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CUSTOMS OF VENDS.
A PECULIAR RACE FOUND
GERMANY.
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Thrtr II ii inn l I he 4erhl ri Su.utip
Itiiitliin il I'roirolnn mid Wedillni;
I'ltrllen I leu thru I'nit Mi e. 'Ili.il Mir
! Of Aiielent Origin.
HAKI.L'S DJ-3 KAY.
consul general lo
Berlin, Is ihi' an
tlior of a paper oti
tltli'il "An Ttiluuil
Venice" In tin- Ceil
Jury. It describes
tli picturesque
ffi yl)4l tvenm In tin- Ser
yfO ''Ian Swamp, Uor
H 4 many, and the pe
culiar inannois and
customs of the Vends, a remnant of
which race still makes Its homo there.
Mr. do Kay says: As a rule, the older
women wear white headgear; at lensi
tho big square kerchief that falls near
ly to the shoulders Is white, while with
girls this upper pait Is coluted like
the tulip-beds of Huarlem. But on
Trinity Sunday they wear the plyaeh
zlshka: all is white on head and should.
(Y ers, while the gown, the wohnjanka, Is
oiacK. Tiien Is tlie old church nt Burg
a sight that recalls Hrltany. The men
for the most part are In the galleries.
AlmoBt the entire lloor of the church
U filled with seated women, their
starched caps, as white as white can
'be, having the effect of stiffened wind
rows of snow.
But .on other Sundays tho young
women appear In all their finery. Man
of them enter the village barefoot, and
put their shoes and stockings on Just
boforo assembling In front of the
church. The men gather In one group,
the women In another. As a gentle re
minder1 of the uncertainty of life, the
first thing one sees In the vestibule of
tho church is a pair of coffin-rests, past
which tho people troop to their German
prayers and Vendlsh sermon. After
tho services n baptism may be held,
when the godmothers (kmotra) are. ex
pected to appenr In a special kind of
white cap very dltllcult to describe.
Whon tho baptism Is over the party ad
journs to n tavern, and the dresses and
caps are duly criticized or admired,
The Illustration above shows a
Platano tree at Bujukdere, nlno miles
from Constantinople. Tills treo is
about 100 feet high, but tho trunk Is
moro than 100 feet In circumference.
It is celobrated all through the East.
It belongs to the genus Platanus Ori
entals. Its American representative
Is the cottonwood. Pliny says that In
and the proud parents are expected to
do tho handsome thing by the frleuds
and godparents. Godfathors and god
mothers nro also given a present of
money, but not a round sum, that Is
unlucky always a little over. The
child must not be left alone; at least
a bird or beast must be left with It to
bafllo evil spirits. The elder godmoth
er carries tho child to tho church, tho
younger from the sanctuary. But be
foro they ro-enter tho home some one
lays symbolical tools across tho thresh
hold over which tho baptismal party
must pass. For a boy It may bo nn ax
and a hoe; for a girl a splnnlng-wheol
and a broom. As sho steps across, the
younger godmother, bearing tho child
In her arms, says aloud, "We carried
away a hcathon, and bring back u
Christian with the proper name of
John (or Mary)." In somo villages
children are named In a fixed order as
they are born, nnd If tho baby dies the
new child Is given Its namo. Thus in
Schlelfa it Is customary to give boys
names in tho following order: Hanzo,
Matthes, Juro, Klto, Morten, Lobo; and
to girls, Maria, Anna, Madlena, Liza,
Khrysta, WortIJa, Worsuln. Next to a
baptismal procession a wedding party
Is the Jolllest sight on Spreowald fllcss
es, since every one Is naturally decked
In his or her best, and tho men carry
staves bound with bright ribbons, said
to bo a survival of the swords of an
earlier period when the bride was car
ried off moro or less by force, or nt
toast with a show of violence, Kozol,
the bagpipes, still survive in somo
parts of tho forest, Tho bridegroom,
preceded by his druzba, or be3t man.
