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WOODSTOCK, VERMONT
The People's Rights -A Represenlatfve Eeirccracy The Union and tlie Constitution Without Any Infractions.
rubUcUbrary
VOL. L. NO. 37 WHOLE NO. 4488:
SATURDAY. JANUARY 18, 1913.
THE
JlIrSlE
Life ii
Old M&drid
ROYAli
IWISH to descrlbo lf I can ouu c
tho most lnterestlng features o
lifo ln Madrlu, n teature peculla
to Madrld araong all the cltios o
tho world aa far as I am lnform
ed. It ls a long way ln Ufe albai
shor ln dlstance from Prado tc'th.
Rostrado. . Tho extenslon of the Pradt
lnto the Paseo do Castellana leada ont
to the part of tho clty whero flats glvt
place to detached dwcllings and when
mansions aro seen that match c
grandour almost anythlng seen alonr
Rlvorsldo Drlvo ln New York, wrltct
George W. Burton "ln tho Los Angelef
Tlmea.
Not only the housos ln tliia part o!
Madrld are g?and, but tho equlpago
aro as llno as may bf, Been anywhere
and tho horses esreod anythlng I evo
beheld ln horse flesh. Tho team
are well matched. and tho" anlmal
stand 14 to 16 hands hish, each han
jropreaentlng nearly 100 pounds o
flnely-put-up horso flesh arid gonf
They are, taklng them all ln all. th
flnest, ranglest anlmals ln the world
The heads and eara are small. the
neck long and arched, holdlng thq
head hlgh without palnful hltchlng.
Tho fore shoulders are hlgh and so
are tho haunchea, the back Btralght
Tho fore legB aro stralght as a whlr
stalk, .tho chest ls deep, the hauncb
es and thlghs are powerfully muscled
nnd tho bodl'os aro round as a bar
rel. '
Seen on Sunday.
Tho Rastro la not along tho Prado
and no splendld turnouta aro seei.
.there'. Tho street ls ln tho center o
tho clty, a short walk from the Puorfa
del Sol. . It ls a narrow street sr.s
Tonnded wlth old houses, begins ln
n alloy and ends ln two whlch forl
into stlll narrower alleys farther on
Tho Engllsh namo for tho pecullar
lnstltutlon that has Ita home there 1f
the Rag Market. Sunday ls the dav
to soe lt, The peoplo who carryon
tholr trado ln tho Rastro are there
every day In-tho week n small nurn
bcra, but Sunday tho wholo place.
1,000 feet" long, by 50 feot wldo. t
packod so denacly that ono makes hlp
way through the throng slowly and
-wlth much dlfflculty. To present a
igeneral vlow of thls motley gather
lng in wordB or ln plcture ls Impos
alblc. It rnust be taken blt by blt,
any analy'zed carefully. As ono en
jters tho' long, narrow street a mas?
6f humanlty, men, women, boys, glrla,
decroplt age and tenderest youth,
moves about ln an lntermlnable mazo
fteglnnlng nowhero- or everywhero, bb
you may pleaso to soo lt. Tho ground
Mpace ls encumbered wlth big baa
Ikets flUed wlth all klnds of. what we
eall ln Amerlca "garden truck" and
irults. ln and out ply womon, each
wlth half a dozcn to a dozen fat
clilckens hung around tholr necka
"tucked under' thelr arms, and held
.in any way conv(enlent for the mo
raent Eggs, game...anythlng the poor
may havo to sell. lshore, and hero the
!ppor como to. buy." ' If one gots thcro
iahout noon thero . may b'e seen a peas
lankwqman Who has sold out her'bas
5kot' of" cabbago, caultillower and let
tuce. nnd has turried the dobrls out
on the ground, At once thla Is pounced
upon by eotne poo wretch of a wom
an who.haB not a centlmo to get a lit
tle' sometblng to eat. She bends down
arid' rakes about tho leaves .of tho
vegotables and plcka out every blt
that ls ln any way posslble of cdo'k
lnir. Eaoh scrafj ls put ln a blt of a
Jjaaket. In hor apron or In a leaf of
san old paper, or ln an gjd box Onq ls
lrrcslstlbly remlnded of a hprt ln ;t o
fya'rd scratchlng for a tld-blt from
'Iho kltchcri.
Juat beyond tho vgotablo market
tho booths are rcaoliCd whortf othor
wares aro on salo. Tho llrst ta&y bo
a stioo storc, lf you ploaso. Dut lt ls
Bomethlng that no ono nbo reads thla
letter ovor Baw or heard of, All days
ln tho week rriqn, wom.on and chll'
dreh rango tho strcols and ptck up
-anythlng' that promlses a cent of galn.
