Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1894 — Page 6

SbeßrtnocraticSnitmel J. W. McEVEJT, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - - - INDIANA

CRUSH OUT THE PEST.

ADVICE TO FARMERS REGARDING THE RUSSIAN THISTLE. Djly Weed That Threatens to Choke the Grain Industry In the Northwest—lt Bolls Like a Ball, Scattering Millions o! Hardy Seeds. now to Exterminate It. A party of Russian immigrants, twenty years ago, entered the welcoming door of Castle Garden, followed the trail of home-seekers half way across a continent, took possession of fovernment land in Bonhomme county, outh Dakota, and, opening the Old World grain sacks, let loose a nest that cow threatens the agricultural prosperity of the prairie region of the United States. They brought the Russian thistle. Its seed was mixed up with that of flax, from which they were unable to separate it. Bonhomme County is nearly in the center of the enormous agricultural territory em-

RUSSIAN THISTLE IN NORTH DAKOTA.

bracing the Dakotas, Nebraska, Minnesota, lowa, Kansas, and Eastern Colorado. It is one of the southern tier of counties, being separated from Nebraska by the Missouri River, and is the third tier west from the Big Sioux River,the boundary line I etween South Dakota and . Minnesota. The land in this section is rather hilly; corn is the chief crop raised, consequently owing to the wooded ravines and standing corn stalks the thistle was at first somewhat slow in spreading. In five years it had taken root in the counties north, east, and west of Bonhomme; by 1888 it had infested the southern tier of counties in North Dakota, had entered Minnesota, and proceeded west to the Missouri River. In 18i>0 it jumped south across the wide stretch of the Missouri, and the following season traversed the fields of Northeastern Nebraska, sowing disaster in its path. Since that timo the weed has been steadily spreading until now all of tho counties of South Dakota east of the Missouri River, twenty counties in North Dakota, two counties in Western

MAP SHOWING DISTRIBUTION OF THE RUSSIAN THISTLE

Minnesota, and four in Northeastern Nebraska are thoroughly infested. Altogether this makes one almo t continuous area of about 35,C0D square miles more or less covered with the Russian thistle in the comparatively brief period of twenty years. In addition it has made its appearance in many isolated localities along the railroads as far west as Denver, Colo., south to Kansas and the southern border of Nebraska, east as far as Madison and Whitewater, Wis., Hammond, Ind., and at two points in Illinois, Polo and St. Charles. The Secretary of Agriculture reports that the rapidity with which the Russian thistle has spread, both in infesting new territory aud in thoroughly covering that already infested, far exceeds that of any other weed known in America. Few cultivated plants even, which are intentionally introduced and intentionally disseminated, have a record for rapidity of distribution equal to that of this weed. It already nas earned damage to the amount of several million dollars. Known as a Cactus.

The plant is known in North Dakota as the Russian cactus. It is neither a thistle nor a cactus, and is not even closely related to either of these groups of plants. The technical name by which it is known to scientists of all countries is salsola kali tragus. The popular title, Russian thistle, is known and accepted, however, by all who are familiar with the plant When the first specimens were received by the United States Department of Agriculture they were supposed to be tHe common saltwart (salsoJa kali) of the Atlantic coast, and were so described in several botanical publications. More careful examination soon showed this to bo aD error, as the salsola kali has teen known along the eastern coast from Massachusetts to Georgia for nearly a century and has never developed into a troublesome weed. In May and June the 6eeds germinate, each sending up on a slender red stem two narrow green leaves about an inch long and qui e similar to shoots of grass. Between these seed-leaves a short stem soon appears bearing slender spine tipped leaves which later produce branches in their axils. These young shoots are tender and juicy, and are accepted as food by all classes of ,farm cattle, hogs, in parties ular, bating them greedily. But after the plant becomes tough no animal Will touch it It blossom? in July or August, the seeds maturing in September apd October. An bvprage specimen reaches a height of twenty inches or two feet. The width is much greater, being four or five feet across. The shape is that of a sphere much flattened on the upper ao4 lower sides. It forms a dense, prickly mass usually capable of filling a Space four or five feet Sduare. The

