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many scholars to be descended from a
Roman colony; in other words, to be the
cousins of the Italians; and, curiousIy.
or, rather, reasonably enough, varia
ton of the polenta, called mamaliga. is
the national dish of Roumania The
1namaliga is like the polenta in that it is
made of boiled maize, but 1t is unlike the
latter in one important respect, as the
grains are not allowed to settle into a
solid mass, but are kept distinct, after
the fashion of oatmeal poTTidge."
In Asia and Africa the natives have
never seen or tasted bread as it is un-
derstood Il America The staple in
Asian coul tries is rice, and it is not
ground, but used whole. Wheat is widely
distributed over the earth, but the grind
ing process, and the knowledge of max
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ing light forms of bread with yeast hs-
long TO the white races.
Nature provided a curious substitute
for bread in the South Pacific islands
and the Indian archipelago. The bread
is indeed a CURIOUS freak. The fruit
sometimes weighs from two to four
pounds, and the natives gather it lust
before fully ripe, cut it in slices and bake
it. Sometimes the people OF a village
join to make a huge oven-a pit twenty
or thirty feet in circumference-in which
several hundred bread fruits are baked
at once an heated stones: The bread
will keep good for several weeks even in
their hot climate The tree has been nat
uralized in the West Indies. Our Cuban
soldiers told of it's whiteness and meaIi-
ness; quite a counterpart Of our white
bread.
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Bread. , i, ;.
THE STAFF or LITE"

THE STAFF or LIFE"
Although we have been told since
childhood that bread is tie staff OF life"
some Of the healthiest people of the world
nave never known its life-sustainiag
properties.
writer on domestic life in Gerna ny
has this to say regarding the lack of
bread In the peasant class: "Baked
ioaves Of bread are unknown IL, MANY
parts of South Austria ard Italy. and
throughout the agricultural districts Of
Rouuania- In the district OF Oberstcier-
mark. not very many miles from Vienna.
bread IS never seen (snd vet the Vienna
Ieat Is world renowned; the staple food
Of the people being sterz, a kind OF pcr-
ridge, made from ground beech nuts.
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THE SOFT HAT

Louis Kossuth introduced the soft hat
into America. He came here in exile
wearing one with a black ostrich feath-
er trimmed jauntily on the side, and we
Immediately adopted it, minus the plume
1t became the fashionable head covering
and has remained SO ever since in the
Southern and Western states. The army
campaign hat and the Rough Rider hat
had their origin in a Tyrolean hat that
was brought here by some American
traveller. The Alpine hat comes, as it's
name suggests, from the country of the
Alps, and is purely Tyrolean.
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ticulata, moliusca and radiata- That OF
insects has received some mention. and
1T has been remarked that though the
first period OF life, passed in the grub
or caterpillar state, extends to several
months, or even years, the great major
ity live but a few days or weeks after
the metamorpflis by which they attain
to a more perfect form. The ephemera
when 1t leaves its grub life in the wa
ter, and assumes a higher form and an
aerial existence lives but a few hours
and dies the very day it was born into
its new life.
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THE SMALLEST REPUBLIC

The smallest republic in the world is
nil Of for if an tslane ap41t IF I'VE
little more than half a mile, situated
about a dozen miles to the northeast OF
Sardinia. The total population of the
but they elect a president every six years,
and a council of six members, all of
whom serve the state without pay. the
vote with the men, and ever since it be-
came a republic, in 1886, all public bus
mess has been transacted without tur-
MOL; the elections taking place without
ment.
In 1886 King Charles Albert of Sardinia
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Odd CDjngg
DAY OF SMALL. THINGS

The Practical Age tells of man in
Connecticut who found very small po-
in from his work. Here" said he
!aughinSly to boy twelve years cd who
lived with him, plant this and you
snail nave all you can raise from it till
you are Of age" The boy cut the potato
INTO as many pieces as there were teyes'
IN 1t and planted it. In the autumn he
dug and laid by the increase and plant
ed That in the following spring. Next
the previous spring. The potatoes grew
and did well. and his fourth years har-
vest amounted to 400 bushels. The farm
gain, for he saw the boys planting would
cover all his land. And yet it is quite
common to desptse the "day of small
things
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The number of Indians at the present
time is about 250,0G0 A hundred years
hence they will number a million or so.
the increase being due to the cessat ton
of wars, the spread of intelligence and
morality, the improvement of hyg.enic
conditions, and the disappearance of the
medicine man, the better food supply,
and the intermarriage with whites.
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BTNYAN

