Young Folks HINDOO JUGGLING. Wonderful Feats of Balancing Per formed by an Acrobat. The Hindoo jugglers and acrobats are the most skillful In the world, and we are always hearing new stories ol them, says the Chicago News. One ol the latest stories Is about a performei who went through many wonderful feats perched on top of a single bam boo stick about fifteen feet in height The top of the stick was tied to a girdle around his waist, and a leg rest was provided by a cushion a few feel down the pole. Perched on this slen der stick, he hopped and danced around in the liveliest way, accompa nied by the tapping of a drum. II would be considered a skillful feat tc walk about with ease on a pair ol stilts fifteen feet in height, but this Uludoo showed a marvelous power ol equilibrium on a single stick. lie did other things even more won derful. For example, he balanced i light stick on his nose and a heavj one on his chin and then threw tlx heavy one into the air with his head and caught it on the end of the light one. While balancing the two sticks thus, end on end, he made one revolve in one direction and the other in an other direction. Another feat was tc place his hand on a flat circular stone, throw his feet up into the air and bal ance a stick on each of tlieui, at the same time revolving rapidly on the pivot made by his arm and the stone. Who's Who. —Youth's Companion. Writing Games. When you are tired of romping play 'story teller." All agree upon a title to the story. Each writes a few lines, turns down and passes it to his neigh bor, telling him the last word. So on it goes around the circle, when the last one reads the story. Have you ever tried this? Each takes a letter, beginning with the first letter of the alphabet, and writes a line in any meter chosen, all the words "112 which must begin with that letter iA). The papers are pressed, and the next in turn writes a line, begini ing wery word with "B" to rhyme. F.v ery two lines should rhyme, and the -mio kept up as long as possible. The critic is played thus: Each v. rites the name of a book, turns down the slip and passes it to his neighbor, vho writes a second title; then ihe author's name is written and then a review. Meaning of Fabian A Fabian policy in war consists in wearing out the enemy by delays, mis leading movements, feints of attack, etc. It is called Fabian because it is the policy that was adopted by Fabius Maximus, who commanded the Roman army in the second I'unlc war. He was appointed to the command just after the army had suffered a defeat and he knew that in its disheartened condition and with its complement of raw recruits it could not successfully oppose troops flushed with victory and led by their great commander. Hanni bal. He therefore attempted to tiro out the enemy by countermarches ambuscades and skirmishes, avoiding a Pitched battle. This lie continued until the Roman senate interfered. Two Bird Problems. There were sixty-seven blackbirds sitting in an oak tree. Willie shot into the flock with his new shotgun, killing nineteen. How many were there left? (None, because the rest flew away.) On another occasion there were also sixty-seven blackbirds in a tree (but this tree was a maple), and nineteen flew away before Willie could get his gun. How many left? (Nineteen "left" at first, and the rest left when Willie came with his gun and shot at them.) Emblem of Turkey When Philip of Macedon approach fi * 1 ? f?h , t „ WUh hls tro °»« s ''ale> the walls of Byzantium the moon, then, new or in crescent, shone out and dis-' covered his design to the besieged who repulsed him. The crescent was after that adopted as the favorite badge of the city. When the Turks took Byzantium they found the cres cent in every public place and. believ ing it to possess some magical Dower adopted it themselves. Where Women Are Wanted. What strikes you about Auckland is the dearth of women. It is said to be the same all over New Zealand. There ore far more men than women, and lots of men have togo without wives. —New Zealand Herald. Not Sanguine. Majestic Person—Do you know, my lad, that every British boy has a chance of becoming prime minister of England? Youngster (thoughtfully)— well, I'll sen my chance for a shilling. "-Tit-Bits. MEAT IN ITALY. The Way the Slaughter Houses Are Operated by Law. Slaughter houses In Italy are public institutions. The law prescribes that every town of more than 0,000 Inhab itants shall build and maintain a mu nicipal slaughter house, where all butchers are compelled to bring their live stock to be killed. The slaughter ing Itself 1s done by the Individual butchers and their assistants. The conveyance of the cattle, the removal of the carcasses and the dressing of the meat are likewise the affair of the butchers. The city provides