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The claim of Japan to bo looked upon
as the Britain of the east is not with
out foundation, writes Isaac Taylor
Headland in Munsey's Magazine. Her
situation in relation to Eastern Asia,
or, for that matter, in relation to all
Asia is very similar to that of England
in her relation to Europe. She is an
island empire. Her territory is not
large and as her population is rapidly
increasing sho is impelled to utilize
every foot of ground she possesses.
She terraces the mountain sides, and
cause 3 them to blossom as the rose.
She irrigates .the waste places and
changes the desert into green fields.
She rescues the swamp lands and
transforms them into rice fields. So
that the rural population of Japan, in
stead of being farmers, are gardeners,
and the island empire is a garden spot
In fact as well as in name.
Japan resembles Britain at sea as
well as on land. Many of her people
lead a seafaring life. She is not only
destined to become, but is forced to
become, one of the great commercial
nations of the world. Her ships will
ply between all ports, and the flag of
the rising sun will be seen flying on
the masts of merchant vessels on all
seas, east and west, just as the Union
Jack is at the present time. As a mat
ter of protection, she will need a large
navy. The beginning of this she al
ready possesses. Her navy is rapidly
increasing, and she Is building or hav
ing built ships of the most modern
type, with guns of the best make. She
stands today among the six or seven
great maritime powers and in all the
Pacllic sho is the strongest of them
all.
One of the proverbs that meet, us
when we arrive in the east is this:
"The Japanese wash their bodies and
their clothes; the Coreans wash their
clothes; the Chinamen do not wash
either." The proverb is almost liter
ally true. The bath is one of the first
Japanese institutions the traveler en
counters. In the home the bath'room
may be the living room and the main
and female members of the family pen
form their ablutions in full sight of
one another, while in the public bath
nothing more than a netting and some
times not even that separates the male
from the female divisions of the bath
house.
•fnpnn'n Industrial l'mgre**.
In her industrial progress Japan has
taken rapid strides. Business men have
sent their sons, or their most intelli
gent apprentices, to America and to
European countries, where they have
entered the great factories as clerks or
laborers, and by their industry have
worked their way to the top. They fa
miliarize themselves with all depart
ments of business and every phase of
business life, and some bright morning
the stranger who began as an humble
clerk appears before his employer as a
Japanese gentleman in every way his
equal, takes his polite leave of the firm
with which ho has been connected and
returns to his native land to open up a
like business. Because of the cheap
ness of labor, Japanese manufacturers
can turn out similar goods at prices
far below what they cost to make in
Europe or America. Everything from
a bicycle to a razor, and from a ship
to a toy engine, or a real engine, is
made In groat factories, whose tall
chimneys mar the beauty of the moun
tain sides as one passes along the
coast or through the placid Inland sea,
Railways are in operation ail over the
empire, and both their equipment and
their management is excellent. The
traveler In Japan may take a first
class, second-class, or third-class car,
and will find himself shut up with a
number of little men and women who
eit tailor-fashion on the seats, or,
kneeling, sit on their heels, instead of
THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN,
letting their heels rest on the floor.
It is their habit of sitting on their
feet that causes Japanese of both sexes
to turn their toes in, and that helps
to make them so small iu stature. The
Japanese from the leg up Is as large
as the average European, but he lacks
leg development, which shortcoming
has been caused, it is supposed, from
his constant sitting on bis legs.
An alarm has been raised by many
observers who have predicted that
Japan, with Its cheap labor, Is destined
to usurp the industrial supremacy of
the world; but the menace Is moro im
aginary that real. It should be re
membcrod that the Japanese are not
originators, but imitators. The Chin
ese can originate, but cannot bring to
any degree of perfection; the Japan
ese cannot originate, but are clever at |
adapting aDd improving. Their porce
lain was borrowed from Korea, but has '
.been so Improved as to be unrecognlz- j
I. Japan Lays \
Claim to that
"Position.
able. Their classical books are of Chin
ese origin, as is also their religion.
Their navy is British, their army Ger
man, their legal code French, their ed
ucational system American, and their
various industries are taken from all
over the world. They are not sim
ply copied, however. The borrowed
ideas are eaten and digested, as it were,
and stamped with the imprint of the
art and life of the Japanese as to be
come their own.
Modern Education In Japan.
