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-1 y - . j- jWESJfc m m x n l r VAfv rittkyetneti&mctbedeiii tieisthm 'After thti Hr app?dicd m enafher form unto M Y PBV::""' Cv - - "'' v; i Yj ' j mil vSfP '"; vj 1 H - aSTS- - ,'&' w! "r-r-r 1 W v- ElJsaBF -.M - -- f EASTER I Legends of OA Our ii.::.u art ;:- .' t zn::.- .. fi nit- jirtnr-- at.' t-i a- v.. raa! each ho iia ct ti ear w ciotn It in its own materia! dre--. Th Ponrth of July e drap- in flap? and fireworks: Christmas 'c en wreathe In holly and mistletoe. Valentine's Day w- deck with hearts and darts: and Easter we embower m flowers Katnre herself is resjHHisibb- lor our picture of Easter, lor at the approach of this season, the bare fluids- and naked trees exert themselves to sei.a ftrth some clow of welcome. The landscape is changed Instead of deathlike inactivity, there is the stir of life and aspiration. Man himself feels a fresh impulse, and as his sym pathies broaden out to embrace the "world, he takes new notice of tLe plants and blossoms whose awaken ing beauty is transforming the ci: park or woodsy glen. When one comes to observe th" flowers-, he learn:- their names. If ?. .'m- a tendency to inquire ne why a:, v her- fore. he soon reai.ze thrt L: r it-tlf has had a creat afiuctr.' ' nan:i!i2 f it'-a-- Ti.'- Re -ur-T- " :.. of v. ',cJ II'-.-:-r i tii cor -: - ' . v.. :i.- i lunuat.in cf : - . rrj ani : t- r- in:- new r , - -tv-p' if- j; :ripe the i'." v r-. .ftn natr.td tor pasan iior.:- '-.av t-day a reminiscenc- rf t: - m Venus r- Fl Trap and Juvite- -Beard. As soon as Christianity converted a nation, it abolishei all paean name and snbstiuited in their place the ti tles connected with the new laith. As men and cities had to be rechris tcned. so had the pant world also. The Savior Himself had few plant; nazned tor Him. probably irom a fee'. in? of reverence. We have, however. Christ's Thorn, which is surposed to have supplied the material for Hi: crown. His mother was much hon ored. All blossoms with "Virzin" pre fixed, as Vinrm's Bower, were named for her: and those, too that have "Maiden." as Maiden's Hair, and any form of "Mary." as Mancold. Each flower that reaches us to-day with "Lady" in its title was oricinally "Our Lady." as "Our Lady's Slipper" and "Our Lady's Tresses." In the rrnaminc. many plants were called alter saints. To-day we retain only j a few of these names, as Saint John's I Wort. Saint Peter's Wreath. Sain j Andrew's Cross. Saint Joseph's Li'y and Veronica. As we have swerved to secularisn? we have asrain chanced the names, thouch we have never re- j verted to the oneinal titles held be fore the Christian era We name cen erally to pay honor to some noted person, either scientist or otherwise The progress of science is nowhere more marked than in the popular at titude toward plants. Our ancestors i were as eacer for explanations as we are to-day. and not havms our scier tific information the interpreted the j peculiarities of the flowers to suit j their own ideas. From their interpre- ( ration of plants on the economic side, j prew the creat Doctrine of Sicnatur0 j which ruled the medical world down j to the seventeenth century. This I Doctrine of Signatures explained that ! "the mercy of God . . . maketh . the crass to crow upon tne mountain and the herbs for the use of man. and hath not only stamped upon them a distinct form, but also civen them particular sicnatures. whereby a man may read even in legible characters the use of them." According to this theory, plants hearing red fruit were good for the blood; the barberry, because of :t yellow bark was a cure for jaundice the trembling grass deterred attacks ., 1 A$tR Itise heart: thy Lord is rise nraise without delays. Who takes thee by the hand, that thou likewise with Him may's! rise; That as His death calcined thee to dust HuT'life may make thet gold, and much more jusi- n. Awake, my lute, and struggle for thy part with all thy art. The cross taught all wood to resound His- name who bore the same. His stretched sinews taught all strings. what key Is best to celebrate this most high day- 1. 1 1 t-"-"-ri ----rkrwL-"-nxxrk'" "- 1 conso T I o a. Sing his AND THE Holy Events Preserved in Names -! acn- Ot:- Lac - Thi.-:k with r nun: rouc pricI-V- rauhf' a stueh n. tn- si-ie tht oxaI;e.-. ha.'inc cor-dat- leave.