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, 1891-02-26
The Laugh.

II the eyes are the windows Of the
soul then its door must be the laugh,
which gives a very good view Of the
private character every now and then.
There are men the latch string Of whose
laughter is always out. They have wide
open, generous laughs, which show a
hearty, whole souled disposition, with
out afectations and a readiness to offer
good fellowship TO the stranger. Then
there is a laugh which reminds one Of
those new tangled doors to which a
chain is attached, permitting an open
ing just wide enough to allow a very
meager glimpse Of the person behind the
door. This is the guarded laugh. 1t be-
trays the cool, calculating man, who
makes money faster than he makes
friends.
Sometimes II runs across Il door
which flies open with the slightest pro-
vocation. Its catch is defective. Some
people laugh that way. Their laughter
is frequently described as a giggle. The
intellectual furnishings of the character
behind such q laugh are hardly worth
the looking at. although it is the easiest
matter in the world to see them. They
are meager. and invariably have a dis
tressing air Of ewness which indicates
that they are not often used.-BuffRlo
Erureaa
, 1891-02-26

1t is customary for the commercial trav-
elers to visit the home office of the institu-
ton they represent about the first of the
year. and renew their old contract with
their firm or make a new one. If they rave
done a successful years business they are
likely to call their employers attention to
the fact, and hin that an advance in sal
airy would be the proper thing. II they
are good statesmen, and their requests are
moderate, their wishes are usually grant
ed. A representative of a Chicago hard
ware house got a raise In salary the past
week. When he suggested the propriety
Of such a step to his employer the latter
remarked;
why, we gave you a big raise a year
ago" II know that" replied the young
a "and 1 want another now. / think l
am worth to you all l am asking" DO
you, indeedf" responded his employer.
and further remarked, "ru tell you hon
estly what l think; that Is that some men
are never satisfied, and that you are one OF
that number" True" said the traveller,
and l never intend to be. You will, sir,
pardon me for saying IL you had been salts
fed with the $1,000 per year you originally
received for doing the class of work 1 am
performing you would not now be getting
your $4,000 per ear as partner in this
concern" he got his raise. One of these
days he will be a partner himself.-Chi-
q Herald.
, 1891-02-26

Watch a common house spider spin its
web. 1t seems to take pains, before begin
ming, TO select a spot where there are
chances Of obtaining plumber and where it
will be secure. 1t then discharges II little
drop of glutinous fluid, and creeps up the
wall, joining the thread from one wall to
the other. The first thread thus formed is
drawn tight and fxed at each end with
other threads. It is upon this outer thread
that the durability of the whole fabric de-
ponds. The webs foundation completed,
the spider next makes a number of threads
parallel to the first, and then crosses them
with other threads, the sticky substance Of
which they are formed serving to bin
them, when newly maae, to each Other.
1t now commences to double and treble
the threads that border its web. securing
the edges as 1t does 50. Lastly, it forms a
kind of tunnel with webbing. This is to
serve as a retreat where 1t can conceal it
self from its enemies, and also from its
prey, and is generally placed in the angle
of the walls. When the spiders work Is
done it often happens that the approach Of
some large animal or the passage of the
housemaid's broom will destroy in a min
ute the b OF days. In this case as soon
as the danger is passed awayt the spider pa
tiently begins to repair the web.
For this purpose the spider is provided
with a store of the glutinous matter OF
which the web is made. When possible
the spider prefers the mending business,
as it is only provided with a limited guam
tity of glutinous matter, and when this is
exhausted it probably cannot be renewed.
London Standard.
, 1891-02-26
Highest of all in Leavening Powere-U. 8 Govt Report, Aug. u. 1889
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{. ABSOLUTELY PURE


At q rough estimate 1900 young We
men were thrown out Of employment the
last of the year from the retail dry goods
stores of New York city. One firm alone
dismissed LOO women and girls and an
other 700. These unfortunate little mar
tyrs of commerce and circumstances
were for the most part extras" hired
in November and December for the holt
day trade at salaries that barely paid for
car fare, lunches and the, wear and tear
of clothing. One manager, when APP
preached on the subject, said: 81 wa
ashamed to tell girl who wanted an en-
gagement the wages, and 80 dismissed
her. 1t was less than her living would
cost. And yet, what can l dol? If wo-
men offer to come here to clerk for fifty
cents a day why should l offer her S1Y"
The trouble is women do not proper
ly value themselves. They are alone in
the world, dependent on their own en-
ergies; they want a chance, a footing, an
opening-anything that will enable a
beginning. In their desperation they
will work for almost nothing, and once
in a position, have not the bravery to
assert themselves by properly ~valuing
their services. Time goes on, the star
walton wages are accepted, and not only
does the individual suffer, but the whole
community of labor is affected by the
lower standard of resulting prices.
What the working girls of New York
need is less poetry. less kitchen garden
ing, less @stheticism, less patronage,
and a regular lecture on business tactics.
She has no library, she does not take a
and If she is TO know her
worth the value of honest, earnest labor
and the relation her skill and industry
pear to capital, she must be instructed
by sermon. speech or address. AS it is,
she is cropping in the dark and growing
the plant of experience for herself, but
1t Is sad gardening, for there are thorns
instead of fruit, and in the leaves is
poison.-New York World.
, 1891-02-26

