The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, January 19, 1910, Image 8
1 A NATURAL WOHDEB. The Devil's Race Course In the Blue Ridge Mountains. "The Blue Ridge mountains abound In natural wonders," observed an old resident of Penmar. "Most wonderful of them all, in my opinion, is the Dev il's Bace Course, which is but a short walk from Penmar. "At first view this strange natural phenomenon appears like a broad roadway of great stones which ex tends away up the mountain in a path no human hand could ever build. Many of these great stones weigh tons, while others are only a few hun dredweight Lying close together by the thousand, they present an extraor dinary spectacle. "Tradition has it and scientists agree that a thousand or more years ago this strange track was the bed of an ancient river. The conclusion Is drawn from the looks of the stones. They are all well rounded and worn smooth, showing the action of water, which had polished their rough edges no doubt for centuries. "But the mystery Is if this theory be true to explain how the great body of water was confined at the sides, for the course is not hemmed in by high banks, nor Is It located In a ravine. In fact, it stands somewhat higher than the natural side of the mountain. The puzzle only Intensities Interest in the queer place and multiplies the ar guments and theories of its prehistoric origin." Baltimore American. THE ANIMAL MIND. A Story About a Cow and the Calf She Licked. An absurd story is cited about a cow, showing what creatures of habit animals, arc. This particular cow would not stand to be milked unless she could lick her calf at the same time. For a long time she always had a calf of some age or other to lick, but at last by ill fortune one of her calves died. There Is no reason why a bereaved mother should mourn her loss just at milking time, but there was the fixed habit of making certain motions. The farmer, however, was a practical psychologist lie stuffed the .skin of the calf with hay and let the cow have that to lick. To be sure, the hay calf hud neither head nor legs, but a cow has no general ideas concerning themture of calves nor any special reason for assuming that calves should have heads and legs. It felt right, and It smelled right It enabled her to go through the customary motions at milking time. Therefore it was suffi cient By dint of caressing and licking her little calf the tender parent one fine morning unripped it The hay issued from within, and the cow. manifest ing not the slightest surprise or agita tion, proceeded tranquilly to devour the unexpected provender. E. T. Brewster in McClure's Magazine. A Gentle Rebuke. It was late in the year for straw berries, but Mrs. Beacon was deter mined to have some for Sunday 'din ner. Over the telephone came the news that they were "very fine, ma'am; very fine indeed." Being. however, a cautious housekeeper, she decided to look over the fruit herself, as the grocer was not always to be trusted. "They don't appear very good," she said some time later, examining care fully a basketful. "They look" here she extracted one and tasted it "they 'look a little green. I don't know. Just let me try one." She took another. "I guess I'll take one box, please. You don't put very many In a box, do you?" she inquired. "There was," said the grocer respect fully, "but there's been so many ladles looking 'em over that there ain't" "You may give me two boxes," said Mrs. Beacon. Youth's Companion. Lincoln's Religion. I have never united myself to any church, because I have found difficulty in giving my assent without mental reservation to the long complicated statements of Christian doctrine which characterize their articles of belief and confessions of faith. Whenever any church will inscribe over its altar as its sole qualification for member ship the Saviour's condensed statement of the substance of both law and gos pel. "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and thy neighbor as thyself," that church will I Join with all my heart and all my soul. Abraham Lincoln. Queer Friends. On board the Union Castle R. M. S. Goth on a voyage from the Cape to Tenerife was a little monkey belong ing to one of the stewards. It was very fond of sitting on the back of a tortoise, another ship's pet, while the latter crawled about the deck. Al though rather ill tempered and snap pish with people, the monkey was al ways friendly with the tortoise, which made no objection to being used as her steed. Wide World Magazine. Society's Mandates. Society can aud does execute its own mandates, and if it issues wrong man dates instead of right or any man dates at all in things with which it ought not to meddle it practices a so cial tyranny more formidable than many kinds of political oppression, since, though not usually upheld by such extreme penalties, it leaves few er means of escape, penetrating much more deeply into the details of life and enslaving the soul itself.