THUNDER.
BASKET FISH.
K lift* Hi iej, h >«- <{**««-»■
« I «>*«*! y
It «' mi * nt h I «* PliiMtft* «»i P iif I m .
At Its liiui'IiK* r«» hivii* •«», iiwii . v down
In «1« • p Muter, tin* ii.nu«» on (he dooi*
jdiltr would Lr *’A''*f n»|»L.x h»n," mid It
belon
in .1 pot ir, t .illfd oplilurmiM.
It I .-« a Mi ll n irl.cd « mitr.d dhk, not
nnliki* n <1 1.1, Lui I. i n i . < ||. I'roni
till« <• .tr.il l<od> r,id .¡II* ii|j^ , live la
ninnh.T, lik«« tin «• of tin» rmnlllar Kt.-ii*
llrili, mid lb«' «• rni ; nre divided into
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11’«»«*, Itnlil tl <*y iiinnl««i* in miur < :i. <*•« >i
tlioti nd wj. iralely defined Iniirlihe
tendrils. While the body I* not Inrp.e,
the hr.ith lies M hen e iten<le<l inr.i life
iiltoi.i eighteen Inche- In diameter. The
i ie.itnre Ims the p>xx«i* of in< url ig
theo' brnin lie. itnlil It c|o«<e|y rcsein
I »!«•;< ii
. II om dl h. 'I bls It does when
«•aught mid ill mt to d e. remaining In
that ’ J e m hen «h d
It Iniri l.een given the 11:11111» of banket
tlsh It frequently nvlien cmight by a
dredge, for that Is the only May It can
l»c taken» thr » m s off these .inns or
parts of them, ho that a p«»rf«.»<*t nped
men Is hard to b<> procured In Its until
ml condition.
These arms mid their nii I m IIvisions
ar<» almost m lilte xx I k 11 dried mid ch» ••<»
ly resemble plaster of parts. They an»
very brittle, easily broken ami cannot
be repaired. The tiwii llv«» among tin»
roots of seaweeds and mu* supposed to
f<»ed upon lln»«e. moving about by
Mi lggling and cl iinlN»rlng xvitli their
Jimis or fastening upon the r<> »la ami
pulling thi'msehes a| Hlg.
M »st of ilie kli im ledge regarding
their habits Is coiijeture, for none
hnve been taken alive mi l kept for Ktif
liclent time to give them proper ex
ninlnation and st mix st. Nicholas.
«1.1.1
Ht-I«rrs Tim« I seal to
ll.oa of old.
CO'JHINE au .
Kslat
In
Tbim<l«»r, Jii'l b«»<,:iu «• it I m ii u <)| h «*
f<»r xvhich then» is no vl-db!»» <*uu
hnx ‘
ii I m . i ,. «»>« it»‘d tl.«- »in 1 imitiou «»f the
ii »! <-i<iJ ti<-.
.it , n,ii 1 .i| 1h.1t rti«»
m<» ( «Hit .ig * hi . >*!•; r *t ¡1 i-Hi-i about
».;*mu« liouhl »1 ih* Lark L> th«* time ,
xv!i<»u « viTj, L im I. v , mor«» or I«»
xvns no .
Hr.. i»:ilir. (>ui* old MlitiT
th«» !
Ih* li«>|o*tiil.
Worry und Mee
Hie %ni*o*tiig sitlc of I.lie.
Women m »re than men are possess
ed with a <ir»*ad >1 gr<»M lug pld. not
te dlzing that maturity has Its charms
mid ■
. t 1
W® m 1 v! 1 > o 1111 g
p( .pic ol e • i* laid It impressed upon
tin in that they may provide for a Imp
py old age by laying up a reserve of
hound health ami a store of happy
memories a uell as by cultivating
tastes ami remurce« which Mill out
last youth. As for tlmse xx Ii > are al
ready approaching middle age, there
Is no surer May to groM old premature
ly (han Io dread th«» future It is es
yentlal. If we wish to keep young, t »
«•iiltixnh* that h ipeful habit of miml s »
«•¡i.irach’i ist.« of youth Hi hope M inch
makes one able 1 » say Midi BroMiiing.