thorn-covered branches are so dense that it is impossible to pass the hand to the oenter of the plant. It resembles the tumble weed in appearance, but is muoh larger and not as compactly knit together. The color is a dark green approaching blue, striped with red, giving the entire thistle a crimson tint. A single, small, green, stemless flower grows in a cup- haped depression formed by the bases of the leaves. The leaves are small, but each of the numerous branches bears a multitude of them and eaeh one of the multitude is pointed with a sharp, stinging barb. A single plant of average size and weighing two or three pounds at maturity, when dry, is estimated to bear from 20,000 to 30,0iM> seeds. Single plants have been found six feet in diameter, weighing about twenty pounds when thoroughly dry and estimated to boar 200,000 seeds. At maturity the heaviest and strongest parts of the plant are the seed-bearing twigs. The inner branches receive little of the wear incident to tumbling about and are only sufficiently strong to hold the plant together.

With the first touches of autumn frost the plant, all except the seed, dies and Dreaks off from the root. Then the round mass of fiber, seed, and barb starts on a wild whirligig, flying before tho prairie winds, rolling, jumping and tumbling like a sensate and maddened creature, ani unless I held captive in some cornfield or fencecorner infests each rod of earth with which it comes in contact with its prolific germ. The seed is inclosed in a paper-like Bheath, and together with this is loosely held in place with numerous twisted hairs, so that it is not readily shaken loose from the plant. Tfie thistle may consequently roll about all winter and still retain some of its seed until the following spring. The railroads aro one of tho most prominent iactors in tho transportation of the seeds over long distances. The Government authorities claim there is every evidence that they are often carried to uninfected regions in the bedding or litter of stook cars. These cars are sent to tho stock yards of Minneapolis, Chicago, Omaha or Sioux City, but after unloading they are seldom cleaned at these places. They are sent with the litter and seeds to various shipping points, where they are cleaned il the amount of tho dirt or the nature of the cargo domands it Rolling plants are sometimes blown into the trucks under the cars and into crevioes An machinery and are thus carried about the country. Grnwi In Any Soil. The thistle grows best on high, dry soil, but it does not despise a foothold in the earth of any character. It is seldom seen in sloughs or lowlands, but they grow on sand hanks in the Missouri River, where the iand is so often submerged that other weeds do npt flourish. In fact, the character of the soil appears to he a matter of indifference to the thistle: it grows oqually well in the alkali districts or in the soil free from alkali. it doos pot take root on the wild prairie, but the seed lies in ambush in the grass; when the farmer turns over the ground in his fall breaking tho unsuspected enemy obtains a footing, the following spring it sprouts nod an abundant crop of thistles crowds every thing else from the field. The most serious damago done by the thistles is among tho small grains,

they grow up in enormous bunches and crowd out tne wheat, oats, flax, or whatever has been sown. Patches of thistles ten feet square may be seen scattered all through a wheat field: in harvesting horses will not walk through the?e thickets unless their legs are protected in some manner. The thistle is particularly ruinous to crops planted late in the spring, or checked by early drought; the thistle, growing at its best in dry weather, crowds or starves out many of the weakened plants, and the grade of those that survive is seriously lowered. The crops of ’ll3 in many flax fields and some wheat land was left standing as not worth harvesting. This year the injury is much more severe. The smallest amount of damage is done to corn and potatoes for two reasons; one is that the thistles can be plowed up in cultivating these products, and the other that these plants are nearly mature before the thistles attain a large size. They cause great difficulty in running harvesting machinery. In many places binders cannot be operated at all, and even headers are used with extreme trouble. The large, rigid weeds interfere with plowing and continually clog harrows and cultivators. It was hoped for some years by persons in authority that the Russian thistle might die out naturally, but the facts indicate no such possibility.

THE RUSSIAN THISTLE.

Many farmers of the Northwest believe the thistle cannot be exterminated. Borne farms are entirely abandoned to it, the owners giving up in despair. But more conservative men while it will be necessary to wage a continual battle with the plant, a vigilant and energetic farmer will

be able to control it, although they acknowledge it brings certain ruin to a careless one. There is at present no organized effort to wipe the pest out of existence. Farmers who succeed in keeping tLem from their fields permit them to grow at will on the edges of plowed land and in the roads. They fill up the fresh breaking, the fence corners, and the fire-breaks. Along the railroad grades they are encroaching with a rapidity that implies full possesion for the thistles and s neglect of the weed law by the railroad corporations. Eoth North and South Dakota have enacted laws to prevent the spresd of the Russian thistle, but it appears to belong to the class of evils thatcannot be legislated out of existence. When a landowner fails to destroy the weed on his property the overseer of highways is instructed te have the task per* formed and to levy a tax upon the land to reimburse the county. Tho only effective manner in whif’h to oppose the thistle seems to be to hoe it down before it matures. To plow it under after the seeds ripen is worse than useless, as the farmer only perpetuates the curse in his own soil. If raked with a h irse-raxe or cut by a reaper some seed will be left to continue the work. Even burning over the soil does not effect a complete eradication. Farmers, are advised to kill th 3 pest on sight, and keep up the good work without ceasing.

