The Columbia register., May 27, 1904, Image 2

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the Times
Good wivea and loving ones are
sjnouymous.
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over IH.00O.W0. and comprising 4Z
Oil acres. This equals ths amount
old In the preceding ten year. There
were homestead entries, as coin-
pared with 1S57 In ISM. The home
stead entries covered 5021.2S0 acres
of land, and the total laud acquired for
settlement In the year was 9.SS7.S01
acres. The Canadians Justly boast ot
the fact that the settlers are not the
scuu of Europe, Many travel second-
::vs:i'.vV.
iiiilfi
BISlECtD BY RATS,
Marriage Is often ths outeoma of pos
sessing a good Income. The ateerage occupants are steadily de
; ! creasing, and Canada feela that aha la
w ....... nmiuivw mbt Ti Tur liviTrrv f Titre i
class and are well suppU! with funds, Bywvim a kui in, vmiiu (
Br J IWsr, tt3trtary at Stat.
By Its steady chauipiounhlp ot a
Uneasy Ilea the head that wears a
crown In the realm of options and futures.
A true hero la a man who fights for
bis country and refuses to scrap with
his wife.
The "split Infinitive- has not
reached Japan yet At least the prep
osition Is never separated from Its ob
ject in Togo.
It Is said that distance lends en
chantment to the view, but the theory
falls down when applied to a man'a
Tlew of pay day.
The Census Bureau says that there
re now 80.0CO.00O persona In tha Uni
ted States, but gives us no hint of how
they are going to vote.
One of President Joseph 8mlth'a
sons Is an expert bookkeeper, lie waa
specially educated for tha purpose of
keeping the family tree.
The Japanese are accused of firing
shells that emit poisonous gases. This
la wrong. The Japs should fumigate
their shells before firing.
getting the pick of the new population
that la leavtng Europe for more hos
pitable shores. The Immigrant Influx
last year numbered 12S.S64. Of these
41,792, or almost a third, came from
the United States.
It Is the commonest thing In the
world to see most of the people you
know young and old taking sides In
a conuict Ilka that which Is now rag
ing In the far East The division of
freer commerce and of most elevated
principles ot conduct In war, tha United
States- has brought about an 'almost
complete change lu the practice of na
tions. There still remain to be Incor
porated Into International law one of
the principles announced by the found
ers of our government and stcadllj ad
vocated up to this day the exemption
from selsure of private property o:i the
sea In time of war.
As our country from Its earnest his
A story which recalls Bishop Ilatto
and bis round tower Is told by a corre
spondent of tha New York Trees, X
Mr. Hardy had purchased an old
slaughter-house In a New Jersey town
with the Intention of converting It lnt
a machine shop, lie went to tha pi ice
t make some repairs, and was there
when a heavy storm arose.
Busy with his work on the ground
floor of the building, he paid Wttle
Bad news for the doctors and un
dertakers. Two Michigan men have
constructed a corn shredder and husk
cr which Is declared to be "on tha
right principle."
The Washington girl who visited
beaten In a trance says she saw a
great many people there. Let us hare
something more explicit did she tee
any ex-Congressmen there t
The oldest locomotive engineer In
the world is getting his name In the
papers. By the way, who Is the oldest
Mason in the world now, and why is
the oldest Tale graduate keeping so
quiet?
johi w. ro8Tr.n.
sentiment In tha average American tory lcd tne nations ot the earth lu creating a more le
town may Just at present be unequal, .tHi STStem of International law. so aim it has been
for If the newspapers from all over lu U108( retire In adjusting International cont.-uversles and
the country are to be believed, ths -serving peace by means of treaties of arbitration. The
sympathy of our peopls Inclines rather trst treaty negotiated after the organization of our govern-
toward Japan than toward Russia. ment nnder tne constltutlon-the Jay treaty of 1704 with
There la Intelligent partisanship In Great Britain marked a distinct advance In the practice
such matters, and there la unlntelli- of nntions tnd sought to ameliorate the harshness of war
gent From the very nature of ths and to establish more clearly neutral rights,
case, tlw unintelligent variety la far In Tne on)y instance In our history where fraud and cor-
excess of the other. It la not the pur- ruptlon naTe been established against an arbitration til-
pose of these words to present the case bunaJ wa9 (hat wltn Venezuela under the treaty of 1800.
