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Helping n Composer of Music.

Halevy was somewhat Of II pedant
In writing music. He worked very
slowly and deliberately and made hun
dreds of changes before he was sat
isfed. When ideas would not come
at his bidding he employed a very
singular mean to help his genius
along. A kettle filed with water was
put over n fire. and the monotonous
singing of the boiling water acted as
a wonderful stlmulant on his magma
ton. While composing, his brother,
Leon Halevy, was always with him,
doctoring the verses Of the text and
adding and scratching syllables wher-
ever 1t was necessary. For this reason
he was called text surgeon" among
his friends. Leon Halevy was by no
means n prepossessing man. and the
poet Heine is responsible for the fol-
lowing description of him: "He looks
NJ Y his brothsg had composed him-s
, 1904-07-14

"Basking in the sun" is In itself OF
PEAL and considerable benefit, and it is
no compliment to our human intelli-
gence to find that cats M dogs under
stand that fact much better than we
do. The love of sunshine is naturally
one of our strongest instincts. and we
should be far healthier and happier If
we followed and developed 1t instead
Of practically ignoring and REFRESHING
It. How a sparkling sunny morning
exhilarates us N makes us feel that
ats too fine n day to spend indoors!'
And yet how few holidays are taken
for that reason!
The wealth of the sunbeams is poured
out la vishly all around us, and we turn
from it to struggle for n few pitiful
handouts of something else that is yell
low and shining. but not half so likely
to bring us happiness and often has
strange red spots upon 1t. Give nature
a chance, and we shall find that there
is more than a mere fanciful connec-
ton between natural sunlight and that
sunny" disposition which. after all. is
the true philosophers stone"
, 1904-07-14

In the New Zealand Medical Journal
appears this story: On walking To hg
scaffold in solemn procession II crimi.
nal once called to the governor OF tn,
prison, Just oblige me. guv'nor, by
telling me the day O. the week. Mon
day." answered the surprised governor.
"MondayI' answered the prisoner in
disguised tones. "Well, this 'ere's "A fine
way Of beg .lning a week, amt itE'
And he marched on with dissatisfac.
ton imprinted on every line of his
face.
On another occasion an oficlous
hangman whispered as he placed the
white cap on his victims head, III
there's anything you'd like to ask me
I'll be pleased to answer" The victim
craned his neck forward and said in
an equally low but very much more
anxious voice. "You might tell me. is
Is this scaffold safe?"
, 1904-07-14

When George Westinghouse. as n
young inventor. was trying TO interest
capitalists in his automatic brake, the
device which now plays so important a
part in the operation of railroad trains,
he wrote a letter to Commodore Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, president of h New
York Central Railroad company, care
fully explaining the details of the in
vention. Very promptly his letter came
back to him, Endorsed in big. scrawling
letters, in the hand of Commodore
Vanderbilt. 81 have no time to waste
OF fools"
Afterward, when the Pennsylvania
railroad. had taken up the automatic
brake and 1t was proving successful,
Commodore Vanderbilt sent young Mr..
Westinghouse a request to call n him,
The inventor returned the letter, in
dorsed OIL the bottom as follows: II
have no time to waste on fools."-Suc.
roaa
, 1904-07-14
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It has long been known to ethnol-
ogists that among many primitive
tribes n races the practice of kissing
was unknown. Among the Lapps and
the Maoris rubbing of noses occupied
its place. The average native of Japan
still knows nothing of the practice of
kissing.
The practice OF lip to lip salutation
was especially characteristic Of Eng
lsh social life in Tudor times. Its uni
versal employment was one of the
things noticed by Erasmus during his
soJourn in England and is thus COM
mented on in one of his "Epistolae:"
"Here are girls with angels faces, so
Kind and obliging that you would pre-
fer them to all your muses.. Besides.
there Is n custom here never TO be suf-
fciently commended. Whenever you
come you are received with n kiss by
ell: when you take your leave, Won are
dismissed with kisses; you return,
kisses are repeated. They come to
visit you. kisses again; they leave you,
you kiss them all round. Should they
meet you anywhere. kisses in album
dance. In fine, wherever you move.
there is nothing but kisses"
, 1904-07-14
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In Cheshire. England, there are leg
ends of a prophet, one Robert Nixon,
who is supposed to have lived IN the
days of King james /. His fame
spread. and the king sent for him, ac-
cording TO the story Nixon was great
ly distressed, He wept and mourned,
saying that. If he went to London lie
should be starved. When lac arrived mt
court the king, having hidden ii ring,
asked him 10 find il. Nixon replied.
'He who hideth can find" This great
ly struck the monarch, who ordered
him to be kept In the kitchen so that
there might be no fear of his being
starved. Nixon had Ii great appetite
he could manage Il leg of mutton at a
sitting-and lie became such IA nuisance
that one day the cooks locked him in a
closet. Here he was forgotten, and
his prophecy came true-hc was starved
to death The closet Is shown in Hamp-
ton Court. but, unfortunately for the
veracity of the tale, that portion of the
building was no built Till the reign of
King William Ill.
, 1904-07-14
wb.r, Rub,e. Come From.

