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I Speaking of baHobnll,' tlon't grow
'disheartened.
Wlittt'H become or tho old-fashioned
woman who wore four petticoats?
China cut out opium mid tho United
States should cut out tho cigarette. ,
An euetcrn mnga.lno Ib offering $1
000 for a new Idea. Hut probably not
(or a rational otio.
Still, tho bow on tho back of si roan's
tat might help hltn to Btoer u straight
;oursn If ho could see It.
CaBtor oil linn born plncod on the
froo lint. Hut It can't bo helped, as
the flmnlt boy han no voto.
Did you ever obRorve that tho words
"environment" and "heredity" aro bo
often used for shifting tho blamoT
You can nay all you deslro about
cheap cigars, but you will observe
that thoy aro most puffed up, after all.
French peasant earning IB cents a
day has 18 children. Wondor whero
he gets tho extra threo pennies a day?
Thoro Is an opportunity for some
genius to bless mankind by thinking
up a reasonable ezcuso for going Ash
ing, Another strange thing has happened
An actress In Cincinnati refused to
tell tho nowapapers of a diamond rob
bery. The btest novelty In dresses li
ono that has only two hooks In the
back. Cheers by overworked hus
bands. ' '
' Among tho various kinds of courage
may bo enumerated that possessed bj
tho man who eats salted peanuts in
tho dark
"Why worry when you can go out
and watch tho baseball game!" That
man Is either a public employo or a
millionaire
In theso motoring days tho gauge by
which a good neighbor is estimated
Ilos in his inclination to tnko you out
lu his auto.
A new design or saber has been
adopted for tho nrmy officers. Tho
old kind proved too clumsy for cutting
wedding cake.
Irrespective or currency reform,
thero shall bo dough for evorybody
soon. Tho winter wheat crop baa the
best or pros poets.
Cutaway coats ror gentlemen are
said to bo scheduled for tho porvatllng
style noxt year. Cutaway In every
thing but tho prlco.
Retribution docs sometimes come
in this world. When i St. Louis law
yer was ranking tho plen that ucqult
tod his client or theft, tho latter stole
his watch.
That Judgo must havo beon under
going ono or his spells or peevlBhncsB
whon he sharply reproved a woman In
court for wearing ono of thoso newly
farfholncd silt drcssoB.
HIb neighbors who havo gardens no
doubt aro not very highly elated ovet
tho fact that a Kentucky man has
chlckqns with four legs.
Tho worlds record for number of
passengers carried has Just been
broken by a biplane In France. This
will encourage thoso who think the
American machines are tho most prac
tical typo.
Time to revamp that swat tho fly
slogan. Mako the adjuration read,
Swat the Hall.
It Is small wonder that the gut
scandal In Germany has produced an
explosive effect.
Tho "flshwulk" having been success
fully Introduced as worthy of com
panlonshlp of tho tango and othet
wiggles, It Is presumed tho "lobsters"
will rapidly fall lu lino.
The "glory klsB" has been success
fully Introduced In Cincinnati, but
we aro eagerly awaiting n full de
scription of Its oscillatory advantages
over uoso of tho normal sort.
The Salvation Army lasslo who
shot through -u 300 foot wasto paper
chuto and landed uninjured, should
moro than heretofore bo able to draw
a larger street corner crowd.
You can nlwnys toll when a girl now
adays begins to approach tho age ol
thirty, for sho Invariably refers to
her friends who have hitherto been
JUBt plain old nmlcjs as bachelor girls
A Gotham business houso has do
elded to etiinlnato affectlonnto ad
dresses and humblo signatures frorc
Its business correspondents. Yet Id
the way of business many correspond
ents aro oven "dearer" than they are
called.
"It will be Impossible to abolish
tips," says Herr Kretschmer, man
ager of a leading hotel In Berlin, "un
til tho guests cease to ask for spe
cial service." Right thero Is a whole
book on sociology, with a few chap.
ters on economics.
FLOWERS THAT EXPLODE
There uru certain, kinds of (lowers
which "oxplodo" In order to scattor
their seeds about, but these aro silent
explosions brought about ovory seed
ing time by Nature For a llower to
actually explodo with a detonation
that can bo heard a long distance is
qulto another thing, and a rarity.
Such an explosion, however, occur
red a short tlmo ago In tho botanical
gardens nt AlglcrB. It was tho fcpnthe
or tho covering of the buuch or bloB
soms on a great palm tree. This
spatho was nearly threo feet long, and
when the explosion occurred It was
hurled to a great distance, while the
shattered blossoius arose like a cloud
of golden smoko and covered the top
of tho palm.
