WORLD OF WONDERS
FOLLY TO TALK OF THE MONOT
ONY OF LIFE.
Surely There Can Be No Excuse for
Even a Moment of Dullness of
One Will But Pause and
Consider.
There are not a few women In the
world to-day who complain bitterly
that their life Is insufferably dull.
They are almost bored to death with
the monotony of their existence.
The consequences of a dull life are
serious, for dullness propagates a host
of evils such as slander, malice, and
strife. “If the brain sows not corn
it plants thistles."
“When 1 hear," said a public man,
“that any one has been speaking ill
of me behind my back, 1 am not angry
with him, but I merely say to myself,
‘How dull he must have been to liavo
iliad nothing better to do!'” And .vets
no intelligent person should live a
oue-toned (monotonous) life. Life
monotonous! when we are every mo
ment touching this wonderful world
of five points—hearing, seeing, smell
ing, tasting, feeling. Life monoton
■ous! when our sojourn in this world—
of which, as Gold win Smith said, we
know as little as the mole knows of
the world of vision—is so brief, and so
uncertain. Life monotonous! in a
world of some 1,200,000,000 living hu
man beings, not to mention the an
imal creation with its wealth of intel
ligence. Life monotonous! with such
an inlook! outlook! uplook! Surely
there is no excuse for dull monotony
in such a world, and, above all, in
such an ij.ge as ours.
However restricted may be the cir
cumstances of the daily life, it is pos
sible to maintain among least things
what Wordsworth calls “an under
sense of greateness."
This is an absolute and never-fail
ing cure for dullness and monotony.
The cultivation of ideas is the real
charm of life. No life can be com
monplace and uninteresting where
the mind is kept uppermost.
An idea is still the alchemist that
turns the world to gold. However
petty may be a woman’s occupation—
and let it be remarked in passing that
it often calls for greatness to do lit
itle things—she can, according to her
capacities (am! capacity increases by
cultivation) revel in what Macaulay
calls “the infinite wealth of the men
tal world." There is no Irksome
sameness, no want of variety, in the
thought world.
No two days of any Intelligent life
ought to be exactly similar. Every
day should he a fresh beginning.
Kvery day should he enriched with
little excellences which are, after all,
so great!
“Fear not," said the late Cardinal
Newman, “lest thy life come to an
end, but rather lest it never have a
beginning.”
To Remove Whitewash.
When the ceilings or walls of rooms
have been covered with several suc
cessive coats of whitewash and this
withstands the scraping process, com
monly applied with a stout broom or
scraper, the following treatment will
be found successful in removing it.
Take three pints of flour and heat
smooth with cold water; then pour
boiling water to it until It is cooked
into a fairly thick paste. Dissolve one
pound of alum in hot water and pour
it into the paste. Apply this over
the adhering whitewash on walls or
ceiling, being careful to cover it thor
oughly. Then close the room, and let
it stand over night. In the morning
the bits of lime which may be left
clinging to the walls are easily
brushed off. Before papering a room
all nail holes and cracks in the plaster
should lie filled with a stiff paste of
plaster of parts mixed with water. This
should be allowed to dry before Hit
paper Is applied
The Shrines of Chili.
At various places in Chile, dotted up
and down the countryside, may he
found many small shrines. Some con
sist of,a small, hur like arrangement,
others arc mere holes cut into neigh
boring rocks; while others, again, un
nothing more than a hollow pile of
stones. They usually mark the spot
where some one has met his death by
violence, and the shrine is built by the
pious friends of the deceased, who
keep candles burning in it to light the
departed soul on its way. One little
cement hut which i saw was rather a
neat, one of its kind, and must, have
taken some trouble to set up, as it is
placed afyout ten miles from the near
est township and on a very bad road.
The melted wax from the candles has
flowed out down the side of the hill.
The inscription on the cross reads;
“In remembrance of Richard Fuenza
lida.”—Wide Work!.
Fattest People in Europe.
Prof. Lyde. in u rec-eut lecture, de
scribed the Danes us the fattest
people in Europe. The pre-eminence
he ascribes to their lethargic ways'
and their habit of munching sand
wiches all day long. But visitors to
Denmark have noticed that even the
factory hands, whose hours are much
longer than In this country, and who
cannot be accused of lethargy, are,
generally speaking, noticeably stout.
The large consumption of cream may
be partially responsible for this. It is
continually served up in what ap
pears to the Briton most incongruous
company Thus “ollebrod," one of
the most popular of Danish dishes, is
made of salt herrings smothered in
cream and mixed with raw onions,
black bread and beer.
RCUGH ON WOMEN TRAVELERS
Country Visitor to City Saw at Once
D -advantages of Subway
Entrances.
