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JJ» • J JJ □ ». £ ysBj ksi » > » »>n > »>»*< »»* • •-■» Ä ■53ST 0 w o o c SAIJ TING A SNEEZER 0= The Disappearance Of Miss (iriswold A CUSTOM THAT BELONGS TO EVERY NATION AND CLIME They« Are Maay aud Varies An«w«rs «« tbe Maeallua, Why Du W« l>* III That Waa Ashed by Filar Some Nlaeteea Can tori«« V»o. By QEPROE ETHELBERT WALSH “Wby do we salute the sneeserF’ ask Sd Pliny nineteen centuries» ago. We «till ask the question, anil one won der* If Pliny could collect so many Ingenious replies a* the ana of the twentieth eeutury furnish. Iu Caxtou's 1-M3 edition of "Tbe Golden Ie*gentle" 1« au account of a peatlleuce In K ime In tbe time of Greg ory the Greut. from which many died suddenly "In till* uiauere. sometyuie ■uesylug they dev ed, so that wheu ally persoue was herd aueayilig. «none they that were by said to byut. God helpe you, or Cryst helpe, ami yet eudureth tbe custom«.” As Pope Gregory reign ed Iu tbe sixth century Pliny's query far antedates the explanation Iu "The Guldeu Legeude.” Iu the Buddhist Ncrlpturee, dating St l«?u«t 250 B. »'., It is related that Buddha, wheu preaching oue day to bls disciples, sneezed, whereupon all exclaimed: "May tbe Bless»*! Lord live! May the welcome one live!” thus seriously Interrupting the discourse. Buddha said, "Tell me, when a person »uaevs. If the bystanders my, 'May you live,’ will he live the longer or die the sooner for It?" “Certainly not, lord.” So he forbade them to say It. But tbe people took offense liei-ause the prl«*sts did not thus salute them, and Buddha revoked bls command. Tbe Talmudic tradition is that tbe custom »lates from Jatsih. Before his time man did not die of disease, but when his appointed time was come he «indexed once and was dead, Jacob pe tltloned for exemption from this law, aud his prayer was granteil on condl- tlon that among all nations a sneeze should be ballowe»! by the words, “God bless you.” The Greeks tract*! tbe custom back to the u*yth of Prometheus, who made au image of clay and wished to give it life. From tbe sun he stole a re«*dful of rays, and, hastening back to his statue, be placed the reed under Its nostrils, producing a sneeze a phe nomenon we may at any time produce by standing In the sun. At this sign of life In his creation Prometheus ejac ulate«l a blessing and a prayer for Its preservation, aud this response to a sneeze has been l»ande»l down through all generations. Also in tbe story of tbe Shunamlte child restored to life by tbe prophet Elisha do we And the Idea that this convulsive effort of nature Is the first sign of life. "The child sneezed seven times, and tbe child opened his eyes." According to Scottish folklore, a new born child la under the fairy apella un til It sueezea. Aristotle mentions the practice of physicians who, wheu death seems near, give medicines to Induce sneezing, hoping thereby to arouse the falling faculties. Aristotle sseun to have given much attention to omens of sneezing He says a sneeze on the right hand brings good fortune; on the left hand It betokens 111. In the Odyssey, when l’enelope calls on the absent Ulyss»*s to punish wrong: Telemachu* then sneezed aloud. The smiling queen the happy omen bless ed. "So may these Impious fall by fate op pressed." St. Augustine records that when the ancients arose In tbe morning If they sneezed while putting oil their shoes they Immediately went back to bed again In order to get up more aus plclously and so escape misfortunes likely to o«tcur during the day. If a Hindoo sne»*zes while performing his morulng ablutions In the Gauges he touches bls forehead, nose, chin and cheeks with the tips of his Angers and recommences bls prayers from the very beginning. In illness sn»*>zlng Is con sider»*l a good omen, a sign of return ing health. Howell In 1A5D said, "He that bath sneezed twice, turn him out of the hospital.” Among tbe ancients If any one sneezed directly after din ner a dish was brought back and tast ed to avert misfortune. Tbe custom of saluting belongs to every uatlon and clime. In Ethiopia when tbe king sneezed those about him saluted so loudly that they were beard and echoed through the whole city. In 1542 De Soto bad nn Inter view in Florida with a cacique whi during conversation happened to sneeze. All his attendants bowed theli beads, opened and closed their arms aud saluted tbe prince with "May tbe sun guard you, shine on you, defend you, prosper