i TOOLIO IN M IX ICO
BREAKING THE PINATA DUIIIN3 THE
CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL.
Thin .Mirth PrnvokliiR Poatlnir- Is 11"'
tl-Ml Sorlnl mill Flui -Tl rt ' 11 - l-Vlt-
ture of Hit Kimimiii IJim'mIujt him!
Fill loir tliv Olhi.
CbrlstiiuiH In Mi'xlm Is not fhe typ
leal Christmas of eold ami su iw n 11: 1
iee, but one of luMj-'lit. w:u-u surshitie,
cloudless bllio skies, How cvs in ni'ot'u
siou, trees lu fill foliage una n life of
cUt of doors.
At least n week hel'.iru 'hi'isttuns In
Hie prluelpal nt reels of MeN'o n reins
lire I'loeted from sidewalk i. sol'-wel!..
feslooneil Willi uroliths of lowers nil I
liuutinj; In Uie n ;i 1 i. :i t c nlon red.
Wbltu olid tireen. tinier Hie niv'u .
booths are ereelod. uud every toy miili
llfaetiuvd in Moxli-o Is on sale.
In every Movleim house n'reril prep
orations are imnle for whnl Is eillel
the "pilialn." livery eliiM heus nod
scrapes nml saves Hie eeiilavos for
weeks mid inonllis uliend. All Kinds of
nrtleles lire made espeeially for' lliis
ceremony, nud every family vies wit li
its friends and neighbors to lnive its
jduatti niore-lioaiitifnl mid fuue il'ul llian
any one else's.
The plnata Is really nn earllii invare
utensil which is l:i general use for cook
ing. It is culled In common parlance
nn olla nnd is of In-own pottery some
thing like the old fashioned earthen
ware crocks uned in Hie north before
enamel wnre became Hie fail.
The plnntas me la rue or small, lis the
purse of the purchaser permits. They
are round, pot bellied and very law sit
the top. They are sold from doov I
door on the streets nnd In the markets.
They cost only 10, 1.1 or 'JO cenlavos.
but the olhi is the least expensive part
of the ttnuie.
The body of the olla for n woman Is
covered with tissue paper: then a crin
kled paper dress is fashioned; then n
bodice is built up draped to represent
n loose white waist, and above this is
pluced a false face. The hair is made
with black paper, braided into one lon-:
plait at the back, as the women wear
their hair In Mexico. Sometimes a
white tehuana headdress Is made of the
lace paper used by bakers nnd confec
tioners. A flower plnata is decorated with
large paper Mowers In every color of
the lnlnhow. Ued, white and ureen rib
bons, forming Ions streamers, and sil
ver and gold tinsel, ulass balls and col
ored lights nil help to make the Mower
plnata very beautiful. The possibilities
for dressing these plnntas are endless.
In a lnrgn family the mother and
daughters have their own pinatas, and
great secrecy is maintained in the dec
oration of the olla. It Is the aim of
each to devise ns original a dressing
for the plnata ns possible, and it cnu
be mnde n very extravagant ornament.
In the families of wealthy Mexicans
the luxury of the plnata often mounts
Into thousands.
After tl'e olhi Is decorated t fW taste
It Is filled. The tilling eons! Is i f pea
nuts, hazel nuts, hard on i.. lies, like
marbles, and nil kinds of Mexican
clulces. Tht-c duh-es are candied fruits,
uttt paste, etc.
Cliristmnn night the pinatus are cur
ried )u Rrent state Into the sain and
suspended from the celling one nt a
time. All the relatives of the family
are present, nnd iis cousins of the fifth
nnd slxlh degree are recognized nnd
children are very numerous there Is
Kenerplly a lnrge gathering. They nil
sit very demurely on chairs ranged In
ii row nroiind the w alls of the room.
One person Is constituted muster of
oremonles, tho eldest son or daughter
of the house. He or she stands in the
middle of the room. Near by is a jar
or umbrella stand tilled with nplsaco
canes or sticks. When everything Is
ready a child or grown person Is se
lected and called by name. She conies
forward and is blindfolded.
Then the fun begins. , The person
blindfolded Is turned round and round
until she loses all knowledge of where
the plnata hangs. A eano is put in her
bands, and she is told to hit the pinatu
and try to break It. She Is given three
chances. If she falls to hit it she sits
down amid laughter and ridicule. If
Rhe hits it without breaking It she is
entitled to a small prize.
