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The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-10

In hanging pictures it is to be remem.
bered that although oil paintings look
better hung in the usual way, with q
sloping in from the top to the wall at
the bottom; yet, etchings and water
colors often look better hung fat against
the wall. A picture with shadows shou d.,
if possible, have the light side nearest the
windows, so that the shadows viii, fall,
naturally. Pictures do not, necessarily,
come in pairs, and although often two
pictures, similar in size and subject, may
find convenient places on corresponding
parts of the wall, yet quite as often the
stiff effect by "pairs" or " companion
pieces" takes away the artistic value of
both pieces. Paintings, or any pictures,
should not be hung so high that 1T is un-
comfortable to look at them, but some
pictures are of such large designs or
brilliant color that they look much better
hung high up than down lower. Mold
ings are much better to hang pictures
from than nails in the wall, and are not
very expensive to put up. = National
Tribune.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-10

Perhaps one of the most interesting as
well as entertaining characters among the
prisoners is that of an Englishman, long
citizen of Brazil, the well-known Count
Leopoldina. He is not at all an adven-
turer, but is a we'll born and bred gentle
man, bearing genuine title from the
king of Portugal. In appearance he is
the opposite of the average Brazileiro,
round, ruddy and jolly. He is reported
to be the wealthiest man in Brazil, yet
when l talked with him he wore shabby
seersucker suit and soiled linen, althoug h
in his shirt front were studs worth thou
sands, and his cuff buttons would have
paid his way out of any prison. He sent
on shore a diamond ring for deposit,
valued at SIS, 900, and ordered any guam
tity of champagne for the excursion.
This gentleman was formerly known az
a clerk in Para, named Henrique Lowndes,
who was without any means beyond his
meager salary. He failed in some business
ventures here, and went to Rio several
gears ago. Though lame and not at ali
handsome in personal appearance, he
married beautiful and accomplished
lady who had fortune, which he has by
judicious management increased until he
is now the recognized leading Spectator
in Rio.-Letter in Pittsburg Dispatch.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-10
An Oddly in Eggs,

Some silkworms lay from 1000 to 1908
eggs, the wasp 5000, the ant from 900 to
5000. The number of eggs laid by the
queen bee has long been in dispute Bur-
meister says from 5000 to 5000, but
Spence and Kirby both go him several
better, each declaring that the queen Of
average fertility Will not lay less than
10000, and probably as high as $4,000 in
one season. Termes fatalis, the white ant,
is possessed of the most extraordinary
egg laying propensities of any known
creature; she often produces sc, 400 eggs in
a single day! From the time when the
white ant begins to lay until the egg
laying season is over-usually reckoned
by entomologists as an exact lunar
month-she produces $3.50, 900 eggsl In
point of fecundity the white ant exceeds
all other creatures. st. Louis Republic.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-10
INFORMATION IN PARAGRAPHS.

There is but one sudden death among
women to every ten among men.
Mexico has appropriated 5000, 900 for her
display at the Colum bian Exhibition.
The first river and harbor bill was
passed in 1900 and it called for an expendi-
ture of $4,000.
South Carolina is the only State in the
Union in which no official record OF mar
riages is kept.
The public park in San Francisco re-
Gently received cocoanut tree from Homo
lulu which weighed six tons.
The broken and distorted foot of q
Chinese lady is called Golden lily" by
Chinese admirers OF such distortions.
Bats are curiously constructed. The
hearts action is aided by the rhythmic
contraction OF the veins in the wings.
Ducks fly at an average rate Of ninety
miles per hour. With a fair wind it is
believed that they can make $50 miles in
the same time.
A calf with single eye, no earsand five
legs is the Joy OF Wayne Co., Iowa. 1t is
now over a month old and bids fair to grow
into full cowhood.
The stockmen OF South Dakota have re-
gently imported from Tennessee a num-
Der of Russian wolf hounds to aid in the
determination of wolves, which have OF
late been killing numbers of calves and
colts.
1t is claimed that the boundary line be-
tween Idaho and Washington is thirty
miles out OF the way, and resurvey
would probably place Spokane in Idaho,
increasing the population OF that State
$1,000.
Paris gardeners buy toads which they
use as insect destroyers. There is a reg
ular weekly sale of these hideous little
animals in the French capital. A five-
franc piece will buy from seven to a dozen
of them.
It is not generally known what mar
velous progress has been made in recent
years In the teaching of the dumb to
speak. 1t appears from official records
that last year articulation was taught to
no less than ,245 pupils.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-10
PERFUMES OF ANTIQUITY.
How the People of Rorne scented Their
Bodies and Clothing.


