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"Ith." »Its cried. ”wby doe» one have
to »Imp in the city? Everything I» a>i
hurried, c nfused, compiei. distracting
anti nerve destroying! If I were old J
truck at East Norley!
"I.a»t summer while I wsa there I
bad to buy a yard of dark blue ribbon,
and I drove over to tbe one store at
the < roasruad» to get it. It took »nine
five minutes to convince tbe amiable
proprietor that I really wanted dark
blue and could not be [rersnaded to ac
cept light Instead, which be considered
more suitable mid becoming to a fair
complextoned person of my years; be
added reassuringly that anybody under
forty was not too young for baby blue.
“Another live minutes were given up
to his incredulous reluctance to believe
that two inches wide would not do as
well as three, especially as the three
inch width hud lieeu mislaid on a top
shelf and lie would have to get a step
ladder to get it down. Several more
minutes passed in the search for tlie
ladder, Its hilrorions portage from the
'cellar. Its erection and repair with a
piece of twine, the brace» being broken,
and Ids final ascent to tlie dim and
«lusty up|MT region, whence the liox of
wide riblrons was at length produced.
"I found a shade that would do, and
he leisurely measured off a yard, fin
gered it, then paused to rub a per
plexed ear and smile ingratiatingly.
" 'Fact is.’ be confided sweetly, ‘1
sold the last pair of scissors In the
store Just before you came In, and I’ve
forgotten my Jackknife. It's kind of
awkward cutting it off, but I'll man-
age somehow, I guess there's an ax
iu the shed.’
“He curried the silken roll away
with him as be started with comforts
ble deliberation to find the ax, which,
though the hunt for it was long and
persevering, evidently could not be
found, for we caught a glimpse of him
at last through tlie half o|>en door to
the I nick sliop severing the required
yard of rlblHin with an old chisel.
“It was all so serene, so soothing and
so satisfactory! I believe I shouldn't
be n wreck before New Year's every
winter if 1 could only do my Christ
mas shopping at the East Norley gen
eral emporium.”—Youth’» Companion.
FRUITS AND FLOWERS.
In setting out an orchard keep to
gether all trees of the same variety.
Good garden soil is g<ssl for pot
plants, but can lie improved by the ad
dition of leaf mold.
Weak rosebushes may often tie made
to grow by giving them an occasional
watering with liquid manure.
one advantage with small fruits is
that they can be made to furnish a
supply long before trees come into bear
Ing.
In planting a border don’t plant every
thing in rows. A row of hollyhocks,
for Instance, Isn’t half ns attractive as
irregularly placed groups that break
the outline.
With pot plants in a general way too
little water Is better than too much.
The dropping leaves indicating drought
are mere easily remedied than yellow
leaves, tlie result of being kept too
wet
In preparing pots for plants the
pieces of brokeu pots or crockery in the
bottom should never be omitted, , as
without proper drainage the soil tie
comes sour, the plants languish and
i
the leaves become yellowish.
No Need to Adjiioro.
The legislature of a certain state was
tardy In adjourning one session, al
though there seemed to lie no lmpor
taut business under consideration.
Judge Jones, one of the legislators,
was met by a friend in tlie street one
hot morning, and the two stopped to
talk under tlie shade of an awning.
”Goin’ to clear out pretty soon,
JedgeY’
"I suppose so,” answered the states
man, mopping liis brow.
“Anything much goin’ on down at
tlie cnpltol?"
"No."
“Why don’t they wind up. then?”
"Well, that's Just the trouble. There's
nothing but a lot of petty business to
bother us, and we don’t mind that 1
wish something important would come
up, and then the motion to adjourn
would be In order.”
Flnvllnh In Englund.
l.»< If >(ftht h»d ■Mil M
h> fw-d the »«<«■* tut a short Hi
requested that he »end money |<
over the I«■! »yell
the »Indent
tiadl I he tieeveaary coin I rmh hie already
rapidly diiuinMilng little l«nk fireouat
! and «ent It 1» Ills friend. That was lite
I last he heard from him. There was no
reply to hi» lettersand he t<».k advan-
lagr of a vMkttam to visit the ranch,
whh-li was in an adjoining Blate, and
invretigate the cause of his friend'»
strange allene». Arriving Iu the tow u
he wan driven hi the ranch only to llud
it deserter! and hut a live animal on the
place. The owner discovered that ou
receipt of bi» last money order, bis so-
called friend whom tie had tried to as
sist, had sold everything, pocketed a
neat sum ami fled to parts unknown.