-John Stuart Mill. Well He Knew. Emperor Francis of Austria and bis empress once attended the perform ance of a play which abounded in po litical allusions. On leaving the the ater he remarked good naruredly, "We may congratulate ourselves on having seen the piece at all, for I am sure that it will be speedily forbidden." Hopeless. "Love your neighbor as yourself." "1 do." "Then why do you have such a grouch?" 1 hate myself." New York Journal. The first catalogue of the stars was published about 159a HUGO AND THE YOUNG POET. Praise For His Verses Which the Mas ter Had Not Read. A Paris contemporary tells a story of Victor Hugo and a young unknown poet The poet, hailing from the prov inces, sent to the author of "Notre Dame de Paris" a copy of his work, which he had just published in the form of a book of poems. Hugo re plied in most sympathetic terms, and the young man was delighted with the letter, as well he might have been. His joy, however, was but short lived, for a day or two later bis serv ant announced that the package con taining the volume of poems had come back through the post unopened. The package bore the legend, "Refuse par le destinataire affranchissement ii suffisant" (refused by the addressee on account of insufficient postage). Hugo's letter was hyperbolic and in these terms: "Your work has given me a proud pleasure, under the impression of which I hasten to congratulate you. Your fame is young and radiant; mine is declining. It is the salutation of the night which departs at the rising of the dawn. You are shining, and I am dying. You emerge from oblivion; I return there. "The heart either grows hard or breaks forth. Your sentiments have come forth, and you have written so norous and superb poetry which conse crates you as a poet as .well as affirm ing you as man. You are then 'deux fois mon frere (twice my brother). Accept my admiration as great as my esteem." SEAWEED. Several Varieties Are Valuable For Food Purposes. Seaweed is not much to look at, but seaweed docs not depend so much upon beauty as upon more substantial merit to make itself worthy of attention. Various species of it are used in manu factures, and several varieties are edi ble, the most important of the latter being Irish or carrageen moss, used in the preparation of jellies blancmange, for instance dulse or diilesk, very highly thought of by Scotland, partic ularly when roasted by wrapping about hot tongs, and kelp or tangle. Irish moss and some other species, particularly eel grass and flat stalk rock weed, have been found valuable as cattle food, especially when boiled to destroy the rank taste and mixed with meal. The eel grass and rock weed compare favorably with hay as regards the most important constituent pro tein containing C.03 and S.21 per cent respectively. They are deficient in fat, but contain a large amount of ash. The great bulk of the seaweed gath ered, however, is used as a fertilizer, and the average seaweed contains large quantities of all the essential fer tilizing elements. Allowing 10 cents a pound for nitrogen, 2 cents a pound for phosphoric acid and 4 cents a pound for potash and these are as low prices as it is possible to procure those materials in any form a ton of seaweed containing 80 per cent water is worth as a fertilizer $1.42 a ton. New York Times. An Ancient Mountain Race. The most ancient people still living in the mountains of India are the Todas. Long before the arrival of the other tribes of the region the Todas were the kings of this country, which they held in common without strife or treachery to one another. The Todas are a fine race, tall, well proportioned and with regular features. Their com plexion is of a light brown, and 'their eyes are bright and intelligent. The men wear a linen or cotton garment that reminds a European of the Roman toga. Their bearing is proud and dig nified; their countenances are pleasing; their fine straight hair is regularly cut and well kept Their superior appear ance, the mystery that surrounds them and the obscurity of their origin have caused certain students of ethnology to suppose that the Todas are descend ed from the soldiers of Darius or Alex ander, the ancient conquerors of India. Deaf Guests at Hotels. "To waken a deaf person who wishes to be called at a certain time in the morning is about the hardest proposi tion a hotel clerk runs up against" said a member of that fraternity. "To ring the telephone is useless, because the man can't hear. Knocking for the same reason is futile. Now and then a guest who has lost his hearing sug gests that he leave his door open, so we can walk right in and shake him, but there are so many chances of somebody less guileless