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BANIM1N lli:< ORIH’.R.
HUNTING FOR TALISMANS.
An Amerleaa'n <•’(•* E»pe«tH*®" *"
East •udlsn Temple.
M l«n the Lite Prof’ " T Seiumervllle
of the University of I’emisylvunln, the
learned collector of gems, charm* nnd
maacot*. had *et Ida mind on some
curio heard of in one of his meeting*
with orientals, nothing could bar the
way. Were it in tlie center of the
desert of Sahara or on the topmost
pinnacle of the Himalaya mountain*,
be would go after It and keep up the
search until the treasure was found,
purchased and placed on exhibition at
the university museum.
American gold was Professor Som-
mervllle's magnet wherever he went,
lie thus descrilHsl its effect on one of
bls expeditions:
"On one occasion we desired to visit
the famous Dllwarra temples In India,
and for '(*«( purpose engaged two Jin
rtkisluis ami a number of natives to
draw them, about twelve in all. The
temples, us you know, are set in a mag-
nilicent grove of mango trees on a
mountain top nnd suri»umled by great
hills. With a fair measure of tact and
money I hoped to secure from the pi’O-
ple of the vicinity some of their odd
talismans and rings. I sahl to the
chief rickshaw man: 'Now, I.ala, what
will you do for me it I double your
pay? I want to make this Journey in
half time, nnd If you accomplish it you
shall be doubly paid.'
"He went to bls helpers at once and
Informed them that I was a prince.
We started out under the contract. lie
run ahead of the convoy, raising both
hands In the air and crying to the as
tounded people: ‘Here copies a prince.
Down with you. Here comes a prince.'
“And during the entire twelve miles
ride I was treated to the un-American
experience of seeing the people cover
their faces nnd drop abjectly to the
ground in obeisnnee ami salutation, on
ly dnringtolookatme through tlieir part
ed fingers. But my amusement at thus
being treated ns a prince was nothing
to the gratification I experienced in se
curing from this people who did not
dare to refuse so nugtist a personage
ns I some of the most interesting in
scribed talismans that I have in my
collection.”- Booklovers’ Magazine.
A NATURAL WONDER.
HlniginK Iltickk That Sound I.Ike
Bell When Struck.
With nil manner of legends duster
Ing around their history and various
reasons given by geologists for tlieir
presence, the Ringing rocks, two miles
north of I’ottstown. l'n., are the great
est natural wonders of Montgomery
county.
Although these rocks and
bowlders are scattered over n large ex
tent of territory, there Is one place,
covering over two acres, where they lie
Bo closely together as to suggest that
that particular spot was the center of
a volcanic disturbance that rent the
enrth and piled the rocks ns they nre
today. It is the general opinion that
the spot was once tlie crater of a vol
cano.
A rich, bell-like tone, produced by
striking some of the stones with a ham
mer. explains in part why the name of
"Ringing rocks" was given them. Vis
itors cnrrled off some of the smaller
stones of unusual musical quality, but
this practice has been stopped.
Located some distance away from
the main deposit of rocks are grotesque
formations like the Haystack rock,
liMiklng like a petrified haystack, tint
rent from top to bottom by a convul
slon of nature which probably also
made It n "leaning tower.” In the
Bullfrog rock a company of soldiers
could stand, the Umbrella rock could
shelter twenty or thirty, and tin’ Stone
House and Cave, rising thirty feet in
height and covering half an acre of
ground, suggests some of the wonders
of the Yosemite.
A cnve under the rocks was pene
trated several years ago by Dr. W. It.
Shaner and J. S. Bahr, who upon
throwing a stone Into an opening could
hear It reverberating for a great dis
tance and then fall into a body of wa
ter, This is surrounded by many leg
ends. One Is that robbers made It
their rendezvous and Into it carried nil
tlieir plunder, defying pursuers to fol-
low. Beeause of the danger of nccl-
dents to venturesome boys the en
trance to tlie c.-ivi* Ims been dosed.—
New York Telegram.
THE WILLOW TREE.
Jnhn I’nrkc Cnstls I’lnntcd (hr Firs!
One In This < ountry.
When the south -< :i bubble In Eng
land collapsed one of the speculators
went to Smyrna to repair his fortune.
He was a friend of Alexander Pope
and sent Idin a box of fig* in which
had Is’en placed a twig of n tree. Pope
planted the twig on his grounds on the
shore of the Thames, not knowing of
what tree it was. It grew nnd was a
weeping willow. In 1775, when the
tree was over fifty years old. one of
the young British officers who came to
Boston with the British army brought
a twig from the tree, which he Intend
ed to plant on his lands after the re
hellion had been crushed. .1 bn Parke
Custi*. son of Mrs. Washington, g ing
on errands to the British camp tinder
IsoJtaX -Of. tr.m.e. l.'C’ j.’
