The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-11
FLYING EMBERs.

The name of Kalamazoo has its origin in
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 Kaha! Kahla and the Indian would
answer "Mahzoo!" "Mahzoo!" 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, G the tough web
IN the sand, with his hump of pure fat TO
guard against famine and the absorbing stom-
a aCIl 10 retain a water supply, and those in
away, says the New York Tribune These
nostrils close so tightly that even in a sand
storm the finest dust of the desert cannot
penetrate his throat
He can carry six hundred rounds thirty
miles day, or one man and a water skin
nifty miles day. No wonder he is so tender
~ loved and cared for by. those whose hur-
during the perlls Of the desert.
A school of housewifery and domestic SCI
ence for girls is being started by Miss Alice
H. James, at Nos. 10l and los Stamford Hill
London. IT Will aim at supplying trained and
certlhcated women as domestic helps, cooks
nousemalds 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
houseWtfery from busting and marketing to
managing servants and keeping accounts,
cookery-plain, high-class, and invalid-laun-
dry work, hygiene, sick nursing, needleWork
and management OF children. -,
There has been considerable discussion
among artists as to what might be fairly
called the twelve greatest pictures in the
world. The result of vote taken recently
was:
Trora6ovro+ion >, Doabo., yyot,. ~.
Last Communion Of ST. Jerome" Do
menichino. 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-
ton. Rome.
Descent From the Cross" D. da volterra.
Church of San Trinita de Monti, Rome
Last Supper" Leonardo da Vinci, on wall
OF refectory Of Convent of Santa Maria della
Assumption Titan, Academy of Fine
Arts, Venice.
"Holy Night" Correggfo, Dresden gallery,
'sistne Madonna" Raphael. Dresden gal
lery. Dresden.
Descent From the Cross" Rubens, Cathe-
The Immaculate Conception" Murillo
Louvre. Paris.
remarkable shawl was presented as a
wedding gift to the empress Of Russia by the
women OF Orenburg, a town in the south
eastern part Of the empire. When spread out
fine that 1t may be passed through a finger
ring, and when folded makes a parcel a
few inches square. The shawl reached the
empress in 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 gracefully worded inscription, beg
cling the empress to accept the gift from
her faithful and devoted subjects"
The Evanston Index received the following
summary of the spanish-American war from
6-year-old subscriber;
- This hi war is is Rrty sirius, and this is why
was the Main, and visit cud a seen that
explotion. And then the starveing Cubins
are prty sirius to. And now we have begun
the war and many comrads 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 for their hus-
bands: They take the wounded to the hospitls
and the dead to Their graves, and meny span
tsh ships will sink and few American ships
will sink and we will fife on land and on
Iends this day.
=, In short-story contest recently closed by
the 8. S. Mcclure syndicate. there were over
Z,OOO competitors, representing every state in
rne Union. OF the three prizes the first and
third were awarded to women. The first
prize Of $500 was won by Mrs. Martha Nc
Cullagh Williams The scene Of the
story Is in Tennessee, where much of
the hfe OF the writer has been passed. The
T winner OF the third prize-$100-is Miss
A noted Paris specialist says that woman
VINO eats three or four apples a day cannot
pc ugly. Inc apple acts on the liver, gives a
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=, Some curious customs, In the way of pas
tunes, prevail in Corea. Among the farm
ing ing ci ts there Is one known as the pack
certain village known to contain a young
widow. A wtdower, 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
l ni great market in Russia for cheap, snowy
pieces and put together after entry to evade
= high duty on the finished article. They
must be inexpensive.
A number of British merchants were re-
gently treated to a dinner by a Chinese mil
nonaire During the seventy courses the
guests were served with birds nest soup,
eon eee. ba shark & sT wta se pig
nam nan IN honey, fat duck, perch, sweetIneats.
the stomachs Of rat fsh, pears in honey,
whale 5iineTTs soles q pigeon feet lotus seed
juice and almonds with bean curd
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The first PUBLIC school was founded by Aur
gusI herman Francke. The old town OF
Halle, Germany, has just celebrated the 2oOtG
anniversary Of the eYents