you,” and similar phrases An Italian child's primer of 1553 says. "Being prompt In saluting any one who may sneeze and returning thanks to any who on such an occasion may have wished ycu well." An epigram In the Greek anthology shows It was customary to say "God bless you." The sm-lent Romans said "Salve.” ITie modern Roman of the lower class says, "Flgll maschl” (May you have male chlldreu). The north Germans say, "Your good health;” In Vienna, "God be with you;” In Ireland the peasant says, “God bless your bon or,” "Long life to your honor." The Russian form Is “To your g-xxl health" or "How do you do?” English folklore la full of rhymes about sneezing on certain days. In Devonshire they say: tv«»M on Bunday morning fasting. □uii enjoy your own true love everlast ing Thia Is but one of the many that are In use all over the land. A L«tt«r From Furopa. Mrs. Struckoil-Paw, Emmy writes that the most Interestin' thing she's soen tn the bull trip Is tbe Sphinx; says she Just loves It. Mr. Struckoil Well. you ~ou write to Emm Emmy to buy It an' fetch It home ._ with ---------- her. . Like to see one of them darn things myself!—Brooklyn Life The Aaeent nt Tree Sap. The problem of the ascent of sap in trees. an English liotanlst |s>lnts out. Is yet unsolved, It apin-ars that iu the highest trees the total pressure would be nearly 100 atmospheres, and as wt cannot suppose that leaves can exert so Intense osmotic, -auction, the only 'heory at all proliable Kthat the living ■ells exert some sort of pumplug ac> tlon In the wood « e B a •« T was past midnight when the door- tn-ll rung with insistent din. rous ing me from a reverie which bor dered close upon dreamland. A few moments later when the muld ru terwl the study In breathless haste saw that she was followed by another, who. unable to restrain his eugeruess. bad obtruded his presence without waiting for formal annouucemeut. Ik was a medium sized mau, well dressed, prosperous looking and wild eyed. Some great couMBOtloB stirred him so tliat Ills manner was abrupt and precipitous. "Mr. Purdue?” he exclaimed Inter rogatlvely, upproaehiug clone to my 1 "l WANT you TO KIND MY UAVOHTKK seat. "I'm Mr. Griswold Henry wold of — Fifth avenue." 1 rose and motioned him to a seat. but be continued standing. "I'm in great trouble. an»l I've come to you tor help. The police are help- less u nd b«i>elesa. They're no better than amateurs.” “Pardon me," 1 Interrupted sharply, “but It the ease Is so serious no time can be lost In emotional weakness. Wbat Is It you want ot me?” “I want you to And my daughter— Helen Griswold. You know her?” "I've heard of her," I responded. "But I »lid not know that she was lost" "No, no; of course not," the broken hearted banker and father continued. “We kept it from the papers. The po lice advised It. But now—now"— 1 handed him a glass of brandy and waited for It to quiet and strengthen bis nerves. I warned bint to be brief and coherent In his story so that I should not be misled “There Is little enough to tell,” be said Anally. “Two nights ago a party of ns visited Chinatown It was a fool expedition beaded by Bromley. He said he knew all tbe joints and opium dens and that a night of slumming would tie amusing. Well, we went down to Mott street and visited all of the Chinese joints, restauranta aud theaters. It was a bore to me, but the young people enjoyed It" “How many were In the party?” I asked, mentally jotting down notes. “Only six of us—my wife and daugli ter, Bromley and Henry Valentine and his sister Jennie. They were all eager to see everything, and they dragged me around until midnight. Tbe last wo visited was a disreputable place kept by Sing Tung. It was a queer joint, Ailed with strange Chinese Idols and divided Into many compartments by silk draperies and paper partitions. Bromley said the owner was a wealthy Chinamau and one of the highbinders, whatever that means. . "I didn't take much stock in bls talk until—until It happened.” "What happened?” I asked to recall the man to his story after a few mo ments In which be sobbed again. “She- she—my daughter disappear ed,” be moaned, “right under our eyes She was spirited away. A noise out s^le had attracted our attention to the window. Helen was tired aud remain ed seated a few feet back of us. When we turned sbe was gone. We hunted for her and threatened the Chinamen, but they knew nothing about her. They refused to tel) anything. We got des perate, and while Bromley ran for the police the rest of us searched the bouse, tearing down the draperies aud upsetting the pictures aud Idols. But it was no use. Helen had been spirited away, and—and”— I waited patiently and motioned for him to continue. “And the police were no more suc cessful.” the banker added. With some difficulty I calmed tbe man sufficiently to get a few further necessary details from him and then dismissed him. It must have, been twenty minutes later when the "Chinese puszle,** as I facetiously had to term It, wss slowly unfolding Itself that I was disturbed by tbe msld's sudden appesran.