a fiddler, and a bagpiper, and followed
by his friends, knockB loudly at y
door of tho bride, nnd on bolng ad
nltttU demands tho young woman wllli
great show of wrath, only to receive,
Instead of the bride, an old maid who
has a false hump on her back. The
men strike her on the hump, which
man It nks. slii' e II Is an old cooking
pot, and (hive her back Into the house,
'then the btidinv.ald, or druzka, H
given tip; but she also Is compelled (o
lice Into the lions.. Finally the bride
heisclf Is handed to the best man, who
places her beside the giooin, where
upon the couple turn nbout three times,
a peculiar pagan rite known formerly
to Ireland and Scotland, and tho whole
party enters the house to breakfast.
The Turkish and Finnish tribes of
Asia have similar customs of tensing
the gloom and his best man before sur
rendering tho bride. At the wedding
both must have money In their shoes,
or they will always lie poor. On the
return from the wedding a newly
bought pot filled with milk and beer Is
sent to meet (he couple: aa soon as
they havo drunk, the druzba seizes the
pot and dashes It to pieces,
On leaching her new home, the bride
must feed all the animals. At the wed
ding feast neither groom and bride nor
beat man and woman must rise from
the table under any pietext whatever
until dunclng begins in the evening at
the tavern.
.1 llulHiilrnl I'i't-rtk.
One of the curiosities of nature Is
knoAU as a plant atol. Thete are but
two or three of these known to sci
entists. This atol Is made up of a cir
cle of grow Ing plants. They are found
Hauling on the top of ponds or lakes.
They form a hoop-shaped figure and
are closely matted together at the
roots, which make a sort of cup or
liu-du, to which more or less vegetable
matter falls or lloats. There Ib a suf
ficient amount of nutriment In this to
keep the plant growing. As It increases
the roots become longer and larger,
iijid In time the plant may anchor It
self in the soil at the bottom of the
pond. These rings, after many years
of accumulation and growth, make
what appear to be small Islands. It
Is the opinion of certain scientists that
Islands may have been formed In this
manner. The roots catch all floating
vegetable or animal matter. Leaves
collect and fotm mold, and after a
while birds may drop plant or tree
seeds on the little pod that lloats on
the lop of the wntcr. These take root
A VONDEIirUL TREE THAT GROWS IN
hie limo a tree of this kind grow in
Lycla. Tho trunk was hollow, 27
metres In circumference. Its branched
top resembled a forest. Tho Interior of
the excavation in the trunk was car
peted with moss, which made it re
semble a natural grotto. Hero Llclnlus
Muclanus, governor of Lycla, spread a
feast for IS of his companions. Pliny
and further assist In the growth of
tho little island. It may tnko centuries
for tho plant to como to any size, but
with nature a thousand years are as
but yesterday.
A Trench Kxeciitlouer.
An event of national Importance will
shortly tnko placo In Franco. It Is tho
rotlremout of M. Delbler, tho execu
tioner, who, now that ho has guillotined
C02 criminals, thinks It Is high Umo
his successor was appointed. He Is (it)
years of ago and has been forty years
In his country's service. Ho served his
apprenticeship with Roch, his prede
cessor, assisting In eighty-two execu
tions. London Globe.
In tlin Nineteenth Century.
Tho Churchman reports that tho
daughter of the principal notary of
Placlnzn, Italy, was found to have in
her stomach an accumulation of medals
of a madonna locally colobratod for
powers of cure In cancer. Sho had
swallowed a medal each day for a week
on advice of her confessor.
'I'ouuiu UoMu't Detorvo 1'rotrctlon.
The bill beforo the Georgia legisla
ture for the protection of tho 'possum
failed because a powerful opposition
took tho ground that tho 'possum,
which la very fond of "yellow legged
chickens," Is not so worthy of protec
tion as tho chicken.
ImuilgruiitM lo the United Stiitei.
The aW.OOO Immigrants landed In tho
United States during 189G, added to
tho nu:a',er landed since 1820, foot up
a grand total of bomethlng over 18,-0U0.QQ0.
