♦ ♦•H' ♦ + 4* •i-*5 , + , J'"}* + + + + + + + I The Political: : Crisis In : i Great Britain ♦ WJITORLDWIDE ff interest Is ■ ; In the present pollt- J0& l 3 ' ca ' cr 's' B Ih Great \ \r lirttiiln, brought tion of the budget .jfofPllffißf lords. Ttils action has created a sltu •* ■■"»$SSPr ation unprecedent- DAVID LLOYD- t0I "- V ' Rt ,Caßt 300 george. years, lu theory milking It Illegal to collect taxes and carry on the king's government, and the nation Is on the ere of what will no doubt prove one pf the bitterest lights known in Eng- Jish politics. When David Lloyd-George, chancel lor of the exchequer, oil April 21) pre sented In the house of commons the Liberal government's budget he pre ■cipitated the present struggle, which lias become historic. Accumulated wealth and"the trade," as the liquor business Is popularly called, were made to bear the burden of the £15,702,000 <$7.8,810,000) deficit of the fiscal year incurred by the old age pensions and the race with Germany for Dread noughts. In a memorandum issued prior to the Introduction of the budget the chan cellor estimated the revenue for the fiscal year 1000-10 as $741,050,000 and the expenditures as $520,700,000. The chancellor pointed out that nearly all branches of trade and industry suf fered serious depression, the foreign trade returns showing diminution in value to the amount of nearly $570,- 000,000 as compared with 1007. Foremost among the provisions of the bill to which the lords, the principal landowners in Great Britain, object is the land value tax of 20 per cent on the unearned increment, or the value added to land by the growth of the community and not by any productive enterprise on the part of the landlord. The lords were originally landlords and in feudal times used to contribute their quota of soldiers for the defense of the country. Because of this they were exempted from taxation. When A A kin/ * LOltt) ROSF.BEKY. the military system was reorganized the army was recruited directly from the i>e< the* lords were no l"ti Jpr nijljv'Ai'Vfi Vurnisli the state with trofl}*!i, but'the'exemption from taxa tion, remained. increased iricome taxes, death estate and legacies duties, a tax of 20 per cent mi future ■increase in the value of Jands due to ther-enterprise of the com munity, ta Kesjjn tkiotorti. to be devoted to Iceeplngup Tnfe ronds, aud stamp taxes on Sales of property are the oth <>r principal budget levies on wealth. The debate on the bill in the house of commons began on May 3, but the measure was hung up oil several dif ferent occasions, mid it was -uot uutU Nov. -1 0 f m * jfc|^wa "this hoi'ise' *ts" jlrf its «übmitt*!'l to tiie judßHH'ufr of tlie country." This has now liciiii dofib.'M. Apart fr6m the liuestiotj of the BJPO - of the bill, a gravy eonstitu* ! tiouul crises i* rgi, •<);.(V by ti|(» tvcjiiut ot the house of lo.tujii'is t'iijjWfcifexMi)*'. ures origiuate In the lower bouse, aud for jgf ' the last two oeuUi- commons written constitution doisik W parliament has been governed by a ens- JB jBF torn stronger than '*"■*. any law, and for the first time the house I - OR " lansdowhk. of lords issues a direct challenge to the commons. Lord Itosehery -in his ppeech in ihe house of lords called pt "tha greatest polltlcflt moment la the lifetime of any man bom since 1832." I\ if U ii A Hard One. "When," he demanded, "will you pav this bill?" , Smiling, we, ,w«yed iilm toward iour confrere. "You must ask." \ve isald,< 'fhei pw 1 zle editor."—Exchange, , T , Nothing great was ever, arhtnerri 1 without enthuHlasjn.—&mer!w>„ ■■■,.■ . < , t t 112 That fellow seems fd he extrhva gant." "llopeleSfy: money Just as If It were the govern ment's."—Louisville Courier-Journal. WOMAN. A Mystery That Keeps Man Eternally on the Guess. "When woman has ceased to be a mystery she will cease to be of special Interest toman," said one among the loveliest of her sex, and she Is able to speak as one having authority, for she Is comely and has been alive long enough to know whereof she speaks. And, come to think of It, she Is about right—she is right. It Isn't because woman makes of herself a mystery. She's a mystery in spite of herself. And nature alone, being man's superior on earth, seems to be playing woman so as to keep man ever guessing, for as soon as he has succeeded in figuring out one of her equations she hands him another, and so on, and on. At first the young man thinks he knows all about all women, but by the time his locks begin to whiten be is ready to concede that he doesn't even know all about one. Or do you know all about her? To tho laddie they are all kissable, or nearly all, but as time passes the i kissable list shortens and shorteus un- I til at last—well, you may answer for yourself, but no doubt it is quite short ] unless you belong to the promiscuous brotherhood.