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Some weeks ago we reprinted in our
"Storyettes" an anecdote then floating
about the press, narrating the mistake
of a colored butler in a. Washington
house who was cautioned to address a
titled English guest as my lord and
confused by the latter's refusal of q
cherished dish, exclaimed: But it's
terrapin, my God!" 1t was a variant
of the ancient English tale of the bish-
OPP and the embarrassed buttons who
brought up his shaving water. But
Vanity, a New York society journal,
took us severely to task for Stealing
from its columns, declaring that it had
been the original publisher of the story
in an issue of few weeks earlier.
Then arose the Columbia with the an
nouncement that the story had APP
peared in it's Christmas issue for 1888.
We can cap them both with the state
ment that it appeared in the Argonaut
in 1881. It may strike our contempora-
ries as strange that the Argonaut
should reprint matter which had al
ready appeared in it's columns. Such
is the fact, however, That there is
nothing new under the sun is especial
ly true of anecdotes, and, in view of
the fact that the Argonaut has been
printing about ten a week, or five hum
bred year, for about fifteen years,
making a total of seventy-five hundred
anecdotes, it would be wonderful in
deed if we did not sometimes repeat
San Francisco Argonaut.
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less, Thus the currency of Russia be-
comes a gold one, as no more paper is
TO be Issued by the State bank on ac-
count Of the exehequer, but only for Its
own commercial purposes, as in the
case Of the Banks Of England and
France, and then only up to one mil
lard rubles on condition that one-half
of the amount so issued up to a milliard
be covered by gold, and that above a
milliard 1t be completely covered by it's
full gold equivalent The old gold
coins, which are worth l ruble so ko-
pels in paper, according to the latest
decision of the Finance minister, will
be worth the same in the new gold COIN
age until withdrawn, so that, accord
ing to the promoters of this important
reform, no one will lose anything by it,
and all loans and obligations will re-
main the same until further legislation.
The paper will be taken for gold in the
new coinage, ruble for ruble, and the
State bank will receive $50, 600, 900 in the
new gold piece for the purpose The
silver ruble will be compulsory, if re-
CURED, between private persons only up
to fifty rubles, while the exchequer will
receive it to any amount. Only in the,
payment of customs duties silver COIN
age will not be received above one ru-
BILE until further notice. This import
ant revolution in the monetary system
of Russia, although not yet officially
announced, is considered as imminent.
There Is good deal of nervous anxiety
about it among the uninitlated, and it
is difficult yet to see what effects it may
have
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nSpOTTERS,,, work.

Much has been said lately in this and
and the wickedness of that kind of de-
tective work which "tempts" people to
commit crime. 1t has been argued, in
substance, that If a man who is engag-
ed in violating the law is given an OPP
portunity by detective, or "spotter,"
to violate it and does violate it, the de-
tective, or "spotter," who gives him
the opportunity is bad egg and should
be considered an enemy of society as
well as of lawbreakers 1t has also been
said that his testimony should not be
considered good for anything.
1t is interesting to notice that the
United States Supreme court has just
put the seal of its approval upon a
kind of detective work which many
look upon as mean and unworthy. 1t
has been the sly practice of govern
ment detectives who suspected hand
lers OF mail matter of stealing letters
to put decoy letters in the mail in or
der to give those suspected an opportu-
nifty to steal them if they were so dis
posed OF course they We're not obliged
to steal them, and those who have
stolen them have been thieves One of
the thieves was a letter carrier in
Tennessee, who was so tempted by an
misunderstanding decoy letter and by
something inside of himself that he took
it. He was tried on a charge of rob-
bling the mails and was convicted on
the evidence of mean and wicked de-
tective who sent him the decoy letter.
The point was made that the evidence
of decoy could not be given against
the accused. The Supreme court holds
that it can.
Tt is entirely true that tempting peo-
pie who are disposed to commit crime
to act according to their disposition is
not very elevated or elevating work.
But it is also true that man is not
obliged to violate the law because
detective or "spotter' gives him an
opportunity to do so.
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An Argument working Both ways.

