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SHORT STORIES ROW'LWFF
VETERANS.
K«flaiMna D«|—Telegraph Mea
Fro«t—Ort«n at Work Within
Hundred hrdi et the Knamj—
4 Biding a Bnffalo. *,
V,"
ifeasage from Samoa, "V
Cu you hear the guns* a-boomln' far
away across the seas,
Can you see the flags a-wavln' In the
creepln.' summer breese
Can you read Joyous message that the
signal sergeant wags.
Can you recognise the colors ot the In
termingled flags?
Oh, one Is mostly Stars and Stripes, the
other's mostly red—
They floated once o'er foemen, now they
float o'er friends Instead—
And" the Yankee man-o'-.war's men In a
heathen land are seen
To be Btandln' by the sailors of her Ual
esty, the Queen.
"Johnny Bull" and "Brother'Jonathan"
a-scrappln' sld#by side!
ealcuUtfl thj 'nations' eyes will open
rather wide
wheq Jbey «S« the roarln' Llorf and the
fccrtakln1, scrheechln' Bird
»llnln* up together and a-waitth' for the
word.
Oh, the Csar may send an olive branch
to all the different lands.
And the Pope may bless the universe
with peaceful, outstretched hands.
But there's greater benediction in the
llrln' of~ttae gun
®hat reunites the mother and her long
... lost Tankee son.
—"M. B. K."
v:' The Regimental Dog.
Mora than one regimental pet has
entered into the history of its country.
In America the list is naturally headed
by Old Abe, the Wisconsin eagle, which
•arrived the fiercest battles of the civil
warand lived to enjoy an honored old
,-v- in the capitol of its native state,
/J4? The armies of Europe have had many
Pets, among which should be remem
berod a poor dog which followed the
eagles of Napoleon a thousand leagues
.and more to Moscow, but did not sur
j. M.-Tive thp ruin of the Grand Army. A
-J&fc«ergeant of the Imperial Guard tells of
dog's last battle. A few days after
Vthe awful passage of the Beresina, I
noticed a man marching in front of me
vmuch bent, apparently overwhelmed
by the weight of a burden which he
bore on his shoulders. The burden
was a dog, and the man was an old
sergeant named Daubenton. I asked
-, him if the dog were to eat "No," he
answered.. "I would rathef eat Cos-
,' sack Don't you recognize Mouton, the
regimental dog? His paws are frozen,
and he can't walk any longer." Then
lie told me how he would have Joined
the vanguard of the army which had
recently been destroyed, if he had not
been saved through his devotion to the
dog. The evening of the day we had
.5 arrived at Wilna the poor dog had had
bis paws frozen, and this very morning
sergeant had decided to leave him
to msjTate. But poor Mouton got
Idea that ~'he was" being desert
bowled so piteously that t]
determined to take hi:
be started, however,
tunate do
in then fi
shoulders over his knapsack.
It waa in this fashion that he rejoined
the handful of men who formed the
rear-guard under Marshal Ney. Sud
denly, as we walked along, some one
shouted, "Beware of the Cossacks!"
melee ensued, and some of the en
emy bore directly toward us. Dauben
ton was fortunate enough to see the
foremost of them in time to defend
himself but Mouton, barking like a
good dog, embarrassed his movements.
The man wheeled round, but at a dis
tance, seeming to fear a musket-shot
As neither of us attempted to fire he
Inferred that we were without powder,
and advancing upon Daubenton, he
struck him a blow with his sword.
Daubenton parried the blow with his
musket, but the man Instantly gave
him a Becond one on the left shoulder.
This blow hit poor Mouton on the
Ihead. The dog howled enough to
jbreak one's heart Although wounded,
with frozen paws, he leaped oft his
master's back to run after the man
but being fastened to the straps of the
knapsack, he pulled Daubenton down
and I thought everything was over
with him. I dragged myself on my
knees about two steps ahead and took
alai, but the priming of my gun did
not burn. Then the man, shouting
savagely, threw himself upon me, but
I bad time to get under a wagon and
present my bayonet at him.
