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THE CONDOR LY CHILI.
A HERD OF CATTLE STAMPEDED BY
THE BIG BIRDS.
Ravenous Pirates of the Air Attack a
Steer A Eruto in tlio Agony of Death.
Victory for the Vultures Vindictive
Villagers.
Tiie little village where I was staying in
Chili lay at the very base of the Andes,
with about a. mile of plain stretching away
to the ocean. At sunrise on the very
first morning I was in the place I was
awakened by a great commotion among
the populace. Springing from the palm
mattress on which I had been sleeping, I
looked out of the low window of my
apartment. Men, women and children
were running through the narrow streets
yelling wildly, and men on horseback
dashed away across the plain, in which di
rection the excited mob of villagers was
tending. A roar as though a hurricane
were passing came up from the plain,
and there was a tremor in the earth
that ;ilarmed me. I inquired what
the trouble was, and was told that it
was nothing but the condors, which
had come down that morning in
large force from the mountains and were
even then engaged in selecting cattle
from the village herd. Looking across
the plain I discovered fflr the first time
that a great cloud of dust covered it for
a wide area, from which came the roar
and the tremor that had alarmed me.
The cloud and the roar and the tremor
were made by the herd dashing furiously
r.bout on the plain, fleeing in terror be
fore the pursuit of the condors. Quickly
saddling my horse, which was quartered
in the si:u.U inn yard. I dashed away
across the plain to enjoy a close view of
the disturbance and see what its outcome
would be, p:issing on my way jabbering
and hhoutiag groups of illagers hurry
ing on afoot toward the Hying cloud of
dust, in which were hidden the common
property of the plticeand its ravenous and
determined foe.
As I rovle up to within a dozen rods of
the htainpedcd cattle, one of the herd
burst suddenly from the dense volume of
dust. Four immense condors followed it,
and, swooping down upon it, tore at its
llesh with their great claws and punc
tured and lacerated it with their strong
beaks. The animal's eyes were blood-
shut and were wild with terror. Its bel
lowkigs were terrible to hear. It lashed
it-- tail in agony against its torn and
bleeding sides, and rushed aimlessly in
all directions, whXe the huge vultures
beat ag:.iiit it and slashed and ripped it
with beak and claws. While I galloped
along and watched this sickening mutila
tion of this helpless steer the herd dashed
on. and every condor that was -following
it seemed to abandon it, and, whetted by
the scent of the blood that flowed from the
wounded steer, joined in its mad pursuit.
Although the poor beast sped over the
ground l.ke the licet est racer, the attack
ing birds kept close by its side, plying
their terrible beaks and talons. The herd,
fn-e from the assaults of the condors,
came to a stun a mile or so away, and the
mounted herd-men d:ished back to the
.-cene I v;s watching. They carried
lassos and spurred their horses after the
steer, which was now closely followed by
the whole liold of vultures. The proces
sion of following villagers had al.-o ar
rived at the spot and, huddled about in
noisy groups, hurled many Spanish curses
at the Imld llovk of condors that was
butchering one of their best animals be
fore their very eyes.
. Following the beleaguered steer, anil
circling .around it as it dashed here and
there in its vain attempts to escape from
the torture to which its cruel pursuers
were subjecting it, the herdsmen cast
their lariats again and again, and after
several attempts each lassoed a condor.
Once the poor steer, as if looking to us for
assistance in his extremity, rushed in
among the horsemen and crowds of spec
tators. Ucgardle.-s of our presence the
dcsicrate condors clung to his bleeding
sides or dashed along in his wake. The
doomed animal was black with dust and
streaming with blood from a hundred
wound-:. The excited crowd scattered be
fore the advance of the steer, and the
lassoers, having strangled to death the
condors they had captured, advanced
again to cist their lariats.
The steer circled around in a stumbling
and unsteady way. lie carried his head
high, and once staggered and fell. With a
great eirort he regained his feet and once
more moved toward the crowd of specta
tors. ISIoody foam dropped in great masses
from his mouth His loud cries of agony
had changed to lnihky moans. His tongue,
red and swollen, hung at full length from
his mouth. As he passed me a huge con
dor dashed forward, seized the steer's
tongue in its beak and wrenched it out by.
the roots. The htcer threw his head up
with a heartrending cry, and then I saw
two hideous, sightle.-s cavities, dripping
blood, where his eyes had been plucked
from their sockets.