And so it goes on, one after another
being called tip, blindfolded nnd given a
n ..I,.. K
VnUC UUU lllll'C tJlilUl.m LO Oll'illl I lit?
plnata. Finally one more fortunate
than the rest succeeds In giving a hard
enough blow, and, crash, the plnata
falls to the grounds In hundreds of hits,
nnd its contents are scattered far and
wide.
A wild scramble ensues. Everybody
rushes forward to gather as much of
the spilled contents as possible.
The fortunate breaker of the plnata
gets a handsome prize and Is awarded
the scat of honor. He or she sits down
and is debarred from another trial at
breaking another plnnta. As soon as
the confusion dies down and order Is
tomewbat restored another olla Is hung
up and the same routine gone through.
So the fun continues until the hist plna
ta Is broken, and then the prizes are
awarded.
The pinuta party Is the great social
and fun making feature of the Christ
mas season. After the plnntas have
been broken and a supper has been
erred there follows dancing, or a trav
eling company of Indians from tho
mountains Is brought in to sing and
dance in native costume.
These traveling Indians are some
what like the singing bands which go
around at Chrlat'.nas time from house
to house In England, Germany, France
and Italy. They have hi-en known and
popular in Mexico from time Immemo
rial. The lire mm !i in demand during
the 'l.ri.-lmus holylay season. Kuusus
CMy our. i
7 i
HUTTOIM'S ONE Rl CIPE.
It IttrlmltMl n I'niipr Cutter, Ink
llnner nml Itulther limit!.
l'erliaps the most Ingenious nnd the
most original of all schemes for pro
curing autographs was from a lady In
n western town. She was rail ing funds
for the building and support of n public
library, and she had conceived the Idea
of Issuing n volume to be e- Mod "The
Authors' l'eclpe Ilnok." All -ion from
nil over the country, the in ist distin
guished of authors-alway authors
with a capital A had been g id enough
to send her a list of (lie lave. He dishes
of their own construction, with their
method of making them.
The cookbook was one of the many
forms of literature to which Hie recip
ient had never turned his all- ili hi. He
had no more Idea of cookin ; than he
had of milking a cow or of harnessing
a horse or of selling a lien or of build
ing a dynamo. He did not even care
wlijit was cooked for him so long as It
I'oulaincd none of the Ingredients of
tripe and none of the essence of toma
to, llnl he was asked to contribute a
paper, which she would have repro
duced In facsimile, staling what ho
could prepare most to his liking upon
ii kitchen range or In n chatlng dish,
with his manner of procedure. This
quite nonplused him until he bethought
himself of one particular nnd peculiar
delicacy In the evolution of which he
could safely trust his reputation as an
expert. In reply, for which he received
no thanks, he said:
"Take a long paper cutler; attach to
the same by mentis of rubber hands,
nnd securely, nn Ink eraser; Insert the
Ink eraser lirmly into n iiiarshmallow
plug nnd hold the same over a student's
lamp or study tire until the nmrshninl
low begins to si.z, drops Into the ashes,
puts out the light or burns your hand.
And eat while hot!"
lie has never seen a copy of "The Au
thors' Iioeipo Hook!" Laurence llutton
In I'rltlc.
BULGING GUN BARRELS.
The llulii Tlmt If AVroiiKlit hy Cure
leu ilnmllliiK.
I have sold guns for ten years, nnd
In that time lour of them have had
their barrels bulged, one by snow, one
by dirt, one by sand and one by some
thing else gelling into It. One man
crawling through a fence got a little
snow in the muzzle. He could not re
move It with his linger, so concluded
to wait nnd shoot it out, which he did,
but he found a bulge like a pullet's egg
on the end of the barrel. Another got
some earth hi the muzzle and shot it
out, nud he, too, found the same kind
of u bulge on the end of his gun. An
other tired his gun nt ducks, which
knocked him over on his hack nnd fair
ly got nway from him. When lie pick
ed up the gun he found n narrow raised
band around the barrel fourteen inches
from the muzzle. In this case n wild
hail probably lodged there. This cus
tomer thinks the manufacturers ought
to give him n new set of barrels. 1 tell
him if the barrels had not been good
ones It would have been a burst In
stead of n bulge, which might have
maimed or killed him. Another mail ly
Ingon n point brought down n duck with
n broken wing which scurried for the
water. The man ran and struck the
duck with the muzzle of the gnu nud
In so doing got s ind in it. He blew
most of it out nnd shot out the rest of
it. Well, after that shot he found n
little blister two inches from the muz
zle about the size of u man's little fin
ger. Moral. Do not slioot obstructions of
any kind out of your gun If you value
your life or gun. Uncle Dan in Ama
teur Sportsman.