The ruby mine in Burma are of four
kinds, the most valuable being gullies
formed by the action of water on the
side of the hills. Next to these come
the shafts, or tunnels. sunk in the hill
sides: and then the wells. These last
are sunk in the valley. n are of two
sorts. The deep wells are sunk to
fifteen or twenty feet, and the shallow
ones only reach to -four feet, where
the first ruby bearing stratum Is foul l..
Rubies, or rather red stones of all
sorts. are offered for sale in large num-
bers and at every conceivable price.
The Inhabitants are well off, the min
ers being either Shans. in their enor-
nous broad brimmed straw hats and
baggy trousers, or Cinnamon, in indigo
blue.
, 1904-07-14

A natural curiosity captured on the
coast of Africa on May D, 1854. by
Signor Cavana and exhibited in all the
great cities of Europe during the years
1889, 1860. 1861 and 1862. where it was
advertised us the talking fish," was
in reality a species of the African seal.
well known to naturalists on account
o: its wonderful powers Of mimicry.
This particular animal was about
twelve feet in length and weighed
something over 500 pounds. 1t had a
fine, doglike head and large, beautiful
black eyes, which seemed to sparkle
with intelligence whenever the crea-
ture was spoken to by any one. 1t was
very docile and when told to dance
would roll over and over in Its bath.
tub, with first tail and then head above
the water, all the time chattering as
though enjoying the sport as much as
the spectators did. 1t soon learned
many odd tricks and, 1t is claimed,
learned to articulate at least three
words very plainly viz, mamma
papa and John" the last being its
keepers name. When told to pray IL
would clasp its fippers in the attitude
of s~upplication and put on a sanctimo
NOUS look
, 1904-07-14
Rare Musical Treat.

One of the many features that will
be appreciated by those who visit the
great Floto Shows, which will exhibit
in Rawlins on Friday. July Sth, 1904,
is the grand concert rendered every
afternoon and evening by Prot
Hackers Military and Concert
Band, composed of twenty five OF the
best concert musicians that could be
obtained. They are all soloists and
many of them are composers OF note
This band is stationed in the first
large tent as you enter the exhibition,
and at o'clock in the afternoon and
I O'Clock in the evening, Immediately
upon the opening of the doors, they
render a concert of one hours dura-
ton.
/. is not a concert such as is usu-
ally called a concert by similar trav-
cling organizations, but the program
contains numbers that are rendered
only by TIE leading concert bands OF
the country. While classic music is
presented the leading popular airs
of the day are not forgotten.
, 1904-07-14
Naval Torpedoes.

