2, 1013
FROZE A SOAP BUBBLE
A MEETING WITH TURNER.
A Hero Who Wai Buried Wrapped In
Ilia Flag by the Enemy.
During the Austro-i’riisxlnu war a
body of Prussian soldiers came upon a
ditch half full of wounded and dying
Austrians. Among those who were
badly wounded was a you» g officer.
They found him lying on bls Imck in
the wet ditch. Touched with pity for
him, some of the Prussians went to
him and wished to remove him so that
he might be attended to by the sur
geon. But he besought them to leave
him alone, telling them that lie felt
quite comfortable. Soon after this be
died. Then when they lifted bis body
they found why he bail begged theta
to leave him alone. He had been the
standard bearer for his regiment.
In the terrible battle of the day the
flag bad been torn Into tatters, and
when he was sore wounded so that he
soon must die his soldier spirit was
still strong within him, and rather
than let the ‘’bit of rag” fall into the
enemy's hand he folded it up and
placed it beneath him so that none
might see it. This was why be would
not let himself be moved by the kind
ly Prussian soldiers. He would die
protecting the precious flag.
His foes were so touched by bls no
ble action that they would not take
away the trophy, but wrapped it
around him that it might be buried
with him.
Than Broke It In Piece* and Floated
Them on Liquid Air.
A frozen soap bubble brokeu lu two
nud floating like un iridescent. trans
parent eggshell on the surface of a
vessel of liquid air wus one of the
in ireels exhibited by Professor Dewar
I» a lecture before the Royal Institute
of Great Britain.
The lecture was U|«>n the subject of
atmosphere and the curious effect* of
intense cold, the liquid ulr uud soap
nubble.being adjuncts Introduced to fa
cilitate some explanations.
A few s|s>onfuls of liquid air were
ooured into a vessel, and the intense
cold caliseli by eva|M>ratlon immediate
ly brought on a minatore snowstorm
In the atmosphere directly altove the
vessel. A soap bubble was then placet!
In the freezing stratum. Almost In
stantly there was a change In the color
of the transparent globe, the bubble
becoming much darker; the move
ments of the rainbows film grew Blow
er; It contraeteli somewhat in size, aud
a little later it froze.
A slight but dexterous movement of
the rod upon which the bubble was
suspended broke the latter into two
pieces, which fell upon the liquid air
aud there floated for an hour, gradual
ly accumulating a tiny snowdrift from
the almost Imperceptible precipitation
constantly going on in the freezing
atmosphere alsjve.
LANDS OF FIRE.
STEVENSON’S GRAVE.
Yst Iceland and Tierra del Fuego Are
Glacier Bound Regions.
It is rather singular that both of
the “lands of Are" are near the cold
extremities of the globe—Iceland, far
to the northward, and Tierra del
Fuego, remotely south.
Iceland, to the eye, seems at first
glance to be better named by the cold
appellation. Its glacial Helds are not
only numerous, but in some cases these
and the connected snow stretches are
hundreds of square miles in extent.
But only a little travel Into the in
terior, say to the site of the ancient
Icelandic parliament at Tblugvallavatn,
discloses miles upon miles of such deso
lation as Is possible only in a "land of
Are.” It is a very island of volcanoes,
and, while they have been exceedingly
well behaved for a hundred years or
so, the great hot springs In the neigh
borhood of Reykjavik, the capital, In
dicate that the subterranean beat, if
passive, is still very much alive.
Huge glaciers also mark the “cold
land of Are" at the other end of the
earth. Thus each of the two parts of
the universe is properly named, wheth
er the name be warm or cold.—New
York Press.
Its Romantic Site, In Samoa, Atop th*
Forest Clad Vaile.
No English novelist rests in a more
eccentric s|«>t than that chosen by
Rol-ert Louis Stevenson, who is buried
on lhe summit of the forest clad Vallu.
In the island of Samoa, that genial
s|s>t lu the south Pacific that the gift
ed writer loved so well.
