CHIMNEY CORNER CURES.
Virtues of Arnmalle Fact for the Re
lief of Maar Ills.
( The latest panacea Is to tie found In
the chimney corner, Physicians are
recommending aromatic woods and fra
grant peat, says the London Express,
which, when thrown on the Are mend
up a healing (smoke.
Tlcture jmstcards of peat can be sent
Jto a friend suffering from asthma. The
(postcard Is read and burnt and the suf
Iferer draws his chair up beside the
grnte, to Inhale the medicinal odor.
Aromatic fire lighters, cut In trellli
ifashlon, are steeped In turpentine and
their warm glow and balmy fumes will
.relieve a gasping bronchial patient
Fire revivers are an antiseptic and
will keep away Influenza. They are la
the shape of small bricks and will re
vive a dying fire and perfume the
whole house.
Pine logs send out a tonic vapor, oak
and elm are stimulating, sandal wood
will relieve a nervous headache.
Tiny blocks of wood, steeped In euca
lyptus oil, are recommended for a bad
cold. Lavender water pellets or eau
de cologne globules, sizzling merrily on
the hob, will freshen up the overtired
visitor, while a few drops of attar of
violets on a hot shovel will cure Insom
nia and produce refreshing sleep.
A teaspoonful of ammonia added to
a saucepan of boiling water, will re
vive a fainting patient It has even
been suggested by a well known spe
cialist that a tnblespoonful of tea,
thrown In the kettel and Inhaled, will
.benefit the weary housewife far more
than If she sipped her favorite bever
Jage. A nerve specialist who was consult
ed on the dew cure said: "There is
no doubt that there should be a more
Intimate knowledge of the need for
-healthy Inhalations. '
"Xot only flowers or jnrs of pot
pourri should be used to scent n room,
'but scouted logs should be thrown on
the grate Intsead of the umial faegots.
'Terfume, In any form, la a stimu
lant, a narcotic, or a sedative, as the
case may be; but no perfume Is so
healing and subtle in Its effect as that
which rises warm and bahny from the
fire.
, "A little scent sprinkled on a block
of wood, will save a woman from many
an acute attack of neuralgia or con
tested headache."
GAINS MADE BY ENGLISH.
'Promise to Become the Universal
Lantnace In Time.
A writer In a Canadian paper gives
What he understands to he the correct
figures as to the growth of the princi
pal languages of Europe and. America
'between 1800 and 11)00. He presents
the fojlowlng table of the number speak
ing the languages named at both dates,
with the percentage of Increase In 1900
over that In 1800:
Inc.,
1000. P. C.
1800.
20,000,000
English
French
Oerman
Russian
135,000,000 673
. a
...
.34.000.000
48,000,000
70,000,000
00,000,000
45,000,000
32.000,000
13,000,000
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.. 85,000,000
. . 30.000,000
. .30,000,000
. .18,000,000
. . 8,000,000
1(H)
200
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Hpanlsa . ,
Italian ..,
1 Portuguese
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We need not commit ourselves to tha
literal accuracy of these figures, at
least until there has been an opjKtr
tunlty to scan them closely. But there
can be no doubt that they indicate In
a general way that the English lan
guage has In a century grown far fast
er than ary of Its competitors. So. far
as we can forecast the future it prom
ises to continue to spread at as fast or
faster rate In the present century. If
we are ever to have a universal lan
guage among the languages not known
It Is altogether probable that It will be
the English. Louisville Courier-Journal.
RELIGION AND TROUSERS.
Fiona Mohammedans Object to Sons
Wearing; Modern Nether Coverlnir.
Many of the chiefs In the protector
ate of Gambia wish to have their sons
educated In the now -Mohammedan
school of that region, but there was a
bar to their full enjoyment of the edu
cation they were likely to receive. The
nlous Mohammedan nanas were afraid
that the wearing of modern trousers
was part of the school curriculum and
cnererore tney viewea tne school with
peculiar suspicion. The governor of
Gambia now reports that the parents
have been assured that their children
will" not be converted into "Uouser
men" and the prospects of the school
are now very bright.
It would be Interesting to learn how
this suspicion of the modern nether
covering arose nm whether the dry
goods merchants denied the native
their ordinary material. Hut it may bo
Interesting to recall the fact that the
British government forbade Highlanders
to wear the kilt for some years after
the battle of Culloden. However, the
government was In a tight corner 'dur
ing its continental wars and It was
glad to raise several regiments r.f high
landers, who resumed the kilt, nid the
trousers-wearing edict died a natural
death. Tailor and Cutter.