of the Russ or the Jap, or to argue ooQ after the adjournment of the commission charges of
that one or the other la In the right regularity and fraud on the part of Its members were
and deserves to win. It Is rather to n)llde at Washington by the Venetuelnn Government, and
beapeak s neutrality In private Uks Bn inTOstigation established to the satisfaction of Congress
that which the President haa pro- tne fact that a mpt arrangement had been made be-
claimed as the public policy of ths tweeu the Amertcan commission, the umpire (a Venezue-
United States. There are few private ,ftU(i the Unlled StatP9 minister in Venezuela and his rein-
persons so well Informed through t,y(? tne ieadmg attorney before the commission, by which
newspapers ana puouc aocumenui uim lMgt part of each cla,m r0nre8ented by the attotney and
they can grasp all the polnta at Issue. aUowM by the commission was to be divided between the
Indeed, the better Informed among pprgons named. After considerable delay In securing legls-
such reading persons are the very ones ,aUon a new coramlssIon was organized, which reviewed
who appreciate the magnitude of ths tQft worfc of tg prwlecMS0P. 0f the twenty-four cases al-
problem, and refrain from rushing Into liy tLe flr9t mmisslon only nine were passed on
the places where angela fear to tread. faTorablTt and throe cnM8 rejected were allowed by
There are thoughtful men In America h uew comml8sIou presenting more than half of the
and England who have to confess to awards
themselves that born In Russia or Js- ' ,
pan, they could honestly follow ths . Dnnrr h
flag of either country, and light for wiWLauw iacio aduui imi oui.a.
Czar or Mikado according to their .own r. Antra wiham.
witn none is usuaiiy associated iue meu or
The caterpillar in a month will eat
about COO times Its own weight This
Is a pretty good record, but did yon
ever see Little Georgle eat his dinner
after a Saturday afternoon In the base
, ball diamond?
The Novoe Vremya says ths United
States is "an Insolent parvenu, stretch
ing Its legs over the table of Asiatic
politics, seeking to make the Pacific an
American Mediterranean." Ths Novo
Vremya ought to take something for Its
liver.
Justice Brewer's declaration that It
Is the ordinary citizen's first duty to
obey the laws la admirable, but In
many cases It Is too much to expect
iiat the ordinary citizen can know
what the law really la when ths Su
preme Court itself divides 5 to 4.
It waa an Interesting contest which
the Woman's Club of Evanston, 111.,
recently arranged. The event was
known as a science exhibition. Twen
ty gold prizes were awarded for ex
cellence In cooking, sewing and laun
dering. As the contest was open to all
comers, mistress and maid competed
side by side, and there were success
ful competitors In both classes. An
other pleasing event was the award
ing of certificates to all servants who
had worked for the same mistress from
three to five years, and medals to all
those who had held ths same situation
- for ten years.
Hawaii is rapidly losing Its native
population, according to the reports in
the "Hawaiian Annual for 1904." Cap
tain Cook, who discovered the group
of Islands In the eighteenth century,
estimated ths population at two hun
dred thousand. In 1872 the number
had fallen to fifty thousand; and there
were only thirty thousand In 1900. The
Japanese population to-day Is greater
than was the total population thirty
years ago, and the present total popu
lation Is about fifty thousand less than
Captain Cook found, but It is increas
ing almost as rapidly as that of a
boom city In the West
but would leave ths gelatins untouched. Then ws should
meet the Interesting spectacle f seeing ths formerly hard,
denss bone becoming at elastic as possible, so flexible In
deed that we might tie it In a knot It la when poor little
children,' badly fed for the most Dart do not receive a
suttlclent supply of phosphates that they develop bens . hw-i to ths atorm. PreaentW l;s saw
deformities that are piteous to behold. An arguiueut this, Wg nt i(.urrT arroM the floor from tbs
of powerful kind, that all mothers should be Instructed In cellarway. This rat was followed by
another and another, and then they
came In droves.
Investigation revealed the fact that
the flood waters were running Into the
cellar, and ths rats wers seeking
the principles of phynlology. In so fsr, at least ss ths
proper feeding of their children Is concerned.
