|are pleasant or otherwise.
BANDON RE' ORDER.
WISDOM OF AWIMALS.
---- O'
*!«•
Upuleius says that In the Hiring
ft4es of Isis. the forerunners of th«
Roman carnival, be saw a monkey
«Ith a straw hat and a Phrygian tunic.
But monkeys do not seen» to have
twen popular In Rome. The cleverest
of all the animal performers were of
course the dogs, and one showman
had the ingenious Idea of making a
dog act a part in a comedy. The, ef
fects of a drug were tried on him, the
plot turning on the suspicion that the
drug was poisonous, while 111 fact. It
was only a narcotic. The dog took
the piece of bread dipped in the liquid,
swallowed it and began to reel and
stagger till he finally fell on tire
ground.
At the right moment be l>egan to
move very slightly as if waking out
ef a deep sleep. Then be raised his
head, looked around, Jumped up and
ran Joyously to the proper person.
The remark that animals do not grow
wiser with age Is contradicted by the
habit of elephants, noticed even In
ancient times, of making the young
ones cross a ford first. The officer who
superintended the embarkation of the
elephants sent from India to Abys
sinia for use in Lord Napier's cam
paign tells how one old elephant vol
unteered to drive all the others on
board. His services were Invaluable,
but when they had all embarked and
he was Invited to follow them he firm
ly declined and had to be left on shore.
I myself have noticed the acquired
caution of the older dogs of Constanti
nople. which left untouched the crusts
I threw them, while the young ones
ate them ravenously. A Greek native
told me that this was because Euro
peans were in the cruel habit of throw
Ing poisoned bread to the street dogs;
hence the old ones, having seen the
bad effects on their companions, re
fused to eat bread thrown by Europe
ans, though they took it readily from
any Turkish beggar who shared his
scanty fare with them.—Contemporary
Review.
X
Further
more, I am as much surprised at this
change as you are.” The explanation
did not change matters, however, for
MissC----- still thinks that she is the
sadly abused |>arty.
It don’t pay to shirk in your work.
No matter what you have to do, put
your whole soul into it and do the to-st
you can; do it cheerfully and as though
you enjoyed it and you will find that it
makes your task much easier. By
brissling over some uncongenial or un
pleasant task it become* twits-a» hard
for you to continue to stare at it through
blue glasses.. If it is unpleasant try and
think about something else while your
fingers are busy with the unpleasant
task. You don’t have to chain your
thoughts down. Your mind can soar
alsive the wash-tub filled with suds
and dirty clothes if you will it so.
1‘ol.ly had a dear little friend who was
always a sunbeam, in her home and
elsewhere. She eraved the lieautiful
ami Instructive things in life, but never
allowed the fact that she could not
pox-sens them to make her unhappy.
She was busy at the wash-tub one
morning, rubbing away in the steam
ing suds on the dirty clothes that never
ap|>eals to any one. All of a sudden
she dropjied her work, rushed into the
house and seized a pencil and pa|s-r to
write dow n a little poem tliat she had
been creating in her mind while the
little hands tlew over the wash Istard.
She climlied over the fence, read it to a
sympathizing friend and then went
back to her work caroling a song. A
paper a few weeks later printed the
poem, paying her five dollars for it.
'Till imssing strange how blind some
|>w>ple are to their own interests; how
delilierately they go to work to find
ease and pleasure, taking advantage of
their employer’s disposition to do them
a kindness, until patience ceases to be a
virtue, and they must do something to
protect themselves from the frequent
demands of certain employees fora day
or a week off, expecting some other
employee to do their work for them,
although they demand their pay as
usual. Such an instance hap|*ened the
other day, and the little woman is still
wondering how it all happened that
the fickle wheel of fortune turned
against her. This little woman had a
resjionsible |s>sition, in fact was the
head one ill the place where she was
employed and received an enviable
salary. It was her duty to receive all
persons who called at the establishment
where she was employed, answer the
numerous questions they had to ask
ami aid in making them feel at home—
it was designed particularly for stran
gers looking for a home in our own
golden State. The first time she re
mained away from her post, she was
ill, and on her return to work she was
given pay as usual, although she had
been alieent from her |s>st for two
weeks. To use her own expression—
“it was a snap.” She found that a pre
possessing young lady, with tact and
a winning grace in her manner had
BRIEF REVIEW
tilled her place in a way altogether sat
isfactory to lier employers, and argued
Suicide Impulse at Sea.
