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A «Attain Inventor on <■ hit upon the
ka»py devil 4 of d‘ slo tting eg s. He
turiK-il dozens an-1 dozens of uggs into
• i.ow.i»< tb.it «on mlgM eanj in a
pill bo| All you bail to do when J oU
Wantol an omelet or a scramble was to
drop a pinch of tlie powder Into water.
A tea.sp<s>i«.l of the stuff would swell
up to till a quart tin, and half a cup
ful w ouhl I-«- enough for the meal of a
csinipiiiu on the march. Now, tills In
ventor by diligent effort succeeded hi
milking himself known to a great mail
In a European country, a man who
moves armies by the crooking of
finger, so to apeak. The great man
was «lellgbtetl with tlie des!ccat<*d egg
scheme, and u box of the powder was
sent to him so that be might try It on
the army.
Fate, however, «lecrei'd
that It should be tried on the dog. It
lay open on the great mini’s study ta
ble, ami there the dog- nosed It out.
lie licked Up the powder, an amount of
It fiiat forty conscientious liens could
not replace with a month’s hard la
bor, and be liked the taste of It. It
made him thirsty, however, and lie
swallowed nearly a gilllon of water to
assuage that thirst. The powder lm
mediately began to da what It w as ex-
|wst«<d to do when water struck It,,
a»«! twforr the e.i ee of the great man
that unhappy «log swelled, lip mid
swell»-«! up till bls seams gave way.
Juat forward of' the port beam he
sprang a leak. This Is a perfectly true
story. The poor dog actually burst.
That particular Invention has never
Iwen reeomniemk*d to the war office.—
Washington Post.
VULCANO'S VOLCANO.
A Ssl.wsl XAe.lh.r l*r«>|ihet and in-
fslllhl. at That.
As a natural weather prophet, and In
fallible at that, the volcano on the is
land of Vulcano, twelve mill's north of
Rldly, In the Mediterranean, Is be-
lleved to bold the record. The fol
lowing Is from an account of a dinner
given by the Geographical Council
Club of England in 1893: “Captain
Wharton, the liydrographer to the ad
miralty, told how he had once an
chored In very deep water on the east
aide of Vulcano, the southernmost ot
the Llpari Isles, but that he had kept
up steam with tlie Intention of being
off Immediately if the wiml changed to
the east. He mentioned this to an
Englishman who livetl on the island
and was In charge of some borax
works. ‘But.’ said tin* tnan. 'there is
not the remotest chance of the wind
going arounil to tlie east without full
warning.’ ‘What warning?' asked the
other. ’Oh,’ was the rejoinder, •the
volcano always warns us!’ 'Tlie vol
cano!’ said Wliarton. 'Yes. the vol-
cano. A “fumarone” always emits a
whistling sound before the east wln«l
begins to blow.’ Shortly after this
Wharton was looking at Strabo and,
to ills astonishment, found that that
writer mentions the fact. The Eng-
llsliman had never beard of Strabo in
hla life. Strabo died as an old man
about 25 A. I>., so that this excellent
'fumarone' must have been giving Its
warnings well nigh 2,000 years at
least.”
(¿ray Cwea Hard to Find.
“Look around during your next ex-
ploration of Chinatown,” says a close
observer, "and see If you can find any
Chlnamnn with a gray cue. I have
seen gray haired Chinamen all right
and one or two with fuzz on their
faces which might by courtesy be
called beards, but a gray cue nevi’C. A
good deal of the average cue Is all
make believe auyway. several Indies
of the end of It being composed of
black braid.
“I have always suspected that there
was more or less false hair about It,
too; but that is of course a matter that
cannot lie determined by casual inspec
tion. Such Chinamen as I have seen
with gray hair have had black cues
It may be. however, that the ends of
the cue, Instead of being false, are
dyed."—Philadelphia Record.
»•MthcrH
Xu n «'I i iiria.
The St. James' Gazette says: "The
rainy season in southern Manchuria Is
not «« bad ns It has been represented
to be. Residents of long experience
state that while there are days in
which heavy fulls of rain Ink«* place
there nre not ninny cons«*cutiv<* days In
which torrential rains art* cxperlciieixl.
When a really heavy downpour of rain
of some hours' duration o< < urs It Is al
moat Invariably followed by three or
four weeks of splendid, dry. bracing
weather. Tiler«* Is no liner summer cl
mate In the world than that of south-
•rn Manchurbi. The temperatur«* in
th» shade is seldom above 88 degrees "
Tbr Car««* of Money.
A negro was arrested for stealing.
Ke bad l>een caught helping himself
to the contents of the cash drawer In
the store of a Mr. Appleton. The inng-
wtrate before whom the negro was
brought knew him and was much pur
• prised to leant the charge against the
prisoner. Ixtoklng nt the negro ear
Neatly, lie said: "Sam I'm sorry to
so* you here. Didn't you know that
no good could come fro'ni stolen mon
•y? There's a curse on It."
