TUB DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , NOVEMBER 28 , 1897.
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Romance of the 'Scutcheon.
Tlic Anns and Crest of Col. John Hay , United States Ambas
sador to England , and of Gov. Wolcott of Massachusetts ,
By OHRAI.D
Vnthlr'clnR persons arc given to describ
ing coits-of-arms anil heraldic devices gen
erally a so much absurd and meaningless
ostentation. That such a supposition Is alto-
gc'hcr wrong It only takes a little Invest- !
Baton to find out. Kvery escutcheon and
crest his Us slKnincnr.ce , Just as has the
national flap Itself a heraldic emblem. And
not the least Interesting1 sldo of the very
farclnatlng study of heraldry Is connected
with the legends and historical facts stir ;
rounding the oilgln of each device.
What Is the story of your coat-of-arms ?
tl-ftt Is n question which It may repay you
to follow up. For all heraldic devices have
stories attached to them , some romantic ,
otlir.j diverting , but usually of considerable
Intercut to the curious.
To Illustrate thin statement roughly , a few
coats-of-arms plcltcd at random , together
with hn odd accounts of the'r va lous origins
nro herclnaltcr briefly given. AH much as
possible the technical language of heraldry
linn been avoided.
The arms and crest of the present United
States ambassador to England , Colonel John
Hay , are a whole romantic tale In them
selves. In the reign of Kenneth , the third
of Scotland , about BSO A. U. , the klng'e
lion typifying the protector himself and the
ring the sovereignty of England , I3ut this
crest Jiad an old and honorable history. Crom
well ( who was , contrary to common belief , of
excellent descent ) had an. ancestor named
Richard Williams , ft Welsh gentleman. At
the Field of the Cloth of Gold , before iHonry
VIII , he vanquished six gallant knights In
a tourney , whlcli so pleased the king that
ho threw him his diamond ring , crying :
"Thou wort my Dick ; now thou shall bo
my diamond I"
Thomas CromwelK Henry's minister , was
Williams' uncle , and he ado-pled the young
man , giving him his own name In place of
the original Welsh patronymic. Hlchard
Cromwell , late Williams took the lion and
ring for a crest , eventually transmitting
It to his descendant , the great Oliver.
The list of quaint stories attached to crests
and coats-of-arms might bo lengthened In
definitely , but enough has been said to show
the wealth of romance lying open to the
curious student of heraldic devices.
now n.vA'in KII.I.UD COMATH.
InililfiiiciitH UNIM ! In tliv firrut SllnK
llnttlfH of Antn .Minor.
Ono of the first curiosities I bought In my
Journey through Asia Minor was a sling such
as are used today In many parts of Tur-
HiW
(3 ( RU > SHlE-l-DS CM CHEVRON
Kfeo &ROI/ND / } BE.TWE.tH 1MREE.
ROOK * ,
troops met at Loncarty , In Perthshire , a i
'great army of Danes. I
The battle was long and somewhat In favor ;
of the Danish Invaders , until suddenly there
appeared on the seen. ? an old farmer of the ,
district , followed by his two sons , all three
armed only with ox yokes So bravely , however -
over , did the newcomers fight that the Danes j
-were driven back and eventually routed. [
After the victory the king sent for the oU I
farmer and asked.Him his name. The old
man being very deaf , answered , after the
ifoEhlon of deaf folk all the world over :
"Hay ? Hay ? "
His name was so written down , by.tho
king's heralds , who gave him for n coat of j
arms three red shields on a sliver ground , |
typifying himself and his sons , who had
been the throe ( shields of Scotland. The
king also granted them nil the land his pet
gerfalcon could fly around ; and the bird ,
being locsed , circled the entire earldom of J
Errol.
For this reason , a gerfalcon was granted
by way of a crest , and subsequently two
farmer boys bearing ox yokes were added ns
supp-rters. To this day the land flown
around by the gerfalcon remains In the pos
session of the head of Colonel Hay's family
the earl of Errol.
