Decatur Democrat, Volume 46, Number 21, Decatur, Adams County, 31 July 1902 — Page 11

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k so acres of good unbroken prairie " ami in Kidder county. North Dakota, situited four miles from Dawson, on Northern Paeiflc railroad, nnd twelve miles from Steele the county seat, of Kidder county. ; nurc’h and school near to land. This land « 11 make a tine home for the right party. Ts you are in want of a cheap home and a -odtarni. it will pa, to in vestigate this offer. "’HI exchange for small house and lot in Decatur. I s very cheap at foso.oo. hj- o _Bo acre farm on good gravel road running from Union City to Fort Recovery, Ohio three-quarters of a mile from school, near to church, and good neighborhood. Sixty-flve acres cleared and fifteen acres in timber— maple, oak, etc. Land well tiled, fences tn fairly good repair. Frame house, ne and one-halt stories, six nice rooms and cellar, all in good shape. Frame barn, shedded on three sides for stables, two good wells, never falling, and good cistern—always plenty of water. Good bearing orchtrd| of all varieties of fruit. This farm lies nine miles from Union City and six and oncbalf miles from Fort Recovery, and one mile from postoffice with dally mall. Price, *35.00 per acre. No 13. -Fifty acre tarxn. one nalt mile west >f Peterson. Indiana, forty acres cleared, balance in timber, building timber to build house or barn, sown to grass and is good pasture, land mostly black soil and is alt well tiled, fences in good repair, and land has been well kept up. log house, can tie used for dwelling for years with little repair. barn room for eight horses and room above tor five to seven tons of hay. corn crib and wagon shed at side of barn, granary and shed built seperate from other buildings, wood house, hog pens, smoke house, etc., good bored well, never fails. Iron force pump, good bearing orchard of twenty-five to thirty trees. This farm lies less than one-quarter mile from stone road, .me-balf mile from poetoffice and general store, and as good grain market as there Is n the county, one and one half mile from church and one-halt mile from graced school. This farm should tie seen to be appreciated. Price. $2,400.00; *400.00 cash: balance to suit purchaser, with Interest at six percent, paid annually. No i4.-One hundred and sixty acre farm, five miles northwest of Decatur, on good gravel road, one hundred and five acres cleared, fifty-five acres in timber and woods pasture, some good timber, frame house of six rooms in fair condition, good cellar, frame barn 40x80 feet, corn cribs, wagon rind, granary and; other out-buildings, young bearing orchard of apple, pear and cherrv trees, grape arbor and other small fruits: soil partly black and partly clay, fairly well tiled, and has been well farmed. A bargain at *40.00 per acre. No. 15. -Sixty-two acre farm one mile northwest of Decatur, on gravel road, 50 acres cleared and undercultivation, balance small timber and woods pasture, fences fairly good, one story frame house of four rooms and buttry. wood house and summer kitchen. frame barn, stable room for four horses, room above for hay. wagon shed and corn crib attached to side of barn hog pens and 'tie r out buildings, driven well with iron force pump, partly black soil and partly I cgbt sandy clay loam land is new and pro ductive. and i« a bargain at *50.00 per aere. One third cash, balance on easy terms. NO. 16— Eighty acres, seven and one-half miles northeast from Decatur, about 40 acres cleared and part has liecn farmed, balance m small timber, good rich land, I mostly black soil some tile, good outlet for .ling, partly fenced with fair fences, trame r: ise of four rooms and kitchen, small frame barn, room for four horses and hay I above stable, shed and crib tor corn, smoke bouse, good bored well with iron force pump One and ontgfourtb miles from poet office and country store, one and one-half mile to school, and same distance to church, in good I neighborhood. true IW.OO per acre, one third cash, balance 'o suit purchaser. NO. 17.