if she could do it once she could do it
Births,
marriages and deaths are very
again, and everything would move
along as smoothly as it had in the past. common at sea; eases of suicide, al
She began to absent herself from the though not materially swelling the rec
office more frequently. Sometimes it ords of deaths, are by no means infre
i
was a little indispoaition—she had a quent. It often happens that mental
depression
is
accentuated
by
the
vast
headache or a bad cold—at other times
there was an excursion or an afternoon ness and solitude of the ocean. Tbe
tea or a picnic; again illness came in as sense of loneliness, helplessness and in
A QUEER ANIMAL.
her excuse, for she didn’t have the face significance has been known to develop
Strangely
T1 m > Krnlat Is Oae This« la Ila-
to acknowledge that some personal into suicidal tendencies.
m«r and Another I
Wiater.
pleasure was calling her from her work. enough, during an actual tempest the
The ermine is a queer animal, It is Meanwhile the same young lady tilled sense of self-preservation seems to over
one thing in winter and another tiling her place during her alisence, taking a power the desire for self-destruction.
In summer. That is a strange state- keen Interest in the business and was Some months ago a young lady on
Blent, but it la true, for in winter the
so obliging and kind to every one in the board a steamer bound for a <'anadian
animal's fur is as white as snow and
port evinced much apprehension as to
to called the ermine, In summer its office that she completely won every lie» safety during a violent storm. Less
one
she
came
in
contact
with.
Finally
fur turns reddish brown on the upper
than two days later, when the sea was
part of the body and a light yellow on the employers got tired of lieing im-
tbe lower part. The animal is then |M>sed upon, for the sudden attacks of calm and sailing conditions pleasant,
known as the stoat.
illness became entirely too frequent, she climlied over the bulwarks and
This change is quite familiar to nat and furthermore they had discovered threw herself into the ocean. The fas
uralists, but not to unscientific peo that the young lady who had taken cination of watching the swift flow of
ple, and the ermine and the stoat are her place during her illness was better water from the propellers at the stern
therefore generally regarded as (Un
adapted to the position. She had none of a vessel is a well-known cause of sui
tlnct animals. -
cide. Even sailors who have gazed
The fur of the ermine is much val of the arrogance and over self-esteem of down at the surging stream have been
the
lady
who
had
come
to
believe
that
lied and is In great request. At one
overcome with the morbid impulse to '
time it was a murk of great royalty, she was necessary to the business, and
and tlie state rolies of Judges and mag who frequently informed friends “that leap into it. In the Red sea and Indian
istrates were lined with it as an em she did just as she pleased for they had ocean Lascars, mad with heat have
blem of purity.
found they couldn't do without her.” leaped out of the engine-room and at a
The ermine is so cunning in its ways She had returned from a week's outing Isiund have dived overboard, never to
that it la almost as difficult to catch as
recently and U| m > ii going to the office be seen again. Lack of success in
it Is to “catch a weasel asleep.” In
she
was informed that both she and America or Australia has driven many
fact, niaiut the only way to capture It
the
young lady who had been so ably an emigrant to seek oblivion in suicide.
is to mark its course from its home
Two cases occurred last year of unsuc
and then strew mud in its pathway, filling her place were wanted in the
When the dainty, fastidious little aul private office. One went in all confi cessful men who drowned themselves
mal readies tbe point in ito path dence and believing firmly that the when in sight of the old country.
where the mud is strewn it will lie young lady she had left in charge had
Finds Old Cross in Palace Ruins.
down and subject itself to capture and been found lacking. The latter wax
death rather than smirch one of it» worried and wondered whether she
Arthur Evans, a famous archaeolo
snow white hairs.
would find that her services were no gist, who has been for many years in
longer required, 11 did not take them Greece milking excavations in the in
HOW TO STAY YOUNG.
terest of science, has just discovered in
long to find out.
the ruins of the palace of Minosses, at
Will Fewer a Large Factor In Keep
Miss B-----
said the proprietor,
Gnosso, the remnants of a small sanc
ing Awar Decreptltude.