HE HATES FOREIGNERS.

Ckang Chitons, a Chinese Millionaire, Who Has Ideas of His Own. Chang Chitung, Viceroy’ of Wu Chang, a city of nearly a million

people, is one of the greatest men In China. He hates foreigners, and is building railroads because he wants to defend China against foreigners. He has already spent $10,000,1000 on his railroad experiment. It was his gun factory that was burned down a short time ago, and

CHANG CHITUNG.

It maybe that his immense blast furnaces will be turned to the making of Instruments of war. These furnaces are 100 feet high, and they are of the latest European make. He has connected them with shops which cover forty or fifty acres, and there are twenty-five acres of machinery under one roof. About forty Belgian engineers aie now in the employ of the Viceroy, and, if the government would assist, one of the greatest trunk lines of the world could be built. It would go for 1,500 miles through the most thickly populated parts of the Chinese empire.

Generally a Trying Client.

It is in dealing with her own lawyer that the daughter of Eve comes out in her most vivii colors, says the Sau Francisco Argonaut. When a woman has a lawsuit she, as a rule, mentally selects a lawyer to conduct her case. If, on applying to him, she finds, as she often does, that ho is not hankering after female clients, and he observes that he is really so overwhelmed with work that he is taking no new cases, she becomes more convinced than ever that he is the only lawyer to whom she can confide her interests, and she half suspects that his reluctance to act for her is part of a conspiracy against her rights. She insists, implores, beseeches, entreats, with tears and sobs, and, in the end, the lawyer yields and takes the case. From that hour his peace of mind is at an end. She is at his office daily and hourly. She insists on confiding to him matters which have no bearing on the case. She puts hypothetical questions to him which drive him out of his wits. She overwhelms him with suggestions and objections to the course he proposes to pursue. She interferes with him in court and almost takes the case out of his hands. At last the case is tried and is either won or lost. If it is won she believes that it is won on its intrinsic merits, in spite of his blundering. If it is lost it Is lost through his mismanagement. Whichever happens, she is in no mind to pay him his fee. It is only by threatening her with legal proceedings that he can collect his cost and honorarium.

No Beans for Egyptians.

We can no longer wonder at the prohibition of these beans (Cyamus nelumbo) to the Egyptian priests and disciples of Pythagoras. A plant consecrated to religious veneration as an emblem of reproduction and fertility would be very improper for the food, or even the consideration, of persons dedicated to peculiar purity. The Egyptian priests were not even allowed to look upon it. Authors scarcely explain sufficiently whether Pythagoras avoided it from respect or abhorrence. However that may be, we need not, in order to ascertain his motives, have recourse to any of the five reasons supposed by Aristole nor to the conjectures of Cicero. Neither c:m there be any doubt that the prohibition given by Pythagoras was literal, and not merely allegorical, as forbidding his followers to eat this kind of pulse, because the magistrates in some places were chosen by a ballot with black and white beans, thereby giving them to understand that they should not meddle with public affairs. Such farfetched explanations show the ingenuity of commentators rather than their knowledge. As the Pythagorean prohibitions are now obsolete, perhaps these beans, imported from India, might not be unwelcome at our tables.—Smith's Exotic Botany.

Remarkable Petrifaction.

A remarkable case of petrifaction was discovered when the body of Solomon Kreppes was exhumed in Taylor’s Cemetery, near Brownsville, Pa., for removal to another graveyard. The grave was near the fence which separates the cemetery from the national pike, and it is supposed that water percolating through the limestone road bed had kept the body covered with a calcareous solution. The clothing was found well preserved, although the burial took place eight years ago. The hair and beard were crisp and felt like threads of glass. The body was entirely turned to stone, and so hard that smart blows with a pick made no impression.

