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Multiplying by Machinery.
The clerical stalls of many of the
blS Insurance companies hare of late
Tears been considerably reduced by
the employment of mechanical calcu
lators. One of these, the invention of
a German, is a compact little affair re
sembling a music box. It may be
made tv perform almost instantaneous
ly the most portentous sums in addi
tion, subtraction, multiplication by
one or two factors, division, squaring
and cubing. It is required, for in
stance, to multiply 531.975 by 924. The
trst factor is set by touching the little
knobs representing 531.975. To multi
ply by the other factor yon turn a
handle four times, push along a slide
one place and turn the handle twice,
then push the slide another place on
ward and push the handle nine times.
The long multiplication is now done
without a possibility of error so far
as the' machine Is concerned, and the
dial shows 4ai.544.90O. In the same
mechanical way may be done all the
other arithmetical processes. London
Globe.
Strange Timekeepers.
To ascertain the time at night the
Apache Indians employed a gourd on
which the stars of the heavens were
marked. As the constellations rose in
the sky the Indian referred to his
gourd and found out the hour. By
turning the gourd around he could tell
the order In which the constellations
might be expected to appear.
The bill people of Assam reckon
time and distance by the number of
quids of betel nuts chewed. It will be
remembered how. according to Wash
ington Irving, the Dutch colonial as
sembly was invariably dismissed at
the last puff of the third pipe of to
bacco of Governor Wouter Van
Tw4Uer.
A Montagnls Indian of Canada will
set up tail stick in the snow when
traveling ahead of friends who are to
follow. He marks with his foot the
tin of shadow cast, and by the change
in the angle of the shadow the on
coming party can tell on arriving at
the spot about how far ahead the
leader Is.
Fighter of the Family.
The tough Uttle boy with the red
air and freckled face pushed np
. against the neat little boy and said
tmpodently:
My sister can tick your sister."
The neat little boy did not argue the
am tier.
"And my big brother can Uck your
Ug brother.'
The good Uttle lad winced.
'And my ma can Uck your ma."
The quiet lad shifted from one foot
to the other.
"And my pa can lick your pa."
There was a Bash of pink shirt
waist, the soand of some hard object
conalng la contact with a spongy snb
atance. and the quiet little lad stood
triumphantly over his adversary.
nleUy waiting for him to push his
ass back into the center of his face
when It belonged.
"But Just remember this." he ob
served quietly, "you cant Uck me."
Youagstown Telegram.
The Famous "Green Man of Brighton."
In October. 130S. an individual was
to be observed at Brighton. England,
who walked out every day dressed In
grten from head to foot green shoes.
fciwn gloves, green handkerchief and
other articles to match. This eccen
tric person lived alone, knew nobody,
and In his bouse the curtains, the wall
paper, the furniture, even the plates
and dishes and the smallest toilet ar
ticles, offered an uninterrupted se
quence of green. Having started on
his career, there was obviously no rea
son to stop, and with full consistency
be carried this scruples so far as to
at nothing but fruit and vegetables
of the same green color. The conse
quences were extremely disastrous.
One fin day the green man Jumped
from his window Into the street, rush
ed forward and performed a second
somersault from the top of the nearest
cliff.
Climate and Food.
In the arctic regions human food is
almost exclusively aulmat. because
that is the only sort which is available
In quantity. In tbe tropics, where vege
table food Is abundant and animal
foods readily decay, plant products are
and always hare been of very great
importance In the diet. In temperate
region all kinds of food may be se
cured, and it seems reasonable to sup
pose) that aU kinds have always been
eaten aa they are today.
Awaiting the Test.
Pilgrim If I come in will that dorg
bite me? Mrs. Hawkins We alnt no
ways sure, mister. But the feller that
let as take him on trial said he'd chaw
p a tramp In toss's two minutes; but.
land sates, we aint goln to believe it
Ull we see it done. Chicago News,
He Get the Limit.
"Do you believe there ia anything
prophetic In dreams?"
. "Believe It: I know it. Only the
other night I dreamed that I waa at a
rhnrch fair and awoke to find that my
wife had been through my pockets and
taken my last sou." Exchange.
He Knew.
"It's the first $1,000 that's bard to
get." explained tbe eminent million
aire "I know that." responded the mere
ease. "I've been trying to accumulate
k for tbe past forty years." Louisville
OoarierloornaL
light itself ta great corrective. A
tmenaaud wrongs and abases that are
grown to darkness disappear like owls
aad bats before tbe light of day.
Training an Elephant.