The day after his death at Vnlllma.
lu 1S!M. his remains were carried to
th“ top of thia precipitous and pic
turesque peak by sixty sturdy Sa
moans. who had loved and now monru
ed their dead chief. Tusltula.
A party of forty had previously cut
a pathway through the thick, tangled
wood with knives and axes, while an
other party had prepared the grave.
With infinite care and trouble they
Lire him shoulder high over the rough
ground to his last long home, and
there, under the starry sky. they left
him to sleep forever, with the Pacific
at Ills feet.
On either side of Ills tombstone Is a
bronze plate. One bears the words
'"file Tomb of Tnsitula,” while the
other is Inscrllied with his own re
quietn. beginning:
Th* Artist Simply Enraged th* Ma*
Who Longed to Se* Him.
A printshop lu London, kept by a
uiau who thoroughly understood aud
*l>|itv<'iat«Hi the wares In which be
dealt, once displayed in its wluduxr
i fine but much stained and damaged
•ngravlug—one of a set from Turueria
ik-turea. Turner chanced to [Miss and
eotlce It and prumptl.v txnmi-ed Into
he simp aud began to abuse the dealer.
"It's a confounded shame to treat an
•neniving like that!” be blustered.
'What inti you be thinking about to go
«nd destroy a good thiug? For it la a
food thiug. mind you!"
"I destroy It!” rescinded the dealer
jolly. "Wbat do you mean by saying
I destroyed it? And who the mischief
are you. I should like to know? You
don't look ns If you could understand
■ goisl print when you see one. I de
stroy It! Bless my heart. 1 bought it
Just as It Is, and I would rather keep
It till doomsday than sell It to you!
And why you should put yourself out
«bout it I can't think!”
"Why. I did It!" said Turner.
“Did whnt? Did you spoil it? If
you did you deserve”—
“No. no. man; my name's Turner, and
I did tbe drawing and eugraved tbe
plate from it."
"Bless my heart!" ejaculated tbe
print seller In a changed tone. "Is It
Isisslble you are the great Turner?"
Then his temper rose again. "Well,
sir." he added. "I have long desired to
see you. and now that I have seen you
I ho[ie I shall never see you again, for
a more disagreeable |ierson 1 have sel
dom met.”
SAVED THE COLORS.
How Frostbit* Com««,
The first effect of cold on the skin Is
to contract the tiny vessels that connect
arteries and veins. Arteries are ves
sels that take blood from the heart.
Veins are those that bring blood back
to the heart, and the connecting ves
sels are called capillaries. While these
little vessels are contracting the skin
itself becomes tenser. In a few mo
ments or minutes the effects change.
The tiny nerves whose stimulation
ca'sed contraction of the capillaries
are more or less paralyzed, and the ves
sels dilate so the skin gets red. Soon
the veins are dilated, and the skin be
comes bluish. Then the nutrient fluid
in the skin (the lymph) is coagulated,
end the stretched skin ruptures or
“chaps." If the colu Is more severe Its
action Is deeper, and the blood itself
may be coagulated. This is frostbite.
Oppressive Politenee*.
M. Ernest Lavisse has turned aside
from bis historical labors to relate a
bon mot by his friend Massenet. It
was at a time when the musician was
ebnnging apartments and the historian
inquired the motive of the change. “I
was too well known there,” Massenet
replied. “Everybody was too oppres
sively polite. Only the other day I
bapiiened to buy a penny stamp in a
tobacconist’s shop. 'Pray do not trouble
to carry it,' said the tobacconist. ‘It
will give us the greatest pleasure to
send it round to you.' “—Westminster
Gazette.
Evolution of a Play.
"They tell me that plays are built
up. Is that so?"
“It is." answered the playwright
“Here is the method. I cop a joke. I
tell it around, and It goes. Next I
make a dialogue of it. Then 1 add a
character, and it becomes a vaudeville
sketch. If it still goes good we make
three acts of it. and then It's a play.”—
Kansas City Journal.