“take your things and go to the front
How old are you? Tlie adage says of the office and take entire charge of tuary, which gives evident proof that
the cross was worshiped in some parts
that women nre as old as they look
that department from now on. Your
and men as old as they feel, That's
of the world 2(MK) years before Christ.
wrong. A num and woman are us old salary will be the same that Miss C----- Since 1900 Evans has been making a
has been getting. MissC----- take your
as they bike themselves to be.
study of the ruins of this ancient palace,
Growing old Is largely a habit of the things and you will occupy the desk and some of the monuments discovered
mind. “As a man thlnketh in Ills Miss B----- has just vacated.” “What
by him are clearly over 6000 years of
heart so is he.” If he begins shortly does this all mean? I demand an ex
after middle age to imagine himself planation,” said MissC----- . “I mean age. Remnants of a building at least
3000 years old have revealed a series of
growing old he will be old.
simply this,” replied the employer,
To keep oneself from decrepitude Is “that we have found during the many chandlers in which many articles of re
ligious worship were hidden. In a
somewhat a matter of will power. Tlie
days you were alisent that Miss B-----
fates are kind to the man who hangs
small subterranean chandler Evans
was
better
fitted
for
the
position
in
on to life with both bands. He who
found the furniture of a small chapel,
lets go will go. Death is slow only to every way than you are. She is never and incased in the wall of the room a
late,
she
is
always
courteous
and
pleas
tackle the tenacious.
marble cross of the form now used in
Ponce de Leon searched tn tlie wrong ant to everybody, and she is never
the orthodox church. Several small
place for the fountain of youth. It absent from her post; we must have
is in oneself. One must keep one somebody who is prompt and whom we statues in earthen ware stood at the foot
self young inside, so that while “the can depend on from day to day. We of the cross, surrounded by many
outer man perlsheth the inner man In never knew whether we would find votive offerings.
renewed dny by day.”
you here or not. We have concluded
Spokes Which Whistle.
When the human mind ceases to ex-
ert Itself, when there is no longer nn also to “dock” or fine everybody for
A Eurojieaii inventor has converted
active interest in the affairs of this tardiness in getting here in the morn the spokes of an automobile into w his
life, when the human stops reading ing and only to pay for days when our tles, which are operated by the air ac
and thinking and doing, the man, like n employees are present and attending to
tion. The w histles are controlled by a
blasted tree, begins to die at the top.
their duties. The past has been a los
You are ns old as you think you are. ing pro|>osition tons, Miss (’----- , and series of small rubber balls in connec
Keep the harness on. Your job Is not things must be changed at once. We tion withtheseat, their release <>|iening
the valve in the spoke and producing a
«one.—Milwaukee Journal.
had hoped that things would right
peculiar whistling noise easily heard
themselves, but instead of that it has
New Oalaea («nnlbitlx.
The l’apunn cannibal of New Guinea grown worse all the time, until we atone the sound of traffic.
regards nil dentils as having a violent could stand it no longer.” “What
Treatment of Idiots.
cause. Whenever a native dies from salary am I sup|s>sed to get now?”
Professor von Warner of Vienna, w ho
sickness it IS oeiieVeu th&t the trick asked Miss
“The same that : has been experimenting in the treat
I
net» resulted from some plot In order
Mias B ----- got.
got. ” “I don't see how I ment of idiots with thyroid gland, has I
to detect the murderer, therefore, parts
of the dead person are distributed can live off of that; it’s twenty-five rejsirted to the Austrian Home Office
among the members of the household dollars less than I have been receiving,” that in time cretinism will belong to
and after a time examined by a certain sum Miss C----- , w ith tears in iter eyes. the category of curable diseases.
effictnl In the community, who might “We are very sorry for you, M iss <'----- ,
Jailed Two Hundred Times.
be said to correspond to nn American but under the circumstances we cannot
Elisabeth Watts, aged 36, made lier
coroner, district attorney. Judge and do differently. That is all, ladies.” and
Jury all combined. If any part of these the proprietor bowed them out and two hundredth appearance a» a pris
uncanny relics has changed to an un breathed a sigh of relief to think that oner at the Southwestern Police Court,
natural color Its possessor is lullin'
says the London Express, recently.
«lately executed and eaten by tlie that unpleasant duty was over.
Mile was lined 20 shillings and left the
other relatives.