Meantime the dog, howling and
barking, was dragging oft Daubenton
sideways. Fortunately the sergeant
was able to disentangle himself, and
seizing his gun, he cried to me:
"Don't be frightened, don't stir!" He
fired. The ball struck the Cossack
under the right arm and he fell from
bis horse. A French soldier seized the
animal by the bridle. "Stop, you ras
cal!" cried Daubenton. "That's my
horse. I killed the fellow." But the
other man escaped amid a rabble. Then
Daubenton called out to me: ".Look
after Mouton! I am going after the
horse." The last words were scarcely
out of his mouth when more than four
thousand stragglers of all nations
"came on me like a torrent, separating
me from him and from Mouton, and I
never say them again.
Telegraph Men at the Front.
8. Rudow, aged 55 years, telegraph
operator, first company. United States
signal corps, received his discharge
papers last July at San Francisco. He
was in town yesterday, says the Kan
sas City Star. "It's a saying among
the boys over there that let a soldier
cross a swamp or swim a river, the sec
ond man over is the signal servioe
operator, sending back a report of how
It was done," remarked Rudrow, who
proved as sharp as his appearance was
odd. "If there's an advance o' half a
mile by the firing line the wire has
been brought up and cut, the instru
ment attached and an operator is seat
ed at his little table sending dispatches
to brigade headquarters describing the
charge before the troops have stopped
panting." "Do the signal service men
at the front work in the trenches or
Just behind the firing line?" The trray
old operator smiled. "Trenches? Non
sense. Right on the line, within 200
yards of the enemy, sitting at your
little table sending dispatches for the
colonel, the majors, the adjutant or
lying o^gt^^^h, they shoot at
get
have Iszia tnot while climbing the
poles. The colonels and regimental of
fleers are always right at the fiont.and
brigade headquarters from one-half
mile to one arid a half miles in the
rear. The operators take turns at the
front Nearly everything In the sig
nal service is telegraphy. Once in a
while the flags were used, but only
where we couldn't use the wire. That
wasn't often, for we waded through
swamps to the chest, dragging the
wire after us. There's no dashing
about of courier* and orderlies carry
ing orders as there was in the civ'l
war. The telegraph does everything."
4 Question about the signal service ot
the Filipinos caused Rudrow to be
merry. "Well, you should see It," he
said. "They sent up rockets and built
bonfires after night attacks. I sup
pose these announced great victories.
I never saw or heard oif any other sif*.
nals by them." ojeg .tpf ~j-,
"3M
Biding a Buffalo.
Gen. John P. Weston, the new com
missary general of the war depart
ment has a record for courage of
which any army officer might be proud.
A year or two after the 9U$e of thd
civil %ar, he. was appointed a lieuten
ant in the regular army, and accom
panied Gen. Sheridan on an expedition
against the Cheyenne Indians. It was
during this campaign that an incident
occurred which was recently told by
an ajrmy officer to a reporter for the
Philadelphia Times. One evening,
after we tiad gone into camp, a small
herd of buffalo was sighted. The lieu
tenant, had "thrown off "his saddle and
put aside his arms. He caught up his
belt, In which were revolver and knife,
and. leaped upon his bareback horse.
After a race he caught up with a huge
bull, and emptied his revolver into its
side. Tile bull faced him. Weston was
several miles from camp, and had no
more cartridges. Determined not to be
laughed at, he dismounted and. drew
his knife. He walked to: one side of
the bull, and the animal turned .He
began to run, but-the bull kept its low
ered head always toward him. He kept
stopping and turning until the sweat
poured from him. At last he man-,
aged to get behind the bull, and with a
leap landed upon its back. The buffalo,
with a snort of terror, dashed forward
in a mad, lumbering gallop. The Sol
dier worked his way forward to the
brute's shoulders, fastening his fingers
in the mane, and began to hack away
at the throat of the terror-stricken
buffalo. It took time, but finally the
knife went through the hair and hide.
The brute gave a wheezing, roaring
cough and fell forward, plunging its
nose into the earth and throwing the
rider fifteen feet in front Weston was
bruised and stunned, but the brute was
beyond doing him any harm.
