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THE NORFOLK NEWS : FRIDAY , NOVEMBER 8 , 1901. Fusion Candidate Elected Mayor by 35,000 Plurality. i VICTORY IS NEARLY COMPLETE. One Borough Prculdent Is All Tam many Can Claim Scepter of Power i Wrested From Croker by Combined ! Opposition of Fuslonlatn. Now York , Nov. 0. Beth Low , form er president of Columbia uiilvurnlty niul four yours ago thu Citizens' Union rnndldnte for tlio 11 rut nmyorof greater Now York , was elected yesterday tlio neeond mayor M Kri'utcr Now York l > y u plurality of 3G.OOO , defeating K < 1- ward M. Shcpiird of Brooklyn , the Democratic cuiulldnto. The campaign < was nn oxcIlliiK > , "il tbo vote , though somewhat IORB than In the pres idential ulcctlpn a your ago , wan tlio largest ever polled In a municipal con tent In thin country. In addition to the canvass for mayor public Intorcat largely centered In the nomination by the fuslonlstu 01 RUTH IXW. XVIlllam Trnv'ers Jerome for district ottornoy and Mayor Hohert A. Van Wyck , by the Democrats , , for Justice of the Bupromo court , who were voted for only In the territory contained in Uow York county. Returns Indicate that Jerome had been elected and that Mayor Van Wyck had been defeated , the latter running behind his ticket from 15,000 to 20,000. With the election of Seth Low ns mayor. Charles V. Forties as presl- Oent of the board of aldermen and Edward - ward M. Grout us comptroller , the fit- elonlHt triumph In greater New York appears nearly complete. Many of tlio fusion leaders expressed pro-election fears that oven though Seth Low nil'ght bo elected mayor he would 11 nil himself In a position of a presi dent of the United States confronted by n hostile congress , since under the newly adopted city charter the presi dents of tlio various boroughs are Given greatly Increased powers. The latest returns , however , Indicate that the fuslonlsts 1mvo elected all but one of the presidents. Low Issues a Statement. Mr. Low gave out a formal state ment In which ho said : "The outcome of this election Is n splendid vindica tion of universal suffrage. From nil jmrtH of the city have eomo the votes that hnve rebuked the Tammany.orgle . of the last four years. All the patron- ge of the city and limitless money liavo not availed against the nroused indignation of the people and It Is safe to say that absentee government and government for private gain will not bo seen again In New York city for many a day. This Is no man's triumph , but Is the people's victory. The agen cies that have brought It about are many. Those who labored so long and EO patiently to bring about the success ful fusion of many elements and those who have supported tlio fusion so loy ally are all entitled to the greatest credit. For myself , I ank for the gen erous and constant support of the com munity in the great task to which It Las summoned mo. " .Features of the Votlnfl. After several weeks of the hottest campaign fighting ever witnessed In this city , election day passed with unwonted - wonted quiet , considering die high feeling which had previously been ex hibited. Tliere were a few quarrels nt the polls among Individuals , but none of a serious nature , and out of the scores of arrests made and most of these were on charges of a technical character but few prisoners were held by the magistrates. The great feature of the voting was the early casting of ballots. This applied to the brown stone as well as the tenement house district. There was a drizzling rain up to 9 n. m. , but after that hour there was nothing to keep even the most fastidious voter from the polls. Beth Low , fusion candidate for mayor , cast his ballot at 7:5b : a. m. ; Kdward M. Shepard , Democratic candidate , voted at 11:25 : ; Richard Croker and his two sons were seen at their polling place a minute after 8 a. m. ; Senator Depew dropped his ballot into the box nt 9:4t : a. m. , and Mayor Van Wyck waited until 3 p. m. The practical use of a voting ma chine was demonstrated In the Eight eenth district of the First assembly district , Brooklyn , and the result was Juiown at 5:20 : p. m. , Immediately after the polls were closed. No difficulty was experienced In recording the vote and in many instances men cast their votes in less that three seconds. An Incident which attracted atten tion In New York city was the refusal of the election judges In one district to allow one