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THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE , FRIDAY , OCTOBER i3 , 1905.
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MINIATURE JAP GARDENS.
Made in This Country nnd Used to
Decorate the Dinner Table for
American Society.
The little Japanese gardens dis
played in the windows of florists
are made in this country , but by
Japanese artists.
"We import the dwarf plants
and trees used for the purpose
from Japan , " said one dealer to a
New York Sun reporter. "The
gardens are constructed by Jap
anese men here whom we employ
for the work.
"How much are they ? The ones
that you see here range from ? ! } to
? ( > . We have more expensive
ones. These are the § 0 ones in
these round terracotta pots.
"Some people use them for jar
dinieres for the center of the din
ing table. The coloring is rich and
good and the little gardens al
ways interest people. "
OnlyJapanese art could achieve
these wonderful miniature gar
dens , many of them not more than
eight inches across.
A perfect illusion of extensive
landscape is won by the clever
placing of the tiny dwarfed trees ,
theartfultwislsgivento wee grav
eled paths , the carefully arranged
vistas.
The smallest gardens are , as a
rule , grown in little shallow porcelain
celain dishes of pretty design and
coloring. The larger gardens are
grown in shallow earthenware
pots , bowl shaped.
Flooded with bright sunshine
the gardens show off to the best
advantage.
"I love mine in the sunset light , "
says a woman who is so devoted to
her garden that she has had a spe
cial high stand made for it to res !
on in a bow window , where it may
catch an admirable all round light.
"The effect of the golden light
through the little old pine trees is
stunning , and orange streaks slip
over the little lawns in just the
way they do over real lawns.
"When dusk comes the garden
is delightful , so dark and bosky
and cool. And in the moonlight ?
Well , you just ought to see the
moonlight on my garden , lighten-
up the dearest liltfe white pagoda
on the side of a steep hill.
"My garden's poetry to me all
the time. Through it I keep sense
of summer near me all through the
winter months. "
WAS HONEST IN POLITICS.
Mark Twain , Stumping for Hawley ,
Told Exactly What He Knew of
J the Famous General.
v
This is the way in which Mark
Twain once introduced Gen. Jo
seph It. Hawley at a public meet
ing , according to the Hartford
Times : "I see I am advertised to
introduce the speaker of the even
ing , Gen. Hawley , of Connecticut ,
and I see it is the report thai I
am to make a political speech
Now , I must say this is an error.
1 wasn't constructed to make
slump speeches , and on that head
( political ) I have only this sn
say : First , see that you vote.
Second , sec- that your neighbor
votes. Lastly , see that yourself
or neighbor don't scratch the
ticket. Gen. Hawley was presi
dent of the Continental commis
sion. Was a gallant soldier in
the war. He has been governor
of Connecticut , member of con
gress , and was president of the
convention that nominated Abra
ham Lincoln. "
' . * Gen. Hawley That nominated
V Grant.
v- * ' Twain He says it was Grant ,
, . but I know better. He is a mem
ber of my church at Hartford , and
the author of 'Beautiful snow. '
Maybe he will deny that. But I
am only here to give him a char
acter from his last place. As a
pure citixen , I respect him , as a
personal friend of years 1 have
the warmest regard for him ; as
a neighbor whose vegetable gar
den joins mine , why why , I watch
him. That's nothing ; \\-e all < lr
that with any neighbor. Gen
Hawley keeps his promises , not
only in private but in public. HP
* is an editor who believes in
what he writes in his own paper ,
As the author of "Beautiful
Snow" he added a new pang td
winter. He is broad-souled , gen
erous , noble , liberal , alive to his
moral and religious responsibil
\ ities. Whenever the contribution
A box was passed I never knew him
to take out a cent. He is a square ,
true , honest man in politics , and
I must say he occupies a might }
lonesome position.
HARP SEALS IN NEW YORK
Two "Brought from the North of New
foundland to Gotham Their
History.
The aquarium received recent
ly a pair of harp or Greenland
seals , IMioea greenland , taken
alive , at the request of Director
Townsend , by one of Job Bros. '
steamers of the Newfoundland
sealing licet , on the ice to the
northward of .Newfoundland , ami
brought down to St. John's , N. F. ,
ami thence by steamer Sylvia to
this port , says the New York
Sun.
Sun.The
The harp seals have been placed
here in the pool with the harbor
seals , which came from the coast
of Maine. They are little more
than two months old , but they are
bigger than the harbor seals , be
ing each now about three feet in
length. The harp seal grows to be
about six feet long.