Why Chinese Armies FalL
In the Journal_oMiB rfailed Service
In^lilut'ori
M'ajCr A. E. J. CaVwjdish
ically points out the vices^pf
ese military system. Much of
inefficiency of China's army,
is explained by the native
ot use goqd steel to make
good man to make a
is moat thoroughly
ed up to. The absence of nerves
and the animal ferocity of the China
man admirably adapted him for the de
liberate extermination which charac
terizes the suppression of a revolt, but
in real courage, the abnegation of self
under danger, he is woefully deficient
he will do much for pay he will fight
when his rage is roused, but his pas
sion, violent as a typhoon, as quickly
passes away. Major Cavendish thinks
it small wonder that the Chinese
troops refused to stand up to the Jap
anese when of the hundreds of thou
sands who since 1862 had been
"drilled" with foreign weapons, not
one in 60,000 had been taught their
proper use. Musketry and artillery
practice is limited generally to han
dling the weapon, and instruction in
the use of rifles and field guns is not
thought necessary indeed, it is op
posed. It may be fairly doubted
whether the English major has made
out a good case against the Chinese as
lacking in fighting qualities. If the
efforts of the government have all been
against the development of the warlike
spirit, it is not unnatural that the
Chinese should be poor warriors. Sol
diers who are taught to go into battle
carrying fans, aB the Chinese did in
the Japanese war, cannot reasonably
be counted on as lacking courage. Ma
jor Cavendish has too often seen the
beneficial result of discipline on ap
parently worthless material in the
British army not to admit there is no
telling to what a degree of military
proficiency a generation or two of
modern progressive government might
not bring the Chinese.—From the Ar
my and Navy Journal.
A
P«rfert Dinner.
Fletcher Robinson in Cassell's Maga
zine: "What would you call a perfect
dinner, Mr. Joseph?" "I will tell you.
One like that which I cooked for four
American gentlemen, years back in
Paris. They said, 'We leave the menu
to you, M. Joseph,' and so I gave them
this: First a simple pot a feu to fol
low that a dish I had just invented
and which I called pommes de Geor
gette. It was a good dish. I had
given it that title after a play, 'Geor
gette,' written by M. Victorien Sardou.
He received the Legioi of Honor, but
his play does not run today. I did
not receive the ribbon, but people still
eat my dish. Bah! What does It
matter? Well, as I was saying, they
had pommes de Georgette, and after
that a whole woodcock each. To fol
low the woodcock peaches." "Peaches
a la Cardinal?" I suggested. "No, mon
sieur," said the great chef sternly.
"Ripe peaches, such as the bon Dieu
made them. What he has fashioned
so sweet and pure the good cook will
not dare to touch." "Did they enjoy
the dinner?" I asked after a moment's
silence. "The next night those four
gentlemen appeared and cried with one
voice, 'M. Joseph, the same dinner
again!' For six nights they came
without Wishing a change, and they
might be doing so still, monsieur, If
they had not been forced to return to
America."
ftofw front the *fnnffle«
The Crocodile—"If there's anything
I hate it's a musical monkey. That's
the third time that ape has waked me
up galloping up and down my back."
The Ibis—"What does he do it for?"
The Crocldlle—"Said he was only
practicing the scales."—Nei^ York
jstmt
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FOB WOMEN AND HOME
ITEMS OP INTEREST FOR MAIDS
AND MATRONS.
A Sniirt ComblnAtloB—Eran'ni Gow&**-*
9«aln«u Glrla, Hot In the World ot
rinanoe, bat tho World of llome—
Oir Cooking Sohooli*
A 8lmplo Word- ^T
It may be glorious to write
Thoughts that shall glad the two or
three
High souls, like those far stars thfct come
in sight j-'.**?•'.?''
Once in a century
But better far it Is to speak
One simple word, which now and then
shall waken their free nature in the weak
And friendless sons of men
To write some earnest verse or line.
Which, seeking not the praise of art.
Shall make clear faith jmd manhood
shine •^.^'•'7
in the-untutored heart. A
"".IS
He who doth this. In verse or prose,'
May be forgotten in his day,
Uut surely shall be crowned at last with
those
Who live and speak for aye.
—Raines Kussell Lowell.
Basinets
sjN**
Girls.