The spot where the steer had been
separated by the condors from the herd
was not more than an eighth of a mile
from the sea shore, and the animnl had
been dashing madly about on the plain,
circling and zigzagging here and there
without drawing any nearer to the water.
Suddenly, tongueless and sightless, and
tottering and rapidly -weakening under
his myriad wounds, he wheeled, turned
his head toward the ocean and, gathering
himself as if for a last desperate effort,
dashed madly away in that direction.
Plunging and reeling onward and still
pursued by every ravenous vulture, the
dying steer rushed straight for the surf.
He reached tha margin of the sea and
fell dead with his head in the waves.
Instantly a score of bsaks were tear
ing the dead animal's llesh from his
bones. I spurred my horse forward
and galloped to the spot where the vul
tures were stripping the carcass. "When
I reached the beach the great birds rose
lazily, one after another, from the feast
and lloated upward in oblique circles
until they were mere specks against the
snowy summits of the Andes. A skeleton,
half submerged by the tide, marked
where the tortured steer had fallen.
"When I returned across the plain vindic
tive villa-era were kicking the three
lassoed condors alxjut and stamping them
into the ground, hissing curses between
their teeth at every kick. In the distance
the lately disturbed herd was grazing
quietly, as if no condor had ever threat
ened the peace of its domain. Ed. Mott
in Xew York Mail and Express.
A "CUSTOM" OF DAHOMEY.
Siclceiiins: Sight fordo Kyes of Civilired
3Ian A er-:imle.
Evans informed me that in a few days
one of the "customs," as the Dahomians
call them, was to come off in the court
yard of the palace, and that 1 could wit
ness it if I chose. I did choose, but I
wished afterward that I had not. These
customs, which have existed jis long as
Dahomey lsas they claim a thousand
years are of various kinds, and with
names. The one I was to witness was
called '-Throwing of the Presents,'" oth
ers, "Watering the King's Graves," "The
Feast of the Trouliadours," "The Day of
the King," "The Milking of the Palm,"
etc.
The day came off. Evans, with a shud
fler," declined to attend. lie had seen ;t
the year before. In the center of the
court yard a platform was erected, hung
with silks, velvets and tlags, including
that of Dahomey. a white ground, with a
figure iir black holding aloft a decapitated
head in one hand and a cimiter in the
other: Qu this platform stood the king,
surrounded by his nobles, among whom I
had a prominent seat, while below strug
gled a mass of o9,G00 or more people, kept
in some!orderby the woman guard.
The affair began by the king personally
throwing into, a sliding trench various
packages of goods, consisting cf cottons,
clothes and cloths, knives, muskets, pipes
and tobacco, all of which were fought
fiercely for by the crowd below. Then
came the grand point the slaughter.
The victims were brought forth kished
into boat shaped baskets, in a sitting po
sition, wit,h knccs drawn no to the chin,
and lifted into the slide, from which they
went down to the crowd below. Then
there cameahorriblescramblc. Thousands
withJong aud bright knives threw them
selves on the victim and in a moment he
was liacked to pieces, as well us were
some or ills liacKers, tne victor being the
one who came off with the head. This
was kept up for three hours, the number
killed amounting to about 209, until the
crowd below was reeking and smeared
with blood. A more horrible sight was
never witnessed, and it did not lessen the
horror with me to be told that this is not
a mere useless slaughter, as civilized na
tions suppose, but a day of execution, the
decapitated being criminals, traitors and
prisoners of war, who have been "offen
sive political partisans." Itis the highest
holiday in the year, aud the only one
where much slaughtering is done, and
there is no doubt, according to Mr.
Evans, that the king himself wishes to
abolish that part of it, but he dares not.
That night, perhaps as a soother to my
nerves, the king gave u a serenade by
his own private band. I was awakened
about midnight bya noise that I cau com
pare to nothing but a thunderstorm in
scales. They ran from high to low, and
got terribly mixed in the middle. Ic was
not really unpleasant, but, like the chim
ing of bells, should be heard at a distance
the greater the distance the 1-etter. I
sprang to the window, to l'md th;t this
baud consisted of twenty-two men. each
with a log, or piece of wood, the largest
so heavy that it took f s r men to carry it.