-, was a preventive of hear: disease, the So'omonV Seal by cer tain mark.- in iu- root, writes Ger arde. an Enulish surcon of the six teenth century, "takeih ava; in om nicht. or two at tht mest. any bruise, black or blue spots, gotten by falls or women's willfu.ness in stumbling upon their hasty husbands' fists." Our English literature abounds in allusions to this Doctrine cf Signa tures, as when Milton in "Thi pun-'Xl with -uphrasv and rue Thtr visual nerve. :oi hr had much to makes Gabriel clear Adam's vision with the hale euphrasy or eyebright. which, because of a dark. pupil-IIke spot on its corolia. was considered a cure lor weak eyes. While evolvme th Doctrine of Sig na'ureh. on tht- onv har.C. our forefather- d lor , vz. th ther. a sr!ritua! In"- of ; ar.:- nr.T nnnec'f ! tht- lwr- v. it; t: ir -in .a: .n ff tne:r r- . rn. ()'i- ia -. .- T:.i:!t . The First Easter Ifciwr. '.rvvr. if.' hi., ff shame. ' ltn ht-a hearts ant. slowly. The iriends 01 Jesu cme. With His dear lu forever All j" and hope had Sown; O saddest nisrht that ever This sad old earth has known: I'.ut Oh. the happv morrow. Wnen at the brt.k of day They soucht His tomb with sorrow- The stone was rolled away: Such happy day shall never Dawn tor th world acam. Yet shall its joy lorever Bless all the sons 01 men. O Thou from death arisen. Bend down and hear us pray: Chained ir. a lleshi prison. We call to The to-day. The aphodel of heaven Ar- fair we know to ---ee: But each flower we have riven Bears prayer and nrai-e t, The? Ninttte M Lowater legend said, derived its name from the fiicht of the holy family frotn Bethlehem. As Mar nurse-', the In- fant by the roadside a few drops of her milk fell on a plant at her feet. and the leaves retain to this very gen eration the vouchers for the story. Most of the Christian lecends r plain the plant's behavior during Pas sion week. The Veronica bears the imprint that Saint Veronica received on her handkerchief when she pressed from out the throng and wiped the perspiration from the Sav ior's brow. The Fritillana. or Checkered Lily, before the sacrifice, was pure white. with upturned cup. It stood proudly erect during the suffering until dark ness enshrouded the earth, and it savr that all nature but itself was sor rowing. Then it repented. It drooped low its head, donned garments cf mourning, and began to weep. To- m. t both heart and lute, and twist a or.s: pleasant and lone; smce an mu:c i nut three Oh. let thy blessed Spirit bear a nart And make up our defects with His s sweet art. cPZh -S3; , ""3-) PLANTS ua ir stiK cnevvs in somber attire with rowed head, and still each ptta' ever shd a pearly tear. The oxahs. or wood soirel. was standing at the foot of the cross, and re-ceived some drops of the precious blood. These she bears even to this day. The Italians have this same le cend about the oxalis. which they call "alleluia." to indicate that the litne ; blossom is glorifying God for its great j privilege. The scarlet anemone, too. ' is said to bear the stains of Christ's blood. I The poppy yet carries the memory I of the cross deeply graven in her , heart. The banana, too. preserves the j cro;-s in the center of its fruit. For this reason, the people of the Canary I Islands will never cut throuch a oi- nana as we do; if thev ever use knife to it. they slice it on lengthwise. The aspen still shivers with re morse because, when Christ passed it en the way to Calvary, it boldly fa-.J the heavens, instead of payinc hom aze. as the other trees did. The wil low was used for scourges, and ever sinf it ha- Lcwed its branche- ii s rr- w The e1 ier i commomy s: -I n. to be the tree upon which .: da hantred himself. I: is not to l.c j-t-d ever, for firewood. However, it i.