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SUPERSTITIONS
MAN EATING TIGERS
Force of Habit
Im surprised that you should be so
interested in watching those silly
dudes
Force of habit I guess Im presi
dent of a real estate improvement com
pany
Well
Well theyre a vacant lot Cath
olic Standard and Times
Lost and Found
Found a dollar yesterday
Lucky boy
Not so lucky In stooping to pick
it up I dropped and broke my eye
glasses Kansas City Journal
Transposed
Qriggs The doctor said I must
throw up everything and take a sea
vm Britrgs Got the cart before
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TheyPlay at Times an Important Role
In Human Affairs
When Sir Charles Napier had con
quered Mehemet All he lound it Im
possible to force or coax the wily
Egyptian Into signing the treaty which
only would make his victory effective
He hud nineteen Interviews with
Mehenict in which the Englishman by
turns argued nattered and threatened
bis antagonist who listened day after
day with the same Immovable smiling
countenance
One day Sir Charles In speaking of
England said casually thut it was
governed by a lucky woman A
strange flash passed over the pashas
countenance but he made no answer
As soon as Napier had gone Mehemet
sent for the English consul who was
an Egyptian and demanded
You were In London when the Eng
lish queen was crowned Were the
omens bad or good
All good
You think that good luck Is writ
ten on her forehead
I did not think upon the matter be
fore but now that you ask me I be
lieve that It is When she asked Allah
to help her In her work her eyes ran
over Allah loves the innocent
No doubt of that said Mehemet
anxiously She must be lucky
Early the next morning he sent for
Sir Charles and signed the treaty
English power and English cannon he
could brave but not the luck writ
ten upon the forehead of a good wom
an whom he had never seen
General Gordons remarkable Influ
ence over the Chinese was In a large
degree due It Is stated to their belief
In his extraordinary luck During the
Taiping rebellion he was folio wed by
an army which did not comprehend
either his ability or his religious zeal
but which believed that he was pro
tected by an Invisible being who led
them to victory No sword could
wound him or bullet kill A certain
black ebony cane which he carried was
supposed to be the magic talisman
which brought him victory and Gen
eral Gordon was shrewd enough al
ways to carry this cane when he led
them Into battle
These superstitions seem absurd to
us but they show that the ignorant
men who hold them believe in an in
visible power who can give good or ill
fortune at his will London Truth
The Killing Methods of These Terrible
Brutes In India
The theory that a man eating tiger
is always an old tiger more or less
toothless and feeble which has found
the strain of catching vigorous wild
game too much for its failing strength
has been upset by the bagging of no
torious man eaters which were found
to be young animals in the full pride
of their powers And it is likely that
the taste for human flesh is passed
on from mother to child the tigress
herself a man eater teaching her cubs
to hunt as she hunts How terrible a
thing a man eater may be can be
judged from the fact that a tiger gen
erally kills every second night whether
its quarry be man or beast Having
killed it makes one meal that night
then drags the carcass somewhere into
cover and more or less conceals it as
a dog may hide a bone On the next
night its habit Is to return to the same
kill and it is in that second visit that
the hunter usually finds his oppor
tunity It Is not the rule for a tiger
to return again a third time not be
cause it is above eating carrion but
seemingly it tires of the carcass which
it has already twice mumbled over
Thus one tiger in India has been
known to kill regularly its fifteen na
tives a month with almost mechanical
punctuality Another which seeming
ly did not confine itself entirely to
human flesh devoured an average of
eighty people men and women for
several years while yet another is
reported to have killed 127 people and-
to have stopppd traffic on a public
road fur many weeks There hav9
been both English sportsmen and na
tive shik iris who have accounted for
their hundred rigors and upward but
many a tiirir has killed more human
beings than any man has ever scored
tigers London Times
A Reasonable Request
Arabella said old Billyuns as he
finished his dinner I am going to
ask you to do me a favor I want you
to give your young man Mr Mr
Whatsbisname a message from me
Arabella blushed and looked down at
her plate
Tell him the bluff old millionaire
went on that 1 dont object to Ids
staying here and running up my gaa
bills but that 1 do object to his carry
ing the morning paper away with him
when he leaves London Answers
MEAL WITH A MR
The Repast Began With Green
Tea Served In Glasses
FOOD EATEN WITH FINGERS
Table Manners In a Moorish Gentle
mans House A Particular Mark of
Favor by the Host to His Guests
That Is Not Always Appreciated
During my stay in Fez I took- every
opportunity of gaining a closer insight
into the domestic life of the Inhabit
ants and for that reason writes Law
rence Harris in the London Graphic I
heartily accepted an invitation to dine
with Abdullah el Fasi the minister
for foreign affairs
On arriving at his home I was ush
ered Into a large room in which were
seated five or six guests of high rank
Abdullah took me by the hand and
gravely Introduced me to the company