Welcome Chans.
One of these days this country may
produce an honest campaign chairman,
one who will say In his e'ectlon fore
,cast In effect: "I don't know how this
i election Is going, but I suspect we are
going to have the buttons whipped off
'of us. While I am hopeful, I confess
I that the opposition has not scared. Our
! poll shows a good deal of disaffection.
I I doubt If we can buy enough votes to
loffset It. If this ticket pulls through
!by the skin of Its teeth I'll be tickled
to death." Kansas City Star.
Clock Made of Glass.
A 70-year-old glassblower of Theres
Intal, In Bohemia, baa Just completed a
wonderful clock, which Is now being
exhibited. With the exception of the
springs, the whole clock Is made of
glass, and It has taken blm six years
(to complete It The clock suggests a
I table lamp In shape. Tbe unique work
has attracted much attention and tbe
lld man has been offered large sums
(for It but be refuses to sell.
A man occasionally inierieres with
.-the affairs of a woman without get
ting the worst of It In books.
j If It Is necessary for you to make
, an lea boa Its Vila of laxj man.
THE BRAZILIAN MNQADA.
Queer Craft Which Will Ride the
Billows Like m Cork.
To any one but a sailor It would
seem as though one type of sailing
craft would suit all seas and a'l con
ditions of navigation. Our trim yacht
or Its practical cousin the fishing
smack of the New England fisherman,
appear capable of sailing In any wa
ter or weathering any storm, yet ev
ery country has some peculiar species
of vessel, which differs widely In de
sign and construction from our own
type of ships. For example, It seems
stupid In the Hollanders, with such
excellent models at hand as our own
Ships present, to persist In building the
bulky, slow-moving sloops In which
they venture out to sen ; but, no doubt,
these apparently clumsy craft exactly
suit the peculiar conditions of those
waters and the calling of their own
ers. At first sight, the boat shown In the
picture might also meet the disapprov
al of the Inexperienced landsman as
a most uuseaworthy makeshift, yet no
craft has been devised that so well
meets the conditions of the rough wa
ters In which It is employed. It Is the
Jangada, used by the boatmen of Per
nambuco, Brazil. The hull, If so It
may be called, Is constructed of light
logs 15 to 10 feet In length, snugly
lashed together. The triangular sail is
bent to a bamboo mast which on ac
count of Its pliability and toughness
can withstand the pressure of the
heavy winds that frequently blow on
that coast better than a wooden spar.
The helmsman guides the raft with the
aid of the long oar projecting over
tho stern.
, When the heavy seas roll over the
coral reef enclosing the harbor of Per
namhuco no small craft, with excep
tion of this awkward raft, dare ven
THE BRAZILIAN
ture out to meet the Incoming steam
ers. Its buoyancy and small resist
ance to the wind and waves cause It
to rldo the billows like a cork. Fre
quently when a steamer is unable to
make the harbor on account of the
high seas, a Jangada Is sent out to
take off the mall and such of the pas
sengers who have tho hardihood to
risk the trip on a raft which seems
to promise a spill overboard if noth
ing worse.
BREAKING OF THE COLT.
Onlr Three Commands, with Kind
ness and Patience, Are Heiiulred.
First, to halter-break the baby he Is
from birth 'pushed about with the at
tendant's hand under his neck and be
hind his quarters, for a few minutes
every time one goes near the dam. As
you push him ahead always say C'lk a
tew times ; as you halt him say Whoa .
sharp and loud ; as you push him back
say Back! at each stop. He associate
the words with the action ; what seems
to him play Is really a lesson ; he takes
the idea at once and like all'tirst im
pressions It Is Indelible.
At about three weeks put on blm a
little halter of soft leather, fitting snug
ly about the nose and under the throat
that he may not catch a hind or fore
foot In It and for a few days push him
about Just a step or two by this ; then
run a cord through the Jawpiece (better
than a snaphook, as It can be at once
released), and as you lead the mare use
this also on him, hut never let him
fight It o.r make It Irksome to him. At
about this time really halter-traln blm
to lead and to do this have someone
hold the mare; put the rope through
his chlnstrnp, start to lead him and
when be bangs back, as he will, brace
yourself and let him "pull It out."