-e again. "A Chinamau. sir, wishes to see you,” she announced. A stout well fed orients! appeared. He was dressed In bls nstlve costume, but a glance showed me that be was a man of wealth and Influence among his people, I was «till further aur- prised when he addressed me In good English. “I come to you. Sir. Purdue, to help me In a great trouble." he explained, after a low low. "I am a man of In ductive among my people and they re- spec! me. I have wealth and will re- ward you. I must »'lear my name of all dishonor. The ixillce. they not be- lieve me. but I know you will, They s : ;»» t me and they hound me They f >!low m»> here and watch me all the time. I kuow not what to do unlma v >n help me." "What is It they suspect you of?" I asked quietly, "But. first, your name an I address." "It is King Tuna aud there Is tu y place of bnsluesa. I am a mer<tisnt amt r<-»p«*-table." 1 took the proffered card with a lit- tie Involuntary start, Was It a eoiu i-ldence or a well defined oriental plan for tbe man who was suspected of splrltiug away Helen Griswold In bls own establishment to seek my profes sional assistance within half an hour after the oiitrsg»*l father hail called, upon nie? “Be seateal a moment,” I said, wish ing time to study the situation. With oriental calmness he relat»*) in substance the story of the mysterious disappeariim-e of Helen Griswold as told to me twenty miuutes before by her father. The only difference was In the ending. • This was as follows: "When the noise cutaide uttraetrsl their attention I walked to the window, too. and looked out. Then 1 liearil some oue ask, 'Where's Helen?’ I turned then to look. Tile beautiful girl whs gone. We all looked for her, but she was no where. They accused me of taking her away, aud tbe police threateneil me. What can I do? 1 know nothing about It. I come to you for help.” 1 felt that the man was lying, but 1 refrained from saying so. By taking bls case I might be able to get some light on tbe subject. Half au hour later Sing Tung guide«! me to bls home. Tbe place waa already lu the hands of tbe police aud tbe house was practically guarded and watch»*l on every side. It bad been an ordinary dilapidated brick building constructed In tbe days wheu Dutchmen dwelt tn the neighbor hood of Mott street as the fashionable section of New York, but strange and wondrous changes and transformations had been made In the bouse during successive age* of o<xtupatlon. King Tung, with evident Innocence, showed me all of the secret places of the house, explaining In elaborate d»*- tall tbe uses to which the different rooms were put. “How many Chinamen were iu the house the night of the disappearance?” I asked Sing Tung casually. "One besides myself—Wing Tung, my son—and he's held at police headquar ters.” “Where was he standing wheD Miss Griswold disappeared?” "He was upstairs iu the buck room, He came down when he beard the noise. He was looking for bls cloak.' •» "Did he find It?” This question wa* asked merely to keep the Chinaman talking while I could study bis face. “No; the cloak was gone. It was no where In »ha bona&” ■ [TO BE CONTINUED.) A Shoe That Altered History. After the fall of Anne Boleyn the pope prepared overtures of reconcilia tlon so favorable to King Henry VIII that he determined to accept them. A representative was sent from Rom» with the dispatches, and when wltbii a day’s journey from Calais bls hors, cast a shoe and fell lame. As it was i favorite, the messenger determined t wait a day that tbe poor animal mlgti rest and recover. Next day the journey was resumed, but on the day that Lon don was reached Henry bad been mar ried to Jane Seymour, a Protestant Anne bad been beheaded, and all bop< of reconciliation with the papacy wa> at an end. The cast shoe had thu- changed the bent of English church history. He Lasted Well. They were