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|n* Itm **4 Stripes at tot*.
good American bad been making
tie sttul stirring remarks about the
rlons star spangled banner when an
|gllskruun who Is pretty well Ameri-
lized told a little story apropos: •a
ember once to hare seen the stirs
stripes applauded uproariously on
culiar occasion. it happened many
i ago when the British flag wasn’t
[popular In the United States as it la
and a party of us Englishmen
> at a theater In New York constd-
[bly farther down town than thea-
i are now to be found on Broadway.
i play was 'Richard I,’ and. If you re-
iber there Is a krone In the play
ere Richard, after putting his foes
[flight in terrific style, founts the
|lls of Acre and plants the British
ors there. Evident^ the manage-
Qt knew the temper of the andlence
felt that even under such clrcum-
(nccs the British flog would not be a
thing, so what did they do but
[e Richard the star spangled banner,
by all the gods, be took It with
In the charge and planted It on
t*s walls. It was ridiculous, of
erse. and we Englishmen laughed,
the nudlcnce took It quite as the
ect thing, and the way the people
tinned and shouted and clapped was
;h to have made Richard turn
In bis grave: Historically It was
hay off. dramatically it wns open to
Itietsm. but patriotically It was a
vling success.**—'Washington Star. »
Trigonometry In X Sty Work,
f*Fow people know,** said Dr. Jf. C.
Lston while performing an opera-
bu at the City hospital, “that It takes
pgonometry to locate a bullet In the
3y. But In every X ray operation
which the bullet or foreign enh
ance is deeply Imbedded a inathemat-
computatiou Is necessary to show
how deep the bullet Is. The X
|ys make the flesh transparent, leav-
only the bones and foreign sub
ance visible, so that you see just
here the bullet Is, and yet you don’t
low where It Is. You know Its latl-.
kde and longitude, so to speak, bat
lose measurements are surface mean-
aents. and you don’t known how;
tin* object Is lioncnth the surface,
he point on the surface of the body
ueath which the bullet Is can be
idily located, but how far beneath;
»t point is the bullet? -
rpls Is the question that trigonous
■ has to answer, and by knowing the
bswer a great deal of unnecessary
pulug may be saved, and what might
henvlse be A difficult and dangerous
ration may lie rendered compara
bly safe and easy. If the bullet en»
one side of the body, for Instance,
lodges within an Inch or two of
|ic skin on the other side, the other
Jo of the body would be the, one from
hlcb to operate.’*—Ivannas City Jour-
The Chinese Cnlslne,
Though cninese cSlslne has been
itetl with some utterly tebulou*
lies, such os white mice served
ive., which add piquancy by their
uenk as they dive down the gullet,
iirtosities In the edible line do form
considerable list.
Bird s nest soup, for instance; a
ear soup made from tbe refined
uteu with which a certain species
swallow fasten their nests beneath
e rocks; stewed “sea slugs,” another
sty sounding dish, but transcending
flavor tbe alderraanic green turtle
t There may be, too, on first Intro-
uctlon. some prejudice against fried
shoppers. But courage in this In?
ance is rewarded by a deliciously
top. in-own mouthful, of a delicate
tty flavor.
It is a fallacy to suppose that pork
rms a constant article of diet In
bum. As a matter of fact, it Is too
xpensive and Is only eaten on high
lays and holidays or at restaurants.
either do milk, beef or game enter
much into Chinese cookery, the first
"wo heiug tabooed on religious grounds.
~)og flesh la eaten In the south but
rarely and only by tbe poorest of the
►oor.—Blackwood.
rrv HtamUk WimssrCsUtss Brsts.
Thera to la F street real estate man
whose pretty home Is In one of tbe
pleasantest streets In tbe older part of
town. Be to just on ordinary man,
with no particular sympathy for tbs
fears of nervous women; he hoe been
married IB yuan, and his wife to one
of those women who fairly revel in all
torts of painful Imaginings and fright
ful forebodings. She always makes
her win when she starts on a journey,
and she never tells to forgive all her
enemies before she trusts herself be
hind any kind of a horse. There has
not been a night In all the -IB years of
her married Ufe that she hasn't either
smelled smoke or heard burglars. Last
week. In'the middle of one night, the
husband felt the temlUar pinch which
for 18 years has calloused his arm. He
beard the familiar voice 6ay the same
old Words:
“Oh, Chariest Do get upt I smell
smoker
As usual, for after 18 years of that
sort of thing even an ordinary man
learns not to argue with a woman, be
climbed obediently out of bed and went
to the window. The street below was
full of people, and a fire engine was
puffing away at the corner.
*3Dh, Charles!** called the wife. "Is
the house on Are 7"
Fifteen years bare made Charles'
feelings as callous as bis arm.