—1®° acres one-half mile south of Den gigrav»-i rofld. All cleared but about 15 acres. which is small timber: land can ail be farmed but about 5 acres which is broken up by ditch, but is excellent pasture and *0 to I<O acres black laud, balance sandy clay loam, easily farmed and all very productive, fences fairly good: south half of land has one and one-half story frame house of 7 rooms, in good repair, summer kitchen and dug well, plenty ot water, new 150 barrel cement cistern, frame barn 4OxHO feet. ?table room for eitfnt horses, granary and crib in barn, hay fork, with hay carrier entire length of barn; also small one story trame house and small stable on north halt of land. This is a very desirable farm, close to county seat. Price $60.00 per acre, onethird cash. balance in payments to suit purchaser, at six per cent interest This and can be sold in parce's to suit purchasers on same terms as to each parcel, if ’hole tract is sold at same time. N0.24-Farm of 142 acres. 1-2 mile trom west corporation line of Decatur. Indiana, on good gravel road, all cleared but about 15 acres, which is timbered. 35 to 40 acres creek bottom, balance sandy loam, fenced with about 200 rods of wire fence, and balance of fences board and rail. over 460 rods "f tile and splendid outlet, two-storv brick I house of 6 rooms, large cellar with brick floor and plastered walls, summer kitchen, ’oodshed. smokehouse, good cistern, driven i *•'11. wind pump, stock in barn yard, barn Wby 5s feet, needs some repair, new granary 16 by 24. corn cribs, wagon shed, hog pens, young orchard of 100 trees, bearing two or three years, apole. plum, pear and | peach trees. This is a fine farm close to .town < Price Hi per acre. SB,OOO down, balance in annual payments of SSOO at 6 per cent. Mp. 25~40-acre farm 5 and S miles'from Decatur, Ind.. mile from school. 1 and b miles to church, all black land, well I tiled, fences fair. 1 and U story frame house ol * rooms, in good repair, summer kitchen

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ami wood house, good open well and cistern under roof; small log barn, room for Z n?ohu 8, i granary and °° rn crib - bearing orchard. g rapesand other small fruits This sa.;,“s acres“ n Um?!! ‘."’"l Indiana 10 acres la small timber, land is rolling but J” 1 " luc ' lve - “bout 60 acres now set in blue Ces ,au ;- flne new bouse of 6ro ins. Ikrge cellar, good summer bouse of 2 rooms fine well and wind pump with stock tank at pair' TM b ?“ k '’S*™ 4 ° lloW f « et - '» J?n « <r T a ” fa l ni es n a g ‘ ood nei khborhood church d d ’ “ eßr tO poßtoflice ' BC hool and Price #3O 00 per acre, one third oath, balance to suit buyer, with interest at 6 per cent . N.O' 1 3 , 3 ~ 100 L.? cre . f , aril ‘ iQ section 16, HattforJ township, Adams county. 34 miles southwest of Linn Grove. 7 miles northwest of Herne, on gravel road, > 4 mile from jchwl 1 mile from church, about 50 acres Piu. . ' ,a >»noe sugar tree land, all well tiled and well fenced, good Irame house of 6 rooms. Irame barn3Bx7s, corn cribs. granary wagon shed and Implement building, outbuildings all nearly new. 2 never failing wells, excellent water: fair orchard, good fruit I his farm should be seen to be appreciated. ” H . Price *60.00 per acre: one-third cash, balance to suit at 0 per cent. NO 34— 50 acre farm, lq miles south-east of Decatur, on new stone road; 15to20acres black land, balance light clay loam; well drained with open d.vCb and tile dltche-s fairly well fenced. 14 story frame 8-oom frame house, newly repaird and In good shape: log barn with sheds attached• good Kralnery. corn cribs and other outbuildingsnever falling well excellent water, orchard ot a bout trees—apple, peach, pear, etc Price *6O per acre, one-halt cash, balance one and two rears at six uer cent. No- 35-120 acre farm, three and one-half miles west ot Decatur on sone road, onehalf mile to school, same distance tochurch one and one-half miles to railroad station gram market, general store, post office grain elevator, land mostly good black soli well tiled, fences fair. 80 acres cleared and under cultivation. 40 acres in timber, timber will sell for about *4XI. all very productive land, one story frame bouse, small barn, corn crib and other out buildings good due well never falls. 