While He Waited.
Little Girl — Mr. Llugerlong. is •
quietus something you wear? The
Young Man—No. Miss Kitty. Why do
yoo ask that? Little Girl—'Cause 1
beard sister tell mamma the other day
she wna going to put a quietus on you
the next time you came. — Chicago
Tribune.
Would Help Some.
“What good doea It do a woman for
a man to be willing to die for berT' be
grumbled.
“He might carry a big life Inaor
a nee. you know." abe hinted.—Haiti
toore Anterh-an
Sarcastic.
Wife—Any fashions in that paper.
Jack1 Jack <wbo baa just settled a
dressmakers bilb—Yea. but they're *e
ua* to yoo. dear It's yesterday'* pa
per. — London opinion
The Best Ingredient In coo reranttoa
I* truth, the next good sense, the third
good humor and the fourth wit—*
William Temple.
!
ODD USES OF WHALEBONE.
SYSTEM IN BUSINESS.
Advantage of the Man Who Know*
Where to Find Thing*.
Amoug twenty clerks employed by
• New York importing bouse it waa
no easy mutter for one to uttract tbe
attention of tbe manager. And It waa
not with any «in-h idea. In fact, that
young Gaven kept bls desk and tb*
pa|>ers lu tils care iu tbe most ueat «nd
eurerul order. He did it Just because
be hud u systematic mind aud liked
thlugs iu place.
He was always able at a moment’*
notice to put bls hand ou anything be
needed. Ko when the manager hap
pened to need a certain price IlsL
copies of which bad been given uot
only to Gaven. but to every one o(.U)e
other nlueteen clerk*, it waa Gaven
wbo placed hta band on bla copy while
tbe others were just beginning to won
der where they bad put tbelr*.
There waa no comment on that but
a few day* later when the manager
again needed certain papers Gaven
found them flrat.
“Aren't you tbe man wbo gave me
that price list on Monday?" asked tbe
manager. ''Ye*!” "Well, my private
secretary baa just been promoted, and
I need a uew one, a man wbo will
know where to find things. Would you
like tbe place?”
,"*!
There wa* only one answer to that
That was how Gaven got bla first step.
—New York World.
THE TINY HUMMING BIRD.
In On* 8p«ci** It* Bill I* Nearly a*
Long a* It* Body.
x.
All bumming birds, though varying
much in size aud color, exhibit tbe
saute form of wing, legs aud feet, tbe
wings being strong (considering tbe
small size of the birdi. while tlie leg*
and feet are remarkably weak and del
icate. a clear Indication that these lit
tle creatures are Intended to spend al
most all tbelr time in tbe air.
»•
In accordance with this we find that
humming birds are never seeu on tb*
ground; that eveu wheu feeding they
seldom trouble themselves to alight,
but suspend themselves in th* air be
fore the Dower on whose juices they
mean to feed, tbe rapid vibration of
tbe wings causing them to appear Ilk*
two fans of filmy gauze and producing
at the same time that peculiar hum
ming sound from which these bird*
derive their popular name.
Tbe beak of most humming bird* la
long, delicate and slightly curved to
enable it to reach tbe inmost recesno*
of the trumpet shaped flowers which
abound tn the tropical regions, but the
shape of tbe lieak la very variable,
probably ou account of tbe particular
flower on which tbe bird feeds.
lu some instance* It Is nearly straight,
and lu one ape. las, tbe sword bill bum
ming bird, it la very nearly as long aa
tlie rest of tbe body —81. Louis Globe-
Democrat.
THE PASTOR SPRINTEÖL
HYGIENE OF VIOLINI
H* Mad* a Good Run In Record Th** The Proper Kind ot Cat* Far Thee*
Witn Plenty ot Reason.