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with the owner of the willow twig,
which was draped in tilled silk, nnd ob
tained ft from him. which he planted
near his homo nt Abingdon. Vn„ where
It liecame the progenitor of all Die
weeping willows In America.
Whrn Tea M hm Mrw.
"I »ent for a cup of ten. a Chinese
drink, of which I had never drunk.”
wrote the lmniortnl I’epys, who felt In
duty hound to sample every new thing
that came along. And nliout tlie same
time another Englishman was extolling
the new importation In the following
terms: "It enseth the brain of heavy
damps. Present* the dropsle. Con
•nroes Rnwnesse. Vanquishes superflu
ou* sleep. Purifleth humors nnd hot
liver. Htrengthen« the use of due be-
nevolence
Mahla» ■ ««re Thin» of If,
"What in tiie name of Jupiter have
you s vel up all the pockets of my
•verooat for’’ ’ »«k«! Mr. Wilson.
“My d*ar." aald Mrs Wilson, "I hare
• a Important letter to my milliner that,
I want y'At to post "
hack tlieaoQy tl:<>i-s and see the lal»>r
of years go up in smoke and possibly
i^itli not a cent of money to make a1
new start that the rebuilding of new
homes, I>* iih , fences, etc., would neces
sarily requir® Tlie future is black
enough for them, for everything has
been swept away, even to their stock.
1 often think bow much we are like Maiy times they have Is-e* fortunate
all abused violin. What a tci^ion we in having saved tlieir families from the
are on, at least the most of us. In fact, fiery furnace.
no one is exempt from this fault until
•After one of these scathing tires the
they have learned to master, them
picture of dévolution is overw helfiiilig.
selves, obtain complete control of tlieir Like grim sentinels the blackened
mind and the will-power tliat quivers trunks of once magnificent trees tower
and rel«,'s from the demand made by heavenward as if calling down ven
our over-wrought nerves. The would- geance for this un warranted ruin and
be musician turns the key to his violin havoc. Trees smoulder for weeks on
strings a little more in his effort to the parched, blackeiusl ground, and
tiring forth the harmony he craves. every particle of vegetation is gone. If
Just so much will the strings, only tile note of a bird crying to its mute,
awaiting tlie touch of the master-hand who will not respond again, is heard,
to vibrate with melody stand, and the it sounds strangely mournful. Then
ominous snap is heard and the useful- comes a fieriod of suffering, not only for
new is gone forever. Wekeepon turn tlie farmers ami stockmen, but for the
ing tlie keys to our nerves. We fear wild animals who have lieen driven
we won’t catch a train; round goes the out of tlieir native heath. How any
key in our feverish haste and we allow one guilty of starting a forest fire by
ourselves hi lieconie wrought up to a
carelessness cun rest in jieace and with
tension tliat is cruel. Tlie household out bis conscience troubling him both
or business machinery ol life is not
asleep and awake, is a mystery to Pol
running smoothly, and we proceed to
ly. His dreams should lie troubled
tune up on our over-wrought nerves
and nightmare carry him into the
and need not be surprised when there
desolate scenes of his own carelessness.
is u lack of harmony resulting from Thousands and- thousands of dollars
our effort*. We are sinarling under are lost every year to the country in
some injustice or fancied wrong and
this way, and campers and hunters
can only find minor chords, and they
cannot be too careful.
are out of tune. Around go tiie little
keys again and the tension is fearful.
BRIEF REVIEW.
We lose those who are nearest and
dearest to us, and we play on tlie
Best Selling Books.
strings that firing tears and anguish,
The Bible is the best selling Issik in
regrets and luqs-lessness until they are
worm out. tin we go through life tun the world, whites Henry Rutherford
ing up the musical strings of our frail Elliott in the Century. It leads, and
bodies, but not in the right way, and by a long interval, all other publica
there will come a day when, like the tions in copies purchased in tlie ordi
old violin without strings, we are ready nary channels of trade, without regard
to what may be called tiie official dis
to lie laid away.