"The l»csi | h yet to come," ami with
I.uc. I.aiciim. "Every y«»ar lit«» is lar
per mid dee ««»r ami nio:e I »«*;« 1111 i t 11 In
Its p »«slbilities." Allh»d with tills nt
tltude of expectancy must be th«» nbil
Ity to h «*«» the amusing side of life.
Worry and vxutlon oxer Mbit Mould
belter be laugh« d at result in disfigur
ing wrinkle*«. Abov«» all. If the years
bring us,
they h I ioii I I. a better un
derstandlnu' of ourselves, a broudeniug
of iicllv»» human sympathies, a firmer
ftdth In Pr» l< • ■ ><
•• h ill find life
nlmmhintly worth tin» living, no mat
ter wlint max be the number of our
birthdays.—W estern Hex iexv.
Don’t
L-»L T «»f his »Lty lii it "u .-11 »riu 1« H ii<l
t> i >lh»v.- |»ir < fitly xvlirn u • »oipnuy
i-l’ I
r . 1 i Ji....... r.X’hi ' IrH.ir." Oil U.r
g: » «11«! that "a h * .«• h ino-t «lull nu<l
of li lnrl. I h I io I.X li.itiirr lill'l hi by rra
•«»!i doth f«»rr «•<• tli«« r.iiiir that roti, 1
«•th." I i’«»ru¡1 iu I I H -g■•»«, io his "Prog !
ii «» tIra(ion llvr:!. ting" (looih. tu«»n
ti«Hi* that "tI iiiiii I oi * lit th«» morning
Hi^niii«*« mok J; aliout ijo «» ii , rain, ami in
the <*v(‘iihikr, a gr«»nt ti*in|»r t."
'I I k » nann* xvrlior gor « on to nay. I
"S »!:»«• xx rit«* (but tlwir ground I h «»«» I
not» that Sumi ay's thun<l(»r should '
bring th«» d«‘ath of l<,*irm,<l iiii’ii. Jn<lg«»s I
and others; Mon lay’H. tin* <h*ath <»f
xvoin«*n; Tm»H<hiy’H, plrnty of grain;
Wrilnr-ihi.x •*.«, l)lo(»dHh«*il; Thursday’»«,
ph»nly <»f nh«»<»|» ami «•orn: L’riday’s, th«»
Rliii’ght«»r of a gr«*at man am! other
horribh» inurden*'. Saturday’M a g«»n
«•ral p«»stlh»nt phigin* and great d«»arth."
After (Ilin th«» ga.x and light^<»111«» mail
m*r h I kimii by Lord Northampton to
xvnrd th«»««» grav«» mutters In I i I h “De-
f«*UHiitlve’* I h m »nt <*h«H,rlng.
"It
<*hamii*«»1h son*»«‘tlni«»■•«." lu* xvrlt«»*. "to
thuni!«*r about that tiim» and hrason of
th«» y«»arM xxlnm Hwanm»* liat«*h th«»ir
young, and y«»t no doubt it I m a para ■
dox of simple men to think that a i
Hxvanm» cannot hatch xv'thont a crackh» j
of thunder." London <’hroiilcle.
A STUDY IN MILEAGE.
HOW 70 KEEP YOUNG.
%ini«»M( i;««*r> < ountr> H mm u Stand-
ii rd «il I Im O mu .
English spr.ikhig <■ »iinti i«*s Imv«» four'
different mil«* tli«» ordinary mile of;
5.2SO Irrt mid (|»r grograpliirul or uau
tl« al mil«» of •lux.-», mak ng u differ
«mre of about on«* •««■xentli brtxv«i»n th»’
txvo: (lien th. !«» is (!»<• Sr >i< h mil«» of
|crt and th«» Irish mil«» of G,72J|
f«»«»t four various* niil«»s, every one of .
xvhich In still hi us«».