- a safe refuge in time of storm, for not even lichtning will deign to strike it. A funcus that grows on the ei.i?r and is new known as Jew's car. was originally called Judas" ear. The ce dar, the pine, and the box are a!! connected with the crucifixion. Differ ent authorities vary in just what woods did form the cross. Bede says the cypress, the cedar, the pine, and the box; but Saint Chrysostom quotes 1 irom Isaiah lx:lJ: 'Tne glory cl I Lebanon (cedar t shall come unto j thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and 1 the box. together to beautify my . sanctuary-" The church fathers con j sidered four woods necessary to the cross to symbolize the four quarters of the globe over which its influence would spread. One tradition says thai j the cross was made of apple wood. the inference being obvious. An old English legend carries the cross back to the days of our first . i parents. Adam sent Abel to an angel to petition him to show them the path ' back to Eden. The angel gave Abel three seeds, saying that from the'r ' trunks would spring the path to Para dise. The seeds were planted, and one tree, at least, a magnificent ce , dar. -was flourishing at the time Solo mon erected his temple. This glori ous king had the tree cut down to furnish a ridge pole, but after it was brought in, it was found to be ton ' short. Then it was cast aside and lay waste by the pool of Bethesda until it was taken to form the cross. , The old legends may seem to us ' now relics of a superstitious ace. and 1 yet they indicate a step in our own civilization. They represent the time when man considered all thincs made for himself. Their peculiar traits, or formation, people believed. must show some connection with his his- I tory. or imagery, if we have to-day ' risen to the higher epoch, where we 1 1 see that each created thing lives for I its own development and not to min-; , ister to our needs, it is because of the many more Easters we have experi-1 enced since our ancestors' days ' Katherine Chandler in Los Angeles Times. Prayer as Cure for Disease. The "Peculiar People' were a small sect founded in London by William Bridces and J. Banyard in 1S3S. with a belief that diseases may be cured by prayer. IV. I trot mi ie flowers to strew Thy wav, le bouche on" many a tre:" l sot me But Thou wast ut by break of dav. And broushi'st Tfav sw-cets alonjr Thet wit V. The sun ?ris:nir in the East. Thouh he give light, and th' East per fume: If thev should ofler to contest With Thy arising, they presume. VL Can ther be any day but this. Though many suns to shine endeavor? We count three hundred, but we miss. There is but one. and that one ever Georpe Herbert. RUSSIAN CHAMPIONS OF FREEDOM AND DESPOTISM ? y .-irzcitz ysrjry7r Abve i; a Rus-ia:. pl:ce hn:c grarh of Fatr.er Gaitr nov. in hidir.c. Fi.tr.er Gaijoz, r w:.' in- remember ed .- a tt ?tr:r.er- on the cay of the rr.as.tcrr :n S" Pe:erJj;.:-i: anu wa scot down at tiie Varua Gate. He escaped, and his prciercc has since SCHOOLS THE NATION'S LIFE. i Results Shew the ar-3ecing Wisdom 1 cf Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson, cf ail men. ap pec.aic the a.ue an-: importance of the public school. He knew that the republic must rest upon enlighten ment if it was destined to succeed. History, with which Jenerson was , thoroughly tamiliar. had taucht him that n nation in which enly the rich were educated could no: permanently exist. Especially m the United States. where sufrrage was universal, he lelt the necessity of equipping each voter with the icteilicence necessary to make a wise choice when opposing ballots Tere ulaced in his hand. The milder.:- of dollars expended upon the rubli' schools are. a Jefferson fore--r- r " ,co 5r.vp:T':en, The cov-o- ;: ..--- -f ji r:uz- r.- and it Df;:..,, a- t, t:L':c srhools pre s r.' '.rr ir.os tfit'ivv zd at the same tlr-t- the cneape-' method of ac con,plish:ng this re.-ult. Washington Post. JIU-JITSU AND WATER. Japanese System Has Shown Value of Internal Use of Fluid. One of the most valuable features of the spa recimen is simply water. For the placue of intestinal sluccishness some of our best specialists recom mend a glass of hot or cold water im mediately before risinc. There are thousands of people at this moment poisoning themselves with drucs whose whole outlook on life might be completely chanced by this common place remedy. Jiu-jitsu, the Japanese scheme of physical traininc. is said to include in its more rigorous forms the daily consumption of two or three callons of water. The fact is that water exercises a cleansing effect on the inside as well as the outside of the body and enables the secretive orcans the better to fulfil! their part in the creat work of nutrition. Singers Become Americans. Sicnor Campanari. who has just fol lowed the example of Mme. Schu-mann-Heink and applied for citizen ship papers is the most American of all the opera singers and has always declared that his