All effort» to trace him proved fruitless.
Forced to give Up Ills college career, lie
came to California and launched out
Into a business that took hliu into vari
ous |iarts of tlie country. One day as
he left tlie hotel ill a country town lie
came face to face with the man who
had defrauded him and whom he bad
I mcii seeking. A more forlorn and piti
ful-looking object one could not well
imagine. He had lost Ills hands and
one arm up to the shoulder: liis face
was scarred and seamed and lie was
ragged and dirty, au outcast and a
Inuup upon tlie road. He staggered
back in terror when lie first saw tlie
man lie bad wronged and then ad
vanced. “1 supisise you are after me,”
lie said. “Since I treated you the way
I did misfortune has followed in my
fisitsteps. 1 haven’t had one happy
moment. I have lieeu cut to pieces iu
a logging camp and maimed for life.
Pity it didn’t kill me. 1 have n't lieen
out of the hospital long, so 1 haven’t a
tiling to make restitution. I’m your
prisoner. Lead on and 1 will follow.”
“I think you have been puuished suffi
ciently by a higher power and 1 have
no wish to prosecute you. Your guilty
i-ouscieiice is enough,” lie said, as lie
turned and left tlie wretched nmn
standing in the pathway."
prep»«
of th* y
they have ii
the • brt»tma»
pur* ba»iog to lefiu • > early. 1‘ieaitdy
the reatttUf for this m Dial the merchant«
have never Iwfore displayed toy» ami
everything destined for the holiday
trade mi early as the very first days of
Novemlier. In fact, Mime of the mer
chant» bad their »Iwrw-window» filled
tile last two weeks III October with hol
iday oveil les. Buch pretty and at
tractive toys they are showing, ai <1
they range from tlie rattle, varying in
price from five cents Io a couple of dol
lars, to bicycles, tricycle» in all vanetie»
of prices, according to tbe make. Every
one can be suited. There does uot seem
to lie mi great a demand lor fancy work
that Is, the working of pillow top»,
etc , for they cau purclume such attrac
tive articles anti lieautiful at that, for
so small a figure that it does Hot pay
them to »pend their time in working
tbe designs, let alone tbe cost of ma
terials. Tbe stores are fillet! with pur
chasers, all evidently intent on avoid
ing the I'liristmas iusli by buying now.
They are wise. They have the time
now ami a lietter op|s>rluuity of pro
curing wliat they want, making their
selection is-fore everything has lieeu
picked over. Tlie clerks are not rushed
anti cat. devote tlie time to attending
to their wants. Polly does not wonder
tliat so many girls faint at tlie counters
during tlie X-uiaa rush. Hometimes
the customers are standing four or live
deep waiting impatiently to be waited
on or demanding where their purchase
is that they should have had at an
early hour on the day previous or con
tending that they have not received
the right change. .Sometimes half a
dozen are trying to talk at once. The
iiew ildered girls listen to this from early
in the morning till late at night, and it
is no wonder tliat they lose conscious
ness. All told, it is the liest tiling to
do to commence laying in your holiday
supply as early as |sisMilde, and tlie
merchants have wisely made this tiling
BRIEF REVIEW
convenient by iqs-ning up their Christ
mas in voice of gistds early in tlie season.
Pneumatic Tires Unnecessary.
« « « «
By a simple device placet! la-tween
To save time and insure the salesgirls the running gear and the Issiy ot a
iieing prompt every day for from two heavy automobile and given its first
three weeks lieforet luistnias the < lerks
trial recently, the problem of the pneu
are compelled to take their luncheons
matic tire may possibly lie solved. The
and suppers down town and are given device eoiisiats of small springs regu
alsiut twenty minutes to enjoy their late l by an air cushion anil carries the
meals. The pnqirietors of tlie stores Issiy of the vehicle over a rough sur
secure a room in the building and a face as comfortably as it could la- car
cook furnishes hot coflee, soup, or any ried l>y pneumatic tires, on which, ac
thing else tliat may is- desired. The cording to the Inventor, renders the use
girls usually bring their luncheons or of pneumatic tires unnecessary. The
make a few purchases at the numerous tent w as made on an automobile of forty
delicatessen itores in tlie vicinity and horae-|M>wer and weighing alsuit 2400
with tlie hot coffee have a fairly good |H>unds. The teat seemed to l>e emi
meal and are back in their places in nently satisfactory. Solid rubber tires
less time than it would take them to go had iteen placed on thenar wheels of
to their homes.