NEW SORT OF FUNERAL.
Ilurlrtt SittIio I llrwl by i I'hunu
gruih. TLhc latest kind of funeral Is om
In which the builal service is ready by
a phonograph, says the New York Jour
nal. At (Snnesoitd.'noar Coney Island,
sou-nil funerals haVe been conducted
by phonograph recently Cleigytnea
aie ery few and far between In that
section. Tho undertaker of the village
taw that, something had to be done to
8tippl the want of n clergyman, and,
being n man of Inventive genius, hit
upon n phonogiaph as being the best
way of solving tho problem, c per
suaded a duly ordained minister to
read the burial servlco into the cylin
der of a phonograph, and also seemed
cylinders with appropriate hymns nnd
prayers. A lingo trumpet servos to
Intensify the sound and causes tho
volco from the phonogiaph to bo both
long and distinct. When the collln
has been laid beside the grave tho
phonograph, which stands where tho
minister would ordinal lly be, Is started
and the ceremony begins. First of all
a portion of the scriptures Is lead, then
a quartet renders the hyin, "Nearer,
My God. to Thee," after which the
Lord's prayer Is recited. The phono
graph voice then reads solemnly the
burial service. Committal of the dead
is followed by another prayer. An
other hymn Is sung and then the
phonograph pronounces the benedic
tion. Tho effect Is very solemn, for
the faraway sound of the sonorous
voice seems somehow to Intensify the
meaning of tho service. No use, other
than a religious one. Is over permitted
with the phonograph, nnd its big
trumpet has ne.ver ground out popular
ballads. The undertaker takes a real
ly serious view of the Instrument, and
when not in use It Is kept alongside
tho family bible, with a decorous crape
baud depending from the timing trum
pet. The Inhabitants of Oravesend
have become quite used to the phono
graph and say It is Just the thing for
them. Some of the older villagers,
who make It a point of attending all
funerals In the vicinity, say that a fun
eral would not seem like a real fun
eral without "Abe's" machine. Abra
ham Stllwell, tho originator of the
idea, holds that there is nothing Inap
propriate In the Idea and several min
isters have nssuicd him that they fully
approve of the plan.
TURKEY.
also tells of another Platanc tree that
tho emperor Caligula found In tho
suburbs of Ventres. Its branches had
grown in such a shape that they
formed nn Immense green grotto,
where tho prince dined with CO per
sons, and had abundance of room for
tho attendants and sorvants. From the
Farmers Review.
Nneexetl III Kye Out.
One of the most peculiar accldcnU
over recorded occurred the other day to
Charles Doran, a resident of a Cincin
nati suburb. Doran was nursing a se
vcro cold, ahd meeting n friend nt tho
railway station ho nccepted a prof
fered pinch of snuff. The membrano
of Ills nasal passago was very dollcato
and Ben3ltlvo nnd ho sneezed vlolontly.
So sovero wns tho paroxysm that tho
Inferior oblique musclo of the loft oyo
wns ruptured, and, as ho continued to
sneeze, tho exertion forced tho oyo
completely out of tho socket. A physi
cian succeeded In replacing tho oyo In
IV socket. Dornn Bald, In describing
his sensation, that tho pain was not
Intense when the eyo was forced out.
He felt as though something wns burst
ing In his head, but did not realize what
had happened until ho saw with his
right eye that his loft eye was dangling
on his check. The pain of repairing
tho lnjuiy was much moro severe thaq
tho .ijury Itself.
Qhnlitoiio'a Wonderful Industry.
Dr. Dalflnger, who has long been an
Intlmnto friend of Gladstono, relates
a Btory that Illustrates tho grand old
man's wonderful industry. On one
occasion Gladstono called on his friend,
and tho two became so ongrossed In
conversation that It was after mid
night beforo they took note of the
time. "I v.ont out of the room for a
book," says Dr. Dolllnger, "leaving my
visitor ulono. I returned in a fow min
utes, and found Gladstono deep in a
volumo ho had drawn out of his pocket
truo to 'his principles of never losing
time during my momentary absence.
