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Miss Birdie Oodds closed her school in
the Gottberg district last Saturday.
T. C. Dineen, accompanied by Mies
Mary Dineen, went to Omaha Monday,
where Mr. Dineen will consult a specialist.
Route No. 1.
John Mohlman is putting up a new
building on his farm.
D. L. Martley had one of bis best
horses hurt in a barrow last Thursday.
O. A. Beardsley was at the Loseke
Creek cemetery doing some work last
Thursday and Friday.
Advertised Letters.
Following is a list of unclaimed mail
matter remaining in the post office at
Columbus, Nebraska, for the period end
ing June 1, 1910:
Letters Eddie Booth, Mrs Lizzie
Drain, Calvtn Jungblut, Koy L Moore,
John Orereeru. Milton Powers, Ferdi
nand Stankey, Swan Swanson, W I)
Sanford, Arthur B Wright.
Cards Mrs Clara Duprey, 11 Huckle
berry, M I Lyman, Mrs J B Mayhaffey,
Mrs A J Olson, G Quilligan, Miss Elsie
Shaffer.
Parties calling for any of the above
will please say advertised.
Cam, Kiiamek, P. M.
Henry Clay's Eloquence.
It was the remark of a distinguished
senator that Henry Clay's eloquence
was absolutely Intangible to delinea
tion, that the most labored description
rould not embrace it and that to be
understood it must be seen and felt
He was an orator by nature. His eagle
eye burned with patriotic ardor or
flashed indignation and defiance upon
his foes or was suffused with tears of
commiseration or of pity, and it was
because he felt that be made others
feel. A gentleman after hearing one
of his magnificent efforts in the senate
thus described him: "Every muscle of
the orator's face was at work. His
whole body seemed agitated, as if
each part was Instinct with a separate
life, and his small, white hand, with
its blue veins apparently distended al
most to bursting, moved gracefully,
but with all the energy of rapid and
vehement gesture. The appearance of
the speaker seemed that of a pure in
tellect wrought up to its mightiest en
ergies :iiid brightly shining through the
thin mid transparent veil of flesh that
invested it." St. Louis Itepublic.
The Fairies In Ireland.
rbere are many sorts of fairies in
Ireland. The trooping clans, the
friendliest, wear green jackets, and the
solitary fairies wear red. According
to McAnally, a peasant once witness
ed a bnttle between them, and when
the trooping fairies began to win he
was so overjoyed "to see the green
above the red" that be gave a loud
hurrah. Immediate; all vanished
from view, and he found himself
thrown headlong in tbi ditch, in Mr.
Peats' classification the weird but not
unkindly merrows. or sea fairies, come
nest, then the fairy doctors anrt
witches, who inhabit puddings and
pots, bewitch butter, steal milk and
the like; the banshees, not always
harbingers of death; the leprecauu. or
fairy shoemakers, "the only Industrious
persons among them," for they dunce
their shoes away in a single night;
the pookas, first cousins of the Scotch
brownies, who for their sins are oblig
ed to help the housewife with nightly
elfin labors; the giants, the ghosts nnu
the satanic race of demon cats, and
last, the "kings, queens, princesses,
earls and robbers." Sarah H. Cleg
horn in Atlantic.
Cleanliness In Persia.
The Persian spends hours in the
"hauunauis" (Turkish baths), which
are very handsome buildings decorated
with tiles and embellished with nu
merous exhortations as to the value of
cleanliness. The smallest village In
Persia lias its "hammam." and bathing
is almost a religious function. When
the hot room and massage are finished
the Persian Is shaved, and the whole
top of his head is likewise shaved.
though the hair over the ears is left
aud allowed to grow down to the neck.
This strange coiffure has a religious
meaning, for the two locks on each
side of the bead are meant for the an
gel of death to hold when be carries
the believer to paradise. Alt Persians
dye their hair with a mixture of henna
and vesnieh. and the hair dyeing is the
last part of the bath, but tea aud
smoking are Indulged in afterward.
and the frequenters of the "hammams"
find them very pleasant lounging
places. Chicago Journal.
