mask older than history
'OneiShpwn In Illustration Waa Carved
. by American Indians Years Ao
Practiced In Europe.
If you should eat mince pie. corn
starch pudding, rice, sweet potatoes,
.candy, horserndlBh, sour nlllk and hair
'a. dozen other queer dishes all nt once
and then go to bed and dream as hard
as you could all night you would
hardly dream of as horrible things as
some or tho masks that havo been
made by savage peoples. Tho one rep-
American Indian Mask.
,resontcd In tho Illustration was carved
'long ago by American Indians. That
was boforo they hnd to spend their
itlmo dodging whlto hunters.
Mask making nnd wearing have
(been popular tho world over ror thou
(sands of years. In China and Japan
'.masks woro carved or wood and used
In tho theaters, thlo custom being In
prnctlco even to this day In Juva. Tho
Clngulcso, natives or Coyloh, worship
tho dovil, and tho mask or his sataulc
majesty is highly respected tbero.
Most or the lacquered Chlncso and
'Japancoo masks that you may neo In
this country are made especially ror
tho Americans who Hko to pay high
prices ror oriental curios. Maskmak
lng 1b also practiced In many European
countries, German masks being noted
lor their grotesqucnoss.
NEW KIND OF BOARDERS.
"Aro thoro any city people boarding
around herd?"
' "No, sir; but wo'vo got tho seven-teen-yoar
locusts."
NO TYPEWRITERS IN CHINA
Reason for That Fact Is Found In 50,
000 Word Signs In Use Russian
Machine Is Largest.
. Typewriters nro now mado for uso
!ln "nearly a hundred different lan
guages, nnd thoy nro sold all over tho
world; but there is still ono great na
tion which, for a very simple reason,
has no typewriters that wrlto ' Its
'tonguo. That nation is China, says
tho New York Sun.
J Tho English alphabet has twenty
.six letters, the Russian thirty-six. Tho
typewriter produced for the Russian
market is tho largest mado; but no
typewriter could bo mado that would
begriu to bo big enough for tho Chi
neso language which has no alphabet,
Ibut is represented by sign characters,
of which there aro about flfty thous
and. Of tho groat number of words
found In the English language only a
small proportion aro used for tho or
dinary purposes of speech, and tho
samo Is truo of tho characters used In
tho Chinese language; but tho num.
bor of Chlncso characters commonly
employed Is still far greater than
could bo put on any typewriter, So
thiB nation of 400.000.000 people has
no typewriter In Its own tonguo.
Rut that doesn't mean that no type
writers are sold In China. More nnd
moro Chinese aro learning other lan
guages besides their own. and Chi
nese merchants and resident foreign
merchants uso typewriters, and thoy
nro used In legations and In consular
ofllces nnd. in banks and shipping of
tlcos nnd colleges, and by 'mission
aries', by various pcoplo. Altogether
thero aro sold lu China a good many
typewriters.
Vaseline for Burns.
A child of two. having on several oc
casions had vasellnb applied to some
Jlttlo burns, exclaimed to tho cook,
who'w'as Jn dismay over somo scorch
ed pastry: "Oh, doo and dot tho dood
vaseline"
One Best Brag.
Little Ross My' brother Is going to
high school.
Little. Eva That's nothing? My
brother'8 In tho syenmoro class at
college
UETTER THAN NOTHING.
Oil. the river keeps on flowing, flowing.
Till I should think thoro would bo na
more,
And tho little boat nro coins, going.
Whllft 1 Am hero on tho atock-itlll show.
And there's a robin, and there's a wnl
low, Awny they ko. dm fn-t As they plonse;
And nil tho other birds can follow.
And even the buttcrfllea and bees.
I'd Bl e my nrmi, nnd be glad to do It,
For ti pair of nice. bljj. feathery .wintry
That catbird looks Just n If he knew li
lt Isn't any wonder ho tings!
I'd fly straight up, and over the steeple.
-And t wouldn't ie the- leSM blt nfraldv
What a stupid thPng It Is to be people 1
But f can do one thing I'll go nnd
wadet
MARVELS OF A FLYING BIRD
Vultures Glide for Mites, Without
Slightest Deviation of Course
Without Wing Beat.