—Pittsburg Gazette-Times. Lure of the Heroic. Why is baseball the game of the summer instead of croquet, and foot- j ball the game of the autumn Instead ] of tiddledewinks? It is the element of contlict, of struggle, that gives to the diamond ari the gridiron their empire over the Imagination. The whole man goes into baseball, whereas croquet ! cannot contain tiie entire personality of any except a very weak dilution of masculinity. The normal man likes a game that tries the player's thew and sinew, eye and brain, heart and cour nge. The fact of the matter is that noth ing is more attractive to men than dilliculty, hardship, danger. The call of the heroic is irresistible. A case in point is that of a man who left one position for another a few months ago. lie turned his back on friends and a sure success to grapple with difficulties of a most unusual kind. Ilis employer-! offered him everything they could give him to Induce liini to remain. Bu' one thing they could not duplicate—the opportunity for a strug gle such as tries men's souls. That was more to him than the material reward.—St. Louis Republic. Tip to the Wayfarer. "Well," demanded tlie stern faced woman as she leaned over the red handled broom, "what do you want?" "Lady," said the wayfarer with the long beard and matted chin. "I'm 1111 actor by profession and lu hard luck." "Well, what have I to do with that?" "Why— er— I was thinking if you could spare me a quarter to get a shave aud a hair cut 1 could get a job In the role of Vlrgiuius." She eyed him disdainfully. "Oh, that's a poor excuse," she said, with a curl of her thin lip. "Go up to tho town without a shave and a hair cut and get a job in the role of Rip Van Winkle." And before be could say another word she started to unchain the dog.— Chicago News. Why We Laugh. Laughter seems to be a specialized form of either the scream of a star tled or injured animal or tho cry of triumph common to many beasts of prey. In children tho cry of terror nnd the shout of laughter often shado into each other, and tho young child escaping from pursuit will scream with laughter or fear, according to his chances of escape. Some unexpected e .-tit that causes slight ainrtn short «• ictual terror Is die eontMflfiieit cause <>' ■•hildl-en's Imigtrter, but -lb 1 itVTtiPr* s no sudden event that gives a sensa tion of triumph over others has much more Influence. Really clever Jokes seldom cause laughter, and It has been pointed out that a man chasing his hat will produce laughter far more hearty In character than the best ef forts of the cleverest wit. The sight of ill fortune in another causes by contrast a feeling of triumph in our selves. The ticklish parts of the body are for the most part the sites of im portant blood vessels, and the laughter Jiroduced In children by tickling Is even more closely allied to the cry -.f pain. r Ana Yet't»ie King Died. r During tti'e illness of King teen dO(fors in "a ttendance, and they Nlosed bitn ii) the course of five anil, a half days frith the following drugs and powders: Orange infusion of the metals, white vitriol dissolved in coiji ,<Kiund peony Water, powjler-lot sacred hitter, sirup of buckthorn. common "decoctioh for clysters, rock salt, emetic '•■ wine, two ble)t(l pills, bryony com pound. powtjer ot white hellebore roots. jM'Wdt'r of cowslip flowers, best nian ina. cream ot tartar, barley and liq uorice. sweet almond kernels, sal aui 'hioniae, antidotal milk water, mallow root, melon seeds, chicken broth, bark ot elm, a julep of black cherry water, flowers ot lime, lilies of tile valley, spirit ot lavender, prepared pearls and white sugar candy, senna leaves, ale. sirup ot cloves. (Joa stone, Rhine wine, oriental bezoar stone and a number of other medicines. Society's Mandates. Society can and does execute its own mandates, and if it issues wrong man dates instead of right or any man dates at all in things wjifi. which, it ought not to meddle it practices a so cial tyranny more formidable than tnany kinds of political; oppression. |lnce. though not usually upheld by fcuch extreme penalties, it leaves few ,£r means of escape, penetrating much Oiore deeply Into the details of life jfcd the sold "ftself.