And this at tho small hours of the
morning!"
GIRLS AND TITLES.
LIKE COMIC OPERA ATTER THS
CURTAIN MAS GONE DOWN.
.'Ilium of TIhmo milled .1ll.nlll.ini et
Why Ainerlimi Women Humid llun
Si' n e i:iiiin;;li to Wed Anirrli nn
3len.
DKAU old nieri
can lady who lived
tho greater pan of
her life in Homo
nnd used to icceho
all who were worth
knowing In her spa
c I o u h drawing
rooms far up In tho
dim fastnesses of a
llomaii palace, used
to say that "she
had only known of ono really happy
marriage made by an American girl
abroad," says tho Now York Post. In
those days, being "young and Inno
cent," wo consldeied that remark very
cynical, and In our hearts thought
nothing could bo moro romantic and
charming than for a fair compatilot to
assume a historic title and retire after
her marriage to her husband's estntes,
lo rule Btulllngly over him and a de
voted tenantry, very much as It ap
pears In the last act of a comic opera,
when a rose-colored light Is burning
and tho orchestrn pluys tho last bril
liant chords of a wedding march. Then,
also, thero seemod to our perverted
enso a sort of poetic Justice nbout the
fact that money, gained honestly but
prosaically In groceries or gas, should
go to reglld an ancient llugou or prop
up tho crumbling walls of some robber
stronghold abroad. Alas! many
thoughtful years and many cruel reali
ties kavo taught us that our gracious
hostess of tho "seventies" very nearly
was right and that marriage under
theso conditions Is npt to bo much
more like tho comic opera after the
curtain has been rung down, when tho
lights are out, the npplnudlng public
gone homo nnd the weary actors, slow
ly brought back to the present and the
positive, nro wondering how they arc
to pay tho rent or dodge the "warrant"
In ambush around tho corner. These
marriages como nbout generally from
a want of knowledge tif the world. Tho
father becomes rich, the family travel
abroad, somo mutual friend (often
from purely Interested motives) pro
duces a suitor for tho hand of tho girl
In tho shape of a "prince" with a title
that makes the whole simple Americnu
family quiver with delight. After a
few visits the suitor declares himself;
tho girl Is flattered, tho father loses
his head, sees visions of his loved
daughter hobnobbing with royalty, and
(Intoxicating thought!) snubbing tho
"swells" at homo who had shown groat
reluctance to recognize him and his
family. It Is next to Imposslblo for
him to get any reliable Information
about his futuro son-in-law In a coun
try where he ha3 not a single social re
lation, belongs to no club nnd whoso
idiom Is n scaled book to him. Every
circumstance conspires to keep the
flaws In tho article for sale In the
background nnd put tho suitor In an
advantageous light. After a few weeks'
wrestling, paterfamilias agrees to part
with n handsome share of his earnings
and a marrlago la "urrunged." In tho
caso where tho girl has retained somo
of her self-respect tho suitor Is obliged
to como to this country for the ccro
mony. And, that the contrast may not
bo too striking, nn establishment Is
hastily gotten together, with hired liv
eries and now-bought carriages (as In
a recent caso In this state). The sen
sational papers take It up and publish
"faked" portraits of tho bride and her
noblo spouse. The sovereign of tho
groom's country (enchanted that some
moro American money Is to bo Import
ed Into his lnnd) sends an economical
present and an autograph letter. The
act ends. Limelight and slow music!
In n fow years rumors of dissent and
trouble llont vaguely back to tho glrTs
family. And finally, cither u groat
scandal occurs and thero is one more
dishonored homo In the world, or a
wretched, heartbroken woman, thou
sands of miles away from the friends
and relatives who might bo somo com
fort to her, makes up her mind to ac
cept "nnythlng" for tho sake of her
children, and tries to build up again
somo sort of nn exlstenco out of tho re
mains of her lost happiness, and her
father wakes up from his dream to
realize that his wealth has only served
to ruin what ho loved best In tho world.