The harp seal is found on both
sides of the north Atlantic ,
around from this continent to that
of Europe and well up into the
Arctic ocean. It is sought by seal
ers for its oil and for its hide ,
which is made into'leather.
The young seal , which is born
on the ice in the early part of
March , is at first of pure white
color. It grows very rapidly , at
taining half its full length within
'three months. It is able to shift
for itself when the ice Hoes break
up. The harp seal takes that name
from a harp-shaped blotch that
appears later on its sides , the seal
taking darker colors as it grows
older.
The two harp seals at the
aquarium were brought down
from St. John's each in a cask ,
carried on its side , in which they
could be supplied with water ,
while through the openings in the
top sides of the casks they got
their supplies of air. Occasionally
on the voyage they were allowed
on deck for exercise. They are
characteristically seal-like in ap
pearance , but , while already
larger than their harbor seal com
panions in the pool , they have
smaller heads. One of the young
harp seals is already sufficiently
tame to take food from the hand.
FUSSLEIGH AND HIS 'PHONE
Didn't Heally Own Instrument , But
He Came with House When Mis
tress Decided to Occupy.
Mr. Fussleigh had a telephone
in his residence , relates the Wom
an's Home Companion , but as ir.
is principally used by Mrs. Fuss
leigh and by her friends it is per
haps natural that she and they
should identify the instrument
solely with Mrs. Fussleigh.
Not long ago , being alone in the
house , Mr. Fussleigh answered
the 'phone when it rang violently
at about the hour of nine. The
following cbnversa t ion ensued :
"Hello ! "
"Well ? "
"Is this Mrs. Fussleigh ? "
"No. "
"I mean is this Mrs. Fussleigh's
'phone ? "
"It is not. The ownership lies
with the telephone company. "
"Ha , ha ! That's pretty good !
Rut tell me serioilsly , is this Mrs.
' house "
Fusslcigh's ?
"Really I can't say. Until late
ly I thought not , but as everyone
else seems to think it is perhaps 1
am , after all , quite mistaken. "
"You're a great joker , aren't
you ? Kindly tell me whether Mrs.
Fussleigh is there. "
"She is not. "
"Who is this talking ? "
"This ? 0 , t his is only Mrs. Fuss
leigh's husband.the father of Miss
Fussleigh , the man who lives at
Mrs. Fussleigh's house and oc
casionally does odd errands for
Mrs. Fussleigh. She got him with
the house , you know ! "
" 0 , she did , did she ? "
"Sure "
thing !
"Pretty tough on Mrs. Fuss
leigh , isn't it ? "
Whereupon Mr. Fussleigh hung
up the receiver and determined to
give orders the following day for
the removal of the'phone.
Logical.
I'll ' '
Bridget hovtobel'avin'ye ,
ma'am , unless ye give me more
, wages.
I Mrs. HiramOffen More wages ?
Why , you don't know how to cook
and you don't know how to wash
dishes properly.
"Thot's jist it , ma'am. The
work's harder fur me bekase 1
don't know how to do it. " Phila
delphia Press.
PHOTOS WITHOUT A LIGHT
Pictures of Wood Are Duo to Activity
in the Wood Itself Accord-
Ing1 to Discovery.
It has recently been found that
if sections of wood are placed in
contact with a photographic plate
and both are kept in absolute
darkness a picture of the wood is
obtained , declares Collier's Week
ly. These photographs usually
show the annual rings of the stem
section ; sometimes it is the spring
growth which is most active on
the plate , and sometimes it is tlie
denser autumn growth which has
the gieater effect.
The wood of all trees does not
show the same degree of activity ,
some woods being nearly inert ;
thus the wood of oak or beech is
active , that of elm or horse-chest
nut comparatively inactive. Th < -
wood seems to be the only part of
the tree which has this peculiar
power , since no pictures are given
by the bark and stem. Experi
ments have shown that it is tin-
resinous principles of the.wood
w-hieh are the effective agents in
this phenomenon.
The common resins are all ac
tive on the photographic plate in
the dark , although the true gums ,
like gum arable or cherry gum , are
quite inactive. It is also said that
if resins be dissolved in alcohol
and the alcoholic solution be
painted on paper the paper will
be active on the sensitive plate.
If a section of wood is exposed to
bright sunlight for live or ten min
utes and then allowed to act on a
plate its power is found to be
greatly increased. This increase
in power persists for several days ,
and even weeks.