I do not mean a girl who has gone
iuto some trade or profession, for the
most domestic "home bird" of my glrl
readers may be one. Indeed, if'she
helps to carry out her daily duties
successfully sh$ must do her utmost to
become a "business girl" in my 6€nfi6
of the word. And when, in course of
time, she passes to a home of her own,
she will be at no loss in taking up her
position as housekeeper and mistress.
She will win the respect of those in her
employ'by showing them that she un
derstands how she should be served,
and that while comort is absolutely
required, no extravagance will be al
lowed. She will cause her husband's
leve for her to increase by showing
him how truly his interest is hers by
bringing into play her knowledge of
"how to spend and how to save.", To
make home uncomfortable by mean,
unnecessary savings is no real econ
omy,-but to plan with loving thought
how to make every dollar yield its true
V-
•..
EVENING GOWN
value is housekeeping in its best sense
for such a "business girl" will make
a small income go further and: give
more real happiness and comfort than
would one of double and treble the
amount In inexperienced hands, But
to make my girl reader a complete
business one of the type which I write,
she must also learn how to conduct
her charities. Giving indiscriminate
1, without Inquiry or thought, is often
more productive of evil than good, and"
she must be as wise over the spend
ing of the portion allotted "to help
others," and give as thorough consid
eration to it as she does to what she
puts apart for her personal concerns.
Woman's Sunday.
From Monday morning till Saturday
midday the majority of husbands tell
you they are hard at work. They rise
at 6, 7, or 8, and, having eaten break
fast, get to business. At midday comes
an hour for dinner and rest. Then
work fills up the time till 5, G, or 7.
The evening they claim as their lawful
rest after a hard day's bread-winning.
When two of these hard-worked men
meet they almost invariably, soonor or
later, sneer or joke about the lazy lives
women lead. Listen! If the head of
a house rises at 6, his wife must rise
at 5 in order to have his Breakfast
ready on a clean table in a cleanly
swept room. The hvsband leaves for
business, and his wife settles down
to the necessarily dull routine of
housework. At the midday meal she
most probably has to attend to the
wants of two or three «""iildren. In
the afternoon she must call on her
neighbors in order to keep up friend
ships, so that her husband may have
people to talk to when he wants variety
in the evening. She also has to do
the necessary shopping. At about S
the hardest part of her day begins.
First, the evening meal, then the Chil
dren td be put to bed. then she must
try and be lively and amuse her spouse
till such tlm# as he chooses to go to
bed. As toA wife's Sunday, trenr ohe
THE LEON REPORTER, THUK8DAY. JANUARY 11, 1600.
who has eyer been a child knows 'what
that means.
A'Smart Combination.
Visitlng gown of d^ab velvet Un
derskirt Of black gaufto embroidered
in Jet and black sequtns. Tunio ot
the velvet draped slightly at the eft
side where a hollow plaats are
inserted. It is cut undulating at-the
bottom and la lost with a. narrow band
.of table,.
Corsage of Tfetret, shaped like a
cuirass, with long basques that de
scribe a scallop at the back and front
Yoke and sleeves of jetted black mous*
seline de sole
A Face Shamfioo. ..."
Perhaps every one is aware of the
quite magical effect of a face shampoo
I
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Of yellow satin very narrow strips of the satin Interlaced over white satin,
on bodice and skirt white silk fringe trimmings, large bow of black velvet
on shoulder.
when tired out Its refreshing powers
are so great that the little trouble in
volved is not worth considering. Wet
a sponge in soft, hot water. Put on it
a little good soap and .a few drops of
glycerine. Lather the face thorough
ly with the rinse, and rub the skin with
almond meal till it is quite dry. Wash
the meal off with fresh hot water, then
spray or sponge the face with cold
water till the flesh feels nice and firm.
This closes the pores. Dry gently with
a soft towel and powder lightly "with
pure Fuller's earth. v.
OUR COOKING SCHOOL.