The curious arms of the Walcott family
( of which the newly elected governor of
Massachusetts < s a distinguished member ) ,
are on a silver field a sable chevron between
three chess rooks or caatlcs also sable.
The story goes that John W < ; ' .cott , an
cestor ot the house , was playing choas w Ith
King Henry , and just before the tattle of
Aglncotirt. After a hotly contested gime ,
Walcott ( who was evidently no flatterer ) ,
succeeded In' checkmating the king with the
rook or castle. In memory of thla achieve
ment , as well as for his bravery next day
In real strife , the king changed the three
which had berne
llcura-do-lya he formerly
to three chess rooko.
The powerful family of Crnnlngham , which
has many branches In this country , bears
a hay fork for arms , with the odd motto ,
"Over ! Fork over ! " This Is due to the fact
that when Malcolm Canmoro < was fly'ng from
the wrutli of Macbeth he was hidden In lho
liaymow of an old farmer dwelling on the
Irnds of Cunnlnglum. Macbeth's followers
soon appeared on the icene , but the farmer
went calmly on , forking hny over the hidden
prince , and crying to his men : "Over'
Fork over ! "
The pursuers , seeing noth'tig suspicious ,
passed on ) and afterward , when Malcolm
came to power , he rewarded his preserver
with the freehold and surname ot Cunning
ham , and the arms and motto described.
The family of Hammond , to which Mr.
Hammond of South African fame belongs
bears a ghastly crest , yet one worthy of
high honor. It consists of two hands up-
llft'ng a human skull , upon which rests the
coronet of a marquis The crest was granted
bccat'bu the original woircr had had the
hardihood to carry away the skull of the
bra\o marqu't * of Montrose from the splko
In Edinburgh , 'where It had been exposed
by the Puritans , and to glvo It a decent
burial.
Thn proud roco of Fltz-Gorald , whoso chief
Is the llttlo Irish duke of Lelnstor. has a
pccull'r crest , the cause of which Is certi
fied by history , It Is a monkey environed
with a plain collar and dragging a broken
chain , The device was adopted because of
an Incident In the life of Thomas Fltz-CJor-
alrt. fifth carl of Klldaro.
When a baby In his castle at Traleo , the
llttlo carl was snatched from his cradle by
a tame monkey and carried to the topmost
battlements. Contrary to expectation , the
beaut did not drop hla charge , but , after hold.
Ing him up as though to overlook hU prop
erty , gently bore him back to his cradle once
more. The earl was ever after called
"Thomas an Appagh. " or "Thomas of the
Monkey " by the Irish , and the king granted
him thla dnvlco In memory of the event ,
The Armstrong family's crest Is also re-
Bur.tuble , consisting of a mcn'a aim in armor ,
thii hand clutching and lifting an armed
leg.The
The Btory goes that a member ot the Falr-
balrn family being In battle saw the king
of Scotland full from his horse Into a morass ,
Shifting hla sword to the left hand , he has
tened to the monarch's aid , and , being a
man of prodigious strength , succeeded In
lifting the fallen sovereign out ot harm's
way by the leg , using only the right hand
to do BO , For this ho received the name ot
"Armstrong , " and the foregoing crest.
The famous "red hand of O'Nrlll" Is berne
lor device by that warlike Irish clan , In mem
ory of a , feat performed by tholr ancestor.
It was agreed between this dcuntless war
rior ami several others that whichever ot
them. Balling from Scotland , t hpuld first
touch Irish soil was to pomes * the territory
which lie touched. Seeing himself almost
outstripped In the race and the Ulfcter const
a few boat lougtus away , the nnn-stor of tun
O'Neills coolly chopped pff his left hand and
hurled It nuliore , thus first touching Irlsli
soil. Ills descendants became kings of rwer
and later carls of Tyrone
Oliver Cromwell's crest tint of a lion
holding a diamond HUB I' ' * " l'-\w - " '
j > ienounced by heralds to be iiiophetic , tue
key ) and resemble , no doubt , the slings used
In j bible times. To American . , who knows
j' the sling only as a shoestring affair of snial
j importance , even in the hands of boys , H
Is I quite a levelation to learn the posslbllltlc
of < the Asiatic sling as en Instrument ot de
alrucilon < in the bauds of men.