Tho causo of this was the sun's
beat, which was unusual, and had
actually roasted tho flower to tho
color of i rust. The exceBslvo dryness
of the air had caused fermentation
Inside the spathe. A great sirocco,
or hot wind from Sahara, had Just
blown over tho palm and agitated
tho fermenting contents or tho spathe.
Such explosions are very rare, but
several others aro recorded, especially
In that part or the world. It is said
that an ostrich egg will sometimes
explodo in tho same maimer and from
the same cause.
QUEER CHARGE OF FRAUD
Shipping, tho corpso or his mother
as ordinary goods, a retired telegraph
official at Bmden, Germany, has to
answer an extraordinary charge of de
frauding tho railway authorities. A
few weeks ago, bis mother died at
NIco, Franco, after expressing a de
Biro to bo burled In her native land.
While anxious to fulfil! this last wish,
the son was either unwilling or unablo
to pay the high charges which are
mado by railways for tho transport
or human remains, so he packed the
body or his parent in a largo case
and put It on tho lino as ordinary
goods. Ho himself mado the Journey
in advanco to Emden, and when the
corpse arrived he took it from tho
station to tho hotel whore ho wns
staying. There he was embarrassed
for some tlmo as to what Bhould be
dono with it, but the caBO was even
tually carried to the houso of a cousin,
whero an attempt was mado, on the
strength of a quite regular death cer
tificate issued at Nice, to induce the
doctor to testify that tho woman had
died In Emden. This, however, the
medical man refused to do, and so the
matter got out. i .
SMALLEST HOUSE IN BRITAIN
Housewives who complain of tho
lack or space and cupbourd accom
modation In modern houses would do
well to compare their lot with that of
the occupant of a little house which
stands against tho old castlo at Con-;
way, lu North Wales. This diminutive
house, which is certainly much less
pretentlouB than many a modern doll's
houso, Is tho smallest in Grent Brit
ain. Nor is it used only nB u private
residence, ror tho enterprising pro
prietor does a thriving trade lu post
cards, while on payment or one penny
visitors can Inspect tho premises
STREET LAMP IN A TREE
In a treo trunk a street lamp was
round embedded at Rugby Park, Lon
don, n low days ago. When tho treo.
an old elm in the famous Chestnut
avenuo at llushey Park, was cut down,
tho Iron framework of an old street
lamp was found encased in the trunk
to a depth or several inches about
23 feet from tho ground. It Is believed
that tho lamp must havo been nailed
to tho troo many years ago and grad
ually surrounded by the wood.
SEES RAT, SWALLOWS PINS
MIsb Elizabeth Forsytho, a dress
maker of Philadelphia, was fitting a
dress on a customer when a rat ran
across tho floor. Tho dressmaker was
so startled that sho swallowed threo
pins. MIbb Forsytho was In such se
rious condition that she had to be tak
en to Mt. Slnal hospital, .where tbo
surgeons used tho X-ray to looate tbe
pins.
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Next to the discovery of that strange beast, the okapl, the finding and
picturing of specimens of the mountain nyala, a large and magnificent ante
lope, has been the most Important zoological incident of the last forty years.
It seems extraordinary that on the borders of a country like Abyssinia, which
carries a large native population and has been fairly well known tc Europeans
since the days of the traveler, Bruce, In the eighteenth century, this splendid
and Important African mammal should have escaped notice. The mountain
nyala (Tragelaphus buxtonl) was first discovered In 1910 by the English
sportsmen, Ivor Buxton and C. Alright, who were shooting In that year In an
unfrequented and little-known piece of country, the Sahatu or Shabatu moun
tains In northwest Gallaland, to the northeast of a lake marked on the maps
as Zuay or Zwel.
TURNS HER HAIR GRAY
Turning her hair gray, the shock
caused by worry over an accident has
deprived Mrs. Alexander Furst of Ja
maica, N. Y of a fine wealth of chest
nut hair. Although 64 years old she
had not, till recently, a' gray hair.
Worry over the fact that her daugh
ter and son-in-law had a narrow eB
capo from asphyxiation caused the
hair to change. Somo days ago, her
daughter, Gladys Arnold, and hor hus
band, Felix Arnold, actors, returned
to tho homo of Mrs. Furst after a
theatrical engagement. In turning out
tho light in their room thoy accident
ally turned tho gas Jet on again.
Shortly after they had, retired Mra.
Furst was startled by a thump on tho
Door, quickly followed by another.
Sho hurried upstairs to find her
daughter nnd her sou-lu-law uncon
scious. A physician, Dr. Helm, of tho
Jamaica hospital, was called, and
brought tho victims to after nn hour's
work.