SnniPlliliiK Wnnleil.
A bachelor, old and cranky, was sit
ting alone In his room. His toes with
the gout were aching, and his face was
o'erspread with gloom, no little ones'
shouts to disturb him from noises the
house was free. In fact, from cellar
to attic 'twas ns still as still could be.
No medical aid was lacking; his serv
ants answered his ring, respectfully
unswered his orders and supplied him
with everything. Hut still there was
something wanted, which he could not
command the kindly words of com
passion, the touch of a gentle band.
And ho said, ns his brow grow darker
nnd he rang for tho hireling nurse,
"Well, marriage may be a failure, but
this is a jolly sight worse."
A Water Cnnillrstiek.
A glass of water ninkes u line emer
gency candlestick. Weight one end
of the candle with n nail Just large
enough to hold the candle In the water
so that tho water touches Its top edge,
but does not touch the wick, and then
light the candle. It will burn until the
last vestige of wick Is gone and the
flame will not flicker. 'The melted till
low that runs down hut serves to hold
tho candle more stationary. Bluck
nnith and Wheelwright
Two Vlon-n.
"A man's vote is too precious to be
sold," said the patriot.
"Perhaps," answered Senator Sor
ghum, "although a number of people of
my acquaintance regard It as too valu
able to be given away." Washington
Star.
A Secret Society.
Carrie I've got a dandy Idea for a
girls' secret society. Itelle A secret
society! Do you think It would be 1
practical? Carrie Surely. We wouldn't :
keep secrets; we'd swap them. Tuck. '
Rernixl Ilenann,
There he two Individuals who cannot
be reasoned with a girl in love nnd a
man who Is determined to run for an
office Now Oilcans Picayune.
Love l nevr afraid of ( erwork.
Chicago Tribune.
ORIENTAL PEOPLE.
fnre of tlie Women nml CliiNiita
Ilrniiery cif the Men.
Passing us occasionally, going to Je
rusalem wllli butter nnd eggs and little
jars of lubeu that showed their thick,
creamy throats ns they were held up
to us, were small companies of women
In single llle. As one blue procession
went by Hie lender called to us: "Why
should you ride and we wall ? Why Is
your lot better than ours?" filven the
upportuulty for leisurely org uncut, we
could not by any philosophy nave made
Biitlsfuclory answer. We i mid only
ndmlt the fact ns they saw I and rec
ognize the universal world plaint of
discontent.
They carry themselves, t! eso wom
en, like figures on an nut (qui frlore. As
they stride along, holilln.: Ii sure bal
ance on their beads their jai i and bas
kets of homely produce, I he tread the
stony paths with the grace and large
ness of net lou Hint we of the i Idcnt
huve grown to regard as belonging only
to the age of I'm x I teles.
The men lire nlso admirable In the
simplicity of their gestures. Hie big
Hues of their altitudes, the swing of
their draperies. 1 saw a youth Ming Ids
mantle over his shoulder nml fold It
about li 1 in exactly in the maimer of the
classic (ireck sculptural In Ills linely
unconscious pose. (Sod save the day
wjieu these sons of Canaan clothe their
limbs In our ungainly garments!- Met
ropolitan Magazine.
OPEN AIR TREATMENT.
IteiiNOflfl For ltd l.ooil Itcslilt In
CltNrft of foiiNitmiilioii.
The advantages of the open air treat
ment for consumptives may he thus
briefly suniinnrlzcd: The patient ex
posed continuously to fresh nlr gains In
appetite, assimilates his food better,
sleeps more soundly nud awakens more
refreshed. Free exposure to air Is the
best antipyretic. Sweating at night,
formerly so common a symptom, usual
ly ceases. Colds are practically un
known among patients lending an open
nlr life. Secondary Infection, on ac
count of the comparative freedom of
the air from micro organisms, Is much
less likely to occur. Tolerance of out
side air Is very quickly established, and
no one who bus tried the open air llfu
will willingly go back to the former
conditions of stulllness. I have never
seen any one made worse by exposure
to fresh nlr. Even during n thick Lon
don fog patients get on belter lying in
bed on a balcony or in rooms willi win
dows wide open nnd a good fire burn
ing than when attempts are mnde to
shut out the fog by keeping the win
dows shut. Dr. II. W. (J. Mnckenzlo
lit London Lancet.
