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Paris Oysters.

Il always made me mad to zee
Ftenchman sit down to plate Of raw
French oysters-for when he did SO he
did it with an air which seemed to de-
clare that Of all countries none save
France cIuld raise an oyster, and none
save Frenchmeli knew how to eat an
oyster. Yet the poor creatures, in all
their self-conceit, sat thus before plate
81 thin, coppery bivalves with naught of
oondiment before them, save salt, pep
Per and vinegar. And / was Obliged
to gnze on all this ignorant pomposity,
- to the oyster, with visions before nv
eyes Of the palatial oyster saloons in
New York, Philadelphia. Baltimore and
Washington. where human culinary skill
has reached its highest fight in dealing
With the oyster; and the .'roast, "pan
roast, "fried," "fried in crumbs"
fried IN batter" "plain stew" "box
stew, Boston stew and ''broil." all
attest to the rar &c and scope of Ameri-
can ingenuity in dealing with the king OF
bivalves. And to regard. these conceited
Frenchmen looking as If they had
reached the acme of human perfection
IN dealing with the oyster, when entirely
ignorant Of Americas triumph in oyster
cooking, and / unable to beat the
vestige Of an idea into their vainglcrious
brainsl paris se'te,.
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Children,s land Leaa Nc.

The outgrowth OF the land agitation in
ireland IL the children's Land League.
These organizations, formed upon IL g
principle of the Band of Hope, exist IN
quite q number OF parishes. The follow
ing logged il committed to memory by
each member:
4 y the army that covers the ground,
= the buckshot we're getting all round;
z y the crowbar OF crueest fame,
oor Davitt, right glorious name;
l. FOR famine They've left Us instead;
g y for Gladstone, whose life is q lie,
p 70 the harvest we'll hold or we'll die;
I y the inspector, who when DRINK il bold.
2 y the 5arvcy, who'll not drive him for gold ,
: y Kilinainhana, where our true men abide.
Z y tho Land League, our hope and our pride;
u u the Magistrate, who makes black of white,
b for no rent, which viii make our wrongs
right
Q \ Old Ireland, that yet shall be freed.
y the peelers, whove sold her for greed;
q - the Queen, whose Use is not known,
u the rifles. who keep up her throne
= the Sheriff, with woe in his train,
y u the toll that others may gain:
q y the Union that works bitter harm.
y the villain that grabs up fsrm;
~ y the We ut for death or for chains.
xis the Erpssss. all lies and no brains;
Young ireland, spreading the light,
2 y the seal that win win the great light.
The parish priest Of Kantuck read this
dcggerel from the altar, and denounced
Il The members Of the congregation
oppressed their dissatisfaction with the
priests action by rising from their seats
and nampins out Of the church in q
body.
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West Point Board Of visitors.

The members of the Board of Visitors
appointed every year to attend the an
nual examination at West Point, are
solicited in the following manner:
Seven persons, the law provides, shall
be appointed by the President, and two
Senators and three members OF the
House Of Representatives, shall be desig-
mated by the Vice President or President
pro tenapore OF the Senate, and the
Speaker Of the House Of Representa-
tives, respectively, OF the session Of
Congress next preceding such examine
ton.
As to compensation, the law makes the
following provision
No compensation shall bs made to the
members Of the Board beyond the pay
ment Of their expenses for board and
lodging while at the Academy, and an
allowance, not exceeding eight cents .
mile, for travelling by the shortest mail
route from their respective homes to the
Academy and thence to their homes.
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AeQuisitiyeness.

