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TH K N E W B E R G G R A P H IC
HUGO ON THE INFINITE.
VERTEBRATE EXTREMES]
■•y°nd th* Vl.lbl* th . Invisible, B*-
yend That th* Unknown.
Largest and 8mall*at Craatur** In th*
Different Group*.
"CAREFUL OF THEIR COWS.'
FRANKS OF A POET.
1*1* ef J*r**v S**a to It That th* Broad Da Musset Had a Mania Par D*stray*
la K*pt Absolutely Pur*.
'
ing W om an’* Clothes.
Ui«doubtedly the little Island ot Jet - "1 w h s one* at the Coinedle Fran-
sey bus been enriched by tba profit of calse. tmt as a spectiitor. not as so r*.
Its cows. In modern days potato rals- tress. 1 hud on a white hat which I bad
ing and fruit culture have helped, but been told suited me quit* well. Prom
It la the solid, continual profit o f the the box in which 1 sat 1 noticed Alfred
cattle that has made the island rich.
j de M asset, and he caugbt sight o f m*.
So carefully do they tend them there too. so he came to see me between th*
and so frugal are they o f waste In acts.
s,
trodden pastures, aaya Our Dumb Anl- J “ He planted himself In front of me
male, that they actually tether their and said rudely: ‘ You’ve got a hideous
animals, and the children or Indoor bat on. mademoiselle. I can’t Imagine
servants shift them at morn, noon and bow pretty women can drees badly,
night
It’s sheer stupidity for any on# who
Oentlenees is their cue in handling ha* a white akin like your* to go and
the calf, which, after a does o f moth- \ spoil the effect of her complexlop by
er*a milk, has to be content with skim -; wearing a white bat.* Aa be spoke be
milk, or akillegalee. She Is haltered gave me a bang on the bead which
and fed by band and becomes docile quite crushed my hat. turned on his
and gentle and when two y ean old j heel and took himself off.
yields Indoors or oat her bountiful! “ When I told my friend, Roger de
bucketful of frothy, rich milk to the Beeuvoir. who knew De Musset well,
quiet wömen folk who milk her.
o f the incident he said: *H* la rather
The Jersey breed la kept p n n by addicted to such pleasantries. Th* oth-
stringent laws against the Importation er day be was at Tort©ala with La Mo­
ot foreign stock. The summer pastnr- gador. who was wearing a light green
age la very rich, and cattle remain out dress, when suddenly, without the
from May till October, but daring the slightest warning, he seised a bottle o f
winter they a n always com fortably; raspberry sirup and poured Its con-
housed.
j tents over his companion’s clothes.
The milk la used almost exclusively completely ruining her toilet He seems
in making butter. A good Jersey will to be afflicted with a mania for spoiling
make an average o f a pound o f butter women’s clothes.’ " —“ My Autoblogn-
every day In the year. The Jersey is phy." by Mme. Judith,
beautiful In form, and her abounding
dairy products make her a favorite
HE WAS A GROUCH.
with the household, an ornament to
any farm pr estate aud a source of And He Furnished a Good Text For a
great profit to her owner.
Good Ssrmon.
In Victor Hugo’* “ Intellectual
In an article written for the
Autobiography” the great French­ American Naturalist Dr. A- W.
man writes as follows of the infinite Henn compares the largest and
nfter asking what vehicle shall be smallest creatures in the different
•adopted to cross the spaces o f the vertebrate groups. The smallest of
universe: “ The locomotive travels all is a minute fish o f the gobv fam­
fifteen leagues an hour. The hurri- ily from a lake in Luzon, which is
<cwie travels sixty leagues an hour. just over half an inch long.
The cannon ball travels 700 leagues
In contrast to this is the great
an hour. The locomotive drags; blue rorqual o f the north Atlantic,
the hurricane limps; the cannon a whale that sometimes attains the
ball is a tortoise. Let us bestride a enormous length o f eighty-five feet.
ray o f light. This is a mount 4,000
The smallest known existing
times swifter than the cannon ball, mammal is a shrewmouse from
4,200,000 times swifter than the Madagascar, which is two and thre-
hurricane and 17,000,000 times quarters inches loqg. In America
awifter than the locomotive.
