HINDOO ACRC3ATS.
Ther IVrforra Wonderful l'nta ef
ItnlnnrltiH: unil J iikvIIiik.
There la always mi nhmxlaut supply
of stories of the expertness of Iliudoo
jugglers nnj acrobats. One who moves
about perched upon a single lon stick
Is remarkably elever. This performer
Is mounted on a bamboo pole about lit
teen feet high, the top of which Is tied
to a glnlle around Ills waist. A- small
cushion is fastened n few feet down
the pole, which acts as a leg rest. The
acrobat hops around a large space in
the liveliest way. uttering cheerful
shouts and accompanied by the tapping
of a curious drum. He also executes a
sort of dance and goes through a little
pantomime. It is a marvelous feat of
e'piHIbrinnl. To walk on a pair of
stilts as high as this would be a per
formance worthy of comment, but to
hop around on one Is quite another
thing.
The same man can do many other
wonderful things, lie appears nbso
lut.ly perfect in the art of balancing.
He can balance a very light stick on
his nose a:id a lvavy one on his chin
and then throw the heavy one Into
the air and catch It on the end of the
light one. When balancing these two
sticks, end on end. he will make one
revolve In one direction and the other
the reverse. He puts one hand on a
flat, circular stone, throws Ills feet up
Into the air and balances n stick on
each of them. At the same time he
revolves rapidly on the pivot formed by
big arm and the stone.
THE MAHOGANY TREE.
It Frequently SnrlnitN From the Crev
ice of firent Roekft.
The tree which produces that beau
tiful and well known wood, mahogany,
Is one of the most elegant, If not the
largest, of the country In which It Is
found and frequently grows in the
crevices of rocks. The appearance of
so large a vegetable production In such
a situation Is extremely curious and
picturesque and Is to be accounted for
from the construction of the seed,
which is like that of the thistle,
winged, or capable of being borne
along by the action of the air and In
that manner deposited In holes and
fissures In the rocks, where It speedily
vegetates and springs up. As long as
the plant remains young the place In
which it Is found Is sulliclently large
for Its growth, but as It Increases in
size the roots gradually but irresistibly
force asunder the walls of their rocky
prisons and throw off large portions of
Btone.
It is not always, however, found In
these situations, the largest timber be
ing produced In some of the flat and
marshy spots on the coast of America.
Such Is the Honduras mahogany, which
Is much looser In texture and of less
, value than that from the mountainous
districts of Cuba and Haiti. This last
kind Is known In commerce ns Spanish
mahogany and Is chiefly purchased for
the purpose of being cut Into veneers.
New York Herald.
A WONDERFUL ANIMAL.
Ability, lloorce and Urnwbaeka of
he Arkanana Haiorhnck.
A man who had watched the affair
and claimed to know about hogs, razor
backs In particular, gave the following
dissertation: "Arkansas has a greater
variety of hogs and less pork and lard
than any state in the Union. An aver
age hog In Arkansas weighs about
fourteen pounds when dressed with Its
head on and about six pounds and a
.. half with Its head off. It can outrun a
greyhound, Jump a rail fence, climb
like a parrot and live on grass, roots
and rabbit tracks. It hasn't much tall
or bristle, but plenty of gall. It will
lick a wolf or a bear In a fair flght.
It Is so called razorbaek because It is
shaped like a suntish. In hunting
razorbacks they arc always shot at
tideways, for there Is uot a ghost of
a show to hit them otherwise any more
than to shoot at a split shingle. It can
drink milk out ff a quart jar on ac
count of its long, thin head. This type
of razorbaek is known as the stone hog
because Its hoail is so heavy and its
nose so long that It balances up be
hind. The owner of this type of hogs
nsually ties a stone to its tail to keep
It from overbalancing and breaking
Ita neck while running. If the stone
Is too heavy It will pull the skin over
Jts eyes, and It will go blind." Mineral
Wells Iudex.
Mortnn'a Memory
An Englishman named Morton could
repeat from memory any discourse he
had once listened fb, while Schenkel,
the inventor of one of the "Arts of
Memory," could repeat 300 arbitrarily
connected words and over 200 sen
tences, all la the exact order In which
ne had heard them. A Sussex man
named William Wolton had a marvel
ous memory. When a child he could
remember almost any sermon he heard
and once repeated to the bishop his ser
mon word for word. He took his B. A.
at Cambridge when only twelve years
and five months old. London Graphic.
HI Long Penalty.
Jack I knew a man who stole a kiss
from a pretty girl. He paid the penalty
for larceny.. Katharine Ah, indeed!
