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Evening star., 1895-11-09

thority on such matters, says that many
of the toys of today in all countries are
survivals from remote antiquity. Some
of them are actually ceremonial appliances
of discarded religions. The kite is only one
of numerous examples that might be men,
toned. With us 1t is mere plaything,
but in Asia 1t retains suggestions of it's
original significance as symbol of the
soul. AS for games, most of them were
not invented at all in the ordinary sense
Evening star., 1895-11-09

acter. Out of ninety-three Corean games,
use of arrows in primitive times for the
purpose of divination-that is to say, to
foretell future events. The earliest play
ing cards were arrows, a bundle of which
was shuff1ed and dealt among players.
Cards were first employed for Livining.
The Corean cards of today bear pictures of
the arrows from which they were derived.
RENE BACHE
Evening star., 1895-11-09
It Means, in the FirlsttPlaoe, + an Entire
New Wardrobe.
PAULINE PRY DESCRIBES TIE hat
And Chats About Her Visit to the
Cardinals Residence.
T HE PAPAL DELEG A T E


1 10 DO L NA n Ell
that there are ten
million Catholics in
the United States.
S O many pairs o +
eyes, then, from
every state and ter
ritory in the Union
are glancing toward
Washington at pres
ent, curious concern
ing the new dignity
that the pope has
promised to confer
this month Upon his
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knowledge Superficial.

II. s. Keller in Truth.
He had superficial knowledge, when he left the
stately college,
With load of Greek roots, isms all galore;
They availed him, oh! not any, for he hunts the
ninble penny
While he measures tape and Goldfish in rural
grocery store.
Half dozen tongues could talk she and rs many
more could chalk she,
When she left her alma mater with the rest;
But, alas! they did not tarry, and at length she
had to marry
long haired chap who punches long horned cattle
In the west
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are engaged is top spinning. The tops are
made from the hard wood of tree, under
which, it is said, the first king of Corea sat
when he came from heaven. Experts can
spin tops on a wire. Country people use
conch shells for tops. grinding them to
suitable shape. One must go to Japan.
however, to find tops in their highest de-
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Precautions.

From Spare Moments.
Patient-"I wish 10 consult ycu in regard
to my utter loss of memory"
Doctor-"Aw-yes-wh this class
of cases 1 always require my fee iii ad-
vance .s-.."
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Quaint Sports of a Country Now the
Shuttlecock of Nations.
KITE FLYING As an ART
Toys That Are the SurvivaIs of
Ancient Ceremonial Appliances.
ORIENTAL CHILDREN AT PLAY
Written for The Evening Star.

birds is understood
there as 1t Is no.
where else IN the
world. The toys of
ne country in gen.
al. as well as the
ames of the people,
are remarkable. Mr..
Stewart Culin Of the
University of Penn
s.lvania, who is the
greatest living au-
Evening star., 1895-11-09

may be carried away by It. The mother
does this for her child, giving the name
and date Of birth. A favorte emblem on
kites Is a picture of Shoki, the demon
Queller.
Kite Flying I'm Japan and Corea.
Japanese boys attach a hummer" to
kites of large size. 1t is bow of bamboo
with string of rawhide, fastened 10 the
top of the kite. The boys are very proud
Of the noise made by their kites. 1t Is con-
sidered very unlucky for boy to lose his
kite. Search parties will sometimes follow
\ lost kite for many leagues. The kite seems
to be regarded as an emblem of the personal
ity of the boy. Girls never have kites.
Simple kite-fying ~ Corea is secondary
to the sport of kitriishting. In fact, kites
are flown usually for ;iehtins purposes The
silk strings are r"a~Srel through their Ell
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Little Girls in Coreu

