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Custer County Republican
, lit. M. A lslmtmY , l Di & x'PIHISIIU
I II tD1tOKE HOW , . . U I N.BlH , " .A [ \ A ,
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I Recent observers hnve found thnt'
{ plumb Unes tor accurate work l111oul < l
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I , be of calIper or bronze. A steel wlm
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' ' , In n deep shntt WIIS slightly dellectc
, by the cat'th's mngnetls11l.
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In his . Intcst resenrches Professor
I ' . C r1o hns foun ( ( thnt rll < lIu11l IteellS I
I , I s q''n tel1lllernturo I1t 1.G degre O. :
. . . . bo\'c thnt ot the ntmosplwre. : rhls
' sulJstnuco e11l1ts more
than enough hent to lI1elt Its own
f wolght or Ice , 'et there Is no cOll1hus- ,
I lion nor chc1n'lcnl'1I0r 1I10leculnr
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chnngo. ,
Pcnt fuel III frclght locomotives In ;
S'\'oden hils Imuled the 1I111 : < 111Iull1 IOllel , i
the cost lJellig IIbout Iho sn11l0 ns with
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UlIgllsl coul. 'l'o.n rold the eXlleliRe
of un e.x.tm JIt'011l1l1l , howev r , the pel1t
Is now mixed with 1111 ollllal wel1ht
of coul , atH1 the II1lxt\ll'o hns [ Iro\'eu
BO 6atlitllctor ' thnt It Is to lJo tI'lell
011 , [ lIullIlngm' : ! trnlJiij.
A itew" forlli of imCoty Inll1p ; giving
no hent nnd posscsslng 110 IInme , hnll :
been Im'entod h ' Professor Hnns Io-
lisch , ntHl dctWI'llJe < 1 hoforo the Vhmul1
Academy. or 'Sclellceli : , . tiut , It n.ty not
pro\'o com11lel'cI1l1y ! successful. It consists -
sists of 11 glllss jnt' IIncd with 11 com-
p.ound or snltlJoter I1nd gelatlno , In
wblch a cololl ' or lumlnolls bacteria
Ja CJ\ used to du'elop , Such n InmlJ
, glvos n blulsh-gl'en ! lI ht , lIul11clent to
render cOllrse print le lble , and to
malw faces.recoglllznllo ! I1t two 'ards'
dlstunce , und the luminosity losts ror
, sevCl'nl dUJ's ,
An Bugllsb Invention for the use era
, a current or el ctl'lcity lustend or
steam to heat a rndlntlng surface consists -
sists or n Inyer or powllerc carbon ,
plnced between enameled Iron pIntos ,
anll I.elt ( in posillon with asbestos
arlllJoord , 'l'hls constltutea tbo rn-
dlator , Into whIch are lell three COI } '
per st1'ips , ono at the center a11l ouo
, nt ench end , und n continuous current
f eleetticlty Is passed from the center -
tor strip to tht' end strips. With n
current of olght amperes , at 200 rolts ,
a heating surface ot 25 aqunro feet
, cnn I ! ! l\Opt nt nn average tomloraturo (
of mo degrees lrnhrenhelt.
A new kind or glnss thnt resists
grent h at aa well ns sudden chnnges
ot tem ornture Is made from Brnzl1lan
q'uhriz pellh1es , 'rho pebbles nro heat.
cd red hot nnd then thrown Into distilled -
tilled wuter. 'rho puretit pieces are
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noxt. . selected , and weldol with the
oX3'.h 'llrogen blow pi po Into loug stems
IIko : I plttiug-noedlcs , tram which glnss
vessels ot any sbnpo can bo made. At
present the qunrtz glasa .Is chlelly em.
f'plpyed , tor maldng labqrntpry al pnrn.
tus. Into a test-tubo rnndo In this
wny a white-hot cool cnnbo dropped
witbout brealdng It. Yessels or other
torms' enn bo heatCll whit a-hot nnd
thon. plunged Into , cold wnt01' without I
cracJdnr. . , " !
Recorda ere now being sem'chM ror
notices or the rnre whlto wlltor , or
pbosphorescent : fog , or I , the Indlnn
QcclUl. , lU1 < 1. ot401' , seas , ' 1' 1ls npllunrs
I a , , ' ) 'e r1lI , az , 411t I provcft , , to be a
lumln slh' without mlRt , nn < it hnR
been encountered na nn ocean river n
mlle wide nnd ns a , broud nrea thl'ough
: blch n " .el snlled firty miles with.
'Q t'toudlln the 1I.mlta. One observer
found tbo selL to the deptb of n foot
1 to' be d msely , acked' with luminous
, itabes nn Inch long , whllo ILt another
tim microscopic mtllUalfl WCl'O obtain.
d In chalnR three Inches long. ' 1'ho
. Jbonom non hns been aeen beroro vlo-
l'C ! H t rms ; nnd It bns been sugg'ested
. that some unuaunl atmosJherle conlH-
, tions may drlvo the luminous Ocean
Il1nhnals in ahonla to the surface.
BUTTONS ON BUSHES ,
atranllo Nut Crom WhIch Button. Arc
bladc in GreAt NUlnbon.
No , the Ivory button a you wear do
not reprsl'1lt tbe deatb ot an elephant
In tbo wJl < la ot Afrlcn ; your pearl but.
tona were probably nO\'er nenrer than
you took them to tbe shell of a blvnlve
mollusk , and the lrobablllties nre thnt
'no rubber tree was ever tUIJ)1ed. ) to pro-
'duco , the h r rubber buttons that
aelorn your overcoat. Down In Cen.
tral America tt.Qre Is a fnllt Ilrodue-
ing Im1m that has qultl ) O1elnmorlhos- (
eel the button ll\lslness and forml'tl
I tbo nucleus for olle of the IUost 1m-
jlJQrtnnt Industries hI the United States.