the machine and the device was at
»•»•
tached to the running gear. The auto
Every boy some time or other in his mobile was driven over the roughest
life makes a rasli vow that when he pavements that could lie found on the
grows up he is going to annihilate some
West Side, New York, thoroughfares.
body or do soniedreadful tiling to atone How im|M>rtant such an invention will
for some grievance that he is cherish tie to tlie automobile trade may be real
ing in liis rebellious little heart just as ized when it is rememliered bow much
soon as he is big enough. How belongs
of the trouble encountered in automo-
to Is- a man, and what pictures he billng is from puncturing ami the dis
weaves for himself of how he will make
ablement of pneumatic tires.
the party squirm who is res|M>nsible for
all liis childish misery. Usually they
New Device for Fighting Fires.
outgrow tills desire to do liodily harm
An interesting piece of machinery
to their intended victim, but there are known as the pneumatic fire-fighting
cases where they never lose sight of tower that has recently lieeu introduced
their vow. Tlie following is an instance ill Pittsburg. The real nevelty iu the
of tins kind. Some forty odd years device is the mechanism by which the
ago Julia Dunfee, now a millionaire four ladders are operated. They are
contractor, was a ragged tssitblack. He attached to steel tubes which telescope
sat down oil the ste|>s of the Pike into each other. These are mounted on
block to eat his lunch, when the janitor a steel tank, which contains the air.
spied him and emptied a pail of dirty The pressure carried is 2nd pounds, ami
water on him from an upper window. the ladders can lie raised and lowered
The boy was filled with wratli and he with fifty pounds of air. It is the cus
called out, “I’ll own this bloek some tom to fasten a man to the top section
day and I'll fire you.” The other day before it is hoisted. He can take a line
Dunfee bought the block from Henry of boae, hook it to the ladder and have
Dugrud and is now the sole owner of it raised with him. With other exten
this valuable pro|>erty, which is in the sion ladders hose has to be carried up
center of the business district and is by hand. This ladder standing in the
valued at >225,000. The objectionable air will permit a fireman to play water
janitor is not in the block now. “If he into a window without having to have
was," says Dunfee, "I would keep my bis ladder against the building, so that
promise and fire him quick.” People the flames siiiMitiug from a window will
wlio heard tlie ragged little boy’s threat not scorch him.
no doubt smiled at his vow, yet in the
Light and Mechanical Pressure.
heart of the angry child that vow sank
Perhaps the most interesting single
deep, and lie commenced paving the
way by tlirilt, economy and speculating achievement of the year 11411 was the
with his small funds to do just wliat he ex|ieriuiental proof that light exerts a
had said he would do. He owned the mechanical pressure. The fact had l>een
block, but no doubt if that old janitor foretold by Clerk-Maxwell from pure
had still Iwen on the premises his heart theory. It was verified by experiment,
would have relented and lie would have Ixitli in Europe and America. The
showed more feeling for the gray-liaired premureon a square meter is four-tenths
janitor and would have forgiven him of a milligram for alMilutely black Issl-
then and there anil return gissl for evil. dies and double Hutt for |ierfect reflect
or*.
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“You must learn the shop language
before you can go shopping tn Eng-
laud.” says a girl who has just re-
turned froui there and hns many sto-
rles to tcll of the ditll. ulties met in the
shops,
"Shoes are not shoes unless
they are slippers, all boots are high, and
you can't to save your life get a spool
of thread because there Is no such
thing-only a reel of cotton. If you
wish cotton, sheeting for instance, you
ask for cnlico. and tlie tape needle to
run the ribbons tn your gowns Is a
bodkin. There is not such a thing as a
shirt waist to be had in all England,
for they have nothing but blouses, and
I have in mind another instance of
one would go continually with wet feet
If she did not learn to ask for ga returning gissl for evil. A young man
loches."
who had run away from his uncle’s
home when he was a mere Isiy on find
Ill» Mistake.
ing he wa> an unwelcome addition to
“Is this a commission house?” asked
his uncle's already big family, shifted
the tall man.
"Yes. sir." said the commission mer from one place to another when he
finally procured a permanent position
chant. "What can we do for you?”
"Well. If you sell commissions I'd at a misleratesalary and attended night
like to buy one. if they're not too dear, school, studying every spare minute
for my sou. I want a lieutenaut's com until he felt himself qualified to take a
mission In tlie army, for my son wants li seller’s examination, which he suc
to lie a soldier, and he's too iaxy to go
cessfully |iassed and at once secured a
to West Point."— Baltimore Herald.