—John Ituart Mill. 1 "■ - ''ft S InV.iaTitM wit ot J "■> te _ 'V •/•<< •(■[»! , , p Father— You,seem look, at things tt a very different light your •a it i age. Newly parried ph'utffitei-- »<•". *<> wfteP 'rereiv'ttitr : fotir- Ren l!thlpW"rfAd' Mlttf -6ai!d(HaliV-ff 1 fof Treddinfc pre-d'tits.'' i ! , • j' Wit'ls easier to appear l •wru'tby <st a- 1 posifion one does not hold than of the office one fills —l.a Rochefoucauld. PLAYED WITH A LION. A South African Child Who Ran to Moot the Big "Doggie." The infant son of one of the Dutch settlers in South Africa had strayed away. After some time a search par ty discovered little footprints leading in the direction of the bush. Follow ing up these, the search party cauie upon a large open space, at the far ther side of which they discovered the object of their search sitting hugging a little wooden doll and munching a piece of bread and butter. Before they could make their way through the thick, tangled undergrowth a large lion sprang into the clearing. Tbo lit tle boy. far from being frightened, ran to meet the lion, holding up his bread and butter and said. "Take a bite, doggie." The father stood powerless to move or speak through fear, expecting each Instant to see the child crushed under the lion's paw, but Instead of doing as he dreaded the lion turned himself over and lay on his hack at the child's feet, looking up In his face as a cat would do at play. Watching his op portunity, the father raised his guu and tired, hitting the lion in the leg. The animal sprang up and. leaving the child, rushed on the party. Injuring two of the number before it was dual ly killed. From this circumstance the child was immediately christened by the settlers "Daniel." —London Family Herald WAITED FOR HEALY. An Incident of the Land League Agi tation In Ireland. One morning during the Land league agitation Xlr. I'arnell left Dublin by the early mail train for Roscommon to address a meeting. On arriving in the town he received a telegram from Dublin which ran: Missed mail train. Will get down at \ o'ciocK. Postpone meeting till 1 amvt- HKALI. Mr. I'arnell was pleased to learn that T. M Uealy, M. P.. was coming down. Delighted, too. were the local promo ters of the demonstration, and the mot I lug was gladly postponed for a few hours. At 3 o'clock the railway station and its approaches were thronged with people with bands and banners, and the train from Dublin steamed in amid terrific cheering for Tim llealy The train pulled up. a carriage door opened, and the local reception com inittee rushed to It. when out steppcit "llealy," but it was not T. M. Ileal* M. I'. It was W. Wallace ileal;, a well known reporter on the stall of the Irish Times. lie had been assigned to the Koscom mon meeting, had missed the mail train, audit was most important that his paper should have a report of Mr Parnell's speech; hence the telegram —Pearson's Weekly. ODD RACE ACROSS AFRICA. German Officer Suggests a Go-as-you please Contest. Lieutenant Paul Graetz of the Ger man army, who recently crossed Af rica in nn automobile, has launched a novel project for a go-as-you-please race across Africa. Competitors will be allowed to walk or use any other means of locomotion known toman except a railway. Graetz. who will enter the contest himself, agrees not to employ his auto mobile, with which it took him (SO days to bisect the dark continent, hut he may resort to a Hying machine, bal loon, dirigible airship, motorcycle, bi cycle, horse, donkey, zebra, jinrlkisha or native drawn cart. For the pres ent he is not saying which, lie plans that the race shall start on March 1, 1010, at some pgiut on the east coast not farther sput'li limn the twentieth' degree of north latitude. The lieutenant that the coo,-, test, apart from its sporting aspect, ought to produce valuable scientific and economic results, fie hopes that adventurous Americans may he in duced to enter his transafrlcan scram ble. THE ANIMAL MIND. A Story About ■ Cow and the CaH She Licked, An absurd story is cjf«s about n cow, showing what creatures of habit animals are. This particular cow would uot stand to unless she could lick her calf at the same time. i«'or a long time sha always had' a calf of some ago or other to lick, but at last by ill fortune one of her died. There Is no reasoii why a bereavt^] ( mother' Sh'oirtd mourn hei 1 loss Just Ht iiUlfclng'tiirte,' but: there was the habit of miking certain motions. The , firmer, however, was a practical psychologist. He stuffed the skin ol the calf with hay and let the co\\ have that to- lick. To be sure, the h.'lj ,calf had neither head nor legs, I nit a" fqw has no general ideas concerning the nature of calves nor any special' reason for assuming that calves should' have heads and legs, it