At his age you can easily handle
him ; never snatch or Jerk him ; never
look at him (this la very Important, ns
the fixed gaze of tho human eye Is ter
rifying and disconcerting to all ani
mals) ; Just let hlin "pull It out." con
vince himself that he can not get away
and sooner or later be will come to you
with a rush. Pat blm now over the
forehead where his brain Is (always
caress the parts or members Involved ;
Indiscriminate caress Is worse than
nne; "If your son learns his lesson
don't reward your daughter," as a well
known teacher once said) ; let him
stand a few minutes, have tbe mare led
and lead him with her, behind, beside,
away from and back again and In two
days you have a baby you can tie up
with a string.
Be careful to hold his head up If he
throws himself, and If h & It v-
tral times "hold htm down a little while
and let him think It over. Remember
his mind contains hut one Idea at a
time and give hlin ample, opportunity
to get an Indelible mental Impression
of every step you take, especially when
the times come for punishment drill.
Outing Magazine.
EDITORS IN THE CABINET.
Presidents from Jackson's liar In
cline to Newspaper Men as Advisers
They are calling Premier Clemen
ceau's accession to power In France the
"apotheosis of Journalism." Eight edi
tors are In his cabinet. Distinction c-f
this sort Is rarer for newspaper men In
tho United States, although several
Presidents In recent times have had
more than one Journalist In their coun
cils. Jackson had Huff Green of the Uni
ted States Telegraph and Francis P.
Blair and John C. Rives of the Globe
In his "kitchen cabinet," these papers,
successively, being his Washington or
gans. He selected Amos Kendall fo.r
one of his official advisers, Kendall
holding the office of postmaster gener
al. Measured by the scale of the time.
"Old Hickory" had even more of a lik
ing for newspaper men than has the
"Young Hickory" of to-day. The new
State of Oklahoma. In these Roosevelt
Ian days, will start out with nearly ns
many newspapers ns the entire United
States had when Jackson entered the
presidency In 1S2I). .
Simon Cameron In Lincoln's cabinet,
Carl Schura In Hayes', James G. Blaine
In Garfield's, In Arthur's and In Harri
son's; Frank Hatton and William E.
Chandler In Arthur's; Daniel Manui'ig,
Dnulcl S. Lainont. J. Sterling Morton,
Hoke Smith and Norman J. Column !n
Cleveland's; John Hay and Charles Em
ory Smith In McKlnley's and also In
Roosevelt's! and Robert J. Wynne in
Roosevelt's are among the newspaper
JANGADA,
men or ex-newspaper men who have
sat down at the council table of Presi
dents. Leslie's Weekly.
STRENGTH IN LION'S CLAW.
One of Many Superstitions Kuter
tnlned In It-Knril to Animals.
It Is believed that wearing u lion's
claw will bring strength to the wear
er. Tills Is why the paws of the lions
are used so extensively for the carv
ings of the legs of chairs and tables
as being emblems of strength und (sta
bility. Nearly all show people believe that
when lions get restless and uneasy ei
ther 111 luck or extremely bad wcuther
Is at hand, and that when they con
tinually wash their faces in catlike
fashion they are likely to have fits of
ill temiKT in the near future. Much
the same belief Is that when a donkey
brays It is going to rain.
There are numberless superstitions
associated with the tiger. The natives
of India believe that Its whiskers are
a deadly poison and that when finely
chopped and secretly Introduced into u
iierson's food they will assuredly cause
deuth. They also believe that unless
every whisker, however small, is com
pletely Hinged off a dead tiger Its ghost
will haunt the neighborhood forever af
ter. There was one case where this
had been forgotten until the skin bad
been sold to some European trader, and
when the native remembered It ho was
afraid to go out at night and died from
terror In the belief that he had seen the
ghost of tbe tiger look In at the open
ing of his tent.
There Is a great dread in India of
what Is termed the "evil eye," anil to
avert this parents hang the claws of
tigers around the necks of the children.
Yet another belief Is that tiger's fat,
either boiled down or raw, Is a sure
cure for rheumatism and many other
diseases, while the tongue If given to
an elephant gives him Invincible cour
age. Monkeys are credited with having
the devil's own spirit In them, or, as
It Is graphically expressed, "tbe devil's
own temper." From this enme the ex
pression, "To get one's monkey up,"
meaning to get Into a temper.
To see a wolf Is supposed to be a
good sign, but If a man sees a wolf
before the wolf sees him then he will
either become dumb for the time or lose
his voice. New York Times.
If you think a man's children are
Intelligent, you ought to get him to UU
you about hit bird dog.
