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A Dutch Nsw Quins* Dainty.
A strauge food forms oue of tb»
Largest Stons Ever Quarried Is a Rail«, articles of diet among tbe natives of
Dutch New Guinea, of whom A. F. R.
of Antiquity.
One of tbe most interesting proofs at Wollaston writes in Cornhill aa "The
the wonderful civilization of tbe an­ Moat Primitive People:”
"The search for food furnishes occa­
cients is afforded by tbe great slab of
•tone at Baalbec. In Syria. This huge sionally some very curious scenes.
monolith Is slxty-nine feet long, four­ One of tbe most remarkable occur»
teen feet broad and seventeen feet 1« wheu the river io flood brings down a
depth. It is said to be tbe largest piece tree trunk In a suitable stage of de­
of stone ever quarried and its estimat­ cay. A canoe is seut out with men to
secure It and tow it to tbe bank
ed weight is 1.500 tons.
It is thought by archaeological schol­ When It baa been left stranded by tbe
ars that this huge stone was intended falling water tbe t>eople—men. women
by the ancient builders to adorn the and children—come out and swan»
Temple of the Sun near by—now. of around It like tH>ea about a honey pot,
course, in ruins. Here In one of the and you wonder what they can be do­
walls which still stand are to be seen ing. When you go close you tlud that
huge slabs of stone, wblcb careful some are splitting up the log with
measurements show to be sixty-three tbelr stone axes, anil others are cut­
ting up the fragments with sharpened
feet long and thirteen feet high.
And, more remarkable still, they ar» shells In the same way that thefr an­
placed in position nineteen feet above cestors—and perhaps ours, too—dM
the ground level. Moreover, although centuries ago. The objects of their
no sign of any cementing mixture Is to search are the large white larvae of a
lieetle. about the size of a mana
be found In these ancient buildings,
the stones have been squared and pol­ thumb. I have seen natives eat them
Just a* they cut them out of the wood,
ished so evenly tbnt only after th»
but usually they roast them In the Bra
most minute search can the Joints be
and consider them ■ great delicacy."
found and when traced It Is impossible
to thrust tbe blade of a pocket knife
Why He Balked,
between them!
A young and husky college man who
How these things were done Is a
standing mystery to the scientist— was traveling on a steamer across the
Atlantic was asked to box five rounds
Wide World Magazine.
with an equally husky cbap. who was
a fellow passenger, as part of a series
THROWING THE DISCUS.
of athletic games which were to be
held for the amusement of tbe passen­
Methods of the Grecian Athletes In gers. Next day tbe young man came
Homeric Times.
to tbe chairman of tbe sport» commit­
Discus throwing was a refined form tee nnd asked that bls name be with­
of hurling the stone.
In Homeric drawn. “What’s the matter? Ar» yon
times, and even at Olympia, a stone or afraid?” said tbe chairman, somewhat
mass of Iron was first used for the piqued. "You bet your life I’m afraid."
purpose. This was held by a leathern said the collegian. ”Thnt fellow you
thong, swung in a circle and burled as picked for my opponent sits at my ta­
tar as possible. A circular or lentic­ ble. and at dinner Inst night he leaned
ular disk of bronze was used at least over to nie and said. ‘What's this
as early as the beginning of the fifth thing "demltasse"
I see on the
century.
menu?* 1 knew right away that he
A standard weight must of course, was a Tougb guy’ who had lived all
be assumed for the great games. A his life tn tbe open. If you want me
discus now In the British museum, to fight you've got to find a man that
which seems to have been used, weighs knows a demltasse when be eeee it"
11 pounds 9 ounces, but whether this —New York Tribune.
was the standard weight or not Is not
definitely known.
Neapolitan Diehee.
The thrower took his stand upon a
In the matter of curious dishes that
alight elevation of limited circumfer­ Neapolitan favorite, the polyp, should
ence. where be could have a secure be mentioned.
The beautiful bay
foothold and was prevented from run­ abounds with them, and the flabermen
ning. Then, with a swing of the arm who make the little harbor of Santa
and a corresponding movement of the Lucia their beadquarters spend moat
whole body, he hurled the discus as of the day and night catching them.
far as possible.
