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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

The very best a man can do is not
very much.
Some way it causes smile when a
married woman announces that she is
taking music lessons.
To be a fool is always bad enough,
but to be a fool and be in love is the
most fatal Of all the combinations OF
fool.
Remember when you run away from
punishment that punishment has a
great habit Of waiting around till you
come back.
One of the most pitiful sights in the
world is an intelligent, energetic, pro-
gressive woman married to a worthless
man who doesn't know much.
When a girl buys her wedding outfit
she should leave her father enough
money to pay for the relief expedition
he may be compelled to send to her
later on.-Atchison Globe.
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Pin Money For the Rich.

The devices of the daughters Of
rich men to make their own money
are perfectly we'll known to the mana
gers of women's exchanges, which are
established solely to help poor women
put their work on the market. One
day was in an exchange when wo-
man, evidently lady's maid, came In
and registered some embroidery in her
own name. The superintendent took
up the work and In casual way asked
the supposed artist to show her how
to do a particular stitch. The woman
pleaded lack Of time and went out en-
barrassed and guilty looking. 81 thought
So" said the superintendent. "She
brings her mistress work. Her mis-
tress Is the daughter of a very rich
man, but she has no pocket money
and the poor thing has to cheat the ex-
change by selling her work here under
her maids name."-Everybody's Mag
aZfnp
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PRIMITIVE MINING.
The Way Rubies Are Found, Washed
and Sold In Burma.

The system practiced for obtaining
rubies in the mining districts In Burma
is of the most primitive description.
The mining shafts are simply hoies
about two feet square sunk to depth
varying up to fifty or sixty feet. Inc
snoring I'D Of the walls Of the shafts Is
most crude, the sides being supported
by posts at the corners and branches
of small trees secured against the
sides by stout sticks.
The miner carries a tin pot similar
in shape to blunt ended cone on MS
head. He squats down In one corner
and digs between his knees In the OPP
posite corner. The earth, or byon, as
the ruby bearing earth is called. is con-
viewed to the top as fast as 1t Is exca-
waited In small buckets let down from
above. The apparatus for raising ana
lowering the buckets is simple In the
extreme. A stout bamboo post about
twenty feet high, called maungdine,
is fixed upright in the ground at con-
yenient distance from the pit or dwin
and q long, thinner bamboo pivoted
horizontally into the upper end OF 1t so
as to project an eighth from the mine
and the long arm toward the mine.
From the end of the long arm hangs
q long cane fastened to longer thin
bamboo. the latter ending In double
hook. and from the short end hangs a
basket Of stones. The buckets are
raised by the inner arm with its hook,
while the stones cOunterbalance the
weight. Usually three men work IN a
dwin-one down below, one hauling up
the baskets, and the third operator
piles I'D the byOn as it is received. Tie
bvon Is excavated by means OF a
straight. strong tool about two feet
three inches long, with broad blade.
The baskets are shallow and circular
with loop cane handles.
When enough byon has been piled up
1t Is taken off and put into a stone
paved circular Enclosure resembling a
bath under fall Of water and shov-
eled about with q mattOck till the mud
and clay are washed away and the
stones are all collected in a deep hole
at the end Of a narrow channel. These
are then strained, sieved and finally
sorted and all rubles and sapphires
placed in a little bamboo cup full or
clean water till the wash is over. They
are then transferred to a little calico
bag, which every mine owner carries,
and are finally transferred to the un-
clean hands Of the money lending fra
ternity, who flock around in crowds on
the bazaar days to buy any stones
found during the week. - Scientific
| American.
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THE LAW OF MOTION.
Effect of Dropping a Weight on and
OF a Moving Car.