RELIGIOUS TATTOOING.
A t'lmtom Tlmt Is In Vniftie In One
I'nrt of Itiil-.
Ill the "vanity" section of a museum
nt Florence there Is an Inteiesting col
lection of blocks used for what Is cull
ed "religious tattooing" among Italian
pensnuls of Hie dlstncl li closed be
tween the Abruzzl. I'mbri i and the
Adriatic.
Peasant -i in tliose parts nt work with
shirt sleeves rolled up displ: y a Cluls
tlan symbol of some s-ct or a text tat
tooed In blue ink mi llieir h own shin.
This has been imprinted oi thv occn
sion of some special festival
A wooden block is pressed upon the
tlghlly lira v. n skin to 111:11 .c the out
lines of the design. This Is ilien punc
tured, and n blue ink is r ihhcd Into
the wounds, which usiud! - heal In
about twenty-four hours. 1 l e custom,
which Is essentially Christian, Is in
commemoration of the branding of St.
Francis, who founded a monastery
close to Loretto. London Telegraph.
The (Jeiitleiiiiiii,
"The true gentleman," said Cardinal
Newman, "carefully avoids whatever
may cause a Jar or jolt In Hie minds of
those with whom he is cast nil clash
ing of opinion, all collision of feeling
his great concern being to make every
one nt his ease nnd nt homo. Ho guards
against unreasonable allusions or topics
which tuny Irritate. He never speaks
of himself except when compelled,
never defends himself by u mere re
tort. He Is scrupulous in Imputing mo
tives to those who interfere with him
and Interprets everything for the best,
lie Is never mean or little In his dis
putes, never takes tin unfair advantage,
never mistakes personalities or sharp
sayings for arguments."
Their Only ( tinner.
A party of soldiers was taken to the
shooting range for the first time.
The men first fired nt n target 500
yards away, and not one lilt it. They
were next tried at a target 200; yards
nway, and still every 0110 missed. They j
wero at last tried ut one Just 100 yards
nway. but no one hit It.
"Attention!" thundered the drill ser
geant. "Fix bayonets! Charge! It's
your only chance!"-Kansas City Inde- i
pendent.
Neeil Never Reproach IliniKrlf.
"What word did her father send nft- '
er he had found out about your elope- j
ment?"
"Oh, he wrote me a very kind letter, '
saying he was glad we'd taken that
course, as It relieved hi::i of the no- !
eessily of giving his consent nnd hav
ing it on his mind all ti e rest of his
life." Chicago Iiecord-He:-ald. 1
Sjnipnllir. I
"Huve you congratulated our hostess '
on her birthday V" j
"No," answered Miss (Y.yonne; "I
have condoled with her." Washington
Btnr. 1
The Milnnllnn.
Mr. Knlcker-Does y ii;r cook know
I.er place? Mrs. IiocU"i- 'l hat's Just
the trouble; she knows any jumber of
them. Harper's Buzar.
REAPED AS HE SOVED.
The I ron That Wn llnlxeil hy Me
Mnnler'N Clever (Inrilener.
Melssonler, like iinmy other celebri
ties, had n passim for gardening. His
gardener, 1111 accomplished botanist,
knew to perfection the seeds of every
plant, and his muster had often tried
In vnlu to throw him olT his guard.
"This time I have him," the artist ns
parked to 11 party of frlei Is nt the
dinner table. And he show d them a
packet containing the dried roe of 11
herring. lie then sent for 1 in garden
er. "Do you know tills seed?" delsseiilcr
Inquired.
Tho gardener carefully 'crutlnlzed
th"i grains.
"Why not?" he said lit in t. "They
are tin seeils of the 'Polpus llnsainus,'
a very rare tropical plant."
"How long will they be cctilng up?"
Melssonler asked, with 11 chuckle of sup
pressed exultation.
"About a fortnight," was the reply.
Two weeks inter the guests wero
(gain assembled at Melssonicr's table,
nud after dinner the gardener was an
noiuiccd.
"M. Melssonler," the man said, "the
seed has Just come up."
"All, you surprise me!" (lie arllst ex
claimed us bo rose and led the way
Into the garden to examine the botan
ical phenomenon.
The gardener lifted a glass shade and
disclosed to view a small bed with
three rows of pickled herrings' heads
peeping out of the earth. Everybody
laughed. Melssonler dismissed the
Kiin tcticr on the spot, but took lilm on
again next day.
