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THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE , FRIDAY , DECEMBER 5 , 1906. LESS EARLY-TO-RISE TALK. Coming Generations May Escape Thrall of Old Adage as It Is Loss Observed. The taiituliziug old jingle about early rising making a man healthy , wealthy and wise is responsible for more misery in the world than all the other good-behavior max ims and rules for success put to gether , and it is gratifying to ob serve that the present generation is not so complaisant in obeying the rule as the good but misguided men and women of yesterday , says the Rochester Post-Express. The early-rising fad is not much in vogue now in the cities , and tt will not be many years before the beneficent reform will take root in the country. The cause of this change , of course , is the change from early to late hours in thickly settled lo calities. The urban population occupies its evenings in pleasurable pur suits and retires at an hour that i not in harmony with the advice that was inculcated daily in th' minds of our grandmothers and grandfathers. Another great change is the in crease of occupations that require' ' night work , for in every large city there are thousands of men and women who work at night and sleep during the day. The theater is also an impor tant factor in keeping people awake until midnight. In olden times there were not so manv amusements and distractions in daily life , and after our grand parents finished their day's work ! there was nothing better to do than to go to bed. In these days of rushing busi 1 ness and varied pleasures , how 1 ever , humanity just begins to enjoy itself when "darkness falls from the wing of night , " when the palp blue rays of the electrics drill holes in the ebon atmosphere , and the noises of the downtown thor oughfares fall on the ear. LAYMAN'S TALK NEEDED. Bishop Asked Him Why He Didn't Say Something When the Bottle tle Wont Astray. The late bishop of Connecticut , , Rt. Rev. John Williams , was an ardent fisherman , relates the Bos . ton Herald. On one occasion i "Lord John , " as he was affection . ately called by his brethren of the s house of bishops , accompanied by one of his priests , now the bishop i of California , a young deacon , and I one of the leading members of the Connecticut bar , left the bishop's house en route for a certain island I in Long Island sound , where they hoped to enjoy their outing. An i old lady had sent the bishop a i bottle of rare claret to be par taken of by the party at luncheon. On their arrival at their des tination the claret was carefully placed in a cool place and the party dispersed , not to meet again ; , until noon. Promptly at that hour they reassembled , and the bishop ' tenderly took the bottle from its resting place , and , declining all of fers of assistance , inserted a corkscrew into the neck of the bottle tle , while the other members of the party , cups in hand , thirstily watched the procedure. The cork proving refractory , "Lord John" placed the bottle be tween his knees and made another effort to dislodge the cork. So great was his effort that when the cork did yield the bottle ( lew-back and struck the trunk of a tree im mediately behind where he was standing. Consternation was depicted on every countenance , and a solemn silence ensued , which was finally broken by the bishop , who , hold ing the corkscrew in one hand and f lit > neck of the bottle in the other pl'I turnedtothelawyer , exclaiming in most emphatic tones : "You're ti layman , sir ; why don't you say something ? " Record Sunday School Work. Warwick claims to possess in Miss Owen the oldest Sundaj school teacher in the United Kingdom. She has taught in al Sunday schools for 82 years , a although she is now in her ninety fourth year , she still takes a class every Sunday. In English Courts. Even in court it is considered r mistake for an English judge tc expres's a disagreement with the jury , and it would be felt to be inexcusable excusable if he carried the con trovcrsv outside. POLLY PORTER'S MEMORY. A Parrot Who Never Forgot What Ho Once Had Learned or Heard. Perhaps all parrots have equal ly remarkable memories , but 25 years' acquaintance wifh "Polly Porter" enables me to say that he never forgets what he has once learned , asserts Mary Uiee Miller , in St. Nicholas. Like other par rots , when he is alone he exercises his memory as If amusing himself. Then it is that Polly Porter chat ters in sentences ; laughs aloud hysterically ; calls , in various tones , comniandingly or beseech ingly ; calif the names of servants who , but for Polly , would have been forgotten ; calls the cat ; whistles for dogs who were about him years ago. Polly's cage is in a bow window of the dining-room a good place