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Chinese Iinrbers,

The BARRIERS calling Is supported by
government What If his little squat
razor only covers an inch or two at the
time and makes the operation unneces
sarily tedious. He has the advantage
Of knowing that he represents lawful
authority. He ought never to suffer
from being out of work.
Then his perquislte, the combings,
makes up for natural deficiency. He
can sell at clear profits tails Of his own
collecting and making Perhaps the
fact that Chinese hair offers little yari-
ETY. IN color slmplhes this article Of
commerce. The more sable the better.
Chlldrcn's heads are shaved IN order
That 1t may be as black and thick as
possible. Black Is much more cheerful.
A Chlnaman plaits white SILK into his
hair when he goes into mourning.
Tales Of tail might be multiplied
The Chlnaman's is more expressive
than any that has not the power TO wag
with satisfaction or droop with disI1ay.
For convenience In work II IL fastened
up in coil, but for a man to speak to
his superior without letting 1t down Is
an insult. No Christian would enter
church in this dishabille. A stranger
might possibly do so, and In such a
case, before beginning the service, the
officiating minister would fix him with
glance and politely-for the natives
expect politeness under all circum-
stances-address him, "Slr. Will you
kindly let down your tallf"-Qulver.
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When You Give n Dinner.
tie dinner for six.

Tie dinner Tor Elk,
The taulecioth should be OF tue best
damask you can aHofu tndefhehth
should De the silence cloth' Whleh
may be or thlck cotton naillel or II ielt
PAD
Al the rghl OF cach pia'e should DE
the knives sharp edges toward the
plate ana IN the order III Whlch lhey
are 10 be USED, beginning ut the rlght.
10 the flsht OF the KNIVES shouiu ne
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TWO OFFICERS CALLED AND ARRESTED ME.
the property and its owner, and |
knew the price to be low. We were
talking away when there came knock
on the door and as | rose to open 1t
the landlord entered, and l saw a
stranger behind him.
"Ah, Mr.. Cook" said mine host,
please excuse me. | thought you
were out and some one might have
entered your room. 1t is all right-all
right. Beg pardon, I'm sure"
He was gone before | could ask any
questions. and Mr.. Bliss at once led
the conversation back to the property
and kept me 50 busy answering his
queries that had no time TO wonder
over the incident. He remained for Il
full hour AS he asked me TO act as
his agent for the purchase of the prop
erty and as he paid Inc f100 on account
was forced to be more or less inter
ested, though | could not get over feel
ing bit put out at the way lie had
entered my room. Before leaving lie
found that | was going down to Can
terbury In the morning, and he laugh
ingly exclaimed:
How very queer! Why, I'm going
down there myself. I'll meet you at
the station in the morning, and we'll
make the journey together"
After | got to bed l began to go over
the Incidents Of the evening In law
yerlike way. | found had some Curl
osity about the way the landlord had
burst into my room and also as to the
identity of the man who had remained
In the background. Mr.. Bliss had
seemed to talk straight enough, but l
was considerably puzzled over him.
After a nights sleep | felt better, how
ever, or at least less annoyed, and
when Mr. Bliss joined me at the sta
tion / gave him cordial welcome. In a
casual way | also noticed that he car
ried a Gladstone bag, but of course |
| thought nothing of 1t at the time. We
were a little early for the train and
had taken our tickets and We're walk
ing up and down the platform when I
was accosted by n stranger who ask
ed for a word in private. | suspected
at once that he was detective. When
we had stepped aside, he respectfully
inquired:
| "Am l right in believing that you are
Mr.. Cool; of Toronto, Canada"
Perfectly So" replied.
you ere stopping at the Kings
Arms"
81 am"
"And the party with your
mfr. Theodore q. Bliss, sir"
"Ah, just So Thanks, sir. Mr.. Bliss
being in your company, must be al
right Good day, sir"
Had he fingered l might have pu
some questions myself, but as he hur
ried away instead / turned to my
friend. Mr. Bliss was humming an ali
to himself and appeared cool anC
placid. He asked no questions, and
volunteered no information / wal
upset again, however. II Mr. Bliss
was all right because he was In M
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AZ The Green Bag has 1t. Chief JUS
ticc Marshall used TO narrate with
great glee the following correspond
euee ON point of honor between Coy
ernor Giles of Virginia and Patrick
Henry The governor wrote:
SIR ! understand That you have called me a
bobtaiI politician. l wish TO know II IL be true.
and, II true. your meaning W. H. GILES
Patrick Henry's reply came promptly:
sirl do not Tecolect calling you bobtal
politician ut any time but think II probable that
! have. can't say what did mean. but II you
viii tell me what You think ! meant Will say
whether yon are correct or not. Very respect
fully, PATRICK HENRY.
This was leaving 1t TO Giles with n
Vengeance; but, rs there was no fur
tier correspondence. the governor OF
Virginia must have read satisfaction
somewhere between the lines OF Pat
rick IIcnry's brilliantly equlyoeal re-
NV
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FLOWER AND TREE.

