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b The Search-Light. MICE QUICK TO LEARN. Finds Sny« n Mnloe Man Who Tlicm InlereatinK Pet*. ou Forest avenue Is a mouse retddeuce. lest ho Fremont's Hide. A pretty story is told of botv John C. Fremont informed bis tv if c of the Joy- fr.l i.ewa of his election ns senator of California in 1S5U. The balloting of the H.UNliKIDCJE, APRIL 13, 1901. fancier whose residence. lest be lose delegates took place lu ban Jose, and « For Mart,. w ,,e with bis neighbors. Is withheld, j Mrs. Fremont was at MolitereJ, and aS wedding, wasn't itC asked m a peu be has half a dozen or so or- ; a season of heavy ra.ns was on there t honor. • (liuary held mice. . *«• »>« »«>- l'™!*** that her keen **Tlu»y an* tin* most HoeinUi* pots 1 1 ch*f iro to know the roHUit would flml f*v«»r luul." li*> n»niarkod. "iin.1 any one Iminodinto gratification. Before a »1«*- of tlw*m will rise to nttouiion os he ling lire that night nnt 1'VemcnVs w tie, beaj-s my step approach the pen. I 1 her fingers for the first time fashioning linve hrulv these yor.ug ouea nl.ont six ‘a ilreas for herself ol) the trustworthy Dioiiths. They don't live long when j outlines or one that laid been ripped up j',1 thev will come freely I for the purpose. Her little daughter ,J f 111 admitted the liriue'g dear- "Lovell the maid i "Quite so. est enemy “Kvery detail perfect.” suggested the Lin Id ol' lionor. "Oh. I don t know. We might make r.ti exception of Hie groom, don't yon think "(tli. possibly possibly.” admitted the ran 1.1 of lionor. "Inn ibat's n minor de tail. any way ."-J'liiengo Post. | rouped tip, an to my band to eat or drink. them are so tame that they nil! clliub to my shoulder and display not the slightest alarm at being touched. They haven't 'acquired so much faith In all s nbservoto- 1 Unimmlty. however, and have refused rt a * n results oil the ; to trust any one else so far. that may lie aumiim j "While mice eat a great deni for an I'./.ed as follows-. The apparatus em animal So small when food is alum- I loycil was sensitive enough to register ; dnut. they can exist for n surprising the in tit received from it candle IX' long lime with next to nothing. Ilenl of file Slur. Kxperltlietlis at the Verl.es r.v have led to l.i at of the star i lies distant. The heat received from Aivtnrus was equivalent lo the bent freed veil from n candle at a distance of Lhuut six miles. The Difference. I.fld.V—1 see you advertise homemade bren IV Faker - Yes. tnn'nm. 1 ad.v - Does It taste like homemade7 linker- .No. Indeed, ma'am. It's sweet ntiil light.—New York Weekly. Steer floor of SlllnUInu C'OVO. “I seldom advise my patlerds to stop smoking liecanse l I'liow It's a waste o' breath to do so. " remarked u siilmr I mi physician yesterday. "In many cases I do advise moderation In t lit- use of I lie weed, ami when h patient has a weak throat there Is one tiling Hint I positively Insist upon, nml that Is that he shall not ride In the smoking ears attached to railroad trains Breathing that ntnnisphcrc tor half an boar will tin a man more Injury than smoking one whose house has been invested with mice and who had passed weary weeks when everything that possibly could serve ns food was carefully un der lock and key. ttnilUy calling to service an active fertel. will appreciate this fact. He Is a mighty aggressive and tireless forager after food, not hesitating at walls or similar obstruc tions. through which he patiently gnaws a path. As n test of persistence 111 this line l hung a basket of food from the celling by a rope and after a week’s fast placed a mouse at a hole in the celling above the basket. He descended some eight feet or more on n slender cord and safely reached his haven. Inter climbing up again. “All of my mice 1 have taken from I ucsts about the promises and notice ‘ that they Invariably seek shelter he- | low or behind something, never In so Some of had ! ecu put to br-tl. and iter compan ions for the evening wi re the Austra lian woman who had replaced her two Indian servi* 0 and her baby playing on (lie bears!..i. m ar the lire. Braldt s rlie voice of the woman and an cccnslon.nl chirrup front the baby she heard nothing but the storm with ered till the door opened uilil a man, dripping with rain, stood on the thresh old and asked In consideration of Ids sorry plight if he might enter. It was Any A Lcffend of the Snltr ! Why We Eat _ The re are hundreds of queer myth* Dr. William llobci-ts' la^c