Bodies and Clothing.
The amount Of perfume used in the
palmy DAYS Of Rome was enormous; the
wealthy patricians were most prodfgal IN
this respect. The perfumers we're called
unguentarii, as they principally com
pounded unguents, and must have done
an immense business. In Rome they con-
gregated in quarter called the "Vieus
Thurarieus,' rays Knowledge. The most
celebrated perfumer in the time OF Mar
tiaI was certain individual named Cos
mus, whom Martial frequently mentions
At Capua there was such a humber OF per-
tuners that the principal street OF the
city, named Seplasia, was almost entirely
occupied by them. For the most part
these tradesmen were Greeks, and, as at
Athens, their shops (taberna) were the
rendezvous Of the rich oilers CT those
days.
The perfumed oils and ointments were
made in great variety. The basis Of the
oils was generally the oil OF Ben and that
of the unguents was bleached and partly
purified tallow. They were used not only
for the hair, but to anoint all parts OF the
body, especially after the bath, which
was quite a complicated process. 1t was
guests by pouring costly perfumed oils,
such as rhodium, made from roses; me-
lium, made from ounces; metopium,
from bitter almonds; narcissimum, from
the narcissus
Perhaps the most fashionable oil after
oleum sus1num was that called crocinum,
made from saffron (crocus), which com
municated both fine color and odor to
the person; Heliogabalus never bathed
without it. Butter is noticed by Pliny as
used by the negro and lower classes Of
Arabs for amounting their bodies.
The natives of India prefer strong per-
fumes for this purpose, and use oil OF
santal and oil Of patchouli. Savages also
grease their bodies, but probably with
the idea Of being enabled to escape more
easily from the grip of an enemy.
The Romans were not acquainted with
the use of regular SOAP but they en-
ployed an alkali, with which the greasy
dirt was dissolved out of their clothes.
This aikali, called nitrum, is referred to
by Pliny; but the cheapest solvent was
urine, which was mostly used. The
clothes were put in this, mixed with
water, and then stamped upon with the
feet. This process was performed by old
people, while boys lifted the clothes out
of the tubs. The white garments, after
being washed, were subjected to the vapor
OF sulphur-being stretched on a frame
and the sulphur burned underneath.
Poor people in Roman cleansed then
bodies with meal of lupins, called To-
mentum, which, with common meal, is
still used in some places for that purpose
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-10

believe the finest shoemaker in the
world is the one employed by the Govern
ment at the West Point Military Acad.
envy" said an army officer at the LindeE.
" He has been there time out of mind, is
old and bent and gray, but the shoes he
still makes for the cadets haven't their
equal in shape and durability. The cadet.
you know, is supplied with four pairs of
shoes--a dancing shoe, made of morocco.
Through shoe made of the finest calf
skin, uniform shoe made of calfskin.
but with thick sole, and winter shoe
made of cowhide. When l left West
Point l carried my cowhide shoes with
me. | marched every foot of the way
from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Bayard
a distance of 1900 miles, in the cowhide
shoes. That long tramp didn't phase
them, and have them yet, good as new. ,
st. Louis Clio be- Democrat.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-10
DIAMOND DUST.

The biscuit may rise, but it cannot ex-
plain.
Speaking of "cotton bagging" is it at
the knees?
There is always a leek somewhere when
onions are scarce.
A man who invents a noisy toy is cham
pion of the new din art.
When the opportunity of your life pre-
sents itself, don'tSwait for an introduce
ton.
A men with dummy watch called it
faith, because it was without works and
therefore dead.
Do Fairs Pay? is the subject of an article
IN a religious paper. No they don't pay,
they make the chap with the girl pay.
A correspondent writes to know what
he ought to get for kicking cows" We
should say about a year II he does it
Acknowledgements Leader.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-10
STUB ENDS OF THOUGHT.