On tho horizon in tropical coun
tries there often appears a small
black point visible only to the prac
tical, eye. The point Increases In bIzo
na tt approaches. It Is the sailing
bird par excellence, t'jo Vulture, says
the Strand, returning to. Its hollow in
tho rock a dozen, mllca away.
A glldor, who sails magnificently
upon Its outstretched wings, without
a boat, without tho slightest deviation
from Its perfectly straight track, It
thus traverses the space from one
horizon to tho other, again becomes
nn Imperceptible point and disap
pears, leaving tho spectator marvel
ing at the simplicity with which na
ture solves a problem of mechanics
which nppcared impossible to .man.
When ono observes a son onglo
perched upon a lofty cliff it may bo
remarked that In order to quit Its
cyrlc It waits until a gust of wind
nrlses. then It lots ltsolf fall forward
with extended wlngH, gives a beat or
two ns It turns, brings Itself to fnco
tbo wind nnd thus mounts without a
wing bent hundreds of ynrdB high.
A gilding bird so sets Its wings that
tho air currents make nn anglo with
their plane. The wind thuB sustains
Its weight and gives It at the same
tlmo n forward movement. If Ha
forco is stronger than la necessary to.
obtain theBo two effects It produces
a third effect tho bird mounts into
space without a wing beat If tho air
suddenly becomes calm the bird
would fall, but tho fall would bo as
tonishingly slow.
Professor Drzowlcck! hns calculated
that n gliding bird, at a height of
1.200 yards, at tho moment when It
commences to descend with motion
less wfngs, enn by sotting them at tho
most farorablo atlglo touch the
ground nt n horizontal distance of
about 1C miles. If tho wind fall,
large birds can always, with a fow,
wing beatB, 'attain nn altltudo where
they will find a wind which will por
mlt them to continue their journey
"on tho glide."
The gusts and eddies1 of .tho wind
aro of courso .great disturbers of
flight, and few birds attempt to
Btrugglo with a tempest. Even tbo
strongest filers havo not from thin
point of view so much boldness ns
they generally get credit for. Thus
tho stormy petrel Is so named, not be
causo it braves the storm, but bo
causo ob soon na n storm threatens.
It will often seek for refuge on a,
ship's rigging, and thus foretell tho
tempest And if tho albatross loves
tho stormy waves It is only because
It frequently alights upon the water,
whoro It often sleeps securely to the
rocking of tho billows.
COMICAL FAN FOR CHILDREN
Face Thrusts Tongue In and Out as It
'is Waved About Easily Made' by
Clever Boy or Girl.
A Pennsylvania man has tuken out
n patent on nn amusing fan which
will probnbly And favor. Tho comical
feature of this device 1b n face which
thrusts out Its tonguo and draws H
In again as the fan Is UBcd. Tho fan
Is mado with two covers and a hollow
hnndlo. In tho center of ono of the
coverB, near tho top, a grotesque faco
nppcars. Tho mouth or this faco Is
an open slit Running up through the
handlo 1b a stick with a flexible,
A Comical Fan.
tonguo on ono end that passes
through the mouth of tho face. A
projection on tho lower end of the
stick passes through a slot in tho han
dlo and by moving this projection up
nnd down tho tonguo can be mado to.
run in and out of tho mouth and ,wag'
back and forth, thus producing 'tho
appearance of n porson "making,
faces." A clever boy ,or girl could
easily make one of these fans for
hlniBelf or herself.
!
Penelope
By DOROTHY DOUGLAS
llob sad taken his dismissal; Ma
eyes were black with increasing gloom.
: Julia, the proud little recipient of
his affections, smiled; but taere whs
tenderness In her wnlle.
'Things might be entirely different,"
she continued. "It 1 didn't think there
was something la that bead of youra
that Is worth getting out. I teel sure
that you could make your presence
"k'h'own In the world il you only would
Invtead. you drift about spending
-weney with every breath."
"It is honestly acquired money and
my owe. iVh glowered at her.