A Washington correspondent started
a story about Prohibitionist Hull, of
Iowa, to the effect that he once adj
mired knife of Representative Chick
erings which had in it a hook, de
signed" Chickering said, "to remove
stones which might become fastened in
a horses hoof on rocky road" Hull
admired it so much that Chickering
gave it to him, and Hull took it home
to show to his wife. Mrs Hull looked
at the knife and then at her husband
John" said she, ANY man who has
served three terms as secretary of the
state senate, been twice lieutenant
governor, and served two terms in con-
gress, must be a pretty good man if he
doesn't know champagne-opener
from a cleaner"
The story was copied all over the
state, and commented on in variety
of ways. Then the congressman met
the correspondent who first published
the story. He was smiling all over.
You did me a great service Hull
said, wringing his hand affectionately:
"all the prohibitionists are taking my
wifes view of my ignorance, and all
the 'antis' are insisting that I'm devil
of a good fellow for imposing so sue
cessfully on my wife. 1t works in my
behalf which ever way you take it,
Argonaut.
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he went into his room and wept, His
grief was so great that those without
heard him g Sam. xix, 2-4),
On the following day the body is car
ried into the church, While this Is be-
ing done u number of women keep up
kind of dance outside of the church,
while they lament and moan with their
hair In disheyelled state. The same
thing is done at the grave. 1t is pecu-
liar that the Arabs are so anxious to
have their dead buried in the tomb of
their ancestors, and this prevails to
such an extent that many families can
remember that their great-great-
grandfather and all his descendants
We're put into the same grave, In case
a person dies at distance from his ma
tive village his body Is brought home
for burial. This reminds us of Jacob
and his last request, made to Joseph, TO
bury him with his fathers Gen. Xvii.
80 and |. SO. On the next morning
very early certain women go to the
grave to weep over the dead, as was
done by the women on the morning OF
Easter Luke xiv. y. After they
have returned to their homes and have
attended to their daily duties, they so
to an open place, which is in many
cases q threshing- place, while the men
are invited into the house of some
friend. In these threshing- places the
women sing funeral songs and repeat
their lamentations, in which the VIZ
tues of the departed are extolled.--
Evangellsche Batter.
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(sadly)-The married men.-Philadel-
phia Record,
Mr., WaHace-Is your sister an oblig-
ing girlY Willie-Obliging amt no
name for it, She's all the time obliging
men to do what l don't lille.-Somer-
Vile Journal.
Ethel-Why in the world did you send
brother that train of cars and that
noisy windmill? Buckley (suitor)-Be-
cause we can always tell where he is
New York Herald.
Wiekwire-Notiee what hollow
laugh Nudge has this evening. Yabs-
ley-Yes. He is getting off that hollow
laugh to disguise the fact that he is
full-Indianapolis Journal
Briggs-It must require heap Of
courage to face the bowling dervishes
Wagstaff-Oh, / don't know, 1t all de-
ponds on your training. Briggs-What
do you mean? Wagstaff-You'd know
what meant if you had a new baby in
the house,-Cleveland Plaindealer.
Mrs. McSwat Cooking over the paper)
-Blllinger, here is an article about wo-
men BARRIERS. One of them says you
have no idea of the nerve it takes to
shave the throat of man who has a
big Adams apple. Mr.. McSwat--I
don't wonder. 1t ought to fill a woman
with remorse every time she sees an
Adams apple Chicago Tribune.
Coincidence-"I should consider my
self disgraced,' remarked the woman
of the Orient, IF anybody were to see
my face"
Me, too" replied the woman Of the
Occident do you use paint or the
ordinary drug store goods?"
The very air shuddered, as If nature
were undergoing a convulsion, or some
thing.-Detroit Tribune.
An American tourist recently tramp
ing through Cornwall met some MEM
bers Of village church choir return
ing from rehearsal He asked one Of
them what music they had been sing
ing. The answer was Handel"
We'll" he said, "but don't you find
Handel very difficult?"
why, no, sir" replied the Cornish
man; mot very. You see, we alters
him. New York Tribune.
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One of the most curious nausoleums
in the world was discovered the other
day in an orchard at the village of
Noebdenitz, in Saxe-Altenburg. A gi-
gantic oak tree, which storm had
robbed of its crown, was up for public
auction. Among the bidders happened
to be Baron Won Thummel, scion Of a
family of ancient lineage that has Civ
en- the world of literature one charm-
ing poet and the fatherland many dis
tinguished statesmen. The baron, who
lives on a neighboring estate, had rid
den to the auction place quite acciden-
tally. Finally the tree was knocked
down to him for two hundred marks
Upon his arrival at the castle he told
an old servant of his purchase, describ-
ing the tree and it's situation. The old
servant said he remembered attending
the funeral of Baron Thummel sew
enty or eighty years ago, and that the
body had been buried in a thousand
year-old oak, belonging to the parson-
age. Investigation clearly proved that
the orchard had once been The property
of the village church, and that at one
side of the old oak was an iron shutter,
rusty and time-worn, that the people
of the town had always supposed to
have been placed there by some joker
or misohievous boys The iron shutter
proved to be the gate to the mauso-
leum of Baron Hans Wilhelm Won
Thummel, at one time minister of the
state of -Altenburg, who died in
1924, and wished to be buried "in the
thousand-year-o old tree he loved so
WELL" In the hollow of the tree Baron
Hans caused to be built a sepulchre of
solid masonry, large enough to accom-
modate his coffin. The coffin was
placed there, as the church records
show on March Sd, 1924 and the open
ing was closed by an iron gate. In the
course of time a wall of wood grew
over the opening, which had been en-
larged to admit the coffin and the
workmen, and for many years it has
been completely shut, thus removing
the last vestige Of the odd use to which
the old tree had been put. The tree
has still some life in it, and its rich
verdure is only now turning violent
tint The coffin in which Baron Hans
reposes has on one side grown to the
tree, the dead and the live wood join
ing together in eternal embrace.-Pub-
lie Opinion.
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Mourning the Dead in Palestine.

