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As Solemn as a Funeral, With the Wo.
men All Weeping.
A Chinese marriage ix all ceremony
=Do talk. no levity and much crying.
The solemnity of a funeral prevails.
After the exchange of presents the
bride is dressed with much cure in a
red gown, brocade or silk if she ean
get it: her eyelashes are painted a deep
black, and she wears a heavy red vell
attached to a scarlet headdress, from
which imitation pearls are pendent
over the forehead.
A feast is spread upon a table, to
which the blushing bride is led by five
of her best female friends, They are
seated at the table, but no one ents
The utmost silence prevails, when tm
ly the mother leads off In a cry, the
maids follow. and the bride echoes ns
the chorus. Then ali the bridesmaids
leave the tabie, and the disconsmate
mother takes an seat beside the chair
of state where the bride sits.
The bridegroom now enters, with
four of his best men. The men pick
up the throne on which the bride six
and, preceded by the bridegroom, form
In procession and walk around the
room or into an adjoining parior, sige
nifying that he Is carrying her away
to his own home. ‘The guests then
throw rice ut the happy couple, a cux-
tom we have borrowed from the heath
en.—8t. James' Gazette,
Varying Sounds That May Be Heard
Through the Stethoscope.
The doctor hears some curious noises
when he places the stethoscope against
your chest. When the lungs are in n
healthy condition the medical gentle
man bears a pleasant, breezy sound.
soft in tone, as you draw in the breath
and expel it. Should the instrument
convey to his ear a gurgling or bub
bling sound he makes n mental note of
the fact that you are in what is known
as the moist stage of brouchitls. n
the dry stuge of the same complaint
the sound ix a whistling, wheezy one.
One of the signs of pneumonia is the
crackling note that comes through the
stethoscope. It Is not unlike the sound
that can be heard when your finger
and thumb have touched a sticky sab-
stance and you first place them to-
gether and then part them. holding
them close to your ear.
Doctors occasionally hear a dripping
sound. and that indicates that air and
water have got inte some part of the
chest where they have no right to be
Blow across nn bottle, and you will pro.
duce a sound which is actually to be
heard in your chest. It is caused in
the same way—that is, by air passing
over a cavity.
Filipino Buglers.
“Speaking of buglers.” says Boat-
swain Juraschka in his article, “Cap-
tured by Filipinos,” In Wide World
Magazine, “it astonished me to find
that the insurgents had so many bu-
glers and that many of them were of
the best. They knew all our army
calls, although they did not know their
significance. | was often asked the
meaning of various ealls and was care i
ful to give them auy but the proper
one. One insurgent colonel asked me
what call was sounded as the retreat
from the charge. | told him that we
had no such eall, but that, the charge
once sounded. American soldiers and
sailors went through or never came
back. He was very much interested
and with good reason. us he had just
escaped from the attack of our men at
lloilo and could well believe it. He
said that charging was unfair—that
both sides should simply snipe at each |
other.” |
So He Would.
A little country gir visited city rela- |
tives who dwelt in a tat. Her visit |
lasted two weeks, and all of the time |
they were warning her not to make so
much noise, not to run across the
street and not to waken the people in
the adjoining flats. In fact, they were
constantly curtailing her freedom.
When she got home she told her papa
she never wanted to go to the city
again, and he said: .
“You must have had & hard time of
i “on do look hollow eyed.”
“Well, papa,” she said, “if you had
folks hollerin® at you all the time you'd
luck noller eyed too.”—Pittsburg Dis-
fateh.
Not Ambiguous at All.
In one of England's elections a can-
didate for parliament. the late Lord
Bath, called attention to himself by
means of a donkey, over whose back
two panniers were slung bearing a
ribbon band on which was printed
“Vote For Papa.” It must be added,
however, that in each pannier stood
one of Lord Bath's daughters.
Sightseeing.
On a visit to his grandmother Harry
examined her handsome furniture with
interest and then asked, “Grandma,
where is the miserable table that papa
says you always keep?'—Success Mag-
azine,
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A London bookseller recently re-
ceived this order from a customer:
“Please forward me a copy of Tenny-
son’s poems. Do not send one bound
in calf, however, because I am a vege-
tarian.”
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Good Reason.
“Here's the doctor again, miss. Don't
you think he comes more often than
he needs to?”
“It all depends. He may be very
poor, Marie.”"—Frou-Frou.
Think not that thy word and thine
alone must be right.—Sophocies.
The Talkative Barber.
“The talkativeness of barbers
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gus, but it seems that the barber is
an ancient relic and that his talking
proclivities are a matter of history.
I'll have to give it to the humorists
there.
“Rut, say.” be whispered, “that man-
feure girl over there has got us beat to
a trazzle, | wonder if there's anything
in Plutarch about her.”-Kansas City
Star.