than ourselves walking in ahead of us that we can't consent to that simple expedient It seems to me that the man who can patent a device for waking the deaf is sure of fame and fortune, not to men tion the gratitude of the brotherhood of hotel clerks." New York Globe. The Other Side. Hank Stubbs I fixed one uv them air agent fellers today. Bige Miller How so? Hank Stubbs Waal, he come sneakin' up to my front door an' ast me ef the lady uv the house wuz in, an' I said no, but the gentleman uv the barn an' hoss stables is. Bos ton Herald. The Caddie's Sneer. Golfer The day 1 get round these links in under a hundred I'll give you a shilling. Sandy! Juvenile Caddie Hoo will I want it wheu I'm drawhV ne auld age pension? London Punch. His Vowels. Ethel Have you noticed how Lord Blinker drops his aspirates? Fred It's nothing to the way he drops his rowels; I've got more than a dozen of his I O TJ's myself. London Scraps. The Ubiquitous Purist. Vicar I'm sorry to hear you've been so poorly. You must pray for a good heart, Thomas. Thomas Ya-as, zur. But it's my liver wot be wrong, y know, zur. London Telegraph. Sky High. Howell Our servant kindled the fire with kerosene the other morning. Powell Did you reprimand her? How ell You bet she got a blowing up. New York Press. Hold your tongue and you will pass for a philosopher. Italian Proverb. ROYAL FAMILY OF THE 1 1 :. ' T- ;'; .r v-. ::-jS::: c j :ftu." v"? - .'; ? ':V - ,. y'miBB'-BTatrBBaM 5ll This is a new photograph of Queen Wilhelmina and the prince consort with the heir to the throne of Holland. The "little queen," as the ruler of Holland is known, insists upon taking personal care of the baby princess, who passed through her first summer with remarkably good health and bids fair to one day fill the place of her royal mother, who is worshiped by her subjects. LI Capture Prizes at Recent Roping Contest in Wyoming. Learn Art in Rounding Up Wild Cat tle on Mountain Peaks of Lit tle Island in the Pacific Ocean. Honolulu. Since a dusky Hawaiian rode out into the arena at Cheyenne in the Frontier day contests and beat the best of all the ropers in the world, and since Irkua Purdy's cousins, Archie Kaaua and Jack Low, won third and sixth places in the contest, many have wondered how these men from a group of tiny islands in the middle of the Pacific were able to come to Wyoming and show the best of the plainsmen how to, rope a steer. The answer is simple. Ever since these men have been old enough to straddle a horse, they have been used to riding over rough country and rop ing cattle under conditions such as the average prairie cowboy never saw nor imagined. The island of Hawaii contains a mountainous and rugged land through which the wildest of wild cattle roam. High up above the level of the sugar plantations the mountains are well wooded and the task of rounding up and roping cattle in such country re quires the greatest skill and coolness in the saddle and with the rope. Only once in a thousand times will it hap pen that the animal to be roped lays itself open on a level piece of land. The throw Is almost always made on the slope of a hill, sometimes with a sheer precipice at one side, and for this reason the Hawaiian cowboy never makes his rope fast to the sad dle horn before throwing. It would be as much as his life is worth to do so, for the steer is liable to break away when the horse is on ground that makes it impossible to throw the animal, and so the roper must let go of his rope to save himself and his horse. These Hawaiians are accus tomed to throw from all angles and up or downhill indiscriminately. The ad vantage of being used to this kind of work was well demonstrated at the recent championship contests in Chey enne. The three Hawaiians naturally enough, did not have their own horses, and depended on what they could bor row to ride during the contests. Purdy selected one that looked about right for the work, but a few seconds after he started for the steer he found to his disgust that the horse was not well neck broke and he had difficulty in guiding the animal right and it looked as if it were impossible for him to make the throw success fully. But Purdy was used to that kind of work, and without any hesita tion he threw from one side. As the noose rose and fell cleanly over the steer's neck a shout of derision went up from the crowd. They thought it impossible for any man to throw a steer in that way. But, quick as a flash, Purdy made fast the rope to the horn of the saddle, and almost before the spectators knew what had hap pened, the steer was struggling on the ground. The final result of that tie is famous. Purdy ran to the steer and had it properly tied in one minute and three seconds, making the best time of the day and beating Archie NO LU COWBOYS Kaaua's time by six seconds. When the I her to