felt right, and it smelled right. It enabled her togo through the customary motions at milking time. Therefore it was suth'J dent. , .i - . I Ity dint of caressing and licking hei little calf, the parent one lituu morning The hay issued from within, aud the wvv. manifest | lug not the slightest surprise or agita tlon. proceeded tr4«<]iUUy to devour j the unexpected | pin'vender. •., Takes Snapshots of Microbes. Before the Parts Academy of Hei enoes Jenu Com&ndon announced re- 1 ceqtly the dlscover/of <a frew method' 1 of photographing bacilli by the com bined use of an ultramicroscope and i a cinematograph. The discovery Is considered of first importance, open ing! as It does a new field for the study ; ot pilcrobic actioq. llow many things, both just and un, Jtttt ah> sanctioned by custom:—Ter 'titfek' ~ * . a 7 u " | ' Much Rather, ' ' ■,if'fhe ratbef waltz' than ,Wtf£ , n slie')l find plenty of, ipen wbo would rather Ri&q a, dance program" Mipi a dinner Y : 1 ieefe.''- E M ,' „ Contentment gives a crown where fortune hath denied It.—Ford. AUTHORITY ON AMATEURSPORTS E. G. Brown, New A, A. U. Lead er, Fond of Athletics. ONCE A CHAMPION SCULLER. Sees Much In Future For Clean and Healthy Sport—Does Not Beliav* That Present Football Rules Should Be Radically Changed—Enjoys Good Boxing Match. Everett C. Brown, the new president of the Amateur Athletic union, is the kind of a man who likes to see two healthy boys wrestling in the school yard, fie likes a good game of foot ball and enjoys a good boxing match. In fact, there Isn't a branch of ath letics that he does not approve of. He pulled n strong oar in bis day and has taken part iu all sorts of aquatic sports. No athletic club In the United States has better divers and swim mers or a better water polo team than the Chicago Athletic club, of which Mr Brown is president, and he takes unusual interest in t liis branch of the sport. Mr. Brown sees great things iti store for the United States athletically. "Al though our athletes lead the world now." said Mr. Brown, "we will have even greater athletes in the future.be- cause no country in the world gives | the attention to the physical develop ! ment of the youth as we do In this I country. The school playground is a j great institution, and it is there that our athletes are developed. In every part of the country the schoolboys are i getting more and more in touch with out of door sports, and that's why when they grow up they are able to I compete successfully against the ' world. The United States Is the only | country that is paying out millions in ! amateur athletics. Ever Ready to Better Conditions. "Amateur athletic affairs in this I country are in excellent condition, and 1 do not believe that any radical re form is necessary. Hut the Amateur i Athletic union Is always ready to bet ter amateur conditions, and if any } phase of the amateur sport needs ref- I ormation the Amateur Athletic union will be only too anxious to meet the situation." Mr. Brown is an ardent football en \ thusiast, and. while admitting that the [ game is rough and has dangerous fea j tures, he does not believe that it ought | to be radically changed. lie believes that further changes in the rules could be made that would lessen the danger of mass play, but he is not in fuvor of abolishing tackling or scrimmaging, the two exciting features of American | football, which, he says, make the gridiron game such a thrilling sport. Another branch of sport of which I Mr. Brown is especially fond is boxing. I "There is uo tnore reason for stopping professional boxing than there is pro fessional wrestling, or, for that inat ! ter, any other branch of sport," said i Mr. Brown. "It is good, healthy, man ly exercise and calls for courage and skill and could be regulated and main tained at a high standard among ath ; letic sports." Active In Athletic Meets. For five years Mr. Brown has given ! up much of his time to the athletic j teams of the Chicago Athletic club, i lie took teams to the St. Louis exposi tion. to competitions in the south and L east and hihtouw -A? A. ath V lit* Seal tie and other big athletli i carnivals -on the coast, lie was with | the Awi-rtcan team at the Olympic games last \t-.ir apd has had an active part in ulliletw affairs of every kind. I Ihe new .president was a champion [sculler. In ISNj lie won the junior ' semilog championship at Philadelphia. representing the , Karragui Boat club !of Chicago, lie won Mississippi J championship /fifiTfer the', auspices of I the Chic'&go i'n' jSM.and estaty ( lished a rt'rofd "s?iiil, over ft ! course on Cabinet lake, Chicago. 