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a Snake Story.

The family were at dinner when
there came tap al door seldom
opened Winning no attention. il was
repeated and again n third time.
though more softly. aud then the door
was swung back aud. behold. there
was II snake. knocking at The portals
of hospitality. Down upon its head. in
conformity with the decree of tradi-
ton aud with EZra's understand ing Of
scriptural direction. crunched Brit
ISL boot 1t was mother snake, who.
having bravely overcome her fear Of
man. was seeking sustenance. not for
herself perhaps. though she was starry
ing. but more likely for the little ones
that were found in the grass by the
brook Thus for once. at any rate, did
the craftiness of the devil succumb to
the instinct of motherhood.-Georg
B. NJ. Harvey in North American Re-
view
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sritisb and German PHYSIQUE.

Ten millions of our people iDhabit
dwellings inferior to the kennels pro-
vided for the hounds In we'll man.
aged hunt. The results of living IN
dwellings unfit for human habitation
and the prevalence of a dietary scale
from which English meat. bread and
milk are excluded are fatal to success
full rivalry with a virile and healthy
race where agriculture is fostered for
strategical reasons.
Having spent hours In watching the
arrival of the early morning trains in
Berlin and Hamburg. ! am appalled,
with the contrast between the vigor-
GUS and well set up, broad chested and
healthy looking clerks, brawny shop
men and stalwart laborers on the 9TH
er side of the North sea and the cham
payne shouldered. COW hooked, pigeon
chested, lack luster trainfuls of men
Of the same classes landed at Liver
pool street. Victoria and Charing Cross.
Arnold White in London World.
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The aMacaroni."

The "macaroni" were exquisites or
tops who in England and France led
the fashions from 17S0 to 1TS5 and
were distinguished by an immense
knot of artificial hair worn on the top
Of their heads. A small cooked hat
which perched ridiculously on their
topknot. satin or brocade coats and
small clothes fitting tightly to the body
and silk stockings with ribbon carriers
composed the costume OF these fash
ionable gentlemen. who invariably car
ried IL long walking stick with tassels
attached and frequently bouquet tied
TO the handle and encouraged mine
ing and affected gait and manner
There was during the war for indie
pendence body Of Maryland soldiers
who on account Of their snowy uni
forms were called "macaronL"
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BEING SICK IN CHINA.
What Happens When a Devil Jumps
Down Patients Throat.


1t is the custom for a China man to
visit the barber every week to have
general oyerhauling. First. the head
and face are shaved: second. the ears
are scraped and cleansed with a small
brush made OF ducks hair: third, the
upper and lower eyelids are scraped
with a dull edged knife. all granula
tons being smoothed away. and then
an application is made with ducks
hair brush of salt solution.
This is the reason why you will ind
so much blindness in China. They
take no antiseptic measures whatever
Finally the patients back is mas
saged. and after paying fee OF cents
and no tip he leaves the shop. feeling
clean outside. but now must consult
his regular physician.
After going through the usual exam
ination, which is form OF military in
spection. the doctor diagnoses The case
and treats it unless a devil happens TO
jump down the patients throat IL
this has happened the doctor can do
the patient no good until he promises
to set of a hundred frecrackers and
to make daily visit to the joss house.
This done. be receives the usual pills
for those vacated by the devil.
These pills may consist OF spotted
rhinoceros horns said TO be a wonder
full cure for Intestinal troubles. The
spotted rhinoceros horns come from
southern China. and in the market at
Singapore a single specimen will bring
S25.
Tiger bones when ground TO a pow
der and mixed with Chinese wine
make a great blood tonic which is
used by all classes Of Chimes in north
ern China The recipe is held by a
firm In Shanghai that has become very
wealthy by the sale of this tonic
Old deer horns are boiled down to
make the medicinal glue which binds
the fifty ingredients composing the
average Chinese pills. AS in these you
may get anything from a pinch of
gunpowder to powdered cobra tall
dust it is not the fault Of Wong Yik
Chez If just the right kind OF specific
escapes the patient
EQUAL I'D medicinal efficacy to the
above are three high grade tiger RENE
dies, the eyeball. liver aud blood AS
may be imagined. tiger eyeball. the
genuine article. can be prescribed for
only the exceedingly wealthy Chinese
Similarly the liver. when dried and re-
duced to powder. is worth its weight
in gold all over China. Tiger blood.
when evaporated to a solid at tenn
perature Of 40 degrees and taken as
a powder. is believed by Asiatics to
transform craven into hero.-Med-
zeal Record
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A nMite.n