S«n*itiv* Inatrument*
One ut tbe trudillouHi «lories of tbe
The violin aud violuueello are maaC
town of I airfield. < onu . ie< ount> a o'lisitive to atmospheric coudttiuna a im !
wild dash trom the pulpit made by «offer troui ntuiuspberk variation*
a worthy and tieluved pastor of tbe j quite as much IIS tbe tender vecal
£pisi-o|uil tlis-k. Dr l.ali.'i ii-e
lords of the singer. Those wbo bat*
it was on a Nuntlav more tlian * bt*- ilieiupted to uiake the violin an orna-
dred year* ago Tlie service Had boo* ' n i-iit liv hanging it upon tbe wall have
read, tile pra.v«*r* so III the Hymns sang, liml reason to nqient taking such u
and the |Hirson liegnn fits «eriuon A* illsil.v. The vlollu lose« it* varutsh
be proceeded hi« gesture« tiecallie VWy iuh I gradually Its pitch and timbre.
energetic, lie brought his right Hand Tlie artificial beat of rooms lu winter
down wltb great force. Tlieti be turBant miiki's ils time raucous when It doe*
pale, cleared the pulpit stairs at a uot oliiiterate it entirely. Metal <.•*«■*,
bound, dashed out ot the rlturi h Jour iniHocco covered, are equally uni t for
and ran toward tbe |smd a «Hurt dto- it. A strong, well varnished wooden
tanee away.
vase. e\eii though It be nut e*i>eciai:y
Tbe congregation followed In lew#- attriicthe to the eye. suit* the eue-
dered pursuit and saw their venerabt* ceptllulltles of the violin much belter.
pastor wltb fiylng rolie rush into tbe
Certain qualities, sometime* unsue-
water until It came to tils nei k Thee, peeted. In the wood play an Important
turning round, be raved tils astonished part in the fulslticatioo of note*, esue-
audience and said:
iug progressive deterioration. Tbene
"Dearly beloved brethren. I am not wus n time when manufacturer* ap
crazy, as no doubt many or yon tbiuk, plied to their product several coato of
but yesterday at the trug store I bought "paint"—I. e., a concentrated eoletto*
a bottle of uitric acid and carelessly of bichromate of eodium potash I*
left it In my pocket today.
boiling water. Tbe wood eoo* acquir
“My last gesture broke the bottle. * ed a yellow tone, aud under tbe setto*
knew tbe suffering the acid would cause of light after dryiug tbe color Batt
when it peuetrated my clothing and ened and took ou
ruebed for tbe water to save myrett old pillilt.
pain."
For commercial purisme* thia wee
He drew several pieces of glass from I all very well, but wbat happened to
bis pocket lu witness of tbe tale. Tbe* the imri'haser was that a* soon an be
he disuilased tbe company and uurrted la-gnu to use bls Instrument espoaed
home.
to the light the bichromate worked o*
(tie gelatin, which the manufoctM**«
employed to color tbe wood o&J pre
FROZEN WITH HEAT.
vent tlie pi'iietratlng of th* vorekah.
A R«mark*bl* Proc*** Known ao the while some element In the tdi-brometo
of soda was euwerted Into atone. Th*
Caloric Paradox.
violin suffered petrifaction, wbtoto Mb-
Freezing Is usually associated wltb
IH'deil Its tone aud rendered it oeeta**.
cold, but water can lie frozen uti a red-
hot plate. This pretty ex|»Tlment ha* — Harper's Weekly.
Weg* Ar* Made of It, and It Stiffen*
High Grad* Silk*.
The notion Is iKipularly held that
wbaletame Is derived from w bn les'
ribs, although many [lersons lielleve
that It comes from the tail of the big
mammal. Both notions are Incorrect.
Tbe function of whalebone in the
life of the whale is of tbe utmost tin
isirtnnce.