Over Two Miles.

The deepest place in the Mediterranean Sea is midway between Malta and Candia, where the soundings 6how a depth of 13,556 feot.

ANCIENT OAKS.

Trees that Date Back to the Earliest Period. There is nothing 'in the vegetable world that excites more curiosity than grand old trees dating back to a time when man was in the infancy of civilization. And in forest annals no tree affords so many fond memorials as the oak. Unfortunately the woodsman’s ax has laid low many of the^e

THE GREAT SALCEY OAK.

noble memorials of the past, but a few still remain, venerable in their age and sublime in their growth. The largest and one of the oldest trees in England, a country that possesses many historical trees, is the great Salcey oak near Northampton. Its circumference at its base, where there are no projecting spurs, is 46 feet 10 inches. One yard from the ground it is 39 feet 10 Inches, and at three yards it is 35 feet. The trunk is hollow, and near the ground the circumference of the cavity is 29 feet. Naturalists believe the tree is 1,600 years old. Near London Is Fisher’s oak. the trunk of which is over four fathoms in compass. When King James made a journey in that neighborhood, the schoolmaster and all his pupils came out of this tree and entertained the King with an oration. In Sherwood Forest and in other places are historical oak trees dating back to an early period in the life of England. In the burial ground of Allouville, France, there is an oak tree measuring thirty-five feet in circumference near the base. The lower part of the hollow trunk his been transformed into a chapel six or seven feet in diameter, carefully wainscoted and paved, and with an iron gate to guard the humble sanctuary. Above and close to the chapel is a small chamber containing a bed, and leading to it theie is a staircase, which twists round the trunk of the tree. At certain seasons of the year divine service is performed at this chapel. The summit lias been broken off many years, hut there is a surface at the top of the trunk of the diameter of a very large tree, and from it rises a pointed roof covered with slates, in the form of a steeple, which is surmounted by an iron cross that raises

CHAPEL OAK AT ALLONVILLE, NORMANDY.

itself in a very picturesque manner from the middle of the leaves, like an antique hermitage, afiove the surrounding wood. The chapel was erected in 1696 by the Abbe du Detroit, cure of Allonville. The age of this tree is nearly 1,000 years.

GOOD NEWS FOR DISHWASHERS.

A Now Idea Thnt Is Claimed to Be Adaptable in Any Kitchen. One of the newest ideas pertaining to the kitchen is a rack for drying crockery, as shown in the illustration. Wiping is entirely unnecessary. As a rule, only plates have been dried by merely draining, hut this rack allows a complete tea or dinner set to be so dried. It is stated that over

DRYING RACK.

100 pieces can bj dried on the rack standing on a floor space of one square foot. The device is so arranged that one piece cannot drip into another. The drainage is caught and carried to a receiver. Any carpenter can make it the required size. This ingenious invention will save the housewife quite a little work, which is not the most agreeable in the world.

But a Slender Thread.

Many a love affair which promised to go on smoothly to the end has been broken oil by a mere trifle, said Mrs. Botherwell. An unbecoming gown may wreck a girl’s hopes, a; hasty word or act ruin a man’s chances of success. You remember Fred Clark? He is a good fellow, though perhaps not the bravest in the world. Last summer I introduced him to one of my guests, and he took a great fancy to her. Of course I did everything in my power to throw them together, and among other things gave a buckboard party. They sat together on the backseat and were getting along finely. He had reached the point where he told her he could not live without her, when the road took an abrupt turn, and the whistle of an approaching train sounded. It seemed right upon us, though it really was on the other side of the hill. Well, he flew oiit ou one side of the wagon and she out on the other, and when we turned mound to look for then, they had disappeared. One of the boys jumped out and helped her back into the wagon, and some one rescued blip, but she was so indignant to thtpk that he had jumped without caring what became of her that she

hardly spoke to him again. So yon see that match was spoiled, Then there was Maud Atherton. A young man who had been devoted to her for some months invited her to join a yachting party. She determined not to run the risk of being seasick, so as a preventive measure, took any amount of smelling salts, lemons and other things with her, and to crown all, wore several mustard plasters. She was not seasick, but presently she began to suffer agonies from the plasters, and though she smiled ans tried to look natural she squirmed and twitched in a manner fearful to behold. Of course her companion noticed her apparent restlessness. He said nothing, but after that day she knew him no more. He afterwards declared that she was the most nervous girl he ever saw—just twitching all the time—and he had no intention of marrying a woman on the verge of nervous prostration. So you see what trifles will break young love’s slender thread.

