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& I •'■-i — J1 H Jf. 8 'N *• h OCH ITERATED Vol. I. HE FEAR OF A MOUSE. nstiince Where It Made a Luna¬ tic of a Woman. mouse has long been known to be bitterest enemy of womankind, m why the average run of femininity Id fear stich a helpless, harmless s creature cannot be explained. uring the civil war a famous female was betrayed through the instru tality of a mouse. The woman was pierading as a boy and succeeded irably in deceiving the enemy un pne evening while dining with a y of men at a farmhouse a black se jumped from a cupboard to the e, almost in the face of the sup d boy. With a shrill feminine Bk the t-py threw up her arms and led across the room, and, springing i couch, Went into hysterics from ir fright. The men, of course, sus ed her and, rather than be searched, confessed, but by the aid of the loy Id farmer and his wife she made her |pe in the night. i well known woman physician of jettgo says • she can do any kind but of j;ical work without a tremor, / ll {sight of a mouse turns her stiange and thoroughly “unwomans” her. mother woman has such a terror of 3 that she recertly went insane iugh fright at one of the wee crea is. The woman was sweeping her ir when a mouse darted out from Old barrel and ran about ber feet. tried to step on it and beat at it h her broom, calling piteously to little boy to help her. But the boy, liking she was iu. fun, frightened terrified mouse toward the woman enever it tried to get away. At gth the Doy rushed at it in earnest 1 tbe mouse darted under the worn* s skirts and she fell to the floor in isible, only to lose her mind w’hen at gth consciousness returned to her.— fcveland Plain Dealer. 3 CHINESE IN LEADVILLE. v r« Mfftaiicd Celestials wi.o Were x Tabooed by tbe Town. ily f Chinese Celestials is represented in entered Leadville. the two ever and the story of their short stay uninue unique and nno interestin'* mtertsun,,. There xnere wasn’t uch cf a demonstration on their ar val Hal, for roi it it was uas late late at at night nigui when wutu |ey climbed down from the roof of one , ’ the tne coacnes couches into into the tne busy m.sy streets streets and ana bstily surveyed the strange surronnd Ms. W T ord whispered about the was in ; ves with which the street was lined, id soon the pigtails were encompassed >itb a quiet and gentlemanly mob of jcarcely jerhaps a hundred word miners spoken, and hoboes. but as a was oon as the luggage of the passengers nd the mails were taken from the boot if the Concord the China boys were as isted to the seats they had just vacat id, the driver was given a tip and the Jistinguished arrivals were whirled out 3 f town in much quicker time than :hey had entered it, for it was a down hill pull to Malta, the nearest settle ment down tbe gulch. There they were left to shift tor themselves as best they might. What means of communication with each other these strange little people have I know not. but the news of tbe reception that was tendered to the first representatives cf their race to visit Leadville traveled rapidly, and the fact eoon came to be understood by them, in all localities where they congregated in Colorado, that they were not want ed . r later queried a Chinaman in an • adjoining town as to whether he had ever been in the great mining camp, and his reply was characteristically la conic: “I no go Lead-v-i-l-lee. Lead v-i-l-l-ee too muchee likee heUeel”— fcJanta Barbara. Eniy Plan. “That young man,” said tho citizen, pointing the to a sharp featured youth across street, “has made fame both for himself and this his native vil¬ lage.” “As to how?” asked the stranger. “Simply by sending ^alegrams of con¬ gratulation or condolence, as the occa Bion called for, to prominent persons. ” —Indianapolis Journal. Speech and Hands. A professor who has made a study of children says he has discovered why the majority of the people are right banded. Infants use both hands until they begin to speak. The motor speech function controls tbe right ride of the body, and the first right handed mo tions are expressive motions, tending to help out speech. As speech grows > does right handedness. Statesboro, Ga., Thursday, July 27th, 1899. Knni!l!at!i»!r u Rival. Ii is not a mooted question in Persia whether women dress for the eyes of men or those cf women, as there only Women see women, at parties. In her nook. ‘’Through Persia on a Sidesad die. Miss Sykes, writing of the women of Teheran, ^ tlie capital of Persia, con fosses that even Mohammedan isolation dees riot prevent women from being envious of other women, if they are dressed better than themselves. She writes I was told that many of the fine ladies would give large sums in the European shops of Teheran for any brocade of silk which struck their fancy and would wear it at the next party to which they invited their friends, flaunting the new toilet ostentatiously before them to fire their jealousy. Usually, however, one of. the guests would pay her