in the family portrait sec tion of the gallery, and it seemed to Miss Golightly that her English visitor was deeply Impressed. "Yes, these are all my ancestors," she said proudly. “Now, this is my great-great-grandfather, when he was a young man, of course. Isn’t he band- some? My grandfather used to tell my mother that bls grandfather that's this one—was a splendid looking man as long as he lived and as populat with women as with men because he was such a hero. “Brave? I guess be was! Why, be never fought in a battle that he didn’t lose an arm or a leg or something from being right in frout of everybody! He was In twenty-three engagements!” How a Great Actor Lived. Charles Mathews, one day previous to the period of his publicly proclaim ed dire bankruptcy, Invited a friend to dine with him. The walnuts were washed down by some rare sherry. "That’s a delicious wine," his friend exclaimed. “It must have cost you a lot of money.” "It didn't cost me any thing that I know of,” tbe flighty co median answered, with a shrug. "You had It given to you, then?” the friend suggested. "Oh. no,” answered Math ews; “I bought It from Ellis, In Boud street!” "But be will charge you some thing for it?” the friend exclaimed In astonishment “I believe he does write something down In a book,” Charles re torted gravely. "Let’s have another glass, my boy.” How John Hay Heserded Critic«. John Hay was chatting about his lit erary experiences with an Intimate friend when the latter asked: “John, what feature or phase of thia writing business has Impressed you the most?" "Well,” was the reply, and the speak er’s eyes twinkled mischievously, "so far as I am concerned. It’s the things that the critics flsh out of a fellow’s printed stuff that he never put there But I suppose that critics, like the rest of us, have to show excuses for living." —Success Magazine. The Troth About Vanity. When one comes to think of It, van! ty may be defined as an appreciation of the beautiful, which Impels us to make ourselves as beautiful us It Is possible to be. It appears also on analysis that a desire to make oneself better Is a confession of the need of being beautified, so that the girl or the man who titivates may have a less conceit than those who go about content with themselves as they are. ugly, probably, for It so often happens that Providence denying beauty denies also the appreciation of It In other things and persona.—Black and White. ne Dtda*t Travel. Warden—Now. we try to give our prisoners work of the kind they are ac customed to. Prisoner—That suits me. I was a traveling salesman.—Cleveland Leader NEW SHORT STORIES CHOICE A Vo»«- Tbnt ».at Away. Wheu the late Melbourne H. Ford made bls run for congress he over- looked nothing that he thought would Improve hi* chances of election. One of hi* moves was the taking of an or »-iiestra to a ineetlug held pi one of the small towns near Grand Rapids. Till* generous depurtine may have won him several votes; but It unques tionably lost him oue. Every village has its character, anil the oue there was Uncle Ike. Whenever that orchestra broke forth Uncle Ike fastened a tierce glance up on the bass drummer During tlie or MISCELLANY HUMOR OF THE HOUR Alaska'« < harm«. “When I tell my friend* that In 'Alaska during tbe months of June. July and August we have almost con tiuual sunlight aud that it uever gets dark In the summer mouths they lu variably ask when we sleep," «aid F. A. Cross, a merchant from Council, Alaska. "Well, we sleep whenever we have the opportunity. Very few of us have a regular time of going to I h *I and arising except tbe miners, wb<- work in shifts aud have to be more methodical. "in tbe winter there In practically nothing doing, ami tbe few |ieople win- stay there can sleep all they deair»* But when spring often* up liiisliiess flourishes. Every oue bus to work till he possibly can. Itecause tbe summer is very short and n great ileal lias to he accomplished to make up for the stag nation during the winter mouths. "We have wonderful summers nt Council, as It never gets very warm or cold. Several times, though. 1 bares» the thermometer register 90 degrees The verdure and tbe brush gr iw with a rapidity that Is astonishing in the warm months. Plants grow * > rap idly that we cun raise Iterrie* and tin hardier vegetables liefore frost s.-ts In.”