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PARIS. May 9. A man carried tfc
crown jewel of France In
shabby valise through the streets of
Par I a.
Not a vehicle to be had. All taxis
and auto-'busses were rushing soldiers
to the battle of the Marne. The enemy
was thundering down on the capital.
The shabby valise stopped at a mod
est flat. The director of National Mu
seums handed It to the Under-Secretary
of State for the Beaux-Arts and
took a receipt. Three days the shabby
vallee stayed In the modest flat until
the Beaux-Arts man could get a train
for X . (The railroads were packed
with arriving troops and fleeing Pari
sians.) At X the Beaux-Arts man
took a receipt from an obscure French
hank. Its fireproof safe shelters the
crown Jewels. Since Francis I what
adventures have they not risked?
The Regent's diamond! The value of
the world's great stories does not de
pend on their size alone, but on their
history, and the world's great person
ages who wore them, loved them, lost
them, or committed crimes to win them.
This perfect diamond of 137 carats
(the Koh-t-noor weighs 106 carats)
came to Europe In the pocket of Pitt,
the English statesman. He had
bought it In Golconda, from one J am el -chund,
a Hindoo merchant as Pitt
published In a pamphlet aimed to mit
igate Pope's lines against him in "The
Man of Ross":
"Asleep and naked as the Indian lay.
An honest factor stole the gem away."
He sold it dirt-cheap to the dissolute
French Regent for 135,000 pounds. To
day It Is worth anything up to $6,000,
000. It became chief of the French Crown
Jewels which were to get Louis XVI
Into his first troubles. It was worn by
Louis XV, Marie Leszczinska, Mme. de
Pompadour, and Marie Antoinette.
They always put it back, honestly.
Then, one day, Louis XVI took a paltry
$75,000 worth of small diamonds and
rubies from the Crown Junk, to make
up a little private Jewel for Marie
Antoinette, and. later, $100,000 worth
more, to pay a certain debt of hers.
The National Assembly called It steal
ing, and ordered all the Crown Jewels
to be deposited In the National strong
room, where they were famously stolen
In a lump, by the Mlette band.
How the King laughed. In the great
est police Inquiry of the time most of
the stones were recovered. Only the
Regent eluded search. Finally it was
found In the hands of a wine-shop
keeper, who had bought it of an un
known, for $20. Later, Napoleon wore
It in the pommel of a sword.
Some would almost rather have the
Hitch Your Wagon to a Star
A LITTLE boy was one day pass
ing a country school, when he
heard the children within sing a song,
every verse of which ended "Paddle
jour own canoe."
"That's a fine motto," he said half
aloud, "I will use it. I will 'paddle my
own canoe." " And all through his life,
although he had setbacks and misfor
tunes, he pushed ahead, up stream,
against tide and wind, until he
launched his little canoe of life Into
clear waters.
Have you a motto to guide you?
On the 25th of May we commem
orate the birthday of one of our great
American writers Ralph Waldo Em
erson, who was born in 1803.
Among the many wise things he
said in his writings was this: "Hitch
jour wagon to a star."
Why not make this your motto?
Your wagon is your life. It should
e nlled with such ideals that a star
In heaven would not be too lofty a
place to which to hitch it.
Emerson himself had such ideals and
his life was a motto in Itself.
Here are Just a few words of hope
and courage and Inspiration of his that
should be learned by heart:
"The flrst wealth Is health."
"There are 20 ways of going to a
1 Will Paddle My Own Canoe."
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Mazarln or Peachblow diamond, though
valued at only $500,000 as a atone. The
romantlo Cardinal-Minister (who se
cretly married the widowed queen, the
equally romantlo Anne of Austria)
wept over the Peachblow, among his
treasures. "Must I leave youT" The
wonderful stone was found on the Ijpdy
of the Duke of Burgundy, as he lay
dead in the Swiss swamp after the bat
tle of Granson, by the same Swiss
soldier who sold the Florentine Bril
liant now belonging to the Emperor
of Austria to a priest for one florin.
It was bought by the King of Portugal.
A hundred years later a French baron
secured it for his king, the romantic
Henri IV. Sent by the hand of a
faithful servant, the latter was at
tacked, swallowed the stone and "after
his death, it was found in his body."
Later, it came into the hands of Charles
I of England, passed to his son before
he was beheaded, and was that "sole
Jewel remaining" which the wandering
Prince Charlie, in Dumas' "Twenty
Tears After" sold to Mazarin for 125.
000. .Mazarin left it to the French
Crown; and here It is.
An immense ruby has an even grand
er history. It glows blood-red. like a
fire, shaped like a chimera or a great
effulgent flea against a white velvet
background, ordinarily, above the cen
ter of Napoleon's sword.