Little Girls in COren
Little girls in Corca play house in much
the same manner as children do In Europe
or America. They have no specially made
toys for the purpose, but use clam shells
and small cups. in which they pretend to
serve food. Boys make various kinds of
popGuns and squirt guns out Of bamboo.
Boys make lanterns out of turnipS in the
autumn. About the fifteenth day of the
first month the tug-of-war is u popular
sport. In the country one village will tug
against another, the notion being that the
village which wins will have n good har-
vest The rope is of straw, two feet in
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tire length by dipping them into n mixture
of fish glue and powered glass. A string
thus treated will readily cut another string
that Is crossed by 1t. In the sport of kite
fighting any Iiito may be cut down by an
other. The moment two strings are crossed
the players must let out their lines, as. If
one becomes taut, 1t Is cut Immediately
Sometimes four or five strings are crossed
and the game lasts all day. The moment a
kite is cut down it ls seized by small boys
" no are on the watch for such catastrophies
Top Spinning.
One of the pas times in which the children
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correspond with the color of the habit, but
the berretta and skull cap are always red.
The different colors are prescribed for
different seasons of the ecclesiastical year.
The red is worn throughout the year ex-
cept during the penitential season of Lent
and Advent, when the violet is worn, ex-
cept the third Sunday Of Advent and the
fourth Sunday Of Lent, when the old rose
Is substituted
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-08-02
Glass Imit.tio. Of Wood.


A patent has been taken out for q
singular but ingenious process for
making glass veneers. The invention
relates primarily to the production ef
ornamental glass, which, may be ell
Their semi-transparent or Opaque, and
is made to represent highly polished
wood Of any description. When used
for veneering, 1t is particularly adapt
cd for vestibule and other doors. the
exterior of the glass having the mp
pearance Of polished wood, while in
the interior of the house 1t shows
semt-transparent. The process by
which this material;is produced ia to
cloud sheet Of ground or plain glass
on one side with q liquid dye Of tho
proper color to represent any cOlored
wood. The dye IL applied BY means
OF sponge, which is SO manipulated
as to. bring out the semblance OF the
grain of the wood upon the surface Of
glass. A badger brush is used to soft
en- the shading. The glass Is then COW
cred with photographers', varnish.
This leaves the grain clear and fast,
without the necessity Of using any
genatinous substance, which would rem
der 1t liable to crack aud spoil the CT
feet. To complete the operation. the
glass ia slightly heated, and tho va
rious shades required for the particu-
lar wood to ba initiated are caused to
flow over It hy means Of q syringe.
The merging of the standings into each
other is prevented by ti:s heating Of
the glass. The whole IL made sami-
transparent by the application Ut an
other coat Of photographers yarnlsh.
which preserves and protects the dyea.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-08-02
BIG ANIMALS IN THOSE DAYS.
Monster Tigers, Horses and Rabbits

Monster Tigers, Horses and Rabbits
Of Prehistoric Ages-Renains
Found. - :
During the past few months the col
lections of the Academy Of Natural
Sciences have been enriched by valua-
BILE fossil remains Of prehistoric ami
mails found IN cave ut Port Kennedy.
on the Schuylkill river.
The upper Jaw Of a mammoth .sloth
Is q new discovery and indicates that
the sloth of TINT day was about the
size Of a large steer. The sloth Of the
present day weighs rs or 30 pounds. Tho
one whose jawbone was found at Port
Kennedy would weigh at least LOO
pounds. -,
The teeth, pieces of tusk, foot bones
and hip joint of an elephant have been
found, and indicate TINT the animal
to which they belong must have been
Mt least thirteen feet high and much
larger than the present Asiatic ellen.
liant. The eye tooth of tiger, eight
inches long, is another great curiosity
when contiasted with the eye tooth Of
the present tiger, which is about two
One-fourth inches in length.
In addition there are among recent
discoveries the teeth and jaws OF q tn
pir OF tmense size; parts of q cave bear
double the size Of the present bear:
parts OF rabbits, skunks and bats:
the bont of q horses hoof double the
Size OF such q bone In the present
horse and horses teeth. that measure
an Inch and q quarter square on the
face.-Philadelphia Record.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-08-02
The bicycle Hump.

