rOPUIiAK TRADITION.
INSTANCES WHERE IT WAS FOUNDED
ON HISTORICAL FACT.
Tlif Mlsslimitry nml tlm Old Mnn. Itcnrh.
Ittr Tradil inn vt Hi ffnnmtlirnrl.nii
About I he lllni'k Hr.-Kry thi Wlrk.d
Kurt. Trnnsnre.
Them onon nn mrrprtln mnl
ptronu niinilrtl iiiissinniiiy in tlin south
sons, lni lin k n pri'iit ilrnl of inti'trst
In tltc fnlkloro of tlm islntnl vlirro lio
chvi If. Afttr jrrtits nf stwlv ho tinnlo tip
liis 1'ilnil In!- fjniid ntnl nil (lint llurn
w:ii nut a piullrlo of fart In tlm Irwinta
jirofrssliip; fn 1m Iiistorio which Iip liml
lal n hiucly niitliorril. In ) i h t r nt at IiIh
own rrrilnlity, unwilling to let people
know wlmt a fool lie Inul lire I, In1 t:Ms
nl Ills wlmlo collection into the fire.
Some ibrs nftri wnril there was a trrrif
ii' linrrioiiiic. The IhIiiihIi r liiul told
Mm that onon npnti a time Ioiir nun it
ci rtain fnmrin chieftain used to nit on
A Mono In m il tn-nrath a ttrn which
irnw close In tlio mission house. That
In in li hail ili!'icniTo no one knew
vlio;i or hmv, lair in tho rhiTs of lira
tin liilem tiny u-i il to Jilnre offerings to
the Fnii it of tin' olil chief lirar tln spot
vlirro it 1 1 1 1 ' 1 Meeil. Wlioii tin- ttiission
aiy fallioil out on tho tnortiiinf nftrr the
Ktl'llll, till' fli-f I'lljoot III' liottecil VMS
this tri o ovi ". thrown ami in tln miilst
of its tijjtu! :n (I roois limiK a stotio
I cmli.
Tlm rrven ml pentlmiiin WliitiiiK
was l is minie, if wo renn mbi r rlplit
ftoml iii u lim.o. The Irpi ml wns trno,
thru. Kxaniiiiation proved liryoml a
ilonlt (hat tlio l.inoh hail roftnl uptiiiist
tlm bolo of tlio tree in some (listnnt ufic,
fur there ww no truce of nil incision.
Tho vnoil li.nl crown iiiicitlly loninl
ninl over it. t-'n far as ho could rouKlily
coiiiputo, four eriitiirioH must luivo
rwssctl since it mood outsiiln tho trunk.
For that trine tho isliiiiilcr lind pro
si rveil tlio memory of a eiroiinistiiiirp pn
t ri H in (j, for to question that thin wan
tlio lini' li thry a"sif;in'd to thoir mytliio
hero vould havo hern hilly. And tlion
the nod man inonrnod li in haste. Ho
had destroyed tho patient lalior of jrnrs
becaum lio would not credit tho ac
counts of prnve emits pivon in all se
riousness liy inonilirrB of his flock, and
it proved I hat tlioy worn trustworthy
even on mrh a detail M tho personal
haliitK of a man w ho died 400 yearn hro.
Tho story is onn to) bo borno in mind
by all students of folklore and of that
early stngo in linnian nnnnl which in
based njion tradition. But H docs not
follow that Mr. Whiting had pood canitn
to lament his luiruod iiiamiHcriptit if lin
valued them only for the records of
events they miirlit contain. That there
nro particles of fact in tho most pro
ti pquo of tlieso legends, which profess to
bo historic, wo find more and more rca
sou to believe as our knowledge w idens,
but it is rarely posiblo to sift thoui
from the mass of poetic uonsenso. Sav.
nges everywhere keep tho memory of
still tlina incidents which occurred, as
wn learn by internal evidence, an in
definite number of apes npo.
Geologists recognize thnt tho Black
son was onco a lake, with no outlet to
ward tho Mediterranean. They inelino
to think or believe, that it escaped
through the Bosporus and the Darda
nelles shortly after tho glacial period.