7 in | wh'lcri theri»' was oiie turn in 10 nun ! utes 5 seconds. ,lie j the big regattas W « fis?tii(jcr of' (he | Farraguf ' Boat cluti cre'tvs' and was, also a member of t(ie club's other letlt'teamlj. Mr. Brotfti Vas born lb'Cineida, lIL. aod Attended tlie Cliß-ngo grmnmar and high echodls. Hi' at tended the Chicago College of Law and the' law department of T.ake Forest university, receiving a degree of bachelor of law | from.the latter Institution. ;J j Mr. Brown becaine Jdtyjitifieil ' with the Amateur Affiletic union iu j 1903, when he was keift as'a'delegate 1 I from the Chicago''Athletic association. ' He Is a m'tuber -of-dn? Cblcagb ' Club, the South Shore Country club I ami is general, manager of a live stock ; | commission company. Rjilroad a Game Projector. ! Tlie locust groves planted on aban- I doner] ground bj? the Pennsylvania ' railroad in Pennsylvania have titl-ned ■ j out to be great illace< for preserving I I rabbits for the next year's cro|i. The | I thickets are too hunters to shoot them in tlie while they i battle dogs among tlie small trees and refuse to leave retreat to be shot. Zealous. ' I A country convert, 'full'of 2t*al, W | ills first prayer meeting, r'cftnhrUs of ffbred Mjtu,self fot; servicv'. '7 «nY.ready to do anything ot.'tWK" said he, "so Jpng.ai if's honorable." —ku Li >i'ii i > > • ■' '* l ' fbegries elf Wunger. "I'm feffnply cried the short story writer if t Lbf Hungry cluli !'I wish they'd begla duSjier." ui."l 9HVV* sjvvv yutt.wbeu yotl itorea'# fltarving," said tlie-poet. n'Tro-never'as'hungry lis jjti are. tlie teto?f ed, * < bee9'nsi' U, ! ' ViVW New i York Press. ;' ' ( -i'tt to • :i " • Needed. 111 bring you a fork, sir. The Customer What for? John The cheese, sir. The Customer—A fork's no good. Bring a revolver.—London Sketch. FILIPINO WOMEN. Their Cares Begin Early, and They Win Husbands by Hard Work. "Filipino women know how to win husbands," Buys an American woman who Is living at Manila. "It is a com mon thing In the islands to see a girl, young and brown and strong, crushing rice with a heavy wooden mallet, while around her sit a number of admiring swains, looking on, but never dream ing of offering to help. And the girl doesn't expect It. She pounds cheerful ly away, and by and by her reward comes In a husband to work for. "Life accustoms the Filipino woman to labor at a very early age. As a tiny girl she is rarely seen without an appendage In the shape of a baby brother or sister perched on her little brown hip. When she grows a few Inches taller and a few degrees strong er she Is pressed Into service as a wa ter carrier, bearing heavy jars of wa ter poised grncefully on her head from the river to her home. Now, too, she works In the fields, and a vivid bit of color she makes in her short kilted scarlet skirt. When she becomes a woman—and she Is a woman at fifteen or before—she may have a small shop to tend, and there is the rice to beat and much other work to do. "Marriage brings no vacation. She is pretty sure to have many children to care for. She tends the fields, cooks and frequently has a stall in the mar ket for several hours a day. But when the women are really old then their rest time comes. They sit quietly by, looking on as life goes past them, but taking part no more. In spite of the hard labor they have had there is gen erally a very peaceful look In the brown, wrinkled faces of these old women."—Now York Tribune. A VICTIM OF WORRY. The Man Who Is Always Expecting Some Kind of Trouble. There is always a cloud on his face because be is constantly expecting that something unfavorable is going to hap pen. There Is going to be a slump in business, or he is going to have a loss, or somebody Is trying to undermine him, or be is worried about his health, or fears his children will be sick or go wrong or be killed. Iu other words, although he has achieved quite a remarkable success, yet he has never really had a happy day in his life. All his life tills uiau has been chasing rainbows, thinking If he could only get a little farther on. a littlo higher up, he would be happy, but he is Just as far from it us when a boy. I believe this condition has nil come from the habit of uuhappiness which he formed during his hard boyhood and which he has never been able to overcome. IJe has learned to look for trouble, to expect it, and he gets It, 1 have been his guest many a time, lie has a beautiful home, a very charming wife, a most delightful fam ily, but there is always the same cloud on his face, the same expression of anxiety, of unbapplucss, of forebod ing- A little properly directed training in his boyhood would have changed his whole career, and he would have been a happy, Joyous, harmonious man in stead of being discordant and unhappy. There is everything iu starting right. What is put into the first of life is put into the whole of life.