“Yes,” said be brutally: ‘thank good
ness the house Is on fire at last Now
perhaps you’ll stop worrying.'*—Wash
ington Poet
A Cortona Receipt.
Hanover's registrar discovered a very
furious document some time ago as be
ivas looking through a bundle of pa-
•ors that date bock to the eighteenth
entury. The document to a receipt—
irohably tlie only one of Its kind In ex
istence—which was given to a Hano-
eriau captain by a canon of Duisburg
luring the Seven Years' war.
“1. the undersigned.” It reads, “here-
>.v acknowledge that I have received 60
flows of a stick, which were Inflicted
ipoa me by a Ueuten&nt of Captain
i-'s regiment os a punishment for the
.uptd and frivolous calumnies which
have uttered In regard to the regi
ment of chasseurs. For my lmpru-
ent words I now admit that I am pro-
onndly sorry. I received my punish-
aent lying on a heap of straw and
eld by two men, and I bear testimony
0 the fact that the officer struck me as
lgorously as be could with a stick
bat was as thick as my finger.
“In proper form and with due gratl
ude l sign this receipt and arrow that
II therein,is true.”
■Queensland to being converted Into
1 large orange orchard. The Anstra-
lan orange ripens <*t a time when other
countries cannot provide the fruit.
Daniel O’Connell’* Fee*.
In ti e National Library of Ireland to
the fee book of Daniel O’Connell. Tbit
volume. In Its 100 pages or so of paral
lel columns, laboriously prepared by
tbe band of tbe liberator himself,
shows In pounds, .shillings and pence
his early struggles. O'Connell was
called to the Irish bar In 1708—the year
of the rebellion- and seven days later
bo got his first brief, from a brother-in-
law. who retained him to draft n dec
laration on a promissory note. The
only other business he got that year
was also given him by a kinsman—a
cousin—and it was of tbe same kind.
The fee on each occasion was £1 2s. 9d-
It was In one of bis earliest cases that
O'Connell made tbe retort that attract
ed attention to him. He was cross ex
amining an awkward witness, who de
clared that be had drunk nothing but
bto share of a pint of whisky. “On
your oath, now," thundered, tbe young
counsel, “was not your share all but
the pewter?”
O’Connell's fee book to an Interesting
record of bis rapid rise in the profes
sion. For the first year, as we have
seen, bis Income amounted to only
£2 6s. Gd. Next year be earned over
£50, and the year after ho made over
£400. According to memoranda made
in his own handwriting bis Income In
18Q3 was £403. and In the following
years, £775. £810, £1.077, £1,713. £2.108,
£2,730, £2.051, £3.047 and I3£08 re
spectively.
Anticipated.
He was a Scotch minister In a small
country parish, nnd be was sometimes
put to It for fresh pasture wherewith
to feed his flock. One day, however,
be betboagbt himself that be had
never thoroughly exhausted the sub
ject of Jouab. and bto heart rejoiced.
Jonah and tbe whale was a sort of
thing whereby you could easily drag
out a sermon Its allotted two hours.
He was in full career and had reached
triumphantly the anatomical peculiari
ties of the case.
“An whnt feesb do ye think H wad
boV be cried In stentorian tones.
“Aiblins ye think It wad be a huddle?
No. ua. It could one be a huddle for
to tnk a big tnon like you In bto belly.
Aw eel. alldins ye think It wad.be a
salmon, but I tell ye na. na. It wad
na bo a salmon, for deed I donbt If
they ever see salmon yonder. A tv eel,
aiblins ye're thinking It wad be a big
cod"—
Hero an aged and weary voice piped
up from the body of the church:
“Aiblins it was a whaleV*’
“An the deil boo ye, Maggie Mac-
teriane, for takln tbe word oot o' tbe
month o’ God's mecnlsterr*—Llppln-
cott’s Magazine.
Will Mitchell pad Whltaaa,
In Dr. Weir Mitchell's book a pleas
ant story or two to told or Walt Whit
man, the Writer, to whom some would
deny the name of poet, while others re
gard him as one of tbe greatest of all
poets. One of the characters in the
story of “Dr. North and Hto Friends”
says thgt Whitman was eaten up by
hto own vanity, regarding everything
be did as of such supreme value that
he had lost all power of self criticism
nnd could uot tell good from bod or In
different Once he wns flaked If be
thought Shakespeare as great a poet as-'
himself. He replied that be had often
thought of that but had never been
able to come to a decision.
