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UNIQUE horn OF THE UNICORN
About the End Of the Sevea- ~
teenth Century. ~

The horn of a unicorn was shown
at Windsor castle, and in 1898 was VAL
ued at over & 10000. Lewis Vertoman-
nus, a gentleman of Rome, saw; with
his own eyes two unicorns presented
to the sultan Of Mecca by a king Of
Ethiopia. They were in park Of the
Temple of Mecca, and were not much
unlike colt of 30 months of age.
That was in 1903. The animal became
extinct about the end Of the seven
teenth century, says the Boston Jour.
nal. *Sss
The unicorn is represented in the.
ruins of Persepolis,. and it was adopt
ed by the Persians as the emblem Of
speed and strength. In the middle
ages it was the emblem of purity. The
unicorn hated the elephant, and it.
used to whet its horn on a stone be-
fore it struck the foe in the abdo-.
men. No family, by the way, should
be without one of these horns, the
average length Of which is four feet.
They defend from witchcraft; thus;
Torquemada had. one always on. his5
writing table. Furthermore, drink
ing cup made from one will be safe.:
guard against poison, as will the
ground powder put in drink, and, in-.
deed, the wells Of the palace Of ST.
Mark could not be poisoned in the
good old days Of adventure because
these ,benefcent horns had been,
thrown into them. Unicorn's horn
was formerly sold BY apothecaries at
$40 an ounce. us ss. .l s:f zs3f
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CAPTURING MONKEYS.
The MannerSin Which the Brasilian
Negro Takes Advantage Of
+ y ES 4 Joclko,s Appetite. &. q.

Once, while / was q cabin boy on q
merchant ship, we stopped for several
days at Rio Janeiro, which gave me a
splendid chance to look around that
very interesting South American city.
But, being q true American boy, Il
didn't think anything there was as
good as my home in New York. ex-
cept the monkeys and the parrots
About dozen peddlers swarmed
about the wharfs selling monkeys and
parrots to the many travellers who
came and went from that port. They
had SO many young monkeys and sold
them SO cheaply Il paid: IS cents for
q little monkey and five cents for a
young parrot) that my curiosity made
me. ask: "Do they raise them?"
which. question greatly amused q
dark-skinned old Brazilian who spoke
very good English. He then told me
how these people got the. immense
number of monkeys they brought to
the wharfs. 3 = s1.'s; y. :> : -->.
The natives make fermented liquid,
one of the ingredients of which is
sour milk from cocoahuts. of which
the monkeys are very fond. They
take this beer to parts of the forest
frequented by monkeys and set it on
the ground in big calabashes, as the
vessels are called. and then hide. AS
soon as the monkey sees and tastes
this enticing liquid he utters loud
cries of Joy, calling his companions.
Then they begin q "jamboree," the
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POPPING THE QUESTION.
Bashfql Young EnGlixhman Perform,
This Delicate Task in an EN-.
tirely New Way.

.. A young mechanic was desperately
in love with a bonnie lass whom he
had known from childhood, and to-
wards whom new and tenderer
flame had kindled in his heart. OF
this she seemed to remain so utterly
unconscious that he felt helpless. He
privately consulted friend, who ad-
svised him to call at the house every
night and always inquire if she was
in. He faithfully did so, but with no
better result. She was hearty and
frank as ever, treating him as if he
had been her brother. He became
desperate. One night, when she had
come. out to the little gate in the lane
with him, and was bidding him good
night, he held her hand lor ger than
usual, and said, tremblingly:
MARY, isn't this-isn't this Fri.
day?"
She said: EYES,
"And you remember I was here last
Friday, and I've been here every night
since, and always asked for you,
Mary?" ..
''Is that SOP" she said, without ap-
parently the least suspicion Of what
he meant by it. r.: s.
"Oh. Mary, Mary" he exclaimed, in
desperation, 'do you mo- begin to-
toto smell rat ?" ?"-Ht-Bits. ~.
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beasts showing all signs of exhilara-
tion.
While the animals are having a good
time the dark-skinned natives appear.
Some of the monkeys escape, but the
others are too joyful to nistrust
anything, and appear to take the ne
groes for larger species of their own
family. The negroes catch one or two
and begin to pet them and lead them
away. The monkeys take the hands
OF other monkeys and form line of
ter or dozen monkeys, being led by
a negro. They are led in this man
ner some distance away. where the
negroes have been hiding and have
cages awaiting them. always on the
outer edge of negro village.
For two or three days a little of the
liquid is given the monkeys to recon-
cile them by degrees to their captiv-
ity. The men feed and tame them and
take them down into the city and to
the wharfs to sell them. and, as the
Brazilian lives in a land where food
and drink are easily found, he lives
very cheaply, so by selling a monkey
for rs cents he makes a handsome
profit:
He has even less trouble catching
parrots in many traps and raising
them, SO he can be said to live lazy
mans life.-Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.
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ANCIENT EGYPTIAN TREATY.
Agreement Between Rameses and the
HiHites Was Humane for
That Age.