Or, again, instend of being sad, tho cir
cumstances becomo delightfully comic,
as in a certain caso wo know of, where
tho dnughter, who married into an In
dolent, happy-go-lucky, Impoverished
Italian family, had Inherited hor fath
er's business push nnd onergy along
with his fortune, nnd Immediately set
about "running" tho wholo estate as
sho had seen hor father do his bank,
trying to ravlvo a half-forgotten Indus
try In tho district, scraping nnd white
washing the picturcsquo old villa, pro
posing her husband's going Into busi
ness, nnd In short dashed head down
against nil their national prejudices
and Inherited traditions, until her now
family fairly loathed tho sight of her
brisk American face, and tho poor sho
had tried to help sulked In their nowly
drained houses and refused to be com
forted, Her ways wcro not tiiolr ways
and she seemed to them unllko Italian
ladles almost unscxed, as she tramped
about tho fields, talking artificial man
ure and subsoil plowing with the men.
And yet neither of these pcoplo wero
to blame. And the young Italian had
followed tho teachings of his family;
ho had learned that the only honorable
way for him to acquire wealth was to
marry It, and his wlfo honestly tried
to do her duty in her wny and naively
thought sho could graft her natlco
thrift and "go" into the Indolent Ital
ffci
ian character. Hut her work was all
In vain and sho mado herself and hor
husband no unpopular that thoy aro
now living In this country, regrottlng
their error! Another ease only a little
Unit laughable In that of a fair young
Boston glil bin Ing a neat little fortune
of her own. Once she was married to
the oung Viennese of her choice sho
found that he expected her tu lle with
bis entile f n nt 11 on the thlid lloor of
his "palace" (the (wo lower doors be
ing always rented to foielRiiera, and
that as theie was not though money
for a box at the opera she could not go,
but that bis position iiiade It necessary
for him to have u stall among the men
of his tank, while tho astonished and
disillusioned llustoulau sat at homo etf
tete-e-tete with tho women of his fam
ily, who seemed to think this the must
natural arrangement In the world. It
ccitaluly Is astonishing that wo, the
moat patriotic of uatlocs, with such
high opinions of ourselves and our In
stitutions, should be ho icady to hand
over "our daughters and our ducats" to
the (list foreigner who asks for them,
often requiting less Information about
htm than wo would consider necessary
before buying a house or a dog.
STALKING A DEER.
It Win tin MiTilmt Skating 1'iirly .er
Keen.
We had gone up In tho great bay near
the head of tho lake, when somo boys
and dogs, rummaging around In the
woods along tho shoro, started a deer
and chased it onto the Ice, ami wo had
the most exciting chase Immodlately
after that I ever took part In, says a
writer In tho Minneapolis Journal. Wo
did not harm the animal, and had wo
wished to do so wo couldn't, for thero
wasn't n gun In tho crowd, but wo
made him "make the effort of his llfo"
before he broke through the trocha wo
built around him and got away. When
wo sighted him ho was making straight
across tho bay, which is five miles wide,
and the Ice wns so slippery that he
could not make, anything like the iiHtial
time of his kind when they throw their
souls Into their heels nnd scatter miles
behind them with an easy Indifference
most beautiful to witness.
We played wolf on him. "Doc" Spald
Ing, who was riding the Ice bicycle,
shot straight ahead and very soon
passed him and forced him tu turn and
when ho did turn thero was a ring of
skaters all around him, and for an hour
ho played with us very much as a four
legged seal might.
We got him running in a circle, but
wo wore unable to catch him, for every
tlmo any one tried it that venturohumo
individual either failed to gel a hold on
him, or, succeeding, was hurled us from
a catapult along tho Ice, to tho great
delight of nil tho rest. Il was tho
merriest skating putty ever witnessed,
although the deer might not have seen
much matter for merriment In It.