Miss Ava Willing, of Philadelphia, the
betrothed of John Jacob Astnr, son Of
the late William Aston, has a softly
brilliant complexion, with a lcgely pink
flush that comes and goes in her cheeks.
Her face is round, and its beauty is EN-.
phasized by the deintiest oval chin with
q dimple in it. Her hair is very dark
brown. almost black, and her eyes, which
are Of deep violet blue, look much darker
for the long black lashes which curtain
them. Miss Vikings figure is extremely
pretty and graceful, with a rounded
waist and lovely shoulders. She is a
trife above medium height, and while
she impresses you az being very slender,
she is, as 4 matter Of fact, quite plump,
and there is not a sharp angle about her.
She appears to be thoroughly natural
and unaffected. Her manner is sweet
and winning. Her intimates say she has
the loveliest disposition imaginable. and
if only half of the nice things said of
her are true young Mr.. Aston is to be
most heartily congratulated on winning
so fair and so charming a bride.-St
Louis Republic.
, 1891-02-26

II am going to tell you one thing that
is very important. and hat is hat every
pain which any animal suffers just be-
fore dying poisons the meat, said George
7. Angel, president for the Massachu-
sets Society for the Prevention of Cruel
ty to Animals, in an address to the chill
dren of the Boston public schools and
published in Our Dumb Animals.
IF you wound a bird and don't kill it,
every minute its meat is growing worse.
"If you catch an animal in a steel trap,
every minute it stays there its meat is
growing worse.
Some hunters will not eat the meat Of
a deer hat has been run and worried by
dogs, but only of those which have been
killed by what is called still hunting
that is. which are shot and killed, and
so don't suffer much before they die.
And 30 it is in transportation and
slaughtering-all suffering just before
death poisons the meat"
, 1891-02-26
Just Like HI. Russian Brother.

The sultan very rarely or never leaves
the grounds of Yildiz Kiosk, except to
go once week to a mosque just outside,
when the very striking ceremony known
as the Selamlick takes place. Once a
year, also, he pays a visit to STEAMBOAT,
but the route there and returning is
never known in advance. He is in con-
slant fear Of assassination. Some grand
duchess whom he received at his court,
on his complaining that his health was
Indifferent, advised him to take more
exercise and change of air, and to drive
about the country. On her departure he
is reported to have said: What harm
have l done that this woman should de-
sire my death? Why does she advise me
to run into such dangersY-Nineteenth
Century.
, 1891-02-26

It is not often that a lawyer receives
other recognition of his services in be-
half of a client than a retainer and fee.
The feeling of most when they get
through with a member of the legal fra
ternity IL more akin to sorrow than
gratitude. A Court street attorney has
had a contrary experience. One Of his
clients, an Irish woman, who had been
indicted several times, but never con-
victed, dropped in on him with a pres
emit. II was a handsome silk muller.
But you've already paid me, Mary"
said the lawyer. "Nivir mind, sor," she
replied. 'but tuck it around your foine
throat an kape your tongue glib, for /
may made thin gin."-Boston Traveller.
, 1891-02-26

The exchange editors of the American
press are the most vigilant In the world.
They are keen and indefatigable in their
huntf for bright and readable matter. No
matter where good work is done-whether
In New York city or in the businesses OF
Missouri-the exchange editor is bound to
ferret it cut and exploit it. These gentle
men are the promoters of intellectual
merit; they are the best friends that our
young newspaper writers have. They arc
intelligent, discriminating, appreciative,
far searching and generous. Other depart
ments in our system of journalism may
have their equals elsewhere; but we re-
peat our exchange editors are unquestion-
ably the best in the world. Long may they
wayel-Chicago News.
, 1891-02-26