These were set, one end on the ground,
the other supported bya wood trestle, and
beaten on the hicrh end with wood ham
mers, of all sizes, from the hand hammci
to a sledge, each stick or log emitting its
sound, but no distinguishable air result
ing. J. W. Watson in North American
Review.
A Lucky and Acclilental Find.
Some years ago Edison, the electric
wizard, was convinced that platinum ex
isted in North Carolina. He sent William
Earl Hidden, an accomplished min
cralogist, in search of it. Professor Hid
den little knew at the time how full of re
sults to him that pursuit of platinum
would lie. He could not Hud the desired
mineral, but lie found something far bet
ter. Being in Alexander, county, a quiet
part of the state many miles from a rail
way, he was directed by Mr. J. A. D.
Stephenson to gem bearing ground, and
looking a little more narrowly found
some of the gems. He purchased some
land, returned to Edison and reported his
vain quest of platinum, then came back
to North Carolina. He went to woik to
develop his mine. Sinking a shaft in a
simple way he gradually made the open
ing larger and larger until superficially
the mine presented the aspect of a stone
quarry. Out of this rude pit in the earth
were taken unnumbered gems one hith
erto unknown. To this Mr. J. Lawrence
Smith, of St. Louis, an eminent scientist,
gave Ilidden's mwne, and "Iliddenite,"
the equivalent of the diamond in value,
became instantly the fashion. Its tender
tinted green crystals, its intense hardness
and its new beauties when cut were only
some of its charms. From the day of its
di-covery to the present it has been a
hopeless task to supply the demand for
it. Every Iliddenite found is already
purchased long in advance.
Hut strange as is this flashing green
miracle of the earth, the place of its birth
is yet stranger. The laborers who are
'.vorking in the mine handle their picks
with the greatest aire. They are on the
watch for "pockets." Possibly for an
hour the digging goes on and no "pocket"
is struck. Presently the pick goes into
an opening, with tender lingers the earth
is partially removed, and finally the miner
feels with his hands every portion of the
walls of the opening. It may happen that
his search is in vain, but it is oftener the
case that his fingers touch little crystals
that tire so imbedded in the sides of the
pocket that their iwints project outward.
They are carefully picked out. Perhaps
all are beryls, perhaps there are a dozen
kinds of gems, or yet again it may be that
there are only Hiddenites. Sometimes
gems worth hundreds of dollars are thus
taken from one pocket. Raleigh (N. C.)
Cor. Globe-Democrat.
A Noted Musicians lieginning.
Gounod's parents did not at all fancy
his becoming a musician. They took
counsel on the subject with the head
master of the school which their son at
tended, with the following result:
"Your son become a musician? Never,
sir!" replied the worthy M. Poirson. "He
has a decided aptitude for Latin and
Greek?"
The next day Master Charles was called
into M. Poirson's study.
"Well, sir, they tell me you've been
caught scratching down notes on paper."
"Oh, yes; I want to be a musician."
"You a musician? Why, that's no pro
fession tit all. But let me see what you
can do. Here's some paper and a pen.
Write me a new air on the words from
Joseph,' 'Scarcely emerged from infancy.'
We'll see what yon can do," said the good
professor, delighted at the cleverness of
his device.
It was the noon recess. Before the bell
rang to resume studies, Gounod was back
with his page black with crochets and
quavers.
"What, already?" said the professor.
"Well, sing it."
Gounod sang. He sat down at the
piano and soon tears came into the head
master's eyes. He embraced his pupil
aud exclaimed:
"Ma foil let them say what thcyplease.
Study music." Paris Cor. New York
Star.
The Mother of Dickens.
The childhood of Dickens was so shad
owed by poverty, and his sensitive and
imaginative mind was so keenly alive to
his position, that it is hardly possible that
he could draw an absolutely impartial
picture of his parents. His mother had a
keen appreciation of the droll and of the
pathetic, and likewise considerable dra
matic talent. She was a comely little
woman, with handsome, bright eyes, and
a genial, agreeable person. From her
Dickens undoubtedly inherited his tem
perament and intellectual gifts. She pos
sessed an extraordinary sense of the ludi
crous, and her power of imitation was
something astonishing. Her perception
w;is quick, and she unconsciously noted
everything that came under her observa
tion. In describing ridiculous occur
rences, her tone and gestures would be
inimitable, while her manner was of the
quaintest. Dickens declares that to her
he owed his first desire for knowledge,
and that his earliest passion for reading
was awakened by his mother, who taught
him not only the first rudiments of Eng
lish, but also a little of Latin. Poverty
saddened and darkened many years of her
life, and her children were early com
pelled to leave her and earn their own
living, but they all honored and loved her
:is she deserved. Woman's Argosy.