In training the elephant to perform
tricks advantage Is taken of the fact
that the feet of the animal are pecul
iarly sensitive and he dreads any in
Jury to them. Many of his tricks
are based upon this principle. Thus
he is made to place one foot upon a
low pedestal; then the other foot is
tapped gently, and be raises this and
places it beside the other to get it out
of harm's way. The hind feet are
treated similarly in turn, the front
feet being hit every time they are
placed on the ground. In this way all
four feet are finally placed upon the
tub. The trick of inducing an ele
phant to partake of a meal is very
simple. Animals will naturally eat
anything placed before them, and it is
only necessary to open a bottle of
"pop" once or twice and present it by
hand when the animal may be trusted
to find out for himself how to get at
Its contents. In all such cases the
essence of the training consists in infi
nite patience, kindness and constant
repetition, showing the animal over
and over again how a thing is done in
precisely the same way and then forc
ing him to do it himself. Scientific
American.
The. Old Man's Plea.
He got eight years in Sing Sing, but
nevertheless the plea for mercy of Jo
seph Amos Washington Brnen was one
of the finest prose poems ever uttered
In the general sessions of New York.
The old man addressed the court as
follows:
'Deed, yo' bonah, I cant say much.
Mah record am sure against me. I
hab served moh time than sixteen
years in prison for de same offense.
All I have to remark (an' I hope yo
honah will not be too stern) Is dat I
just simply cant keep away from a
hencoop nohow when I heah. dem pul
lets callinV
Bndyard Kipling expressed the very
same idea when he wrote those two
familiar lines:
For the wind Is m the palm trees, an the
temple bells they say:
"Come you beck, yon British soldier; come
you back to Ma mislay f
TTae chicken habit once formed Is as
tenacious and Irresistible aa the Burma
girl habit. Boston Globe.
Cant Beat the Head Walter.
"Ton cant get ahead of a head wait
er." said a man who spends a great
deal of time at one of the New York
hotels. "Of course the tips at a hotel
like this mount np, and. as there are
several restaurants. If you give $15 or
$20 to the bead waiter of each one of
them it Is too much. I sweetened one
head waiter, bat neglected to give the
autocrat of another restaurant any
thing. Soon I found that It was very
difficult for me to get a table in that
restaurant. The head waiter would
always be looking another way or
a table that I fancied had been en
gaged. I got even by giving my wait
ers extra big tips, and it soon got so
that when I entered the restaurant
half a dozen upraised fingers would
beckon me. Bat soon tbe head waiter
was on to my game, and it got so that
almost every table offered me was
claimed by the head waiter on the
ground that It was reserved." Sew
York Snn.
Pullman's Little Joke.
S. S. Beman. the architect, bad the
most to do with tbe building of the
town of Pullman, although acting on
certain suggestions from the founder
of the colony. When plans had been
completed and the perfunctory work
of execution was under way the archi
tect said to the car company chief:
"Now that we are well started. Mr.
Pullman. I want to ask you if yon
have given any thought to naming the
J town."
"A great deal." said Mr. Pullman.
"I think it is only fair that yon should
have recognition, and I have decided
j upon a composite name that will im
mortalize you and myself at the same
time We will do this by taking the
first syllable of my name and the last
syllable of yours." Chicago Pout.
Browning and a Cabman.
The gondoliers of Venice are sup
posed to know their Tasso and Arlosto.
The following little incident leads to
the supposition that Browning's "Bide
to Ghent" may possibly be found in
the poetic repertory of tbe London
cabman: A neighbor one day saw Mr.
Browning alight from a hansom. The
cabby looked at the fare in his open
palm with an air of dissatisfaction
and. wheelicx round, delivered himself
of this parting shot: "You may be a
good poet, bnt you're a bad pay
master." Mrs. Andrew Crosse in "Bed
Letter Days of My Life."
His Calling.
"What are you doing now. Wlggle
thorpe?" "Settlement work."
"Settlement work? Ton don't look
j the part."
I -That's what I'm doing. Just the
same: I'm collecting bills for old Spot
cash." Exchange.
An Easy Task.
Lover (mournful ly y Ua ve yoa learn
ed to love another? Flirt (who had
Just broken off her engagement with
him l Oh. no. George. I didnt have
to learn. The man is very, very
wealthy, and the love came spontane
ously. "Musie Hath Charms."
"What on earth d'yon keep clapping
for? That last singer was awful!"
"I know, but I liked the style of her
clothes, and I want to have another
look at them." London Opinion.
Diplomats get more profit by listen
ing than by talking even when they
talk well- Hanotaux.
Woman, the Diplomat.