collect a $5,000 insurance pol finals came off Purdy was more used J icy on his life. Egyptian Embalming. The modern e tuba liner is still igno rant of the secret that was so wejl known to the men of ancient Egypt. The process followed by the Egyptian embalmers is knowu only in part, the main part being still a mystery. As to the cost of becoming a mummy, Herodotus and Diodorus tell of three modes of embalming prevalent in Egypt, the first very costly, answering to about $2,000 of our money, the sec ond $G0 and the third within the reach of all. New York American. DUTCH EMPIRE. to his horse and tied his steer in 56 seconds. The man to whom much of the credit for the Hawaiian's victory is due is Eben Low, brother of Jack Low, half-brother to Archie Kaaua, and cousin to Purdy. Mr. Low is a retired rancher, who now lives in Hon olulu. He It was who started the fund to pay the cowboy's expenses to Chey enne. Purdy's first appearance in public was made in Honolulu a year ago. when Eben Low produced a wild west show at Kapiolani park. Angus Mc Phee, then champion of the world, was present and took part In the com petition, beating Purdy and Kaaua, but using a tied rope instead of a loose one, to which the Hawaiians had been accustomed. Purdy is a typical Hawaiian of the mountains. Lithe as a Greek god, the symmetry of his well-muscled limbs is something to wonder at. His face Is dark and has many of the features of a Wyoming Indian, but he has none of their characteristics, for he is well educated and speaks three languages with ease and fluency. In manner he is quiet and talks but little. He is in no way conceited about his won derful victory, but chats of his trip and his doings in the easiest and most modest way in the world. HORSE KNOWS DINNER TIME All Business Engagements Are Off the Instant This Animal Hears Noon Whistle. Columbus, Ind. Howard J. Tooley, a local grocer, may have to get rid of the horse he uses with his delivery wagon. No matter where that horse may be, when the factory whistles blow at noon the horse starts for the barn, and all the pulling that drivers can do will not change the horse's purpose. The other day the horse was Ina distant part of the city when the fac tory whistle blew at noon, and the animal seemed to know it was time to eat. The driver was delivering some parcels at a rear door, but the horse did not stand on ceremony. In stead, it wheeled suddenly with the intention of going home. The wagon was overturned and demolished, and the horse was thrown in the mix-up. As soon as the horse could get on its feet it again made an effort to go to the barn, demolishing wagon and all. Offers Life Saver 25 Cents. Baltimore, Md. Saving life accord ing to one mother's valuation of her Son, is worth 25 cents when a "kid" falls overboard about Canton. Joseph Strobel, a workman at station 5 of the American Ice Company, oft Boston street, had his attention called to a boy overboard. He sprang into the water with all his clothes on and soon had Willie Harrison, nine years old, of 2413 Fait avenue, in his strong arms. When brought ashore the boy was in a bad way, but with Mr. Stro bel's record of saving half a dozen boys this summer from drowning he has also acquired the art of first aid to the near drowned. He soon had Willie revived. Court Makes Woman Widow. San Francisco. Charles H. Moore, formerly a prominent attorney of this city, who went to Europe in 1901 and, when last heard from, was in Paris, has been declared legally dead by Su perior Judge Graham. Special letters of administration were granted to the widow, Mrs. Alblna Moore, tc enable Why She Stayed at the Foot. Being upbraided by her mother for being the lowest in her class, little Ma bel exclaimed in tones of injured in nocence: "It ain't my fault The girl who has always been foot left school." Delineator. A Limited "Forever." "What's the matter, Clara?" asked a father of his daughter. "Ferdy and I have parted forever." "Dm! In that case I s'pose he won't be calling for a couple of nights!" Electric Light Always Ready Brilliant Glean Safe Have your house wired Columbus Light, Heat & Power Co. PASSPORTS. Method of Applying For Them to the State Department. Passports are issued to citizens of the United States upon application to the state department in Washington. The application must be accompanied by an affidavit attested by a notary public or other officer empowered to administer oaths stating that the ap plicant is a citizen and giving the place of birth and age, and it must be accompanied by the certificate of one other citizen to whom he is personally known that the declaration made by the applicant is true. The application must be accompa nied by a description of the person. particularly as to age, height, com plexion, forehead, eyes, nose, mouth, chin, hair and face. Blank