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BUZINS RUGS IN CAIRO.
Writing of “The Passing of the An-
tique Rug” in the Century, John Kim-
berly Mumford tells this story:
It i= beyond question cheaper to buy
in America your rug and the ingenious
tale that goes with it than to wait un-
til you visit Constantinople or Smyrna
or Cairo or Tiflis. They are much
more skil'fu! and insinuating over
there. They bave the advantage of
local color and environment. and your
common sense is under the ell of the
east to begin with,
Here is an incident to illusirate. A
party of rich Americans arrived in
Cairo one day several winters ago on
a yachting trip and passed a week or
more in sightseeing. One of thew had
just finished a palatial house not far
from New York and throughout Eu-
rope had bought marbles and bronzes,
woodwork and velvets for it with a
lavish hand. The journey to Cairo
was made In order to secure rugs.
What happened is best told in the
words of a dealer in the bazaar, from
whom 1 had it.
“There was a fellow In our con-
cern,” he said, “who was always buy-
ing nightmares, and 1 had to work
myself black in the face to get rid of
them. The week before the Ameri-
cans came this chap had taken in a
shockingly bad pair of Kirmans, enor-
mously big, new and. to my mind, ut-
terly unsalable. When the head of
the house saw them he held up his
hands and shouted, ‘Get rid of those
things for a hundred pounds to the
first person who'll buy them.’
“So 1 rolled them up and put them
one side. intending to send them to a
commission map in the bazaar to un-
load. Next morning in came Money-
bags from New York with his whole
company. He said he wanted to see
the best carpets | had. and he saw
them. |! turned the place inside out.
Nothing pleased bim. for the reason
that | made the common mistake of
showing him too much. He thought 1
had something hidden away, so he!
winked me over into one corner and
told me who he was. ‘Now.’ said be.
‘I want you to limber up. 1 want the
hest, and 1 don't mind price if 1 get
what suits me.’
“1 was in despair, for 1 had actually
shown the man every carpet | had.
All of a sudden I thought of these two
freaks baled away the day before. 1
almost laughed in his face, but finally
I pulled my mouth down and began
salaaming and asked him why in the
world he badn't told me who he was
in the beginning, then I shouldn't have
wasted his time and abused his pa-
tlence so.
“He grinoed triumphantly. 1 thought
you had thew,’ he sail,
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“But. said 1. ‘it will take a little |
time to get at them and | must ask
You and your friends to wait pa
tiently.’
“They waited. and 1 tell you for the |
next hall hour the men around that
shop earned their pay. We went up
stairs and unrolled those two rugs.
We Bad a great big enrtain of screen
plus. whi 4 we hung against the
wall. Then we pressed the carpets
out and put them up aginst the cur
tain, That. you Lnow, ix worth 50 per
cent to the looks. Then we adjusted
the lights and stationed men all
around to tok ax solemn ns worship:
ers. Nobody wax to speak above a
whisper, and every man was to mur
mur ‘Mashailab® at appropriate inter:
vals.
“When everything was ready | ush-
ered the customers up and on tiptoe
led them in. There is no doubt about
it, the effect was fine. At first every.
body was still. It was like a church.
“Al, said the great man. ‘that is
what | came for. | knew you had
them. You veedn’t tell me the price.
Just send them to the yacht at Alex-
andria.’
“That night 1 went up to the hotel
where they were stopping and got his
check for G0.000 francs for the pair.
And that wasn't the best of it. | bad
@ot into my stride then, and while he
‘was busy annexing the Kirmans 1 had
‘the porters bring up seven of the car-
pets he had refused downstairs and
‘showed them in that Qim religious
light, unrolling them as if they had
been sacred and sighing soulfully every
now and then. He bought the whole
seven and to the day of his death fully
believed that I was the original wizard
-of the east.”
Etiquette of Letters.
Eighty years ago the etiquette of
Jetters was far more rigid than now.