THE DANCE IN SPAIN.
It In nn I'nxi'iillnl I'nrt of the l.lfe of
tin l'eoli.
Dancing Is a universal Instinct with
Spanish women. The great aiiuual ferlu
at Seville Is largely an orgy of dancing.
As evening approaches everywhere one
begins to hear Hie sound of castanets
and to see the gracious movements of
the seguldllhi, the universal Andalii
slun dance.
Hut the fundamental Instincts of the
Spaniard for dancing and the serious
and profound way In which It express
es the temperament of the people are
perhaps shown by nothing else so
much as by the existence of religious
dancing In Spain. At the time of St.
Thomas of Villaiieuva, bishop of Va
lencia, It was customary to dance be
fore the sncred elements In the church
es of Seville, Toledo, Jerez and Valen
cia, licllgloiis dancing continued to be
common In Catalonia and In Uousslllon
(the most Spanish of tho French prov
inces) up to the seventeenth century.
Hut n real and unique survivnl of re
ligious dancing Is the dance of the
seises In Seville cathedral, when fhe
choristers, wearing tho same costume
ns they were 4(H) years ago, perform 11
dance to Uie accompaniment of casta
nets In the space between tho high nl
tar nnd the choir.
Dancing Is something 1110 e than nn
amusement in Spain. It l.i rt of that
solemn ritual which cuter Into the
whole life of the people.-Twentieth
Century Home.
TreeTlwil Turns (o S one.
There Is n tree that growt In Mexico
called the cbljol. or stone reo. It Is
of enormous proportions, b it h in cir
cumference and height. It I ns a num
ber of brunches spreading nit widely
and carrying leaves of 11 yellowish
green color. The wood Is extremely
line and easily worked in 11 f recti state.
It Is not given to either varplng or
splitting. Tho most remiirl ible thing
about It Is that after belli,? cut the
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course of a few years It s absolutely
peirineti wneiner lett in tne open air
or burled In the ground. From this
timber houses can be built that would
In a few years become completely fire
proof and would last ns long ns though
built of stone.
The Lolmlor'n Ailvnnlnite.
The lobster has been endowed by na
ture with two gifts which go far to off
set tlie evils nttending his lot. One is
the ability to fight early, often and all
the time If necessary, and the other is.
the ability to grow a new member an
eye, a leg or a claw whenever the orlg
Innl Is lost In the fortnues of war or by
reason of any domestic unpleasantness.
It is these two gifts which enable him
to grow up and become a useful mem
ber of society, most of his members be
ing secondhand, so to speak, by the
time be is really grown. Four Track
News.
nml F.fTect of nillen.
Luckily absinth Is not much drunk
In England, but other bitters arc, some
thnt are only less Injurious. Your read
rrs should know that all bitter tonics,
hnbltunlly Indulged In, nre apt to do
harm to depress, not exhilarate. Such
tonics should be taken rather as medi
cines than ns everyday drinks. You
could bring yourself to melancholy by
menus of gentian, quassin or columba
ns well as hy worm wood. Doctor In
London Mall.
How She Snreil Trouhle.
"Does your Janitor attempt to show
his authority?"
"No," answered Mr. Flutts. "Ho
didn't have to show his authority. I
started In by giving him to understand
that I fully recognized it without any
irgunient." Exchange.
The l.oniciil C'nre.
"Did yon ever have Insomnia?"
"Sure!" replied the man who
pre-
tends to know it all.
"What did you do for It?"
"Just slept It off." Houston Post.
Women are snld to make excellent
postmasters. Kind of know how to
look after the males, as It were New
York Mall.
ANIMALS AND SCl.NT.
fine of the llli-iicli'. of Kntnre Thnt
Is I'nxt I nilrrHlitiiilliiir.
One of the most Interesting of till the
miracles of nature is scent as applied
to animals. The subject Is neither un
derstood nor explainable. Whether It
Is 11 sixth sense or n marvelous: devel
opment of one or the live Is uncertain.
Quite likely, hoveer, It has very lltllo
relation to (hat sense whlcl wo know
ns smell.
To the sportsman the (puill y of scent
Is extremely impoi hint. Wl en the air
Is dry nud the gr.iu.d l ard I acre Is lit
tle scent. When ti:e wind Ii north or
east scent Is either largely ''inning or
docs not readily ililiuse llsclf. A
Houlhi'i ly wind uilhout 11 In nml a
westerly wind, if not too ough, nro
most favorable to it. of io :rs(. f the
wind is strong it blows the s cut nway,
nnd severe storms entirely destroy It.