No old shoe ls too poor to be passed
,by. These arp taken to the RasTo''in(
Btrlngs, in basketa, ln onns, twos, and
tens, ncordlng t6 tho wealth, of tho
shoo mcrchant of tho Rastro. Hcro
tthe lot ls sold for a fow centa to a
bblcr--rather" -JO a famlly of cob
blefs. Thls famllx slts on the ground
ln tho Rastro from carly tlll lato daiiy
worklng.aa busliy as anu. Thoro may,
bo aa old man and nn old wotnaa. or
two, a couplo Of young peoplo, api
'two to 8l;c clilldrep on tho ' c'ofablp
to'nes of tbo stroet, pri, & t't qf mat
tinK oj a board, If tlio circu'nistancoa
-oi tbo rja. wUl petmlt mci. vxLwr-
PAL.ACE
gatico. Hero the old Bhoes gatherea
Crom the streets are soaked well ln
water, then carefully taken to pleees.
Each part- is placdd in a neat' pllo by
Itself, uppers and soles carefully so
loctcd, and tho heels by thcmselves.
A Hat for a Peseta.
The next booth may be a hat store
whero ,all klnds' of headgear are dis
Dlayed for sale. Tall hats and caps,
soft hats and hard, the luxurlous head
dress of the hldalgo and tho plaln one
of the worldngraan, flnd themselveB
hero ln the most intlmate' conlpany.
3omo are sollcd and full of holes, but
such keop sonfe of tho cold off of a
poll bereft of halr. If.ono has a pese
ta ho may get a protty good blt of
headgear;, If hls purso contalns but a
lO-cQntlmo plece ho must necda take
what It wlll buy. So tho fair goes,
old garments of all klnds, for men.
women. bQya and glrla, age and ln
fanoy, all may be accommodated. And
'hen folloWB tbo booth where housc- '
iiold furniture, from a pair of old bel- i
'owb out of whlch tho wlnd comes
out at the wrong end to a brasa bed,
may be bought. All klnds of tools for
all tradcs, agrlcultural implomenta,
and antiquttlea, are all ln thelr place.
Antlquitles? Oh, yes, these are the
cholco thlngs of tho Rastro. They
3,re for forelgn consumptlon mostly.
Theso occupv niove of the Rastro
than ono wZuld suspect. Antlqulty
produced thlngs that. 'were not ar
tistlc, and was natural the unfittest.
bclng ln a large majority, (nstead of
iurvlvlng ln splto of all laws and ;
theorles. Furthermore, the artlstlc
temperament of Europe has found out
a way to creat antlquitles to order.
The stuff found ln tho rag fair is gen
orally worthloss. Dut hero and' there
a dlllgent seeker may flnd a genulne
bargain. It may be a small dagger
wlth arabasques lnla'ld in tho stcel.
as well ns overlald on the hllt. It
may be,a blt of enamel of great beau
ty whlch the man at tho atall falls to
appreclate. Alore old books of roal
yaluo are foilnd than blts of Je.welry
VVhlle wo were hore an artlst from
Amerlca discovered ln a hoap of rub
blsh a, bundle of drawlngs mdde by
tho hand of the man who faught Ru
benB to draw, Ho gave a few peae
tas for tho lot, about ono-thlrd of the
prlco asked, and he clalmed he had
what was worth at least $5,000. Do
not como to Madrld in the hope of
slmllar luck.
The cyo la not the only organ that
flnds enjoyment ln the Rastro. The
appeal to tho ear ls qutto as atrong.
No ono pays the Bllghtest nttentlon to
what ancther dooa or aays. Neyet
woro. there people who linew better
the art of attendlng to thelr own busl
ness. Ef.ch vender-crles hls wares, ln
hls own way, .own tono, own style of
oratory.
No Rest for Hlm There.
Three o'clock on a cold, foggy au
turnh mornlng.
The weary,'eycll8t was lost lost In'
i trackless wll,derness of. moorland.
As ho pedaled wearlly on hls breath
catno in .short, sharp gasps. Ho wai
Dearlv donp! Tho ghastly sllence op
pressed hlm.
Ah. a llghtt
Tho slpht revlved hlm and he rodo
qulto brlakly up to the lonely little
cottage and knockcd loudly on the
door
"Hero I shall get at least food and
drlnk and perhaps a hd.'" he was
tclllng hlmp elf gloefully, wb" an up
6tafrs wlndftw was thrown open.
"Wliadder want?" came a husky,
sleepy yolce.
Tm a woary- travelqi1 he be
gan. "Then traveU" rotorted the husky
yolco. Tho w.Indow baned, All was
agaln Bile.nce. London Anawers.
klng Peter's Parls Attlo.
There ls today In Parls a conclerge
who ls reaplng a small liarveot of tlps
from vls'ltors to an attlc whlch a'.quar
tor of a century ago was tenantcd by
no loss a personage than tho presont
Klng of Servia ln the Icbs palmy dnya
of hls protenderahlp. Tho agreement
can alio' bo seen ' by' whlch' Peter
Karageorjevlch hlred th'e nttlc for the
annual rental of 70.O francs, whlch
was reaiV rather ejtorbltant, coneld
erlng the nelehborhood ln vhlch thls
crstwhllc abode of royalty is sltuated.