I
tclnsil and put in his spare time study
ing medicine. The money tiebad saved
S«t Nlsaardlyr.
“You asked her father for her hand?” he invested in a small stock-ranch and
"Yes.”
stocked it witli cattle, giving it into tlie
“And he refused you?”
hands of a needy friend to care for on
“No, lie didn't. He said 1 could have shares, liesides furnishing the living
both of ’em.”--Cleveland Plain Healer expenses of the ranch. He hoped that
tlie result* of his farm would keep him
Hl» Embittered Balsteaee.
Check»- You're the sourest, worst and enable him to pursue his studies
without any worry as to where the
tempered man In town.
Black Well, you sec. I live next door money would come from to keep the
to a public school.—Chicago New».
wolf from the <li»>r and furnish him
A curious custom prevails in Korea.
I f a man meets his wife in the street, he
ignores her presence and passes her as
if she were a stranger.
The first shipment of wheat from
< 'luengo via the lakes was made in 183K.
The shipment consisted ot seventy
eight bushels.
Every man should know something
of law. If he knows enough to keep
out of it he is a pretty gissl lawyer.
If you discover that you have made a
mistake, don't stublstrnly insist u|«>n
keeping it up; let go and run.
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4l»re »nd isitfa that flirt
let
toMd« Ilk» th» win«« .if
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From I*»»• th the point« nf
their Mac* capa th* children tare »1
y<m with wnts eyre full of Ilia curtuahy
of animal»
These (MHiple live In houare built of
«culptured granite and sleep In open
work i jiMet» carved like tbe luoucbara
lileks of Egypt.
In spite ot tlie "Breton Interiors” and
“Return» of the Fishermen” with
which iminters «wanip the market this
race I» still unknown or lulsuiider
stood, fur they should be seen not in
pa lot nigs, but In tbelr homes. In their
old time streets, on market days and
when, iu fair time, the tents are pitched
Iu tlie village market places.
Fiery little horses draw to market
fish, tine vegetables »lid all the early
produce of Roscoff. They are spread
out u|Kin the sidewalk.
Chickens
cackle; goats bleat; pigs, tied by the
leg. strain toward the vegetables, sniff
Ing at the fresh greens.
Farmers in sabots, carrying great
blue umbrella» under their arms, with
tlie two rlblioiis of their felt bats float
ing down their tiacks, pick their way
among tlie Dinan cliina displayed on
tlie ground—capacious soup tureeus,
cider Jugs ami plates covered with
imluted flowers and grotesque figures.
The peasants converse with but tew
gestures; they bargain in gutteral
toma,
Tbene taciturn people forget them
selves In the barrooms on fair days.
Tbe taverns are full of noise. You
may hear the sound of an accordion
and tbe plaintive note of the blniou (a
sort of bagpl(>ei, leading monotonous
dances.
Into the harbor come boats laden
with fish; other Isiats go out. The
fishermen are full of business, Next
week will occur the departure for the
new country. There are women who
weep.
Alsive all this agitation the smoke of
the village chimneys mingles with the
great w hite clouds. The quiet sea mir
rors the suu.—Artist Castaigne In Cen
tury.
LITERARY TREASURES.
Some Which Have Been aad Some
Which May He Lost to V lew.
The world, we have been assured
time and again, knows nothing of its
greatest men. Perhaps it is equally Ig
norant about its greatest books. Are
we quite sure that the idols In our lit
erary pantheon are arrayed in their
due order of precedence? The rules of
precedence change, and who shall as
sert that those prevalent at any given
time are the final ones? But. above
all, are we quite certain that there may
not lie a notable work of genius lying
unnoticed and unknown amid the
wrecks of the river of time, waiting
only for some lucky accident thut shall
reveal it iu all its beauty to an aston
ished world?
Such accidents with such results have
been frequent in the history of the
past. Indeed such accidents have pre
served or have revealed to the world
no Insignificant proportion of Its now
acknowledged masterpieces.
The books of the Bible themselves
have experienced the narrowest es
cape» from what ndgiit have resulted
in their total loss. The most notable
example is that of Deuteronomy, which
dlsup|H-arvd from the Jewish world for
over a century. The story of Its re
discovery by tlie high priest Hezekiah
during the reign of good King Josiah
Is set forth In the Old Testament.
Shakespeare was practically forgot
ten In the days when Addison wrote
bis “Account of the Greatest English
Poets,” with never a mention of the
name of the very greatest, yet it was
shortly afterward that Shakespeare
was resuscitated.