the build ing, keeps It clean and furnishes vet erinary Inspectors to examine and pass upon, the carcasses. The Milan slaughter house is situ ated within the city and occupies sev eral acres of ground. It consists of a number "Of long, single story buildings made of cement and stucco. The build ings consist of eilhor a single large hall or else a row of small box stalls about twenty-five feet wide and either lifteen or thirty feet deep. Kach stall has a wide double door in fr&ut and a window behind. The buildings are ar ranged in parallel pairs, each pair being connected by a covered passage thirty feet wide, whose roof is raised many feet above that of the buildings, being supported by pillars rising from the roofs on either side. The air thus circulates under the roofs of the pas sages or corridors and over the build ings. WHEN LOST IN THE WOODS. The Chief Dangers Lie In Panic and Overexertion. Let the man who is loi in the woods be very careful not to overexert him self. Ills chief dangers lie in panic and overexertion, and, though he may be in a great hurry to find shelter, I i must warn him togo slowly. Two miles an hour, on an average, through the snow in the woods is all that a man in his condition will bo able to stand without overfatigue and its at tendant dangers, overheating and per spiration. By exercising caution a man may live through a week of what he is undergoing. To make this article brief, however, we shall suppose that ho regains the road by the afternoon of the tirst day. lie doesn't yet know, of course, just where ho Is. lie should examine the tracks of the person who last passed that way. It being afternoon, he must follow in the direction taken by the last passing vehicle or team, as shel ter will be nearest in that direction. Had it been morning he would have taken the opposite direction, as who ever made the tracks must have come from the place where he obtained shel ter the previous night.—A. R. Oarleton in Outing Magazine. The Cure. I He talked too much—far too much, j Already he had driven his taciturn I companion nearly wild. He had touch ; ed on subjects innumerable, discours- I ed with volubility on anything and ' everything. Onward went the unend ! ing stream of speech. And all the while the voluble one danced about j and fidgeted and squirmed until the other was well nigh beside himself with disgust. Finally the walking dictionary took from ills pocket a cigarette. "I'm a great smoker," he remarked. I "Yes, I'm a great smoker—great smok er. I'm one of those nervous men, you know; one of those high strung, restless fellows who always must have something in their mouths. Yes, you see, I'iu so nervous, as I suid, that I simply must—yes, must—have some thing all the time in my mouth." "Try a gag!" suggested his com panion.—New York Times. Hairs and Feathers. Hairs are found on almost every thing that grows, and, if we may so call the fine fibers of asbestus, they even invade the mineral world. From a piece of mineral asbestus quarried from the earth and looking like a stone with a satiny fracture the silken fibers can be rubbed with the finger till the j lump is worn away. Secure a feather somewhere—it will | be much better than u picture—and 1 you will see that it has a main stem | or midrib. Along each side of this ex- i tends the thin part known as the vane. Ixiok closely and you will see that this j vane is composed of tiny feathers, call- j ed beards, fastened together through- ! out their whole length from where j their bases join the midrib to their j tips. You can easily separate one of these from the rest, when you will see how like a tiny feather It is, with what j seems a fine fuzzinesa along each edge. ■ —St. Nicholas. Astronomy. If there were any money to be made iu astronomy everybody would be Studying It. About all we can see is figures, and these are so big that they stagger the understanding. Every child in the United States knows how to find the north star (Old Polaris) from the pointers of the dipper, but no child can appreciate the statement that this star is distant from the earth 210,000,- 000,000,000 miles—two hundred and ten trillions! The Twentieth Century Lim ited. traveling at one mile a minute, would have to run without stopping for *110.000,000 years in order to trav erse this distance. If light really travels 157,r»00 miles a second, a ray from the north star would be thirty six years in reaching tlio earth.— New York Press. The Head of the Ho use. It Is folly to call the husband the head of the house; he is not. It is but a courtesy title at best, since in truth he Is but an Incident in the home life, while the wife and mother is Its whole existence. laterally the sun of do mestic happiness rises and sets hi the face of the wife and mother.