mid traditions given to account for the pig lectures on the dlfecsti, 0 fact that tint i?ed Is er.lt. The Arab* writes; ‘‘Our pracTico ii- <,! say that when t'ae first pair slimed they oyster Is quite exceptioimu were living In a beautiful garden on a e s a striking examp tract of laud Joined to a mainland by a correctness of the popular), narrow neck or Isthmus. When it he* dietetic questions, ij :p J came known to the Holy One that hU most the only animal r.uW- people had sinned, he went to the gar- we eat habitually anu by d“' den for the purpose of driving them out the raw or uncooked state«. and across the narrow neck of land teres ting to know that thr itito the patch of thorns and brambles physiological reason tq the on the other side. Anticipating what this preference, would be the consequence of their lie!- j "’. lie fawn colored mm;, nous crime, they had prepared to leave atitutes the dainty of the t their bwpiflful garden and had actually liver, and this Is little lee, i: gone so far ns to send the children and of glycogen. Associated rr gaits across Into the thicket j cogen. but withheld from a . When the lfoly One .appeared on tha tact with It during life, i, | t| Beetle, the first pair started to run. but j ate digestive ferment, the boa the woman looked back. For this the j tase. The mere crushing of f moil cursed her and for such a crime between the teeth bring, f was almost Immediately turned Into a block of salt. Compare with Genes Is six, 2ll. The woman, more forgiving than her husband, stooped to pick up the shapeless mass of salt, when Imrne- Fivmonr. lie bad lorn himself away dlately the narrow neck of land began to crack and break. Ah she tonehed what laid once been her companion she, too. was turned to sub Jost ns the neck of the land sank atul the waters rush ed through. From that day to tills, the Arabs say. nil the waters of the ocean have rushed through that narrow chan nel nt least once a year, constantly wearing away the salt of what was from Ids Idolizing followers and ridden oat into the darkness and storm to toll his wife, 7t) miles away, tliat he had been elected to the United States sen ate. Though It was laic In the night when lie reached Monterey, he was in the saddle again before di. ,vu and cn his v-ay bock to Sun Jose, making in all a ride of 1 -10 miles.—Argonaut bodies together, and the g!;,- once digested without otherV own diastase. *‘T1k* oyster In the nncookfjl merely warmed is, In fact, s T ive. But the advantage of t: sion Is wholly lost by eo- klu heat Immediately destroys t ated ferment, and a cooked j to be digested, like any other] the eater's own digestive potj The Red Flasr. The red button and the red flng have been the emblem rf labor and revolu tion for more tl:s*.:i 3.(100 years. In the ancient world the favorite colors of the aristocracy were white and azure blue, while red was plebeian. Minerva and Ceres, the goddesses of labor and agri culture. wore always represented ns Lincoln ns a Lite San William A. Newell, who hi distinction of being poverr.ti once our first parents, yet the bulk of j states—New Jersey and \t’*j the two salty objects is not diminished told In Success of his iomanr In tho least. , . dressed In flaming red. and I lie ban- exposed n locality as almost any other | cf th „ (3m , !{ nn( j Uowm , trade unions were of the same color. Tin* red animal would select- For n nest pa per. cloth or nuy soft material seems half a dozen cigars In Hie open air or In j to satisfy, mid tin* exceeding fineness n properly vein llateil room Hint Is not; with which It Is chopped suggests some crowded with oilier smokers. Smoke mighty artistic work with their teeth.” If you must 1 say. but steer clear of — Portland Express. smoking curs."-Fblladelpliia Ueeord. _ ■' A Tl 1*1 ml Snip. MUrvnd ih» sinn. An exehnnge tells ot a novel plan "How Is 11.” asked llie victim, "that adopted by an English hostess to se- yon charge me H.*> eeins when the sign cure funds for n charity in winch sir,- says. 'First >-lnss hair cm IX cents'/’ ” was Interested. She gave a dance. In "Hut yon haven't first class lialr,” re- traducing in the cotillon an auction pliid the barber.—Philadelphia North figure. In Ibis the favors were for sale American. I A table was spread with ihem. from The Snorii. * ' which selections were made After There Is only one sword factory In llio choice me purchaser found Hit. the I'nlted Stall's, a Massachusetts price nttlxcd on the reverse side. Chib c; hcent, and that one lias ample enpac- might lie a penny or a pound the limit It y for supplying the dntmstlc demand of cost, anil waif set wiihont any reg.in’ for swords The saber lost Its ellb lcncy to the apparent value of the article n r.s a cavalry weapon as far !