for keeping an eye on the family. When the father rises from the breakfast table Polly advises : "Hurry ! Hurry up ! Hurry ! " Later , with the first movement preparatory to the children's start for school , he repeats sharply : "Hurry up ! Hurry up ! Hurry ! " When a guest comes in he says , briskly : "Why. howd'ycdo ? " When he calls " ' "Good-by'1 toper- sons passing on the street it seems almost certain that he reasons about the coming and departing guest. He quickly notices little children ; com ing to one particular corner of the bottom of his cage , he flutters before a little one. at tempting baby talk , which is ver.v funny , ending with "Beautiful child ! Beautiful child ! " and a loud laugh. When the house is quiet and his mistress has a visitor in the par- lor Polly craves attention. Herepoatsthechildren's names , almost as if he were calling the roll in sweet , low tones. Then he says : "Mamma ! " over and over in a child's voice , till it is comiuo ; for a visitor to say : "Doanswei thatchild"or "Some one is calling you. " He comes very near to tell ing tales , saying : "Ah , ah naughty boy ! " with great se verity. Polly is most impatient nl breakfast time , when he shrieks till he receives attention : "Pollj wants coffee ! Polly wants break fast ! " He takes a piece of bread can tiously ; examines it ; if it is no well buttered he throws it down lie enjoys a bunch of grapes , hold ing it down with one claw whil with the other and his beak h opens grape after grape , eats f h seed and casts the pulp away. II easily crushes a pear or an apple to get at the seeds , Last Christinas Polly was sent by his owner , a New York boy , to friends as a present. They were told of his liveliness and aston- isliing powers of speech. | For some months Polly moped c.aiul . said nothing , but at last be- I gan calling members of the family I by name. If let out of his cage he fought the pug and whipped the cat ; when shut up in his cage for punishment he would persistently , work at the wires till he would force them apart and walk out de fiantly. Recently he began upon his old lessons , and now repeats the cries of the newsboys in the streets : "Extrah ! Extrah ! Jour nal Sun Herald ! " And he sings quite well "Yankee Doodle , " which was taught hint last sum mer. Good-by , Polly ! Rich Man of Greenland. Mr. Kor-Ko-Ya , a Grcenlandcr , who has monopolized the com merce of East Baflinland , is a min iature Pierpont Morgan. Ho has a fleet of 14 vessels and is worth § 12,500 , which is equal to a million in a less simple community. He , I lives in a wooden hut and pos sesses the luxuries of a table and a pa ratlin lamp. lie recently cel 1- ebrated the fortieth anniversary of the foundation of his business his employes drinking his health in cod liver oil. Bee That Works at Night. A bee that works only at night in found in the jungles of India. a.1C , It is an unusually large insect , the - combs being often six feet long , four feet wide and from four inches to six inches thick. Absolutely Necessary. Nan I don't see why Miss Mug- ley should want to marry him , with all her money. - Dick I guess she had to. 1 - don't believe he'd , have taken he ; without it. Philadelphia Pruts , WOMAN A PUBLIC OFFICIAL , > ? osuimist When Talking of Alabama Must Speak in Soft Tones Fc- I male Secretary There. The pessimist who protests gainst woman's progression , not 0 mention digression , in new hies of work must admit there is ecognition of her ability abroad n the land when a woman is hosen as recording secretary of me of the southern states , says he Pilgrim. When the man who icld that position with Gov. dm- lingham , of Alabama , resigned eccntly , Miss Mamie Offutt , who vas confidential stenographer to he governor , was appointed in his ilace. It was a great compliment , or the ofllcc demands the exercise if much tact and diplomacy. By irtue of her position Miss Offutt s also secretary of the state board f pardons , and keeps a record of verything in connection with the housand and one applications for mrdon from inmates of Alabama nines and prisons. She must have 1 familiarity with the statutes of he state which relate to the of- ice of governor , since questions * rearing upon state laws and sUil- ites are consequently coming in , and many novel points raised. She must also indorse the action of the governor upon such applica tions , as well as conduct much of : he correspondence of the exeeu- ; ive department. Graciousness and gentlewomanly qualities are no less characteristic of Miss Of futt than the knowledge of her du > : ies or the efficiency with which those duties are performed , and her appointment to such respon- sibilitcs is not only a tribute to lier exceptional ability , but inci dentally recognizes the fact that