Fitzgerald's "Omar Khayyam" and
Blackmore's "Ixirna I>oune” dropped
stilllsirn from the press and later won
a sudden popularity by accident—Wil
liam S. Walsh in Era Magazine.
Patleace With Eccentricity.
Many of the leading people in Eng
Ush society regarded Thomas Carlyle
with a feeling almost akin to reverent
delight when he chose to behave like
an lguoraut boor in their drawing
rooms, even taking his seat, it is said,
unbidden In the presence of the queen.
This generation, however, has little pa
tience with such eccentricities.
It was au English bishop who, when
the historian Freeman bad worn out
his patience with his rudeness, intro
duced him to a waiting audience as
“the distinguished scholar that so ad
mirably desorilles and illustrates the
savagery of our ancestors."
A Pan That Failed.
At a public dinner a careless waiter
stumbled when bringing In a boiled
tongue. The tongue slipped over the
edge of the dish upon the tablecloth.
"Never mind,” »aid the chairman
cheerfully, “it's only a lapsus llnguse"
(slip of the tonguei.
The Joke was received with a burst
of laughter.
A gentleman present
who had no knowledge of Latin, yet
saw wtiat boisterous merriment it
caused, secretly determined that be
would repeat the whole |>erforinance
at his next little dinner party at home
and give his guests a great laugh at his
wit.
The occasion arrived. There was to
be a leg of mutton, and the host bad
Instructed the waiter to let it fall when
coming in. The waiter did so. to the
great dismay of the guests.
“Oh. never mind." cried the host
cheerfully, "It's only a lapsus linguae.”
To bls groat disgust and astonish
ment. however, nobody seemed to see
It. and now he is suspicious that some
thing mint have gone wrong some
where.—rearson'».
Tlie niolareie* which is left as a resi
Re Had Lear»»* It.
“I beard a good story the other day,'
due from twet sugar manufacture is uti
began the grocery man. "about a cer
lized ill Germany to make alcohol.
tain politician.”
A fast man is very slow when it h> a
"That will do,” Interrupted the dl»
ease of |>aselng his debt*.
appointed officeseeker. "In the first
place, there are no certain politicians
it Is lietter to have loves! and lost
—Chicago News.
than to have married on $30 a month.
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of **!•* I*» pstfutire»»» »»re laity
<4r»m« |n«t •ht.-k th» .he mfcb-r
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n«<t
|Mt <»ft»r«»rd lady f*4imer»tn*i Lady
Tbe •tnr* inrnt.sd l*n lifother»
Heftmi Mr« Itrumnsind f4iirenll (after
• nith< rner» by litrth •ho t*«me es
• ant lady Wnlnuahhyi, the I’rlni»«»
tr»n»»d thrun»h teve of the same •»
K«teeha«y and the t ounfea» l.ieten
■(»n Tbe «»r itreah» uni »ml utw of
Their »mile« oy frowaa coualgAed men
them Join» hl» fortune« • th the I’nkm
• nd »'Mueu to happtnrea or d*-»p»lr It
army, tlie other with the t'onf»derntr
1» hard to* ua tu eoacelr» tbe linpur
forces
rhe crucial moment of th»
taaea which ••• attached tu »»ttlng
pint (M-cnrml in the third act. A m ene
■dinlsaloii to Alniaek'» <*f the ;•«> ofll
■how« the rampart» of Vlrhaburg Iieing
cer* of the Fuut guard» nut more than
The
half a doaen were honored with cards besieged by the I nion army
to this temple of the t»-au monde. The brother» sre In ouuiimiik I of the re
■peettv» force» The t 'oiifederale broth
goierament *•• ■ pure dre|Mitlsin.
every government by woman la tsiuml er oimea uism tbe »tag», point» out hi»
to be. and a boat of lutrigure was aet brother tu bl» oflleera. denounce» him
as a traitor aud gloats over their (s>m
aet tn motion tu get an Invitation.
Very often person» of rank w bo bad lug revenge. A certain point in the
the entree anywhere were excluded speech was the cue for the ap|ie»ranee
from tbe club. Such as were admitted of a Union otHver ellmblng over the
had to dress in conformity with tbe ramparts, followed quickly by hl» sol
edict of the tyrants, no geutlemau be diers. The curtain usually descended
ing allowed tu ap|s-ar at the assemblies on the victory of tbe Union force», to
except in knee breeches, white cravat tbe tumultuous applause of tbe audl
and crush hat. On one uccasion tbe euee.