The Sunny Side of Superstition.
That there Is anything genial, cheer
ing or therapeutically valuable about
superstition may =eem a tall state.
ment. The adjective generally associ.
ated with ir Ix “dark.” On the con-
trary, there ix something very bright.
ening about a four leaf clover. Who
is pot a little more of an optimist for
picking up a horseshoe? What lone-
Iy farmer's wife, stormbound on a
winter afternoon, with unwelcome lei-
sure on her hands, but feels a little
quickening of the pulse as she drops
her scissors aud beholds them sticking
up in the carpet or discovers that she
has laid ap extra place at the table”
Company signs are the commonest and
welcomed of all superstitions. The
scissors, the needle, the disheloth, the
fork. the Saturday sneeze, all inculcate
nespitality and reward it by an unex.
pected visitor. If the needle slants as
it stands up in the crack of the floor
it foretells a gentleman. Run, young
daughters of the house, and put a
blue bow in your hair! -— Atlantic
Monthly.
Working It Out.
The followiug note was delivered to
a schoolmistress recently:
“Dear Mum—I! ain sorry that John-
ny won't be able to come to school to-
day. He bux gone with his father to
act as timekeeper, The sum you gave
Johnny last night was, ‘If the road is
one and a quarter wiles long how long
will it take a man to walk that dis-
tance twenty-six and a half times, his
average rate of progress being three
and three-quarter miles per hour?
Johnny ain't 2 man yet, so as dad's
the only man in this house he had to
go. They started at 4 o'clock this
morning, and dad said he'd finish the
sum in one day If he could manage it.
though it would mean hard going.
Dear mum, next time you want any
information please make it ‘woman,’
then 1 can do the sum and dad can go
to his work.”—London Scraps.
A Custom of the Balkans.
He or she who enters a house for the
first time is supposed in the Balkan
| countries to bring it good or bad luck
for the whole twelvemonth. This be-
lief gives rise to a curious observance.
The visitor before crossing the thresh-
old picks up a stone (token of strength)
or a green twig (emblem of health and
fruitfulness: and lays it on the hearth.
He also brings with him some grains
of salt, which he casts into the flames,
and then, squatting by the fireside,
wishes his hosts “a prospercus year, a
plentiful crop and many blessings.”
Then as the grains of salt burst and
crackle in the fire he utters the follow-
Ing quaint formula: “As | am sitting,
even so may sit the hen and warm the
eggs. As this salt splits, even so may
split the eggs of the clucking hen and
the chickens come forth.”
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Reptiles’ Eggs.
Reptiles’ eggs are not very attrac-
tive objects. In the case of crocodiles
and many kinds of tortoises they are
| pale colored or white and resemble
those of birds in shape. But the egg
of the gopher tortoise is remarkable
for its complete roundness. It might
well be mistaken for a golf ball. Many
snakes’ eggs are soft skinned. brown
as to color and look for all the world
like a number of new potatoes. —Scien-
tific American.
Enthusiasm.
The organist sent a little boy to in-
quire of the minister what the first
hymn would be. “Tell her.) said the
minister, “I would like ‘Carol. Broth-
ers, Carol." ™
The little boy thought he said “Howl,
Brothers, Howl.” and told the organist
that the minister's selection was “Yell,
Brothers, Yell.” —New York Times.
Runs In the Family.
Mr. Agile (to Mr. Stoutman, running
for a cari—Hello, old boy! I thought
you were too lazy to run like that.
Mr. Stoutman (languidly)—Easily ex-
plained, my dear boy. Laziness runs
in our family.—-Lippincott's.
or —————— a ———— ne
Suspended Animation.
“What is suspended animation?”
“It's what happens at an afternoon
tea when the very woman they have
been talking about enters the room.”—
Puck.
Cramped.
Knicker—How large is their subur-
ban place? Bocker—Large! Why, they
have to have folding beds for the flow-
ers.—New York Sun,
Bless the fools! What would we do
if every one were wise?—Antrim.
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The Picturesque Old Structure on the
Banks of the Thames.
The Tower of London is one of the
most picturesque places in all Eng-
land. It is located on the north bank
of the Thames and just east of the
business district of London. It occu-
pies about twelve acres and is sur-
rounded by u broad and shallow moat.
In feudal days it was one of the
strongest fortresses in the country and
was deemed impregnable. It is now
a government storehouse and armory
and, above all, one of the sights of
London.
The moat, which, with the battle
ment and towers, makes the stone
structure such a hoary antiquity, is
bordered within by a lofty castellated
wall. At frequent intervals of this
part of the structure there are massive
flanking towers.
Within this wall rises another of
similar construction, but of greater
height. Here are the various barracks
and armories. In the center of all is
the lofty keep or donjon known as
the White tower. Thix was erected
in the days of Willium the Conqueror
and contains one of the most charm-
ing little chapels of Norman design
which have remained till the present
day.