—Clara Morris in Housekeeper. Not an Advertiser. "Did you hang up any mistletoe las' Christmas?" asked Krastus Plnkley. " 'Deed I didn't," answered Miss Miami Brown. "I's got a little too much pride to advertise foh de ordinary courtesies dat a lady has a right to expect."—Exchange. Isn't This Rough? Ella A poet wrote a sonnet on my face the other day. Stella-Did he write It on the lines?— Bohemian. COSTUME SUPPER. Quests Come In Character and Act It During the Evening. | An old fashioned supper, served nt 8 o'clock by candlelight, an In teresting change from conventional dinners. Ask your guests to come Informally and In old fashioned attire. The wo men will don their grandmothers' clothes for such an occasion and look lovely. A man, alas, usually hates "dressing up," but suggest that he wear a jabot of lace over his immaculate white, stiff bosomed shirt and sew lace ruf fles in his sleeves, and he will be pleased with his appearance at once, hut, mind, this is only in confidence In case one or two truly object. Oth erwise beg them to come in the pic turesque, romantic dress of long ago. It adds greatly if the guests come In character and act It throughout the evening. Hut It must be borne In mind that the guests must not number more than twelve or fourteen if a single ta ble is to be used. The chance for real fun and informality lies in a small par ty. If a large costume supper be giv en the small tables should be used. Have no light but candlelight, al ways tbe most becoming, and a bare table. A large bowl of old fashioned flowers may adorn the middle of tlie table on a plain linen centerpiece, showing as little as possible. Large wooden plates of bread cut thickly, butter made into small flat pats, dishes of apples and nuts and homemade candles complete the table furnishing. Coffee and tea should be served by the hostess, the guests help ing to pass the cups. For the supper: Broiled Oysters on Toast. Broiled Chicken and Sausage. Baked I'otatoes. Apple Sauce. Cold Slaw. Corn Bread. Vegetable Salad. Hot Waffles, with Sirup. After supper the guests may enjoy old fashioned games, either quiet or romping, and in the middle of the evening, if an open fire is available, popping corn is a simple pleasure, and while eating it hot lemonade may be served. LOVE YOUR WORK. A Kind of Affection That Carries No Danger of Idolatry. Try to find work that you like. If you are not indolent there is some use ful employment that will give you pleasure. Seek your work and find It. That way lies abiding happiness. A man who had tried every other road concluded at sixty, "Happiness is com plete absorption In some effective form of work." Otir closest friends nre liable to dis appoint us. Those whom we love best may grieve us most. But work never disappoints us. Its reward may be in adequate, but the work itself, if it be the work for us, never disappoints. You can readily recognize the girl who loves her work by the way she lifts the lid of her desk or takes her sewing chair or opens her ledger. If she does these with a drawn face or a sigh there is one of two reasons—ei ther she hasn't found her work or she has chosen to be a drudge. If in her face, no matter how phys ically weary, there is the glow of sat isfaction, the pleasure of the con genial task, she Is indeed a happy girl. Happy is the man who has found his work, and thrice happy the girl. There is no trouble t«o great for the work you like. Artistry is doing a thing ns well as you can and after ward trying to do It still better. Work is the grave in which you can bury your griefs. It is the mantle that covers the ugliness of life. It is the great absorber of the humors and moods of the moment. No matter how hard the work—all work worthy of the name is hard—it is a bright jewel, whether in the dull setting of dismal or the bright frame of splendid sur foundings. Find your work! Ise sure whether you have not already found it, for what you think is dislike for your work may be the consciousness of hav ing slighted it. Having found it, perfect yourself in it. Never fear that you love it too much, for love of work is the only kind of love that carries with it none of the dangers or penalties of idolatry DIANA OF THE DIRECTOIRE- Brlng me my new fur hat. mamma, for I want to put it on. It Is wider than the widest hats we wore in years agone. It Is three feet wide, and the brim is ! thick, and It has a lot of weight. And it makes me wear three heads of hair Just to keep it sitting straight. ; My shoes? Ah, yes! I have put them on, and the heels are good and high, | And they press against my tender feet tilt I feel that I must die. Yet I wear them so as I come and go.and I force a pleasant smile. For one has to be in style, mamma—one has to be in style. And now my directoire gown, mamma. I I've