voter to cast his ballot because he had made a bet of a box of cigars on the result of the election. Crowds , such are seen on the night at presidential flections , lout night nur- rounded the bulletin boards of the newspaper olllces. llecaimc of the danger of accidents resulting from the Hiibwny excavations near the city hall some fieO policemen were on hand. A cordon was formed which practi cally shut off Park Itow from tbo head of lloekmau street to the bridge entrance - trance and the Htrents liMilltig to I'nrlr How at that point were closofi. Ono man. believed to bo 13. .1. Mullanoy of Clifton , N. J. , whllo watching the bul let IIIH near the Htaatti Xoltung wait Jostli-d off the sidewalk by the crowd and , falling on the stone roadway , frac tured his Hkull. He died soon after ward. The bulletin announcing' Mr. LOW'H election was the signal for Im promptu triumphal parades around the district , In which the young man with the blaring tinhorn was , as usual , very much In evidence. Croker Abdicates In Favor of Carroll. Mr. Croker , Mnurlco Untermoyer and Senator T. 1) . Sullivan were to gether at dinner last night and It Is said on good authority that a little later Mr. Crokor nald that thin wan his last political light. Mr. Crokar asked Senator Sullivan , whom ho denlrcd an leader. Senator Sullivan answered that John F. Carroll would he pleasing to him. Then and ( hero , It Is stated , Richard Croker abdicated his leader ship of Tammany Hall and turned It over to John K. Carroll. There was some discussion an to the plans of a reorganization of Tam many. In which Mr. Croker took no part , except to suggest that younger blood bo admitted to the inner council of the wlgwnm. The party proceeded to Tamnm'ny Hall , where John K. Carroll was await ing them. Ho was apprised of the purposct of Mr. Croker , but said noth ing. Ho accompanied Mr. Crokor to the Democratic club In a cab , and go ing upstairs , remained closeted with him for nearly an hour. It was after this conference that Mr. Crokor an nounced : "This Is my last cam paign. " CRANE RE-ELECTED GOVERNOR. Republican ! Carry Massachusetts by 70,000 Majority. Boston , Nov. G. With no state or national Issues and but few localcon tests to nrouso Interest , there were more ballots cast In the state election yesterday than In any off year In the' history of the state. The total vote ex .ceeded 300,000. As usual the Republicans had no dtniculty In carrying the state , W. Mur ray Crane of Dalton being elected gov ernor for the third time by practically the snuie majority as when ho first ran for the olllco. The state legislature of 1P02 will bo strongly Republican , al though the Democrats gained a few votes. Jimlah Qulncy , the Democratic candidate for governor , ran about 10- 000 behind the vote cast for the party In the election last year , but ho also materially Increased the Democratic vote hi Itoston so as to give the local loaders great confidence for a party victory In the municipal election next weelc. Returns from every city and town In the state , except the town of Dart mouth , give Crane ( Rep. ) , 185,500 ; Qulncy ( Dem. ) . 115,370. Connecticut. Now Haven , Nov. ti. Connecticut yesterday chose delegates to the llrst constitutional convention to be held In the state since ISIS. Of the IfiS towns In the state 1(15 ( have been heard from , showing that Republicans were elected In 105 , Democrats InII , citizens or non-partisan candidates in Ifi. The convention will seat some of the most prominent men In the state. Two cities of the state , Ansonia and Bridgeport , held city elections and surprises developed In both cases. In Ansonla , Stephen Charters , candi date of the Democratic and Labor parties , wns chosen mayor by a majorIty - Ity unusual there. In Bridgeport , the Democrats also scored a notable vic tory. Roosevelt Congratulates Low. Washington. Nov. C. President Roosevelt was kept Informed of the re sults of the election during the evenIng - Ing while on board the train returning Ao Washington , and later at the whlto house by the Associated Press bul letins and private dispatches. Whllo anxious for news from every quarter , Ills great Interest centered In New York city , and ho expressed keen satis faction ov r the success of the fusion ticket there. Soon after reaching the white house he telegraphed his con gratulations to Mayor-elect Low and later , when the ekx'tlon of