USES OF FIRE ENGINES.
In England They Are Brought Into
Effect in a Variety of
Queer Ways.
A firm of fire-engine* lnanufac
, tnrera in England builds main
machines which are to be list'd for
strange purposes. In the hop dis
tricts small fin* engines are used
itokillthe pests of the vines. An
f acre and a half of hop plants can
lie thoroughly sprated by one man
in a day at an all-round cost of
$1.88 an acre, including fuel for
the engine. When one considers
that the average yield 10 the acre
of hops is supposed to be $170 and
that this is often reduced 00 per
cent, through a bad blight it is
easy to see that in a hop garden of
several hundred acres a great sav
ing may result from 1 lie use of tlie
fire engine.
Propulsion of boats by fire rn
gines is not uneommon. the jet of
water being thrown into tin* air
and acting precise y a - a punt pole
pressed against the bottom of a
shallow stream. S ane Hunting
Are engines were recently sent out
■ from London to Alexandria.
H Egypt, for work on very shallow
K ' candls and these craft depended
§ out irelv upon the handling and imt
neuvering Of the jets of water for
their propulsion.
A remarkable use for the lire on
gine in agricultural England is
y sheep washing, which nun be m
in progress on a large estate at
T’xhridge. about IT* miles from
London. There a litt le stream rn
gine throws 100 callous a minut**
1 on the fleece of each animal, liven
horses are washed in a similar
manner.
:
in some of (he country man
sions of England lire engines me
kept, which can he driven by the
ordinary eleetrit -lighting enrvent
when desired a t a eri! iea I tnonien t.
or the fire enidne will wash the
ontddeof the windows without en
dangering the lives of the serv
ants.
NOVELTY IN FLOWER LINE.
Green Primrose Is the Latest Flora)
Curiosity That Has Come to
Light in England.
The green rose is a very old and
rather ugh "novelty” that creeps,
up afresh from time lo time as a
ealehpenny attraetion. a m I (her-1
are one or two other plants wilh
green flowers that are usually
more curious than attractive. A
somewhi't rare green (lowered
Lenten rose, lJclleborns viridis
multitidus. is really rather pood,
but the ordinary form, Ibdleborus
4 viridis dmneto/um, is unattrac
tive. The prettiest preen tlowerejl
rock plant is perhaps Haepnetia
^pipaetis, a little alpine that flow
ers close to the ground, the bright,
green-pet a led blossoms, wit h pret
ty gold centers, being abottt tin*
size of primrose blooms, and pro
d uoed wif!) us each in t hr- spring
before the strawherrv-like leaves.
Hupleurum ranuneuloides is an
other alpine that the curious in
green-flowered rockery subjects
might try, but as it is a high al
pine, ifs culture will be for
careful gardeners only. The
latesi invention in the way
of green - flowering varieties,
says Ladies' Field, of London, is
an addition to that familiar fam
ily, our own yellow primroses. If
is called Novelty, and is described
as a large and truly green (low
ered form of the beautiful old wild
primrose, a free bloomer and a
strong grower.
MEN USED AS PROJECTILES.
V^3eylon Newspaper Gets ITp a Report
About the Japs That Is
a Corker.
A Singhalese newspai>er pub
lished in ('oloinbo, (Vylon, is I ired
of the paueitt ohiii ws about the
war. and in ord< r to resale its
readers, says the New York Com
mercial, it now and then manufac
tures some, of which the following
is a sample—a translation by the
Ceylon Times:
“The sultan was communicated
with regarding an approaching
conflict, and, being a great friend
of the Japanese monarch, he sent
a specially trained company of
swordsmen, each of whom wit<L a
sword in his hand is shot away
from the mouth of a gun at the en
emy just as ordinary shrapnel
would he. On arrival among the
enemy he makes short work of
them by his sword play. These
swordsmen are now fighting for
Japan and gaining victories.”
Small wonder That Kinchow
and Nanshan fell!
FIRST OF THE GYPSIES.
Were Mistaken for Egyptians When
They Appeared in England in
Sixteenth Century.
The word gypsy, of curious and
nteresting origin, is al once illns
ra l i vc of r lie tenacity of a cortup
iion and suggestive that the pro
pensity of children for acquiring
bad language is a racial trait. The
gypsies on their . ;st appearance
in Knglaiul about the beginning of
thesixteentJi century were mistak
eu for Egyptians, and so called by
men of eduention. but the common
people, finding some difficulty in
mastering the name, rendered it
“gypsies,” and so the wandering
people have ever since been called,
says the New York Times.
1 Miring t he reign of Henry A’I IT.,
in 1551. a statute was enacted ex
polling the gyj mes from the coun
try under penalty of imprison
ment and forfeit tire of property.