At each death the women begin pc
culiar lamentation, by which the entire
village is informed that a death has
taken place At once the relatives
come in their best clothes and join in
with the lamentation. The women
nearest connected with the departed
rend their clothes, i. e., the upper gar
nent, which is in the shape of shirt
and is held by means of girdle around
the waist. This garment they seize at
the opening in front of the chest and
tear it downward; and the deeper the
grief the larger will be the rent. This
is afterwards stitched together, but in
such a way as to show the seam on the
outside. Then these mourners put on
their best garments, uncover their
heads, which at all other times are
covered, tear out their hair, strike their
faces, scratch their countenances, beat
their breasts, and many smear SCOT
over their faces. Occasionally it hap
pens that men, too, give vent to the vi
olence of grief by tearing their clothing
and pulling out their boards. That
these manifestations of grief are from
great antiquity we can see from the
book of Job, written probably fifteen
hundred years before Christ. When
Jobs three comforters came TO him
they too weep and lament and tear
their garments, and strew dust upon
their heads, and sat with him seven
days and seven nights upon the ground
without speaking dob H. ~. When
David. according to Sam. xviii, SO, re-
ceived the news that his son was dead,
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HOUSES BULLTIN TREES.
New Guinea Claims the Distinction of
Furnishing This Unique Spectacle.