What happened in the industrial
life of Japan happened also In its edu
cational life. Students went to foreign
countries, and entered all departments
of learning. Those who could not go
abroad rushed to the governmental
and mission schools until all of these
were filled to overflowing; and the
rapidity with which the pupils ac-
THE EMPRESS OF JAPAN,
quired foreign knowleoge was evidence
of their abilit} r and of their deep in
terest. The number of schools and pu
pils increased as rapidly as financial
conditions of the government would
allow, until at the present time there
are no fewer than 30,000 schools, hav
ing 100,000 teachers, half a million
graduates, and 5,000,000 pupils, while
the annual outlay for educational pur
poses is not less than $7,500,000.
Tho JnpunoH© Army.
As Japan chose the greacst naval
power in the world for a model in plan
ning her fleet, so she selects the great
est military organization, the German
army, as a model for her land forces.
Her army numbers a quarter of a
million men, with some 5,000 officers.
The Japanese soldiers proved in their
war with China in 1894, and lately in
the expedition to Pekin, that they are
among the most wonderful fighting
men tho world has known. They
aroused universal amazement and un
bounded admiration among the Europ
eans and Americans who saw their
work. In the battlefield, if nowhere
else, the "plucky little Japs" have
gained the world-wide respect for
which they have struggled so long and
so hard. Their discipline, endurance
and bravery made the Occidental sol
diers open their eyes. When the at
tack was made on Tientsin, the Chi
nese sharpshooters killed man after
man before one could get at the wall
with guncotton. Finally, a Japanese
soldier succeeded in reaching the gato
with two cans of the explosive. Three
times he lighted a long fuse and it
was shot out. Then, to make sure of
his work, the soldier calmly stood over
the match. Of course, ho knew ho
would he blown to atoms, but the gate
was shattered, and Tientsin was
taken.
CLOTH THAT LASTS.
Good. Ar. Proinlaed That Will Wear
Twenty Years.
In with the new century will come a
new material for clothing which really
will revolutionize all our notions about
the cloth in which we shall bo clad.
Think of getting a suit of clothes that
will last for twenty years; that will
cost only a third more than a suit
costs now, and that will be absolutely
waterproof without appearing to be so.
Revolutionize is rather an overworked
word, but it fits this case exactly. In
stead of singing, "Papa's pants will
soon fit Johnnie," the refrain will run,
"Johnnie soon will wear Pa's pants,"
for when pa once begins to wear these
extremely useful articles before John
nie has got out of dresses he may con
tinue to wear them for the next twenty
years, and by that time Johnnie will
have grown up to them. The same
with little Mary and her mother's
skirts. Instead of cutting down the
garments for the girl the mother will
wear them for a generation or so, and
then turn them over to her daughter.
This most useful cloth can be made in
gray, crimson, purple and blue, and
doubtless by next May, when the mills
in England will be completed, It will
be found possible to dye the cloth black
and brown. The variety of colors will
make the material adaptable equally
to the men and to the women.
Governor or
Colonel Charles W. Miner of the
Sixth infantry, whom General Mac A
rthur has just made military governor
of the island of Negros, has been in
command of the Sixth ever since tho
battle of San Juan Hill, excepting a
little time before the regiment sailed
for the Orient.
Count Tolstoi has completed a new
play called "The Corpse."
CAMPING LIFE IN CHINA
PESTS WHICH MAKE THE SOLDIER'S
LOT A HARD ONE.
FH©, Flea*. MoKquilopK, Cats and Dog*
Are a Source of Worry Chinese Ca
nine* lT*e the I lying Wedge Again*t
Barricade*—Mosquitoes Are Tenacious.
Chinese habits o£ uneleanliness are
calculated to bring a fly pe3t every
summer. This year the usual condi
tions have been aggravated by the
scavenger work which fire, shell and
loot has provided. The fly supply, in
deed, has so far exceeded the demand
as to bring out prominently, even to
the most untrained observation, hab
its, traits and possibilities in flies that
usually pass unheeded.
As anywhere else, the fly here feels
bound to take part in all preparations
and service of food, but here there are
so many fly mouths to feed that it is
not content with a fair share of com
missary, but it tries to grab it all. A
dish containing food cannot be ex
posed without instantly becoming
black with a covering of flies. When
the meal is ready to be served the
eater must guess at the contents of
many ot the dishes, for the flies hide
them completely, and those unable to
get aboard the eatables the instant of
their appearance hover above the ta
ble, buzzing like a swarm of bees,
awaiting their turn at the feast. They
are so desperately and recklessly rav
enous that the owner of the victuals
must brush them aside to get at his
own.