According to the (liey Friars'
Chronicle. the statute recited
that “many outlandish peoph*.
calling themselves Egyptians, us
ing no craft nor faint (practice) of
merchandise, have come into this
realm and gone from shire to shire
and place to place' in great com
pany, and used great subtle and
crafty means to deceive the peo
ple; bearing thorn in liand that
they by palmistry con Id tell men’s
and women’s fortunes, and so,
many times by craft and subtlety,
have deceived the 'people of their
money, and also have committed
many and heinous felonies and
robberies.’’ Six Tears later Crom
well, in a letter to the president of
the marches of Wales, accuses
‘•tin* “f’ipoians.” as he calls them,
or ‘cal ' hoods, felonies, ai 1 t rea
sons.” and orders the execution of
such as faiPto leave at command.
The gypsies had spread over the
continent of Knrope several cen
turies before their appearance in
England, and an Austrian monk,
writing of them in the twelfth cen
tury, calls them the progeny of the
son of Jlagar, or Ishmaelifes.
Modern historians, however, have,
by the {weuliarities of their lan
guage, traced their origin to India.
Throughout the orient and con
tinental Europe they were known
as m<*tal workers, am!" Sir John
Lubbock at t rib tit es to them the in
troduction of metallurgy, espe
cially of bronze, into Europe.
AUTOMOBILES AND CLASSES
Enmity of the Slum People for Those
Who Ride in Horseless
Carriages.
V* o had supposed that the hos
tility to automobiles signified
nothing more than the hoodlum
ism of uneasy boys who have no
playgrounds, and who throw
stones and bottles because they
want some outlet for their energy,
says the Brooklyn Magic. A
boy was arrested in New York
some lime ago for breaking the
pictured windows of a church.
When asked why he did it he an
swered: “What else is there to
do?” A chance to play fag and
ball in a playground would euro
him of fin* window smashing hab
it, as it would curt1 his fellows of
tin* habit of lbite "dssiles ai
automobiles. Bui v, a i o a r •<-.(
by the observant that the enmity
of the slum populace for people
who ride in horseless carriage's is
founded on something deeper
than superfluous vitality. It is a
bate of the rich which is encour
aged by the yellow papers, that
are owned by tin' rich, but edited
for circulation among the poor,
whose pennies make the
richer. That there is a
rather than a personal feed
this hostility is betokened b
frequency of the assaults
man reports that in a siny
of a few miles he was atta
less Ilian 25 times. When a worn
an was nearly killed by a boy in
the Italian quarter a few daysago
the act was seen by hundreds of
Italians, yet not one of them
raised a hand to protect the worn
an or to stop the boy when he ran
away. ITe is known to them, yet
they will not reveal his place of
hiding. nor help in his capture. A
community that is so manifestly
hostile to American ways is a com
munity to watch.
Anybody Should Know.
“I see you wear a yachting cap,”
said the newcomer; “perhaps you
ran tell me what ‘starboard’
means.
‘‘•Star board!’” repeated Mr.
ITallroom. “why. that's what tin
star boarder gets, of course.”
•—Philadelphia Press.
GOING TO BE AN ART! 37.
Ihe Youth with This Intention Will
Find Scientific Study -
pensnble to Eucce.,
"My son is going to bean . r«.. i,”
said a proud father; “he does not
need to study a lot of scientific
rubbish.”
Perhaps, says Success, this
lather does not know that what
he calls “scientific rubbish” meas
ures the difference between an ar
tisan and an artist, the difference
between l he eommon and tin- su
perb, between mediocrity and ex
cellence. Ji v. s what this man
called “sciontibc rubbish” which
made the difference between the
works of Michael Angelo and
; hose of a hundred other art ists of
his day who have gone info obliv
ion. It was (ids “scientific rub
bish”—studying anatomy for a
dozen years—that gave immortal
ity to the statues of Moses and of
David, and to his paintings, the
“Last Judgment” and "Tin* Story
of < Tea t ion.”
Many an artist of real ability
has failed to produce any great
work of art because of his ignor
anee of just such “seienlitir rub
bish.Of what good is an arlis
tic temperament or genius to the
sculptor who docs not know the
origin, the insertion, and fliecon
fotn of i he various-muscles, who
is not thoroughly familiar with
the human anatomy? Michael
Angelo thought it worth while to
spend a great deal of time upon
the anatomy of a Horse and upon
abstruse mat hemal irs.
EVERYTHING CAN EE DONE.
Difficulties That Appear Insurmount
able at First. Disappear
with Trying.