Mr. Jerome appeared to be beyond any question , ho eont a telegram to the new district attorney. Labor Candidate Elected. San Francisco. Nov. G. Incomplete returns from yesterday's municipal election Indicate that Eugene K , Schmltz , the Union Labor nominee for mayor , Is elected by a plurality of at least 3,000 , A. R. Wells ( Rep. ) IB second end In the race and R. C. Tobln , Demo cratic candidate , a poor third. The board of supervisors will bo Demo cratic. The remainder of the ticket Is divided between the Republicans and the Democrats. The total vote cast was over 05,000. Murphy Elected Governor. Trenton , N. J. , Nov. C. Late returns bear out the earlier Indications that Franklin Murphy ( Rep. ) has been elected governor by about 10,000 plu rality. Partial returns from the dif ferent counties show that most of them gave about the same pluralities as were given three .years ago , when Voorhees was elected governor by 5,499 plurality. Ono of the exceptions Is Essex county , which gave Voorhees 4,687 , and Is carried by Murphy by 8- 000. Both branches of the Icclslaturo will be Republican , \ ncomplclc Returns Indicate He Has Carried Nebraska. VOTE 8HOW8 FUSION < LOS8EG. Returns From thu State Are Coming In Slowly and Figures Are Very In complete Bad Weather Causes Light Vote. Omnha , Nov. C. At midnight ro- urns had been received from 14-1 pre cincts outside of Douglas county and from 41 In this county. The result of these returns Indicates a majority of Tonl 5,000 to 6,000 for the Republicans on the head of the state ticket , and the fuslonlstH In Douglas county concede that Sedgwlck has car ried the county by 1.000 , hut claim the fuslonlst county ticket IB elected. From returns received up to tL'la hour It Is evident that the fusionlstB luivo elected at leant four and probably flvo members of the board of education in this city. Returns to midnight are na follows : Forty-ono out of 102 precincts in Doug las county glvo Sedgwlck ( Hop. ) , for supreme Judge , 3,525 ; Hollenbeck ( I'll. ) , 2,800. These precincts In 1899 gave Reese , for the same olllco , 3,383 ; Holcomb , 4,059 ; a net Republican gain of 1,895. Ono hundred and forty-four precincts cincts outside of Omaha and Douglas county glvo Sedgwlck 15,114 , Hollon beck 12.921 ; In 1899 they gave Reese 14,002 , Holcomb 14,677 , a net Rcpub Ilcan gain of 2,265. The bad weather seems to have boon goenral throughout the state and very unfavorable to getting out u full vote , BO that the total number of ballots cast promises to fall far below the to tal of a year ago. The best estimates are that the total this your will be less than 200.000 for the state of Nebraska ns against 240,000 in 1900. Incomplete returns from different counties are : SodgHollen County. Precincts. wick , beck Adams , 3 out of 20 357 269 , Antelope . , 6 out of 27. . . . 408 249 ' Box Butte , 4 out of 12. . . 414 188 Boyd , 2 out of 10 13G 102 Brown , 4 out of 9 314 227 Buffalo , 3 out of 29 422 228 Hurt , 6 out of 12 1.057 523 Butler , 4 out of 20 370 24C Cuss , 8 out of 25 659 356 Cherry , 1 out of 28 97 79 Clay , 9 out of 20 811 713 Colfax , G out of 14 4G4 fiCf Custer. 4 out of 29 416 33 Dakota. 1 out of 8 40 If Dawson , 11 out of 23 622 fill Dlxon , 4 out of 17 224 12 Dodge , 7 out of 21 911 1,101 Furnas , 1 out of 20 159 109 Oago. 2 out of 31 ! 388 16 ( Hall , 4 out of 19 509 372 Hitchcock. 3 out of 20. . 108 9f Howard. 5 out of 15 425 44C Jefferson , ! ! out of IS 463 3CT Johnson , 5 out of 15. . . . 518 31 : Kearney. 3 out of 16. . . . 210 15 Klmball , 1 out of 4 66 2 Lancaster. 9 out of 53. . 926 48 Madison , 2 out of 21 141 lOf Morrlck. 5 out of 13 52G 47 Nuckolls. 10 out of 19. . 772 57F Phelps , 12 out of 17 ' 858 GO : Pierce , 1 out of 14 128 11 : Polk , 2 out of 9 399 3H Red Willow , 9 out of 23. . 543 30 Rock , 3 out of 13 156 G Snrpy , 4 out of 11 195 22 Saunders , 7 out of 25. . . . 804 50 Sheridan. 4 out of 28 45 G Stanton , 5 out of 13 302 31 Thayer , 4 out of 16 421 35 Thurston , 6 out of 9. . . . 354 28 Valley. 3 out of 16 171 13 Washington , 7 out of 15. 729 41 Wayne.3 out of 17 235 15 Webster. 