Tho conclerge has been, offered large
sums ot money for tho agreomenj'.
whlch contalns Klng Peter's auto
grnph. bit he rerusca to part wlth
iiucli a taluablo sourco of Uicome.
STATUE PUZZLES .WISE MEN
Engllsh Sclontlsts Unable to- Place
Stono Flgure Whlch Qraces Hall
of Westminster.
Tho llons of Westminster aro lcglon,
somo ln the flesh and othors ln stono
or marblo; recently thero haa been
an addltion to tho monagorlo, around
whlch thero la an agreeablo halo of
mystory,
In a gloomy nlcho half way down
Westminster hall thoro la diinly to bo
descrlod a gray stono statue of a klng
whlch has just been taken out of tho'
Archltcctural museum and perchod
aloft. Thero is a heavy crown on hls
head over long flowlng halr, the board
Ib rlppled. and inajestlc. In hls lett
hand ho holdB tho orb, but tho Bcepter
hand ls gono. Tho old klng broodB
over tho hall of klngs.
Tho experts are puzzlod ovor hls
hlstory. Ho stood in Westminster
hall for many conturles slde by sldo
wlth other stone klngs and all woro
tldied away by tho government ln
185C. Recently lt occurred to liord
Beauchamp to try the cffect of brlng
lng them back. Soveral of the beautl
tul Qothio windows aro bllnd, forming
nlches aultable for etatuos, and all
tho old forgotten klngs may talte tholr
i places in them.
Thls flrst ono ls a beautlful peraon
ago. No ono knows what klng he la
or whother it iB merely an idoal flguro
of majesty, but lt ls certaln that ho
Is tho work of somo flno fourteonth
century craftsman.
The battered klng ls the grandeat
statue In tho hall. Below hlm llo ln
ghoatly row tho klnga dono wlth tho
petty reallam of the modern age; lm
medlntoly under hla bllnd majesty'e
gazo ls the b'road faco, cynically fur
rowed, of tho morry monarch. The un
known klng towors over theso peoplo
like a ylsitnnt from amplor times.
London Tlmea. I
I
r-xn-r orr. nti i HVIIDICO
HIS HtART Stl UJM LUAUnlta
Indlan Brave Wanted Whlto Man's
Appurtenances to Set Up
ln Hls Tepee.
There ls a small Slwash vlllago
near Seattle whero the equaws do
bead work to aoll to tourlsts, and .the .
braves mako baskets, whlch they re
tall from houso to houae. Thoro ls
ono old Indlan whoso baakets are hlg
gor, brlghter and better ihan all tho
other baskets made In the vlllago and
wear longor, and Crooked Bear nover
comes back from hls frequent trlps
to Seattle wlth any of hls stock left i
over. Nelther doea he roturn loaded
up wlth flre-water Uko hls brother In
illans, nor, does any. of hls faasket
monoy go 'for gaudy trlnkets and red
callco, and gambllng has no charms
for hlm. He carefully savos all hls
money becanBo ho wanted to own
threo white man's luxurlea, a telo
phone, a blcycle and a talklng machlne.
Already ho haa had atelephono put
(n hia tepee, and though ho never Ilas
moro than ono or two calls ln a year
on it,- and then from somo person or-
dering baskets, it ls a constant source
lf prldo and gratiflcatlon to hlm. Ho
wlll slt for houra ln ellent admlratlon
before lt, and puts the ellent recelv
er to hls ear a dozen tlmos a day. He
also has a.blcyclo, on whlch he rldes
about th6 cbuntry wlth a load of.
baskets, and he Is now savlng up for
tho talklng machlne.
Why Thunder Sours Mllk.
lt ls unlveraally .known that mllk ,
turns sour after' a thundor atorm. Thla
has boen attrlbuted to tho largo quan.
tlty of ozono whlch ls llberatod by the
eloctrlclty In the alr. Tho oxperlments
of Professor Trlllat ln Parls ,do not
conflrm that theory. Ho has ostab
llBhed that atmospherlo depresslons
cause putrefylng gasos normal qul.
eacent to rise to tho surface of cer
taln aubstances, and ln support of hla
theory polnts out that odors of all
aorts are moro permeatlng after
storms. Theso atmospherlo depres
slons accolerate the decomposltlon of
gases and tend to Hborato thom.
Henco lactlc ferment ls produced.
Professor Trlllat has mado many ox-
perlmenta wlth dlverse substances un-
i . t. Av t
dor vnrylng presBures and haa ob-
served that when tho baromoter la
lowest (durlng storma, otc) tho de
composltlon of gases is most rapld.
Harper'a Weokly.
i
Trousseaux.
In ancient Dreeqp tho troussoau
were mado by all the women ot tho
brlde'a houae. LaterHhe Merovlnglan
chlefs exacted that tholb.brldos should
como to tho marrlago brlnglng all
thelr posaesalona. When tho, daugh
tor of tho eelgneur of Covey marrled,
her troueseaux, or "troussea," Ikclud
od "rilno eervltors, thlrty llcgemen, a
chaplaln, and an aatrologlat.'' The
tr.URtnmn nf the nnlcmours ovolv&d
popular "aBtilons' and, hlgh and loFNMbblts
ine women ,muuipiiea incir earuienia
and tho fashlonB ot thom.