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The object of the
tltlon Is, prlmarly.
three hundredth anniversary of the
first English settlement on American
soil, which, as history records, occurred
on the thirteenth day of May, 1(507, on
a peninsula that Juts Into the James
River about thirty-five miles from Its
nouth. The little band of hardy pio
neers named the place Fort James,
later James City and finally James
town. That It may be understood why
the Jamestown exposition will be held
at Se wells Point on Hampton Roads In
stead of at or on the original site of
Jameston'ii some forty miles away, and
why the exposition will be opened on
the 2(lth of April Instead of on the
13th day of May, a paragraph In ex
planation may not be out of order.
As Hampton Roads and the Imme
diate vicinity was the scene of the
trials and triumphs of the first set
tlers, so It has been the scene of the
trials, triumphs and defeats of many
generations since that sturdy band of
Englishmen first landed at Old Point
Comfort. At Intervals too frequent
durlug the past 300 years, the booming
of cannon and the hissing of snot and
tt
WHERE THE JAMESTOWN
shell have choed and re-echoed along
the shores of Hampton Roads, and as
If echo answered echo, tbe sound came
back from Petersburg, Cold Harbor,
Gaines Mill and Appomattox, and faint
ly from tho long ago comes tbe sound
of strife and the shout of American
victory from Yorktown.
It was on Hampton Roads that the
most famous naval battle of the world
was fought on tbe eighth day of
March, 18t52 the most famous because
It was the first battle ever fought be
tween Ironclad vessels.
It was nt Jamestown that the white
man first met the red man for settle
ment and civilization, and where trust
and treachery alternated till the white
man triumphed and the red man van
ished from the scene; here for the first
time iu America an English marriage
was solemnized ; here the first English
child In America was horn ; here the
first trial by Jury In this country was
held. Here, too, tho first legislative
body In America convened, and here
was laid the very foundation of a na
tion which has stretched Its dominion
and Its millions of freemen across tho
continent to the shores of the Pacific
and to tbe fair Islands of the seas be
yond. It Is to commemorate all this and
the phenomenal progress In education,
art, science, manufacture and com
merce, during the last 300 years that
the Jamestown exposition will be held.
Here on the placid waters of Hamp
ton Roads with the exposition grounds
on the one side and Fortress Monroe,
the largest and strongest fortification
In tho United States, occupied as a mil
itary post almost continuously slneo
1030, the greatest naval and military
demonstration the world has ever seen,
will bo held during the exiwsltlon.
There will be here as It were on dress
parade, tho finest and most powerful
warship from the navies of all the
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great world powers, parading their
grandeur and prowess Iu friendly com
petition, while on tbe 30-acre parado
ground within the exposition bound
aries tho land forces of all Import
ant nations, will via with oach other
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In gaudy uniform and brilliant accou
trements. In coinietitlve drill. For all
this naval and military display, for
Government buildings and Government
exhibits from the Treasury Iepnrt
nient, the Life Saving Service, the
War and Navy Departments, the (,'uar
ternuster's Department, the Ordnance
Department. Slaiul Service Depart
ment the Department of Justice, the
Postofllee I department, the Department
of the Interior In which come the Pat
ent Office exhibits; the Land Office, the
Indian Office, the Pension Office, the
Geological Survey, the Smithsonian In
stitute, the Biological Division, the
Library of Congress, tho Department of
Agriculture, and other exhibits. Con
gress has appropriated $1,700,000. In
fact, every department of the Govern
ment will be well represented, and It Is
not making too broad a claim to say
that this part of the exposition alone
will be well worth the time and cost
of a visit to the exposition from any
part of this or any other country.
But, while all this Is historical, sci
entific and educational and Is grand
and comprehensive beyond anything
that has ever been attempted at any
SETTLERS FIRST LANDED.
exposition before, It Is not all and per
haps not tho most Important part of
the exposition. Tho Industrial exhibits
the exhibits from mine, and field and
factory, from transiortatton corpora
t'ons at home and abroad, will be such
as have never been seen at any pre
vious exposition from the fact that
they will be presented In such a man
ner that all may be seen In tho short
est possible time and most fully com
prehended. The site for the Jamestown exposi
tion Is nn Ideal one. Nature and man
have combined to make this spot ex
tremely attractive. The cllmnte Is
pleasant winter and summer. The hu
midity Is not excessive and extremes
Iu tempernture never occur, as an
equitable temperature Is maintained by
the constant but gentlo zephyrs from
tho Atlantic und from Chesapeake Bay.