’l’h»n almost every country I i : im Its
own Hlandar«l mile. Tin» Konnius had .
their mill«* passuum. I,MX) p i< cs. xvhich
mtibt have b«.*«»n about 3,M>0 i’c«'t In
h*ngth unless xv«» ascribe !•» ('.icsar’H
h gi >miric< gr«»at clipping capacity
1 11«» Crriii.in m !< of today is 21,31**
fr«'t in ir ;g:h. mor«» than four and a
h iif times as Lo g an our mile.
Th«» Initrh, Uu» Danos and the Prus
Mians enjoy a mile that is 18,410 feet
long, three mid n half times th«» h»ngth
of ours, and th«» Swiss get more oxer
cis«» hi walking on«» of tlirir miles than
xv«» got lu xvalklng live miles, for their]
mile Is 0,133 yar«ls long, xvhih» our** is
only 1.7M» y ird* Th«* Italian mile S
only a few fe< I longer than ours; the i
Human mile Is h I kh I ci . while the Tus
can and the 'l urkl'li miles are I.’ mi i
yards longer. The Sxvedish mile is six
and a half times and the Vienna post ,
mil«» Is four mid a half times the
length «»f the English mile. PearsonS
Weekly.
W«»n«lrrfuI XI«»ttnalrry.
At S dovetsk. lu the Ku-^lau govern
ment <>f Arelmugel. Is the m >st remark
Tlmt which disparages us unit quick
ens revolt I m no let»» u factor lu 11 able mou.iste y 111 the world. The mou
chilli's emotlomil life Bill then* Is Illis iistery of Solovetsk Is Inclosed on ev .
dlfferem'i* we have the better oppor ery s.de by u wall of granite bowlders I
nlii.-h measures nearly a mile in cir
timlly to defend ourselves itlul to oh
tain reparation So there is n certain cnmfereiice. dhe monastery Itself !s
pathetic pleasure hi xtamllng with im very strongly fortllled. being xupport
munity' where Its j >ys. Its longings, Its ed by round and square towers nbout
thirty feet in height, with walls twenty
embarrassments mid Its disappoint
meats are simplest and newest, mid. feet III thickness. The monastery eon
perforce, where Impotency Is absolute. slsts in reality of six churches, which
Give me this most uncommercial, this are completely Idled with statues of
dlvlnest of enterprises f >r my own! nil klmls and precious stones. Ipon
Give me a child to Is* at home with, to the walls mid the towers surroimding
lx* In absolute conlldems* with! If I these churches are mounted huge guns,
which in the time of the Crimean war
cannot refashion 1115 warped, wrln
kled and discolored old soul into the u ere direet<-d against the British White
unbiased graces and the ethereal purl sen squadron
ty of the spirit of the child, let me now
Too (energetic.
and again open that little disir and
"Last Saturday." said the flat dwell
shut myself In that little heart. Just fur
the sheer dellglit of It. Patterson l»u er, "I went out into the hall and saw
a woman on her knees scrubbing the
Hols lu Huceess Magazine.
marble very well, making it a beauti
Unit For Toll llata.
ful dead white. I thought to myself,
New Year's eve, which Is sacred to ''This is a good scrubwoman; I'll ask
Kt. Sylvaster, Is celebrated In Berlin her to scrub my kitchen and clean my
by the blowing of tin horns, the ring windows.' I did. She scrubbed all the
ing of bells and all other devices for paint off the Hour of my kitchen ami
tanking a noise. The only horse play washed the panes of two windows en
indulged In Is at the expense of the tirely out.
wearer of the silk tile. Any one on
"I was glad l didn't ask her to wash
tb<* street Is privileged to bring Ida my face,” slie finished. — New York
Press.
cane down on the crown of the of
fending hendgear ax hard and as often
Wlirn llonrymoon Kn«ln.
as he can. When the man with the
"How." said the young man who bnd
dilapidated hat complains to the po
lice the only consolation lie gets Is, “It been In the matrimonial game for
nearly a week, "can I tell when the
serves you right for wearing It on Syl
honeymoon is over?"
