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RINGS OF SATURN.
M. FLAMMARION DISCUSSES
THE RECENT DISCOVERY.
Made Op of rnrtlcleo A Theory Lone
"Bald by Astronomers Now roily Con
firmed by Prof. Heeler, the American
Savant.
N AMERICAN AS
tronomer, Professor
Kecler has just
made at the Mount
Alleghany observa
tory, not a discov
ery, na the news
papers allege, but a
very remarkable
verification, a prac
tical verification, of
a theory which had
long been received
concerning the rings of Saturn. These
curious rings, which constitute a phe
nomenon unique in the solar system,
are neither solid, nor liquid, nor gas
eous. They are composed of an in
numerable quantity, of millions and
millions of distinct particles what wo
might call cosmic dust. To conceive
their exact form, we must Imagine the
globe of Saturn Isolated in space and'
surrounded, a't a certain distance round
its equator.by a very wide, flat wreath.
It is as if we were to place round a
Slobe a circle of cardboard in which a
place had been cut for the globe. The
ring does not touch Saturn at any
point; it is suspended in space at a
distance of 15,000 kilometres. Its
thickness does not appear to exceed
100 kilometres, and when its surface
is considered, it will be seen that it is
like a sheet of cardboard. It is divided
into three zones or three principal
rings. The outer one gives a rather
dull yellow light; that in the middle is
very bright, while the inmost one, on
the contrary, is obscure, like a veil of
crepe, and fairly transparent, for the
planet may often be distinguished
through It. Readers know, moreover,
that Saturn and his rings possess no
light of their own apd only shine by
PRESENT ASPECT OF SATURN.
! the light of the sun, which they re-
celve and reflect Into space.
The nsnpot of Saturn and his rlncs
varies constantly for the terrestral ob
server on account of the changes of
perspective caused by the continual
displacement of the earth and of Saturn
itself. Sometimes this curious system
only sh6ws its edge to us, and then "one
can only distinguish a very thin line
passing in front of the ..net and ex
tending beyond on the east and the
west. Sometimes they appear to us
very open, and then we are better able
to study their disposition. "We never
see them from the front, because we
are never in the prolongation of the
axis of the planet. In that case they
would appear Jo us to be perfectly cir
. cular, as they really are. The present
aspect is that which is represented in
the cut Figure 1, which has been ex
pressly drawn by M. Moreaux, at the
observatory of Juvlsy.
It "interesting to note the exact
dimensions of this marvelous system,
besides which the earth is nothing but
a poor little cottage. Here are a few
, exact figures:
Kilometres.
Half diameter of the earth.-,... 6,371
Half diameter of Saturn 59,250
Distance of Saturn from the in
ner ring .., 15,000
Width of the Inner ring 18,000
Width of the central ring 27,700 I
Width of the outer ring 19,000
Total width of the rings 64,700
To this system, already so rich, must
be added a cortege of eight satellites
gravitating round the planet, outside
the rings. You see, it Is quite a unl-
verse!
It had been thought that this sys
tem of rings was solid, but Laplace
demonstrated that If it were thus there
would be no condition of stability, for
to maintain Itself in space it would be
obliged to turn rapidly round the
planet, as the moon does round the
earth, and, in consequence of its enor
mous dimensions, if it turned all in one
piece the exterior zone would have had
to turn much more rapidly than the
Interior one, which would have brought
about the dislocation of the system.
It was also thought that they might
be liquid, which would give a com
parative Independence to the differ
ent zones, and when the interior trans
parent ring was discovered astrono
mers were at first inclined to look upon
it as of air, fluid formed of a sort of
atmosphere. But the absence of any
refraction on the one hand and me
chanical considerations on the other
soon proved that the three rings could
only be formed of independent parti
cles. This theory is a very old one,
having been propagated nearly two
centuries ago by Casslnl, the first di
rector of the Paris observatory under
Louis XIV. It was also matbematic-
ally demonstrated In 185G by Professor
Clark Maxwell, of the Royal Astro
comical Society of London.