MEMORY IN FISH. "
Striking Results Shown In a Tett With
Gray Perch.
Even the fishes of the sea bare pic
tures on memory's walL Experiments
nave been made with several fishes
as to their faculties for remembering,
but the most striking results have been
obtained with the gray perch, which
lives chiefly on small silvery hued
sardines. Some of these were taken
and colored red aud were then put
into the tank where the perch was
with several silver colored sardines.
Of course the normal sardines were at
once seized and eaten, but it was uot
until hungry that the perch made a
tentative meal of one of the red col
ored victims.
On recognizing the sardine flavor,
however, he promptly demolished the
remainder. Later the perch devoured
the sardines irrespective of color, thus
showing not only traces of a memory.
out also the power to differentiate
color.
Subsequently sardines colored red
and blue were placed in the tank to
gether with the silver dnes. The same
scene was repeated, the blue sardines
not being attacked until the others
were eaten and hunger compelled in
vestigation of the newcomers. After
this introduction the perch ate the sar
dines of all three types without any
difficulty.
Some spines of the sea nettle were
then fastened to the blue sardines.
These were at once avoided by the
perch, which promptly got out of the
way of the newcomers. This showed
traces of memory, as the results of
coutact with the sea nettle were shown
aud recognized. Chicago Tribune.
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When Lincoln Sat For His Bust.
When Vlnnie Ream, the sculptor,
was a mere child still and her experi
ence in modeling consisted of a few
busts and medallions she timidly ask
ed President Liucolu to permit her to
model his bust. "I don't know why
any one should want the picture or
statue of so homely a man," he an
swered and at first decliued to sit.
But when Senator Xesmith told him
that the western girl, "who was poor,
but talented." would be disappointed
if unable to secure this favor he turn
ed quickly and said: "She is poor, is
she? Well, that is nothing against her.
and 1 will sit for the model."
During the sittings the great man
would watch with much interest the
hands of the girl sculptor at her work;
but, speaking of him later, she said:
"For the most part he was sad and
silent, weighed upou by the stress of
a nation in peril ana his own recent
personal loss of a beloved son. Ah.
those were sad days at the White
House! One day the president's ejes
were full of tears as he turned from
gazing out of the window, and he said
to me, I am thinking of Willie.' "De
signer. Curious Training Methods.
Every baseball player seems to have
his own system, aud some of the meth
ods used are laughable, and few are
of any practicable value. One young
catcher who joined a National league
club a few years ago brought five gal
lons of iron, beef and wine in jugs in
his trunk to make him strong. Cau
non balls that weigh twenty-five
pounds are used to roll over the abdo
men. Iron rolling plus, special band
ages, a thousand kinds of rubbing oils
aud lotions, ranging from patent med
icines to horse liniments and oil made
by boiling down fishing worms, vibra
tors of all sizes and shapes, odd
arm bakers to be superheated with
electricity and rubber bauds are em
ployed. Hotel rooms are turned into
gymnasiums, and one of the funniest
sights of a year Is to sit In a card
game with half a dozen players swath
ed like puffy mummies in blankets,
sweaters and flannels until they look
as If they were starting on an arctic
journey. American Magazine.
A Whale's Breathinq.
An eminent naturalist says concern
lug the breathing apparatus of the
whale: "The windpipe does not com
municate with the mouth. A hole is,
as It were, bored right through the
back of the head. Engineers would
do well to copy the action of the valve
of the whale's blowhole. A more per
fect piece of structure it Is Impossible
to imagine. Day and night, asleen or
awake, the whale works its breathing
apparatus in such a manner that not
a drop of water ever gets down into
the lungs. Again, the whale must of
necessity stay a much longer period
under water than seals. This alone
might possibly drown him. as the
lungs cannot have access to fresh air.