Under tho emplro the trouaseau
was compoBod of Jowels, lace, flno un
derwear, bonnets, nnd vells. Harper'B
Weeitly. i
Herole Rescue.
Threo-yearold Montague and two
yeaiold Harold were having a bnth.
together ln tho big tub.
Mother .left them a moment whllo
Bho wont lnto. the next rpom. Suddcn
ly a successlon ot agonlzed ahrleks
called her. T,wo drtpplng, terror
strlcken little flguroa stood, clasped tn
each other's orins, ln the mlddle of the
bathroom floor.
"Oh, m othor," gaspad Montague, "I
aot h.lm out! I saved hlm! The stop--
.cnme. out, and wo wero golng
LOST Cslf IS FOUND
Bclicvetl to Have Bccn Built by
Chinese in Mexico.
Three Towns Wero Erected on the
Samo 8lto by Three . Clvltlzatlont
Prlor to the Aztecs Monoollan I
Image l Dlacovorcd.
Clty of Mexico. A senaatlon has
been created ln OrltlBh sclentlflc clr
clos by advlces recelved from Slr
Martln Conway, Prof. WlHam Nlven
and Senor Ramon Mena of the dlscov
cry of absolute Mongollau romalna
only a couple of hours' walk" from tho
Clty of Mexico. thereby conflrmlng
the bypothesls that has long been
held that tho moBt anctent dvlltza
tlon of Mexico and Peru prccedlno
that of tho Toltecs and the Aztecs
was of Mongollan orlgln, saya a cbi
rcapondont. , 1
Close to and partly boncath the
rulns of the ancient clty of. Tootlhua
can, about nlncteen mllOB northeast
of the Clty of Mexico, the sclontlsta
uncovered tho stlll moro ancient clty
of Otumba, whlch flourUhod wlth a
wondrous clvlllzatlon centurles bofore
tho Aztecs or Toltecs roao to, powor,
posalbly even before Dabylon and
Nlneveh swayed tho destlnles of west
crn Asia, '
Wlth tho flnanclal asslstance of tho
Mexlcan government the expedltlon
began the romoval of a slx-foot layor
of carth. representlng the dust and
detrltus of moro than twenty cen
turles. Thls soqn brought lnto vlew
many evldencos of a vaat and popu- I
lous clty of a very hlgh ,ordor of clv-1-lllzatlon.
Chfef among these was a
great pyramld It ls 700 feet square '
at the base nnd lts apex is 187 feet
hlgh, whlle many of tho glant blocks
of stone In lts masslve walls must
hnve requred extraordinary englneer-
lng sklll to handle, Thls pyramld
nlso has lts rlddle, for the axls of thd
maln gallery ls colncldental wlth tho
magnetlc meridlan.
The workmanahlp; ls of a btgh or
der. the flgrures bclng boldly drawn
nnd carefully colorod.
Then came tho greatest dlscovery
of all. Whlle excaratlng near the
base of the great pyramld Professor
Nlven unearthed the rematns of yet a
thlrd clvlllzatlon beneath the rulns of
ancient Otumba, maklng. three great
cltlea of lost and forgotten races,
bullt one above tbo other,
In what appears to have been a
to;nb or the lowest clty, .whose age so
far defles calculatlon. .Pjoressor Nlven
found the clay Image-ofi'a Chlnamau.
wlth oblque eyo allts, pacidcd coat,
flowlpg trouBera and sllppers Only
the queue was lncUlng to mako a com
plete portrait of a mandarin of the
recently defunct Chinese emplrn U
should be remembered. however, that
the Chinese dld not adopt the queue
untll after they had been conquered
by the Tnrtar hordes from thn north
The lmage ls about seven Inches in
lcngth. nnd where the armB are
broken tho edges of the clay show
red and frlable in the center. The
outer surface of the clay. however. la
of granlto hardness and It Is only
wlth tho greatest dtfflculty that It can
be chlpped wlth a bammer
"Thls Chinese lmage," wrltes Pro
'feBsor Nlven. "was not made by the
Aztecs. It ls much older and provcs
that the ancient people of' Mexico
were famlllar wlth the Mongol type.
"It ahould be borne In mlnd that
thls lmage was not a god or an Idol,
but an ornament perhaps a portrait
done ln clay by somo prchistorlc
Bculptor.
"The age of the flgure ls dlfflcult to
determlno without further data Clr
cumstances, howeyer. warrant tbo
rough guesa that about 5,000 years
ago Chinese navlgators crossed the
Paclflc ln thelr prlmltlvo, Junks and
discovered Amerlca thousands of
years before Columbus was born
Settllng there, they bullt a clty. and
In a grave of bno of thelr number,
many, years after, a clay lmage of the
man was burled wlth hlm.