In the Introduction to his pamphlet on
Chow to Grow Rich" DIR. Bland gives
the following definition and analysis OF
this organ 1.-The faculty of acuuisi-
tiveness is common to brute and man. II
is not an intellectual faculty, but sell
fish instinct. Its Office is to desire,
covet. long for, grasp, appropriate any
thing, everything that can in any way
minister TO the physical nature. 1t is q
legitimate organ, whose functions are
necessary to the continued existence
alike of the insect, the animal and the
human being. 1t is devoid of moral
sense, as well as intellectual perception,
hence it has no recognition Of the rights
Of property, nor any knowledge of how
to get what it desires, nor yet any idea
of the relative value Of things. 1t is
simply the instinct of acquisitiveness,
1t is the controlling faculty in each. The
insect and the brute having no other
than sensuous existence, their wants
are limited to food aud shelter. Man.
while allied TO the animal kingdom, on
the sensuous plane, is lifted infinitely
above it by the fact of his being endowed
with reason, and crowned with moral
sense and spiritual aspirations. By
means of his superior intellect, man is
able to subjngate the earth and all its
forces, compelling it to yield its fruits
and treasures in rich and varied abund-
ance to supply his needs and crafty his
desires. Through the guiding wisdom
of his moral faculties be recognizes the
brotherhood of man and the equality of
the race, the foundation of the princi-
pies of Justice" Accepting these propo-
sitions as correct, it is clear that the man
whose life is spent in the service of ac-
quisitireness is simply an intellectual
brute.-PArcnological Journal.
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HISTORICAL.

NINE. PoMPADoUR was the origin
Of high heels.
The Egyptian physicians Of old y
paid by the state.
PLINY says that four wheeled carriages
were invented by the Phyrgians.
THE main facts OF blood circulation
have only been known $50 years.
EXPLAINING was in use among the
Egyptians at least 5000 years ago.
Six hundred lions were killed at one
show, given by the Roman Pompey.
The Assyrians and Crooks had tri.
monthly festivals, besides annual roveIs.
QUEEN elizabeth granted the first
royal patent conceded to players in 1876.
WREN, the architect of St. Paul's, de-
signed more than forty public buildings
i'll London.
GIBBoN began to write his "Drciine
and Fall Of the Roman Empire" in Lon.
don, in 1772.
SARAH, Duchess Of Marlborough.
used to say she was born before nerves
Dame into fashion.
The four passions Of John Of France
were said to be noyel-reading, music,
ohess and backgammon.
The carriage Of magazines and other
books by mail was introduced at the
same time So postage stamps, by - l.
Rowland Hill.
The FIST founding hospital estab-
lisbed by Royal Chait ter in London,
don, 1859, vas instituted through the
exertions of Capt. Coram, whose portrait
was painted for the hospital by Hogarth.
ExrRAvAaAxcE was at one time 60
notorious in the mater Of monuments,
among the Greeks. that Leon forbade the
erection OF any mausolsuyn which could
not be erected by ten men 10 three days.
The first succ .ssfll attempt at pre-
serving meat, by packing in alright
jars, was made by M. Appart. in France,
In 1911. For his discovery the emperor
rewarded him with gift Of II, 900 francs.
The Hebrews wore sandals mads Of
linen and wood, though those Of the SOL
diery were made Of brass and iron. The
6partans went barefoot, and Homer as
scri,es them as going into battle unshod.
WHEN Richard went to the Holy Land
one of the laws he made for his troops
was that if any one shoald be convict d
of theft, boiling pitch should b. poured
over his head and pillow full Of feath-
ers shaken over it.
On EASTER MONDAY, 1908, the whols
Of England was laid under al inter dict
by the Pope. All the churches we're
closed and no sarvic6s allowed, save con-
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HoRsn-powrn Of q belt equals velooit,

HORSEPOWER of belt equals velocity
in feet per minute multiplied by the
width, the sum divided by 1000. One
inch single belt, moving at 900 feet per
minute, equals one horse power. Dou-
BILE belts about 700 feet per minute, per
ono inch width equals one horsepower.
For double belts Of great length, over
large pulleys, allow about 500 feet per
minute per one inch Of width per horse
power. Power should be communicated
through the lower running side Of b
belt the upper side to carry the slack.
Average breaking weight OF belt, three
sixteenths by one inch wide, leather, $50
pounds tbree-p rubber, 600 pounds.
The strength Of belt increases directly
~ its width. Tho co efficient Of safety
for laced belt is: Leather equals one
sixteenth breaking weight; rubber equals
one eight breaking weight.
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Languages in India.