“Well, jedge.” replied the prisoner,
"I didn't know Mlktah Appleton stole
dat money. I couldn't tell dat by Jest
kaiklu' at It."—Harper’s Weekly.
Nn». a t.ock For the Key.
An old and curious key and lock are
attached to the door of Temple church
In Fleet street, London. The key
w.lglia seven pounds. Is eighteen Inch
ss long, and, unlike other keys, it was
not made for tlie lock. On the contra
ey, the lock was made for It. Both key
•ad lock have been In use since the
crusade», tlie church itself having beeu
bout by the Knights Templars In IK.
—Ixmdon Standard.
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lib* better fob *II break it.
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Of all tlie dainty, aristocratic little
denizens of the flowery kingdom, 1
think the exquisite orchids must claim
first (Misition. 'l liey are liotlioila«'plants
in this Ms-ljon of tlie world an«i need
almost ¡ lx niui li careful attention a - the
liu’Uliutor Imbies. Golden Gate 1‘ark
conservatory has tlie proud distinction
of having the fineat collection on tlie
Pacific Coast. They have numerous
arieties that flourish in tlie teni|>era-
tureof this one little torrid sisit in San
Francisco, it almost takes your breath
when you step from the.clear, fresh,
bracing atmosphere into the home of
the orchids in- til«' conservatory, lint
tlie siglit of tlie plants and their wealth
of flowers repays you for the few mo
ments spent in this close a.mospliere.
You breathe one long sigh of relief as
.you step into th«*.o|H ii air and forget
that you have been fairly smothering in
the hint and stifling odors of grow ing
plants that crave just such heat and
must have it to flourish in their new
home. The memory of the orchid* re
mains with you and tin- unpleaaant
feeling soon* vanishes in the ocean
breezis that sweep Sail■ Francisco clear
of malaria and pestilences. Everybody
can grow orchids, but they must lie
planted in a class case and tlie loam
prepared especially for them and at
tended to carefully, for they will not
stand neglect. Before launching fortli
into cultivating orchids you should
consult your florist and get him to pre
pare the little orchid incubator for you,
with mosses, tlie right kind of earth,
etc. Start right ami you will not make
a failure of it.
A new ami dainty orchid was recent
ly displayed at a Boston flower show
and was called “Anguloa Clawesti,” or
the “Cradle of Venus.” Horticultural
Hall, where the exhibition t«s>k place,
was filled with a wealth of rare ami
Is-autiful blossoms, but every Hower
lover lingered at the “Cradle of Ve
nus,” lavishing expressions of delight
on this new creation in the orchid
family. The “Cradle of Venus” is said
to lie perfectly lovely. It is oddly
shaped like an old-fashioned cradle,
with the siime old-style covering at the
head of the cradle and a boat-shaped
btsly. Instead of the form of a baby
being seen inside, however, the throat
of the orchid was a perfect representa
tion of a little bird, some of the admir
ers going so far as to say it was that of
a robin. Bird and cradle were both of
pale yellow. The eyes of the bird were
dark brown. Therestof the orchids on
exhibition, though perfeeily exquisite,
paled into insignificance ls-side the
“Cradle of Venus.” One of the most
beautiful varieties in the orchid fam
ily, though not new, is the one show
ing a perfect little dove in the heart of
the flower. I have forgotten tlie name,
but any well-posted florist can tell you
when you get ready to have that min
iature conservatory of orchids to make
another charming s|H>t in your own
happy home. It will be a constant
source of delight and will well repay
you for the trouble.
Do you ever think how much planta
are like people. There is the wealthy
aristocratic woman, raistsl in the lap
of luxury, waited upon, petted, and
every wish gratified. She would sink
under adversity ami go into a decline,
for every faculty to take care of herself
has lieeii stunted. A perfectly helpless
being out of her own atmosphere, she
belongs to the orchid family. There
are the true, noble women of the land
w ho never lose the sweet refinement
and womanly character when tlie tide
of prosperity turns. You feel her pres
ence e'-en after she is gone and the
world is better for her having live«!.
W herever she may Is* placed she will
make the best of the surroundings, will
retain her dignity and grace, will nuike
her presence known by kindly acts and
her sunny dis|x>sition will make the
way easier for those of a less hopeful
nature, w ho would sink by the wayside
if there was not some one to encourage
and help them on by their own cheer
fulness and a disjsisitoii to make the
liest of everything. These ho|M-ful,
lovable women remind Polly of violets.
They tlourish and give you a wealth of
sweet fragrance under cultivation, take
the care and attention away, and still
they will not fail you, but send forth
the odorous flowers as long as there is
life. The fragrance lingers in the
blossoms long after their Is-autv lias I
gone and the petals are dried and with
ered.