Herbert Spencer In sin nates In one
of his sociological works that the In
direction, the coquetry, the finesse
nay, all the arts which we find so
adorable in women are modified
forms of hypocrisy. Before the ad
vent of civilization woman had in
pure self defense to practice an elab
orate deception. In order to please
her brutal lord and secure predom
inance among dangerous rivals she
had to disguise her natural sentiments
and return caresses for blows and
smiles for discourtesy. As she could
not accomplish her purpose by force,
she became an expert in domestic di
plomacy. The craftier, the more guile
ful she was the better were her
chances of survival. And thus it has
come to pass that, though the neces
sity for Intricate behavior is now
much lessened, women practice today,
in a rsore elusive and refined way. the
arts which the instinct of self preser
vation imposed upon their barbarous
ancestresses. H. LL. Boyesen in "Lit
erary and Social Silhouettes."
Peru's Garden of the Gods.
"In the Andes, half a thousand feet
higher than Pike's peak, is to be found
the Peruvian Garden of the Gods, ad
mired by every traveler fortunate
enough to visit it." writes William V.
Alford, F. B. G. S in the Century.
"It is locally called the Bock forest,
though In no sense of the word Is it a
forest. It simply resembles one when
viewed at a distance of ten miles. The
traveler may be forgiven the error of
thinking it a forest as he sees it for
the first time and forgets that he is
no longer where trees grow, but with
in half an hour's ride of the highest
city In the world, Cerro de Pasco,
perched like a condor on the high
peaks of the Andes.
"The Garden of the Gods In Colo
rado boasts of a few spectacular rocks,
bnt they are few In number, and the
area which they cover Is not large.
The Andean garden covers nearly a
hundred times the ground and In
beauty and Interest surpasses its
northern counterpart in the same ra
tio." To Give Him the Sack.
Two noblemen In the reign of Maxi
milian IL 1564-1566 one a German,
the other a Spaniard, who had each
rendered a great service to the em
peror, asked the hand of his daughter
In marriage. Maximilian said that as
he esteemed them both alike It waa
impossible to choose between them,
and therefore their own prowess must
decide it; but, being unwilling to
risk the loss of either by engaging
them in deadly combat, be ordered a
large sack to be brought and declared
that he who should put his rival into
it should have his fair Helena. And
this whimsical combat was actually
performed In tbe presence of the im
perial court and lasted an hour, Tbe
unhappy Spanish nobleman was first
overcome, and the German succeeded
In enveloping him In tbe sack, patting
him upon his back and laying him at
the emperor's feet. This comical com
bat Is said to be the origin of the
phrase "Give him the sack.' so com
mon in the literature of courting
The Day of the Carver.
Carving was once a serious thing.
The sixteenth century carver was a
professional. He hsd to make the
Joint fit the guest. The size of his
slices was the thing. Then he had to
know his guests and cut accordingly.
A lord, for Instance, at the table, and
a pike was dished np whole. Smaller
fry. and the pike came on In slices.
The same procedure with pig. The
rank of the diners decided whether it
should appear at table In gold leaf or
naked, whole or sliced. With bread,
too. there was a difference. New or
three days old baked was at the dis
cretion of the carver as he sized up the
visitors. And as for the apportioning
of the tidbits according to precedence
there was no end. The old time carver.
In fact, was born and then made.
London Standard.
A Delightful Change.
An artist met one of his fellows a
few days ago whom be bad not seen
in several years. Both are very well
known men. Their greeting was de
lightful. "Well, well, old man. what are you
doing now?" said No. L
"Clipping coupons." was the easy re
ply, "with the same pair of scissors
with which I used to cut the fringe off
my cuffs." New York Sun.
Didn't Feel Comfortable.
So great was the indignation of the
American colonists hi 1765 against the
stamp act that the Connecticut stamp
officer rode into Hartford on a white
horse to deposit bis resignation, with
a thousand armed farmers riding after
him. and said be "felt like death on a
pale horse with all hen following him."
Turtles Are Slow.
"Here.'"" called the impatient guest.
The obsequious waiter came to his
side, says Judge.
"Seems to me that soup I ordered Is
a long time getting to me."
"Yes, sir. bnt you must remember,
sir. that you ordered turtle soup."
The Idea.
"Come, dear Cant yoa hurry a Ut
tle? We'll soon be too late to go to
church at alt"
"Oh. no, dear." she said softly while
slowly buttoning her gloves; "we cant
bo too late. I've got on my new suit."
Ladies' Home Journal.
- The Nipa Tree.
Tbe palm-like nipa tree of tropical
Asia has a sap exceedingly rich in
sngar. but so salty that Its utilisation
baa not been found profitable.
Jean Valjean Didnt Fit In China.
The eloquent advocate, Haitre Gana,
once went to China with his cousin.