Torpedoes for the destruction of yes
sells were first used in the spring OF
1856 by the Confederates In the James
river. In 1855 the secretary of the
navy reported that more ships had
been lost by %torpedoing han from all
other causes. General Rains. chief of
the Confederate torpedo service. put
the number at ifty-eight. a greater
number than has been destroyed in all
the wars since.
, 1904-07-14
To snve Ones Bacon.

Some think that the phrase Ito save
ones bacon" arose at the time of the
civil wars in England, when house
wives in the country had TO take ex-
traordinary precautions TO save bacon,
their principal provision. from the
greedy appetite of soldiers.
In n slang sense bacon stands for the
human body, and Ito save ones ba-
con" is just to escape. so that when it
is said that II man has saved his bacon
1t refers to himself, ns do the cognate
expressions, Spare my bacon and
''Sell ones bacon" Thus in Carlyle's
SCHILLER" we read, ITO the kaiser l
sold my bacon, and by him good
charge of the whole is taken"
Others have less probably connected
the phrase with the times when hercsy
was expiated at the stake. and n man
was said 10 have saved his bacon
who had narrowly escaped being burn
ed alive.
The French have n very similar
phrase, "Sauver son lard"
, 1904-07-14
How sparks Are Formed.

Sparks are formed by the expansion,
under the action of heat, of air con-
tnined in the minute cells of wood, coal
or other burning substance and also
by the evolution of gas In the same
cells. When the elastic force of the
imprisoned gas or air is greater than
the ~tenacity Of the material can hold
In check. then the small cells or cavi-
ties burst, and the flying splinters rise
us sparks. A sharp rack commonly
accompanies the explosion and con-
us hundreds of these cells burst
in rapid succession. The quick flight
of these burning particles acts as a
fan to increase the flame, and when
the substance burns so far that nc
more flame Is formed the remaining
carbon ash is kept In n state Of in
candescence by the draft of air. When
all the carbon has been consumed the
spark dies out, us is evident If we
watch a failing spark on n dark night.
, 1904-07-14

Zante. the earthquake shaken, the
~nemorosa Zacynthus' of Virgil. has
been at all times famous as one of
the lovellest of islands. 1t divides
with Corfu the distinction of being the
richest and most beautiful of the
Ionian group, and while the evergreen
forest on its eastern shore is the ad-
miration of every traveller the fertility
OF Its vine growing plains has made
the little island famous among the
markets of the world. The vine is
that dwarf variety which grows the
currant of commerce The growing Of
this vine is the chief industry of the
island, but there are also olives in
great numbers.-London Times.
, 1904-07-14

The men OF Portugal are AS fond OF
show as are the woinen Their fingers
are nearly always loaded with rings.
and about their bodies, which are
often as round as the bowls of their
tobacco pipes. hang chnins ns thick as
ropes, from which are suspended
punches of trlnkets.
The Portuguese dandy is very fond
of anything that will attract public
attention to his much esteemed per
son. Above his snowy vest he wears
a cravat of cleaning colors. while In
his ~buttonhole is stuck a full blown
rose of inordinate size. | think | am
pretty safe in saying that most of the
promenaders | have seen struttinI
about in the chief thoroughfares on
Sunday with n riding whip in their
hands and handsome spurs on their
heels have never set foo in the stir
rup. The spur is to them n sign Of
nobility which they arroGate to them
selves-a relic Of the privileges of the
old chivalry.-London Standard.
, 1904-07-14

France has been "a seesaw nation
first up, then dOwn-and its position
may be reckoned by the kings 1t had
One was st. Louis. and another was
Hutin. meaning ''headstrong or mutt
nous" Another king was the Long,
while his successors were Handsome.
Fortunate. Good, Wise. Beloved and
Affable. France must surely have been
on the top then and have progressed
farther when two kings were respec-
lively called the father of his people
and the father of letters.
Denmark has had n most curious ar
ray of sovereigns. the Blue Tooth,
Forked Beard, Simple, Hungry, Hare
foot, Lamb, Pious and Cruel being
among them. This latter, who was
Christian H., belied his real name by
gaining the additional title of the Nero
OF the North. There was probably lit.
tie happiness in Denmark when he sal
upon the throne.
, 1904-07-14

