The herald., 1912-04-18
Four O'clock Tea In Chile.


Either tea or yerbo mate is served In
Chile at 4 p. m. not only in the homes.
but at clubs. restaurants and hotels
and many business houses. A cup or
tea and roll or small cake in the club
or hotel cost from to II cents United
States gold. while the business houses
serve them free rather than have the
clerks leave their work to so out for
them.
Russia's National Anthem.
The Russian national anthem is the
ed as such in open competition. Until
the time Of the Emperor Nicholas i.
the English God Save the King" had
served Russia, but Nicholas determined
TO institute genuine and native Rus
sian anthem. He announced a cOmpe-
tition, open to all musicians, for an
original national hymn. A musical
committee reduced the thousands of
entries to two, and between these, the
works Of Glinka and Lvoff, the car
himself decided. The highly martial
character, with the drums and trum-
pets. of Lvoffs composition won the
imperial verdict, and ii was decreed as
hencefOrth the Russian national an.
them.
A Water Volcano.
One of the greatest natural curiosi.
ties in Central America is the Volcan
de Aqua, or water volcano, which is
five miles southwest of the capital. Its
apex is l4,4J0 feet above the level of
the sea. and cultivated fields and for
est trees extend almost ~ its summit
1t occasionally vents forth torrents of
pure cold water. On one occasion an
eruption" OF this kind inundated the
northern valley and destroyed u whole
village situated on the side OF the
peak.
Two Brusque Notes.
When Andrew Miliar. the publishe>
Of DR.. Johnsons dictionary, received
the last proof sheet from DR.. Johnson.
he wrote him this brusque note: AN,
drew Millar sends his compliments to
Mr.. Samuel Johnson. with the money
for the last sheet of the copy of the
dictionary and thanks God he has
done with him" To this the doctor
replied. Samuel johnson returns his
compliments to Mr.. Andrew Millar and
is very glad to find, as he does by this
note. that Andrew Millar has the grace
to thank God for anything"
Making Tea In Tibet.
The people Of Tibet make their tea
in complex fashion. They get 1t in
'bricks," which are brought overland
from China by caravan When a tt
betan wants to make tea he takes q
piece Of tea brick. pulverizes It and
boils 1t in kettle for a few minutes
with sufficiency Of water and pinch
Of salt Then he puts the mixture into
little churn. adding bit of butter and
a small quantity of fine ground barley.
These things he churns Vigorously for
a few minutes and then pours the stuff
into the teapot. A strainer of bamboo
is used. Each person in Tibet carries
his or her own tea bowl, which is Of
wood, tucked into the folds of the body
garment or robe.
The Mother of the World.
Marriage is the mother of the world
and preserves kingdoms and fills cities
and churches and heaven itself. Mar
rage. like the useful bee. builds a
house and gathers sweetness from ev-
cry flower. and labors and unites into
societies and republics. and sends out
colonies, and feeds the world with del
icacies, and obeys their king, and
keeps order. and exercises many vir-
tues. and promotes the interest of man
kind, and is that state Of good things
In which God hath designed the pres
emit constitution of the world.-Jeremy
Taylor.
The River of Life.
Love is the river Of life in this world
Think not that We know it who stand
at the little tinkling rill. the first small
fountain. Not until you have gone
through the rocky gorges and not lost
the stream; not until you have gone
through the meadow and the stream
has widened and deepened until fleets
could ride on its bosom: not until be-
yond the meadow you have come to the
unfathomable ocean and poured your
treasure into its depths; not until then
can you know what love is.-Henry
Ward Beecher.
Turner's Salad Suggestion.
At dinner salad was offered to
Turner, the great artist, which caused
him to call the attention of his neigh
Dor at the table-Jones Lloyd. after
ward Lord Overstone-rtO ii. Nice cool
green lettuce. isn't it?" he said. And
the beetroot. pretty red. not quite
strong enough. and the mixture. deli
cate tint of yellow that. Add some
mustard and then you have one Of my
pictures"
Good Humor.
According to ancient theory, there
are four principal humors in the body
blood. DhIegm. .choler and melan-
choly. The predominance of any one
determined the temper: hence the ex-
preston "choleric humor." etc. A nice