While I was In Caccarea. which is a typi
cal "Interior" city I took some lessons In
sling manipulation from a Turk named Arlf ,
one of the most skillful throwers in the
place. I did not gain any great proficiency
.myself , for the art of poising and twirling
and delivering the stone Is almost as CCB\
to acqul o as a good management of the
boomerang ! but I came to have a muc ! >
heightened 1 respect for David and his famou.-
wcapon and rather a sympathy for Goliath.
At any rate , It Is quite easy to understand
how 1 the big giant was killed. Men are klllec1
the same way at present every year In Go
liath's country ( which is this ) , while hun
dreds are badly wounded.
TUB FAMOUS SLING.
The Asiatic sling is about two yards long
and as thick as a man's finger. It is a rope
or worsted , worked In various coloia , with
strands of twisted cord to give It strength.
DaVId might have slung Goliath to a tree
with his bllng and it would have berne the
weight. At one end of the string Is a loop
of strong leather , which the thrower slips
over the middle finger. At the other end
Is a whiplash , which cracks like a pistol
chat when the sling Is discharged. In the
middle Is a cup of soft leather , backed by
worsted , largo enough to hold a hen's egg.
When you Imagine such a stone crashing'
Into Goliath's templa at the rate of sixty
miles an hour or thereabouts you have no
great difficulty In understanding what hap
pened to Goliath.
In order to make a practical test of wlut
these slings will do , I made Arlf throw many
stones in his best style , and he threw them
with the pride of an expert. He threw sumo
far Into the air In long ellipses , and they
hummed mischievously as they loft the sling
atul landed over many houses far beyond the
best throw of a ball player ,
I cannot find that any precise measurement
has been made of a first-class sling throw ,
Turks do not go In much for records In ath
letics , but there seems to bo no doubt that
rood throwers will make a stone cover 300
yards. And within the range of 100 yards
i'jev Btud thn stones with terrific velocity
and In almost horizontal lines. At that dis
tance , Aril would drive a stone half an inch
Into a pine board , and In testing his ac
curacy ot aim , I had a heavy wooden gate
la tbo compound wall badly disfigured. I
found { hat throwing from a distance of sixty
yards ho would strike wltiila
a five-foal cir
cle three times out of four.
In using the Bllng the thrower plants lilni-
r.nlf nrmlv on both feet , fixes the stone In
the leather cvp , holds the two cuds In hUl
right hand ami then takes his aim , which Is
dntio partly on the Initial poise of ( ho sling
-urtlv in the twirling. If his mark bo a
T.an'a Ifg , lie crouches low as he whirls the
sllug , with feet wide apart. If bis mark
bo a nun's head he holds tlio right arm
b.fiber , And tils motions lu delivering the
ball are AS complicated and rapid as thoee ot
a high-priced base ball pitcher.
To stand behind him as the two thong * de
scribe fierce patterns In the air1 IB not r * *
assuring , for you cannot avoid norno appre
hension , lest the stone como out backward |
to stand bcforo him as his arm straightens
and he comes forward hard on Ills left \tg \
with oycs flushing and every ! muscle tense
th < it li rather like facing a lancer In battle.
Not qulto such a serious case , but serious
enough I They told me , for Instance , th.il
men have boon brought In with lees broken
and faces crushed out ot recognition after
taking part In fights with the sling ,
FIRRCB FIGHTS.
These sling fights , which are regarded ns
play , for'flll ' their scrlou conseqcnees , take
a prominent place among Turkish out-of-door
amusements , and formerly ( that Is until two
or three years ago ) took place on a large
scale every Friday afternoon , the weekly
holiday.
They would begin In a small way ninong
the boys , who would assemble on the plain
just outside of Cacsirra or some other
place , and start the fun by forming sides ,
with Turks against Armenians , or Greeks
against Turks , or however It might happen ,
und fifteen or twenty boys on a side each
armed with a sling. Then the two lines
would advance tlowly against each other ,
whirling and letting drive as they went , and
picking up stones from the thickly strewn
plain.
