TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, APRIL 13, 1Ô11.
ESTLING BOUTS
r —
HINDU FUNERAL PYRES.
Burning ths Dead at Benares a Cars-
leee and Callous Rite.
Describing tbe burning of tbelr dead
by tbe Hindus of India at Benares.
. Price Collier in Scribner's Magazine
says:
I have been present at these burn-
tags, Tbe bodies are brought in ou a
frail litter. A pile of logs Is built up.
held in place by four iron stanchions,
The body, with the bead uncovered.
Is placed ou tbe logs, more logs are
piled on top. the litter Is broken up
and added to the small fagots under
neath and the fire lighted. There are
various ceremonies connected with the
rite. The body is carried several times
around the pile before beiug placed u|>-
on IL
Tbe nearest relative walks
around tbe pile with a jar of water,
letting It drip down as be goes till of
a sudden be dashes tbe jar to tbe
ground, breaking It to pieces—a sym
bol of life, everywhere. At a certain
moment, too. tbe skull is fractured by
tbe nearest relative to allow tbe easy
escape of the spirit to another world.
Where tbe deceased Is rich the fire Is
made of costly and sweet smelling
wood, sandalwood and tbe like, and
the ceremonies are more elaborate and
more prolonged. No doubt It is tbe
Ideal way to dispose of a dead body,
but when 1 have seen it done here it
seemed to me a callous and a careless
rite.
I have noticed ell over India tbe ab
solute Indifference of tbe natives them
selves to the pain and deformities
and maladies that are displayed as an
excuse for alms. It is not the stoicism
of our western Indians, who thought It
dishonorable to show fear or to shrink
from pain, but an imbedded indiffer
ence, a numbness to this particular
Influence.
FELT SORRY FOR HIS MULE
But That Was Before ths Grizzly Mads
His Attack.
Iu a trip over the Sierra Nevada» a
if the Oldest Forms of Sport
Californian took with him not only his
favorite horse, but a mule named Billy.
Known to Man.
Billy was a large Iron gray mule of tbe
pack variety aud bad more tbuu once
made tbe trip.
ART IN ANCIENT EGYPT.
Ou the second day in the mountains
the owner tethered Billy to a tree, al-
> Show That the Early Athletes
lowing him about twenty feet range
Masters of Over Four Hundred
w here there was good feed, aud then
took a seat on a fallen tree not fai
ent Holds—Many of the Old
away to eat his own lunch. He had
Are Used In the Modern Game.
finished his meal and was half dozing
| strenuous wrestling game is as
when suddenly the mule reared aud
|a the bills. In the days when
snorted loudly. His owner sprang to
lived In caves, clotbed tbeinselvat
his feet and looked alaiut.
’fig leaves In summer and girded
Not ten feet off stood a huge grizzly
bolns and limbo with skins of fur
bear, evidently with designs on the
■ter wrestling was part of tbelr
owner of tbe mule. That individual
rushed for tbe nearest tree and made
) of fighting. That the change in
good time In climbing it. He was safe
bode of life during the long circle
for tbe nouce. but bow about Billy?
■rs to the present day has not
How could the tethered mule defend
id the art, that it exists practlcal-
himself?
I It was in the dim. uncertain
To his owner's surprise Billy dropped
of the past, softened and mel-
his head after a moment aud resumed
I perhaps In some of the rude
feeding as if oblivious of the grizzly’s
(lais, is made manifest by tbe
proximity. As for the bear, he stood
la which have stood all these
still for several minutes, bis eyes wan
[ mocking tbe attempts of Father
dering from tbe man in tbe tree to
I to efface them.