Tester night.”
"It will be over," answered the man
who had lux'll married three times,
I.«IM l>4>wn,
“You are anaemic,” says the phy "when your wife stops telling things
sician after thumping and prixldlng mid begins to ask questions.’”—Chicago
•'You should practice deep breathing.” Nows.
"Heep breathing!" retorts the pa
Social Danvcr.
♦lent. "Why, doctor, that Is Just what
So long ns we have at the bottom of
1 do all the time. I work In n subway
collar sixty feet below the street lev our social fabric an army of vagabonds,
hand to mouth livers and slum dwell-
el."—J udge.
err. half starved, dirty, foul mouthed,
so long an* we In Imminent danger.!
IiiNliicrrlty.
Bo honest with yourself, whatever And It Is want of work which makes
♦lie temptations. Say nothing to oth recruits for this army. Mirror.
ers that you do not tldnk ami play no
Tnrt llctort.
tricks with your own mind. Of all
“Young man, you are better fed than
the evil spirits nbroad nt this hour of
taught," said tlie professor angrily.
the world Insincerity Is the most dan
“Quite right, sir. My father feeds
geroiis. .1. A. l-'roude.
me,” answered the student. London
Tit Bits.
Otic Kind of Tunning.
•Top!”
Geiternnfli.
"Yen, my son."
"You said tlmt when we were mar
“What kind of wood do they use
tied you would refuse mo nothing."
most In tanning?”
"I'll be st III more generous. 1'11 not .
"Well, when I went to school, my
even refuse you nothing. I'll give It t« '
boy, they listed birch."—Yonkers States
you ”
Forget
To Vote
THE CABS OF NEW YORK.
man.
The first English work on anatomy
was by Thomas Vlenry, In 1548.
They Are Vol an Inteirral Part of the
I.lie of the City.
for
The . lb is uo Integral part of New
York lite. Venice without the gouJola
were as unthinkable as a woman with
out hair. No Tittle of London's com
pelling charm is In its swift rolling
hansoms These things we know. But
one can’t think of New York in term»
of cabs. Oure u|xin a time I wa» in
exile. Only in memory did the great
city rise 1« fare me, and what I saw
was this- Huge canyons of stone and
steel, tilled with noise and darkne»»,
through which great yellow worm»
crawled, one after the otli -r. In mid
air. That is the picture of N •«' York
1 that haunts the exile, even as the out
lawed Veueiian Is ob'essed by slim
black goudoia.s cutting acr >ss lanes of
moonlight. Your true New Yorker Is
a steam projected, electrically carted
' person. < tidy in exceptional moment»
of gl'xnn or gayety does be ride “In »
carriage and pair." He is carriage
ridden to a funeral. He cabs it In
wiaey moments, when the fear of God
Is not in him. There are only 2.000
lieensixl cabs and hacks on the island
of Manhattan. Others there are, of
course, plying plratically In the dark
quarters, bv.i even with these thrown
in the reckoning is small. No; the New
Yorker Is n a a cabby person.—Vance
Thump;...
Outing Mag -me.
Your
Favorite
A College In Uokbura.
'I’li«' 11« art of 11 < lillcl.
Do not borrow trouble. The Interest
Is too high.—Dallas News.
The Wry th«* Tiny knN«*r$« I,Ire und
II«>«v Thej Arc- (<iitli«*r<*ii.
y n iiliohri <>.' Ii tie biiglets wniy
I ■
the vu -i
.clu .eal ImliMtrim.