Salmi of l)ack«
Cut the flesh of a roast duck intc
pieces no larger than a half dollar and
lteep mem hot. Put the scraps and
trimmings In a sauce pan with half a
pint of claret, two 6hallots, a bay leaf,
a spring thyme, a pinch of-red pepper,
and a pint of-stock. Reduce this over
a quick fire and strain, add two ounces
of butter, half a pint of shrimps or
mushrooms and the juice of half a
lemon. Mix well, but do not boll. Dish
the duck on slices of fried or toasted
bread,-pour the sauce over it and gar
nish with parsley.
7*.
Cliocol*te Padding*
Take a quart of milk, mix a little of
it with three tablespoonfuls of corn-,
starch and the same quantity of grated
chocolate. Blend to a smooth paste,
and stirv it briskly into the remainder
of the milk while it is boiling briskly.
Cook for three minutes, remove and
add a jteaspoonful of vanila and the
beaten |yolks of three eggs. Pour the
mixture into a buttered pie dish and
bake from twenty to thirty minutes.
Whisk |the whites of the eggB to a stiff
froth, Btir into them a~lablespoonful
[dered sugar, and pile it cure
in the pudding and place it in
(aot hot) oven for five minutes
lessly
to set
Rerye.hot.
people Mrs of thi&F toys just
do*
IN THE ODD CORNER.
QUEER AND
cORious THINGS
AND EVENTS, -I
Qaeer Cam of Vessels That VanUli-*
Fassenger* Merer Keaeh.. Their Desll
•atinn and Are Never Again Beard
rate.
"The sky Is clouded, the rocks are bare:
The spray of the tempest is white In air
The winds are out with the waves at
play.
And 'I "shall not tempt the sea today.
"The trail Is narrow, the wood Is dim.
The panther clings to the arching limb
And the lion's whelps are abroad at
Play,
And shall not join 4n«tho chase today."
But the ship sailed safely over the sea,
And the hunters came from the chase in
glee
And the town that was bullded upon a
rock
Was swallowed up In the earthquake
shock. —Bret Harte.
Qaeer Cases of Teasels.
It seems passing strange considering
the enormous amonnt of ocean traffic
carried on nowadays, that It should be
possible for a vessel to put out to sea
in fit condition only to vanish from
the face of the waters and leave no
Indication of its fate. True, there are
hundreds of unidentified derelicts float
ing about the seas, and some of them
may be the vessels which have so mys
teriously vanished. It is appalling to
think of such mysteries as the fates
of these vessels, which,-setting saiil
with hundreds of passengers to whom
the voyage perhaps .promises -happiness,
wealth and all the joys of life, never
reach their destination, and are never
again heard of. Take the case of the
Burvie Castle as a striking example.
She vanished, not in midocean, bnt be?
tween the ports of London and Ply
mouth. Into the latter port she put
on her way to Australia. But Bhe
never reached Plymouth, and not a
living soul knows how or where she
vanished. It is most extraordinary
that she should have been lost so near
to land without so much as a spar
being washed ashore to teil of her fear
ful fate. Equally mysterious is the
case of the Atalanta. This famous
training vessel was stationed off Ber
muda with more than 250 souls aboard.
Early in 1880 she set sail for a short
cruise and from that day to this she
has never been heard ot.
A very considerable percentage .of
the vessels which disappeared forever
in this mysterious mannej* were run
ning between England and America at
the time. It might be thought that the
terrific seas of the vast Atlantic were
responsible, but it has been proved that
many vessels were loBt when the ocean
was almost at dead calm. A large
sailing ship left New Orleans some
years ago for London. Thrice she was
spoken and reported all well, and she
was facing exquisite weather and a
smooth sea at the third time. Yet
it is known she was lost with all hands
within twenty-four hours, and to this
day no trace of her has been discov
ered. In the early part of 1892 a five
mast bark, the Maria, a newly con
structed vessel, and at that time the
third largest in the mercantile marine,
set sail in beautiful weather from one
of the biggest ports in Cochin China
for Hamburg, with every promise of a
fair voyage. But she never reached
Germany. She vanished shortly after
being spoken off the west coast of Af
rica, and nothing has been found since
to indicate the fate that befell her.
