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POPULAR SCIENCE.
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o f «and in th e deserts o f A fric a to fro m
90 to 40 feet.
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T h e Q aaees T h a t W e r e P la y e d f a th e
I iM h ic .n ih C .a t a r y .
A fte r th e a d ven t o f the boose o f H a n
o ver the fa vo rite games a t court w ere
“q u ad rille ,“ an im provem ent o f.% n > -
b re." an d “eom m erre." T h e gains and
losses o f th e kings ew.'l queen» were, ns
a rule, restricted to lu 9 guineas. ho t on
T w e lfth N ig h t I t was custom ary fo r
thousands to change hands. O n one
occasion La d y C ow per, a lad y la w a it
ing, refused fo r th e oaks o f her c h il
dren to take pa rt lu th e gam «, as nous
ta t do w n to the ta b le w K h leas th an
£200.
A bo ut the year 1710 a rage fo r
“ w h isk,“ o r w hist, set in, b u t a t first
It was ronsidi red too wise a gam s fo r
ladies to jo in lu. H u m s , th e histo rian,
never w en t to bed w ith o u t bis w h ist,
and even The great Johnson regretted
th a t he h a d not learned to p lay cards.
Io 1742 " H o r ry " W alp olo finds I t abso
lu te ly nceeaiary to learn “w h is k ,”
“h a v in g w aited hi vain f o r - It s being
le ft off.“ W e find him In an oth er le t
te r th re aten in g to butld an a lta r to
“ P a m ” to cointnoniornle the escape of
bis charm ing Duchess o f C ra fto n , who,
it appears, had been playin g cards ia
Borne when she ought to have been a t
a ca rd in al's reception, w here the floor
fe ll In a n d -a ll the monslgnores w ere
precipitated Into th e ce llar I
Cards were so very much in evidence
in his tim e th a t even In vita tio n s were
freq u en tly Issued an d notea w ritte n up
on th e backs o f p layin g cards, which
on th a t account were usually plain,
w ith o u t an y design. T h e ch evalier's
fam ous o rd e r to retre a t a t C ulloden
was w ritte n o p t f r back o f th e n ine o f
h e a rts
"
A fresh atte m p t w as m ade in 1739 to
rem edy th e state o f ga m b lin g la E ng
b u d by passing an act which provided
th a t “an y person keeping a boose or
ether place te gam e In fo rfe its £300,
h a lf te th e proaci-ster and h a lf to the
poor e f th e parish," whereupon twn
iodtos o f tMle. MerdtogMm « M CbaasMh,
who heap open hausss fiar gaashitoK
risianed (h e ir p rivilege n f guarage 4a
erder to teUeerifhtee the pto» r odfsees
troai doing tlirtr duly and euppreariaig
(be public gaming bsosss by tluun.-
Longm an's lla g as te».
T h is to how the presence o f m in d an fi
au dacity o f a Chicago th ie f saved blto
from being locked up: A policem an
<tot.
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nh y -w who recognised him an d kn ew be wag
r
,r hours; .« “ w an ted " pu t him under arrest, w ith
» -t er gs*. the w o rd a “ You a re w an ted a t bead-
t„ug
cate. aL qu arters." "Yea. I kn ow .“ replied the
unheeiihy condi t b lr f q u ick ly. “I eras arreated last
tion of the kid night aa d waa balled o a t th ia m orning.
neys; If it slslus
You a re too slow ." “ I t docs look th a t
yoor llaen tt Is
evidsnee ef kid w ay .” «aid Ih c crestfallen policemen
ney trcdhle; loa i s be to ld th y th ie f he could go. o f
frequent dedra ta w hich perm ission th e th ie f lout no
tim e In s va ilin g him self. L a te r, te h it
chagrin, th e policem an found th a t the
th ie f had not been previously arrested.
and look in the glass— yon will see the effect—
You can't help puckering— it m akes you pucker
to think of tasting it
By the use o f so called cheap Baking
Powders you la k e this puckering, injurious Alum
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dust th a t be had bis liody anoint-
to held water and scalding pain In passing I , 4 w lth o l| aB,j ip r in kled w ith gold «»-
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mornJn|t. „ tb a ,
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lu rm , -he d iy . and to get up many tim e. , f « r t th* ‘ ‘ h* « ’’’ n try In w h ich tra d itio n
dw lcg the night. The mild and tfcs extra- located th is m arrato n a belnt? bus oever
ordinary affect ot S w a m p -R o o t I t soon been explored by a W hite mao.