But Diiidoins .ieiilus mentions a tradi
tion of tlio Samothracians exactly agree
ing with this account, which learned
meu of tho day havo framed upon tho
teach irp of rionco. Did the Samothra
einus exist in the glacial period? They
nay that when tho Black sea broke its
barriers nt last nil their country was
drowned that was tho Samothracian
flood. And it is evident enough that
such must have been the result of tho
cataclysm. There in a patsago in Pin
dar also which some commentators in
terpret as an allusion to the sanio pro
digious cveut.
Tradition of the mammoth are so
general and ro vigorous in the extreme
north of America that savants of repu
tatiou are not unwilling to admit tho
possibility thnt it survived 200 years
ago, mid others who have no scientific
reputation to hazard go very much fur
ther. Very small details are preserved
by tho popular memory sometimes,'
VYlicu the wizard Earl of Foulis was
carried off to be boiled alivo as tho only
means of killing him, tradition report
ed that he threw away the key of his
treasure chamber. It could never be
found. But less tbau 00 years ago
schoolboys playing in the haunted ruins
nucurtlicd a great key which might
very well have been tossed through the
airhole of a dungeon opening the
point is significant beside the road
along which tho wicked earl was hur
ried. Many eases might bo cited where
even antique stories of buried treasure
have been proved true. A notable one
is told by tha worthy Dr. Plot in his
history of Herefordshire. Brausel castle
bad a specially flue talo of this sort,
alleging that a kinR's crown was sunk
in tlio moat. In 10 50 a cottager mimed
Tuiler, planting a hedge uloug the ruoat
to protect his children, found a crown
set with diamonds. He sold it to a jew
eler at Gloucester for 37. The jeweler
transferred it to a Lombard street gold
smith at a great profit, and he sold the
diamonds alone tor 1,600. London
Stuudnrd.
Wliftt E1m Coald Hhm Dot
"I whs surpriicd to hear that Penel
ope hud broken her engagement It
thought she wai iotormiued to stick to
him in bpite of the opposition of her fa
ther." "Hho was, but the idiot wrote, her
soinu poetry, us ho called it . And he
rhymed her mime with 'let us then
elopo.' That settled him. " Cincinnati
Enquirer.
The loueliest house in tho British
Isles is said to be the gamekeeper's cot
tage in ykidduw forest, approached
from Keswick by a path along Whit
Beck, which offers 6 miles of as
rough wulking na can be well compress
ed into that distance.
A Wtirn lUnkrr'a ItlnlT.
"Did yon ever ronlizo that them Is
till to ho exorcised in the making of
n effective bluff? Nearly every mail iu
A pinch is anxious to frighten tho oppo
sition, but everything depends upon iio
way in which it is done." This was tin
philosophy of tho retired banker, and a
story went with it:
"III ono of tho Colorado towns that
havo sliieo heroine cities I was running
a private bank, mid there was another
, itiHlitulion of tho same kind ill tho
I place. Wo loaned heavily mi real estato
! iu thop days, and n sudden collapse of
j tho boom left our securities greatly de
preciated. I'mler such circumstances
j minors that wo could not pay soon gain
' eil circulation, ami we had to make tho
! best preparation wo could for a run.
"It came in true western fashion,
! with a rush, witS threats and n flourish
of puns among tho more excited. My
rival took tho old plan of paring at but
ono window, making each transaction
as long as possible and thus staving off
the inevitable while hoping against
hope, lio announced to tho crowd ev
ery few minutes that ho eouM pay dol
lar for dollar, but his anxiety w as so
apparent that it made tlm depositors
more insistent.
"1 took the other tack in making my
bluff. 1 had raked together enough to
stand a pood stiff pull, so I told all
hands to stop everything else and or
di red each ono to become a paying tell
er. I also posted notices that tho doors
of tho bank would remain open till ev
ery one was paid, even if it took all
night. Tliis set tho crowd to guessing,
and they eased up a good deal. My next
move was to place money in tho hands
of friends, have them mingle with the
moh besieging tho other bank and then
rush over and deposit with mo. This
ruse turned tho tide, and by (I o'clock
I had more on deposit than wheu the
run began." Detroit Free Press.