5 out of IS 412 24 York , 8 out of 20 900 53 Total 19.018 14,31 Statements of the Chairmen. Lincoln , Nov. 6. At midnight Chairman - man Lindsay of the Republican state central committee declared that Judge Sedgwick was elected by a plurality of between 5,000 and 7,000. "Wo have heard from only a small portion of the state , " said he , "but the returns BO far received warrant the assertion that the Republican state ticket has won the fight. There have been big gains over the majorities of last year and enough ilgures are at hand to place the result beyond question. We have no information concerning the vote for regents , but wo feel confident that our candidates were successful. " Chairman Defranco of the Populist state central committee at 12:30 : this morning said : "We have not enough figures nt this hour to warrant us in making any predictions ns to the re sult of the election , but we feel conn- dent that Mr. Hollenbeck has won. This estimate Is based on returns from only 43 precincts , comprising about one-fortieth of the state , and Is there fore not much more than a supposi tion. " Mississippi. Jackson , Nov. G. Returns from Mississippi received hero indicate that Power has carried the state for secretary of state by a handsome plu rality over his four competitors. In the race for state treasurer the result Is not so certain and It is not possible to say whether Carlisle or Evans Is ejected. Veterans Vote at Leavenworth. Leavenworth , Kan. , Nov. 6. The veterans at the national military home located here voted In yesterday's elec tion for the tlrst time under the recent act of congress and the state legislat ure giving them the franchise. They cast a light vote , 410 for Republican and IS for Democratic candidates. Tim Iilfr of n Con ! Miner. First , the boy of eight or ten IH sent to ( he breaker to pick the slate mid oth er ! iMiiirll | ! < > K from the coal which has been brought up from the mine. From then1 he Is promoted and hccomcH n door lioy , working In the mine. As he grown older anil stronger he IH ad vanced to the position mid given the pay of a laborer. There he gains thu experience which secures him a place as a miner's helper , and ns be acquires Hklll anil strength he IICCOIIICH , when In the height of his manhood mill vigor , u full Hedged miner. If he IH fortunate enough to escape the fnllH of rock and coal , he may re tain IhlH position an n miner for a num ber of yearn. But IIH age creeps on and be IH attacked by dome of the many UsenseH Incident to work In the mines le makes way for those younger and nore vigorous following him up the adder whose mmimlt he IIIIH reached , le then stnrtH on the descent , going MH'lc to become a miner's helper , then i mine laborer , now a door boy , and ' when old and decrepit be finally re- uniH to the breaker where he started in n child , earning the same w.ages an ire received by the little urchins who work nt bin side. There IH no Inceii' ' tlve for ambition In the average mill life. He cannot rise to places of and wealth. Only 1 In fiOO can even be given place us a foreman : superintendent , anil these are posi tions which few miners care to hold. John Mitchell In Cosmopolitan. For IIU U < > | iillntlini , ( f..OO. Tin1 proprietor of a large dry goods Htore hail decided to tear down the old building : ind erect a new one In Its- Ktcad. In furtherance of this plan ho wan removing bin goods to temporary quarters In another building. The goods were nearly all out of the old structure when from some mi known cause It caught lire. The de partition was promptly on hand and soon had a stream playing on the flames , but the merchant wns will with excitement. Running up to the chief , he urged him to greater haste. "Never mind the goods ! " he shouted "Save the building ! I'll give the boys a check for $ , " 00 for their pension fum ; If they don't let the lire spread beyond that lloor ! " "Why , you're going to tear the old building down anyway , aren't you ? ' uskcd the chief. "Yes , " he said , "but do you suppose I want the Insurance companies or any body on earth to think that's the rea son why It caught lire ? " By great exertion tbo lire was ox tlngiiishcd with little loss so far ns tb building was concerned , and the mer chant was ns good as his word. Youth's Companion. < ltit > er Cr Mi < urc . There me microscopic creature : which live In roof gutters and on tin baric of trees and are known as wate bears and wheel nnimalculie. If allow ed to dry up under tlrj microscope , thej can be seen to shrivel Into shnpeles masses , which may be kept for year ; uninjured In the dried state. On being placed after this long Inter vnl In water they gradually plump resume their proper shape and move