In striking.contrast is the waxen
■beauty of ¡hv •« amilins aiid iifigrant
mignonette. I he former are like erea-
turns without a soul, Is-autiful to look
upon and of a cold and arrogant na-
ture. The mignonette is like a little
laxly plain, even to homeliness, but
with so swo't a disposition and noble
in diameter that you forget all nliout
their plainness. Wherever they go
they find a welcome, and a warm one
at that. Everybody is their friend and
wants them around. These are the
people w ho risealsive the small things
of earth, cheerful and happy, ami turn
a smiling face toward the sun. l iny
are h«>|H-ful natures and believe that
Ihe future is tilled with golden prom-
iso always alsiut to be realized. They
are the -«inflowers, ambitious to rise
.above their surroundings. Just think
of thia subject—people resembling flow
ers—some time and you will find how
many of your frit uds in looks, chara< -
ter and habits resemble the flowers you
are familiar w iU> in everyday life. ®
has calk'd <lov>U the la-ling thanks of
the men in the Methodist L'liUi' b «•
Orange, by her interest im their spirit
ual welfare. After long contemplation
and a final determination to do or die
for the sake of mankind of this particu
lar church, she has delilierately swept
away the excuse tlmy have taken ad
vantage of for remaimng away from
religious services. No more will they
Is* compelled to “mind the liaby” to
give their wives uii opportunity of at
tending to their own spiritual needs,
for the Rev. Frank Mac Daniel, pastor
of the Orange Methodist t'hurcli, with
the assistance of Mrs. Thomas A. Edi-
-on, who is on«» of the strongest lieuten
ants and most enthusiastic workers in
tin* church, has solveti the problem
and the answer to the much vexed
<|Uestion is, let a church nursery» I*'es-
tablish.'«!. Hereafter the hibies will be’
brought to ehureh. The parents will
l«*ave them in a room down stairs with
volunteer nurses, who will amuse them.
Mrs. I Jison relat«» many touching in-
el<lents of how men all through-the
week were too busy or too tired to help
to attend, the baby have borne up un-
<ier the burden on Sundays and have
almost cheerfully bidden their wives to
go to church without them. The reg
ular church-goers miftsed these self
denying men from the ranks of the
congregation, and w hen the reason for
their alisenee wu.s given set about at
once to find some way to remove th«'
barriers that kept part of tlie members
at home. \\ itli Mrs. Edison originated
tlie idea of tlie nursery, and she ex
plained her views of remedying the
evil to Mr. MacDaniel, who fell in with
the idea at once and became an enthu
siastic worker in tlie cause. They laid
tlie plan liefore a number of young
women of tlie church who at once
volunteered to look after tlie details of
this original idea. They secured sets
of blocks, indestructible picture Unks
and oilier things which delight tlie in
fant mind, and fitted up a general nur
sery in a room down stairs, and then
tlie minister, Mr. MacDonald, an
nounced tlie good tidings from tlie pul
pit. It knocked the props completely
from under tlie excuses of the long-
suflering men for staying away from
divine service, and it is reported that
the men w ho have heretofore stayed at
home are repressing their joy most
eflec lively.
“Bobolink” writes from a little town
in the interior and wants to know if
figured vails are to lie worn the coming
fall season. They are, “Bobolink,”
and some of tliarn are very much fig
ured. On some of the newest vails a
lace pattern extends along tlie lower
edge about three inches and makes
quite an effective mask. Bright col
ored vails ar«- as much in vogue as ever.
In fact, this is a season of vails and
everything of that kind is in style,
whether it is over the face or merely
draped about the hat, ete.
BRIEF REVIEW.
Woman vs. Wildcat.
A Mount Sterling, Ky., woman was
tackled by a wildcat. With only her
dog to assist her, Mrs. Martha Miller
had a battle for life. She lives near the
Tennessee line, in Letcher county, and
was walking along the pike when the
animal leaped upon her from a tree.
She had a stick in her hand and used
it vigorously, but the cat buried its
teeth in her neck and shoulder, lacer
ating her flesh, while with its claws it
tore her clothing to shreds. The little
dog came to her defense, but she fell ex
hausted, her screams for help not being
heard. After she fell the cat and dog
continued the fight.
The eat was
weakened by the blows from her club
and the dog finally obtained a throat
grip and held on until the cat was dead.
Mrs. Miller was badly injured, but will
recover.
Spider Builds Water-Tight Web.
An English naturalist Ims discov
ered a new and interesting species« «if
spider in Australia. It lives in the
crevices of the rocks along the seashore
between high water and lowwater marks
selecting this jieculiar situation, it is
believed, Is-cause it finds there thefooii
that it likes liest. Of course, its home
is submerged when the tide is in, but it
prevents the waters from coming in by
Heaving a sheet of silk across the en
trance. The well is air-tight as well as
water-tight, but enough air is inclosed
w hen the web is stretched to last the
spider until the tidc-rece«les.