Silence is not golden at all times.
An ounce of SANDER requires a ton of
cure.
Dead men tell no tales; it is their
epitaphs.
Unhappy poverty is not so bad as un-
happy wealth.
Men gossip as much as women do, but
not so meanly.
Character makes the man; man makes
the reputation.
Marrying without love is like building
without mortar.
No one was ever an angel by simply
wanting to be one.
Some thoughts are lost, some have
strayed and some are stolen.
A great thought may grow old, but age
does not enfeeble it.-Detroit Free Press
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-10
SHORT AND SWEET.

A popular drink-the same.
A coat of paint has no buttons on it.
Patience is virtue-in other people.
Presidents without policy would be po-
tatoes without salt.
cyclone is like waiter. 1t carries
everything before it.
Original ideas are the lighthouses on
the sea of journalism.
In faro, the man who coppers the ace
must settle on the spot.
What looks like sauce for one man
makes a goose of another.
Why should pawnbrokers be reviled?
Do they not keep their pledges.-Texas
Siftings
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-10

New York Snob-So you have gone and
got privately married without my con-
sent. You young scoundrel, pll- His
Son-But you forget, father, that Mr..
McAllister's son did the same thing.
New York Snob-Ah, had forgotten.
Bless you, my child, bless you!-Roches.
ter Herald.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-10

Beardsley, how did the wedding go
off?'
ooh, pretty well; there was only one
hitch, but that was rather a serious one"
Dear me, what was it?"
"The hitching of the bride and groom"
Buffalo Courier.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-10

Burglar (fiashing his dark lantern in
che face of the sleeper)-If you make a
noise you're dead man! / want your
money, and / want it quick! Where is
it?
Mr.. Billus (onlv half awake)-Why,
treat Scott, Martial What have you done
With the S25 gave you yesterday!-Cni
.ago Tribune,
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-10
RULES FOR HEALTH.

Never drink water in the dark without
chewing it we'll.
Never be polite when asked the way to
the smallpox hospital.
Never look a gift cannon in the mouth.
Never tell red haired man his wife is
m angel.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-10

Friend-What on earth are you doing
to that picture?
Great Artist am rubbing piece of
raw meat over this rabbit in the fore
ground. Mrs. De Shoddie will be here
this afternoon, and when she sees her
pet dog smell of that rabbit, she'll buy it.
IN. Y. Weekly.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-10
PURE cUssEDaEss.

He Gowns his luncheon at gnlp,
And winds up with mince pie,
Then washes down the vile repast
With new distilled "old rye;"
He smokes death dealing cigarettes,
Neglects all exercise,
Stays up almost the whole night through,
Is ever late to rise;
He surely's on the road to death,
For that he seems to strive,
And it's plainly from pure cussedness
That he's so much alive.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-10

Ye isles Of Greecel ye isles of Greecel"
Erstwhile the Muses. summer home,
Where chaste Diana breathed in peace
And Aphrodite rose in foam,
Your day, your century is past,
We are not in it any more,
For beauty now dIsports herself
Along New Jerseys classic shore.
N. Y Herald.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-10
Car window. Accounted Fo,

Peddler-Pd like to sell you bottle Of
prepared glue.
Mr.. Haven Hartford-I have no use for
it.
Peddler-But this is the kind that the
railroad companies use to glue down the
car windows with.
Mr.. Haven Hartford-How much is it3
Pll take dozen bottles Life.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-10

Mrs. Bingo-What made you stay out
SO late last night?
Bingo-I went to a christening with
Bitter.
Mrs. Bingo-Why, he hasn't any chill
dren that want christening.
Bingo (meekly)-No. But he has new
suit.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-10

Cholly-Do you think she would accept
me if pwoposed to her?
Chappy-Yaas, undoubtedly, deah boy
Why, she accepted me lawst night.-Life
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-10

Strange Hairtrigger Hank was a
quick shot, wasn't he?
Native-Quick shot? Say, stranger, I've
seen that Teller fire off his gun, spring
new cartridge into place and bring down
the first bullet before it got out of range
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-10
Two of n Kind.