children shall be reared as Americans. He takes his vacations alwavs at some of the American resorts. He has just boucht himself a home in the Adirondacks and now declares that he will never go to Europe acain. On his last visit 1 he returned with a higher opinion than ever of the musical advancement of this country and was compelled to admit that even in opera Italy stood so far below our average that he could not understand how the public could put up with the performances. Cockrell's Machine a Wonder. T. M. Cockrell. Jr.. son of ex-Senator Cockrell. is the inventor of a sugar cane cutter that promises to revolu tionize the sucar-planting industry of th? south and at the sam- time to make its inventor a millionaire. His machine will do the work of more than 100 men. It cuts, strips and tops the cane and is pronounced by ex perts who have seen it in operation a wonderful machine, that will mean as much to the sticar cane industry as did the cotton giL to the cotton business. Policeman's Remarkable Record. Patrolman Dennis Reardon. thirty years on the Cincinnati police force, broke his record the other day by ar resting John Mesbaum on a charge of failinc to provide for his family. It was the first arrest that Reardon had ever made. The only other time he ever did anythinc besides walking his beat was some years ago. when he plunced into the river and saved a lit tle girl from drowning. For this he was put on the roll of honor. His salarv is SSO a month. Undiplomatic Expression. Count Von Bulow has rebuked a member of the reichstag for talk ing about German "indignation" against Russian methods of govern ment. No German, says the chancel lor, ought to be indignant at the pol icy of any other country. He may be "more or less pleasantly affected" by It, but "indignation" is undiplomatic Longest Day in Norway. At 'Wardbnry. Norway, the longest day lasts from May 21 to July 22 -without interruption. been announced in nearly every other European capital M Pooiedonostseff the notoriously fanatical, reactionary procurator of the holy synod, who is one of the greatest obstacles to reforms in Rus sia, now has to deal with a revolt in he church itselt. which has joined th people acainst the bureaucrasy an-1 is demanding greater freedom in he spiritual and administrative life oi the church. This demand is voiced in ii manifesto issued by a group of S' Petersburg priests and in a letter by Bishop Dmitri, and is aimed directly at the procurator, whose pow er to obstruct reforms is- regarded as paralyzinc the church. M. Pobiedono-r-tseff was born at Moscow in 1S27. and educated at St. Petersburg, where he studied at th- Imperial school of jurisprudence to the hereditary Grand Duke Xicho.as and man crand dukes of Russia, and has beer, a member of the council of htat- smce 1ST2. PRAISE GUALITIES OF JAPS. Englishman Thinks They Are th: Greatest Surgeons. Sir Frederick Treve.-. the great Eng lish physician and surceon. says in his notes of travel: "There is every probability that the Japanese school of surgery will become a creat school, for the native of Japan has qualities which are excellent m the making of a surceon: he is not troubled by 'nerves'; he is infinitely patient, fas tidiously clean, as well as most neat and dexterous with his hands. More over, he has a love of ritual as well as of precision in ritual, and in the prosecution ot antiseptic surcery this counts for much. Th1 Japanese are shrewdly observant, nimble of appre hension, receptive and of large mind ed and catholic views. It is said that they are neither lec If this be true th? ca! nor profound. seem to have come to small these qualities." irom the lack of BAN ON PAPERS LIFTED. Russian Censorship in the Future to Be Less Severe. M. Michael de Krivochiik for many years has been keepinc an eye on all newspapers enterinc and published in Russia. He has power to strike out anythicg which he considers danger ous for the Russian people to know. and his authority was so great that he was even privileged to cut out paragraphs from the foreign news papers intended for the personal use of the czar. The recent decree of the czar to abolish the censorship of the press will relieve Krivochiik of a great deal of his responsibility. The new Russian press law is almost similar to that in force in Germany newspapers are allowed to