Stomach Never Full.
It is remarked by tlie London Chron
icle that most of tlie children taken to
• hi* hospitals there need milk ruther
than niedieine, ami that "milk dis|M*n-
saries” would be a useful branch of hos
pital service. Hemi-starvation, compli
cated in many ca,ses ly .‘tlc-Jiol and
tobacco, it says, is at tile isittom of
most of tin* pliysieal ills of tin* ptxtrer
classes of tile English |s*op)e, 30 | ht
cent of wliotu, an authority lias said,
“never know what it is to have a full
stomach.”
Globe On His Estate.
A great glolie ornamented with the
map of the earth has been carved in
stone to decorate the estate of an eccen
tric Englishman at Swanage. It stands
overltsiking the si'll and is visible for
quite a distance, < hie may walk about
it and study it in detail. Tlie plain
surfaces, such as the oceans, lakes and
deserts, are deeorat«-d with Scriptural
texts, which are supposed to apply es
pecially to the locality they occupy.
An Austrian physician, i)r. F. Muel
ler, has made experiments w hich den»-
oust rate that swimming is harder work
than mountain climbing.
,
I he ( him*ss havea proverb that “tUc
Polly has lx*t wondering if Mrs. fall o(.a natkm is precede«! by <Wer-leg-
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Edison, the wifeWf the great inventor, ¡¡dation."
CONFIULNCE UNDfcK WATER
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QUAINT ALKMAAR and ITS ANCIEN?
WtIGH HOUSE SCALES.
A Town In X<iru,<li HollaiiU Wbick
For Ovar Two Hundred Year. Un»
Had the "High«, io Wei*h” Every
< heeae Made la tlaA Heal in.
Tl,ia First E.seatlal In Iwlm-
lulua
Be I'tHred.
A person who is timid about the wa-
ter can overcome the greateat part of
the difficulty of learning to awim by
the proper use of a wash basin
The obstacle that nervous persons
nieet In the water Is not tlie conscious
fear of drowning, but an Involuntary
nervous shock that causes them to
gasp for air even before their faces are
under water, it is this gasping for
breath that drowns people.
They cannot control the gasping, and
consequently they often snap for
breath when tlielr mouths are under
water. As the buoyancy of a human
bisly Is easily disturbed, a few pints or
quarts of water swallowed In these In
voluntary gasping acts serve to sink a
person who otherwise would Boat long
enough tor help to urrlve.
Now, If a person nffileted with this
involuntary fear of getting uuder wa
ter will thrust the whole face gently
into an ordinary basin full of water
every day ami Btay there as long as
possible it will be ouly a short time be
fore the gasping sensation begins to
disappear.
Then the bathtub should be used, so
that the bather, lying full length, can
immerse the entire head. At first tills
will bring back all the old frightening
sensations of suffocation, but the at
tacks will be of short duration, and
within a few days It will be found that
the total Immersion can be maintained
for almost a full minute without dis
comfort of any kind.
Once a person has learned how per
fectly comfortable one can be under
water tile first great step has been
taken toward learning to swim.
Many otherwise good swimmers have
never really acquired this calmness
under water. The result Is that when
such a swimmer Is caught in an uuider-
tow or a swirling current his confl
deuce leaves him as soon as he feels
himself dragged under the surface. In
stead of diving or remaining motion
less and so preserving Ills breath he
gasps Involuntarily and naturally swal
lows water, and the choking sensation
at once forces him to exhale what
breath he has left and gasp again.
Confidence under water should be
the first lesson In swimming.
Though Eidam, vu the Zuydet Z«ss
gives its name to those ruse re«l sphere,
we know as "Dutch cbeestjs,” which
are Instinctively associated with In
digestion, yet it U Alkmaar, In north
era Holland, that «'onduces to the week
Jy Importante of this «alible of com
merce, us any one who has ever stood
lu the quaint old market place upon t
Friday, and about the hour of noon
will have speedily come to understand
For the Dutch cheese producer, in-
deed, "all roads" may bo said to lea«!
to Alkmaar, likewise all waterways,
anti there are muny of them. Thltliei
come the cheeses by rail, by cart and
by boat; you stumble over them Inside
the station as you alight from th«
train; they dispute the right of way be
tween the rows of narrow, many col
ored and curiously gabled houses; they
stand In solid stacks upon the landing
Bruges heaped up like cannon bulls lr
fieadiness for an. Immediate bombard
ment and, if ’twere aot libelous to
breathe aught suVorlng of disrespect tc
a friendly country’s national comestl
ble, us deadly, posaflily, also to an un
accustomed stomsch as their leaden
prototypes.