"By the way, speaking of raisins,'
said n California grower, did you ever
know hat they are n great help to So
brletyf No; l do not NEAR hat they
will cure one of a taste for alcoholic
stimulants, but that they will enable
one to keep sober eve when drinking
to a considerable extent. The raisins
absorb alcohol, and SO. no matter how
much II drinks, If he will eat raisins
continually, not less than three or four
to each glass of beer, for example. they
will prevent the alcohol from being
taken up In the blood and thus pre-.
serve Il state of sobriety."
, 1904-07-14
One Why to Rrenk GIn...

1t is scarcely credible, but it Is a fact,
that a glass can be broken by the voice.
If you strike n thin wineglass while
you hold 1t by the stem 1t will emit u
certain note-in most cases a pretty.
deep one. On approaching he glass
rapidly to your mouth and shouting In
to 1t the same tote as loudly as posi-
Bile. the vibrations of the glass being
thereby extended, 1t will be shivered
into fragments. This used to be a
~favorite experiment of Lablache, the
renowned basso. who, when in COM
pany with his friends, thus broke one
after the other all the glasses that
were handed to him.
, 1904-07-14

al am a cockney, born In the sound
of the great bell Of Bow, In London"
said an Englishman. ~ am n genuine
cockney. That term can be properly
applied only to IA native OF east Lon
don-a man who was born within the
sound of the bell of Bow. The dis
trict is composed OF foreigners, who
take refuge there while fleeing from
countries where they do not have lib
erty. This floating population, COM
posed OF anarchists. nihilists, and. in
fact. every one who cannot live else
where, composes the largest proportion
of the inhabitants of the true cockney
district. louisville Courier-Journal.
, 1904-07-14
, Marvel OF Wood Carving.

One of the greatest works of Henry
vorbruggen is the carved pulpit OF the
grand parochial church at Brussels.
The whole design is an ~allegorical
scene. AT the base are Adam and Eve.
life size. expelling the angel. while
grim Death himself may be seen hover
ing in the rear. The first pair bear
upon their shoulders n hollow globe.
the cavity being the place where the
preacher stands while delivering his
sermons. From the globe rises a tree
sustaining a canopy. which in turn sup
ports two figures-one of an angel and
the other n female representing Truth.
Above all this are the Virgin and the
infant Jesus crushing the serpents
head with n cross.
, 1904-07-14
Real Balm of GiIend.

The real balm of Gilead is the dried
juice of a low shrub. 1t is said, which
grows in Syria. 1t is very valuable
and scarce, for the mount of balm
yielded by one shrub never exceeded
sixty drops "A day. According TO Jo-
sephus, the balm OIL balsam OF Gilead
was one of the presents given by the
queen of Sheba to King solomon. The
ancient Jewish physicians prescribed
1t evidently for dyspepsia and melan.
cholia.
, 1904-07-14

Sir Horace Plunkett once old II story
OF his ranching days in the west.
Riding into camp n evening he turn
ed his horse loose and got some sup
per, which was II vilely cooked meal,
even for a COW camp. Recognizing in
the cook a cowboy he had formerly EN-
ployed, Sir Horace said to him: you
were "A way up COW hand, but as n cook
you are no account. Why did you give
up riding and take to cooking? What
are your qualifications anyway"
Qualifications" he replied. why,
don't you know I've got v~aricose
veins Z"
, 1904-07-14

It was Mr.. Streeter. "A London jewel
or. who was instrumental In exposing
the notorious Pinta, who claimed 10
have discovered the philosophers stone,
His method consisted in having n bag
of gold dust concealed up his sleeve,
from which, by an ingenious contriv'
ance, he was able to squeeze the pow
dered metal rnnoticed into the crucible.
BY this means he was able to melt a
sovereign and produce three or four
times its weight in metal.
, 1904-07-14