>«<** as the which tl was ntliiched The niest tri war of the rebellion, and the Increased fling article perhaps hud the topmost range of rllios has made the sword mark, and rloc versa, making choice s. equally ol isolate ns an implement of far ns price was concerned par* actual combat. It Is about ns danger ous now as a bandmaster s baton and serves nine!) the same pui'itose.— New York Tribune. The St'ninlon. "Do yon Think that genius is moved to exert pself by Inspiration7” "Sometimes.” answered the very seri ous young man. "but oftener by the ex piration of the period for which rent bus been paid.”—\Yaslilng*on Star. IdriiNnrlnii Ynnr Man. Put tills in your pipe and smoke it: There Is always seme chap smarter tl.au the chap von think Is the smartest eh earth uie;mlug yourself. You are n wonderful Judge of human nature, but don't measure your man too confi dently. for ■•!• times in loti you'll lied lb** suit doesn't fit Never play favor- l’"s The light weight today, in your meastiremet t. will In the heavyweight tontovrow old Ivleiids. like old wine, will In the end prove best Never go I nek on an old friend unless yon have plenty of money well invested. Pos sessed of a big bank account and Hushed with success the mischief take tt'cnls. old and uevrl—New York Pi eSH. vbaiu-e. The Minister Won. A minister was one day walklr ; along a road. anil, lo his astonishment, he saw a crowd of boys silting In front of a ring with a small dog In the cen ter When lie came up lo them, he put tin* following question: "What are you doing lo the dog7" One little boy said, "Whoever tells the biggest lie wins It.” "Ob.” raid the minister. ”1 nin sur prised at you little Isiys. for when 1 was like you I never loltl il lie.” There was silence for awhile until one of the boys shouted, "lliiiid hlui up the dog!"— Loudon Leader. How General Batter Freed n Man. General Butler’s gift for springing out and taking advantage of every technicality was fully Illustrated In tho famous case of a respectably connected man In Boston, who. being affected with a mania for stealing, wns brought to trial on four Indictments. General Butler was the prisoner's counsel. If flag nowhere in antiquity meant feme- the prisoner wns convicted on all four Ity and slaughter, but rather typified Indictments, lie would be liable to the fact that all men. whether slaves imprisonment for (it) years. As the or masters, had lu their veins the same court was assembling General Butler blood and in tlieir nature tile same hu- agreed with the counsel for the prose- manlty. cutlon that three indictments should be But In the frequent servile wars of quashed on condition that tile prisoner Italy and Greece the red fiag gradually should plead guilty to the one which became the emblem not of labor, hut of charged the theft of the greatest revolt. At one time when the rebel- amount. lions slaves and gladiators under Spar- The prisoner, to bis nmnzement, wns taeus defeated three Homan armies the ordered by Ills counsel to plead guilty, red fiag wns on tin* point of supplant- "Say guilty, sir," said the general lag the caftt» In the imperial city Itself, sternly. The man obeyed, and the It Is related that tlu* labor soldiers other three Indictments were not press- were so fanatically devoted to their ed. But when the counsel for the pros- ling that It was the custom of their edition moved for sentence General generals when In battle to hurl It far Butler pointed out a fatal flaw, mail! Into the enemy’s ranks and so compel fest to every one when attention was Its devotees to rush forward and recov- called to IL In ten minutes thp nstou- cr IL—New York Post. , lslied prisoner was n free man. It Is ! Bald thill the court laughed at the ruse. A Dm3 Jnilae. I tli«* cleverness of which It was iinpos- I Some years ago King Edward VII, 110t to admire, then Prince of Wales, was a guest nt ————— a country house lu England, and. pick ing up a sporting paper In the billiard room one morning, was soon deep In Its contents. A clergyman, also a guest, noticed this, and, sidling up, asked In a tone that was meant to carry reproof, "!s your royal highness really Interested In that paper?” Slanilrrlng iho Cook. Flore is