But. be that as it may, tlie clieese
market is a rare gopd sight In quaint
Alkmaar w hen the peasant proprietor
and bls vrouw come in to drivé'tlielr
bargain at the w«lgh hoouse with the
wholesale agents from far auij near,
and every hostelry does Its own brisk
trade with both pirtiea.- Across those
rounded, bridges peculiar to Holland
come shoals of peasant folk In pic
turesque attire. Who does not know
by now the dreed with Its glorious cap
and golden “cork»cr»w” ornaments, the
pride of many x generation, making
pretty faces doublj' bewitching and
lending some subtle attraction to even
the hardest featired dame well up in
years? Ou they come—clatter, clatter,
clatter, voluble with their guttural flu
eney we somehow feel we ought to un
derstand la*cause of Its confusingly
familiar sound, but Its very, kinship to
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
German semis us astray, and we listen
and listen till till Jargon about the
There is a type of man who doesn't
weigh hoouse becomes a more hope know he's a fool. lie Is always a fool.
less Jumble of sou»ds than ever to our
This is finally said of every secret:
ears, and we content ourselves with "I don't see how in the world it ever
turning our attention to the building got out.”
ltsiilf. It stands where Its richly paint
You sometimes hear people say they
ed facade can be seen clearly reflected do not hear gossip. It's a fib. We all
In the cool, smooth waters of the neigh hear gossip
boring canal, a dignified old pile, built
If you discover something important
In 1(151, with nn especial eye to the for yourself the doctors say they knew
growing Importance of Dutch cheeses, It all the time.
Alkmaar having in that year received
It Is hard to get a good washer
its "right to weigh” from William of
woman, but then it Is mighty bard to
Orange, and thus every cheese chang
wash for u living.
ing hands from that date onward hav
If you do not label your good will in
ing passed from the producer to the
dealer across the Alkmaar scales. Thu your Intercourse with some people
they accuse you of being disagreeable.
present ones, by the way, which have
Give a boy a toy, and tlie first night
hung In their place since 1692, were
made In Amsterdam at a cost of 858 he takes It to bed with him, and the
guilders and, having conscientiously second night he leaves It on the stairs
performed their duties without a hitch so that some one falls over It.—Atchi
ever since, certainly speak volumes for son Globe.
the workmanship of 200 nn«l od«l years
Famous Playalciaa's Diplomacy.
ago.
Some Philadelphia physicians recent
Though the little town is thronged
from earliest morn with orderly ly were playfully discussing the diplo
crowds of heavy Hollanders, it Is not macy to be employed with young
until the musical chimes within the mothers.
"When 1 am called to a house where
all Important weigh hoouse turret have
signified the hour of noon by breaking is a baby whose sex I do not know,”
forth In melody, generally from some said one, "I am always embarrassed
well known comic opera, that the ac as to how to speak of it. A mother al
tual business of the day begins, al ways feels better if you ask her, "How
though, “unofficially," both parties to is the little’girl V or ‘How Is the little
the «coming transactions have probably boy?’ as the case may be, as she usual
already taken time by the forelock ly takes pride in the sex of the child,
over a glass of hollands in some Inn whichever It is.”
One of the most famous physicians
on the maarkt. Now, however, the
cumbersome ware li carried within In the world remarked:
"I never have any trouble in that re
doors, the time honored ceremony is
gone through and the ticket stating gard. I make It a rule to call all babies
th«* <*orrect weight of each given, after whose sex is unknown to me ‘Francis.’
which act the money changes hands, The mother doesn’t know whether I
It Is a study in temperament, this spell It with an '1' or an ‘e.’ "—Philadel
weigh hoouse scene in the little Dutch phia Ledger.
town, No ‘‘hurry skurry” mars tlie
Talked Too Murk.
calm of the place or dliturbs the phleg
Speaking one day of club sociabil
matic, • pipa sucking Individuals pri ity, Hy Mayer, the cartoonist, told of a
marily Interested In the transactions club to which he was invited while in
here going forward. The cheese alone Berlin. Tin* club was composed of
seems riotous and lnclin«*d to wholesale elderly Germans, who met in a back
insubordination, with a mind to roll room to drink beer and smoke. At in
hither and thither, possibly resulting tervals one of the clubmen would re
from some “subconscious" memory of move his pip«* from his mouth, nod his
cows, green meadows and buttercups head sagely and remark. "Yah." After
and a disinclination to coming bondage a little pause another of the smokers
upon the prosaic shelves of some pro would say. “Yah.” That was the ex
vision dealer.
tent of their conversation. "One night,”
If so, we honor the “last kicks,” fu said Mr. Mayer, "one of the members
tile though they be, for accustom«! brought his son to tlie club. After sev
hands soon pounce upon and gather eral of the older ones had spoken as
up the stock, of which each single usual the youngster spoke. He said.