On tbe occasion referred to by Mr.
Duke of Wellington was about to
ascend the stairs to the ballroom RleiimAn oue of tbe Union »oldiers.
dressed In black trousers when the a little fat German, mistook the cue
guardian of the establishment stepped aud tiefore the proper time cltmtssl
forward ami said. "Your grace cannot over the ramparts and stood alone
tie admitted it» trousers,” whereupon against the entire Confederate army.
The audience tiegan to giggle, but the
the duke, wlm had a great respect for
order», quietly walked away.—New German was all seriousness and stood
with bis gun isilnted at tlie Confeder
York Tress.
ates. At last, noting tbe laughter, he
looked behind him and saw that tbe
USE OF FALSE TEETH.
rest of the supers were not in their
Two MllMoa» MaaatactareU Aaaul- places.
ly la the LaiteU State».
“Come on, you loafers!" he shouted.
Probably uot less than 2.000,000 arti “We are getting licked! "—Philadelphia
ficial teeth are manufactured In tills Ledger.
country each year, and still the outpu'
goes on Increasing Never before wa> Gar» the Commogor» FrlraAly Tig.
Several retired naval officer» were
HUeli great care manifested for teeth a?
lias lieeu exhibited during tbe past fivs talking together and let the conversa
years. In tills res|iect Americans lead tton drift back to the days Just after
tbe world, not even tbe fastidious tbe end of tbe retielllou w hen tbe navy
French excelling tbe people of th» yard waa at the foot of Washington av
United States Iu their solicitude fot enue, or Pine street, as that highway
the preservation of natural teeth and In was then called. Various anecdotes
their application of the arts of dental were retold concerning the absurd situ
science when substitutes have to b*
provided for nature's molars.
Englishmen are notoriously carelem
about their teeth, although iu late
years great progress has been made hi
this matter.
A prominent dentist of New York de
clares that nearly every patleut with a
mouthful of decayed teeth la a foreign
er. "They let tbliigs drift,” he say»,
"and come only when pain drives them
here. Americans, and especially south
eniers, hasten to tbelr dentist lmmedl
ately they detect even the slightest
signs of coming trouble, and tiie result
is that there are by far more ‘saved’
teeth In tills country than In any other
Englishmen and Irishmen are remark
ably apathetic about tlielr molars and
will go about for years with hopelessly
decayed teeth.”—New York Times.
Gtuek la a Fraaay.
When Gluck composed bls immortal
works, a bottle of champagne was al
ways placed on either side of tbe piano,
and Its effervescence helped to inspire
“OH, THKBK H LOTH OF TIME TO WoKK ”
the great arias of “Iphigenia,’' “Arml- at ion that frequently developed through
da" and “Alceate.” Wheu tbe final re
tbe fact that politics rather than «-tn
hearsals were held of the "Iphigenia.”
clency was tbe secret of success among
Gluck had not yet written tbe melody
employees of tbe yard. No employee
to the "Dance of the Scythians.” Na-
with iMilitlcal influence feared for bis
verre, the ballet master, becoming un
Job. One anecdote had to do with Com
easy over the delay, went to liiui one
modore Marchand, the commandant of
morning to urge him to hurry it up.
the station. He was making a private
As he entered the composer's anteroom
tour of inspection when he came across
lie heard unusual and terrific noises
a painter seated on a spar smoking a
emanating from Gluck’s library. He
pipe at an hour when he should have
approached stealthily and through a
been at work.
crack in tbe door saw Gluck in shirt
“What are you?’ asked Marcliund.
sleeves, his face as red as fire and dis
"Painter,” was tbe laconic reply.
torted by horrible grimaces, singing,
“Why are you not at work?”
gesticulating aud Jumping about like a
“Oh, there’s lota of time to work.”
madman. Naverre, frightened by the
Raid tile man. proceeding to refill ills
extraordinary spectacle, pushed the
door open. “Ah, there you are,” ex Pipe.
“Do you know who I am?” asked the
claimed Gluck. “I am Just finishing
commodore, angry clear tbrougii by
your dance and will let you have It
right away.” It was then that Gluck this time.
"No," said tbe man. without the
had composed that grand orgy of the
savage» which created such a profound slightest appearance of curiosity, strik
ing a match.
sensation on tbe stage.
“I am Commodore Marchand and tbe
commanding officer of tbe navy yard!"
Blind Men a» Shnmpooer».