Some German Students.
One mark of German brutality I saw
with indignation and disgust. Three gross
looking students, with their heavy faces
gashed with saber cuts, embarked on the
Rhine steamer at Bonn. Bardolph him
self would have looked a decent fellow in
the presence of the leader of the set, who
was swollen with beer and freshly scarred
on his hideous face. One of his comrades
had cloths bound round his neck and head.
They at once called for beer, and sat down
to play at cards. Their insolent faces
showed how proud they were of their
brutal, stupid persons. An American
gentleman who was standing by me, look
ing at the grossest of the three, said that
if such a fellow were ata university in the
btates they would stick pins in him. I
should have been content with getting him
well into the middle of a "scrimmage" at
football in the parks at Oxford. Mncmil
lan's Magazine.
The Nonsense of Science
Sanitary science has worked much
good, but it has disseminated much non
sense. Now it is the manufactured article
which is big with the germs of death; now
the water; now the air; now the milk. If
half that 1ms been written of these sub
jects were the truth, there would be no
farther need for agitation. All the people
would have been dead long ago. As a
matter of fact, purity is an essential in
any article of popular consumption.
Everybody knows this, and, as a rule, an
effort is made to p'rocure that which is
pure. When such end cannot be acconi
plished, sickness and perhaps death may
result. But the theory that everything
known is full of germs of fatality seems
incompatible with the fact that people
continue to live. Omaha Herald.
TIIE TOP FLOOR LODGER.
MUSINGS OF THE TENANT
SMALL ROOM.
OF THE
How the People of Small Means and In
dependent Mindx are Lodged in a
Great City Demand for Furnished
Rooms.
"Gentlemen on the top floor, look out
for paint."
This was the notice pinned, in big let
ters, on the wall of the front hall that at
tracted a young disciple of Schopenhauer
as he entered a house given over to the oc
cupation of small rooms by young men,
and then ascended to a coffin shaped,
dingy receptacle, containing an iron bed
stead and haggard washstand, called his
room. He sat down on the iron bound
trunk aud meditated upon the notice he
had read.
He knew well that it meant a smell of
raw paint and an upturned house for a
couple of weeks. He knew the sign
would next warn occupants of his own
fioor to look out for the oily and adhesive
mixture, and that so it would work
down stairs. He knew that it meant
preparation for the winter reception of
similarly situated young men, but who
had been more lucky in getting away for
the summer. He could prophesy to a day
when the buxom landlady would inform
him that the time of summer prices was
over, and that in order to hold possession
to the 10 by 8 box which he designated
his home he must submit to an increase
of rent. With the thought of winter
Llo'.hing, tho overcoat and the extra
.;loves and shoes, the young man pon
dered until the pangs of hunger drove him
off to the cheap restaurant around the
corner, where a continued wrestling with
dried up steak and elastic bread at least
revived the circulation.
rXHAPPV AND SPIRITLESS.
The young man formerly lived in the
country, where high mountains had tow
ered over a bright and cheerful home. He
had been supplied there with all the neces
saries of everyday life in abundance, and
the society of straight forward, honest and
pretty girls had kept far away every idea
of a pessimistic nature. But in tho
changes of time he found himself alone
in the great city, without friend or even
enemy, and the great loneliness from being
among t.o many strangers who cared not
straw whence he came or where he went
2nd erne over him as a great cloud of
siikw in a winter gale, shutting out Loni
view all the beautiful and throwing
around him a mantle of selfish dreariness.
His thoughts turned naturally to the un
happy and spiritless, and his mind had be
come a muttering m.-tss of cynical tenden
cies and unwholesome growlings. L-or
ambition and the first animation of
thought of future success had liecii blotted
out. The siknt life in the dreary lodging
house had much to do with this and the
young man knew it
But the young man had the consolation
of knowing that there were thousands of
others in the same boat. These are the
young men who receive small salaries and
are cither working their ivnj up in the
world or else down. Many are unable to
live in better rooms, while otheis. with a
desire to save money, choose to live in re
stricted quarters. "There are thousands
of such in this town. The room will ci-t
s2.."U or o. For twenty cents tho young
man gets his eggs and coffee for break
fast, n sandwich at lunch time is ten cents
more. For dinner his roast or sirloin steak
and coffee comes to thirty cents. He
walks to and from his work, so that
his expense is little over $7 jer week.
