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ANQLB, |»r«»pAelnr.
COMET IS SOUTH
AFRICAN EMBLEM
First Appearance on National
Flags ot the World.
OEFEATS OSTRICH FOR HONOR
Symbol of New U. 8. A. Has Four
Pointed Head and Tail of Orange.
Green, Blue and Scarlet Bands—Suc
cessful Designer Dies on Day He
Hears of Victory.
For ihe first time in tlie history of
the world a comet has been given n
place on a national flap. The Union of
Sout It Africa, the new four colony state
established by Britain, has chosen for
the flag of the state a banner with a
plain blue field.
The British ensign Is In the upper
left hand comer, and emblazoned
•cross the field is a device in the like
ness of a comet, with a four pointed
bead, symbolic of the four colonies,
and a tail of orange, green, blue and
•carlet bands.
The strange flag design was chosen
by competition. The successful com
pctlior died on the day his design was
selected.
The (lag board was headed by Ad
ailral Egerton. The anchor, the chain.
Micdiamond and tho plow were among
the devices submitted; also tho ele
phant, tho ostrich and tho springbok.
One of the commissioners favored an
anchor, but It was pointed out that
an anchor 011 an Knglish flag I* the
symbol of a dockyard.
The initials of the Union of South
Africa, U. S. A., are canslug the postal
WScials of America and Great Britain
Jots of trim tile, and many letter* in
tended for place* In the United Stutea
•112 America are Iteing sent to towns of
tiie same nnmo in the South African
Union; also letters for South Africa
are going astray in America.
The authorities lu Johannesburg aud
ki London are jumping with both feet
•n the cost of writing "U. 8. A." on
(tie African subcontinent mail.
The Filial Chinaman.
Many examples of Chinese filial piety
strike the occidental render aa ridicu
lous. There is the famous story of
Lao Lait.su, which Mr. E{. F. Johnston
repeats in his "I/ion and Dragon Is
Northern China" I ao's paraau* lived
—to such extreme old age that he was
himself a toothless old man wtails
lliey were both still aii»s. "Conceiv
iog it his duly to d'.vort linwr atten
tion from tlioir weight at ynara and
approaching he dressed Wttswif
■q> In the cUtfie* of a s u<i played
sbout in liis iiareatt' praeetuie
the object of maldac liteJ* ttiiak tiitsy
were stlH a uuwsrJed < sn
tciuplatiug I lie faancost gaaslisls of
Hieic infant sop."
A similar r u»e -is What uX Wtu; li as,
whose tuoUiur liud .is usi.v*mi>»i'<ikf]»
dread of thuvde*- anil UgiiMtng. Wlnas
she died she vv*s buried is a meuutats
forest, a till thereafter, whixi a ylsiaat
thunderstorm occurred, W ass«S l''oa
heedless of rh" wiuti nud rain. would
hurry to her grave and throw himself
to his knees. "1 am here to protect
you. dear mother." h# would sxy
"I)o not be afraid."
Making a Gunstock.
A party of men were out hunting,
and an old woodsman who was with
them broke his gunstock in some way
or other. It was just about nightfall
when the Occident occurred, and inas
much as lie was very anxious to do
some shooting early the next morning
he decided to fix up his shooting iron.
i''iuding a walnut fence rail, he set to
work. His only tools were an ax and
a big pocket knife. All night long he
labored vigorously at his task, and by
morning the gunstock was finished and
back in place and worked like a
charm.
"How did ,\ou do it?" asked one of
tho uumber. greatly surprised.
"Very easy." was this old hunter's
reply "No trouble at all. Just get a
piece of wood about the size and kind
that you want and then whittle away
aii that you want whittled away.
When you have all the wood cut off
that you don't want you have a gun
stock."—Kansas City Journal.
The Measure.
The ancient judge sat before the
scales of worth.
'Bring forth the royal treasure!" he
cried, and the hurrying slaves poured
Into the huge pan sacks of golden
metal, caskets of sparkling gems until
it seemed as if all of the wealth of
earth were there. Yet the balance
never stirred.
"Let the learning of the ages be add
ed," came the order, and tons upon
tons of the wisdom of sagos, philoso
phers, scientists and poets was heaped
upon the pile. And still the great arm
of the scales remained high in air.
"Add now the men of power and
high position." said the judge, "and
the scale will fall." But all in vain.
"But what is on the other side that
outweighs all these?" asked one.
"It is character," said the judge.
Why They Got the Freedom of the City
Extracts from old records, showing
how people had earned tho honor in
former days, were read at Canterbury
by Alderman Mnson when the mayor
and ex-mayor were granted the free
dom of the city. One citizen received
the freedom for "undertaking to serve
us cook at every mayor's Michaelmas
feast," another "because he cured
Nicholas Johnson's leg" and a third
"because he married a widow with a
large family."— Pali Mall Gazelle.