The inner edges of tile
whalehone plates are frayed into lu
numerable hairlike processes, aud th*
whole forms a sort of sieve whereby
tbe whale may sift out Its food from
the sea water, It must be remembered
that the food of this gigautic ctea-
lure consists chiefly of minute organ
isms. erustaeen. mollusca. etc., floating
near the surface.
When the whale opens Its mouth and
moves nlong a great multitude of these
minute forms of life find their way In.
Then the whale doses its mouth, and
the water is strained out through the
t’nder the wide and starry sky
whalebune sieve, and the food Is re-
Dig the grave and let me lie.
tallied.
The common uses of whalebone are
The Parrot Fi»h.
There are water parrots as well ns known to everybody. It la. however,
land parrots. The parrot fish come put to two uses not generally kuown
from the tropics, are brilliantly colored eveu In England, where the flue Inter
and have lieaks something like those Dal fringes mentioned are employed In
of the parrot, for use In breaking off nnl making of barristers’ wigs. By rea
Bismarck’* Mystic Number.
the coral shell In order to get at the son of their lightness they retain the
living |s>lyp. Not all of them, how curl better than does ordinary hair.
Bismarck held, with Pytbugoras. that
ever. live on gnltual food, some species Fine whalebone thread* are also some not 13, but 3. was the great and per
being herbivorous. Oue species is times employed to stiffen the tissue in fect number. Bismarck’s association*
found In the Mediterranean sea. where high grade silks. —Haqier's Weekly.
with 3 were remarkable. He had serv
it Ims lieen known for thousands of
ed three masters. He had three names
Feeling For Death.
years. The Greeks and Romans re
— Bismarck. Schoenhausen and Lauen-
For a week the self appointed guide burg. Tbe urms pf bls family are a
garded It for a time as the first of
fishes, and I'liny tells us how it was to the blind on their dally walks had clover leaf and three o«k leaves. He
introduced into the Itallnu sea lu the noticed that the two men wbo were was concerned in three wars and sign
course of the reign of Claudius, it her special charges felt carefully of ed three treaties of peace.
In the
was known ns the "scarus" by the an tbe wall on either side of the door of Franco-Prusalan war be bad three
the
asylum
when
passing
In
and
out.
cients. who told some wonderful sto
horses killed under him. He brought
ries nlMUit its love. Its wisdom and Its Since abe was there to lead them, that about the meeting of three emperors
rumination. Some having a length of precaution seemed not at all neces and was responsible for the triple al
sixteen Inches have l>een captured sary. and she finally naked their rea liance
lie had three chlldreu. Ills
son for It.
alive.
family motto was “In Trinltate Itobur"
“1 am looking for crape on the door." <"Strength In Trinity“!, and contem-
one old man told her. "They don't |*>rnry caricature pictured him with
Doncaster Race*.
Doncaster Is one of the four places— like to let us know here In the asylum three hairs on his head Three waa tbe
the other three lieilig Chester. Epsom when any one dies for fear of making Is-ginnlng. the middle and the end of
mid Lincoln— that claim to lie the cra us feel bad. but they put crufie ou the Bismarck.
,
dle of the British turf. In May. IflOO. door, and by feeling for it when we
the minutes of the consirntlou rec-ord fiuss in and out we can find out for
He Get Along Fin*.
that “Hugh Wyrrall hath caused a ourselves when one of us has gone.”—
Thomas laid never been able to carry
York
Times.
New
stoope." or |*ost. “to la- sett on Don-
a tune, and after he bad been for
caster More nt the west encl of the
awhile In a class where singing waa
A Train For Tyl*r.
horserace." which was ordered to lie
obligatory hl* mother felt curious to
During Mr. Tyler'* Incumbency of know how he managed to keep up with
"c-utt down." A few years Inter "for
the preventing« of alites, quarrella. the presidential office he arranged to the singing.
murders and bloodsheds" It was make an excursion In some direction
"Tliotna*." she Inquired, "bow do you
agreed "that the race on Doncaster and sent bl* son Boh to arrange for a get along In your ■Inglng classT*
“Fine!" declared Thoma*.