—Portland Oregonian. Munir t'uifeea lit l)i«uuint*. In an article on "«'off»*- Craft l:i f r October issue of tbe Teihm- al W r.o Magazine Albert E. Ganz. •• .ij< "According to United State» *t:itls ties there were Imported into tl <■ 1':ii ed States In tbe six yi-iu s 1st:" to 1 >»'! both Inclusive, 5,173.50',<) <> ) i mis o coff«*e, of wliii-li Braz.il r i:n* seut u a.stis.ooo.tioo-tbat is. II little over 75 p«*r cent of the total Imp »i t.itl in. Dur ing tbe same six yea..« w«* r»*eelv»*l from Arabia ( Aden; Ma : -.son. Unite*) States con-u'i l!).5is>,' i ; pounds «>.* ‘Moelia’ ami froai t e Du eb and Brit lsh East lidiei, as we I as from the Netherlands, then* cam»* 117.500,000 pounds of 'J ivn,' so that of 'Java ami Mocha' w e a iu illy ' li.ul in those six UNCLE IKE WOKKELI HIS JAW'S VIGOROI SLY years n little over 1;7.* m,Oi»l pounds. deal the paws of the village character ’“Java and Mo. Im’ is the most jiopu- worked like those of a buck rabbit eat lar bran 1 of coffee iu the United ing cabbage and his white beard of th» States It I i.eii'evtly safe to say that of th»* country sold the spinach pattern waved furiously ii tlie gro unison. Next morning one of tints, people of tals loiintry during the six a »1 a minimum of 3.500,- who had watched the actions of Unci» years i OOO.i | a::uls of -Java ami Mocha* tn Ike drew him out on the subject, keep spite o.” I ■» in -ontrovertilde fact that Ing In mind that he played the bas we Ii 'ii but 137,(KM),tM)O pounds of that drum lu tbe local “sheepskin” band coin o t. nt our disposal.” — New and that Jealousy seems an Inseparable York I i< ‘SS. part of the musical temperament. "I suppose that you'll vote for Ford. <-r«-..l Fire In l.ondon Predicted. Uncle Ike?” “Wahlu the next few years, I tell "Then you better hire some smarter you. (’.<•-»• w ill lie another great tire, at- feller to do your supposin’. No man kin ternl«* I by Io s of life. In the city of have my support that wastes his own lam.Ion." Ibis is the prophecy which money like It was water." Edward Atkinson made to one of our "Wbat do you mean, Uncle Ike?” representatives. "Well, you haln't no muslclaner, but As regards the mechanical appliances I’d like to kuow wbat Bense there was employed by the Loudon fire brigade, in payin' out money fur haulin' that Mr. Atkinson gave it as bls opinion bass drum and the man with it clean that we are far behind the United out here. He didn't hit the durutsl States. "Your appliances are mere thing more'u four times, and be was toys," lie remarked. “1 read of your out o' tune every doggone bit.”—De having an engine which can throw ii trolt Free Press. Jet of 500 gallons a minute, but that is not enough. I have not seen a single Jefferson’s Thouffhtfulneis. standpipe In any street here. In Amer Maclyn Arbuckle, who is appearing ica the standpipe runs to the highest this season In Henry W. Savage * pro floor of the loftiest building and Is so duction of "The County Chairman,” re constructed that the engine on its ar lates an incident of Joe Jefferson which rival can be connected without a uiln shows bls kindly nature and that in ute's delay. No hose Is needed, and difference to the little worries ot life water Is thrown on to every floor. We which probably had much to do with do not have, as you do, a few such jet, preserving him to such a ripe old age. of water thrown from the ground lev "I was playing with Mr. Jefferson in el.”—St. James' Gazette. ‘Rip,’ ” said Mr. Arbuckle, "and in Philadelphia, I think It was, where Rip Another Mythical Epigram. began bls ascent of the mountain for All the historic saying* of eminent his long sleep, we noticed every night persons have the same fate. They turn that the wooden steps creaked terribly, out to be mythical. When Marshal enough so at times tic destroy the il MaeMahon stormed tbe Malakoff re lusion that he was climbing up a doubt at Sevastopol be said, "J'y suis, ’mountain.’ I said to him one night: ‘Governor, doesn’t It annoy you having j'y reate." And this phrase enjoyed a that creaking? Why don’t you speak second period of glory when he became to the bouse manager and have It rem president of the French republic and was supposed to have rather an un edied?’ ” ‘No, no, my boy,’ he replied. ’It easy position. But now, after all these doesn’t worry me. And, besides. If I years, a-witness who was at the Mala complained it might cost some poor koff denies the story. MaeMahon did “grip’’ his position.’”