Like many another famous man, both
before his time and since, Talleyrand ex.
hibited-at least in early life-a great
reluctance to settling with his creditors,
When he was appointed bishop of Autun
by Louis XVI, he considered a fine new
coach to be necessary to the proper main.
tenance of the dignity of that office.
Accordingly, a coach was ordered and
delivered, but not paid for. Some time
after. as the newly appointed bishop was
about to enter his coach he noticed 9
strange man standing near who bowed
continually until the coach was driver
away. This occurred for several days
until at length T~alleyrand, addressing
the stranger, said:
well, my good man, who are your"
n am your c~oachmaker, my lord" re.
piled the stranger.
"AhI" said T~alleyrand, lyon are my
coachmaker; and what do you want, my
coachmakerg'
81 want to be paid, my lord"
"Ahl you are my coachmaker, and
you want to be paid? You shall be paid,
my ~coachmaker."
"But when, my 1ord?'
"Huml" said Talleyrand, settling him.
self comfortably among the cushions oil
his new coach and cycling his coach
maker severely, you are very inquisi.
tve."-Boston Transcript.
, 1891-02-26

The hairpin in the trolley has again
come to light. Several weeks ago The
Herald printed a story telling how a
hairpin furnished by a lady passenger
enabled one of the electric cars to con.
unue on its trip TO the hill. Friday
morning the hairpin was removed and
replaced by one made for the purpose.
1t is only justice to the hairpin, how
ever, to say that it could have satisfac-
torily performed the duty allotted to it
for several months to come. 1t was in
the trolley Of car No. Z, now running on
the Turpin hill line, with Fred Merritt
at the motor switch-Augusta GA
Herald
, 1891-02-26

Never, perhaps, was an enthusiast and
scholar more indebted to his wife for prac-
teal aid and sympathy than was DR..
Henry Draper, the famous astronomer.
Mrs. Draper, a sister OF CORTLAND Palmer,
Is a woman of the rarest graces OF mind
and heart. During his lifetime Mrs.
Draper was her husbands valued assistant
In all OF his astronomical experiments and
researches. She entered with ardor into
the science he loved, and became an expert
In using the delicate instruments employed
in the observatory. At his death she paid
the most fitting tribute possible to his
memory. Presenting Harvard university
with his wonderful telescopes, and build
ing int supporting the Draper Memorial,
she felt her labor of love but half complete.
Now not only are the northern heavens
swept by the lens OF this memorial obsery-
atory, but the southern stars are studied
as well, carrying on, as he would have 1t, a
double watch of the heavenly bodies
Louisville Courier-Journal.
, 1891-02-26

A big sheet and a small feather arc all
that are needed for this game, provided
you have the children, and II you haven't
them In the house call in the %neiRhbor's
children, and in giving pleasure to them
and joining in their mirth you will almost
grow young again yourself. To play this
game the players all sit upon the fioor in a
ring, holding on to the edges OF the sheet,
which they try to keep as taut as possible.
One person is 'it." aud he or she tries to
grasp and capture the feather. while the
others strive to prevent this by blowing the
feather across the sheet out Of reach of the
pursuer.
Meanwhile the latter runs this way and
that around the circle Of players, grabbing
here and there and doing his best to get
hold of the elusive object. To accomplish
this is quite difficult, because a single well
directed puff of the breath will send the
feather clear across the sheet. When the
person who is 'it" succeeds in capturing
the feather, the player to whom the feather
was nearest when II was grasped becomes
sit" in turn, his or her place being taken
by the oRptursT-Lswtstoa journal.
, 1891-02-26

The hosiery and other knit woolens
which come from the hands of Shetland
women are famous They are as ceaseless
knitters as those of Connemara and Done
gal In Ireland, and produce fabrics Of won
drous delicacy Of texture. The prepare
tion OF the yarn has muc to do with the
~lightuess and ~softness of their work.
Fleeces are never shorn. The cruel prac-
tice OF "rueing," or removing the wool
from sheep by pulling it out by the roots
in handfuls, is still prevalent. The finest
o is thus procured, and the average
weight of the most priced leeces is but two
pounds.
The knit work Of these nimble fingered
women formerly consisted only OF coarse
wooden stutfs, and fine Shetland shawls
did not become common until about 1910.
The finest collection OF knit goods ever
produced in the Stands was presented to
the Princess of Wales on her marriage in
1858. In 1890 a large shawl was sold at
LeNyick for SI5. 1t only weighed 2x
ounces, and another which sold for S45
weighed but 2H ounces. Some of the do
signs are maryelously beautiful-Cor. Bos-
ton Transcript.
, 1891-02-26
A DramArist with influence.