Ho may get board for a little less, but it
is doubtful if he cau average much lower
than the above.
A BKIGHT SIDE.
But there is a bright side to life in a
lodging house, and its popularity is on the
increase in this great city. Of course by
lodging house is not meant those east side
rookeries in which beds are piled in layers
as berths in a steamer, in which a crowd
of half dressed, half washed tramps are
huddled together, but that class of houses
found all over the city upon whose door
posts in modest print or writing is an
nounced the fact that furnished rooms are
to be rented at low prices. Certain parts
of the city are becoming more generally
used for this business. The section of
town below Twenty-third street re
maining free from the encroachment
of business firms is almost wholly
given over to hoarding and lodging house
landladies, and the lodging houses are
increasing. There are houses for young
women only, and there are big, tall apart
ment houses in which only men can se
cure rooms, in different ranges of fur
nishment, and, consequently, different
ranges in price. The places set aside for
young women are a benefit that few who
have not tried them know of. The young
typewriter or dry goods store employe is
free from all annoyances. There is no
scanty brained youth to Ihj always forcing
his unwelcome attentions, and she is free
from the stares and sheep's eyes that
often meet her glances around the big
boarding house tables.
"Yes, the demand this fall for furnished
rooms is fully up to that of last," said an
agent who keeps a list of boarding and
lodging houses, and vouches for them to
the anxious inquirer for a winter's home.
"There is a certain class who are always
on the lookout for comfortable rooms
those who have become tired of boarding
house fare and think the restaurants will
supply their wants in better style. Clerks
and salesmen who do not care where they
eat. as long as the bed is not far from the
store, look with favor upon the free and
easy life in hired rooms. Those whoso
employment is irregular in its hours
must adopt this kind of life." New York
Times.
THE SAMOANS' FAMOUS DrtlNK.
Ilinv Ih,. leverage In Manufactured.
Story Told liy a Traveler.
The mode of living of Samoans is very
simple, and days pass sometimes without
a Samoan partaking of any hot food.
Cocoanuts, bananas, pineapples, yam and
more particularly the bread fruit, once in
a while some fish and a piece of hog,
especially when it happens to be one of
your white neighlwr's hogs, conclude the
simple bill of fare. One of the greatest
beverages among the Samoans is "ava."
The ava (macropqier niethysticuui), which
grows in clusters from six to ten feet in
height, is a species of pepper. From its
dried root is made an intoxicating bever
age which, when taken in small doses, is
a delightful soporific To drink ava is
all very well if you do not see how it is
manufactured. But if yon witness the
process, as I did on one occasion, when I
first sampled this native drink, I feel
assured that your taste for ava will be
somewhat changed.
While taking a stroll over Samoa one
line afternoon I came across a large num
ber of Apians, men and women, who were
sitting on the ground around ono of the
native huts, apparently engaged in some
very interesting work. Having lost my
way and being anxious to see all there
was to be seen, I approached the crowd,
greeted my friends" with a "Kalloffah,"
and, with all the Samoan at my com
mand, explained my errand. The natives
treated me very kindly and at once in
vited me to take a seat in their family
circle, offering me the best place, between
two charming young girls, who wore
nothing in the shape of dress but the
usual "lahpahlahpah." I noticed thatall
the women and young girls were engaged
in cheing at a Toot, while on' their laps
rested small cocoanut bowls, which I
took to lie spittoons, as they allowed the
juice of the roots to drop into the bowls.
In the center of the circle stood a larger
bowl, and whenever any of the women
had chewed enough on the root she would
empty the contents of her bowl into the
larger one. I watched these proceedings
with great astonishment, and could not
imagine to what end these damsels exer
cised their jaws on those gray roots.