—Harper's Week actually say to his staff, "J'y suls,” but then bls terseness forsook him, and he ly. added words which may be translated thus: "I warn you that 1 shall not with Taken the Discard. Miss Caroline Powell of Boston la draw, so you li»d better take your the only woman wood engraver in measures accordingly.” A plain, sol America. Miss Powell was a pupil of dlerly directness, but how common Timothy Cole, and at a dinner recently place.— London Chronicle. she said of her master: Novel Ball Dreas. “Mr. Cole had a horror of stingy per A woman recently attended a ball In sons. He was continually railing against such people, continually point Bermuda gowned tn a dress complete ing out to us glaring examples of ly covered with postage stamps. There were 30,000 In all, and they were ar meanness and greed. "He said one day that be had beard ranged according to colors In several that morning of the meanest woman artistic formations. The most atrlklug decoration was a large spread eagle in the world. "She called before breakfast at the made entirely from brown Colombian stamps which rested proudly on the bouse of a neighbor of bis and said: “ ‘Madam. I see that you have adver breast. The stamps came from almost every country in the world. A picture tised In the papers for a cook.’ “•‘Yes, I have,’ returned the other, hat, also covered with stamps, com 'but surely you are not after the place?’ pleted the outfit. “ ‘No,’ said the stranger, 'but I only Fye« Prop Out, bat Blah« hcnslBa. live two bJcw-k« away from you, and A man In Berlin awoke recently In ■Ince I need a cook myself I thought you might send to me all the applicants terrible pain and found bls left eye on the pillow. With the assistance of his you reject.’ ’’—Kansas City Journal. family he put It back, but has to bold his head erect while on the street for On« of Tom Reed*« Stories. The late Thomas B. Reed used to tell fear it will drop out again. The right the following: Dr. Reed of Indianapo eys fell out soon after the first ac lis, who was In congress at one time, quired the falling trick, and now the was opening the Sunday morning serv poor fellow fears that some time he ice at his church with the usual prayer. will literally lose his eyes. His sight is While he was In the midst of the pray as good as It ever was. The case has er a stranger entered the church and been brought before the Berlin Med took a seat far back. leal association. Dr. Reed was praying In a low note and the man In tbe rear, after strain Trie Democracy. ing bls ears for awhile, called out: Five American millionaires were “Pray louder. Dr. Reed. I can't hear staying at Clarldge's hotel last week. you.” and It Is worth noting, as showing bow Dr. Reed paused, opened bls eyes and tbe republican spirit is no mere empty turned them round till they rested on form, that one whose fortune is esti tbe man In the rear. Then he said: mated at £20.000,000 treated one who “I was not addressing you, sir. I was bad only £10,000,000 as his equal and speaking to God.”—Bretton Woods was seen more than once to converse Bugle. with him —London Punch. Lack or <«ood Manaaement. heard Crabbe say he had never Apparently They Did. Friend—Did the lawyers get you con having now, but I »lidn't understand fused? Ex-Witness—Did they get me confused? Why, I testified that Jones whether It was good luck or bad." "Oh. he meant bad luck, of course! lived next door to me, but I couldn't If It wore go<s1 luck he wouldn’t si>esk remember the street number.—Puck of it as ’luck’ at all.’’-Pblladelphla Blgaag Heredity. Ledger. "Whom do your two little boys re "If you had a spark of genius.” he semble. Mrs. Flitter?” "Well, the homely boy looks like his began crossly to bls typewrite?. “I wouldn't be here," she Interrupt father and acts like nte, and tbe pret ed. And no more was said.—Chicago ty one looks like me end acts like his father.”—Life Record Herald. bad such luck in his business as he's THE LOST ARTS. Many Abuuduae«» lle«*au*« Vrw Baring« nt Little Tot«. Ksewlt»»« Mahrs Tlirai I srkrs«. Bobby, who aceouipanied his mother Not as much as we i )» m *1 tn. but oc to church, was given a ulckel to drop in tbe collection plate. After doing so casionally oven yet. one hear* of some wonder acconiphsh«*! by the aneleuta he remarked In au audible whisper: "Bay, mamma, the conductor dldn’i « which cannot !