about In search of food Just as if noth ing bad happened. Much the same Is true for the minute worms which from the substances In which they live are known us paste and vinegar eels. Well known Is the famous case of the desert snail , which , retracted Into Its Khell , was fastened to a tablet In the British museum anil showed no sign of life for seven years , when one morning It was fouuil crawling hungrily about the glass case that formed Its prison. I'p IIIn Sleeve. At the battle of Onulurniaii n soldier belonging to a Scotch regiment was nearly killed by a bullet which struct ; the ground Just in front of him while be was llring In a reclining position. On rising to move a few feet forward , something came down his sleeve. It wns the bullet. How It got up bis sleeve without Indicting damage can only be accounted for by the fact that It must have been spent by the time It struck the ground In front of him and the course of Its tllgbt up his sleeve was Its last billet. The Color of Wood. A simple way to restore color to wood Is to mix the color with oil and turpen tine , applying with a soft cloth and rubbing In well. * Either the powdered pigment or colors ground In oil may be used. For light oak use raw um ber , for dark oak burnt umber. If It Is very dark , add n mere shade of lamp black. For mahogany use burnt sien na , chrome yellow and blsmarck brown , anil for cherry use burnt sleuuu. He WON Too Slow. Magistrate Your husband charges you with assault Mailam Yes , your honor. I asked him If he would always love me , and he was so slow In answering that I hit him with a mop. I'm only n woman , Judge , and a woman's life without love Is aincro blight. Illustrated Bits. ItfiillMlc. "This , " sold the eminent artist , "Is my famous study of the 'Cows In the Clover. ' " "But where Is the clover ? " wns ask- cil , none appearing In the picture. "Oh , the cows have enton It , you know. " Baltimore American. Spicy. "If you Intend to dine on us , " queried the captured mariner , "why did you greet us with n fusillade ? " "Because we always pepper our food before eating It , " grinned the cannibal. Philadelphia Record. Ciood llennon. Professor Why docs the earth move ? Ilnrdup ( absently ) Can't pay the rent , I suppose. Exchange. AV01UC OF THE LUNGS. THE NECESSITY FOR PURE AIR AND PROPER BREATHING. li-Nplrntorr MyinnniitleB Tom ] to Stri-nutlu'ii the UeNlNtlnK Force of Nntiirc to DUeiim Tlic I.cirioii of ( InIllnrU lloli ; of Ciilciittn. To my tnliiil the part of the physical nan upon which depends all the pos sibilities of mental resource Is that tart which bus relation to respiration mid which for Its perfect work dc- tends upon ( he quality of the air we breathe , the quantity respired nnil the nethod thereof. The apparatus for respiration consists of the lungs , which are double , the one on the right side laving three lobes , the other on the eft only two. We must always bear in mind that nature Is generous In her provisions , anil she has given us so much of lung tissue that n large part can be quickly exhausted and become Inactive , yet life endure for Ito legiti mate threescore years anil ten anil Its duties anil activities continue unhln- ilereil by any conscious lack. Under the microscope the lung tissue shows an Infinite number of tiny cells or ulti mate lobules. Some have estimated these at live or six hundred million , nuil , wonderful to relate , only with the llrst breath that the Infant draws are both lungs ever filled with absolutely new air. All through life there Is nec essarily what wo call a residual air , which may be of a greater or less amount , according to the breathing habit of the Individual. It Is said that the extent of surface through which the air breathed passes Is approximate ly about 1,800 square feet , and the ex cretion from the lungs dally Is over two pounds of poisonous matter. In fact , It Is certain that at leant one- third of the waste anil poisonous mat ter caused by the activities of the organism , Its growth , repair , decay , la excreted through the lungs. Unfortunately , a great majority of mankind breathe very superficially , using only part of this large area of lung tissue. Even If persons are out of doors , unless by wise activity , the deep cells of the lungs arc not aernteil for the simple reason that very few men or women know how to free the lungs properly. Dettwciler states that "deep breathing