We find that this difficulty has been
anticipated and obviated by n peculiar
reservoir in the venous system, which
reservoir is situated at the back of the
lungs."
Is the Universe Running Down?
It is absolutely certain that the ma
chinery of the solar system is running
down. The earth, with its mass of
three thousand trillion tons, moving
through space a thousand times faster
than the express traiu goes, is being
retarded by the friction of the atmos
phere and tides to the extent that it
loses about an hour In 10.000 years, a
very slow process. It would seem, but
one that will inevitably bring the
earth to a standstill ultimately. And
what Is true of the earth is true of all
the worlds and suns. Sir Isaac New
ton maintained that the motions of all
bodies in space suffer retardation and
that their velocity Is steadily becom
ing less aud will finally cease. Solar
systems, like everything else, have
their time to be born and their time to
die. New York American.
THE WARM BREATH.
Why It Comes Out Cold Through Part
ly Closed Lips.
When one breathes out used air from
the lungs through the wide open
mouth the breath has the same tem
perature as the body. 9S.G decrees F
and frequently on a cold day we warm
our fingers by breathing on them. if.
however, we blow the breath vigor
ously from the mouth the temperature
of the breath appears to be much low
er thau wbeu breathed gently and with
open mouth and is decidedly cooling
in Its effect, writes J. Gordon Ogden
hi Popular Mechanics.
The latter fact Is due to the well
known principle established by Lord
Kelvin, that a compressed gas upon
expanding will absorb beat The
breath, compressed by being forced to
pass through the small orifice made
by the puckered lips. Immediately ex
pands upon being admitted to the out
er air and to do so must take up heat.
This is also the Identical principle
involved In the manufacture of arti
ficial Ice. Ammonia gas is first com
pressed into a liquid and then liber
ated into a network of tubes surround
ing large sheet Iron boxes filled with
distilled water. The liquid ammonia,
set free at one end of the pipe system,
begius at once to evaporate, and by
the time it has scampered through the
long Iron tubes It has become gas. As
we have learned, to chance a llauld to
a gas requires heat. This heat is
taken from the iron piping, an excel
lent conductor, which In turn robs the
water of its heat, thus freezing it
It is just simply out of
the question for a young
fellow to find such clothes
as those known as "Col
lege Chap" unless he comes
to us.
Theshoulders, thegrace
ful waist, the delightful
lapels, all proclaim them
the clothes "de luxe" for
men who know cleverness
when they see it. Are you
one of these men? We
want to know. you.
GREISEN BROS.
Columbus, Neb.
How Scott Bore Adversity.
Once when I was staying with Mr.
Ruskin he took delight in showing me
his Scott manuscripts. He took down
"Woodstock" from the shelf, and. turn
ing the leaves over slowly and loving
ly, he said: "I think this Is the most
precious of them all. Scott was writ
ing this book when the news of his
rain came upou him. He was about
here, where I have opened It. Do you
see the beautiful handwriting? Now
look as I turn over the pages toward
the end. Is the writing one Jot less
beautiful? Are there more erasures
thau before? That assuredly shows
how a man can aud should bear ad-versitj-'
London Graphic.
The Antiquity of the Organ.
The organ is the most maguiticent
and comprehensive of ail musical in
struments. While the pipes of Pan,
aside from that mythical personage!
Indicate a very ancient use of pipes as
a means of producing musical sounds,
the "water organ of the ancients" fur
nishes to the student of organ history
the first tangible clew regarding the
remote evolution of the Instrument
In the second century the magripha,
au organ of teu pipes with a crude
keyboard, is said to have existed, but
accounts of this instrument are in
volved In much obscurity. It is aver
red that an organ, the gift of Cou
stautine, was iu the possession of
King Pepin of France in 757. but Aid
helm, a monk, makes mention of an
organ with "gilt pipes" as far back as
the year 700.
Failed to Catch the Tune.
A professor iu an old Pennsylvania
college was conducting a review in
Latiu. Of a sleepy looking youth he
asked the question, "What construc
tion is that at the top of page 12?'
