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Bond of Brotherhood Between Poetic Souls A certain young woman, a stenog rapher for a New York firm, is best known in an admiring suburban cir cle as a “poetess.” She jots her in spirations down in shorthand notes, transcribes them on tier typewriter and submits the effusions to tiie local newspaper, which sometimes finds place for them. One morning as she was commut ing from New Jersey there was a heavy fog on the North river and the - ferryboat was proceeding on its way gropingly, with frequent stops and much whistling. At one time, out of tiie gloom, a great hoarse whistle, suggesting an ocean liner, sounded near. There was a sflr of uneasiness among tiie crowded passengers, and the poet's male companion looked up from his newspaper with a nervous frown. “Are you afraid?" he asked of the poetess. “Afraid!”—the word came witti withering scorn. "Afraid! I? Why, you know Shelley died by drowning.” —Harper’s Magazine. Stained Glass Makes Appeal to Converts In the center of a Christian settle ment in the jungle at Medak, Hydera bad, India, stands a Christian church of the proportions of a cathedral. This is the central place of worship for the great community of Indian Christians, numbering over 50,000, who have gathered around Itev. C. W. Posnett, a Wesleyan missionary, as a result of his 30 years’ work in this native state. The church was opened a year ago, but there seemed some thing lacking in Its beautiful Interior, despite the marbles and many tinted tiles. There was no stained glass in the windows. Six thousand Indian Christians have given the money for a window, designed by Frank O. Salis bury, a well-known British artist. The subject is tiie Ascension, and Mr. Salisbury says of the window: “The desire of the donors was that their church should be as beautiful as any Mohammedan mosque or Hindu tem ple, and I trust that my work will help them to realize their ideal of beauty as an aid to worship.” Queen Victoria Story Some amusing siories concerning Queen Victoria are told by Sir Felix Semon in his autobiography. The queen had a great sense of dignity, but she also possessed a keen sense of humor. For instance, when Sir James Iteid, her majesty’s physician-in -ordi nary, became engaged to one of her maids of honor. Hie lion. Miss Baring the queen was exceedingly angry, and, sending for him, lectured him severe ly. He ought to have known, she told hire, that nobody was permitted to propose to a maid of honor without obtaining the queen's permission. Sir James listened, then humbly answered that her majesty w-ns quite right; he certainly would not do it again! This so strongly appealed to the queen’s sense of humor that she laughed heart ily. and without further ado extended tier pardon. Strictly Private He was a newcomer to the bank and consequently found his duties rather hard to remember; but all this was forgotten when he received his first pay envelope. In a businesslike manner he quickly checked the contents before signing the receipt. Then his eye caught the words underlined In black: “Tour salary is your personal busi ness and a confidential mntter. It should not be disclosed to anyone.” The clerk grinned as he picked up a pen and signed his name. Below he added briefly: "I won't mention it to anyone. I am as much ashamed of it as you are.” India’s Holi Festival At the time of the vernal equinox, on the night of the full moon, the popular Holi Festival Is celebrated by the Hindus of India. The ceremonies, lasting for three days, are derived from the ancient spring festival. This festival, originally a solemn religious rite, has degenerated and Is now known as the Saturnalia of India. Bonfires are lit around the temples and sacrifices are made to the gods. Red powder called kunkuma is thrown about, as Occidentals throw confetti, and the clothing of the people becomes covered with it. Brain Works Rapidly Assuming you began to think con sciously at the age of five, then at thirty, if you have done an average amount of thinking, your “impressions” would number about 1,920,000,000. Those whose work is entirely mental would double those figures. A woman’s brain is about five ounces lighter than a man’s, but It Is of superior quality—of a higher specific gravity. It lasts longer, too. On an average a woman of sixty has a 20 per cent better brain than a man of the same age. Hats Not Always Common In Chaucer’s "Carterbury Tales,” the Merchant had upon his head “a Flaundrlsh biever hat.” It seems that from this period hats became more frequently worn, for there is mention in some of the early writings by dls tinguished people of “felt hattes,” and -biever hattes." Throughout medfeva times the wearing of hats was a marl of distinction and of noble birtji. Marmalade Makes Big Demand for Orange! Not only does John Bull consume enormous quantities of marmalade and Jam at'home, but he sends a lot of it abroad. The marmalade of Britain is pro duced from sour oranges and sugar. The best known firms use almost ex clusively the Seville bitter orange, ■ which has comparatively little pulp | and consists for the most part of rind, the substance most desirable for the manufacture of good marmalade. Inasmuch as oranges are perishable, the brokers accept the highest bids made on the day of sale and never reserve the fruit for future offerings. These sales are held regularly on what are known as “market days." The character, quantities, qualities and nativity of the fruit are catalogued several days in advance, so the auc tions are always well attended and the bidding is lively. The London Fruit exchange, where these auctions are held, stands in the heart of the city in a large structure known as the