Even the twopenny post was hot con-
‘sidered good enough for correspond-
ence addressed to persons of any
standing. In ber “Reminiscences of
an Octogenarian’” Miss Louisa Packe
telis us that when her father had oc-
casion to write to Londoners in his
own class of life the letter was al-
ways conveyed by a servant not for
any reasons of urgency, but because
the post wns considered a vulgar me-
dium of communication for persons
residing in the same city and otly to
be used for the conveyance of letters
to the country.—London Chronicle,
A hopeless man is deserted by him-
self, and he who deserts himself is
goon deserted by his friends.
The Editor Won.
A London paper described a chil
dren's excursion as a “long white
seream of joy” an@ was called to ac-
count by a correspondent, who said
that a scream could be long. but not
white, whereupon the editor justified
himself by urging that “a hue is often
nssociated with a cry.”
Count tne Times a Horse Rolls.
To see a horse when out at pasture
rolling on the ground and endeavoring
fo turn over oa his back is a common
sight, but how many people bave no-
tied that in doing this he observes
an invariable rule? The rule is that
he always rolls over either at the first
or third attempt—never at the second
—and more than three attempts are
never made. In other words, if the
horse succeeds in rolling over at the
irst try, well and good—that satisfies
him. But if the first attempt is a fail-
ure the second one always is, Then
he cither rolls quite over at the third
or gives it up. He never makes a
fourth. If horses are rolling on slop-
ing ground they usually roll uphill
This is more easy of explanation than
the strange eustom regulating the
number of attempts, As to this no
adequate reason has ever heen offered.
Will those ingenious people who tell us
why a dog turns around befgre lying
down and why ducks walk behind
each other in a string instead of
abreast explain why a horse never
makes four attempts to roll over and
never succeeds at the second?—Ex-
change,
Diseases of Fear.
If you are afflicted with an unreason-
able fear of anything do not waste
time being ashamed of yourself; hurry
at once to a doctor, advises a writer
in Success Magazine, A writer in the
Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette has
compiled a list of fear diseases from
which it appears that everything, from
screaming at mice to heing afraid to
go home in the’ dark, 1s a well recog-
nized mental ailment, The tramp is
in reality a sufferer from ergophobia,
or fear of work, often complicated
with aquaphobia and sapophobia,
which make him shun the bathtub,
Sidercphobin and astrophobia cause
timid ladies to go into the closet when
it thunders and lightens. Any number
of people have cat and dog phobias.
Phantophobia is what you would have
if yon were afraid of your shadow,
while an all around unqualified cow-
ard might be called a phantophobiae.
The list is long and includes every
human weakness except the actress’
horror of publicity.
A Useful Pest.
Despite the fact that the spider, next
to the mouse, Is most violently stimu-
an insect of a very good character, It
feeds exclusively upon other freshly
killed insects, and they are the kinds
denounced by sanitary authorities, the
housefly being its favorite quarry.
His service in reducing the numbers
of this pest is considerable, because
the spider is always busy, and he is
present in countless numbers, says
Leslie's Weekly. The reason why he
is not more frequently seen is that he
is retiring in his habits and shuns hu-
man society quite as much as that
shuns him. He seldom bites anything
but food, and even when in self de-
feuse he does assert himself the result
fs no worse than a mosquito bite or a
bee sting. The touching story of “The
Spider and the Fly” was evidently in-
tended to invite sympathy for the fly.
Buttered Side Up.
One of the stories which Levi Huteh-
ins, the oll time clockmaker of Con-
cord, N. H., delighted to tell related to
the youth of Daniel Webster.
“One day,” said the old man, “while
1 was taking breakfast at the tavern
kept by Daniel's father, Daniel and his
brother Ezekiel, who were little boys
with dirty faces and snarly hair, came
to the table and asked me for bread
and butter. I complied with their re-
quest, little thinking that they would
become very distinguished men. Dan-
fe! dropped his picce of bread on the
sana floor, and the buttered side, of
course, was down. He iooked at it a
moment, then picked it up and showed
it to me, saying:
“‘What a pity! Please give me a
piece of bread buttered on both sides;
then if 1 let it fall one of the buttered
sides will be up.” ”
Comets of the Past Century.
During the nineteenth century 285
new comets were discovered as against
sixty-two in the eighteenth century.
The nineteenth century also beheld a
greater number of large and brilliant
comets than did its predecessor. The
finest of these were the comets of 1811,
1843, 1838, 1881 and 1882, in the year
1800 only one periodical comet was
known, Halley's. Now many are
known, of which at least seventean
have been seen at more than one re-
turn to perihelion.
