Tlllamoolc Headlight, June 26, 1013. " THE SERVANT QUESTION. ' AN ELUSIVE LAKE. BUILT TO STAND. WHISKERS. I Delicate FELINE Nerve Signals That Guide tho THREW THE MIKADO. READING THE ENVELOPES, Th» Wrestler Who Wanted to Humbl» the Ruler of Japan. Many anecdotes are still told In .In pan about the late mikado, all of " hk h are calculated to str.-ngtheu the ndmi ration held tor the i’’■ c.'i 'd u n.-iri i on account of his lienevii.cn. e aud »i. . plicity. as well as his wisdom. At one time wrestling was a favorite pastime at the Japanese court and bls majesty was able with ease to throw all the court attendants and officials. One man. howevei, Yamaoka Tetsu taro, was very anxious to throw the emperor because he was afraid that tbe latter might become too proud of his prowess in that and other sports. Finally tbe em|>eror challenged Yama­ oka, and the latter threw Ue .»overt ,u with great force. The monarch, so the sto.y goes, was not too pleased at the defeat, but was too good a sportsmau to say anything. Later Yamaoka resigned bis position at court on the plea that, though he had defeated tbe emperor for the good of tbe throne ami the country, yet in doing so he had suojected his sover­ eign to a heinous indignity. Tbe mon­ arch, however, absolutely refused to accept the resignation, saying: “Y'ou have done well to show that the riug is no respecter of persons, nnd I appreciate your loyal spirit in beating me.” At all events Yamaoka was in high favor at court thereafter - Tokyo Gazette. They Tell More Than the Nair; )nd Adtf'ess to the Postmen. Lion In tho Jungle. LUV. opr ' Because a cat can go about so safely „ III Hi • II,. •!! ml StuUU' and rapidly lu the dark without injury tit im - si privi.ie mq djn to himself or without running into You iiii I -wu' i j. things nearly every one believes it is »lieu I dt-.ner ou a cerium dav every due entirely to the fact that be sees month an official envelope with • ,-ju with his eyes in tbe dark. lief «tump of a furniture firm on ifie That a cat can see to a certain ex­ back of it I know pretty well th. tae tent in the dark is quite true, but it is enveltq«' cxgitain« the receipt fv. an doubtful If he could go about so rapid­ installment on tbe furniture. Wien ly in total darkness were it not for his that euvehffie tails to turn up i keep long whiskers. Note a cat's whiskers an eye open for the utter signs ,,f im­ aud you will see they are always as pending bankruptcy. long, generally longer, as his bead is An envelope with a reuse < pt. the wide, aud a cat's bead is as wide as middle ha» obviousl' beett I t in his body. «nnthor onvpln»' Tbl« tells •lie ' These delicate hairs that project ■ lie from tbe muzzle of the cat family are kind of stationer» wonderful mechanisms. Each one liver one of tb grows from a follicle or gland nerved UÖ same bouse I k < that th to tbe utmost sensibility. Its slightest nt Is out of work !'!■(■ contact with any obstacle is instantly In u tiserneuts 11» felt by tbe animal, though tbe hair it­ stop coming I >n lef I t<> ' self may be tough and insensible. er the Consider tbe lion stealing through — jr can uu • u tbe jungle at night in search of prey, Sometime;! Hi. when the least stir of a twig gives velopes. Ttieiv alariu. Tbe lion's whiskers indicate w_^ used to through tbe nicest nerves any object hind Hi" w, that may be iu bls path. A touch ‘US to see wliai he stops him short before pushing through wouldn’t ill. some close thicket where the rustling ] SOOII to leaves and boughs would betray his ly ever-, p presence. Wherever his head may be v thrust without a warning from the i • vibrissa there bls body may pass noise­ lessly. It is the aid given him by bis whiskers, iu conjunction with tbe soft NIAGARA A cushions of bis feet, that enables him CLEw to proceed as silently as tbe snake.— A Waterfall in British Guiana That Is New York American. 