\ single leaf of the orange tree, care
fully planted, viii often take root and
grow.
Seven year old tea plants yield four
ounces Of leaves apiece. or 700 pounds
of tea 10 the acre.
New Zealand has In its edelweiss n
plant differing but slightly from tho
famous Swiss variety.
An oak tree at 100 years averages Al
Inches IN diameter, Iarch 40 inches,
nm elm 80 inches and ycw . inches.
\ white pine tree 20 years old ought
TO be about % feet high, and at 80 or
40 years of age 1t ought to measure
about GO feet. sss---
II 4 bIdnt called The deTffs club. II
has spikes which, when they enter the
flesh, break off and produce poisoned
wounds, which tester.
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-~-s-<t~..e.t%It~e-,.s-.e-Ee-s$-s.~.,.
-. by NJ. QUAD

had been at II certain hotel In Lon
don for three months while making
researches In the interests of client
in Canada and had come to point I'm
my Investigations where | was requir-
ed TO go down To Canterbury To consult
church records and late one evening |
began packing my bag for the trip. l
was thus engaged when the door open
ed and stranger entered my room.
He was a man of about 80, well dress
ed and having the look of II gentle.
man, and there was bland smile ON
his face as lie quietly observed.
Il thought | heard you invite me 10
come In in answer to my knock Pray
excuse me II | intrude"
lie handed me n card on which was
engraved the name of Theodore ID
Bliss. New Orleans, but his looks and
accent did not 20 to show that he was
a southefner. On the contrary. knew
he was northern man. lie was fair
Iy posted about my own town of To
ronto, and, according to his statement.
he had been offered large plat of VA
cant property at bargain. ! knew
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a TRUE FISH STORY.