Billy. The mule's composed demeauor
the temple tombs of Beni Hasan,
evidently puzzled him.
id near the banks of the Nile,
By and by the grizzly started to make
, In stone, wrestlers are depicted
a circuit of the tree to which the mule
pious positions, exemplifying all
was tethered. Billy continued to nib
folds and falls that the modern
ble grass, but kept an eye on the ene
tents of wrestling now use in
my’s movements. Tbe bear emitted a
.bouts. In tombs Nos. 10 and IT
series of deep growls, then opened his
■gures of the wrestlers represent
great mouth aud disclosed two rows of
fly 450 positions. It would seem
ugly teeth.
| this that the Egyptians were
ters of tbe art of wrestling and
Slowly the great creature advanced
[the present day athlete scarcely
upon the mule. Billy still continued
fetes from tbe methods employed
to graze, bls back toward the bear.
ken In this sport when the earth
Nearer came the grizzly aud still near
[young and Egypt was the bead,
er. Tbe mule stopped feeding. From
HER
NEW
GOWN
■nd torso of civilization.
bls perch the Californian watched the
■ras from tbe Egyptians that the
It Was Comfortable Even if It Didn’t scene with breathless Interest. He felt
fks obtained their knowledge of
sorry for his mule.
Hang Just Right.
Bling. The figures In tbe Beni
Finally tbe bear stopped, rose on his
Miss
Amanda
Jones,
who
possesses
■n tombs prove this. The Greeks
hind quarters and prepared to strike.
tbe
artistic
temperament
in
a
very
I
greatest fighters of those
At that moment the mule, at whose
k and it was but natural that they high degree, is as careless as a lily of stupidity his owner had wondered,
feed sports as a means to develop the field as to her attire. Not long sprang forward, and the grizzly’s paws
I physical condition; hence It was ago, being away from home and far struck empty air.
tat their games held nt Olympin from the watchful eyes of her family,
Then the man In the tree saw a gray
I elsewhere at stated intervals she selected and purchased an evening form double Itself into a ball and
gown
for
herself
aud
wore
It
on
sev
■ling was part of tbe program,
bound upward.
It was tbe mule’s
jlese games the champions of tbe eral occasions with great comfort and turn. Out of that ball flew two iron
satisfaction.
Shortly
after
ber
return
Idly nations met in rivalry. There
shod hoofs, which shot back and forth
(great glory attached to a victory. to ber borne she was Invited to a re with tbe regularity of piston rods, with
Successful competitor was treated ception and decided that it would be a a thump, thump, thump, against tbe
a hero. His return to bis native good opportunity to wear her self se
body of the grizzly, which was com
l and bis entry Into his home city lected gown. Accordingly she put It pletely off its guard.
on
and
presented
bcrself
complacently
■ made an occasion for a trium-
He was bit all over—on hfs bead, on
lt procession. He was tbe hero of tor family inspection.
“What is the matter with your bls shoulder, on his side, on bls back—
lay, of the hour.
by those pile driving bind feet. lie
je Olympic games—their revival dress?” asked her sister, eying her
fell In one direction, then in another,
I from 776 B. C.— were held every critically. “It hikes up in the most
seeming utterly Incapable of getting
(years at Olympia, in Ellis. They singular way In the back aud seems
away, and when Billy stopped kicking
to
be
too
long
In
the
front
”
I started as a religious festival in
“I’ve always thought It looked very the breath of life was gone from the
r of Jupiter, but tbe games, like
with an air of bear’s body.
play, soon became tbe thing, and nice,” said Miss Jones,
Tbe mule had not a hair harmed,
people lost sight of the solemnity chagrin.
“But It doesn’t fit,” exclaimed tbe apparently, and after resting a bit re
■anctlty of the meetings and as-
sister, still examining tbe garment at turned quietly to his feeding.—Chicago
lied there just to see tbe sport.
Record-Herald.
‘was in tbe eighteenth Olympiad, tentively. “I* that tbe way you’ve
always worn It?” was the next ques
fe. C.. that the first record of wres-
Smuggling In Italy.
jtwas established. Eurabatos, a tion, uttered In a despairing tone.
“Yes, of course. How else could 1
In no other country are tbe laws
tan, was the victor. He carried
the prize, a crown of wild olive wear It?” was tbe response. “And it against smuggling so severe ns in It
■ from a tree which stood within is so comfortable, with plenty of room aly. All the customs officials on the
In tbe back for my shoulder blades. Swiss frontier are armed with car
Inclosure at Olympia.