"Thls great clty fell lnto rulns
perhaps through conqueat but the
ImnarM lnv nfft Mllno nt . 1, t flat
lmage lay safo. The rulns of thls flrst
clty were covered wlth earth and
there arose through tho centurles an
other splendld and mysterlous cky.
Thla, too, fell lnto rulns, 'and upon lt
was ratsed a thlrd metropolts of some
forgotten racd of men. At tast the
thlrd clty crumbled lnto. dust. but un
derneath them all tha Chlnaman'B
lmage stlll lay safe and undtsturbed
untll a little group of searchcrs In the
cause of oclence In thls wonderful
twent!eth century. of ours have
brought lt to Itght, and perhapa
through lt wo may now aolvo the
cnlgma of the new world's beglnnlng.
"Coln" In Rabblt Hola.
Savoy, Mass. Whlle gunnlng for,
bblts on n lonely mountaln.. .Inhn '
Wplfo, Frnnk Gelangpy and Jullan
Fintpn discovered a cpunterfeltlng'
outflL Tbelr dog chnsed' a. rabblt ln
a holeunder a largo, log. and remalned
af thoXcntrance baylng loudly untll
tbe gunWers arrlvcd, .One. poked a
Btlck Inta tho hole and , when he
nu'lled It but he found a batt full of
dlcs for countorfeltlng on tho end.
Further search revealed saeks ' ot
tnet'al about ho slze of a quarter dol
lar whlch had not beeq stamped The
pollce are InrestiRatlng and suspoci
an ttallan.of tho work .
Flnds Flrfaer In Tobacco.
Flndley, O Reachtng hls hand Intt
B frestr rackageaf tobacco, John Fug
ga wltbdrew theflrst two- Jotnts of a
human Jlnger B'ugga will noj wall
untll the new yeaA' swear off. having
irwirty done
C0ATINQ FOR PLASTER CASTSl
Blmplo Troattnent That the Chlcago
Art Instltuto Has Found to
Ba Efteotlve.
Accordlng to tho bulietln of tho
Art lnstituto of Chlcago, that organl
zatlon has been vory Buccossful ln
keeplng lts plaster casts proaentablo
by moans of Blmplott troatment.
Tbo east ls flrst .Mzod wlth an ap
pllcatlon of Jlnseed oll and turpentlno.
Thls is put' on wlth a bruah, and lt
16 lmmaterlal whother lt la dono when
tbo east la new and clean or.nfter
lt bocomes dlrty, provlded only that
lt has not been iwlntcd or ln any way
coated wlth forolgn mattor. Tho only
object ls to mako" lt lmperylous to
water, bo that subsequont appllcatlona
wlll not slnk ln.
Then the east ls washed ovor wlth
a coat of whiting and wator wlth a
llttlo gluo (practlcally a flno white
wash), applled quito thln wlth a
bruah, and stlppled or pouncod on,
so as not to show brush marks. A lit
tle yello? ochro ls put lnto tho wash,
bo that lt wlll not be a blue or dead
white. Thls wash is porfectly solublo,
and when lt gets dlrty lt ls easlly re
movcd and a frosh coat applled. It
ls obvlous that tho east ls no moro
coated or loaded nftor tho twontloth
appltcatlon than after tho llrst.
It ls - surprlslng ln fact how llttlo
the modellng la obscured, even when
lt ls deltcato nnd dotalled. It la
doubtful If anybody, howover, sktllful,
can tell at a dlstance of elght or ten
feot whethor n east has been wbltenod
jO not, and elght or ten feet la not a
great dlstanco at whlch to Ylow a
llfe-slzo Btatuo. Tho largor forms aro
not ln the least affected by the proccsa
of whltonln'g.
WHY ALGERN0N WAS PEEVED
Genlal Elevator Boy Dldn't Know Ex
actly What Namo Meant, But
Ho Dldn't Llko It.
"X nln feelln' Jes" rlght, t'ank do
Lo'd, Mlstah Topflo'," Algornon con
.flded gloomlly the other evening. "I'a
had a mlghty strong narvl3 shock, eah.
W'y, sah, w'ot atla me ls dero was a
man rldln' up ln do elebator dls af'e'r-''
noon w'ot call me namoa; an' do namo
o dat man am Mlstoh Flosstelnl Dero
aln' no ono in dls houso, Mlstoh Top
flo", dat I elehates mo' dan I does hlm
an' hla famlly an hls fr'en's. An' dat
w'ot I glt fo' lt! I cayn stan' mos'
anyt'lng 'coptln' beln' call namcs, MIs
to Topflo'.
"Wo't he call mo? Well, sah, he
eay I a monk-wum- I dunno' zackly
w'ot a monk-wum ls, but I knows lt
somot'ing bad, or ho wouldn't a-call
mo it. 'Wo't reaBon'"dld hq hab (fo'
callln' mo dat namo?' Well, aah, lt
dls way; ho say,. 'Algornon,' ho Bay,
'wo't you' pollytlcsT' an I say,- '!'b o
'publlcan to de co an' I voto fo' Mls
toh Wllson,' I eay. Dat yr(y he glt
kln' mad an' call mo dat namo, Mls
toh Topflo'. Monk-wum," roflectcd Al
gernon aloud and wlth loworjng brow.