BORAX FRUIT PRESERVER.
Experiments Have Given Surprising anil
Fleaaliig Ilesnlls.
Frank M. Smith, tho borax king, be
lieves that he has solved the problem
of preserving fresh fruit so it can be
put on the eastern market in a satis
factory condition. For some time he
has been experimenting with borax and
finds the Ingredients of that salt
adapted for precluding vegetablo de
composition. The discovery 1b the re
sult of a suggestion made to Mr. Smith
one day while lunching with a friend.
The gentlemen were discussing tho
success that had attended the experi
ment of boraxlng fresh meat, when Mr.
Smith was asked why he had never
tried preserving fruit In the same way.
Ho said it had never occurred to him,
but that afternoon he gave the matter
so much thought that as soon ns he
returned to his home in East Oakland
he packed several pounds of cherries,
in a box of powdered borax. This box
was placed In the cellar and alongside
of it he placed a large glass dish filled
with the same kind of fruit. Then he
awaited developments. The next day
he visited the cellar and found the
cherries In the dish were beginning to
turn. In three days they were so de
composed that it was necessary to
throw them away. In order to make
a good test he determined not to dis
turb the packed cherries for three
weeks. At the termination of that
time the box was opened and the fruit
was as fresh and in as good a con
dition as when he first placed them
there. Mr. Smith was amazed, and he
was delighted over the result, and de
termined to experiment on a larger
scale. He had a quantity of cherries
packed in a barrel of borax and sent
to Chicago by slow freight. Last week
he received a telegram saying the fruit
had arrived in perfect condition and
was bringing surprisingly high prices.
Since then a number of barrels of
cherries have been packed in borax,
and are now ready for shipment east.
As fast as the different varieties of
fruit ripen experiments will be made
by Frank C. Haven at Rose Crest Villa,
his place at Vernon Heights, Oakland.
The experiments will be on an exten
sive scale. As the experiments on the
different fruits prove successful barrels
of the fruit will be packed and sent to
the east and Europe. Whenever an
experiment Is pronounced successful it
will be published for the benefit of
growers and commission men who may
wish to preserve their stock,
"There Is no patent on this dis
covery," said Mr. Smith. "It Is free
to all, and I regard It of the utmost
value in the working out of the prob
lem of domestic economy. The same
borax can be used over and over again,
and think of the amount of unnecessary
domestic waste that will be avoided by
preserving fruit this way. Private
families, as well as hotels and restau
rants, can "have their borax bins at
small expense In which they can con
stantly keep an assortment of fresh
fruit. The experiment Is as yet in its
Infancy, and I am loath to claim too
much for It, but from the tests we have
made It Is reasonable to believe the sys
tem of borax preserving will play an
important part in the commercial
world."
Sated by an Kile
A curious story of adventure comes
from Montana. While a freight train
was lying over at a small mountain
station the engineer borrowed a shot
gun and started out for a short hunt.
He was about returning to his train
when a cow made her appearance. Be
fore he realized that there was any
danger, the animal made a rush at
him, and he ran with all his speed.
But the cow was a better racer, and In
a few minutes caught him by his cloth
ing, splitting his coat from waist to
collar and tossing him Into tho air.
Getting to his feet as quickly as pos
sible he dodged behind a tree, and then,
to his dismay, found that the gun bar
rel was bent so as to be useless. The
next ten minutes were very lively ones.
The cow chased the engineer round
and round the tree, and when he got a
chance to hit her with the gun barrel It
only seemed to enrage her tho more.
It was only a question of time when he
would succumb to fatigue, but a diver
sion occurred that saved hjs life. An
angry snort was heard, and a big elk
appeared upon the scene, head down,
and prepared for a fight. The cow was
so mad by this time that she was ready
for anything, and in another moment
the two animals dashed at each other.
The engineer watched the combat for
a few minutes until prudence suggested
that 'he should make a retreat while he
could. He regained the train in safety,
and never knew the outcome of the
battle, ibut the presumption is that the
elk was the victor.