I Tbo seed or tbls trult contulns a ml1lt
tbat Is swret to tbe tnato , and rellhl'd
'by ' tbo nntlves. 1'be milk when allowed -
ed to remnln In tbe nut long enougll
becomes Induratl' < l nud turn Into sulJ ,
Istance as brittle n 1l1 hard 'as the h'ory
trom tbo elephant's tuslt , 1'ho ( lllInl
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tbat produces these nuts 18 callcd th (
; I ( vor.y plant , best of the buttona no ,
IVllet ! Inmcrlca , wbether fermCt !
Ivory , pearl , rubber , horn .or bone
f como from this Ivory plant. Thus tlu
. probnblllties are that your button a al'l
made from \'egotuble milk , nnd theJ
, . grow 011 bushes _
JIho Ivory plant 1s one ot the mnr
l"sIs ot the age , llnd Is rowardlng It !
, growers wltb Vl1st rOl1uneB. ' 1'be nub
nre brought to UIO United Stutes b
, the shipload l1ud baull > d across th. .
conUncnt : to the big. button fnctorlC6
, m ' "blch tbey Issue f01th ; In cverJ
, c ncelrablo doslgn , color" grade aUI
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I classlficatlou of button.
T o h'ory plant } Jas rccontl . bee !
; lacovel'l'd In Cl l,1rorula , but the lIU
iit produces In Ita " , , ; 11 < 1 stllto Is ot In
1 ft'l'lor quallty and wUl not mnke o
bnttons , It Js."bel1uv d : tliougb , tlta
wlth the proper cu1tlratlon the fl"\ll
\'ould \ be as , ynluablo us the Centru
. 4rperlcan. q139 the 81'p , In or 1m' '
Itons In Amerlcll would bJ.'OOwen 1\1
, du try ot Iwportance 1ICC0nd y t
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the growing of com , wllontlnd cotton ,
for e"m'bod'ellr buttons ,
The best Irornllt f t.mmercln ' .
purposes Is COl1n < 1 on the bnlllea of the
JUter Mng < .lnlerln , In the United
Stntcs of Colombln , where by some I. .
Is culled the 'rngun llOlm. The fruit
forms n glohulnr he-nIl nlJout twice th4
sle of n 1I1an's hend nlld w lgho fronl
twontJ' to twenty-ul/otht / POIlIl < 1S. 'rha
he/lrI / Is n Idlld of cluster or lJulhs , nlld
III nil cOlltnlll frolll fifty to sixty scc s.
'J'he Rl'l'lls arc nllowcd to dr ) ' nnd ar
hllt\'cstC'd Iw\'orlll tl1I1es a yenr by thll
nutin'S ,
. 'hq III/lrel ! Rnzelle , tw r t , del.
c'rs' rlt\llOrlty \ ( 011 e"el'hlll { thut IIL't ) ;
[ lIe Wl'/l1' , fiU 'S : " ' 1'he h'r ' nut .111
Uscllllimost snl'I111 , thl' mllllutncturo
oC buttons , though 10llIC ! f/lctorles nlso
Ul/llw 11011' 'chlp8 frolll thelll , 'rh
IIl1t , howuJlIIIIS SIlIJeI'Sl'llcII the
I1l'chnlc IIfud , rlillher nlHI bOllo buttolU
III'ogUl' CO/'llierly. / It n < lllllts of wll ,
er IIl1d nlUr ! ! , 'urled tr'ntlllcnt for thl ,
111Il'IIOse th/ln / fln ) ' dthel' Imown su)1 ! )
stllnCllId / Is enslly wOl'l.ed , The
Unltell Stull"8 COIIHUllle Illore thnn 0110
hulf of Ihe wOl'lll's pl'oduct of I\'or ,
nuts 1\1111 nilie-tenths ot the vegetub16
h'ory Is IIlnl1ufli turel 11110 huttons ,
"WI1 ( > 11 the lIut rlIchcs th lIutton
fllctol' ) ' It Is cut Illto threc Slllb8 , In
the process ot cut'tlllg out , the huttm.
Is IlI\rllully shnled. [ Af1 < 'rwa1'(18 th
thrend holes al'o drllll'Il nlld coullter.
sUIII. , 'l'he button Is then sent to
the polisher , , ,1110 uses the shll\'ln/s /
IIml IJo\\'lIer 111 IHI ! ! 111 drilling to po1\sb \
the1l1 In thl'lr white stu te , Afterward
tll ! . ' ' nre 'Iell ' ! ! : to the deslb'1ler , who
t1'l\C 5 011 the huttons III IlIde1\lJle \ d 'el !
the doslgns needed to 1I1nle thcm
match the \'lIrlous weaves , colorlll
nlld textm'fI ! of Cuhl'lca. After recelv.
Ill ! ; these outlllles , It the buttolls ar.
to I'emnln smooth and receh-e a110thel
coat of colorillg , they are put Into d 'CI
If the ' nre to be st1\mpo < l with a Bel'
rated putteMl , tlll'Y nre put Into q
presslllg mnchln ! ' tItted with dies oJ
the pattern deslred.-Popular 1\10
challlcs ,
CflOWNING ; IS UNNECESSARY.
Plerty of 1\lnnllrch. . nehn Comforta'
bly 'Vlthont tbe Ceremony ,
The suggestloll Is mnde In certain
high qunl'tet's that the coronutlon-un
less ' [ Jrl\-utely Ilerforl1led-sbould III
future be dlsco11t1I1UC altogctber.