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8 wi rr a co..
if yos need a medicine y»u ehould have the
beet. Sold by druggist» <r. 50e. »nd$l. sites.
You may have a sample bottle cf thia
wonderful
discovery
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end a boon that t e i l s ^ £ M n ^ * 7 x S 3 |
tbaolutaly firm by mall,
eddraaa D r. Klimar fc aw n U M aw »
Ca., Bteghamten. N . Y . When wrklag
Mao raadtog this generous rifer is this j>
T e say th a t every m en has hto pries
to to deuy th e r x let cue« o f th e great
D e n who b a re died fo r th e ir fu itb and
th e ir ce n n try . Nonsenne! *Tls the tool
pica o f a k u n r * and Issues ont o f the
m onth o f s root. Tbs sterling strength
o f tunu nml wnmau tebukea U evary-
w here. - K<-|iool m aster.
O ulsof liv ed through Ute n
fu i periods c f m odern France.
Relie— t knew, but she go« mad
born In 17h7 am id th e m n tte rln g i o f the
tare It op.
revolution. iJntoot'» pnrrnts were m a r
N e il- T h e Idsn! W h y t
ried by a proMcribed Protestant pastor,
B e l l e - l i e hesdeil It "L in e s on
snd bis b irth w as never legally ksgW b ets F s c r ^ - f 'lt lia d r ip b ls Itecord.
tered. I l l « fa th e r, who was on adpei
cate, uw-d ids ta len t for public srAh-
tug la th e Interests o f 7lw peraecuted
P rotestants and became a m arked m an
A fte r liv in g fo r several weeks In dan
ger o f bis life h e was a t tost arrests«,
u n w illin g ly i noegh, by * geiMtorme w h s
kn ew and respected him.
“S hall I Ir t you esrw per’ said tha
man.
“ A re you m arried?“ replied M. Ooi-
P r a fr o a ta a a l J e a tM a F .
to t,
T b e C o ro c d ls u -l thought you snd
“ Y te. I have tw o children."
M lae P o w r w ere to be m arried th is
“ A nd «o hava I . ” replied the prlseocr. week. 1» It postponed.
" b u t you w ould have to pay fo r me.
T h e H e a v y —G ad. s ir! Rbe a c tu a lly
l e t ns go on."
w an t« bee 11«inc to ap pear before m ine
T h e y w ent ou, sed M . Oiitoot died oa< In tb s w edding aanouncetnaet.—B »
the scaffold a fe w days later. A f this
tim e Francois, the fu tffre statesm an,,
who w o th e eld er o f the tw o children,
w o six an d a h a lf j o r a old and a h ]
w ay« prcecrvcd th e recollect on o f g o -,
lag to see hto fa th e r In prieoo, or w h a t ,
Ik»».«.«.F e t o r i K arri»)«« Û «
g
.. t.
I t m atters not w hether yon can Mm
U u m u a ia th e nam e applied to th e
p a rtia lly decomposed organio. (a n im a l 8 L N ic k , K ris K rin g ls or S ln ta C l a n ;
and vegetable) m a tte r o f the »oil. I t ia o r w hether ha comes by sleigh a a d
the p rin cip a l source o f nitrogen In th e deer o r In an autom obile, he w ill ba
welcome. Can you l.uag ae the patron
■oil.
O y ite r e a t le t* w ill aoan ba on the sa in t o f C hristm as cheer finding n a y
menu o f th e Pacific state». F ifty b a r door barred against hito?
A nd bow good it to, lursooth. fo r M
rels o f the famous Yeso oysters of.
Japan, w h ich g ro w to the len gth o f a to g iro to this Jolly 8u Ntuk th e (re a
foot, w ill be planted In the tid e w a te r dout o f the w orld, and a rig h t-o f-w a y
evsn over our house-tops aad do w n
o f W ash ing ton and Oregon.