The walls of the great Hall of Kar.
max are covered with important in
scriptions, which have thrown much
light upon the history of the Egyp-
tians. Among others the treaty of
peace between Rameses and the Hit
tites of the Hebrew scriptures is
worthy of notice as the first recorded
agreement between nations. Our late
antagonist, the queen regent Of
Spain, may well consider herself for
tunate that she was not called upon
to negotiate with this Pharaoh in
stead of Uncle Sam, for Rameses didn't,
waste any time on protocols or COM
missions, or pay $20.000.000 after his
opponent had sued for peace. He evil
IDENTIFY dictated the treaty himself,
for it begins: "Rameses.- chief of
rulers, who fixes his frontiers where
he pleases," Gays the Chautauquan.
The last clause of this document is
the earliest extradition agreement be-
tween two countries calling for the
reciprocal delivery of political fugi-
tives, and it is remarkably humane
for that age. 1t provides that "who-
soever shall be delivered up, himself:
his wives, his children, let him not be
smitten to death: moreover, let him
not suffer in his eyes, his mouth, his
feet; moreover. let not any crime be
set up against. him." And the whole
is witnessed by the great god Of
Canaan, the great god of Egypt and
all the thousand gods, male and fe-
male, the gods of the hills, the rivers,
the great sea, the wind and the clouds
of both lands. 4 s
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TYPICAL FAMILY OF-LAPPS.

left, as before returning home we
wanted to visit one of their kotas, or
camps, the only one lying at the foot
of the field. A quarter of an hours
walk brought US to it. In shape
rather resembling an Indian wigwam,
this kota, unlike the usual ones made
of reindeer skin, was built of turf
overlaid with branches, with the
smoke coming out of hole in the
roof. Crawling through the narrow
opening we found ourselves in cir
cular room about IL feet in diameter.
Fir boughs, bundles and sacks strewed
the earthen floor. and our escort, a
Lapp woman, told us that no less than
20 men, women and children from the
higher encampment had slept in this
limited space the night before to be
ready for the next days service. They
generally sleep in their clothes with
out undressing, these strange little
people. OF furniture of any sort, bed,
table or chair, there was not a trace.
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ment that every fraction of pound
could be estimated, and in the book
were printed, first, explanations as to
the use of the appliance: and then care
fully ruled blank pages were arranged
for the registry of the avoirdupois. E.
Assuredly. the arrangement was lux
urious, for to ascertain ones weight it
was only necessary to sit on the fine
leather cushion, adjust the balance,
and slip into place the silver ounce and
pound disks. t.
In a few moments the dial would
register 1873 pounds 5 3-16 of an ounce.
1t would then be necessary to register
this, the date and the style of clothing
in the book of weights, and in from
three to five days another experience
on the royal red cushion would show
to. a nicely whether sixteenth of an
ounce had been lost or gained.
~ The fore word in the book tells how
to. experiment to ascertain normal
weight, how the wei ght of "a healthy
person fuctuates within the limits of
the normal, and when loss of flesh is a
danger signal. at what rate abnormal
flesh should be lost and at what rate
infants and growing children should
gain it.
As a, rule, the weighing machine is
kept in the bathroom, and mothers are
instructed to put their children on the
scales every morning. keep close rec
ord of the fluctuations, and once in
three weeks turn the tables of weights
over to the family doctor, who will
draw precious differences therefrom.
This is all in line with new theory
that it is flesh that tells whether one
is we'll or i'll more truthfully even than
color or appetite or i'll feelings, and the
makers: of scales have appreciated the
bearing of this new gospel On their
trade.
Some of the machines they make are
in the form of graceful chairs. uphol-
stored in blue or white leather to match
the bathroom decorations. and some
are artistic studies in walnut and tap
estry for the ornamentation of the
hallway, the machinery being con-
cealed as far as possible or made so
highly ornamental that the ugly iron
scales of yore have been transformed
into a valuable and effective piece of
household furniture.-Boston Globe.
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So rs