822 Feet High. Her Manner, Rather Than He' ■ "‘y, The Kaieteur waterfall. In British Was Her Chief Charr... Guiana, is the highest waterfall in the The Actor Was Shy on Hie Line», but ■ ARABIA LIKES Tile only authentic portrait '".eo- FLOATING CONCENTRATION I world. It is of unsurpassed grandeur patra that Is known b ar ' Rose to the Occasion. ists William Gillette in the course of an Not Only the Natives but Everything and beauty, as the I’otaro river, unob­ Is a bust which up' n’t on >■ They Hava Thom Anchored With Liv­ Do Only One Thing at a Time, but Do s of structed at its brink by islands or coins Animal Eats Them. address made to the graduates of the ing Hedges In Mexico. It is on the reverv ara That One Thing Well. American Academy of Dramatic Arts Locust are today eaten In Arabia huge masses of rock, burls itself in the inscription In Greek. leo- The imagination of man has always The man who makes good Is the pretty much ns they were In Biblical full flood into a great abyss. patra. the Divine, tbe Young" blle been Impressed by floating islands. In I man who can shut out of tils mind all told this story: Peering over the precipitous and on th-> ob> ..r «• t- •» i. * — "When I wns In Booth's company times Foreigners as well as natives An- ancient times such Islands were re­ i but one thing. An unsuccessful prin- -■ -, ■ garded with superstitious reverence, I clpnl of n school once said that every years ago." the actor said, “we bad to declare that they are really an excel­ sheer rocky face within 100 feet of tony, Dictator Fvi IU- . and tbe romantic story of Delos the , teacher ought to be able to do three be up In many parts. Frequently the lent article of diet They are best this avalanche ®f water, is an awe in­ umvtr.” spiring experience. Tbe total height boiled. The workmanship of the coin is far natal isle of Apollo and Artemis is j things nt once. Of course he wns actors would have to double In a tier i of the fall is 822 feet, or five times from formance when the roles outnumbered The long or “ bopping ” legs must be good, and this accounts in some but one of tho many cases recorded In I w rong The teacher who does one classical literature of vagrant Islands thing nt a time nnd does it well Is giv­ the people I remember one time we pulled off and tbe locust held by a that of Niagara, which boasts only measure for the undeniably c';' up- were playing 'Hamlet.' When tho wing and dipped Into salt before it is 164 feet. The fall is generally seen at pearance of the queen let i- like- tn tbe sea. ing the pupil the best possible object time came In the players’ scene for the eaten. As to flavor, the insect is said tbe dry season, and consequently the ness. as far as tbe feature! •< ’a a Pliny says that in tbe lake of Vadl- lesson In concentration. man to poison the king It was found to taste like green wheat. name Kaieteur means “Old Man’s true one. for the other coin»- tbe mon Is there is a dark wood which Is We have to learn to think clearly never seen in the »«me place for a day amid distracting noises, to go forward that the particular actor selected for The red locust is more palatable than fall” and was so called after an old same series, though of a different i.pe, tbe isn't was on the stage In another and a night together, and lie describes on n straight and narrow way with tbe green kind. Some say that the fe­ mah who lived in an Indian village give her the same features, an aquiline i nose, a strong chin, a long neck and tbe islands called Calaminae (I. e„ out diversions and excursions that role. male is red nnd tbe male green, but years ago. “Immediately the stage manager others contend that all are green at ! One day the natives, exasperated at ; narrow shoulders. "made of reeds”), In Lydln, which were waste our time nnd our substance and tbe old man’s bad temper, put him into i Tbe fact is that her beauty was not not ouly driven by the wind, but could to keep nt work regardless of the grabbed an actor who was getting first, whatever tbe sex. ba pushed about from place to place “tired" feeling, the "spring” feeling ready to continue in another role. The Locusts must be caught in the morn­ a boat and let the boat carry him over so remarkable as one would think from actor was wrapped In ii big mantle, ing, for then they are benumbed by the falls. Tbe boat was, tradition tbe spell she cast over Caesar and An- with poles. nnd whether tbe fishing Is good or not. Floating gardens—some nntural nnd When the soft breeze comes in at the bunded a bottle and told to hurry on the cold and tbeir wings are damp says, turned to stone and is now a . tony. Plutarch, for instance, tells us No­ some artificial—have flourished In many window we must stiffen the moral the stage and do tbe poisoning with the dew, so that they cannot fly. large rock at the foot of the falls, “that her beauty in Itself was by no parts of the world from early times. fiber against Its allurement. We must body would recognize him, said the They may be found in Arabia cluster­ while tbe old man’s ghost haunts the means incomparable nor calculated to They are particularly advantageous In pin our attention firmly to tbe turgid stage manager. ed In hundreds under the desert bush­ spot at night, and no Indian will ap­ i amaze those wao saw her.” but adds “‘But,’ protested the actor, 'what regions exposed to floods, where n gar­ nnd dry geometry of a legal brief or es. and they can be literally shoveled proach. The fall, if harnessed, could that the magnetic charm of he Jan generate a horsepower of 1,264,864.— ner, the gracefulness of be- mniements, den planted on terra firms would be the serried figures of tbe daybook or are my Hues?' into a bag or basket. " ‘ Oil. you know,' replied the stage ruined by these occurrences, while the the busy system of n mercantile estab­ the persuasiveness of her conversation I Later the sun dries their wings and New York San. floating garden is undisturbed by tho lishment ami let every other thought manager. and her figure were most attractive. It Is hard to catch them. When in ” 'That poetry stuff?’ A King In Disguise. rise of the waters. The famous float­ await Its turn at the end of ottico flight they resemble what we call May “ 'Suref ing gardens of Knsbmlr are a case In hours. I '“All right.' said the actor. Then ho flies. They fly sidewise, drifting, as A ruler who journeyed to the scene Enjoysd What Ho Paid For. of bis inauguration in disguise was the point You may have heard a great lawyer It is Interesting to note tbe effect strode on the stage with his bottle, It were, before tbe wind. The lake of Xochlmllco, near the In action In n crowded courtroom. They devour everything vegetable king of Roumania. Prince Charles of that reputation has on those who are and, bending over the king, said: city of Mexico, is nearly covered with What was the secret of Ills power? It and are devoured by everything ani­ Hohenzollern traveled to Bukharest in not good critics of the efforts of public " 'Nobody here, nobody near! floating gardens, called cblnnmpits, on was that he would not let the Jury's mal-desert larks and bustards, ravens, 1866 in defiance of the powers when performers, as a clerk in a downtown I'll pour the poison In his ear!' ” which are raised vegetables nnd dow­ attention or the witness' tongue wan hawks and buzzards like them. The war between Prussia and Austria was bank was telling. —New York American. ers for the city markets. They are der from the relevant facts. He kept camels munch them In with their food. imminent. In Switzerland he had a "I happen to know a celebrated con­ formed of floating masses of water Insistently to the straight line Hint Is The greyhounds run snapping after passport made out In the name of cert artist,” he said. “One evening Medicinal Heart of Oak, plants, covered with soil nnd secured the shortest distance from point to The virtue of a •cure." apparently. them all day long and eat as many a3 “Karl Hettingen,” going to Odessa on she was in tbe city and bad noth­ by poplar stakes The latter take root point. He curtly dismissed nil that does not always lie in Its ability to dis­ they catch, The Bedouins often give business with a special note recording ing to do. so sbe came up to our very and surround the Islands with living was superfluous. Immaterial and cal- gust the senses. bumble flat in Harlem to spend a quiet, From earthworms them to their horses. — Youth’s Com- that Herr Hettingen wore spectacles. hedges.—Philadelphia Ledger. ciliated to blur the salient outlines of for bronchitis and snakes for goiter panion. At the Austrian frontier a customs of­ homelike hour or two. The night was the mutter In controversy.