there are women who can keep a secret. MOBS ATTACK MONUMENTS When Riot in Russia Breaks Loose Big Shafts Are Made the First Object of Attack. That the disturbances in Russia are not marked by the overthrow of memorials is due to the care exercised by the police in guard ing the column of Alexander I. and other historic monuments. The police have learned through experience that these public me morials are the first objects of a mob's attack , and they profited by the happenings in other lands. When the Commune gained con trol in Paris its first action was the overthrow of the Vendomc columns , while even the historic Nelson column , in London , has been mined , though in that in stance the detonator failed toex- ) lode. The statue of William III. in Dublin has withstood many an attack , the recurrent anniver saries of the battle of the Boyne stirring hatred afresh. The old statue is battered and time worn , but no serious harm has yet been done. America lias few memorials to attract or invite mob violence. Possibly the llaymarket memo- rial , in Chicago , may some day be blown up by those who regard the anarchists executed for thecrim5 as martyrs , but the only recent at tempt to blow up a statue was the unsuccessful effort to destroy the monument to Frederick the Great at Washington. European memorials incur the of the lawless because of their associations rather than be cause of their lack of artistic value. Were the latter defect an ' ' incentive to crime the park police t l'would be kept busy here. Ancient Crinoline. In the World of Fashion of 1830 is a reference to "the new stud' called crinoline. " Crinoline was | partly thread , partly horse-hair , jits name being compounded of i the French "crin , " horsehair , and "lin. " flax. Hats , skirts and all sorts of things that were wanted to possess a certain stiffness were made of this material. Ostrich Tax. The exportation of ostriches from South Africa has practically been prohibited by an export tax of § 4S7 each , intended to preserve to that country , as far as possible , the monopoly of the lucrative trade of ostrich farming. N. Y. Post. , Under the Ocean. , First Mermaid What are yon going to do with that shovel ? Si-fond Mermaid See if then . is a man under my bed. N. Y , . * " " EMPLOYER , LOOK PLEASANT Show Yourself Master of Situation In stead of Slave by Wearing "Smilo That Won't Come Off. " If you are an employer do not go about your place of business as though you thought life were u wretched , miserable grind , says O. S. Mardcn , in Success. Show yourself mater of the situation , not its slave. Rise above the petty annoyances which destroy peace and harmony. Make up your mind that you are too large to be over come by trifles. Resolve that you will be larger than your business , that you will overtop it with your manliness and cheerfulness. To say nothing of its being your duty to make the lives of those who are helping you to carry on your business as pleasant as pos sible and as full of sunshine as pos sible , it is the best policy for you to pursue. You know very well that a horse that is prodded and fretted and urged all the time by means of whip and spur and rein , will not travel nearly so far with out becoming exhausted as one that is urged forward by gentle ness and kind treatment. In their susceptibilityto kindness men ami women are in nowise different from the lower animals. You can not expect your employes to re main buoyant , cheerful , alert and unwearied under ( he goad of scowls and the lash of a bitter tongue. Energy is only another name for enthusiasm , and how can you expect those who work for you to bo enhusiastic or energetic in your service when surrounded by an atmosphere of despondency and gloom , when they expect a vol ley of curses and criticism every time you pass. Many a man who could have been a success sleeps in a failure's grave to-day because of hit ) gloomy , mean , contemptible dia position and manner. He poisoned the atmosphere about him by venting his spleen , dyspepsia and bile on everyone in his vicinity. Ho not only minimized the value of his own efforts , but he also par alyzed the powers , the initiative , the helpful faculties and suggest ive ideas of all those who worked for him. OLD TOURAINE IS HISTORIC Marvels of Nature and Beauty Drew Many of Noble Family to the District. Tourainc is as rich in historic interest as it is in its natural beau ties , declares Frederic Lees , in ( Yrchiteclural Record. The house of Valois had a special liking for the banks of the Loire , and the great nobles of their court built near the royal residences their own chateaux marvels of archi tectural grace , strength and beauty , but of which there is not a stone that is not cemented with blood. For the Valois lived in an