But ho was perfectly safe unless his
wind played out beforo ours did, of
which the event proved there wns small
danger. Ono wing of tho circular
trocha wo had formed In tho lino got
out of breath, and slowed up, a gap was
formed In the Hue, and tho deer wont
through It like a Hash and the last wo
saw of him was "hull down,'' and go
ing as merrily as If freshly started.
A Unite Clrl.
"Do you think your sister likes me,
Tommy?"
"Yes; she stood up for you at din
ner." "Stood up for mo! Was anybody say
ing nnythlng against mo?"
"No, nothing much. Father said ho
thought you wero wither n donkey, but
sis got up and said you weren't, and
told father ho ought to know better
than Judge a man by his looks."
Comic Cuts.
ABOUT CHAMPAGNE.
Inr Franco champagne Is only sorved
at tho dessert, and It must bo neither
too sweet nor too dry.
There Is no stimulant known to mcdl
clno as efficacious In bringing cheer
fulness of mind as champagne
Champagne is noxious in somo cases
of sickness which cannot stand a devel
opment of carbonic acid gas, like heart
disease.
Tho best manufacturers use no luboU
in Franco proper, tho brand of the
corks being sufllclent to protect their
product.
As a general rule tho absolute quan
tity of alcohol contained In champagno
amounts to 10 or 11 per cent of tho
measurement.
Tho corking machine Is tho next step
nnd the "llcelour" or wlre-workor
draws a hot iron nrrfud the cork to
keop It safoly In place.
The quantity of alcohol contained In
champagne depends mainly on tho na
turo of tho essence added to It after
fermentation, and varies widely with
tho taste of the consumers In various
countries.
1,11 Austria and Germuny there is u
demand for sweet chnmpngne. Fug
land and America order champagno
with tho least addition of essence,
thero being a poular demand for good,
strong vine, with plenty of body to it.
All onampagne is dosed, liquor being
added to tho wlno makes It stronger or
lighter, dryer or Bweetor, according to
tho brand. It Is applied with a ma
chine, which apportions the exact
quantity to each bottle without error
or waste.
Testa with tho manometer show that
champagne exerts a pressure In the
bottles of from four to Ave atmosphere.
The greatest pressuro should novor ox
coed six atmospheres, and tho bottlo
will burst whon tho pressure reaches
seveu or eight atmospheres.
The costliest building of modern
times Is the stato capltol of Albany, N,
Y, Over 120,000,000 has been oxpended
on it.
THE CATS OF THE SIENA.
A rnrmlUrof r'rlliir l IliH Old IU.U
:lty.
Htrangcifl In Slcna often speak of tho
great quantities of pet cats seen thtro.
At caih doorway opening directly an
tho street sits u pel enl, staid and ro
Micelabto, with ii ribbon or some plceo
of color tied about her neck to show
that she belongs to a human family.
Workmen In their llllle shops have n
cat to keep them company. sometlnuM
sitting on n low counter at the window.
All aro In roach of any leaking hand,
but I never biivv it cat chased or teased
In any way, and It Is plain thai thoy
felt perfectly secure and did not expect
any Injury. Personally, 1 found thorn
unsociable, anil Hint when I spoke to
them thoy took no notice nnd mads
no reply, oven when I learned nn Ital
ian word or two to sny to them. Thoy
wero happy ul home, nnd did not need
to mnko now friends. In Naples thero
aro men whoso business It Is to feed
cats every day ut noon. People' with
economical tables subscribe, a small
mini to havo their cats provided for by
the cats' food men. Tho cats begin to
feel qulto hungry about noon, nnd Btroll
out from tho shopn In all thoso crowd
ed streets to watch for dinner. I could
not Imagine what was the excitement
among them that llrat day I wns out
at that hour. Presently I saw a part
of the dally distribution on bustling
Chlajn. Thero wcro cats there who
seemed to watch what was dealt out
to them critically, ns If they Intended
to make a complaint if tholr dinner
wiih not ns good as It ought lo be. la
Florenco tho cats onjoy tho freedom
thoy love; nnd novor did 1 seo on
chased, or looking timid und nux!ou,
as If uncertain whero to run t. I
remember a cat I used to pass near the
old Mcdlcl Church of San Splrlto. She
seemed to llvo'on onrf of tho upper
floors of a tall houso, and nho could
only look up to her window by sitting
in tho middle of tho street. Sho would,
novor answer my greeting, bu con-'
tinned to look up ns If watching hor
friends or pcrhnps slgnnllng to thtra
that she was ready to go home. Thoro
is a special cat church In Florence, San
Lorenzo, the church In which so many
Medici nro hurled. I don't know wheth
er that family was particularly fond of
cats or how It happened, but tho clois
ters of San Lorenzo nro reserved for
homeless cats, whether they como
thero by themselves or nro brought by
people who want to dlsposo of them.