And, then, 1 like a gown to fasten in bines. attd they are authorized to shoot
■rill be seen from this that wres
ria one of the oldest sports, pas- front. Why. what’s tbe matter?” as any smuggler who seeks to evade
a, means of attack or defense, call her sister covered her face with her them. Any peasant caught with even
hat yon will, known in the history hands and sat down abruptly. “Do one pound of contraband tol>acco la
sure of two years’ imprisonment, be
lan. From the dawn of literature you see anything wrong with it?”
“No, no, no,” said her sister, shaking sides a ruinous fine. Still, many are
I are records of wrestling bouts.
Homer we owe that glittering. ber bead, "only, you know, you’ve been found to run the risk, for the profits
Ing description of the encounter wearing it bind part before.”—New attached to smuggling are great. A
knapsack full of tobacco, cigars or
York Press.
leen Ajax and Ulysses. He Im
salt safely landed yields a small for
■Used Ajax, who was tbe Incar-
tune to the bearer, so heavy are the
m of strength, the physical power
Who Owns the Falkland Islands?
Few people are aware to this day Italian taxes upon these. The cus
kan. and Ulysses, the crafty, tbe
rtiat the Falkland islands are marked tom house officers cannot guard every
iplon of every art and wile. Ho
Jjefore be was stricken blind wit In all Argentine maps and geographies point at ouce, and their movements
Id many great wrestling bouts In as "unlawfully retained by Great Brit are closely watched and reported by
Creek cities. In his •‘Iliad" he ata." The origin of tbe dispute was the people, who are all In league
feically describes the wrestling that England after abandoning tbe against them.
islands in 1774 resumed possession In
between Ulysses and Ajax.
A Misapplied Diminutive.
r Is that all. In tbe convulsions 1829. Tbe Argentine government pro
Tbe late Bishop William N. McVick-
trife which followed among tbe tested and, as A. Stuart Pennington
Ing warriors, down through many points out In bis book on tbe country, ar of Rhode Island harbored a large
tic changes out of which empires is even today "careful to do nothing soul in a body to match. He was a
and fell along tbe path of time, which could even api>arently recognize | bachelor, whose sister kept house for
leriods dull, creaking, rude and tbe rights of tbe present [(ossessors." him. On one occasion be telephoned
I down to the present decade, It was for that reason that It decllued to bis tailor that be wished to have a
tllng was known, understood and a proposal n few years ago to run a pair of trousers pressed, and tbe tailor
sent a boy to bls residence to get
td its part. That Shakespeare in line of Argentine ships to tbe islands.
them. The bishop’s Bister admitted the
day realized Its popularity and
messenger and called upstairs. “Willie,
I use of it is evident in that scene
Midnight Conversation.
Yeast-I read today that glowworms the boy tias come for your trousers.”
vea Orlando and the duke's wres
When her brother appeared the
in "As Ton Like It.” Although are much more brilliant when a storm
youth's astonished gaze traversed tbe
flay was supposed to take place In is coming than at other times
Impressive
"vorporualty”;
Crimsoubeitk—Indeed! Do you know prelnfe’s
re. tbe wrestling In this scene is a
then he murmured:
where I can get a glowworm?
kductlon of that practiced in Eng
f
"Gee! Is that Willie?" Youth’» Com
"What for?”
at that time.
I
”1 must go home Io my wife now. panion.
tbe long time that wrestling has
■way Aere have been many styles and I'd like to know If a storm is
Coddling ths Hippo.
rh-as-catch-can. Greco-Roman. coI ■bout to break!”—Yonkers Statesman
Writing In a Ix.ndon periodical, an
nd elbow, recumbent and upright,
Englishwoman begins tbe story of her
lino logy of wrestling terms Is
Liks All Mankind.
African bunting trip with:
|er.
Tbe names In many ta
He—Darling, all I posse» I lay at
"Hippos are usually killed In the wa
les were purely local—as. for In your feet. She-You are just like all
ter. but a more humane method Is to
te. Cumberland and Westmore- tbe men—you Insist on putting things
■boot them by moonlight when they
. which in this country Is called where a woman will have to pick them
come up on dry land to graze.”
wrestling.
Collar and elbow up after you. But—I’ll say yes, John
Could anything t>e more considerate?
tllng originated In tbe counties of —Judge’s Library.
The hippopotamus must positively en
wall aad Devon, England, and
joy l>e!ng shot by moonlight, eepeeially
la practiced there.