T w o French physicians, Sappeller our chim neys
Borne m en sigh a t the annual sea
and T h e b a u lt, th in k they hare found a
specific serum again st sicohoUsm. Th e son o f ho lly and mistletoe, ann groan
serum is derived fro m a horse, w h ich n t the thought ot the C hristinas tree,
has been “ p rim a rily rendered aleoholie and the nlghi-beiere-C hriutruas stook-
by a rtific ia l means,“ and girea to the Ings. bat those same meh v/ou.d miss
dipsom aniac a lastin g distaste fo r alco the g ift tim e, and the h a s tin g and
th e fellow ship, and the good cheer.
holic d rin k .
. I t Is the season when the rb ild ra »
People stru ck b y a new ea r fender
cannot r o ll under th e w h eels.the fender are happiest, and who, a t th a t tints,
la no t a child? “ M en or« but ch lldrsa
being held in a ve rtio ai position in
fro n t o f th e car, and pivoted in such Of a larg e r g r o w th ,' says D ryden, and
a m an n er th a t a b low on Its face Ood pity the m an who ever fu lly out
causes i t to fa ll backw ard and astum a a grow s his c h lld l.tr r i
L e t as a ll fill the bum per, fig u ra tiv e
h o rizo n tal position, w ith tba fr o n t edge
ly speaking, and d rin k a health to
raised to hold th e person.
Birds can be colored, according to C hristm as Um e—to th e gatherin g of
Dr. Bauermsnn, an Austrian, by sup th e fa m ily and frien ds a t the flresida
plying them w ith'food dyed w ith ani and a t th e table groanin g w ith its
line. He obtained pigeons of abesutifu) roast tu rk ey, its « h k l.e n pie, and its
red w ith m ethyltrabrom ofliioriffine. fa t plum puddlr-gTsteam lng hot.
L e t us all be ch ildren lo r th e t i n t
and Others of a fine blue with methyl vi
olet, which is a m ixture of the hydro being— even If. w ith soma o f us. I t
chlorides of pentamethy^iarnri »ani La» o b j a second childhood.— F o u r-
line and hexBirethylpsrarofiinilino. T re e » News.
Canaries esn be clad in rainbow colors.
ROM ANCE OF M IST L ET O E.
A pair of elephant tnrks, the largest
on record, was found recently in the
A h airy Za Flushed for Every Xian
Kilim andjaro district in Africa and
That Ia Giv«n Under the
bought for an American museum for
B ra n c h .
v
»3,5.0. The la rg ir tur.lrm c.i ute« 1C
feet 4 ini bee along the r.tilcr't fin e ar.d
W h a n w a hang o u r rooms w ith h o lly
weigh» 135 poum’k; ihc a fte r 1« a trifit
shorter, and weight p n pound» lets. w reaths aad bunches o f m istletoe we
The record tu»k before these was 9 feel are ..e c tto g up a Um e-honored custom
which can be traced through hundreds
5 inches long and is now in England.
of merr> Christm ases to the days at
E n g lis h tit le s a r e co n fe rred e ith e r
d ire c tly o r In d ire c tly . D ire c tly ,w h e n
no th ir d person reco m m en d , a candi
d a te f o r r o y a l reco gnition , and in d l-'
re c tly w h en a th ir d person bring« a '
ca n d id ate*! nam e fo rw a rd , be having
good and v a lid grounds fo r lin ing so.
I t ia a v e ry easy m a tte r fo r th e
p rim e m in is te r to d i.tia g u is h a nam e
eelabra ted In p o litic s, science, a r t , '
o r lite r a tu r e , an d to deaide w h e th e r
th e m e rits o f a n y given p ro m in e n t
person deserve reco g n itio n a t th e
hands o f th e kin g , s a y s th e B a ltim o re
H e ra ld .
A rm e d w ith th e penibn's approval,
th e p rim e m in is te r now
ta kes th e
n p x t s te p —t h a t is, th e o b ta in in g his
m a je s ty ’s sanction, which 1» never rs-
the Rodto . aJMalU. a a ita and even early
l-ersian i u ^ _ e . O u r ow a custom o f
u v .v iu u iB our ruoiB i comes more Im -
m euiaieiy
Iria n
an cien t Germ any,
w here sw rg re s u s w a r t hung in honor
of the m ia u l ter fe stival.