An artificial light has the same
effect tt > a smaller extent. If the
wood is exposed to the sunlight
which has passed through col
ored glass instead of to the full
white light the results obtained
differ with the different colors.
Hed light has no activating power
on the wood , green light has little ,
whereas blue light is but little
less effective than while light. It
is worth noticing that the colors
which are inactive on the photo
graphic plate are the ones which
have lit tie or no power to increase
the picture-making power of
wood.
CHINESE POSSESS THRIFT.
Celestial Empire Would Prove Poor
Field for Accident Insurance
Companies.
"China would be a poor Held for
accident insurance companies , "
said a man in the tea trade , to a
New York Sun reporter. "The in
habitants would be only lee glad
to get hurl in order to collect their
insurance. Up the river from
Hong-Kong there's a little settle
ment of Englishmen. Just across
the river is a graveyard , inhabited
by a few scrub birds of the snipe
family. They are very poor shoot
ing , but your Briton must have
sport of some kind , and shooting
these birds is the only sport in
sight.
"One day an Englishman let
drive at a snipe and hit a China
man who had just bobbed on I
from behind a tombstone. The
charge of shot struck the coolie in
his wrist , putting his hand out
of business. Of course the China
man made a roar. The Briton.
want ing to do the square thing , of
fered to pay the damage. The
coolie demanded § 10. The Eng
lishman generously made it § 15.
There was never any good hunting
in the graveyard after that.
Whenever an Englishman was
seen approaching a Chinaman hid
behind every gravestone.
"With marvelous cleverness
they'd manage to get in range just
when the Briton fired. If one of
them had the luck to get two or
three birdshot in his system he
would come out , roar and collect.
Of course , this drove away the
snipe ; but the coolies took to
catching birds , tying them by tin-
leg to gravestones and hiding
themselves in holes from which
could rise and get shot at the
proper moment. The Englishmen
had to stop hunting. It was too
expensive. One of the pleasant
and refined Chinese tortures is
crushing the ankle. There are
coolies in Shanghai who keep a
standing offer to submit to this
torture , for the benefit of tourists ,
at a rate of § " > . I know of several
cases where this oiler has been ac
cepted. The coolie submitted
without a howl and smiled when
he collected the money. "
V
LONG LOSTJ3EED FOUND.
Authorities Hunt for Document and
Finally Unearth It in Long
Unused Desk.
After the death of the late Gov-
Charles Itohinson il was found
that he had followed up a num
ber of valuable gifts made to the
university during his lifetime by
bequeathing to the university his
valuable farm , a few miles north
of Lawrence. His widow was to
have the farm during her life and
then il was to go to the State uni
versity.
A few mouths ago L. S. Steele.
an abstractor in Lawrence , WUM
commissioned to make an abstract
of I he farm. He found the title
vested in a sister of Gov. Itohin
son by virtue of a deed made more
than 25 years ago. The executors
could not find any deed or other
instrument transferring the prop
erty to Gov. IJobinson. Fora time
it seemed as if the legacy would
be lost. The woman in whom the
title was vested had been dead for
several years. The widow of the
governor was sure that her hus
baud had held the title of the farm
at the time of his death. A thor
ough search was made.
Finally it occurred to one of the
executors to compile a list of all of
the agents Gov. Robinson had em
ployed during his lifetime. All of
these agents that could be found
were seen and each of them
searched everywhere for the deed.
Finally one of them recalled an
old ( leak that he had sold to a second
end hand dealer a few years be
fore. The desk was traced to : i
farmhouse almost adjoining the
Itohinson farm. The desk wan
searched , but the missing docu
ment was not discovered. The
farmer who owned the desk was
not satisfied with the search made
by the lawyers who had visited
him for that purpose. He took the
desk apart and behind a broken
panel found the missing deed.
The document was recorded the
next day and the widow of Gov.
Itobinson is now sure of her home
during her lifetime and the Uni
versity of Kansas is again secure
in ils anticipation of a valuable
legacy.
POINTS FOR "VET" SMOKER
Great Harm Is Done to Young Men
Who Indulge in Cigarette
Habit.
Very few people are aware how
much harm is done to young men
by the almost universal habit of
cigarette smoking. The man who
smokes cigarettes has one always
in his mouth , and is continually
inhaling nicotine until his system
is saturated with the poison.