The Htar C'nstmni'r' Iok.
Ono of tho attractions of a certain
Chestnut street cafe is a beautiful An
gora eat, which is generally very mild
mannered and ladylike. The cnt passes
most of her time sitting upon the cash
ier's desk. Slio was posing there ono
day when tho star customer went up to
tho desk to pay for his noonday meal.
"Did you over tickle a cat's lioso
with a toothpick?" the patron nsked of
tlio cashier. "It has an awfully funny
effect on the animal makes it sleepy."
Ho hud a toothpick in his hand, ami,
offering it to tho cashier, said, "Take
this and tickle tho cat thero with it."
Tho cashier took the little splinter of
wood and passed tho end of it over tho
noso of the drowsy Angora. Tho next
instant puss emitted a scream of an
guish mid leaped many feet into tho
air. With tail erect, slio clambered up
tho wall, jumped over tho bar, over
turned a number of glasses and bottles
and finally disappeared through an open
trap into tho cellar, where for llvo miu
utes slio seemed to be having a fit. Tho
cashier was pallid with fear. Ho could
not imagine what had happened, uud
tho star customer had suddenly disap
peared. After aw hi lo tho cashier exam
ined tho toothpick and found that tho
end which had tickled thee cat's noso
had been generously daubed with ta
basco sauce. Philadelphia Record.
Illn Killtnrlal.
It was tlio practice of a certain Lon
don editor some years ago to write his
leading nrticlo or articles at homo tho
night before publication. Tho rest of
tho week he did nothing. One night his
articles had not conic to hand at tho
office. Ten o'clock came II, 13, and
still no sign of an nrticlo. Thero was
commotion in tho oillco, and at lust a
messenger was scut to tho editor's
house. Ho found him with a glass of
brandy and water before him and news
papers scattered about Thero wus no
article written. " What do yon want?"
asked tho editor. "Tho article for to
morrow." "Didn't I scud it?" "No; at
least it has not como to the office. "
"Hive mo Tho Times. " Tho Times was
found and handed to him, and with un
steady fingers ho cut out one of its leud
ing articles. This ho stuck upon a sheet
of paper, and then, taking his pen,
wrote at tho top, "What does Tha
Times mean by this?" In that form and
with that introduction it appearod nest
morning as the editor's leading article.
Sun Francisco Argonaut
The Vote Wm Secured
An ex-M. P. who contested a high
land constituency iu the sixties tells
the following anecdote:
Once, after a long and fatiguing
day's canvass, I tackled a dissenting
minister, who was very keen upon the
subject of getting the bishops out of
the house of lords, and iu pursuance of
bis'favorite bobby he asked mo:
"Well, sir, whut are you prepared to
do about the bishops?"
I was irritated and fatigued by my
day's work, and I testily muttered,
"Oh, hang the bishops!"
The minister bowed and replied:
"Well, sir, you go rather beyond me
there. I cauna undertake to go alto
gether that length with you, but you
shall hae my vote. ' ' Pearson's Weekly.
Wlllloc to Consider.
She If you were worth the piillion
and I was poor, would you marry me?
He If yon feel like transferring the
fortune to me and tuking chances, I
will give the mutter my serious consid
eration. Detroit Free Press.
Another Aocldent.
Railway Clerk Another accident on
the road toduy, sir.
Mamiger That so? What now?
Clerk Muu dislooutcd his neck try
ing to read our new timetable. New
York Journal.
How lie Gueued It
Bhe I don't see anything so terrify,
lug iu death.
lie Why didn't you tell me you
were from Philadelphia? I huve tiieudf
here Myself. Twinkles.
f.nniliin anil lis I.lnnn.