The things tliut <*an't Ik* done
are growing fewer, writes < 'harles
Austin Bates, in “The Tilings
That Can't Tie I tone,” in Four
Track News.
Not so imiDV years sign mile-a
minute trains were impossible.
Now they are common and we are
confidently awaiting transporta
tion at AH) miles an hour.
If telegraphic messages can he
sent across the world without
wires what is impossible?
If Mr. Tesla had said : “It can't
he done,” he never would have
( 'tie it. lie never would have
t:ied.
Once upon a time a man wrot°
to his friend: “I'm in the hole and
you’ve just got to help me out or
T’ta si urk.”
The friend replied: “Sorry I
can’t help, but if you're in a hole
(hat you t-an't get out of. I’m com
ing to see the hole—it must lie a
wonder."
Oh, yes. He got out. But ac
cordin'*' to ail theory and reason he
t have been able to do if.
It s one of the things that
couldn't be done — and if lie be
lieved it couldn’t—-he wouldn’t.
If a thing looks as if it can’t he
done—look again.
Try.
SHE WAS ALL BUSINESS.
Believed in Economizing Time No
Matter What the Matter in
Hand Might Be.
In a businesslike way a woman
from the country who entered a
Muskegon lawyer’s office, togeth
er with a young couple, explained
that the object of the visit was to
have an application for divorce
drawn up, relates the Detroit Trib
une.
The attorney ventured to re
mark that the couple looked too
young to think of separation, lair
the older woman explained that it
was herself who wanted the di
vorce; that the young lady was
her daughter, who had just se
cured a marriage license to wed
the young man at her side. >he
had been wanting to get a divorce
for some time, she said, but hated
to spare the t ime I o come to town.
However, her daughter having de
cided on matrimony, and being too
young to secure the lieense with
out parental consent, she had to
come anyhow, and could thus give
her consent to her daughter s mar
riage and begin a divorce for her
self.
Had Served Many Times.
‘•1 would like to have this ring
made larger." said the young wom
an. “It's my engagement ring
and—*’
“Tmafraid.” said the goldsmith,
“that it'll have to have an entirely
new setting. It's already been al
tered live times.” —Cleveland
Leader.
ETIQUETTE TAUGHT HERE.
A lo-k Agent Who Was Not Adapted
tc His Part.
“Madam, In •)><:..: n, as th*- uoor
opened, "I am -■ i Y_ a*i ■■tv m • r on
'L - | . j. see
"()ii. \nil ;■!(■!” M it ;■ : •
“Go dev, n tin ie an <•;• a 1 ■ t
oil your feet."
"le-'iu. A- 1 wa- -sitiji.h, u:«* am,
I aovNell—
"Take off your lmt! r: V>.
a st i J... j; • ' . r ■ r >■::!
nuo ’.myour li: ;
"Vts'm. Now. tin li. as I wiu -ay
ing- ’’
"Take your h ' • • : • your
pocket.'! No : i o' h tar
ries his liar, k ' ■ ie"
“Ye-'in. Now. .. T,m. tl is v.<>rk
on *Kti—' ”
“Throw nwr. y ur !■:';•! If a > n
tlmian u.-es t« ■ - ■«!■■■ is car ' : m-t
to di'-gu-t other- hv •' ’..-.I.it.”
e-'m. N . it
your attention to li i- v n,r- <
“Wait. Put t!;;>i dirty 1 am . r
chief out of sigh1.: m] r-e 1 -- ...": -e
on your hair it, : ■ • re \. von
look a hit <h : t. Y ! at■ a
on ‘Etiquette at fat-urn < n; r*
Very well, I don’t v. ant it. I ■ i.!v
the servant .dr!. C, up tl.. ;•> *,
the front < r r.rd d; w '••• ,p(.
lady ol the fiott-,-. She raHed rue a
downri.ht. eutrd le. re ,k ; ' • ’
it idiot thi- :•
book y- u're -- d . > y v at j
require'.” E ; At ■ ,
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
in
l.\\
Formerly the Public Could Look D.reetly
Into the Kitchen.
The jjtoi:111; -v. .i-dovv: , }
the whiti- i: ; i « n m- , ,,m
innovitimn. ()m- n.1.1 uiij”-. ... - ; j ..
W oman 11 • i ,i• ( i, <, •,
1 in llil.l lillin- II! - . ,; - },j ■ ju.
lev'.' oilii i, ai . i l i, ■
bill'd: "W.lh j\ir, lb, ■ I,.,, i;lv
going u’ Itav.- ■->, juj , . |,
to-day."
1 *i (i.tu -■ ; i
surpri-cd ti at ;i nan t , ,
eo well inl'cniH
he himvv.