If there Is 'any ' one thing that Is not lackIng -
Ing In Asia Minor It Is stones. After some ,
preliminary skirmishing both sides wouia
como together In a vigorous onset and there
would be enough damage done to get the
boys' blood up and excite the young men
who would meantime hnvo begun to gather ,
they also carrying flings proportioned to
their strength. A man may bo hero without
food or clothing , but he can always find a
sling , and usually knows how to use It.
As last as the men arrive they take sides ,
ono agalr.st one , men of n race keeping on
the same si-do against men of another race ,
Christiana against Moslems usually , which
adds to the zest of battle. Within an hour
fifty young men may have ranged themselves
In ono line or the other , an ! presently with
keen excitement they begin the advance ,
shouting ard whirling their slings , bent on
doing all the damage In their power. And
soon the singing ot the stonea as they whizz
by , and the blood flowing here and there ,
tempt the older men Into the fray , and
who have journeyed
even vet enable greybeards ,
neyed to Mecca , as their green turbans show ,
come hurrying up , slIiiRs In hand , ready
to risk a broken head for the chance of
breaklnr , some other man's head.
In this way , llttlo by little , the fever
spreads , the fight gets hotter , until , as has
often happened , 100 , 200 men perhaps a
'whole village are out on the plain , yelllns
like madmen , hurling stones with all their
strength , guarding themselves as best they
may. and finally , when the lines come to
gether , rushing upon each other with flats
or knives , until it Is a wonder that half of
them are not killed. Since the massacres
the authorities have prohibited the regular
Friday sling battles , for with race hatred
aiming as at present they would surely
und in great slaughter , but the Turks still
fight nmrnr ; themselves , from time to time ,
out of pure love of the thing.
"Havo you ever fought In these battles ?
I asked Arlf.
"Many times " he answered , and beamed
at the remembrance , for all his 50 years.
"Were you ever badly hurt ? "
"Look here , " ho said , and , pulling up his
iaggy trousers , showed a white scar as long j
Va quarter cf a , dollar just over the shin
jone. "That laid me up for a month , and
ere ( pulling off his fez ) Is one that cut my
head open. It came over my aba. "
THE FIGHTING DRESS.
He put his finger cri a long scar , plainly
visible through his close-cropped hair. And
hen he explained what he meant by a stone
-omlng ever the aba. The aba is a gayly
; olorcd outer garment made of the heaviest
unvas , almost ae hard as board , so hard that
i knife thrust -will scarce'- penetr.Ue It.
Young Turks , especially wear these gar
ments as a safeguard In their quarrels , and
It serves excellently In the sling battles. As
they move forward whirling their sling *
with the right hand , they protect their
bodies with the abas hung over the left arm
and reaching nearly to the ground. Let a
stone come ever EO swiftly aga'nist the aba
It will do little barm , but often In a rain
of missiles one will fly over the guard , or
under It , and the man goes promptly on the
disabled list.
Arif told me a story that shows what ser
vice the sling may render In time of need ,
even as it did In Divld's time. A friend of
lilr.i who wia alsoan expertIn , throwing was
journeying across the country when he met
i party of travelers , halted near a bridge ,
nd talking together In great excitement.
On inquiring what bad happened , be
learned thai on the other side of the lorldge
was a band of rough men who had threat
ened to bolt them and plunder them if they
. A METHOD OF USING TUB SLING.
came that way. So they were afraid to
move forward But the sling-thrower , un
disturbed , Jocbened his si ing from around
hie waist and calling the others to fetch
him Etones , began to advance acrc * the
bridge , discharging his sting as ho went and
shouting just as he had done many times 'n
the sling battles. Bcforo he reached the
j other side of the bridge , the robbers had
taken to their heels , many of them with
sore htada and1 bruised bodies , and the trav
elers 'wero ' able to go their way without
harm. CLEVELAND MOFFIT-
A XU.ST AH IIIC .IS A CITY' LOT.