John Bunyan was born in Elstaw, Bed
ford, England, in 1873, and died N Lon
don Aug. 81, 1858. He was the son OF
tinker, went to the village school, and
at seventeen years Of age enlisted in the
parliamentary army. In 1858 he Joined a
little religious. society sometimes known
as a Baptist church and preached in the
vicinity of Bedford until his imprison-
ment in jail at that place, where he re-
manned fer over twelve years His most
famous work, The Pilgrims Progress, y
was begun while he was in prison, and
appeared in 1878, a second part appear
ing in 1854 His other important works
are: GRACE .Abounding,'' written in jail
and the Holy War" Altogether he was
fame largely rests upon 1.-The Pilgrim s
Progress"
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AS the camera VIII exert such an in
fluence upon the study of the infinitely
great, so will it also bear with tremen-
dous advantage upon the Infinitely small
in micro photography, revealing the
growth of life cells in plants and animals,
detecting bacteria and solving many
problems of biology hitherto feebly de-
duced. There is a great future to
photography.
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THE CRUsADERs

A hundred years earlier Europe was
involved in the crusades the fifth occur
ring in 1903, while century further
back witnessed the beginning Of this
tremendous movement, In some respects
the most remarkable the world has ever
known. Unexplainable as the crusades
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TIE FIGURE 10.
The Periodicity of
Great Wars.
Century GQdrs.
ARTICLE NO. 5.

may be. when looked at without regard
TO their relations and bearing upon his
tory. they were the armed protest of
ChristeDdem against the advance of
Islam. During the wars which p~eva led
In Europe In the middle ages. the con-
tinent had become almost barbarized,
and civilization and refinement seemed
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%. SQypersGfi0nS..
THE Figure :

THE FIGURE 5.
Five, says Pythagoras, has peculiar
force in expfations. 1t is every
thing. II stops the power of poi
sons, and is redoubted by evil spirits
Unity, OF the monad, is Deity, or the first
cause of all things-the good principle
Two, Or the dyad, is the symbol of di-
Versity-the evil principle Three or the
triad, contains the mystery of mysteries,
for everything is composed of three sub
stances. 1t represents God the soul Of
the world and the spirit of man. Five is
z plus g., or the combination of the first
of the equals and the first of the I'M
equals, hence also the combination OF the
good and evil powers of nature
An old and curious standard Of mental
ity is that which credits mankind with
having five Wits" common wit, i'm
aglnation, fantasy, estimation and mem
Org. l. Common wit is that inward sense
which judges what the five senses SIM
ply discern: thus the eye sees, the nose
smells, the ear hears, and so on, but 1t
is common witt that informs the brain
and passes judgment on the goodness or
badness of these external matters g.
Imagination works on the mind, causing
it to realize what has been presented to
1t. 3. Fantasy energies the mind to act
in accordance with the judgment thus
pronounced. 4. Estimation decides on all
matters pertaining to time, space, local
ity, relation and so on. 3. Memory en-
ables the mind to retain the recollection
of what has been impaired.
THE FIGURE T.
Seven was frequently used as a mysti-
cal and Symbolical number in the Bible
as well as among-the principal nations
OF antiquity. The origin is doubtless as
Economical, or rather astrOlogicalEViZ.,
the observation of the Z planets and the
phases of the moon, changing every 7th
cay. As instances of this number in
the. Old Testament, we find the creation
completed within days, whereof the It'll
day was day of rest kept sacred. Every
It'll year was sabbatical, and the times
It'll year ushered in the jubilee year.
The Seven Churches of Rev. i.-iil are
Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatira.
Sardis. Philadelphia and Laodicea.-The
Seven Deadly Sins are pride, covetous-
ness, lust, anger, gluttony, envy and
sloth.-The Seven Principal Virtues are
faith, hope, charity, prudence. temper
ence, chastity and fortitude-The Seven
Gifts of the Holy Ghost are wisdom, UNI
derstanding, counsel, ghostly strength
or fortitude, knowledge, godlinass and
the fear of the Lord.
The Seven Champions of Christendom
are st. George for England, st. Andrew
for Scotland, st. Patrick for ireland, ST.
David for Wales, ST. Denis for France,
st. James for Spain, ST. Anthony for
Italy.
Hippocrates (B. c. 46O-35D divided the
life of man into seven ages, a division
adopted by Shakespeare in his we'll
known lines. The many ancient specula-
tons which connected the number Z with
the human body and the phases Of its
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hinder Difficulties
FROM.
LOWLH LIFE.