print almost anythinc. but the editors are made responsible for anything appear ing in their papers. Now Floating Fortresses. The latest weapon of man is a float ing fortress for coast defense pur poses. This fighting machine, which is called the Cerberus, lacks in every line of beauty. It is nothing more nor less than a perfectly round float ing fort, about 20u feet in diameter, heavily protected by impenetrable thicknesses of armor plate and equipped with batteries -of heavy cuns far too large to be mounted upon any ordinary warship. The idea cf the invention was suggested bv a small but strongly fortified island. The new fighting ship makes no pre- tense at attaining hich speed. On the other hand, it is maintained that with the aid of such floating fortresses the Japanese could have effectively bot tled up Port Arthur without the aid of their huce fleet. Hyde Victim of Camera Fiends. James H. Hyde, who is encaged in a ficht for control of the Equitable Life Company in New York, is paying the penalty of his celebrity. Wher ever he-goes he is followed by a vol unteer entourage of detectives, report ers, snapshooters and plain curiosity seekers. At a theater the other even ing he divided honors with the star of the play, but did not seem to mind it much. Mr Hyde has grown gaunt un der the strain of his battle to retain possession of what he calls his "birth richt."' Missouri Mule Team. Edward Rutter of Stillwater, owns the "boss" mule team in Payne coun ty. While crossing a bridge one of the mules fell off and was held sus pended in midair by its companion, which braced its feet and pulled back. While Rutter was cutting the harness the neckyoke flew up. struck him over the eye and knocked him senseless. When he recovered the mules were still in position and fin ally escaped without injury. Kansas City Times. British Fleet's Best Gunner. Able Seaman Samuel Hollinghurst is said to be the best gunner in the British fleet. Firing with a six-inch gun "while the warship Drake "was go ing at full Epeed. he put seven suc cessive shots through a target meas uring 6 feet by S at a distance of 1,000 feet. Senator a Serf-Made Man. William Warner, the new senator from Missouri, when 6 years old be gan to earn his own living as ore boy in a Wisconsin mine. Designed Zniform and Flag for ' Confederate Ullllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllla JZ?. TZ-li&..1f. i? - -CZn72Z2!Z2ZF fX? iND Nicola Marschall. the Prussian Artist. Drawings at the Request of s In a well-known business building in Louisville. Ky., is a time-stained room rich in its memories and tradi tions of the old South. It is the art studio of Nicola Mar- (schall. portrait painter and designer of the uniform and flag of the Confeder ate states. From his Prussian home, where he was trained to the painter's art. he came to America at one of the i most picturesque periods of this coun try's history, the gold fever days of 49. The ston- of how Mr. Marschall came to design the uniform and flag j of the Confederacy is best told in his own words: "I came to this country." he said. "when I was IS years of age. I land- j ed in New Orleans and made my way ; to Mobile, where lived a relative. I I met him on the eve of his departure tor California. ! "My kinsman tried to persuade me I to join his mininc party and go to I California. But I was then as far away from home as I cared to be. and de clined. I became acquainted with one 1 of the teachers 111 a female seminary I at Marion. Ala. I became a teacher ! there, and taucht paintinc. violin, pi j ano, guitar and the French and Ger man languages. ! "My studies in Europe of drawing 1 and naintmc now served me well. I ! came over here on an old sailing ves i sel. and well do I remember to this j day how I had to draw the picture of 1 every member of the crew, from cap ' tain to humblest sailor. I had been in this -ountry one year when my broth ', er arrived here :rom Prussia. j "In 1S57 I returned to Prussia and ; ; remained two jears. continuing my ! studies of art. It was while passing through Verona, which then belonced ' to Austria, that ! saw the uniform J which years later was to ruraish me ' j the design for the Confederate uni- j form. j "In Verona one day the notes of , j martial music came to are. A party j of sharpshooters belonging to tne Aus 1 trian army