Our Varying Meeds.
when his feet are nice and dry - -New
I catcfe-fla-catch-can and Greco-
“Tee. environment does Influence ns ” York American.
aa style« are now the only ones
"How now?”
In championship matches. Tbe
"You never see a man coming out
Raising Geeee.
er ■ all that Its name Implies. of cburcb with his bat perched on
The raising of geese was a profitable
raeOr may catch his adversary the side of his bead ’’-Louisville Cou
occupation of farming In England
ly part of tbe body. neck, bead or tier-Journal.
year» ago. and some farmers bad flocks
f. la the latter style tbs bold la
of 8,000 or 10.000. Each goose pro
Icted to that part of tbe body
M sditati en.
duced a shilling's worth of fenthera
a tbe waist line.
Meditation la tbs great storehouse of every year and quills to tbe value of
our spiritual dynamics, where divine threepence Tbe quills were «srd fqr
•cervie« lie hid for any enterprise and pens.
tbe hero ta : t rengt betwd foe bl« field
Net N«e» •tarily.
All great thing» are bom of MJence-
“The face M the tud»-x of the mind.
Marttaeau.
It 1« aal<L”
,
P.<«-en«e a wo
“Oh. I don't know
oran’« fare 1« made up 1« no «lita that
mind h.-'Toirln Bird..
MYSTERY OF LIGHT
Some Luminosity So Intonse the
Eyes Cannot See It.
THE RIDDLE OF THE FIREFLY,
So Far It Has Baffled Science, but
When It Is Solved, as It Eventually
Will Be. We Shall Have Light With
out Heat and the Perfect Lamp.
The scientist set down a small black
box and impatiently pushed aside the
|s>wertui uil< rosct.pe and llie delicate
bolometer. "It Is most discouraging,”
he muttered, “to have such a treasure
before one’s eyes aud still be unable
to grasp It."
1 looked In tbe little box. surprised
to find uotbing but a few brilliant fire
flies. The scientist begun to explain.
"In that box is the most efficient II-
luminunt known to man. The radiant
output from one of those insects cor
responds to nearly fifty watts a can
dle. while our very best artificial lllu-
minant, tbe flaming arc lamp, gives
only two or three watts to the candle.
The light from those insects, as re
corded by the bolometer, radiates little
if any beat, while the very best incan
descent lamps waste more than 90 per
cent of tbe electrical energy In useless
beat. If I could read this secret of
tbe Insect world and make a lamp aft
er its pattern 1 could produce 384 can
dle power from the same current that
gives sixteen candle power today. Some
day the secret will be read.”
The source of all light (except the
light from fireflies and tbelr kin) is a
substance raised to a temperature suf
ficient to set up waves in the sur-
rounding etber. which, when falling
U|x>n tbe eye. produce the sensation
we know as light. Light waves vary
In length between one thirty-three-
tbousaud-four-bundredtb and one six-
ty-five-thousandth of an inch, the first
being extreme red aud tbe second ex
treme violet.
Rays of white light
have a length of one forty-five thou
sandth of an inch. Tbe suu is a great
mass of white hot matter. It is the at
mosphere that enables us to see light,
■nd outside of our atmosphere It is nb-
aolute darkness, as dark ns the Interior
of Mammoth cave. In an arc lamp It
Is the white bot particles of carbon
floating between tbe two electrodes
that produce light. Iu the Incandes
cent lamp It Is tbe hairpin filament In-
•Me the glass globe that, when heated
by electricity, gives off light waves.
In gas and oil lamps light Is produced
b? tbe heated particles of enrbon in the
lames above the wick or mantle.
Tbe eye can stand without tiring a
brilliance of about five candle power
to tbe square inch of surface. Tbe or
dinary candle flame gives only two or
three candle power to tbe square inch,
while tbe sun at zenith gives 000,000.
Tbe arc light ranks next to sunlight,
with 10.000 candle power an inch, and
tbe best tungsten filament Incandes
cent* give 1,000 candle power. This
means that if tbe sun could be chang
ed Into a ball of tungsten it would
tferow off only 1,000 candle power of
light from every square tach of its
■urface, when the world would be
practically dark and we should freeze
to death in a week.