tribution. Every bookstore which un
Every ennobling thought, every just dertakes to carry a full line of stock
endeavor to better ourselves and lift us sells the Bible. Several important <x>r-
out of tlie common-place; every effort porations confine themselves to the
we make to better ourselves mentally manufacture and sale of Bibles, and
morally ami physically, strengthen the others find in the Bible their leading
strings just that much, and constant feature. Of no other Issik can this be
practice soon leads us to forget, or at said. S|>eaking some time ago of the
least pass over as unworthy of our no insatiable demand for the Bible as an
tice tlie trivial tilings that a weak article of merchandise, an officer of tlie
mind magnifies into such serious dis Methodist Book Concern said: “Like
cords, destroying not only tlieir own all publishers, we have to keep watch
|s*aeeof mind but tliat of others w«o of the sale of ixsiks in general, even the
unfortunately must live in tlieir vicin most popular, so as not to get over
ity. Tune up every string that vi stocked. But this never occurs in print
brates witli happiness—every string ing the Bible. We just keep the presses
that will help you to look on tlie bright steadily at work, and if we happen to
side; every' string tremulous under the find tliat we have40,060 or50,006 eojiies
desire to create harmony out of discord on hand, it gives us nouneasincss. We
ami awaken a song of Joy in place of a are sure to sell them, and wegu straight
dirge. Turn slowly and surely on the ahead printing.”
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key tliat awakens tlie right kind of
ambition and ennobling thoughts tliat
help you to cultivate your will-power
until you have it under control and
are not prone to vascillate and turn
like a weather-vane in a capricious
wind. Don’t allow this string to slack
en too much until it loses its strength.
There is another delicate key that needs
attention. It vibrates with fatli, bo|s’
and charity and awakens a new song
in your life and keeps the heart young.
We can keep all these keys in har
mony and yet not make the tension so
great that the strings will tremble and
strain under tlie tension we bring to
bear on them until they quiver and
break, ami if death is not kind and
ends tlie struggle, it leaves us mere
nervous wrecks, and then, not only for
ourselves, but for tliesake of our friends,
we hail better be dead than alive. Our
petty’ ailments and vast amount of self-
pity make us anything but agreeable
companions.
I have seen others who have been
martyrs to pain and anguish all tlieir
lives who were heroes and had more
control over their frail bodies than
those who had never an ache or a pain
lull every trial, trouble ami tribulation
was imaginary. In the darkest hour,
when tlie isslies of tile former were
racked with agony that would have
made the strongest of us quiver under,
they would smile lietween tlie parox
ysms and tell some cheerful story to
encourage those around them. You do
not have to go into the midst of tlie
liattletields to discover tlie heroes, for
we find them in every-day life fighting
their own little battle witli no excite
ment of martial music ami the rush of
lira vs comrades by their side to encour
age them. They are fighting alone and
gaining the victory with no mail rush
but by inches. Brave soldiers are they,
to Polly’s thinking.
Campers are abroad in tlie land, and
from now on we can look for destruc
tive forest fires if we judge from the
exponent ’ oi thepast few years. When
you stop to think that all this destruc
tion to timber, the loss of animal life
nnd vegetation is simply the result o’
•puce ■ a-jek--' arid l-ndUSis’etiee of
hunters and cani|>en<, it is deplorable.
Few who are out on a pleasure jaunt of
this kind stop to think when they are
ready to break camp that it is necessary
to put out the camptire. In their hurry
to load everything in the wagons, pull
ing up tents, etc., the camptire is tlie
last tiling to be thought of. Sparks or
cinders may lie carried by the wii d
and falling amid the dry grass and
buslies, presently a lively little blaze is
being fanned into existence, and in a
few’ hours' time it is roaring up the
mountain sides, baring like a fiery fur
nace <iown into tiie canyons teeming
with verdure and laying waste luxu
riant valleys. The frightened animals
ami birds Hying before the fire fiend,
fences and Imrns and frequently tRe
homes of nfcn w ho hav£ struggled hard
t.> make a little luadway in pnviding
a home for their Himilies and a place
where they can r®-t when old age has
put a stop
their busy career, must
stand asiA’ after hopelewdy >»*t«ig
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I Locate the Ravine of Curtis' Leap.
Some of the newspajiers, says a cable
from Rome, announce the discovery
of the actual ravine in the Forum into
which Marcus Curtis leaped as a sacri
fice to tlie gods B. U. 862. How the
spot lias been Identified is not ex
plained. MarcusCurtius was a Roman
legendary hero. A chasm having been
formed in the Forum by an earthquake
tlie soothsayers announced that it could
be closed only by the sacrifice of Rome’s
greatest treasure. Marcus Curtius, a
noble youth, stepjicd forward, ami, de
claring that the state possessed no
greater treasure than a brave citizen in
arms, lea|M-d, mounted on his steed and
in full armor, into the chasm, which
closed after him.