Marcel Bing. When they found them
selves at Sinanfou, in the heart of the
Celestial empire, they made the ac
quaintance of a certain Ian. an under
prefect, who prided himself on his lit
erary attainments. He begged them
to dine with him and served them a
European repast, of which the first
dish was a preserve of hot gooseber
ries. In the course of the feast he
apprised them that a beautiful French
novel had just been translated into
Chinese. "It is." Ian explained, "the
history of a very honest brigand. He
succors a poor unfortunate girl. He
is the defender of the weak, and he
has much trouble to escape a gendarme
who has sworn his destruction. Do
yon know this writer? He is called
IgtorioT "
"Victor Hugo," corrected M. Gans,
who with infinite perspicacity had
comprehended that the novel "Les
Miserables" was meant.
"Perhaps." said Ian. "it may be that
I do not pronounce well. In China
we can him Igtorio. His romance is
Interesting, but it is a Uttle discon
certing. There never was an honest
brigand In China." Cri de Paris.
How Battles Are Won.
Napoleon had this to say of the way
in which battles are gained: "In all
battles a moment occurs when the
bravest troops after having made the
greatest efforts feel inclined to run.
That terror proceeds from a want of
confidence in their own courage, and
It only requires a slight opportunity, a
pretense, to restore confidence to
them. The art is to give rise to the
opportunity and to Invent the pre
tense. At Areola I won the battle
with twenty-five horsemen. I seized
that moment of lassitude, gave every
man a trumpet and gained the day
with this handful. Yon see that two
armies are two bodies, which meet
and endeavor to frighten each other.
A moment of panic occurs, and that
moment must be turned to advantage.
When a man has been present In
many actions be distinguishes that
moment without difficulty. It Is as
easy as casting np an addition."
Hunting In Russia.
Nearly all the dogs used in bunting
wild -T.irrn.iq in Bussia not only attack
but endeavor to devour their quarry.
With the borzoi and gontscho It is en
tirely different. At an early age they
are put into training with old and ex
perienced dogs, so that they soon learn
how to properly attack their adver
sary. They are slipped three at a time
after a single wolf. When one of the
dogs gets nearly side by side with the
wolf be makes one bold spurt and
with the fore shoulder strikes the wolf
so that be is knocked over or else
grips him by the neck. Each of tbe
other dogs, coming up, strikes the
quarry in the same manner as he tries
to rise, finally pinning htm to tbe
earth, so engaging him until the hunt
er arrives, Tbe sportsman then either
kills the sTitTTini or takes him alive,
tbe latter being much more exciting.
Wide World.
Turned It to His Advantage.
An Instance of the usefulness to
other people of illegible handwriting
is included In the vast collection of
anecdote and fable that deals with
the writing of Horace Greeley. One
compositor could never get used to
his appalling scrawl, and. In rage at
the continual "typographical errors."
Greeley sent a note to the foreman or
dering him to discharge the man at
once, as he was too Inefficient a work
man to be any longer employed on the
Tribune. The foreman did it. but the
compositor got hold of the note and
took it to another office, where the
foreman, after much puzzling, finally
read It "good and efficient workman
and long employed on the Tribune"
and promptly took him on. London
Chronicle.
Some Shakespeare Statistics.
A Shakespearean enthusiast with a
turn for statistics has discovered that
the plays contain 10G.007 lines and
814.7S0 words. "Hamlet" is the longest
play, with 3.930 lines, and the "Come
dy of Errors" the shortest, with 1,777
lines. Altogether tbe plays contain
1.277 characters, of which 157 are fe
males. The longest part Is that of
Hamlet, who has 11.610 words to de
liver. The part with the longest word
in it is that of Costard in "Love's La
bor's Lost," who tells Moth that he Is
"not so long by the bead as bonoriS
canfiltudinitatibus." Sticking to It.
Magistrate Now can you describe
the horse In question? ' How big was
it, for instance? Witness It was six
teen feet. yr honor. Magistrate Come,
cornel Remember yon are on your
oath! Don't yon mean sixteen hands?
Witness Indeed, thin, it was hands I
meant. And did I say feet. yr honor?
Ah. well. I'm on my oath, so we'll let
it stand. Sure. thin, it was sixteen
feet. yr honor. London Punch.
I Proved His Case.
Mother The whipping yon had yes
terday does not seem to have Improved
you. Your behavior has been even
worse today. Willie That's what I
wanted to prove. Yon said I was as
bad as 1 possibly could be yesterday.
I knew yon were wrong.
Worldly Wisdom.
Father In choosing a wife one
should never Judge by appearances.
on That s right. Often the prettiest
girts have the least money. Exchange.
Prejudice squints when it looks and
Ilea when it talks.
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