forms are furnished by the state department on application. The fee for each passport Is $1. Citizens traveling abroad may also obtain passports by applying to United States ambassadors and minis ters. Where any person has made a dec laration of intention to become a citi zen of the United States and has re sided in the United States for three years a passport valid for six months may be Issued to him. This passport is not renewable and does not entitle the holder to the protection of this government in the country of which he was originally a citizen. New York American. MOUNT ETNA. It Is Said to Hold All the Climates of the Earth. Mount Etna has furnished more ma terial for travelers tales than any oth er mountain on earth. Astonished Eng lishmen of a century ago, who fell into the fashionable habit of climbing to its highest peak and some did so, to the amazement of the Sicilians, even in the dead of winter have left on record in the exuberant language of their day the emotions that thrilled their soul. "The man who treads Mount Etna." wrote one of these, "is a man above the world. Every river on the island can be traced from its mouth to its source. "The characters," the same writer continues, "of all the climates of the earth can be detected the frigid close around one, the temperate with its belt of trees just beneath and the trop ical at the base of the mountain, with its vineyards and luxuriant groves. The great ocean around, with the islands of Lipari, Panari, Alicudi, Stromboliand Volcano, with their smoking summits, appear under your feet, and you look down upon the whole of Sicily as upon a map." In addition to all the climates, Etna is reported to have trees that rival the giants of California, lakes that never thaw, bottomless caverns and salable snow. Chicago News. Which Leg? In a small town in the west of Scot land the town clerk, who was a bit of a "character," bad the misfortune to lose his leg in a railway accident. As a mark of appreciation and esteem for bis long services the council unani mously agreed to replace his loss with an artificial limb, which they did as Boon as he was sufficiently recovered. A few months afterward the town rlerk. who was generally known by his Christian name, Paul, was unfortunate enough to have his other leg fractured In an accident. Naturally the mishap became food for town gossip, and one old wife in discussing the matter with a neighbor was overheard saying: "It's a gey bad business for Paul, puir man. but Is't his ain leg or the leg that belangs to the toon that's bro ken?" UNION PACIFIC TABLE WIST BOUND. No. 11 86 am No. IS 1:45 am No.l 10:35 am No. 9 11:41am No. 17 3:05 pm No. 15 6:23 pm No. 3 620 pm No. 5 6:35 pm No. 21 8:45 pm No. 19 11:20 am EAST BOUND. No. 4 4:43 a m No. 12 1027 p m No. 14 r:3Tam No. 6 2:16 pm No. 16 2:16 pm No. 10 35 pm No. 18 6:0ft pm No. 2 8:50 pm No. 22 7:12 am No. 20 120pm BBANCBKS. NOBFOLK. SPALDINO A ALBION. No. 79 msd..d 6.00am No. 31 pas ..ll:30pm No. 32 pas ..al2:30pm No. 80 mxd.. a 7:00 pm No. 77 mxd. d 720am No. 29 pas ..d 7.00 p m No. 30 pas ..a 1:10 pm No. 78 mzd..a 6:10 pm Daily except Sunday. noik: Nos. 1, 2, 7 and 8 are extra fare trains. Nos. 4. 5, 13 and 14 are local passengers. Nos. 58 and 59 are local freights. Nob. 9 and 16 are mail trains only. No. 14 doe in Omaha 4:45 p. m. No. 8 doe in Omaha 5:00 p. m. C. B. Q. Tim Tails No, 22, Pass, (daily ex. Sunday) leave.... 7:35 a m No. 32, Frt. & Ac. (d'y ex. Saturday) lv.SflO p m No. 21, Pass, (daily ex. Sunday) arrive. .920 p m No. 31, Frt. & Ae. (d'y ex. Sunday) ar. ..6J5 a m r-" THE KING'S ORDER. It Was Obeyed, and Yet the Monarch Was Not Happy. , When King Gustavus HI. of Sweden was in Paris he was visited by a depu tation of the Sorbonne. That learned body congratulated the king on the happy fortune which had given him so great a man as Scheele, the discoverer of magnesium, as his subject and fel low countryman. The king, who took small Interest In the progress of science, felt somewhat ashamed that he should be so ignorant as never even to have heard of the re nowned chemist. He dispatched a cou rier at once to Sweden with the laconie order. "Scheele is to be immediately raised to the dignity and title of a count.'' "His majesty must be obeyed," said the prime minister as he read the or der, "but who in the world Is Scheele:" A secretary was told to make inquiries. He came back to the premier with very full information. "Scheele is a good sort of fellow." said he. "a lieu tenant in the artillery, a capital shot and a first rate hand at billiards." The next day the lieutenant became a count, and the illustrious scholar and scientist remained a simple burgher. The error was not discovered until the king returned home, nis majesty was Indignant. "You must all be fools." he exclaimed, "not to know who Scheele