After the bowl in tho center had been
about half filled with this brownish fluid
some limes and oranges were produced
and mixed with the rest, and the milk of
a number of cocoanuts added to the whole
completed the Samoans' famous drink
called "ava." To see its manufacture
was bad enough, but now came the hard
est part. I was supposed to drink this
stuff. I was at a loss w,hat to do. I
knew that if I. refused to partake I would
be insulting my host I tried to make
believe that 1 was not thirsty, but this did
not seem to work at all, and to my great
horror I was offered the first drink after
the mixture had been pronounced by the
oldest chief present to bo all right. My
fair neighbor to the right offered me quite
a large bowl filled to the brim with ava,
and I had to partake. I took a sip and
tried to return the balance because I did
not like its peppery taste, but ic was no
go. I had to finish. It was all that my
life was worth. I managed to get
through as best I could, and washed the
whole dtnrn with some cocoanut milk. I
afterward learned that had I refused to
drink with my Sainoan friends I certainly
would have been compelled to quit their
presence in disgrace. Gus. C. Roeder in
New York World.
The Sous r Their fathers.
A gentleman who has long been a rcsl
e:it of jMaine and Icw Hampshire was
speaking the other day about the ue"on
eracy of the young men in these states.
He went back over the whole history of
that action and spoke about ha sturdy
life cf the pioneers aud their independence
of everybody and everything, it war.
...aLl such surrounding:; that Nathaniel
Ilawihoruc grew up in Maine and Daniel
u'-costcr in New Hampshire. Hawthorne
was from Bowdcin college and Webster
was from Dartmouth college. Each of
these institutions has made the exploits of
its notable son a part of its stcck in trade.
But my friend dcclarr that in the caso of
both Webster and Hawthorne it was not
the institution of learning but the carlr
surroundings that matlc each man what
ha wo3. The third jiitr::!itn, the runs
of these two and other CatliLheu rai-n,
sceras to have subsided conjpJet:Jy tccji:
in tlib case or, Julian Hawthorne. 11
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in Ohio, but no ono ever heirs of t-:cir
sons in icj days. New Yorl: Granitic
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light, cheap, er.ily a:".jx:tte.l or repaired,
and are made after the maimer followed
in the manurV.ct.ire of fireworks. TJiej
are rolled from sheets, and while the roll
ing is in prorcu. are t re:. ted with ns-phall.
When c.inp'klcd they are lined with an
insoi :'.:. :.: :.:U. They will, I think,
some u::y su;.: rsede leal and iron pipes
entirely." I,cw York Mail and Express.
Sei.alor Smur.cr uml Woiulcll Phillip.
Wendell Phillips was one who had criti
cise.1 hi::i revoivly, not to say bitterly, in
hisspi'-ch-s and letters, for his course iu
linallx oting for the confirmation of one
'ilike:; bt't as Phillips was a man who
v.ar. lmthi'ti-j if not frank, candid and out
.pk"n. his personal letters to the senator
w.-re still more difficult to be:r. It wa.
Phillips who wrote the last letter before
their estrangement and Sumner wiio
wrote the first letter after their recon
ciliation. During that time a mutual
friend of the two, making a final cali o:t
Sumner when alout leaving for Bostoii
asked:
"What shall I say to Phillips for you?"
"Give Wendell my love," said the sen
ator, "and tell him if it does him any
good to hit at me in his speeches to hit
away." And resuming his conversation
he said: "It seems to do him good to
pitch into me, and it does me no harm."
But it did all the same. No man felt
such stings more, though he gave little
sign. After their old intimacy in nil its
sweetness and tenderness was renewed,
Phillips came to Washington to fulfill
lecture engagements, and Sumner would
allow him to stop nowhere except at his
house where the room that he occupied
came to lie known in the household ver
nacular as "the Phillips room." Arnold
Burges Johnson in The Cosmopolitan.
A Costa Itican Trejudice.
Every woman wears a "reboza" of a
texture suitable to her rank and wealth,
and as it is not considered proper to ex
pose their faces in public the scarf is gen
erally drawn over the features so as to
conceal all but their ravishing eyes. And
it is well that this is so, for they plaster
their faces with a composition of magnesia
and the whites of eggs that gives them a
ghastly appearance, and effectually con
ceals, as it ultimately destroys, the fresh
ness and purity of their complexions. This
stuffis renewed at freuuent intervals and
is never washed off. There is a popular
prejudice against bathing. A man who
has been on a journey will not wash the
dust oif his face for several days after ar
rival, particularly if he has come from a
lower to a higher altitude, as it is believed
that the opening of the pores of the skin
is certain to bring on a fever. Harper's
Magazine.
The Sultan at lrayer.
