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ANCIENT ROME.
It Could Not Co ipare In Splendor
With Some Mo '-.rn Capitals.
Rome, even in the ti. >es of its great
est splendor, was poor 'i comparison
with the modern world, in the
second century after Chris when it
stood as metropolis at the lie. 1 of an
immense empire. Home was siller,
less wealthy, less Imposing thu a
great metropolis of Europe or of Am *•
lea. Some sumptuous public edifices,
beautiful private houses—that is all
the splendor of the metropolis of tno
empire.
Moreover, the palaces of the Caesars
on the Palatine are a grandiose ruin
that stirs the artist and makes the
philosopher think, but if one sets him
self to measure them, to conjecture
from the remains the proportions of
the entire edifices, he does not conjure
up buildings that rival large modern
construction. The palace of Tiberius,
for example, rose above a street only
two meters wide, less than seven feet,
an alley like those where today in
Italian cities live only the most miser
able Inhabitants. We have pictured
to ourselves the imperial banquets of
ancient Home as functions of unheard
of splendor; if Nero or Elagabalus
could came to life and see the dining
room of a great hotel in Paris or New
York, resplendent with light, with
crystal, with silver, he would admire
it as far more beautiful than the halls
in which he gave his imperial feasts.
Think how poor were the ancients in
artificial light! They had few wines;
they knew neither tea nor coffee nor
cocoa, neither tobacco nor the in
numerable liqueurs of which we make
use. In face of our habits they were
always Spartan, even \yhen they wast
ed, because they lacked the means to
squander.—Guglielnio Ferrero in Put
nam's.
THE BUSY BEES.
How the Insects Work When They
Are Collecting Honey.
Upon the approach of a bee to any
flower It flies around the calyx almost
always before alighting upon the flow
er Itself. This is a cursory examina
tion, and with its antennae out
stretched and quivering it is evidently
scenting the honey contained within.
Should this prove a fruitful flower
and of the flavor required the bee set
tles on the center of the stamen and,
.clutching It with its four front leg?
steadies Itself with Its longer out
stretched two hlndermost ones and
withdraws the nectar by its proboscis,
the wings of the body assuming a
vibratory motion the while.
The bee's proboscis Is a most impor
tant instrument. It is composed of
about forty cartilaginous rings, each
of which Is fringed with minute hairs
having also a small tuft of hair at Its
extremity, where it is somewhat ser
rated. Its movement is like the trunk
of an elephant and is susceptible of
extension and contraction, bending
and twisting In all directions. Thus,
by rolling it about, it searches out the
calyx, pistil and stamen of every llow
er and deposits its nectar upon the
tongue, whence it passes into the gul
let at the base.
The gullet, or first stomach, is the
honey bag. No digestion takes place
hero. In shape it is like an oil flask
and when full contains about one
grain. It is susceptible of contraction
and is so arranged as to enable the
insect to disgorge its contents into the
cells of the hive.—Philadelphia North
American.
Menu of an African Hunting Party.
in addition to the groceries and can
ned provisions carried in their outfits
the hunters in East Africa depend for
fresh provisions on their guns. Water
buck, zebra and elephant are said to
be tough eating and are mostly par
taken of by the native porters, who
keep elephant meat till it is quite high
and gamy. Eland tastes like the best
American beef; orynx, impala and all
gazelles are edible and tender, but the
delicacies of the East African Protecto
rate are the klipspringer and the dik
dlk gazelles. Hartbeest is hard except
the prime cut along the backbone. Au
ordinary meal 011 safari consists of
marrow soup, dikdik cutlets, roast
guinea fowl, curried venison and corn
flower pudding, with jam, washed
down with tea or coffee. —London Let
ter.
His Success.
"John," said a Glasgow minister to
his beadle one morning, "I would seem
to have been more than usually suc
cessful in pleasing the congregation on
Sabbath. To which of the three heads
of my sermon would you attribute my
success?"
"Weel, sir," replied the beadle, with
something like a leer in his eye, "to
tell ye the truth, congregations noon
days concern tliemsel's less about the
heids than the talis o' sermons. The
ane you preached on Sabbath was con
siderably shorter than the general rin
o' yer dlscoorses, and therefore a body
was weel pleased wl't."
Hopelessly Out of Style.
"When we take charge of the gov
ernment," says the wise old suffra
gette, "we will make some changes In
the naval bureau."
"I should hope so!" agrees the en
thusiastic yonng suffragette. "Why,
bureaus are hopelessly out of style!
We will have a combination wardrobe
and chiffonier."—Judge.
A Sample.
Hoax —1 can always tell a woman
who takes things because they look
cheap. Joax—How? Hoax—Simply by
looking at her husband.—Philadelphia
Record.