were passing. " 'What spiendM soldiers, what no ble uniforms: was m;. comment as I saw them They were dressed in a striking uniform of crav with green trimmings. The green denoted their branch of the army sharpshooters and their rank was indicated by marks on the collars of their coats, bars for , lieutenants and captains, tars for the j hicher officers. I "I returned to America in 1S59 and acain located in Marion. There I painted many portraits of the j wealthy. j "Mrs. Napoleon Lockett. a beauti- . ful woman of an old Vircinia family ' and the wife of a planter, lived at Marion. Her eldest son married the daughter of Gov. Moore and one of her youncer sons married one of the younger dauchters of Gov. Moore. i "Soon came the first notes of war. Mrs. Lockett was as loyal a daughter j as the South had. She came to me one day and said: 'Mr. Marschall. we ' have seceded, and the Confederate ' government wants a flag. Will you make us a desicn? It must not be too unlike the United States flac. but j (i.fre-on enough to be distinguished ' : at a distance. I "I took pencil and paper and made j three different designs. The first was 1 of two red stripes and one of white. I with a blue field bearing m the upper ! left-hand corner seven white stars, in- dicatinc the number of states that had ' 1 then seceded The second design had l the field of stars at the extreme left of the white stripe instead of the top red -stripe. The third desicn had the two full red stripes at top and bottom, the white stripe in the middle, with ' the blue field and white stars in the center." The first desicn. made by Mr. Mar schall. was adopted by the Confeder ate government. This flag the Stars , and Bars was raised on the staff above the Capitol at Montcomery. Ala. on March 4. 1S1. by Miss J. C. Tyler of Virginia, granddaughter of John Tyler. Continuing his narrative, Mr. Mar schall said: "'Mrs. Lockett thanked me for the designs, and started to eo. Then she came back, addinc: 'We also want a design for a uniform. Mr. Marschall. Can't you succest one? "The thoucht occurred to me of the gray uniforms I had seen worn by the Austrian sharpshooters. I made sev eral rough sketches, indicating the ' j 1 r.e f apai Mac. The papal flag is comparativelv un familiar outside of the Eternal city. The war flag of the defunct temporal power of the pope was white, i and in its center stood ge nres of St, Peter and St. Paul, with the cross keys and tiara above them. The flag of the merchant ships owned by the subjects of the states ' of the church is a curious combina tion, half yellow and half white, with the design of the cross keys on the white. In the banner used by the cru- st.der king of Jerusalem. Godfrey, the j only tinctures introduced -wore v,c 1 1 two metals, gold and silver, five gold- t en crosses being placed upon a sil ver neia. inis was done with the intention of making the device unique, as in all other cases it is deemed false heraldry to place metal on met al. Jealousy to "the Limit." A young man was jealous of a -irl be adored. She was a bit more co- quectish thar ether girls. "Your eyes can flirt in all directions" h ? on r. and cut them out "vi Who for More Than Thirty Years Has Mrs- Napoleon Lockett in Marion, Ala- gray color, and also the colors on the collars to denote the branch of the sen-ice buff for officers, yellow for cavalry, blue for infantry, red for ar tillery, etc. "It did not occur to me then that I had done anything worthy of note. I simply made the sketches at the re quest of Mrs. Lockett. I knew no more about them from then until I found that the uniform and one of the nags had been adopted bv the Confeder acy." WLen war was declared Mr. Mar schall enlisted as a private, going with his command to carrison the forts at the mouth of Mobile bay. He served time and then returned to Marion on a furlough. While at home, on the ad vice of a friend, he employed a substi tute for a year and three months. Then came the call for more volun teers, and acain Mr. Marschall enlist ed, this time in the Second Alabama regiment of engineers. He served with Col. Lockett. a sou of Mrs. Lockett. under Polk, just preceding the fall of Vicksburg. Mr. Marschall served then in the Confederate army until the cur tain fell at Appomattox. New York Herald. MEN WITH STRANGE POWERS. Belief in Supernatural