It there is another shrew very Little
makes, as you know, 70,000 leagues larger. The biggest existing land
a second.
mammal if, o f course, the African
“ Start. Light launches you from elephant. Next comes in turn the
the earth to the sun in eight min­ Indian elephant and the white rhi­
utes, from the sun to Ocean us in noceros. The tallest member o f the
four hours, from Oceanus to Cen- group is the giraffe, but that animal
taurus in three years and eight was approached, although not actu­
months, from Centaurus to the pole ally rivaled in this respect, by the
star in twenty-eight years, from the extinct giraffe camels o f North
pole star to the Milky way in 16,800 America.
The smallest bird is a humming
years, from the Milky way to the
nebula o f Canes Venatici in 5,000,- bird from Cuba, which is only two
000 years— you have not yet taken a and a quarter inches long. No men­
tion is made by Dr. Henn o f the big-
step.
est bird, but this distinction among
“ The apparitions o f the universe
ving species is enjoyed by the os­
will continue to loom. The unsound-
much
a
Die will
wm remain before you in its trich,
incn, which
wmen is, however,
nowever, muen
able
entirety Beyond the visible the in- smaller than the extinct New Zea-
“ I had a little lesson several weeks
visible, beyond the invisible the un- I land moa. The most massive o f all
known. Everywhere, everywhere in ‘ birds was the extinct Patagonian CURIOUS CUSTOMS IN INDIA. ago," remarked the man with the gray
mustache, "and It called me In good
the zenith, at the nadir, in front, cariama, which had a skull almost
Idol*
shape.“
Dancing
Girls
Are
Married
to
behind, above, below, in the heights, , as large a» that o f a horse, but in
I “Go ahead." said the stoat man.
Representing Gods.
in the depths, looms the formidable massiveness o f limb some giant
I was In the garage where I keep
Parrots
are
taught
In
India
to
spend
darkness o f the infinite.
' birds o f Madagascar exceeded it,
a large portion o f their time In repeat-1 my car and happened to overbear a
“ What, then, is there back o f all Their remains have given rise to the Ing the names o f gods, and such a conversation among the boys. A cer-
this? Nothing, say you ? Nothing? i legend o f the roc. The largest flying s pokes man brings a great price, espe- tain niaD bad been Injured while trav­
What! I, a worm of the earth, am bird is either the giant albatross or el a I ] y among business men. who lm- ellng abroad—very badly Injured. It
possessed o f an . intelligence, and the Chilean and Californian con­ agine that by owning sucb a parr&t was reported—and one of the boys was
their spiritual treasures are a ecu mu- j telling the others about It. *The story
this immensity is without one ? Oh, dors.
A West Indian gecko has a good lating while they attend to their usual In the paper says be can't get well.’
pardon us, Abyss of Infinity!”
the youngster went on. ‘Did you know
right to be regarded as the snuulest occupations.
W*ar and Tear of Cainag*.
Many of the dancing girls In India bim. Pete?’ And the boy addressed
lizard. Its length is about one and
The wear and tear on silver and thn
uarter inches. On the other belonging to the temples are called the promptly replied. 'Sure, I knew th’ old
gold currency the world over hand, the great water monitor o f the wives o f the gods. At an early age grouch.’
“ Say. that hit me pretty bard. Here
amounts to more than a million dol­ Indo-Malay countries, which grows they are united In wedlock to the im­
ages worshiped In the temples. This was a leading citizen dying, and all the
lars yearly. England has to renew to eight feet in length, is the great- strange matrimonial connection la boy could remember about bim waa
ber silver coins every year to the est among living lizards. But it is a formed In compliance with the wishes that he was a grouch. Yea. sir. it made
average value of $150,861, which is mère dwarf in comparison with an o f the parents, who believe It to be me sit np and think hard. And I got In
equivalent to a disappearance of extinct Australian species, known a highly meritorious act to present a my mind that when 1 passed oat I’d
about six tons of sterling silver. solely by detached vertebrae.
beautiful daughter in marriage to a like to be remembered, for something
different."
From wear alone the loss on 4.645,- j Ignoring snakes Dr. Henn regards senseless idol.
The only foreigner who ever saw the
He paused.