The number of spoken languages In
India is said to be 243, and, including
dialects, $40. TRANSACTIONS of the Bible,
or part of it, exist in about seventy or
eighty Of these languages and dialects,
but those who have q Christian litera-
ture are much fewer. Some half a dozen
of the leading tongues--Urdu, Hindoo,
Bengal, Mahrati, Tamil and Telugu
possess number of Christian volumes
Of all sorts, the result OF half century
or more of labor, but the rest are very
destitute, and most formidable under
taking it will be to mako them anything
else. The English language ought to
be simplified and then made the one
medium of communication in all the
East. The rapidity with which its use is
growing in India under the present sys-
tenn of education in that tongue in both
Government and mission schools is al
most startling. In the last twenty-five
years the Madras University alone has
examined about $4,000 candidates for
the naturalization examination, all Of
them possessing fair knowledge Of En-
glish. As many as 5000 or 10, 600 cam
didates go up now annually for this ex-
animation in three great universities of
India, and English is the chief language
used. This stream of influence year by
year is telling very strongly upon the
country. more 50 than many suspect.
The Indian Mirror, native paper,
said the other day
Foreigners can hardly realize the
extent to Which the English language is
spoken and written by the educated
classes in India, almost superseding in
some instances the use of the vernacu-
lars. When educated Hindoos meet
they talk English when they write let
tiers to each other, they show decided
preference for the English"
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Heventh.Day AdYentism.

In the course of the history OF the
Christian church many scots have arisen
by whom the speedy coming of Christ tc
set up a visible empire has bsen pro-
claimed. The Seventh-day Adventists,
says Professor Schem, originated as
early as 1874, and one of the first organ
izers of the movement was Elder James
White. Their headquarters are at Battle
Greek, Mich, where they have -four
ishing publishing house, etc., and they
have several UNCONVENTIONAL papers in
various Languages. The same writer
adds that they hold strict temperance
views, including the prohibition of the
use Of tobacco, and abstinence from
pork, tea, and coffee is recommended.
They have about $50 churches and
membership in the neighborhood of a.
600: They set no time for the coming
of Christ.
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4 POLICE INNOVATION.

| The chanese Omssr On The Denver Forool
Concerning Denver's naturalized Chi.
nese policeman, Louis johnson. alioa
Kan Yum Yu, the fact that johnson 4
the first Mongolian who ever wore the
star Of Policeman in America, was
early developed in tho conversation, and
II worthy of note. johnson il married.
and moro important, his wife il an
American, . lady In all senses Of the
term.
81 married her." said johnson. elm
/ Louisville, KY, In 1873. She was :
Mas Burt, and lived ON Twenty-first
street A good family. Oh, yes. First
GLASS. She il Of German descent. and
was working girl, but assure you In
every way an excellent woman-oh,
| yes r
shep"
"You bet. She Objects 10 my going
among the Chinese, and makes me do
just a. Americans do---just the same"
How do you like that ?"
"Oh, l don't object You see / con.
slider myself civilized, and my country
men are NOT Many Of them are bad
people. They are onvious and UNDER
handed. When they see that China
man has good thing, they try 70 get Il
away from him by under bidding him, /"
"Are they immoral r.
Most Of them are bad. So my wife
doesn't want me to associate with my
countrymen here"
"What do Cinnamon pay for the Chi
nose women r
"They are bought FIRST In China
Young girls are preferred. They are
stolen on the streets in Chinese cities
and cold 10 slave dealers there. who
again sell them to men who ship them
TO America. They are bought there for
from $3.50 to $500 by Wholesale, and re-
tailed in San Francisco for from $500 70
$600--young girls bring the best prices.
They then belong to the men who buy
them, who keep them till they get old
and then sell them to Cinnamon, with
whom they live as their wives. Their
owners collect all tho money tho women
receive, except what they steal, and feed
and clothe the women."
Glow many Chinese women are there
In this country? ?"
swell, should say there are about
10000. They are scattered pretty thick
u over the Pacific coast.
"Why do no more decent China
women como to American?
'..In China everything Is different
from America. The women are kept
very close. Hence the women don't get
out much, and they don't come to this
country"
do all the Chinese smoke opium ~
"Most Of thom."
ado You r.
"Oh, ! hit the pipe occasionally whom
I have headache.
"Does your wife ?"
Not much."
Chow many Chinese are there In Dom
verY"
"About 500."
johnson says IL is his determination
to live the life Of respectable American
citizen. He ia a member Of the Meth
odist Church, while his wife belongs to
the Christian denomination. He has de-
voted most Of his life TO the tea bus
mess. He was naturalizcd in Evans
vile.
Speaking Of his courtship, no says he
met his wife through her brother, who
was friend Of his. He courted her for
about year, and when they decided
that they each loved the other moro than
they loved any one else they were mar
ried by . Christian minister. Denver
News.
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THE WORKSHOP.