More la- discontinued.” Eventually the apedal train. It happened that tbe
“Why. that's lovely," said bl* de
c<>r|H>nition. with the tnie Yorkshire railroad auperintendent waa a at rung
combined love of "t brass" aud *|<ort. Whig. A* such he had no favors to lighted and mystified mother. "Wbat
took the horse racing under Its pa bestow on tbe president and Informed does your teacher say about It?"
"She *iiys." replied Thomas cheer
triarchal care and turned the meeting Roh that bls road did not run any
Into a sourc e of profit.— Ix>udon Stand special train* for tbe president fully. “ 'Now. Thomas, if you don't
"What“' said Bob. “Did you nut fur feel like singing you needn't.' "-Chica
ard.
nish a «pedal train for tbe funeral go Record Herald.
of President H«rri»on?" "Yea." «aid
Th* French.
1 The French were first mentioned aa tbe superintendent, "and If you'll
Putting It to Good Uoo.
tile- Franks, a tribe of warlike Ger bring your father In that condition you
"I *'po«e you've b«-eii very careful
mans In the north western part of the shall have tbe best train on tbe road.” ■ bout tb' book* you let your children
bare."
region now known us Prussia. They
Genius and Work.
came Into notice about 240 A. D. and
"Ob, yes. indeed! There'* our Jln*-
Men give me credit for genius, All we intend him for a state*man. Jim
with other German tril-es Invaded the
Roimiu empire In the fifth century and tbe genius I have Iles just in tbit: wa* raised on tbe Congreaslonel Rec
settled iu the country uow known as Wheu I bare a subject tn band I study ord."
"Tbe CongraMlooal Record! Well,
Fnim-e The word Frank, or Frank- It profoundly. Day and night It Is be
iiihii . means freeman.
After their fore me. I explore It in all Its bear well!”
"Yea; we let him *1t on it for year*
compiest of Gaul they named the conn ings. My mind becomes pervaded with
it. Then tbe effort which I make tbe eo bed be raised enough to sat from
try Frankenrick. or Frank's kingdom
people are pleased to call tbe fruit of tbe table "—Cleveland Plain Doolsr.
genius
It Is the fruit of labor and
Getting Him Inured.
The Seng Bird.
"What makes Hliggins compel bl* . thought —Alexander Hamilton
Loy tn practice standing bareheaded
They **y the bird* are timid Great
The Literary W*Rr**e.
In inclement weather?"
bee vena, to be eo amali and lovely in a
•Will yon b*ve a cereal for your world of hawk* and ana re* and yet
"lie Ims all Idea the hoy will be
pre-idetit of the United State* some breakfast?" inked tbe waitress
dare to sing aa if tb* goda were good'
day aud wants to have him well re- ‘ "A serial? No. thank you." replied In all tbe wide creation there ie not*
"I should prefer tng braver than ttoe beert of a Binging
heiirw-d for inauguration “—Washing tbe witty gne«t
■ome short storie* "
tou Star.
bird
Whereupon *be brought him some
lamb*' tail*.-Chicago I’uet.
She Agreed.
Ye« Both Made HA*.
Mr Gimgg*-1 want you to nndrr- '
Director-May. my mancho* to Jt tt*t
nbake*p**re'* «ta tn* to’ atandiiig on
stand. Mrs. Guaggs. flint I am no fool i
Mr*. GBaggs For once I agree with
tbe [HUjeetal marked Scott? Attendent
yon. A fool and hl* money are soon
ago a — He nani bave got bls bare on en
part«! and I have nee er been able to
Pert— error. slr.-Rrooklyn Ufe
get a dollar out of ynu - Philadelphia
of the
Iterurd
HI*
Mother — Hiram
sin t
'Shamed ■>' voiireelt *att"> up till I
past H playin' a*lltalr*? Wbar yoo
your tael* tor gatublln I Boa t kaa<
Ufa
H.- censure« God who quarrel* wttL
the iicq»erf«-tlon* of men —Burke.