If we could lift all the living matter out of a layer of
bone It would present us with the appearance of an ani
mated spider's weh. A bone Uvea lu all Its parts, and
Is neither the dead nor the dry thing which popular notions aafety
creuit it to us. nut hones grow old as does every bodily Suddenly ths man realized that ths
possession of ours. They lose their elasticity, as It were,' room wtt alive with rata. They poured
In old age. The gelatine dlmlnlshea, and with thla change up a stairway, clambering over one
the bonea become more brittle In nature, rendering fracture, another In their attempt to escnp
a msre likely accident In the old person than In hta young-1 w,ter ,nd squealing noisily,
er neighbor. Strong and dense as bone may be. It Is atlll gome attacked Mr. Hardy, aud bit his
auDject to ins universal law wmcn decrees mat urs ana fe(t and ankles.
living things have each their "little day."
Us seised an Iron shovel which lay
on the floor, and began to lay about
him. If he desisted, the rats returned
to the attack. Tired of tho fight, ho
then tried to leave ths houss, but to
hla dismay fouud ths water was deep
THE COUNTRY VERSUS THE CITY BOY.
Br Jofta J. fr. ef fert.
Ths chances of tha city born boy are great ei
than those of the country born. If you knew , lroill, i
aooui iue uie m ui coumry yoj. now Wlln difficulty tn
sleep in an unneateu room in winter wim id. , aw(y an( ,obM to ltalrwaT ,ca,,.
Ing to a top floor. When be reached
A young man from Washington Ter
ritory was shipwrecked on the coast
of Japan a little more than fifty years
ago. When the Japanese discovered
him they put him In prison for enter
lng the country without first asking
permission. Then they asked him as
to the relative rank of officers In the
United Statea. He told them that the
officers In the navy had to obey the
Secretary of the Navy, and that the
Secretary had to obey the President
"Who Is greater than the President?'
they asked. The youth replied, "The
people are greater than the President:"
and in telling of the incident afterward
he said that the Japanese could not
understand this at all. The chaplain
of the Senate thinks that this 'reply
was so fine that the name of the per
son who made It ought to be preserved,
and has instituted an inquiry to learn
. (what It wat
Canada needs population. She has
'almost everything else that nature
could bestow on a land, but she has
lacked people. Some figures made pub
lic by the Canadian Department of the
Interior show that the country Is slow
ly but surely filling up with a fine class
of citizens, and nearly all of them go
to the farms. Last year companies
Jioldlng land grants sold land worth
nativity. The fact Is that great con
tending forces In the complete scheme
of human progress have met and ths
meeting Is an unspeakable tragedy. It
becomes a modest man to stand with
bared head before It and pray ths
God of battles to bring the conflict to
a speedy and righteous end.
dryness not merely In a physical sense, but In
an Intellectual sense as well. The medical stu
dent who has to acquire a knowledge of the bony
framework has been said to trslvel In tho "valley
of dry bones," and us the osseous bvlonglngs we
may see In our museums are certainly of the des
iccated order of things, the familiar epithet
seems Justifiable enough. Yet bone, which may
Secretary Shaw of the Treasury De- appear uninteresting to the casual observer, presents us
partment said recently that there with a singularly Interesting history, not merely In respect
seems to be no place for the boys. Ths 0f its structure but likewise In conectlon with Its growth
bnbe and the man are welcome, and and development
the girl, by her winsome ways, makes , Bone is not all phosphate. This Is Its mineral side,
a place for herself In the homes- but giving is a strength and solidity which Is more than equal
almost the only door that swings with t0 0I good BOud oak. The other side of Its compost
a sure welcome for the boy opens Into tion w0 flnd to be represented by gelatine. This last Is
places where the boy ought not to go. 1 tne animal basis of bone. When the cook bolls bones it Is
Mr. Shaw said he knew of few homes jor tne sake of obtaining the gelatine, and we know that
to which boys are Invited. Boys have tne ned bone has a whitened aspect different from that
muddy feet and play noisy games. nf be natural structure, because Its mineral constituents
They like dogs and horses, goats and glone are ieft jf we wished to reverse the process and to
guinea pigs, and do not always re- remove the mineral matter of our bone, leaving the gela-
memDer mat tne panor was not rur- Une we should place It In a solution of some weak acid,
nlshed for use as a dog house. Every Thlg ,nst would eat away and dRS0lve the living material.
motner Knows mis; dui now many
fathers and mothers would have their
boys less fond ot animals than they
are, or less liberally endowed with
healthy, rollicking spirits? The pur
pose of Secretary Shaw's remarks will
doubtless be accomplished when the at
tention of parents Is directed to tha
temperature degreea below zero and In the sum
mer time work In the fields In trie sun from teu
:o fourteen hours a day, you would probably aee
that the city boy has an Immense advantage.