Effect of Dropping a Weight on and
OF Moving Car.
If a person were to jump into the
air from the floor Of car In a rapidly
moving train his feet would reach the
floor in q direct line to the very spot
from which he jumped, in accordance
with the second law Of motion, which
SAYS: If there be two or more causes OF
motion taking place In two different
right lines, whether inherent In the
body or external to it, their effects do
not interfere, nor does either diminish
or augment the effect Of the other. In
other words, when a force acts upon
body In motion the change Of motion
which it produces Is in the direction
and proportional to the magnitude OF
the force which acts. Those who move
on a railroad at the rate Of thirty miles
an hour, or forty-6ve feet in a second,
do not find the relation In which they
stand to the objects in the car in any
degree changed by the velocity. Take
a stone by way Of illustration-instead
Of the person jumplng-and 1t, like the
passengers, has a common motion on
ward with and derived from the train,
and when let fall from the hand 1t re-
tains that motion during its descent.
At the beginning Of its fall it would
have the speed of the train In horizon
tai direction, and gravity would act
upon it in a vertical direction, and 1t
would fall as If the car was without
motion. If the stone be dropped out
side from the platform of the car to
the lower step thereof instead of to the
ground it will be found that in accord
ance with the laws stated it will fall In
a direct vertical line, the same as does
the stone let fall inside the car. The
stone, if dropped to the ground outside
likewise falls In direct vertical line
but it has lost the onward motion OF
the train and Is left behind.
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xuh.re England Wants Propping.

The recent landslip at Cromer, IN
which 1873 yards of cliff fell on to the
beach. is another triumph for the sea,
which is 30 insidlously and relentlessly
assaulting England's eastern coast. II
has long ago buried one Cromer many
fathoms deep under its waters. ana
still Il Is not satisfied.
At one time Cromer was an outlying
hamlet Of the fourishing town OF Ship
den. but Shipden has long ago ceased
TO have a place on the map Of England.
The sea has overwhelmed 1t, and there
are old people still alive who say that
at low water they have caught
glimpse of the masonry Of Its church.
But the whole coast line is gradually
being driven inland. A cliff on which
Sheringham holiday makers used to
promenade now lies SO deep in the wa
ter that man-of-war could easily pass
over 1t, and a lighthouse which less
than two centuries ago was built many
hundreds of yards inland had to be
abandoned a hundred years later, and
its successor was erected still farther
from the sea.-London Globe.
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Ex-Judge Thomas f. Noonan of Jer-
sew City was describing his expert
ences while travelling across country
to his mining property in Arizona and
told bow the party, while on one OF
the lodges of canyon, deserted three
wild ducks wabbling along shoulder
to shoulder.
We'll have those for breakfast" said
Joe Ray, a famous craftsman OF the
frontier, and Aquila Nebeker, president
Of the Utah state senate, who Is equal
ly handy with a gun, seized his repeat
or to take aim at them.
you don't intend to kill 'em one by
oneY Ray objected. Bring 'em all
down with one shot"
Nebeker waited till all three necks
were in one range and let fly.
"And would you believe" Judge Moo
nan asked his friends, that he cut on
all three heads with one bullet?'
"Well," returned ex-Judge Al Day
ton hesitatingly, IF you say sou
"Well," Noonan concluded, Il won't
say it. This Is true story. He missed
ali three."-New York Times.
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A PHANTOM FARM.
James Russell Lowell Got Glimpse
of II, So Ii Is Said.


of II, So 1t Is Said.
A curious story of James Russell
Lowell is told. 1t runs about as fol-
lows and deals with a witch farm
The place is a forest near New York,
at some distance, but within a walk
from the city. On the edge OF the for
est q farm will at times appear which
no one remembers to have ever seen
unless he happens to be among the
few who have had the uncanny PRIV
lege. There is no one about the farm,
no sound is heard, yet there are signs
Of busy occupation. The door Is open,
empty milk pals lean against the wall,
newly cleaned pans and dairy utensils
and butter churns are set out to dry;
clothes hang on the line In little dry
ing ground.
Whoever chances on the farm sell
dom stops long to look. He will pass
on, thinking to himself: Il don't seem
to remember that farm. / must In
ouire about it In town." In town not
a soul knows anything about it, and
never will that person see the farm
again, however often he may return to
look for it. Then others will go out to
seek the witch farm. Over and over
again will they pass and repass the
very spot where it had been seen, re-
tracing their steps and puzzling and
saying: 1T must be there. We have
mistaken the way"
They are few indeed to whom the
spectral farm has shown itself Low
ell himself once saw it. On the verge
Of the wood he passed a homestead
which appeared precisely as has been
described. Lowell saw It all and pass
ed on without thinking, then suddenly
stopped short with a feeling of some
thing strange, turned and sauntered
slowly back. But no house at all was
there, and he was unable to find again
the exact spot where it had been.
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A Q~eaf .IOEe