AN AUSTRALIAN TOWN.
rhe Hallway That Was to llare Made
the Ktamests' Fortune.
As wo look away from the cliff, dazed
with color and drunk with ozone, tho
eye rests gratefully on a placid undu
lating landscape spread out In varied
tints of green, says the Westminster
Review. Sleek horses are rolling on
verdant slopes that kiss the blue waves,
dark "coral" treeB, spreading like
cedars , crown the heights hero and
there; while gleaming villas and cot
tages, clustered amidst luxuriant foli
age, Indefinably suggest a Normandy
village. Down In the hollow lies the
little town proper, trim, white, about
the size of a table-cloth. Yet tho mini
ature place has pretensions of Its own
and Justifies them by supporting three
doctors, seven dentists, half a dozen
well-appointed hotels and an Imposing
Italian architecture all tangible con
sequences of those "great expectations"
which Klnma and Its railway have so
far failed to realize. That railway was
to have made the fortune of the Klam
ese. Aa Boon n ltn advent was an
nounced they looked with profound dis
dain on the tiny hnrbor and diminutive
steamers which had hitherto brought
them In contact with the outer world;
they proposed to cut a daBh, become
fashionable and excite the envy of
adjoining townships by their commer
cial prosperity. Hitherto tho pros
perity had been of tho quietly pic
turesque order; fat farmers, jog
trotting down the hillsides on sleek
nags and leading other horses, pannier
laden, deposited pats of sweet butter
and snowy eggs on the Sydney steamer
and then, feeling that life, with a bi
weekly packet to rejoice over, was full
of zest, gathered in groups to inter
view Btray arrivals and discuss city
news greatly to the advantage of the
obsequious publican. But the rnllway
was to change all thlB; the railway
was to make Kiama Ha terminus, to
shower dally papers and gay visitors on
the little town and turn Sleepy Hollow
Into a scene of bustling activity. As It
happened, the railway did nothing of
the kind; It shot ahead to its present
terminus, Nowra, utterly Ignoring the
rival claims of Sleepy Hollow. The
farmers ceased to amble down with
their market baskets, but the visitors
came not, nor the bustle, and the day
Is far distant when tho Sydney pater
familias shall bring his olive branches,
with their spades and pitchers, to the
soro discomfort of the dreamy Idler.
Meanwhile Klnma makes tho most of
Its weekly auction, where horses and
buggies are sold at the foot of the light
house hill, and of its one yearly dissi
pation, the agricultural show held on
the heights behind the town.
SCARING A DUG.
Hut the Kxperhncnt Can Hardly lie
Called a Great (Success.
Bill Jones, of Happy Valley, came
Into the office the other day and said
he had found out a good way to scare
a dog, says the Falrhaven News. He
said he didn't see any sense In wanting
to shoot a dog or be cruel to dumb
brutes by poisoning 'em when there
were ways enough to Just scare 'em
and in that keep 'em from bltln' you.
He said, Just to show his good faith
before we printed the recipe in the
News, wo might go down street past
Oldfeller'B place and try his dog once.
So we started out with him. Jone's
took his umbrella and as we walked
along he showed us how the old thing
worked. He asked us to walk Just
ahead and he played we were 1 the
position of the dog and wnnted us to
growl. When we made a noise he
rushed at us with the umbrella, open
ing and shutting it in rather a startl
ing manner. By and by we reached
Oldfeller's place, but didn't see the
dog. Then Jones growled like and
shouted, "Sic 'em. Towser!" In about
a second and a half Towser came fly
ing around tho fence corner and Jones
jmrt'"liad time to lower his umbrella
when the charge was made. Towser
made a rush like a trolley "car a half
block ahead of you. Jones parried and
worked the slide on the umbrella han
dle. The next Instant' the dog had a
mouthful of a four-dollar umbrella
cover and two ribs out of the same.
Jones expectorated a mouthful of to
bacco Juice In Towser's eye and then
told him he could have the remainder
of the water cover, his remarks all
prefaced with adjectives never used In
prayers. We didn't return to the office
together and Jones said If we ever
printed the recipe or made any metlon
of the experiment the A. O. U. W.'s
would lose a couple of thusand on u
and have a day off for a funeral.