Count art by gold and it fetters the
feet it once winged.—Ouida.
THE GREEN MORAY.
A Savage and Voracious Eel Found In
Bermudian Waters.
The experienced sea fisherman takes
; care to kill every large conger eel as
■ soon as it is brought into the boat. The
conger has not only extraordinary jaw
power it can triturate shellfish, shells
and all—but is also so abominably ac
tive that the fisherman's opinion of it
coincides with that held of the Indian
by the western plainsman, * "No good
I tuger except dead conger."
" k *t!y and savage brute as the conger
is, 1 's a lamb compared with its rela
tive. 0 green moray of Bermudian
waters. This great eel is of an un
naturally *Uliant green and has an
eye which \ *hc very epitome of in
tense and nm -uant ferocity. It is
voracious and s age beyond words.
The negro boattne. 'vivo such a holy
horror of it that tU absolutely re
fuse lo allow a mora> ">to the boat.
An acquaintance of the , "tor, a ma
rine officer, fishing in a snu boat off
Bermuda, hooked one of thosfe 'h. but
as soon as his boatman saw t. hid
eous head above the water he whi t Hi
out his knife and made to cut the Hi,
The officer shouted to him to stop, but
had to threaten to throw the man
overboard before he would put up his
knife. When the great eel was pulled
over the side the negro went absolute
ly ashy with fright. As for the moray.
110 sooner was it In the boat than it
doubled upon itself, and its jaws met
with a clash In its own side, cutting
out a chunk of white flesh as neatly
as a scoop would cut cheese. That
was enough for the officer. He picked
up a boathook and forked the uncanny
creature overboard—Chambers' Jour
nal.
A MANUFACTURED CLIMATE.
Methoda of the Paris Market Garden
ers In Forcing Nature.
The gardeners of Paris get their
products 011 the market weeks before
the regular season for them. This
forcing of nature is described by Er
nest Poole In Success Magazine.
The secret Is simply this: The French
maralchers have manufactured a cli
mate to suit them. As one observer
has said, "They have moved the cli
mate of Monte Carlo up to the suburbs
of Paris."
Some new prodigy of modern sci
ence, this? Not nt all. Only enor
mous expense In money and In time.
The gardens, whenever possible, are
placed on land with a slope to the
south and are well protected by walls
011 the north and east, walls built to
reflect light as well as to give protec
tion from the northeast winds.
The ground is practically covered
with glass* Mot as in a greenhouse, but
by glass frames in the open, "three
light" frames of uniform size, 12 by
41/j feet, and also by glass bells. These,
too, are of a uniform size, about the
shape of a chapel bell, a little less
than seventeen inches in diameter and
from fourteen to fifteen inches high.
The French call them cloches. You
may often see over a thousand frames
and over 10,000 glass bells in one two
acre plot in the suburbs of Paris.
A more recent innovation is the em
ployment of hot water pipes run under
the soil, making of the earth a verita
ble steam heated hotel, with tills es
sential difference, that the hotel keep
or here is desperately eager, not lo
keep his guests, but to persuade them
to leave 011 the earliest possible day.
A Memorable Wreck.
The most memorable wreck in the
history of the American surf was that
of the bark Mexico, stranded on Hemp
stead beach, Long Island, early in the
morning of Jan. 3, 1837. She carried
104 passengers and a crew of twelve
men. Four passengers and four of the
crew were saved by a surfboat from
the beach under the command of Ray
uor Rock Smith. All others were
frozen to death, though the wreck was
so close to the shore that their cries
and even some of their words were
plainly heard on the beach. It was
the story of this wreck, as published
throughout the nation, that led to the
establishment of the United States
life saving service.—Scrap Book.
The Bayonet.
The bayo"et was due to the fortu
nate inspiration of a Basque soldier,
who, when tie and his regiment, having
expended their ammunition, were driv
en to bay on a mountain ridge near
Bayonne, suggested that they should
fix the long knives with which they
were armed into the musket barrels
and charge the enemy. Tills advice,
which was followed with complete
success, was the means of introducing
the weapon to the notice of military
Europe.
What He Lacked.
It is related of a South American
general, who was extremely well
pleased with himself, that once when
about to sally forth to a grand dance
he surveyed himself contentedly In the
mirror and then soßloquized thus:
"Ah! Thou hast all—bravery, wealth,
position, good looks. Ah, what dost
thou lack?"
Whereupon his orderly, who, un
known to the general, was close at
hand, remarked:
"Sense, general, sense!"
The Difference.
Little Lester Livermore—Papa, what
i 3 the difference between a vision and
a sight? This book says— Mr. Liver
more—The difference between a girl
before and a girl after she is married
—Puck-
Very Plain.
