FRANKLIN FUND IS $411,CC0
Question of Disposition of Famous
Budget Puzzles Members of
Boston Board.
By a codicil folds will, da led in
ITS!), Benjamin Frjuikliii left
$5,00(1 to the town of Boston, the
fund to be nui nayed by I he select
men iuul tli(‘ pastors of three
tdiurehes. The money whs to be
loaned in small sums at five per
cent, to young ninnied artificers
who laid served an apprenticeship
in tin* town, for whom two respon
sible citizens would become sure
ties.
By adding nicest lo principal
it was estimated t hat in a century
:he fund would amount to KO.lo.OOO.
* Of lids $500,000 was fo.br used in
works of genera! nt ility and l !u' re
mainder used as in t lie original be
quest.
At t lie end of t lie second cent urv
the sum was expected to amount
to fuo.oon.ooo, of which $5.:{05.000rt
was to be at the disposal of the
town and the remainder to go to
the slate.
W hen Boson became a cilv the
aldermen acted on the theory thar
1 hey could olticia fe in place of I he
select men, and some years ago
were preparing to s|u*nd a great
<leal of money. The case went into
court and it. was decided lliat the
aldermen had no authority to act,
A new board has accordingly been
constituted and has been giving
bearings to determine how the
money is to be expended.
An interesting feature of this
case is the failure of tin* fund to
realize expectations in the way of
growth.
At the end of the first century
it was less than $40(1.1100. Young
artificers were not so anxious to
borrow money at live percent, as
was expected, not more than 400
loans of that sort having been
made. Other investments were
made, however, and the growth of
the fund was considerable. It now
amounts to $411,847.(58 in cash de
posited in a single bank.
; The question what to do with it
naturally attracts a good deal of
■attention, ruder the will it may
tie expended in any sort of public
works calculated to make living in
the city more convenient to its
people or attractive to strangers.
ONLY A GRASS WHOPPER*
Bits of Investigation Regarding
Habits—Causes Harvesting of
Big Wheat Crop.
Not all ingenuity cither of re
Hource or fiei ion resides in Yankee
dom. A farmer of southern Ne
braska had a 10 acre lot of wheat
and the promise of a big yield,
•when the grasshoppers descended
»upon him. But the farmer says
"that very soon after the hopper
appeared, lie made a discovery
which gave him the whip-hand, lie
tells his own story in the Journal
of his state.
I found that the grasshoppers
were in the habit of climbing the
♦wheat stalks every morning to
-spend the day feeding on my prop
erty. 1 used to go out to the field
• to see how they were* getting on,
.•and in my impatience at the liber
ties t hey were taking, I would oc
casionally strike a clump of them
as they hung on a stalk and knock
i hem t o t he ground.
After awhile ! noticed that
when a grasshopper was thus dis
dodged he made no further effort
to get his dinner, but remained on
•the ground until the regular time
■ to climb the stalk the next morn
•ing. Immediately I went and took
■our long wire clothes limy and
♦■ailed my wife to come and help
ine. Between us we dragged the
clothes-line all over that 40-acre
field, knocking all the grasshop
pers to the ground. There they
.stayed until the next day.
The next morning we gave the
hoppers just timetoget well start
ed up tin* stalks when we went out
and repeated the performance of
•the day before. The result was
•the same, and in the course of a
»few days every grasshopper in
.that field was dead of starvation.
) Our neighbors came out every
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HAS SUBSTITUTES FOR WIT.
In Place of Sense of Ludicrous the
Chinaman Uses Other
Faculties.
Chinese scliool-teaeliers <lo not
strengthen the brains of children
1 with algebra and calculus but stuff
them with ('onfucian morals, says
a writer in th<* Chicago Record- i
Herald. Me further declares that j
in China he found no wit or imag
ination, but tells the following in
cidents. which prove that the
Chinaman has good unconscious
substit utes for one or t In* other:
One day in Shanghai, when 1 was
feeling sick, I called a Chinaman
to me and said: ".John, do you
have good doctors in China?”