And what was the penalty? , Jack
Hard labor for life. He married the
girl. Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Workers.
"There's a colored man and his wife
at the door looking for work."
"But I only advertised for a laun
dress." "Yes they are her." Philadelphia
Press.
Imagination is not thought, neither.
Is fancy reflection. Thought pacetbj
like a hoary sago, but Imagination
bath wings as an eagle. Tupper.
EQUIVOCATION.
The Amenltlra of Life anil the Gen
Art of I.ylnar.
Very few of us, Indeed, are exempt
from the charge of direct lying. Not
to mention the strategic lies told to
enemies In time of war. to criminals, to
sick persons and lunatics, as to which
pages upon pages of casuistry appear
In the older works oil moral science,
there are what may be termed the lies
lubricant, wrung from us by etiquette
ami good breeding. It' the amenities
of life were not preserved through the
gentle art of lying society could scarce
ly continue as a happy family;' we
should all have to live in separate
cages. The best of us will tell direct
lies on trivialities where politeness Is
Imperative. Wherever practicable, how
ever, the spirit of advocacy prevails.
We sny whatever we can truthfully,
and tactfully pause while the hearer's
self love and Imagination 1111 out a
generally agreeable impression. Fam
ily relationships, even more markedly
than business or social relations, ex
emplify the universal altitude of advo
cacy. Mr. Uoumlabout says: "Go to
I'rown's house and tell Mrs. Brown
and the young ladles what you think
of him and see what a welcome you
will get. In like manner, let him come
to your house and tell your good lady
his candid opinion of you and see how
she will receive him." No one save
an unspeakable cad would speak slight
ingly of a husband to his wife; no one
save an unspeakable cad would tot
erate slighting language In his pres
euce concerning his wife. Such Is the
conventional law as to spouses, par
ents, children, blood relations In gen
eral, even Intimate friends. Wilbur
Larremore In Atlantic.
JACKSON NOT POOR.
The (jreat atxiti-Hiiinii Had Very Many
Early Advantnarea.
Verily we must abandon the belief
that Andrew Jackson belonged to the
class of American youths who rode to
fame and fortune by their own efforts,
unaided by the help of family and
friends.
Nuver did be taste the bitter cup of
physical want, of hunger and cold, of
helpless, spirit breaking poverty.
Never was he without home and loyal
friends and a sutiiclency of the com
forts of life. Never was It his lot tj
suffer that humiliation, that mortifi
cation, that Inward bleeding wound
which the proud nature writhes under
when there Is no money In the pocket,
no change of clothing for the body, no
welcome light In any window In all
the world as the harassed day draws
to Its end nnd the wretched night
comes on.
Poverty! Why, Andrew Jackson
never In his whole life had a genuine
taste of what the cruel word really
means.
Few men have been more greatly In
debted to the Intelligent affection of n
self sacrificing mother. Few sons of
poor parents have had such advan
tages as were bis lot, and few lads of
poor parents did such a scanty amount
of manual labor. Compared to the
rugged, self taught youth of Benjamin
IVnkllti, Roger Sherman, Abraham
Lincoln. Andrew Johnson. Sam Hous
ton. Francis Marion and Nathannel
Jreene, the boyh vd of Andrew Jack
son almost assumes the appearance of
having been cast upon "flowery beds
of ease." Watson's Magazine.
Rapid firiminw Panama.
In "Recollections of a Ilaiuiy Life"
Miss North describes manv of her
young enthusiasms and among others
that of collecting and painting English
fungi. On one outing, she says, I came
upon a fungus about the size of a laree
turkey's egg. Eager to see It develop,
I took It on carefully and carried It
home. I put It under a tumbler on
the window sill of my bedroom at
night. At daylight I was awakened
by n horrible crash of splintering
glass. Behold the tumbler had fallen
to the floor nnd broken to bits. The
fungus was standing five Inches tall,
having hatched Itself free from Its re
straining egglike shell and In grow
ing had wised the tumbler and tilted
It sldewise until It fell over and to the
floor. The fungus had a horrible smell,
and soon a swarm of flies were hover
ing over It.
yt a Flnnl Settlement.
The person who settles a matter and
settles It wrong Is In the position of a
man who has got rid of the skunk un
der his porch by driving the Innocent
Httlo animal under the barn. Then
every wandering boy who knows the
facts comes along and works for hours
with a pole trying to gond the animal.
hether he succeeds or not, the at
tempt Is ruinous to the brand of at
mosphere used In the neighborhood.
Minneapolis Journal.
Striking.