is!" Argonaut. THE CRISIS. A Loving Mother Guides Her Girl at the Fateful Moment. "Your whole future life depends upon it." The mother, her face tinged with sympathy which we must ever feel In the presence of an immaturity that is hesitating between right and wrong, laid her hand over that of her beauti ful daughter. "Yes, dear," she continued, "into every life there comes at one time or another a supreme temptation. If the crisis is passed all is safe, but if you yield at the fatal moment you cannot retrace your steps. You are then com mitted to a fatal policy." "But, mother, father says he cannot afford It." "Exactly. Fathers from time im memorial have always said that. It Is their way of imposing on youth aud Innocence. Go forth at once and buy the gown. Do not forget that I am with you, that 1 will stand back of you with all the feeble strength I can command." So saying, the proud woman folded into her arms the weak creature, who even then, if it had not been for her timely rescue, would have been be trayed into a humiliating and shame ful surrender. Success Magazine. A Stage Manager's Ruse. The house bill of the Imperial the ater of La Roche-sur-Yon announced for the evening performance "La Tour de Nesle." a five act melodrama, and "La Socur de Jocrisse," a one act farce. The drama had been disposed of, but the low comedian was missing and could not be found. What was to be done? A luminous idea finally entered the manager's mind. The orchestra played an overture, then another, then a third, then a polka and finally a quadrille. At last, when the audi ence had grown quite obstreperous. the stage manager appeared. He ad dressed the three conventional bows to the spectators and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, you are anxious. I know, to listen to 'La Soeur de Jocrisse. The piece has just been acted, but through an unaccountable oversight on the part of the stage hands they forgot to raise the curtain." Saw It In a Dream. For many years ivory manufacturers were trying to devise a machine for turning out a billiard ball as nearly perfect as possible and at the same time avoiding waste. Among those who strove to perfect such a machine was Mr. John Carter of the firm of John Carter & Son. well known ivory manufacturers. One night, after Mr. Carter had been striving to solve the problem for some time, he suddenly awoke his wife by shouting out, "I have got it," and rushed downstairs Into his study, where he made a draw ing of the last knife for the want of which he had been so long waiting in order to complete his machine. It ap pears that he had fallen asleep and dreamed about the machine, and in the dream the solution of the difficulty was revealed to him. London An swers. Work of the Earthworm. When we behold a wide, turf cov ered expanse we should remember that its smoothness, on which so much of its beauty depends, is mainly due to all the inequalities having been slowly leveled by worms. It is a marvelous reflection that the whole of the super ficial mold over any sueb expanse has passed and will pass again every few years through the bodies of worms. The plow is one of the most ancient and most valuable of man's inventions, but long before he existed the land was, In fact, regularly plowed by earth worms. It may be doubted whether there are many other animals which have played so important a part in the history of the world as have these low ly organized creatures. Some other animals, however, still more lowly or ganizednamely, corals have done far more conspicuous work in having con structed innumerable reefs and islands in the great oceans, but these are al most confined to the tropical zones. Still There. Peckham (meeting an old friend) Why, DIngley, is this you? I haven't seen you for ten years. How are you anyhow? Dingley Oh, I'm just like I used to be. By the way, Peckham, how's your wife? You used to say you had the boss girl when you were single. Peckham (sadly) She's still boss. Life. A Bunch of Kicks. "The world wipes its feet on me," said the doormat. "And every hand is against me," said the push button. Kansas City Star. "I am continually being sat on." com plained the soft cushion. "And I get beaten hard for the light est thing." the egg groaned. Bosto PLAYED WITH A LION. A South African Child Who Ran te Meet the Big "Doggie." The infant son of one of the Dutch settlers in South Africa had strayed away. After some time a search par ty discovered little footprints leading in the direction of the bush. Follow ing up these, the search party came upon a large open space, at the far ther side of which they discovered the object of their search sitting hugging a little wooden doll and munching a piece of bread and butter. Before they could make their way through the thick, tangled undergrowth a large lion sprang into the cleariug. The