The sultan stands erect with his face to
the east and his feet on his praying car
pet, and, placing the thumb of each hand
under each ear, he spreads his hands like
wings, lifting his ears upward as if to
catch any sound from heaven, and with
his hands in this position must turn first
to the right and spit, then to the left, and
then, dropping his hands to his side, hold
them rigid while he bends his knee and
then his whole hotly forward from his
knees until his forehead touches the floor
three times. He repeats his prayer in this
position, and gets upon his feet again
without touching his hands to the floor,
and ngaiu makes wings of his ears, and
again spits right and left, and his prayer
is over. Every Turk believes that he has
two attendant spirits, one good and one
evil, and as he is not sure which side the
emissary of Satan has pre-empted he spits
at both to make snre. Charleston News
and Courier.
Ii-.iliTiduutity or Razors.
Barbers declare that razors are even
more capricious than fickle woman, and
the gentlemen who shave themselves rec
ognize the individuality or idiosyncrasy of
razors. Some razors need a rest alter
using, and no amount of strapping will
make them efficient unless they are hu
moral, while others will he the better for
constant use. Some razors will be better
if strapped immediately after using; others
require the edge to be put on before appli
cation. Many gentlemen who shave them
selves have a set of razors one for each
day in the week. The more expensive the
razor the more capricious is the liner tem
pered steel blade. As a rule a new razor is
not as profitable as a well tempered old one,
and barbers declare that the breaking iu
of a razor is a matter of skill as important
as the training of a colt. Once ascertained
the temper of a razor can always be relied
on. New York Times.
Monkeys as Opium Eaters.
Dr. Jammers, in a memoir sent to the
Academie des Sciences, states that mon
keys, unlike other animals, unless it is
the human animal, readily acquire the
habit of taking morphia. When mon
keys live with opium smokers, as they do
in eastern countries, where the habit is
more prevalent than elsewhere, and be
come accustomed to the medicated atmos
phere, they acquire a taste for the pipe.
One particular monkey, it is said, would
wait for his master to lay down his pipe
and would then take it up and smoke
what remained. If not allowed to do so
for several days it would fall into a state
of depression and inactivity which would
disappear as soon as it was allowed to
"hit the pipe." Pall Mall Gazette.
Corliss, the great engine builder, made
jo attempt at invention until he was S3
years old. His first effort in this line was
a machine for sewing shoes, which was a
failure.
In Alsace-Lorraine the velocipede is
universallv used by the foot service orderlies.
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Pleasing wear is half sold.
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Tho houso shows the owner.
lie that gets ouL of debt, grows rich.
The scalded dog fears cold water.
How Horses Rest.
"Ilorses can get some rest standing,"
said an old trainer, "provided the position
be reasonably easy, but no full rest except
recumbent. It is known of some horses
that thej- never lie down in the stall,
though if kept in pasture they take their
rest habitually in a recumbent position.
It is well to consider whether the habit
has not been forced upon the horse by
sonic circumstance connected with the
stall he was made to occupy, in that it had
a damp earth floor, or one made of dilapi
dated plank, uncomfortable to the horse
that had been accustomed to select his own
lied in the pasture.
"If the horse can have the privilege of
selectins his own position for resting on
his feet he can sleep standing; but while
his muscles may lie to a certain degree re
laxed, and get rest in that position, what
can be said of the bearings at the joints?
Without relief through the recumbent po
sition the joint surfaces are forced contin
uously to bear a weight of from 1,000 to
1,800 pounds. This must act unfavorably.
especially upon tho complicated-structures
within the hoofs, which nature intended
should have periods of rest each day."
Golden Days.
Hearts of Great Men.
The relic preserved as Shelly's heart is
now commonly believed to be his liver,
and the assertion is made that Xapolcon's
heart at the Invalides is, in fact, no part
of the "Little Corporal's" auatomy. The
doctors who made the autopsy of his liody
were interrupted, so the story goes, by
nightfall, and on returning found that his
heart was devoured by rats, whereupoa a
sheep's heait w;is substituted. This
story, however, is pronounced entirely im
true. Xew York Sun.
On Mount Kxtulnlln'rt Suuiailt.
A cone of burnished tin, twenty inches
in height and twelve in diameter, has been
placed on the summit of Mount Ka'jthdia
iy the Bangor (Me.) Appalachian club, in
order to note the distance from which the
peak can be seen. Chicago News.
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