Another vessel running between Eng
land and America which met an end
of a kind none but those who shared
tt ever knew was the first-class steam
ship President. She sailed from New
York for a journey to Liverpool in
the spring of 1841, having on board a
full crew of experienced hands and
officers and a distinguished company
of passengers. She left New York In
fine weather In splendid condition and
with no reason for fearing anything
she was likely to meet But she was
never spoken and never heard of again
and although fifty-seven years have
passed, no one yet knows to what dire
calamity her end was due.
How Ahyailnlans Train for War.
"A country of lions and rugged men
this Ethiopia, as the people call It, not
Abyssinia, which is a disparaging word
in use among the Arabs. An Ethiopian
worthy to wear in battle the lion's
skin that Menelik gives to the bravest
must be one who can go three days
without food, fightipg the while or
journeying over deserts and moun
tains one who cares nothing for pain
or death. It is a custom among these
men, after battle or warlike maneu
vers, to squat down on the ground in
long line and fire their rifles in the air,
barrels up, butts between the knees
no blank cartridges here, but balls that
wound or kill whomsoever they strike
in the descent. A cannon shot gives
the signal, and forthwith the firing
starts far down the line, rolling nearer
and nearer, until it swells into a roar
of musketry above the emperor him
self then dies away at the farther
side. And the bullets come down upon
the soldiers or citizens as may be for
this firing, like as not, takes place in
a crowded city. 'Would it not be wise,
your majesty,' asked a French travel
er, aghast at this reckless procedure,
'to use blank cartridges?' 'Why so?'
asked Menelik. 'It would economise
rifle balls and save life.' 'I do not
mind losing a few rifle balls,if it makes
my people despise them.' The Italian
found at Adowa what these soldiers
think of rifle balls saw them come
bounding on in the charge, pierced
through and through with Mauser bul
lets, and go on fighting saw. the em
peror himself toward the close rush
in waving his sword, and kill with his
own hands. The AbyssinianB (to use
the accepted word) go into battle with
modern rifles, and know how to use
them but in the heat of the action
their spirit is to throw these down and
come at the ene'sy man to man with
saber and shield. Each one carries on
his left arm a convex buckler made of
hippopotamus hide, so thick and tough
that often a swift flying projectile Is
deflected by It Of 21,000 men, blacks
and whites, who fought in this battle
on the Italian side, about 1,000 escaped,
about 3,000 were made prisoners, and
the rest were kilted."—Windsor Maga
Elne.
ly known as Cannabis Indlca, and
which we term Indian hemp'. It is cul
tivated in India,-and has long been
employed as a medicine in Asia. Arabs,
Persians, Indians, Chinese and South
Africans esteem it for its Intoxicating
powers. Various preparations of the
plant are employed for the' purpose of
producing this effect. A favorite mode
of-/attracting Its ^ptive principle is by
MHing the tttps and flowers' with,
water, to which butter- of oil :has beer'
added, evaporating and thus forming
an oleaginous solution of fatty sub
stance. The effeot produced by hashish
Is that of happiness, and by 'that Is
meant an enjoyment entirely moral
and by no means sensual, rhe hashlsh
eater Is happy, not like the gourmand'
Or the famished man when satisfying
his appetite, or the volupeuary in the
gratification of his desires, but like
him who hears, tidings which fill him
wfth Joy. One of the first appreciable
effects of the drug )s gradual weaken
ing of the power of controlling and
directing the-thoaghts. Then -comes
the stage already described and ac
companying, and in part following it
there are observed errors of sense,
false convictions, and the predomin
ance of one or more extravagant ideas.
These ideas and convictions are gener
ally not altogether of an Imaginary
character, but are
suggested by external
impressions which are erroneously, in
terpreted by the perceptive .faculties.
Finally, If the dose is sufficiently pow
erful, there is a complete withdrawa
of the ihind from external things.
Rocking stones.
Rocking-stones or Logans, as they
are called, are numerous In many
places in England, Ireland and Scot
land, and nearly every other country.