They-.tell you that tho hard work of the coun
try boy makes him a splendid man physically. Of the coun
try boys I knew full one-half are under the sod they
plowed or are old men In the Tillage streets al the age of
40. I believe that tho best uian Is developed through asso
ciation and struggle, and not In the country solitude.
The farmer's boy Is caught In the endless circle where
he raises corn In an endless chain of anxiety, but the city
boy of New York has tho history of tho world, as a lei
the story above he found tho rats wers
there before him. He killed a score or
more, and then stood at the head of
the atalrway and beat back ths horde
that tried to como up. .
"It was my life or theirs," snld Mr.
Hardy, "and I killed rats till toy
strength was exhausted."
For several hours h was s prisoner.
Then tho flood receded somewhat with
the tide, and he went downstairs, ran
through tho room where ths rats were-
son, and the volcea of the greatest men within ths reach tt, Bcurryng ibout ,n grwit numbera.
of hla ears rather than the cricket and the country night
sounds. - There are dirty streets and dark rooms In the
city, but they are Illuminated by ambition, and even these
dirty streets are as deartn after years as the country Is to
the successful farmer's boys. American Boy.
and got away through ths water up to
his waist
BELIEF8 OF MALAYS.
Traces of ts Old HellKton la Their
Present Life.
Many people In Singapore are more
or less Interested Just now In the thir
ty days' fast yearly undertaken by
all followers of the Islam futth. In
these days of modern luxuries and
JAPAN'S RELATION 10 THE PHILIPPINES.
By BaroH Xanrlo, of Japan.
i Japan Is a small country with a large populn-
tlx tion, and If we can manufacture for sale there
land In China the things necessary for Oriental
life we will become an exceedingly prosperous good living It would seem an anomaly
nation, for our land has reached the limit of , to reside In the midst of a people who
f agricultural production. The question with us Is. ' rigorously abstain from meat and
JL Can the Philippine Islands produce a sufficient ' drluk. from sunrise to sunset during
yKJk quantity of those raw materials to warrant us I one entire month of the year. It Is no-
CJja not onlv In Increasing the camicitv of our mills' easv matter for a native who Is work-
and In building new ones, but In making some reciprocal
arrangements with the United States which would give a
preference to the products of the Philippines over those of
Java, Borneo, Sumatra and other Orleutal countries. The
Phlllpplno Islands have only been scratched, so to speak,
and out of the 08.000,000 acres of agricultural lands the
Philippine commission states that only about 6,000.000
acres have been Indifferently farmed, while from my own
observations In the Islands I should any that not more than
one-third of the land occupied by farms are now being
cultivated.
TSI AN A REMARKABLE WOMAN.
For Forty Tear the Ruling Spirit of
Chinese Empire.
The reported death of the Empress
Regent Tsl An, at the age of 70, di
rected attention to the extraordinary
work In progress for developing boys career ofk a woman who for more than
into all-round men. In ths cities, espe- forty years has been the ruling spirit
dally, is this work dons. Not only are
the trades taught to boys In day and
night schools, but schools are main
tained In the vacation season to occu
py the attention of those who might
otherwise be in 'mischief. Moreover,
the boys who come In contact with the
police are not sent to Jail with hard
ened evil-doers so frequently as a few
years ago. The authorities assume,
with good reason, that the boys are
not bad, but only misled, and that they
will make good dtlzens if they have
half a chance. The unruly boy In the
country Is not receiving so much at
tention as In the city. He has fewer
evil places of resort than his city broth
er, but enough for his purposes If he Is
seeking them. Yet on the whole, the
boys of America, In town or country,
are wholesome creatures. They could
be Improved If their elders would give
more time to providing amusement for
them in surroundings that are not vi
cious. "
Jnventle .Views of Marriage.
He was a curly-headed boy with
life before him. She was a little girl
with a saucy pug nose, but wise, It
would seem, beyond her years. The
fact that she was nursing a doll with
eyes that opened and shut with a click
may have been his inspiration.
"Say, sister, I fink I'd get married
if I knew how." '
"Oh, that's easy," replied the owner
of the pug nose. "First you buy a
diamond ring and give it to her; then
you buy a gold ring, like mamma's got,
and give that to her. And then you
must buy her a watch for her birth
day." -
"An what she give me?" expectant
ly asked the little chap.