SoxK idea Of the interest In the tsch
nicalities Of the various industries mar
DO gathered from the fact that Austria
alone supports 1000 technical schools,
Italy between 800 and 400, Bavaria /, 6O{
for girls, Holland 80, Germany large
number, and 90 ON with other European
countries.
As A cement for leather the following
Is highly recommended: Common glue
aud isinglass equal parts, soaked for ten
hours in just enough water to cover
them. Bring gradually to aboiling heat
and add pure tamin until the whole b.
comes ropy, or appears like The white q
eggs. Buff off the surfaces 10 be Joined.
apply this cement warm and clamp
| firmly.
A STONE bridge to be built ct Mime.
apolis, Mimi, will consist OF sixteen
eighty-foot spans and four one hundred
loot spans, and including the shore
pieces will have total length Of 1900
feet 1t will support two railroad tracks
ct height Of nearly sixty feet above
the water, and will run disgonally across
tho river below st. Anthony's Falls, The
cost is estimated ut nearly $500, 600.
SMALL files are sometimes sharpened
with acid as follows: Cleanse from ali
foreign matter, removing the grease by
using . solution Of potash and water;
then DIP in solution Of eight parts
water, three parts sulphuric acid and one
part nitric acid. Take out, wash of. dry
and oil. There are other processes, but
this is perhaps as good as any, and We
DO not recommend this as OF much prao-
tical value.
WOODEN bowls, and other warc Of this
Sort o. we'll ~ all cross sections from
tree trunks, and short logs, cut for
various purposes, are very apt TO crack
and split while seasoning. To prevent
this completely, the pores Of tho wood
should be well filled with linseed. or some
other vegetable oxidizing oil, while IL is
yet green, and before it begins to show
any signs Of cracking or checking,
This will completely obviate this moon
yenience.
SIMPLE pure white lead ground in oil.
and used very thick, is on excellent CO.
ment for mending broken crockery ware;
but it takes very long time to harden
sufficiently. The best plan is 10 place
the mended object in some storeroom,
and not look after il for several weeks,
or oven months. After that time il will
not part on the line Of the former frao-
ture. 1t resists moisture and n heat not
exceeding that OF boiling water.
HE following is recommended as o
cement for stoves and steam apparatus:
Two parts OF ordinary well-dried pow
dered loan and one part Of borax are
kneaded with the requisite quantity Of
water to smooth dough, which must be
at once applied to the joints. After ex-
posure to heat this cement adheres even
TO smooth surfaces so firmly that il can
only be removed with chisel. Another
cement for steam pipes is prepared, by
mixing 400 parts in weight Of white lead,
$40 OF powdered slate, I've OF chopped
hemp and forty-fve Of linsced oil. The
two powders Of the hemp cut into
lengths Of one-fourth to -sixteenths
of an inch arc mixed, and the linseed oil
gradually added, and the mass kncaded
till it has assumed uniform consistency.
This cement is said to keep better than
ordinary red-lead cement.
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His Little Mistake.

Merimee, in his Letters to Panizsi,"
tells good story Of Mrs. Caroline Nor
ton and Lord Suffolk, whom she had
bantered at . charity fair to purchase
soma trifie at an exorbitAnt price.
"Don't you know, said his Lordship,
defending himself feebly, "that ! am
the prodigal son?"
"No," was the answer; ~ thought
you were the fatted calf. :"
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VOL. XIII.
a FASHIONABLE BRIDE.
~ Clau. Dslls say. shs Gsss RsaAy ~
the Altar