A gonial Joshua, \\*.io runs n chicken
plantation and cornstalk refinery down
in liic Salem county section of Jersey,
came to this city the other day to buy
a pair of winter boots and a box of
axle grease, says the Philadelphia
Telegraph. After rambling around in
the ferry zone for a while he bravely
cut loose and started tip Market
street
He had not proceeded far when he
saw tin employe of the Philadelphia
Electric Company lift the lid of a
manhole and crawl down into tlie
conduit chamber. EvidentljTthe sight
filled Joshua with much thought, for
lie gazed earnestly toward tlie man
hole for a minute or two and then
went over to a cop who was holding
fast to a sunny spot on the corner.
"Excuse me, constable." said Joshua,
addressing the police person, "but
hain’t they got a railroad down in tlie
ground undei this street?"
“They certainly have.” Indulgently
answered the officer. “It is the sub
way.”
"Thet’s what they told me,” re
sponded the farmer, with another
glance toward the center of tho
street, "but I hain't never seen it.
Howsomever, I jes' seen a feller
crawlin' down ter ketch a train, an’
sez I to meself, them holes may he all
right for ther men passengers, but
they must me mighty denied oncon
venlent ter tlie women folks.”
KNOWN AS NATURE'S FILTER
Water Lotus Has Power to Purify
Standing Water—Never Fails
to Do Its Work.
There is a plant growing in tlie
southern waters of the Lnited States
which possesses the singular property
of being able to render the most im
pure standing water perfectly healthy,
The people of Louisiana and Missis
sippi call it tlie water lotus. It con
sists of leaves about the size of the
head of a pin. and roots so fine as to
escape notice save under a micros
copic Inspection.
Where it grows at all, It covers the
water, and to the casual observer
looks like a coating of green scum.
Hut wherever it does appear the wa
ter beneath is always fit to drink. So
marked is this property that families
using the water from bayous where
the lotus is abundant are known to
have better general health than those
taking their drinking water from
places where the lotus is not found,
ft is often transplanted into ponds,
bayous and lakes, spreads with won
derful rapidity and never fails to do
its work well.
A Diamond Candle.
Many diamonds which have been
exposed to sunshine give out light on
being placed in a dark room. When
placed in a vacuum and exposed to a
high-tension current of electricity,
diamonds phosphoresce, or shine, with
different colors. Most South African
diamonds, under these circumstances,
exhibit a bluish light, while diamonds
from other parts of the world shine
with such color a- bright blue, apri
cot, pale blue, red, yellowish green, j
orange and pale green. In a lecture'
delivered in London, Prof. Crookes
stated that one beautiful green dia
mond in his collection, when phosphor
escing in a good vacuum, gave almost
as much light as a candle. The light
was pale green, almost white.
After the Rats.
As a country Germany has fewer
rats than any other in the world. This
is due to the interest taken by the
government in their destruction. If a
hoy applies to the mayor of his town
he is furnished with traps and paid
half a cent for every skin he brings.
In large towns there are 100 boys at
work all the time. The cost of traps
and bait makes each skin cost the
government about a penny, but as
evetV rat destroys five dollars worth a
year, this makes a tremendous saving,
The mice, though destructive, are
not looked after by the government.
It is expected that every household
will protect itself. However, a reward
of a penny is paid for every three
skins
The Comet’s Tail.
The tail of a comet is composed o(
gas, existing in a highly rarefied con
dition. Little par* Idea of electricity
called corpuscles, or ions, are being
constantly given off at euormous
speed by the sun. Each meteorite in
the comet’s head is surrounded by its
own rarefied atmosphere. When one
of these little ions strikes one of the ;
molecules of gas in the comet’s at- \
rnosphere, it carries it off with it tei!
form the tail. The electrical charge
makes the gas luminous, and it is by
this light, and not by reflected sun
light, that the tail is made visible tq
us. A comet’s tail, therefore, seems
to he merely a very extended aurorea.
—Century.
Dating Canned Goods.
Dating canned goods would, it is
admitted, make a lot of trouble for a
few years, or until the business had
become adjusted to the new condi
tions; but in the end many even now
believe that, the industry would be
better off with tins dated. There
would be less over-production and a
resulting improvement in the market,
to say nothing of added confidence iq
consuming circles. The advice of Dr
Wiley seems extremely pertinent, and
it is certainly worth careful consider
atlon from wideawake cacncs
ROME, THE BUILDER
ITS HISTORY RECORDS SUBJUGA
TION OF BAR3ARITY.
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Foreign Peoples Were Brought Un
der Ideal Government to the Sat
isfaction of All—Italy and Gaul
Both Cases in Point.
How Roman civilization stretched
out its tendrils from the throbbing
nerve center. Koine, mid brought into
peaceful subjugation I he barbarity of
nil Europe, supplanting tribal rule
with municipal culture, without once
outraging the traditions of the con
quered tribes, was the story told by
Prof. James Smith Reid of (lie Uni
versity of Cambridge, Knglnnd, before
(he Lowell institute in his lecture on
the municipal side of tho Roman em
pire.