521 gold sovereigns is estimaAnl at the Indian garial, which grows thir­
“That’s
worth considering." said tha
inside
o
f
the
great
Temple
o
f
Jngger-
about $28,201 yearly. A much lar­ ty feet or more, as the largest o f all
naut was an English officer, who sue- ' other man.
ger deficit due to the destruction o f existing reptiles. But such dimen­
ceeded In gaining admission by paint- \ “ Good tex t" said the first man.
sterling coins and their use in the sions are insignificant beside those Ing and dressing himself like a native. i “ Good sermon." said the other.—
arts must of course be reckoned o f the gigantic dinosaurs, which in
When the Brahmins discovered th a t; Cleveland Plain Dealer.
with. The loss in value from wear some instances are said to have been ’ M r M r nlace bad been thus defiled
and tear in gold coin is often so 100 feet in length.
they became so enraged that all the
A Regular Old 8h*rloek.
English residing at the station were
great that it is not safe to accept j
"P oor girt?" said the general manage*
obliged to flee for their Uvea
Hie Idea ef Beering.
large sums in payment unless laid
as the young woman who bad just ap­
Suspecting their pursuers to be more plied for a position as stenograph*!
down by weight. The banks will
At a country cricket match in
not accept deposits of material Lanarkshire a local farmer’s boy desirous o f gratifying their avarice walked out o f his office. .
than their revenge, they strewed silver
"What’s her trouble T ’ asked big sec
value unless weighed and shown to was appointed scorer, his duties be- money by the way. and while the na­
be true to face estimate.— National ing carefully explained to him. The tives stopped to pick It up they gained retary.
“ It’s too bad that a girl who la so
Magazine.
first inning was not very produc­ time and succeeded in reaching a place
pretty—one who might be living in lux
tive o f runs and soon came to an o f safety.—Philadelphia inquirer.
ury—la compelled to go out looking foi
Th* Safe Keeping of Reyal J*w*i*. ^ . a n d every one made a rush for
work because abe refused to listen to
It is said that the jewels o f the the scorer. Judge o f their furprise, _______ ____ __ Winter. _ ■____• ,
her parents. Yon beard her say aha
Russian royal family, which are o f however, when they found that not
1 have never doubted the f%ct that was married, didn’t yon?"
enormous value, are kept in the a single mark had been made in the winter was really at heart a jolly good
“ Yes. but I didn’t bear her mention
Kremlin, where they are looked aft- carefully ruled book that had been fellow, brusque, but sincere. His bark her parents."
is worse than his bite. If you expect
“ Evidently you* have not developed
er by a hundred and fifty officers pr0vid'
who have retired from the army.
When reproached in somewhat smooth phrases or flatteries from his much ability In the way o f making de­
The Italian crown jewels are strong terms the boy was not in the lips you will be disappointed. His lsn -! ductions. Why would a girl with aucb
guarded in a subterranean chamber least disconcerted, but with the most gunge Is vigorous, direct and effective, j eyes, such hair, sucb a complexion,
Hlsrelgn as “ ruler o f the inverted year" ; such teeth, such a beautiful face and
on a little island in the Tiber.
ingenuous air in the world said:
is absolute. His qualities are distinctly such a figure as hers have to go out
The crown treasures of Austria
“ 1 was sae eenterested in the masculine. We think of spring as a looking for work If she hadn’t married
are in the custody of the Imperial sport that I quite forgot to mak’ shy maiden coquetting with the breezes, against her parents' wishesT*—Chicago
bank. The Austrian jewels are of the crosses. But it disna matter— summer as the perfect flower o f gra j Record-Herald.
great value, but o f those of Ger- that
___ ___________
wee laddie wi’ the red face is « ions womanhood. Autumn reminds us j
of a widow, to whom bereavement has
many the same cannot be said. These
smartest runner among ye.
Population In United States.
Drought a chastened melancholy. But
are also in the custody of a bank.
London Tit-Bits.
The United States at present la in nt
winter Is the vigorous gentleman- with danger o f overpopulation. The Japa
Most o f the French state jewels
the wisdom and judgment o f age. ■ nese empire has about 50,000,000 peo­
have been dispersed, but some of
B ism arck’* lnt*na* Hat*.
strong and unyielding where great Is
great value are to be seen at the
That Prince Bismarck was a good sue» are at stake, yet withal reveal- i ple. and the Japanese empire is o f the
same area as the single state o f Call
Louvre. ’
hater is shown in the reminiscences Ing at times a winning beneficence in | for„ ia.
The German empire has 64.-
o f Herr von Tiedemann, formerly both looks aud actions.—Suburbun 1 000.000. and the German empire la 00.
