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Hidden Treasure Mute
Reminder of Tragedy
When installing a bathroom in an
old house in Vienna not long ago, an
attic was disclosed above a closet
which was supposed to reach clear to
the roof. In it were the remnants of
an old baker's oven and a wooden
dough trough covered with grain sacks
bearing the date 1003. Beneath the
dently had belonged to a well-to-do
middle-class family, such as linen gar.
ments, dishes, cups, jewelry, 330 gold
colns and 1,143 silver coins, Among
the former were several ducats. The
most recent of the coins were dated
1671, but most of them were far older,
It seems practically certain that they
who had hidden them there at the
time of the Turkish Invasion of 1683,
The most important find dating from
the Thirteenth century was made In
1876, on the site of the oldest Jewish
cemetery, at Krems on the Danube.
These coins, which were discovered
when extending a neighboring -vine-
yard, consisted of thirty gold guild.
ers, each weighing three and one-half
grammes,
hemia, Austria, Silesia and
They were discovered at the
skeleton, and several other coins were
unearthed later near the same spot.
It has been conjectured that they were
buried during the persecution of the
Jews in 1340.—Neues Wiener Tagblatt.
Father Paid Dearly
“Recently a little chap, known to
us as ‘Junior,’ cried for a whole day
because his mother made him wear a
little suit all
the boys down
called him *
Urbana
“That night when father re
turned home he met with Instant sym
pathy, and he explained to
he need never act like a
Lubeck.
side of a
the
writes Pansy from
nt
Jetty’.
his
‘Betty,’ even
if his mother did
he look like ane.
“So the next morning
his rufiles, ‘Junior went down
a whole brickbat
window A father,
through
with considerable
Dealer.
Umbrella in History
Umbrellus ns screens ngulnst the
sunshine have been used In the Far
East from very remote times. They
appear conspicuously In anclent As
syriun and Egyptian senipture, where
they seem to be an Insigna of royalty.
As protection against the rain. they
Wanted No Witnesses
to Theatrical Flight |
In Sir James Barrie's play
Pan,” Tinker Bell gets up on
stage wings, hovers about the
and flies out of an open window
playwright, watching one of h
hearsals,
mechanism
achieved,
wires to the distinguished gentleman
and prepared to hoist him io the alr.
The amusing part of the story fol
lowed. Sir James, a veteran in the
world of the theater,
terrible
ing stage-fright.
her
room
The
is re.
which this
by flight
and overwhelm
the front curtain put down
pass doors securely closed.
Then, alone
the backdrop, the curtain
wings, he was lifted up,
over Tinker Bell's route, and,
his disheveled dignity, soared out the
window unperceived.
Thinkers Have Ever
and
when
us--ahout
times—especially
goes wrong with what
ap
Dr. Max Shlapp,
we lead—though,
lives. "T'was ever thus,
trouble ahead; so did Rome.
the Louis XIV candle in France were
gravely apprehensive, and so
those who frowned on the gaveties of
court of Charles 11 in England.
Trouble was ahead then as it Is now,
Some pretty bad messes followed, but
humanity survived, and, on the whole,
But trouble is always
were
ahead.
direst of it. Surely there Is comfort
in the thought that the worst Is yet
Brandes and His Enemies
That distinguished Danish dread:
nought, George Brandes, was a bonny
fighter, and could slip a Hile proof of
his prowess into the most unlikely
places, When he first visited London
the account of his sightseeing.
“Here, as everywhere, 1 sought out
only in the reign of Queen Anne.
be the first Englishman to brave rid)
cule by using an umbrella,
| enemies ut home." — Manchester Guar
dian,
Fg,
| Pouting Ladies Given
Time for Reflection
Many persons In a moment of ill
humor have caught an unexpected
glimpse of themselves In a mirror and
have had that one glimpse Impressed
upon them as quite sufficient punish-
ment for an unlovely mood. Such
occasion may have been the inspl-
ration for the “pouting room” in
France during the latter part of the
Seventeenth century. The apartment
was of octagonal form and the sides
polished mirrors, so that a person
standing in the center of the room
could see himself from every pos
multiplied into an in-
definite vista of selves, as far as the
Into such a focus
reflection, related President John
Adams to the North Amercan Re-
view in January, 1838, after his re-
the gallant
gentlemen of the most chivalrous por-
had escaped their control,
of their own
News.
countenances.—Detroit
On the Square
People who sit in the grandstand or
stand near a race track in any posi
tion other than directly opposite the
judges’ box should not question the
decisions of the judges In close races,
because they cannot obtain a proper
view of the horses as they cross the
finishing line, says Science and Inven-
tion Magazine, The judges are so
placed that they can view the horses
directly in line as they finish, whereas
spectators on either side of the finish-
ing point obtain a misleading picture
because of the effects of perspective,
1f, for instance, two horses finish
neck and neck, people watching them
from a point ahead of them will think
the horse nearest the railing has won.