"I reckon dat mcan a'ktn' haldgo-hoag,
Mlstoh Topflo. Yo' t'lnk U somethltlg
on dat odo', sah? Welli Mlstoh -Top-flo',
i bo'en call a hcap names ln my
ltfo, but dat de fus', tlma anybody call
mo' a haldge-hoag;' an' I don't lllco lt,
Mlstoh Topflo' not vfo't a cent," and
Algornon shook hls head blttorly, too
sore even to smllo when Mr. Topfloor
gavo hlm a clgar.
Klnglake on Port.
Klnglake, tho hlstorlan, waB pollto,
yet frank. It la rolated Uiat, upon ono
occaslon,,( whlle .dlplng wlth old Dr.
Marsham. thownrdcn qf Morton, he;
woa nBked'tb 'glvo' hlo oplnlon of somo'
port wlna. whlfch:wns supposcd to bo
romarkably good'. "I am no Judge of
port tnyself, Klnglake," uald Dr, Mar
sham; "but I know you aro, and I
should llke your oplnlon."
"Well." sald, Klnglake, '!I havo threo
ways of Judgtng port wlno. Tho flrst
Is by the color, tho eccond ls by the
odor, nnd tho thlrd ls by tho flayor,
Now, tho color of your wlne, Mar
eham" holdlng lt up and looking at lt
crltlcally "ls good; the odor" here
ho held tho glass to hls nose Ior a
moment, nnd then added, wlth somo
hosltatlon, "Is far, from unpleasant;
the. flavor is" hore ho tasted it, and
put the wln'eglass down lmstlly,
"Would yoU bo klnd enough to pass
me tho Bherry?" San Franclsco Ar
gonaut Feellng for Death.
For a week tho Belf-appolnted gulde
to tho bllnd. on thelr dolly wallcs bad,
notlced that the two men who wero
her speclal chnrges telt carefully pt
the wall on, elther Bldq ot tho dqor .
of tho nsylum when passlne ln and out
Stnco Bho was thero to lcad them', that
precautton seemed, not at all neces
,eary, and Bho flnally asked1 thelr rea,
Bon for it
''I 'am looking for crapo on tho
door," ono old man told her; "Thoy
don't .Uko to let us know. hore ln tno
asylum when any one dtes for fear ot i
maklng us feel 'bad, but they put
crapo on ihe door, and by feellng for
lt when wo pass in and put we can
flnd out for oujrsolves whon ono ot ua
haa gono." i
Beneflclal 'Stlmulant
. The coca leaf ls !hlghly prlzod by
thfi oatlvQ ot Bollvla aa a stlmulant
Be chews lt Uko tqhabco',- "but "wlth ja
better cxcusoi atnce' by Ita usb ho can
perfesm great fcata of. endurasco and
jfa many hours without food. Wlth a
pouch ot coca' l&avca and a amall bag
parched-corn ho can run 60 miloa
a day. Floet-footod Indlana -conatl-tute
the, tolegraph servlce ot tho coun.
ODD GSVIG . SHQWS
Queer English Electlon Core
monies Seldom Heard Of.
Water Is Drunk to tho Memory of
8lr Francla Drake PerquUltet of
London'a Mayor One Sherlff
Flned SO Pounds for tnsult.
London. Thero aro soveral towns
ln tbo unltcd klngdom whlch boaBt
an annual show day. London'a lord
mayor's show, so far aa the procos
slon ls concerned, has no rlval; but,
nevertholosa, tho electlon of mayora
of provlnolal towns ls attendcd wlth
functlons both lnterestlng and curl
ous. ,
For instanco, the annual electlon of
tho mayor of Hlgh Wycombo is not
consldercd complete unlcss hls wor
shlp ls "weighed ln." Tho mayor. as
well as each momber of tho corpora
tlon, takoa a seat on a pair of glgantlc
scales, and tho result ls entered In a
big book kopt at the town hall tor
tho purposo. It la' declared that the
custom datos back to tho relgn of
Edward I.
When a man reaches tho mayorshlp
of Plymouth ho ls suppoBod, accord
lng to an ancient custom, to pay at
least one vlslt durlng hls relgn of
ofllcq to the Lake of Burrator. When
thls functlon takes placo tho wholo
corporatlon turns out ln all lts flnory,
and. led by tho mayor, Journoys to the
lake.
Arrlvlng thore, two Hnes are formed,
and a couplo ot ancient golden gob
lota, fllled wlth water taken from tbe
lake, aro passed round from mouth
to mouth. Tho mayor and corpora
tlon drlnk to tho memory of Slr
Prancla Drako, whp, when mayor of
Plymouth, brought wator to the town
by mcans of a canal moro than twenty
mllea ln lcngth. When tho water
placod ln tho goblcts ls consumed the
vessels are fllled wlth wlno, and the
mriyor, holdlng one at arm'a length,
exclalms; "May tho descendants ot hlm
who gavo us wator nover want wlne!"