There nt'e'Irlous potent rreSODS fm
this , III the Urst pillee , the sorerelgn
In these da 's docs not requlro coronn.
tlon. The tact of his being on th6
tbl'ono la sufficient justification tor hlq
sovCl'elnt ! ' _ In the old dura , 1 > eCoro
the ccremony lJecnme a mere rellglou !
runctlon , ns at present , It " 'as 1' < > gardeJ !
liS cssel1t1nl to croWll the Itlng befol'lI
his right nl1d title could he loolwd upon
\I1I1UNltlohcd _ lIe WIIS then 'nct\ ! .
ull ' nCcelJted by the 110bllity nnd thd
[ JcoIle as the rightful so\'erelgn. .
ngall1st whom nil pretenders hnd ove.
utter no legnl cln 1111.
Now ( ln 's the cOI'onation docs not
even serve'thl' pl11'pose ot symbollzlul1
Itlngshlp. 'l'hu fact la , nBsum l by
the accession Cerl'U1011 ' following , the
denth ot a II1'o < ieceslor : That the co .
onntlon ceremony Is IIQf now regarded
In the IHIUH ! light n'a heretofore Is at ,
teHte(1 b ' tIte Cnct thn t most of th
relg1llng' " 11I B of Blfr6pe ha ye 'ncyel '
een crown'e'd. ' , .
I 'l'he knlsCl' , who hos now heen OJ !
the thl'onl' fOI- ont twelyc yeors , will
IH'obuhl ' , no\"el'l ha n' he CI'OWU , elthl1 !
" ot Pl'usln ; 01' Gl\'muu \ ' , plnccd UIJ ! 1
his Impcrlnl hend.
. 'hel'o Is a story. .IJreynlollt on tlu
contlncnt tItnt the bishop or POSCll
whoHo [ I1'clecOASors 1m YO crowned
Prus lnn klllgR for mn11) ' generations
Is pel'sonu nOli Il'utn with the Itnlsl'r
nll11 thut I\a \ 10llg U8 the pr ( ! ent hlBho
Ih'uH the soyel'elgn will not nllow hln
to perform thl' cl'remollJ but there It
nl80 n" belief thut the kaiser Is J\O
llnl'tlculnr whethcr ho Is crowned. 01
110t , 00 long as he Is on the tllron4
Urmly nl\l IrreyocuhIJ' .
Victor Bmmlll1\H'I , king df Itnl ' , hili
not' ' beell crowned ; nor has QUL'Cn WIl
helmllll1 or IIolhmd , who , though be
coming of nge wnR gellernlly mlstnkel
for n coronlltlon , hus not 'et had he
croWlI plncc OIl her bl'lHl.
The Slime Is tnl of the king 0
SIII\III , whose coming or nge nnd nc
ceRslolI were not IIn actual corcmntloJJ
The sl11 11m , wbo Is now one of th ,
longest-reigning monnrchs III Europ (
hus noycr hml the Cl1rcUlOI1 ' perform
cd , nml It Is certllin thnt he never wi ]
bo cro" l1ed , 'l'her ( ' Is no crown s 'n :
hollc of OttOlll1l1l 80VerelgntLoll
don H IrC6s.
Tubuu"tI " Unl ! ) Joke.
AIl old frlc1\ll of Leo 'J'olstol , wrltln
to the "NoyoYl'enl 'II , " l'ehltl' IIn 11
cldcnt which occul'l'ell III the noyellst' '
recent visit to the 0l'I11Ioa , sa.rs an e
I chnnge , A rich AmCl'IcuII onlved I
his 'acht , nccb11l1lIulNI b - a pnrty (
frlemls. 11\1(1 IIsll'l Ill'rmlsslon' to S (
t the 1:1'1'l\t Hus8 alh .who WI1S III , ( Iron
Ishl' ! .I\t , \ the ' would he COli tent wit
,
n gllmpsc and woulll 1I0t trouhlo hll
I with tllll ; : . Lellve WIIS gl'lIl1ted.
, (1'olstol ( sut Ullon his hulcon ) ' , "m
11 Ihlllllhist Idol , " 116 lw s\1l11. \ 111\(1 tI
whole lll1rt ' or AllIlH'lculls dl'l1Iell ale , '
/ ly 111\(1 sllel1tl ' huCol'e h111l , tlll\lIg : \ the
gaze as the - Im8ed.
Ono ludr , howU\'CJ' , l'efusNl to 1
bound b ' the con'trllct. She stoo'd Itl
tor n 111111\11 < ' , IInl ( shouted : "I.co 're
stol , L'o 'folslol , ull your neb
wI'ltings hn\'o hllll n Ilrotou ullnOueDI
, upoh my IIfl' , hut the one which III
taught llIU the 1I10t Is 'ourIll' :
she forgot , thc 1Il\lliC oC the work.
The slcl ; : uuthm' Il'tIlINI on'l" U
rn\1 \ of the hllicollr , IInd wlllspel'e(1 WII
a sm\1l' \ , " 'hoelll \ So\'ls7" " 1' (
. yes , " ahe rellllell , " 'l'hnt hoole , " Sll
1'olstol , "wus _ wrltl < m hy Gogol , n
bj'ne.I
, 'I'hl\lr Illulltlty.
Inl1ulsltl\'o l'nrlWhut are the
pecullorloold g thlll's ! ?
t. Deole l I'csed fl1mll - skeletons r
the closets or fil1t d01'4'rs-Jnd1:0 ; ,
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WHEN A SULTAN TRAVELS.
A..lcnl\e . or" lIe flllltnll of 1\loroecn
: ' 10 > 1\ nit 111111011111 : , 'ectnclc.
III the 1110111InJ ; , n t , I o'clocle , tbe
1111 : le MIIlIIll'll to 1/l''ak / call1P : the toot
'ohliN's are e , IlullcllIII thl'll' tcnt
t'g M' , 1J 'lI W'I' II , { 'II. " In the (1I11'l\nlSJj.
rlllluall ' tlw I'l'lllnlning tt'ntH Clll11e
own , allli tllo thl'oll of AI'nbs were
Uf the 1110 "e. 1'1H ! Sultan's tl'l1t I'e-
oln1ClI ! ; , .A little to olle sldo his min.