V' nnt,..<ms WlistMl OfertlM
Cannot Ovsreem*
» «n> the *ttiter |<*«*enger* oha
fall In rl-It the wlreliv* ofliee stmnrd
ship 14 wstch the tuterstlon of the In
atrunieiiia sml In ipiestlon the oper
ator Needless |» any, the technical
tinders! a tiding of Ihe well meaning
visitors Is a rarlabla quantity Th«
npcinfor tiiual llaten lo wondering et
rlaitiatlnns. original suggest lona for
Ihe Improvement of the aervlce, dls
course* on the relation* lie!ween wire |
lesa lelesraphy and spiritualism and ■
Other doubtful topics with uniform
courtesy. At times, however, tha!
strain la too great, It was a lady pas- j
senger with mi eye for details who j
came to the wlrelesa room and looked |
wonderlngly In.
"Oh. here's the wireless! May I '
come In? Isn't It wonderful lo think I
of sending those -those wsves-you
cnll them waves, don't yon? How fas
cinating to work at this! Are those
jars tilled with water?"
"Those are condenser Jnrs, madam,
quite empty."
"Really? I don't believe I could
ever understand It. That coll of wire !
looks like a birdcage."
"That Is the Inductance helix."
"What are those things over your j
ears?"
"The receiving telephones."
"Then yon have telephone connec
tion too. One enn hardly lieep up i
with the times these days. What does
that coll do?"
"That Is the receiving tuner and In- |
terference preventer."
"Wonderful! Does it keep out nil in- i
terference?"
"Not nil," replied the operator wea
rily. "Some kinds of interference can't ,
be tuned out: we just have to stand
it."—Youth's Companion. •
EIGHT CENTS A DAY.
Workers' Pay In England When Board
Was a Shilling a Week,
There was a time when n wrrkmnn J
in England received 8 cent* a day as |
an ordinary wage, when skilled ar- 1
tlsans commanded 12 cents a day and .
when women worked In the fleld at i
such tasks as reaping straw, hoeing,
planting beans and washing sheep
for 2 cents a day.and a wise student
of the subject has expressed the opin
ion that the British workman of that
day was better off than he has ever
been since then
That sounds |>aradozical. But tbe'
explanation Is this: Ths workman
who sold his services for 8 cents s
day could buy good beef or mutton for
IVj cents s pound. Witest eoet him on (
the average only 18 cents a bushel.
He could get board for 12 to 16 cents
a week The pay he would receive for :
flftoeu weeks' ttervlces would sutftcs |
to purchase a sappiy of suitable food
stuffs, according to the standard of his
time (consisting of wheat. malt and
oatineal), to maintain his family for
stn entile year.
Under these elrcunisUik'as 8 cents a
day -iucreued to 12 cents la harvest
Umt»--was a fair wags, and "times
were good'' fur Uu> sversge warkmaa
—lfeOlvif'j
Optra In Dumb Shew,
The U«« Ciara Not silo is har rasat
Vttocttnces lutis kv* MMUtTiM ease aa
Mastfsti la "4ikMAui**La" •uifeeaf si- 1
ittrbtg s Rots. hag sOn -vel<
anil was RrevautVsd frssa -'■tul'-C at
tits tail uavawXi uUevgJs urewds ef
swSj ''sows*s tit-sad? aiitsd idle hssse |
''Us i-Ms Mumm tsUiaig Ibsr. ta As
s»»m- tkftt. VsW«sa ksss st xiestv
•bees pass's wetK lis
ttiis Mid. I iss't tapirs It
absvs say brestfe: 1 «*waJd iMvs us ds
it In diusl) sitww!' Ktuui at is
si Ulw ettU)s.rst ss ti* sesUsuidy
meugt ssd su Uia Ilsmm bsagud is
to try this. *od ske, Qted by Uts as»
elty, did S.J. Ths tfTatefui pubtio rsv '
»d in praise of this surprising tour ds |
force, and the sensation it tnsde tilled
the imperii."
Bathing Machines.
Somebody has inquired why "bath
ing machines," the comfortable priva
cy of which for ocean bathing has
never attracted bathers In this coun
try, are called machines, remarking
that there Is nothing of a machine
about them except the horse which j
draws them to the beach. The answer \
has been found in tho new Oxford
Dictionary. It appears that a "ma
chine" was originally a "structure of
any kind, material or immaterial," and
has nothing to do with machinery, a
later word. Ships were called ma
chines, and !t. would have been proper
to speak of a pulpit as a machine.—
Argonaut.
