with a quarter of a pound of corn per day at first, and gradually Increas- Inglttohalf a pound, the sheep will gain faster and will be little likely to get off their feed, as they might do where corn Is the only ration. The greater variety of food a sheep has the less likely It is to be Injured. Where corn is fed whole oats should slways be add ed. The sheep chews Its cud, and will digest whole grain better than any other stock excepting poultry. Ore hards ta Oraaa. Where orchards have been kept In grass a few years a large proportion of their feeding roots mill tie near the surface. To plow these orchards when In full leaf Is very' Injurious, ss rhe trees ore growing then and the lessen ing of plant food gives them a check. Plowing while the buds are dormant does little harm, for though lt.deatroys the feeding roots others will start lower In the soil from the main roots by the time the leaves are out It is sometimes advisable to plow young thrifty or chards In summer to check excessive production of leaf and wood, and Induce fruit liearlug. Urain for Yoaas Autmala. The coarse grains are cheap this win ter and hay Is generally scarce If not dear. In moat cases for their nutritive value the coarse grains like corn and oats are quite aa cheap aa bay or straw. They are much better for young stock, which noeda to get lta nutrition In a form tbat will not take It alt to digest It Tbat la the trouble In feeding ex elujavety on straw and other coarse fod der. The animal can do no more than sustain Hfe. and after being stunted all winter lu digest Ion la so Injured tbat It norer fully recovers. Keep die young suck growing, and It will be better for It during all lu after life. feediaa; Beat Uoavaa. The large varieties of beet have very few loaves In proportion to their alee. Tbeae leavea make a valuable food for cows and hogs, but must tie used quick ly, as they are very succulent, and de cay quickly If left In heaps. The leavea are succulent rather than nutritious, and ought always to be fed with grain and other dry feed. They are aa good as the beets to tacreaae the milk flow while they Ust asea aad Plaata ia Plover Pota, It U bettor to plant In the open ground through the summer and transfer to a pot of rtub earth In winter than to try to knap plants In pota through the hot weather. The rigorous growth of root In aoaMnar wlH prevent the plant from tfaotneng vary iraatr, and the oaack wtdeb aha aoot wfll rooolra hi a not WU saake It at tba saaa amaa basssaajM an fMaSy waaw. tka aaaat 9m ta pjuaaiUua u Sto mm jmgmjr argot ka Material for Good Boada. There is a way, horn-ever. In which this county can get good roads with out much expense. Our Onondaga hills contain thousands of cubic feet of good stone. Our Jail and penitentiary contain hundreds of Idle men whom the taxpayers are supporting. Bring these Idle men and some of these blocks of stone together. Let them jiouud out reientauce for their misdeeds and a fair compensation for the expense they are causing the State. Now that cou vlct labor of the usual kind Is to be alsjllshed by law, provision should lie made for making every ablelsxlied In mate of a penitentiary or Jail pound stone for the public roads. .Syracuse Post. An Awful Confeaalon. State Railroad Commissioner O'Don nel, of New York, said recently, In a public address, the following words: "We have the reputation of having the poorest roads of any State In the l'u lon, notwithstanding our annual road tax, not Including cities and villages, lu INK was over $3.0o,0 iU. Including villages, which projierly are classllled as part of the rural districts, the !iix In round numbers Is over $4.."isi,(ns). Over one-half of this is paid In cash, and the balance In pretended highway work. If this large annual tax wen? all paid In tax. It would equal the en tire State tax paid In 1!4 for educa tional purposes, Including common schools, academies, colleges and univer sities. It exceeds by over $l.tXHi.tnH) the annual tax for the suport of asylums, hospitals, reformatories, soldiers' homes and State prisons. Assuming that the State has puld the same an nual mad tux every year since, the building of the Erie canal, the total sum would have built the enlarged Erie canal and a steel track highway on every road In the State, and left a surplus lu the treasury. For all this enormous outlay we have nothing to show, except the old mud and dirt roads of our ancestors, and not as good as they were twenty-five years ago." And there are other States In the same boat. The good roads move ment should have started fifty years ago. Not a Barber. When the professor came Into the club yesterday afternoon bis erudite countenance was ornamented at sev eral points with sticking plaster, and there was a general Inquiry among his friends as to what was the matter. "Razor," said the professor, briefly. "Great Caesar! where did you get shaved?" asked young Rounder, sympa thetically. "It's a strange thing," said the pro fessor. "I wbs shaved this morning by a man who really Is. I suppose, a little alKive lielng a barber. I know of my own knowledge that he Is an ilumnus of one of the leading American colleges; that he studied In Heidelberg afterward, and spent several years In other foreign educational centers. I know, also, of my own knowledge, that be has contributed scientific arti cles to our liest magaxlnes, and has numliered among his Intimate friends men of the highest soda) and scientific standing In Europe and America. Aud yet," soliloquized the professor, "he can't shave a man decently." "By Jover exclaimed young Round er, In astonishment "What Is he a barber for with all those accomplish ments?" "Oh, he Isn't a barber," said the pro fessor, yawning. "Yon see, I shaved myself this morning." New York Jour nal. Kn tangled la Hie Overcoat. He was such a very fat man that the entire audience turned around to look at blm when he came Into the theater In the middle of the first act aud took hia seat In an orchestra chair. He wore his last year's fall overcoat, which was tight for blm. He bad evidently taken on fleoh during tba year. He ald no attention to the Interest bis neighbor evinced in him, but aat down and at once became sbsortied In the play. He grew warm, and