Monument building. It Is said that a sum In excess of $20, 000,000 is annually required to pay for the oranges sold in this exchange, the great hulk of the snle being at nubile auction. Dissertation as to Ethics and Business Letter received by a business man from a correspondent in Japan: "Hegarding the matter of escaping penalty for nondelivery of the bar ma chine. there is a way to creep around me by diplomat and we must make a statement of strike occur our fac tory (of course big untrue). Please address my firm on inclosed form of letter and 'believe this will avoid pen alty of case As Mr. B is most re ligious and competent man and also heavily upright and godly it fears me that useless apply for Ids signature. Please attach same by Yokohama of fice making forge, but no cause to fear of prison happening, as this is often operated by other merchants of highest Integrity "It is highest unfortunate Mr. B. so godlike and excessive awkward for business purpose. I think much (tet ter add little serpent like wisdom to upright manhood and tints found a good business edifice."—Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. Educational Essentials Ituskin says: “An educated man ought to know three tilings: First, where lie is—that Is to say, what kind of a world he lias got into, how large it is, what kind of creatures live In It. and bow; what It is made of, and what may Ik: made of it. Secondly, where he is going—that Is to say, what chances or reports therp are of any other world besides this: and wliut seems to he the nature of the other world. Thirdly, what he had best do under the circumstances, what are the readiest means In his power of attaining happiness and diffusing It. The man who knows these things, and has his will so subdued that he Is ready to do what he knows he ought, is an educated man; and the tnan who knows them not, is uneducated, al though lie could talk all the tongues of Babel.” Dissolving Country It has been estimated that if the work of erosion performed by water on the total surface of our country were concentrated on tlie Isthmus of Panama, it would suffice to cut a canal from ocean to ocean 83 feet deep in about 75 days. Tbe average annual erosion pro duced by water in the United States i corresponds to the removal of a layer about 3*4 feet thick in 3,400 years. It is figured that our rivers transport every year 270,000,000 tons of solid matter and 513,000,000 tons of matter in a state of suspension. World’s Most Tragic Man Chance plays a smaller part in life than some people think. The least beginning may lead to the greatest end. Every day, hour und minute men are building or neglecting to build. Events that they attribute to luck are nearly always due to some act, thought or purpose long since for gotten. Frequently worthy beginnings of the least promising kind have led to consequences beyond the wildest hopes or dreams. There Is only one really tragic figure in life, and that Is the man who never makes a start —American Magazine. Punishment by Ostracism Ostracism was a method employed by the ancient Athenians of banishing citizens whose Influence was consider ing prejudicial to the state. A day for voting was fixed, when the people wrote on small earthen tablets or shells the names of those whom they wished banished. Six thousand votes were necessary to drive a man Into exile. To ostracize today means to ignore, to exclude from a certain so cial circle. Humane Menageries Karl Hagenbeck was the first show man to train large carnivorous ani mals of different species to perform together. He also Introduced a new way of confining animals In outdoor menageries. In his zoological garden at Stelllngen, a suburb of Hamburg, there were no gratings or wires about the space occupied by groups of largq mammals, broad moats of water be ing employed to confine them. Great Ones of Earth Not Always Imperial I have met royalties, Informally and formally, and always as a simple citizen sociably inclined. They Im pressed me that they are rather wist ful creatures whom no one would ever suspect of royalty without being told. I make one exception, an Afri can, the king of Wallo—and he sent a tremor through me with a single flash of the eye at the Instant of his com plete humiliation. A very Impressive queen called on me in the wilderness somewhere southeast of Lake Eyassi In what was then German East Africa. She came at nightfall with beating drums and a bodyguard of powerful war riors armed with shields and spears. Behind her walked two handmaids, and slaves currying pots of wild honey and ground nuts us gifts for my aska ris. This ludy was a genuine queen and respected and obeyed as such. But she was rather fut, and waddled as she walked, and her only garment was a single string of blue bends hanging about her creased hips. She was us coy in our interview ns a play ful spinster. I have in my possession a beautiful little gold watch presented to me by an authentic princess of distinguished royalty. There is no doubt that among those who know her she is one of the most beloved bearers of title in Eu rope; yet at Hint time she was seri ously considering abandoning her title, since it was an embarrassing impedi ment to travel.