They are served whole and are not so
The value of the body movement repulsive as might be supposed. turn­
was recognized by the Bculptor Myorn ing up In the “mixed fish fry" a nice
In his famous statue, "The Discobo­ golden brown. The Neapolitans have
lus.” and is understood by the modern strong teeth and digestion. Polyps are
athlete when be swings the hammer or tough, and I have always limited my-
self to the tentacles, which are crisp
even when he makes a drive at golf.
and tasty, They are usually accom-
pan led by rings cut from the cuttle-
The Guest House In Asia Minor.
These are tougher still, but
The guest bouse Is a real Institution fish.
In Asia Minor. It Is sometimes owned what, with butterfly fish, gurnets, mul
by an Individual, but is usually the lets and other unknown varieties, a
common property of the village. To frit to misto pesebe at Naples Is not to
this guest house, like the travelers’ be despised —London Standard.
bungalow In India, every traveler has
a right, but as all have the same
rights one may have more company
than he desires. However, the bead
man of the village will usually ar­
range matters for the foreign traveler,
and the native guest will often courte­
ously make way for him. In the guest
house Is one large room. In one part
of which our horses munch their hay.
with the drivers lying beside them,
while In the other part we spread our
rugs and set up our beds and unllmber
onr cooking apparatus.
Some guest
houses have two rooms connected by a
wide opening, without a door. In one
of which the animals and animal driv­
ers sleep and In the other the pamper­
ed guests from abroad.—Dr. Francis E.
Clark In National Magazine.
November 18° 23
Proposed by Accident.
Mr. Spooner, the clergyman who be­
came famous for those humorous mis
placements of Initial consonants that
have become known as “Spoonerisms,"
For further details as to fares from any specific
Is said to have owed bls marriage to a
station, train schedule, etc., call on nearest P. R. &
characterlatlc allp of the tongue. He
N. Agent or write
*
was very shy and would never have
bad the courage to ask a woman to be
John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon
bls wife, but one afternoon In a friend’s
drawing room he was requested to ask
one of tbe ladles present to make tea.
In doing so he blundered as usual.
“Will you take meT' he said. Instead of
“There could be no better medi­ "Will you make tear Blushing, tb»
cine than Chambertain’B Cough
Remedy. My children were all lady “took him.” and thus he “blun­
sick with whooping cough. One dered” into a happy marriage.
of them was in bed, had a high
fever and was coughing up blood
Evident.
Our doctor gave them Chamber­
“This car," said tbe demonstrator,
lain's Cough Remedy eased them, “I* almost human. Perhaps you hav»
and three bottles cured them,” says
Mrs. R A. Donaldson, of Lexing noticed”—
“Yes. I have," said Binks dryly. "It
ton, Miss. For sale by all dealers
Don’t waste your money buying
strengthening plasters. Chamber
Iain's Liniment is cheaper and
better
Dampen a piece of flannel
with it and bind it over the affected
partsand it will relieve the pain
and soreness. For sale by all dealers.
reminds me of several men I know-
been smoking ever since we left th»
garage, and the last hill we climbed
It puffed like a porpoise. Haven't yon
something that Is less human and mot»
generally
satisfactory T’ - Harper’s
Weekly.
The boy’s appetite is often the
Why Shs Thought do.
source of amazement. If you would
“Mamma.” said tbe little gtrt. slstw
have such an appetite take Cham­ doesn't tell tbe troth.”
berlain’s Tablets. They not only
"Why. Jennie." said the mother,
create a healthy
appetite,
but
strengthen the stomach and enable •you mustn't say such things ”
"Well, last night I heard her eay.
it to do its work naturally,
For
•Charlie, if you do that again I'll call
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T illamook E uctric L ight and
F vm . C ompany
Mamma'
And he did It twice mor»
and she didn’t «OIL”-Ladles’ Hom»
Joorna I.
Tho Gamy Bluefish.
Tbe blnettsh Is oue of the gamcat
I
R»h that swim
Take him on ligM
I
tackle, and you have doue soinetm^
I
to be proud of; take him on the roeor
nized hand line, and you have perform
fd a feat that will give you a tbrUI *f
I
pleasure when memory takes you bi«».
fishing. He is a fighter from Bulldog
vllle and. being free from all restrfc-
tioua, makes uo distinction af ctaaa,
but furnishes rich and poor alike «ttk
real snjoymeut For a time it t* giuM
aport to haul lu bluefish at tbe md *ff
a 300 foot line, but if tbe fish at* tar»x,
weighing from ten to Ufteeu
tbe recruit from the city is doo* after
bls struggle with three or toar gte»I
Bab. Hauling aboard a big bluefia* t*
like pusblng a freight car with Ute
•boulder. If the fish run small tbe city
angler will find bis limit ut or befoa»
be has lauded fifty of them and will ts
glad to quit, ivltb tbe sensation that
every bone in his body has been smash
e<L For hours he can scarcely rata*
bls arms, and tbe a< ties In a p***»
will continue tor several daya.-N»w
York fiuu.