managed to don my stays. You will have to slip me into it, for my arms I cannot raise. And I'm willowy, as you may see, with the wlllowlness of steel. It will be tonight ere I take a bite, for I cannot hold a meal! And now I go for a little stroll, and I go to make a call, And I shall not sit upon a chair, but shall lean against the wall, For I can't sit down In my nice new gown, for I know that If I do I'll bo certain to break in two, mamma— ' I'll certainly break In two! —Wilbur Nesblt in Chicago Post. i Preserving Lingerie Waists. The lacey lingerie waists HO popular : r>f late are "things of beauty," but, i 11 las. not "joys forever" by any mean.s, says Housekeeper. They are easily j ruined in the laundering, and the bro ken lace is dltlicult, well nigh impos sible, to mend. To greatly prolong their usefulness buy common waist net, cut In strips or the shape of the Insets, and sew upon the underside of the Inserted lace when the waist is new or as soon as it begins to break. Even badly torn pieces may be mended In this way, the pattern being darned ilown invisibly upon the net. Many very open patterns are really improved In looks by the addition of the net. "ne draws from real life." "Artist?" "No; dentist."—Louisville Courier- Journal. Editor (In daily office)— Say, Buck, bave you r»ad my last editorial? "I hope so," waa the crusty reply.— Minnehaha, WHITE PLAGUE SHOW Tuberculosis Exhibition an Ob ject Lesson In Cleanliness. NOTABLE FOREIGN EXHIBITS. A room that Is dark and dirty, con taining a rickety wooden bed with heavy, musty coverlets; a smoky oil lamp in a bracket upon the stained walls; a ragged, grimy carpet tacked lo the floor; an old trunk and broken chair, with threadbare garments bang ing over it; a dingy table, with stale Itread and sour milk In unclean dishes; a single window, with a black cloth shutting out the sunshine and an at mosphere that is heavy and danger ous; another room of the same size wherein all is sweetness and light, neat Iron bed and clean sheets, incan descent lamp and snow white walls, a rug on the floor, furniture that is san itary and good and air that is healtli i fill and pure. • This is the sermon without words, prepared in a manner worthy of a master of stagecraft, that will be preached until Jan. 15 at the Inter national tuberculosis exhibition, which was recently opened in the American Museum of Natural History at New York. The main theme of the fighters of I the "great white plague" who have ' raised aloft their standard of the | "double red cross" in New York is to I put lo rout the old fashioned venders j nf potions and Instead let care and sanitation stamp out this "preventa ble" disease, which claims more vie | llms annually than typhoid fever, scar i let fever and diphtheria combined. ! The two rooms that typify the old and | the new methods of earing for pa ■ lients Is in the Rhode Island exhibit 1 'ii the third floor, says the New Y'ork American. The same idea is used also in the displays from several other states and foreign countries. The exhibit that will first attract the attention of the thousands who are ex pected to visit the exhibition is the model cow barn that has been built outside the Seventy-ninth street en trance. Hero two fat, well fed cows, mute sentinels of the plague fighters, stand peacefully In their stanchions eating the best hay the market affords, chewing their cuds, waiting for the evening milking that will illustrate to the dealers and consumers of New York how tuberculosis can be prevent ed by a proper handling of the milk in the 1 mrns. Both of these animals are carefully groomed before milking, their talis are partially shaved and the remainder done up in the semblance of a mar celle wave—all this to prevent germs from entering the pails, which, by the way, are not the large, old fashioned variety, but small topped affairs that no dirt, can enter. The floor of the bam is cement, with proper drains, while the place is ventilated with cold air drafts that would do credit to a well regulated flat. Another exhibit that will prove of in terest to the out of town visitors is the arrangement of the country farmhouse shown by a model of the New Y'ork state department of medicine. The tirst floor of this building illustrates the manner in which the pnrlor. with its black haircloth furniture and pic tures of the family ancestors on the walls, which should be made the com fortable living room, is used only when visitors come, while the rest of the time the family crowds itself into the kitchen. Upstairs the "spare room" is shown, and also the small space used by the family for sleeping quarters. The hired help arc placed In an 111 lighted attic above which is the legend, "This Is Why lielp Js So Scarce." The Nathan Straus pasteurizing ex hibit