—William A. Ander son, in Adventure Magazine. Egyptian Leaders in Manufacture of Linen That the manufacture of linen was known thousands of years ugo to the Egyptians is proved by the cerecloths or wax-covered winding sheets of the most ancient mummies that have been found, since these were made of linen. Pharaoh arrayed Joseph In vestures of fine linen in 1770 B. C., nnd that was nearly 4,(HH) years ago. The gar ments of the priests of the Egyptians, as well us those of ancient Hebrews, were of the same fabric. Many varie ties of flax are known and more than 25 have been cultivated, hut the plant is said to rapidly exhaust the soil, and so Its cultivation suffered severe ly except in Egypt. There the fibers of this product were manufactured In very early times and the secret was carried to Tyre in OSS B. C. Prom Tyre the Phenicluns carried the se eret of working flux to Europe nnd tradition is that the Irish were among the first to get it. As one of the products of Egypt flax Is referred to in the Book of Exodus. To this day Egypt cultivates large quantities of this product.—Detroit News. Medicine’» Early Daye It takes little to make history. Un til the time of llressot, a French phy sician of the latter part of the Fif teenth century, it was the practice for surgeons to bleed their patients on the opposite side of the both- on which the soreness was felt. Bressot, however, expounded a theory of bleed ing dose to the seat of the hurt, and so rabid became the discussion among the learned men of the period that Bressot was banished from the em pire by Charles V. But not for long, though, for upon the death of one of the emperor's relatives who had been treated according to the old theory, he recalled Bressot and his theory for some time carried weight. Within Reach of All The negro parson was giving Ids customary Sunday sermon, but, much to the bewilderment of the church members, he included many high sounding phrases and Jong words which he had picked up at a very erudite lecture the night before. Ap parently it didn't seem to he going over very well. Noting his wasted efforts at Intel lectuality, he resumed the discourse in his usual simple lunguuge, where upon a voice fTom the rear comment ed approvingly: “Thatta boy, pahson, put the cookies on the lowah shelf.''— Christian Science Monitor. Charity Needed Every little while I discover some new terrible thing the men do to the women. The other day I heard a woman telling of the suffering wives endure from being eoin|ielled to linen to,their husband's old Jokes; It Is no of'the real burdens of women. I made no reply, but In looking for excuses all I could think of was this; I nes It ever occur to women that they are as tiresome to men as men are to women? My general conclusion Is we should be more charitable with each other, and tulk less.—K. W. Ilowe's Monthly. Hunnieh Invaeion Huns were a Mongolian race who Invaded Europe during the Fourth century of the Christian era. They waged war with the Goths, then In habiting central Europe, and drove them south Into .Spain, Italy and the Balkan peninsula, thus Indirectly causing the destruction of the West ern Roman empire. The Huns reached as far west as Gaul, now France. More Worth While The man who with a microscope tries to discover In his fellows blem ishes and Imperfections Is engaged In very unprofitable business. He would be far better employed If be used a telescope to find In them beauty and substantlablilty of character.—Grit Men of Genius Often in Pessimistic Mood Some authors have had a sudden re vulsion of feeling, usually brought on by overwork, and have condemned ; everything they ever wrote. Lord | ltyron Hew into a rage one day and ! ordered his publishers to destroy all of | Ids poems they had in hand. Those in l bookstores he tried to forestall from I literary channels by the process of ] buying every volume he could find 1 but found the expense prohibitive. John ltuskln, the English author, art critic and social reformer, had a sim liar morbidity overcome him while sitting for his portrait, a writer In the Kansas City Times recalls. Turning suddenly to Dante Gabriel Rossetti, for whom he was posing, he declared j he bad lost all faith in revealed re ligion, that he regarded all he had al ready written as bosh, that he should ' write nothing for some years (one biographer says ten), and that lie should then vigorously pull to pieces all his previous writings. It Is a fact that nearly all of Rus kin's best books were Written prior to the time of this alleged change ot opinion, 1802, bui he published ai least two well known works as soon thereafter as 1865. when "Sesame and Lilies” appeared, and In 1883-0. when ‘Traeterlta” saw the light. A preface to a book in 1871 gave the first public intimation of his revised Ideals. “Common” Prayer Book Didn’t Suit Occasion The late E. C. Dewitt, who died unknown in New York worth $85,000, UUD. did not believe in climbing, lie said one day to a New York reporter: "Climbers are always coarse and stupid. A Sioux City climber decided to turn Episcopalian, for all the bang up people in town went to the Episco palian church. “So he visited a bookstore and asked for the hymnals. I'.tb'es and other literature he would need in his new faith. “The salesman laid a pile of black bound books before him, and as he read the titles he seemed well enough pleased till he came to the hist tit'e of all. the Book of Common Prayer This volume he handed back to the salesman with a shake of the head. " 'This'll hardly do. brother,’ he said. ‘Ain't ye got nothin' a little more selectorV "—Minneapolis Irib tiue. ROBINSON’S SKIN WH1TENER and Freckle-Remover improves your j complexion while you are asleep. For sale by LIBERTY DRUG CO. 1904 North 24th St. Wsb. 03S6 SHOE REPAIRING ; BENJAMIN A THOMAS always give satisfaction. Best material, reason able prices. All work guaranteed. 1415 North 24th St., Webster 5084 FOR RENT—Modern seven-room house, 919 North Twenty-sixth street. Near car line. $20. Call We. 0919 mornings. Classified FOR RENT—Furnished room in strictly modern home. One block from Dodge carline. Call during business hours, WE. 7186, even ings, WE. 2480. tf-12-10-26. 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