Famous Castle to Be Sold.
Dunstanburg castle is alsiut to be of
fered for sale by auction. It was first a
British stronghold, then a Roman fort
ress and at a much later |>eriod it was
garrisoned for Queen Margaret, after
tlie battle of Hexham, when it was Is -
siegtsl ami taken after nil assault last-
three days. Tlie legend of “Sir Guy,
tlie Seeker,” told in a ballad by M. G.
Lewis, is connected with the castle.
“Dunstan diamonds” arecrystals found
in the neighlHirhiKNl. A deep chasm in
the roek at the east of tlie castle is
known as tlie “Rumble churn.”
Practice oi Piety Made Easy in Japan.
It is said that there are no fewer than
eight millions of gods worship'll by the
Japanese. Praying is made very easy.
In the streets are tall pists with prayers
printed on them and with a small wheel
attached. Anyone passing by can give
the wheel a turn, and tliat counts as a
prayer. The people in the second larg
est of tlie 3,850 islands of which tlieem-
pire is eomjiosed worship tlie bear and
reverence the sun, moon, fire, wind
and water.
Puzzled the Doctor.
There is a little story told of Doctor
YVinnergton-lngrain that is very like
that of a mythical bishop and the cat
erpillar. Having invited any boy or
girl ill an audience at Stepney to ask
iiii.cii qdcMion, he w*» met Lj lirts:
“Please, sir, why did the angels walk
up and down Jacob's Ladder when
they had wings?” It is said that Dr.
Ingram escaped by saying: “What lit
tle boy or girl would like to answer
this?”
A Remarkable Kill.
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Skillful taxidermy has preserved a
grouse, at the throat of which hung a
weasel In a death grip, when shot while
on the wing by C. K. Sober of Ix-wis-
burg, Pa., during a hunting trip in
the White Deer mountains of tlie Blue
Ridge, says Field and ¡Stream.
The lay who lives in a cottage house
just outside the city lias discovered that
the dull, rusty looking thing he saw' in
the cellar last winter is an instrument
of torture called the lawn mower.
Some people hurry so that they over
take misfortunes that rightfully lielot£
to a i^|iiii?g generation.
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The horse spur is said to have t>O>
used since 3(M> It. C.
The number of miners employed in
Gi*it Britain Is 871.888°
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Prussia has 2.(133 associations of ste-
noBrapt^rs, wi^h 51.291 m? tubers.
Germany's chief exports to her A(ri-
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can commies coi^ist of spirituous
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The prevailing religion of Korea Is a
general and deep seated belief In evil
•pirita.
An Austrian «statistician linda that
the average lease of life of a medical
practltiouer is sixty years.
The population of Kqrea Is 17,000.-
00O, Including 25,(MX) Japanese, who
control the country’s activities.
A Russian medical Journal says Jap-
: ' ■ 1 by i la:.« are almost Invariably
well educated and conacientloua.
Edinburgh i>roiH>ses holding an inter
national exhibition In 1907 to celebrate
the bicentenary of the union of Scot
land and England.
More than three-fourths of the pub
lic school teachers of Utah are zealous
Mormons of tlie strictest sect of the
Latter Day Saints.
When Queen Alexandra heard how
the moles were destroying crops In
Wales site ordered a moleskin muff.
They became the rage, and the moles
are nearly exterminated.
A large number of people In the
capital of Kohipur, India, on seeing a
motor car for the first time prostrated
themselves before it, declaring that It
was moved by an Invisible god.
There are over 30,000 Canadian born
residents In Detroit, and, with their
children, they make up about 60,000.
Buffalo census shows a Canadian born
population of 18.000, Cleveland 10,(XX)
and Chicago figures up 35,000 or more.
Holland lias no patent system or
trade mark laws. Certificates of origin
are not required there. An exception,
however, Is presently to be enforced
with respect to Importations of sugar,
since Russia has not subscribed to the
Brussels convention.
Barbados business men have offered
to supply 30,000 negroes for labor in
the Transvaal and to agree to deliver
them at Lourenco Marques withlu
twelve months at $100 per bend, pro
vided the wages should be not less
than $12.50 per month, with board and
lodging.
According to the European Journals
of science, the great storm of red dust
which swept up from Africa over
Europe some time ago is doing a go<sl
service to science in making the strata
in tlie Alpine glaziers so that they
can be studied with greater accuracy
In the future.