~ c1as~ Dslle SAY. shs osts RsaAy ~
The time appointed for the marriage
oeromony In church was three O'Clock II
eh4 afternoon. Borealis Brown, the
bridegroom, and Aurora White, the
bride were IN close carriage ten blocks
: away, at nix minutes before three:
I'VE shall get there right on time,
0atd he, looking at his watch.
Nov, Il Il dreadfully unfashionable 70
- 70 the church promptly. and Aurors
would have felt Just like dropping
through the door don't you know, II she
he'd walked ut tho aisle ON time.
Don't You think, my dear, IL would
b botter TO be ten minutes late y said
ehe, leaning against him In kind Of Z
harmless hing.
"No; I pride myself on punctuAlity. =
Five minutes, then2"
Nov. my darling, don't COAX"
Just - you say"
She put her hand carelessly on his
shoulder, and then let it drop slowly
along down over his coat TO ANAL
pocket set In ct the waist seam, where il
fingered for few seconds.
You have the ring where You can
md It readily" she remarked, laying
placidly back In her seat. "There il
nothing 10 awkward Is to tumble for the
e1ng ct the altar, you know"
"Oh, I've made sure on that point, as
I told you," he said confidently, 81
slipped the ring right into this handy
little pocket whore, I-good lord in
heaven r.
"What Borealis-what 2"
y. 1.-THE ring is lost"
He thrusted his fingers into the
pocket madly, again and again, but tho
ring surely was not there. He made
Wild conjectures, felt in all his other
pockets, and concluded he must have
left it at Auroras residence. He ordered
she coachman to turn about. When they
had gone back almost to the house, o
public clock struck three.
"What Is that? said Aurora, point
ing to the bottom Of the carriage.
The ring lay gfttering in q corner.
:" must have dropped it." said Bore
ais. picking 1t up, "but I swear L
looked In that very spot two minutes
ago."
he had looked there, as q matter Of
fact. just before Aurora throw the ring
down.
"Well," he remarked. looking at his
watch again, "you will have your way
after all. We cant get to the church
before ten minutes late anyhow"
"To be sure"
Acute presence OF mind is character
istic of brides. They may blush but they
know exactly what Il J are about. Their
eyes may be dim with tears, but they
can see misplaced thread in their dress.
Two blocks from the church Aurora ex-
pressed fear that she was as pale Is q
ghost
"Bay ~ fair a. alAbsster," Handsome
suggested.
"Now, my doar," abe retorted, "this
b no time for compliments. L. there the
least bit Of oolos in my face2"
'Wsll, no, but"
II must look ghastly."
Would you like 10 blush ~ you go
IMP"
yes"
He threw his arms around her, drew
her to his BREAST, with the grip of
wrestler, and kissed her loud and long.
He was through with it just as the car
nage door was opened by an usher, and
abe walked int church with satisfac-
tory amount Of pink on her cheeks.
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6ooN after the admission OF Missouri
into the Union Q candidate for Congress
was .efaated by an overwhelming
majority in that State SO badly beaten
that he determined to leave the district
in which he resided forthwith, without
consulting his neighbors. He went to
the neighborllood Of Florida. Mo.
Shortly after, on being inquired for by
friends, they we're informed that he had
" Gone up Salt river" Salt river, No.,
is formed by three branches which unite
near Florida. 1t flows thence cast, and
enters the Mississippi in Pike county.
This is supposed to be the origin OF the
phrase Going up Salt river. a SINH
lar story II told o. Davy Crockett and
The Salt river in Kentucky.
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WHEN man gets excited and rants
around we say he is vehement If .
woman should do 80, could we say she
- We she ment?--Lamptosa
TIE shovel-makers in the United
States manufacture about Il, 900 every
week. About one-half of them
are used ct home and the other half are
shipped abroad, mostly to Panama and
6oufh America.
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In 1922 Thomas Moore, on sending a
pocket-book to his mother, wrote the
following lines, which we need not
doubt expressed his feelings at the time !:
They tell us Of an Indian tree,
Which, howsoeer the sun and ky
May tempt ia boughs to wander free,
And shoot and blossom wide and nigh,
Far better loves to beud its arlns
Downward again to that dear earth
From which the life that Ais and warns
Its grateful being first had birtn.
IT'S thus though wooed by hattering friends
And fed with lame (f fame it be),
This heart, my own dear mother, bends,
With loves tue instinct, back 10 thee!
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TBAAPs on the Pacific slope long for q
return to the good old days, when gen.
neman scorned to give beggar less than
. dollar.
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THE difference between hungry man
and q elutton is, lone longs to eat, and
the other eats too long"