40 barrel cistern etc. This is vour chance at *» per acre, one third cash, balance to suit buyer, at 6 pciceut. NO. 3©r-Farm of 160 acres, two and onehalf miles north from Decatur. all cleared and cultivated but about five acres in woods pasture, small timber, about 40 acres black land, balance mostly light clay soli, flne for small grains and grass about sixty-flve acres tn grass, one-half anile from gravel road, one half mile from church, three fourths mile from post office, railroad station and trading point, fences good, about two hundred rods of wire fencing, new; two story frame house of eight rooms and one story kitchen, good cellar, house needs paint and some other repairs. Is old fashioned heavy frame, frame barn 40x60 feet, in good repair, old hav barn, good newframe granary, wagon shed and corn crib: driven well and steel wind mill, two old orchards, grape arlior and other -mall fruits Price *45.00 per acre. Terms *IOOO cash, balasce to suit at 6 per cent. NO. 37.—100 acre farm t miles east from Decatur, on a good road about 7u acres black land balance sandy clay, all very productive low land well tiled, good outlet, over low rods of tile, no open ditch on farm fariy fenced all cleared but about 5 acres, which is woods pasture, house land 4 story frame 8 rooms, goods dry cellar house in good repair on stone foundation, driven well and wind mill with cement tank at barn good cistern, barn 50by 80 in good repair roomy silo In barn with capacity of HO tons greeu fodder good orchard of apple peach pears trees blackberries and other small fruits including large grape arbor. Also cribs granaries and necessary out buildings. This farm will make a nice home and is well worth the price. *75 per acre ope third down, balance on easy payments. No. 38. -46 acre farm 4 miles southeast trom Decatur and one mile northwest from Pleasant Mills, which Is a good grain market. railroad station, etc., soil sandy clay loam. Is not yellow clay, nea-ly bait black land, does not overflow and is fairly well tiled, fairly well fenced. 14 story plank house, of 6 large rooms and buttery, eighty barrel cement cistern, driven well with iron force pump new barn 20x34, is feet to square, hay fork in barn, corn crib, wagon shed, granary and other necessary Outbuildings, buildings all in good repair, orchard ot about 50 apple trees, pear, plum peaeh and cherry trees, plenty of small fruit, grille arbor. Price fl-AW JO; 4 cash, balance in nine and eighteen months. NO. 39 —IOO acre farm, three miles southeast ol Decatur, on gravel road. Eightyflve acres cleared and fenced into six fields; good fences: balance timber land: oak. walnut and other timber. Soil black, sandy, river bottom loam, very productive. House ot seven rooms, one and one-half story solid frame, well built and in good shape; also frame house of six rooms, one story iu good condition. Frame bank barn, 22x50 feet; stable under whole barn, and all in tine shape: cribs, granaries and other out-bulld-ings Driven well with iron force pump can not be pumped dry; first-class water: also dug well of good water. Orchard ot tine fruit, thrifty trees. This is a fine farm and has liecn well cared for and is a bargain. Price *SOOO 00. NO. 40 Farm of 10l acres. I>. miles northwest of Decatur on gooil gravel road, about 4 black land, balance sandy loam al' easily worked and very productive, all cleared but about six acres of small timber, fairly

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well fenced, and land has been kept up. Good young orchard of plum and cherry trees, beginning to bear, old orchard of apple, pear and peach trees. 1 story name house ol ♦> rooms, solid frame, needs paint outside, also 1 story plank house of 8 rooms and kitchen, comfortable; barn 30x42 feet with shed 14x42. and wagon shed and corn crib at end. in good repair, on new stone foundation, new implement house, away trom barn. 2 good open wells, never fail, steel wind mill, water tank, near barn, excellent water, should be seen to be appreciated. , “ Price *6O 00 per acre; 4 cash", balance on easy terms, 6 per cent. No- .100.— A fine residence property in Decatur, Indiana, six squares from business center. on a stone street: corner lot 83x132 feet, lies high and dry, fine maple shade trees next tostreets; bearing apple and pear trees and grape vines in good bearing condition One and one-halt story frame house of ten rooms, well bunt and In good repair, piped lor gas, well of good water with iron pump, under roof, good dry cellar, good barn with ? room lor six horses: also a large building which has been used for a carpenter shop, ,-an tie arranged tor dwelling house with small outlay. A very desirable residence property. Price, *2.000.00. one-half cash, balance in one and two years at six per cent. No. 105.