NO JOKES CAUSE INDIGESTION
Indianapolis' Auctioneer Mayor to Try
Goats' Milk Cure.
Mayor Shank of Indlauapolis i< pre- j
partus to drink two quarts ef goats'
Ijllk daily us n cure for Indigestion
and is satisfied that if a cure results >
he will be able to stay In his office
longer and therefore transact the bust- !
ness of the city more expeditiously.
He has gathered statistics showing !
that goats' milk I* taken in sufficient
quantities n iil cure the disease, and he
is going to try it.
The mayor says that as an auction- .
eer he was never troubled with any j
thing, but the mayoralty gives few op- 1
portunlties for cracking jokes, and he I
attributes his indisposition to the fact
that there are not as many laughs in
the mayor business r there were In
frying sales.
Mex'co Finds Liquid Asphalt.
Pure liquid asphalt seeps from the
earth in a number of places lu the
Mexican stat;- of Tninaulipas.
Narrow Escape.
"What! *i ou it widow, dear cousin?"'
"Yes."
"Well. t!ia'"s a lucky escape for nte
Do \oti kntt'v. I ii".tr!y mar'led y-ie
once."--Bon Vivatit.
PARKER'S
HAIR BALSAM
Cle«n<"t and btftatiflet (he hair.
MHp* ** T'or.-.tfi % luxuriant growth.
■NRr Nt-vcr Kails to K*atore Oray
SfflZT. Hair to lta Youthful Color.
Cureg scalp di*su<* * hair taUlaf.
tOcTand 112 I.W at DnmHi
IMIOI
JURISTS
IN the recent death of Melville Ds
I■*tn-ey l.andott at Ynnker*. N
the United State* loot the last •
nl a galaxy of <oiitciu|HiritueoU«
humorist*. Laudou* pen name waa
1.11 I'erklua. and as *ucb he waa
known all over the country by reason i
of hi* writing* and lecture*
(CII Perkins began evolving hi* hu- i
mor at a time when many tnen now '
little known to render* were In the !
heyday of their |>opularlty The fame
of Uncle Remus (Jonl t'handler Har
ris), Mark Twain (Samuel I>. Clem
ens). Hoaea Itlglow (James Russell
Lowell), Ik Marvel (Donald fJrant
Mitchell) and Bill Nye Is secure, but
to the majority of the younger genera
tlon such noin de plumes a* Josh
Billings. Petroleum V. Nnsby, Mrs.
Partington. Joslnh Allen's Wife. Peter
Parley, Danbury News Man, John
Phoenix, Fat Contributor. BUI Arp
aud even Arteinu* Ward are little
more than names
Died at Seventy-one.
Mr. Lnndon was seventy-one years
old. and the disease which killed him
had so undermined his health that for
the last live years he had done no
writing.
Mr. l.audon was born in Kaston, N.
Y., in September, ISiJO. He was edu
cated lu the public schools and was
graduated from Union college in 18111
When the civil war began he enlist
ed with the Federal troops and rose
to a position on the staff of General
Chetlaln, with whom he saw much
active fighting and by signal bravery
was raised to the rank of major.
The lure of opportuuity took him
into the south at the cioso of the war,
for he saw the possibilities of a little
capital invested in cotton lands. He
bought a plantation In t,oulslutia. and.
although his venture was successful,
he spent only a few yearn there, pre
ferring to travel. On his tosir ef K«-
MferiOLß » JBOi rmm in a
rap* W* Vrv.Tii-.- toianu Wstpra » As
**!•>. ui li-!M sen'sss dei. ewes
t* the UV»ra.r» mme
whs* We wits skm'eteic.v ou uhe A. as sari
eaa »*jat Si. Ps'Ai'sdwjt
WtitWwiiinl *y Wacd
U> iaV» ke u> lii* tiTsXd '
»u4 ni* ftrst »»*k. ' Iswwj;»
(a UMd." a ii.ajMbi'sn* wdt
tM m*i+: Oka SJUke ef hiti PvrlUlM. '
■i*4e Uh Mi l*«ridM. Ua
IMB luuua waa Is »m edU '
ciauiiar. ami Arleutua Ward waa re
sponsible tor It l.uudau said of it:
"When o» tny l.otiisAaua [liaatatlou j
Ward was feeliux >n a liuuiorous mood
he would call me 'an Ell Perkins of a
man.' An Ell Perkins kind of man :
was n dry. humorous, statistical per- 1
son with an odd conception and a 1
clumsy manner "
Ills celebrity followed the pnblica- 1
tiou of his econd book. "The History ,
of the r;;!Uco Pr.:-.'s!HU War." His I
career a lecturer, a vocation then j
consid red in the class of the fine arts,
beg." i :'.l>out tliis time His success in ;
Ihls 1 :d added to his prestige.