is one of the attractions on the main floor. Here is gathered all the machinery used in the prevention of tuberculosis by the proper care of milk. The exhibit will be in charge of Mrs. Straus. In the bureau of animal Industry is another striking feature. Arrange ments have been made to have meat actually condemned at slaughter houses in New \ ork city takeu each morning to the exhibit, where purchasers will be shown how to guard against the purchase of the Infected article. Throughout the entire three floors of the building given over to the exhibi ; tlon is a remarkable collection of ar j tlcles used In the prevention and cure 'of the disease. There are hospital tents and the most approved beds, a portion of which can be placed outside the house window; also complete mod els of great tuberculosis camps through- I out the country. In (he New York state exhibit is a most interesting col lection of statistics showing the spread "112 the disease and its cost to the state "112 $ti3,000,000 annually. One of the attractive features is a j model of the children's school farm, which is to bo inaugurated In lie Witt Clinton park, New York. The model, covering an oblong table, shows a farmhouse, a yard, barns and a Held with tiny models of children at work. ! Another exhibit which will attract much attention is the sleeping en-1 velope or blanket for out of door use. j This envelope covers the sleeper from head to feet. Even the head is cov- j ) ered, leaving only the face exposed. £very civilization under the sun and | nearly every state In the Union has its separate contribution of models and statistics. Notable among the for-! t>lgn exhibits are those of Germany. I Kngland, France, Itussla, and Sweden, i Just inside the Seventy-ninth street entrance Is the German exhibit, will i)r. Uamel of the Berlin board ol health in charge. A model of the build ings and grounds of the great work ingmen'B sanitarium in the suburbs ol Berlin is on view. This sanitarium was built and is maintained out of the tax of 10 cents a week which the Ger man government, makes every employ er pay for each employee's insurance against disease or permanent invalid ity. Every two minutes and thirty-six seconds throughout the entire exhibi tion a great red light will flash across the hall. This is to signify that one j more victim has been claimed by the disease. M«iny prominent physicians will act as demonstrators, and no ad-1 mission is charged. MONOMANIACS ARE MANY. We Meet Them In Our Daily Life, Baya Student of Insanity. I"In my Judgment," says a student of Insanity, "there are hundreds of peo ! pie walking the streets of all the big j titles today who are Insane upon rome one topic and who only need a reference to It In conversation or oth erwise to throw them into u severe Irrational tantrum, and my experience satisfies me that the asylums are crowded with persons who appear to be the most reasonable beings on earth until their attention is directed toward some subject that disturbs their mental apparatus and makes them dangerous subjects. "The most striking incident of this kind that has ever come under my ob servation occurred when some years ago I was visiting an asylum In Edin burgh. I was introduced to a patient who had been a physician. lie was in telligent, and I had a long conversa tion with him on general topics with out the slightest knowledge on my part that he was a patient. When bid | ding him adieu I remarked that we were likely to have a beautiful moon -1 light night. In a second his whole de meanor changed. Instead of being a cultured, amicable gentleman he be ; came a raving maniac and was quick ly seized by several attendants. My simple allusion to the moon had done i the whole business. ] "It seems that this doctor, who had a large practice at one time, had be ! come enamored of a study of astron | omy and had for some years been en deavoring to invent a telescope which would enable him to get an interior view of the moon. He became crazy on that subject. His case was held to be incurable."—Cincinnati Enquirer. A FAMOUS CARPET. The First One That V/as Used In Old New York City. "1 haven't learned everything about ; my business yet," said the young car pet salesman, "but I've picked up some information that's interesting even if [ it isn't new. j "For instance, not everybody knows that it isn't so very long ago—only ■ about 200 years—that nobody had a | carpet in New York city. They didn't ! use rushes strewn around for floor cov ering, as they used to do in England, j partly, I suppose, because rushes, | whatever they are, were not plentiful j and partly because they preferred | sand. Certainly sand sprinkled on a I bare floor seems cleaner and better | than rushes, and it has some advan tages over a regular carpet. Anyhow, that