He went to a physician upon an oc
casion, thinking himself seriously out
of health. When he learned that hto
ailment whatever It was, could lie
treated best by living as much as pos
sible oot of doors without dosing with
medicine, he was leaving In all good
humor whan be bethought himself of
tbe physician's fee. “How much will
It be?” he Inquired. “The debt was
paid long ago." said the doctor, who
knew and liked hto writings. “It to
you who are still the creditor.” Whit
man thanked biur-and went ont An
other patient a Indg, had taken bis
place when be returned, put hto two
great hands on the table opposite his
medical ndvtoer—be bad not stopped to
knock or announce himself—and said.
“Thnt, sir. 1 call poetry."
The lady was scandalized by hto
abrupt appenrsnee and demeanor and
asked as soon as the writer had gone
for tbe second time, “Is the gentleman
Insane?” bat learning bis identity, she
wished be had asked for bto autograph.
Weigh* bjr Inches.
“Forty and u half," sung o*ut the cut
ter of a Chestnut street tailoring firm
as he passed the tape across a custom
er’s chest. Thirty-eight was registered
when the measure girded tbe custom-
dF■ waist and then tbe cutter stepped
back nnd.sized ,up the patron's height
as compared with that of the salesman
who was recording the measurements.
“Your weight to 1C5 pounds,’’ hr
said.
“One sixty-seven," spoke up the man
who was being measured for a coat.
“How did you guess U7“
“No guesswork about It I simply
compared your height with that of the
salesman heffe, who to 6 feet 8 Inches
tall You are about two. Inches taller,
or, say. 5 feet 10 Inches’. With chest
and waist measurements nnd a man's
height figured out I can come within it
poand or two of hto weight every time,
as my close estimate of your avoirdu
pois proves. Of course there are ex
ceptlons, notably the man with tlu-
very slim wqtot and wide shoulders,
who to Invariably much lighter In build
than his-appearance and measurements
indicate. In that case 1 drof) about .ten
pounds from my figures and rnnuage to
come pretty near the mark.”— 1'hiludel-
phla Record. —
Condensed Reproof.
Occasionally there is to be found a
proprietor of a secondhand bookstore
who to something more than the nature
of his business would seem to Indicate.
He regards hto old and rare volumes
rather as a collection than a stock of
goods and experiences a pang when be
parts with one
A flippant young man dropped Into a
secondhand bookstore kept by a man
of this kind. *
Taking down several choice old books
from tbe shelves, be fingered them
carelessly and replaced them. They
happened to treat of abstruse subjects
and did not appeal to blm.
“Are any of these books for hire?" be
asked carelessly.
“No, yonng man,” sharply answered
the proprietor. “They are for lore.’’—
8t Louto > Republic.
The average silk hat, size 7%, weighs
5 ounces; the average stiff derby bat of
tbe some size weighs 4)4 ounces; the
average straw hat of tbs same slM
weighs 2)4 ounces.
They Worked on flenches.
Tbe dignified dame wns not really
English, but she bad mastered tbe dia
lect to sonic extent.
“My nevvew ’Erbort,” she snld,
“wants to marry a schoolteacher!
Fnwncy! A person who works for a
living'. To be sure, now that 1 think ol
it that to not always a disgrace. You.
my dear, write for the press now nnJ
then, I am told, but you don’t 'avo to.
you know. Thnt to different”
“Yes,” replied tbe young person to
whom sbe was speaking, “but I may be
said to have Inherited a tendency tj
work. My father and grandfather both
worked for a living, and they were not
allowed even tbe luxury of n chair to
sit ou. They worked on benches.”
"Dear mot” exclaimed the dignified
dame, greatly shocked. “What did they
—ah—work at?”
“Welt my father was a Judge of the
superior court and my grandfather
wns one of tbe Justices of the United
States supreme court”—Chicago Trib
une* ■
Worth th* Difference.
In 8. I>. Powers’ story at the Middle
sex Bar association dinner tbe lawyer
tried tbe case for tbo complainant
Sue s tied'a middle aged gentleman for
breach’-of’promise. He married an
other-gfrL Tbe jury retired, and the de
fendant also went his way. Tbe jury
returned, the defendant did not Tbe
Jury fbuud for the plaintiff In 1600
damages.
The-lawyer met tbe middle aged gen
tleman a few minutes later In tbe lob
by off on adjacent hoteL
“Squire.” said the latter, “how did
the Jury decide?"
“Against yon.” was tbe answer.
”t didn’t think they would do that”
said the middle aged gentleman mus
ingly. “What’s tbe damages?"
“That ain’t so bad!" he exclaimed, on
heing told. “Squire, there’s that much
difference between tbe two women.”—
Boston Herald.
A Wide Gulf.
Briggs—I bear you have been operat
ing In Wall street
Griggs—A great mistake. I’ve been
operated upon.—Harper’s Bazar.
Lncidlty at Slang.
“Sq you floored your opponent?*
“Yes, Indeed; I knocked him, sky
high.”—Chicago Record.
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