One, situated at a place on the island
of Magee, in Brown's Bay, Ireland, ia
popularly believed to acquire a rock
ing, tremulous motion at the approach
of sinners and malefactors. These
rocking-stones are large masses of
rock so finely pdised as to move back
ward and forward with the slightest
impulse. Some of them appear to ba
natural, others artificial. The former
are chiefly granite rocks, in which
feldspar and porphyry are abundantly
present and these ingredients-b^com.
ing rapidly decomposed, and the! dust
and sand washed away by rains, what
was formerly a solid rock soon as.
sumes the appearance of a group of ir
regularly shaped pillars having -a
rhomboidal horizontal section, and,
separated into portions of horizontal
and vertical fissures. As disintegra
tion proceeds, the edges of the block
forming the pillars become piles of'two
or more spheroidal rocks resting upoq
each other. If, now, a mass of rocli
be so situated as to preserve its equi
librium in spite of the gradual diminu.
tion of its base or point of support, 3
rock'ing-stone Is the result The ar
tificial ones appear to have been
formed by cutting away a mass of rock
around the center point of its base.' In
Greece, rocking-stones occur as funeral
monuments, and are generally found
on conspicuous places near the sea.
Some rocking-stones occur' near to tha
remains of ancient fortifications, which
seems to bear out a statement in ons
of the poems of Osslan that the bards
walked round the stone singing, and
made it more as an oracle of the' fate ot
battle.
:'V Making We-ry Over Death.
In the National Magazine, William
Jameson Reid, the famous explorer, in
the narrative of his dash, to the sacred
city of Tzuchan, Northeastern Thibet
writes thus regarding a certain strange
custom of the native savages: "Death,
as Is but natural where It is of such
frequency, is here not looked upon or
awaited with fear, and suicides, as
stated before, are of frequent occur
rence. The funeral ceremony is a
function attended with great eclat
Whatever may have been the foibles or
frailties of the deceased, or however
undeserving he may be of the honor,
so soon as he is dead his relatives and
friends, from far and near, are sum
moned to attend the obsequies. The
corpse, arrayed in the most gorgeous
habiliments that can be procured, and
surrounded by his possessions, is seat
ed in a chair and placed in the open
air in front of his former dwelling,
and for two or three days the body is
allowed to remain in this position.
During that time the relatives and
friends gather round, and indulge In
mourning dances and In drinking huga
potations of fiery punda, compliment
ing the corpse on his newly acquired
state of blessedness^ and expressing
the cheerful desire that they might ba
in his shoes.
Showers of Fishes.
1
An Infoxlmtlnr Plant,'
Hashish is the Oriental name of-the
plant, or rather ot the tops and tender
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01
^^Unt^lLcfelsscieaUflcal
Tropical countries where violent
storms,sudden gusts of wind and whirl
winds are most common, often experi
ence showers of fishes. Fish varying
in weight from a pound and a half to
three pounds have been known to fall
in India. Sometimes they are living,
but more frequently they are dead and
putrefying. They are always of kinds
abundant in the sea or fresh waters
of the neighborhood and there can be
but little doubt that they are carried
up in the air by violent winds,although
they sometimes fall at a considerable
distance from any water which could
supply them. There have been in
stances where falls of fishes have taken
place in countries not tropical. A
shower of small, three-spincd stickle
backs fell near Merthyr-I'ydvil, in
Wales, sprinkling the grc und and
housetops over ao area of at least sev
eral square miles, some years ago.
They were alive when they .fell, yet If
caught up by a whirlwind from any
of the brackish ponds near the sea in
which this species abounds, they must
have been conveyed through the air a
distance of almost thirty utiles. At
Torrens, in the Isle of Mull, another
similar instance Occurred, in which
herrings were found strewed on a hill
five hundred yards from thf sea, and
one hundred feet above.
&
Treannres of Anelent Po npell.
Experts say that the burl )d city of
Pompeii has not yet yleldel up half
of its artistic treasure that at the
present rate of progress 70 years will
elapse before it is thoroughly un
eartheS.
There is nothing for preserving the
body like having no heart--J. Petit
Benn.
Undeserved praise may aften lead
aa to befeupe really worthy of prals*.
DLBESSINQ PARISIAN
Oat Hardly Knows Whether
Pity or Disgust MOM,
There seem td be iome 5
6,000 persons in Paris who-are
mined to make the canine race
the dogs, as speedily as un
pampering can send them there
number of so-callfgl' loye^Jof di,_
according to an article ln Good.^(f!