—Success Maga zine. LANDES SHEPHERDS. French Poasants Who Are Experts In Walkiny on Stilts. There Is a vast district In France where the entire community goes about and transacts its business on stilts. This district Is called "Les I.audes/-' 1 " 'on if- tM./niiv "i Thf littioblmutf:, vrlk> hre among the poorest peasants In Frame, gain their subsistence by tfidntig. by' such littln agriculture ns is possible And by keep-' lug cows and sliced The shepherds make us* of their sttlts for fw'o'pin^ 1 [Mists—tirst, Itecatise walking 1s cjuite impossible on accmVht Vif the sage'ntlii undergrowth of brusti. artrt; s'PCond. becaVis*? the height of their siilts gives them a greater range of vis-inn Thfe srllts generally are about six or ►.wen feet high. Near the top there Is a support fot tlie fiiot, -Wtilcfi "has H strbng stirrup iltid rftraji, and still neifrcr the top a -{jaiid of leather flis tens the fcrilt rit-mfy to the leg jiist lie-' low the knee. Some stilts, especially those made fof for tricks, -are even higher' than seven feet, ifftd the rtlnn vrha uses and tintst be an i*xpfcrt—£nn trJivel as liMit'-tell inlles an (four The iWer" rtvtFHif this kind "of stilt' is i-apjSWI Avltfi a sheCp brine to prevent Ira splitting. •• • Snfne of ilnv'e Land 's -.la'piichls are woirtlerfiiHy . - , r in t"!,e liiiinngement ><f their stills lll.*} run i'aees,' step or fif&ji oier LViii cleriV fences and waits and are abk' to keep their bal- tttid equilibrium while stooping to the ground to Jilclv- tip pebbles ~r to gather wild tlowers They fall prono upon their faces and assume their perpendicular without an effort and In a single moment after they have thus prostrated themselves- * Breaking the Fast In Ramazan. The Arabs say Ramadan; the Per (flans find Turks say Bainazan. They ail observe throughout the month a species of fast that has no precise counterpart in the west. So long as tho sun is lu the sky food or drink ot a»y kind may not pass the true be liever's lips. lie is not even allowed the sweet spjace of a clgarett/e. But from the firing of the sunset guns un til It Is light enoqgh to distinguish a tilfick hair from a white he may feast to surfeiting. Watchmen will patrol the streets with drums to warn him that his moments of grace are num bered. and cannon once more announce their end. Nothing is tnore characteristic of late afternoons in itnuiazan than'thO prep arations for the evening meal which preoccupy all Moslems, partfdblarfjr' those who work with their hands. As the sun nears the horizon fires ar« ! lighted, tables are Rpread, bread ta broken, water is poured Otit,' are rolled, and bands 'fine 'lifted way to the mouth in expectation thtf signal that gives liberty to ekt: This • breaking of the daytime fast is called! iftar and Is an Institution in itself. To be invited to iftar is a particular mark of friendship.—Scrlbuer's Magazine. MYSOST. i A Norwegian Cheese That Is Made of Goats' Milk. There is n terrible kind of Norwegian j cheese called "mysost," which is made nt goats' milk. It is brown in color and served in the shape ot bricks done up in silver paper, ihe Initiated shave this Into thin tilms and make it Into a sandwich with black bread and butter. This cheese is really made from the whey after prober cheese has been manufactured. All the water is then boiled out, and the remainder is compressed into these brown bricks, which taste sweet and gritty. Love ot this cheese would take some time to acquire. The opportunity is not lacking, for it appears at every meal, from breakfast onward. There are several native cheeses. Another terrible one, "pultost," is made with caraway seeds and always smells as if it bad gone bad. Mysost has no smell, fortunately, only a terrible as pect and taste. l)r. Julius Nicholyson sent a few Norwegian delicacies to a friend In Germany, and, among others, he put in a piece of the native mysost. Ills friend wrote and thauked him for the salmon, etc., and then continued, "The soap is very nice, but we find great difficulty in making the lather." This was the cheese!