“Ia that so?” asked tbe painter quiet
“I do pity these blind men so,” said
a stranger in the city who had been ap ly. between puffs. "Well, you have a
proached by so many “blind” men in first class Job. and Id advise you to
walklug down the avenue that he won hold on to It.”—Philadelphia Times.
dered bow these beggars picked him
out so readily.
•
"And yet,” said his host, "there are
many Hue* of work which they could
do instead of beggtng. For example,
most of the shampooers In Japan are
blind men. Some are so well to do
that they own their own houses, and
their patrons go to them for treatment
Others who have not succeeded so well
go from bouse to bouse, and tbe rest
of the people from sympathy guide
them from place to place. Some of
them walk alone, blowing on bauitmo
whistle». There was a time when some
of them were doctors a* well as sliam-
pooers.’’—New Yo'fk Tribune.
Mortar
To»»rr».
There 1» no bod carrying in Japan.
Tbe native builders have a method of
transferring mortar which makes it
seem more like play than work to the
ouluoker. Tbe mortar is mixed up In a
pile in tbe street. One man makes this
up Into balls of about six pounds
weight, which be tosses to a mau who
stand» on a ladder midway between
tbe roof and tbe ball. This mau deftly
catches tbe ball and tosses It up to a
man who stands on tbe roof. This
plan wouW scarcely work for skyscrap
er».
What Bo«aal»(» Do Not Kaow.
How water, commonly called sap,
necessary to tbe life of a tree, passes
from the roots to tbe topmost leaf and
evaporates Is a problem not yet solved
by botanists. It 1» known that tbe
ascent 1» made chiefly In cavltlee In
tbe sapwood only, the heart and bark
serving other purpose». That Is tbe
extent of our knowledge of tbe matter
Beyond 1» mere conjecture, and every
theory yet advanced has failed to stand
tbe test of experiment
The «»otatloa C»ai>lete4.
Bishop Fowler of the Methodist
church on oue oeeasiou found iiinmelf
opposed in conference very bitterly by
oue of tbe other members and. after
listening to a lengthy tirade eoticern
lug tbe matter tu questivu. replied In a
manner that seemed to make very little
Impression on bls opponent, w ho. aris
ing. stretched hla arm iu the direction
of the bishop, rolled bis eye» upward
very solemnly aud exclaimed:
“Deliver me from tbe snare of the
fowler!”
“And from the noisome pestilence!"
added tbe bishop, rising quick ns a
flash and mimicking tbe roll of the otb
er*» eyes and tbe stretch of tbe ariu.
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iMu« < lai k II u «. ahde * heat* a****rrt« hr r<
prstid »iNdlcatkHi* tu tlie priests aud
(Hillsted tlie InforiuMtlon mi gained It
•a» really publishing an almanac
• lien, as Livy relate«. Flavius exhibit
ed tlie fasti on white tallies around
tbe foruui.
From this time similar
tablets containing the calendar, the
festhala. aatroiiuuiieal phenomena and
sometimes allusions Io historical events
became quite (Himnion. They have be.-n
dug up In Pompeii and elsewhere.
There »re also extant Christian cal
endar» dating as far back as the fourth
century, which give the names of the
■sluts and other religious Information.
One of tlie most famous of the cal
eudars of the middle age« ia that com
piled by Petrus of Dacia iu A. D. l.Uat.
A manuscript copy is preserved its the
Savlllati library at oxford. The Sym
bollcal Man or Man of Signs iHoiiiu
Kiguorum), still a common feature iu
almanacs, appears in this Issik, not, it
Is conjectured, for the first time, as it
seems to have Is-en a survival rruiu the
time of Ptolemy's “Aluiageai,” a «ollee-
tion of classic obsei v aliens and prole
lems relating to geometry and astron
omy.
The first printed almanac was the
“Pro Pluribus Annis,“ Iswued at V ienna
in 1437 bjr an astronomer named Pur
bach. The earliest known almanac de
voted expressly to the year of issue
was published by Rabelais in 1333.
Thenceforth tiie ephemeral yearly
character of tbe publication came to be
definitely recognized by almanac mak
er». Nostradamus set tlie fa-bion of
ineor|>orating predictions of coming
events Into almanacs, a fashion that
has contluiKsl to this day in all purely
astrological brochure» of this sort
despite intermittent efforts to sup
press It by royal authority in Franco
and elsewhere —Era.
WEATHER PROPHETS.
Blow out a candle, and If the wick
continues long to smolder look for bad
weather. If it goes out quickly, the
weather will be fair.
The twelve days after Christmas In
dicate the weather for tlie following
year. Each day in order shows the
weather for one mouth.