Tho L r J Ida used to cut the m istletoe
from th e ir «*cied o a ts w ith elaborate
cerem ony; a gciccn k n ife waa used to
sever the parasite fro m the tree. Dup
ing the ceram >n, tw o w & t'.e bulls were
sacrificed, sub iuJ»m and process. onai
fo im c d l a r i ol tbu rive, t'ke ir o .e s a t
Mona, oime la s iu y o ri.e retreat o f th e
B rit,e h Druids. wore cut ddwn by the
all-co nqu ering
Hom ans
and
have
pasted iro ra the p a p . I i r me ae ry , but
th e m iatletoa. whlufi th e o!d L ru ld a
colled •'a ll-h c iiln g ," la s till an object
of veneration, lu some part» of aing-
Aa a gwneral ru le a p la in “Mr." to
tra n s fo rm e d
in to
“ S ir”—-th a t
ia
k n ig h t o r b a ro n e t—and one w h o to
r lr e x d y a “F ir ," end fine done some
»ignal »«rvie« to th e » la te e n titlin g
N ew T o r t , as the leading aaapurt oc
lilrn to ro y a l reco gnition , finds his th e country, to the canter a t an lm -
re w a rd In th e u ltim a te e le v a tio n to p o rtam Industry on which depends la
th e p e e r o M .
.a large m easure the safety of toou-
The to ta l number of peer. I . fust sanda uf ocean Iravators, says th e
under «00 w hile the baro n ets ex< end P hiladelp hia Ledger. T h is Is th e m an
BOO, and t i e kn ig h ts niHober 1,00.
ufacturing, and pa rticu larly the ratin g ,
L e tte r» p a te n t accom pany th e con o f m arin e
chronom eter*.
N e a rly
fe r r in g < f a t il hi on an in d ivh lim l. erery shipmaster, upon entering N ew
T h e y ta k e th e fo rm o f a ro y a l ipan-
Y o rk a fte r an oceau voyage, ob'ulns
dam ua, and the lnanlng of the docu
m ents la a co stly m a lic e , w hich has
hie chronom eter, so th a t t t m ay ba
to be b o rn e by th e ennobled; fSOQ 1» rated according
to standard
tim e.
p ra c tic a lly th e am o u n t o f th e fe e a T h is ra tin g may he likened to .th e
now k n ig h t has to p a y jp v th e le tte r s
d a lly comparison which the m an w ltu
p a te n t conveying th e ro y a l a u th o r the flno watch m akes w ith Ma je w
ity . A b a ro n e t'« lia b ilitie s a re about
eler's tlmeptses.
th e same.
In the ease of a chronom eter th e ad
W hen a “ M r .“ o r a “S ir." to ad ju s te r keeps a careful record o f Its
vised o f th e ro y a l In te n tio n to ele
va ria tio n , aad th is record goes w ith
va te e ith e r to th e d ig n ity o f b a ro n ,
the d o e s when It Is returned to the
th e le tte r s
p a te n t conveying th e
ship
T h e Im portance to a captaia o f
ro y a l a u th o r ity e s rrlc» a fe e 'o f 9730;
kn ow in g w hether bis ehronoi
er is
o f a vtcanuut, n.oon; an e a rl, f l . t k l ;
runn ing fast o r slow cannot be
>er-
a m arq u is . tl.SOO, and a duke, «1,750.
ettim ated , for, alth o u g h . I t m at -s ry
W h e n L o rd ’R o b erta waa pro m o ted
only five seconds a m onth, each sto-
to th e d ig n ity o f an ea rld o m n a a re
oud m akes a difference of to u r tulles
w a rd f o r hia services In Month A f In a ship's course, aad a m istake of
rica, he had to fo rw a rd a check fo r
such s short distance, tf no t corrected,
«1,750 to th e a u th o ritie s o f th e col ■ rig h t resu lt la a wreck and the l u u
lege o f a rm s fo r th e p a rc h m en t con o f m any lives. K n o w in g the exact
firm in g h is new title .