The result of this practice is a
catarrhal condition of the nose ,
throat and bronchi , a disordered
and very irritable state of the
nerves , a weak and rapid action of
the heart , and indigestion.
Thin , anaemic , weak , with clam
my hands stained with nicotine
poison , unstrung nerves and de
generated muscles , the youth of
the land go on ignorantly suffer
ing the consequences of a perni
cious habit until attacks of heart
trouble , nervous prostration , mel
ancholia , etc. , bring their condi-
"ion fo ( he attention of a physi-
"inn.
If a man must smoke and we
idmit the charm of the habit to
'hose who have become accus
tomed to its soothing influences
; .el him choose a mild cigar and
nave certain set times for indulg
ing. If he puts a certain restraint
upon himself from the start , in the
matter of smoking , he will not
overdo it , and there are few men
who can smoke more than three
cigars a day without injury.
Total of Mr. Carnegie's Gifts.
Mr. Andrew Carnegie's latest
benefaction is a gift of 2,000,000
to provide pensions for professors
in universities , colleges , and tech
nical schools throughout the Unit
ed States , Canada and Newfound
land , who , from age or ill health ,
nre no longer able to render elll-
cienl service. The total of Mr.
Carnegie's gifts exceeds 2-1,270.-
000.
Auburn-Haired and Red-Haired.
What's in a name is nicely illus-
tiated by the experience of a busi
ness man who advertised for five
'Miburn-haired girls and received
to many answers that it required
the fue department to keep down
the \\hileanotheradvertised
lor red headed girls and got a
t-osl.--Tahle.iuah . ( I. T. ) Uuruld.
HE SOWED THE HOLY SEED
Bible Used as Wrapping Paper Proven
Interesting and Many Calls
Are Made for It.
In Armenia the distribution of
the Bible by missionaries is espe
cially diftle'ull. Yet the book is
eagerly read by the natives when
il falls into their hands , as may
be gathered from this story , told
by one of the Bible men , says
Everybody's Magazine. A copy
of the Bible was given to a patient
in the American hospital , and by
him carried to his home in a vil
lage. Here an Armenian priest
took it from the man , and , having
torn it to pieces , threw it. into the
street. A grocer picked it up and
look it to his shop , wheie ho began
to use it as wrapping paper. ] 3o
for a time olives , cheese , candles
and other things sent forth from
that store were wrapped in pages
upon which were printed the
"Words of Life. "
In this way the Bible was scat
tered about through the village ,
and was read by many whose in
terest was so far aroused that
they began asking for more of the
same book. The result was that
when the colporteur came round
over 100 Bibles or portions of the
Bible were sold in that village.
North and south , east and west ,
the Bible society sows ; and that
no ground is too barren for its
seed surely the following incident
proves :
A Crce Indian , and lira son ,
fishing in the northwest some-
years ago during the winter sea
son , traveled on snow shoes across
the plains , thinking that they
carried what they called the
"Book of Heaven" in their pack.
When they reached a hunting
ground , MO miles distant from the
fishery , they found that the book
had been left behind. One of them
went back on his tracks and
walked 2SO miles through the
wild country to regain the Bible.
HELD TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
Thomas , Famous Leader , Began at
the Top in His Education and
Always Stayed There.
The accepted way of teaching
people to understand music is to
begin at the bottom , says Charles
'
E. Hussell , in Header 'Magazine.
Play simple airs to-day , and per
haps to-morrow , or next year , or
some other time , you can play
something a little better. You
must lead the people by slow de
grees and as if by the hand from
fathomless depths of ignorance.
The first thiug Mr. Thomas did
was to trample upon this senile
sophistication. He would have
none of it. He wasn musical dem
ocrat ; I think he had a feeling
that the theory of beginning at
the bottom was the rotten fruit
age of the idea that some men are
specially gifted to feel and to tin
del-stand , and the rest , pooi
things , are inferior , and the gifted
truly must be very patient with
them and show them the way Id
the simplest apprehension. Feu
men have had a better under
standing of their fellows , and hi'
probably knew well enough that
the difference between mind am ]
mind is usually infmitOHima'l. Hi
tolerated none of this "begiiiiiinj ;
at the bottom. " He began at tin
top. With the highest and mosl
complicated forms of music lit
started upon his career , anr
through years on years of gooi ;
and evil fortune , through trial
and failure , boundless trouble ami
incessant toil , through intelligent
praise and fierce storms of demin
nation , he never for an insfans
lowered his standard nor aban
doned his faith.