It Is one of the largest rubies in the
world. Am a stone, merely for cutting.
It would fetch between $1,500,000 and
$2,000,000. But It came to Europe with
the Moors of Grenada. Peter the Cruel
murdered one of their princes to snatch
It from his bosom as is told In Dumas'
"Batard de Mauleon." By way of the
reigning House of Foix. it came to
Anne of Brittany. And Francis I made
It the foundation stone of the French
crown Jewels, when he started the col
lection in 1630.
The collection is regularly shown In
the Gallery of Apollo of the Louvre. At
night, the Inside of the case is let
down. by heavy winch work. Into a
point and one is shortest; but set out
at once on one."
"Be content with a little light, so it
be your own."
"A man should make life and nature
happier to us or he had better never
been born."
"Be sure to read no mean books.
Consider what you have In the small
est chosen library."
"So high is grandeur to our dust.
So near is God to man.
When duty whispera low. 'Thou must,'
The youth replies 'I can." "
The Feast of Cherries
ONE Spring time over 300 years ago
a strange disease came upon the
cherry trees In the west central
part of Germany, and the greater num
ber of them died.
Now old and young loved cherries,
and this trouble caused sadness among
the people in German-Saxony. A cer
tain rich merchant of Naumburg.
whose name was Wolff, owned a large
orchard and he. through his skill, man
aged to keep his trees from the disease.
This same Spring time, in May. the
City of Naumburg was besieged. A
war broke out and the enemy declared
that when they took the city It would
fare badly with every man, woman
and child.
The people of Naumburg fought their
enemy bravely, and were pretty sure of
a victory when a famine began to
frighten them and soon they saw that
they must either die 'of hunger or sur
render the city. The poor folk within
the city limits were suffering from
hunger, and the enemy without was
dying for thirst, for that May was an
unusually hot one and the sun had
dried up every spring and brook.
One early morning the merchant
Wolff, while walking through Ms or
chard and admiring the richly laden
cherry branches, had this happy
thought, "I will save my beloved city
by means of my cherry trees, and the
children of Naumburg shall help
me."
He called together 300 little boys
and girls, robed them in white, gave
each a branch of the cherry tree laden
with fruit, and then bade them march
around the city's limit.
It was a strange eight, this parade
of white7robed children, and when the
leader of the enemy saw them approach
waving their branches, he thought It
a joke, and then laughed uproariously.
Then he remembered bis vow to put
them to death, but when be cam close
.and saw their pais thin faces, he
TITE SUNDAY OREGOXIATf, POTITLAND, MAT 23, 1915.
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fire and burglar-proof steel case be
neath the flooring. One morning, with
my phgtographer, I saw it come. up.
The sun was striking the east windows
of the Gallery, where sleepless Charles
IX used to promenade lonely at day
break with his little dogs, waiting for
the court to wake. Hera, too, fell the
Huguenot gentlemen "marked to kill"
on St. Bartholomew's after fleeing
from chamber to chamber all except
De Lezac, who crazily took refuge be
hind the bed of Princess Margot.
As the winch worked, the steel case
came up.' The sunlight pouring into
the windows, glinted topaz, amethyst,
and emerald, pearly chrystoberyl, dia
monds, rubies, green Jargoons and
burning carbuncles from an extraor
dinary gold edifice that rose between
two crowns. Last glory of the Old
Regime It was the Commemorative
Monument of the Peace of Teschen in
1779. It Is a chef-d'oeuvre of German
goldsmith-Jewelers' art, worth $1,
000,000, and the Germans would be glad
to get It. It commemorates the end
of the war of the Bavarian Succession.
To its right is the crown of Louis
XV. but robbed of its important Jewels:
thought of his own children at home,
and he hesitated.
"Eat of our fruit." the children cried.
"Taste our cherries, they are Juicy."
The thirsty soldiers needed no second
bidding, and the cool Juicy fruit
relieved their parched throats. A
cheer of thanksgiving went . up, and
Herr Wolff from a distance saw that
his plan had" worked. Not only did
the general allow the children to go
unhurt, but he sent wagon loads of
food to their hungry parents and
openly acknowledged "Your children
won the day."
The next year on the anniversary
of that day in May the people of
Naumburg celebrated "The Feast of
It Was Strange light. This Parade
Wttlte-Asbcd Children.
Cherries" and the children were again
robed in white and marched through
the streets waving- branches of the
beloved cherry tree.