lit tle boy. far from beiug frightened, ran to meet the lion, holding up his bread and butter and said. "Take a bite, doggie." The father stood iowerIess to move or speak through fear, expecting each Instant to see the child crushed under the lion's paw. but instead of doing as he dreaded the lion turned himself over and lay on his back at the child's feet. looking up iu his face as a cut would do at play. Watchiug his op portunity, the father raised his gun and fired, hitting the lion in the leg. The animal sprang up and. leaving the child, rushctf on the party, injuring two of the number before it was liual ly killed. From this circumstance th child was immediately christened by the settlers "Daniel." London Family Herald. WAITED FOR HEALY. An Incident of the Land League Agi tation In Ireland. One morning during the Land league agitation Mr. I'arucll left Dublin by the -.ui, mail train for ICoscommou to xddrcss a meeting. On arriving in the town he received a telegram from Dublin which ran: Missed mail train. Will get down at ' o'clock. Postpone meeting till 1 arrive. HEAL. Mr. Parnell was pleased to learn that T. M. Healy. M. P.. was coming dowu. Delighted, too. were the local promo ters of the demonstration, and the meet ing was gladly iostponed for a few hours. At 3 o'clock the railway station and its approaches wore thronged witn people with bands and banners, and the traiu from Dublin steamed Iu amid terrific cheering for Tim Healy. The train pulled up. a carriage door opened, aud the local reception com mittee rushed to it. when out stepped "Healy." but it was not T. M. Healy. M. P. It was V. Wallace Healy. a well known reporter on the staff of the Irish Times. He bad been assigned to the Roscom mon meeting, had missed the mail train, and it was most important that his paper should have a report of Mr. Paruell's speech; hence the telegram. Pearson's Weekly. What Yeomen Were. Yeomen were formerly considered to be by their title on a level with es quires, and they were called yeomen because, in addition to the weapons proper for close engagements, they fought in the wars with arrows aud a bow which was made of yew; hence the word. After the conquest the name of yeoman, in reference to the original office iu war. was changed to that of archer. The term, however, was continued with additions the yeo man of the crown, of the chamber, yeoman usher, etc. and we find that considerable grants were bestowed on some of them. In the legal view a yeoman is defined to be one that has fee land of the value of 40 shillings a year and is thereby qualified to serve on juries, to vote for knights of the shire and to do any other act which, the law may require. The yeomen al ways took a leading part in whatever concerned the regulations or interests of the kingdom, and their renown us warriors is fully established by their numerous heroic achievements. Lou don Globe. Insects and Flowers. Experiments on showy flowers like the poppy tend to show that insects are not always attracted to flowers by the brightly colored petals, but rather by the perception doubtless by means of smell that there is honey or pollen. In these experiments the unopened flower bud 13 inclosed in a gauze net so as to protect it from insects, aud when it expands the petals are care fully removed without touching the re maining parts with the fingers (for bees avoid a flower if the smell of hu man fingers is left on it), and the petal less flowers receive practically as many insect visits as uutouched flow ers do. Her Complexion. We once knew a woman who quar reled with her complexion. At one time she touched it up so much that it became touchy. At another time it was beyond the pale. Occasionally it broke out and lecame very fiery. But. however much she quarreled with It. she was always ready to make it up. Judicial. "Prosy old Judge Talkit got hold of Smythe the other day and treated ihe poor fellow to a regular judicial pro ceeding." "What was it?" "First he arrested his progress and then he tried his patience." Ralti more American. Happy Thought. Mrs. Newed How does the break fast suit you, darling? Newed It's just right, sweetheart. It may ba rather plebeian, but just the same I'm awfully fond of calf's liver. Mrs. Newed So am I. dearest. Don't you think it would pay us to keep a calf? Then we could have calf's liver every morning for breakfast. Chicago News. Not That Kind. Charlie came to the doctor's office in a state of great excitement and said: "Please, doctor, come right straight down to see Freddy. Mother says he's wreathed in agony." Delineator. The Responsible Party. Visiting Relative How aristocratic your father looks with all that gray hair! The Naughty Sou Yes. and he's got me to thank for It too. Puck. Knowledge, in truth. 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