The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-03-12
MATTER WORTH READING.


we III hnpM tuuN tncIt lH u vi
nature. Every sentimental girl without
being. n botanist) is acquainted with the
language Of flowers But II has remained
for recent writer to Indicate the language
of umbrellas; "To place your umbrella in
a rack indicates that 1t Is about to change
owners; an umbrella carried over the wo-
man, the man getting nothing but the drip
ping Of the rain, signifies courtshlp; when
the man has the umbrella and the woman
the dripping, II indicates marriage TO
carry It an angle under the arm signifies
that a. eye is TO be lost by the man who
! follows you; to put a cotton umbrella be-
! side silk one means exchange is no rob
tery;' to lend an umbrella may be inter
preted, Il am fool; to carry an umbrella
| Just high enough to tear out mems eyes
and knock Off mems hats signifies sm a
| woman" f.. 10.
r- a Mine of Shoe Biaclting.
Benjamin johnson owns farm In Rush
Valley, Utah, upon which he has just dis
covered mine of natural shoe backing.
! An analysis OF this peculiar material shows
that It contains rs per cent. of carbon, 81
| per cent. aluminium, and the remainder
clay. When taken out the material is
moist aud soft, and when used as shoe
backing produces o fine polish which Is not
easily destroyed.
yandal Hunters.
Residents in the west and northwest por-
tions Of Texas are calling the attention of
the Legislature to the wholesale destruc-
tion of deer which is now In progress in
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simply for their hides, and the slaughter Is
said to be somewhat unprecedented. The
killing is fair enough, as II ia all done with
the rife. II is the coristancy with which II
is done, and purpose Of which is objected
TO by those most affected. Ten years ago
an entire section of country, which is now
under fence, literally swarmed with buffalo.
They were exterminated, however, in three
years. time, and strictly by the use of the
rife. The deer bids fair to go in the same
way
Philip Volkert, a silk hat manufacturer
of Cincinnati, was working away quietly
one evening lately when a. customer en-
tered and handed him his hat to be ironed
Something besides the evident antiquity Of
the tile attracted Mr.. Volkert's attention,
and upon turning down the leather he
recognized his private mark, placed there
when he made the hat'ss ''jour" halter,
over thirty years ago. The customer de-
parted. with a new hat, and Mr.. yolkert
possesses the other as precious relic Of
the way they did things when he was
boy g.
An Empress Torn Pocket
The jacket which the Empress Of Russia
wore at the time Of therailroad accident
at Borld recently, has 6hole as large as n
hard torn in the left side, and the buttons
have been crushed, evidently by shock.
She has ordered duplicate of the gar
mcnt, minus these reminders of her narrow
escape from the Paris dressmaker who
made the original. 49,. .A5.~t
u Lots of Pedigree. -,
+ Down in Massachusetts,, not far from
sagamore, on the line Of the Cape. Cod ship
canal, is the Topper farm. The remark
able thing about the farm is that it was
purchased, or secured,s or pre-empted in
1924 by tho founder of the Tupper line,
Thomas Tupper, who settled on the land
when the place was an Indian village
known Us Shaun, and that his will, still in
existence, has kept the farm in the Tuppei
family without break for six generations.
There isn't much pomp about the Tupper
family, but they've'got lots OF pedigree.
New Use OF Photography
The latest use OF photography is to make
cannon ball take q picture OF its owr
wabblings. An arrangement something
. like camera is'placed In the forward end
Of the projectile, and when II is fired al
rectlysat the sun tho light traces lines upor
the sensitive plate, from the direction o.
which II cant told whether the projectil,
/ has kept in one position or has wavcred Il
and fro during its flight. The schcme Il
! largely theoretical as yet.
In Dead Earnest.
There has been o revival of religion a
Moberly, Mo-, and among the conversionl
was thiit of o man who had been a ver.
:. hard case Whenhe went forward IN tn
church to-maise profession OF his faith b.
, suiprit Cd she parsdn and people by handing
to the former bottle half full Of whisk.
ard slung shot. He said that he pro
: posed TO renounce all his evils.
Comfortable Omnibuses.
They are talking of having omnibuses II
London, especially for those who want t.
smoke when they ride, Apparently ther
is Yankee in the scheme, for 1t Is said tn
! vehicles will he fitted up with racks O
, nowspapers, shd also VIM fdrop-a-nickle
: the-slot machines that Will deliver cigars
| cigarettes, tobacco and matches.
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