—Good residence property on south Ninth street. Decatur. One and one-half story frame house, six rooms and summer kitchen: house newly papered and in good condition: piped for gas; good tank cistern; about thirty bearing fruit trees—apple, pear, cherry. This will make you a nice home and can be bought on easy terms Price, *1,0C0.00. NO loß.—Residence property, two and a half squares trom court house. Decatur. Ind . irame house of seven rooms,two closets and pantry.house needs painting outside.ln good condition inside,barn sixteen by twentyfour teet. wood house and other out buildings. House piped for gas. good well and cistern, pair cherry and peach trees.grape arbor, ail situated on inlot N 0.277 and south half of Inlot No. 278, on a quiet street in a good neighborhood, near to business center. Pr.ce 82KD.UO; one half cash, balance in two equal annual payments. No. tO9. -One story trame house of five nxirns. buttry and closet, on Second street, one square from business center, house needs some repairs, lot 66x132 feet, some fruit, nicely located, good cistern, barn on lot. good sidewalk, improved street and is a very desirable location. Price *1.4.50, one halt cash, balance in one and two years at 6 per cent. No. 110. House and two rots on north Fifth Street, one story frame house of six rooms, summer kitchen and wood bouse all in good repair, good driven well, good cemented briek cistern. Lots are nicely situated on stone street, good sewers paid out. lots well tiled and set out in fruit trees. Apple, pear, peach and plum trees, nice grape arbor. Priee. *1.050.(10 for house and two lots, or will sell bouse and one lot for *750.00. Terms cash, • NO 1 12—Lot and six room house, on north Herring street in the town of Herne Indiana known as the Doneliy home: house has 3 rooms below and 3 above, cellar under the entire bouse, with cement floor, two good cisterns, some bearing fruit trees, shade treesou east and south sides. This is a bargain and will sell for *HOO 00. one tliini cash balance to suit buyer at 6percent interest. NO. 111*. Fine residence property on Fornax street in Decaturone and one half wtory frame house of seven rooms, all nicely papered, house in good repair. Fine large cistern. Fruit on lot consisting of peach* s cherries etc. Properly is in tine location and is a bargain at $llOO. One half ca-h balance on easy terms at 6 per cent. NO. 11 4—Two 10t557 by‘l6s feet, on south • 11th st reel 1 and 1 ; story frame bouse of s riwtr.t, nicely papered and in good repair needs paint outside, barn 14 by 1* and 14 feet high smoke house and other out buildings; 50 barrel cement cistern: I large pear trees. 7 large cherry trees, app e peach and plum trees, some small fruits and good grape arbor. These lots are nicely located and the property is cheap. ‘ Price*l2oo one third cash balance to suit, or will trade tor small farm, NO. 1 15.—Vacant lot on west Monroe street. Lynch's addition 53x1f6 feet, fronton Moqroe street, is a nicely located lot, street and sewer tax paid, and is cheap at *175.00. NO- 116.- Fine residence property on Monroe street in Decatur, one and one-half story frame house of 7 rooms, all nicely papered, and all in good repair, good large cellar, house piped for gas. good driven well, iron force pump, cemented cistern, good frame barn, room for two horses and carriage and hay above. Lot nicely located, with flne large shade trees In front, some fruit. Is on a stone street, and is cheap Price *1.55000, 4 cash, balance easy paj merits at 6 per cent. NO. 117. i— For sale, 14 story Vrame house on south Tenth street, four rooms, cellar, large buttery, summer kitchen, wood house, well and cistern, house in fairly good repair. Lot 78xisofeet with lots ot good bearing grape vines, cherries and other fruit It is cheap at *650.00 one-half cash, balance in one and two years, at 6 per cent. No. 118—For sale or trade. Three lots In south Decatur, on i'hpstnut street. Small house and stable: about 100 plum trees. 12 Cherry trees, lots all planted In potatoes. It sold within next 30 days truck will be included. . These lots are nicely located and area bargain at *6OO. One-half cash, balance to suit purehaser. with 6 per cent, or will trade on farm.