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One of the most stupendoua end curious of Nature's freaks In the western
part of the United States, which has been set aside by the federal govern
ment as a national monument reserve Is the Devil's Tower of Wyoming
This remarkable natural edifice, which la about 500 feet high, Is' a great rock
cone protruding from the top of a red sandstone hill. At the base of the hill
flows the Belle Fourche river, which carries fertility to the rich but dry lands
of this part of the west. Strance as It may appear the Devil's Tower Is not
impossible of ascent, although It Is no easy feat The tops of the broken col
umns or ribs havfe served as footholds for certain daredevil rock climbers, so
that with the aid of Improvised ladders several people have velwed the sur
rounding country from the top of this singular pile. One man when the lad
der fell by which he had ascended went nearly Insane before ha found that
It was possible for him to make the descent
GETS AN ARCTIC HAWK
A large arctic hawk, measuring
nearly four feet from tip to tip, was
brought in on tho steamship Minneso
ta when tho vessel arrived at Seattle,
Wasb., a few days ago. Tho bird had
Joined the Minnesota south of tho
Aleutian Islands, following the wake
of tho ship many hours, and finally
alighted on tho top mast. Heavy gales,
which had swept tho Alaskan coast
for a few days before, drove hundreds
or small birds to sen, and as these
sought reruge In the rigging they be
came tho prey to the great hawk. Aft
er reastlng all afternoon tho hawk
perched on tho malnmnst, whero It
prepared to pass tho night. A Jap
anese boy In the Bteward's crew plan
ned otherwlso, nnd, equipped with a
guhny sack, ho mounted tho mast and
slipped tho bag over tho bird's head
The ship's captain, Thomns Garllck,
presented tho hawk to tho Seattlo park
board, which will place it in one of th
city parks.
in Wyoming
UNTER DEN LINDEN IN BERLIN
For Five Pfennigs You Can Rent a
Chair on This Famous Ger
man Thoroughfare.
Berlin. "Denutzung, flvo pfa," ll
the legend painted in plain black on
the backs of the garden chairs, which
stand In two long rows on either side
of the promonado in the Unter den
Linden, and It means that if you sit
down on one of thoso chairs a little
hard faced woman will como and
stand before you, bold out her knot
ted hand and wait in sllonco until you
put your Ave pfennigs Into It. If you.
obllgo by handing over tho money1
you may occupy that particular chair
for the rest of the day If you havo
nowhere else to go; if, on tho con-;
trary, you are so mean as to rise
hurriedly and hasten from tho spot on
becoming acquainted with the fact
that you are expected to pay for sit
ting down, she will scowl at your re-
Royal Playhouse, Berlin.
treating back and then retire with an
air of resignation.
But no ono ever grudges tho five
pfennigs unless ho be extraordinarily
miserly. The payment of a single
hair-penny enables you to sit in com
fort In the middle of one of the hand
somest and liveliest streets in Europe,
and Berlin does its best to provide
you with varied pageant.
Novel and varied Indeed It Is for
hundreds of actors and actresses play
their parts In the pageant of the
street, where shops and an arcade nnd
a restaurant or two constitute the
back scene and whero fiercely solemn
policemen are tho stage managers.
Quaintly dressed nurse girls from the
country, In their picturesque peasant
costumes, movo easily and calmly
across the stage, pushing strangely In
artistic perambulators, in which placid
German babies sit and stare.
But the greatest figure on this Ger
man stage is coming! There 13 a Bud
,den cessatlom of all sound; tho traffic
Is stopped nnd men and women stand
waiting In sllenco for his entry. Thero
is tenso end muto excitement In the
nlr and from far away you can hear,
through tho stillness, the beating of
horses' hoofs und tho murmur or tho
shouting of distant people. Tho sound
of tho hoofs grows louder and tho
wavo of shouting sweeps along the
broad street and everywhere tho cry
Is "Dor kaiser! Dor kaiser!" And
you rise from your seat and turn to
see a bevy of horsemen galloping
down tho riding path. For only one
of them have you any eyes ho who
rides ahead of his fellows, raising his
.hand continually In response to the
greetings of his subjects; he whose
kingllness Is such that you doff your
hat Instinctively and stand in silence
as he rides by.
TO USE GRAVES OVER AGAIN
After Twenty Years Provision of tho
New German Law Govern
Ing Cemeteries.
Berlin. Statistics show that the
average grave In Berlin Is cared for
by loving relatives for less than ten
years, consequently the term of occu
pancy by tho departed has been re
duced In Wilmersdorf from thirty to
twenty years. Thus Is provision made
to meet tho Increasing demand on
cemetery space In a large and grow
ing city, and a leeway of eight years
still allowed for the protection of the
feelings of thoso who remain behind.
,Th!s applies to adults. The same
ruthless statistics show that tho
graves of children aro looked after for
a lesser period, and consequently they
may bo occupied for twelvo years
only.