Strongly Preva lent in Tibet. India and neichboring countries are the home of mystery and the black arts, and devil possession is spoken of and believed in there as much now as it ever was in Palestine in the davs of holy writ. Even in the centers of civilization there are fortune tellers and wonder workers to whom super ratural powers are attributed by those who scorn superstitious belief. Says a writer: "Tibetan pedlers have af firmed over and ovr acain that. liv ing in the mountains near the city of Lassa. there are men possessing extraordinary powers, distinct from and far higher than the ordinary lamas of the country. "These men cure the sick by cfv ing them rice to eat which they crush out of the paddy with their hands. They perform many other remarkable feats. We are told that a younc Ben gali in 1SS2 testified before a number of respectable witnesses that, while traveling in Tibet, in the neighbor hood of the lake of Manasarawara. he met one of these men. accompanied by a Lumber of chelas. or pupils. The master saluted him. and. finding that ht had nothing to eat. gave him some ground grain and tea. "As the Bencali had no means of obtaining fire the master called for some fuel and kindled it by simply blowing on it with his mouth. He also cured a sheperd who was brought to him suffering from rheumatic fever then and there, by giving him a few grains of rice crushed out of paddy, which he had in his hand." Every Little Helps. The Hon. Michael J. Murray of Bos ton tells an amusing story at the ex pense of President Charles W. Eliot of Harvard. One day a craduate of the Harvard medical school met the president on the street for the first time since his graduation. While in collece he became well acquainted with President Eliot, and the latter readily recalled his name upon the chance meeting. "I have something to say to you. President Eliot " remarked the Gradu ate. "Yesterday I made a will, and after I had dispoed of all my worldly coods I had inserted in the will an other clause. By that clause I left my brain to the Harvard medical school." "Well." was the answer. "I thank you." Then, without meaning any sarcasm, the president continued: "Every little helps "' Coincidence in Historic Names. Two historic name5 anpear in (furi ous proximity in Sprinc street, near Macdoucal. New York. Over a restau rant window is a sicn bearing the name Aaron Burr, almost directly ap pears the inscription. "Alexander Hamilton, carpenter and builder." What makes thir proximity still more interesting is th fact that the en trance to Aaron Burr's country place. Richmond Hill. was. years aco. just above where th intersection of Spring and Macdoucal treets i now. a short distance from the sizns stil! bearing the two historic names. Burr is said micht wave your hands to some body." and cur rhm off. "With your feet you can make sicns to some one under the tabi-" and cut those off. "I forgot tha' you can also speak." h remarked three days later, and fre her tongue out. "You shall not smile." he said, and krocked her ttfa out. "So, I am a bit quieter now ' he re marked the cay after he had cut her hair off, and for the first time he was going to trust her to herself. "Now she is ugly, but still I f-! she is quite i my own," he said on leaving her. But when he returned the cirl had disap peared she had rat. away with the proprietor of a show From the Fa bles of Eugen Heltai Apology of President Morales. Two American women who have just returned from Santo Domingo had an audience one forenoon with Presi dent Morales, who apo'ogized for his appearance. "The fact is. ladies," said he. "I was so very busy yesterday and this morning that I have not had time to be shaved. They tried to assassi nate me. you know so I hope you will erlnok, my f'-pirann Si C&YZmZiT Lived in Louisville. Prepared the Where He Then Resided. to have passed out of this gate om that fatal morning when he went to Weehawken heights to fight his mem orable duel with Hamilton. TRAITS OF GRAY SQUIRRELS. Migrate in Armies. Losing Thousand on the Way. Early writers tell of wonderful mi gration of American gray squirrels, which must have arisen from the rapid increase and consequent overcrowd ing of a locality. Thousands of this species would start off in a regular army, all moving in the same direc tion and with considerable