"I don't know." was the prompt re
Ply. "Why not?" thundered the professor.
"I have been harping on that construc
tion all term."
"I know you have, professor," was
the soft reply, "but I haven't caught
the tune yet."
HIS ONLY REGRET.
The Sorrow That Consumed Bichat
When He Was Dying.
Over a century ago died Xavler Bi
chat, the famous physician and anat
omist, author of "L'Anatomle Gen-
erale." lie probably dissected more
human corpses thau any other man in
the world's history. He established a
record when be opened C25 bodies dur
iug one'wlnter.
Of his nerve a tale Is told. When
he lay on his deathbed he called his
colleagues to him and said: "Dear
frleuds, 1 am done, but what comforts
me is the fact that my case is a re
markable one. I have had unusual
symptoms for some days which I have
analyzed. They have greatly sur
prised me." The doctors sought to
reassure him. He answered that be
was under uo Illusion with regard to
himself. "I shall die fairly satisfied
with my life and go to the grave with
"What Is that?" he was asked. "I
am distressed that after death I can
not dissect my own body. I could, I
am certain, have made some beautiful
scientific discoveries." Then he sank
back, murmuring: "I must not think
about it It won't bear thinking of."
Westminster Gazette.
Willing to Chance It.
Here the lecturer threw upon tho
screen the portrait of a man well
known In the financial world, says the
Chicago Trlbuue.
"This," he said, "is one of the great
captains of flnauce. I do not ueed to
mention bis name. His face is famil
iar to all of you. Look at his corru
gated brow, the furrows in his ehceks.
the pouches under his eyes, the deep
lines about his mouth. That face, my
friends, bears the unmistakable nud
ineffaceable stamp of care. Anxiety
has marked It ludelibly. It shows the
traces of sleepless nights, weary days
aud bitterly fought campaigns, with
millions of dollars at stake. Success
brings such a man uo happiness. Look
at him I How many of you. my friends.
would change places with him? How
many of you would be willing to take
his wealth if compelled to assume the
terrible burden of resKnsibility that
goes with It?"
His hearers rose eti uiasse.
"I would!" they shouted in unison.
HOW IT HAPPENED.
The Eaplanatien ef the Autemebile
Driver and a Climax.
Altar the victim of the accident was
carried to the sidewalk the automobile
driver turned bis "jcMt and came
back and explained how it happened
with considerable warmth.
"This woman." he volubly remarked
to the policeman, "was entirely to
blame. She ran around from ahead of
the street car and deliberately put her
self in my way. After she bad dodged
the coal cart It was too late for me to
stop. I couldn't tell which way she
was going, and when I saw that she
was dazed and foolish 1 jammed on
the brakes and tried to pass to the
left, but of course she bad to run the
same way, aud the cousequence was
mat in endeavoring to avoid a baby
carriage with twins in It and an old
man who was walking with a crutch
1 suppose 1 must have hit her. But I
wasn't going4 more than two miles an
hour, and any woman who would
dodge around in that foolish way and
lose her head shouldn't be permitted
to go on the streets without a bunch
of guardians."
The policeman nodded.
"Come over to the sidewalk." he said,
"and take a look at her."
So the driver went to the curb with
the officer and looked at the unfortu
nate creature who had so acUvely con
tributed to her own disaster.
And, lo. It was only a dressmaker's
dummy that had fallen off the rear of
a delivery wagon! Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Why the Vases Were Valuable.
There's a china expert in one of the
large department stores here who has
an amusing little trade of bis own on
the side. It is nothing more or less
than deciding the value of rare china
or glass ware broken by careless serv
ants or packiug houses.
"It requires a lot of diplomacy, too,"
he said, with a laugh. "Not so very
long ago 1 was called in to arbitrate
between an irate householder and one
of the big moving firms. She said with
sobs that the movers had broken a
pair of vases which she valued at $100.