—Philadel­ one turns with relief to a "cure" for ficial demanded his name, and the warm, and the windows were open phia Ledger Origin of Curtain Calle. prince had forgotten it. Happily After dinner she sat down at the piano Made For Fat Men. “nil weaknesses of mind and body" The first curtulu call took place on One of tbe narrow arches in the gal­ Councilor Von Werner, who accompa­ nnd sang several songs for us. The which Coleridge encountered on a visit the evening of Feb 20. 1743. On Hint Watted Medicine. to Germany It was indeed something lery of the chapel at Columbia univer- nied him. bad the presence of mind to next day 1 beard that one of our neigh­ memorable evening Voltaire'» "Me ■'There Is one loss sustained by drug­ to write home to his wife about Here slty Is not exactly symmetrieal. nl- create a diversion by insisting upon bors complained loudly about the 'yell­ rope" was iterformed for the first time gists that very few people know about." In Its advertisement: "A wonderful ami though the defect is not noticeable to pa.vtug duty for some cigars and mean­ ing' in our flat and said that such nui­ In Varis. The nuthor was known to the «aid the ei|iei'leneed clerk "That Is secret Essence extracted with patience the casual observer. The reason for while the prince consulted his passport. sances ought to be prohl lilted Two Paris public, but nothing that they had In the prescriptions that have to l>e anil God's blessing from the English the w idening of the arch aftef its orig­ So he proceeded safely on bis secoud nights later that same nelghboi paid aeon of Ills had pleased them so much made over, the same as clerks, stenog­ oaks nnd from that part thereof which inal construction bad rise in a some- class Journey.—London Chronicle. Í $2 a scat for himself, his wife aud his as "Mero|>e." nnd the enthusiasm found raphers, writers ami artists, no matter the heroic sailor« of that Great Nation what humorous occurrence. One of daughter to hear our friend sing at a expression In noisy demands to see the how painstaking, occasionally have to cnll the Heart of Onk This Invaluable the early visitors was a remarkably fat Strenuous Chivalry, concert.”—New York Sun. author In a letter Voltaire says tills do their work over. The most careful and Infallible medicine has been god It Is complaned that modern condi­ I man. who found himself wedged into of tbe Incident: "They dragged me out drug clerk In existence Is bound to lily extracted therefrom by the slow the arch when he tried to squeeze tions lire killing "the chivalry of the Ptolemy’s Big Boat. and toil me by force to the box occu­ make mistakes sometimes In measur­ processes of the Sun and the lungneti- through and wns extricated with some middle ages." But mediaeval tales Ptolemy iPbilopatur) ws« fond of pied by the Duchess de Villars nnd ing and mixing. cal Influences of the Planets nnd fixed difficulty Tbe builders, recognizing and romances show what that chivalry building big boats. One of these Is her daughter-in law The whole then "He may pour in too much of some Stars" Such n tribute to mariners the possibility of other fat people be­ really was Wife boating was a com­ ter aeemed to hove gone mad—all kind of liquid or «Iff In too much of n should do milch toward cementing a ing numbered among the future vis­ mon Incident on the part of those said to have been 420 feet long. 57 feet broad and 72 feet deep from the high shouted to the ducheaa to kiss me. certain powder, In most cases the friendship with Germany —Loudon Ex itors, decided to widen tbe arch, sac- knights and gentlemen whose gallantry est point of the stern This vessel had The noise became so great that the overdose would not really affect the press crith Ing symmetry and harmony to was a mere convention. Tbe Chevalier four rudders or wbat some would call lady finally obeyed. So I was, like value of the medicine, but the con­ practical need, as the pier was so con­ ■ de la Tour-Ijindry in bis book of coun­ steering oars, as they were not fasten­ Alain Chartier, publicly kissed, but he scientious clerk is not going to take When Porfirio Ruled. structed as to bear no loss of width sels to his daughters tells them tbe ed. each forty-five feet long. She car­ w»s asleep, while I was wide awake.” chances on murdering anybody. no ho In ISB7. when the dictatorship of ou one of its sides.