Napoleon is an unusual, If not un
preeedented, Christian name to be
borne by the presiding officer of a
British parliament. But Napoleon An
toine Belcourt, who lias been elected
speaker of the Canadian house of com-
mens, can address- meeting or court in
fluent and excellent English.
Smyrna, the commercial capital of
Asia Minor, 200 miles south of Con
stantinople, is located at the far east
ern end of Smyrna bay, an arm of tlie
Mediterranean extending forty miles
lnluud. Mountains, almost bare of
foliage, tower above the city on the
northern, eastern and southern sides.
To prevent the manufacture of bogus
recommendations of servants In Ger
many every servant Is obliged to keep
a character book, in which necessary
entries of dates and character descrip
tions are made by the mistress or mas
ter. The servant must then take the
book to the nearest police station and
have the record dated with the official
stamp.
At a recent meeting of the French
Society of Authors a member suggest-
ed that the adult sons and daughters
of the authors ought to be received
after the regular meetings and given a
chance to fall in love with each other.
He held that from such marriages,
with a literary parentage on both sides,
a superior race of authors would result.
His suggestion was not adopted.
A new cavern rivaling in beauty the
one at Luray, and Wier’s Cave nnd the
Cave of Fountains, nt Shendun, Va..
has been discovered In Shenandoah
county, Va., near Woodstock. The dis
covery was made by accident. Work
men were taking limestone from a
quarry at Tom Brook, and in blast
ing the stone the entrance to the cave
was opened. As yet the cavern has
only been explored for about 175 feet,
but the portion that has been visited
Is filled with the most beautiful lime
stone formations and contains large
chambers.
Erroneous Impressions are in circu-
lation as regards the leading bor»€
raising states. One is Impressed that
Kentucky is entitled to the lead from
the frequency that the horses of the
Blue Grass State are eulogized. Yet
there are fifteen states that surpass
Kentucky In the number of their
horses, whil“ the average value in
twenty-three state» rates higher than
tlie horses of the Blue Grass State. The
horses of New Jersey average $0V28 a
head and of New Mexico $17.52. the
extremes of average prices In the dif
ferent states and territories.
In the destruction by fire of tlie em
peror's palace In Seoul there vanished
that wonderful hall of audience or
cv„Tg-.wtulnt'.o-..» wfcfelt' w«-«KK!w-*By-
other hall In the world. It is said that
the Jnpanese in 1805 wished to remove
It to Japan because of the beauty of
Its columns. Each of these columns
was formed from the trunk of a tree.
Each was over 40 feet In height and
all were molded to the same exact
size. No paint or varnish ever touched
them. They wore kept washed with
clean water and then polished merely
by much rubbing with soft, clean pads
They shone like metal and yet showed
all the beautiful grain of the timber.
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Au Error Fn Diagnosis.
S:ori<-s o^raik ’id,.h!s were
liE told ut Tuxedo. %eucer Trask,
bunker uml author of New York. *uld:
•In a <rtaln rai^vuy colliHou oujj of
the vlctlftis lay for u long tlmJ on hi*
back a<«o*» Die thu. Finally two men
picked Aim up. carried him to the sta
tion uiMl placed him on the tl*or.
" ’He’ll lie easier lien’.' tliey said, ‘tllk
the doctor comes.’
"The doctor came a little later.
•’ ’This poor chap Is done for, I’m
ANXIETY.
EKeeta or TMe Foriu of Meatal tad
3’b>al«-al Uerati»eme><.
hi a pajier read before the congress
of 1 a neb0 alienists at Grenoble Dr.
■ >af*>n <4.¡da line |>olnted out that
•uxii ty Is aalisturbance which Is ex
prest At & the entire being. The ex
citing cause» are aometlBiea physical
and« sometimes p^cbical, and the
symptoms inaiiifesttxl are both phys
ical and mental. The physical symp
toms comprise cold feelings and chills
of the scalp and body, general lassi
tude, Incoordination of voluntary
movements far more apparent than
real emotional coloring of speech, and
vertigo, which Is dependent upon vaso
motor cerebral disturbances or upon
digestive troubles.
In the anxious
states there are always circulatory
troubles, such as accelerated heart beat,
irregularity of the heart's action,
heightened arterial tension and cold
ness of the extremities. Respiratory
disturbances are also present
The psychical symptoms of anxiety
include various degrees of vague dread
and apprehensiveness, often taking
definite forms. In which case they ure
designated as "phobias” or "obessions
of fear.” weakening the capacity of at
tention and of memory, nnd a tend
ency to confusion of Ideas. Halluci
nations of the senses are prone to oc-
CHOICE MISCELLANY
The < mtrunry of m Duel.