One NANNY wife is eternally gadding
about. She's never at home. Is yours?
Another Man-Don't know. Pm never
home enough to find out.-N. Y Weekly.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-10

Tired Traddles-Dey say dey can tell an
animals age by his teeth.
Weary Virgins Judging from de feel
of dat last dogs teeth he must be in his
prime.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-10

"Do you see that remarkably tall young
man over there, Miss Keenwit? Well, he
was originally intended for the church"
indeed should have supposed him
to have been intended for the steeple."
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-10

Missionary-Was it liquor that brought
you to this?
Imprisoned Burglar = No sir; it was
house-cleanin' = spring house-c leanin',
sir.
Missionary-Eh? House cleaning?
Burglar-Ye ssir. The woman had been
house cleanin' and thu stair carpet was
up, an thu folks heard men. Y. Weekly.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-10

Damp, damp was the plain,
And her soles were too thin;
Yet this comfort we gain
Twas her only real sin.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-10
Great Educators.

George Eliot" Those who trust us,
educate u.s." So do those whom we trust.
They are the greatest educators on earth.
Dallas News.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-10

Jack-There is one comfort in disput-
ing with an old maid.
Harry-For instance?
Jack-She doesn't tell you that she did
this and that before you were born"
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FOR the Time Being.

"What have you named your baby,
Rastus?"
"Sam Pro Tenn Johnson, sah."
What is the Pro Tenn for2''
"To show that the name is only tenn
pcrary, sab. We kind o. thought Sam
might like to choose his own name when
he growed up, sab, so we put the Pro Tenn
in as warning to de public. "-Harper's
Bazaar
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-10

Carruthers-I'm afraid she's been en-
gagged before.
Waite-What makes you think so?
Carruthers-B Because l gave her the ring
a week ago and she hasn't tried to write
her name on pane of glass with it yet.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-10

She (still blushing)-Am the first girl
5ou ever kissed?
He-No, darling; but you are the last.
She-Am really? Oh, George, it makes
me so happy to think that.--Life
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-10
Told of Lincoln.

Some one said of Lincoln that he was
as good as he was good looking. When
Mr.. Lincoln heard of it he declared he
hoped not.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-10

She wears jaunty sailor hat
Her beauty to exalt,
And lest her friends should think her fresh
She poses as a salt.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-10

For me one hope in life 1 trace"
The dude exclaimed; "'tis this,
That may one day find the place
Where ignorance is bliss"
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-10
Echo.

In truth she was a pretty lass
Who gazed into the looking glass.
She murmured as she gazed again,
:" I'm sure l was not made in vain!'
And echo answered, Maiden-vaini"
-,Tudps
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-10
what Brought Him There.

Philanthropic Visitor Cat the jail)-My
friend, may ask what brought you here2
Bad Dick (from the slums Yes, sir.
Same thing that brings you here. Poking
my nose into other folks affairs. Only l
gener'l lily went in by way of the basement
winder,-C Chicago Tribune.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-10

when the Peach Crop Fails.
The lack of peaches at the beaches
This season Wen bewail,
For how can we have any peaches
When the peach crop didn't fail?
N. Y. Press
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-10

She planted in wooden box some dainty
mignonette,
And placed it in the window where the sun
was ever bright;
Alas when time transplanting came she
found, to her regret,
A lovely crop of Hubbard squash, the pie
mans delight.
-Iudps
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-10

"Why, look here, Bingo, it was at your
suggestion that I got my life insured for
1900 on the ground that was employed
in the Chicago post office building and
there was no telling what might happen.
And now, when ! want to increase the
policy to %, 600, you tell me 1 ought not
TO do it,"
"That's all right, Gringo, I was an
agent for the company. Pm a stock
holder now."-Chicago Tribune.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-10

Poor Man.
He'd braved the lion in his den,
And plowed the angry wave,
With fear his face had never blanched
Whenever he was shaved.
In shadowy jungles of the East
The tiger he had played;
But he quailed when his wife presented him
With a night shirt she had made.
-Ciothier and Furnisher.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-10

You may break,
You may shatter
The dude if you will,
But the scent of cigarettes
Will hang around him still.
-Judpo
The herald., 1893-07-08
HuMoR AND HUMBUGGBRY.

