SAVAGES AND BRUTES.
Oild Attitude of tlie Primitive Man
Tonnrd All AnlmalM.
For the primitive snvngo iinlnials are
mysterious, problematic beings, pos
sessed of a wide knowledge of the
thing.) of nature. They k;ow much
more than they are ready to tell us. In
some way or another by the aid of
senses niueh more relined than ours
and by telling to each other all that
they notice in their rambles and flights
they know everytljjng for miles around.
And if a man has been "just" toward
them they will warn him of a coming
danger, as they warn each other, but
they will take no heed of him if he
has nt been straightforward in his
notions. Snakes ami birds (the owl is
a leader of the snakes), mammals and
Insects, lizards and lishes all under
stand each other and continually com
municate their observations to one an
otlier. Inside this vast brotherhood there
are, of course, the still closer brother
hoods of beings "of one blood." The
monkeys, the bears, the wolves, the
elephants and the rhinoceroses, most
ruminants, the hares and most of the
rodents, the crocodiles, and so on, per
fectly know their own kin, and they
will not tolerate any one of their rela
tives to be slaughtered by man without
taking in one way or another honest
revengo. This conation must have
had an extremely remote origin.
Lven now when a fiavago is hunting
he is bound to rospoct certain rules of
propriety toward the animals, and he
must perform certain expiatory cere
monies after his hunt. Most of these
ceremonies are rigorously enacted even
nowadays in the savage clans, especial
ly as regards those species considered
the allies of man.
It Ls -we'll known that two men be
longing to two different clans or trltxs
can become brothers by mixing the
blood of the two obtained from small
Incisions made for that purpose, but
it was also quite habitual for man to
enter Into brotherhood with some ani
mal. The tales continually mention it.
An animal asks a hunter to spare it.
and if the hunter accedes to the de
mand the two become brothers. And
then the monkey, the bear, the doe, the
bird, the crocodile or the bee any one
of the sociable animals will take all
possible care of the man brother In the
critical circumstances of his life, send
ing his or her animal brothers of dif
ferent tribes to warn him or help him
out of a difficulty. And If the warn
ing comes too late or U misunderstood
and he loses his life they all will try
to bring him back to life, and if they
fail they will take due revenge, just as
If the man had been oae of their own
kin.
When I journeyed in Siberia I was
often struck, without understanding It,
with the care which my Tungus or
Mongol would take not to uselessly
kill any animal. The fact Is that even-
life is respected by a savage, or, rather,
it was before he came In contact with
Europeans. If he kills an animal, It Is
for food or for clothing, but lie does
not destroy life, as the whites do, for
the mere excitement of the slaughter.
True, the red Indians have done that
with the buffaloes, but It was only aft
er they had been for a long time in
contact witli the whites and had got
from them the rifle and the quick firing
revolver. Of course there are rascals
among the animals the hyena, for In
stance, or the shrewmouse or the man
eating tiger, but these do not count:
they are outlaws. As to the great ani
mal world as a whole, savage children
are taught to respect It and see in it
an extension of their own kin. Prince
Kropotkln In Nineteenth Century.
by ft Tong series of Intellectual errorts.
According to Clement of Alexandria,
It was Chiron, believed to be the mak
er of the flrst celestial globe, who, 1,420
years before the Christian era, divided
the starry heavens Into constellations
and so mapped out the sky, Newton
upheld this opinion, which la further
corroborated in the book of Job, where
allusion Is made to Orion, the Pleiades,
and the Hyades, a proof that at a very
early period there had been a grouping
of the stars.
Ileslod in his "Works and Days,"
written 2,700 years ago, also refers to
several of the constellations as though
their names were familiar to his readers.
A TACTLESS NURSE.
Comparative Depth of Well.
The deepest wells In Europe are at
Passy, France, depth 2,000 feet; at La
Chapelle, Paris, depth 2,950 feet; at
Grenelle, Paris, depth 1,708 feet; at
Neusalwerk, near Minden, depth 2,288
feet; at KIssengen, Bavaria, depth
1,787 feet; at Sperenberg, near Berlin,
depth 4,190 feet, which is said to be
the deepest In the world, and at Pesth,
Hungary, depth 3,182 feet. In the
United Stntes there are wells located
at St. Louis, depth 3,843 feet; at Louis
ville, depth 2,080 feet; at Columbus,
O., depth 2,775V feet, and at Charles
ton, S. C, depth 1,250 feet.
LESSLESSNESS,
Kqvj that they have got horselesa rigs
Frum hero to Kalamazoo
An' telegraph that's wireless
An' smokeless powder, too,
There ought to be more lessless things.
It sort o' seems to me.
Why can't we have a stingless wasp.
Also a stingleas bee?
Why can't we have sum schoolless towns,
An' workless work to do.
An' spankln'3 that are slipperless.
An' dogleas orchards, too,
An' acheless stomach aches as well,
An' wetless hair, so w'en
We go down to the swlmmln' hole
Ma won't know where we've b'en?
An' w'en we get these lessless things
'Twill fill our hearts with Joy,
An' then you'll never see again
A hapless. Joyless boy.
New Tork Press.
the Creepy M anner In Which She
"Entertained" a Patient.