The vlslt to Burrator lake concludea
wlth a teast, the flrst dlsh served be
lng a eucklng plg.
The mayor of Petorborough's Bhow
Is held every October, and hls worshlp
and the members of the corporatlon
make thelr way to Brldgo Fair, and do
claro lt open from tho brldgo epannlng
the rlvor. Tho brldge unltes two coun
tloa Northamptcnshlre and Huntlng
donshlre and the mayor, after adjur
lng all vlsltors to the fair to conduct
thcmselves soberly' and clvllly, goes
-on' to declara that, ''tho fair may be.
held aa well ln Northamptonahlre as
ln Huntlngdonshlre today, tomorrow
and Jtho day nfterward."
A very ancient custom la the pre
sentlng to London'a mayor and may
oress every year a solectlon of peara,
applda'and grapea by the master of
the Ifrulterers' company and tho gen
eral purposes commltteo of tho clty
of London.
It Is lnterestlng to know that ln
earller tlmes tho lord mayor of Lon
don was entltled to a proportlon of
every conslgnment of frult arrlvlng
ln tbo metropolls by shlp. The ax
actlon of thls duo caused a good deal
of dlBagreement ln daya gono by..a5'U
lt was flnally arranged that a yearly
presentatton of frult should be ac
eopted ln lts place.
Ever Blnce the daya of Wllllam the
Conqueror, the chlef maglstrito of the
cli haa recelved four bucks 'from tbo
Royal foroats, whlle each sherlff haa
recelved three bucks., and the recorder,
tho common aergeant, vtho chambcr
lain and otber clty offlclals "ono each.
Slnce the tltl'o of lord mayor was
beatowed on Slr Thomaa Legge by
Edward III.. ln 1354, the hlgh ofilco
has carried wlth lt all manner of tltlea
and'dlgnltlea. In early d'ays ho some
tltntja Used hls powor to tho dlsadvan
tage of thoso ln ofilco undor hlm. For
Instanco, Harrlson, referrt'ng to tbe
lord mayor for the year 1479, says:
''Thls year Tboraas Byfleld, ono of the
sherlffa of London, was flned 60 by
the court of aldorman tor affrontlng
tho lord mayor, whlch arose from no
other causo than hls knecllnq too
near the mayor durlng prayers at St.
Paul'u cathedral."
WINS. BY WALKING SIX YEARS
, i.
Peddles Patent Kttchen Utensll to
Pay Hls Way as He Travela
the Country Over.
Jtfompbla. Walklng to cheat death,
Robert E. Hlllman, thlrty years, old.'
arrl'ved ln MemphiB, coverlng tho last
lap ot probably tho strangest Jouruuy
In the hlstory of tho country.
Slx years ago phystclans told HUl?
man ln Waterville, Me., that wlthln
a month or two ho would be daad, a
vlctlm of tho. white plaguo. A frlend
advlsod Hlllman to "get plenty of
frosh alr; get out .and walk, ent vege
tables, drlnk plenty of water and
fresh mllk."
And so Hlllman HtartetJ to walk and
trnmped all but 400 mlles of the way
to San Franclsco, Hlllman arrlvcd ln
Memphls from Texarkana. Ho walked
from Dtlas to that clty. Physlclans
dcclare hlm a well man, and he wlll go
back to hls old home town on a traln.
In the slx years ho has made eftough
money from the salo of patent kltchen
utensils to more than buy transporta
tlon. Woman'a Great Cannlng Record.
Pcace Valloy The preservlng t I
cannlng record of Colorado ls bclleved
to be held by Mrs. O. L. Blackburn,
who put up 1,700 quarts ot frult. Jel
lles, Jaran. splced fruits. .marmuladp
and every Bort. of preservos la ln'cltldd
a a dn-ay of jar
WHERE H0RACE MADE S0NQ
Sablne Home Rondored Immortal by
Poet Stlll Retatns All Ita Famoua
Beauty.
A fow versos wrlttcn two thouaand
yoara ago havo rendored tho llttlo val
ley ot tho Llccnza ono ot the most
famous places wlthln easy reach of
Rome. Had Maocoas boen Iobb goner
oua a patron, had he novor glvon tho
Sablno farm to Horace, had Horace
novor told thc world and hls frlends
how hls daya thoro woro spent, few
would now mako the olasslcal oxcur
slon lnto tho Sablne hllls, though
tlmo haa not marrod tholr beauty.
Tho vllla of Horace has dlsappoared,
but tho hlllB are aa lovoly aa they
wero ln hls day. Now, as then, lf one
goos from Romo to Tlvolt, and thenco
to Vllovaro, thoro turning up the val
ley ot the Ltcenza and wanderlng on
by road, as ono must, slnce thero la no
rallway, ho comes, somo fow mlles far
ther, to a great rock that sprlngs ab
ruptly from tho lower olopes and tllta
over them at an lnterestlng angle.