hostess out by buying some more of the same material and having it made up fox one of her slave women. She then would invite a large company to tea. and the cups would be handed, round by a negress adorned in the rich silks with which the former hostess is arrayed. Later on the slave would dance before the guests. The great lady, who had been invited to be mortified, would be both disappointed and humiliated. The lady who had given the party would be pleased at vexing the rival, - Rood In Siberia. freeze while they jump. Eggs are as hard as tiints. I have carried them in a Back over my horse’s back. The rivers of Siberia abound with ex cellent fish, among these a beautiful kind of grayling and the incomparable sterlet, quite the most delicious fish I know. While descending the Yenisei we caught a gigantic sturgeon, yield ing many poods of coarse black caviare. a dainty highly esteemed. Sturgeon cutlets, with wild chervil for flavoring, are delicious. Quails and dabckicks b~U fov aM&titl braakfaa* The bread I found dark, hard and som but sustaining. A great deal of vodki to 4nmk. hot it is both periiotts and nauseous on account of the fusel oil it contains, ivwass in m ,nmmer summer time time is is re- re freshingly acid, and. drunk from a small oaken , bowl, it . is . , better . than , cid.r. ., Tetl is taken at every meal, but is . „ . . . fletest *ible The very weak. tsncK tea is cietestame. ine stamped bricks are used as money till nto ^ ^.ml.ut Liotii. AH.oits of abominations aie Hung into W ihe DrtW tnKK and'^lab^’ anci biaD ‘ inmoaAble lu P 0oalDiQ to 10 western pa lates. ____ * Ie en n " K , s ras c ea ’ The tragic story ot the beautiful and talented Scottish woman. Helen Irving, | s not ’ perhaps, well known, although it has been celebrated m song. She had been for some time courted by two gen tleuien whose names were Bell and Fleemmg. I ell tola the girl that l is ever !ld bel U1 eni lng 9 C01n P an y he would , kill . him. Uie, however, . had a strong regard for Fleeming, and one da y'. ''bile waiting along the toman ic banks of the u lo, s e o serve na rlval on tbe ® tber 6lde ut tho river among tie n * Conscious of the danger her lover was 1U ‘ sh ® P as9 f d between him and his ® aeIJ! x : w b er ' * fleeming crossed the river and , . killed tlie coward. A heap of stones was raised f 1 the plac* where the brave woman * all ‘ a “ d she ", a8 b " ned ln th ® nea * enure n.in . eemmg, overw e me wltb love and gr1 ^’ y eat abroad ’ blx J B00 f ret,mied andl stretching himself on her grave, expireu. He was buried b ^ ber 8lde ;_____ A Lucky Hairdresser. The old saying that a man may be a hexo to every one but his valet is called to mind by an article in The Illustrated Loudon News on “Famous Masters of the Tonsoriai Art, ” in which stories are told of Duplan. the hairdresser to Napo¬ leon. This astute man made himself so indispensable to the unfortunate Jose¬ phine and became so intimately ac¬ quainted with the emperor’s affairs that ho was retained in the service of th« imperial family when Josephine .was superseded by Marie Louise. He cared for the hair of both the emperor and empress, being paid 4,000 ffancs a year for service to tbe former and <5,000 for arranging tbe coiffures of the latter. Ultimately he was the recipient of about 40,000 francs a year, his demands being constantly increased because of _ . refusing , al Napoleon's restriction in to low the tonsoriai artist to treat the hair ot any other customer .___ F-irber* of Anntrln. Austrian* are very methodical in many things, and they take no chances with their barbers. The Barbers’and W igmakers’ union of Vienna sees to it that only competent persons are ad mitted to practice. Barbers must, of course, have a thorough knowledge of t’he practical side of the subject, and are questioned as to keeping razors, brAshes, etc., clean, and the general idea Ofi' antiseptics must be well under sto< » by them. When the barbers ap po#»- before the committee, they have tb-;r razors dulled on n pine plank, and must then sharpen them and pro wed to shave a subject. These subjects are recruited from the poor and from among those who are something for nothing, If *«»« apprentice performs his work to the satisfiuNem of the judges, a certifi #*4e is iwued to him, and he must serve as *n apprentice for two years before he open a shop of his own. Provision is also made for women barbers who de sire to carry on the business of their husbands. 'To do this the women have to be enrolled as apprentices for three years, and they must exhibit a great proficiency before they are allowed to open an establishment of their own. The barber business in Austria is not particularly lucrative, as one can be shaved for 5 cents and have one’s hair cut for about 3 cents.