Tbe prism shows that white light is
composed of a happy blend of all col
ors of tbe spectrum. The eun gives
tbe only pure white light, with tbe arc
lamps a close second and tbe metal
fllament Incandescents taking third
place. Sky light, such as comes from
the north on a clear day, is bluish
white.
Gas mantles give greenish
light, opeu flame yellow llgbt and kero
sene orange light.
By the laws of evolution the human
eye bas become accustomed to sun
light, or sky light, coming obliquely
from strave. and our eyes resent light
coming from any other source. Snow
blindness, dlstreoa from white aand or
water, is tbe result of violating this
rule. The upper eyelid Is adapted to
■hade the eye from a strong light
from above. Tbe lower lid cannot per
form Ibis office, so when n strong light
Is reflected up into the eyes It blinds
The X ray has proved beyond doubt
that there are light rays which move
too fast for human eyes to register.
This light (lenetrntea books, wood, pa
per and even human flesh. Willi the
flnwruacope to saslst our eye« we can
see the tnne* In our arm without both
•ring to remove coat or shirt. But a
■an with X ray eyes would be sadly
handicapped in this world, for he
could aee nothing but solids, such as
earths and metals, and would lie nn
able to see a tsiard fence at all. Be
yond doubt there Is light so bright
that tbe eyes cannot aee It. and to na
•II la darkoeaa beyond wbat our eyea
will register.
Light rays themselves are Invisible.
When they move through the ether
■lone our eye* cannot aee them, conse-
qnently all 1» total darkneaa.
But
when they meet with tbe resistance of
•«r atmosphere, producing heat, they
register on tbe retina and—behold, we
can see!
A* tbe atmosphere thins
repMIy as we go upward, so In pro
portion the air resistance dlminlabea.
■nd consequently tbe heat of tbe sun
■se m s to grow leas. Thia explains
why tbe tops of high mountains are
always covered with snow.
Many wonderful discoveries have
been recorded in tbe illuminating field
•f late, and It Is aafe to say that this
branch of science affords one of Ibe
greatest flelda for research ami Inven
tlon. Each year onr artlflMal I'luml
nanta are lm|>ruved. but they are far
from twtng pirfert. Jtot nntll the or
cret of the firefly Is reed and light Is
pn«1o<e«1 without bent will <»nr even
tog lampa be perfact- Cbh ago Revw.d
■era«d.
A TALK WITH LEE.
A PERILOUS FEAT.
The General’! View of Hie Own Ability
and Sphere of Action.
General Lee knew bis own training,
his own character, knew his own work
aud did it. letting others do theirs if
1 they could. It Is with this explana
! tion in view that we should read his
colloquy with B. H. Hill toward the
close of tbe war.
"General. 1 wish you would give us
your opinion us to the propriety of
1 changing Hie seat of government and
going farther south."
"That is a political question. Mr.
i Hill, und you politicians must deter
■ mine it. I shall endeavor to take care
<>f the army, and you politicians must
I
make tbe laws aud control the govern
meat."
"Ah. general." said Mr. Hill, "but
you will have to change that rule and
form and express political opinions.
1 for If we establish our Independence
I the iMHtple will make you Mr. Davis’
successor.”
“Never, sir," he replied, with a dig
nity that belonged only to Lee. "That
I I never will permit. Whatever tal
ents I may possess (and they are lim
ited) are military talents. My educa
tion aud training nre military. I shall
not do the people the injustice to ac
cept high Co-11 office, with the ques
tions of which it has not been my
business to become familiar.”
"Well, but, general, history does not
sustain your view. Caesar and Fred I
erick of Prussia and Bonaparte were
great statesmen as well as great gen-
.erals.”
"And great tyrants," he replied
promptly, “I speak of the proper rule
tn republics, where I believe we should
have neither military statesmen nor
political generals.”
"But Washington was both and yet
not a tyrant."
With a beautiful smile he respond
ed. “Washington was an exception to
all rules.”—Atlantic Monthly.
Ife Task Nerves of 8t«ol. a Cool Hoad
■nd • Stood/ Eye.