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I . BEARDS ANB GLASSES. Two OrnnmentN That Are Rarely Found Upon Hotel “Ever see a waiter wearing glasses?” demanded the inquisitor. No one could remember, although just why a waiter should not be seen WHi glasses as well as any other man was nut apparent. • “It’s just like the wearing of beards,” went on the inquisitor. “The proprietors of our Important hotels, restaurants and cases will not permit either hoards or glasses to be worn by their waiters. It is possible that in some old fashioned family or commercial hotel the servitors may be found with their noses Straddled by optical helps, but you won’t find ’em along BroadWILV. ‘qs’ow, tills is a fact worthy of note because in every other calling in life the number of persons wearing glasses is on the increase, and even in our schools a considerable percentage of very small children will be found wearing glasses, and while, as I say, hotel, rejtaurant and case proprietors are opposed to the glasses, still 1 have seldom found a waiter whose eyes indicated that he was In the slightest need of them. “You, may argue that restaurant waiters are generally young men. Grant you that instantly, but all the same thousands of men of similar age have to wear them In almost every other occupation. “The majority of those servitors commence in boyhood, and the demand of their vocation causes no strain on ' the eyesight. Consequently that may account in a measure for the absence of any necessity for the use of specs. Moreover, the steam from hot viands would render them useless probably.”— New York Telegram. His Best Role. They* were discussing the amateur theatricals of the previous evening, and Thespis was bewailing the hard luck that had brought on a violent headache and prevented his appearance, “Do you know, old boy,” he said confidentially. “that was to have been the effort of my life. I had the love scene down fine, and Mildred's heart must have been of stone if she failed to see that I wtrs in earnest. I was willing to stake everything on the result, for I was confident she would accept me the moment the curtain went down. And to think that my usual hard luck would step in Just when all my hopes were about to be realized;” “I heard Mildred refer to your nonappearance.” remarked Fayer. “You did? And what did she say?” “Said you performed an act of charity by not coming on.” It Pnseled Him. It of a former Marquis of Townshend that when young and engage! 1 in battle he saw a drummer at ills side killed by a cannon ball which scattered his brains in every direction. His eyes were at once fixed on the ghastly object, which seemed to engross his thoughts. A sujierior officer observing him su*osed he was intimidated at the sight and addressed him in a manner to cheer his spirits. “Oh!” said the yoflng marquis, with calmness. but «everity. "I am not frightened. I am puzzled to make out how any man with such a quantity of brains ever came to be here!” Too Trrfe to Be Profitable. “How about that historical novel?” asked the publisher. “No good at all.” answered the reader to whom it had been assigned. “The man doesn't understand how to write historical novels, and he hasn’t perverted the truth as we know it enough to make any kind of a rumpus among the critics. His book would fall flat.”— Chicago Post.' Two Babies For a Cent. A novel poster was seen by a lycent sojourner in Nova Scotia. It was printed on rough paper witli red paint, in a childish hand, and was tacked to a telegraph pole in a conspicuous position: “There will lie a concert and fair in Mrs. Parson's sitting room today at 2 o’clock sharp. Admission—adults. 5 cents; children, 2 cents; babies, two for a cent.” Slitting; Tree Bark. When a young fruit or shade tree stops growing and looks as If it were about to give up the struggle for existence, the trouble may often be traced to its being barkbound. In this case a long perpendicular slit in the bark will enable it to resume Its natural growth. A Simple Matter. “John, I’d like you to wake me at 5 o'clock tomorrow morning. I want to catch the early train.” . I "All right, sir; all right,” replied the i able servitor expressively; “all you got to do, sir. is to ring.”—Philadelphia North American. A Brlitlit Student. Among the reminiscences of the class of 'O2 at Yale is the story of a stout and healthj* looking lember who was told by his tutor that “he was better fe<l than taught.” "You tench me. I feed myself," was the retort. Ill** Judge — Your Innocence is proved. You are acquitted. Prisoner (to the jury)—Very sorry, indeed, gentlenien, to have given vou nil this trouble for nothing. ConNolltiK Thonuht. He- Darling, I have lost my position. She—Never mind. dear. Think of how small your salary was.—Brooklyn Life. Some people take care of their money and neglect their stomachs.- Atchb sou Globe.