ding Ring.
About The queerest fish story |
know of, said a highly truthful look
Ing man indeed, he o-as n Clergyman
happened to me at n little lake in Wis
consln, where | used to summer with
my family. one day my wife was out
In our boat with a party of friends.
She was letting her hand trail In the
water without thinking about its
shrinking effect, ana when she finally
took her hand in her wedding ring was
gone The lake was deep at that point
and although We made considerable
effort 10 recover the ring It was not
found.
Naturally it worried her good deal
md the next yenr she would not go
back TO the same place. nor did we
go the following year, but the third
year we went there again, and one day
| was In the woods about mile from
the lake with my boy, trying To get n
shot ut some dcnl2en of the forest or
other As We went peerlng around
among the trees 10 get squirrel we
Ind seen I noticed something shining
on twig of tree about - feet from
the ground | sent my boy UP after it.
and when he came back | was more
than astonlshed 10 find that the shining
thing was my wlfe's wedding ring.
"llow II ever got there was n mys-
terry Mt first, hut | was not n believer In
fnirles and that sort of thing, SO l be
gan to Investigate for material causes.
The top of the tree had deadcned, and
with suspicion In my mind sent my
boy up 10 see what signs might be
above the green houghs. He called
down TO me presently that there were
remains of Il iishhawk's nest In the
forks of the tree. and putting this
and that together, | came to tho eonclu-
sion that the hawk had caught the fish
that had gobhled up my wlfes ring IN
the lake and had taken II to the nest
for the young hawks. They didn't
care for Jewelry ana had left that
part of the fish In the nest. from which,
rs the nest was blown TO pieces by the
wind and beaten by the storms the
ring had dropped out aud by chance
had caught ON the twlg where | found
II. In any event, If That was not the
way 1t got there, how did It? For IT
surely was there, and my wife is wear
Ing 1t today. Exchange.
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company the detective must have had
suspicion of him previous to fthis
meeting. ! had in way guaranteed
the man, and had been right o,
wrong: As soon rs we had taken oul
seats IN the train | began TO pumt
him rs il | had him on the witness
stand In the course of an hour{he
made dozen slips about Toronto and
he lodged SO many questions that'l
made up my mind he was IL MANI
wanted nothing TO do with. | insisted
on returning his money and taking bach
the receipt, and declined 20 act aslhis
agent IN any manner. He was certain,
~ surprised and put out, but heTdid
not argue the matter. Just beforeywe
reached Guilford Junction he saldthe
must get off there To see To II little
business, but We did not part In bad
feeling. II was not until | arrivediat
Canterbury that | discovered there had
been change of bags. Mr.. Bliss had
taken mine and left his
Perhaps 1t was not exactly the right
thing to do, but in my room at the no
Tel tried my keys ON the lock of the
strange bag and opened II. 1t was
stuffed full of what at first supposed
TO be clothing. but after little inves
tigatlon grew white In the face and
weak In the knees. Down below the
clothing We're English consols and rail.
way bonds to the amount of half n
million dollars. | didn't have To figure
much 10 come TO the conclusion that
big robbery had been pulled OFF and
that Mr.. Bliss was IN IT, II was my
duty To Inform the police at once, but
before could leave the hotel two otfi
GERS called and arrested me They had
me red handed, as II We're and even
at the police station they would pay
no attention 10 my assertions or prot.
estations. In England person un.
der arrest Is deemed guilty. Mt least
by the police. ! was taken back to |
London. where the robbery had oc. |
Cured, anu, though | had money aud |
credentials and was an innocent man.
1t took me -four weeks TO get out of the
grip of the law. Meantime the asinlne
officers had given Mr. Bliss time TO
get half around the globe.
How the man knew was from To.
ronto and stopping at the Kings Arms
cannot say, but he had robbed
brokers' office near by, left the satchcl
ut fruit stand and entered the hotel
10 escape the crowd ON his trnek. IL,
had come direct 10 my room and had
thereby saved himself When he left
ne after our conversation, lie picked
Up his satchel aud turned I'm some
where for the night lie knew the
'ailroad stations would he watched
md he planned TO get out OF town in
ny company. II eest me Zoo In cash
lnd no end of worry To ret clear of
he law. and when | finally returned
o the hotel the whilom urbane and
tumble landlord met me with smile
nd said
Yes, l know they failed to convict
GU, but Just at present we are greatly
vereroWded, and | cannot aeeommo-
ate you. Innocent as IA babe sir. but
QUIZ have to Try some other hotel
ontcherknow."
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1yo.n uts OLA Iot Home.

They were talking about getting bald.
"Mcn wear their hats too much" the
doctor was saying. II have noticed
that n great many business men wear
them In their Offices. The head should
be kept bare us much as possible.
my partner always wear an old straw
Int around the store" replied n Market
street merchant Gle wears this IN
winter as well MS In summer, or at least
lie did until last winter, when he had
an experience that cured him OF IT,
zone very cold afternoon he left the
Office early. and rs he walked briskiy
through the street he noticed In rather
abscntminded way that he was attract
Ing considerable attention. People turn
ed and looked after him and laughed.
1t was not until he had walked five or
six blocks that he realized what 1t all
meant. lie met n lady Of his acqnaint-
ance, and when he went to raise his
hat he found that he was still wearing
the old straw one. having forgotten to
change 1t when lie left the office. For
tunately there was II hat store near by,
and he went In and bought one more
suitable to the season" -Phlladelphla
Record.
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sunpresstpe Cruelty.