“Good doctors!" he exclaimed.
“China have best doctors in wo’ld."
“Eudon, over there," I said,
point ing to a house covered wit li a
doctor's s»igns. "do yon ca*ll him i
good doctor?"
“Eudon good doctor!” he ex
claimed. “He great! He best doc
tor in China. lie save my life
once!”
“You don’t say so!” I said.
“How was it?”
“Me velly sick,” he said, confi
dentially. “Me callee l>r. Man
Ivon. Givee some medicine. Get
velly, velly sick. Me cal! Dr. Sam
Sing. Givee more medicine. Me
grow worse. Goingtodie! Iilime
by call I )r. Eudon. I le no got t ime,
no come. He savee my life!”
In Chefoo my wife engaged a.
Chinese cook. When he came she
asked his name. Shaking hands
with himself and smiling, he said.
“My namee Yong 11nng Ilo.”
“Oh, that’s too long!" said my
wife. “I can’t remember all that.
1 call you John.”
“All light,” In* said, smiling.
“What’s your namee?"
“My name,” said my wife, slow
ly, “is Mrs. Melville 1 >. Landon.”
“Hi!” cried John. “Too long
namee! Can’t ’member all lor.
Callee you Charley."
Quite the Contrary.
Maine—She and Mr. Jinks corre
spond, don’t they?
Mag—Naw! Why, he’s real
dark complected, an' she’s a dizzy
blonde.—Philadelphia Ledger.
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COIFFURE THAT TELLS AGE
I Women of Japan Actually Display
Their Cycle of Years in
the Hair.
No inn tier how many of the pret
tv customs of Japan are adopted
by the women of this country, we
may be sure that they will never
tell their age to a curious public by
(lie arrangement of their hair, as
their Japanese sisters do. Evi
dently the women of Japan do not
share tin* western women's objec
tion lo letting their age be known,
for they actually display their cy
| cle of years in the arrangement of
| their hair. Girls from !) to 15
wear the hair interlaced with red
crepe in a semicircle around the
head, the forehead being left free,
with a curl at each side. Prom the
I age of 15 to JO, the hair is dressed
high on the forehead and gal hered
up at the back in the shape of a
butterfly or fan, with twistings of
silver cord and perhaps a decora
tion of colored balls. Beyond tin*
age of 30 a woman twists her hair
around a shell pin placed horizon
tally at the back of the head. The
widow has a coiffure peculiar to her
condition, and the initiated can
tell at a glance whether she de
sires to marry again or not. Fancy
(he publicity which lets the secret
wishes of her heart be known so
easily!
Things Made Out of Paper.
The Ivrupp company at Essen
is turning out field pieces made
of paper. They have half the light
ness of forged steel, but will en
dure an unusual strain. They are
mounted on light carriages to bo
drawn by infantry. It is not gen
erally remembered that tin* first
use of paper for the manufacture
of all kinds of domestic articles, !
boats and tables originated in
Troy, N. Y. In Russia houses are
built of blocks of papier maclie and
have proved to be as durable as
stone. The pulp is compressed un
der great weight that drives out all
moisture and renders the mass as
hard as flint. In the far wesi
pasteboard partitions are very
common. They are highly objee
tionable when a man with a vigor
ous and highly developed snore
occupies the adjoining bedroom.—
Pittsburg 1 tispatcli.
Novel Charity of Denmark.
Four millions of special postage
stamps were issued in ('openhagen
to be used as a voluntary supple- !
ment by people sendingGhristmas
letters and cards. The sum
realized by this scheme is to be de
voted to charitable purposes.—
English World's Work.
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at heights of 3,000 to 0,000 feet.
In an interview Dr. Bull suggest
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of captive balloons outside all;
theaters and art galleries. Noth
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ache brought on by the at
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strain on the eyesight by much
picture-gazing than an ascent of,
say, 3,000 feet.”
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