"I am" perfects ri! aeare of that."
Julia said a utile colJly, "but tt you
hadn't been lucky with stock you
might have continued to develop your
talents and try to do something worts
while."
Her words wero true. Bob Stanley
was not of nn analytical mind or bo
,would have realized that the days
.spent In trying bis pen in the literary
Held had boon atrangoly happy ones.
He faltod to remember that the occa
sional shafts of light. In tho way of
successes, bad brightened tho days ns
nothing bad brightened thorn since.
, "Anyway," Julia went on in a hard
llttlo Voice, M will not marry a man
who Is wasting bis llfo as you are. If
you mnko.your name ring,-even a llt
tlo perhaps I will reconsider my an;
swer."
With n swift, unexpected movomcnt
Dob caught her In his arms. He bent
his head over hcra intondlng to kiss
her, but ho released her ns suddenly,
nnd without another word turned and
left her.
Well, that was tho end tbo end or
all things. Dob Stanley ambled on
nnd on until ho round that he had
.dropped onto one ot the benches In
jthe park. A grim Bmllo twtstod Ms,
dips. It wan amusing to llnd bow nat
urally be had fallen into tbo way' or all
loafers and rallurcs. Thoy all sougbt
out n bonch In the park and there,
with variable Imaginations, pictured
their last mlserablo hours.
Stanley felt that any way out or ex
jlstenco would cult him, wbotber it bo
'long and torturing, or swirt and sure.
Ho found gloomy enjoyment whon ho
first pictured his nnmo in big headlines
;and that of Julia Stearns ilgurlng In
tho tragic affair. His Imagination car
Tied him on to ono lino that would
.stand out in big letters: "Just what
'was to be expected of a roan ot Rob
ert Stanley's kind."
The man on tho bench straightened
his shoulders and his eyes narrowed
-with raomontary freedom from gloom.
"1 havo walked past exactly live
times,!' said, a voice at his. elbow.
Which routo havo you decided up
nnVS stio Inquired laughingly, seating
nerseir beside him. "1 am suro It will
bo a pistol your eyes are so desper
ately eager to get there."
Bob laughed sheepishly and coverod
jtbo hand sho had put on his arm to be
lle tho frivolity of her words.
"She refused mo. Ponolope," he said,
and all his past misory returnod.
; "I more than hair expected it Bob
by,' Penelope told him. "You see
Julia Is ambitious, not only for her
scir, but lor others. Sho wants to bo
jtnarrled to a man about whom people
will say, 'Oh, tboro's So-and-so!"
"They say that In ono tono about mo
now," Bob gloomed.
Ponelopo looked tenderly at tho ar
tistically handsome head bo appealing
in lto misory and pondorcd long and
sorlously. What would bo tho best
and quickest way to awnkeri the slum
boring genius In hlmV. It was thoro In
every llttlo quick turn 'or temporament,
In tho big loves or.hlB nature, but no
vns a- soul struggling In tho dark.
Ho turned toward her unexpectedly
nnd met tho pain In her eyes.
"I'vo hurt tho vory best trlond I
'novo In tho world I" ho cried contrite
ly. "I will do anything you say If
you can help ino to bo worthy or Julia
and you."
Penelopo laughed quickly. ' "lr you
won't buy tho pistol, you mnjr como to
sco mo tonight, and wo'Il seo what Is
to bo dono."
, A doll color awept up to tho nuburn
nt his temples. Penelope regretted
her words.
"That was only for n second," Bob
said looking Into her eyes; "tho
strength or the weak Is not mine."
"The weakness or strength," cor
rected Penolope. "Como early tonight
and let ua got a good start toward
making you famous."
"I hopo it won't bo inamous," mut
tered Bob.
Ills gloom bnd lightened. Ho could
more easily picture Julia "in bta big
mansion on tho bill bocauso ho felt
that Penelopo would hulp mm. Bob
Stanley waa of a typo or man that re
quires tho help of a woman, and in
gottlng it, gets all.
' That night when Penelopo greeted
htm on tho veranda of Dor Homo no
drow her hand close within tils own.