opened an office, but never had a case at
court; The Rev. Edward Everett Hale
sometimes tells, however, the story of
LoWelIs first Client. The poet had laid
ASIDE his law books for the day and was
polishing off a sonnet when the door
opened and a strange man appeared,
with look of doubt or trouble in his
eyes. Lowell hastily hid the little poem
III a pocket, sprang up with all the
alacrity of courtesy he could command
offered chair to the visitor took his hat
and put it on the table with as much rev.
erence as if it were a retainer, drew up a
chair opposite, pulled out a arand-new
notebook, and waving his pencil in a soft
inviting, confidential way, began: wei,
sir, am all ready to take notes of your
case. Please tel! me everything, even the
most trivial circumstance" The strang-
er stared at him with open mouth for a
minute. then griuned most amiably as he
answered: 4 am the painter Of your
sign, sir, come to get my little bill" Tire
law office was soon after closed and the
Would-be attorney began his poetical ca
reer. If at first you don't succeed--try
something else.
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REECHER

BEECHER.
When Henry Ward Beecher was pas
tor of a church in Indiana, with a mem
bership OF less than twenty persons, his
several days because he hadn't the
money to pay the postage. He preached
his first sermon as pastor of Plymouth
church in a suit of clothes purchased
by friend, that the new minister might
not appear before his new congregation
Shabbily dressed
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By 1900 science may take, in condensed
form, from the rich loan of earth, the
life force, or germs, now found in the
heart Of the corn, in the kernel Of the
wheat, and in the luscious Juice of fruits.
a small Dhial OF this life from the fer
tile bosom Of mother earth may furnish
man with subsistence for day or days
ana thus the problems OF cooks and
cooking be solved.
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EAJTRE

Francis Felix Faure, late president OF
France, was apprenticed to currier and
learned to dress leather, working from
o'clock in the morning until oTcIofk 81
night. -
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BLACK HAWK WAR

- II,
BY treaty signed at Prairie du Chen
Wis, July Is, 1880, the Sac and Fox In,
dams ceded all their lands in Illinois
and Wisconsin to the United States
Black Hawk, noted chief of the tribe.
refused to abide by the treaty and made
war upon the whites. He resisted the
survey of the land at Rock Island, Ill.
although most of the Sacs and Foxes
were west of the Mississippi In 1881 he
attacked some Illinois villages, but was
driven off by the militia under Gen.
Gaines, in June of that year. The next
spring he returned with a strong force
and began 10 massacre the whites. Gen
Scott was sent against him with a force
OF United States troops. Black Hawk
was defeated at the Wisconsin river.
July 21, 1882 by detachment of troops
under Gen. Dodge, and again at Bad
Axe river, Aug. q of the same year bv
zen. Atkinson. After these successive
defeats Black Hawk was compelled to
surrender. He and his head men were
taken to Washington. Having witnessed
the power and wealth OF the United
States as displayed in the Eastern cities,
the chiefs returned and counseled their
people to ley down their arms. The
Wlnnebagoes, as we'll as the Sacs and
Foxes, now exchanged their lands. 10000
U00 acres, for tracts west of the Missis-
slppi with yearly supplies of money and
provisions Zachary TAYLOR, Abraham
Lincoln and Jefferson Davis took part IN
the war
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TIE Strange
Things People
Believe.