TinUnmlrrrill AlolllliU Unlit by ( III !
Xiillfi * HCHM ofiixlralla. .
The mallco ben of Australia laje Its eggs
In a huge nest. The nest Is really an arti
ficial mound of gigantic proportions for the
ulze ot Its maker , and the purpose It Is to
j serve , The artificial mound U a co-operative
Incubator , It la built by many pairs of birds
male and female working alike to construct
It. These same palts or flocks of birds an
nually repair and enlarge the queer looking
cone , which rUes up like a turret dome
from the level prairie.
Sometimes these tunnels attain a height of
fifteen feet In a pcrpendlcu'ar , with a radius
t of equal measurement. Many of these nests
i have measured as much as fifty yards , or 150
i feet , around their base. That would give the
largest one measured a diameter ot about
fifty feet. Three mound nests are entered
through a sort of funnel cavity at the top
of the cone.
The hens of all the building and repairing
pairs lay In this Immense nett. The eggs
are deposited about ilx feet below the su--
face. While each hen lays her egg In the
family mound , no hen drops her egg closer
than twenty Inches of that ot her neighbor.
Those eggs are deposited in a cavity made for
it , wherein It la i > Uoed la a vertical position ,
fc'I Three months ago we flattered ourselves
I on having the most complete stock of home furnishing in the west , Today it is differ
* & ent , The tremendous business of this fall has made deep cuts into our stock , and in
f the past week we have been gathering together hundreds of odd lots from every de
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A ridiculous prices $11.M Bed Lounge $ S.OO BriiBscls Net Curtains 4-25 $1.50 Body Brussels'
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this week 8.45 tnls week thin week <
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iS- iauge 23c Hat Racks $1.50 per meek , or $ G.OO per month. lor furniture and other suitable
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! $20.03 Leather Couches W.OO per week , or $ S.OO per month. able holiday poods to be
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* $ : . . Reed Rocktr $2.50 per weok. or $10.00 per month.
2 On a bill of SXIO.Ofl-
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carefully covered , and the nurfaco Is carefully - |
fully -smoothed ever by the hen before she
qulta the neat. Contrary to thcj usual practice i
of the bird aiid fowl , species , ) these malice
hens lay at night Instead of in. the day. Sev
eral days elapse also between the dropping
of two c'gg ? by the name hen.
The eggs of the malice hen are out of all
proportion to her size. They arc as large as
these of a geese , and of large hens are very
much larger.
The eggs thus laid and covered In th'n
great sand oven In thq hot districts are never
again cite turned by the hens. The eggs are
hctebed by the heat the sun bakes into the
toll where they lay. U has never been
known how the young chicks are excavated
frcmi their egg grave , for the cgga are de
posited fully fix inches below the surface
and the hardening rains do not old their
pvU. vcrv innp.h.
The hen Is BO vury shy and vigilant tbat'
no one Is able > to study her maternal and I
domestic bibltenltli satisfaction. As ehe I
lays her egg at nijibt aril transacts moat of |
her affairs 'In ' the night watch so that no I
naturalist or curious Individual can ferret her
out , possibly , Elia tUnlH to her expected brood
under cover of "night also and gives Idem
< he parental unrarthlng which they must
Burely need after .the pipping of the egg
shell. |
Uusli naturalists have been curloim to
know how thU iieriillar fowl builds that nest. I
Tno birds have bten seen working at It and '
the mounds have been Inspected , but the '
A WONDERFUL -J1ALLKR HEN MOUND.
I
piling of the dirt Is not from1 the Immediate
vicinity for that Is undisturbed. Small sprigs
and the like enter Into the plastic masonry ,
which stands storms and heavy ralna , when
they do full , without serious injury.
These Iiugo cones ottnd for } cars , to be i
an-rjally nested In by the came Hock whlcu
originally constructed tiio family Incubator.
When delected the hens emit a pitiful little I
oacklo and flutter away like a wounded In- |
nccent. The ycung of a covey either root j
ui'dd the sand or hide behind some mound
cr object of a friendly color.