An American army officer who was
in Cuba during the Spanish war was
extremely dissatisfied with the cooking
he insisted that the Cubans put sugar
into everything they cooked. At last
he announced that he would eat moth
ing but boiled eggs. They can't sugar
them" he declared. So he ordered them
next morning. But before he appeared
at the table another officer had filled
the salt cruet with sugar. When the
"kicker' appeared, his eggs were
brought to him. He opened them win
a gloomy complacency and sprinkled
over them plenty Of the doctored salt
At the first mouthful he turned purple.
"sugaredl Sugaredp he exclaimed and
rushed from the table
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The Indians Like Her.

When Indians want to show particu-
lar honor to a white man or woman
they adopt him or her into their tribe.
1t is an evidence, therefore, of their
extremely high regard for Miss Mary
Jameson, pastors assistant OF the
Third Presbyterian church of Roches-
ter, that the Deer clan Of the Seneca
tribe of the Iroquois Indians have
made her their sister and given to her
the beautiful name Of Advantageous,
which means picking flowers out OF
the water. Miss jameson has been in
the habit of visiting the Indians on
the Cattaraugus reservation and con-
Quoting services for them while at her
summer home at Lotus Point, Lake
Erie, and in this way the Indians be-
came so attached to her that they ask
ed if they might not adopt her. All
the members of clan are supposed 10
be brothers and sisters and constitute
q kind of secret fraternity.
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Girl. With the Cab Habit.

One of the curiosities Of New York
city travel on Sunday afternoons is
the number Of young women riding in
hanson cabs. Sometimes there are two
In a cab, but more often they travel
alone, and in almost every case they
are the sort of young women to whom
riding In vehicles Of any kind is nov
city. Two of this type approached a
cabman last Sunday and, after trying
vainly to make a bargain with him,
walked away with their noses high IN
the air.
They're just another pair Of would
bes," said the cabman in disgust.
They're the kind that think riding In
a hanson is the real thing, and they
save up all week to blow themselves to
a ride on Sunday. They always try to
beat US down, and sometimes we let
them do it-when business is bad
New York Press.
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WON EN- SPIES.
Che Clever Secret Agents Employed
by Russia and Japan.

by russia anu Juphh'
In no part of the world has the art
Of the woman spy been brought 80
near perfection as in Europe. In Rus
STA dashing, beautiful women, OF hlgh
breeding and title perhaps, have be-
come the most necessary arm OF that
underground system which appears 10
read thoughts as well as detect de-
signs. At the present time the secret
service of both Russia and Japan Is
naturally most active, and 1t must not
be forgotten that Japan, too, has made
use of women to ferret out the inten-
tions OF the Russian government re-
earding the present war. They are
not. as a rule. however, japanese wom-
en-. who are slngularly untitled for the
delicate task. To meet the Russian
sny on his or her own ground the
Jananese have, it Is said, secured tho
services of some of the cleverest wom-
on in Europe, many Of them French
women. and often their visible means
of support Is acting. The japanese
nolice and military system has, OF
course its secret service, but II Is not
nearlv so ubiquitous as is the so called
third section of the Russian ponce. iel
during the last few years there has
little of importance transpired IN Eu-
rome affecting the situation IN the lar
cast of which the Japanese foreign
Office has long been ignorant.
During the early part OF last WINTER
when the relations between Russia
and japan were becoming more strain
ed with each successive day, st. PETERS
burg society discovered there were sew
eral very beautiful Parisiennes IN the
CITY. They were not only very beauu-
ful. but charming, and most OF them
fell in love with young officers Of rank.
They had letters Of introduction ana
were warmly welcomed In ofnciai CIR
cles. One night at ball given at one
or the legations one Of the charming
Frenchwomen was present. she was
very friendly with the colonel OF Il
Russian regiment, and several times
she Intellectually attempted to draw
him into q conversation the burden OF
which was the length Of time he s1-
pected to be detained in st. Petersburg
for it was a frequent occurrence for a
regiment to be sent to the far east. AT
each attempt she was interrupted by
a dashlng Russian woman. On dls-
covering the identity Of the latter she
knew her mission was at an end, Tor
she had been detected by clever Rus
sian spy.
In Paris the nihilists meet unob-
structed by police, but their every
movement is reported to the third sec
ton" in st. Petersburg. A few years
ago a certain Mile. Sense" was in
Washington. She spoke the purest
Partisan and readily passed for a
Frenchwoman. In Russia she is Nine.
Sitzki, one of the cleverest OF the
cars women spies. In Washington
she gave lessons in French to children
In several of the embassies and learn
ed much to interest her government
! Chicago News.
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Edible Birds Nests.