The difficulties experienced by our
forefathers in trying TO reckon money
In very small proportions appear in
the various values given to a mite"
in the sixteenth and seventeenth cen
fury books OF commercial arithmetic.
The original mite seems to have
been a third of a Flemish penny. but
the use of the word for the widows
coin of the New Testament made its
regular English meaning half a far
thing, and some old people may re-
member applying the name to the
short lived nineteenth century coins
Of that value. In those old arithmetic
books mite stands for various val
ues not represented by actual coins,
but obviously used in reckoning. A
work of 1706 makes it one-twelfth OF
penny, two sixteenth century books
one-sixth of farthing, and in 1914
Jeake's arithmetic made it as little
as one sixty-fourth Of penny.-Lon-
don Chronicle.
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The Political Millennium.

Two Kansas farmers. one Of them 4
Republican and the other Democrat.
were quarreling over their political be-
liefs The more they argued the fur
Their apart they drifted- Finally they
called in a neighbor to settle the dis
pute This neighbor was man who
seldom said anything. who went about
his business. was a good citizen and
substantial in every way.
Well be replied after both had
stated their sides. my son and | have
been hauling wheat nearly forty years
now. There are two roads leading to
the mill. One is the valley road and
the other leads over the hill. But never
yet has the miller asked me which
road we came. He always asks, Is
the wheat good 2 "-Kansas City Jour-
nal
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Heroic Treatment.

In Guiana If child is slow In its
movements the parents apply an ant
to the child instead of whip TO make
it move faster. This little ant bites
more cruelty than a mosquito. and its
bite is apt 10 be troublesome after
ward. AS you can imagine, this treat
ment does not make the child kind to
others. and the children OF Guiana are
said to be particularly cruel TO ami
mails. The little boys in Guiana do not
reckon their age by years. but by their
ability to endure pain. Until be gets
to the point where he can let the Hucu
ant bite him without wincing be Is
considered merely baby
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No Old Maids.

Wed have 20 old maids IL we took
a lesson from the ancient Babyionians."
a spinster said I'm Babylon unmar-
according 10 their looks. For beauti-
full young wife the state demanded a
large number OF gold pieces, less
desirable wife cost a smaller number
Of gold pieces. and this money was all
paid our again as rewards TO those
who married elderly. unattractive girls
Thus II cost fortune 10 marry beau
~. but II you married ugliness for
tune came to you: hence all was hap
piness in Babylon. and old maids were
unknown
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Bismarck and 8.

Bismarck had an intense aversion to
10. but a veneration for the num-
Der g. His reasons for his pre-
objection were that be served three
masters: be was responsible for and
fought in three great wars: he signed
three treaties OF peace; be arranged
the meeting OF three emperors: he es-
tabliShed the triple alliance; in tue
Franco prussian war three horses were
killed under him: be had three names
bismarck. Schoenhausen and l.auen-
burg: he acquired three titles count.
prince. dukei: the ancient arms of his
family are a leaf OF clover and three
oak leaves His family motto. "ln
trinitate robur'' cStrrngtb in trim
ity"l. was surely In itself sufficient TO
give leaning in this particular direc-
ton. So closely were his feelings as
sociaIed with the triple number that
the raricamrists represented him With
three hairs on his head He had three
children
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MzLinn II Plain

The following simple and explicit di-
rectious are posted up in hotel on the
Nordfjord:
The fire escape. Directions for use.
The one end OF the rope is to be fixed
at the hook in the window frame, the
other is to turn out of the window. The
plated snotter, which is fixed at the log
OF wood is TO be put under your arms.
whereupon you may safely let yourself
slide down. You may regulate the hur-
~ by keeping the rope under the log.
If more persons are 10 be saved you
hare 10 pull up the contrary end Of the
rope, 6x this at the hook and go on so
till nobody is ."-London Punch
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NESTS IN GULF WEED.
Breeding Place of tho Flying Fish In
the Sargzsso Sea.