Auntie," said Polly, ruefully rub
bing her forehead, "that big photo
graph of you Is a striking likeness, Isn't
it?"
Do you think so, dearie?"
Yes," said Polly. "It just fell. off
the mantelpiece and hit me on the
forehead."
Good Snbatltnte.
"George," she snid, after she had ac
cepted him, "tell mo, am I your first
and only love?"
"Why er no, dear," replied the drug
clerk dreamily, "but you are something
Just ns goad." Exchange.
Peaalmlattc.
"I nevei knew such a pessimist as
that fellow Jenkins."
Yes, I. actually believe his Idea of
heaven Is a place that is paved with
gold brick t." ruck.
Beauty Is a short lived tyranny.
Socrates.
LABRADOR.
Ita Faaelnatlna; Proeeaalon of Cotoa.
aal, r'ailtuatlc Iceberg.
It Is the Icebergs that make Labrador
fascinating. They greet you when you
steam out of the strait of Belle Isle,
the northern gateway of the gulf of
St. Lawrence, and head northward up
the coast of Labrador. Thev come
floating from the north, an endless pro
cession, all shapes, fantastic, colossal,
statuesque, even grotesque a inagulfl
cent assemblage of crystal domes and
turrets uud inurblu fortresses. Your
steamer picks its way carefully among
them lest they be jealous of her Intru
slon and fall over upon her. And In
tne midst of this glorious company you
como to Battle Harbor.
The settlement is on an Island per
haps 200 yards In diameter, which is
the outpost of a larger island, and
plows the waves of the ocean like tho
prow of some gigantic ocean liner. In
storms tho spray leaps almost across
its li'dgy surface. A cove hides behind
the bluff sea wall, and on Its rim nes
tles a tiny village of whitewashed cot
tages. You climb the hill to the look
out. Away to the north and south
spreads out the vast procession of the
icebergs. They come out of tho north
the fog surrounding their tops and
streaming like smoke from their pin
uncles. They move slowly southward,
perhaps three or four miles a day,
Some go directly south dowu the New
foundland coast, some turn west as
they approach tho strait and are swept
by the tide Into the gulf of St. Law
rence.
Day by day from the hilltop you note
their slow progress. Each day sees
new forms emerging on the northern
horizon, while old, familiar bulks are
lost to view In the south. Each mouth's
icebergs are natives of a more northern
region. Hence the bergs of tho late
summer, though fewer In number, are
Individually larger thou those of the
earlier part of the season, because they
have been longer in the making, com
ing from farther nc-in
June's Icebergs an- Labrador's own
product and have broken off from the
ice Held that has filled the bays and
extended far Into the ocean In tho pre
vious winter. July's bergs come from
Baffin Laud, while the huge bulks of
August are natives of Kane bay and
the far northern rltn of Greenland,
where man has never been. W. B.
Couaut In Boston Transcript.
DOG DON'TS.
Don't take the dog calling on a
friend who owns a cat.
Don't mnke his life a miserable bur
den by taking him shopping.
Don't permit him to jump on u culler,
wiping his dirty paws over her best
gown.
Don't take him calling at all, to have
him run around a friend's house chew
ing up rubbers, etc.
Don't permit him to salute you with
his tongue and then say rapturously.
"See how he k. ses me."
Don't let him hop up on the chairs,
so that the next person who sits there
will acquire a coat of dog hairs.
Don't tie him up and go off for the
day in order that he may make the
neighbors miserable with his howling.
Don't expect outsiders to have the
same admiration f.r him and accord
him the same Indulgent treatment you
do. Exchange.
Deyond iji.
In the staging of uie of his earlier
plays Joseph Jefferson, accompanied
by a friend, attended n rehearsal, at
which a lively disagreement arose be
tween two of tho actresses ns to the
possession of the center of the stage
during a certain scene. While the man
ager poured oil upon tho troubled wa
ters Jefferson sat carelessly swinging
his feet from the rail of an adjoining
box. The friend could stand It no
longer.
"Good gracious. Jefferson," he ex
claimed, "this will ruin your play.
Why don't you settle matters? You
could If you only would!"
Jefferson shook his head gravely, but
with a twinkle In his eye. "No, George,"
he replied, "the Lord only made one
man who could ever manage the sun
and moon, and you remember even he
let the stars alone." Harper's Weekly.
One Caaae or Rye Dlaeaae.
A Scotch surgeon recently called at
tention to the connection between an
uncared for mouth with carious teeth
and form of eye. disease. He de
scribes three cases, in each of which
the teeth were In very bad condition.