London does its lionizing in such a
very original fashion that there is tin
telling in advance whether n visitor
will bo ignored or "taken up. " Wo
make a tremendous, fuss over some sec
ond rate celebrity who excel:! only in
blowing his own trumpet, whiln tho
real empire makers urn sometimes al
lowed to como and po unnoticed. For
solid and well planned progress achieved
with tho most limited resources there
has been nothing since the. days of Clivo
to heat that of the Niger company. Tho
Inst little campaign against tlio Fou
lnhs virtually decided tho question nf
supremacy over a population estimated
at 8,000,000 or 10,000,000 of tlm most
warlike of African natives and u coun
try of immense potentialities. The vic
tory was achieved by a few hundreds
of black troops led by a handful of Kng
lisli ofllcors. It was as significant in its
way as Plassoy, but w hen the organizer
if victory, hir Oeorgn (Inlille, leached
London a few lines in small type 011 an
inside page of Tho Times were nil that
ho got. Wo do not regret this. Neither,
wo nro sure, does Sir Ucorgn (Joldio. It
is better to let things develop quietly ill
that pint of tho world, lint when ono
recollects the gazettes and medals and
distinctions devoted to comparatively
unimportant skirmishes in India and
elsewhero it raises queer ideas as to our
national discrimination. Loudon Sat
urday Heviow.
(lid Knmptnitrjr Law.
Mr. Burdctf Coutis, M. P., iu nn ad
dress delivered before tho English I'nl
versal Cookery and Food association,
called attention to tho sumptuary laws
of tlio fifteenth century. Then it was
enacted that, food being necessary to
the sustenance of man, tho seller had 110
right tn ask his own price, but it was
tho duty fif tho state to fix it. Iu tho
sumo century equal supervision was ex
ercised over cooks. They were ordered
to make their moat "well seasoned mid
wholesome and sell it for 11 reasonable
winning, mid that they rehoil or reliakn
no meat in hurt of tlio king's people."
The mayor of a town in those days, up
on entering ofllce, was obliged to swear
that ho would exercise vigilant super
vision over bakers, brewers, tavern
keepers, cooks nnd such icoplc. This
was no perfunctory oversight, but tho
official exercised his authority with
great severity iu cases where cooks and
dealers in food and drink failed of their
duty.
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Hosidos the discomfort and suffering.
Illness of any sort Is expensive.
Hundreds of people consult, the doctors
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.tunc ssili, IMiT, the folliinliii: i i - 1 v of
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toii township, ono conliiliilicr I'M neie, iho
oilier snores; four Iuiiim-s him! lots .t iintcil
III till' oust enil nf the linliiUL'li nt Iti vnnllls
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the best mtike of shoes mill nulls used, ltn
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Hearing of Dr. Goldsmith's gront hn
maiiity, a poor woman, who believed
him to bo a physician, onco wroto to
him bogging liiui to prescribe for her
husband, who had lost his nppetito nnd
was altogether in n very sad state. Tho
kind hearted poet immediately went to
see her, and after snmo talk with tlio
man found him almost overwhelmed
with sickness and poverty.
"Yon shnll henr from mo in an
hour," said tho doctor 011 leaving, "mid
I shall send you somo pills which I nm
sum will do you good. "
Before tho time vns up Goldsmith's
servant brought tho poor woman a
small box, which, on being opened,
wns found to contain 10 guineas, with
the following directions:
"To bo used as necessities, rrqniro.
Bo patient and of good heart. "Ham's
Horn.
A flnrnrtcrlitln Ttcply.
The Incorruptibility of Oeiiornl Walk
er, bit ' president of tho Massachusetts
Instt'iito of Technology, was nbovo nil
suspicion. A characteristic anecdote Is
told of him by ,1. .T. Hpoiieer in Tlm Ifo
View of Hevlews:
At ono time, when CJcticrnl Walker
held a government position, a plaen
shared in a measure by another, ho was
approached with the suggestion that,
since the vholo department was under
their eontrd, by working in harmony
they could have whatever they desired.
"I have 110 desires," said General
Walker.
"But, general," said his coadjutor,
"do you not seo that wo can push for
tvnnl our friends mid relatives into good
places?"
"I have no friends," wns tho reply.
A Note From the Editor.
Tho editor of n leading statu paper
writes: "If you had seen my wife last
.liino nnd wore to hoc her to-day you
would not. believe she wns the same
woman. Then slio was broken down by
nervous debility and suffered terribly
from constipation and sick headache.
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