I first humorous book was pub- j
liv i! ill 1875 under the title of "Wit, I
U ..ior and Pathos." The iTltics of j
I' time characterized the pathos of I
this little volume as classic. "Wit and |
Humor of the Age" was brought out j
in 18S0. and seven years later he pub- |
llshed "Kings of the Platform and'
Pulpit." "Thlri.v Years of Wit" was '
his n.»\t wor - and hN l.ist book canio :
in 181).". .• t i : • lime ihe free silver
discussion < 'led P<-rktns
on M' . .i: : I nil 11
I ism."
Discovered Eiil Kye ?
In "Ell Perkins Thirty Years of
Wit," published in iSM, the humorist
repented some of the humor of hlstor- j
ical renown and contributed not a little !
himself as gleaned from his experl- j
ences. Particularly was lie reminis-(
cent of Bill Nye. as follows:
I shall never forget my first lecture j
in Laramie. W.vo. Ii was In IS7S. It
was then that Bill Nye was discovered.
1 discovered lilm. He was running bis
Utile paper called the Boomerang and
was having a terrible fight with an
editor across the way The other edi
tor. George Sanders, was madly jeal
ous of Nye. He would write ponder
ous editorials abusing Nye: then Nye
would answer with a quaint, good na-
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DIAMOND Bra WD PILLS, for twmtT-livc
jreara regarded aa Best, Safest, Always Reliable.
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&& EVERYWHERE ESS?.
tured imrsgrnph making fun of !•' • op
|Minent. Which would be copied Into m
IhoUNsntl uen npa per* This copying of
Nye'* article* made Mstider* liutdtler
than ever
"The fact of II Is," said Sanders,
"thl* Nye Is a fool Ills *tuff Is all
twaddle. Now look at my editor!tils,"
be said a* he pointed proudly to a
double leaded article on "Southern t)nt
tages" and "('omlng War* In Europe."
"They are solid, they are dlgnlttcd.
you can sec they are written by a
scholar. Now look at Nye's paper
See what trash And still they all copy
him. It makes me *|c»- Book at
nils?' tie sti"* pointing to a parngrnpli
he hail penciled
" 'What become* of our bodies?' asks a
"oft eyed scientist, and we answer tn
stentorian ton«-s that they set Inside a red
flannel iindoslitrt .is the maple turns to
crimson a* t the rnssafra* to wold. Ask
us something difficult, ethereal being."
"That's enough." salil I. "That set
ties Nye. We can all see that he will
never amount lo anything."
A look of Inexpressible gratitude set
tled all over Sanders' face as I said
this.
Nye Introduces Perkins.
That night Mr Nye Introduced me
to the opera house audience. He did
it in so sweet and amiable a manner
that 1 was completely won over and
regretted that I had agreed with San
ders. I shall never forget the modest
and trembling manner In which Mr
N've faced the audience ami com
menced his introduction:
I.ndle-i nnd C!entletnen I urn rind that
It ha* devolved upon me tonlpht to an
nounce that »« nre to have an Interesting
ledum on lylnif by one of tho moct dis
tinguished—l—l—(there *as a lonfc pause,
for Mr Nve'n Inflection Indicated that Iw
had finished and the audlrnco roared with
delight, so that It *ll aoma time befors
the eentence w»e concluded) —lecturer*
from the east.
"tVe have our ordinary country llara tn
but Mr Perklna come# from the
metrepolla. Our every4a y Hart have a
fine reroril We are provd of them. But
the nneultured Itare of the prlarle renr.nf
he expected to rope with the sifted and
move |m,listed prevaricators fpem the cul
tured «*«1 lAdtee and §*ntlemen. per
mlt me to Introduce to you Ellar Ferklss
"lAdlet and (rrntiernen." I aftid tn
reply, "I f«el frail/ ••tfarart h/ yaor
Laramie humorist's tribute to my
veracity, but truly 1 bjo uot aa jreat
a tlnr as Ur. Nya"—aud then 1 aeeuiad
to falter; tbu audience saw my dllem
mn and applauded, bat Anally I flu
IsLod th« sentence by aaytnt—"7 am
not >m< b:< a liar aa Mr. Myo would
luivh yon think."
A day or two after tills I pfcteil op
the nuotnaranc re-wd utaks para
graph:
"When Mr. Perkins was passing
through l.uruiuLe U* said tie wm trav
eling for but wife's pleasure.
" "Then your wife is wttk you?' sua
nceutl a Beuuieraus rsiiurtar.