Il the house flies went south for the 8
winter, like the birds; and then his !
father told him long story about
different insects and what became OF
them during the cold months. IS
He told the boy that when the ans
tumn comes the death knell of mills
lions Of flies has sounded. They do &
not prepare for winter as many
other insects do. The majority die.
and their little bodies are blown away
by the passing breeze. A few hardy
flies will linger in the cracks in the
walls, creep under tie door frames Or
into creyices 81 the woodwork, and {
some naturalists believe that these;
few lingering flies are the parents Of
the multitude that appear in the
warm days Of June, for they lay thou-s
sands Of eggs. 80 S
Katydids, grasshoppers, crickets
and beetles are killed by the frost,
and the eggs which they hide in the
ground or conceal Ii the bark OF
trees furnish the supply for the next
year. These hatch out in the warm
days Of spring.
Beetles exhibit q wonderful in.
stinct in caring for their eggs during
winter. Among some species the eggs
are, rolled in balls Of material suit
able for food, and then the balls are
packed away in a nest until the in-
fant beetle wakes up and eats it's way
out. % E ~
Then there are "sexton" beetles,
which deposit their eggs in the bodies
of dead birds or field mice, after
which they set to work and perform
the proper rites of burial, hcaping
the earth upon the body of the dead.
The young beetle, when hatched from
it's arrival in the world. :
It is said that spiders store away no
food supply in winter quarters. Guam
titles of eggs are laid and carefully
sheltered in velvety cobweb sacks that
defy the weather. These sacks may
be found swinging by silken robes
from the goldenrod and milkweed.
and hidden away in crevices and cor
ners, of board fences and stone walls.
The little spiders creep from their
cozy sleeping bags which the wise
mother has provided for them, and if
they escape their cannibal brothers
and sisters they enter at once on a ca
reer of trapping and hunting. -
Bees and wasps lay up stores for the
! winter, the wasps not as carefully as
| the bees, but in the center of the cone
shaped nest of the paper making
wasps may be found goodly stores of
honey. -,
The thrifty ant deserves much SYM
pathy, in that it is dainty morsel for
| spiders, beetles, crickets and other in
sect hunters. A few ants may survive
and feed on accumulated stores dur
| ing the winter, but it is chiefly the
eggs and cocoons hiddenlaway in the
secure underground chambers of the
ant hill that furnish the ant popula--
tion of the following summer. !
The ans care of it's young; the.
! management of it's slaves, and the
tiny insect COWS which they capture
and from which the honeydew is
MIXED, all would furnish a tale as in
teresting as the customs of any wan
dering tribes of the desert or any lost
| nation of darkest Africa.-N. Y. Trib-
une.
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SONG OF Tttg sUR0lNo SEA.