On the other hand, spectators viewing
the horses from the rear are likely
to swear that the one farthest from
the rail is in the lead. Only the
Judges ean determine a winner ace
curately if the race is very close at
the end.
Childish Frankness
Speaking of embarrassing moments,
Mrs, F. 8. R. writes that she took her
four-year-old daughter with her when
calling one afternoon and they had
not been In a woman's house long
when the little one remarked:
“You muy as well start getting din.
ner, Mra, Brown, ‘cause daddy's out
of town an’ If you ask us we can stay
to dinner just as well as not”
“Needless to say,” adds Mrs, F. 8,
R., “we got the Invitation and | was
very much embarrassed. "Boston
Transeriot,
a
Excessive shyness
of Thomas Nast, the great cartoonist,
who iifted caricature from its obscur-
ity to its present position as one of the
most potent agencies for creating and
Influencing public opinion, He was
appalled at the very thought of hav-
ing to face a crowd in person. After
other agencies had coaxed in vain for
his services on the lecture platform,
resentative had camped on his trail
for months, It was explained to the
artist that he could keep his back to
letting his crayon do
of the talking, and need turn
only occasionally for a brief remark.
trated lectures and the brief simplic-
with his audiences. On one occasion
in Philadelphia he went to his black-
draw a house” As
the audience
double meaning and a storm of ap-
plause ensued. He earned $40,000 that
close and canceled engagements that
Arose, feeling on
chart, Consumed
the peak of the
average breakfast,
toward life, (I am an average statis-
Or-
ganized new end-to-end ‘toothpice cire
New York to Detroit. Cable
from India: Calcutta agent reports ter.
minus reached for Splutter fountain
pen line, Splutter pens now circle
Estimated po-
and without necks. Issued report re
fact that five out of every nineteen fat
men sink anyway ;
:
Hope Mah ng y Plant
Much of the peninsula of Yucatan
is very stony, and as there are prac.
ticaliy no rivers, the planters depend
on rain to irrigate their fields. Sisal
hemp, or henequin, is the chief article
of growth and export throughout the
peninsula.
The sisal itsel
closely relat
is an evergreen plant
ed to the century plant or
American aloe. The fiber is extracted
from the curving, swordiike leaves,
which are cut at the end of the third
or fourth year of growth. The leaves
are macerated, or made into pulp, and
the fibars torn apart by machine. The
pulp is then washed away and the
fibers dried and bleached Diy the sun,
and when the process 8 couapleted
this yellowish-white fiber ranks pext
to Manila hemp in making rope. -
Washington Star
Idea of Daylight Saving
Daylight saving was scggested as
early as 1907 by an Englishman named
Willlam Wyliett, in his book entitled
“Waste of Daylight” The following
year a bill for daylight saving was
introduced into the house of commons,
but failed to pass. The subject was
brought up in Germany in 1216, when
measure to set the clock ahead one
hour. Within three months twelve Eu.
ropean countries had followed, name.
ly, Holland, Austria, Turkey, England,
France, Norway, Sweden, Denmark.
Italy, Switzerland, Spain and Portuy-
gal.
Emerald Isle
Ireland is known the Emerald
izle hecause of the bright verdure of
its grass and other vegetation, due to
the frequent rains for which the
island is noted. It is supposed that
Dr. Willlam Drennan (1754-1820), an
Irish physician and poet, wag the first
to apply the name Emerald isle to Ire.
land. In a poem entitled “Erin” and
published in 1795 Drennan spoke of
“the cause of the men of the Emerald
isle,” It was the opinion of the poet
as
sight all the time.
Statistics during lunch hour on max
fmum girth of the common garden
mole (fam. Talpidoe). Wrote to Reach
and Extend bureau about pyramid
made of rear collar buttons lost in
Hawall In one year. Malled circulars
on Reversible Statistical Charts for
This and That, and Surreptitious
Studies In Statistics for Stutterers,
After dinner attended lecture on
“Facts and How to Avold Them.” Re-
flected on the futility of the end-to-
end spaghetti problem in Italy. To
bed, and fell asleep dividing the sheep
Jumping over the customary stone wall
7
the nickname which later became so
pepular,
1 Ren—
Recalling Early Days
a pencil,
Advantages in Tree
Planting for Future
A dozen villages in three valleys of
the Vosges meet ail thelr taxes and
church expenses besides paying a divi
dend to the citizens out of the forests
they own, according to a press dis-
patch.
