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.