The gums were soft and spongy, bleed
ing easily, while tiny drops of pus could
be pressed out from their margins. The
breath had a sour smell, and the com
plexion was of a muddy, sallow tint
In caring for these cases the first step
was to purify the mouth and put the
teeth into good condition. Such pro
cedure, together with suitable tonics
and local eye treatment, brought about
a porfect recovery. This Is only one
example of the serious nature of dental
diseases.
Iron.
In an article on prehistoric Iron the
Industrial World states that during
Roman occupation, from the middle of
the first century to 411, England bad
a commercial iron industry, which has
been continuous to the present time.
The Swedish industry has been on
tlnnous from tho thirteenth century or
earlier. In the American colonies the
first successful attempt at Iron making
was nt Lynn, Mass., In MM5.
A Hard Slap.
"Very well, sir," cried Dr. Kwack
Ifter his quarrel with the undertaker,
"I'll make you sorry for this."
"What are you going to do?" sneered
tho undertaker. "Retire from prac
tice T Philadelphia Press.
WPOSITIONGLOSES OCT. 20
DAMROSCH AND HIS PEERLESS
ORCHESTRA NOW AT PITTS
BURGH BI3 SHOW.
With the approach of the cool
weat'.'.er coaies the close of the Expo
sition, but two we-'ks more after this
remaining of the ires'. -VHous of alt
seasons at Mie r:int allow. Ellerj
nd his fnous t-:: :irl f"or.i the West
He attracting thimsj'ti'. of music
vit to :!!'islc hall this week, while
Waller Iiamrrsch and the famous
New Yo:!. Symphony orchestra will
have the honor of hilnlng the 19I1G
season to an end on Saturday nljht,
Octo'.:vr 20. Damnmh opened the
season last, year a:v.l 1 tho mo3t au
spicious of clr.:nftista;ire.i, and. to him
is accord 'td the honor of bringing the
successful season to an end this year.
Tin mention of the name Walter
Damrosch Is to l:::ried!a'ely revert to
all that Is good to hear from a mu
Blcnl standpoint. It Is almost a w.ste
of space to try to tell the superiority
of the New York Symphony orches
tra: nor would a sonson he complete
at t'"e Exposition without thi appear
ance of the famed conductor. Dam
roirh io::ies to the reposition next
Monday r.i'ternoon and will remain
there for two weeks, giving -concerts
afternon -.$ evening.
f'oacrs I' :iah . s a" I vMIors to the
Expos!! io:: this yeu:- rre a unit In
their appreciation of Its many and
vosutirul r'tractlr-ns. and It is not de
nied that the s'.mw Is far butter this
year than ever before. It has cost
thousands nrt thor.--.inds of dollars
to s -cure t'.:!.i tiwtic'.i, iv.it the man-
n?'-vent, as the season wane, feels
well rep-'ld for the vast expenditure.
The r - si- for the season will have
cost over S33.noo, while the other at
tftttoiiB figure away up Into the hun
dred thousands. One of the blg"st
of those, ho'h In ')l:i' r.' she un1
expense. Is '-." rutn-'- IM animal
show, a stnp-ndoiis coir; t of anl
nv's brought to Anir-l-i f'-om the
K stern jungles for exhibition pur-
pos'."i. Tho Bn-trrk fl'il -nla. as every
one 1-nows. an- the h- t I 'dned. yet
the "-' 'erocl -i's l:i the .-orld. And
tho pM-Vs wV.lrh lie Ins nnt to the
Exroslt!-p irt- r.o c'- "n!" '. An Im
mense steel i , r- -v-Prr 'he entire
stage of the hi no l; e, y the show
place for the anlm'K Turing the
afternoon and ov" 'Hg continuous
performances are given In this areni
by a do7."n of the hravst nnd most
daring of men and hot" trainers,
who have sip juga' - l ponderous ele
phants, ferocious llo 's i-vige leop
ards, v!M rv"'"S r p:h1 In fvr
all manner of animals from the Afri
can wllds. These trilners enter the
cages of these hit" '" nts with hut
a whip for their p.ote-Mon. Instantly
the beasts start for tVr.i. Quick as
a flash, with the crack of a whip,
th animals are cowed Into submis
sion by the nou"!"''- 'id powerful
ga'.e or by the ! h of the whip. Yet,
should one of the trainers dare to
turn his hack for an Instant, the sav
age beasts wou'd be ' -n Mm and
death would bf his. Pittsburg has
marveled "t the r'-irbig of these train
ers and th ferc-lousnors "f the ani
mals. Imagine hige cle-hnts play
ing a game of ten-pins or conducting
a well-trBlned orchest.-a. These are
but a few of the amnl.ng stunts the
animals go through.