— London Saturday He view. AMERICAN CRACKERS. Pilot Bread the First Variety Made In the United States. The first cracker produced in the United Sta'es, so tar as known, was I pilot or sh'p bread, a large, round, clumsy, crisp affair, which supplied ! the demand of the merchant marine for an article of food that would, un like ordinary bread, keep for a pro lunged period. Later another variety was origi nated, the cold water cracker, which Mtffered from the first chietiy in its smaller size, more compact texture and greater hardness, for a long time these two were the only goods kuowu to the trade. They were both made of unleavened dough mixed and kueaded by hand, and the crackers were rolled out and shaped separately before being placed, one at a time, on a long handled sheet iron shovel or peel and transferred in order to the floor of the oval shaped tile oven then in use. It was not until some time later that raised or fer mented dough was used in the manu facture ot crackers, and it is only ! within the past three-quarters of a | century that any great variety has | been produced.—Makers' Weekly. Hogs and Somersaults. | As there is more than one way of j cooking a goose, so there is more than ] one method of leaching a dog to throw | somersaults. Hut the most practical i and thorough manner is to fasten a cord around the body of the animal ! close to the fore legs, and two people | should hold the ends of the cord on ! either side of the unfortunate dog. A ! third party, armed with a stout rope, | takes a position immediately in front i of the canine acrobat and with a meas | tired and masterly stroke Hogs the j floor at close quarters to the dog's nose. I At each stroke of the rope the dog j springs backward, and that movement j is the trainer's golden opportunity. As I lie dog springs backward the rope 1 passing under its body Is jerked up ! ward, and, although the first few at ! tempts may prove futile, the somer ! sault is acquired in course of time. An intelligent dog soon sickens of this or der of things and throws somersaults without the assistance of ropes. EXPLORATION o{;_Tflk ApCJICS ' l 1 De vote His llife to the Work. I'rofessor Mouaid McMillan, who oc cu11it-tJ a ••hair ii) the mathematical de j. part,mem of Worcester (Mass I acad emy prior to his Incoming a member ( of ( Yiniiiiandor Kojjert JC. Peary's pi>lar expedVt'ioli, has decided to make arctic exploring his' life work and to give j up teaching for good and all. fie declares fjnjt the arctic' lif'p.iip peals so sthmgiy to him that ocjt summer lie will join an expedition to explore thonViigbly iSdapd. That po^iit .(if itjuid, he | Oeljerygj ,i)f. Cotkf rericlifctj. Prqfcsgor .McMillan j sai'd tiiiit Hits' point ot laud attracted ! his attention when the Itooseveit pass ! Ed by ou Its way ■ nopfh)'»? "4 believe.'' the exploiter said, "thA< this-kind will be of hiueh scientific valne. and It wlll' tio at/"lwtereefftig study iu Itsdlf wTjertoer «112 ust ! Eskimos du»ll thWe." WJ'i'• What expedition he will Join Pro fessor McMillau could not say. MOUNT ETNA. ' It Is Said to Hold All the Climate* of the Earth; Mount Etna has furnished mure ma- I terial for travelers' tales thau any oth er mountain on earth. Astonished Eng lishmen of a century ago, who fell into the fashionable habit of climbing to its highest peak—and some did so, to the amazement of the Sicilians, even ' in the dead >of winter—have left oti ! record in the exuberant language of their day the emotions that thrilled their soul. "The man who treads I Mount Etna," wrotV'olie of these, "is n man above the world. Every river on the lslahU can bo traced from Its mouth to Its source. "The characters," the same writer 1 continues, "of all the climates of the earth can be detected—the frigid close around one, the temperate with Its belt of trees just beneath and the trop leal at the base of the mountain, w|th its vineyards and luxuriant groves. The great ocean around, with the Islands of 1,1 pari. Panarl, Allcudi. Stromboll and Volcano, with their smoking summits, 'appear under your feet, and you look down upon the whole of Sicily as upon H map." in addition to all the climates, fiina IH 1 reported to have trees that rival the giants of California, tykesrtbat never "thaw, bottomless ctitwoa and salable snow.