I bail read In my guide book Hint theso
animals nro fed every day nt noon
Irom scraps brought In by peoplo In
tho neighborhood, bo I was particular
to tlmo my visit nt noon, nnd was dis
appointed to hear that for some reason
tho breakfast hour had been changed
to 9 a. m. Thero Is a largo, raised
green center In tho cloisters, on which
grow somo shrubs und trees; and,
asleep under tho bushes or loltorlng
around tho stone lodgo that Inclosed
tho groen woro a dozen or two of tho
charity tats. Lcgond says thoy are
witches, who havo consented to tnko
this harmless shape, and to keep out
of mischief. Thoy wcro rather a dilapidated-looking
lot, but still Interesting,
bocnueo all cats havo a great deal of in
dividuality, and, when possible, of In
dependence nlso. I cannot envy tho
horses uml dogs of Italy, and cortalnly
not tho birds; but if I had to be
changed into an animal, I might choosi
to bo an Italian cnt.
Mulntulnlnj; the Vourt'H Dignity. '
(From tho Taylorsvlllo, Ky., Courier.)
Judge J. C. Wlckllffo Is fond of ath
letics, nnd although ho never exercises
now, ho can tell of the days when ho
was a terror among tho boys. Tho
Judge has been n vigorous man In his
time, and tho story Is told of him that,
while holding circuit court nt Lebanon
shortly nftcr tho war, thero being a
military garrison at that place occu
pied by a roglmcnt of Ohio troops,
nbout twenty of theso were drunk and
on the warpath nnd hud collected in
front of tho court houso and wore mak
ing things lively for a time, and It
looked like a riot was Imminent, as the
feeling between tho citizens and the
Ynnkeo soldiery nt that time was of
the bitterest type. Judge Wlckllffo or
dered tho sheriff to disperse the riotous
soldiers. Tho officers proceeded to ex
ecute tho order; but they wore unable
to remove tho stubborn soldiery and so
reported to tho Judge. Ho at once ad
journed court, walked coolly to whero
tho crowd had collected, and ordered
them to nt onco disperse, which they
still refused. The Judge wndetl into
thorn In grand style, and In less tlmo
than It takes to toll It he had night of
them lying on, tho pavement and tho
rest scampering In evory direction. It
Is said tho Judge never leveled his arm
on a man but he sent him to tho
ground.
Looking Over tho lllva.
Tho ulva, or sea 'lettuce, In which
a lot of Bormuda sea anemones lately
presented to the aquarium had bpen
whipped, when tho sea unemoncs had
been removed from It, was placed In a
can of water and held for further In
spection. Tills Is tho customary prac
tice In all largo aquariums. Tho ulva
or rockweed or whatever may havo
served aa a packing or envelope for the
fishes or other marine nnlmals received
Is not simply thrown away; It la first
carefully looked over for any living
thing that may bo attached to It. There
may bo small annelids, ml mi to crusta
ceans, or other forms of animal life
which had been attached to tho ulva
when It was gathered to serve as pack
lug for the larger animals, and which
had thus been shipped with them, their
presence perhaps unknown. But many
of these leaser marina unlmnls are very
wonderful and lutere.sMng, nnd they
may themselven bo desirable for pur
poses of exhibition, especially In ta
smaller, balanced tank- Ex.
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