atmosphere of intrigue , fraud and violence. They were always being conspired against , and they met plot with counter plot ; if treason could not be met with force , a sud den surprise or stab in the dark , or the malignant skill of some Ital ian chemist , laid to rest forever suspicions which might have been unfounded. It is but fair to state , however , that this was not often the case , for the nobles were tur bulent and ambitious , and when not engaged in waging war openly or covertly with their soverign , quarreled among themselves , and ledforththeirrctainerstosurprise or besiege a neighboring castle. On the battlement of every don jon there was a watchman , day and night , over on the lookout for the glint of arms in the vall ( \ ne- low ; and ready to his hand \v'si ; huge horn , one blast ofhich would alarm the garrison and bring them to the walls. A few feet below the watchman there dangled from a jutting beam the corpse of some poor wretch , and in the loathsome dungeons be neath the moat others were chained to the reeking walls , for every castellan had the right of administering "greater and lesser , justice , " and could dispose of the lives and liberties of his vassals as he deemed fit. He had other priv- ileges also , some of which make us wonder why the revolution did not come earlier. And Slant Right. One great trouble in life is that the paths for going wrong are planted so prettily with How- , vir. ' ' at the beginning. N. Y. Times. OCTOPUS UNCANNY THING. Cuttlefish Have Boon Found with a Reach of Thirty-Eight Feet Kill Victims. Of all the big game of the deep sea that have been taken by man the cuttlefishes are the most dia bolical in shape and general apj pearance. 1 have handled and measured one that was 118 feet in length , a weird , spiderlike crea ture with two antennaelike arms JJO feet in length , says a writer in Metropolitan Magazine. Speci mens of these animals have been caught 70 feet in length , the cap tors lighting them with an ax , cut ting the arms which seized and held the boat. Off the coasts of California and Alaska there is u big deep sea all.\ of this animal a big .spiderlike octopus that haunts the deep banks , preying upon the fishes most esteemed by fishermen. It is found oil' the Fa mi lo lies on iti-l. bottom and at limes the fishermen haul in their lines thinking thai they have fouled a stone o rock. * o heavy is the weight , but when the surface is reached loii 1 , , liviil inns slio it above the water , se'zi he boat umi the men are Cocccl : t < tght with knives i > ml l.atchela the \veird , uncanny game that has , - . aelial spread of 'M feet , its e'iirht tucker-lined arms being 15 fee1 n length and possessed of ex Iraorelinary power. A Hpceimci taken off the island of San Cle inciile had a spread of aler.t ; : -I' feet , and gave the boat mar. a hard I battle fo sever its llyinj' rii's. Nothing more diabolica , can be conceived than this npiderlike giant of the deep sea , liviu ; ; amoiif , the rocks ( iOO te > 1,000 feet below the surface. , u individual of r moderate size which I kept alive displayed the gre'ale'st pugnacity. The moment I approached it would literally hurl itself at my arm , winding its long tentacles about it in a manner suggestive of what a large- individual might do. Indeed , Dr. A. S. Packard , professor of zoology at Brown uni versity , says : "An Indian woman at Victoria , Vancouver island , in 1877 , was seized and drowned by an octopus , probably e > f this species , while bathing on the shore. Smaller specimens em coral reefs some times seize collectors or natives and , fastening to them with their ' relentless snckered arms , tire and frighten te > death the hapless vic tim. " REYNOLDS AND HIS RIVAL. Contrast Between the Two Artists Difference Between Art and Nature. The contrast between these two artists is almost the difference between it. tween art and nature , says t.n Nicholas. Reynolds was learned in what other painters had done , and ( (1fi had reduced his own art to a sys fill tem. Gainsborough found out almost everything for himself never lost the' simple , natural way of looking at filings and people and painted not according I o rule but at the dictates of what he felt. Reynolds planned out his effects Gainsborough painted on thespui irb e > f the impression which the nub ject aroused. Reynolds' art was based on 'safe general principles' Gainsborough's was the fresh am spontaneous expression of hi te-mperaiiienf depending , that is to say , on feelings rather than 01 calculation. Ills temperament or habit of mind , was dreamy am poetic , gentle and retiring , includ ing a small range of experience Reynolds , em the other hand , wa a man of the world and of busines capacity ; intimate with Samue .Johnson , Oliver Goldsmith iid