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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
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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
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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.
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