" "Ok, aw,' as mi *l3. sfet la Va Nev>
York ' "
Siiikd Id touki+f
Ui NliLai ef fab* -rtn »ni| ratert et
a lastitj tvJtww. *a«Ji ■<
•re.. I*l. I,aa*#a nreVe
"Alier far t*e Y U <&■ A
,k«. s 1 in aatott *a wanitay li
t*e 4a. It leak* »4l<eej swJtelara aa ftiui
<*y evSMtoK I»<t mtf talis* ara i+f r*
»H ve aaUaca ar attwrafc ivJ»*a*ea I
«eaH awl i htta.lr ef -umrJHfj ta MU*
sb#*t. a* 1 MM at thV otHNraia aia4
"New. i a i'il re Den was! aa<i« I
" 'Aktavl Uu'ae auiM,' e*U a U'
alf £Ui>, *.»4 t*e witty tuaswar <*a»
vaisoU tfc« uii*rai» vita la«sfer*r. am
i>b* tea was U'ulrao "
Aawtkar *u.»ry r«W *a kiiuaaJf was
tibia:
"Abuat ibw funtiiwl iaehlmii iu my
lecture experl»iu<«e happened at
Portsmouth. N H 1 have fold the
story In prlut ntid luudt' Max O'Ki'll
th« hero of it. whila il r«»ally h«p(HMM'il
to myself
Appreciated In Portsmouth
"When 1 K°t «>n the train tlie nexl
morning after my Portsmmth lecture
I was accosted by a very nicely dress
ed young gentleman, who said, as he
advanced toward me. with a smile:
" *1 beg pardon, sir, but are you the
gentleman who delivered the Y. M. C.
A. lecture last night?'
" 'I am,' I said, with some pride.
" 'Well, I want to thank you for It.
1 don't know when I ever enjoyed my
self more than when you were talk
ing.'
"'You are very complimentary,' 1
said, taktn? the young man warmly
by the hand, 'very complimentary. 1
ant glad my humble effort was wor
thy of your praire.'
" 'Yes,' continued the young man.
'lt gave tue immense pleasure. You
see, 1 am engaged to a Portsmouth
girl, and her three sisters all went,
and I had tin- girl In the parlor all to
myself. Oh. It was a happy night—
tho night you lectured in Portsmouth!
When are you going to lecture there
again ?'"
Tho First Anthracite Coal.
When the first two tous of nntbtu
cite coal were taken into Philadelphia
In ISO;! the good people of that city,
so the records state, "tried to burn
the stuff, but at length, disgusted, they
broke it up and made a walk of it."
Fourteen years later Colonel (ieorge
Shoemnker sold eight or ten wagon
loads of it tn the same city, but war
rants were soon issued for his arrest
for taking money under false pre
tenses.
Canina Rudders.
"The dog," said the scientific geutle
man, "sometimes steers himself with
his tail."
"Uses It to guide his wandering
hark, does he?" asked the lrn»i>ons!-
ble humorist.
The Ruling Passion.
He —I hear that your liushaud has
taken to smoking again 1 thought
you Insisted that he should give It up?
She —Yes. so I did, but I found such
• pretty smoking jacket at a bargain
""all—J —-
(|1 HI lit II (flfll II of
ftnvth imkiiiH. k rupld pent
IMW In civilization iih< .*'*il* nut
by Hit* »i« jpnti'iini <»f Major h a Al
len. Lite mmsllnn nifi-01. wit" *nv«
tlwt. «litl** fully 7f> |wr cent nf tit*
reservation litilin•>» are full bhwids.
|ier cent nf the'tt have Ixxonio ngrlrul
ttirlst* and have |>mvH themselves
thrifty mi<l fnlrlf aurce**ful s* farm
i rs
There are nlmiit 2.000 redskin* <>n
th<> wservatlon. which I* richly tnlles
nnil f■ • rt> m'li'i wide Of tlil«
amount of land iho Indian* hivp been
allotted ntmiil 400.000 ai rw. while the
remainder Is now in the hand* of the
whites
From l liN land the liiillntm this your
raised approximately 100,000 bushels
of wheat. bushels of outn. 40.-
(ton bushel* of corn and 4.000 bushels
of flux. Their fair, hold during three
days of October, will compare fttvor
abl.v with any white man's county fair
In South Dakota. Included In the ex
hibit.* w«c ninety exhibit* of small
grain. forty of com anil a largo nntn«
tier of vegetables. In addition lino
showings were mailt l of rattlo. homos,
hogs, sheep. chickens and other prod
ucts of the farm.