<• »lone Slow. Not so ii*iiiy year* ago It was quite ring it upf com manly ass»*rted tlvit modem work Johnny—Bister knew you was going men could not »pierrv nr. having quar ri»*l. could tint handle stouvs a* large to call thia evening, didn’t she? as the monoliths of .Egypt, ami th«* Saplelgb—Wby do you think so? Johnny—Because 1 heard her tell writer bas beard a public speaker of mamma sbe was going to set the par note assert that It would lie Impossible to handle with modern Implements lor clock an hour ahead. such large stones ns -were used in the Margie—Mamma, I know wby God pyramids or to join them us p«-rf»*-tl,v us they are joined there. Yet, when oc made snakes. casion arose, larger stones thou auy of Mamina— Why, dear? Margie—When he got through makiu' the larger monoliths them solves were the world it was full of boles, so h< transported not only to the sea, but made snakes to till up the boles.—Ke across It, and erect«*! In ‘ England, France aud America, ami there are in trolt Tribune. dividuals today who might, if they A Wholesale Warulu*. chose, cause the transportation to and Two farmers were driving on th» eivction In this country of the largest highway when un automobile horn pyramids or build new ones ten times Bounded around the bend. larger aud more durable. Pyramids "Means rough weather, SI, when wild are not living generally built nowadays geese honk so low," said oue. because they are not in line with the "Z-l-p-p z-r-r-r honk honk!" as they trend of modern ambition; that's all. both went skyward. On reaching the It Is very doubtful If a “Damascus ground the same granger remarked: blade” would stand half as severe “Gee whiz, SI, what a flock!”—New usage as a modern band saw blade or York World. even as much as the sprint; of a forty «■ent clock, while the ornamentations «¿•ttliisc Direct Arttun. of those womlrous blades, so far as the Beryl (at the phonei—The idea ot uieebHiileal execution Is concerned, can sending a kiss by telephone! Do yon lie excel!«*! by apprentices and ama suppose I want to be kissed on m.v teurs of today. ear? Of the "lost art" of hardening <*>p- Jasper (at tbe other end of the wirei per little is heard of late years, though —Well, can't you put the receiver tc one «Mtcasionally hears a wlseling from your lips for a moment? There!-Chi the wilds wish that he knew how to »lo cago Tribune. it as well as the ancients, and while It Is perhaps regrettable that he doesn't it Bn«». "See the meter, please?” brusquely his Ignorance is his own fault. Many arts and devices have been asked the representative of the gas abandoned because new knowhslgs company. "Well,” replied the little woman, has made them useless, ami time Bpent with a satirical twinkle in her eye. lu r»>dlscoveriug them would be worse “it's pretty busy, but I supjiose you than wasted. The modern youth bail much better spemr bls time studying cm see It for a moment.’’—Judge. the art of bls contemporaries than that which Is "lost.”—ScIentlAc American. Stern l.otflc*. DIVERS’ PARALYSIS. Thin Diafttfle Affect« Ita Victim« Only Out of Water. He- So your father thought I wanted to marry you for your money. What did you say? She—I persuaded him that you didn’t, and then be said if that was tbe case you hadn't any sense. A Desired Chance. “How would you like to hear your children crying for bread, air?" Impor tuned the beggar. "I'd welcome the change," said the man, hurrying on. "They're forever crying for candy now." — Yonkers Statesman. Sara Thing. “Bragg tells me be got mixed up In a scrap yesterday." “Did be get the best of It?” “Of course. Otherwise he wouldn't have said anything about It.”—Phila delphia Press. Howwld of Her. Belle—Where did you lenrn to golf, Bertie? Bertie— Wight beab at th’ club. Whyl Belle—Ob, nothing; only I thought II might have been at a correspondence school.—Puck. taaslsatloa. "Who Is the most Imaginative poet you know Y’ "Skrauler. He refers to bls verses as poems.”—Cleveland Leader An Inklnd Susgestlon. Gerald—An Idea has struck me. Geraldine—Aren't you afraid of con cussion of the brain?—New York Press. Twe Optalona. “When Julta smtlM," ths lover sane. "Bhe makes me glad Indeed. The day, though dark, to me la bright! No sunshine do I need. Her .mil. Is JOr. a »ong of fry That thrills m« through and through. When Julia smtl.s so plsassd am I I don't know what to do " "When Julia smiles.'' her father said, 'Ta never tickled much. Bike never cmllee at me. you tee, Exoept to make a touch. To mo her vteege in repose la prattler by far. Fs» Julia's smile means hats and clothes Aad oh. well, there you arel'* —Kansas City Tim««. Vanity. "BHggins cannot be called vain. He dislikes to bare bls picture taken." “He Is so vain,” said Mr. Knox, "that he has given up hope of getting a pic ture that will do him justice.”