1'HTfriIJ ( IK THIS lOt'.VCSTRIIS.
"I hope they don't give my little 'boy any
nugl'ty nicknames in school ? " j
"Yes , ma they call me 'Corns. ' " '
"Hew dreadful ! And why do they call
you that ? "
" 'Canst * In our class , you know , I'm al-
wa\s at the foot. "
"How old ore you ? " was asked of a little
English girl who Is visiting in Allegheny.
"I am C. "
"And how old is your cousin ? "
"He is G , too , but he has been so longer
than I. "
The boy was a few months the older.
"Mamma , Aunt Julia is the most perfected
lady I ever met. "
" \Vl-at makes you think so , Georgle ? "
" 'Cause .you < lon't never have to ask her
for a second piece of pumpkin pie. "
The boy was troubled.
"Mamma , " he said , "the teacher says we
should return good for evil. "
"That's right , " replied the mother.
"Always ? " persisted the boy.
"Always , " said the mother.
"Even when you can lick the other fellow ? "
"Even the-n. "
Ho did not attempt to argue the question ,
relates the Chicago Post , but It was evident
from the solemn way ho Fliook his head as (
ho turned away that the doctrine of Ohrlstl-
onlty had fallen Immeasurauly In his eatl- ,
matlon.
A Boston teacher had bceji giving a fa
miliar talk on zoology to > i class of 10-year-
olds In a grammar school , says Harper's ,
Bazaar. To test their Intelligence , ho said , '
In the course of his lemorks.
"Who can tell mo the highest form of
animal life ? "
A llttlo girl held up her hand.
"Well , Mary ? "
"Tho hy-ena , " ehouted Mary , seriously ,
but triumphantly.
HeprebSlng a srallo , the teacher eald : "Is
It , Mary ? Think again. Is a hyena the
very highest ? "
"Oh , now I know , " cried Mary ; "It's the
giraffe. "
My nelgbbor's sen Homer , a lad of 8 , nil-
dot took to teach his 3-year-old brother Har
old that beautiful prayer for little children.
"Now I lay mo down to sleep , " says a writer
In the Cleveland Plain Dialer. After much
peniuaMon and repeated effort * the Uik was
accomplished. One night mamma was asked
to let the llttlo chatterbox kaeel at her knee
and" say his prayer , just to see how well uo
could do It. Of coun > o she compiled. Harold
knelt at her side , and cl'ieplng his llttlo
bands , 'began :
Now I lay mo down to sleep
1 pray the Lord my HOU ! to keep.
Tbero nos a llttlo pause. The great ques
tioning cyty ] unclosed.
"Mamma , Homer Is a dirty boy , " said the
child ,
"I would not speak about that In my
prayer , " said mamma.
"But I have to , " wld Harold.
Ho closed his eyes again and proceeded :
If I tihould dlu before I wuke ,
I pray the Lord my noul to take.
"Now. God bless ( > apa and mamma and
dirty Homer and sister and the clean little
baby. "
TinIJlKcovi'i - ) - tit tinliny. .
Aug , J. Bogel. the leading druggist of
Shrevcport , I/i. , says : "Dr. King's New-
Discovery Is the only thing that cures my
cough , and It Is the best seller I have. " J.
F. Campbell , merchant of Safford , Ariz. , i ;
writes. "Dr. King's New Discovery In all ;
that Is claimed for It ; It never falls , and U a
sure euro for Consumption , Coughs and Colds.
I cannot wy enough for Ita merits , " Dr ,
King's New Discovery for Consumption , ! i
Coughs and Colds IB not an experiment. U
has been tried for a quarter of a century ,
and today stands at the head. It never dis
appoints. Free trial bottles at Kubu & CO.'B
drug store ,
THi : MII.I.KMUH.
Somcrvlllc Journal.
"When girls delight to play with mice ,
When married men no longer flirt ,
When Icemen give full weight of ice ,
When coal men sift out dust und dirt ,
WITH plumliors erase to overcharge ,
When crying babies sleep at night ,
When doctors' bills arc never largo ,
Then humorists will cease to write.