The village forest is operated as a
continuing enterprise and is not
slashed down and abandoned, accord-
ing to American procedure, The re.
suit is that the foresighted Alsstian
residing In one of these villages is not
confronted with one of the great prob
lems of the times-—rising taxes,
The best authorities in the United
States declare that this sort of thing
could be in this country at small
expense, ition commis
slon, under expert guidance,
nrging
tricte to plan
which are avallable
communities
Little Falls, Carthage,
Watson In Lewis county
other places made sul
starts in such
the opportunities o
done
The conservi
has been
cities, counties,
towns, and dis-
trees upon cheap lancs
of
to thousands
town of
{ow
the
and a
yin
have intial
an enterprise, but, con.
sidering
many
timber fami
future
Foresters
of
communities
is really
that a
40
worth
ext
pine
would
acre white
present
£540), But
inmber to
year
prices, he
who expects white
be at present
The
ite
nrices 40 vears
prices 44 3
€
fron chances are 1
acre pine |
be worth £1005) in the next generat!
The commiur
their children's
8 forest. —Ho
Union
Nn DOW
of wi
lanted
fathers
bE plar
ta Xess n
{N. Y.)
“hester
Community Judged by
the Individual Home
16 your
Just what do you really owe
ity 7 is the query made by the
Is it
“good citizen
commur
Buffalo Courier-Express
to pay taxes and be a
in & moral sense alone?
Streets are made
homes. A pretty sireet can irre-
parably marred by houses and yards
which are run down, neglected. An
unpainted house is harmful your
streets. It Jowers property values,
And streets, In the aggregate, make
up towns, vilianges. Too many
neglected therefore, can give
the impression ted com-
munity.
Fathers
enough
r
wl 1
up of individual
be
to
cities,
homes,
of a neglec
ider-
re-
fast
mothers are shou
f the national
It is
and
their share o
lity in this respect.
ing “the Americe
0 When
begins to look 8
ing
Eponsi hi
an
becon way.”
something
little
it
that
hrough
place
at-the-heel attend to
promptly. save nothing undone
}
rr nd all worl > Fhe
should 1? nd all working to
gether will produce ity beautiful.
Best Use of Paint
rithern exposure
be
turpentine
on the no
sl
should be harder,
and It
More
be
first
should
out thinner
drier should
spread
and more
north side,
up quickly
when the
the
alone, it will still be after
the paint on the is
dry and hard, and dirt will stick to it.
Considerably ntine be
used in the finishing coat on the north
glide of a than other
sides without killing the gloss or caus-
ing the paint to chalk prematurely, for
It is protected from direct sunlight and
linseed will net its binding
power so rapidly.
used on the
wet
dry
If
oil
the coat will
be
coat
thinned
tacky long
other exposures
then
and
second
thoroughly
is put on.
second is with
coat
1
more turpe can
house on the
oil lose
Fire-Stopping Essential
One of the most useful safeguards
against fire hazards in dwelling con-
struction is the firestopping of walls,
partitions and floors. Fire tends to
upward. Hollow walls and
hollow spaces back of fur.
ring on masonry walls, and even hol-
low floors offer Inviting runways for
the rapid communication of fire from
cellar to attic and from side to side.
The remedy lies in adequate fire-stop-
ping, which will make an all-lumber
residence considerably safer against
the spread of fire, than masonry wall
and lumber floor construction without
fire stops,
esamians
Slaves of Builder
The man builds in the small
home class today i= a monarch of rank
beyond the aspirations of the feudal
baron, with his ancestral castle and
his army of retainers. The home bulid-
er of today has, catering to his needs,
a host of eager slaves inconceivable
and Impossible in feudal days—the
manufacturers of building
who
were six months old, asserts Dr. B.
Pickworth Farrow, English psycholo
gist, In Popular Science Monthly. For
periods of gone or two hours at a
every thought which occurs to you,
Repeat the process several times.
Then, as memories of recent happen.
Ings gradually are “worked off” on
paper, you will go back to recollec
tions of your early life.
Service Above Self
Make up your mind that if you are
called upon to serve during the year
|
your share in every civic proposal
rene
Omaha Leads in nership
Of American cities Omahs is first
cent of Omaha families live in homes
of thelr own, Here ig a record every
city may aspire to