Rssksning Tim«.
From ttc best tuformatlon »• ba««
tbe calendar eat»* Into use 2330 B. LX,
with a week of seven day» uud a yaar
of twelve month*, named after zodiacal
signs. Th* year consisted of 300 days,
which probably suggested th* dlvisto«
of tbe circle Into degrees. Astronomi­
cal chronology was divided Into cycia»
of GO years, «00 year* and the star, oe
3.600 years Tbe "Observation of Bel."
tbe great Babylonian work on astron­
omy aud astrology, gave a record of
ecllpsra of tbe sun and moon, conjunc­
tions and phases of some of the plan­
ets. tbe time of tbe new year aud many
other scientific problems. Many of tbs
calculations made In this ancient as­
tronomy are of the utmost Importance
even In our day. and to It is due th»
era of Nabonassar. on» of the most
famous tn the »minis of chronology.
Hie basis of all the computations of
I’tolcmy, and the dates ia cotfnectlon
with Alexander and Aristotle. Since
Its epoch. Fell 2«. T47 B. C.. It main
talneil its ground till after tbe com.
meneement of tbe vulgar era—Ex­
change
Diplomati«
American official was once tbs
guest of I.l iluug Chang la
when there was a great demonstratio«
In honor of the raiu god. Noises
______
atrt
dent and fearful in tbe err» of tb»
foreigners came from Instrument» a«*
human throats.
The keen old Chinese statenmhn.
conscious of the effect that thia «ras
probably producing upon tbe A«>»rt
can spectator, turned to him and nnM.
“This seems atrauge and useleou M
your
The American, striving to be polite
without too great a sacrifice of tnrtb.
Made an evasive answer.
"You never pray for rain 1« yoer
country?" pressed the Cbiuese atatew
True Ari.
“Critics had praised me. academies
bad granted tile exhibition space." snld
the artist; “still I was modest enough
to think Hint I wasn't any great shakes
as a painter
The thing that Unaily
convinced ine that maybe I wan no dub.
after nil. was the remark of 'a Nnnnan
who knew a good deal more about bar­
gain counters than she knew about art
She studied n picture that had m de
critics overwork their vocabulary tn
praising It. and her otilv comment was:
'My! I’ll bet the cloth In that w <m-
au's tea gown cost every cent of
50
a yard.' Just as a matter of curiosity
I looked up my model and found that
tbe dress she wore hnd cost Just that a
yard. Then I knew that 1 had been
gifted with the divine tire. To depict
values so faithfully that experienced
shoppers can tell the cost of tbe cloth
you paint seems to be hitting old art
up at a pretty lively gait."—New York
Press.
“Oh. yes. we do."
“And you always get HI"
•No.”
“Just the same as In China,” tb» »M
■an remarked complacently.
Moot Trees
in the provluclul charter of IBM, ««-
der which the Plymouth colony and the
province of Maine were united with
Massachusetts. It was provided that all
trees of the diameter of twenty-fear
Inches and upward, twelve inches from
the ground, growing upon land not
heretofore granted to any private per
son. should be reserved to the crown
for the furnishing of masts for the roy
al navy. A surveyor general of wood*
was appointed to see that thia provi­
sion of the charter was carried Into ef
feet. Near the coast all white pin«« of
suitable dimensions were marked with
the "broad arrow’’-three cut» through
the bark with an ax. like the track of
a crow
This was the king’s mark.
Long after the Revolution had obliter­
ated the royal authority men who Bad
been taught In boyhood to respect the
king’s mark hesltuted to cut so<-b trees
Harpers Weekly.
An Appealing Greek Oish.
Qrsat Men Who Drank.
Cato was a hard drinker, while, IO
tbe language of one writer, old Beu
Jonson was constantly “pickled.” The
poet Savage used to go on the hardest
kinds of "tears.’’ and Rogers observed
after seeing his own statue. “It la tbe
first time I have seen him stand
straight for many years." Byron says
of Porson. the great classical scholar,
“I can never recollect him except a*
drunk or brutal and generally both.”