SLEEVES UNLIKE THE BODICE.

This Is the Latest French Frill to Iteac h New York. Not long ago it was a new frill of fashion to wear a bodice of one color with a skirt of another. The more unlike the better the combination. Now the frill has extended, and not only are bodices and skirts different,

THE ZEBRA SLEEVE.

but the bodice itself is made with sleeves which look as though they had been designed for any other bodice than the one to which they are attached. A new model for a dinner bodice illustrates this idea. It is made of white crepe de Chine, cut low and gathered slightly toward the waist line. The large revers, which fold hack from the low-cut neck, are of white moire, outlined with two rows of the fine-t gilt braid. These revers are fastened to the corsage with small gilt buttons. The sleeves consist of a huge puff to the elbow. They are of black silk, striped with gay lines of geranium-pink. Gauntlet cuffs of the white moire, edged gilt braid, make a unique finish to these conspicuous sleeves. A narrow band of geranium-pink velvet outlines the waist of the bodice, and from a rosette at each side two loops of the velvet are caught.

Poultry Raisin Mortgages.

A Maine woman tells how she lifted a SSOO mortgage from her home by gardening and poultry raising. She had common chickens, and sold eggs and market poultry. She had five SIOO notes to meet, paying off one note each year with interest. At the end of live years she had her home cleared and money In the hank. Besides she had made various improvements djuring this time, schooled and clothed her children, paid taxes and insurance, etc. She said she made up her mind to succeed, and she did, although her friends advised her at the start to “let her home go for what she could get for it,” as she would never he able to pay off “that big mortgage.” This is hut one of many instance where fowls have proved themselves mortgage lifters. Of course this woman had the advantage of a garden; besides, she did sewing and other work. But it goes to show that poultry culture, rightly understood and followed, is a great help in replenishing one’s purse in time of need. What this woman did can be done by anybody who has the will.

Mostly a Native.

“Are you a native of this parish?” asked a Scotch Sheriff of a witness who was summoned to testify in a case of illicit distilling. “Maistiy, yer honor,” was the reply. “I mean were you born in the parish?” “Na. I wasna born in this parish, hut I’m maist a native for a’ that.” “You came here when you were a child, I suppose you mean?” said the Sheriff. “Na, sir, I’m here about sax years noo. ” “Then how do you come to be nearly a native of the parish?” “Weel, ye see, when I cam here sax years sin’ I jist weighed eight stane, an’ I’m seeventeen stane doo, sae ye see that about nine stane o’ me belongs to' this parish an’ the ither eight comes from Camlockie. ”

No Hope for Them.

Dr. Paul Gamier, of Paris, has made a special study of those slum children that are the offspring of habitual drunkards. He says: “There is a flaw in the very nature of these young wretches that the psychologist sees clearly and notes with apprehension—the absence of affectionate emotions, and where they did not become lunatics they show insensibility and pitilessness. ”

Cocoanut Butter.

There are several factories fn India and one, at least, in Europe, that at Mannheim, Germany, where butter is made from Cocoanuts.

Who Made the Tent?

The Mohammedans teach thao Adam and Eve once lived in a tent on what is now the site of the temple at Mecca.

CORN COB ARM.

Peculiar Natural Freak Ownrd by a Gen. tleman In Kentucky. ri The likeness of a human arm and hand presented In every detail upon a common corn cob Is the freak of nature owned by C. B. Cundiff, of Somerset, Ky. Two years ago it was found growing upon its parent stalk in a field near that city, owned by William Anderson. When the ear was pulled it was thought to be one of those frequent bunches found in every Held. It was husked and thrown into the crib until the following autumn. When it came to shelling time the curiosity was developed in all of its fullness.

CORN COB ARM.