An incalculable amount Of comfort
has been scattered far and wide by the
statement of an old wheelman in a
bicycle journal that, as a matter Of
fact, the man who bends over his
wheel is not dumped" but the man
who undertakes to sit up straight Is
round-shouldered. He adds: watch
rider coming head on, and you will
think the one leaning over the bar is
bumped" while the other class ap-
pears straight. But when they pass
and you get the rear view, you find
the back of the stopped fellow Is
straight. the bend being at the hips,
the shoulders being pushed back
square by tho weight resting ON tho
riders hand from the top Of the bar.
The rider who tries to sit straight
reaches under thegripsand by pulling
draws his shoulders together, cramp.
Ing his chest. Look for yourselves
and you will be surprised"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-08-02
CHAPTER XII.
RetributiOn.

Lord Lilburne caught Kate In his
arms, and expressed his delight at see.
Ing her, then he grasped Lord Roland's
hand and babe him also welcome.
"You see, have taken you Mt your
word" said the bridegroom, gayly.
"Kate and were married more than
a week ago."
"A week" echoed the baron; but
where has she been all the past year,"
THAT is too long q story to tell
now" was the reply; "but where is
Grace"
In the general delight ut welcoming
back the lost beiress and the new
bride Grace had for the moment been
forgotten.
But they had not far to seek for her.
There, In their midst, she lay like
one stricken with death. and people
looked at each other curiously as they
lifted her, for this sudden swoon look
ed more like the consequence of fear
than the effect Of Joy.
"Take her to her room, she has only
tainted" said Lord Lilburne to the
servants who were called.
The order was quickly obeyed, Sir
Victor somewhat carelessly giving his
assistance.
But her father and friends noticed
that Kate showed no sympathy for
her sister, neither did she offer In any
way to help her.
This was very unlike the Kate Of
former days.
Then she had been the first to hast
en- to the side of the suffering and to
try to assuage their pain.
But now she only looked after her
sister with an expression on her face
of wondering pity not unmixed with
aversion, and she neither tried to ca
ress nor to revive her.
The curiosity of the guests, however
was not to be restrained, and SO many
questions poured in upon our heroine
that she at length briefly told Ter
friends that in finding a iiding-placc
the previous CHRISTMAS she had fallen
down q trap door In the diaused tower
and would have remained there and
perished, II her foster-brother had not
rescued her,
And then Lord Roland told the rest
OF the story even down TO the present
day.
"There Is something she has not told
US, said Miriam Hindman to Sir Vie.
tor Gayherd; "she has not told US
what hand Grace had In her disap.
pearance. Depend upon 1t, ws have
only heard half the story
Miriam's curiosity was not satisfied
however: only Lord Ltlburne was
ever told how Grace had consigned hel
sister to what she believed would BIZ
her tomb.
By this time servant came
to say that Miss Grace was con
sclous, but would not leave hel
room again that night. though sht
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-08-02
To Catch Chinch Bugs.

Mix kerosene and salt-onc quart to
the buslcl-and strcw it in row two
Or three inches wide around the field,
In the middle of a space 10 by 10 feet
wide, devoid of vegetation by blowing
and narrowing. AT intervals of three
rods bore holes eight inches deep with
= post augur, trimming off the tops
with a knife to make them smooth
and funnel-shaped; fill half full Of
water and pour in Il little coal oil. The
bugs strike this salt track, turn aside
to 80 by it, and roll into these holes,
whence they can be dipped out, more
kerosene added and the pile burned.
Keep the holes smooth and fresh, pour
little kerosene on the salt once a
day, and with bright boy watching
avery day to keep things in shape. the
bugs can be kept off. In this way
have saved a siNty-fve acre field Of
corn. although it was next to n wheat
lot that was badly infested.-Leo Ap.
plegate, Coffey county, Kan.
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tered neFvo0s system 10 now nearly
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I'M fingers rapidly and freely and strobe
about the room like young boy. "a
year ago those fingers were knafled &c
the Joints ana 20 sti@ that ] ooulA not
hold pen, Ny kneea vould aveIl IN
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-08-02