rapidity, allowing nothinc to stop their onward march. Although these little animals have an extreme aversion to water and do not excel as swimmers, yet. whenever a watercourse, no matter what width, barred their progress, they would not hesitate for an in stant, but plunge in and struggle des perately for the opposite shore, seiz ing upon anything in the way of float ing sticks or chips to assist them in the passage. Unless the river was very narrow by tar the smaller percentace of ilia Land reached the tarther shore, the rest becoming exhausted and drown ing. These armies never seemed to teach any destination, but gradually their numbers would decrease by death from drowning and other hard ships, until the band faded entirely away. Gray squirrels, generally four in a nest, are born in March or early In April. They never venture forth from the nest during the first month and are attended alone by the mother. Sho takes this task upon herself from choice and does not allow another squirrel, even her own mate, to ap proach the nest. Quaint English Custom. It is the custom of many Londoners to gather around St. Paul's cathedral on the last night of each year and sing "Anld Lang Syne" and other more or less appropriate songs till 12 o'clock. As the Standard describes it: "There is no watch-night service at London's great cathedral, no tollins; of bells to speed the going, no joy ous peal to greet the coming guest. The crowd is left to provide its own sentiment. Slowly the clock in the southwest tower chimes the four ouarters. and then comes the deep boom which tells of the arrival of an other year. There is a second or two of silence, and then a mighty cheer bieaks out. friend grasps friend by the hand and the time-honored wishes' are repeated over aa over a.gain. There is an indescribable something; that gives a solemnity he occasion. The surroundincs. - che traditions, whatever it mav oe. all tend to invest the scene with an importance of the momenu" Physical Examinations Necessary. The advisability of a periodical medical examination of the apparent ly healthy man is considered by Dr. Alexander MacKenzie in the Detroit Medical Journal. He sums up his ar ticle in these words- "Physicians have a tremendous responsibility in. keeping people well Only a small percentage of people enjoy perfect . health. Physicians should educate people in apparent health to the ne ' cessity of a periodical physical exam- ination. This examination, made at ' least yearly, should b careful and systematic, and should embrace all the approved chemical and microscop ical tests for the diagnosis of dis ease." Saves All Her Gold Coins. It is said by her most intimate friends that Lillian Russell has never been known to spend a cold coin. In the years of her stac career she has accumulated a larc- number of gold 1 pieces of every dec-.ption. and they 1 are treasured as carefully as her jew t els. This practical hoarding of cold by the actress is ao due to any supersti tion, but to a sentiment of some pecu , liar nature. Dunne the lours of the ' former Weoer L Fields company to the Pacific sion the actress received a large share (' her weekly salary in ! gold. Every cmr. was dutifully added i to the collcn:. which has now as ' sumed the proportions of a modest for ' tune. w Tne Mystery cf Health. Whenever z: r'E- is released from jail or peatec'iar;-- after a long sen tence, we rad tha whil h was in poor or dowr.r:cfc- bad health when he entered he c me- out as hearty as a brick. Yet c.:most without exception jails and pen.tntiaries are insanitary, sunless places, with no facilities for precaution.- usually taken by those who wish to cet or keep healthy. The mystery lies in two words regu larity and diet. The first is, perhaps, the more important. Clock-like regu larity: everything done on the second and on the same second every day: a recognition of the fact that the body is a machine. Then, as a supplement. to this, a simple diet plain, not too varied enough to eat. but not too much. Saturday Evening Post. Rhode Island Legislators. In Rhode Island each town and ci?y elects a Senator, no matter what its population. West Greenwich has a population of 60 and a senator. Providence has one representative in the Senate and a population of about 200,000. r. 5i ?j : 11 a. M ff . -.r i - k h .' it 1 i I ' 1. J Jy