—New York Globe. story of a woman who used to contra- ried 4.000 rowers, besides 3.000 ma­ throws away the whole mixture nnd Portlrlo Dili» wns young, writes WIL diet her busband In public, One day. rines. a large body of servants under Cant Keep a Good Man Down. makes up another prescription "—New limn Archer In the Ixmdon News, there after expostulating in vain. be knock- her decks and stores and prov'slons Hecatan Tried To. was an attempted rising nt Vera Cruz. Tbe wny for a young man to rise Is York Time». “Philip." said tbe teacher, "parse the •id her down, then kicked her face and Her oars were fifty-seven feet long, The governor of that place telegraph­ to Improve hlinaelf In every way he broke her nose. "And so," comments and the handles were weighted with seuteuce. 'Yucatan is a peninsula.'" ed to Dini asking whether he should cun. never suspecting that anybody Ths Neighborhood Traveler. "Yes'm." falteringly began Philip, the good chevalier, "sbe was disfig­ lead. There were 2.000 rower« on a shoot the conspirators nnd received wlsheo to hinder him. Allow me to It Is written, and the world lielleve« who never could understand grammar ured for life, and thus, through her ill side, and it Is supposed that these were assure you that suspicion nnd Jealousy It. that travel Is the infallible, exclu­ the economical answer. "En caliente. behavior nnd bad temper, she bad her divided into five banks. That this ex Some people argue that this any way. "Y'ucatan is a proper noun, never did help any man In any situa­ sive iled. which was a great mis­ traordinary vessel ever put to sea is tion. There may sometimes be ungen­ l ltlnmtely that de|>enda on what the meant. “If in the beat of action, yes.” lar"- fortune to her. ” But not a word is said doubted, but that she was launched erous attempts to keep n young man man takes with him In Ills wanderings hut who requires orders for shooting “Why." asked the teacher in amaze­ about the busband's brutality. dow n, and they will succeed, too. If ho Merely to go accomplishes naught. In In the heat of action? The plain mean- and used nt times. If only for display, allows his mind to be diverted from Its tine, one need not travel at nil. If the Ing Is In American. "Right away!" or ment, "how do you make that out?” several historians are agreed. "Yes’m." said Philip, swallowing Nice Discrimination. true channel to brood over the sttempt- num with the common eye will but In English. “Without formality.” So "First person Icatan, second That her two grandmothers did not ed Injury. Cast about nnd see If this use his eyes he may bring all tbe world the governor undentiood It, and nine hnrtl A Case in Arithmetio. < person Yucatan, third person Hecatan; ho:d quite tbe same place in her esteem falling has not Injured every person to him The Alps and the Rockies are men were put to death The teacher was bearing her class of plural, first person Wecatan, second was indicated by Mildred, a little girl you liar» ever known to full luto it.— worth seeing. Indeed, but the man who small boys In mathematics. per"— of el.’.ht years, after sbe had heard tbe Not In Her Class. Abraham Lincoln “Edgar," she said, “if your father la cnixihle of really seeing them. If I But right here the teacher fainted.— story of Uttle Red Riding Hood. “ Yon know It Is stated that a man's can do a piece of work in seven days among them, is capable also of behold New York World. “ Ob. dear me. ” ' said Mildred. "I just In Luck. and your Uncle William can do It in lug landacniw and glory In his own heart beets 02.1fl0 times a day,” said the young man couldn't stand it to have my Grand­ nine days, bow long would It tai:* t otb “Ilow's your suit getting along since neighborhood —Booklover»' Magazine. mamma Ryce eaten up by a wolf, and of them to do itr "Every day?” naked the sweet young Poor Old Wise Ones. be graduated as a doctor?” thing Some one ba« dug up tbe following I could hardly stand It to have my “Hplendldly." I "They would never get It done, an­ Slightly Ineoneietent. "Yes. every day." “Building up a good practice?" I from the Chicago Inter Ocean of Dee Grandmamma Turner eaten up by swered tbe boy earnestly. "Tbe? "A patriot chould not tie concerned 31. 1863: "Well. If a young man's heart didn't onef — B Oman's Home Companion. “Yea. Indeed lie'» only lawn prac would sit down and tell fish stories."