| gradual development and formation its
! critical periods Of sicknesses-partly still
| eXtant as superstitious notions would
! fill much space.
| Seven Wise Men is the collective de7ig-
| nation of a number of Greek sages
! whose moral and social experience. ac-
! cord1ng to the ancients, was embodied
I, IN certain brief aphori4 ms. Their names.
] as usually given, and their character
| isdc aphorisms are as follows: So on of
| Athens-''Nothirg in excess" Thales OF
MiletuS-'' Suretyship brings ruin" PIT
tacus of Mitylene-''Know thine opnor-
tt'nlty;- Bias of Priene, in Caria-'droo
! many workers spoil the work. Chilon
Of Sparta--"Know myself Cleob1ilus
tyrant of Indus, in Rhodes-''Modera-
t'on is the chief good;" and Periander,
tyrant of. Corinth-''FoG eth9ught in ali
things
Seven times Christ spoke on the cross:
"a Father, forgive them, for they knew
| not what they do" (2) To-day shalt
thou be with Me in paradise" 81
Woman behold thy son. a. my COG.
My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?''
90 81 thirst" go TT is finished." IN
Father, into Thy hands 1 commend NV
spirit"
Rome was built Oh hills; there were
ancient wanderers: and the sleepers
were heroes of a celebrated legend.
In alchemy the sun is gold, the moor
Saturn lead, Jupiter tin and Venus cop
per.
With the Ismailis sect of the Moharn-
Inedans the figure is important, us
noted by heavens, Z planets. earths
revolutions, Z speaking prophets. /
silent prophets, and degrees of religion.
THE FIGURES TIMES 6.
A wonder Is said to last times s DAYS.
The scourge used for criminals is a ''cat
O. nine tails. Possession is nine points
Of the law, being equal tc % money to
make good claim, ~ patience to carry
suit through, (S) a good cause (D a
good lawyer, q a good counsel Co good
witnesses, CD good jury, CO a good
judge, 60 good luck. Leases used to be
granted for 999 years. Ordeals bv fire
consisted Of times red-hot plough
shares.
There are times crowns recognized
IN heraidry, and times marks of cad
ency.
We show honor by 3 times in drink
ing a health.
The worthless are Jews, 3 pagans ana
3 Christians: VIZ: Joshua, David and
Judas Maccahaeus; Hector, Alexander
and julius Caesar; Arthur, Charleruagne,
and Godfrey OF BouilIon.
TIE FIGURE 10
The 10 numerati tons are cabaIistic dec-
trine. Three are called the SUPERIOR
and the inferior numerations. The 3
superior are the supreme diaden1. wisdom
and understanding. These existed from
all eternity The infe lor numcrations
are mercy severity or might, beauty,
victory, glory, stability and sovereignty.
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CroubBes of
Our OccDm.
American Wars, RebesIions, In
surrections. Riots, Strikes.

NORTH CAROLINA AND FRANKLIN.
A conflict between the authorities Of
the state of North Carolina and the peo-
pie of the western lands Of that state
the latter having organized the state of
Franklin from this territory, began in
1884. Dual courts were held and taxes
levied by both states. A constitution
was prepared, congress was asked to ad-
init Franklin as a state, a legislature
met for several years, and armed con-
hicts took place, but in October, 17SS
Gov. Sewer was arrested and taken to
North Carolina, and the state of Frank
lin collapsed.
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SCHUMAKER

Ferdinand Schumacher, the oatmeal
king, commenced the manufacture of
oatmeal IN the Kitchen of his unpreten-
tious dwelling, and peddled his producer
in hand cart.
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ROGERS.

Henry H. Rogers, the New York mil
. lionaire and copper king, was fifty years
ago selling newspa pers on the streets
of New Bedford, Mass. He then went
Into grocery store, getting So a week
and board.
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FAIRBANKS.

Senator c. w Fairbanks, of Indiana.
was born in log cabin and Graded in
a sugar trough. He entered college with
one suit of clothes and $40 in money.
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Ii n 3 i r h a Y.
Feb II is the anniversary of the birth,
IN 1909, of Abraham Lincoln. 1t is a legal
holiday in the states of Connecticut, Hi
nois, minnesota, New Jersey, New York,
North Dakota, Pennsylvania and WASH
ington.
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HAYS.

Charles NJ Hays, the new head of the
Southern Pacific railroad, was born IN
1858 and in 1873 was clerk in a rail-
read office and getting $40 month. He
now gets $4,000 a year.
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TROUBLE WITH FRANCE.

TROUBLE WITH FRANCE
France had agreed in 1881, to pay IS, coo. :
OO0 for damage done to American COM
nefce during the wars of Napoleon
Payment being delayed President Jack
son proposed to make reprisals on
French merchant ships. England then
interviewed as mediator; France paid her
debts, and war was averted.
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100 YEARS HENCE.