Around tho exposition grounds are
clustered many points of historical In
terest and commercial importance.
Tho exposition grounds, after several
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THE JAMESTOWN EXHIBITION AS IT WILL APPEAR.
extensions compelled by demand for
space, now cbnslst of about 600 acres,
the landscape treatment of which prom
ises the most delightful and picturesque
effect ever attained at any exposition
In America or possibly elsewhere, and
a 40-acre water space between the
grand piers which the Government Is
building, and outside of which Is all
Hampton Roads deep and broad enough
to safely harbor all tbe fleets of every
nation on earth. The grounds have
three miles of water front, two-and-a-half
miles on Hampton Roads, and
lut f a-mile on Boush Creek. The two
sides not guarded by water ore In
closed by n barb wire fence completely
covered and hidden from view by a
dense growth of honeysuckle, crimson,
rambler rose and trumpet vines. The
great military drill plain on the exio-
sitlou grounds contains thirty acres
surrounded by trees, shrubs and pretty
walks. A canoe trail two miles loug
ond twelve miles "wide runs from
Boush Creek, which flows Into Hamp
ton Roads, through tho most Interest
ing and romantic part of the grounds.
More than a million flowers, shrubs and
trees are now growing on the exposi
tion grounds and others are being
plnnted.
Of course the exposition will have Its
midway, In this Instance called the
"War Path," where all kinds of con
cessionaires will Interest and amuse
the curious and mystify the unltltlated.
All tho usual attractions will be found
here, augmented by such as ttmo and
demand usually produce.
The prevailing stylo of architecture
Is colonial a ad the various state build
ings aro all near tho water front from
which may be seen the broad expanse
of Hampton Roads and tho naval and
In fact all the nautical maneuvers that
will take place there next year. Many
of the exhibit buildings and all of the
State buildings will bo permnnent
structures and after tho exposition will
be converted Into hotels, club houses,
residences and tho like, so that the
exposition grounds will In reality re
main as a beautiful and historic point
of Interest for all time to come.
Ample provision Is being made for
the entertainment of all who may visit
the exposition at the Inside Inn on tho
grounds, which has accommodations
for about 3,000 people, and at the va
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rious hotels, summer resorts, private
boarding houses and private house
In the following places which are'
all connected with the exposition;
grounds by steam and trolley lines and
by numerous lines of steamboats : ;
Norfolk, five miles ; Fortress MonroeJ
four miles; Old Point Comfort, threei
miles; Newport News, five miles; Ports
mouth, eight miles; Ocean View, three)
miles, and many other places of lest
Importance about the same distance.'
The transportation rates here and froinl
a distance and tho hotel rotes will bej
low and always commensurate with the
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accommodations. The best of order
will be maintained on the grounds by
tbe Powhattan Guards, who will look
well to the safety of persons and prop
erty. Most of the States have already made
appropriations or other arrangements
for extensive participation and most
foreign countries have accepted the la-t
vltatlon of President Roosevelt to par-'
;lclpnte with their finest warships and
best troops, while almost every avail
able foot of space for exhibition pur
poses has already been taken by man
ufacturing and commercial Interests,
all of which speak volumes for tho suc
cess of the Jamestown exposition which
will be opened April 20. 1007. by the
President of the United States and
closed Nov. 30, 1007, at midnight
Wllllnmsport (Pa.) Grit
Mexican Business Honrs.
Some of the newspapers of the Mexi
can capital have taken up an agitation
for a reform in tbe business hours.
Heretofore it has been the custom to
cioso all shops and offices absolutelyi
between tbe hours of 1 and 2 I'M or 3
o'clock In the afternoon. Some of the
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foreign stores have attempted to get
away from this system, but the email
amount of trade gained by thus dolnjr
away with the ancient "siesta" hour
(now largely a tradition In tho capital),
as not enough to pay for the trouble.'
Tho noon rest hour Is n reasonablo
one In tbe tropics, where It Is always
period of dullness and unusual heat,
but there U also the other side. In that
the long hour suggests a heavy xoon
meal, which In the tropics more than
anywhere else Is unreasonable. But
tho principal opposition to tho noon
rest hour Is the consequent lengthening
of the working hours into the evening,
so that stores and offices never clou
before 7 o'clock, and often not before,
8. This throws the evenlng't recreation
Into the night so that no theater can
begin a performance before 8:43 at the)
very earliest and the Unit of recrea
tion It lengthened Into an aft night
seance."