Alabama's Capitals.
When Alabama was a territory Its
capital was at St. Stephens, in Wash-
ington county. The convention that |
framed the constitution under which
ft was admitted into the Union was
held in Huntsville, where the first leg-
islature met in October, 1819, and the
first governor was inaugurated. Caha-
ba became the seat of government in
1820. In 1825 the capital was removed
to Tuscalocsa, and in 1846 it was again
removed, this time to Montgomery.
Didn't Want to See Much.
“What are you wearing that mono-
cle for?’ asked the theatrical man-
ager. “You paid to see the show?"
“Yes,” replied the young man, “but 1
can see all 1 want of this show with
the monocle.”—VYonkers Statesman.
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Caustic.
Sapleigh—The doctor says there's
something the matter with my head.
Sharp— Yon surely didn’t pay a doctor
+9 tell rou that!—Boston Transcript.
How Good He Was.
George—Do you ‘think I'm good
envveh for von, darling? Darling—No,
George, but you're too good for -
other girl.—Illustrated Bits.
Jistens watchfully to the news of its
Fast Train That Carries the Raw Ma. |
terial Across the Continent. i
When a fast mail steamer from Yoko- |
hama, Shanghai or Canton, the great
silk ports of the orient. docks at van- i
couver, ‘I'acoma, Seattle or San Fran-
cisco a special train stands ready on |
the pier awaiting ber arrival. it is not |
the private conveyauce of some (rans- |
portation king or multimillionaire or |
of any of the passengers who throng |
the decks, nor does it tarry tor the |
sacks of letters from the tur east. Its
coaches do not shine with the reful-
gence of varnish and plate glass. Ubeir
paint is dull, and they are windowless,
like express cars. ‘I'he side doors to-
ward the ship are open. ‘I'his special
is the emperor of trains. It is reserved
for the costliest of all freight—raw
slik. When it starfs eastward its l1ad-
ing will be worth a fortune—a million
and a balt, perhaps two millions, of
dollars,
A miant locomotive, built for speed,
with driving wheels greater in diam.
eter than the beight of a tall man,
backs down and is coupled on to the
cars, now sealed and locked and ready.
With clanging bell and hissing steam
the train glides out and, with an burst
of speed that seems almost exiltant,
takes the main line rails tor the long
Journey. The silk must be anded in
New York in tive days. Kveu the
United States mails will not travel
faster across the continent. Day and
night the silk train rushes eastward
over mountains and plains, across des-
erts aud through great cities. It never
Stops except to change engines. ‘I'ben
it halts only for a moment. Another
giant locomotive, oiled and groomed
and fit, is always waiting to take up
the race,
The silk train is run as a special. If
a limited loses time and gets in the
way the limited bas to fret on a sid-
ing while the silk train roars by in a
whirlwind of dust. ‘The silk special
runs on no schedule except *hat of the
greatest speed cousistent with safety.
The chiet dispatcher of each division
progress coming in over the wires
from one signal tower and station after
another. While the siix train is yet a
thousaud miles away it is being pre-
pared for. ‘The capabilities ot engi-
neers and engives are thoughtfully dis-
cussed by division dispatchers and
trainmasters, and the men and ma-
chines with the bighest capacity for
speed are picked. ‘I'racks are cleared
and a thousand details arranged so
that there shall be no delay in uri-
ing this huge projectile across the con-
tinent.—Harper's Weekly.
Protecting Himself.
“Prisoner at the bar.” said the port-
ly, pompous and florid magistrate, ac-
cording to the London News, “you are
charged with stealing a pig. a very
serious offense in this district. ‘There
has been a great deal ot pig stealing,
and 1 shall! make an example of you
or gone of us will be sate”
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Shoes.
Claster’'s Clothing Store.
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Afghans Use Cobblestones, While Tur.
comans Like Sand.