A silken cushion was placed on the
llvnn upon which I seated myself
The repast commenced with green
tea served in small glasses The cus
tom of preparing this Is peculiar to the
country To the principal native guest
Is given the honor of making the tea
In this case it was Raisuli who being
under British protection had been in
vited to dinner in my honor He ac
cepted the invitation to do the honors
of the evening and ordered the ne
gress to place the native brass tray In
front of where he sat cross legged on
the divan The methods of proceeding
are not such as would recommend
themselves to an English tea party
Measuring out the tea In his hand
he dropped it in the pot The negresa
slave then poured boiling water over
It This was swilled around and the
vater poured off The pot was then
filled with huge lumps of loaf sugar
broken roughly from a sugar loaf and
a little mint was added A small quan
tity of the concoction was poured into
a glass sipped and poured back again
Into the pot This process was con
tinued until the required delicacy of
flavor was reached
The company then drank the custom
ary three glasses of this sirupy mix
ture drawing it through their teeth
with a sound like a horse drinking As
each glass was finished and replaced
in the tray it was refilled and handed
back by the keeper of the pot who
was supposed to remember to whom
each glass belonged At a sign from
the host the tray was removed and
another slave approached each person
with a brass bowl soap and towel and
a bronze kettle of warm water The
guests washed their right hands pre
paratory to the dinner
We all sat around a small table about
six inches high upon which was placed
the dish The courses were many and
varied As says the Hadith The
blessing of God rests on the food taken
with the fingers so all good Moham
medans follow the words of their
prophet No knife must be used on
bread and the small round loaves are
broken up and handed arouud The
tajin or stew is not difficult to ma
nipulate although the olives floating
in argon oil slip through your fingers
Miniature tugs of war occur with your
in the effort to dismember a
fowl or divide tough meat
As a particular mark of favor the
host will from time to time place be
fore you a little titbit which he has
torn off with his greasy fingers How
ever your stomach rebels against it
you have to swallow the morsel Dur
ing the meal the national dish of cous
cous is invariably served This dish is
made from broken grains of wheat
specially prepared by the women It
is served piled up like a huge cone
with the meat on top Each person
scoops out las own little hole in the
side and must not trespass on his
neighbors portion
To the inexperienced it is difficult to
manage the couscous without making
an awful mess of it The small grain
must be judiciously compressed into a
loose ball and then shot into the mouth
with the back of the thumb The
Moors take extreme delight in watch
ing the ineffectual efforts of Euro
peans who are in difficulties with their
couscous Moors are very great eaters
and little conversation is carried on
during the meal A bowl of water is
passed from hand to hand for those
who require drink The last course
finished the bowl and water are once
more requisitioned and the hands and
mouth washed
The Poor Mans Gym
Would you mind telling me askd
Mrs Bourdalot glancing admiringly
at the athletic shoulders of the pro
spective boarder how do you keep in
such splendid physical condition
I go through a few gymnastic exer
cises every morning confessed the
young man flushing
Well Im sorry but we cant board
you Ive had the bathroom monopo
lized that way before Kansas City
Times
His Criticism
Mrs GoWghtly to eminent musical
critic What do you think of the new
opera Mr Crochet Eminent Musical
Critic Well it wouldnt be bad if
somebody would set it to music Lon
don
His Definition
Teacher1 ilfred a bee Is some
thing we get vix from Now tell me
waac is a J
Is a bee b
get whacks
One Tali
the horse didnt he Boston Trail 1
crlpt
Wilfred Our teacher
- hes something we
i London Telegraph
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better than ten
rraan Proverb
A DREAM STOFtt
fho Startling Vision That Saved the
Life of Lady Vornon
The following dream story is told In
The Story of My Life by Augustus
I C Hare The story was told to Mr
Hare in Home in 1870
Lady Vernon dreamed that she saw
the butler with a knife in one hand
and a candle in the other crossing the
entrance hall and she awoke with a
great start After awhile she com
posed herself to sleep again and she
dreamed she dreamed that she saw
the butler with a knife in one hand
and a candle in the other on the mid
dle of the staircase and she awoke
with a great shock She got up She
thought she could not be quite well
and she took a little sal volatile At
last she fell asleep again and she
dreamed she dreamed that she saw
the butler with a knife in one hand
and a caudle in the other standing at
her bedroom door aud she awoke in a
great terror and she jumped out of
bed and she said Ill have an end of
this Ill have an end of these foolish
Imaginations And she rushed to the
door and she threw the door wide
open And there at the door stood the
butler with a knife In one hand and
a candle in the other And when he
suddenly saw Lady Vernon in her
white nightdress with her hair stream
ing down her back he was so dread
fully frightened that he dropped the
candle on the floor and rushed off
down the staircase and off to the sta
bles where there was a horse ready