Istel' ! ! 111111 kllids Ilatlolll1) ' WI1I tl'll , thl'
, ntter Corl11lng l 1III'ge , hollow square ,
! t one end of whlcstooll \ thu min.
: sturs , while III CI'OUt of tI,111 ) 11 8pac1.
: IUS hlue 111111 gold chllh' IIWlllte 1111
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rllCI'e < ! OCCllJ1l1n t.
l'rl'leJ\tl ' thc willi OIWII'llllllll he al'
[ lOIII'cd , hili I11I1SI-III\ ( ! "Isage t1l1'nlng
nelt1wr l'II.(1\t ( \ 1101' It\rt , With glll'l11 nts
Iwa 'III rh .th11lIcull . . h ; ! wllllwd to tile
chnlr lIud scntl-d hhl\i1clC. A Iln\'u at
his side fnnned hll11 with II whltc
elllwu cloth , to ( ll'fel\(1 his slItred'l11l1s-
tel' 1'1'0111 1l11l1,1.lull1'y ( l11sects , lie whls-
[ ler1 to tllo HilI \ ' ( ' , who clllled to Olll'
of Ihe II\luhte . IIU1'l'll'lllhe , IIIJIIl'nr'
cd , IOWPl'I1I h II ! 1.lOud : t hl'lI , II ftl'r 1'11-
111O'III hif ! , RlIPIJl'rH jllHI bllck oC hili
I11l1jcRtr , IJI'PSl'lItt'll hll1ls < Jlf , 111)(1 ) ( nftl'r
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n 'shol't COl1\'L'I' Utloll wall dIBl1Il sc(1.
PI'l'H ntl ' II ve Hol'gl' llSI ' sl : < ldJell
hOl'Sl'lI were hl'Ol1ghl IwCol'e IIIl'h' 1'0111 :
I11nstcI' , who , wllh 111Iotlon or hb
11111d , chose 010 , th ( ' othel's h ( llIg t1\IL'n
'lwa ' ' , whlll ! he I'OSO with grcl1t011'111 / -
1111 ' IInd 1110Ulltlu1 ; , rode to nil Hlllo
jf thu IHIUnl'l ! , to h ( ' thrice Sl lutcd h '
N\ch ho soldlcl's. 'J'hlcel'clIlJn '
\ < 1r Qf / ; cel'clI\lJn
( Jmpleted , the lIIuslclalls , 111'1110 < 1 with
ohoell alJd tOIll-t01l18 , dlsl\11'lJed thc nt.
mosphcl' ( ! With 1loleflll , p1'chlstorlc ,
Jh'gl' , 111111 Uw 1l'OCCSHloII WIIS under
\\'II ' . It " , ns lIothlu lJut all clIt1\lIgle- \
nll'lIt of nrll1\el' \ ' . horlC'
, Inrll1ltrr , IIn/s / ; , ! '
I11UII , 11\1(1 CO\l1't olIlclals III a iliad I'iol ,
hut , liS III a thl'l' hlng mn'hille ton1'-
lug Its Insldus CUl'lousl - , the whelll ,
B 1m w , 11\1(1 chili ! foulld their chnllllel
lit O1lce , ulld I < > ft the Ignornllt bellOld'r (
lilcllholl1u1. ) Huhoh1 ! thc : . ' we1"mo \ ' -
Ing with mlltru'J' ! IJreclsloll , n hl'Olher
of the Sultnll nt thl' hend , followed h\ , '
nn l'xt1'e\1ll'l ' wide row of lUouutlod
BOhll < 's ctl'r : 'llig sllleen stumlal' .S oC
011 colol's.
1'h'u c/lmo the nrtlllery , l'lIttllng' and
hum1Jln , 111111 coming to grl t otten
wh'l'o the rends were lind , Next fol ,
lowld mouuffd soldiers /Iud / n score ot
gO\'urnmeut olllclnls , n sort ot police ,
Aftcr / ShOli Hpnce , .rldlng nlone , came
the Inlll of the miHhwlmnster ( of
CCl'oll\oules ) , vcr ' strnlght and very :
hlnel. , Illclurceluely ! huggIng bls gun
closc to him.
After hl\1l followl' < 1 four lc horses
IIhrellst , 1111 rlchl ' saddled , COI' the Sui-
tnn's use shoul < l he 'th'e ot his mOIllIl.
' 1'heu , with BOl11e dlstmce : Inter\'enlnl ; ,
Cll1110 the SlIltnn IIl0ne , slI\'e for six
hlaclt sInn'S , who I'pt up a contluunl
wllftlng of whlto cloths In the direction -
tion of his Cnce.
A IJllll\nquln contnlnlnl ; the blue
chnlr then lIJpearcd [ , carrl behn
two lI1ules , just In front or IInothe !
. 'ow of mounted staIHlnl'd b'nrers , Col ,
10\\:011 h ' thl' mlnlr.ter of wnr and tbe
1111)101 ) tant memhers or the ourt. AI
were ohllg-cd to turn nslde und malte
wny for this cl1n1Icllde-Oentul'r. :
CIIICAGO GtnL WINS fAME
, , 'S A VOCAIJST IN EUROPE
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L Jane : \orln , who recently made :
, mccesrul debut In Paris , where sl1
5ang JUliet. , Is a Cblcllgo rl nnd UI
t.'ICe of Socloctnry Decler t the Amerl
II : nn Chnll1ber of Coma.erce In ParJ !
I' Durin ! ; ' the I/\st / thrCiJ Benllons she ha
SIln In the ustlo Squnte : Ooll1pnn ,
11\der the II/\l11e / ot Josephine l.udwJ
3110 recel\'cd mlHlY encores on ber firf
lllllL'anlllce III l nrls.
