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.