cli«*ew weighs from two to six kilos, ■Yah, yah.' They expelled him nt
and they are swiftly carried out to once,” concluded Mr. Mayer, “for talk
make way for the next lot. And so on, Ing too much."
all through the day. does the trade pro
ceed until the last "Eldamer” has been
An Elective Whintie.
disposed of, but the extent of the busi
A popular English author was whol
ness done in so quiet and orderly a ly incapacitated from work by a lady
fashion on “cheese market -day»” may who llv«*d next door nnd strummed
to some ertent be gauged from the through Handel's "Messiah” Ills idea
fact that no lt«s tnan 5,000,000 pounds of the inviolability of ! an Englishman's
weight of Eidam cheeses are computed house «lid not nilow him to send ill
to pass through the Alkmaar weigh any message, mid he ■ was at his wits'
hoouse annually before proce«!dlng to enil till lie saw In a daily, paper that
Amsterdam and Rotterdan’. where «'/■‘.r.-wkUl'-cH c<jukt . )‘C ullupAlt- t-> fit
each Is duly Invested with It familiar on to kettle spouts. He
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provided him
red coat, prior to more extended trav self with one mid put the kettle on
els, by land and by sea, often Into the Ila* fire lu the room nearest the singer.
heart of the unknown, travels, how As soon ns the whistle begun be went
ever, which almost invariably end out. Of course the bottom came off
within the Interior of man.—ralj Mall the kettle, but it cost little to solder
Gazette.
it on again, and after two or three
soldcrlngs tlie lady tmik the hint.
OOD MOON BELIEFS.
Orb <»f Multi a« Food
Immortal €><»da.
The
TOMB OF CONFUCIUS.
One nt the < hlef Spots nt Interest In
the Orient.
The city of t'bufuhsien. the Mecca of
the believers In Confucianism, is in the
province of Sliangtung, one of the most
populous districts of the orient. Here
Confucius was born, and here his
sacred bones lie buried. The tomb,
which Is locateil in one of the largest
cemeteries In the province, about three
miles out from the city above mention
ed. is one of the most Imposing In the
whole empire.
Th«* grave Itself Is surmounted by an
earth mound about twelve feet In
height, tlie whole surrounded by a
cluster of gnarled oaks and stately cy
press trees. Before the mound Is a
tablet about six feet broad and twenty
feet high, upon which are inscribed the
names and deeds of the great founder
of Confucianism, a religion adhered to
by over 400,000,000 human beings. The
burden of this Inscription, according to
reliable translation. Is "Perfect One.”
“Absolutely Pure,” “Perfect Sage,"
“First Teacher," "Great Philosopher,"
etc.
The avenue which leads up to the
philosopher's tomb Is even more Inter
esting than the actual place of burial
Itself. On each side of the avenue are
rows of figures of huge animals cut
in stone—lions, tigers, elephants and
horses, besides numerous mythical
creatures, such as animals half dog
and half frag, beasts with four legs
and twice as many wings, besides a
multitude of unnamable monsters that
never lived on tlie earth. In the wa
ter or In the air. Taken altogether,
the burial place of Confucius is one of
the chief spots of Interest la the orl
ent.
THE BIRD’S SONG.
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Birds have no vocal chords In the
larynx, but they possess a unique voice
organ lu the syrinx, which is provided
with what are really vocal chords of n
very effective and complicate«! kind.
Tills syrinx lies in the lower part ot
th«* windpipe and the upper part of the
branching bronchi, but varies much in
its exact position and details of struc
ture In different birds.
Briefly it consists of a varying num
her of muscles, as many as from five
to seven being found in the best song
aters, attached to folds of membrane
and tilt* bony half rings, which at thia
part of the throat form a sort of en
larged Adam’s apple.
Distinctness of the several muscles
mid the mode of their Insertion Indi
cate a bird's musical capability. The
syrinx of the skylark and nightingale,
for instance, is a marvel of adjusted
tnuseh* and membrane, while, on the
other hand, the ostrich and some vul
tures have no voice organ, the pigeon
lias but little to show. an«l the common
fowl lias no muscles to modulate its
cry.
BIELA’S COMET.
11« SeRNHtlonal Career Before It Van-
I n bed From Oar Slab«.
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MISCELLANY
Fuollau the Hullleshlps.
Certain it is tb.it a belief lti the inouu
us the abode of the fathers was widely
spread atuoug the people speaking tke
Aryan languages. To the present day
the peasauts in Swabia are beard to
any, "Muy 1 go to the moon If 1 did it,"
Instead of "May I die If I did It." Nay,
people who work on the Sabbath «lay
are threaUuiug even now that they
will go to the moon that is, that they
will die and be punished tn the moon.