The girls, both bewildered by the dock laughing.
sudden change of affairs retired to take
YorUsbt»«
Atoiut n million telegrams are sent
There ie uo better walking to be had up their respective work. The one feel
within the four sene than acrons n ing uncomfortable and sorry for her over the world’s wireedaily. Tn 1903
Yorkshire moor. The air is Intoxicat friend although delighted »liehad given the total wa»364,M8,747. England sent
ing. The sun's heat my be tropical satisfaction. Miss C—
was angry, 92,471,000. The United States was sec
elsewhere. Here It is ever tempered by however, and insisted that Miss B----- ond with 91,391000. Germany, Russia,
breeze If not by high wind. One is had done her an injustice and that she Austria, Belgium and Italy follow in
knee deep In honey sweet heather; the had had the intention all the time of the order named.
grouse rise Tn numbers at your feet
working her way into the good graces
Politics is more often a better thing
and sweep down the wind with the
speed of an expresk bullet.-Temple of her employers and biking her place to let alone than a hot poker.
from
her.
“
If
you
were
my
friend,
a»
Bar.
you claimed to be, why didn’t you
Sortie inert reaped ouly the man who
The best thing Josh Billings knew I slight the work a little?” “Because ran do them an injury.
of was a "first
that is not lay way of doing things,
Don’t jump on a person when you
next beet thing was a second rate what ever T am called upon to do, I
one.”
mi * him down. We do thia too often.
try to do With my whole heart and
If you live a scrubby life you will
IJberty Is the power of doti^ What never think of aiiirkinc duties that fall
to mjf lianda. ■<> mMt< r whetliw they 1 have n scrubby opinion of yourself.
» IMP peMdta CliSro.
CHOICE
MISCELLANY FACTS IN FEW LINES ' vVOMAN AND FASHION
MONOLITH PROBLEMS
Like l harlss II.'■ Flak Storr-
effort is to be made
Niagara
Smart Mitd Altraetlva,
A corre-poudeut of Nature nak - for Falls to reduce irou ore by electricity
A small and attractive design for a
evidence, if there is any, in support of >n a < iqjmercial scale.
blouse* waist that bids fair to I h * popu
the almost universal belief among driv
Sene English employers advertise in lar during tlie coming season is here
ers, owners and builders of carriages tbe papers the death of faithful aerv-
pictured. It Is developed In black and
that if the distance between the fore into ami add laudable remarks.
white sheplieid'H plaid trimnn*.! with
and hind wheels of vehicles be in" Au observer says that every year the
black silk braid and black silk covered
creased the draft will become heavier people of the south are becoming less buttons. The mode blouses over the
No reason is given for the belief, and
mil less addicted to the use of splritu
no explanation of it is offered, but a Ml» liquors.
carriage builder to whom the corre
The British parliament Is to be asked
spondent in question submitted u test
ease in which two carriages were of to give authority for the Inauguration
>f an American system of pneumatic
exactly tlie same weight with wheel»
mail
tubes throughout London.
of the same height, but with the body
Almost every war has its own partic
of one much longer than that , of the
other, wni sure thut tbe former would ular euphemism. General Kuropatkin
be the heavier to move. It seems to us has done a service to all generals in
thut this is a matter in which the facts trouble by nuuiing bls rear bls “south
should lie settled by experiments be front."
Tlie British courts recently exposed
fore the theory Is Investigated. Every
one remeniliers bow Charles II. asked a ruse by which Londoners were es
the Royal society why if a fish were caping Jury duty by registering their
put Into a full bucket of water the wa wives as tenants at their residences in
ter did not overflow and when they stead of themselves.
There are 109 street railway corpora
bad exhausted themselves in learne 1
explanations suggested that they tions in Massachusetts, and they car
should get a fish and a bucket mid -e- ried In the year ended Sept. 30, 1903, a
wliat happened then. There ought to total of 504,662,243 passengers, the cars
be no difficulty In testing how much running 107,506,812 miles.
While the people of Denver sweltered
power tin- long and the short carriage
respectively require, mid If It pr no» t
In tlie hot weather of summer a little
be the same the question Is answere 1 mountain lake only forty-five miles
without more ado. London Globe.
away lay calmly enjoying Its perpetual
freeze. The lake Is solid ice.