From that day to this "The Feast of
Cherries" is celebrated in Naumburg
in the latter part of May. It is then
that the children are taken to the park
and are allowed the freedom of the
swings and carrousels. They may also
eat all the cherries they care to, and
have, la a general way, a royal good
time.
A great nation can feel its eats just
like a frisky colt can.
fwor ct -. of Aoon?
to the left, the crown of Napoleon the
Great,, which he copied exactly from
the crown of Charlemagne at Aix
where the great old corpse sits with it
on his head, in his tomb, scene of the
conspiracy- in "Hernani." All the stones
are genuine antiques, worth anything.
Below thein, regularly, are exhib
ited a jeweled watch given by the Bey
of Tunis to Louis XIV, a jeweled Or
der of the Elephant of Denmark (kept
for no one knows what reason), a
Reliquary Brooch worth $300,000, and,
around It. the modern pearl necklace
bequeathed by Mme. Thiers, and valued
at $250,000. Then, a pile of colored
lights, a blinding mass of prismatic
colors, like a heap of electricity, foun
tain of dancing rays the sword-hilt
of Napoleon! It sums up the crown
jewels, which he sacked to make his
perfect collection of diamonds, valued
60 years ago at $2,000,000, but impos
sible to replace today for double.
Every stone Is a perfect water. Na
poleon broke up famous historic Jewel
ry to get them for his sword-hilt!
The rest of the Crown. Jewels were
sold at public auction in 1886, when
they fetched the ridiculously low price
Ants and Their Own Cows
IT MAY surprise you to learn that
ants keep cows; and, moreover,
that they milk them. Of course, if you
saw one of them you wouldn't know it
to be a cow, for It doesn't look the
least bit like a "bossy." It is an in
sect, called aphis, and looks something
like a mosquito. More than one of
them are referred to as aphides.
Milking time in an ant hill is a very
Interesting occasion. Here is an ant.
thirsty for milk, and there is a "cow,"
let us suppose, and see what happens.
The ant bas two little feelers which
stand straight up on the front of bis
bead. They are called antennae and
are as useful to him as your arms are
to you.
Well, the ant strokes the cow with
these little antennae, carefully and
patiently. In a little while the cow
exudes a tiny drop of moisture or
milk which the ant drinks with great
gusto. A remarkable fact about it all
Is that the aphis, or cow, doesn't in the
least mind being milked. In fact, she
rather likes it and stands very still,
sever kicking as so many real cows do.
At certain periods the aphides lay
whit "eggs," and the ants protect
these eggs most carefully, keeping
them in the dark places of their ant
hill, for light destroys them.
The ants are wonderful little crea
tures. Beneath their hills are many,
many rooms much larger in proportion
to their size than our average rooms
are in comparison to man's stature. In
some of these rooms they store their
eggs and in others tbey put away
seeds and other food for Winter use.
They also take good car to see that
no barm comes to the eggs from which
their cows will be batched.
When night comes, th last ants to
enter through th opening In the hill
stop it up with earth. And to raak
sure of safety, they place several of
their cumber on guard as sentries to
give warning if aa enemy approaches.
If such a thing happen, out dart th
soldier ants, th little fellows with
big powerful jaws, and bravely attack
the Intruder.
If you doubt an ant's strength. Just
think of the size of th things yon
have often seen him carrying along
the ground to his hilL Perhaps it is
a crust, or a big bug; but often It is
many times bis own size and weight
THE LOCATION,
On flay Teacher was explaining ge
ography. She asked where Nicaragua
of $1,500,000. Today the Sancy dia
mond alone would bring that! They
were not numerous, Louis XVIII. flee
ing, lost some on the road to Ghent.
Charles X fleeing, mislaid some on the
road to Rambouillet. The Republic of
1S4S. transferring them to the Finances,
lost a lot more. And, after the fall of
Napoleon III, a batch was mislaid on
the road to Brest Arsenal. . . .
None will be mislaid, this time
for three men, only, have their charge.
A country bank has the shabby valise
in Its safe. And only two men know
In what French town it is!
For the other treasures of the
Louvre, the task was more complicated.
Great moving vans were driven into
Interior courts of the Palace. Seven
hundred and twenty paintings and
sculptures, of all schools, lands and
periods, the cream, inestimable chefs
d'oeuvres of the great collection, were
moved to "sure destinations" without
anybody noticing.
The Venus of Milo, alone, weighs
6600 pounds. In 1870, she did not quit
was. Little Bobble was collecting post
age stamps, so he thought he knew.
Up went his hand, and to the question,
"Where is Nicaragua r he promptly
replied: "It's on page 78. and it pro-
duces more sets of stamps than any
Other country of its size In the world."
