Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-03-16
The PICTURESQUE Fec.

The Picturesque Fec.
Present day pllagers at Fee will bag
cry few fczZes compared with the
quantity which might have been loot
d Il century ago for the manufacture
If the red and e-imless cap. with its
,laci tassel, winch adolns the heads
# the Levantine peoples. has long
ince ceased in the sacred city of its
,rigin. Tunis is now the African fac
oyy of the headgear loved alike Of
turk. Persian and Greek. But Tunis
lls formidable rivals in Germany and
wi.zcrland. who make Il handsome
,rofit by helping to clothe the Mussul-
nan.-I.ondon Chronicle.
Making Church Pleasant.
After all. those old PuritanS had the
| 'islrt idea of making the church pleas
mt Now. in Brunswick. Me. the first
| 'hurCh had Il powder magazine in the
| garrett. the stocks in front. the whip
| ling post behind. the graveyard to the
| forth and beyond that the pound
What more could one desire? Yet the
| town had to be fined in 1910 for hay
| ing gone without Il competent pastor
| FOR more than six months. And not
| far away from there twenty -one poor
| Maineites We're sent to jail for not
paying their church taxes. -New York
| World.
kbelard and HeIoGe.
| Ieloise Vas noted as much for her
| intellectual ability as for her personal
| beauty. She was familiar with the lit
erature of four or five languages-ltal-
| ian. French. Greek, Latin and Hebrew.
Her knowledge was remarkable; her
conversational powers were brilliant
1t was her bright mind and varied
learning that first attracted the atten-
ton of Abelard. Abelard died in 1142,
Heloise in 1854. First buried at st.
Marcel, Abelard's remains We're shifted
several times, but finally reached the
we'll known tomb at Pere-la -Chaise,
wherein also rest the ashes of IIelOiSe.
A Militant Lecturer.
A we'll known lecturer tells the fol-
lowing story against himself:
When lecturing in an Australian bush
town he waxed eloquent on the ath-
letic feats of Britons. After each as
sertion came. Il deep toned ITS lie!"
from drunken auditor.
"Glve me stop of five minutes"
said the lecturer to his audience. or
went his coat, down jumped the lee
turer, and in moment he had collared
the interrupter and bundled him out.
III / had know You meant to do
that" said the manager. I'D have
charged double prices. London Taller.
Mud That ls Valuable.
Healing mud is found in Sweden and
on the shores of the Black sea and in
various other parts of the continent Of
Europe. Speaking generally. mud
bath is composed Of peaty, Doggy turf
which contains stimulating chemical
properties and which after being care
fully prepared is mixed with the min
eral waters Of the locality where 1t IS
used. The mixture is not adhesive,
but leaves the skin easily under the
warm douche which precedes the
cleansing bath. The period of INNER
sion ranges from half an hour to five
hours.
The Origin Of Algebra.
If Diophantus Of Alexandria,, fourth
century of the Christian era, was not
the inventor of algebra, then it is not
known to whom the honor belongs.
To Diophantus the honor is generally
given. The Arabians claim that the
invention belongs to one Of their coun-
trymen. Mohammed Ben-Musa, who
fourished about the middle OF the
ninth century. Certain it is that the
Ara bians introduced algebra to Eu-
rope by way Of Italy through Leonar-
do a merchant of Pisa, who had lived
among the Arabs of Barbary. Leonar-
dos treatise was written in 1902.
Quick Wit.
Mr.. Aspinall clever and reckless
barrister, famous in the last century
in Victoria for his fun and audacity,
was addressing an election meeting in
Balarat. the golden city" The lively
adv ocate had come to that time in his
career when much whisky and soda
had wrought palpable havoc with his
complexion. His speech ended, and
questions were invited. "Aspinall," bel
lowed a stalwart digger, tell us what
makes your face SO red" "Blushing at
your confounded impudence. sir.' was
the quick reply. He carried the meet
ing.
"Bummer"
When people are trying to be very
polite in their language they avoid the
use of the word hummer" yet it is a
most respectable word and is not slang
by any means. 1t is not even an
"Americanism." but has come to us
from our English relatives and is found
in the English market bylaws Of two
centuries ago. In the form 'bumma-
rec it appears in advertisements In
the Publick lntelligencer Of 1860. Orig
inally it meant fish peddler. You
are likely to get your head broken,
however. II you mention 1t to an hon
est American citizen of that occupation