Mo men can do nothing, and no OMI
caa do everything - Gerasaa I’ruvasB.
rightly IsH'ti cal lol the caloric |>* rado a.
If a drop of water is placed on a red-
bot or white hot metal plate It (lord
not suddenly flash Into steam under
tbe Influence of the great heat. It doea
not even (Kill. It simply evaixirate*
quietly and slowly as It rolls at«nit tbe
plate. Now. suppose that the drop o*
the plate Is a volntile liquid like sul
phurous acid
It will evaporate, and
this evaporation will produce cold let
a drop of water fall in the sulphurous
acid drop and It will be frozeu iu spite
of tbe heat.
M. Boutigny thus froze water on a
white hot plutinum capsule
Faraday
carried this remarkable experiment
even further, Pouring some ether and
solidified carbonic acid gas on a red-
hot platinum capsule, lie formed a
spheroidal ninas which evaporated very
slowly. He then brought some uh *'-
cury Into coutact with it. and this a*«
instantly frozen. Now. mercury re
quires n temperature of 40 degrees lie-
low zero to solidify It. and here It waa
frozen on red hot platinum.
JEWELS MADE OF ROSES.
How th* Dainty P*tal* Are Torwed
Into Fragrant Trinkat*.
Tbi'i-i' could scarcely tie a lovelier
girt Ilian a string of tiny l*ad*. a*
niiiiilel or a trinket to slip among your
kerchiefs mid laces to keep the**
swci-t. made of rose* and of tbe tore
ami tnsti- and patience that must B*
into the fashioning of such a gift
The making of rose trinket* to aa
ani'lelit custom revived, and roearie*
made hundred* of year* ago are fra
grant today.
< In tiler the rose petal* when th*
dew Is on them mid screen them clear
of every foreign substauce. Put tb*
elemi, dewy petals through ■ lood
■•hopper-the liner they are ground th*
Is'tter—mid all the house will smell of
roses. Spread the pulp on ■ china
plntter mid set it In tbe sun for thro*
days, stirring In n few drop* of spring
water now mid again to keep it aaolaL
! Whim the pulp “works" in th* ctm
mul reai'liim tlie consistency of * Ugh*
tonui.i dough that can be preeeed
i smooth without crumbling it is ready
1 to mold.
I Before they are quite dry run a good
I sized lintpln straight through tbe mid
dle of the bends or amulets Into *
I huii ' i I ami set the Ixiard in tb* *uti for
ten day*, mid they will grow bard and
friigrmit. Thread the lieada ou •
strand of silk, tbe amulet* on fla* rib
bon. and the older they grow th*
sweeter they will smell. — ChrtaUa*
Herald.
No “Deadhead" Trip.
One of the most famous of America*
shipping line* In the palmy day* of our
marine was the Cope line, which ran
between Philadelphia mid Liverpool.
Mya the author of "Memoirs of Cbarlee
H. Cramp." By this line John Kan
dolph of Roanoke determined to go to
Russia when he had been appointed
minister to that country by Presldeat
Jackson.
Entering the office of tbs
company In Philadelphia, he said to a
clerk In his usual grandiloquent mMk-
aer:
"Sir. I wish to see Thoma* P. Cepo.”
Plueky Bird*.
He was shown to Mr. Cope's office.
Compared with mamiual*. parental
“I nm John Randolph of Roanoke,” » love Is stronger in bird*. In prutoxTtn*
he said. “I wish to take pasaage to -■ llielr nests mid young, birds of"**
Liverpool In one of your ship«."
show courage and strategy, taore ar
If he expected to lie tendered a oeea less ot which la doulitleaa luiK..t«*.
be wa« grievously dlsnp|Hjlnted.