There is, after all, nothing like having
nerve, or what is popularly called gall.
1t is sublime faculty, of a recondite
nature, but frequently aired in the broad
glare of day. 1t is sporadic and fitful in
its manifestations. 1t may miss large
communities, and populations signalized
both by their wealth and intelligence,
and settle down in absolutely ineignii-
cant places. Thus, it may pass Los An
geles and settle down in Whittier. 1t
may shoot clear over the head of San
Francisco and concentrate itself in a
nimbus over the head of Palo Alto. We
were told for now these many years that
the great Leland Stanford Jr. university
was to be prodigious benefaction to its
students. In every reference to this
great donation it was intimated that the
ex-governor was loading great burden
of obligations on the community, and
the young people thereof. From all we
could learn to the contrary, while the
great benefaction (?) was under way,
the boss dedication of wealth recorded
since the world began was wrapt up in
this Leland Stanford Jr. university
proposition.
After all this fanfare and multitudin-
GUS clatter-dash and prologomena, we
find that it costs student in the
Stanford University just $22 a month to
enjoy the benefits of that institution.
By paying this sum he is able to listen
to number OF professors discoursing
upon recondite topics. He will even
have the supreme delight OF hearing ex-
President Hayes maunder about inter-
national law, and meander through
platitudes respecting law in general.
But for this $22 month the aspiring
student could enjoy the privilege OF
wandering through the learned shades
of Yale or Harvard. We are asked to
shed incense where no provision has
beel. made for gratuitous distribu-
ton of myrrh and frankincense,
and where we are expected to be the
censer swingers ourselves. We are half
inclined to think that Governor Stan
ford, who lived on fattery all bis life,
had really made cunning provision to
The herald., 1893-07-08

The Tournament Under Way at tho Ath-
Lotto Club.
The first round in the hand-ball tour
nament at the Athletic club was playe d
last night. Much interest is manifesto
in the contest, and all good plays are
applauded.
The FIRST game was between Way and
Beebe of the Athletic club, and Wright
and Smith OF Pasadena. The former
won the first two games and the set.
The first game occupied five innings,
and was won by q score of 81 to 8, the
second lasted four innings; score, 21-6.
The winning team is one OF the best in
the Athletic club. Their playing, how
ever, was not up to their accustomed
average, but they experienced no diff
Guilty in defeating their opponents.
The second set was played by the
Turnverein Germania team, composed
OF Karstens and Gollmer and one from
Pagadena composed of Palley and Gates.
The former won by score of 21-10 and
21-l6 Both teams were well matched
and some pretty plays were made.
The second game was hotly contested
and for time looked like anybody's
event, but the Turner's gradually pulled
away from their opponents and won BY
five points.
The two games for tonigh are between
the following: Candy and Welcome
vs.. Ryan and Cherry. and McStsy and
Prayer VS.. Sanders and Cochran.
The herald., 1893-07-08

THERE is always large amount OF
material lying around in Paris ready for
fermentation. The riots of the students
from the QUARTER Latin at one time as
sumed serious proportions. But the
madcaps, after making q very spirited
and ferocious campaign against the
police, simmered down. Now, however,
1t seems that the working classes have
taken up the quarrel where the students
left off, and there is feeling of great
unrest in the ebullient capital. Some
dispatches ascriba this new phase of the
unquietnees to Boulangism. But this
ie, If not without warrant, altogether
unnecessary. The Faubourgs can be
reused to ''mutiny" at any time, and
almost on any pretext. Yet it would be
difficult at the present time to ascribe 9
pretext grave enough to arouse the aver
age Paririan, outside of the chronic in
Hsmmables. into disturbances thai
would rise to the dignity of revolution
There is great deal of calm conserva
tism just now in the average French
man. He knows very we'll that hi'
country wants to hold herself together
for mightisr purposes than local quar-
rels. The great middle class of Pari.
are too patriotic to waste their energies
in street tumults.