"Oil. my :=utfi. 1-IV ■
he replied. "A- I fame a J ,.,u .
jiarty oi ml!:! - - r> rv mu- !, m!(,
e>te<1 in " /'-li:! : V mi! wm
down in tlii- hr, m n. | „lr, •
;n.',r 1° ' ' .0 entu.
tamed them, and j ,|,at i{ v.;].
the cook makii:_ an 1,^], „lt.n s} f
f11.'. ;v,"; .u„i„
”t,! “ - - i- j,.... „|V
.,Thl8 f.w 5I,r. UoKinlej a
!dcaV",ml ,!" ;l ': > "l. Hiiiii-liimi i
m,Sh, W ..
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Making It Easier.
“<>■ I st.lnrt
" 1 I II ... ,
you alter you RO home.”, (u,...:,
nati Commercial Tribune
Furnishes the Wind
After an it is the man at the 1
tie end of the horn who make* ]
jnnsic.—Itam’8 Horn
WHAT ARKANSAS
HAS TO DRINK
Interesting Figures Issued by Inter
nal Revenue Department Re
garding Intoxicants.
Darin# tin* fiscal ,\esi \\ln< li
pnd,.(l June 30, U‘04, Arkansas
consumed 4.>0,000 gallons of in
toxicants which had been produc
ed in the state. In addition to
this, of course, there was a vast
amount consumed from other
<iatKS. The bulk of the intoxi
cant' manufactured in this state
consisted of beer and fruit brand
ies,
Vnion# the items mentioned in
lli,. revenue report are the follow
ing; s,7r»0 barrels of beer, con
tainin# 27i.2:»<> gallons, were made
in the state. Tax was paid on N,
ul-j I arreles, amounting to ss.t*l2.
I ... of tax on liquors dis
tilled from grains was §44,7nV.70,
representing I0.BSS.P gallons.
During the past year 13.110.1 gal
h li'of spirits made from fruit
produced u tax of$14,430.01.
On .June 40, Jft04, there were
remaining in I Minded warehouses
7.1 gallons of spirits distilled
limn grain, against A1.A1 *».7 for
the previous year. At the same
ate there were Is,019.(1 gallons
,if fruit brand,\. against 41.449.3
for the ear before.
There are at present 24 grain
distilleri, " in the state that have
; iialili'd. and five that have served
not lee of their intention f • > quailf,V»
Working: Night and Day.
The hieiest and ^mightiest little
filing t lint ever w i' mute iDr.
King > New Life i‘il?>. These
(tills eli.nge weakness into
stiengih. li-l ie>-ne>- into eueigV,
mam-fag into mental power.
I lie v * re wnmlei fnl in iMiildjng up
the health. Only ~<’>e per I mix.
'old 11\ .1, I. St urdn aul. druggist.
STRUCK UY LHiHTNINCi.
Texarkana, Ark., July ate.
During a rain storm at Draper, a
-mall village about i m miles smith
"f here, this afternoon, three men,
whose names eon hi not be learned,
were struek by a bolt of lightning
and rendered insensible for more
than an Imur. Only one of them,
however, was seriously hurt, the
entire sole <d’ one foot being com*
piefely torn off, it is supposed, by
the (*}(■,"trie eunent: as ii left Ids
lx >d.y.
I be men were out getting logs
lor a -awmill. and sought shelter
'•iniler the branches of a tree when
l he rain came.
I'HKUAl I.NS TO KILL TUCKER.
LI Dorado. Ark., July 22.
Lu\ ! ticker, formerly marshal of
FI Dorado and one of (In* princi
pal- in tin- Tucker-Parnell feud,
\ i\ received a I‘tier in
w 1 u«• 11 t!u“ writer said he would
kill him. 1 hr writer said hr whs
not connected with tin* I’arnell
i ticker lend, 1 Kit had read of it
and had decided Tucker deserved*
to die.
In the letter were numbers of
epithets and much abusive langu
age, and some expressions too vile
for public print. The letter bore
the following postmark: "‘St.
Louis, Mo., July lb, J:Ho p. in.
Vunex Station.” it was written
on plain note paper and signed
“Fnemy. ”
--
Lour nice residence lots, two
hloi'ks from Front street, for sale
at a bargain. Apply to (Taig &
iIendersou.
Cheerfully Recommended for
Rheumatism.
D. (j. Highee, Danville, Ills.,
wiites. Dec. 2. 1901 : ‘‘Abouttwo
years ago 1 was laid up for four
months with rheumatism. I tried
Mallard's Snow Liniment; one
bottle curep me. I can cheerfully
recommend it to all suffering from
like affliction.” 25c, 50e, $1.00.
Sold by J. I. Sturdivant,druggist.