When borrowprs jxiy all their debts.
When lovers say "Good night ! " at ten ,
When old maldp do not e.uo for pets ,
When lAomon cease to envy men ,
When Boston people glvo up bcnn < i.
When mldiilfrit cuts no longer fliiht.
When files no longer sneer at screens ,
Then humor's s will cease to write ,
When peoolo say Just what they think ,
When chllrirp'i like to po to school
When drinking men no longer drink ,
When 'Acmen all play whist by rule ,
When schoolboys' sioc.a arc always blacked ,
When pugilists are quick to light ,
W""li all ' " ' world Is c'hniiK'1' ! , In fact ,
Then humorists will sea e to write.
( IIT OP TIII2 OHIMMMtV.
Paris has 10,000 professional beggars.
Peruvian cotton grows in twelve different
colors ,
Ono hundred roses are required to make
ono drop of the famous attar of roses.
The average weekly IOPS of vessels on the
seas throughout the world Is twelve.
A G-cent stamp must adorn eve'y day book ,
ledger or other account book kept by a busi
ness house In Mexico.
While going over a corn field at Dwlght ,
Kan. , a farmer found a gold ring that hln
wlfo had lost the'c eleven years ago.
The lai-gest number of tracks In any Ger
man railway passenger station Is at Frank
fort twenty-one Munich coming next with
sixteen.
There are 250 railway stations within a
lx-mllo ladlus of St. Paul's cathedral , Lon
don , while within a twelve mile radius there
are nearly 400.
The largest wine tank In the world has
been completed at Antl , Sonoma county , Cal.
Its capacity IH 500,000 gallons , anil It Is built
under ground. The tank or reservoir Is built
of eonc'cto. cement and Iron.
There are plenty of ways to get rid of
money In Chicago , hut a miser In that city
who kept off the streets at night and stayed
around home most of the day managed to
leave $3 ! > .000 for somebody to fight over.
Nuremberg , the great toy making center ,
has had a binqiiet to celebrate the comple
tion of thn , ' ! 00,000th model steam engine by
a certain well known maker. The same fac
tory has turned out more than 325,000 magic
lanterns ,
Colorado's gold production has Increased
from $8,000,000 In 1893 to $22,000.000 In 1897 ,
putting It ahead of California In gold min
ing. Colorado has nloo mined this yt/ir
nearly $20,000,000 In silver , lead , copper and
lion.
Kansas Is generally reckoned to be a pro
hibition state , but from the returns of the
Santa Fo Uellroad company It transpires
that during the Inst focal year the company
transported 38,07tons of wines , liquors and
beer , of which 17,703 tons originated In Kan-
Bab.
Bab.Mlko
Mlko Doolcy , a St. Louis car driver has
traveled 271,560 miles In thirty-one years , allen
on ono street. Practically his entlro working
llfu has been passed In this way. Sixty
dajs' absence because of sickness constitutes
the only Interim In a long , monotonous career
on the front platform.
Ono parrot will live In luxury all his life.
He belonged to Mary J Bradford of South
Boston. When she died she left $1.000 , the
Income of which Mie wished to ho devoted
to the support of her pet. And It was fur
ther added , with Bostonrso excluslvcnces ,
that he should not be placed In any place
of exhibition.
At Luchaw , In Germany , 129 fathers have
hern fined I mark apleco for allowing their
children nndir 10 years of age to dance at
the harvest festival of a village near by
The village pastor objected to the dancing ,
and reported the case to the police. It wat
discovered , however , that his children had
danced , too , and lie , was fined with the roit.
An enthusiast on mushroom growing docs
not hesitate to say that 12,500 per acre Is u
pc&slblo profit to be derived from tills In-
duttry. This makes the mushroom field ap
pear a sort of Klondike to many perrons who
dralre lucrative outdoor employment , an )
may klndlo a spark of hope In the hearts of
poor countrywomen who see la the prophecy
a uieanti ot Increasing a limited Income.