Sh"ers Rnd Croakers.
The extent to which thl' agrlcultul'l
portlous or the lIl1dlo West nl'e no' '
/1uJJIIl'll with modoI'll cou\'onlenc
/ [ [ \ (
II1n - be lufClTed fl'011l thl' story whlc
rollows : ' 1'hert ! clune n rlug I1t t1 :
tcl ( > [ Jhone 111 n ( nrmhoU80 In Norther
InlHnna one dll ' 1111 1 summer , I1ml tl
CII ' 01hlmsclf ' '
l' 111 01- l'l'61Ioudc .
"Ih'lIol" he said.
"lIello ! " slll < l thl' "olce nt the OtIlt
elld of the wire. "Cl1n011 furnish n
11 hUBS sltl'er ! tor to-morrow night ? "
" . \ IJI\f > S Bln el' ? " 'hr , 'Ct ! , 1 1' < 'Cke
) f.ao , " nnswere\l the' tllrmer , laughln
In " " 'hilt do 'ou waut ono for ? "
.1. . "Becnuso the onu we'"c hlld up
10 now Is slcle. Whllt w0l1111 be 'o ,
o terms 7"
IS "Well , I UII\1I111 ' turnlsh 'em h - t1
ro : lozell. I won't chnrg { ml 'thlng f ,
:1lIt' : , IIow do 'ou wllnt him SCIIt ? "
10 I'Whnt lire' J-OI1 tnlklng nllout./ "
th . "Wbo do 'bu think J'ol1're tallth
.s , to'i"
1 < 1 "lIm't this the Indlnnnpolls OlIO
ot 11 QUSl' 1"
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1'110 Conrtin' .
God mnkes such nl htB , nil white nu' still
, ' ' ' lool nnd IIstell
l'ur 'z'rou clln ( ,
MouIIshh1l' nlld'SIIO \ \ ' on Hcld nu' hili ,
All sllellce an' nil lIstell.
7.l'kle ( 'rep. up qultc uuheknown
All' IJCckcd 111 thl'll' tlw winder.
u' tllIro KOt Uulll ) ' nil nlune ,
'Ith 110 olle 111 1. . . tu hlluh1' .
A irellincl' lilled the I'oom's Ol1e sl < le
With halC II cortI 0''ood 111- ,
'l'herl''nru't 110 I'tU\'l'S ( tcll comCol'l dle )
' 1'0 hal'u to 11 llllddI l' .
'l'lwvII'lIul logs shot sllnl'kles out
't'n\\'III'd the Ilootiest. hless her ,
AN h'ctll' 11111111' : . dallced 1111 nlJout
'l'hc chill ' 011 the dresser.
Ain ! the chllllhle ) ' crool-necks hUllg ,
-\11' III IIl11on : st thcm rustu
'J'he 010 qnel.II's-lIrm thllt grlln'ther
\'oulIg
Fl'tchc hnel ; : CI'OIl1 COllcord busted.
The very room , ( "oz she. " , ns In , .
ScelliedVllrm Crom 11001' to celllng ,
All' shc lool\l'd full c ? rosy ngin
Ez Ihe applcs shcVns Ileelill' .
'Twns kin' 0' kln ( lom-comc to look
011 "eeh n hlcssed cretur ,
A < I0rOH ! ! hlllshin" to brook
Aill't mo ester or sweeter.
ne WIIS six foot 0' II1l1n , A 1 ,
Clenr grit 1\11' hlllllllll ulltur' ;
NOlie couldn't 1IIIIcker pItch a tOil
Nor dror II furrer straighter.
IIe'd spnrked It with full twenty gals ,
Her ! sqllired 'em , allced 'om , druv 'em ,
Fust this one , an' then thet , by spells-
All Is , he coul lI't lo\"e 'em.
nut lonl : 0' hcr hIs veIn ! ! 'ould run
'All crlllkl'Jilctf curled mnple ,
The sl e she hreshed Celt full 0' sun
Ez 11 Eouth slope In Ap'il ,
She thought no v'lee hed seeh II awing
Ez hlsu In the choir ;
Myl when he made Ole Hundred rins ,
She knowcd the Lord wes nIgher.
An' she's blush senrllt , right In prayer ,
When her llCW moetlng-bunnet
Felt somehow thru' Its crown II pnlr
0' blue eyes sot upon It.
Thet night , I tell ye , she looked some !
She seemed to " ' 0 guf II new Boul ,
Iror she felt sortin-sUl'e he'd como ,
Down to her very shoe-sole.
She heerd n foot , nil' knowed It tu ,
A-rnspll1' on the scraper-
All " 'a8 to once her fcelln's fiew
Like sparlts In burnt-up paper.
He kin' 0' l'ltered on the mat ,
Some doubttIe 0' the sekle ,
His heart kep' goln' pity-pat ,
nut hem ' \'ent pity Zekle.
Au' yet she gin her checr a jerk
E7 ; though she wIshed him furder ,
An' on her opples k.ep' to . . .ork ,
Parln' away like murdor.
"You wnnt to see my pll , I s'pose ? " ' "
" 'Vnll-no-I come ! Ia s"uin' " -
"To see my mn ? She's sprlnkJln'
clo'cs
Agln to-morrow's I'nln' . "
To sny why gnls nct so or so ,
Or don't , 'onld be presumln' :
Mebby to mean Yes an' sny No
, Comes uaterol to women.
IIt' stood n spell on one foot fURt ,
Then stood n spoil on t'other ,
An' on which one he felt' ' the WUt !
He couldn't ha' told ye ill\ther.
Says he , "I'd b tter coli ogln ; "
Sn's shc , "Think likely , mister ; "
Thot In t word prl < : kfd ! him lIke II pin ,
An-wnll , he up ! In' kl8t her. ,
Thcn mn blmoby upon 'em 'slips ,
Huldy sot 'pale ' ez lushes ,
All kin' 0' .smlly roun' the lips
An' teary ruun' the Illshes.