The movers, although willing to make
restitution, considered the sum exor
bitant. Well. 1 looked at the pieces
and found the value about $25. I told
the woman so quietly. I know that,
she sobbed, 'but they belonged to my
mother-in-law, aud my husbaud will
think I made the men do it purposely
unless I get a lot for them.'
"And It was not until the men had
promised to prove they had done It
accidentally that the lady was content
to accept the $23." Philadelphia
Times.
THE
COLUBUS
RACES
Will be Held
JUNE
21-22 23
4,500.00
IN PURSES
Embarrassing Question.
Police Justice Have you any way of
making a living? Vagrant I beV y'r
honor. I kin make brooms. Police
Justice You can? Where did you
learu that trade? Vagrant I decline
to answer, your honor. Home Herald.
An Afterthought.
Nervous aud luexperieuced Host iris
ins hurriedly at the conclusion of a
songi Ladies aud-er-gentlemen. be
fore he started to-er-sing Mr. Haw
nail asked me to apologize for his er
voice, but I-er-1 omitted to do so
er so I er-apologize now London
M. A. P.
What Kept Her From It.
"Have you ever thought of going on
the stage?"
"Yes, frequently."
"What has kept you from doing so?"
"The managers, the mean things!"
Chicago Record-Herald.
Orders All the Time.
First Commercial Yes. 1 am just
back from a three mouths' trip ou the
road. Second Commercial Get many
orders, old man? First Commerclal
You bet! I took my wife with me!
Make each day a critic on the last. I
Pnno I
She'd Remedy That.
Mrs. Hoyle Your husbaud has a
mind of his own. my husband says.
Mrs. Doyle I'll speak to him about It
when he comes home. New York
Press.
The Pearl Hunters' Superstition.
The pearl hunters of Borneo and the
adjacent Islands have a peculiar su
perstition. When they open shells In
search of pearls they take every ninth
find, whether It be large or small, and
put it into a bottle, which is kept
corked with a dead man's finger. The
pearls lu the vial are known as "Seed
pearls" or "breeding pearls," and the
native Borneose firmly believes that
they will reproduce their kind. For
every pearl put Into the vial two
grains of rice are thrown In for the
pearls to "feed upon." Some whites
in Borneo believe as firmly hi the su
perstition as the natives do. and al
most every hut along the coast has Its
"dead finger" bottle, with from nine
to fifty seed pearls and twice that
number of rice grains carefully and
evenly stowed away among them.
That no results follow does not dim
the superstition.
Dr. Yates' Trousers.
St Catharine's was the first Cam
bridge college to produce a dou who
dared to stagger humanity by wear
ing trousers. He was Dr. Lowtber
Yates, "a large, square man from Cum
berland," suspected of radical opin
ions, who was master of "Cat's" dur
ing the closing years of the eighteenth
century. As Yates, when vice chancel
lor, walked In procession to the uni
versity church, wearing trousers In
stead of the orthodox knee breeches.
somebody shouted from a window:
Gadzoons, gadzoons.
Lowthtr Yates n pantaloons!
The profane Impromptu poet was
captured and proved to be Yates own
uephew. "Gadzoons!" was a Cum
brian expletive with which Yates was
wont to express intense astonishment.
Westminster Gazette.
The Joke as Persia Sacs It.
The "Man of Jam" was the Joe Mil
ler of Persia, according to Charles
Johnston iu Harpers Weekly. "For
some reason or other the Man of Jam'
seems to have had a deep detestation
of schoolteachers." says this author.
"A teacher whose sou had fallen ill
and was at the Rint of death hade
them send for the washer of corpses
to wash his sou. But ihey objected,
he is not dead yet!' 'Never mind
said the teacher; iie will be dead by
the time they have finished washing
him "
To Bahlul a certain vizier said: "Ite
Jolce at these good tidings. The prince
ot the faithful has made thee ruler
over aies and swiue." "Take mv or
ders, then." quickly retorted Bahlul.
"for surely thou art of my subjects."