E wii the so cnlled dungerou* iui-0*-
“I atu 1 liomas
repllwi the iiiii I m . tin- I-ears, mountain llou*, wild-
bead of the line. "“If thee goes sl«>ara cut.« mid other mammal* that are beat
the ship and «elects thy «taterooiu *u* nlile Io protect theniaelve*. *> IdoM
will pay $15<i tliee may go.”
iiinke a stand agulnst domestic tnure-
i
I
An Ant*' 8*wing Circle.
A party of German uiiturallata re
cently returned from Ceylon have re-
ported the existence of a sissies of aM
that has been observed in the act vt
sewing two leaves together for tbe par
pose <>f forming a nest This report
contirnm the observations of tbe Eng
lish naturalist Ridley, made in 1HBU
They saw a row of the lusecta palllag
tbe edges of leaves together, tbe* utb
era trimming mid tittlug the edge*, and
Anally the completion of the work by
Still other nuts which in str tied the
edges with a sllkv thread yltmled by
larvae of the same s|s-) le« the worker*
carried In their maridltilee. It I* **M
that tbe sewing ants plow the thread
giving larvae like shuttle* tliruugb
bolgs In (lie edges of the lenvea - Bun
ton Post
Far th* Boy’* bake.
A llo*evllle man stopped smoklag tor
tbe *ak* of hl* young *on "If I «a>u*e
I *hall set him a bad example.” tie ar
gued and gave up toLacco wph maay
alglia of regret For three year* he aa*
Bone witbout tbe weed. Tbe other
sight be found a box of little <-lgare to
the boy’* coat pocket, a weh «moboB
brier pipe in tbe youngster** tool bM
down cellar and a pack of > Igarettsa IB
the woodabed.—Newark New*
Hi* Experience
“In order to *uo eed In any Una «•
bnetaee*." said the great Moreba**,
wbo waa given to the habit of m a**i
Ung. "one must tiegin at tbe bottato."
“I tried that.“ refilled tbe young aM*
with the fringed tnmsrr* “and ■**
I'm on my upper* ”-Exchange
Ixloii. Rarely do they uttempt to e*
the mt enemy from their bom* by
strategic mean*, but st tlie first warn
ing if du liger they either bide or wutcb
the intruder troui a safe distance. But
J here me very few siiecles of birds
that <lo not attempt to defend their
home* In some way. mid even the > ioet
liiiilil evince more Intelligence IL**
most nimumal*.— Collier*.
Where th* Audianc* W*t
A Imiulon iictor appearing ut n ) bMp
theater In Kalfoixi round ao amali a*
múllem e Hint be sought out the ma*-
ager for mi expltiuutlou
"You see,”
tlie mmniger told hlui. "my |«*ople are
nt I lie llnlle > ouvert " "Oh.” the actor
sii ill. HiirpriHed. "I should hardly have
thought your lattron* would cur* mach
fur high cln«« music.” "No.” tbe uibar
explain«! "To tell tlie truth, they g*
to |ilck piM-ket*.”- Ixmdon Mail.
A Rank Offen**.
"May we I ihvc Hie pleasure of yo*r
company this evening, <olooel?" *h*
asked.
The colonel drew himself up haughti
ly and replied, with every evidence of
offended dignity:
"Madam. I <ommai>d a regintent”
Neighborly.
fxil.lm—Ko you're living In tbe an**-
try. eh? What kind of neighbor* bave
you1 Are they desirable? Hobb*—
Desirable! Great Kcott! We bavent
a thing they don't dealre, especially
In tbs way of gardening Implements -
New Orleans Picayune
The Wind Month.
November «a* called by tbe aacteMt
• Hazon* the wl*t moaat, or wind motit*.
ou in-count of tbe gale* then prevaMt.
It was also named the blot moaat. or
Irhsst month from the snieat precito*
• >t then alaiightering cattle foe tbe xrto-
1 1er provlakm*.
ft s-let y take* it* away
relvoa D* L*a*be*C
from e*r-