There are thirteen churches on tho
reservation. Iho Episcopal. Presby
terian and Catholic denominations pie
domlnatlng I mring the last two yearn
12." good farmhouses have lieen built
The Indian!' are In the main virtuous,
self respecting and show a remarka
ble affinity for civilization, the only
drawback to their advancement, ac
cording to Major Allen, being their
fondness for liquor, which Is some
times supplied them by liootloggcrs
despite the most strenuous efforts of
the government to keep the liquor dis
pensers out of reach of the Indians.
Fire* and insurance.
The agent of a well known instir
#n<o company stood on the fringe of
the watching the firemen retir
ing from the scene of a small blaze in
an uptown tlatbouse.
"I'll do business tomorrow morn
ing," Bald he grimly. "and moat of It
will be with women who hare "forgot
ten' their Insurance has ruu out
There's nothing like a Mm on the
Mock to »et thoughts In the direction
of inirurance Lest week a woman
win waiting for me when 1 opened
my office.. Her husband had given her
money to take ont lnsurauce weeks
before, and ahe had a|>eut it for a new
hat The night before a Are had
broken oot on the second flat above
theirs, aud. believe u», that woman
must have suffered tortures until the
fute of Ike honae was wttlal. She
l«ild ttMi premium lu small change,
which 1 believe sLw took from a cblid'a
bauk, rather tliuu coufes* her neglect
to her ImsUaud "—.New \\>rk World
The Poor.
We all tu»<* the yoor. It would be
entirely unnecessary, if not positively
vatltlUb. to say 'hat we hate the poer.
Hut there aju iwu kinds of poor— the
indlviduaJ |mor aud the cuJJectite poor.
It * u«t t-tae isdlv«ln«l pour tluir we
invp. it >a tke collective uuor. It ie awt
tlie pwei tiia> ie knew uiii sua. est
lii« liver i mi: Alt lib set liuew ah«l
if*.»e seiukst units uer MtoUusues le
leek at. t> e are a.fr» v tl we ;ie»at
we sitai.l t'»ase is lev" iksku sever
»«■» t;s« ».ssr ifer keihaa. er t.ue
ue*i keuvsi. er We ujeivruirs. Ksr
iluui we Caa ear fei set
u«Bkrlksii*ac i'a it aaa»f*ri> itai sa sail
a* ii< s»
It is wilib fjeat fsry«r. Uewevsr. tata:
we <Ma s»,v "ttea i>.e«s ike i.eer." lie
•MS•* kke p*et J" set raferi'tfir wieil
our ramfart ;■« ;-a» sl'tkiaai d«ei*e~
I ,ifa
F.s'.iltng at Liskan.
I.i*Wh .-tunsln* i4>r er Hesiry
KieWin# It «* on <i;t. 4. 1704. that
Fioldlsy diisl im ilie I'mliixiuwe cap
ita I, and il was it iv.u ilial his tomb
h«« or«s iisl in tiie Ku&'i«h ceniotery.
And l"'leidin;; didr t like Ulaiion. As
the house*, ri,live.lts. I'hurehes. etc.,
uro larjie." ho wrote, "and all built
with wiiiie stone, lhey look beautiful
at u distance, but as you approach
nearer and tlud them to want every
kind of ornament all idea of beauty
vanishes at once." At that tluie a
voyage to I.isbon was an undertaking
not lightly to be contemplated. It
tool; Kidding exactly lifty days of
foul weather.—St. James' liar.ette.
COAL IN SPITZBERGEN.
Relic* of Cypress Swamps Similar to
Those of Florida.
Swamp cypresses, that grow in Flor
ida today, once flourished In Spitsber
gen, says Count de Goer, the leader of
a Swedish geological expedition which
has Just returned from an exploration
trip to that bleak and icebound island.
The expedition found geological
Strain which are described by Count de
tleer as one colossal herbarium in a
fossilised state They are said to Jn»
tlfy the assumption that in early pe
riods the entire north polar region was
one vast low lying plain covered with
dense forest
Evidences of the early vegetation uow
present themselves in extensive coal
deposits, which a newly formed com
pany is beginning to work. It is ex
pected that 50.000 tons of Spitzbergen
eonl will be shipped in 1011. Today no
plant grows on Spitsbergen taller than
an inch or two at the most
Americans Like Cremation.
Since IS7S there have been 10.121
cremations in Germany. In the United
States In the last year alone there were
34.500.
