Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-07-22
WORTH READING.

There is a great deal Of excitement
in Paris" said one French oficial.
Yes" said the other, calmly. And
idiscontent-" Doubtless But there
isn't nearly so much discomfort as
there would probably be if there were
nothing to get excited over.'-Wash-
ington Star.
From time to time experts have no.
ticed certain unexplainabie peculiari-
ties in magnetic instruments in various
buildings. Electricians now declare, as
the result of experiments and inYesti-
cations, that the vagaries are due to
the presence of magnetism in bricks.
They are made OF earthly matter con-
tanning a greater or less proportion Of
magnetic or magnetic iron ore.
NJ Deschanel, the new member of the
French Academy, is a comparatively
young man, having been born on Feb,
Is, 1856. He is a member of the bar, a
brilliant orator, and has done an enor-
nous amount of literary and journal
'istic work, much of it of an abstruse
kind, but he has written some things,
notably Figures de Femmes, crowned
by the Academy, and Figures Litter
aires.' of lighter character. I:
Once upon a time a woman trimmed
her own bonnets, and in consequence
Of this her husband became enormous
ly wealthy. 81 owe all have to you,
said the man to his wife one day. ''T
will accordingly pay you per cent in
terest on my entire fortune!" But the
woman wouldn't take a cent. II any.
thing further be needed to make
fairy story Of this, let it be said that:
they lived happily ever after.-Detroiti
Journal.
1t is said that majority Of the jap.
anese students who come to America.
to study political economy go to the
University of Michigan to seek instruc-.
ton under Professor Adams. This
preference is due to the influence Of
Count Ono, now chief inspector Of the.
Bank of Japan, who studied at the
University Of Michigan under Prof.
Adams. and who is spreading the pro
lessons reputation through the Japan
csc islands.
An old Bucksport (Me.) sea captain.
thus describes the way in which he dis
missed an undesirable sutton for the.
hand Of his daughter: I just showed.
gangplank leading from my house, and,
gently remarked that the wind was on
shore, and the sooner he got under way.
| the better of1ng he would get before
morning. He at once took the hint,
got under way, paid on, bore away,
and went down the road under all sail
with the on shore breeze"
DrCH no h inf -
| twins in the country are living at
Wichita, Kan. They are Wilbur F. and
John F. Sites. They are ffty-four
years old, and look so much alike that
/ only intimate friends can tell them
! apart. They married twin sisters, the
! Misses Alice and Carrie Worth. The
two families live together in the same
| house in Wichita. Thirty years ago
! the brothers embarked in business to-
! gether in Wichita, and the same old
sign, HStites Bros, Real Estate" tells
/ of the twin business relations between
/ them, which still exist.
George H. Williams, the colored his
| torian, Travelled a great deal and
! stopped at such hotels as he pleased.
! Carroll D. Wright, the head of the De-
! partment of Labor, once asked Mr..
Williams how he did it. Il take a bath
every morning" replied the negro. 81
| try to dress and act like a gentleman.
When 1 go to a hotel 1 say at once to
the clerk: Can you give me a room
and serve my meals to me in it?' This
/ answer is invariably in the affirmative.
| SO long as 1 stop in the hotel 1 eat in
my room. I have no trouble what
| ever" The late Blanche K Bruce acted
similarly. 1t is the experience of ne
lgroes who have risen that business dis
termination on account of color is
avoided by the exercise Of a little tact.
| st Louis Globe-Democrat.
At a recent Unitarian festival in
Boston Secretary Long told this story:
/ During the winter 1 went with the
! presidential party to Savannah, where
! I'VE were most kindly and courteously
| received. Everything was done to
make the visit pleasant. On Saturday
afternoon we were taken down to the
river, and on returning the chairman
of arrangements said: Tomorrow is
Sunday, and you will have the day to
yourselves We have all sorts OF
churches in Savannah, and you can go
wherever you wish Well, said the
president, 4 am a Methodist, and /
think 1 will go to the Methodist
church After the others had ex-
pressed their choice, said, Have you
not some little, struggling Unitarian
church here in your city?' No. was
his reply, but we have a rundown
Episcopal church that is almost as
bad 1 did not accept the invitation,
for I wanted the pure, unadulterated
| badness of our own denomination
| Drought Kills the Insect-Eating Toad