Tho KnglUhman's Xeatnens.
Americans fe often puzzled to ac
count for the neatness of attire which
distinguishes most English gentlemen.
Few will deny that as a rule English
men are always well dressed. The fol
lowing information comes directly from
an English source, and has the weight
of preponderant logic on its side:
"Most Americans buy one suit and
wear It until they buy another that Is,
after the first is worn too much to ap
pear genteel. In England we do the
thing different. Instead of one suit
we buy three or four, or perhaps half
a dozen at the same time. We wear
one suit to-day and another to-morr6w,
changing as often as the fancy takes'
us. Result, neatness and variety, what
is called being well dressed. It costs
a little more to start with, but it Is
economy In the end. After the first
cost, It takes no more to keep up the
supply than to buy single suits, as it
Is only necessary to add a single suit
at a time." Washington Post.
Mrs. Lang-try's Jewell.
Mrs. Langtry's Jewels are valued by
experts at over $850,000.
VICTIMS OF JOKES.
STORIES OP PEOPLE WHO ORIG
INATE HOAXES.
Row the Late 1. T. Ha mum footed
Teople and How He Was Fooled The
Hie London Hoax A Joker In the
Mines.
O-DAY'S
goncra
familiar
tlon is
with the accounts
of profitable hoaxes
perpetrated on gul
lible members of
the community by
crafty advertisers
offering for 50 cents
"a superbly exe
cuted steel engrav
ing of George
Washington," and sending to tho vic
tim a 2-cent stamp bearing a steel like
ness of tho immortal George, or that
equally profitable advertisement which
stated that, for half a dollar, any one
would bo taught how to write without
pen and ink, and the unsophisticated
sent in his money, only to bo told to
wrlto with a lead pencil.
Theso and many moro devices to
catch the guileless members of society
are all well known, bi tho Interest
that attaches to them does not surpass
tho extraordinary hoaxes perpetrated
by notable characters In other days.
There was Barnum, he whose name
will be forever associated with shows.
Ho once announced on his circus pos
ters, in flnmlng letters, that "the great
est show on earth would exhibit in tho
afternoon of that day a special and ex
traordinary feature, a wonderful freak
of nature a miraculous horse, with
his head where his tall ought to bol"
Tho public swallowed 11; people foil
over each other to got into the circus
tents to aeo the most marvolous animal
on the face of tho earth; and they Baw
It simply a common, everyday horso
backed Into his stall, with his head
where his tail usually appears.
While the late showman succeeded
In humbugging the public In this way,
he was also trapped hlmsolf by a prac
tical Joker. It was during his Initial
days In managing a circus, when ho
was showing In a country town, that,
unknown to him, a commercial travel
er stopped In tho same place and con
ceived the Idea of fooling Barnum.
Collecting a crowd of twenty people,
the drummer told them that ho was
going to pass thorn Into the show free
and that all they need do was to follow
him which they gleefully did. Ar
riving at the tent, where Barnum waa
busy taking tickets, the drummer
rushed up to him with a handful of
cards and said:
"Just count these men as they posh
In, ending with the one wearing tho
strav hat."
"All right," and Barnum began:
"Three, six, nine," and so on, whllo
they passed by him and were quickly
lost In the crowd. Soon the straw hat
came along.
"Twenty," bawled Barnum, and
turned round for the tickets, but tho
gentleman who had requested htm to
count wns not there. Barnum saw that
It was too late to search for the twenty
who had faded Inside the tent, and
accepted the situation with philosophic
resignation.
Different from this hoax was that of
the Joker In the mineB. This Western
er was given to playing tricks on hlB
"pards in the dlggins'." One day his
end came. His last words were:
"Dig under the big tree round tho
bend. I've burled $2,000 In gold there.
Send It to my widow in Ohio."