_it rauet be just right. Inferior gasoline U the red ■
vA \ cause of moro auto trouble than any other one Ufttng. ■
I Waverly Gasolines
wSB'/lli* Power Without Cjwbon
- Mad* Mpeciallr for «uto»- Uatantutcai'i. »>>■ P
rtMgmMmk "ful. dw» (£ck i«Sio«—■•»« fcJU-
WaVerir'on wTrto o».«tt»K
Age>
« at the glrdh
-.4tul and one odd* t
i nnd utlliToii in eYerydaf
nQ si-rlvencr had till* Ink horn
•tinl pen nttiolml to It.the *< holar his
lne>k or books, the monk hla cruclfls
■ lid roearv, the iniik«M>|i<>r hla tallMi
•ml everybody his knife So many
and sa various were the nrtlelea at
tai lieil to It thnt the tllpimnt began to
poke fun In an old pluy there la men
tion of n ttterclmtit who had linnglng
nt his girdle a |m»ui h, a spei-tin ie case,
a "punnlurd," a |ien nnd Inkhorn and
s "linndkercher," with many other
trinkets besides, of which n merry
loinpnnlon said, "It mis like a halv
enlaslier's shop of small wnrea." In
another early play a lady says to her
maid: "CJlve me my girdle nnd sea
that all the furniture lie at It. lxiok
that pinchers, the penknife, the knlfa
to close letters with, the Isslkln, tho
enr picker and the acale be In tha
~nno" tilrdles were in some respectn
like the chatelaines of more modern
times, but the.v differed therefrom In
being more useful, more eoinprehen-
Klvo In regard both to sex and to ar
tlclen worn, an 1 when completely tin- j
Istied more costly. It Is partly for this
reason that we find girdles bequeathe*!
as precious heirlooms aud as valuable
preseuts to keep the giver's memory
preen after death. They w»ro not In
frequently of grunt Intrinsic value. i
Tee Electric Tan.
Rack In r o early eighties I»r. S. 8.
TVlieeler, tin electrical engineer of New
York, was experimenting with a small
electric nm or. In the course of his ex
| per'mouts the doctor i-oucciveil tho i
, Idea ttint steamboats pii;;ht be run j
with electricity if the propellers could
be directly connected to high speed j
electri" motors, Uolug away with all i
the gears then In use In steam propul- !
■ton With this Idea in mind he had a
small screw propeller count ructed und i
fastened it to the armature xliaft of j
his small motor. To his snrptisa tho ,
experiment resulted in a fine braeze of !
cooling air which more than delighted !
the ex|<erimenter, for the day wna de- j
cidedly hot. It ia nei\llens to add that j
j the experiments with screw propellera j
| ended right there, and the engineer
j took up tbe atudy of the eiectrk- fan. j
vv Ith the result that he soon perfected |
the device uutll it wsa a cemmereiAl j
success.
Oonn/clabbar.
New drinks have sometimes s glori-1
1 ous and brief popularity. Lord ?<rraf j
ford, writing to I<ord Cotflngion iu,
; 10.15. extols "bonnyclabber." whh'h he j
i says "is ihe bravest, frealiest drink 1
j you ever tnnted. Your Spanish cl.>a!
would, on the heats of Madrid, hani; j
his nose iitl shake his bmira 4Q hour I
over every sop he took of it and take
It to be the driuk of the coda all tha |
I while."
No one, however, seems t« know
, the exuot composition of the snductiva
! "bonnyclabber," although from m aJ- j
| luslon to it by Ben .lonsou It nouM
seeui to have been a unit are of besr
and buttermilk.- l.osdon Chrouicls
THE HES3IAWS.
Tiny Wsr* Sssri ttalaiars, ar.al S»."I1«
Qasd Amsnssni.
Tksrs It a pspiOajr Wsus i a
»awgle nk«t t*« ttessiaa oaaruaasrfH
irsagfci ivi ky tka Srjtisk rt'srs
bast IS il|kf (As Aiasrlssaa rsssaiuisS
. asra a-itsr Nia war was es«v u4 \M»< .
Jksli dsiiMua raseHUUte a tiuil I
auikla «;»ai«a' sf tka rsassylvama
•ataaass af ta<i«> f»ama»rs:> >•»
, ka 1 * aftsr tks wan kaaaaS*
'.k» Si liask ta'uswt wn
kcact is attua *«uh aa <iao«)ia4 ike
ciuvaluM af iks war afMr U wsa avsr
Tk» Niw Mtar i aewks»d mills 4a®4 ous j
seas, as i*«v wads tfc* vary Has' aa ,
.liars sgaiiwt tka Aaisrlvsas. aak •
whenever vt was practical to do
they were put lu tha most responsible j
places by the British commanders ;
The intense hatred at one time
against tile so called Hessian sotdlers j
some of which still lingers with the
present generation, is very unjust, be 1
eause they did not volunteer to tight |
against the Americans, but they were
forced into the British service by the !