"Why, nuthln', of course," smartly
replied his little companion.
"Say, sister," he added, "I guess I
won't marry."
"So you think there really is some
thing in heredity, after all" "I do.
Young Mundsley, who Is trying to get
up a north pole expedition, Is the son
of a woman who used to be an Invet
erate house hunter, not because she
could have used a house If she had
found one, but for the mere love of the
thing." Chicago News.
When a man admits that his wife Is
an angel it's safe to ask him bow long
he has been a widower. '
of the Chinese Empire, although for
more than 4,000 years the native preju
dice against the exercise of authority
by the fair sex had been but twice
overcome. Had she been a descendant
of Confucius, or the Ming dynasty,
which preceded the present reigning
family, or a high-born Manchu, her
rise to autocratic power would have
been more intelligible. As a matter of
fact she began life under grave dis
abilities, being, of humble origin,
though her parents are said to have
been Manchus. Adopted by a Manchu
family of considerable means, she was
trained in the accomplishments which
the Chinese prize in women, but her
Intellect owed nothing to the Influence
of an invigorative education. She got
her opportunity when she became a
member of the household of the Empe
ror Hlen Fung, who reigned from 18i50
to 18(51. She had no son by him, but,
strange to say, she commended herself
so strongly to the Empress Dowager,
the mother of Tung Che, the next sov
eregln, that during his long minority
the two women ruled conjointly, as
Empresses of the East and of the
West On Tung' Che's death, they
raised to the throne his Infant cousin,
who still ostensibly reigns under the
name of Kwang Su. Since the death
of her feminine co-regent In 1881, Tsl
An has been the real mistress of
China, except during a brief Interval,
when Kwang Su, having attained his
majority, was permitted temporarily to
rule, ana snowed an inclination to re
organize the Chinese system of educa
tion on Western principles. The Inno
vation was quickly stopped by a palace
I revolution, and during the last few
' years Kwang Su has been merely a
I figurehead, the Empress Tsl An having
been recognized not only by all Chl-
I nese officials, but also- by ail the treaty
powers, as regent. Harper's Weekly.
Russia's Hallway Schools.
mi 1 1 .
j.ne rauway scnoois or Itussia are
among the most Interesting of all na
tlons. When the great Siberian Rail
way Is completed It will form a prac
tical westward continuation of the
American tmnk lines, connected by in
ternational ferries in the form of gl
gantic steamship lines. It was the
construction of the wonderful Siberian
railway which largely liberalized all
Rdssla and turned Its attention to the
education of children. At the latest
report Russia was teaching 6,000 chll-
The visitor called the little 4-year-old
girl to his knee and In his most
winning tones asked her name. She
put her finger In her mouth and said
nothing. '
"Tell the gentleman, darling." said
the fond father.
' The little one, without removing the
finger, said something that sounded
like a quotation In Sanskrit
"What?" ejaculated the visitor.
"She says Its Mary Jane Edith Bar
ker Maud Jael Jackson," Interpreted
the father.
"Great Peter!" exclaimed the visit
or. "What on earth possessed you to
put all that on the child?"
"Well," said the father, "It wasn't
altogether my fault but it was the
first one, you know, and there was no
end of fuss naming it Of course, my
wife's mother wanted it named for her
and I naturally didn't want to slight
my own mother. And Aunt Joel Simp
son took a great notion to the kid and
we thought she might do something
for her If we gave It her name. Edith
Thompson was my wife's dearest
friend on earth and she Insisted on be
ing Its god mother the baby's, I mean.
Uncle .Barker was dead set on Its be
ing a boy and called Hezeklab. We
were thankful it wasn't but we called
It Barker by way of a compromise."
"I hope,they were all pleased."
"Well, no, they were not" said the
fond parent "Aunt Jael was miffed
becauso her name was strung on lust
and all the rest of them didn't like 1.
because their names were mixed up
with the others. Uncle Barker thought
'Hezzle' would have been a neat and
appropriate diminutive. There was a
good denl of unpleasantness about it
to tell the truth."
"What's the other little toddler
called?" asked the guest after a few
moments' thoughtful silence.
"Sarah," replied the father, prompt
ly. Chicago Dally News.
' 1 n ( sill Anw In rhs IStvtlllfia stun a A suv
Si0 SSIS UUJ SIS UV bl vrtttllf m U SS W UV TSW
without even moistening bis lips with,
water. There have been cases known.