Many man who would be ashamed
TO strike brute beast with bludgeon
has no shame In making bludgeon
of his tongue to strike human beings In
the tender places Of their belng-thelr
social senslbllities and their self es-
TEEN Cruelty In It's gross and outward
forms we have in good measure sup
pressed, but the refined cruelty Of the
bitter word the unloylng censurc, the
abusive harangue, Is not yet extinct.
Let us be as careful Of mems inner
skin as Of their outer.-Exchange
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"And where, may ask. do you gen
orally resideT' the young man said aft
or all other subjects had been exhaust
ed.
"Oh, have no fixed abode" Miss
Mobile replied, but / usually pass the
greater part Of the winter In Reading.
In Lent | find myself attracted to 81.
Paul. After Easter go down to West
Virginia and spend the summer and
part Of the autumn In Wheeling"
"And then
"Then, Mr. Heavy, | find myself i'd
mlrably prepared for a month or two
Of NEW York Herald
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The late Rev. r. S. Storrs was very
hard man to interview, for he resented
the inqusltlyeness Of the press and was
Icy to its agents
One evening reporter attended a
reception at his house and IN the
course Of the evening touched his arm
and whispered: Doctor, I'm from the
-. / want the names Of guests and
all the particulars"
yes" DR.. storrs whispered In return,
'this way, this way" And, taking the
young mans arm, he escorted him 10
the front door and put him out
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Way TO Moral Strength.

We can learn 10 live uobly only by
acting nobly on every occasion. If
you shlrlt the first trial OF your man
hood, you viii go SO much weaker to
the second, and If the next occasion
aud the next find you unprepared you
viii unducstonably sink into baseness.
a swimmer becomes strong to stem
the tide only by frequently breasting
the high waves. Success.
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TWO SCHOOLS.

put my heart 10 school,
In the world where men grow wise
Go out. :" | said. and learn the rale.
Come back when you win the prize
My heart came back again
And where is the puzey' | cried
THE rule was false. and the prise was pain.
And tl~ teachers name was Pride"
put my heart 10 school
In the woods where wild birds sing.
In the felds where flowers spring.
Where brooks run eaul and clear
And the blue OF heaven bends near
go out, said, ''seu are only fool,
But perhaps the can teach You here"
And why do you stay So long.
My heart. and where do You roamY"
The answer came with laugh and song,
Il find this school is heme ="
-ileury Van Dyke in Atlantic Monthly
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Nothing perhaps produces quite so
much wit from n cabman ms n sense of
being underPaid, which In most cases
means that he has been justly paid. A
Indy who had been guilty of this kind
of justice experienced the usual sense
of discomfort when her driver straight
ened the palm into which she had just
dropped her shilling ana looked mt her
speechlessly. She was weakly about to
add another slxpcnee when the cabby's
sense of humor prevailed. He trans
fcrred the shilling TO his pocket and
smiled swectly down at his embarrass-
ed fare. Course, missy" he remark
ed, "thcre was the pleasure o drivin
youl'-London Chronicle
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A "wide awake" was originally hat
with no nap on its material.
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Gold coin loses per cent of its
weight In 80 years, silver the same
nmount In 10 years.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-18
GROWS LARGER
EVERY YEAR

Some United States senator's are be-
ginning to think that a halt should
be called on extending the pay roll.
writes a Washington correspondent It
has come to be almost an understood
thing that additions are in order every
year. and it IS noticeable that in the
present session additions are being
made every day Ancient habitues Of
the capital declare that when the roll
IS finally made UP It win be shown
that more men are drawing pay from
the contingent fund in the senate than
ever before in the history Of that body
Even the official reporters OF The SEN
ate have been fixed By special resoiu-
tion at 81 ,440 a year. The term mess
enger" covers nearly everything IN the
senate below the rank OF clerk. Ev-
cry senator has one or more. and now
the ofacial reporters are 20 have the
service Of one. Occasionally a messen-
ger is put on the roll as "laborer." in
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-18