TIIK J > OMI\\\T "cnov SOM : . "
Itx OrlKlii , f ; run III anil ProNfiit Itu-
iiiiirkuliU' I'otitilnrlt.v.
In the United States the song market has
always been a profitable market. Wo have no
folk-songs which children can learn In great
number from their jiaren o , and the general
Intelligence of the people has brought so
many musical Instruments Into use that the
demand for the popular song hns really
grown to remarkable proportions. This de
mand comes In types or styles. One year It
Is for ballads of a sentimental turn , and the
market Is flooded with sentimental ballads of
the popular order. Anotho- year comic songs
are called for , and then hundieds of thou
sands of this variety are disposed of.
At the present tlmo there Is a craze for
what once woce called negro melodies , but
wh'ch are new kiiLwn b 1 I y s "c on sf ngs "
It began In a small way several years ago ,
when the half-negro song , entitled , "Mamie ,
Como Kiss Your Honey Boy , " made Its ap
pearance on the market. At that time the
popular songs wore of r. strongly sentimental
turn and people were humming "Tho Sun
shine of Paradise Alley " "Slde-.valks of New
York" and "Take a Seat , Old Lady. " Allof
these songs contained the common element
of the popular ballad regret. All wore of a
slightly mournful tu n. mid all were fcuc-
cehscs , one after another.
Among tliobe , however , the CPOH song mailo
Its occasional appearance end invariably suc
ceeded. "Standing on the Corner Didn't
Mean No Harm" was one of the earliest to ar
rive. Then followed , "Keep Those Golden
Gates Wide Open , " "I'll Be True to My
Honey Boy , " and "Little Alabama Coon "
All of these were published as early as 1893 ,
and then nothing more was hooid of success
ful coon soncs until the kcason of 1893-80 ,
whdii "Do New Bully" was ponularUed In
"Tho Widow JOIIOB. "
U may really be Bald that thrco truly
beautiful negro songs gave the present coon
song Its standing , and those songs weie ,
"I'll Do True to My Honey iBoyj" "I Want
Ycr Ma Honey" and "Louisiana Lou , " whlcli
was first Introduced to American notice by
the "Shop Girl" company several years ago.
Although these three SOUKS eally govo the
coon song Its popular Impetus , * hu coon songs
wo hear today art a radical modification of
the style In which those tlirre were written
Instead of sentiment there Is negro during
and bravado as In " 0 , I Jtoin' Know. You
Ain't So Warm. " Again Iho now coon tong
Is more realistic and prtt > ru nogrn tastes
and ambitions. This will , perhaps , strlkti
ono ns evident in ( ho titles , "My Gal's A
High Born Lady" and "All Coons Look Alike
to Me , " Again the nosro Instinct to have
a wild , good tlmo Is oxpresncil amply In 'ho '
song "A Hot Tlmo In the Old Town Tonight "
The Independence and light peralfluge ot the
negro temperament comes out well In another
of this now popular typo entitled , "I Don t
Love Nobody. "
Of all tlii'su the mcst widely appreciated
Is "A Hot Tlmo In the Old Town Tonight. "
There Is nothing much to It , oulHldo of the
melody , but that U so light and enthusiastic ,
rolls easily from the tongue , and makt'H so
excellent a whistling piece , that It has caught
the nation from parlor to street corner.
Only ono of these coon songs has boon writ
ten by a negro. "A Hoi Time" Is the jlnt
production to Bert -Williams and Harry
Walker , both of whom aio negroes , and ttuc-
cetjuful vaudevlllu artists.
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urlutf , Itchlnit , barolng , inJ c ly ikln nd ic lf
dlietiei vrllli lei oflinlr , Warm Lathi wltliCu.
Tirctu BOAT , gentle application ] of ( 'UTicuai.
( ointment ) , anil full dnici of Cunouiu Iluoi.-
TSMT , K' ate t of blood purltleri ana tiuuior cuit
MK' Ii tiM it-rourhool Iht world , J'uiriB
PSIU It CIIIM Toil' . , holy I'roi , ll' lon
Of * " Hov lo Cult flcUInt kiln Il . t i/rtl.
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