One of tbo largCBt graveyards of
Berlin Is at Wilmersdorf. The twen
ty and twolvo year periods of tenancy
already prevail in the Berlin munici
pal cemetery, tho mounds then being
leveled off, any memorials removed
and the graves made ready for other
occupants.
The authorities that unless somo
such course as this is followed all tho
land In Berlin available for burial pur
poses would bo exhausted In twelve
years. Tho tardy authorization by
parliament last year of cremation may
chock the domand for cemetery space,
but probably not to any great extent
Worked Eighteen Year Without Pay.
Montpeller, Ind. J. Stewart, who
died here, had worked 18 years as a
cigar clerk without pay. Although of
fered money by his employer, he would
accept only IB cents three times a day
to buy meals.
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MAR
IS
Strange Island Community That
Is Found in (Holland.
Sturdy, Vigorous and Happy Peopl
Who Spend Their Lives In Peace
and Contentment Some of
Their Domestic Manners.
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Marken, Holland. Marken, too
small and unimportant to ho found on
many maps, is a quaint community of
about 1,000 people, who live on 12
small islands In the Zuyder Zee.
These small, sandy knolls are con
nected by narrow brick foot bridges
and protected by dikes. Red-roofed,
gabled houses mado of wood, and y
tarred, or ornamented by paint In red
and gren stripes, are built on piles.
During spring freshets tho Inhabitant
aro sometimes obliged to remain on
the upper floors, or drown. Stairs
are unknown, so the ascent is made
by ladders. After the annual spring
bath tho uneven llttlo streets look
fresher and brighter than over and
the placo is a real spotless town.
Only the newer houses have chim
neys. In tho older ones tho smoke
from constant peat fires must CBcapo
through a small, square "smoke-hole"
In tho roof. The chimney place Is
faced with tiles usually blue and
the hearth is black tiling rubbed to
a polish. Everywhere thero Is gleam
ing bruss and copper and the whole
house shines. Personally, the people
aro also very neat; but, strange to say,
large, fat-looking fleas are plentiful
moro plentiful than our mosquitoes!
Tho kitchen, usually the living room
8B well, Ib the largest in tho house.
From the beams overhead hang hams,
strings or drying fish, wine Jugs and
native delicacies. At tho windows are
green shutters and laco curtains. The
floors are made or wide planks, highly
varnished to a dark brown. Chairs
havo rush bottoms and slat backs.
Well-scoured candlesticks are numer
ous. Every house contains an old
carved cabinet filled with rare treas
ures that would gladden the heart of
a connoisseur. Each man has a
"treasuro chest" or his own, which Is
kept securely locked, and tho contents
often remain a mystery to bis wire
and family.
Not far from the big chimney aro
the beds and such beds! They are
built In tho wall, on a decided slant
tho head being much higher than the
foot! Thero is a feather mattress,
coarse linen sheets, quilts and last,
but not least, always a thick cover
stuffed with feathers until It re
sembles another small mattress. Af
ter tho Markenltes havo crawled in
under theso bed clothes they pull a
illdlng door, or panel, and shut them
Marken Girl In Costume.
selves within the wall! How and why
they survive until v morning Is not
known! But survivo they do and they
are fond and proud of their beds.
They retire at seven o'clock In the
winter and at nine In the summer.
CandleB being expensive they usually
go to bed in the dark.
In appearance these people are tall
and heavily built, with coarse fea
tures, sallow skin, light hair and pale
blue eyes. Up to the age of ten chil
dren are all dressed alike and only a
close observer can pick out the boys
by an odd button sewed on their caps.
The girl's oaps are adorned with a
small rose bud.
Corsets are unknown; but at tea
years the girls are put into tightly
laced bodices and loaded down with
heavy woolens and silks, their nu
merous petticoats spreading out orer
wooden hoops. On their heads they
wear muslin caps, over which Ib a
miter-shaped pasteboard affair, cov
ered with calico, Bilk or bright rlb
bons. Their yellow hair Is banged
to the eyebrows and from each tem
ple hang two long curls that reach
nearly to tho waist. Now here is a
secret. Old ladies with scanty hair
wear bangs and curls llko the girls
only they are mado of yellow silk
floss! Isn't It terrible?
There is only one style In stockings
the year round thick woolen ones,
knitted by hand; color dark blue.
Skirts a'ro short enough to show
about six IncheB of ankle and on,
week days wooden shoes (klompen)
painted white. On Sundays heavy
leather ones with silver buckles are;
worn. Klompcn are always kicked'
oft at the doorstep before entering a
house.
On dross occasions the bodices are.
very gay bright red, orange or pur--pie
and have funny little coat tails
on the back. The voluminous skirts
are brilliantly Btrlped. This gala dress
Is not only saturated with farina ex
tract, but many ladles carry a sup
ply along with them In scent bot-i
ties!
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