Royal Baking Powder is the purest
and highest In strength of any of the
baking powders, and hence makes
more, finer and better food. These
IRE the official facts as set forth by
the U. 8. Government and the various
State Chemists reports. or course
great efforts will be made by those
interested in the sale Of the cheaper
made, alum powders, to continue their
sale where consumers have made up
their minds to have the Royal and cali
for 1t ut their grocers. The Royal
Powder is so much superior to all the
other preparations for quick raising.
that 1t will amply repay housekeepers
to use the necessary persistency to
procure 1t in spite Of all objections.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-08-02
The Speed of Electricity

The speed of electricity under the
most favorable conditions is now es-
tablished to be 10000 miles a second.
What this enormous speed implies Is
somewhat dimly suggested by an H.
nstration recently used by the cmincnt
scientist, Sir Robert Bell. Suppose
that row Of telegraph posts 25,0O0
miles long were erected around the
earth at the equator. Suppose that IL
wire were stretched upon these posts
tor this circuit of $4,000 miles, and
that then another complete circuit was
taken by the same wire around the
same posts, and then another, and yet
another. In fact, let the wire be
wound no fewer than seven times
completely about this great globe.
We should then find that an electric
signal sent into the wire at one end
would accomplish the circuit in one
second Of time.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-08-02
cultivatins After Rains.

Every time rain falls all titled land
should be cultivated. There are many
light rains through the summer, which
wet only the surface Of the soil, and
II this Is not cultivated under, the
moisture speedily evaporates and Is
lost. This cultivation has also another
effect In developing nitrates In the
soil. Whatever vegetable matter IL In
the soil needs only to be brought into
contact with oxygen to be decomposed
and its manurlal elements set free.
There is also ON soil that is cultivated
frequently q deposit of moisture by
the atmosphere which 1t contains, and
this, being really q dew. always con:
tains more ammonia than does ordi.
nary rain water.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-08-02
FISHING FOR WILDCATS.

When the Hook IL Taken the Prob.
lem IL to Land the Gaze.
A Connecticut correspondent sends
to the New York "sun" q batch Of
wildcat stories, one of which has to
do with a negro, "Old Sedge Spencer"
who lives as a recluse "up north Of
the Salt Meadow bridge" He is des-
cribed as an indefatigable fisherman,
and is said to make his living out of
the Housatonic.
He is always ceiling, turtling bass
fishing, shad-hauling or claiming,
and SO the idea came to him Of fishing
for big wildcat that had been hang
ing about his hen house. He dashed
two big Goldfish hooks together, back
to back, and made this double hook
fast to siX-foot snOod Of light iron
sist the teeth of the game.
Then he dashed the snood end to q
stout coil Of clothes line, baited his
hook with a highly favored piece Of
beef, and rs soon as 1t was dark flung
his tackle out of the second story win
dow Of his cabin and awaited results.
He was almost asleep when he
heard the bedpost creak, and feeling
for the rope, found 1t taut MS a drum
head. A howl rose from the darkness
outside, and Spencer grinned with de-
light as he felt the captive plunge and
run and pull OH the line. When he
through the splitting, snarling creature
was qufeting down q bit, he went to
the window, laid hold and began to
haul in.
Just here was where his calcula-
tions all went wrong. Scarcely had the
cat felt the hook jerked home when
she emitted one long scream, and
leapfng for the wisteria vine on the
side Of the cabin, began to climb for
the window with tremendous speed.
Spencer was so terrified that lie
dropped the line and tried to shut the
window. 1t was jammed and would
not bulge. He gave n yell, ran into
a small closet and held the door shut
tight. Not until broad daylight did
he dare to open the door for peep.
and then he found the room empty.
His line dangling loose from the win
dow, and he found that the wildcat
had bitten 1t in two and freed herself.
Spencer got his hooks back on We'd
nesday Of this week, when two rab-
bit hunters found the cat dead In a
patch of chestnuts. The end Of the
line had caught around stump, and
twisting around her neck, had strang
led her. She weighed 48 pounds.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-08-02
rhe TeauA aIestion.