New Guinea Claims the Distinction of
Furnishing This Unique Spectacle.
Man was Individually at one period of
his existence an arboreal animal. He
had much to do with "the trees of the
garden" In some places and as repre-
scented by some races, he still lives
among them, says the philadelphia
Inquirer"
The natives of New Guinea climb
like monkeys, and travel for long dis
tances from one tree to another, with
out descending to the ground. The
birds build little fairy like cabins oil
the ground, but the people construct
their houses in the top of the tallest
forest trees First, a native having
climbed the great trunk Of the teak or
cedar or oak tree he has selected, be-
gins by cutting off some of the branch
es the right length to support a plat
form of bamboo on which his house
is to rest You would wonder how he
could do anything with the tools he
uses If you should see them. He has
no saw or steel-edged axe, but only a
sort of tomahawk made of stone, and
knives of bone or hard wood. When,
however, he has in some way managed
to get the limbs of his tree SO cut and
fashioned as to support his house, his
hardest work is done.
The house itself is soon built, and is
made of bamboo strips and matched
with palm leaves. All parts are firmly
dashed together with strips Of rattan
palm, a very tough vine, used by the
natives in place Of ropes. 1t is not a
large house, though it sometimes con-
tains several rooms, but it is safe and
secure retreat for the women and chill
dren In case of sudden attack by hos
tile tribes.
The house is reached from the
ground by a long ladder or inclined
plane, made of woven vines. In case
an enemy appears the ladder is drawn
up and the man and his family and the
pig are safe within the house. The ell
ovation not only secures the household
from wild beasts and from the ants
that roam the country, seeking what
they may devour, but also from disease
germs, which, like those of yellow fe-
yer, do not rise above a certain level.
The breeze too, rocks the house gently,
like cradle, and sets the fresh air into
circulation making it delightfully."- re-
freshing after the sultry heats below.
If you should climb the long ladder
and peep in at the door, you would find
the family, perhaps, all asleep or sit
ting about the floor eating yams, coco
anuts and bananas, and sharing them
with their pet pigs, parrots or poultry
You would find there no pictures, toys
or playthings, such as even the poorest
children among us possess; no music
and no books; no furniture in the room
not even bed, and no mats on the
floor
Many built nest is constructed
with more art, and is more comforta"
BILE for the little ones who are born in
it, and is far prettier than the rude
huts of the wild men of New Guinea,
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GREAT.

Great is Democracy" says the Reg
lister. Sure enough. Democracy is
great, in it's way. 1t is great in hum
bug, great in false pretences, great in
failure. 1t has added greatly to the
public debt and made a great deficit
in the treasury. 1t has done great
things for the business of other coun-
tries and made great depression in the
business of this country. 1t has made
some great promises and some great
disappointment in those who relied on
it's great promises 1t has made great
brags of capacity to govern and it has
made a great record Of incapacity to
govern.
Oh yes. Democracy is great, and
great is its Stuffed Prophet, as the New
York Sun would say.
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COMMUNICATIONS,


Why There Should be No Waiting Room
on the Green.
To the Editor OF the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
AS one who uses the trolley cars
pretty frequently and who fully appre-
ciates their advantages, may be per-
mitted to say a word with regard to
the proposition to allow them to take a
part of our green for a station? Such
a plan would have, it seems to me, no
advantages for anyone but the trolley
cars themselves. The only possible
way of dealing with the large crowds
which frequent the streets of large
and growing city is to keep them con-
stantly moving. The moment you es-
tablish any place that is sufficiently at
tractive to draw a crowd, you hinder
the many who are anxious to get from
one part of the city to another. If such
a thing We're tolerated in New York or
Boston at any of the centers of travel
as, for instance, in front of the Grand
Central depot or near the postofice in
New York, or on fremont street in Bos-
ton, the street would be simply i'm
passable.
Our trolley lines ought to have no ter
minus within the city limits. They
should make such arrangements with
each other that they can run their
cars in a loop or circle If, for in
stance, all of the lines which now stop
at the corner OF Church and Chapel
streets were to run their cars as far as
the depot, and then come back over a
different route, the public would be
much better served and the corner of
Chapel street would be much less
crowded. The managers might have to
spend q little time in arranging their
schedules, but, considering the valu-
able privileges which they get in our
streets, they certainly would have no
right to complain of a little additional
mental exercise. H. w. FARNAM.
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ELouRlSHING GERMANy.