One hundred years ago the llth of
July occurred the historic duci liy
which Alexander Hamilton, thè bril
liant statesman, lost lila life al Die
hands of the erratic, ambii ione and
designing Burr. One huudr<*d year*
after that sad event. whlib America
has never ceased to deplor*. it is Inter
esting to find the city of New York
buying the old Jiimei mansion, at
which lsith Hamilton and Burr were
favored guests, that It may lie pre
served as one of the three pre-Revolu-
tlonary landmarks remaining on Man
hattan Island.
At tills mansion, which stands in tsild
prominence upon the heights overlook
Ing tlie Harlem river at One Hundred
and Sixtieth street. Burr lived after ho
married Die Widow Jum.'l. His days
there, however, were but another pa
thetic chapter In the life of a brilliant
num who permitted bis evil Instinct*
to master and control his career. Tlie
liundrtsl years tliat have Intervened
since the Weehawken duel have only
tended to quicken Die world's appreci
ation of the abilities of the gifted West
Indian, while time has not in any de
gree dispsfled tlie <sllum which shroud
ed the life and public services of Aaron
Burr. Four Truck News.
Microbe of Old Ase.
COMEDIAN SAM VALE.
He W
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the Original of Sam Welles
of Plc-kwlek Fame.
In a lecture on old age. delivered
by Dr. Menchnlkoff. the speaker ex-
premed the opinion that senility was
produced by certain physiological
states which cause the beneficent
species of microbes called macroph
ages to Increase too rapidly. Then in
tlieir turn they become injurious.
These parasites flourish in the largo
Intestine which mammals possess,
whereas in birds they are almost en
tirely lacking. The result was shown
In the person of tlie doctor’s own dog.
which was decrepit at eighteen, while
the doctor's parrot, aged seventy, «p-
peered to the audience bale «nd lively.
“It stands proved," said the doctor,
"that senility Is an Infectious disease,
and It should la* possible to treat it
like other maladies, to cure it or pre
vent It.”
The hope was expressed by Dr.
Menchnlhoff that a serum would short
ly be discovered to counteract the
macrophages and prolong human life;
meantime, says the Figaro, he rec
ommended the consumption of curdled
milk.—Paris Dispatch to London Mail.
The origlual of Sum Weller was Sam
ale. an English low comedian, who,
In the early part of the last century, was
quite popular in the south of England.
In the year 1811, and for a few years
after, he made quite a reputation In the
musical farce called "The Boarding
House,” written by Beasley. In this
lie played the part of Simon Spatter
dash, a person who indulged in odd and
"THAT WAS lit OLAHS EXE, XOU FOOL!"
whimsical sayings. “Come’on, as the
afraid,’ he said, glancing at the pros old man said to the tight boot;” “I am
down on you. as tlie extinguisher said
trate victim.
“Then he knelt down, lifted one of to the candle;” “Let every one take
the man's closed eyelids and peered care of himself, as the donkey said
Into a dull, blank, unseeing, lifeless when dancing among the chickens,”
nre fair illustrations of his witticisms
eye.
“’Yes; he's dead all right. Take him in the course of that play, the resent-
blam-e between them and some of tlie
away,’ said the doctor.
"But the pale Ups of the Injured man sayings of Sam Weller being very
moved slightly, and n feeble voice marked. In private life Vale was a
wit. and many good things in bls own
murmured:
“ ‘That was my glass eye, you fool!’ ” time were credited to him. A man of
excellent temper, he had no enemies,
—New York Tribune.
and the good humor which pervaded
(lothinR hh Physical Herords.
every saying, together with the droll
They Sh«*»k Hands.
An excellent Illustration of the value
ery of Ills manner, gave his witticisms
This story concerns John Scott, man
unusual value. His sayings were called of records has been afforded lately re
ager of the Uulon Iron works, and
Sam Valerisms, and on the appearance garding the question of physical de
Dave Barry, professional pugilist.
of Pickwick in 1836 the character of generacy. A firm In the north of Eng
Burry had obtained employment nt tlie
Weller was generally recognized as a land has compared the measurements
works, and one day he and two other
portraiture of Vale. The comedian died for clothing made two generations ago
employee* hid themselves behind an
with those of today, the results going
In 1848 at the age of flfty-one.
outhouse to indulge in a quiet smoke.