There 10 deep soul-satisfacuon In the
singing of the Sea n
Huge tinted billows as they run and gam-
Dol wild and free; st2ss, j 4.
The flashing lights which glance like all
yer arrows tipped with gold.
Tne panoramas full Of power before the
54 eye sunrolled: SsfsSs 5,,sy ~ ssss sf55
The fre.coed sly's grand canopy 90 nobly
~ M.I arched above, :,2G e.. #%
With huges from bright i1amingo red to
pearl tints of the dove,
Tne perfect picture proof and pledge OF
coos unmeasured love. n
Bright rainbow colors flashing out
through showers Of jeweled spray. j
translucent sea tints soft embossed on
shadows of cool gray, Z
Reflected skies which lend the lake heav-
ems glories mirrored deep r.:
TO lave in emerald depths where water
elves their vigils keep:
And sometimes surface lines which seem
naiad's streaming hair. .,~,.%
Sometimes the wavelets lisping love when
skies and seas are fair, -
With changing marvels rich and strange
revealing beauties rare.
Then when the storm rings out full
lunged its diapasons strong.
Where shout the, rnaddened waves which
dance in circling throb and throng.
The keen winds whistling choruses which
keep majestic time.
While forest echoes make response and
swaying branches chime.
There music makes its home amid the
voices of the waves,
Which sometimes grieve in monotone
above drowned sailors graves
Or dance with demon laugh and shrek
Whene'er the tempest raves.
The sea- the sea. how wide IL 10. how
mighty and sublime.
AS though within its bosom beat the rest
less pulse of time,
AS though eternity were made a watery
expanse
Ger which roamed free the restless tides
of fate and circumstances;
theater for dramas grand, where strong
life never sleeps,
Where God above q universe His cease
less vigil keeps, >,
And measureless infinity dwells In the
mighty deeps.
Here Is thing no common thought may
ever arch or span,
Yet one presenting wondrous thoughts
and secrets unto man,
Rebuking puny doubts which crawl like
insects on the sod
To challenge with small buzz and sting
the majesty of God;
Poor, Door indeed, Is he who stands
-, blind, deaf and unannealed
Before these lessons trimmed with truths
by Natures voices pealed.
ObliviOus of great mysteries unveiled and
thus revealed.
I. EDGAR JONES.
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3 "a man lis5 tlEtais hiss own tiess
~ guo rent d. I'd the nan Who
idoS4 Doesn't Nv slwisi ii,lsla rsroduce N effect1
that makes him look Ike one. q
dianapols News.
How He Did riend- -'sI don't
zee how yon s1nanhgeto assume that
expression Of agony In the last act.
Actor have the prompter say rail.
road ties. Harlem Life.
Calculated to Please. Dolly, II
your new young man intelligent ?''
We'll, pa, he's just about right; he
doesn't understand politics any, bet-
ter than do. y ndianapolis Journal.
''Mr. Hal dcase," said the minister.
''I saw your son III q saloon yester-
day" ibid you?" replied Mr.. Hard
case; II hope he had the politeness
to ask you to have something."n-Phil-
adelphia Record. S5.s5*.e. S5zss. ...=
Elsie-"Yes, dear, my husband is q
doctor, and a lovely fellow. but awful
" absent-minded." Aua7 - .'lndeed!"
Elsie-"Only fancy! During the mar
rage ceremony, when he gave me
the ring, he felt my pulse and asked
me to put out my. tongue. Ada
swell, he won't do the latter agani."
Spare Moments. s=Ss<
"This is great story" said the
new reporter, "but can't think of a
good head for it. It's about aNrusted
1wncse accounts were found
to be crooked, and when he was ac-
cused of it dropped dead" .trThat's
easy" said the snake editor, help
fully; 'thead it: Died from Expo.
sure.' '"-Philadelphia Press.
Noble Little Gee eergie:-Proud Mann
ma-"Wasn't George a noble little
gentleman to insist upon Aellie's help
ing herself to peach before he took
one himself?' Uncle Henry-"Oh,
yes, very noble. George, what made
you let Nellie help herself first?"
Georgie-''Because there wasn't but
two peaches, a great big one and a
little bit Of one. I knew Nellie would
be too polite to take the big one."-
Boston Transcript.
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VISIT TO THE LApps.
1oans Ame rie.n TT %veler Tells. 81
Her Experience Daring Trip
4 In Sean din avis ..ss3:s sS.*sz

s5s ->e-A 8 80 = AACAncuy, sW0O Haue,
e recent trip through an unfre-
quented part Of Sweden, thus de.
scribes some of her experiences in the
New York Tribune: .5
During our stay at Otschon we
3 made long and interesting excur-
sion to the Lapps, and mad the rare
opportunity of assisting at one Of
their services, which are only held
two or three times year. An hours
row and two hours ride through the
forest along broad and rushing
river brought us to their little wood.
en- church, which, with a farm or two.
nestled in q small but fertile valley;
behind this lowered the wild and
rocky field, on which this tribe of
LapPs had their encampment. We put
up our ponies in: the stables of the
"Lapp king" rich farmer, so called
because of his Kindness and hospital
1ty to the Lapps, who, in their turn,
treated him as their father and gen
eral counsellor. 49,.
We amused ourselves till the service
began watching the congregation, as
they appeared over the-felds, looking
very bright and picturesque in their
church going attire, which was richer
and much more: adorned than is usual
~ the case; but these people belonged
to very. prosperous tribe, possessing
many hundred reindeer. The curious
~ shaped hats of the men are Scarlet,
as rule; their waistcoats are thick
1y braided in vivid colors,. and they
have skin tight breeches made of
reindeer skin. The women's caps are
OF crimson satin, their hair IS loose
and plated in with strings of beads,
and they wear long embroidered tun-
les stretching to their knees. Red
seems to De their favorite color; even
the babies wear tight-fitting red caps,
and very sweet they looked as they
lay in their little reindeer skin
cradles and were. rockeu by their
mothers, who were, waiting to take
them to be christened when the serv-
ice began.
These cradles are made in the shape
of French sabots. laced across with
strips of leather. These are a neces-
sary precaution, as the babies are
often hung up, cradles and all, on the
branches of the fir trees when their
parents want to be rid of them. AT
II o'clock we all went into the church,
an ugly, whitewashed, wooden lit
tie building, adorned inside with
.grotesque plaster figures and big
eye, painted in vivid blue, with a
hideous black eyelash. It appeared
out of sea of white paint, and
looked down on us with an, uncannys
and fixed stare from behind the altar.
The service was Lutheran, and read
in Swedish by priest sent ali the
way from Undersaker. After the
christening of the babies we all went
into the churchyard, where the burial
service was chanted over the graves
of those who had died in the last six
months. It was all rather impressive,
somehow, and the little Lapps looked
very much in earnest. and joined
heartily in all the prayers. After an
hour of the service my father and I
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Headache from Eye strain.