Why Americans Drink. “Pleasureable emotional excitement is a great relaxer,” says a writer in Ainslee's. “Every kind of work is liable to leave the muscles and nerves tense and overdrawn. We often see muscle tonus corrugating the broxv, rigldifylng the face Or attitudes and Showing that innervation impulses continue to flow out from the nerve centers after toil is over. We Americans lack the very words gemuth and esprit, and it is very hard for us to entirely forget the struggle for existence in social intercourse. The egreful studies of Partridge and others show that the desire for this kind of unbending is one of the chief causes that lead Americans to drink, because they have lost the power to feel the normal exhilaration which inebriation stimulates. Instinct points to this as a great boon, and so it Is sought over cups and glasses in the conviviality that comes from artificial stimulation. 'A little more rollicking jollity, with Jest and quip with congenial friends, the tale, the song, “perhaps the quiet, harmless game that does not overtax the system—of all this we have too little in our stern American life, xvith its tendencies to overtonicity and cramps of will and attention.” Rats and Mice and I.argre Anl.nfls. How many people are there who know that elephants, rhinoceroses and other large thick skinned animals have formidable enemies in rats and mice? These small, rascally rodents have found that the the elephant are excellent eating and have no hesitation in gnawing at them when the animal lies dowif, when, owing to its confined condition, it is not very well able to defend itself against its puny enemies. To protect these vast creatures It is found necessary in most menageries to keep terriers about the cages. These little fellows very soon dispose of the pachyderm's tiny adversaries. It xvas recently discovered in a well known menagerie that the mice and rats had been very busy with the hide of a rhinoceros. A Scotch terrier, Fanny, was put into the cage of the huge beast, and in the first night she bad killed no fewer than twenty-seven rats. In a few days there were no rats left to nibbls the bide of the poor rhinoceros. The Arabs of Syria. Among the Arabs of Syria a man changes his name after the birth of his eldest son, assuming the nam>* which has been bestowed upon the heir, with the prefix Abu, meaning “father of.” Thus, if the son is called Fudle Allah, “God’s Bounty,” the father will be henceforth known as Abu Fudle Allah, “Father of God's Bounty.” In like manner the mother would become knon n as Em Fudle Allah. "Moth er of God's Bounty.” This custom is not merely one of common speech, but extends to all occasions and even to legal documents. Still more strangely, even when a man though married has no son the courtesy of oriental society demands that he should be addressed as Abu Salim or Abu Mahmoud, after an imaginary son whom politeness confers upon him. Necklace of Ants. 1 necklace made of black ants is an article of adornment of New Guinea. The Anglican mission there gives particulars of one which measured over eleven feet long and was composed of as many as 1,800 bodies of ants. Three little pieces of shell and a dozen English beads Were incorporated into it, and there was a native string holding it together, yet Ils weight only reached 2 drams 2 scruples 13 grains. These large black ants make big nests in the native gardens, and the native women and girls catch them, pull off their heads, bite oil and swallow the other end and thread the thorax. A Very Queer Custom. A curious custom takes place In villages of the Luxembourg district, Belgium, in May. After Sunday service numbers of lads cluster round the church entrance and as the girls come out seize them one by one, one lad grasping a girl by the shoulders and the other liy the heels, the two lifting her well up while a third bumpkin passes under the human bridge thus formed. This is done in the presence of the parents, who themselves have passed through the same ordeal. !■■■ , I I, .1 11,1. The Way He Came. At the finish of a football match a youngster in bls hurry ts- get out scrambled ovei' the paling that surrounds the ground. A burly policeman standing by shouted to him. as he was about to drop outside, “You young rascal, why don't you go out the way you came in?” “So I am!” shouted the boy us be vanished into the crowd. The policeman also vanished, amid the laughter of the bystanders. Profitable Walnut Treen. The English walnut Is said to be tho most profitable of all nut bearing trees. When In full vigor, they will yield .about 300 pounds of nuts to the tree. The nuts sell on an average at about fourpenco per pound. If only twentyseven trees are planted on an acre, the income would be about £135 per acre.— London Answers. Two Mail Thlnaii. I have Just fallen upon the two saddest secrets of the disease which troubles the age we live in—the envious hatred of him who sutlers want nnd the selfish forgetfulness of him who Ilves in ullluence.—“Journal of a Happy Man.” A Mntcblews I’nce. Ida—She thinks she has a matchless face. May—l agree.with her. She will never make a match as long as she bus it —Chicago News.