to show tliat chest and hip measure
Just as the three were In the midst
ments nre now three inches on the av
Why Wi nd in 111 m Burned Down,
of their enjoyment Scott came u|s>n
Of the production of fire by the fric erage more than they were sixty years
the scene, Tlie latter took in the sit- tion of wood against wood windmills ago. This same conclusion is reached
uation at a glance and frowned per- of Die old construction gave on a large by- the experience of the ready made
ceptibly.
scale some disastrous examples. When clothiers. These facts, whatever may bo
Ba rry's companions were equal to the force of the wind Increased the their generality, do not quite dispose
the emergency, and at once busied miller was obliged to bring each of the of till’ question of degeneracy. They
themselves in carrying several pieces sails in succession to the ground in or are whnt we should expect from the
of iron toward the main works. Barry, der to unclothe It, but when sudden more abundant and cheaper food of
however, stood his ground, and Scott squalls came on this was impractica the people, their better housing and
frowned all the more.
ble, and the mill In extreme cases ran Improved sanitary surroundings, but
"Well, young man.” said Scott, "why uwuy—that Is, could not be stopped.
the testimony regarding the unfitness
don't you go to work?”
Everything was now done to Increase of recruits and progressive lack of
"Oh. I will, soon,” replied Barry non the grip of the wooden brake round tlie stamina In town nnd especially manu
chalantly.
great wheel on tlie driving shaft, and facturing populations cannot be disre
“Do you know who I am, sir? I'm water was poured copiously over them, garded. London Telegraph.
John Scott.”
but In spite of all this flames would
"Is that so?” said Barry, extending sometimes burst out from the intense
The Coat of Leap Yenr.
his arm to shake hands. “I'm pleased friction and tlie mill be probably
The fact that this is n leap yenr car
to meet you. Mr. Scott. My name is burned down as the result. The beau ries with It an effect apt to be over
Dave Barry.”
tiful machinery of the modern wind looked, which Is that the annual ex
They shook hands.—San Francisco mill, by which the miller controls the penses of governing the nations will
Call.
action of the sails from the interior of be considerably Increased by the In
tlie building, has reduced this danger to clusion of the extra day. This comes
Canceled the Order.
home with tin’ greatest force to those
a minimum.—Notes and Queries.
governments which have the largest
E. S. Lott, manager of the United
armies to feed and provide for. The
States Casualty company, relates the
Memory,
story of n telephone message to a New
There are 100 different varieties ol French budget commission was met by
Y’ork firm of horse dealers shortly be memory, and perhaps we cannot alto the fact that the one day will add to
fore the return of the Sixty-ninth regi gether choose which we will possess, the expenses of the war office for limt
ment from the Spanish American war. though every sort, when we have the n sum of nearly 800.000 francs, which
The chairman of a committee of Irish- germs of It. may" be cultivated. To will be expended In rations for the
American citizens who were preparing learn anything by heatt the best plan men and forage for the horses. When
to entertain tlie regiment telephoned Is to read a sentence and repeat It all the various state departments lire
asking for twenty-five pure white without a book, then rend the next separately considered the total sum
horses. Mr. Doerr of tlie firm an- sentence and repeat the two, and so runs into several millions of francs.—
swered that there were only fifteen on. Rc|>etltion Is of great Importance, Detroit Free Press.
white horses in the establishment, but “lino upon line.” More is learned nnd
A Mendelssohn l.odrlns Gone.
that fifty green horses were expected remomliered by reading through one
The house 1ms recently been torn
the following week. Possibly some book twice than by reading two books
could be selected from the latter to an once. After a thing has been learned down In which Mendelssohn lodged
swer the purpose. The chairman of ft must tie recalled nnd gone over nt during his lirst visit to London in 1829
intervals, or the Impression will fade and on several subsequent occasions.
the committee repill’d:
The premises were occupied by a Mr.
“Green horses, did you say? Cancel nwny.
Ilelnke. an Ironmonger, whose wife’s
the order for the white horses and
Anemone Factn.
English cooking greatly delighted the
send us the fifty green horses.”—New
Naturalists have duly recorded that composer.
York Times.
that if a sea anemone be divided in
The effort* of a •'German” band out
halves longitudinally a new animal will side the house were sometimes more
Enough Said.
William C. Bryant recently told the in time be reproduced by each half, as than .Mendelssohn could bear, and he
suming the anemone Is kept In pure sea would have the performers dismissed
story of two soldiers, one of bibulous
water. An old zoologist relates how he with a benedictory shilling ami return
habits and the other a steady and so
watched an anemone which somehow to one of hfs grand pianos, of which
ber man. says the New York Times.
or other had contrived to half swallow there were two.