In an article in the Medical News DR..
Casey Wood defines ocular headache as
those aches and pains in and about the
head that directly or indirectly result
from organic disease in, or from i'm
paired function Of any part of the Wis
ual apparatus. He says that 40 per
cent: Of all headaches are caused by
eye strain, and that so per cent. of all
frontal headache after shopping ex-
cursiop, or ride in q trainor street car
with its interchanging views, is an a.
most sure sign Of eye strain. Astigma-
tism is probably the most frequent
cause Of headaches from eye strain. Ia.
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lWeekega NE 0AAMs VINO 0o0 lost @eeN41Y
By the collapse sof the Comptoe a
Escompts the slist such were hlaseen-
IerAl thought DR.. Disine's iiscoourses
were remarkable Efforts, no doubt, but
WAS he not merely earning his salary,
Isand pretty CONT forts Bile salary 90
Ethat And g Nathaniel Craft found
Iit to his interest to appear regularly
every Sunday in his pew-with Ger.
tain exceptions. Collections for the
poor and the missions, both home and
foreign-how he hated them! !. And
Christmas, too-fagh! ITO live in
hearts we leave behind is not to die"
For him those sculptured words
lived to-day. Like q revelation the
barrneness Of his life, past, present
and future, arose before him.
"While we have time let us do good
to all men, H., s5s 5.,
There was yet time for him. A week
ago. he had sneered at the thought Of
human affection. Even these with
cred roses which strewed the graves
he had deemed but vanity's offering.
To-day, with flush Of shame, he
stopped and removed the card from
his own. Self was sinking from
sight. It was now a tribute, indeed,
to the dead, to the man who had lived
worthily Of that inscription-not to
the living. John Morris could feel no
pride in either case. .--
/ Before leaving that grave, Nathan.
iel Craft gathered a few of the with
cred leaves upon it. ''The ashes OF
these, John,". he said, aloud, "shall
make my heart blossom anew. The
fruits We will know when next we
meet; FAREWELL"
But the barriers of such a nature
| were not to be broken down at once.
It was months, indeed, ere he lived
with any higher object than by freely
giving of his boarded treasure to de-
serve that inscription upon his
friends tombstone. The overflow
came, however, in time, and one day
Mr.. Craft called his children - who
had long marveled and rejoiced at tho
change in their father-into the room
which had once been their mothers
own. To each he handed slip of
paper.
'That you may not wish me dead, i"
he said, huskily, II shall hereafter
strive to make you happy. In return
ask only for your love and respect" )"
And then he told them of those words
regarding him which he had over
heard, words which he confessed had
stung and angered him; of the codicil
to his will he had in consequence de-
stroyed; codicil, which in moment
of tenderness one day he had been in
duced to make in their favor, revok-
ing in measure the original instru-
ment.
II thought 1 should exult in my
grave over your disappointment" said
he, and then followed the history of
that memorable day in Greenwood.
ITO live in hearts we leave be-
hind is not to die,' he repeated. land
my desire henceforth is not only to
live in the hearts of my children, but
in the hearts of the suffering and un-
fortunate of mankind" .":-Union Signal.
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nest. s. way to Use Camphor.

The best method of employing cam
phor when storing away articles for
the winter is in pieces the size Of q
hazlenut, wrapped each in tissue paper;
thus covered the camphor will not in
iure the most delicious color. Spirits
Of turpentine sprinkled freely in .
trunk before lining it with newspapers
will deEsroy any moth s eggs that tsmaJy
have found lodgment therein, butsth
turpentine must not be allowed to
touch any thing which Il can possibly
injure. 55s. =s. .53s.ss
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Hi. Patience Was Exhau.ted

Little four-year-old Willie had been
told repeatedly that he must never
ask for anything at the table, but
should wait patiently till he was
served. One day while dining at 3
neighbor's with his mother the little
fellow was accidentally overlooked
Patience finally ceased to be virtue
and in an audible whisper he said:
Mamma, do little boys 60 to Heaven
when they starve to death?' =
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PhrenOloGy.

First Man-Do you think that you
can tell mans character by the bumps
on his head? =
Second Ditto-Well, think you can ,
tell more of his wife's character by
them!-N. Y. World.