Among the superstitious it created a feeling of alarm, just as did the alleged “handwriting of the Lord” some weeks since. The “Corncob Arm,” as this phenomenon of nature is known, is, however, a genuine article. After being shown about the county it was finally presented to the present owner, Mr. Cundiff. He has had it measured and photograDhed for future reference, and prizes it most highly. The cob weighs 4J- ounces and is 8 5-16 inches in leogtta. From, the butt to the palm of the hand is 5£ inches. Its thickness at the butt is 5 1-16 inches and at the wrist 4 inches. The thumbis 1£ inches in length, the first finger 14, the second If, the third 14 and the fourth If. It will be seen by looking at the accompanying cut that the arm, so called, is symmetrical, resembling the gloved forearm of a woman extended as if in the act of reaching for something. A curious thing presented by the fingers is the mark, or crease, upon the inner surface usually made by the joint in the human. It is known that the Indians set a great store by some of the gnarled and twisted ears that were discovered in their harvest. The peculiar formation of the ear is due to the production of double celled blossoms, such as occur in almost every form of plant life. Pumpkins and squashes have been known to take on the likeness of the human face, and the root of the mandrake assumes the form of a man with startling fidelity. This is the first time on record that the useful and nourishing corn plantcvor tried anything in that direction.

AMILCARE CIPRIANI.

The Distinguished Italian Agitator Has Taken Refuge in England* Owing to the stringency of the new French law, many anarchists have taken refuge iu England. Prob-

ably the most distinguished of these is Amilcare Cipriani, the Italian agitator. He was born in Bimini, fifty years ago, of a family of good social position. At fifteen years of .age he entered the ! army, but deserted twice in order to join Garibaldi. Ban[ished inconsequence

AMILCARE CIPRIANI.

of his advanced opinions, he proceeded to Greece and took part in the insurrection against King Otho. He then went on an exploring expedition to Egypt, where, in the streets of Alexandria, he was attacked by a secret society, of which he killed a member. He then fled to England. Later he went to France, took part in the Commune, side by side with Flourens, for which he was sentenced to imprisonment for life, but was released in 1880. Since then he has spent several years in prison and been compelled to leave Italy and France.

Glucose.

In view of the fact that glucose enters largely into the adulteration of sweets, it is consoling to know the product is not harmful. Common molasses is glucose, mixed with a little cane sugar, which falls to the bottom of the cask after long standing. The part of the sugar derived from cane which will not crystalline is glucose. Its non-crystallizability is a characteristic of glucose. Commercial glucose is made from corn, but it may be made from almost any sort of vegetable stuff. It is obtained from cotton rags by mixing with the rags a small quantity of sulphuric acid. Ordinary blotting-paper treated in the same way will yield glucose. Cotton rags and blottingpaper are cellulose, and cellulose is the same thing chemically as sugar, save that it contains more water in each of its molecules. The sulphuric acid takes away the extra water, and the residue is glucose. Glucose is not quite so sweet as cane sugar, but it costs only three cents a pound. So it makes a very suitable adulterant, and for this purpose it is widely employed in the manufacture of candies, jellies and syrups. It is produced in enormous quantities from maize. Cheap jellies are as a rule purely artificial products, composed of glucose, gelatine, cochineal and flavoring extracts. Much of the liquid honey on the market is merely glucose flavored. Sometimes pieces of real honey-comb are placed in the jars of allegd liquid honey to give it a genuine look. It may usually be taken for granted that honey offered for sale in this shape is counterfeit. Samples of honey which claim to be of the greatest purity are most apt to be false. What an immense fraud this is may be judged when it is considered that honey costs twenty cents a pound and glucose three cents a pound.

Boarding House News.

In California there is a prune orchard of over 3,000 acres. Thieves in Chicago are evidently early and active in planning for their winter campaign. They have stolen several iron lamp-posts in the Hinman street district, and now the police are wondering where the property and the miscreants have gone. Still, there have been graver and more audacious crimes in that town. Some thieves do not stop at street lamps. They steal the street