Their fondness for alighting on hu
man flesh and clinging to it has ap
parently been stimulated by the great
number of carcasses of men and ani
mals which the summer sun began to
bloat and stew in the river and along
its banks near the- coast in July, and
which process was extended to the
highways and fields as far as Pekin
when tiie troops came northward. One
must have a fan in motion all the
time to keep clear of them.
Toward evening they seek the dwell
ings, the Chinese beds of woven stxaw
and matting and the walls near tho
beds enjoying their special favor.
They cover the soldiers' cots and
blankets as readily as other bedding,
and they resent intrusion upon those
resting places.
When one goes to bed at night he
is assailed by a protest from the flies,
and when they have mado room for
him by crowding themselves to one
side and covering the under surface
of his resting place, they keep up a
murmur of discontent, which seems to
threaten bodily harm, and sometimes
inflicts it, in a Liliputian way, by a
violent wing demonstration and di
minutive stings. Tho human occupant
moves at his peril after once lying
down, for while his bedfellows become
reconciled to him while he remains
quiet, they are there to sleep and let
him so understand. They expect him,
evidently, not to turn or twist or shift
his position, no matter what may hap
pen.
Fly occupants of the walls near the
bed do not rest BO well as those who
Bo to sleep in the place made for
sleep; and they are wedged so close
together that the slightest movement
or disturbance in any part o£ the in
terlocked surface affects every other
part. Hence there is always a sway
ing motion in the wall mass which
sounds not. unlike heavy breathing.
if flies were the only night troubles
a sleeper might adjust himself to their
convenience and get along not uncom
fortably until morning. Their night
activity is intermittent, and the re
sult always of provocation, while that
of ihe fleas is continuous. Night is
the time foi* which the bed fleas have
been waiting, and they are fresh for
business. The occupant of a bed can
feel them criss-crossing over his body,
but they are never found where his
hands go groping for them. He must
await daylight to effect captures of
that enemy, and before daylight the
colony has dispersed, but leaving also
a body tattooed as completely as if a
crew of sailors' needlemen had been
at work on it.
Nor is the mosquito idle In his usual
business hours. He can be as perni
cious and as exasperating on the Chi
na plains as anywhere else, and al
though not as alert as are mosquitoes
in some quarters in getting out of the
way of a stroke, he is so like the pop
ulation of China that the loss of a
few multitudes, more or less, doesn't
count. From his slowness in side
stepping iu avoid a blow, it may bo
infened that the native has too many
other pest troubles to pay any atten
tion to him to else the mosquito's
dainty taste makes him partial to im
ported goods. At any rate, he is most
persistent in his attentions and so ten
acious of purpose that the sooner one
j icids and lets him bite and get away
the sooner comes peace in that quar
ter.
If these were all the pests they
might be endured, but when the Chi
nese went away they left their dogs
and cits behind, and there are myriads
of them. In the day time they may be
seen everywhere—gaunt, dirty, starved
but silent. They prowl among the
ruined dwellings and through the
streets, loosing for a bite of anything
that will fill and finding only ashes
and fallen walls. The soldiers have
killed hundreds of them, without any
perceptible effect on their numbers
Bodies of men shot in the streets look
now and then as if the household ani
mals had sampled them and had not
cared for exhaustive research, but oth
erwise, they have gone unfed, except
with what they could steal, since the
troops came.
Those that have lurkel i 1 hiding In
day time come out at night, join the
street crowd of their kind, and after
caucuses more or less stormy, lasting
until the camps sound taps, they di
vide Into foraging parties and sepa
rate.
While occupants of dwellings did
not hope to build barriers that cats
would respect, the delusion was cher
ished that if all entrances were barred
by boards and boxes, dogs might be
kept outside. They had not reckoned
on the Chinese (log's knowledge of how
to use the flying wedge and until now
barricades are ineffectual against that
animal. A crash of wood or the noise
of parting bolts apprises the house
hold soon after lights are out that the
foragers are abroad and that gates
and entrances are now fre# to all
comers. There is no sneaking or
skulking in the visit of the invaders.