va ria tio n o f hto chronom eter, the cap
B u t to be fine? »1.750 fo r m a rr y in g
ta in to, therefore, able to m ake the
a princess in h a rd e r s llll. W hen th e
necessary allowance to r I t when he
c a rl o f F ife —as he w as th e n —be-
ascertains the latitu d e and km g iiu d e
o f the vessel a lte r ta k in g his Sight, d f.
c f IV » lex. Queen V tcto rtu . a t th e w ad In o ther words, afto r determ inin g the
d in g b re a k fa s t w hich ("B ow ed th e
angular position of the sun through
henne e«f*en»owv, d rn n k to
th e
the nss o f the s e x ta n t
“k r a it h o f th e du ke o f F ife ."
M any o f the large ocean liners carry
T h n t d rin k coet th e
»«snl-royal
th re e ehrooometore. the o rd in a ry ves
brid eevo nn , th e am nn nt o f his le tte rs
sel one and the
deep-water ships
p a te n t confirmin-v th e dukedom .
sometim es tw o o r three, but the Ilfs
I t la a «ertoli» Ite m w hen e m en
o f an ocean tim epiece, t f w e ll takes
la m ade a peer. B aro n ets o r kn ig h ts
care of, to 100 years sod mure, and
v v w r no rohea: p e t w do.
A peer's
accordingly the m aker has to m eet no
robe Is m ade o f v e ry fine ro y s l seer-
great demand. A a a m a tte r or fa n ,
1st clo th , e u lts b ly trim m e d w ith e r a chronometer really goes out of eerv
m ine. th e ra n k o f th e w w arcr b rin g
Ics only"“wneo it sinks w ith a vessel
k n o w n b y th e n u m b e r c f erm in e hers
A shipm aster, when shout to abandon
which en circle th e nppes o r «h n u ld rr
h it command a t see, M v a ria b ly tiiln -«
p o rt o f th e robe. A dn kc »hows fo u r
o f fo u r thing» th a t should ho s ite d
o f th e re bare, a m xrq ul» th re e sm l a
his logbook, ««xtnat, compete ar.il
h a lf, a n e a rl th re e , a vtoeount tw o ,
chronom eter W ith th«e» end a tw..
and r. b aro n one.
supply a f pr irtetoae he feels a cer
T h e eoat o f e peer’s ro b e verics
ta in «cites of veenrity when he rl« U
so m e w h at, b u t th e av era g e price paid
hto life In on open beat. A d«r«llc1
fo r a set is «bout «L000.
w ith a chronom eter on board I » Indeed
C oronet»— th e y a re o f e llv e r-g ilt,
a ra rity .
And w h in one readc of »
n o t o f «olid gold— coat fro m » 1 « to
captain who hoe been unable u> «av»
«75« »niece.
bis cbrr«M'iue4ar tba story
to ta-
T h e naw lo rd , on b r in g enmm oned
to C 'è house o f lords, atten d s, a r
rayed In hto official robes, and to In
trod uced to th e lo rd ch ancello r sod
in f o r m - 11 v to th e m em bers o f th e
hone« o f lo rd e b y tw o peers o f hto
ow n rnnh.
On w -ilW n g dow n th e flo o r o f the
house th e new lo rd snd th e
tw .'
I t m ay go P iruush Jra, ■alpw r’“ « an t
cccrs b e w th re » tim e s to th e th ro ne
other peril 1 of the wo, bat rarely do«
t '.a nlu-Im nee being ackU ow leilirrd by
the re iu lA r Ctattnvt B e rin g m a r ato|
th e lo rd ch n n crB o r,w h o reeetvci fro m
fo rever. If a c tp ta .n diss o r hto vee-
th e n c w ro w ier th e le tte r a p a te n t r e
sal la com c o n e d it 9nds another ow n
la tin g to th e e le v a li« « .
er o r a a o th tr berth utd th is it shifts
T h e ro y a l a u th o rity te road aa a
m a tte r o f fo r m , and th e doeum ent to
hands (o n tia tia tty and travatln s at
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