A more startling Idea—peculiar, it
would seem, to India—was that of the
moon serving as the f«sxl of the gods.
Ami yet, though It sounds strange to
us. it was not so very unnatural an
Idea ufter all. The gods, though In vial
hie, hud beeu located In the sky. In
the same sky the golden moon, often
compared to a round of golden butter,
was seen regularly to decrease. And
if it were being consumed by anybody
by whom could It be consumed If not
by tlie gods? Hence the ready conclu
sion that it was so and that It was, In
fact, this foist which secured to the
gods tlielr Immortal life.
If ho much had once been granted,
then came the question, How was the
moon gradually lucretistxl and restored
to Its fullness? And here the old su
perstition came lu that the souls of the
departed entered the moon, so that the
waxing of the moon might reiiillly be
accounted for by this more ancient ar
ticle of faith. Hence the systematized
belief that the moon wanes while It Is
lielng eaten by the gods and that It
waxes while It Is being filled by the
depnrtixl souls entering it. A last con
clusion was that the gods when feed
ing on the moon were really feeding on
tin* souls of th«* departed.
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All Europe was In pangs of terror
when In 1.832 It was announced that
Biela's comet would cross the earth'a
path. People died of terror, and ao ■«-
rlons -lid the scire become that a Par!
elan professor begged the Academy of
Science to publicly refute tlie assertion.
The comet came, blazed awhile in tbs
sky and vanished. Its period of revo
lution round the atm being ju»t u/ ,et
seven years, it came again In 1.839 and
was due once more early In 1846. But
in that year, instead of one comet. tw<
appeared! Tlie original comet had dl
vlded Into two parts, each of which
hail a separate existence, though tlielr
paths were the same.
In 1852 the two comets again came
Hta Re'qaest.
flying Into sight. Their path In 1859
Good I.nek r or Turn»» al I.east.
“Papa,” said little Arthur after bls
was too close to the sun for telescopic
The Chinese have a peculiar custom scrutiny, but In 1.866 it was expected
mother had punished him. "will you do
with regard to turtles, which they con that they would lie plainly visible. ~
But
something for me?"
skier as very good joss, Almost any the double comet never turned up. Not
"What Is It you want?"
"Marry somebody else, and I wish day one enn see these creatures, some has It ever been seen since.
Comets are naturally somewhat un
you'd pick out grandma, because she's of them of huge size, being carried on
board the river steamers, not to be reliable. They are of very flimsy tex
always kind to me!”—Exchange.
taken to Canton for culinary purposes. tare. One great astronomer Indeed has
but to be dumped Into the sen and re said that you could pack the tall of the
Vielew.
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stored to’liberty and freedom. Good average comet In a portmanteau. So if
“No, sir; T never borrow trouble."
luck Is thought to follow.—Hongkong they pass too near to Jupiter or any of
“Neither do I. so why should I sit
Press.
Hie big planets they are very apt to get
here listening to your argument about
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caught and so to disappear completely
the wickedness of docking horses? I
Domestic Economy.
don't own a h<«se, and I never expect
Mr. Yotinghubbe—Don’t you think,
Entirely tol.M.
to."- Chicago Record Herald
my dear, that you are cooking twice as
Agent—Buy a burglar alarm?
much as we shall need? Mrs. Young
Mr. Man—What the deuce do I want
(nnRcinm Virtue.
hubbe (artlessly)—I am doing it on
Senator Blowen (proudly) No, sir; purpose, darling. Tomorrow 1 wntit with a burglar alarm when my wife
no me lias ever attempted to bribe ti><TJ some of those "Hints For lYouse- hears them every night without one?
me. Senator Iwti-hem—Never mind. keepers- How tooMake Dainty Dishes
Rome day. when ft's a close vote. yot/il From What Was Left Ov»r Fr-wn Ya
8p«Wl no strength In worry, You
get your chance.—Chicago Journal.
need It all for duty.—Anon.
terday.”
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During the recent maneuvers he
tween the submurine flotilla and the
battleship squadrons of the British
navy some ingenious ruses were adopt
ed by tlie former to mislead the latter.
One of the most successful v.’as the
building of an exact replica »of the
«smiling tower and u short length of
the t, op of the submarine of canvas
material, This was painted the same
color ns the submarine and was at
tached to the top of the craft. The
submarine then traveled toward one
of the hostile vessels, and when with
in range, ami ns conspicuously as possi
ble, tlie canvas structure was released.
It Immediately tloat«-d to the surface
of tin- wa'er. Directly th«- submarine
had discarded the rnoek structure It
sunk again and, completely altering Its
course, approached the vessel from
auotheg quarter.
This canvas affair, being conspicu
ous, immediately attracted the war
ship's attention, and a sever«- tire was
direett-d upon it. While this firing was
in progress the submarine arose again
to the surface on the opposite side of
the warship and succeeded in launch
ing a torpedo unoliserved and nt close
range. The ruse was therefore com
pletely successful.