For she wns just the qulot kind
Whoso nllturs never vary ,
J.\ko \ streoms thnt keep a summer mini
Snowhld In Jonooory.
The blood clost roun' her henrt felt gluel
Too ththt for all oxpre8sln' ,
Tell mother IICO how metiers stood ,
An' 1:10 'em both 'hor bless In' .
Then her red como bnek Ilke the tide
Down to the Bay 0' Furidy ,
An' nll I Iwow Is they WI1S cried
In wectln' corne nex' Sundny.
-Jamel ! Russell Lowell.
MONl.MENT ! TO ST. , CLAIR. ,
DanKhtors of the AmerIcAn Hevoln
Uon Wish to lIolior III. lUemory.
The Daughters or the Revolution
wbo bare done so lUuch permanent1 ;
to mark historic spots in the country
nre .now once moro IIgltatlng a lI10"
ment to hOller fittingly Goneml ArUm
St. OhLlr by ptnclng a ham some mQnu I
mont over bls gruve. 'l'hla 1111 \ pro ( > e
move , snys the PbUodelpbla Inquire.
.not . because S1. OlnJr desorres to II
honored nbove others who ure sUI
'without monuments , nor becailse h
, wns 11 great general or < lmlnlsl1'I th
110 sh uld be bonorc(1 hecauso in a pc
to cullar , way ho wns connected with ou
ll1 hlstol' ) ' for a "cry Ion I { perIod. II
" , ns one or tbo first of "t 'plculnw'j
enns , "
Born a wealthy I\nd titled hous
in Scotland , be ent.ered the 11rlllY IInl
servellin tbe "Fronch nlHllndinn Will'
under Wolfe. Settlln In the LIKonie '
vnlley , ho beenmo ODO of the wlIlth
cst and lUost mlterprlslng of bur Wt'sl
ern cltizen8. lIe served throu h' 11
tlto war tor il1l1epClJdenco n 1\(1 , thou ! :
a man of high ( ) Unlllll'R , ho , hlld 1I1un. .
mo t ul1tortul1a te experiences , thou
: tl "lo"as officially clcar d or aLl ) ' . hlnlll1
A olose friend of WnshlnJton , hl' 1i (
came tbeheud of the arm ) ' , nUll l1itlJ
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'aU the nd'lce nhout 1t1l1lan wartaro'
&h'en hy WII8hluIt0l1 he Was utterly
defeated 1 > y Llttlo tl'ur e , lin-ofvln ! : l
dls ater which it tooJ ' " years nnd : an : .
oth r Pcnuflyh'anlnn'to retrlove. . ' .
As n1 < JllIher of Congress , Governor
ot the Northwcst 1'crrltoryinnl ( soldier
he had lI1uch to do , amI thougb noth.
ing that he accomplished shines
brightly 'In ' hlsI011' , ho wns a' mnn of
many parts lIud deBen'es recognition. I ,
His fnll cnllle through his pollca1 con.
, 'lcUons , A con1ll'lI1el1 federalist , ho
hated .Tefferson , his superior , with an
Intensity which he carcd not to con.
cenl. lIe useCl his hlh , omce to try to
malw Ohio f1 federalist . State by cut-
, tllI It down to. hllit Its IJresent pro-
) lol'tlollIn ! udvocatlng this he used
Inll1l1ge which .Jeffersoll could not
oyel'loot ! nnd was removed trom of-
nce. 'l'hls WIlS hlH fall , from whIch
hu . ' reco"l'cd he llved
nm'er " ( ! , though
101lg , Loslnl ; his property , be con.
ducted a los-cnblll hotel while trylug
to get the Htnte nud Congress to rec-
o nlze hIs just claims to compensa'
tlon fOl' property dcvoted to the SOl"
ylce of the couutry , He dlcd nt an
1III\"I\nced n e , emhlttered by his But-
fel'llgs ! and the nllo ed Ilijustico done
him while be SI1 w medlocro meu gain ,
prominence nnd power. i
ne died In , the bollef thnt the coun-
h'r WIIS going to ruin , largely ludueed ,
no doubt. by the fact tbat his own
services bnd lJecn rejected. lIe was ,
, rlth all his llmltatlons , a mnn ot merIt -
It , tbough perhaps he Is Imown better
as the mlln who made Wushlngton
swear tban for nnythlng else. ' 1'he
olltburst of profl1nlty ou tbe part of
" -ashlngton , continues tbe Inquirer ,
wheu be heard ot the disaster to the
Western nt'my declnred . hy tbe only
auditor 'to hu'e becn ulmost fiendish
In Its , 'Igor and aulplmrous cbaracter ,
Howe'er ; Washington recovered bls
equanimity and Is loved none the loss
becnuse he was , -ory bumnn wltb all
blR wisdom.
MILLI\1NS F ) R A MUSEUM ,
NeW' Nationnl Strncture " 'Ul Coat nu
Immense SI1I11 oC 1\lone ) ' .
Plans hn.vo been completed ror tbe
new $3,500,000 structure tbl1t la to bo
erected for the National Museum In
" -nshlngton. The rogeuts or tbe
Smithsonian Institution are superin-
telldlng thIs work , and it Is tbelr Idoll
when the new building Is completed to
hn ve n complete rearrangement or the
exhllJlts now In tbe National Museum
nnd the SmIthsonian Institution build-
iu s.