D-irlng the entire s--nn the man.
ageaient has brt. one r'et to make.
It was announce! sev . ! "ks ago
that Roy Knabonshue ir.d his air
ship would be at the reposition for
one week and make dully ascensions.
Mr. KnaubensVie ip;i)jred nt the Ex
position, but the day before he was
scheduled to make his ascension he
found that the space from whence
the flights were to he made was en
tirely too small, and I'n much-talked-of
ascension had to h" called off.
The Pittsburg npf3lt!on never ad
vertises anything hut what It Intends
to do and feels called von to make
an explanation of the failure of Kna-be-ishue
to inr.V hi fllzh's.
The I)estructl:n of Sin Francisco,
a r ;p'.ica of the a-Afal tll.rnrer on the
Pacific coast In A will be seen
but two weeks more In Pittsburg, and
to those who have not seen the re
production a trip will suMce. The
reproduction Is one of ' ront mar
velous exhibitions ever given at the
Exposition. To while away a day or
an evening there a- a 'si the ponies,
merry-go-round, the Trl.i Around New
York, the Southern Railway Exhibit,
the United 8tat.es Weather Bureau
Exhibit and Innumerable other attrac
tions.
The lf excursion days at the Ex
position are Thursdays and Satur
days. The ' rai'ro:id3 entering Pitts
burg grant half fares those days.
Chile and Andea.
Two ways, Chili and Chile, Is the
name of our South American neighbor
written. Chile is the Spanish and Chil
ean form. The name is commonly ex
plained as an old Peruvian word for
snow, the allusion being to the Andes.
But "Chill" has also been Identified as
a native South American word, "chill,"
meaning cold, which would make It
really the "chilly" country. As to the
meaning of "Andes," there Is plenty of
choice. The word has been variously
interpreted as signifying the haunt of
the tapir, the region of copper, the
home of the Antl tribe and the site of
the "Andenes," Spanish gardens on the
mountain terraces.
Neeeaanrlly.
Dinglebats The oculist charged you
$5 for taking a grain of sand out of
your eye? That's pretty steep, isn't
It? Ilinipsley-I thought so till I look
ed over ills bill. It was for "remov
ing foreign substances from the cor
nea," and, of course', that costs more.
Chicago Tribune.
Would Pleaae Dick.
Mrs. Henpcck If you marry Dick,
you need never expect me to come to
see you. Daughter Just say that Into
the gramophone, won't you, please?
Mrs. Ilenpeck What for? Daughter
I 'want to give it to Dick as a wedding
present."
Strongest
IN selling insurance, as in selling anything else,
it always pays to sell the best. An Equitable
Policy has long been recognized as the best
Policy the government bond of Life Insurance.
Men of character and
in Life Insurance as
to call on or write
EDWARD A. WOODS, Manager
Equitable Floor, Frick Building, Pittsburg
m - Ml
N. HANAU
Pali and Winter
Goods
Ladies' Coats, Misses' Coats,
Children's Coats from 25 to
40 per cent cheaper than you
can bir anywhere cLc.
Children's Coats 7")C, $1.00 to 0.
Misses' Coats $2.00 to $7.50.
Ladies' Coats, $3.00 to $12.50.
Saxony Yarn 5 cents.
- Ladies' and Children's Underwear, Men's Fleece
lined Underwear 39c. Other places charge you 50c.
Come and see for yourself. '
We sell McCail Patterns at 5 and 10c. '
N. IIAN'AU.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
$4.00 to PlMsfiuro and Return
Wednesday, October 17
INCLUDING ADMISSION TO EXPOSITION.
Tickets good to return within
Grand Music
J. R. WOOD, Passptiner Truffle Manager.
EXPOSITION'
Bat two week more of tbe eighteenth
teaaon of tbe Big Show at tbe Point
IT CLOSES SATURDAY NIGHT, OCT.20
The Musical Organization Supreme of the West,
ELLERY'S
Band, There This Week
DAMROSCH
and his Musical Fifty therefor the Last Two Weeks
October 8th to October 20th
A Congress of Wild Animals
BOSTOCK'S ANIMAL ARENA
A dozen lions, ferocious tigers, hyenas, bears, ele
phants, dozens of other beasts under train
ers from the African wilds
DONT MISS THESE! , :) '
Destruction of 'Frisco, Round New York, Ferris Wheel,
United States Weather Bureau Display
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