was what they used In the houses | of the aristocracy. "But carpets came in fashion in New York nt the very end of the seven teenth century, and the man who Intro duced the fashion was Captuin Kidd. lie wasn't a pirate then. He was cap tain of the Antigua, a packet ship ply ing between here and I.onUon, and was a citizen and a householder in this city. In 1092 he married Sarah Port, the widow of another ship cap tain, and set up housekeeping in Han over square, then an aristocrntic quar ter. "In that house on the Hour of the 'best room,' as they called It in those days, was the first carpet known to have been In use in Xew York. It was valued at s2f>. which doesn't seem ex travagant even as money was then valned. That may not be an iuiix.rtanl fact, but ifs Interesting."—New York Times, Queer English Laws. "No statute law of England ever can be obsolete," a legal journal says. "Once enacted. It continues In binding force until repealed." If such be really the case, there ought to be some lively times ahead for several classes of the community. For instance, what will builders have to sny to the act which penalizes any i>erson who erects a house without at taching toll at leas' four acres of land? This was one of "good Queen Bess'" laws, and it l)a.s most certainly never been repealed. By another unrepealed statute, which dates back to the first year of King James 1,, it is enacted that lift! more than a penny may be charged for a quart of the best old ale nor more than « halfpenny for a like quantity of small beer. The penalty for each in fraction of the act is 20 shillings, so that if it were rigidly enforced it would not need, apparently, a licensing bill to ruin the brewers. Then, again, a Catholic owning a horse Is still legal ly obliged to sell it for £~> to anybody who chooses to offer that sum for It.— I.<ondon Graphic The First Mourning Paper. The oldest known letter written 011 black edged note paper as a sign of mourning appears to be one dated Jan. 5, 1083. In Addison's comedy of"The Drummer," 1715, reference is made to the fashion in the words. "My lady's mourning paper that is blacked at the edges." A few years later Allan Ham. say, who died In 1758, speaks in one of his poems of"the sable bordered sheet" as a messenger of sorrow. Mann, writing from Italy to Ilorace 1 Walpole In 1745, says that it was uni versally used in Florence at that time. The superior elegance of this Italian j note paper, with Its narrow margin of black, explains its ready acceptance In this country, where it superseded the 1 quarto sheet with a black border some times a quarter of an inch wide. In this way it probably gave an Impetus ! to the fashion. But it is a mistake to j suppose, as some have done, that the fashion was Introduced from Italy.— ! Protection Tor Apes. A scheme Is being arranged for the i protection of the manlike apes in the German colonies of equatorial Africa. It is proposed in the first place that I the shooting of these creatures should ! be strictly prohibited and steps taken | for their protection. In connection j with this it te proposed to establish In the Kameruf.s a special reserve for | the fauna of the equatorial forest gen- j erally. This reserve would Include a zoological tropical station, with gar- ! dens attached, in which attention j would be specially directed to the pro- j tection and rearing of the anthropoid ' apes and other denizens of the forest | zone. Poor Eve. Eve (!n the garden)— Adam. I've got to have another dress. Adam -Eve, you're the most resolute woman I've ever known. You're always turning over a new leaf.—London Tatler. A SAUCY DUCHESS. Her Audacious Fight For Gay and Hi» "Beggars' Opera." When the "Beggars' Opera," by Gay, was produced In 1728 It took positively by storm. The king still clung to Han del, but the nobility, with the Duchess of Queensberry among them, flocked rapturously to the "Newgate pasto ral." The "Beggars' Opera" had a run of sixty-two nights, unprecedented In those days, and as one result of its success Handel became bankrupt. Sud denly there came an order from the lord chancellor to stop the new piece. Why, is not exactly known unless it was because the prime minister consid ered himself to be too faithtfully rep resented therein. However that may have been, the theater had to be closed, whereupon the Duchess of Queensber ry took up Gay's cause and vehemently championed It. Very busy was she In those days, driving about In her coach asking for guinea subscriptions for printing cop ies of the forbidden play. And so heed less was Kitty that she carried her list to the (jueen's drawing room itself and had the audacity to ask the king for a subscription. This was a little too much, and her grace was requested to withdraw from the court, Kitty an nouncing, with