Impeeiinions German princes who sob! ;
them to the British like so many
1 slaves. The Hessian soldiers would
sometimes take a notion to desert, nnd
they invariably found refuge among
some of the German colonists. A con
siderable number of them were left
behind from time to time on marches. |
on account of sickness or wounds |
These always found a ready welcome
among German settlers; few of them |
ever found the way back to their un
| tive land.—"Pennsylvania Germans."
! by William Beidelman.
LARGEST HEMLOCK FOUND.
Is tn Rainier National Forest and 2--
Feet High.
The largest hemlock tree in the
world so far as is known stands on
the bank of McCoy creek, in Lewis j
county, Wash., and as it Is included in
; the Rainier national forest it may add
centuries to the several hundred years
which It has been growing.
The tree, which measures twenty
three feet in circumference and seven
| and one-third feet in diameter, has a
clean stem to tbe tlrst branch 100 feet
from the base nnd Is perfect In every
way. The king of hemlocks stands
among others of its species, fonr. tive
and six feet In diameter, and lifts its
crown Coti feet into the air.
I Never talk of other people's fan;;-
without necessity and avoid those sho
do.
Matt
of kill-
Hut Ik
oil fwiil »
against fvWf |.
uted to tile pirMt
ttWßt.
We niiHid c.wr v
otn protest sualnst
railways 1: .1.1 the
Its signal from t li** |
jet have started
\Vh« u the oleetri
tkovn to it* we lint
toy ntnl liiii*;h«il lis
when lit* 'if.vtvil to »
for n few thousand ill
We |iut Into j.i il »
first man who brought
totimi kit We br> Ue t
irwltit tnt" blue t:* tin
lated to roiu tin* workl
wo illtl tfii' «.nne thin ; I
mul tin- binder \\> w«
w rlter its a plnyihlng.
We jratlii ri'il toret her in
lru-s of Imllgimtlon nt tl
I'o-al to install electric t
nml when I>r Bell tol.l us
vented an Inst-u men t by
whl 't wo mlirlit talk too
a<r - tin l town we respon
n-t >• '"il ridicule, nml onlj
l« 'i i;inong im contributed
In? Atlantic Monthly.
How to Est Lea'
Tho infamous Captain
his piratical crew wer«
tight places at Panti*
occasion were reduce,
leathern bags. "Son
one of the cotnp
(whose narrative is ■
Buccaneers In tho VV»
never were out of theli
ens may aak how the
eat. awallow and dlgei
of leather, so hard ai
whom t only answer: 1
once expertmant what b
er. famine la, they wool,
the manner by their on.
tbe pirates did. Tor tb«
the leather and sliced It la p.
did tkey beat it between two a
and rub U, often dipping It In the
ter of the river, to render it by th
means supple and tender. Lastly, th*
scraped off the hair and rotated o>
brullsd It npoa tbe Are. And belni
thus cooked they rut it tnto •mail uior
«ii» aud ate it, helplug it down wttl
frequent gulps of water, which bj
good fortune they bad right at hand.'
LONDON FOG PEELS OBELISK
Hisragl>ph,e» »112 3.000 Years Age 9hov
Rapid Dteay.
C'ltopstoaa Needle, the ttgypUa
obelisk on ilia lliiinaa nrabankuieul
haa tu#su nipoeed to atu< -
phere for thirty-two /ears ar
ly succuinbinc to ita wlTecta.
iu the smoky air and the <i
are gradtislly destroying the
of tbe kHMVglypiiics iu«mi v
people ef Heiisiiolis geeed i*
3. tHW years
a«wr4tual.v iii« suggestion
:-Ua! die 4v*dle aiay aav« t>
raeiea ;• a as v.e salsiwlaua uuw
pkere. aui/toe <» ahe •citiali iau»fi*u
w keif ukere >. « aJteadkjr i-we !ilsj't>ua
e I saist* seekeuDeti freia tk
r.eatkei Cke aenanf to imtloOlcj
ty ileaj.ee is* Mice tk* Mat nww
tke e.ecaae e* aeaa> tea taaa la
■tare uhM keAsia
Tkars ie aa *".i every ef M Ngy
vsae «iy.'i rtit kaaHl hJim t»
4te was 'MkevW tteai ffcry;
Wr*aki*i< oka »£■» ura' ce~
ebuaien-e m a #»'*
were lost !'ke at
un«l iv weil '*> I mm*
wevk't »ek akac.
km kera* • vttaelet
HapeUaa
I'at—l My. MWk. I'm
Can you Und me the It
Mick—Sure. I'at. ti
thruth. 1 haven't a bol
penny 1 get 1 give i
mother.
Pat- Be j.iliers. Micl
talking to yer inothi
me ye never give her
Mick— well. I'at
my poor old mother n
aort of a chance have y
ting any?— London MalL
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