"You nro look'lug unusually beauti
ful," he said; "you should always wear
thoso Uurno Joncsy things they uinko
you look llko n symbol qr purity."
Penelopo blushed. "I don't return
from Paris always." Sho mado htm
comfortable In tho wldo awing. " want
you to hear one or two ot ray now
songs I never know whether or not
they will take until you nuvo told mo,"
she said prettily.
Whllo Penelope sang in bor deep
soothing contralto, Bob Colt thankful
that Julia, too, sang Ho wouldn't lovo
u woman who couldn't sing to nun
when ha was tired or wb.en ho wanted
only music.
Ponders
When she came out and sank Into a
low chair at hla side It was boi tin.
natural that they should tall Into dis
cussing the latest novel. Krom that
the conversation turned to Peolepe'n
latest trip and the plot sne Bad
thought or while In Pari. It was n
splendid story to-work out and as she
narrated the incidents she had the
pleasure or watching Bob Stanley
awaken to, drat polite, and naalty ant.
mated Interest In the story,
"I wish I could write it" Penelope
said and tlxed wistful eyes, in whlcQ
tbo wisdom was concealed, upon Bob.
"If ) could write that story I would
win Julia!" Bob remarked
"Fame and Julia!" laughed Pene
lope. "I am euro you aro welcome to
the plot," sho said, "but I don t see
how yen cant concentrate on .anything
hero you will be mooning and gloom
ing about Julln."
Bob looked Into her wise eyes and
laughed "Ono summer," bo said point
edly, "your mother asked mo to join
your camp in tbo Adtrondacks."
"We loavd next Saturday." Pone
lope kept the triumph well under con
trol. "It would he a splendid oppor
tunity to work," Bbe said, "and I wilt
bo there always to glvo you tho ai
roosphero or Normandy for tho story."
"Would I bothor you " Bob asked
wiin inray moaosiy.
"You are llko ono or the family,"
Pcnolopo laughed frankly. "It you cna
stand my practicing"
"I began to think I can stand any
thing from you, Penny."
"That Is your writer's imagination,"
Penelopo suggested.
Six weeks later Ponolope and Bob
strolled through tho trail and up to
the hotel ror mall. The tlrst check
had arrived.
"I suppose It will take at least nrty
successes bofora Julia will listen to
mo again?" Bob asked hair sorlously.
"Ono good novel would got you
(hero quicker than many short sto
rlcs," Penelopo thought "Wo will put
up n lUnch nnd row over to tho island
this afternoon and talk novol."
Bob Itughcd. "You nro a llttlo
schemers-holding out bait to mo."
"You nnd Julln will both thank
ma Inter on," sho made answer.
Penolope knew In her heart that
Bob Stanley would never again lose
bis Interest In writing. He had been
awakened now to the full joy ot real
Inspirational work.
"I rejoice every day. Bob," Pone
lopo said later on when thoy had
reached the llttlo dosorted Island,
"that Julia reruscd to marry n nonen
tity. She has roally been tho means
of giving the world another great
writer. I know you will (Jo that somo
day."
They drafted out tho lines ot a
novol during the day and toward dusk
Bat down for their tea.
"Bob," Ponolope spoke seriously, "1
want you to do me a favor."
Stanley only looked nt her and
waited.
"Julln rofuscd you whon you wore
a nonentity-! want her to accept you
.before you aro famous. Sho 'doesn't
love you K she waits ror more."
"For moro?"
"I mean," Pcnelppo said quickly and
a llttlo Hush colored each cheok, "that
I havo boon with you nil summor
nnd havo loomed that you are well,
not such a bad specimen without
fntno. II Julia expects auy more
sho doesn't deserve you and I shall
write and tell her sol" declared Peno
lope. "Will you pleaso ror my bono
lit lonvo tonight nnd proposo again
to Julia?"
Bob laughed. "Why certainly,
Ponn."
"Wish mo Buccess tittle helper,"
Bob said as ho turned toward tbo sta
tion "AH tho Joy In tho world!" Pone
lopo crlod from the doptha ot her
heart.