The miners at first were inclined to
doubt the ante-mortem statement, sus
picious that the ruling passion was
strong, even In death, and that tho jok
er bad desired to fool them once more.
But, upon digging for the burled
treasure, they were astonished to find
the $2,000 in gold, just as the deceased
had told them. The next thing was to
find the widow. They maCi Inquiries
everywhere in Ohio, and at last dis
covered the truth that the deceased
had no widow, and that, while he had
resisted the temptation to fool his
friends long enough to Inform them of
his hidden gold, he had repented In
the end and fooled them again.
The year 18C0 witnessed an extensive
hoax in England. A vast number of
people In London received through the
post a card bearing the following In
scription, with a seal marked by an in
verted sixpence, thus bearing to su
perficial observation an official appear
ance: Tower of London Admit the bear
er and friend to view the annual cere
mony of washing the white lions on
Sunday. Admitted only at the white
gate. It Is particularly requested that
no gratuities be given to the wardens
or their assistants.
The trick Is said to have been highly
successful. Cabs were rattling about
Tower Hill all that Sunday morning,
vainly endeavoring to discover tho
white gate.
A Ludicrous Mistake.
A cyclist who had lost his friend
asked an old woman if she had seen a
man on a bicycle along there. Sho
answered: "No. sir; but I saw a man
mending umbrellas at the top of yon
lane." The cyclist went up the lane,
and was amused to find that the "man
mending umbrellas" was his friend,
who had come a cropper and was sit
ting among tbo ruins of his machine.
Comet Aster.
An Old Kx-Senator.
The Hon. J. W. Bradbury, formerly
United States senator from Maine, cele
brated his ninety-third birthday a few
days ago at Augusta. He waa born at
Parsonfteld in 1802, and waB elected to
the United States senate in 1843, serv
ing six years.
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IN A WARM CLIMATE.
Rome of the Discomforts of Living In
l'lace Like Guerrero.
Mr. F. R. Guernsey, describing In the
Boston Herald a visit to Guerrero, says
that the tarantula is sometimes found
there as big as a man's two flats. Scor
pions are of all sizes, but the ono whrch
docB tho most harm by Its blto Is
smallish gray creature. Tho" larger
ones bite so hard that the blood flows
freoly, and tho Infected poison flows
off. There Ib a little snnko called tho
cornllllo, which is particularly fond of
getting Indoors and nesting In ono's
boots. Us blto is fatal. Boots should
always he inspected for coralllloa be
fore they aro put on In Guerrero. If
a scorpion creeps on tho faco or hands,
tho person visited should carefully re
frain from making any movement; ho
should allow tho horrlblo Insect to
crawl Just where It will, If It Ib not
disturbed, In all likelihood it will do
no harm; If It la attacked It Is qulto
suro to Btlng. The worst terror to tho
peoplo of Guerrero Is neither Bnnkes
nor Bcorplons, but tho rod ants. Bcforo
theso InsectH the peoplo fico In terror
from their houses. Thoy loavo noth
ing behind if they can help It. An In
dian woman rushed out of her cabin
with her children on tho coming of tho
ants being announced. In her terror
sho left her baby behind tho houso
swinging In a hnmmock It was hoped
that It would escape; hut whon tho ants
had departed the mother found that
tho Insects had crept down tho cords
of tho hammock, and had left of tho un
fortunate child nothing but Kb bones.
On some of tho Guorrero sugar estates
great lazy-looking Biiakes are kept In
tho store rooms to keep rntB and mice
away from the sugar loaves. These
snakes are repulsive in appcaranco, but
harmless to human beings. Not all
tho places in Mexico, however, which
havo an ngreenble climate aro cursed
with Insects and reptilian peBts. Such
places as Cuernavaca, In tho Stato of
MoroloB, aro tdo high abovo tho hot
plains to suffer from venomous Insects,
and yet so much below tho cold table
land that tho climate Is a perpetual
Biimmor. Cuernavaca unites many of
tho advantages of tho temperate zono
with all that Is delightful and alluring
In tho tropics.
THE FASHIONABLE CANINE.