Restaurant Patron—That isn't a very
| good looking piece of meat. Waiter—
! Well, you ordered a plain steak.-—Ex
change.
A Bad Man.
Herman Whitaker wrote a story of |
the Tehuantopec rubber plantation.
Guadaloupe, the mandador on one
plantation at which Mr. Whitaker
stayed, was Informed that he was to
be one of the characters in his story.
"He never failed to question ine each
day as to the things I had made him
do—in the story," said Mr. Whitaker.
"When one morning I informed him
that I had killed him off, he expressed
groat surprise.
"'Porque, senor, porque?'
" 'Because you are a had man, Gua
daloupe.' Which was perfectly true.
"'I, senor?' he questioned, greatly
surprised.
" 'SI, Guadeloupe, you are bad. Think
of how many men you have killed, ac
cording to your own count.'
"He thought for awhile, then looked
up with a humorous smile. 'Oh, well!
Did 1 put up a good light?'
" 'You bet you did, Guadaloupe.'
"Whereupon eyebrows and shoulders
went up in a shrug. 'Bueno! Bueno!
Then it ees all right.' "—St. Louis Post-
Dispatch.
The Colleges of Oxford.
Each college is built round a quad
• «ngie with a lafge entrance gateway
which often rises into a quasi tower.
The rooms immediately over the gate
way are invariably designed for the
residence of the warden, provost or
principal of the college, so that the eye
of the master may be over all who en
ter or leave the place. This mode of
building still exists in India, having
been introduced into Europe by the
Moors when they conquered Spain,
where we find that the compound, or
quad. Is still used for the tethering of
all kinds of animals. Around the quad
are arranged the chapel, library, hall
or refectory, president's lodgings, but
tery and kitchen. The students' rooms
generally occupy the upper floors.
William of Wlckham. the celebrated
architect, wisely placed his taller build
ings—the chapel and hall—on the north
side to keep off the cold winds, the
lower buildings on the south more free
ly admitting sunshine.
Rainbow Upside Down.
Not very many persons have ever
seen an Inverted rainbow, although
the phenomenon sometimes appears.
At the Italian geodynamle observatory
of Rocca de I'apa not long ngo the di
rector and u party of visitors were
fortunate enough to see one. The
morning was showery, and as the
party looked down from an elevation
of 2,300 feet they saw in the Cain
pagna a perfect rainbow with its con
cave side up, the middle point bearing
to the northeast. From the Eiffel
tower In Paris one has also been seen,
in this case the rainbow being dou
ble and extending above and below
the horizon to form two concentric
circles nearly complete. Generally the
Inverted rainbow is to be seen only
in the mountains and then very rarely
The phenomenon, of course, is due
merely to the position of the observer,
which must be above the refracting
agent instead of below.—Pathfinder.
An Old Ash Wednesday Custom.
At ono time it was on Ash Wednes
day the custom to appoint an official
of the English palaces to crow the
hours of the day, like a cock, as a re
minder of the denial of St. Peter. This:
practice excited the furious indigna
tion of George 11. Ills ignorance of
English made it very difficult for the
courtiers to explain that the royal
cock crower was not making fun of
him. The cock crower was a salaried
officer at the English court as late as
1823.
A Boy's Idea of Parsons.
Not long ago a class of boys in an
elementary school had an essay set.
the subject being "Clergymen."
This is what one youngster wrote:
"There are 3 kinds of clergymen,
Bishups, rectors and curats. the
bishups tells the rectors to work, and
the curats have to do it. A curat is a
thin married man, but when he Is a
recter he gets fuller and can preach
longer sermons and becums a good
man."—London Scraps.
A Dreadful Analogy.
The hypothetical question had just
been asked, and the prisoner fell for
ward In a faint. All was confusion in
the courtroom.
" What is the matter with the pris
oner?" demanded the judge, hammer
ing his desk madly.
"Nothing, your honor," groaned the
unhappy man as he came to."I was
only thinking how long I should have
to serve If my sentence was as long
as that."—Harper's Weekly.
No Price Limit For Brains.
If a young man develops a first class
business ability he needn't bother
about a fortune. Ilis professional tal
ents will find employment at rates
which will make the possession of a
fortune superfluous.—Saturday Even
ing Post.
The Cause.
A Irving Washington (wiping his Hps)
—That was really the sweetest kiss 1
have ever had! Louise Barkis—l
thought you would think so, Irving.
My face powder gave out. and I used
confectioner's sugar.—Judge.
Very Gently.
"How do you tell bad eggs?" queried
the young housewife.
"I never told any." replied the fresli
grocery clerk, "but if I had anything
to tell a bad ec:g I'd break it gently."—
Christian Guardian.
The Very Highest.