Playing School
tipv EARIE roe! Isn't a rainy Sunday
if - awfully poky?" sighed Laura.
"Yes. I miss school because I love
my teacher." answered Bobby.
"Let's play school, and I'll be Miss
Mamie, will your asked Laura,
"Yes, let's." said Lucy, and Id a
twinkling Bobby and Lucy had gotten
their slates and pencils and war
seated before their little school ma'am.
"Attention!" said Laura, alias Miss
Mamie. "The class in arithmetlo com
up front."
Up marched the school in a body.
"Now, Master Bobby, how much are
nine peaches and seven pears? Tell m
that, sir, ulckly."
"Fifteen." promptly answered Bobby.
"You may go down taiL" said Laura.
"Lucy, you answer, pleas."
"I I don't know," stammered
Luey.
"I sha'n't play with you, 'cause you
are trying to make us fall," said
Bobby. "I never fail in real school,"
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"The Class In Arithmetic. Cant 17
Frost."
the Louvre, but was buried deep in a
cellar, with, on top of her a "false
cache," to deceive boxes of police
papers and court registers, which, had
they been found, would seem the suf
ficient explanation, and no one would
seek further.
The Joconde (Moan Lisa), the Rem
brandts, Holbeins, Watteaus, Bouchers,
Rubens; the great modern paintings
and sculptures of the Luxemburg; the
decorative art objects, glory of the
Cluny; the cream of municipal collec
tions. Petit Palais, Carnavalet. and
Galllra; the priceless relics of ' Ver
sailles; and the historic tapestries of
the Presidential Palace and the Minis
tries at Paris 14 van loads of such
were calculated to be worth $1,000,000,
000! The "Angelus" of Millet was a
detail among them. Bo the "Million-
"Try again. If you ate nine peaches
and seven pears what would that
amount to?"
"A pain in my stomach," answered
Bobby quickly.
Lucy laughed out loud and Laura
tried to look stern.
"What is the capital of Turkey?"
asked Teacher. -
"T," answered Lucy.
Bobby laughed this time.
"Bobby, do you know how to make a
Maltese cross?"
"Yes, ma'am," answered Bobby.
"That's fine," said Laura. "I'm glad
to hear you so prompt with your an
swer. Go to the board and show us
how you make a Maltese cross."
"Why, Just pull her tall, that's all."
laughed Bobby.
OUR PUZZLE CORNER 3
EXIGMA.
My first is in Jonquil, but not in rose.
My second is in ear, but not in nose;
My third Is in come, but not in go.
My fourth Is in knit, but not In sew;
My fifth is In sell, but in buy.
My sixth Is in low, but not in high;
My seventh Is in bun, but not in pie.
My whole Is the nam of a man who
was President of the United States
many years ago.
JUJIBLB
There are 27 animals and birds in this
ANSWER: 3 Rabbits. 1 Cow. S Cats. S Dogs. 2 Foxes. 2 Squirrels. 1 OvL
S Chickens. 1 Goose, t Ducks. I Figs, t KaU. Bears. 1 Hippopotamus.
1 Elephant.
dollar Velasquez." And King Louis
XV'i "boudoir furniture." for which
Plerpont Morgan left a standing offer
of $2,000, OuO!
From the Palace of Fontainebleau.
all tho precious objects, historic tables,
cabinets, sofas, beds, rugs, carpets,
consoles; and b 2 very precious clocks
were sent by van to somewhere in
Anjou or the Vendee. Many precious
objects of Versailles were walled up in
unsuspicious parts of the great palace
arranged for the purpose by the origi
nal architects of the old Kings!
At Compiegne, the celebrated tapes
tries were moved secretly, by night.
The Germans arriving. General to
Marwitz asked: "Where are the tapes
tries?" The keeper of the Palace.
Gabriel Mourey, answered courteously.
"My General, all my regrets) The
tapestries are being repaired."
"Now, Lucy, can you tell in what
an island is?"
"Yes. Miss Laura I mean Miss Ma
miean island is a pimple on th
ocean."
"A queer definition, but a very ex
pressive one. Now who can tell me
what a mountain is?"
"I can, teacher." said Bobby, raising
his hand frantically.
"That's fine. What is a mountain?"
t. wart on the face of the earth."
Lucy burst Into laughter.
"You may stand in th corner for
laughing. Miss." said Laura sharply.
"I won't," retorted Lucy.
"I wouldn't either." frowned Bobby.
"Then," said the little school ma'am,
throwing up her hands. "I won't play."
WORD HQIARR.
A large plant having a woodq
1.
trunk.
2. To peruse.
3. To gain by labor,
4. A girl's name.
Enigma, Jackson.
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