“Ip.talr." In Standard Oil.
In the big room on tin- fifteenth floor
nt 26 Broadway, the home of Standard
«Ml, tlier. gather each day between the
"hours of 11 and 13 o - ’clock
- ’ - nil tile m-
tlve men whose efforts make Standard
Oil what Standard OU Is. and there al
so meet mid mingle with the active
heads, the retired captains when "they
nre In town.” Around a large table
they sit. Reports are presented, views
exchanged, politics talked over ami re
publics am! empires mad«* and unmade.
If the recorders in the next world have
kept complete minutes of what lias
happened "upstairs" at 26 Broadway
they must have tremendously large
fireproof safes. It Is at the meeting
"upstairs” that the melons nre cut, and
if one of the retired captains should be.
asktsl why he was In such a rush to be
on hand each day when tn town and
he wore in a talkative mood, which he
would not be, he would answer, "They
may be cutting a new melon, and
there's nothing like being on hand
when the Juice runs out." Thomas W.
Lawson in Everybody's Magazine.
Behind the Hu num Eye«.
The difficulties opticians have experi
enced in arriving at an accurate diag
nosis of the complaints from which
their patients are suffering have led to
experiments In photographing tlie eye
For this purpose an Instrument has
recently been invented, affecting op
tlcal science In general, and the fur
ther development of the eye specialist's
profession In treating eye diseases and
faulty vision in particular.
The fuct that all attempts to photo
graph the Interior or the background
of the eye had remained fruitless so
far was due to the peculiar construc-
tlon of the eje. It Is difficult to light
up the Interior to such an extent as
to enable one to take a photograph
of It, and even the use of strong
sources of light In the exposure would
require so much time that the eye
would have to be fixed, which would
mean (treat Inconvenience to the pn
tlent. Now Dr. Thorner has construct
ed an apparatus with which he first
succeeded In photographing the eyes
of nntmals, especially cats.
Sanitation of Panama.
Great Improvement Is looked for In
health conditions of the isthmus of
Panama and In the city of Panama
when American methods are fully Jn
control there. The city Is well located
on a small promontory, with water on
three sides, and lias excellent facilities
for drainage. By taking advantage of
these favorable circumstances the sani
tary conditions of Panama can be so
much Improved, in the opinion of Lee
Prince, a sanitary engineer, that the
Inhabitants of the isthmus will resort
there for health. The temperature In
Panama Is comfortable, not by any
means so bad dis the hottest days In
New Y’ork or Chicago. The hospital
grounds are beautifully laid out, and
the seventy-five buildings nre con
structed on a plan adapted to the cli
mate, and they afford excellent ventlln
tlon. On this high ground there Is al
ways n breeze and a delightful pros
pect of city, harbor, ocean mid low
mountains.
Haa.ell Safe'« Economy,
Great fun Is being made of the way
In which Russell Snge cel«'brnt«xl his
eight) eighth birthday — treating him
self to a drive on the Rlversldt* boule
vard. One writer declares that tn pll
ing up Ills fortune of $7o.000,<siOor |8O.
O*s),(Hjt) tlie old man has turned himself
Into a human cash register. Hi* travels
on a pass every day to save 5 cents,
never falls to attend a dire, tors' meet
Ing for t)m gold piece lie recelv«*s on
each occasion, wears n suit of clothes
ten years, buys one hat every year, nev
er pays to have bls shoes sl>iii<*d, eats
!«> rent“.' w.r>rt!i of cracker«- and milk
for bls luncheon an«l when away from
his office, as he was on Ids eighty
eighth birthday, compels bls clerk to
pay for the whole quart of milk that is
usuaii)’ divide«! between liietfi;*
Almo nt
DPNlrnblc.
A new skin disease I iiih been dlacov
ered In Vienna, the exanthema varla
bile. A doctor says: •'The symptoms
are originally a bright scarlet, forming
rings connected with each other until
they resemble a net. They spread In
serpentine lines. The spots, somewhat
elevated, are beautifully drawn, mid
after awhile the color alternates be
tween scarlet, pink, lilac and gray blue.
Very rarely there are brownish tints.
The skin takes on a silky hue.” What
a beautiful way to be sick! Louisville
Courier-Journal.
The Impo««lhle.
“They say that laughter Is good for
indigestion.”
"Maybe, but how in thunder Is a fel
low going to laugh when he has Indi
gestion T’—Detroit Free Press.
X.r Pnrpoae.
"Mother thinks you'll make me a
good wife,” said the girl's Intended.
"Indeed?" replied the girl with the
determined Jaw. “You tell your moth
er I’ll make you a good husband.”-
Phlladelphia Ledira«*