the Sarszsso Sea.
In the middle of the North Atlantic
there is an urea of comparatively still
water almost equal to continental
Europe in extent and more or less
covered with floating sea weed. IL was
known as the Mar de Sargaco to Co.
lumbus and the early navigators and
is the Sargasso sea of modern geog-
raphers
The floating sea weed was formerly
supposed 10 have grown near The Ba-
hama and Florida shores and TO have
drifted 10 its present position. 1t is
now. however, known to grow and
propagate itself where 1t is found. In
it are found globular masses OF weed
containing ish eggs and known as ish
nests.
Investigations show that the floating
weed OF the Sargasso sea is the chosen
breeding place of species of flying ish.
The eggs found in the nests were at
tributed TO certain species of fish found
resting on them. but careful examina-
ton of the eggs shows that they really
belong to flying hsh.
Apparently. however. the flying fish
do not make the nests themselves.
Each end Of the egg of these fish is
furnished with punches of very long
Elementary tendrils. and by means of
these the finely divided branches of
the Sargassum weed have been caught
together in giobular masses. The eggs
may be said TO have made their own
nest-London Field.
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YOUNG DUCKS.
They Have No Instructive InpuIs. to
Enter the Water.

VIC
II has turned OUT, under the scar h
ing Experimentation Of recent years.
that much that we have supposed TO
be Instinct In animals Is not instinct
at all For example. the young duck
proves 10 have no instructive impulse
To enter the water. does not recognize
the element by sight and Is. in short.
In precisely the same situation as a
chick until. by happy chance. 1t gets
Its legs wet Wet legs. however. and
the lift OF the water on the body al
once start up the swimming reaction.
and away sails the duckling. as chick
ems and children do not.
The chick. on its part. has a definite
instinct to peck at any small object
that catches Its eye. That takes care
of its feeding. But the chick has no
corresponding instinct TO drink and
would die OF thirst before II would
recognize water by sight alone. Drink
Ing II has 10 learn for itself by peck
Ing at dewdrops or spots OF light on
the surface of the water or particles
at the bottom OF Its cup. Even the
hen. contrary to general belief. proves
to have no instructive fear OF the wa
ter for her offspring. A hen that has
raised a few broods of ducks and seen
them take TO the water becomes highly
distressed when a subsequent hatch OF
chickens do not swim. In fact hens
have been reported under these cir
cumstances to lead their chicks TO the
waterside and push them in.-Mc-
Cures Magazine
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Forever Dry.

There is a youngster in college who
combines the poetic instinct with q
keen sense of humor. He is not close
student. In fact. he regards books as
instruments OF torture. One Of the pro-
fessors picked up a text book belonging
TO him the other day and found on the
hyleaf this bit of verse. which no doubt
expressed the students opinion Of 1t:
Should there be another food
For refuge hither fly.
And should the whole world be sub
merged
This book would still be dry.
philadelphia Record
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SCIENTIFIC FEEDING.
Health as . Primary Factor In inteIIi-
gent Living.

Health as q Primary Factor In intelIi-
gent Living.
Health and success are so largely
dependent upon balance. upon sym
metry OF development, physical and
mental harmony. that We should do
everything possible to secure that
physical poise which also means men
tai and moral poise. A large part Of
our Ills come from one sided develop
ment caused by discriminating some
tissue cells and starving others-oyer
feeding and undertaking Scientific
feeding. therefore. is of vast impor-
lance.
oyereating and improper eating are
among the curses of the world. Think
Of the people who put all sorts of in
compatibles into their stomachs at the
same time and then use all sorts of
nostrums to get rid of their bad eff
fects.
One of the most pathetic sights in
the world is that of human being
struggling hard TO carry out his am
bition. yet handicapping himself by
his ignorance of physical laws.
What pathetic figure Carlyle cut
in the world-a one sided giant who
might have been a symmetrical power.
possessor of a colossal brain largely
controlled by dyspeptic stomach! He
was cross and grabbed and did just
the things that he did not want to do,
things that be knew it would be bet
ter not to do. but he was the victim
of starved nerves. of exhausted brain
cells largely for want of common sense
feeling.-Orison SWEET Marden In Sue
cess Magazine.
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n. Studied II.