The White tower was the court of
the Plantagenet kings. In the north-
West corner Is St. Peter's chape!, now
the garrison church. In another part
is the jewel office, containing crown
jewels of enormous value. One set
which you see in the center of a case
is said alone to be worth about $15.-
000,000,
Nearby is the horse armory, contain-
ing a truly wonderful collection of an-
cient and mediaeval arms and armor.
In the court just beyond Is a slab
marking the spot where Anne Boleyn,
wife of Henry VIIL., was beheaded.
Similar fates befell muny other fa-
mous personages in English history
within the great walls of the Tower
of London.-Boston Herald.
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Dramatic Manner In Which Zelaya
Caged the Conspirators.
Zelaya, the extraordinary man who
for sixteen years retained the presi-
dency of Nicaragua, only to lose it be-
cause he went too far in offending the
government of the United States, was
never satistied unless he performed his
coups d'etats in the most dramatic
fashion possible. This story the New
York Sun tells of him:
His spies once brought him Informa-
tion that a revolution was being plan-
ned by several of his army officers.
They were to mest on a certain even-
ing at the house of one of the conspir-
ators to arrange the final details.
While they were eagerly discussing the
best way to seize the president the
door opened and in walked Zelaya
himself,
“Good evening, gentlemen,” he said
pleasantly. “I heard you had a party
here this evening, and I have dropped
—
in to share the fun. Quite a distin-
guished gathering. You are discussing
military matters, no doubt.”
He went on, chatting affably for a
half hour, while his enemies were torn
with fear and suspense. Did he know
of the plot? Most of them thought he
did and wondered whether they had
better not put a bullet in him at once.
But he was so cordial. so thoroughly
at ease, that they hesitated.
Presently he rose, poured out some
wine and raised his glass.
“A toast. gentlemen,” he said.
“Here's long life to the president of
Nicaragua and confusion to ail tral
tors!"
As he spoke he hurled the glass
against the window. where it smashed
in pleces with a crash. The door flew
open, and thirty or forty soldiers. who
uad been waiting outside for the sig-
nal, rushed in. All the plotters were
convicted. hut the president dealt
leniently with them. Some were im-
prisoned and some exiled. but none !
was shot.
How Weasels Carry Eggs.
One morning a woasel was surprised
crossing the public highway leading
from Jedburgh into Oxnam Vater. It
was obgerved to be carrying something
under its chin and pressed against its
slender neck, and when a collie dog
belonging te one of the onlookers
made a dash at the little creature it
dropped its burden—a hen's egg-—and.
gliding under the roadside hedge. dis-
appeared in the woodland. On being
picked up the egg was found to be
without a crack. The nearest poultry
run is about 200 yards distant from
the place where the weasel was inter-
cepted. —Scotsman.
Liberia.
Libera shares with Hafti the dis. |
tinction of being the only place in the
world where the negro rulex not only
himself, bur also such white men ax
dwell there. Liberia's history has
been one long record of intertribal and
civil wars, although its record in this
respect, it Ix on!v fair to say, is less
sanguinary than that of Haiti. In
fact, so careful ix the Liberian of his
skin when tghting ix in progress that
it has become a standing joke that a
Liberian buttletiol] is the safest place |
on earth aud that to become a soldier
in Liberian ix to embrace the least dan.
gerous profession known to mankind.
—Pearson’s Weekly.
The Prettiest Feet
A Swiss professor named Redorta
states that not one woman in a score
has a perfect foot owing to the wear:
ing of hizh heeled haots and pointed
toe shoes. Russian, German, Ameri-
can, Austrian mud Duteh women, he
says, have bromd feet. while those of
Englishwomen are too narrow to fulfill
classical and healthy conditions I'he
women of the Latin races, excluding
Frenchwomen, have the best formed
and therefore the prettiest feet, the
professor says.
count it is called “nanduti,” an Indian
name which means spider web.
Preaching and Practice.
W. 8. Gilbert on one certain occasion
was on a visit to a friend. the owner
of a fine English country house. On
‘the morning after his arrival he was
| chatting with his host before break-
| fast when be became suddenly aware
that family prayers were about to be
read. The household filed in, and the
, distinguished guest knelt down on the
spot where he happened to be stand-
ing. Looking up. he caught his host's
eye fixed on him with a warning
| glance, which he. however, failed to
‘read aright. The service began, “Al-
| mighty Father, who hast made all men
i alike” (more telegraphic glances), “rich
land poor. gentle and simple” —then,
unable to contain himself any longer, :
| the host called out. “Gilbert, you are
| kneeling among the servants!”
: — Fie
Why He Smiled.
| Magistrate (to
| charged with having beaten your wife.
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