Simple Enough.
Tho supply of sterilized milk by the
As a chunge from the story of Co Liverpool corporation has become quite
lumbus and the egg mi Incident relat a popular business. As many as 500
ed by a French man of science mid families are now supplied, the weekly
vouched for by him may I e told. Tlds consumption being 1,200 gallons.
sired. The front closing is in duchess
gentleman relates Hint he was at Ills
A sfxteen-year-old brigand has arisen
style—that 1», concealed—and fine tucks
work before n glowing coal tire when to fame In the neighborhood of Trlest,
are laid on either side, also in tbe baek.
some one tapped at the door, mid a Austria. lie has already committed
The braid used is one inch in width
young girl belonging to a furnily who several murders and has organized an
and makes a very effective trimming
lived In the fiat above him came in.
■'intelligence bureau" that has enabled
Voile, cbevlot, serge, cloth and heavy
“Nir.” she sub!, “would you kindly him to defy the officers of the law so
linen are ail suitable to the making.
lend me a live coal or two to start our far.
fire with? It’s gone out."
According to the Mormon authorities,
The Mode In H«ti.
“Certainly, my dear,” said tbe sa upward of 2,000 missionaries ar« con
From Paris comes the decision that
vant. "But you have brought nothing stantly In the field, most of them the hat must match the costume this
to carry it in. Take my shovel."
young men and all under the supervl- season. This means considerable extra
“Oh. no. sir,” answered the child. "I sion of experienced leaders and dbcct- expenditure in the most modest ward
will carry ti e coals in my hand.”
ed from headquarters established at robes unless a woman coniines herself
“In your hand? What do you mean? central points.
to one color and has a hat developed in
You'll li> burned."
Tlie presence of moisture in tobiaco many shades, one of them matching
"Oh. no. sir, 1'11 show you how.”
is, the London Lancet believes, of srkio each gow n.
The child dipped lip some ashes from importance to public health, since tie
Beaver and panne finished felt are
the grate and placed them 111 the hol combustion of tobacco containing a shown in the newest model hats. They
lowed palm of her left hand. Then large proportion of moisture is Im go well with gowns made of satin
with tl.e tongs she laid two burning peded, while as the generation of Taper faced cloth and zibeline. Cloth hats
coals on the top of the little heap of is increased so are tlie chances of tin are not always practical because they
ashes. Then she bowed, smiled and poisonous principle being carried inti are heavy, but felts to match tbe cos
went out. bearing her coals unharmed. tlie mouth.
tume prove very satisfactory.
“Well, well!” said the man of science
The largest woman's educational b
Beyond a doubt velvet hats will be
to hiluself. "Here I've been studying st I tut Ion in the world is in Great Brk- extensively worn during the coming
natural pliilosophy forty years and nev aln. This is tlie Royal Holloway cA- season, the lighter weight “chiffon”
er find the wit to <lo that!”
lege, which was founded by Thoma velvets being used for shirred and
Holloway, but owes its origin to a w|- draped hats, while heavier velvets are
Count Bismarck n Mlirltty Drinker.
man, Mrs. Holloway, who inspired h4 more attractive when drawn plain
Although he lacked the physique of husband's gift. Tbe buildings ant over the brims or crowns.
his father, if possessing something of equipment of the Royal Holloway col
his figure, the late Count Herbert Bis lege cost about «4.000.000.
The New F«rs.
marck sought to emulate Ids illustrious
Hint the promises made by the in Brown Is to be the color In furs this
parent in Ids powers as mi enter and ventors of submarine boats are nevef season—old fashioned reddish brown.
a drinker. In Ids "Story of My Life" to be realized is asserted by (’aptail The new fur, yeda (unborn calf), is
Mr. Augustus Hare, giving an account Bacon, who has been in command of | talked much of. Jackets and entire
of a house party at Hatfield in 1890. the British submarine fleet from its ill i suits are to be made of tills.
told how, "a colossal man and a great ception. This statement is based ol I Then there is n revival of mink, the
eater." he would "always till two the fact that tile form suitable f<r small eastern mink, which is almost as
glasses of wine at once, to lmve one In high speed on the surface is Inimical t> rich as sable nnd nearly as costly. Sa
reserve.” On the smile subject the fast steaming when submerged.