Industrial Accidents in France.
There were killed or injured in
industrial accidents in France in
the four and one-half years , from
July 1,1801) ) , to December , ' ! ! , I DOS.
Males under 1(5 ( years of age , 1,282 :
males over 1(5 ( years of age , -11,09 i !
females under 1(5 ( years of age , 2US-
females over 10 years of age
1,5 < 19 ; total , .1.1,103. The deaths
included in the foregoing num
bered (5,002.
Colombian Gold.
According to a Spanish ex
change the republic of Colombia ,
in South America , since the times
of the conquerors has produced
Sl.'JO.OOO.OOO worth of gold.
Good Fellow , Poor Fellow.
There is no way of estimating
how much of life's trouble com eh
through the desire to be thought
generous. Philadelphia Bulle
tin.
MUSSELS FIND MANY USES.
Some Facts About a Familiar Shell-
noli At Its Bent In the Spring
How to Cook Thorn.
Mussels are at their best in the
spring. Mussels thrive in bays
and inlets , on sandy bottoms , to
which , and to one another , they
attach by their byssus threads ,
tliene being slender filaments issu
ing from between the shellssays
a New Vork writer. They are
sometimes in great beds extend
ing over a hundred acres , thou
sands of bushels of mussels being
obtained in a single bed.
Fishermen go for mussels as
soon as the ice is out of the bays
in the spring , and sometimes
when wind and weather are pro
pitious they sandwich in a trip for
mussels between the end of one
fishing trip and the beginning of
another. There are plenty of IUUH
ficl beds within easy reaching dis
tance of New York , and once on a
mussel bed a load for a ten-ton
sloop might be dredged up in a
single tide.
So with good luck a fisherman
could go to a mussel bed 20 , ! JO or
10 miles distant , and gut a load of
mussels , and be back in New York
ready to sell them , all within two
days.
The profit on the trip depends on
what he gets for his catch. If
there should bn many boatloads
of mussels in the market at the
same time he would get less for
them ; but if he should happen to
come in when mussels wore scarce
he would get more. If he gotsay ,
$1.25 a barrel , about an average
price , and he had from 50 to 75
barrels in his sloop and he had
made a quick trip and disposed of
his catch quickly there would be
fair money in it.
But the fisherman takes chances
in mussel fishing , just as he does
in every other sort of fishing.
Fishermen sometimes eat mus
sels fried , but the great bulk of
mussels consumed are pickled.
The mussels are first boiled , and
then picked out of their shells , and
then what is called the beard ,
which consists of the inward ends
of the byssus threads , is removed ,
and with it a little na into which
the mussel is likely to have
drawn more or less sand. Then
the mussels are put up in jars in
pickle , with a few spices added.
Pickled mussels have long been a
familiar item of free lunch , and
people buy I hem as well to carry
home.
The mussel is a much cheaper
shellfish than the oyster or the
clam , but still it in not oaten to
the same extent. There are people
ple with whom the mussel docs
/iot agree , because of its rich
flavor. But there are epicures
Who are fond of them , and who
like to eat them occasionally , and
HO mussels may be found on the
Sills of fare of the finest restaur-
ints.
Junkmen who go into the coun
try buying junk sometimes take
down their jangling bells and
stow them away somewhere in the
wagon and take into the country
a wagonload of mussels , which
they dispose of fo farmers , trad
ing the mussels , maybe , for junk.
I'icklcd mussels have bt'en
shipped from .New York at least
as far away as Chicago ; HO thai ,
altogether ( he quantity of mus
sels disposed of in the Gotham ,
market is considerable1.
Novel Way to Kill Sharks.
The engineers in the British
navy have a very effective way of
killing sharks. They seal up , i
dynamite cartridge in an emplv
can , and put the can inside a large
piece of pork. The pork is thrown
overboard on a wire which has
been connected with an electric
battery. When the shark takes
the bait I he engineer presses a
button , which explodes the car
tridge and kills the fish.
A Beginner.
He The airships do not seem
to be perfected yet. The great
problem is how can a man be kept
ii ] ) in the air ?
She Well , I saw you out horse
back riding the other day , and it
looked very much as if you were in
the air mosl of the time ! Yonkers -
kers Statesman.
His First Attack.
She ( toying with the ring ) And
am I the first woman you ever
loved ?
He No , indeed. At the early
age of seven I thought seriously
of eloping with my teacher. Chicago
cage Daily News.