characteristic compo sure, that the command was very agreeable to her, ns she had never gone there for her own diversion, but to be stow civility upon the king and queen. Papua Island. Papua island was so named by the Malays, and the word means "frizzled," In reference to the hair of the inhabit ants. It is generally supposed that Papua or New Guinea was originally part of the mainland of Australia. It was discovered by the Portuguese in 1526, though it was probably sighted by A. Dabreu during his voyage fifteen years earlier. The Australian govern ment, realizing the danger that would arise if an enemy seized laud so near their coasts, frequently urged England to annex the eastern portion of the Island, and after two or three unau thorized annexations a British protec torate was established there In' ISB4. Philanthropic Misers. In several remarkable cases real phi lanthropy has been a miser's motive in spending and saving to a grotesque degree. Thus when the first Pasteur institute was suggested in Paris to keep green the memory of the world famous scientist a poor wretch who lived in utter misery came forward with a subscription of S.IOO. And when the city officials called upon him with a message of thanks they found him in an evil smelling slum behind the Cathedral of Notre Dame. When the door was opened the i.:i < r philan thropist was found quart-. \ .1. :t --ly with his miserable looking tv ant for throwing away a 11.:11.•'i that had not been burned at both ends. A similar case, but on a much large, scale, was that of Jacques Ourgot of Marseilles. Every one in the city knew and hated him for his incredibly sor did life, yet when the old miser's will was proved all France was amazed to And lie had left $250,000 to his native city especially to furnish the poor with a good and cheap water supply. "I know,"the old man wrote, "that 50,000 of our citizens died of the plague during the epidemic of 1720. which was generated by the noxious p til u via arising from filthy streets that were never cleansed." New York Tribune. The Poor Ensign. The following story of German inili i tary officialism is published in Lon don: One Ensign Flugge claimed coui- I pensation fur damage to kit caused by i a mouse having gnawed a hole in his | best tunic. The officer who had to de- I cidc the point dismissed the claim and ordered the ensign to be severely puu ' islied on the ground that, contrary to orders, he had hung his best tunic on i a nail when going on guard at night ; in an inferior garment instead of pack ! lug it in his knapsack, thus enabling a mouse to guaw a hole in it "without ; having to overcome the slightest im i pediment." Ensign Flugge appealed, I and on further hearing it appeared that the officer who first dealt with the ease was mistaken in the facts, | the tunic having been stowed in a knapsack at the time when the mouse defaced it and not hung upon a nail. 1 The first decision was therefore set I aside by higher authority, and Ensign j Flugge was ordered to be severely ! punished for having stowed his tunic In his knapsack instead of hanging it on a nail, thereby giving opportunity to the mouse to kiiaw a hole in it "un der cover of the darkness." The senti ments of Ensign Flugge are not re corded. THE PARACHUTE. Leenardo da Vinci Was the First On* to Suggest It. Credible accounts exist of an English Benedictine monk, Oliver of Malmes bury. In the eleventh century having tried to fly by precipitating himself from the height of a tower with the assistance of wings attached to his arms and his feet. It is said that, hav ing gone along a little way, he fell and broke his legs. He attributed his acci dent to failure to provide his appara tus with a tail, which would have help ed preserve his equilibrium and made his descent a gentler one. In the sixteenth century l.eonardo da Vlncl first demonstrated that a bird, which is heavier than the air, sustains Itself, advances In the air, "by render ing the fluid denser where It passes tbiin where It does not pass." In order to tly It has to fix its point of support on the air. Its wings In the descending stroke exert a pressure from above down, the reaction of which from be low up forces the center of grnvlty of its body to ascend at each instant to the height at which the bird wishes to maintain It. Some sketches which have come down to us prove that Leonardo occupied himself, like Oliver of Malmes bury, with giving man the power to fly by the assistance of wings suitably fixed to the body. We owe to Leonardo also the Inven tion of the parachute, which he de scribed in the following terms: "If a man had a pavilion each side of which was fifteen braces wide and twelve braces high be might cast himself from any height whatever without fear of danger." F may be