The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-11
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an Indian cave episode. 1t is said that an
Indian brave of Michigan, named "Kahla."
had sweetheart named "Mahzoo." AS the
lover came down the river the maid would
call Kahla! Kahla! and the Indian would
answer "Mahzoo!' "Mahzool'' The regular.
ity of the occurrence associated the place with
the echoes of Kahla-mazoo.
What work Of nature the camel is with
that mat Of wool upon his forehead, his ca
nine teeth in sleeps jaws, the tough web
connecting his toes to prevent him sinking
IN the sand, with his hump of pure fat to
guard against famine and the absorbing stom-
ach to retain water supply, and those in.
telligent nostrtls to scent water ten miles
away. says the New York Tribune These
nostrils close so tightly that even in sand
STERN the finest dust of the desert cannot
penetrate his throat.
He can carry six hundred pounds thirty
miles a day, or one man and water skin
fifty miles day. No wonder he is so tender der
~ loved and cared for by, those whose bur
dens he bears and whose lives he often saves
during the perils Of the desert.
A school of housewifery and domestic sell
ence for girls is being started by Miss Alice
R. James at Nos. ,101 and los Stamford Hill.
London. 1t will aim at supplying trained and
certihcated women as domestic helps cooks
housemalds and housekeepers, and at provid-
ing an occupation for young women whose
circumstances do not enable them to undergo
a long course Of professional training. The
syllabus will include every department Of
housewifery, from busting aRd marketing to
eookery,plain,. high-class and ipvalid-laun-
dry work, hygiene sick nursing, needle work
and management of children
There has been considerable discussion
among artists as to what might be fairly
called the twelve greatest pictures in the
was:
TRANSPORTATION. Raphael, Vatican, Rome.
Last Communion OF ST. Jerome" Do
menicninO, Vatican, Rome.
Aurora" Guido REM, on ceiling of sum-
mer house Of Rospigliosi Palace, Rome.
-, Last Judgment" Michael Angelo. Sis
Beatrice Cenci," Guido, Barberini collec-
Descent From the Cross" D. da volterra.
Church Of San Trinita de Month Rome
Last Supper" Leonardo da Vinci on wall
Of refectory Of Convent of Santa Maria della
GraZie, Milan.
Assumption" Titan, Academy of Fine
"Ffoly Night" Correggio, Dresden gallery,
Dresden
"slsune Madonna" Raphael. Dresden gal
Descent From the Cross" Rubens, Cathe-
dral, Antwerp. .'
"The Immaculate Conception" Murillo.
= remarkable shawl was presented as a
wedding gift to the empress Of Russia by the
women or OrenbUrg town in the south
eastern part of the empire. When spread out
It is ten yards square, but is so exquistely
fine that 1t may be passed through finger
ring, and when folded makes parcel a
few inches square. The shawl reached the
empress in q wooden chest with silver locks
and hinges, the outside embellished with de-
signs OF spears, turbans, whips etc., in a
ground Of blue enamel, this being the color
OF the Cossack uniform On the inside OF the
box is a gracefully worded inscription, beg
cling the empress to accept the gift from
cher faithful and devoted subjects
The Evanston Index received the following
summary Of the Spanish-American war from
a 6-year-old subscriber:
This war is prty sirius. and this is why
1t is at first the Spanish used bad words
about Mr.; Kinerly; and the next sirius thing
explotion. And then the -starveing Cubins
are prty sirius to. And now we have begun
the war, and many cemrads will be dead.
Prhaps Their wont be man left in town, and
many muther will morn for her husband.
They will lay dead on the hatfield, and there
stand Their muthers weeping fer their hus-
bands. They take the wounded to the hospitls
and the dead to Their graves, and meny span
ish ships will sink and few American ships
will sink and We will fife on land and on
sea see ana our flag waves over the Filupeens
LENDS this day.
=, In a short-story contest recently closed by
the S. 5. Mcclure syndicate, there were over
1000 competitors, representing every state in
the Union. OF the three prizes the first and
third were awarded to women. The first
P P1jI OF $500 was won by Mrs. Martha Nc
story is in Tennessee, where much of
the hfe OF the writer has been passed. The
winner OF the third prize-$1OO-is a Miss
noted Paris specialist says that a woman
who eats three or four apEles a day cannot
pc ugly. The apple acts on the liver, gives a
oeautnul complexion and is fhttening.
Some curious customs, in the way of pas
times, prevail in Corea Among the farm
ing classes there is ono known as the "pack-
ing or of Widows" This means raid on
ID SeTrSln village known to contain a young
WlioW' a %qower, accompanied by friends,
enters the village, carries off the woman in
question and marries her.
British Consul. General Murray reports from
Warsaw that the Russian people are Just
coming to the use of clocks. and that there
is great market in Russia for cheap, snowy
clocks and watches. They should be sent in
pieces ana put together after entry to evade
high duty on the finished article. They
must be inexpensive.
number Of British merchants were re-
gently treated to dinner by a Chinese mil
guests were served with BIRDS nest soup,
roast duck, shark fns, rnushrooms with pig
con eggs, baked white pigeons, lotus seeds,
a ES IN money. fat duot2 perch, sweetmeats,
me stomache of fat fish, pears in honey
soup, SLICED. flag bulbs, sailed shrimps, pfine
juice and almonds gtth bean Ourd'
The first public school was founded by Ap.
gust Herman FTancke The old town. Of
Halle, Germany, has. Just. celebrated the 20Oth
anniversary OF the event a
Watch kos Eui,.fsr SAa.