It Is very dlllicult for 11 dog to follow
a scent Just niter 11 shower, nml It Is
dispersed by the hot sun ns well ns
by the slorin. If Is a fact nlso that
scent comes ns much from 1111 animal's
body us from Its feet.
There Is no time that 11 (log will fol
low a scent better than when the truck
Is made upon white frost. If the frost
Is thick over the track, of course tho
scent Is buried, but ns soon as It be
gins to disappear (he dog follows It
easily. During thaws or melting snow
scent seems to dissipate rapidly. Sled
paths, swamp bottoms, dry wood nnd
lee nre nil bad for holding or preserv
ing scent, and so arc sandy places nnd
of course plowed fields when the feet
sink 111 so deep thnt the earth Is likely
to fall over them.
Another peculiar thing about scent
Is that It generally ceases as soon as
the iinliiuil Is d I. This, nt any rate,
is the claim, and, for that mailer, al
most all know-lodge concerning scent Is
merely made by observation and Is
rather unscientific, or at least liable to
be erroneous. It Is claimed also that
nature often protects uiilinals In the
breeding season, so that they give out
but little scent. For Illustration, the
coon gives no scent from spring until
about the middle of August, when the
young begin to take care of themselves,
and llieir scent Increases with their
age and size. Colli the rabbit and the
coon have very little scent, but the fox,
deer, moose nnd elk give out a strong
scent .and can be followed by a dog
long after the track Is fresh. P.irds
give but little scent, nnd it lias been
claimed that quail dose their feathers
closely when the dog Is near nud thus
destroy their scent altogether.
Whether sunt as we understand It
ns applied to animals Is the same qual
ity that human being possess in smell
ing 11 flower Is uncertain. Just how a
I dog, for Illustration, can distinguish
j the track of his master from that of
i sime one else or from 11 scon- of others
j perhaps hours after the track has been
I made Is simply one of those marvelous
I miracles that are ns liicoinorclicnsihla
! ns eternity or limitless space. Amateur
1 Sportsman.
j Ili-v.-nre (In I
tril Toot I Itricih.
I "111 spile of all that Is pi
I inlays 11 1 m Mi f ll. e cure of -I
Raid 1111 experienced New Yi
j "we should have to go old
if we (Icpcmlcd upon (ho p.
. men nnd '..omen who have
; prime of life. It is a mis
j sumo that most of tho fal.-i-1
made for old persons. I von
that scarcely a d.iv passes
tiled now
lie teeth,"
vk dentist,
T business
I foliage of
ons;cd the
ake to us-
teeth aro
uie to say
that a pa-
tlent well in the sixties dee; not cotuo
to my ollice for some idighl treatment
to an almost perfectly soi nd set of
teeth.
"I have frequently treated men and
never had a
t()oll 0t ,, ,,, ()
one or t wo slight cav
ities that required filling. On the oilier
hand, Ave nre repeatedly called upon to
make artificial teeth for very young
persons. I attribute It to tho use of
the hard toothbrush, which is a com
paratively modern invent ion. The use of
a hard brush even occasionally is a
great mistake. The softest kind of
bogs' bristles makes the best tooth
brush." New York Press.
Ilrlllxli Nnvy Diver.
Three schools for the instruction of
divers aro maintained by the Hritlsh
nnvy. The diving service Is composed
entirely of volunteers. No man Is pass
ed as a candidate who has n short neck,
Is full blooded or shows n florid com
plexion. Those suffering from com
plaints affecting the head of heart or
having a sluggish circulation are also
excluded. Six weeks of training at a
diving school fits n man for open sea
work. It Is essential to descend nnd
nscend very slowly owing to the ef
fects of tho great change of pressure.
A murf of strong constitution Is not
ndvlscd to nscend faster than two feet
a second when the depth does not ex
ceed eighty feet. The men lu training
are first taken to slight depths, which
are gradually increased to 11 maximum
of 120 feet. The normal limit is 130
Vet, to which practiced divers often go.
Eleelrlc Fans In Winter.
The electric fan Is generally associat
ed with hot weather because nt that
timo we are accustomed to resort to
Its use for cooling and ventilating our
offices nnd living rooms, but It has Its
uses In cold weather, nnd in many of
flces and stores it maintains its posi
tion throughout the entire year. Its
use In winter Is principally to secure
ventilation, though nt times It Is very
onveuient for obtaining u more uni
form temperature throughout 11 room.