Keats was on a spree once that lasted
six months
Horace. Plato. Aristopb
anes. Euripides. Alcaeus. Socrates and
Tasso of the old timers and Goethe.
Schiller. Addison. Pitt. Fox. Black­
stone. Fielding. Sterne and Steele wet»
all hard drinkers at Intervals.—Law­
doo Times.
Roman Masons and Their Toole.
The excavations at Pompeii and Her
culaneum have, unearthed masons'
tools much resembling those in nee
today and demonstrated the freer nee
of large tiles, the employment of Iron
to tie together brick and stone work
and the use of a kind of concrete of
which lime was the binding medium
and finely broken brick a favorite ma­
terial
The dome of the Pantheon,
bollt In the Brat century of the Chris
tian era. still testifies to the enduring
nature of coocrete superstructure. al­
beit bound with lime and not with <w
ment—Cbarlee Winslow Hall in Na
Onaal Mag*line
Time Was Made For Steve*."
Whistlers disregard for time wee
perfect Here Is an Instance given by
Mr. T. R Way In bis "Memorise of
James McNeill Whistler:” "At one of
his Sunday morning breakfasts, which
were so fnmous. a |>arty of ladle* and
gentlemen bad gathered ib hie stodt*
with the arranged intention of making
an excursion together
Whistler, bow-
ever, had prepared In his own iniMI
another entertainment and. posing one
of the Indies, started h full length
pointing of her
After some time the
other members of the party showed
signs of restlessness and wanted to
know when they were going to start <M
the expedition Whistler expressed hl*
displeasure, adding, 'By Jove. It s art
before every one that 1 would paint a
gtrturo"
An Ancient English Lew-
There was a time when most foreign
ere traveling to England had to vtblt a
tailor on arriving In order to have their
buttons changed. According to a law
passed In the eighteenth century, •“?
person in Englaud wearlug teMtona
made of cloth, serge, drugget or frtaai
was liable to a Hue. The foreigner
wearing a coat with cloth tuitions
made In bls own country la not hued
when first charged with this brrac* rt
tbe law
He must, however, haste« to
obtain profier buttons, or lie may be ar
rested on the follow ing day.- London
Ute txlsixl
Whsn Oiarsell Forget.
Wanted Them Matehod
Dtarueli was s|a*itkliig In support rt
A homesteader received from tbe de
partment of agriculture a quantity of (xwd Lytton’» motion coodemnlog lb»
My »»rd«
dwarf milo maize seed, with a request evacuation of K a oda liar
to plant It and report the result Here tw said, "the kev of Indi* l* not Mat «
is bls report: "Mr Secretary: Dear or Herat or' here came ■ »Hi» (*U*a
and rather natural anxiety I» the *odl
Sir—1 planted your dwarf maize, and It
did fine It was the dwarfest mat»» I eut» end then the quiet resumíalo» rt
tbe thread.
it !» '•“< in* piace ”*
ever saw
But tbe Jack rabbit* ate It
which I cannot recall tin- liante tb»
aa fast a* It got ripe Plea«* send an­
key of India Is IHindun
"‘»ne !>••*
other lot of seed and send along a lot
Back,” by tbe IllgUt Hou G W. *
of dwarf Jack rabbits to match tbe
R «.serti
Maize. "
Qualified.
Baron—Ton have cal led to seenra tbe
position of porter?
Applicant- Ye»
»Ir
Bsron-Was there not some <*•
In tbe anteroom
yon came tn? ar
pllcsnt— Th»re was. sir
There was •
man with • bill »galoot yon Heer
Baron, bnt I tltew him out-Fllegvnd»
-beta
rm»
She KnSW.
d«nr
Mid
Tbv Lady »nd th* Oa»K
Tbe lawyer <to tbe ladyi— Yo» •»
derotand tbe nature of an oath <5o*'t
you? Tbe Lady <a
flurried»-1
beg voor pardon
Tbe lawyer <’•*
Up-What la tb» naturo of an oatb?
Tbe lady (triumphantly! - Frcfaoa.
too l It?—Cleveland Pial* Dealer.