—Wash ington Star. rtalalM Charity. He—What a lovely complexion Miss Plnkletgh has! She—Yes. But It's a wonder she doesn't get painter's colic. — Chicago News. Tbe First Business Woman. We don't generally associate the Bl bio with business matters, but If you were told to name tbe tlrst business woman mentioned In the Bible what would you say? It was Pharaoh's daughter, because sbe took a prophet out of wgter.—New York Times. There should be as little merit In lov ing a woman for her beauty as a man for bls prosperity, both being equally subject to change Pope “Divers' paralysis," said the secoud mate, "proves homeopathy to be a fact. Homeopathy says that like cures like. For Instance, It you have a fever take something that produces a fever, and you Will recover. Well, divers' pa ralysis backs up this claim. "The disease uflllcts the pearl divers of Ceylon aud the sponge divers of the Mediterranean. It attacks only the best men. the ones who go down deep est and stay longest, and it Is sup posed to be caused by the swift cbauges from one pressure of water to another that the diver undergoes wheu he pops up to the surface. "This paralysis makes the diver quite helpless out of water, Yet uuder water It disappears altogether. The water causes divers’ paralysis. The water In a truly homeopathic manner takes every vestige of the disease away. “To the oyster beds Of Ceylon aud to the sponge fisheries of the Méditer- ranean many of the best divers are carried like Infants, Helpless us logs, they lie In a row on tbe decks in tbe sunshine till their turn comes to de- scend. Then iu Ceylon the pearl diver Is carried to tbe boat's edge. He sits there. Ills hands on his knees, as If lost In thought (he Is getting his breath), and suddenly pop he rolls awkwardly Into the water. And the Instant he disappears all Ills agility returns to him, and as easily as a boy would dive live feet after a white stone he dives over a hundred feet aft er the hidden pearls. "With die paralyzed sponge diver It is the same story. Only, since he holds a heavy stone in ills arms to bear him down to tbe liottom, he must be car ried to the boat's side and dropped over bodily. “These paralytics are like fish—awk ward, helpless, flopping hideously about the deck, but the moment you toss them overboard away they dart, quick, graceful, dolphlu-llke.” — New York Herald. IN COLONiAL DAYS. The First Iron Mines and Flour Mills In Virginia. In 1019 the London company, the proprietors of the colony of Virginia, sent over a Mr. King and 150 skilled Ironworkers to erect furnaces c-n Fall ing creek. These »nen came clileAy from Warwickshire ami Staffordshire aud when once in Vlrginla nntned the village that grew up about their iron works Warwick. Mr. King soon dropped out of the enterprise, and a Captain Bluett su- perintended tbe erection of the works But bls career was a short one. after which John Berkeley, son of Sir Johu Berkeley, a nobleman of much dis tinction, su<*ceeded to the superiu- tendency of the establishment hik I conducted it ably until oue day March 22. 1022- tlie Indians, tinder Opltcha- pan, a brother of Powhatan, surprisisl the village am! murdered Berkeley ami 100 men and women. In 1700 mills were built upon the ruins of tlie iron furnatte. In those mills was ground tbe Arst flour export- tsl from America, much of it going to South America. From that time on Warwick grew rapidly until It became iu Important manufacturing ami ship ping village, as It was at tbe head of navigation. Shortly before the outbreak of the Revolutionary war Colonel Archibald Cary acquired poMeraion of tbe vast »•state knowu as Amptbill, that lay on tbe James river and inland along Falling crei-k for a distance, The es- tate was nmmsl after one In England, Colouel Cary was chairman of the committee that drafted the first bill of rights and state constitution In America, that of Virginia, When tbe war broke out he took an a»ttlve part In the military operations of his coun try In tlie south. Tarleton, the British general, sailed up tbe James river and burned War wick and Colonel Cary's mills on Fall ing creek. The old Amptbill house occupl«sl by Colonel Cary at the time Is still stand ing. ami the present owners areo J«»» scendants of tbe «’ary family.—Scien tific American. . ••