The latter was promoted to be a ser
one of the valves of an oyster shell.
geant. Upon his promotion be con
The Ciar'n Power.
Practicnlly the shell struck In Its giz
ceived a very exalted impression of his
The very first thing the traveler
zard nnd gradually cut Its way down
rank and became quite offensive in
through the soft tissues of the anem learns In St. Petersburg Is that In Rus-
manner to his former associates. His
one until It halved the animaJ ns by Bia the czar is everything—literally ev
attitude caused great resentment in a partitlMi. Perfect reproduction of erything. His will Is law. conceded ns
camp. One (lay the bibulous soldier two anemones through the division of such by his subjects, by heavenly in
approached him and said, "What is tlie one was noted to be the result of this spired right; all the land and all hi*
punishment if the private calls the ser accident. Even a fragment or two of subjects are absolutely his to dls]w>se
geant a darned fool?” “He will be ar an anemone body left attached tn Its of wholly a* he chooses. The nopular
rested nnd court martialed,' responded rock may in due season reproduce a 1 fancy pictures the czar ns one never
the sergeant. "Suppose he simply new tiody.—London News.
Been by his people save when imbed
thinks he is a darned fool and does not
ded In a phalanx of guards, thus pro
say it?” "There is no punishment for
Money Thrown Away.
tected from the bullets of would bo
that.” “-Well lot tt.pp j>t that.” replied
"P-: that city- 4»t< r helped ye-rtgts-t regicide*.—
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the private.
smart, did he, Silas?” asked Mrs. Giles
Tensas
of
an
Ant
Hill.
on her husband's return from a week's
Th« Bar t'nfnlr,
A German naturalist recently made n
visit to a specialist in a neighboring
census of ants. He arranged an appli
John W. Vrooman, former secretary town.
of state of New York, tells the story of
“Well. I guess be did! I'm feeling ance that permeated an ant hill with
a clergyman who visited a hotel in fine as a fiddle now. an’ be says I sulphur vapors until all the Inmates
w’estern New York and was nstonfshed won't likely have any return of it If I were dead. Then he carefully dug up
the entire colony and put earth nnd all
afterward to receive a visit from a del Just keep ter what he tells me.”
egation of labor leaders, who asked
“Whnt did he sny was the matter Into a bag, which he carried to his lab
oratory. The sorting nnd counting of
him to go to some other hotel because with ye?” Inquired the wife engerly,
the Bartenders’ union bad ordered a
"1 forglt now what be called It. the ants required more than a week of
strike on that hotel and the hotel had but”—
I steady work. He found 22,580 ants nnd
been declared unfair.
"Silas,” she cried, "ye don't really 13.500 larvae.
Painless Spnnhln».
mean ter say ye pnid out nil that
Almoat Impossible.
Tboar Sweet Girls.
Fattier (cutting Die whip smartly
money an’ didn’t git no good of it after
Jack—Why wouldn’t she marry you?
Drusilla—I did not see you at the all,'”—Exchange.
through the air) See, Tommy, how I
She loves you to distraction. I know It. Vanblunt reception last night, dear.
make the horse go faster without strik
because she told me so. George- She Dorothy—No. I hoped to be able to go
Preferred ««Hird In the Hand.
ing him at all. Tommy Papa, why
Insisted on my proving that 1 am not up to the last moment, but was pre
"Mr. Heavyweight,” said the minis don't you spnnk us children that way?
already Aiinrrled, because she says there vented. Drusilla (sweetly>- )’e> I know
Is a great deal of bigamy nowadays. the Invltntion« ver* limltal St I«ul* ter. "is willing to subscribe $10,000 for --Glasgow Tlqp’s.
1 n new church provided we can get otli-
Well, It Is easy enough to prove that BepuMic.«
• subscriptions making up the same
Stlnar Steps.
one Is married, but bow the dlckqps
amount.” •
,
An old man was passing our house
nm I going to prove tliat 1 am not?
> "Do you conslde* Wliiflh« •• •<'•>(
"Yet you seem disappointed.” said one afternoon, taking exceedingly short
Aft orator or author Is never sm «’cas man. Kw?” «
,111« wife.
stops. My little cousin watched him
ful till he line learned to make fall
"I kno« *• r’Vfai» Wat to **
"Yk*. I was in he ipes be would con- for several minutes and then said,
word* smaller than bls ideas. - Einer- "fabutc* Mgul**!* «» «to «»MriaM» Wlbut» * hundred dollars In cash."— "Mamma, jpesn't he walk stingy?”--
•on.
Exchange.
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