saddled and bridled on which he
meant to have ridden away when he
had murdered Lady Vernon And he
rode away without having murdered
her at all and he was never heard of
again
THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT
And the Message She Received Was
Not a Practical Joke
She was reclining In a low chair in
the drawing room thinking about her
dear Willie who had been legally her
property for the space of three mouths
when a telegram arrived for her Hur
riedly tearing open the envelope she
scanned the contents then fell back
in a swoon The message was from
her brother in the city and read
Will run over today GEORGE
Her maid at last restored her to con
sciousness Her Willie run over She
could not grasp the full significance
of it One thing she would do go to
him at once So she hastily attired
herself and at length reached her
brothers office who having sent the
news would be able to tell her all
about it
How is he and where have they
taken him
Her brother stared at her stupidly
Oh dont keep me in suspense Tell
me where he is
Where who is
Why Willie
At his office I presume I havent
seen him today
Then what does this mean Isnt
he run over Is this one of your silly
jokes
George took the telegram from his
sister read his own message then ex
ploded with laughter It was a long
time before he could convince her that
this simple intimation that he would
run over and pay her a visit was not a
detestable and practical joke Pear
sons Weekly
The Talker
Youll note the man who talks too
much Is always working round He
never seems to hold the job which
some one else has found for him be
cause hes bound to keep his tongue
upon the wag and spend his boss pre
cious time in self bouquets and brag
He stays until his storys told and
then told once again and by this time
the boss ear is overfull of pain and
he is told to take his grip although the
boss feels sad because hes lost his
other grip upon the job he had And
yet he never never learns but talks
his jobs away because the habits
grown on him that he must have his
say And so he talks until he dies up
to his waning breath hes talked his
chances all away and tad Iced himself to
death Boston Herald
Confessions
The woman begged the bachelor girl
not to go yet awhile She was so
urgent that the girl finally sat down
again Then the two sat perfectly still
and silent looking at each other
I know what you are thinking
said the bachelor girl by and by
What asked the woman
That now youve got me to stay
you wonder why it was you insisted
so You dont know what to do with
me or to say to me now Im here to
stay
How did you guess it the woman
laughed
Ive felt just that way myself said
the bachelor girl many and many a
time New York Press
A Bad Hole to Get Into
A gentleman was going round a
strange golf course with a local cad
die and after playing part of the way
he pointed to a rather high wall and
inquired Is there a hole over there
Yes sir replied the caddie solemn
ly theres the cemetery over there
Dont put yourself Into a hole there
if you can help it London Scraps
His Transformation
Little Harold aged six felt very
proud when he donned his first pair
of trousers Taking his three-year-old
brother behind the door he was over
heard to say Willie Willie do you
remember me Delineator
All is not false which at first seems
a lie Southey
THE STAGE IN JAPAN
Origin of the Drarra Womens Ardu
ous Preparations of Dress
There is a legend lu Japan that the
theater had its origin in that country
In the niuth century by reason of au
earthquake which took place in the
province of Yamato A large crevice
was formed by reason of the upheaval
from which emanated poisonous vapors
which spread death an i destruction
all around An awful scourge was the
result uutil the priests conceived the
idea of performing a symbolic dance
of incantation on the grass covered
hill outside the temple As if by mag
ic the death vapors vanished and
peace and happiness were restored to
the country The legeud concludes
that this is how Japanese acting orig
inated The Japanese word for thea
ter shibai ya is supposed to have
come from its origin shibai meaning
sod and ya a house
In Japau when a Japanese lady In
teuds to go to the theater she Is called
upon the day previous by a hairdress
er to build up the artificial structure
which is the pride of every Japanese
highborn lady This necessitates her
spendiug the night in her state dress
reclining her head on a wooden block
called makura A few hours before
going to the theater she covers her
lips with a thin layer of gold as it
takes several hours for this paint to
change into the cherry color which
lends charm to the artificial white com
plexion of the face
As a rule Japanese performances
last from G a m to 9 p m although
certain historical dramas which follow
the life of the hero through all his
vicissitudes to his death go on for sev
eral days
In Japan officially the social posi
tion of the actors is that of the lowest
class of society but in reality they en
joy great consideration and are idol
ized by the general public Washing
ton Post
HUGO AS AN ARTIST
The Great French Writers Opinion of
His Own Drawings
When ictor Hugos Marion De
lorme was read before the troupe of
the Porte-Saint-Martin theater the
actor Laferriere then a young man
protested against the insignificant role
assigned him in which he would have
only ten lines to recite Hugo prompt
ly reduced him to silence by thunder
ing Ten lines of Victor Hugo are
something not to be refused for they