The lllcnhelm Npaultl Is an Kxpcnstvo
Llttlo Mldcet lleluvcd by the Fair.
Tho dog considered most desirable as
a pet for a woman Is at present tho
Blenheim spaniel, a tiny, ten-pound
midgot, with long fluffy ears and paws
fringed with white. He Is all lemon
and white, and much prettier than tho
black and tan varieties of his family.
He Is worth all the way from $125 to
$300 to tho man who has rajsod aim.
Tho Japanese spaniel was a favorllo
this winter, and would be still If ho
could be persuaded to live long enough,
but the climate or tho food, or some
thing in this country disagrrecs with
him, and his owner seldom has the
pleasure of his society longer than two
or three monthB. ThlB little foreigner
Ib Bmaller, If any thing, thnn his Eng
lish cousin, and Is all black and white,
and has a supreme advantage over the
King Charles, the Prince Charles, and
tho rest of them In tho matter of bis
tail, which is beautiful and long, nnd
curls over his back. "Tho closer a
Japanese spaniel's tall clings to his
back the better his pedigree," Bald a
dog fancier, stroking one of these pets
approvingly. "He eats only fish and
rice in his own country, and some peo
ple think that It Is because his food
Is not prepared to suit him that he
cannot llvo here. Be that as it may,
I have known a number of people to
use tho greatest care In looking after
his welfare, only to meet with disap
pointment in the end. Perhaps some
lucky fellow may bo able to hit on a
specific for keeping him alive, after a
wltle, and then he will make a fortune.
I sold a Blenheim to a woman last
week who would havo been glad .to
pay a higher price for a Japanese If I
could have guaranteed that ho would
stay with her over three months."
Journullstlo Jotting.
A crack company "Celling repair
ers." It Is the early babe that beats tho
alarm clock.
Room for Improvement A cell in the
penitentiary,
The pun is mightier than the sword
It haB killed more peole.
"Confidence is a plant of slow
growth," but the bunco-man forces it.
Tailors say that the. fast man is gen
erally pretty slow, about paying up
When a man's iemner irets thn htt
of him It reveals the worst of him.
There Is a vast amount of solid recre
ation about being lawless once In a
while.
If any workman can hit the nnii
fairly on the head by striking, the car
penters suouiu.
The mosquito will-soon show tho
Amurlcau people whether hides are
free or not.
A cynic is a man who is disappointed
because the world was all made when
he got here.
Strawberries for tho Face.
A Southern woman says that she has
found it a good plan when coming in
from a drive or a walk at this season
to bathe the face in the Juice of straw
berries. It is cool and refreshing to
the skin, and where tbo complexion Ib
pale, adds a pretty r'k tinge. The
water in which oatmeal and bran have
soaked are old-fashioned, yet excellent
remedies for giving a smooth skin.
Some country maidens use a concoc
tion brewed from elder flowers to re
move freckles. It is less harmful and
more effective than many a newfan
gled drug.
GRASSHOPPERS l EACH.
They Were Made to Cam Their Valo
on the Iloli-Tall Car.
Bobtail cars were all the go In St
touts at one time. They were not so
popular with the peoplo as With the
rninunnlAft ntf thov a,a amnlt anil In.
:::r,r' n. v. ...." T.vr i
uAiiiKiYc uiiuirn, ine uriver uuiiur iu
the dual capacity of driver and- con-
, Bays the St. Louis Globe-Derao-
t. The fare-box at the forward ead
wl
Its series of trap-doors and front
and ack of glass, was supposed to be
an efficient device for tho protection of
tho company's interests. At that time
car tiokets passed everywhere as cur
rency. The peanut stands, the saloons
and oil retail stores accepted them at
their faco value for purchases. Tho
drUty-s knew thlB, nnd somo of them
would evolvo schemes to abstract tho
coveted tickets after thoy wero deposit
ed by tho passengers In the box. This
was no easy matter, ns the inventor
hod bo fixed its Internal arrangements
that robbing tho box by a curved wlro
or any pliable Instrument wns deemed
an Impossibility. Ono driver took n
live grasshopper and tied his two hind
feet together to n piece of thread, so
that he was helpless. Tho ingenious
cuss would then pry open some of tho
Rlnntlng trap-doors with a small stick
nnd slowly let Mr. Grasshopper Bllde
over ono door, through another, and bo
on down into tho bottom of the box
among the tickets. Tho hopper had
the uso of his four small legs, and when
his master pulled tho thread to which
the Insect was attached, tho hopper
naturally grabbed hold of some of tho
tickets. A grasshopper, whon secured
by the hind legs, will hold firmly with
Its foro legB to anything that comes
within reach. As soon as the hopper
reached tho ticket ho waa pulled
around the angles In tho box and out,
bringing with him from one to five or
six tickets. The tapping was dono at
the end of the lino or on some lone
some part of the road.