The word amethyst means not intox.
icated or drunken, because the stone
was supposed to possess the virtue of
preventing drunkenness, leaving the
wearer or drinker not intoxicated. For
this reason 1t was made into drinking
cups by the ancient Persians, but un-
fortunately tradition leaves us in doubt
as TO whether 1t was this misplaced
confidence or not that led to the dis
continuance of the amethystine cup
, 1904-07-14

The prisoner sensibly observed. 81
have only this to say, my lord-that 1t
seems rather hard that l should lose
my life merely for stealing a sheep"
Prisoner at the bar" replied the
Judge. pray understand. You are not
going to be hung for stealing II sheep.
You are to be hung in order that others
may be deferred from stealing sheep"
"A. c. Powders autobiography of
a Police Magistrate"
, 1904-07-14

"Mamma," querled little Florence.
.'should | say pants or trousersY'
~"rrousers, my dear" replied her
mother.
''rhen." said Florence. 81 must give
Fido some water. for be trousers just
awfully."
, 1904-07-14

Perdita-It doesn't matter II this Is
the third installment of the story. The
synopsis is printed, telling how the
first chapters went, so you can start
reading 1t from here. Penelope-Yes;
but how stupid OF them not to have
the synopsis tell how IL ends.
, 1904-07-14

"why do they call 1t the palm room?'
asked the bride us they entered the
hotel dining room. The palms are
very few and only vanished ones"
"The walters, the walters, my dear.
They all have palms, and they must be
silvered by the guests. "-Cleveland
Lender.
, 1904-07-14
Management of the spoon.

Use the spoon only to stir tea or cot
fee; never use 1t to sip or drink with.
As soon as the liquid is stirred place
the spoon in the saucer and leave 1t
there during the remainder of the meal.
II q second cup Is desired, pass the
cup with the spoon in h saucer. not
In the cup. Do not drink from the cup
with the spoon in Il
, 1904-07-14

Tirelli and Lelli demonstrate n prob
able source Of disease transmission n
Ii lending Of masks by costumers.
Virulent tuDercle bacilll, to say moth
ing Of pneumococci, streptococci, etc,
were found Ia eight out Of forty-two
masks examined.-New York Medical
Journal
, 1904-07-14
pidn,t Want nm Elephant.

San elephant must be Il pretty ex-
pensive animal"
Yes; | wish I had enough money to
buy one"
What do you want with an ele-
phant?'
II don't; / merely expressed a wish
for the y."-Philadelphia Press.
, 1904-07-14

Every II who has been much at sea
knows something of the peculiar splen-
dor of the heavens when beheld from
the deck of n ship. Celestial phenom-
ena seem TO possess an unusual i'm
p~ressiveness when viewed under such
circumstances. The clearness of the
air in fair weather and the fairness and
distance of the horizon tend to heighten
this effect.
, 1904-07-14

Mature never grows old" said Bar.
low.
"Yes, she does" said Hawkins, but
she is enough of a woman to be able
to conceal her age e~trectually."
, 1904-07-14

The Japanese show their apprecia.
ton of an actors playing in a more
substantial manner than by merely ap.
plauding. They throw various por.
tons of their dress on the stage, and
at the end of the performance the ia.
vored person claims the money that
the doners repurchase them with, the
prices for the various articles being fix.
ed rates.
, 1904-07-14

Efie Dust engaged)-What do you
think Edwin said last night? That If
he had to choose either me or $4,000
he wouldn't ever look at the money!
May (still waitngl-Dear. loyal fellowl
/ suppose he wouldn't like to risk the
temptation.
, 1904-07-14

AT the dinner table one evening some
one remarked that n certain lady had a
thin. f~alsetto voice. Little Malsie was
acquainted with the person referred to,
and she cried out abruptly: "oh, 1
khnw why! Because she's got u false
set Of SETH