with his eyes still glued to the stage, he arose and shed bis overcoat. The people around him be gan to titter, and Anally to laugh very audibly. The fat man realised at length tbat the people were laughing at him. Than be noticed, with great confusion, that he was In his shirt sleeves. Ilia sack coat bad come off with the other. He put them both on again, and tried to peel off the overcoat but It wouldn't move a little bit He gave a desperate tug and wriggled hla fat shoulders, and the next moment he was In bis shirt sleeves again. "(Jet outr "Sit down!" "Rip It effr cried the people behind blm, but the fat man tried again, and with the assistance of two men In the seats behind bis be Anally managed to abed hla overcoat Phila delphia Record. A Prigbtral Oosnnwand. Fulminate af mercurv. whieh u um by European anarch lou la tba maaa farture af their bomb, la M 0f tka tat t reach nrsaa aad powerful aanea- tvaa kawwa ta aalaaii. Hanatofara it haa baaa amptopad kt par snsa.0, eaaa d aa a Ait atgc far arro gry eariae preparations. It explodes wbrn aaS Jectcd to a slight shock or to beat aad not a few expert chemists since lta Ba gtiah inventor, Howard, have been aa riously injured or killed while prepar ing it or exiierimeiitlng with It In France some years ago the cele brated chemist Barruel, was luaulpa- biting this dangerous product In a heavy agate mortar when his attenttoa was suddenly distracted, and be let the pestle down with a little less care than ordinary. The explosion which follow ed almost literally blew the mortar In to dust and it tore Barruel's band from his wrist Another distinguished chem ist Belot was blinded and had both bands torn off while exjierimentlng with fulminate of mercury. Justin 1 roy, a French expert In the manufac ture of explosives, was one day engag ed In experimenting with this com pound In a damp state, in which condi tion it was supposed to tie harmless. It eiploded with such force, however, that nothing of M. Leroy that was rec ognizable could afterward be found. An English chemist named Hennell, while manufacturing a shell for mili tary use, Into the composition of which fulminate of mercury entered, was also blown literally to atoms, and the frag ments of the building where be was conducting his experiments were scat tered for hundreds of feet In every di rection. New York World. What Mie Waa Ifcilng. Kid you ever hear the story of the best retort that Murat Halstead ever re ceived? No one ever enjoyed telling the story more than he did, and It Is good enough to print anywhere. The old law linn of 'Goldsmith, Colston, llondly & Johnson was one of Mr. Ilalstend'g pet subjects for sarcasm, po litically and otherwise. He caught up a phrase which was attributed to the Junior partner of the firm, Mr. Johnson, ami after calling him a "shining orna ment of the Cincinnati liar," for some time, the brilliant Mr. Halstead went further and publicly dublied Mr. John sou "the brass ornament of the Cincin nati bar." This phrase was so attrac tive to Mr. Halstead that he never hes itated to use it lu every possible way. Halstead's day of reckoning came, bow ever. At an evening gathering Mr. Hal stead, who was very susceptible to the charms of the fair sex, saw a handsome woman In the crowd superbly dressed and with diamonds on her bosoin and in her hair that would at once attract attention. He begged to be presented, and was to Mrs. Johnson. It did not present itself to Mr. Halstead's mind, perhaps a little less steady at the time than usual, who the lady might be. He was curious alniut her. "Johnson, Johnson?" he repented. "I luive never had the pleasure of meet ing you liefore, Mrs. Johnson. Do you live In Ohio?" "Oh, yes," replied the lady, brim mlug over with smiles; "I live In Cin cinnati." "Indeed!" said Mr. Halstead, quite astonished. "May I luquire of what family of Johnsons you are?" The smiles were more merry at this time. "Mr. Halstead," she replied, "for Of teen years I have been trying to polish up the 'brass ornament of the Cincin nati liar.' "-Cincinnati Tribune. Slight Mistake. While there Is undoubtedly great beauty lo be found in the woudsrfal old tapestries to be seen In some of the European castles, their dealgna are not always clear to the unltlated admirer. a party of young women going through an English castle, were shown a cele brated piece of tapestry, for which the castle Is famed. Their guide was an elderly spinster of grim aspect who conducted them about the great bouse with much sol emnity, making appropriate remark on each of the treasure she exhibited. At last pointing to aeveral groups of figures on the Upestry, she said, ad dressing the eldest of the group of vis itors, whom she had treated m lth some what more of graclousnesa than the others: "These, miss, represent scenes In the life of Jacob." "Oh, yes, how Interesting!" said the young woman, looking doubtfully at one group where two figures in dingy raiment were represented In cloee prox imity tn eadi other. "Now, I suppaae," she said, after some momenu of care ful Inspection, smiting condnedtly at tba stern show-woman, "1 suppose that la Jacob klaolng Baebael." "No, miss," said the elderly feasaW, with an air of mingled ptty gad eaa tempt "them he Jacob and the angel wrestling." . Tba World's Klghth Woador. ' Trie Kacurial, the palace af tba Spaa lab kings, h eeventy feet from north ta eon, two foot from aaat to west, with square towers at aaeb corner 300 fart blgb. WKtdn are tba paJau proper, a cathedral, a monastery with 300 eaSs, two colleges, throe' chapter knam. throe libraries and nearly 8,000 ataer room. It la lighted wttk 1,100 outer and 1,780 Inner windows, and haa baaa Ally termed the eighth wonder af the world. Moaart's Moaart had a memory for manic and for nothing else. On attending the papal mam at the Statin Chapel be waa greatly Impreaaed with tba musical service, and asked for a copy, but waa told none could be given blm, aa tba music waa not allowed to go oat. He went to ta next atrvtee, Hateaed at tentively, want away, and wrote down the whole from memory. Tba Da CouLroy. Oae upon a Warn ta Do Coaaay Uy waa oaa af tka aWbaiat aJad aasM pawarf alia yaaaaa. Tka aa af y-ftr TZZ? VZ??m "IP waa ) sf ha atlllf ttf'mTafill