ble In its darkest tones is again to come
London Times’ correspondent at Berlin
The latest polar expedition curio is a to the fore.
remarks that “to the end Count Herbert gigantic air bag. in which I’eter Nissen
Ermine will be used in combination
retained the Jovial ways of ids student of Chicago intends to roll to tlie pole, with those dark furs, and tlie furriers
days. He was ever whilt the Germans being blown by tlie wind over water tell us mole will be In favor. They
call ‘burschikos.’ mid in his day had an and ice. rough traveling and smooth, told us tills last season.
extraordinary capacity for drinking, as a thistle Js blown across a field.
like Ids father." He adds, “I know of Nissen says lie was driven to adopt
Fell Costume.
one Instance in which, after a dinner tills device by bls endeavor to plan
Three-quarter length single breasted
with more than the usual quantity of pneumatic tires for an arctic nutomo- ' coats, fitting ns if glued to the figure
champagne and a bottle or two of very bile.
and made with tight fitting vests, have
choice old port, lie Insisted upon drink
Within the last ten years the growtli ’ taken the place of the Russian blouse.
ing 'Bruedersehaft' with his astonished of the telephone business has been Tlie suit shown la of rich brown zibe
host in a tumblerful of old cognac.”
very rapid. The reports of the Bell , line, the coat fashioned on above lines,
companies show a sixfold Increase in | with vest of gold embroidered wldte
Sagucltx of the Buffulo.
tlie number of outstanding instruments silk. Seams of coat and sleeves are
When 1 was in Montana last year I since 1893. There are now over 1,600.-
heard of a weed called the loco weed, (XXI subscribers In these companies,
that made horses crazy if they ate It. and in the last four years the long
In a magazine article published since I distance traffic has Increased 82 per
wondered If the buffalo hnd learned to cent.
avoid tlds weed. A western correspond
A new alloy devised by James
ent now assures me on what appears Chandler, a chemist of Philadelphia.
to be good authority that buffalo do Is being exploited and promises to be
eschew this plant. A ranchman in the found valuable for many purposes. It
Panhandle of Texas bus crossed but' has the appearance of silver, the
falo with polled Angus—the "black cat strength of steel, lightness of alumin
tle” and he has found that an animal ium, is Inexpensive to make and has
with one-sixteenth buffalo blood will the resonance of bell metal. It is said
not touch the loco weed. If this Is a to be available for tubing, wheel hubs,
fact it is a very interesting one. It boilers, armor plate, cooking utensils
shows how discriminating wild crea and muslcnl Instruments.
tures become In tbe course of ages and
Tlie oldest inhabitants of the New
how this wisdom becomes Instinctive.— York aquarium are tbe striped bass,
John Burroughs In Outing.
which have been there for ten years,
having been placed in one of tlie floor
Royalty In Inches.
pools itefore tlie building was opened
King Edward represents fully the to the public. In May, 1894. fifty-five
average height lu British stature, specimens, weighing from a quarter of
which is 5 feet 7% inches. Ids actual a pound to four pounds, were secured,
height In his boots being 5 feet 8% twenty-seven of which have survived.
inches. The Emperor William falls Most of those that were lost died in
slightly below his royal uncle's, but the first year, and in the last four years
not below the average German height. not one has died.
Of the elected rulers President Loubet
Every once In awhile you bear of u
represents tbe French average, which man who has held a place for ninny .
is 5 feet 6 inches. On the other hand, years to the satisfaction of his em
we find tbe emperor of Japan to be far ployers and himself, but there nre few
above the national standard of height. who enn touch the record of one New I
His majesty Is a tall man for a Japa Yorker of seventy-two years. For
nese, 6 feet 6 inches. The tallest royal more than fifty years he has been
heavily stitched, the latter attached to
personage is King Leopold, 6 feet (I working In a box factory us n nailer,
a deep pointed cuff of tlie material and
Inches, which places him ne t to I’eter standing at the same bench on tbe j
velvet. A flat collar of velvet finishes
tbe Great, who measured 6 feet 8'» same floor of the same building and
the neck.
inches -Philadelphia Ledger.