An electric fan placed above 11 heater
will distribute the warm air which
would otherwise rise toward the cell
ing and only reach the lower regions
when displaced by still warmer nlr.
The thorough circulation nnd stirring
up brought about by the fan geuernlly
Insure a pretty uniform teniperntur
throughout the entire room. Electrical
Review.
A SCHOOL FOR SPIDERS".
fhe InneetK TniiRht to Wenve Their
Wehia Only on llodlen.
"1 ids Is my spiders' school," said the
foung woman, and with 11 little stick
she brushed ly few webs from the wall
"Not much to look ut, Is It? Only
dozen rows of wluo bottles, a great
tunny spiders ami a great many webs.
I lnnke nevertheless a lit le money
out of the school.
"Spiders' webs are In ilcin,- ml among
surgeons nnd among the nml ers of cer
tain nstroiioiicnl Instrument, the sur
geons using them to stop lit uiorrh-iges
Willi and the Instrument n.: ';ers lining
iiiem 111 certain very iietle.ite in .lini
ments Instruments wherein, slrniii.o to
say, a human hair would not take their
place, because a hair is 11 Ither fine
enough nor durable enough f 1 serve the
required pui-pose.
"P.esldes selling the webs I also sell
the spiders. A corrupt class of wine
dealers buy the spiders. These men
put them among bottles of new wine
I train the spiders to weave on bottles
only-1 tear down webs woven any
where else-and It is nmazliig how
quickly these well schooled, pupils of
mine will cover n ense of port or claret
with cobwebs, giving to the wine an
appearance of great age.
"Six spiders In a week will add two
years to the aspect of n dozen bottles
of wine; hence you will readily see
how vnluiiblo the ugly little creatures
are to wine merchants of a certain
type."-Philadelphia Mullet in.
SEWING COTTON.
The I lit mill i- Oi-laln nf the t;re.it
Threml ImlitNfry.
The origin of sewing cotton was told
nt a cotton manufacturers' meeting bv
the head of the great thread house of
Paisley. Scotland. It was discovered
In lsol! by Ids grandfather, who bad 11
little business In Paisley, making silk
twine for hMilles. which were used by
every weaver. The silk came f:
Hamburg, and In IKO.'i Napoleon caused
the litock held there to be burned In ol
der t ) hamper lirillsh trade. The we-iv
ers were lu "despair, but James Cl.i, !
conceived the men that cotton yarns
could be twisted together to form the
twines.
The experiment succeeded, nnd from
this grew the Idea that cotton could be
substituted for flax In the manufacture
of sewing thread and would not be so
coarse and harsh, lie began the maim
fncture of tho thread In 11 very small
way. It was at first put up lu skeiiu
and had to be wound Into little balls by
the purchaser, and then Mr. Chirk In
vented the modern spools. He had them
made by a wood turner, (iiilf a gross at
n time. They cost him sixpence a doz
en, and he charged the purchaser of the
threait a halfpenny for the spool,
which, however, wns refunded wheii
the spool wns returned. The Indies of
Paisley used to come to his shop with
their spools nnd wait while he wound
the thread on them. From this small
beginning grew n great Industry.
Yonni? lltinter'N llnrl l.nelc.
"Some years ago," said a hunter,
"when I lived down on t e eastern
shore of Maryland, where I was born,
1 had passed a whole day gi nning rab
bits and hail not killed on . On my
way home through the woods I met a
boy who had a live rabbit, shamed to
go home empty handed, I gave the boy
'Jo cents for his rabbit.
"I then said to myself, I will tie
Mr. Kill. bit to a bush mid kl I him, and
the folks at home will say Sd shot n
rabbit.' I took n shopstrin .-; nnd fas
tened the rabbit to a bush and then
stood olT, took aim and fired. When tho
gun had stopped kicking I sa-.v Mr.
Rabbit flying through the woods. My
bullet had cut the shoestring In twain
nnd had set the little animal free."
Haltimore American,
Swnri! Stnndft In diarrhea.
Sword stands came Into use In Lon
don churches when it became custom
ary to carry the city sword before the
lord mayor ns he went to church In
state. During service tho sword wns
placed In the stnnd or enso provided
for it, nud in his own church the lord
mnyor generally had the stand placed
conveniently near to or in his family
pew. This custom, which was quite
common before the end of the six
teenth century, apparently began In
the reign of Elizabeth. The slate vis
Its to the city churches were discontin
ued In the mayoralty of Sir It. N. Fow
ler, 1883. London Standard.
lrofltahle Inventloim.