—Scientific Amer ican. The *Z,,rZ ot"the'hiimer o, , knelt reverenAy diree times, was spread trpon the table. Then came two others, on ® Wlth a ro<3 - the other with a salt * J* 1 ® 1 ’ ® * la 'Zthill'Lti!! times, placed the things on_tlie table ’ k ? e f • again and ^ e | ,red ‘ ^ ext came a m waiting. foUowed by a r aft< 17* * J”** IcZuiSy 7 rnhheA tfe b ' j o i ■ , ,, . VffiS^a^STarrvS . a^Lh cla cia ° ’™ tab! whtle rte the UHasWiTto ady taster gave to f g ” ‘‘ taste trom the amn he had . brought in. for fear of possible • Th^sp gnarrts wIppIpi! selected frnm tiom P° ls ° n ’ wptp were the tallest and stoutest men m all Eng ltX d At 1 c c * e x ‘. t - eit ' raon y a number , of unmarried . , ladies appeared , with <n-e-it solemnity lifted th« 9 ueen in her private apartments. The qneen dined and supped alone, with few attendants> and it v - as seldom that any one was admitted at this time and then on j y at tije intercession of some one in power. Sbe Got the Money. In Berlin they tell a pretty story about p iau Blnmenthal, the popular wife of witty playwright and director of the Lessing theater. Herr Blnmenthal, it appears, had great misgivings regard ing the success of his new piece, “Zina Weisson Roesse. ” One day, when he was nearly ready to throw the mann script aside, his \fife, who did not share his view, said to him: “If I had only 20 marks ($5) for every 1,000 it will bring yon I should be quite content. ” “All right, you shall have them. ” said Herr Blumenthal. “Zum Weissen Roesse’’(WhiteHorse J n n) met with an immense success. Ev ery night the frau director—forinGer-* many the wife shares in her husband's titles if not in his tin—went to the cashier and levied on her 20 marks per L000. On one occasion, after the piece ^ad been running some months, bad weather caused a falling off in the re ceipts below the $1,000 marks, and con P equently Frau Blnmenthal was not en titled to her “tantieme of 20 marks. “How much have you taken?” she asked the cashier. “Only 997 marks,” was the reply. “Well, give mo a seat at 8 marks, then,’ said Frau Blnmenthal, laying down the coin. “Now you have 1,000 marke, give me my 20. ” She got them. Tvtatn Wnnii’t Well. Here is a story of Mark Twain, whose after dinner speeches are unique. At a dinner to which he was invited his name was associated with the toast of “Literature” by an orator, who re ferfed with great eloquence to Homer, Shakespeare, Milton and—Mark Twain. l n response the humorist thanked the 6 peaker for bis kindly references ant excused himself from making a longer speech by saying, “Homer is dead, Shakespeare and Milton are no more, and I—I don’t feel very well myself!’ —Detroit Free Press, HE HAD A BAD HABIT. And It Made Him a Poor Inanraitc* Risk In Kentucky. The manager of a life insuranco com¬ pany had the floor. “Life insurance companies,” he was saying, "are as particular about the people they already have on their lists as they are about getting them on in the beginning. They are rich, of course, but they are no more anxious to take in a man who will die of disease within the first year or two than they are to take in a perfectly healthy man and have him hazard his life by taking per¬ eonal risks in dangerous pursuits or by travel in unhealthy countries, “j remember a funny instance that occurred once while 1 was living in New England. One of our $10,000 men bad a way of calling a man a liar in the most careless and indiscriminate man¬ ner and with only the merest or no provocation. One day he was in our office and casually mentioned the fact that he was going to make a trip to Kentucky. “ ‘When?’ inquired the manager alertly. “ ‘Next week.’ «t « On business or pleasure?’ «« 4 Going to buy a pair of horses.’ • 4 « Um—er—erf’ hesitated the man ager. ‘Before you start I wish would stop in and see me.’ “‘What for? Want me to buy a horse for you V’ “ *o. I t..m»g..boat y«, (zrA -° arrange ~ . , we’ll have to advance the rate nD tii Tot , come back. ’ «« ‘Well, what in--began the policy Interrupted holder hotly, when the manager him. “ ‘Don’t fly the track, my dear fel |ow . h<3 gaid gently *It’s all right here . and fhe rate is satisfactory to us: but. Jove, we can’t give you the same rate and let you go to Kentucky and call men liars like you do in this sec Not much! We haven’t got $10, 000 policies to give away like that, and J™ oughtn’t to expect it.’ ^ gtor THEIR FIRST HORSE CAR. The People Were So Delighted That They llode All lJuy. “I made the survey for the strpet car ^ in tbe City of Mexico,” said the. tivil engineer, “and when we got the tracks down and the cars running we had a laughable time. Young men of the first families not only ventured to act as drivers and conductors, but in gisted on taking those places without wages. The thing was like a new toy tochildren. People paid fare or withheld it, just as they saw fit, and some would ride around for half a day. The Yankee superintendent of the lines was in a sweat all the time, but it was kicking against a stone wall. “The tracks were single ones, with switches here and there for the cars to pass, but such little things didn’t bother the drivers. Some of them would start the mules on a dead run and go clear to the end of the line, and others would pull out on a switch and go to sleep or indulge in games with the pas sengers. I guess it was two months be fore the drivers consented to give np their siesta hours. At 12 o'clock pre cisely the mules were brought to a halt, no matter where the car was, and the driver would walk off to eat, sleep and smoke and be gone two hours. No Mex i ca n ever hurries. Most of the com plaints received were to the effect that the cars went too fast. Even after we g «t things somewhat systematic, Don Pablo Chora, the president of the road, returned from a trip one day to say to the manager: •< ‘Ah, senor, but I am afraid we ghall never get our people to accept this enterprise.’ “ ‘What is wrong now?’ was asked, “ ‘Why, one of our greatest mer c h a nte paid hie fare to be taken to the Alameda in 20 minutes, and, lo and be¬ hold, the driver cut the time down to 151 We shall be ruined by moving folks around too quickly. Let us tie up tho legs of the mules and take the whips away from the drivers!’ ”—New Or¬ leans Times-Democrat. A Cnndld SnItor , <W} ™ , TO „ TJ an^monev k e t y } in marrying me. ” . “Was . Jack insulted?* , 'Insulted? He told pop that a good was more of an object to him wages. “—Detroit Free Press. No. 26. Elephant IlnnllnK In ft'tibin. When the elephant is ptirsned on foot, it is invariably sought in the depths of tlie forest, where it has retired for shel¬ ter front the noonday sun and also for the short repose it takes daring the 24 hours. The hunter, having tracked his quarry to its retreat, is obliged to use the utmost stealth in approaching it, % the elephant being a very light sleeper and awakened by the slightest unusual sound. The difficulty of moving through a dense, thorny jungle without making any sound dissimilar to those which might be produced by nature, such as the stirring of the branches by a light breeze or the occasional falling of a dead leaf, is greater than can be realized by any one who has not tried it. On getting within arm’s length of hik game the swordsman slowly raises him self to an erect position and deals a slashing cut on the back sinews of this nearest foot about ten inches from the ground, at the same time leaping nim¬ bly back to avoid a blow from the ani¬ mal’s trunk. The cut, if propotiy deliv¬ ered, bites sheer to the bone, severing the large arteries, and in a short time death ensues from hemorrhage.—Har* per’s Weekly. A Sinter Lott* At one time, when two Cheyennes got to gambling, one lost, and luck seemed to ba against him. After he had lost every piece of property lie had, in des erzzr, ■t.ssssr* ^ Over 2d years ago the writer was su perintendent of the Arapahoe Indian school at Darlington during a period of fivo J^rs. During this time not les* than four T^ung Indian women came to the school, asking admittance and protection from marriage that was abfmt t0 be forced upon them. Thepro tection was given, and. the yottng Wo “en afterward married r3 to their own choice. Since the S these tribes have been gradually breaking awa 7 f ™ r)1 tb «r original customs nntn now they are married with the lawful »»«» ntes.-Sonthern Workman and Hampton School Record. Wanted—A Playfellow. The Two—Mrs. Reagan, can your lit tie Jamesie come an play wid us? Mrs. Reagan—Yis. Yez are good byes ter let little Jamsie play wid yer What are yez going to play ? 0ne of the Two—William Tell. Wa want Jamesie tor stand wid de apple on his head. Skinny is William Tell. He hain’t a very good shot, an I waa afeard to stand myself.—Harlem Life. Earned the Reward. “Ma, Mrs. Smith gave me a big piece of cake. ” “Jimmie. I’ve often told you not to ask for anything to eat when you are over there. ” “But, mu. she gave me the cake be¬ cause I told her who waa here to dinuef last night.”—Chicago Record. The Englishman, it is calculated, ex¬ pends on the average $250 a year for sustenance: the German $215, the Frenchman $210, the Italian $110, the Russian $95. No Company For Him. Rich Old Party—What do you want n wife for when you can hardly support yourself? Why, sir. my daughter would utarve I Snookins (with great dignity)—Well, sir, if you are the kind of man to let your daughter and her husband starve I don’t wish to enter the family.— Fun. Ottlciul Lamppoata. The placing of lampposts in front of the houses of the chief magistrates of towns is an ancient custom. We find in Hey wood’s “English Traveler” that posts were so, placed in front of sheriffs' houses. Reginald says What brave carved postal Who knowsbnt her* In time, sir, you may keep your shrievaltie And 1 lie one o’ th' serjants? From sheriffs, the practice extended to the houses of mayors and provosts. It has been suggested, with some prob¬ ability. that the posts were at first in¬ tended for the affixing of proclamations which it was the duty of the sheriffs to publish. Tell Ing Secrete. The man who tells yon a secret and aebs you not to tell doesn’t treat yott rigbt - He enjoys telling it and forbid* your having just as good a time.—« Atchison Globe.