In the Days of Our Grandchildren.
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HERE AND THERE
IN THE WORLD.

granted the island of Tavolara 70 a fam
ny OF the name of Bartoleoni but in less
tnah half century the inhR bitants threw
OH the yoke of monarchy and took to
themselves the right to be governed Nv
themselves. This little war did not alarm
NE world and was quite a peaceful one
INlng Pau! l. refgned until 1882 and on
ms deathebed requested that none of his
XIII should succeed to the throne, and
as no one claimed the honor, four years
later the people decided to draw I'm a
constitution, and Tavolara has been a
very successful little republic since.
Twelve years ago its independence was
recognized by Italy, and, it is to be pre-
siined' other powers would have recog-
nlzed it also if they had known of its
existence. The inhabitants live princi-
pally by fishing and raising fruits and
vegetables. They fear no sudden inva-
sion, for they dispense with anv army
or navy and, presumably in case Of need
would rely upon the entire non1IIa fio13
to uphold the freedom of the country
NEW WORDS.
The progress Of invention and discov-
cry and applied science is constantIv
aodlng new words to our Language Fbe
words and phrases under the letter s.I3,;
IN dIctlonary published fifty wears AGO
1856 Feo ohe' oS'-
Ten years ago scarcely one of the fol-
rowing words were common; now thew
nave nave forced their way into the dictiona-
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NOTABLE DAYS OF THE WEEK.
Feb. 10 is Sexagesima Sunday, the sec
ond Sunday before Lent 1t means in
round numbers sixty days before Easter.
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''Yeu may break, you may shatter tie
vase, as you will,
But the scent OF the roses will hang
round it STILL
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BY the merging of the red man into
the lnolst1ngu1shable mass Of our popula-
ton, there will spring up a new aristo-
cracy, claiming distinction by reason Of
Indian descent. To be able to trace ones
redigree back to some great warrior or
big chief, or to have the right to claim
descent from one of the first graduates
of Carlisle, will be almost as desirable
as to belong to New York's 400. And then
there will be societies Of this war, and
that outbreak, or of this or that tribe
and framed certificates of membership
Will hang in homes and Offices.
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Compiled for this paper by Moses Folsom.
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The plentiful supply CT game in the
woods and fish in the waters was the
good fortune of the pioneer as we'll as
his chief bane. The poorest need rarely
lack for fresh meat, but the fascination
of the chase was injurious to habits of
industry.
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Nails We're made by hand. There was
no straw paper; there were no paper
bags, nor skates, nor steel pens Lumber
was sawed by hand or hewed with
axes. Coal tar was not in existence, so
there were no aniline dyes, nor flavor
ing extracts
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The Sunday School Library.
Examine your Sabbath school library,
and root out all Objectionable books.
There are few libraries that do not need
considerable wedding out. Even under
the most careful management volumes
get in that are i'll fitted for the place
and for Sabbath reading or reading any
day The rule in their selection ought
to be to allow nothing in, but what min
listers to religious faith and life. Work
of fiction may be admitted, but they
should be moral and evangelical in tone
and character. There are so many me-
dirms undermining the confidence Of the
young in Christian truth that those who
select and guard their reading cannot
be toe careful about what they place in
the hands Of those in the formative
period of their career.
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Little Is known of the age attained by
ANIMALS OIL the lower types, such as ar
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PRIVATE HoUSE-The largest pri-
vate house in America was butt in 1888.
by Dr. Seward Webb Of the New York
Central railway, 1 relative, by mar
in the Adirondacks of New York. EST
mated cost, $1,5OO,oOO; 1O7 rooms. The
material is granite, and the edifice covers
nearly half an acre.
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The power printing press mad not come
into being; printing was done by hand !;
nor was there any stereotyping. The
steamboat was an experiment whose sue
cess was greatly doubted; steam engines
were looked upon with grave suspicion.
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CITY HALL-The highest regularly oc-
cupied building in the world is the Phil
adelphia city hall, which measures 5461S
feet from the pavement to the top of
the lower. The tower of cathedral of
Cologne is 511 feet high, the length of
the cathedral is the same as it's height,
while the width is 231 feet