When bo had gone sho sank into a
heap because tbo light of tbo world
bad gono nnd she was blinded to all
save darkness.
She stood up nnd listened wltb
bated breath. Ho was roturnltig
"What la it, Bobl What hns bap
ponod?" sho cried quickly.
"Nothing, Ponelopo, except that tbo
whole earth grow dark without you
hosldo me," He drow a deep brcatn
when sho waa sate In bis arms.
Preserve Rare Eggs,
VoyngorB to rur-awny Islands often
discover rare birds whoso species
they doslro to propngato In thulr own
country, hut which thoy aro unahlo to
transport without Incurring the dan
ger ol losing tho cnptlvo by death od
the voyugq. In order to Introduce
the birds Into other lands tbo eggs
nro taken homo nnd hatched thero.
But this inothod Is also frnugbt with
moro or less risk, as the eggs nro
quite apt to spoil during tho voyago.
To prevent this tho following coume
Is often pursued Obtain nn animal
Intestine largo enough to rccelvo tno
egg to bo carried. Romovo all rat
from tho Intestine, then cleanse thor
oughly with powdered chalk. Puss
tho egg Into the Intestine, which, muBt
then bo tied close to tho shell nt each
end, nnd placed In n dry, cool plnco.
Whon perfectly dry tbo Incased eggs
are placed In a box of grain or seodB.
Caro must bo tnken that tho box ho
turned bottom upward occaBlonnly.
A young moon had lighted the dusk
when they returned to the camp
Sho scarcely knew bin votco whon
Ho spoko.
FEW VERY EXCELLENT HINTS
ON HOW TO PICK APPLES
Wo Set RIe Can ho Given as to Timet a TW Will Vary
According to Vartety' Season, ami IMfttnt: fee i ,
Skipped Every Precaution Mast fee Used 1
Not to Bruise or Cut the Skin A
(Ily It. 0. WifcATHEflSTONE.)
No set rule can be given for the
time to pick apples, as that will vary
.according to variety, season acd die
twice to be shipped. As a rule we
gauge the time to pick red. apples !
their color and yellow apples by the
darkening of their seeds. Some' vr
irletles, for Instance, Northorn Spy, are
generally left quite late in tho sea
son before picking, On the other
No. 1, Light Ladder. No, 2,. Exten-
slon Ladder.
pmnd, great earo must bo taken with
;jonatuana to pick them before- they
are overripe, or thero Is danger from
coro-rot. Red Aetrnchans, If left on
(tho tree, toiul to crack, and bo on.
. Early npplos, aa a rulo, especially
jthose to bo sent any distance, aro
harvested boforo thoy aro thoroughly
Irlpo. Spltzcnburg, and apples llko
.them, should bo picked ns soon iib
ithey have tho proper color. ThiB
means, In. ordinary cases, sovoral pick
'Inge to a tree, but only In this way
an you 'get the beBt results.
Every day tbo fruit' Is -loft on the
tree, after It has assumed Its color It
approaches Just ao much nearer Its
,flnal maturity and deteriorates to a
mnrkod degrco lu Its shipping nnd
(keeping qualities, then again, when
tho troo ia reliovod of part of its load,
:lt gives tho remaining fruit a bettor
.chonco to become large and well
colored.
Tho npplo does not go Into abrupt
'stagoa of Its life history from .tho
;green .npplo to tho naturnl broken
down specimens. Tho change is a
.gradual one. The most vital point In
(the whole llfo history, is the picking
.time.
To. got the boat returnH in the matt
(nor of keeping, we must handlo the
lapples as though thoy wero eggs,, and
uso overy precaution 'not to bruise,
and more especially, not to cut the
akin of tho apple ao qb to expose It to
Fruit Packing Table and Grading
Board.
the germs of tho decnya that will
auroly enter through any abrasion In
tho skin.
The apple should bo picked by a
twist bf the .wrist, , giving oithor n
slight upward or downward motion
each time. If picked In this way, no
stoma will bo pullod out In ' fact If
tho npplo does not como readily when
It Is tried, It Is a pretty good Indica
tion that tho fruit 1b not ready to bo
picked.
