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.
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NO. IV E. FEONT XT.