O rig in of A tta r ef Roa**.
chief o f the imperial chancellery. Life
OO0 square miles less than the state ot
The preparation of the famous During the first dinner at which
\ Texas. The United States o f America
attar of roses seems to have been Herr von Tiedemann was present
Th* Vatican’* Precious Manuscript*. could furnish room and support for at
The Vatican library is probably the least a billion human beings, it will
discovered by accident. From India with the prince, Bismarck said he
we get the tradition. The favorite
Goethe was wrong in naying most sumptuously boused in the world. i be a long time tiefore the danger line Is
Sultana of Sehanghir caused a ba
th atlove only beautified life. Hate This, of course, is only as it should be. : reached in this nation and the popula-
for the collection contains some o f the ! tlou begin to encroach upon the means
of rosewater to be prepared for her djd ^ game service and was quite
most precious manuscripts In existence.
There is no cause fot
use. The burning sun o f India a8 great a vivifier as love. “ T o m e ,” including the Biblical "Codex V a tic j of subsistence.
worry.-EUcb«"ge.
brought its might upon the bath ^
th# prince> “ are indispensable nus o f the fourth centnry. the fifth I
Prepared in the royal garden and ,ove fQr
wife and hate for Wind_ century, Vergil and the palimpsest "De j
As to th* Dog.
soon globules o f oil were found ^ortt.” Qne mornjng Bismarck said R ep u blic" of Cicero. The printed;
"My dog understands every word I
floating upon the fragrant water.
j j err von Tiedemann, “ I have not books include over 2.500 fifteenth cen- j
say."
Deeming the bath impure jmd at- been able to gl
j have hated the tury editions, funny of them vellum \
“ Dm."
copies. The total library bas been es­
tempting to skim off the film, the whole nigj,t »
“ Do you doubt ItT*
timated
to
comprise
over
220,000
vol­
attendants broke the globules, and
“ No: I do not doubt the brute’s In­
umes and 30.000 manuscripts, but It
at once the garden waa filled with
telligence. The s e n t attention be be­
In Bohemia.
bas never been adequately catalogued.
fragrance.
stows upon your conversation would
Mr. G. R. Sims tells this story o f
S
—Pall Mall Gazette.
the English Bohemia o f his younger
A Wrong fiteer.
A
mathematical
profesBor
i .
had , T A, m
club , W on ged to th, re
S?
STSf S u M ? «rum ™
uare and had promised to do so. room requesting members not to Gr­
eeting
him some time afterward,
i
thTfriend inquired o f the profeeeor
why he did not come to eat him.
“ I did com e," «»id the matheme-
tieien, “ but t h « e we, eomc mieteke.
You told me that you lived in a
square, and I found myself in a
parallelogram, so I went away
----
Turned Down.
A pert young girl repulsed very
haughtily the proffered attentions
of a young man. He, wounded to
the quick, exclaimed:
“ Ah, well, you’re as full of airs
as a hand organ.”
*
She tossed her head.
“ Mavbe 1 am,” she said, “ but all
the same, I don’t go with a crank.*
— Exchange.
d« r hot suppers after 5 o clock in
" ‘ »rm ng! At the » m e club I
:» ” «
">P Pu™
'>8>>teon.
P « ™ ,'" >*. «-3 1 the wa'ter who eft-
«w a rd returned ,t to me rem.rked
that it was fortunate the purse had
not been found by one of the other
members I”
j
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| To ?lean glass put a little pow-
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! layers o f a folded piece of soft mus-
, lin and) stitch round the edges to
prevent the powder from falling
j out. Rub lamp glasses or window
1 panes with this dry cloth and they
i will he clean and ‘sparkling almost
immediately. Enough powder will
remain in the cloth for use many
times.
. Extra Touch**.
Smith—I see you’re paying the ex­
penses o f that painter who fell off the
roof. Brown—Sure: he’s too good a
man to lose. As he went down he
touched up three or four places which
would have been extremely dlfflcplt to
reacb In the ordinary way.—London
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Indicate that be understands It per­
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"That’s a valuable dog o f yours.”
“ Yes. but be doesn’t know he’s a
valuable dog. !xiok at bim. will you,
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“ Do you know, old man. thnt young
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fellow saved me from absolute bark
perience declares thnt a linguist may
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