driving nails in the same old way with
Tho skirt Is a seven gored model, the
tho same old hammer. He declares ho upper part clinging to the figure, with
Jajaaexx Kt Farmers,
■in- peifvetiy satl.ffikd wnd wouldn't ex side plaits i»troduced nt lower part of
The Japanese have surprised the change his Job for any other In the scan.3, stitched to a little above the
world as fighters; but, according to place.
knees and then nllowed to flare. Th
nnrold Boice, they are also the most
The skins of toads nnd salamanders Vat worn with this costume Is brown
remarkable agricultural nation in tlie have lately been submitted to micro .beaver, trimmed. wJtJi. relret mx?.s
world. They" have only 16,toX> squinv scopical examination by Mr Schulz, shading from tlie fashionable burned
miles of arable land. An automobile who finds that there are two kinds of orange to brown.
yolng fifty miles an hour could skirt glnnds present In the skin of these an
this area in eleven hours. Yet it sup Imais—viz, mucous and poisonous
Kentherbone Tn Sklrlm
ports an imperial nation, the rising glands. The former nre present all
Many of the lined skirts as will ns
power of the far east. Experts admit over the body. Tlie latter are confined those having drop skirts have a hit of
that the scientific skill of Japanese ag to the back of the body nnd limbs and feathetbone inserted almost anywhere
riculturists is unappronched. “Patient the ear region behind tlie eyes nnd in between the knees nnd the ankles to
diligence, with knowledge of the chem the salamander are present nt nn an make them stand out slightly nnd thus
istry of the soil and the physiology of gle of the Jaw. The poison glands are keep the skirts from brushing the nn
plants, has yielded results that have larger than the mucous glands in the kies. If the featherbone is properly
astounded the most sdvnnced agricul salamander, arc oval and have a dark covered it will not wear through It»
turists In western nations.”—London granular appearance, due to strongly casing until the skirt Is so worn ns to
Slob*.
refractive drops of potnon.
be no longer presentable.
One of Man's Blesslnaa.
When a man talks too much his wife
pulls nt his coat for him to sit down,
and It Is not until she is dend and be
makes a fool of bltnself that the world
recognizee how much of his past good
record was due to this coat tall censor.
—Atchison Globe.
«
His Cynieal Theory.
Mo Longer In Commercial Life.
Took thr Profit«.
Mr. Guy—Doesn’t it muke you feel
"I remember Schemer was a great
ea<l when-you think how many of your chap for thinking out plans for getting
former patients lie buried here? Dr. rich. I suppose now he's wealthier
Quickly—Indeed it does! There Is no than any of his friends.”
more money to be got out of any one
"Oh, no. His friends used the plans
ef them.—Boston Transcript.
while he was dreaming over them.”—
Detroit Free Press,______
His Case Hopeless.
“Father,” said the small boy, “why
"There are at least a thousand good
Both Pleatlfal.
do they call a speech made at a ban reasons why I should marry her."
“Did you ever have nil you wanted
“Well, what are they?”
quet a toast?"
of anything?" asked Meandering Mike.
“First, because I want to. and she
"My son.” was the answer, "it ?s
"Yes,” answered Plodding Pete. "Two
probably b«rause It is so dry.”—Ex herself is the other 999.”—Town Top things - advice and wmter.”—Washing
change,.
ic».
ton Star.
MYSTERY OF THESE STRANGE STONE
MONUMENTS OF THE PAST.
A Theor> Thai 111 of Them. Th<m »»
thr »merla-au Ijenllnrai
Tho.e lu
Well »■
<hr Faat, «ere Halit
»>
the Aitclrui I'hoeulelaua.
AimiUg tlie greatest masteries in tfi«
mystery of tlie past human history on
earth tlie monoliths that stand in vari
ous parts of the globe have always
been chief.
These strange stone monuments, gen
erally rude, with hardly any sculpture,
hut wonderfully large in size, are scut
tered everywhere. The most famous
of them are the cromlechs, such as
those in Stonehenge, in England. Otli
ers are found in tbe western part of
France, in the northern part of Ger
many as far as the Oder river, tn Den
mark and in Sweden.
Northern Africa, Madagascar and
Asia, from Mount Sinai and tlie Cau
casus to India, all have some here aud
there.
Lately they have la*eu discovered
even in Siberia. There are several
places lu Japan where such stones
stand.