taft 81fs Tor IT'S breakers foI ON eur
western coast from Cape Fiatlery AZ
the Straits of San Juan De Fuca. 200
miles to San Diego. IN Southern Cali
fornia. and If We add the Alaskan coast
line. to double that distance. The
warm waters Of the Gulf Of Mexico ex-
tend for 1000 miles on our southern
boundary. and part Of our northern
boundary consists OF a chain Of lakes
upon which vessels may sail for 300
miles. just what our Great Lake traf7r
fee amounted to in 1900 cannot now be
given in exact figures, but It probably
exceeded 100000 tons The average
cost Of carrying one ton Of freight on
the lakes approximates eight-tenths or
] mill per mile. and coal has been
transported 500 miles for 20 cents per
ton We annually transport within
the area Of the United States more
freight than all other countries com
hined. Within this area is over one
third OF the railroad ond one-half OF
the telegraph mileage Of the world.
IN the construction Of locomotives %
haul ears over these roads we have
made marvellous development: 2.t52
were built in 1899. and the handiwork
Of American mechanics Is seen all
over the world Even the few spe-
cially industrial countries have been
invaded Over $4,000 railroad cars
were constructed In 1889 In 1893
there were mined In the United States
IL, 600 900 long tons Of bitumin0us
coal and 81 100000 long tons Of an
thracite coal approximately one-thlrd
OF the worlds production. The total
value OF the coal mined was close to
s256. 900 900 These quantities indicate
that every working day this country
Of ours produces 100000 long tons OF
coal. representing trains aggregating
37500 twenty-ton ears. Allowing 40
ears with cabOose. engine and tender
to a train, the total length OF trains
representing one days shipping. stand
ing end to end, would cover Pa miles
Of track. In the year 1899 the produc-
tion Of pig iron In the United States
was the largest annual output every
recorded by any country. the total be-
ing nearly l8.62O,O00 gross tons valued
at $245.O00. 900. This country Of ours
produced in 1899 1O5 tons OF gold. L.
715 tons Of silver. 262 ,2O6 gross tons
Of copper In Michigan are the deep
est mines in the world. one vertical
shaft having reached a depth Of 4.sO0
feet, while several others are below the
4O0O-foot level"
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One-Tuentieth of the Worlds PopuIa-
tion within Our Borders Eighteen
Hundred Miles Of Atlantic Coast
More troiEht than All other Countries
With one-twentieth Of the popula-
ton Of the world. the United States is
credited with over one-ffth of the en-
tire wealth in the world Besides pro-
Yiding for the wants Of ourselves. sta-
tistics show that In the year ending
June 3d. 1900. our exports averaged
over $4,000. 900 in value for each work
ing -one-fourth Of this being man
ufactured goods The topography Of
the United States ranges from 270 feet
below to 5000 feet above sea level
in some parts Of the country rain sell
dom falls: in others rain is deposited
on nearly every day in the year On
Aug 3. 1898. more rain fell in Phlla-
delphia in one and three-quarter hours
than is precipitated In a whole year
In some parts Of the United States. 1t
is estimated that in this one and
three-quarter hours 0.000 900 cubic
feet Of water equaling AZ. 1000. 900 gross
tons, fell upon the area Of Philadel-
phia. These and other interesting bits
Of information concerning this great
and glorious country have been gath
cred by the Manufacturer. which pro-
ceeds to inquire:
DO you realize that Chicago and
other lake cities, also Pittsburg. are
about the elevation Of William penn's
hat on the Philadelphia public build
ings above sea level2 That ia cross
ing the great plains Of Nebraska,
speeding along on an apparently level
prairie. you are higher than the crests
in the Allegany mountains In Penn
sylvania? That Salt Lake, our Dead
Sea, is 4,2OO feet above ocean leyelg
That many OF the peaks in the Rocky
mountain and Sierra ranges are over
l4.000 feet high? Or that the noun
tains in Western North Carolina are
from two to three times as high as
our Alleghanies in this state? The
waters Of the Atlantic ocean which
lave the shores OF Europe also beat
against our coast line Of 1900 miles
from the rocky islands Of Maine to the
Florida Keys. The Pacific ocean is in
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-18

nrsesiuE These Animais for Their ress
in Alaska.

Brsediur These Animals for Their Tets
I'm Alaska.
The breeding Of foxes for their pslts
is becoming an important industry on
the islands OF Alaska. No less than
SIS islands. says the Cincinnati Enquir-
er. are now occupied for this purpose.
Tie foxes with which breeding IS be-
gun cost from $3.50 to $3.50 a pair Up
TO date there have been practically no
returns. but as three of the islands
have now more than 1000 foxes. it can
only be a short time before the vsn-
ture win turn out satisfactorily from
a financial point of visT- TIE foxes
are trapped and the skins taken be-
tween November 90 and January 20. all
the females blins released. The ekill-
ing age Is about is months. although
fox skins may be had at eight months
and II especially well groFn. the ami