Nurses are, as a class, a most excel-
ent body of young women, but, as In
the case of doctors, one occasionally
comes across specimens who are so
deficient In tact and sympathy with the
sick as to be positively, though unin
tentionally, brutal. That seems to bo
the fate of the writer of the following
letter:
"Late one night, when I was In con
siderable pain and unable to sleep,
(uy nurse, In order to provide cheerful
fliverslon, proposed to show me a few
of her photographs. So a candle was
brought to the bedside and the pictures
were held before my eyes as I lay on
my back. Producing the first with
much gusto, the nurse explained that
it was a very pretty picture. It was.
It showed 'our mortuary chapel,' and
the nurse pointed out the coffins and
a row of shrouds hanging up in the
corner, explaining that 'we keep all
sizes In stock.' The next picture was
'our operating theater,' with the nurse
and the doctor 'Just ready to begin.
and my tormentor was specially proud
of it because the nurse depicted was
herself. When she pointed out, bow
ever, that galoches were worn by the
butcher and bin assistant, I endeavored
to pass on as quickly as possible to
the next picture. It was not long, how
ever, before we came to the portrait of
'Mary, our hospital skeleton.' Nurse
explained that Mary was 'cloaked,'
but at lectures a string could be pulled
and the cloak fell off. In point of
fact, the photographer had caught it at
the moment of falling, and the figure
and features of Mary remained indel
ibly printed on my memory. I do not
say anything against Mary as a skele
ton, huT she was hardly an apparition
to bring comfort or sleep to a poor
fevered wretch whose life was hanging
in the balance. Yet that nurse held the
highest possible credentials in every
department of her calling." London
Tenth
Pa Helped.
"Remember, my hoy mia Unce
James as he gave D.,i)y a coin, "that
If you take care of the cents the dol
lars will take care of themselves."
Bobby looked a little dubious. ' "I do
take care of the cents," he replied,
"but us soon as they get to be dollars
pa takes care of 'em."
A Suttflreiitloii.
The Shell Game Man Why not try
the game? It's simply giving away
money. The Stranger But why not
give away the money without going
through what seems to bo a needless
formality? New York Press.
Waiting For the Evidence.
"You say your late uncle was an ec
centric old fellow. Do you think he
was Insane?"
"I don't know. The will hasn't been
read yet." Cleveland Leader.
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She Has your wife improved since
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a more musical tone than It used to be.
Detroit Free Press.
Absence from those we love Is self
from self a deadly banishment-Shakespeare.
Terrific Race With Death
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The Man "Why don't you run home
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The Kid-Hi. v, fellers! Here's a old
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BLIND INSECTS.
They Act Just aa Tlionjch They Had
Hyen and Conlu See.
so rar as insects or Lie caves are
concerned the loss of siht which they
gradually undergo Is suHciently well
understood. The first step Is a de
crease In the number of the facets
which make up the compound eyes
with a corresponding dimlulshment of
the lenses and retinae. After four or
five generations the eyes become use
less. It would be most interesting to
breed these or other blind creatures of
the caves in the light, so as to And out
If they would get their sight back.
In all animals, Including man, it is
found that nature trfes to compensate
for loss of vision by Increasing the
power of the sense of touch. Thus the
attennae of cave Insects grow remark
ably long.
It is very curious to find that nothing
in their behavior suggests the fact
that they are blind. They walk, run.
Ftop, explore the ground and try to es
cape frefm the grasp of the bug hunter
Just as If they i-eally saw. The light
of a candle startles them as much as
if they perceived It visually. It Is a
remarkable fact, proving that the an
cestors of these creatures could see,
that in the embryo stage of their exist
once they have eyes well developed.
An IiiNinnatlon.
Tom has been a Benedict for almost
two weeks.
"You have no Idea what you miss by
not being married," he said to his
friend Jack.
"No, I suppose not," rejoined the lat
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night and morning?" Chicago News.
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He- -How did I look hi my dress suit
at the dinner last night?
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look n bit comfortable in it. It will
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Superior Majes
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STOVES OF( RANGES
None of H!a Bnnlnen Anyway.
Sammy Salesman Miss, is any one
waiting on you?
Caroline Countrlgurl Tes, Sir Smarty,
there is, but it's none of your business.
And he's got more sense and good looks
in a minute than you have in a year.
So there, mister! Baltimore American.
Blissful Days).
"I see by dis book," remarked Dusty
Tdiodes, "dat de ancient Romans uster
eat layin' down."
'Wouldn't even set up to eat?" in
quired Tired Tiffins, with Interest
"Ah, them wuz good old times!"
Louisville Courier-Journal.
FIRST MAP OF THE SKY.
tt Wan Made 1,420 Year Before the
Christian Era.
At a very early period In the history
of astronomy It was felt that the stars
should be divided Into distinct groups
or constellations. This important task
has engaged the attention of astrono
mers from remote times and has only
been brought to Its present .perfectloB
Very Yellow.
I ve neara several doctors say, re
marked tho chronic dyspeptic, "that
eggs make a man bilious."
"Well," replied Lowe Comerdy, "I've
known eggs to make a man look bilious
before he got off the stage." Catholic
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putting some coffee In the chicory."
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