Others have been found in North and
South America. Among tbe most won
derful and mysterious of them all ar«
the vast, almost terrifying, stones,
Vielely sculptured, that have been
found on Ea s4er island, in the & avtuv
ocean.
The mystery as to wliat these stones
meant was not the ouly puzzle. The
greatest puzzle was how primitive peo
ple. without knowledge of engineering
and without known appliances, could
have moved and erected such giant
blocks, some of wlilch weigh as much
as 230 tons. In many districts where
tlie great memorials stand there are
no stones of such size to be found in
the earth. Consequently they must
have been transported from places long
distances away.
For many generations—ever since
men have spent any time lu thinking
over these matters—scientists have
puzzled their heads over the monoliths
in vain. Whether they classed them af
all being tlie same or whether they
divided them into different classes,
they remained the same riddle.
In more recent years, however, there
lias been II systematic study of all the
monolith memorials of tbe world, and
us a result a novel theory has been
advanced.
It is that one race—that of the
Phoenicians erected all these monu
uients.
of course if tills is correct it means
that history will have to be revised,
for it would show that the Phoenicians
once knew all about the whole globe
nnd that they had visited America and
Asia long before modern days.
The first thing that led to the as
sumption that the Phoenicians had
raised tlie monuments was tlie obser
vation of M. Levlstre, a French ar
chaeologist, that almost all the mono
liths were to be found near the mouths
of great rivers or along their courses.
Tills pointed to II people that used
ships.
Now, the Celts were never strong on
the water. Tlielr boats were primitive,
lieing mostly of wickerwork covered
witli bides, and they were unable to
move any distance from land in these
clumsy and unseawortliy contrivances.
Consequently, when the question
arose as to what race was advanced in
navigation in that early time when
these monuments were put up, the
answer naturally came that the only
race known to lie a race of sailors and
merchants then was the race of tbe
Phoenlchins.
And If they were the Phoenician»
how did they come to reach America?
They had colonies on the islands of
tlie western Mediterranean and even
in the islands of the Atlantic ocean,
ns history proves. It is not hard to
imagine that they may have found
tlielr way to America. Some archae
ologists are even willing to believe
that they reached America by way of
the lost Atlantis, that legendary con
tinent that Is now sunken somewhere
In the Atlantic ocean, if it ever ex
isted.
At any rate, the theory that tho
Phoenicians were tlie erectors of the
monoliths of the world to commemo
rate discoveries or for religious pur
poses still inter on gnlned strength
through the discovery of a great up
right stone near the river Loire, which
bus Phoenician words engraved deeply
on It. Translated, these words say.
"On this spot was slain our brave com
rade.”
In San Luis, In Bolivia, Is one of
these stones, which has on it the en
graving of a foot printed and a snake
with its head raised. The footprint Is
a well known Phoenician symbol of
death nnd Is found on many stones
that cover ancient Phoenician
sites. And tbe snake witli head raised
is another acknowledged Phoenician
emblem. Exactly tlie same symbols as
those on tlie South American stone
have been found on a stone in central
Franc0.— New York. Pre?“
BUNYAN'S TOMB.
Harlal Place In F.naland of the (■-
thor of “Pllarlni’e Pro|rre»a,”
John Bunyan's tomb is in the vast
burial ground of Bunhill fields, origl
nnlly called “Bonehill fields,” probably
from the quantity of bones which, as
Maitland tells us. were transported
thither In 1540. This Is now closed as
a cemetery, hilt the forest of tomb»
shaded by young trees Is a green oasis
In a black part of Ixindon.
Near tlie center of the “Puritan Ne
cropolis,” a white figure, lying upon a
high modern altar tomb, marks the
grave of John- Bunyan. He died at
Snow bill from a cold taken on a mis-
sloaary excursion Aug. 31, 1688, aged
sixty.
Macaulay in one of Ills essays says;
“The spot where Bunyan Ilea Is still
regardisl by the Nonconformist» with
a feeling which seems scarcely in bar
mony with the stern spirit of theology.
Many Puritan«, to whom tbe respect
paid by Roman Catholics to the tombs
of their saints seems childish nnd sin
ful. are said to have begged with their
dying breath that their coffins might
l>e placed as near as possible to that of
flie author of 'PilgrltB's Progress.’ ”—
Ixiniipn Mall.