Coron, a little island Of the Philip
pines, is one Of the chief sources from
which come edible birds nests. 1t has
sheer walls Of rock fronting the sea-
In which are deep holes where a cer-
tain sea swallow builds its nest. The
wild aborigines, Tagbanounas, collect
the nests from the cliffs by means OF
long vine ropes, selling them to CHI
nese traders, who export them to their
own country, where they are consid'
cred a great delicacy. The nests are
three inches long and bring S12 (Mexi-
CAM for punches Of ten or twelve, ac-
cording to size. The gum Of which
they are largely composed is a secre-
ton from the salivary glands OF the
swallows
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The import duty on suit OF clothes
for q Chinese cody at Vladivostok IS
about 2 rubes. Every ten days or
so throughout the open season
steamer brings 500 or more Chinese
coolies to Vladlvostok. On one occa-
sion a merchant came by the steamer
and gave to each man a suit OF new
clothes, even to moccasins, to wear
while going on shore. He promised to
each men 10 kopecks if they went
straightway to place named and gave
I'D the suits there. The Cinnamon were
delighted to oblige. The authorities
made no objection to the men landing.
Such well dressed, clean looking COO
lies had never come to the port before.
Not single Chinaman failed to return
his clothes as new into store, and the
Russian customs was deprived of some
f5O.-Singapore Free Press.
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TIL. Seven Largest Diamonds.

The seven largest diamonds In the
world are what are known as crown
Jewels. Some Of them are in an I'M
cut state and others are carefully cut
and finished, SO that there Is a wide
difference In their value. The Kohl
moor. the smallest In weight. has been
thus reduced by cutting and is much
the most valuable Of the lot and has
been estimated at less than $500, 900.
The list is as follows: The Braganza,
part Of the Portugal jewels, weighs
1880 carats; Kohinoor, belonging to the
English crown, 103 carats; Star OF Bra
I'll, 125 carats; Regent Of France, 136
carats; Austrian Kaiser, 139 carats;
Russian Car, 1913 carats; Rajah OF
Borneo. 367 carats.
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A Curfoun DeacrfpftOn.

John s. Sargent, the noted painter,
was saying that the late DR.. Evans, the
American dentist Of Paris, had once
shown him all his curios.
Among these curios," said Mr.. Sar-
gent, there was letter that amused
me greatly. DR.. Evans had received
the letter in his youth in America. 1t
was from a young farmer Of Vermont
who wanted q set Of false teeth made
and sent to him. He wrote for the
teeth in some such way as this:
"My mouth is three inches acrost'
five-eighth inches threw the jaw. Some
hummocky on the edge. Shaped like a
boss shew, toe forard. II you want me
to be more particular I shall have to
come thar"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-10-29
PITH AND POINT.

1t is easy to make fun Of people.
We all promise more than we can
perform.
Consider the other side. You may
be unreasonable.
Don't forget that you are not as clev-
er as you think you are.
Somehow the applause given at anna
teur entertainments sounds terribly like
relief.
You know how selfish you are? Well.
you can Judge from yourself how sell
fish others are.
When a man says impressively and
confdentially, THE facts are" etc,
how often does be tell the facts?
When the baby keeps a man awake
at nights, he casually" mentions 1t to
every one he meets on the way down
town.
If the pictures in the family album
were taken as long as thirty years ago,
looking through it is almost as interest
ing as seeing a different tribe OF the
human race.-Atchison Globe.
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EVILS OF "GET THERE"
The Dangers That Lurk In Our Mod
ern HustIing Methods.