Tbe cathedral at Salisbury. England,
lifts its spire 401 feet, which Is quite
■ respectable height even In the day
of skyscrapers. This spire Is topjied
by a ball, and on tbe ball stands a
cruas From tbe ground tbe ball looks
to be about tbs size of an orange. but
!■ reality it is greater than a mu ¡is
height.
A distinguished American visiting
Salisbury when a very young man bad
fe curiously weird adventure ou this
■(fire. Workmen were at the time re
pairing it. Tbe American saw tliei.t
crawling round the slim steeple in the
afternoon light like so tunny bugs ou
■ beau stalk. Tbe Impulse came to him
to climb tbe spire and stand on tlie
borlzoutal beam of tbe cross. Accoid-
tagly. late In tbe afternoon, when tue
workmen bad gone, tbe young man
■ade his way up tbe stairs to tbe lit
tle window which opened to tbe work
men's staging. To run up tbe scaffold
ing to tbe ball was easy. Then camo
tbe slightly more difficult climb to the
foot of the cross over tbe bulging
curve of tbe ball. A short platform
gave him foothold.
lie reached up
and put bls bands on tbe base of tbe
cross aud pulled himself up. To gain
tbe crossarm was merely "shinning*
up a good sized tree, and soon bo
stood on tho horizontal timber aud.
reaching up, touched the top of tbo
cross.
After enjoying his moment of tri
umph he slid to the foot of the cross
and with his arms arouud tbe post
slipped down over tbe big bulge of tho
ball. His feet touched nothing. The
little plank from which be had reached
up was not there.
Here was a 1’oe-llke situation requir
ing a cool head and a steady* eye. He
could, of course, not look down. Tho
clinging hold that be had to maintain
ou the bottom of the cross shortened
the reach of Ids body and made It
less than when he stood ou tbe plunk
and reached up to the cross with bls
hands. He must drop ho that Ids feet
should reach the plunk, for be would
never be able to pull himself buck If
he should let himself down nt arms'
length, and Ills feet liuug over empty
air.
But tills young American bad a good
head, which he Inimt'dlalely pul to
work, He looked up nt thv erosa sud
tried to recul! exactly the angle at
which lie had reached for It. to make
Ills memory tell him Just how tbe edge
of that square post had npiteared. A
few Inches to Hie light or to Hie left
meant that bo would drop Into vacan
cy. Bending Ills head away back, ba
strained Ids eye up the cross and fig
ured bls angle of approach. lie cau
tiously wormed himself to the right
and made up Ills mind that here di
rectly under bls feet must be tbe
pluuk.
Then he dropped.
And he
lived to tell the tale.
SWISS VIGILANCE.
Effective Supervision Over All For-
signers In the Country.
In proportion to her population
Switzerland gives asylum to more for
eign anarchists and revolutionists than
any country In Europe. If they re
spect the law they may remain in this
country as long ns they wish. The
Swiss have a very effective method of
supervising the foreigner, be lie an
archist or banker.
Every foreigner arriving In Switzer
land must procure from the town hall
u porutls de cejour within eight days
of his arrival, under penalty of n line,
or, lu serious cases, of expulsion from
the country, lu order Io obtain this
permission ills papers must be lu order
—that is to say, lie must take bls
passport to Ids consular representative
In Switzerland and have it signed by
tbe latter. By this simple method tho
identity of the foreigner Is established,
and In return for bls papers, which
are docketed in the town hall, be re
celves a permls de cejour for a period
lasting from a few days to a year—
the maximum duration—when it must
be renewed. This rule Is so strict that
even Swiss citizens of other cantons
are classed as "foreigners,” and must
take out tbelr permission to reside In
another canton.
An exception Is made in favor of
visitors stuylng at the principal hotels
aud pensions, who are nominally al
lowed two months' stay (Instead of
eight days) .11 Switzerland liefore they
are expected to legalize their papers,
but this law Is not strictly enforced,
as tire hotel proprietor ■uppliea tbe po
lice with a list of his guests at fre-
quent periods.—Washington Star.
ANTS THAT COOK.
They Maks Dough, Form Cakes and
Bake Thom In the Sun.