HUMOR OF THE WEEK

STORIES TOLD BY FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. Many Odd, Curious, and Laughable Phaaec of Human Nature Graphically Portrayed by Eminent Word Artists of Our Own Day —A Budget of Fun. ■ Sprinkles of Sp'ce. When a man commits suicide by drowning can - it be said that he liquidates the debt of nature? Quips. A text for dress-reformers: “Woe to the women that sew pillows to all arm-holes. ” —Ezekiel, xiii. 18.— Truth. The trouble is that a girl in love never looks into the future any further than the next night he is coming.—• Atchison Globe. The donkey carries three-quarters of his own weight long distances. This proves beyond all doubt that he is a donkey.—Boston Transcript. Prophetic—Has she given you any encouragement? Oh, yes.' She says she will get all of her father's money when he dies.—Life's Calendar. It is quite natural that the actors in seashore companies shou d mistake for applause the noise made by people killing mosquitoes. Philadelphia Kecord. x “llow’d it come that such an allaround rascal as Lusherly took the pledge?” “Fr—l suppose nd one happened to be looking.” Buffalo Courier. Badburn—l hear Olcott has been discharged fiom the police force. Do you know what for? Cbesney—Yes. Befusing to accept a bribe.—Brooklyn Life. The Georgia rattlesnake is out in all his glory, and the snake liars are 6ewing on the buttons and rattling away at a great rate.—Atlanta Constitution. We imagine that a woman who studies to be a doctor would have to be examined as to how quick she could get up at night and dress.—• Atchison Globe. “A bad hoy seldom gets his badness from his father,” says the Mar.ayunk philosopher. “The old man usually hangs on to all lie has.”— Philadelphia Becord. The bicycle girls who wear bloomers are better riders than their skirted sisters, for it is appaient to every one that they get on better.— Philadelphia Becord. Never Drink—“My wife calls me Ducky because I take to water.” Old Soak—“My wife calls me Camel because I can go so long without it.” —Philadelphia Becord. “George, father has failed.” “That’s just like him! I told you all along, darling, that he was going to do all he could to keep us from marrying.”—Life’s Calendar. The Biddleby family at Newport (they bathe at Easton’s beach): Mr. Biddleby—“ay, Emmaline, these bathin’ suits haint no protection; I’m wet clear through!—Harper’s Bazar. She—They thought the world of each other. He reigned in her heart and she reigned in his. He—And they didn’t know enough to go in when it reigned. Boston Transcript. SEAsnoitE Morality. Dan What’s the matter, old man? Can’t you find your bating suit? Yan— Gad! I’m not trying to. I’m looking for a better one.—Kate Field’s Washington. Cheer up, people! Cane-grinding is getting mighty close to us, and caady-pulling time is not more than six blocks away. There’ll be life in the old land yet!—Atlanta Constitution. Mr. Kilbradge (a visiting Englishman) —By the way, Boston is within a few hours of New York, isn’t it? Miss Vinton (of New York) —Oh, dear, no; it isn’t within twenty years of it.—Vogue. An artist being asked, “Is sculpture difficult?” answered: “Why, bless you, no! You have only to take a block of marble and a cnisel, and knock off all the marble you don’t want.”—Tid-Bits.

Physician— “ You must avoid all excitement; avoid beer or wine entirely, and drink only water.” “But, doctor, the idea of drinking water excites me more than anything else.”— Fliegende Blaetter. Mbs. De Style— Have you noticed the quiet dignity and repose of our new footman? Bachelor Brother (a traveler) —Y-e-s, I think he must have been a waiter in a railroad resj taurant—New York Weekly. —Jimmy— “What is this moral courage that the Sunday school teacher was tellin’ us about?” Tommy—“As near as I kin guess it, it’s the kind of courage that kids has that’s afraid to fight.”—lndiananolis Journal. Mamma (engaged in correcting Johnny)—“You know I hate to do it, Johnny. I sympathize with you, but ” Johnny—“ Haven’t there been enough sympathetic strikes without your beginning?”—Boston Transcript. What’s all dis kickin’ ’bout arbitration?” asked one man of another on the train that was headed for the race track. “Well, ye see, it’s a kick for decisions, see? Dey t’ink dat if de gov’ment goes in an’ umpires de game dey won’t be so many strikes called. ” —Washington Star. i Idle Ike— “ Walk right by dat feller sellin’ shoestrings widout noticin’ ’im.” Lazy Luke—“ Why?” Idle Ike —Cuz he ain’t recognized by our set no more.” Lazy Luke—“ How’s dat?” Idle Ike —“Dis is de third time dat man’s been caught tryin* ter earn his livin’.”—Brooklyn Life.

It costs the United States a good many .hundreds of dollars to rescue Gen. Ezetas and his officers from the successful Salvadorean revolutionists, and it is going to cost a good many hundreds more to return them to their enemies that they may be shot after the approved Gentral American fashion. . All of which teaches us that it is very good policy for this country to keep its fingers out of the domestic differences of its peppery little southern neighbors. Fashions are not made by fools, but for them.