said, too, of Leo nardo da Vinci that he was the first to suggest the Idea of the screw propeller BE SURE YOU'RE RIGHT. Then Take a Long Think and Minct Your Own Business. The other day a man traveling on a shore line train noticed, protruding from an overhead rack, a dress suit case which he recognized as belonging to a fiiend. He knew that his friend always got off at the station which they had just passed, and as lie was not in the seat the conclusion was in evitable that he had jumped off the train and forgotten it. The man called the conductor and explained the case to him. After soma discussion and a mild protest on th< part of the conductor that it wasn't a part of liis duty, the suit case was pur off at the psxt station, with instruc tions to sett;' it back on the'first train the other way. The man, feeling that he had done an able and friendly act, settled down for the rest of his journey. But not for long. The face of his friend, who had been In the smoker and who happened on that particular afternoon to be going onto New Lon don to attend a dinner party—loomed before him. The moral of this is, of course, quite evident. Be sure you're right and then mind your own business.—Life. Overboard. "Overboard" is engraved on a metal label fastened to many articles of para phernalia seen about the decks of a modern war vessel. It means that the article so marked should be thrown overboard whenever action with an enemy's ship becomes imminent. Al cohol chests, turpentine tanks, paints., spare spars, unnecessary hatches and other articles easily destroyed or splin tered by shell fire are thus labeled. The president of Occident college, Cal ifornia, is said to have given the word a new meaning in civil life when he used It to indicate those who are unfit, useless or inapt in the struggle of life. It is a strong word and as such can be appropriately applied to men and things which when a ship must goto battle are not necessary or material to the end desired.—Army and Navy Life. The Arab Mare. The Arab is regarded as the first of horsemen and the Arab mare us the perfect steed. The Arab's idea of horse taming Is of the simplest. The colt is treated from the first as a member of the family, it goes in and out of the tents and Is so familiarized with the doings of that extraordinary creature, man, that there is never any need of breaking it in. The Bedouin is very careful of his mare. He does not mount her when he sets out to play his usual tricks upon travelers. He rides a camel to which the mare is tethered. Not until the caravan is in sight does he mount the mare and give chase. There is, by the way, an impression that the Bedouin is a bloody minded person who would as lief take your life as not. This is un fair to him. He is a thief of very peaceful inclinations and much pre fers to effect any accessary transfer of property with as little bother as pos sible. London Graphic. A Poor Bath. A Frenchman was talking in New York about the excellent bathing beaches of America. "There are 110 such beaches in Eu rope," said he. "Aiid the sea over there is not so pleasant to bathe In. Frequently, you know, great pipes empty sewage into it. They who stay late for the bathing in Nice, for ill stance, swim about among lemon peel, orange skins, melon rinds, soaked but; still buoyant newspapers—fearful rub bish. 1 once bathed in Nice. The Med iterranean was warm and pleasant, but it resembled soup or something worse. I heard an American after coming out say to the bathing master: "'Look here, friend, where do stran gers go fur a wash after bathing here'*' " How We Fall Asleep. It is not generally known that the body falls asleep in sections. The mus cles of the legs and arms lose their power long before those which sup port the head and these last sooner than the muscles which sustain the back. The sense of sight sleeps first, then the sense of taste, next the sense of smell, next that of hearing and last ly that of touch. These are the results of careful and lengthy investigation by a French scientist, M. Cabanis. Making Practice "These mere vassals of the town have the audacity to say my poem* make them sick." said the proud baiil "You don't object tn them, do you, sir?" "No, Indeed." answered the stranger, "And may 1 ask who you nre7" "Why, I am the town physician."— «Ihtcaffn News Fundamentally there is no sucn thing as private action. AH actions are public iu themselves or in their consequences.—Bovee. Parents and turkeys nre always j treated well before Christinas.—Atchi son Globe. SOU HET! A. Flollatoi® TOT SHOP Tor all kind of Tin Roofing, Spoutlnc ind Ceneral Job Work. Stoves, Hoaters, Ranges* Furnaces, eto- PRICES TAB LOWEST! QUALITY TDE BEST! JOHN HIXSON NO. IV E. FEONT XT.
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