METAPHOR OF THE SEA. TerniN ANfiociated W'itli the Water That Are Very CxpreMnive. “Let me put in my oar,” said a gentleman as he Joined three of his acquaintances In the hotel case the other night and took a seat at a table with them. , "That is about the twentieth metaphor of that sort that I have heard tonight,” ahswered one of the others, “and it seems so strange that we, {should borrow so many of our figures from tlie sea. I never thought of it before, but It is curious. 1 have never been closely associated with the water, and I don’t believe any of us have, and yet we are using sea terms all of the time. They tire wonderfully expressive, too. and I don’t know what we would do without them. “You want to put in 'your oar,’ a moment ago some one talked about being ‘all adrift,’ and I admitted that I was ‘at sea.’ We talk about our ‘weather eye,’ being ‘spliced,’ our ‘mainstay’ and all that sort of stuff. We know what it is to ‘east an anchor to windward,’ to ‘back and fill,’ to ‘steer’ through, to be ‘taken aback’ and to have ‘the wind taken out of our sails.’ ’ m “We ‘spin a yarn.’ try ‘the other tack,’ ‘launch’ enterprises, get them ‘under full sail' and often ‘wreck’ them. We cry for ‘any port in a storm,’ ‘take in a reef,’ get to our ‘rope’s end,’ ‘run before the wind’ and sometimes ‘keel over.’ So it gees on until I believe we can talk about almost everything in the language of the sea.”—St. Louis Republic. 4'hoo.lnix a Minister. The parish kirk of Driechton had been rather unfortunate In its ministers, two of them having gone off in decline within a twelvemonth of their appointment, and now, after hearing a dumber of candidates for the vacancy, the members were looking forward with keen interest to the meeting at which the election of the new minister was to take place. “Weel, Marget,” asked one female parishioner of another as they foregathered on the road one day, "wha are you gaun to vote for?” “I’m just thinkin’ I’ll vote for none o' them. I'm no’ muckle o' a judge, an’ it’ll be the safest plan,” was Marget's sagacious reply. “Toots, woman, if that's the way o’t, vote wi' me." “An' hoo are you gaun to vote?” “I’m gaun to vote for the man that I think has the soundest lungs an’ 'll no’ bother us wi' deeln' again in a hurry.”—Scottish American. An Odd Dl.h. Mix boiled hog’s lard and milk with thick gruel. Stir it well together, with fresh cheese, yolks of eggs and brains. Wrap it in a fragrant tig leaf and boil in the gravy of a chicken or a kid. When taken out. remove the leaf and souse it in a potful of boiling honey. The name of this comestible is derived from tlie fig leaf, but the mixture eon- ' sists of equal parts of each, but rather more eggs, because this gives it consistency. This appears to have been a popular dish among the Greeks. To us it seems about as nice as an oyster eaten with brown sugar. Aristophanes mentions a thirum of salt fish and it thirum of fat. In the "Frogs” there is a dismal jokd in the form of a reasonable objection made to leaping from a high tower. “I would lose two fig leaves of brain.” The word occurs no less than twelve times in the fragments of the comic poets. • The Cobweb. A. story was told the other day of a little girl who discovered a cobweb and then, seeing a spider emerge from it, called out: "See the cob run! How fast the cob runs!” As a matter of fact she budded better than she knexv, for cob, or cop, is, according to the dictionaries. the name sometimes given to a spider; whence tlie word cobweb, which is. strictly speaking, copweb. Cop in this sense is probably an abbreviation of the Anglo-Saxon attercoppe, a spider. . o*l*l Record*. Records are kept with knotted cords in Polynesia. During tlie early part of the nineteenth century and previously tlie official taxgatherers on the island of Hawaii, in the Sandwich group, did all their accounts on a rope 2.4D0 feet long, which was divided into lengths, each corresponding to a district. Loops, knots and feathers tied along the rope servisl as memoranda for the hogs, pigs and pieces of sandalwood collected from taxpayers. I.ii iiKiintce. “It's wonderful,” said the meditative man, "bow one small word, insigniflennt in Itself, may induce an endless train of thought, speaking volumes, in fact.” “Yes." replied the caustletnan. “Take the word 'l>ut,' for instance, when a woman snys, ‘Of course, it's none of my business, but.’ ’’—Exchange. The I **o of Bread on Water. A loaf of bread is a favorite talisman for locating a drowned body In most European countries. Sometimes it is found sufficient of itself, sometimes it needs the aid of some other substance. Thus in Englund the loaf is usually weighted with quicksilver.— Notes and Queries. A Little Rouah on Mn. Daughter—The man I marry must be a brave man. Father—He will lie If he marries yon wliile your mother is living.- New York Press. ’ Hr I* No Hypocrite. Tom—Are you going to wear mourning for your wealthy uncle? Jack—Only a black pocketbook.jMChlcago News.