If tho fellow who hatched the schemo
had kept It to himself, perhaps the
railway company would never have dts- .
covered his rascality. This chap had
a long head and tried to make all ho
could out of his lucky find. Ho went
into the wholesale grasshopper busi
ness. Ho knew that grasshoppers
wero not to be had In winter, thero
foro he laid In a supply. He fed them
and took care of thorn. When Jack
Frost cleared tho fields of the chlrpers
ho started out on a tour among tho
drivers, He was careful about sound
ing his man first, and to those who '
were willing to bo tempted he showed
how tho trick could lo done. He had
the grasshoppers apd would furnish
them at $1 a piece. By taking care of
the hopper it would he good for a week,
no matter how cold the weather, He
plied his trade with some boldness,
and it eventually led to his downfall
and a wholesale discharge of drivers on
several of the lines.
ABOUT GOOD CLOTHES.
They Are an Judex of Oarselves by
Which Others J u dice Us.
The business woman cannot afford
to disregard the conventionalities of
dress. She who is wisest and most far
seeing follows In the wake of present
day fashions, avoiding exaggeration or
Absurdities so far and so long as pos
sible, yet even adopting them when she
finds herself forced to do so or remain
conspicuous among women. Men have
small patience with the woman who
departs from conventional dress stand
ards, nor have they much admiration
for that other woman who holds all
matters of dress In contempt and re
gards her clothes as a question of cov
ering only. The woman whose dress
is neat, stylish, becoming and suitable
to the time and p!a",e is the woman
with whom they like best to deal. They
do not want diamond earrings to flash
in -their eyes when dictating to their
stenographer, but they resent it as al
most an affront to themselves if her
dress Js antiquated in pattern, Ill-fitting
and unbecoming. True, they have
not, deep objections to dress reform so
long as It is cleverly concealed. They
do not object to an uncorseted figure
when the carriage Is such that tho
lack of corsets cannot be detected; but
hey are very apt to make remarks
about the poor woman wh)
throws away her stays and does
not learn to use her backbone.
Good clothes may not be an es
sential to success but they are
more or less of an ldex of ourselves
and it Is only the women who aro sure
of their position in every way who
can afford to let the Index be mislead
ing. Business women who are depend
ing upon their own exertions for a
comfortable-livelihood dare not do so.
Collected for Both.
Here is a somewhat new story of the
Niagara Falls backman:
Two tourists, a lady and a gentle
man, stopped off at the Falls between
trains. A backman engaged them for
a brief tour of Bight-seeing. The time
actually consumed was fifty-five min
utes. The hackman said he muBt have
$10. The gentleman remarked that It
was an outrage. The driver explained
that he had been of great assistance
In pointing out the places of interest
and stood firm. The gentleman pre
pared to pay under protest.
Unfortunately for himself, he handed
the man a $20 bill.
"Do you pay for the lady also?" asked
the hackman, promptly,
"Do I pay for the lady?" repeated
the fare, in astonishment. "Of course
I do. What do you mean?
"Then there will be uo change," re
plied the hackman. "My charge of
$10 is for one person; $20 for two per
sons. The amount you have handed
me is exactly correct. Thank you, sir."
Buffalo Express.
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