not only ventilates the lungs and aids the circulation , but In many cases Is able to strengthen the muscles of the thorax , especially those about the upper part of the chest. " And 1 believe that we have a right to expect from respiratory gymnastics a real strengthening of the resisting force of nature to disease. Even if the lungs have begun to breakdown , honest ef fort In ibis direction will supplement , medication. One of the methods of correct breath ing Is to put the bauds lightly on the hips , lingers backward ; throw the shoulders well back , bold the chest up , chin In , anil then inhale slowly through the .nose as long as possible. When the lungs are tilled , retain the air until some discomfort is experienced , then , forming the lips In the shape of a letter O , exhale as slowly anil evenly as Is i consistent with comfort , making a i slight blowing Round. Such an exer cise for live minutes , chul only in one garment or , better , with no garment at all , night and morning , In n well venti lated room , will do very much In man , woman or child to develop the lung ca pacity , Improve the carriage of the body and enrich the quality of the blood , which depends upon the activity of the lungs for Its purification. It Is no wonder that so much care has been given by nature to the appa ratus for the respiratory function , for we know perfectly well that man has lived as much as sixty days without food , he has been forced to exist for some time without water ; but. alas , without nir death must come In a brief space or time ! . For Instance , In 175G , 140 persons were coniined over night In a small space not larger than 5,000 cubic feet , with only two little windows on one side. Within nn hour nil broke out In a profuse sweat. They were tortured with thirst and dlflicult breathing , and In three and n half hours the majority were delirious. Then when the morn ing came forty-three only lived to tell the tale. Another extreme case was nt the battle of Austerlltz. Three hun dred captured soldiers were confined In a small cellar , and within a few hours all but forty were dead. The reason Is self evident. The air was In- EUlHcIent for the demands of each In dividual , the poisonous exhalations from the body were thrown off through the lungs , and a most agonizing death ensued. It behooves us , then , most carefully to consider In arranging for the ventilation of homes , hotels , hos pitals and jails not only that n proper quantity of pure air shall be allowed free circulation , but also to be watch ful lest this pure air shall be vitiated by retained Impurities. A great many Investigations have been made to ascertain the relation of air to disease , and perhaps the simple statement of the fact that among all Industrial classes those are healthier and have the lowest death rate who are gardeners , farmers , agricultural laborers and fishermen In other words , those whoso'occupations are carried on In the open air will be a truth all can understand. What a lesson , then , to all who may have famllle. " of children to rear ! How Important that every effort should bo made to secure the largest amount of air space about the dwelling , plenty of loom for the children to play out of doors , acd by all means avoid having little ones sleep In an apartment which the winds of heaven do not visit. Julia llolmes Smith , D. D. , In Pilgrim. THE WIDOW TAX , In Sllmlnnno n AVIfe * * Dentil Gout * the Widower One llinulroil I'lnten. Becoming n widow or n widower Is a much more serious business than getting - , ting married among some of the tribes In the Philippines. In Mindanao "nmr- 1 rylng In haste" often leads to a pro longed "repenting at leisure , " for they have an Institution there known ns the "widow tax" "chiibiiloan" the natives call It. Upon the death of the wife the widower must pay a certain sum of money or Its equivalent In goods to hls- futher-ln-law before he can go a-court- Ing again. As money Is a scarce article among these natives , the tax generally Is paid In plates of common "stone chi na , " which are much used by the na tives as a medium of exchange. It is considered the proper thing for the be reaved one to pay 100 of these plates to > his father-in-law for permission to look about him for a successor to the de ceased helpmate. If the. husband dies , the widow at once becomes the property of her par ents-in-law and so remains for life un less some relative comes forward anil produces the necessary number of din ner plates. The natural result of this. Is that married people arc all extreme ly solicitous for the health of each oth er. In sickness the Invalid Is sedulous- j ly attended by the partner of his or.