If we may xldge by its effects on
those who obey'its command, our slang
motto, "Get there" is not an elevating
or ennobling one. On the contrary, 1t Is
brutalizing. 1t appeals to the lower
and not the higher instincts in man.
Yet this motto is quoted all over our
land. 1t is demoralizing the law, 1t Is
creeping into the pulpit, it speaks nom
our schools, 1t looks out Of the eyes OF
the ambitious, 1t undermines health,
and 1t frequently destroys all nobility
Of character.
The old fashioned slow and sure
methods Of attaining competency are
tabooed. The man who spends half a
lifetime In making a fortune Is regard
ed as "slow." Short cut processes. at
any cost, are the demand OF the hour.
From the time a boy enters school he
is goaded on by unnatural ambitions
He is not satisfied with steady, perma'
nent growth. He must progress by
leaps and bounds. Boys and girls are
encouraged by their parents to get
ahead in their classes, even If they
must burn midnight oil and risk their
health In order to do 80.
1t is pitiable to watch typical Amer
lean Going to business In the morning
He is not content to sit quietly and re-
lax until the train carries him to bis
destination In the city. Long before
that he leans forward in his seat and
makes ready to leap of while the train
is moving. With every muscle tense
an anxious, worried expression In his
face and a nervous twitching OF the
hands, clutching his cane, umbrella
parcel or the back Of the seat in front
of him, he wastes enough energy and
strength before he reaches his office to
execute the labor Of half the day.
The life of the average American Is
feverish, unhealthy and unnatural We
are in too great haste with everything
and consequently lack poise. In the
perpetual rush to get there" we are II
very great danger Of losing our eQuilib
rium.-Orison SWEET Marden in Sue
cess.
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EARLY RAILROADING.
Running Trains In the Days When
There Were No Schedules.

A most Interesting relic was turned
up at Upper Sandusky some time ago
while employees at the Pennsylvania
depot were clearing away an old case
In which had been stored number or
records. 1t is the first book Of rules
issued by the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne
and Chicago railway. When the book
was issued the road was 472 miles
long. but the official time card gives
the correct length now at 46S miles.
Forty-five years ago, when this book
was first given to the trainmen, the
train dispatcher was an unknown
quantity. To take his place maximum
speeds were set forth in the rule book,
and these are decidedly interesting In
these days Of seventy-five miles an
bour. It is said, 1.-THE maximum speed
for passenger trains shall be mile In
n minute and half and In four min
utes over large bridges, and for freight
trains a mile in four minutes" An
other section insists that "frelghts
must keep out Of the way of passenger
trains"
The whistle played an important
part in railroading in those days 1t
was to be kept sounding most of the
time. The fireman was enjoined thus:
Throwing wood from the tender
while the same Is in motion is strictly
forbidden"
Another rule says that when live
stock is ahead on the track the engine
must be stopped If possible and the
live stock driven off to prevent acct
dent. Delays caused by careful OBJ
servance of this rule will be good
excuse for being behind time and los
Ing connections with trains on other
roads"
II baggage was not claimed at way
stations 1t was ordered taken to Crest
line and stored.
The duties outlined for the conductor
would indicate that he was janitor OF
the train. He was to see that suf-
ficient number Of cars were provided,
were securely coupled together and pro-
vided with bell ropes; that they were
clean and provided with lamps trim
med. fires kindled and that the pas
sengers were comfortably seated. He
was also required to see that enough
drinking water was kept In the tanks
that the floors were kept clean and
that the wood was not piled around
the stove.
} For fear he might have some time
to loaf, the tickets were so prepared
that he had to punch every one at
thirteen different stations along the
route. AS these stations were thirteen
to fifty miles apart, the conductor was
kept busy, at least on heavy traffic
days. Still, it was feared he might
have time hanging heavy on his hands
and another rule was provided that re-
ouired him to assist agents In loading
and unloading baggage AS for freights
one rule reads, "a few hours delay FOL
q local freight is Of little or no conse
ouence as compared with the interests
of the roads patrons"
Brakemen were required to ride or
the platforms Of the cars excepting II
Indictment weather. Engineers were
enjoined to take up slack Of cars slow
", 80 as not to Jar passengers or up
set freight" Watchmen, 1t Is set forth
"have been employed on the track al
night where the line is liable to be OBJ
structed by falling trees" Toledo
Blade.