-“ with matters of mere pecuniary com beat more times than that the day he "George M. Pullman, of the firm of tIcing a year but he's already got one pensallon." New York Post I proposal to me I'd consider him a prot She's One, I'ullman A Moore, house raisers, is ex­ family whl< *i pays Its bill promptly "And yet." replied Senator Borghum, 'Td like to get a little rnnabout If ou the loth of every month.”-Petrolt "w hen a man Is rich enough to be Inde­ tv cold protwwitlun ”—Youkers States perimenting with what he calls •» pal­ What ths Teacher Taught Him. mnn Free Pre»» ace sleeping car.' The wise oues' pre­ I could afford one." pendent of such considerations, they The small boy bad just returned “ I km TV how you could Bet one for home after a most tumultuous day St dict It will be a failure.’’—Cleveland won't let him run for offlee.“—Wash Historical Not«. the asking'." I lain Dealer Cruelty. Inglou Star. school. A small boy handed In the following ••now?” "I hate to put some of my photo « “What lesson," asked bls father, on an examination paper Io United “Ask our next door neighbor-» graphic subjects on uiy plates” Pr»fan» Golf. Progressive. "was the most Impressed on yon to- st m ten history daughter to ynarry you. ” — Loudon “YVhy soy •Oo you think golf a suits bl» game ' Some day.” remarked tb» nie« old day by tbe teacher?" "General Braddock was killed In tbe Mail. "Because they are such avnaltlre for women?” «ent emaa. "you may b. prmideat of "Pat I need a thicker pair of pants.” Revolutionary war He bad throe glacier, lies a small body of water, Big things. A number of years ago > Lake Marjelen, of which the Journal file country was horrified by the news des Voyages reports a strange fact that Galveston bad been swept by a At Irregular intervals every three or fiiMMl. But tbe mud was hardly dry In four years Lake Marjelen completely the city's streets before plans were nnd suddenly disappears. The phe­ made for buiiui a great sea wall to nomenon always occurs during tbe last keep out tbe waters. George W. days of August. Without warning tbe Buschke was the engineer to whom lake empties itself, and tbe great quan­ this gigantic undertaking was lu- tity of water that it contained disap­ trusted. pears through fissures in tbe rocks to He finished his work while the world swell the waters of the river Rhone. looketl on with interest, Later be went So rapidly does tbe lake empty Itself up Into inland Oregon to look after tbe that tbe water level of tbe Rhone rises engineering work of one of tbe great several meters in a few hours, and tbe railroad companies that-were opening valley is hooded. An old custom ap that vast undeveloped country. grants a new pair of shoes to tbe first Buschke was in camp, forty miles peasant wbo comes to announce tbe from tbe railroad, says tbe Technical disappearance of tbe lake to tbe in­ World. One day an exhausted mes- habitants of the valley. leuger rode in aud handed a telegram All the autumn, after tbe disappear­ to Boschke's assistant. The message ance of the waters, tbe basin of Lake Baid that tbe Galveston wall had been Marjelen remains dry, but during tbe washed away by a second furious hur­ following winter and spring It grad ricane, The assistant was very much ually fills again. disturbed, but there was nothing to Scientific men believe that the pbe- do but to lay the telegram before bis nomenon is caused in some way by chief. the neighboring glacier. Little by lit­ Boscbke glanced up from it, smiling. tle the melting ice raises tbe level of "This telegram Is a lie.” he said calm­ the lake until nt the end of three or ly. “I built that wall to stand.” Then four years the accumulated water ex­ he turned to the work in hand. erts such an enormous pressure upon Ills confidence was justified, The the sides nnd bottom of the lake that message was based on a false report. the basin gradually becomes as porous There had been a storm as severe as as a sponge At some point or other that which had flooded tbe city, but the water begins to escape. Then it the wall stood firm. flows more rapidly until at last It pours through tbe fissures on every f AMENDED SHAKESPEARE. side. MAKES DWARF. NiäöhtliC LOCUSTS. I