They want food and want it badiy and
have 110 time for nonsense. Doors of
most of the dwellings standing have
gone for kindling. So there is no hin
drance to a visit to any part of a
place, when the gateways have been
passed.
Crockery shelves first give notice
that inspectors are about with sweep
ing designs. Then the listening occu
pants may know that rummaging is
in progress among the provision
boxes, which have been carefully bat
tened down for the tught with wire
nails. In a little while one may hear
the wlxish and determined tread of the
foragei-s about the courtyard, whence
they proceed to the porches and sleep
ing rooms, sniffing at tables, chairs,
movables and fixtures, not omitting
tho bed or its occupant. The cats of
ten leap to the bod. On a warm night,
when the occupant oppi-esses himself
with the least possible clothing he
gets a new sensation from this unex
pected visit There is no use in hissing
or shouting or adjuring the animals.
They havo too serious work before
them to heed ordinary "s'cat" meth
ods. A missile is the only thing they
respect. That will send them scam
pering, the cats to the wall fences,
from which they keep up a madden
ing incantation, and the dogs going
probably not much further away.
A peaceful sleeper waking a few
nights since found three dogs and two
cats sitting in semi-circle near his
head, as if debating if ho was far
enough gone to be worth finishing be
fore lie had time to grow stale. The
following night he awoke with two
mangy, mud-covered cats snuggled
asleep close up to him on his blankets.
The experience of taking the city
was certainly as nothing compared
with that since suffered from the
broken rest inflicted by these noisome
Chinese legacies—Boston Herald.
A COLORED WOMAN'S COURAGE.
Old Sophia Holme. Was Truly a Credit
to Her It ace.
Old Sophia Holmes, the most inter
esting colored woman of ner day, has
left a little story woven around her
memory which will long live, and a
record of which her race may well be
proud.
She died in Washington recently,
whei-e she had won her mark of dis
tinction as tlie first colored woman to
he given a life position under the
United States government, which was
awarded by a special act of congress
during Lincoln's administration.
She was at the time employed as
charwoman in the division of issues
department, a position to which she
was appointed by President Lincoln.
One evening in 1863, in sweeping up
after closing hours she found a chest
of bank notes, which had been care
lessly overlooked by the employes and
left out of the vault. Not knowing
what to do and fearing to call the
watchman, of whose honesty she was
not sure, she continued to sweep back
and forth until it was dark, then she
dragged the che3t as noiselessly as
possible to a place beneath a table and
lay upon the top as sentinel.
It was past midnight when General
Spinner, then treasurer, made his
nightly round. He had long made it
a habit to sleep in the building and
to make a personal survey of the de
partment at midnight.
The negress listened and realizing
whom it was called out to him and
made her discovery known. Noted for
his profanity, General Spinner is said
to havo made a good use of his powers
upon this occasion, and expressed his
wrath in fiery volume. The frightened
woman, at his command, followed
trembling to a room above, where at
that unusual hour a committee meet
ing was called. She was absolved from
all blame and allowed to return to
her home, which she did rejoicing.
Congress acted on her deed of brave
ery and valor, and subsequently ap
pointed her to a life position in the
division of issues department, to
carry packages of money from one
employe to another, at tho highest
salary paid to the laborers in the gov
ernment employ, which is S6O a month.
This position she retained until her I
death, always carrying herself with
dignity which won the respect of all
her superior officers.
On another oerasion she detected a
man stealing $17,000 from the count
ing room of tho treasury and caused
his arrest and the return of the money.
Sophia Holmes was born in George
town, Va., and was married to Melch
ior Holmes, whose freedom she pur- 1
chased with her own earnings. Ho lost
his life in the civil war.
Sophia Holmes was over 70
yeai's of age, how much she herself
was unable to tell, for as much as she
was associated with figures she had no
memory for dales.
A Ileal Ist.
"So you let your leading man go'"
"I had to," answered Mr. Storming
ton Barnes. "He was too realistic in
his ideas."
"Interfered with your work on the
stage?"
"No, not on the stage. In the box
office. He wanted real money."
Washington Star.
EASTERN BEAUTIES.
SOCIALLY, PERSIA IS A FASCI
NATING COUNTRY.
Tit® Persian Woman L'ntroublcd by the
"Nerves" ami Fads of the Now Woman
—On the Street She C'oncuuls ller
Fuco from tho Vulgar Gaze.