In which a Malay has been downright
HI, yet refused to take medicine from.
his master, until assured over and over
again that It would be Allah's will that
he should cure bis body by drinking
that medicine.
Mohammedanism Is nearly related to
Christianity, Inasmuch as It recognizes
ths miracles, teaching and Messluhshlp
of Christ aud by means of ths Koran
It commands a very high state of mor
ality to bo observed and has obtained
a wonderful bold over the Malay race.
Europeans sometimes flnd It hard to-
recognlze ths fact that ths Malays
have been converted to Mohammedan
ism, being before that believers In the
Hindu religion, and before that again,
worshipers of Dyak idols.
A cursory Inspection of ths hideous
wooden gods In Raffles Museum, and
of tha implements used by magicians
In the natives states, gives a very clear
Idea of the Malay's original upbringing.
Some of the old superstitions and '
folk lore still cling to ths natives. For
Instance, they believe in a fabulous
bird called the Jlntayu, and on bis Im
agined longing for rain havs founded s.
proverb which refers to people, who.
are full of anxiety and despondent
They say, "As the Jlntayu awaits the
rain;" one would suppose the Jlntayu
was fully satisfied this season. Pitts
burg Press.
dren of railway men all branches of
modern railway construction and oper
ation. Russia recently sent two em
inent ministers of affairs to this coun
try to examine the workings of the
rauway branches of the Young Men's
Christian Association for the Immedi
ate introduction of the service at di
vision points of the railways of all
Russia. Harper's Weekly.
The Uses of Palm Treea
The various kinds of palm trees on
the island of Ceylon are In themselves
of great Interest, and when their dif
ferent uses are explained a person can
well appreciate how essential they are
to the natives in the low country Sin
galese districts. The kernel of the co
coanut lsa necessary element In his
daily curry; the "milk" is the bever
age offered to every visitor to his do
main; his only lamp is fed from the oil;
bis nets for fishing are manufactured
from its fibre, as Is also the rope which
keeps hla 'goat or cow from going
astray; while the rafters of his house,
the atcb of the roof and the window
blinds are made from Its leaf and
wood. There Is, perhaps, no product
In the world that is put to so many
and such profitable uses as the cocoa
nut palm, for, even before It Is grown,
Its leaf ribs are tied together to make
brooms for sweeping and cages for
birds.
A Persian Poet's Wit.
The following amusing story Is told
regarding tho Shah's relations with his
poet laureate. On one occasion the
Shah read to him one of his own
poems and asked for his opinion:
"Even if I deserve your majesty's
anger," said the candid poet, "I must
say that It is anything but poetry."
The Shah, feeling insulted, cried out
to those who waited on him: .
"Take this ass to the stable."
After a little while, becoming calm
er, he tried the poet once more, this
time with a fresh set of verses. When
be had finished reading the poet start'
ed to go away.
"Where are you going?" asked the
Shah.
"To the stable, your majesty," was
the reply of the poet
This time the Shah enjoyed the Joke
ana the poet was forgiven.
The way of some transgressors
seems, to, bs pretty smooth. .
The New Version.
A soldier of tho Russians
Lay Japanned at Tschrizkjsklvltch,
There was lack of womnn's nursing
And other comforts which
Might add to his Inst moments
And smooth tho final way;
But a comrade stood beside him
To henr what he might say.
Ths Jnpunned Russian faltered
As he took thnt comrade's hnnd,
And he said: "1 never more shall see
My own, my native land;
Take a message and a token
To some distant friends of mine.
For I was born at Smnlxzrskgqrxskl,
Fair Smnlxzrskgqrxskl ou the Irks
trvzklmnov." New York Sun.
Crab Shells as Barometers.
A curious barometer Is said to bo
used by the remnant of the Arauca
nlan race which inhabits the southern
most province of Chile. It consists of
the cast-off shell of a crab. The dead:
shell Is white In fair, dry weather, but
the approach of a moist atmosphere la
Indicated by the appearance of small
red spots. As the moisture in the air
Increases the shell becomes entirely
red and remains so throughout the
rainy season.
Long Stilt Raoe.
The longest race ever run on stilts
took place from Bordeaux to Biarritz.
In 1803. The distance is 803 miles,
Extreme Measures.
Mother If I catch " you chasing
those hens again I'll wash your face
every 6ay next week. Punch.
a .
An egotist is a man who expects a
woman to marry him for himself
alone. """
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