- ber Joys and sorrows , the well person , perhaps being moved more by the thought of those hundred plates than by real affection. Dlvo-ee Is unknown among these people ple , but a man may have ns many wives as he pleases. It will be seen- that In case of an epidemic which- would sweep awny his wives a married , man wguld be In dire extremity. In * the case of a death of a much married' man his parents come Into a small for tune , for they either have enough- slaves to render future work on their part unnecessary or they receive enough plates from the families of the widows to set up a crockery store. , . . . > DWARFING AN OAK TREE- ' The JnpniiCHC Trick by Which It ! Accoiuplliiheil. The Chabo Hlba , a dwarf Japanese * pine tree , wns recently sold for $1,200. It Is six feet high and alleged.to be 850" years old. It has long been supposed that the process by which Japanese-- gardeners succeeded In dwarfing forest trees was a long and costly one. It Is now said that It Is a simple process ana that any one can do the trick. The fol lowing directions are given for produc ing n miniature oak tree : Take an orange and scoop out the' pulp. Fill the Interior with a rich mold- and plant an acorn in the center of It , leaving the hole In the rind for it to sprout through. Put It In a sunny place and water it frequently. Soon after the first .shouts have appeared the roots begin to break through the orange skin. Take u sharp knife and shave these off carefully and keep them shaved. The- tree will grow about fire or six inches high and then stop. In a year it will be n perfect miniature oak. When the roots cease to grow , the orange skin should be varnished over and Imbed ded in a flowerpot. The Japanese dwarf all kinds of trees and make them live to a great age. Some of these dwarfs , like the Chabo lllba , are well known , ami their owns - ( s have documentary evidence attest ing their great age. The older they are the more valuable , of course , tbej- are. In Japan certain families follow the calling , trade , art , or what you will , of growing dwarf trees from genera tion to generation , and you can buy a ' miniature oak HOO years old from n'de scendant of the man who first planted the acorn. Not only forest trees , but fruit lives and flowering shrubs , are dwarfed by these clever gardeners. "No man can ever hope to be n strong swimmer unless be cultivates the pow er of endurance in " the water , says a professional "It costs me no more exertion to swim for an hour than It does to walk for the same period of' time. "In swimming a man should time his stroke with his breathing. He should take but one stroke to each breath. In this way the muscles of the body work In conjunction with the lungs , and no energy Is wasted. In salt water , which , of course. Is more buoyant than fresh water , a man who has trained himself In this way should have no difficulty In keeping afloat , say he were shipwreck ed , until sheer weakness from hunger . and thirst would force him to ' suc- cumb.-Pliiladelphia Record. Duly' * InipecnnloiiN Kiuployce. The late Augustin Daly bad In bis employment a man who always ad dressed him a note periodically asking for an advance of money. This note was Invariably answered by a most abusive letter. In almost insulting terms and threatening Instant discharge If tlu > offense was ever repeated and in closing a check for the money ! At regular Intervals of about three months the man Invariably made tlio same request , with the same results , always , however , getting n check In closed. r. . v-i-- . And thus It continued until - - ' Mr. Daly's death. New York Times. Wnrtn. A simple remedy for warts Is n dram of salicylic acid with nn ounce of col- lodlum In a bottle which 1ms a tiny brush run through the cork. Apply this mixture to the warts twice n day , and In a few days they will dry up and fall off. Ladles' Home Journal. Hucrennt. "I trust. Brudder Eph'm , " said the pastor , "you Is still walkln' In dc btralght an' narrcr path ? " " ' "I'ze sorry to say , pahsun , " replied Uncle Eph'm , deeply penitent , "I'zo backslode a good deal lately. " Chicago Tribune.