Tho best days for gathering fruit
nro tho cool, dry days. Picking during
excesBlvo heat, or exposing tho fruit
to heavy rains, aro not conductlvo to
good handling. Whoro tbo fruit Ik
picked on a cool, dry day It Is hotter
to got it under cover at once; but
when occasion demands that we pick
tho fruit In warm weather, It will bo
better to leave it out-of-doors over
night, nllowlng It to become cool be
TABLE FOR SORTING APPLES
Here Is a light, easily-moved table
for sorting fruit, says tho Ornngo Judd
Farmer. It Is used In a Pennsylvania
npplo orchard, but will servo as well
for peaches and peara. On old pair
of buggy wheolu on n light nxlo sup
ports the framo, the lower lengths or
which aro four Inches wide and six
fore taking it Vndor cover, uelng every
precaution to prevent heavy aWeatln
of the fruit
, The days of MlHn..tfeevfrktUiej
orchard" in great .Heap, or own leav
ing It In bexes or barrels' for rievera
days are m forever nnd cannet be)
resorted to by those who citfe ter
handle choice fruit It pays te wipe;
the fruit before packing, If the market
demand it and Is willing to pay for It
It coets monoy to stop on a fodder,
aa tho orchard-owner soon flndfc, and
nil that can be renaonauly done by
pruning to start the head of a tree
law, and keen- It low, la a paying m
vestment
Any' ladder which must be set
against a troo Is a constant menace.
Perhaps tho best type of talU;Vef)
ladder is tho extension ladder, 'it Is
strong, light and easily handlfd by
one man. The lightest of all I he tall
ladders la the slnglo rail ladder, but
It Is also the least safe and cow fert
nble for the user.
In tho matter of picking' recep
tacles, buckets and bags each" hav
their advocatoa and seme people" even
provide their pickers with cee.ll scut
tlCB. These should tiov'er bo used, be
cause tho fruit Is almost cemn to
bo bruised by them,
Perhaps the bcat.bftflf now tahse 1
that mado In tho Bhapo of an apron
with tho lower ends turned-i Ugi in- the
fornV of a bag, and which Is unbend
ed' by the strap around tho neeftv Thto
allows tho bag to hang down-bW rent,
leaving both hands freo. It should W
An Open Picking-Bag.
: made so shallow that, the first apples;
can- ue conveniently. iaia in H witnouti
dropping, nnd yet hold all the plekerj
can carry,
Glvo the picker the suggestion aa a
hypnotist would do, that ho Is nob
handling apples, but eggs, and this)
bag will help him live up to the augi
gcstlon.
For hauling to the packing-house
tbo fruit should be emptied Into Held
boxes', each having a slot for the hand
cut In each end, with tho enda tilghen
than thevsldes' to prmU Vi&tw"
without bruising the fruit These!
boxes should be haulod to the packing-house"
on a low spring orchard!
wagon.
Tho packing tablo la a moat Im-t
portant Item. The best table la made'
to accommonto two packers To!
mnko such a tablo tnko four standards,
about thrco feet high. The top' made,
of strong burlap about throe ot four
feet la allowed to hang rather loosely,!
therefore saw off tho tops of the legn'
on n bevel so aa not to havo theiBherpj
cornera push Into thoburlapvmakingi
polntB thnt will bruise or cut the fruitl
A Good Orchard Wagon.
Old hose-ppo Is generally nallortl
around tho tap of tho tablo to protect
tho fruit. Tho lega should be welt
braced, aa they must support a heavy
load.
Tho surface of tho table Hhould not
be greater than throe by four feet, na
anything larger would not allow two
packers to reach all points of it wllh.
nut unnecessary stretching.
feet long. The uprights nro elx Inches'
wldo and two feot loug. Tho ton
frnmo la, eight Inches deep, alx- rest
long and four foot wjdo. It Is coti
orod with stout canvas, which saga to,
ward the conter, Tho leg atoadloa tbo
tablo. Baskets aro hung at any point)
by hooka.