Too Much For Her.
"The newest laws of hygiene." said
a medical man. "can't be inculcated
save among those who thorough! v un
derstand them. Take the case of
Dash.
"Dash, a rich country scientist, de
cided to encourage crematiou among
the villagers. So when the old ash
man died Dash urged bis widow to
have the corpse cremated.
"Xo, sir,' said the old woman. Til
not cremate him. I'll put him under
the sod.'
' 'But the cremation won't cost you
a cent said Dash. Til pay all the
expenses if you'll let me have him cre
mated " 'Well, I agree said the old woman
in a hesitating voice. 'I'm too poor
not to agree, sir Then she gave Dash
a puzzled look, half of pity, half of
contempt
"But why do you do it. sir? she
said. 'Is it a hobby like golf or stamp
conectin'?" Washington Star.
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Bigger and Better Than Ever
I Large Purses Good Races I
Cobb Driving Club
The Author's Grievance.
The magazine editor looked up.
"I want to protest, sir," said the
caller, "against the way in which one
of your reckless proofreaders man
gled my copy. See here. The judge
In the story looks down at the detec
tive. 'Are you Pendleton King?' he
asks, and the detective, removing his
beard, replies, I am Now, just see
what your proofreader made him say."
The editor glanced at the Hue and
read it aloud:
"The detective, removing his beard,
replies, 1 a. in "
The unhappy author groaned.
"Where does that leave the readers?"
be demanded.
The editor slowly smiled.
"At 1 a. m. they are naturally left
In the dark," be replied. "Take an
extra chapter and get them out of It."
The author suddenly laughed.
"Happy thought!" he cried. "I will."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Wellingtons Ceelneea.
The Duke of Wellington was one
day sitting at his library table when
the door opened and without any an
nouncement in stalked a figure of sin
gularly ill omen.
"Who are you?" asked the duke in
his short and dry manner, looking up
without the slightest change of coun
tenance upon the intruder.
"I- am Apoilyon. I am sent here to
kill you."
"Kill me? Very odd."
"1 am Apollyou and must put you to
death."
" 'Bilged to do It today?"
"I am uot told the day or the hour,
but I must do my mission."
"Very iuconvenient; very busy; great
many letters to write. Call again or
write me word. I'll be ready for you."
The duke then went on with his cor
respondence. The maniac, appalled
probably by the stern, immovable old
gentleman, backed out of the room and
in half an hour was In an asylum.
Jack Ashore.
Fond Mother You are never satis
fied. Jack. When you go to sea you're
homesick, and when you come home
you're seasickLondon Punch.
He that loves to be flattered Is
worthy of the flatterer-Shakespeare.
The Wonderful Toad Bone.
All early writers attribute wonderful
qualities to toads and frogs and the
various parts ot their bodies. Pliny
believed, for instance, that If a toad
was brought into the midst of a mob
or ojher large aud unruly eoucourse of
people "silpiice would instantly pre
vail." A small bone round in the right
side of toads "of the proper age" was
also Itelieved to have powers over the
various elements. "By throwing this
bone Into a vessel of boiling water."
says Pliny, "it will immediately cool
It the water refusing to boll again un
til the bone has been removed. To
find this bone, expose the dead toad
ou au ant hill. When the ants nave
eaten her all away except the bones,
take each bone separately and drop it
Into boiling water. Thus may the
wondrous toad bone be discovered."
Little by Little.
The Young Wife (showing her furni
turei Here's the rocking chair for the
parlor. Isu't it just lovely? Mrs.
Oldly (rather iriticallyi-But I don't
see any rockers, dear. The Young
Wife Oh. they'll be here uext mouth.
You see. we are buyiug the chair on
the installment pluu. aud we haven't
paid for the rockers yet."-San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
Westminster Abbey.
The full legal title of Westminster
abbey is "the Collegiate Church of St
Peter. Westminster." Very few peo
pie have heard the famous burial place
so designated. A collegiate church, as
distinguished from a parish church. Is
one that is administered by a "college"
of priests instead of an individual rec
tor or vicar. Westminster Gazette.