The new struct\ Is to be devoted
to the scientific collections ot the gov.
ernment , the present National h.seulU
building to tbe Industrlnl arts and the
old Smithsonian building to the SmUb-
sonlan and Nlltlona1 Iuse\lm library
and m1 collections. ' 1'he r < > gents propose -
pose thnt the scientific collectJoll In the
nt'w bulldlug shnll bo the fiuest In the
wOI'ld , and an olllcer of the institution
mnkes tbe stn tomont that already
many or the bmncbes to be covered
bl1\'e rencbed a p01'tection tbat is not
e < } unled In any other museum In the
wol'ld , even the gl'eut Britlsb museum.
The chief subjects to be covered 111'0
blololr , . antbto olog ' , geology , zoolo-
, gr , hotl\l ) ' uud Amorknn history. Tbo
pl'esent Nntlonl11 Iuseum lJulldlng will
be gh'on11 [ to a gl'ent exposition or
111 < lust1'lal nrt , Including the already
Immense nud ulllquo collection ot the
museum , and mnny nddltlons thut tbe
rugellts arc pinunlllg to seCU1'e us rnp-
Idly ns'possible. . 'l'he muse lm will bo
mOlluled In' Its scope IInd general plan
nttl' tbe Ylctorla and Alhert Iuseum
or Great Bt'ltaln. Amoug tbe cblef
departments will he those or land
trni1sJOrtatlou ( , hon t 'modols , Implements -
ments or war and electrIcal apparntus ,
ot , whlcb the museul1l alt'ondy'hns rlcb
collections.
The plnns tor the Smithsonian buildIng -
Ing contemplate the creation In time
ot a magnlliceut lIbmry IInd art gnl-
lery. The sclentllle lIbrarr ot the Institution -
stitution Is nlready one of the finest
In the world. Its scope will be broadened -
ened 111\(1 ( It will hl'come a much more
1 im ortant unit In the eneral scheme
ot the Imtltutlon. The plnns for the
at1 gnllery arc ns yet teu 11t1ve. Tbe
1 new structure wllbo \ 486 feet long
and 345 feet hrond , with a height of
four storieBroold 'n Bngle.
Pall'lIlnl : ( If OIlU C Hrdlle.
The OImge hcdg's which b nler thou ,
sands of I1IlnolA 1'01'IIIS nrl' grndllnlIv :
dlslIPIJeat'll1g , 'I'hls hNlgo , lutrod\lcl ( ]
a hult'centl1l - ) ' 11 0 h ' Professor J ,
B. TUnler of. .Tnclaoll\'III : ( , bc'ame "o
POP\IItU' , nnd for mil 1'cnrs waR tI
. tllrorlte fCllce. 1\01 \ olll ' with farmers ,
but with lot owners In the smnlIel
towns , nlill with the l'Hllrond 'com '
-
pnnles ,
Thl' high 1I1'h' ( or , fence [ losts an
IU111111'r mlldl' thc. OfUgl' IIn cconomlcal
l' fence , a Ito , nnd 'III /.illite of Its fnulh
, It gr ( lunll ' IJI'c : llle oxtellsl\'l'I ' used. .
l' It helll IIR U"'II IIl1t1In' \ renclng np'
pen red , ' 1'hl'lI It h'cllme o\'ldell thl1t
the cRnge w s Iloomell. Wh'c fe'hclnl !
wns 1II0rc < 'l1'o'll'e'aR clu II pel' , tool :
e \lIJ It s. I'oom ami rl'tllllr d less cnre ,
. 'l'Ill' rnJl'Outr. : h. : . : an ; ; rl1hhlng 11(1 ( tlleh
, ' : I hed f8 1\1\11 \ tlIh ! litltlllri : wlrc , 'rl\ (
' fnrl1ll'r-1 : rollowld th I1' Ihl I / , anti whl'r (
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Mr. l\Iorle "s "Gllldstone" Is prom'N'
Ised for Oct. 2. A number of llortrnlls. . t' ; '
w111 accompllny the text. . { 'I' ,
, Tn cob A. Rlls has wl'1ttell liTho
PCI'll nnd the Pl'e'servntlon ot thO'y"
Home. " It Is to be (1ub1lshe(1 ( ( lIy \ . .
George W. Jl1colls & COd or , Pl.lIapcl- r . . \
phln , J ,
' .che fivc consplNloUSlovels InRI. SM- !
SOil 'Wero wrlttcn by , GQrtr\1l10 Ather- !
tOil , Elllth Wharton , ChUl'leB 1/ljol' / , . I
Ii'rnuk Stocldou nmlIary : Johnston . ,
The ' were all five hlstorltl In sUlljoct' I I
ahd all 0"0 written by Am9r1cuus.
TurJey , is "loolclng 'up" as the pro : ) ,
vldor or literature. Poetry , short BtO I j
rles and novels arc coming' out In 'lIpll
succosslon nud some of th'cae ' rls. . ! '
nro to bo translntl'd Into PI'cnch. Ach-
met l\Ildhat Is mentlouell liS the most I
'
p0(1ul11r ( novelist. \
Webster's Spell1ng Boolt heWs th
Bnle record. In the thlrty-tI'e yen1's-
during which D. Appleton & Co. published -
lished this boolt 31,15,000 : ; copIes werQ'
sold , and In one yenr , just lifter thQ' \
emnnc1pa tlon ot the sIll \'es , l , DGOOo-
copies w re sold.
The torthcomlng volume or McMns- I ,
ter's "lIlstory ot the AmerIcan Peo. I
pIe , " wbleh D. Appleton & , Co. w1ll
Issue In tbe fall , bas an Impo1'tnnt
monogrnph on Preslllent Jaclsoll , tor-
tlfied with mnny letters alld hitherto. \
unpublished materil\l. .
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The prevalent Interest In the rncC'
problem has tbls Benson added tbreO'
novels to the list of negro books-liThO'
Leopard's Spots , " "Handicapped
Among the Free , " and "Tbe Inevita-
ble. " Tbe thl'ee authors take varying
4 '
views and pnlnt their pictures In rlrld
colors.