II. Rider Haggard in "A Winter Pill
grimage" tells this anecdote:
when | was soaring human boy
my father took me up the Rhine by
boat with the hope and expectation
that my mind would be improved by
contemplating its lovely and historic
banks Wearying OF this feast very
soon. slipped down TO the cabin to
enjoy one more congenial, that of Rob
inson Crusoe.' But some family trail
tor betrayed me. and, protesting even
with tears that hated views. was
dragged to the deck again. i have
paid thalers. shouted my justly In
dignant parent as he hauled me up
the steamer stairs, for you to study
the Rhine scenery, ard. whether you
like it or not. young man, study 1t you
SHALL"
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SPARED BY THE ENEMY.
A Dramatic Incident In the Career Of
General de GalIifet.

II was on thai fatal day. Sept. /.
1870, that General de Gallifet distin-
guished himself BY commanding the
cavalry charges intended 10 clear the
elevation at lily. with the view of
opening passage toward Floing,
where 1t was hoped the army might re-
treat. The first charge overthrow the
Eighty third regiment of the Prussians
and penetrated among the German
troops. but the latter formed again
rapidly after the retirement OF the
French cavalry.
General Ducrot then asked II they
could renew the charge with what re-
manned of the light cavalry and bus
sars. and then Gallifet answered in
the words that have become historic.
"As often as you wish. general. as
long as a man remains" The second
charge was not so successful az the
first Only a few men. with their gen
eral at their head. succeeded In pene-
trating the first ranks OF The enemy
1t is known that the king OF Prussia.
who was watching the battle from he
top of the hill OF Marfee. exclaimed
with admiration. ''Oh. les braves gems"
Just at this moment an astonishing
event occurred in the midst Of The bat
tie. As Gallifet was returning With
a few survivors. their horses for The
most part wounded or foundered. be
passed before The Nassau regiment.
The Prussian officers ordered their
some OF their guns. The French sa-
luted and shouted. .Vive lempereur"
and the German officers acknowledged
the salute. some OF them applauding.-
Westminster Gazette.
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The MILITARY SQUARE.
A Formation Borrowed BY Wallace
From the innings.

A Formation Borrowed by Wallace
From the sminos.
The greatest Of an St7dtish anniver-
sares is HAT of Bauuockburn. fought
In the year 1914 Apart from ill., bear
ing Oh the Independence OF Scotland.
the battle will always have an excep-
tiofal interest from the military point
OF view. as Rannockb burn may be said
to have been the birthplace of the
British square. Proud Edwards"
army mainly consisted OF cavalry.
while that of the Scots. on the other
hand. was almost exclusively composed
of foot folk armed with the spear.
aud these Bruce threw into 'schil-
troms. or oblone squares. formation
borrowed BY Wallace from he Flem-
ings. who had employed 1t with sue
the English cavalry.
Hitherto The mounted mail clad
knight had carried everything before
him. but Courtray and Bannockbnrn
proved thai he was powerlpss TO break
resnlute spear armed Infantry drawn
mp in "schiltrom." or hedgehog. forma
ton. and these two battles revolution
lied the tactics of the continent and
of Our own island I'rofiting by the
lesson which had been taught them
NJ Bannockburn. the English applied
the tactics of the Scots with brilliant
success at Crecy and still more at
Agincourt As II was the Scots who
may be said TO have originated the
was they again who al Ralakava were
The first to discard il with their thin
red line" and now. owing to our
changed conditions of warfare. 1t is
discarded altogether. London Chron-
icIe
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puRvEYoRs TO ROYALTY.
Their Signs Constitute One Of the
Sights Of London.