Another Way.
"Why don't you throw away this old
junk? It Is or no use to any one."
"But that would make me feel waste
ful." Then give It away and feel chart-table'-Wasblngton
Herald.
Exercise Is the chief source of Im
provement in all our faculties. Blair.
Why They Smiled.
It was the Sabbath day. and the eld
er was shaving himself prior to church
time when he made a slight cut with
the razor ou the extreme end of his
nose. Calling his wife, be asked her
if she had any court plaster.
"You will find some in my sewing
basket," she said.
The elder soon had the cut covered.
At church In assisting with the collec
tion he noticed every one smile as he
passed the plate. Very much annoy
ed, be asked one of his assistants if
there was anything wrong with his
appearance.
"I should say there was," answered
the assistant. "What is that upon
your nose?"
"Court plaster."
"No," said his friend; "It Is the label
from a reel of cotton. It says. 'War
ranted 200 yards "Pearson's.
A Legend of February.
Here is the pretty legend which tells
why February has only twenty-eight
or tweuty-niue days. Long ago, they
say. Februury was a gambler, and he
was so unlucky that he soon lost ail
his money. Like other gamblers, he
tried to recover It, and he said to bis
companions that If they would lend
him some money he would give them
as security one of bis days. January
and March, who were naturally asso
ciated with him more often than any
of the other mouths, accepted his of
fer, and as poor February soon lost
the money which he had borrowed
each of them acquired one of his days.
That Is why Jauuary and March have
each thirty-one days and February has
only twenty-eight in ordinary and
twenty-nine In leap years. j
Maiay weapons.
The iiati-nal Malay weapon, the
creese, Is said to have been luveutett
by a Javanese monarch of the four
teenth century. Its varieties are said
to exceed a hundred, and there are in
Javanese uo fewer than fifty name
for them. It varies in size from the
two foot wavy blade of Sulu down lo
a mere toothpick. But the peculiurity
Is that the weajon Is never grouud. but
kept rough aud suwlike iu edge bv
scouring with lime Juice or the juice
of an uurlpe pineapple, sometimes
mixed with arsenic, and It is on this
accouut that creese wounds are so
dangerous. Old specimens are so eaten
away by this practice that the blade
seems formed from a bunch of wires
roughly welded up. Such creeses are
highly valued, and some of the ancient
ones, heirlooms of chiefs, with gr.
tesquely carved aud Inlaid hilts aud
sheaths, are almost unpurchasable.
The Little Things That Tell.
A south side mother was dressing
for a tea the other afternoon wheu the
front door bell rang. She instructed
the maid that If the visitor appeared
to be about to make a formal call to
say she was uot at home. But the
mother bad not counted on the five-year-old
daughter .laying in the front
yard.
The maid, seeing a womau dressed
as if for calling, obeyed instructions
"She is uot at home." the maid said.
"Why. she Is. too. Minnie." came a
sharp Interruption from the child on
the lawn. "1 saw her lower the cur
tain just now."
"Perhaps she Just came In." the
maid responded weakly. 'Til see."
The situation was saved by the fact
tint the visitor was the mother's sis
ter, whom the maid did not know.
Kansas City Star.
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Circus In Paris Streets.
Writiug of street life iu Paris. Wil
helm Feldmaun says in the Welt Spie
gel that the unique features are the
gymnastic aud acrobatic performances
which oue sees there. Wherever traf
fic will permit oue may expect to see
the street acrobats, men. women aud
children, spread their carpet, erect
their apparatus and. to the accompa
niment of a few instruments, some
times only a drum, give their jierform
auces. Feats of strength, balancing
aud pyramid buildiug are performed,
and then oue of the youngsters iu
tights collects the copjiers from the
crowd which usually congregates.
This done, the performers throw long
cloaks over their tights and move ou
with their wagon to the next halting
place.
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