Queen Elizabeth of Roumania has
written a play which she is pleased to
describe as a tragedy. but which is really
q piece of the most wildly and extrava-
gantly sensational kind. 1t is entitled
"Meister Manolly," and it is to be intro
duced at the Vienna Court theatre. The
piece is of the old transporting order,
with ghosts, murders, a wife walled up
alive, and other sensational episodes, and
it is full of preposterous situations, alb
surdly stilted dialogue and Bombastes
Furioso defamation. Queen Elizabeth,
when she wat recently at Vienna, in.
vited the company of the Court theatre
to partake of a sumptuous dejeuner at
the Hotel Imperial, and the champagne
flowed in rivers at the meal. Her mai
esty read the play to her guests, who
~applauded it as a matter Of course, and
then she went to see the emperor, and in
duced him to command that the piece
should be produced at the Hofburg,
where, as a rule, new plays are not
readily accepted.-Lohdon Truth.
, 1891-02-26

Rev. f. NJ. Shrout. pastor United
Brethren church, Blue Mound, Kan,
>ays: Il feel it my duty to tell what won
iers DR.. Kings New Discovery has done
or me. NV lungs were badly diseased.
md my p%arishioners thought | could live
,uly a few weeks. l took FIVE bottles Of
Or. Kings New Discovery and am sound
md well, gaining 26 lbs. in weight"
Arthur Love. manager Of Loves Funny
Folks Combination, writes: After a
am confident DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, beats EN- all and cures
when everything else fails. The greatest
kindness l can do my many thousand
friends is to urge them to try it" Free
trial bottles at B. B. David's drug store.
Regular sizes SOC. and $l.00.
, 1891-02-26

A German chemist, after a somewhat
learned dissertation on the various kinds
Of mosquitoes and their respective charac-
~teristics and virulence. condescends to give
a useful piece OF practical information.
He says that OF the various remedies rec
commended for mosquito bites, such as am
monia, oil OF cloves, chloroform, carbol-
lied glycerine, ETC., none is better than
ordinary soap. He is an ardent natural
list, and on his frequent excursions in the
country he invariably carries n small piece
of soap, with which. in case of a bite, he
makes a lather all over the affected part
and allows it to dry on He almost in
Yariably finds hat the relief is ~nstantane
Gus, and that all pain soon ceases. Should
il continue, however, as sometimes hap
pens, it Is only necessary to repeat the Hp-
p~lication.-New York Commercial Adver-
tiser.
, 1891-02-26

The senior PROPRIETOR OF this paper has
been subject 70 frequent colds for some
years, which were sure u lay him up il
not doctored at once. He finds that
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is reliable.
il opens the secretlons, relieves the lungs
aud restores the system TO a healthy con-
dition. If freely used as o as the cold
has been contracted, and before it has be.
come settled in the system, it greatly
lessons the attack aud often cures in d
single day what would otherwise have
been a severe cold.-Northl0estern Hotel
Register, Des Moines, Iowa. so cent
bottles for sale by A. E. Roedel.
, 1891-02-26
SOMEWHERE.

How can 1 Cease - pray for thest S~onsvheus
In Gods great universe thou Ert today.
Can he not reach thes with his tender canst
Can he NOT hear me whea for thee I prsyi ,
what matters IL To him Who holds within
The hollow OF his hand all worlds, all space.
That thou art done with earthly pain and <ni
Somewhere within his ken thou hast q plaza
Somewhere thou Hvest and hast need OF him;
Somewhere thy soul sees higher heights to
climb:
And somewhere still, there may be valleys dim
That thou must pace To reach the hills sublime.
Then all the more, because thou canst not hear
Poor human words OF blessing. win I pray.
o true, brave heart God bless thee. whereso'er
In his great universe thou art today
Julia O. r Dorr In Philadelphia Ledger.
, 1891-02-26

The cutting of yeneers is now lone by
electricity. The veneering machine, In
stead of cutting or shaving around the en-
tire circumference OF the log, as usual,
takes a thin slice from the fat side of it.
The logs are of any diameter, and arc cut
into lengths of ten feet. The veneering
cutting knife is fixed between two parallel
shafts, and the log is carried up and down
in front of 1t with a circular motion by re-
volving cranks, and is fed against the
knife by a ratchet and pawl, in the ordi-
nary manner.-New York Telegram.
, 1891-02-26