endure Hugo attached a similar ex
aggerated significance to everything he
did and to every object that was in
any way associated with him
For instance he considered his draw
ings which were for the most part
Europe
Hugos drawings are said to have
been produced more often than not in
the following manner If a blot of ink
chanced to fall on his paper while he
held his pen aloft in quest of a word
during his journeys in the valley of
the Rhine Furthermore being a great
lover of children he drew figures of
the most extravagant sort for the
amusement of the young people of his
household Alvan L Sanborn in Book
man
Ending a Letter
The simplicity of Yours as a letter
ending would have astounded Jeremy
Taylor whose letters to John Evelyn
often wind up with perfect triumphs
of complexity in this respect His best
is Believe me that I am in great
heartiness and nearness of affection
dear sir your obliged and most affec
tionate and endeared friend and serv
ant or Your very affectionate friend
and hearty servant Even in his
shortest perorations of the kind the
affectionate and the servant are
always the two indispensable words
Probably no man woman or child
would combine these two at the end
of a letter today London Tatler
A Division of Labor
The following dialogue at the Bow
county court deserves to be recorded
Witness One day I had some
shrimps to sell and I asked the plain
tiff to help me He said I cant push
the barrow because my arm is bad
but if you like Ill come along with
you and holler
Counsel Why was that
Witness Well its like this sir A
man can often shout when he cant
shove Loudon News
Unreasonable
Tour baby cries a great deal at
night Cant you do anything for it
Your dog barks a good deal Can
you do anything to stop him
Confound it such unreasonable peo
pie as you havent any right to live In
a fiat Chicago Record Herald
The Result the Same
Gimme some of that prune pie
Son youve had two kinds of pie
already
Then another kind wont matter
Theres only one kind of stomach
ache Louisville Courler JournaL
frnffln Holrl full cwiir nnrl tVinro coomnrl
commonplace enough of sufficient im j
llfctle chance for for tho
portance to make them the subject of a Justce PPB
testamentary provision In his will of enta of thefjsaloon but the tide has
Aug 31 18S1 he wrote I give my turned The capital city Lincoln with
drawings and everything which shall a population of 75000 has abolished the
be drawu by me to the National f saloon The law passed by the late
brary of Paris which will be one day legislature closes all tho other saloons
tne Library or tiie united btates or at eight 0olock in the eveni nfl com
pels them to remain closed until seven
oclock in the morning
of the states area is dry
TENNESSEE
Almost half
Little by little during recent years
or rhyme he enlarged the spot the saloon has been losing ground un
sentmindedly and made additions to
ti when the Jate p i9lature convened
it instinctively under the influence of I
there were but four ccuntes 1D the state
a species of subconscious direction un 1
til he had produced a sinister moon 1 where saloons existed The 1909 legis
light scene or a venerable bourg j jlture sealed the doom of the liquor
inatiug with its bristling ruins the traffic in these remaining counties by
shuddering waters of a river of j passing over thereto of the governor a
legend He elaborated with great law prohibiting saloons and another law
care however duriug his irksome exile I prohibiting the manufacture of sale of
at Guernsey certain crude impressions
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KANSA
Since the election of Governor Stubbs
in November 1908 on a platform de
claring for the fullest enforcement of
the prohibition law the liquor interests
seems to have completely collapsed in
Kansas in fact the lastgreat stronghold
of the saloon has fallen the joints
having been driven from the city of
Leavenworth finally putting that city
on the same basis of law enforcement as
that upon which Kansas City and the
other cities throughout the common
wealth have been operating during the
past two years
NEBRASKA
For long years in Nebraska the liquor
Real Estate Filings
The following real estate filings have
been made in the county clerks office
since last report
Edgar L Means et ux to Anton
R Shier wd to w hf 18-1-30 1 00
William S and Lizzie E Snare
to E B Styer wd to 23 in 8
Willow Grove add 200 00
John W Jolly et ux to C Redt
feldt wd to hf int in 12 13 in
1 Lebanon 900 00
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Some Facts About Lincoln
Since tho saloons were voted out of
Lincoln the city is prospering as never
before
There are more houses building than
in the same months last year
There are more real estate sales
There is more demand for houses to
rent
There is not an idle laboring man in
Lincoln and the conttactors are needing
more men
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The merchants are having better
trade and collections are better than
ever before
Tho deposits in the saving banks have
increased over a thousand dollars a day
ever since the saloons closed
The clearing house reports show that
the banks are doing twenty two per
cent more business than last year
There are fewer people in the jails
and there are few arrests for drunken
ness mostly men who got drunk at
Havelock
The city has a cleaner look and a v
cleaner smell and four fifths of ther
people are proud that the town is dry
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