—Chicago ( ,n ~ddul lu ,' The kittle iT+iiHS Countedjibi d" 1 'The <iUviiigiwUli UMJ ftutUlyi II Ail. yes. Brother Smithers, it is the lit. ' tip things of this Ufe that count! Lit tle Willie (In a loud whisper)— Maw. that's the sixth biscuit he's took —Ex change. A NATURAL The Osvil's Race Course In the Blu« Ridge Mountains. "The Bloe Jiidge mountains abound in natural wonders," observed an old resident of I'eumar. "Most wonderful of theui all, in my opinion, is the Dev il's ltace Course, which U but a short walk from I'enmar. "At first view this strange natural phenomenon appears like a broad roadway of great stones which ex tends away up the mountain in a path no human hand could ever build. Many of these great stones weigh tons, while others are only a few hun dredweight. Lying close together by the thousand, they preseut an extraor dinary spectacle. "Tradition has It and scientists agree that a thousand or more years ago this strange track was the bed of an ancient river. The conclusion Is drawn from the looks of the Btones. They are all well rounded and worn smooth, showing the action of water, which had polished their rough edges uo doubt for centuries. "But the mystery is if this theor.x be true to explain how the great body ot water was confined at the sides, for the course Is not hemmed in by high banks, nor is it located In a ravli:e. In fact, it stands somewhat highet than the natural side of the mountain. The puzzle only Intensifies interest In the queer place and multiplies the ar guments and theories of Its prehistoric origin."— l»a 111 more A merican ORIGIN OF THE ROD. Used In Driving Oxen. It Came Har.dy In Measuring Land. The origin of the rod. pole or perch as a lineal and superficial measure has been traced to the rod. pote or goad used to urge and direi t a leant of oxen pulling a plow. So it came about it was used as a convenient and handy laud measure in feudal times by the lords in allotting plots of land for ag ricultural purposes to the villeins and others. One rod wide and forty long built up a quarter of an acre. The furlong, or four poles wide and same depth—l. e., forty poles, one acre—was a convenient length for a furrow before turning the plow. Of course these lengths some what varied in different parts of the country where soils and agriculture varied, but gradually the slight varia tions grew less, and finally the present accepted statutory acre was evolved. Gunter's chain of sixty-six feet (ten square chains to the acrei was invent ed by the I!ev. Edtnuttd Gunter (1581- 1020). He was a professor of astrono. my at Gresham college, London, and Ingeniously adapted It to facilitate dec imal calculations in land measure ments. The use of the rod in superfi cial measurements of brick work and lineally in hedges, ditches and fences followed as a convenient existing measure.—Builders' Journal. PASSPORTS. Method of Applying For Them to th« State Department. Passports are issued to citizens of the United States upon application to the state department in Washington. The application must be accompanied by an affidavit attested by a notary public or other officer empowered to administer oaths stating that the ap plicant is a citizen and giving the ! place of birth and age, and it must be I accompanied by the certificate of one ! other citizen to whom he is personally j known that the declaration made by I the applicant Is true. | The application must be ticcompa | nled by a description of the person, I particularly as to age, height, com [ plexion, forohead, -ayes, nbse, mouth, j chhl. fcaW iuid -face;. Blwlkt foruls are I ftifutehed-wby, -the state department ot» ] application. The fee for each passport \is sl. Cltizcus .traveling abroad may also obtain passports by applying to United States ambassadors and mints* te 9jm a w aJiATHu > 3*339 Where any person lias made n dec laration of Intention to become a citi zen of the United States and has re sided In the United States for thre*» . years a passport valid for six months may he issued to him. This passport is not renewable and does not entitle the bolder to the protection of this government ,ln, the country of which he was originally a citizen.— New Torfc j, Anerfcan. Dean Swift's Complaint- It Is no new thing, this complaint whtcti one Iwurs of the -high cost of llvlug. Writing to Stella front Lon ' don In the i)jear 17KV Duao Swift re-. mt\rks; "1 lodge In lUuy . street. St. ' Jumes, where I, removed a week ago. 1 have the first floor, the dining toon* and bedchamber at 9 shillings a week; plaguy deep, but I spend nothing "for eating, never goto a tavern and very seldom iq be expensive. ' . el ,i K i/.'MH' > A Potential Difference. "Pa, what's the difference between Idealisnnrnd realism "Idealism, my son. Is the contempla tion of tliarrlage; realism Is being mar ried."—Boston Transcript. ■mrrni A. R.ella bl« TIN SHOP ror all klnrf of fin Roofing, - Spoutlne nnd Conorai Job Work. Stoyos. Hoators, Ran«o», Furnacoa. oto. PRICES THB LOWEST! PILOT TUB BEST) 1 . ;,. 1 r,( ) 1-evn fli n d-vtoifa 1/iijori '«;»! J-il- JOHN HIXSON NO- 11# E. FRONT «T,
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