either celebrities of the daya ; ma of knowledge and cleverconver.su tional power , whose pictures In their variety prove his versatility tjjtl Consequently when the Roya , academy was established , in 17ib ( he was elected president by at clamation and was knighted by George III. , an honor that las ever since been bestowed on th holder of this ofllce. These t we > men were at the hca of the group of portrait painter who , in the lattcrpartof theeigh ecnth century and in the earl years e > f the succeeding one , atlde luster to the- new growth of art : i England. Bur.yan in 105 Languages. One book alone , the "Pilgrim Progress , " holds the record fe English literature , having been r produced in 105 different tongue ( OYSTER CULTURE IN JAPAN i Over ( Two Cnnturicn Ago , the Orientani Were Engaged In Industry of * Recent Origin Here. The backwardness and unpro- gressivencsH of the element of our i population that opposes oyster j ! culture are indictted ) by u fact ! " stated , in the National Geographic Magazine , namely , that the Japan ese were cultivating oysters over two centuries ago on the only practical basis of individual con * troloflheoyster bottoms. This in telligent people long ago saw what our politicians do 'not yet see that reaping without sowing is as improvident and ruinous in aquiculture - culture as in agriculture. "It comes as a shock to our national pride , " says the National Geographic graphic Magazine for May , "that the Japanese should have taken up oyster culture a century before our nation was born and have rec ognized the most essential factor in successful cultivation , namely , individual ownership or control of the oyster bottoms , when we remember that in the most impor tant oyster region in the world , within a short distance of the cap ital of the United States , the vital principles of oyster culture are ig nored and efforts to apply them are resisted sometimes by force of arms. " Happily for the Japs , among them the least intelligent are not permitted to dictate the policy of the state to their own , hurt and to the injury of large pub- lie interests. Not only do the Japs cultivate with great profit the common oys ter , but they cultivate also the pearl oyster. They Mtimulate the pearl secretion artificially , with the result that every year they have 3,250,000 oysters under treatment and obtain annually some 1250,000 pearln. Among utt the raising of terrapin is an un solved problem , so that we are fac ing the extinction of the diamondback - back and of other less valued va rieties. But the Japs for yearn have been placing artificially grown terrapin on the market. Near Tokio a single farm markets yearly a crop of about fi)00 ( ) ( ) to (50,000 ( terrapin. In view of facts like this it seems to be "up to" our people to take u comprehensive view of their valuable but neglect- , cd water areas areas which tinder - ' der intelligent management are capable of producing , per acre , crops largely exceeding in value those grown on land. We boast of our position in the van of modern . progress , but in respect to the utilization of our natural resour ces we are far in the rear of the Japanese. In fact we regard our oyster bottoms from the point of view of primitive savages who hold their land in common and . senselessly consume its products without provision 'for their re newal. MAKES MOUTH ORGANS. , One Factory in Germany Hakes Six Million Instruments a Year ; for Exportation. , t. Although the United States is , by far the largest purchaser of mouth organs , comparatively few are made in this country. Most of H the mouth organs ) sold heie an ; : ' of German make and ate imported ! froiD the Black Forest , where one ; factory alone Innm out (5,000,000 ( lumnoninin yearte through its 1 branches , in whicij 2,000 hands arc , employed. Only the higher grade harmon icas are of domestic make , since it . is impossible to compete with the as Gorman made nfl'aini in the cheap er grades mostly sold , but at the same time the most expensive arc also obtained from Germany be ; cause of the care used in their a manufacture. , These last are so-called "con - cert" ' harmonicas , which come in sets of from four to a dozen and which sell for several dollars. They are tuned in various keys , and in one form have six harmon icas of different keys fitted about head a central stem. Some of the more elaborate ones are handsomely ad decorated in silver and gold , and the wood , instead of the cheap ht- pine generally used , is mahogany. rly Trossingcn is the headquarters led for the industry , and the trade sup in ports almost the entire popula tion. All in the Mind. in's It is not the lilac- ; , nor the con for dition , but i hi'mind alone thai cue re /iace ! anyone happy or miserable. L'Estiange.