"What is the highest form of animal
life?" was a question set for the pupils
in a school some time ago, and one lll
tlo girl was heard to reply, "The gi
raffe."
How He Worked the Artist.
This account of bow an intimate
friend of the great Jjrtist Kyosai ob
tained one of the painter's drawings is
from Mrs. Hugh Frazer's "Letters
From Japan:"
Kyosai always refused if asked out
right for a sketch. So his friend be
gan tiie negotiation by offering the art
ist an excellent dinner. When Kyosai
had drunk deeply and seemed in a
mellow humor his host called for
drawing materials, saying that be felt
an artistic fancy taking possession of
him. No one was surprised, as Japa
nese gentlemen often amuse them
selves in this way after a feast. The
servant then brought an enormous
sheet of white paper and spread it on
the floor with the brushes and Indian
ink beside il. The crafty host, with
out looking at his guest, sank on his
knees and began to draw, apparently
absorbed in his occupation, but. inten
tionally producing weak and incoher
ent lines. Kyosai watched the feeble
effort in silence and growing irritation,
and at last jumped up, dashed the tyro
?.gide and tore tin? brush out of liis
band, exclaiming: "Out of the way.
you wretched bungler! I will teach
you bow to draw!" And the result
was a priceless sketch, which remain
ed in the possession of the wily enter
tainer.
A Max O'Rell Story.
Before he attained fame with his va
rious books M. Blouet (Max O'Rell),
who was for several years French
master at St. Paul's school, related
how he obtained his post there. After
two or three earlier applicants had re
turned unsuccessful from their inter
view with Dr. Walker, who was at the
time headmaster of the school, M.
Blouet's turn came.
"I want," said the doctor after a
few words, "a French master who can
preserve discipline. My last was a
perfect gentleman and a good fellow,
but he could not keep the classes in
order. The end of it was that after
being much worried by one of the
boys the poor fellow went home and
shot himself."
"Sir," replied Max O'Rell, "that is
where my countryman made a little
mistake. I should have shot the boy."
The doctor rose, says M. Blouet, and
grasped my hand.
"M. Blouet," he exclaimed, "you are
my French master!"— London Captain.
Tips Costlier Than Treats.
They were going out of the Waldorf
when he saw her look so longingly in
at the big, beautiful roomful of white
tables laden with roses that he said.
"Will you go in and have a cup of tea
or something?"
She assented willingly.
"Your hat and overcoat, sir," said the
waiter firmly. "You are not allowed to
sit in hero with your overcoat on."
"But," objected he,"l shall stay only
a few minutes."
"No matter, sir," said the waiter and
took his hat and overcoat with an air
of determination and disappeared.
"That's tlie third time," sighed he,
"that I have started togo home, met
somebody and parted from my hat and
coat to treat them. If it happens again
the tips to the waiters for keeping my
hat and coat will amount to more than
the sum I have paid for the trcats."-
New Yurie Press.
A Bad Mixup.
"Say," remarked one government
clerk to another, "I'm up against it
good and proper."
"What's the trouble?" queried g. c.
No. '2.
"I got two medical certificates from
two different doctors yesterday," ex
plained the party of the first part.
"One was a certificate of health for a
life insurance company, and the other
was a certificate of illness to be sent
to my chief with a petition for two
weeks' leave of absence."
"Oh. that's nothing," rejoined ills
fellow clerk. "I've done that myself."
"Yes," continued the other, "but I
mixed the certificates in mailing. The
ill health certificate went to the in
surance company and t lie certificate of
good health went to my chief. See?"
—Chicago News.
A Threatening Comet.
M. Cainille Flammarion, the great
scientist, after many years of study,
arrived at the conclusion that the
world will in the twenty-fifth century
come across the path of the comet
Beila. On this occasion a collision will
take place, and, Beila being infinitely
greater than the earth, a shock may
be expected which, be calculates, will
be 8(53 times greater than the shock
caused by the collision between two
trains, each traveling at sixty-five
miles an hour.
Loving Letters.
Never burn kindly written letters. It
'is so pleasant to rend them over when
the ink is brown, the paper yellow
with age and the hands that traced the
friendly words are folded over the
hearts that prompted them. Keep all
loving letters. Burn only the harsh
ones and in burning forgive and forget
them.
More Than Pleased.
"Did Miss Flavllla seem pleased
when you asked her togo to the thea
ter?"
"Pleased! She wanted to keep the
tickets for fear something might hap
pen to me."—Chicago Record-Herald
Gallant.
t Beautiful Widow—Do you know, I'm
brty years old today. Gallant Bach
elor —Madam, you are just twenty. I
never believe more than half of what
I hear.
Saturate yourself with the philoso
phy of optimism. It softens the kicks
and takes the jar off the bumps. De
troit Free Press.