Prof. Reid declared that (lie idea
which once was so widespread among
historians and students of Roman con
ditions that Hie Romans maintained
but one form of government for the
cities has been overthrown by new
evidences on the subject in the form
of fragments of various forms of
codes of municipal law. A notable
example, the one where the most com
plele code remains to posterity, is tho
old Greek city of Tarentum, whose
municipal code when il came under
tho Roman franchise is practically
complete. The Romans would not lay
down a general rule for the govern
rnent of their municipalities, but each
was adapted to the needs of the com
munity and (he phase of its civiliza
tion.
Scholars little recognize the amount,
of work which the Romans had to do
in civilizing Italy itself. Without in
any way practicing tyranny the Ro
mans first Latinized and then Roman
ized the cities coming under their
sway. Under Augustus (lie municipal
transformation of Hie Roman empire
was carried on at a rapid pace. The
methods employed were elestic. Gaul
was an evidence of the justice and tol
erence of (he Roman jurisdiction, its
chiefs accepting the Roman culture
with a preparedness which was due to
their Greek learning derived front the
Hellenic city of Marseilles in south
ern France and the other Greek cities
which spread clown the Spanish coast.
The Romans handled tenderly the tra
ditions of the tribes of the region, de
pending upon gradual civilization rath
er than Hie forcing of their customs
upon the people.
Many important towns and cities of
modern France have risen from these
original Roman cities, Paris itself de
riving its name the tribe of Parisii.
Unique Birthday Celebration.
An unusual Function took place at
Brighton, Eng., one day recently,
when a larg" gathering of medical
men and others met to celebrate (he
second birthday of the local "Siamese
twins.” Dr. Booth, the practitioner
v.-ho attended them at birth, says:
“The'children are doing very well, and
are quite up to the normal size for
their age. They are showing signs
o" considerable intelligence, and can
converse in a fashion with each other.
They play and quarrel, and are al
ways in good health. There is much
more mobility than I expected there
would ever be bet ween them, but so
far their efforts to stand have not
been successful They have a wooden
framework, in which it is hoped later
on that they will lie able to learn to
balance themselves; but I fear walk
ing will always be a labor to them.”
Violet and Daisy, as the twins have
been named, have developed a decided
taste for sweetmeats beloved of the
normal child, and each has her Teddy
bear.
Her Interpretation.
The monotony of llie postal official's
daily routine is frequently broken by
the peculiar w hims and caprices of ec
centric members of the public with
whom he is from time to time brought
in contact. »
A lady once sent, her son a pair of
trousers by book post, which is, of
course, cheaper than parcel post. The
postal officials wrote to her: "Clothes
cannot be sent by book post If you
will refer to the postofflee guide you
will ‘see under what conditions ar
ticles may be sent by hook post " Aft
er a few days, the lady replied: "I
have looked in tic postofflee guide,
and find that articles which are open
at both ends may he sent by book post.
And if trousers are not open at both
ends, I should til;, to know wIrat is.'
—London Answers
Gruesome Spot to Be Eliminated.
The most i • • ie put in ail Glasgow
is a small, pack'".! courtyard which
forms the center of the .Judiciary
buildings in Jail (glare. Not more
than a hundred feet each way, this
plot of ground contains the bones of
almost 70 murderers and others who
ruet a shameful death on the gallows.
Hut this spot will soon be altogether
obliterated. The renovation of the
Judiciary buildings Is soon to be com
menced and in a short time tills court
yard, of sad and sinful memory, will
be blotted out by new and handsome
structures.
Everybody Slighted.
Mrs. Newgold Oh, Henry! I've got
a scheme to make all the women in
the neighborhood jealous.
Mr. Newgold—What is it?
Mrs. Newgold—I'll send an an
nouncement to the society editors that
I'm giving a big dinner and hall this
week, and then 1 won’t send out any
invitations!
HOW THE WORLD HAS MOVED
Less T*"an a Century Ago Railroads
and the Telegraph Were Deemed
Impossibilities.
Alexander Wells, an old citizen of
Wellsville, O . has a copy of nn inter
esting and novel document Issued by
the school hoard of the town of Lan
caster, O., in ls”8 The question of
steam railroads was in its Incipient
stage and a club of young men had
been formed for the purpose of dis
cussing (he points at issue. They de
sired the use of the schoolhouse for
purposes of debate This was looked
upon by the members of the board as
an innovation bordering upon sac
rilege, as Indicated, which is the docu
ment in the possession of Mr. Weils.