The visit of the shah of Persia to
the continent, and his interesting say
ings and doings, while there, have very
naturally directed more than usual
public attention to the land over which
he rules. Considered politically, his
torically or socially, Persia is in many
respects one of the most fascinating of
all Oriental countries. It is the last
running barrier between Russia and
the Persian Gulf; its history teems
with lofty names and great dynastic
changes, and its social life piques Eu
ropean interest by Its mystery and its
novelty. And yet little is known of
Persia, even by intelligent Europeans;
while to the great mass it remains
terra incognita. Bit by bit, however,
we are breaking through the exelu
siveness of Persian etiquette, and are
learning how fascinating the people of
Persia are. In no phase of Persian
life do we find more to charm, to sur
prise, and to fascinate than we do in
studying the lives and manners of Per
sian women. The mystery that sur
rounds them, their own fatalistic se
renity, the limitations which are plac
ed upon their lives, in a word, the com
plete dissimilitude to feminine life in
Europe, lend a peculiar and unfailing
interest to all that concerns them. It
is well to sweep away some of the
cobwebs of prejudice in considering
the character and status of the wo
men of Persia. They are not ill-used,
they are not unwilling prisoners, they
do not resent the restraints of the ha
rem, and they do not regard them
selves as victims of misfortune.
Strange as it may seem to us, the
Persian woman is a happy woman;
she is content, placid and untroubled
by either "nerves" or fads of the "new
woman. " A distinguished Fx-enchman,
in describing them says: "The regu
lar life which the women of Persia
lead is the potent cause of their beau
ty; they neither gamble nor sit up
late; they drink no wine, and but rare-
Famous
Women
Beginning with literary women the
following are the best known of the
famous women of Germany: Johanna
Schopenhauer, born at Dantzic in 1770
and died in 1849. She published a
number of tales and romances. She
was the mother of Ailhur Schopen
hauer, the famous philosopher. Luis?
Muhlbach, wife of Thecdor Muudt. She
wrote a number of historical romanc
es, some of which have been translated
into English, and have enjoyed great
popularity. She died in Berlin In 1873.
Madame von Schlegel, authoress, wifo
of Friedrich von Schlegel, the eminent
scholar and writer, and mother by her
first husband of the celebrated painter,
Phillip Veit. She was born in 1763
and died In 1839. Fanny Lewald, a
popular authoress, whose principal
works were novels, tales and sketches
ot travel. She was the wife of Adoir
Stahr, the author. She was born in
1820 and died in 1875. Madame von
Schwartz, a German writer and of
German family, but horn at Southgate,
England, in 1821. After a separation
from von Schwartz, who was her sec
ond husband, she went to Rome, be
came a great admirer of Garibaldi,
went with him on his campaigns and
cared for him in activity. Most of her
numerous books are descriptions of
her travels and adventures. She has
iShe "Priesthood in Prance,
A movement is going on amongst
French Socialist mayors in France to
forbid the wearing of ecclesiastical
costume. A decree issued to this effect
by M. E. Thomas, Mayor of Bicetre,
has been annulled as illegal by the
Prefect of Police. Amongst tho priests
of France it is probable that, although
they resent the aggressive action of
the mayors, they would, for other rea-
Ityron Swam Dardanelles Strait.
The Hellespont or Dardenelles is a
narrow strait between Europe and
Asiatic Turkey, which connects the
Sea ot Marmosa and the Egean sea.
The legend describes Leander as night
ly swimming across the Hellespont to
visit Hero, his sweetheart. It was
really swam by Lord Byron. The
actual distance between Abydos and
Sestos is about a mile and a quarter;
but the current is so strong that about
I miles is made by a swimmer, because
Dt his drifting, ere he has touched
Crom point to point. The first at
tempt of Byron to swim the Helles
pont was a failure; bul on a second
venture he performed the feat in one
hour and ten minutes.
X,engtly Mourning In Kurcn.