Houghton , ? lIIffiln & Co. are to publish -
lish "Tbe Flower Beautiful , " being alb
JIIustrated rolumo by Clarence Moorea ,
Wel'd. It Is said to be the first book :
denJlng purely with tbe decorath'e use-
or tIowers , an art In wblcb , according
to the author , tbe Japnnese have been
l
pioneers.
How Methodism mny be snld to bave-
begun in Susnnnn Wesley'a nUrsery
rnther than in tbo Unlrerslty' Oxford -
ford , so otten called its blrtbpta e , is
one of the fresh and Interesting points-
made by Protessor O. T. Wlncbester In
his pnpers on "John Wesley , " printed
In the Century Mngazlne.
IIopkinson - Smith styles hIs new
"The Under . " consists '
book Dog. It ot'
tblrteen stories , chlefiy ot men and wo-
lDen who bave been mlsunderstood.1
The Scribners say that in fashioning ,
them tbe autbor's Benso or tbe dram.i- ,
atle and the picturesque Is united witb
an ideaJlzed justice and n serious pur
L J
poee. ,
The just Jssued index , edited I. > y Sill. . ' .
,
ner Lee , of the , monumental "Dlctlon- '
ary or National B1 grdpby , " Is not only'
an"Index"It s nfmarlzes brlcl1 , ' - thQ'
" I
wealth of InCormntlon given In this.
"a t work , so tbat leadIng facts \JIlY
befound , in a moment , wblle precise-
references to 'volumo ' 'and ' page , guldo-
thc'reader' quickly tbe fountain hend"
ot'd tnlls.
"The Call or the WlId" 'Ia'tbe UtIO' ,
of J ck r.ondon's.'Jlondlke story , to I. > e-
Issued by the Macmlllun comJany. [ It
Js said to show a 10llg ad\'flnce over
even the best or Mr _ Lolidon's pre-
"ious work rid to combine buman interest -
terest and adventure. It Is the snmO'
stol'y as Ernest Seton Tbom1son's [ "BI-
ography of a Grizzly , " except that Im-
man bolngs enter into It more largely.
as actors in the drnmn.
DavJd Gra ' In his "Gnllops" estab-
Jlsbed tbe horse as a member or liD-
clety. In his "The BrnJ'brook Baby's
Godmother" one or the Century's mnny
stories , even tbo baby who gives tltle-
I to the tale plays a part subordinate to.
tbe toxes and the drngs whose wrongs
! a charming New York womnn tries to-
i right. I'or ! Miss Cnshlng , ne"er ba'Ing
, 'Islted a mcuagerle , thougbt of drags
as sl11nll anlmuls needing a champion
to save them from cruel fox-hunters ;
and David Gra "s story tells the ludI.
crous adventures Into which her imperfect -
perfect knowled e nnd l'lghteous zeal' '
led a bousetul of guests.
'Vhere Pulque Is Dr'unk : .
"The ( lUI < } u01'les ot the CII ' or Iexl. .
, co ure a unique fl'uturc of the lite or i I
thl1t coul1tr ' that 11 < ! \ ' r Cnll to cutch
the eye ot the tOUl'161 l1ull atlruet thlt
I1ttentlon of \'ll > lIol"s , " Huld A. S.
Chewning , or El 1'1180 , 'l'ex" to a
' , "l1shlngloll Stal' "
I11l1n , "There 1\1'0-
s lIearl ' u thol18111111 snch Illaces , IInd
they dlH1ellsl' [ 1111111 : " cl1l'lnn < ls of [ 1ul < } u&-
every da ) ' . 'l'IIl'e : Il1llclue shoJS [ 111' &
Olen eY < J1'r dn ' 1:1 : thp 'ea : ' , 1111d sure--
Iy present 11l1l't1l" \ ( \ 'IUl ! UInrallCfl. [ \ .
The WI1I1I1 111'(1 ( < 1t''Ol'/i / uII with the most
oxtrnordlnlurlr - : nr ' 1'1 , r"IJI'l'H.1It1ng ;
lJull lIghts IIIJlI l'1'Lu 11 ! ht8.
"Tho uxt. . ( tIt 11 r t1l' ! I'UJrIU ' ( ' ( ! 'Om
the stemR of l'n..I' ' I , III '
) ! ! ( ' ii , " IlIIllowlng .
O\lt 11 801' of ( ' , J' " II IlIiI' I' , ( IUlHlluttlug-
tbe sUllIow ( 111101 .1. whh'h It Ilol's very
Ilulcl\1y , 'I'IH II it I , \'I&lllll'1 & ; ; lute
O\l1' < l , whll' ! ' h. I' . . , , ' 1,11 "hI : f1u > ' IlIIlqutJ
deuler. _ \ 1,1 , pt " \1 \ , ' - ; , ' 11'0111 three
to ten g'1111 : n" , ' ' ' ' '
I'1'1' \ jl\'l'llIl' : ; ho1 [ la
tllU CIt ' 01' ' " I. . , ' . .I' : t lill lIIe peeul.
Iurly Ita ow I , ' , I I ' ' ' ' ' 111'1I ht8 ot
If ) ( ' , ' "rlH' Hill ! " ' ! I' ( 'jl'l 'l1ll'l' , ' "l'IHt
I1OIIl' , ' " 1'1'I h : ' 111111ge or \ . .t
, fen us , , "l'i1 ( ' I' r' , I" . II II lot or .
oth < ' 1'8 01' 1\ \ . . ' , . 1 , l'ulqu.
when tlll\ ( . . j" , r , . . 1111 Ite.i ; Is in.
t o11.1 \ tI 11 : : , , I' , " 11" 11IlJclpal
drink oC tltf , ' ! q" Jt , , ' , , I'J.J Is a th1n , .
Whitish 111'11 , . . ,
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milk' "