It reads ns follows:
“You are welcome to the use of the
schoolhouse to debate all proper ques
tions in. but such .things as railroads
and telegraphs are impossibilities and
rank infidelity. There, is nothing in j
tiie Word of God about them. If Goil
hud designed that his intelligent!
creatures should travel at the fright- j
fill speed of la miles an hour, by
steam, he would clearly have foretold
ll through bis holy prophets, it is a
device of Satan to lead immortal souls
down to hell.”
Such sentiments possibly reflected
the feeling, to some extent, in the
days of (!.' years ago, hut they sound
strange at the pri sent time, when the
“device of Satan" is daily carrying
people over the land at the rate of tio
or 7n miles an hour. The world has
progressed somewhat since ISL’S.
MAKING LOVE IN PORTUGAL
Chief Point of Difficulty Is Getting
Admitted to the Presence of
the Fair One.
The most important event in the
life of a Portuguese woman is mar
riage Next in importance are the
early days of courtship, for a Portu
guese courtship is the essence of ro
mance, and the ways of the Portu
guese lover are singularly picturesque.
Here is a little drama in which Cupid
is stage dlte/’tor. if a young Portu
guese sees in the street a pretty girl
with whom he would like to become
acquainted, he follows her. Chaperons
are not impossible obstructions. He
follow.; her right up to her very door
and notes the address. Next day lie
comes again, and if the young lady ap
proves of him- for she certainly saw
him the day before she is on the
lookout.
Sometimes hard fate in the guise of
an angry parent prevents her, and !
then the gallant youth is kept wait
ing Sooner or later she leans over j
the balcony and smiles at him. The j
happy youth ties a note to a cord :
which tiie fair lady drops from the j
balcony. The next day the young man
comes again. This time lie rings at
the door, if the inquiries which the
young lady's elders have made prove (
satisfactory, the swain is admitted to j
make the acquaintance of t lie young
lady. After that, courtship in Portugal
is about tiie same as it is in Kankakee
or Kalamazoo.—Leslie’s Weekly.
The Unique Rat.
From letters received it would seem J
possible to make out quite a case for
the rat. Not only lias he served as j
food I)r. Kane on ills polar expedi- i
tion attributed his comparative im
munity to scurvy to the soup made
from the rats his servant shot with a
bow and arrow —hid Mr. Frank Buck
land has suggested that their skins
nre eminently suitable for glove-ma- ,
king. At any rate, rat skins have
sometimes been used as clothing, for
wo read of a lady at Glasgow who had
a pair of shoes of rat skins, which
were as soft as the finest, kid, while
by way of a freak a complete suit of
rat skin was once made by a Cornish
miner.
The Servant Problem. Plus.
"But,” says the lady of the house to.
the applicant, “you really should not
ask such high wages from me, when
you consider the conveniences with
which my house is equipped- electric I
cooking range, electric washing and j
ironing machines, vacuum sweepers
and dusters, pneumatic parcel carriers
from and to all floors and rooms,
phones and annunciators in each room,
sanitary wall and floor finishes, til- I
tered air, filtered water, antiseptic re- I
frigerator- "
"Yes, mum,” interrupts the appii- j
cant; “but the likes of you ought to j
know that a scientific expert draws a j
lot more money than a kitchen ine- i
chanic Judge’s I ibrary.
The Cali of Galilee.
The calm of Galilee on a perfect
morning of sprit : is like no other
calm I have ever knovn. It is gentler,
sweeter than the wonderful cairn of
the desert. There you seem to be
coming into the very presence of God
the Father As you draw near to
Galilee, it Is as if. with the handful
of humble fishermen, you drew near to
Goil tlx' Son Galilee takes your hand
as a friend, and draws you to it. it
seems to breathe upon you and give
you peace.--Century.
Her Objection.
Carlyle's dictum, "Not on morality,
but on cooking let us build our philoso-,
phy,” is recalled by the following:
"An aged aunt, though in the position'
of guest, protested against the appear-,
ance of a really noble rabbit pie on
her nephew’s breakfast table. It was
not that she feared ptomaine poison-’ I
ing. Her objections were ethical. Rab
bits, she declared with a wonderful j
inid-Victorianism, were 'such immoral
animals.’ ”
^{ouWani.
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'T'HE non-breakable fronts alone
should win you to Clothcraft Clothes,
Think of your satisfaction in having a suit with the
front, lapels, collar and shoulders holding their
shape to the end. let
Clothcrrit cost you no
more than the common
run of clothes.
The makers use anon-shrinkable,
damp-proof material instead of com
mon canvas in the coat fronts. This
prevents, absolutely, any tendency of the
fronts to break or sag.
You can be sure that Clothcraft
Clothes are of pure wool and have
lasting stvle. Yon get a signed guar
antee with each suit.
M-Wool Clothes $10 to$25
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Remember we have as good a Grocery Stock as any one in
the city, and give you prompt delivery, at
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