Whatever may have been the secret
of auelent Greek culture. It seems prob­
able nt least that It did not lie In
the cuisine of the race. If the detail*
of It Hint have been discovered by
modern scholars are to la* taken a* ac­
curate A writer In Frazer’s Mngaxlne
recently told of one <l|sh that might
have provoked a warrior to ttesperiite
deeds. tint would hardly have inspired
nn artist or a i>oet He says they mix­
ed ling's In rd and milk with thick gruel,
making n paste of It and adding fresh
< liet—e. yolks of eggs and beef lirs'ns.
The mixture was wrapped in a tig leaf
and boiled In the gravy of a chicken
or kid Then they took off the tig leaf
and soused the morsel In a pot of Istll-
lng honey, then ate It-Hteward.
A Hundred Million Sun*.
A peep Into the heavens throuirh a
modern teiewope Is a |s,ep Into th»
iery depths of mystery With such an
Instrument ona may gaze upon 1UO.-
i am. non stars, each of them a burning,
blazing sun
From wbnt lltt'a we
know of creation we cannot but be­
lieve that each of those sun* to g”.
light and heat to a train of planets.
Just In the same Planner that our sun
gives light and life to tils Utile flock
of worlds
Iteyond those lUU.«» <WI>
suns there cisy tie hundred* of nit ">n*
more Thus they may rontlnne «ya-
tem after system and world* without
end."
Th«
It I m r*<orr1w1 tliai
nxHbrr
do
the rnrnmritf of rôtir ( Ihie
Mit, ‘fx*ve one snottmr?
"Why. of ouïr««' I <to. mamma.” sbv
raplhnt
“It umana that I m'ist a»»»
you and you <mi*t to’* m» Im
and you'ro another" fhi-ago New«
n.wt they try to
Paw Ka*ws Everything
Willi»-Paw. »hat I» tart? 1
Tart I* thinking that a man is t
•her. you are afraid to toll »•»
Id««.
N«|w»lwm.
w » i « q
Hskwl to MiiiuiiiMrize the art of war. «>’-
«wervd brlWly ’The ^rt of
<•<>»•
m I m I m In t'Hntf Ktronge*! at a givei, point
at a irlreri time
Hila aiiawer wua
fer««r mid true. i. MM that born lull un­
taiiKht llL'titer General Kommt. •«*
tile -ail»« Idea, vet more briefly
When the grim old
and f«»r<Hull?
Confederate WII* asked how to win I«
battle he refilled. 'Get litar fuet with
tbe mostest uiru
Her First Thought.
Kits
•Miter
Strange Yeuth.
Doctor—What makes yon think t*e
hey hmt normal?
Mother — Every­
thing
He was sixteen years old laM
Month and yet be doesn't think hb
thews more than hie father — Htllads*
phta Record
Ths Firs Eating Trick.
The first known tire breather was a
Syrian slave iinimxkEimiis. a leader tn
the servile war In Hielly, 130 B. C. Ha
pretended to have immediate communi­
cation with the gods
When dusiroii*
of Inspiring his followers with ecu a
be breathed flames and sparks from ul*
mouth In order to perform thia mar­
vel Eiinus pierced a nutshell at both
ends, and. having tilled It with Rome
burning suhutance. he put It In hla
mouth mid hreailxsl through It Th*
siiine trick Is |H‘rform<“d today tn an
The Juggler rolls
Improved milliner
together some flax while It Is still
burning P.y this means the (Ire is re­
tallied tn tile bull tor a long time He
slips tni« hall Into his mouth unper
ceivixl and brent he- through It
111*
breath revives the tile, and he sust <n*
no Injury so long ns lie Inhales through
his nostrils only
What a dreamer eh» la!
d’eli«
-I »pooid mu ••’
When I told ær
»t-ut an a< i aient I» «huh ■ l»onr f***
Io* lost t«th of hiéleos «h» said that
was ba> laid, a* he «'«IM mH
stile to leave any foot|»rtnt*
lAe
•and* of time -Jinlg»
Th* D.ffsrsn«».
Ito J»* k'» coing to marry her! WTV.
abes a mere nobody, and his grsadf*»
• I,or rw o<er with the MsyBowor'
"That* nothing
Hers rimi uv«
»Uh |t«>ni»i "-Philadelphia Beroed
Mrs Benham - 1»
'»metnhw
that I gav» you n« •WW «nswar tb»
Brat tlm» you proposed?
Benham-I remeta lief that yo» *»•
t»a4s«i **»(••«»•'J »dM*
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