When it begins to snow, notice tlie
size of the flakes. It they are very
fine, the storm will be a long one; If
large, the storm will soon be over.
If the chickens come out while It
rains, it is a sign that the storm is to
be a long one. If they stand around
under the shed, the storm will be short.
When the cattle lie down as soon as
they are turned out to pasture in tlie
morning, it is tiecause they feel a rheu
matic weariness In tlielr bones, and you
can look for rain soon.
When a night passes and no dew-
falls, ft Is a sign It is going to ruin.
This omen I ohcs much of Its mystery
when one remembers that dew lias uot
fallen because tlie night was clouded.
When you see the sun drawing water
at night, know that it will rain on tiie
morrow. Tbe sun is said to be draw
ing water when its rays can lie seen
shining through rifts In distant clouds.
Brain strain.
A French Investigator has come to
the conclusion tliat the brains of mili
tary men give out most quickly. He
states that out of every loo.ooo men of
the army or naval profession l'Jtt are
hopeless lunatics. Of the liberal pro
fesslous artists are the first to suc
cumb to tbe brain strain, next the law
yers, followed at some distance by doc
tors. clergy, literary men and civil
servants. Striking an average of this
group, 177 go mad to each 100,000.—
London Express.
A
Palnfal
Inference.
A teacher was Instructing a class of
boys aud had spent half au hour trying
to drive into their heads tlie dlffi-rciiee
between man and the lower animals,
but apparently with little aucces».
“Tommy.” he said couxiugly to a lit
tle chap, “do you know the difference
between, say. me and a pig or uuy
other brute?”
"No,” replied Tommy innocently. Iiut
another teacher standing by laughed.
I/Mldon Answers.
HI» Dialect.
"Mike,” said Plisldiiig Pete, “did you
ever go to school?"
"Sure,” answered Meandering Mike
“I don’t have to talk dis way. If I
showed off me literary accomplish
menta, folks would wonder why I
wasn't readln’ de help wanted ad ver
■ tlaements instid o' buntin' fur band-
i suta.”—Washington Star
J
Pierpont Morgan, Charles M.
Mllllu» to Be Sued.
Schwab and several friends were at
"I once threatened to sue an old fel
Mr. Morgan's kennels looking over ' low In Vermont for $10 that he owed a
some of tbe prise bunting dogs. Mr
1 client of mine,” said a New York law
Schwab fell In love with a flue looking ! yer. "but tbe threat did not seem to irn
pointer and asked Mr Morgan the dog s
press him much.
ualre
“ ‘What good will It do you to sue
"That dog's name Is Russell Sage.” me? be asked.
said Mr Morgau.
“ ‘It will get tbe money,' I answered.
“And wby do you call him Russel!
“Here tbe fellow cauie up close to me
Sage?" asked Mr Hehwah
and said, 'Say, If that's so, sue me for
“Because.” said tbe great financier $20, won't you, and give me tbe other
“U» never loses a scent.”—World's
$10.’
Events
"I gave up hope of collecting that
claim.”—New York Times.
Th» Nataral EH»»«.
"Just think! He swallowed his false
teeth."
“And now I suppose be ha« a biting
pain In tbe stomach.”— Philadelphia
Bulletin.
Home
DI ■com fort«.
“Nft” grumbled the busband In a
spasm of confidence to a friend. “I
have no place at all for my books. Tbe
storage room ia kept exclusively for
my wife.”
How H» Felt Aho»« It.
“Ob, she puts away those things that
”1 wish I could give up work and are a trifle too good to be destroyed.
take a long rest.”
1 yet scarcely good enough to be of use.”
"You'd do It If you could, would —Brooklyn Life.
you?’
Her Call.
"Well, I'm not sure I'd,do It If I
Th» Breach »f Peace.
"I ran Into town today to do some could. It'» one of those things you'd
“How did you come to select Olive
shopping, dear.” said Mrs. Hubbubs, like to do when you can't.”— Brooklyn
•s a name for your baby?'
entering her husband's office, “and Life.
“Well, yu*i »ee, my wife'a father ole
I”—
jected to our marriage, and when the
"I •»♦.” he Interrupted, “and you Ju»t
It 1» agreed by medical authorities little one came be forgave us. so we
ran In here because you ran out "
that tbe virulence of an epidemic msy thought It was no more than right to
"Ran out?"
be increased by tbe element of fear In let her have proper credit"—Chicago
“Ye»;- of
money.”
tbe public mind.
Record Herald.