The remarkable habits of tbe har
vester ant have long been kuown to
naturalists. Certain species not only
harvest and store in granaries the
seeds upon which they teed, but ac
tually plant and cultivate un annual
crop of their food seeds.
But now n still more wonderful tale
Is told of an ant which Is common
in Dalmatia, Messor barbarus.
Ac
cording to Professor Negcr of the well
known forestry school near Dresden,
this unt not only cuts leaves and gath
ers seeds, but actually makes bread
or biscuit.
The seeds are first sprouted, then
carried Into the nun and dried. then
taken back to the underground chain-
hers, where they are chewed Into a
dough
The dough Is then finally
made Into tiny enkes, which arc linked
In the sun. then carefully ■tornl for
future use.
From those observations It appcurs
that the art of cookery Is not w holly
confined to the human race. All conic
Ing Is done by tbe sun. whether In the
ripening of fruit or In the linking of
bread lit n stove. The lient obtained
from fuel Is simply stored up sunlight
set free.
The Arab and tbe nntlve Mexican
■peak of ripe fruit ns fruit which has
been < «Hiked In the sun The mil h« «
■runchow learned the art of stltt cook
ery. Hie saliva with which It moistens
the grain probably taking Hie place of
yeast and sweetening through tlitingea
act up by ità Influence u ( h > ii start h. -
American Medicine.
8uns of the Night.
"During the day we say that tbe sun
shines; during Hie night we should
Bay that the suns shine," writes n
Boston correrqiondeul of the New York
Times.
"During tlie day one sun
reigns over us; during tbe night many
suns sparkle and scintillate upon us.
The only difference is Hint our sun of
day Is so much nearer tbau our suns
of night, but there Is one sun of night
that during our winter far outshines
the other sparkling sky gems. That
■un Is Hlrius, whose distance lias been
estimated nt fiO.tfOO.tXXl.fXlO miles,
whore size has been conjectured to be
ns vast as that of 7,000 suits like our
own.”
Just Like Her Brother.
The new cook, who had come goto the
household during the holidays, asked
her mistress:
"Where lain your son? I not seeing
him round no more.”
"My son?" replied the mistress pride
fully. “Oh, be has gone back to Yale
He could only get away long enough
to stay until New Year’s day. you see
I miss him dreadfully, though.”
"Van; 1 knowing yoost how you feel
My broder, he ban In yall sax times
■Ince T'ankglving.”—Judge
Ona of Jerrold's Retorts.
Very tart was Douglas Jerrold's re
tort to a would Ire wit who, having
fired off all bla etale Jokes with no
effect, exclaimed:
"Why, you never laugh when I aay
'!** ”
a good thing!
"Don’t I?” said Jerrold. “Only try
me with oner
I
ReeHlvely Rudel
Bocaare she wanted everybody rhe
to know as well as «be knew that alio
bad small feet the woman who had of
fered to lend rubber» to ■ friend added
apologetically, “But they are so big
I don’t atipirose yon can keep them on.'*
"Ob. I gueaa I can," agld tbe friend
torenely. "I have big feet too”
Rlnre then the woman with atuall
feet has refuted to ere her friend,
even when she brought tbo rubbers
feome —New York Preaa
The American Wey.
Microbe on Apple Why la yonder
ma a eating In such a tremendoua
hurry? Microbe on Pear—Appoint
ment with bit doctor
He la taking
treatment for Indigestion during Ida
Cheap Going,
Hyker What do you mean by saying Innch boor, you know!-l’uck
that yonng Mhortlelgh embarked on
Beat It?
tbe matrimonial aea In tbe steerage?
Hlbba Why did you «elect the gro
Pyker—Well, you see. hie salary is
cer to play the baa« drum In yvthr
only 17 a week.—Washington Klar
band? Dlbts»- Rsranac he's an holiest
fellow ■ nd give» full weight to every
A Family Cennectien.
pound- Boaton Transcript
Mn. ITtflegllder boasts that abe la
rönne« ted with some of th« treat fa mi
Condescension Is sn excellent thing,
lles In the city "
but It Is strange how one sided tltp
"Ab! Mite haa • telrph< na."
pleasure of II Is.- Il L Mlv-te -sen.