No one class of Inventions lias been
BO profitable to both the manufacturer
and the Inventor ns musical instru
ments und appliances for same. Nu
merous Improvements to the pinri
have been a source of large fortunes,
and various devices are at present be
ing continuously applied. Radically
new Instruments possessing real merit
are the Inventions needed in this line.
The public Is always ready to adopt
almost anything new In both wind and
stringed Instruments. Inventor.
Would Even Thlnam t p.
"Oh! Oucb! Stop that!" yelled Tom
my. "Why, Tommy, aren't you ashamed?"
exclaimed his mother. "I wouldn't cry
like that If it were my hair that was
being combed."
"I'll bet you would If I wuz doin' the
combin'," replied Tommy fiercely.
Catholic Standard and Times.
A Mean Trlek.
Adele-narry Is a brute! Estelle
What Is the matter now? Adele He
bought my engagement ring while be
was on a trip to Chicago, and I will
never he able to find out how much it
COM. -Philadelphia Bulletin.
Tlnlm la Mm irriwt tMmr f.ir If r... '
lately, peuple do what Is .iKht tuey
couie to like doing It Rusklo,
Wanted!
Girls to learn Cloth Picking
and Winding;,
Enterprise Silk Co.
plOWS'SYLVANTA UAILUOAD
lUI-'rAbO & VAf.I.KY
DIVISION.
Low Grudo Division.
Inf'lf 1 Nov. 27, 1J04.
Ea' tir'i Standard T'rne,
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hIiowii.
I'liiiudolphiuifc Ki-io lluilroud Divb-iou
fa ollcct, Nov. 27Ui, luOl. Trains lcavo
Driftwood as follows:
EAS-TWAIU)
J:W u m Train 12, weekdays, for Sunlmiy,
llkofclmn o, Ibili-ton, lJoiisvilli!,!wraiiliii,
lliimsmii-K mid t.hi! inlioiiii-illiLii! M.11
llnii,, Hrrivinir al, i'liil.'i(li-l,nili r,-.a p. rn.,
iSiiv V oi k, :;i p. m. ; il,-uiini.irti,:ii p. in.;
Wns inu'iiin, 7:1.. n. in puilr, 1111 I'nrfor i-ur
ii-ii-ii llli.'iiiijiiii i ti, l'liiluiii iphiu mid p 1B.
bi-iMi rroiiiihi-, In, in r,:ui(. u, I'lill.-idoli liln,
mid WiJlliirn.'Mjix 1. in UitiHiMird mid Wn-h-fnnii'ii.
I2:ftn p. in. Train x, d:ul y Un- !-untmry, fiur
risii.iii? nnd priiii'ipn 1 on. 1 ,n 1 nn est til. ond
iirnunu al. I'hiln.li'lp.'ini 7:..:i p. m., ,,.w
oi. in;2;ip. in., Iliiiiii.i.iin 7:.;ip. ia Wh-li-Inu.ii
p. m. Vctn.iii, d parlor i-.irs
and puvoii;.'iTi-ii:i. -Mi's, Hurra in t 'iiinj,..
Iiliin .Hid Washington,
1:111 11. in. 'train ti, daily, for l!ar-ri-.'nTir
and oitrrnii'diate station", ar
rivin at. t'ti i l-'ili' I i')i 1 h 1:2.: a. 11.; Nei? York,
7.lo .: in.; iiaiiiIM ... 2.;n a. ..; Washington
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llarnslnirjf Uil'liilailidjiMu n.-nl Ni-w Vurk.
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si
"i;r 11 nd 1st urlnd until 7:.l, a. m.
iii. ii am l,,j.uiy n,r..,i iljiny, liarls-
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r.in loriuin.
l:4i ,. in. Train (I, dally fur Erie, Rld
wh,ikI weekday fin- fJuHois, Olermout
anil principal uileriricdUilu stat ions.
Oftoa. m.Traiii :i, daily for Kile uud Inter
ini'dlare uoims.
J:lft u. in. Train tft. dllilv for HulTatn via
I'.liiniililltn.
i:-)i . in. i r.iln oi, weekdays for Kano and
luUTlni'dln tt'slar puiN.
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and Connections.
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