In Korea mourning is a very lengthy
matter. When a parent dies the
mourning lasts for three years or
more, and for other relatives the pe
riod is shorter, but never short. As
during a period of mourning marriagy
U not allowable, it is easily seen that
ly expose themselves to the atrao
phere. It must be acknowledged that
life in the seraglio is more conducive
to health than to pleasure; it is a calm,
untroubled life; everything in it is
connected with subordination and
duty; even its pleasures are serious
and its joys austere,and are all in
themselves significant of authority and
dependence." The dress of Persian la
dies is* more showy than tasteful, more
picturesque than modest, according to
European ideas. It should, however,
be remembered at once that what
might seem immodest in the western
world, is regarded as quite natural in
the east. The "char-kadd" (or head
dress) is, in the case of the rich, very
pretty and costly; Kashmir shawls
and embroidered gauze, bespangled
with golden coins and enriched with
precious stones, are used for this pur
pose; while the ends of the "char
kadd" droop gracefully over the shoul
ders, and a "jika," or bejeweled feath
er ornament, is worn on the side of the
head, producing a very jaunty effect.
Ornaments of jewelry are much af
fected, scent caskets are suspended
from the neck by golden chains, and
the arms are covered, often from the
wrist to above the elbow—with ban
gles, which vie in quantity and qual
ity with the coin bangles so often worn
by ladies of fashion in Europe. As
in India, the poor wear silver orna
ments as anklets and bracelets, and
the negres3 slaves adorn their ebony
skins with the bright pink of coral.
The Persian ladies' outdoor dress is
far from attractive, consisting, as a
rule, of a large blue drapery, which
envelops the entire person, and quite
conceals the wearer's identity. The
head is covered with a perforated linen
veil, which enables the wearer to look
upon the outer world, but does not dis
close her features. A man may pass
his own wife in the streets of Teheran
and not know her, but she may see
him. Now and then the veil will be
slightly lowered, and a pair of laugh-l
ing, roguish, bewitching brown eyes
revealed. For a pretty woman, even
in the east. doe 3 not care to conceal
her attractions beneath a veil, and the
daughters of Eve in Persia are not in
different to admiration. There are only
eight or ten thousand Paisees left in
Persia, the original home of Zoroas
trianism, but the Parsee women are
daintily attractive in dress and quietly
refined in manner.
GERMANY HAS A
LONG LIST WHO
DESERVE RECOG
NITION 5 5
j often been confounded with the Swed
| ish novelist of the same name. Among
the German women who have shone
;in the art world are the following:
| Madame Hensel, wife of Wilhelm Hen
| sel, a celebrated painter, and sister
j of Mendelssohn, the great composer,
i She was distinguished for her taste
and skill in music and produced sever
al admired compositions. She was
J born in 1805 and died in 1547. Madame
| Schumann (Clara Josephine Wieck),
! wife of Robert Schumann, the cele
j brated composer, and herself a noted
| pianist and composer. She was born
j in 1819 and died two years ago. Among
other artists may be mentioned Ma
j dame Schroeder, a celebrated aetrc-s3,
and known as "the German Siddons;"
j her daughter, Wilhelmine Schroeder-
Devrient, one of the most distinguish
j cd vocalists of Germany; and Mario
! Gabrielle Kraus, a noted opera singer.
Finally we may mention one of the
leading lights in the world of science.
Caroline Lucretia Herschel, sister and
collaborator of Sir Wm. Hershel, the
celebrated astronomer. She was born
in Hanover, Prussia, in 1750 and died
there in 1848. From 1772 until her
brother's death in 1822, she lived with
him near Windsor, England. She
published a valuable catalogue of stars
and discovered five new comets be
tween the years 1786 and 1797. '
, sons, prefer to dress like English and
J American priests. They consider that
their active pastoral work is hampered
by the soutane, which ought to be lim
ted to the sanctuary. By it they are
debarred from modern physical exer
cise, and excite too much attention
when ministering to sick parishioners.
The subject will probably be discussed
I at the next priests' congress.
a goodly number of deaths in the fam
ilies of each of the betrothed pair may
delay their marriage far beyond the
; limits of human patience, as we un
j derstand it, though western people
have no conception of the patience of
[ some Orientals. In Korea it is not
! unusual for a wedding to be delayed
len years on account of mourning, and
betrothed couples have been kept
waiting for upward of thirty years.
I'meuts I>''l,l y■ ci One Your.
While searching through the base
ment of the Kenosha postoflice the
other morning Postmaster Frantz
found six bags of mail which are sup
posed to have lain there for about a
year, as the bags contain many Christ
mas presents. The department in
Washington has been notified and the
mail delivered to the various ad
dresses.
The longest-lived people have gen
erally been those who made breakfast
the principal meal of the day. The
stomach has more vigor in the morn
ing than at any time.