The worst thing ono can do 1t to feed
horses for which he has no use. But
when the farmer only needs two
horses, what kind should they be?
This depends great deal upon the
soil Of his farm. II his soil IL loose
and easy to farm o pair Of horses
weighing from 100 to 1,pOO is the
kind he should keep, while ON the
other hand. II his soil Ii not very easy
to farm, and 1t requires big, strong,
steady team to DO 4is blowing. this "
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-08-02
Took 1t Literally.

Motller-Where did you get thet six.
pence, Fritz
Fritz-You gave 1t to me yesterday
for tho heather, you know.
Sictiler.eBut why did you not give
1t to the telc!Ierg
FritZ-I'ccal,se teacher said wal
a regular hcatl.cn.--Die Ostschweiz.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-08-02

I ~ 8 I " y Z * pug IL rs sII
IS 8 vyee6A9 gHWelNo 90golA "
q trying - set up Q motor unitAbaa
toe ~ aifshlp IN inventor has eyolvod
A8y mans bicycle. All the exeft3on
I that % required Of the rider q 70 Keen
biz balance and steer the machine.
The power that propels It 10 furnishedl
~ o hot-atr apparatus % light that Il
ADDS only twelve pounds to tho weight
OF the machine. and % simple that Il
does not mar the symmetry Of the
wheel In the eyes Of the bicycle crank.
w. r. Keep and the inventor took q
spin down Michigan boulevard yester.
day afternoon on the first motor tan.
dem ever seen In Chicago. They At.
tracted no end Of attention. This tan.
dem will really carry three persons
two adults and child. The total
weight Of the machine In travelling or.
der 10 seventy-three pounds. This tan.
dem has already covered 5000 miles,
It has been speeded up to forty-Avo
miles an hour, and In tests has climb.
ed 10 per cent grades, and has run
successfully through mud, sand and
snow.
The power mechanism IL composed
Of two hot-air engines carried on the
rear Of the frame. one on each side Of
the rear wheel. These engines are ~
inches in diameter and 6 inches stroke.
A nickeled tank In front Of the op-
orator carries the coal oil, which il
conveyed through the frame to the
cylinders, where 1t Ia mixed with air.
A small primary battery, the same as
Is used with ordinary door bells, IL
carried In the tool bag, from which q
copper wire leads to the interior of the
engines. 1t is well known law that
rapid evaporation of any fluid pro.
duces cold, the more rapid the evap.
grafton the more intense the cold. This
engine utilities this principle. The
first or backward movement Of the
piston or plunger pumps the engine
full of air and at the same time I'D.
mits the desired charge Of coal oil.
The same movement produces IN cleo.
trio spark which vaporlzes the coal
oil and coOls the engine. The second
or forward movement of the piston
congresses this compound of oil and
Dir into one end Of the cylinder, when
just as the piston starts backward an.
other electric spark explodes the va.
por, thus producing power. The adj
mission valve ia opened mechanically
every other time, thus allowing the
burnt gases to escape. The forward
wheel Is % inches In diameter, the
rear wheel 20 inches. Both are fitted
with 4-inch pneumatic tires.
Speed is regulated by throttllng the
oil supply. In making stop or in
holding up on down grade it is only
necessary to shut of the oil supply
and the electric current; the engines
then act as an automatic brake. Tho
motor cycle ridden by w. A. Maltby
at Elmira, N. Y, few days ago made
a mile on straightway track in 81
seconds.
The riders feet may rest on the
coasters or pedals as preferred. The
pedals do not revolve rs ON the Or
binary bicycle, but are operated with
q ratchet, and will not move when the
feet are kept stIll.-Chicago Tribune.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-08-02

Electric Light for Tiger Hunting.
A sportsman from Calcutta. India,
says That he uses the electric light in
hunting tigers at night. He sits on q
raised platform in the jungle and sus.
,ends five-candle power incandescent
lamp over the bait, which Is placed
about thirty feet away. Batteries sup
ply current for the light A switch on
the hunters rife enables him to throw
on the light when he Ia ready to shoot.
The light tends to temporarily blind
the tiger and good SHOT can be had
before his eyes become accustomed to