81 had ONE wedding cake today I'M
der very distressing circumstances " said
n postal clerk. "At the postofice a pack.
age had been received containing a heavy
invoice of this style of fancy goods. 1t
was nearly six inches square and had
sixteen cents in postage stamps, but not
a sign of an address. There was no help
for it. The owner couldn't be found,
and rather than let the cake go to waste
it was distributed judiciously among a
few friends. OF course everybody was
sorry, but the state of things might have
been worse.n-Buffalo Express.
, 1891-02-26

A Good Record. Il have sold Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy for Fen years"
says druggist f, B. LegR, of Vail, Ia,
and rave always warranted it and never
had a bottle returned. During the past
ninety days | have sold twelve dozen and
it has gwen perfect satisfaction in every
instance" 1t does not dry up a cough.
but loosens and relieves it, 1t will cure a
severe cold in less time than any other
treatment. so cent and 81 bottles for
sale by A. +. Roedel.
, 1891-02-26
ARE YOU CONC EAsrt

Ii so you will ask for tickets via
WABASH LINE.
WHY? Because in the 6rst place it is
to many Of the principal cities of the East
the
SHORT LINE, aud because on all
trains there are, free to all, new and ele-
giant
RECLINING CHAIRS and, from
points, in the Rocky Mountain region, on
all through trains,
THROUGH PULLMANS, and, to cap
the climax of luxury, all trains are fed on
DINING CARS.
G. NJ HAMPsoN,
Commercial Agent, Denver, Col.
1927 Seventeenth Street.
, 1891-02-26

The deepest lake in the world is Lake
Baikal, in Siberia. Its are of over 5000
square miles makes it about equal to
Erie in superficial extent; its enormous
depth OK between +,G00 and +,5ee feet
makes the volume of its waters almost
equal to that Of Lake Superior. Al
though its surface is $50 feet above the
sea level its bottom is nearly 5000 feet
below it.-Exchange.
, 1891-02-26

In Japan the ordinary signs of a coming
tremor are the screaming pheasants, the
prancinR Of horses in their stalls, the re-
treat of the moles into their burrows. and
the attempts Of cats. dogs, guinea pigs,
swine and other domestic animals to es-
cape into the open country.
, 1891-02-26

One of the most amusing distortions
of English that l ever heard was perpe-
trated by a waiter on a Grand Trunk
dining car, eager for his fee.
had ordered a simple supper of LAKE
trout and buttered toast. Its meager ap-
pearance seemed to disturb my friend in
the white jacket.
Amt you goin' to nave no other meat
besides that fish, sir?' he asked.-Lewis.
ton journal.
, 1891-02-26
Use Women Make of Their Knowledge.

Use Women Make of Their Knowledge
A Cambridge lady, residing with her
husband in r. German university town,
found herself the object of some distrust
among the professors wives-irst, because
she had-studted Latin, and second be-
cause she knew how to cook. The first was
a criticism from the German point of view;
the second, from the German conviction as
to the supposed American standard. II
she had learned Latin, she must be whim-
steal or "strong minded" II cookery. she
must be plebeian. "Of course" they reA-
soned, "f you were a German you would
know how to cook, but II ia well known
that in America all ladies of any social
position sit in rocking chairs and read
novels. II an American woman can cook
1t is because she belongs to the lower
classes.'
1t was only after long acquaintance that
these solicitudes could be dispeIled, the
cooking was more easily condoned than the
Latin. 1t is a comfort to know that it is
by knowing too much that our sisters
create suspicion in foreign lands. In this
country the criticism upon them was for
merly that they did not know enough, and
now it is coming To be that they do not
make sufficient use of what they know
Harper's Bazaar.
, 1891-02-26

When paper making machines were in.
PRODUCED, and the use OF molds was aban.
doned, sheets came to bemade of all dimen.
sions. As a result quartos and octavos had
all sorts of dimensions, and the terms,
when used strictly to indicate how the
sheet was folded, became worthless as des.
ignations Of size. The use OF the old terms
was nevertheless not abandoned; but In
stead they were first used to indicate q
rather wide range OF sizes, and finally were
attached to certain more definite sizes,
without reference to the method of folding.
, 1891-02-26

A social club in Boston organized
forty-six years ago never had any dis
agreements on politics, religion, the cur
rency, the Indian question, love, mar
riage, or the hereafter, but when asked
to test and report on a batch of mince
pies a hot dispute arose, an open rupture
followed and the club disbanded to meet
no more.-Detroit Free Press.