Sights of London.
The American In London. Oh his first
visit to that marvellous city. Is struck
by the number of signs over shops
with the royal arms painted thereon
and announcing that the tradesman
is purveyor TO their majesties. Yet,
when the matter Is sifted. the number
Is not so large.
Officially. according to the London
News. there are about 200 .tradesmen
In London who hold the royal warrant
and are entitled to use the royal arms
as a shop sign, with the accompanying
words. by royal appointment" The
royal warrant has to be received.
signed and sealed IN due form; other
wise. IL tradesman styles himself a
purveyor to a member Of the royal
family without this formal permission,
be is guilty Of an ofrense which is
punishable by fine not exceeding
EGO. Moreover, he is liable to SINH
lar fine II he uses arms so nearly re-
sembling the royal arms as to lead
people to believe that be is carrying on
his business under the authority of
royalty. Several instances have occur
red Of the enforcement of these penal
ties.
The warrants are exhibited In the
shop windows. headed by the royal
arms and bearing the signature of
the lord chamberlain. the comptroller
of the roya. household, the treasurer
of the latter or of the master of the
horse. etc., according to the circum-
atancoa
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Apropos of George Washington and
the cherry tree story, Senator Bev-
eridge said at a dinner in Indian
apolis:
Il asked a little boy what this story
was the other day, and he actually
didn't know He said he knew, though
TIE story about the judgment of Solo
mon, and he proceeded to tell it to
me,
Solomon. he said, was very wise
man. One day two women went to
him. quarreling about baby The
first woman said, 1t is my child The
second said, No, it is mine.
But Solomon spoke up and de-
clared:
No, no, ladies'; do not quarrel.
Give me my sword and l will make
twins of him. so that each of you will
be supplied.
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SMOKING A PIPE.
II Is Said to Give the Face a Square
Jawed Effect.

X Is Said to Give the Face a Square
Jawed Effect.
There is one question | always ask
a man who wants job" remarked
the business man who has to hire sew
eral hundred men for different posi-
tons each year.
1.-The question | always ask them Is,
DO you smoke pipe muchT OF
course the answers are various. Some
of them smoke pipe a great deal and
others not at all.
why do ask about the pipe: Well,
not that ! have the least interest in
their habits or that | have any preju-
dice one way or another in the mat
ter. The reason is that | want to
know whether the formation of their
lower jaws is natural or acquired
"a man with firm lower jaw is al
ways man OF parts and of will |
say always'-anyway, most always. IL
he does not smoke a pipe his square
jaw, back near where it hinges on to
the upper one, Is natural. IL be is a
pipe smoker the looks are deceiying.
and | have to judge his caliber some
other way.
Pipe smokers always have strong
muscles back on the face about the
place a man stops when he makes the
first stroke downward in shaving.
These are the muscles that hold the
jaws together They often give
square jawed effect TO a man who
hasn't any square jaw characteristics
My men think l ask funny questions.
but there's a reason" New York
Times.
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MOHAMMEDANS OF INDIA.
Superstition Seems to Govern Most of
Their Actions.

/ nciT ACtfOn4.
Mohammedans OF India are very
superstitious No Mohammedan will
take bath on Sunday or Tuesday
But II one bathes on Wednesday all
misfortunes and misery that are in
store for him till the next Wednesday
Will be averted. AS rule. all Moham-
medans battle on Fridays before going
to perform The jumna prayers. For
DOMINIC new cloth hes Saturday Sunday
and Tuesday are regarded as bad days
If ans one dOns a new dress or puts
on a new cloth or allows his tailor to
cut piece of cloth on these days. be
will live a miserable life-till that dress
or cloth gets torn or is thrown away
If a shirt is torn and If the wearer
wants 10 stitch il. il must be taken OF.
for if II is stitched while on the body
the person will soon die Moham
medan will never allow q barber 10
come near him on Tuesdays. for Tues
days and Saturdays and Sundays are
bad days for shaving IL absolutely
necessary he will get himself shaved
on Saturday or Sunday. but never on
Tuesday. as bis star is supposed to fall
in blood If he does so If one receives
money or some valuable thing. IL is
taken with the right hand. for If II
is taken with the left the person re-.
ceiving IL is said TO forget all about
IL very soon or TO mislay IT, A de
vout Mohammedan will not start on a
journey on Wednesday, for II is he
lieved he will never return home safe
~ If be does so. And il is said that
even q snake never ventures out OF
its hole on this day.
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sh. Had Learned.

The hardest thing to acquire. miss"
said the dramatic teacher. lis the art
of laughing naturally without appar-
emf effort"
"Oh. I've got that down fine" said
the would be soubrette. Il typewrote
for three years for a man who was al
ways telling me funny stories about
his little boy."-Indianapolis News.
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Much Married.

The following, taken from ''Evelyn's
Diary" refers to Dutchwoman who
lived in the seventeenth century: TO
wards the end of August returned to
Haarlem. They showed us a cottage
where, they told US. dwelt a woman
who had been married to her twenty
fifth husband and, being now a widow
was prohibited to marry in the future.
yet it could not be proved that she
had ever made away with any of her
husbands. though the suspicion had
brought her divers times into trouble"