“The bread of the Afghan caravan
was cooked by beating small round
cobblestones in the fire and then pok-
ing them out and wrapping dough an
inch thick about them, The balls thus
formed were again thrown into the
fire, to be poked out again when cook-
ed. The bread tasted well there in the
desert, although in civilized communi-
ties the grit and ashes would have
seemed unendurable,
After good fellowship had been es-
tablished the Afghans actually sold us
some flour, says a writer in the Na-
tional Geographical Magazine, The
camp where we used it a little later
happened to be beside the sandy bed
of a trickling salt stream, which was
drinkable in winter, but absolutely un-
usable in summer, when evaporation
is at its height and the salt is concen-
trated.
“See,” suid one of our Turcomans
as we dismounted; “here is some sand.
Tonight we can have some good
bread.”
When some dry twigs had been gath-
ered he proceeded to smooth off a bit
of the cleanest sand and built upon it
a hot fire. When the sand was thor-
oughly hot he raked off most of the
coals and smoothed the sand very neat-
ly. Meanwhile one of the other men
had made two large sheets of dough
about three-quarters of an inch thick
~ Shoes.
LADIES
CLEMENT
Bush Arcade Building,
Y6agers Shoe Sore
BIG
REDUCTION
IN
JOHN CROSS,
DOROTHY DODD.
AND
Ladies High Grade
$3.50 and $4.00
Lace Shoes
Reduced to $2.48
YEAGER’S SHOE STORE,
successor to Yeager & Davis.
BELLEFONTE, PA.
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tween these he placed a layer of lumps
of sheep's tail fat, making a huge
round sandwich. Thix was now spread
on the hot sand, coals mised with sand
wer: placed completely over it, and it
wus left to bake. Now and then an
edge was uncovered. and a Turcoman
smelled it appreciatively and rapped
When the top was thoroughly baked
the bread was turned over and covered
up again, It tasted even better than
the Afghan bread after it was cooled
a little and the sand and ashes had
been whisked off with a girdle.
Turcomans are so accustomed to life
in the sandy desert that they think it
‘impossible to make the best kind of
bread without sand, while the Af-
ghans, who live in the stony moun-
tains, think that cobblestones are a
requisite,
Fooling the Boy.
“Why did the cow jump over the
moon, pa?”
*1 suppose it was a sort of early ex-
periment in aerial navigation.” —New
York Press
Almond Oil.
One hundred pounds of almonds
yield forty-eight pounds of oil.
Careworn man has in all ages sown
vauity to reap despair.—Goethe.
and eighteen inches in diameter, Be
The me a few wrinkles.
on it to see if it was yet cooked. |
He Knew.
Young Woman adoringly)—It must
he awfully nice to be wise and know,
sh, evervihing: Yale Senior—-It is. --
Yale Courant.
Down on Rival Plants.
Wife—John, the hens have scratched
up that egaplant seed you sowed. Hub
—Darn ‘em! Jealousy, 1 suppose.—
A Mean Hint.
Miss Oldgirl-1 Lave been studying
with Professor Plump, and he gave
Miss Pert—Do
you think you need any more, dear?—
Baltimore American.
The Refined Style.
Tenderfor* (aghast) — You're not
lynching that man? Arizona Ike—
Well—er—we don't refer to it in that
unrefined way. We call it showin’ 'im
the ropes.—Judge.
Varied Formula.
“Did he toll the whole truth?”
“Practically. He told the truth with
fn hole just large enough for him to
trawl out of it.” —Puck.
An Example.
“Pa, waat's » cynical smile?”
“Your mother will show yo, my
son, the next time I *ell her I ~au't
spare all the money she wants”
Dry Goods.
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Dry Goods.
LYON & CO.
We are having the
largest
White Sale
in town.
Em
Everything in our store
At Reduced Prices.
Our stock was bought before the ad-
vance, at prices that will mean a
big saving to you.
Muslins, Table Linens, Sheetings,
Towels and Toweling, Laces and
Embroideries at lower prices than
anywhere else.
A big opening of early Spring Dress
Silks, Wool Fabrics, Dress Ging-
hams, Waistings, etc.
We cordially invite all to come in
and see our qualities and prices
and get the first ideas of 1910
l Spring Novelties.
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SPECIAL--We still continue our
clearance sale on all Winter stuffs.
LYON & COMPANY,
Allegheny St.
4712
Bellefonte, Pa.