Thls ls "tho cltadel Horaco had to
Boalo" to reach hls houso, and marks,
It Is thought, tbe boundarlea ot the
farm. Tho only dlfference ls that the
little vlllago of Roccaglovlne rtses on
top, whero of old stood tho Templo ot
Vacuna, already in rulns when Hor
aco eat under lts shadow .to wrlto to
hls frlehd ln Rome. Tho llttlo town
had dono lts best to moot lts clanalcal
responalbllttles, and haa glvon tho
namo of tho. temple to lts plazza.
Here atlll aro thft ollves that. pay
tho Sablno farmera best, and the vlnes
that ylcld the rough little Sablno wlne
that Horace has made moro ronowned
than many a rarer vintage. Here are
tho hllls whero he wandored, and tho
woods that gavo acorns to hls flocks
and shado to hlm. Hero are the bab
bllng sprlng and tho bonka upon
whlch ho rested durlng tbo hours ho
counted hla happlcst tho Bandaluslan
sprlng to whlch he promlsed Immor
tal lty ln hls song. And aa ho prom
Isod bo he gave. Not merely tho
sprlng, but all that vast ostate, whlch
tho oatlrlsts ot hls tlmo would have
men bollovo was but "a Uzard'a bole,"
ho has mado ImmortaL
INVENT0R 0F C0RN BR00M
Levi Dlcklnson, Natlveof Connecticut,
la the Man to Bo Accorded
the Honor.
Although lt ls not genorally
known," sald a manufacturer ot
brooms, "tho houso broom, such aa
the housewifo usos, ls comparatlvely
a recent lnventlon, datlng back to
178G. Before. that tlme husk brooms
wereused to sWoep out the' oveoa and
8pUnter brooms, made of blrch, were
used for' every day use, Tbo present
broom lndustry mlght bo sald to havo
had lts beglnnlng ln Connecticut ln
1786, when Levl Dlcklnson, a natlvo
of Weatherfleld, went to Hadloy car
rying wlth hlm a new klnd ot corn
seed whlch ho showed hls frlends, say
Ing that when full rown lt would
mako better brooms" than ever had
beon made. The Hadloy women
laughed at hlm, but desplte thls, Dlck
lnson was not dlscoiiraged, but har
vcsted hls flrst crop of broom corn.
managed to ecrapo the aeed from tho
brush wlth a knlfo and a hoe, after
whlch ho mado hls brooms. He made
tho complete broom,- lncludlng the
handles, and grew hls own .flax for the
twlne, tho' whole costlng hlm little.
Bellevlng that hls nolghbors would ro
fuso to buy tho new klnd ot broom,
Dlcklnson ln 1798 peddled hls brooms
ln Wllllamsburg, Ashflold and Con
way. Tho next year ho carrled them
to Plttsburg. The now brooms took,
for as soon As housawlves found how
much better they wer over tho old
husk or blrch broom they would buy
no other. Other men went into th'e
buslncss and a new lndUBtry was born
tn Hadloy. Dlcklnson llved untll 1843,
long enough to soo the Hadloy or corn
broom ln use all over tho country,
and the same broom, wlth lmprovo
ments, ls stlll ln uae."
Toe That' Rocka the Cradle.
Unlquo and probably the most prlm
ltlvo cradlo rocklng dovlce ever secpr
or employed In nny part Of tho world
Jsj the one that has been adopted by
he.'Ihatter-of-fact squawa of tho Kwa
kluti trlbo of Indiana now llvlng on
Vancouver island, Brltlsh Solumbla.
Tho.mother porforma tho doubjo duty
of splnnlne and rocklng her lnfont
enugly packed In a hollowed out cradle
stuffed wlth cedar bark strlps bub
pendod from the Umb ot a sapllng.
Thls ls about tho most reaUstlo rep
resentatlon of the old nursory song.
"Rock-a-by, Baby, ln tho Treotop" ao
far known.
Tho most strlklnn; part, however, la
that the Indlan mother uaes hex bls
too as tho motlvo powor. Wlth a
cord attached to tho bont llmb and
the other end wound around her toe,
Bho swlngs her dangllng offsprlng to
nnd fro, loavlng hor hands entirely
treo for wcavlng. Chrtstlaa HeralJ.
Ho Oaw It
Housekooper How la thls? Tou
promlsod to Baw some wood lf I gav
you a lunch.
Tramp I recall no euch prom lse,
madom.
Housokeepor Tho ldea! I told you
I would glvo you a lunch lf you'd sa
somo wood, and you agreed.
Tramp Pardoa mo, 'madaati your
exact worda wsro: TU gJvg yej b
lunch lf you bb tbat Vooil bVefir there
by tha gale."
Houaekeeper- Exactly; tbat'a
what I sald. ." ,
Tramp Well, madaw, I
wpod ovor thrf) bj ttto f&cr of
T5" mmiss'igr
4i '