something that a woman H'lio knows says Is a sure diagnosis of the status of the took, if you have n good cook, you may be more or less sure that she will look too fre quently upon the wine when It is red. It is an unfortunate fact but If tho The prince glanced around. "1 never cook Is less than a S? 40 cook as read anything I do not feel Interested little annoyance as posrlble may be In," bo remarked. expected from this weakness. Possl- The clergyman, though, would not be bly It will never make Itr.elf manifest denied. “Do you know, your royal enough to be known above stairs. But highness, that one of ray friends has l f the cook lias risen libber in the so- lost hundreds cf pounds by betting ou clal scale of cooks than ?'•(!, then look horse racing nml has never won any- ° ,J t- A cook who is rat.*!! at over §40 Ovvr In Sucilin. “Over lu Swollen the suburban rail way lines have to provide u freight car for Intoxicated persons." "1 don't suppose they label It that way, do they 7" T don’t know. Probably they brand tiling?” lie naked. "Well." said the prince ns ho turned to another column, "be must have been a very bad Judge of horseflesh." may be expected to smash things. If one clmnccs to make a morning call at the house of a friend and dis covers the servants erowlted up stairs. ■ I frightened and trembling, while from “Save Me From Jly Friends.” I below collie tbe sounds of Ironware This sayli.g Is commonly attributed skating across tbe kitchen and pottery It either ’Spirits iu packages’ or else t0 Vo!, » llp - ''.-lio nt Forney when pus- crmfldng against tbe wall and be •nardwnre. 1 "Hardware?" “Yes. Skates." — Cleveland Dealer. Hlanu <>1 A|if»ro|irlnfIon. "Mr Simpkins and our daughter laUst be engaged." "Do they seem fond of each other?" "No. but he has lieguii to find fault » tb her.’’—Chicago Ueeord. i silkworms and their eggs were first 1 brought to Europe In tin- sixth century , of our era. A couple of monks who 1:1 traveled in China as missionaries brought away a quantity of the co ckpits concealed In their walking sticks. The The Topaai word topaz comes tered by professions of Insincere friend- tween times the voice of the masculine ship said. "I pray God to deliver me head of the family gently expostuiat- Plain froni m. v friends; 1 will defend myself h'g.ur commanding in would be stern from my enemies.” | tones, then It nm.v be known that that | The thought, however, is attributed household lias reached the dignity of a by the Drench to Marshal Villara, or §tKi cook.—New Y’ork Times, from the while Kant discovers It In nr. Italian Greek verb signifying to guess. The proverb, and a German collection of , Jewel wns brought from tbe east and proverbial wisdom give* it in a modi- i Hcjlej find the OlerKyrann. A rash clergyman once, without fur- reported to have come from an Island, and men guessed at the location of the Isle which produced such beautiful gems. I Ilia Mistake. "How lovers are given to freaks cf fancy!” ’■What’s the case In point?” “Here's a story where a fellow rails Ills girl's liair golden, and tbe aecetupa- { | uying picture shows it's only plain _. I Gntea «t tlic Laud of Promlie. | -Washington Star. No one can watch a load of Ituml- • Plants land without being struck by j „ er , 1Irt tl " astonishing signs of hope and eon- | stout Man (whose appetite has bern ' t. .•■tu-e about them all. there has ,. UV y of bis fellow boanlersi -1 de-, V “"VT™ m ! y exaggeration of this. * cltl!v , , 1UV( . tlmH . bl;Itoll , off mv v „ st . j I m .-edible as It may seem to one who k; ''.vs bow grim is tbe struggle for lied form. Antlgonus. one cf the gen- j tlior equipment In natural history than era is or Alexander the Great, offered some desultory reading, attacked the saerlfice that the gct'.s might protect Darwinian theory in some sundry mng- hlm from bis frieuds anil at the same [ azine articles lu which lie made liirn- tinic declaring lie could leok after bis ' splf uncommonly merry at Huxley's enemies Uiu'seif. Churchill bus some- j expense. This was intended to draw tiling of the ilea in the lines: the great man's fire, and as the batter- enccs as a congressman la-ijj he originated the life savin; offering a resolution In the| representatives to npproprtol to save lives Imperiled by tli«J low members of congress ti " slon were John Quincy Abraham Lincoln. Mr. News| “Various objections were motion, the strongest cf that the scheme was Irnpraitl'] laid the matter before n p-: senators and members, sptil them in persou. Et-Prcsld Quincy Adams oeeup *d a seal hind mine and after the tvadiu resolution clerk leaned, ford said t > me. ’1 would like toswil oltitlon.’ I sent for It nml !»J hint. He read It over <and! banding it to me. said, witling is good. 1 hope it will pivva: ham Lincoln also read it ‘Newell, that Is n good tueasurr.| help yon. I am suun-tj saver myself, for I hmnmll that righted Itself oa the !li| sand bars.’ ” Crrn-tr his to*-, he dmi Is, but most bis frauds; I.e hurls the moat who lavishly conuii^nds. It;, a>doug the masses in America. It l< evident that tills Is still the land of t :.iise to the poor of Europe.—Scrib- | Mistress of the House (vrho bits been aching to give him a hint)—You will probably find them in tbe dining room, sir.—Exchango. i'he 'largest sponge ever sent to mar- ' was from the Mediterranean. It - ten feet tu circumference - and . e Hi diameter. It Is said that posts planted In tho earth upper end down will last longer than those which are sit in the natural position la which the tree grew. The Iteetor'ii Frontiocy. A patty of gentlemen, including Pro fessor Dailey and Hector Uoberts, a divine ^widely celebrated for his wit ami the audacity of his puns, were crossing the campus of a well known university. ■ The reverend gentleman, comment ing oti the fact of bis recent de cation ter dignity anil the assump tion of tite more resounding title of a canon of tbe church, exclaimed. “Aud now that 1 am a canon 1 suppose 1 Khali be a b.gjer bore than ever." e first stris’t lighting In this eoun- vc.sdouc iu New York lu 1007. It Is sometimes easier to step into another man’s shoes than it is to walk In them.—Chicago Newg. YV’uy He Growled. IIoax-1 saw you at the theater last uigbt. Y'eu were lu the deg seat. Joax—Sir, vrbat do you mean? * Hons-Weren't you sitting iu K—1)7 — Philadelphia HecorJ. las remained silent the author proceed ed to write to-lluxley. calling Ills at tention lo tbe articles and at the same time, with mock modesty, asking ad vice as to tbe farther study or these deep questions. Huxley's answer was brief and to the paint. "Take a cockroach aud dis sect It."—Argonaut. A Wity Aaiire". The shah of Persia ot.ee asked a group of bis courtiers whom they thought the greater man. himself or his father. At first he could get no re ply to so dangerous a question, tbe an swer to which might cost the courtiers their heads. At last a wily old courtier said, j "Y'our father, sin*, for although yon are equal to your father .In a!! other re- ! spools in this be is superior to you. ! that be had a greater so’.rthau any you 1 have." Cnlltnx the Conor. A good story is told of Hr. X. the physician in charge of tbrl wards of one of our best !:uwi table Institutions. One evva.ii 9 o’clock Mary, a new trt.sk ( girl, knocked at the door, sap: "Doctor, the head nurse tte to come down to supper." The doctor, swelling in his r| superiority above the muses, i Irish girl away with a <urt i Half an hour Inter the heailnw to his room looking very serisal "Doctor.” she said, "No. Sis rf Indeed. I think you ought tos once." "YY'hy did you uot let me fore?" was the reply. "Why, doctor.” sn'd the nt^ sent you word by Mary half £ ngo.” "The fool!” said the dortot.l to'.d me to come down to st!|i;>rr| "YY'hy." said the uurse. "I 1 word to come down to eight!” An inquiry made the ivkclt| clear. Mary thought It more say "Come down to supper" say "Come down to ate."-* - ' Weekly. A Sensitive Sot. A sensitive Scot rebukes tl Dally Chronicle for saying t. countrymen pronounce tann “The absurd form 'uiou,’ he wfl the hall mark of Scots' veru: written by a southern pen. trusion has often lent nddltloi ness to comic Journalism, to the pages of our chief 1- periodical. In the north of ‘moil’ certainly occurs: In speech uever. In Scott and • one may look for it in ' J broad, soft vocalization of the Lothian dialect lies scul | 1 ''" tween ‘maun’ aud ‘mann.’ t. cannot be literally eyutbo.w word should be spelt In J" 1, sages simply ns in English- Accoriltnglr* ( “She’s Well educated, is' 1 1 “Well, she's one of those wot can pass as being that way-, meets any one who can spi'U* and not German, she can man. nml when she meets at).? can speak German ami 101 ' 1 can speak French."—ludlatwib A Different Feint ol **** Willie lerytngi - Mamma - ^ .lot* nil tue with a great tioo' Mamma And what did f°° ' ‘w. dear? „ VVElie I lilt li'm gently 1 untile little liriik be threw I Harper's Bazar. ; lira*