V. .1- e the Buy e .i.ieul In < t coiuea
;. .. s s.iuietbiug of u mysi<*rjr. but
h" <
cni.e v. ke .-,< Hie n ipjl plant
and 1 >r a I >.rg lane u n thought
I . b • a »<■ I or a llowerct of the plant.
'¡In- living female in 1 ct is twice as
I.
the male. w<- in o.ie teutb of
a .1. 11 and l-> es mUc ll weiallt in dry-
!:i . > that 7b.1 <>•> are needed to maka
<>
p.und. Durlug the rainy season
i
ty luiUlous of the creatures are
■ ne t or wa .-d off the plants, so
t
*.vh ■ i the long dry summer comes
are but a few survivors on each
1 I J
But the-" multiply so rapidly
Bi. t before I mg the plants are cover-
. I Tim last act of the female's life la
' , depisit a large number of ergs, on
i .-a her dead body rests, pro .s-tlng
th n fr mi the burning rays of the sun
mibl the little ones emerge. In about
mx weeks after the Ix-ginnitig of the
dry season comes the first harvest
The plantation laborers make tbe
round of tbe uopalry and with a brush
go over tbe entire plant, sweeping the
creatures into a bag. They tlieu are
killed by Immersion in hot water, by
exposure to steam or by drying lu hot
ovens. The hot water or steam makes
them a dark reddish hr >wn or black
cochineal. The hot ovens make them
a red gray hue or silver <• > -bineal. The
females outnumber the males by at
least 2<K) to 1. a fortunate fact for the
planter, since the males are of uo use
to him whatever.
Candidate
for the
There lay behind the great arch and
tbe domes and the minarets a retired
precinct of ancient trees and shaded
walks, a grove in the midst of a city,
colonnaded in quadrangle by the point
ed arches of the students' cells. Under
the trees was a sort of summer bouse
or pavilion. Two or three young men
were walking in an avenue against tbe
farther colonnade, and on tbe stone
steps of a w ide. shaded ixxd sat several
mollahs ou their praying rugs. We
visited a number of tbe students In
their cells monastic little brick walled
rooms where they live the year around
«there are no vacations in Mussulman
colleges) and for years on end. It 1»
not unusual for a student after passing
the primary school to spend as much
as fifteen or twenty years at his higher
studies, though usually in such a long
i course he will go through several dlf-
■ ferent colleges in the order of advance
ment. Quiet men. these Students, mild
eyed, patient, often middle aged.—Min
neapolis Bellman.
Girl Slave» In China.
A native writer iu a Chinese publica
tion remarks: “When a girl Is sold in
China she becomes the slave of her
owner and a part of Ills property. She
no longer retains her freeboru rights,
but surrenders them ail to the will of
those who own her. She receives no
compensation for her lalior, but la
obliged to accept such raiment and
food us her owners may lx* pleased to
give her. lu cases of tyruuuy or grogs
cruelty she cannot appeal for redress.
She may be resold, given away or
I east off in tbe streets at the arbitrary
will of her master. All freedom Is de
nied her. and she remains a tool ami
chattel in the bands of her owner un
til she Is sold again or until death re
leases her from her unwilling fate.”
(
Free Trip
to the
JAMESTOWN
(tffects of DestsrM.
An ear specialist insists that deafness
affects all the senses. He says tbe rea
son for tills is that the ear Is only one
servant of the sensory service of the
human system. Los» of hearing Is
really a partial paralysis of the brain,
but owing to the sympathetic connec
tion of the various sensory nerve cen
ter- of the brain the others Indirectly
roneerned have to combat for their
very Ilf» the demoralizing Influence of
the affected center.
Conalilerntton of n Motorist.
EXPOSITION
We hold no brief for the motorists,
says tin* Bystander, but “honor where
honor is duo." On a country road tbe
other day we saw a motorist delib
erately avoid running over au animal
on the highway! To be exact. It was
n circus elephant. St. James' Gazette.
Tn the capltnl of Honduras all the
houses In the poorer quarter are made
of mahogany, which costs less than
pine there.