1t is rather surprising to read that
spite Of the emigration from the coun-
try that is continually going on. The
final and corrected returns of the quin-
quennial census taken throughout the
German empire on December last
show the increase of population during
the last five years to have been greater
than during any preceding five years.
shown to amount to 52,244,5 SOB, which,
compared with the preceding census,
annum. The German newspapers point
out that the population of Germany
now exceeds that of France by 14,000,-
600, and that as the quinquennial in
crease in Germany was nearly 100000
as against barely 100000 in France,
Germany's numerical superiority is
likely to go on increasing proportion
ately, a circumstance which must tell
in favor of European peace. In spite
of Agrarian lamentations there is hard
ly any trace to be found in the census
returns Of the desolation which is sup
posed to be overtaking the rural prov
inces of Germany. The slight decline
of population which was noted some
time ago in Pomerania, East Prussia,
Mecklenburg. has been arrested, and in
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ness. In this stuff the changeable hues
range from tan to blue. The waists
short basque is embroidered in dark
blue silk passementerie, the stock col
lar and it's wired saucer garniture are
of blue and tan taffeta, and a full lace
jabot ornaments the front Lace ruff
fies trim the sleeves at the wrists, and
skirt and sleeves are ornamented with
rows of small ball-shaped steel but
TONS A tan suede leather belt con-
fines the waist.
Boucle mohair is woven with shaggy
spots. That relieves the too monoto-
nous lustre and adapts the material to
tastes that so far have objected. Mo-
hair, lace and mousseline de sole are
combined to make an afternoon dress
Crepon, narrow rows of sable and glace
silk make another dress, this time an
afternoon gown that is a little more
elaborate Glace silk, silk muslin, taft
feta ribbon and a touch of brilliant vel
vet go to make up a. third dress Ores
den printed silk, velvet and mohair
combine in street dress. Velvet bou-
Gle mohair and batiste-the last mate
rial for sleeves and yoke-make still
another dress, and the list might be ex-
tended almost indefinitely, for mohair
is really to be very generally worn.
FLORETTE.
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and Funerals, so cents each. Local notices,
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several cases has been followed by no.
table Increases during the period from
1890 to 1895, The chief increase, how
ever, is still to be found in the indus
trial regions and especially in West
phalla, the Rhineland and SaXony and
the census returns corroborate the evil
denoe furnished by other statistics that
Germany is rapidly becoming an indus
trial State of the first rank.
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Ouida, who doesn't love Italy, says
in recent article that she does not
understand what that country wants
of African possessions when it has at
home 100000 persons dying of one dis
ease, 5000 living on malarious land,
1900 communes in which grain is rare,
over 300 communes with no burial place
and ], 400 communes with scanty or foul
water supplies.
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FASHION NOTES.
Go and Buy NIohairs

There are many reasons for thinking
that fancy mohairs are to be the first
choice of almost all occasions in the
coming season. 1t comes in so many
colors, so oyerlaid with silk in stripe or
flowers, that almost none of the old
horse suggestion is left.
The material lasts well, it holds it's
crispness, and for the present style of
conventional fold in drapery it serves
WELL There is not the least bit of ro-
nance in the material. 1t lends itself
to style and mode rather than to arts
tic effect, but style and mode are what
most Of us are after. 1t takes wo
man with some personality besides
that her dressmaker allows her to be
artistic in dress and entirely escape
queerness.
Changeable mohairs are especially
attractive goods, and examination of
this picture will show that they can be
made up with high degree of dressi-
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HEROIC.

Dryer-My umbrella is getting worn.
It needs recovering. De Wette-So does
mine Dryer-Shabby? De Wette-
No; lost.-New York Press.
Mr.. Henpeck-The true heroes of the
ring are not the pugilists. Mr.. Single
ton-Who are they2 Mr.. Henpeck