Inscribed oh the books of $he
dog-tailors. One of the tailors
writer of the article in his confli
saying: "For the most part/out
ents belong to the higher" classes
society—people who can afford to jp
high prices and who pay ready
The business Is, therefore, a very
ltable One, because the materials
do not cost very much, an&/.w»V
them at a large profit FOr InstiuiM,
recehtly had a very remunerative of
from the daughter of a diploinaV
Paris. She was about to be iiia^ried
ahd I made a set of^ gala-clothes fo$
her dogs to match the Uvetles of
'latkeys In her fathers household.
the bride entered the. residence
the ceremony her three dogs
awaiting her at the top of the
staircase dressed in these.^tfSitwai
with bouquets of orange bloss6mfc:.
tached to their collars, and held
silken leash by one of the fooimei
The effect was marvelous! —fTheni,-^
again, the daughter of a rich baiokef*
recently married, had another idea,
made to measure for each of her doga.ij
—she had half a dozen—regulaiibrifies-^
maids' costumes of white faille em
broidered with lace and garlanded wlth7l
orange blossoms, *whllle on their feet
they, wore small slippers ot «hitoi|r.
.satin, also specially made to intamre!'^|f
Oh'e doiss not quite know whethw pltylV
for the dogs thus tortured or conwhptfi'
for the owners who bend flietr nypdjf
to such doings, is the predominant
feeling aroused by these facts. Th^
waterproof for rainy days, the (dust?.#
xloak fjgr. journeys, the mantle for:coi^:
weather and the gray linen suit KM|%
seaside wear are all articles wltb^
which a French society dog has Ions
become familiar! But this year, Mr.
Waller tells us, the poor
owners "have gone one step father
rendering the Bublime handiwork dtryt
the Creator ridiculous by providing^
their pets with sets of flge linen. No
society dog which really respects 4t$e^
would think of possessing less ihsft a«
dozen undergarments of lawn if it b%
in good health, or of silk or surah lf»*
it should be subject to cqlds or nery-jf^ iL
ous complaints! Then If thipi 'pooltl^i
darling' should be troubled with waterjv^?
eyes, a dozen embroidered cambric ^.-'
handkerchiefs become an absolute ne
cessity. And this is not all. Hiis delink
cate little feet must be kept dry by^1
boots, made to measure, of leather ofc
India rubber, to suit his particular
temperament." This, together with.
bracelets and tie pins, with perfum^f
and fancy soaps, With ivory combs andf
bruBhes and a good many other things,?,
makes up a dog's toilet necessaries, andf'
if the Parisian pet dog could speak. h*f
would certainly explain that htsl
"friends" lead him the life of a dog, la|
the worst Interpretation of that 1
rJSal
Horse Killed by B«e
From the .Che&tertown>4Md.)
script: A fine young'driving m*re
Dr. J. T. Twilley was stung to de
by honey bees in Kent county.
animal was turned into a lot to
In which was a bench of eight hivj
bees. One of the hives was
over, and in an Instant the
covered by the bees. She becainl
tangled In vines In such'a way
she could not extricate herself, an
gan to roll to free herself of the I
which swarmed on her body.' Th*
ly made matters worse, and -Tesu|
In overturning the entire bunt
eight hives, the bees from which
pletcly covered the helpless ant
She lived about eight hours and dlif
great agony. HandfulB of
were combed from her hair and pi
from about the nose, mouth and 0][
in short, there was 8carcely- a*
Inch of the animal's body which
escaped a wound from the bees.
No lIUQDdenttftndtoft
Rochester Post-Express: Sd&nj
the Central bank was opened tor]
ness one morning a prominent
facturer walked down the stej
toward Exchange street, bear!
small satchel containing the
with which he was to pay off ,a|
force of employes. As he tuiiii
Exchange street a warm
friend, unseen by him, rushed up
behind and pulled vigorously -at
handle of the satchel. With UsgitnUtK
like rapidity the manufacturer's iarm
was raised and descended full in the
face of the practical joker, sendlng hlm
reeling toward the curb. The n£xt ln
stant the manufacturer recognlzed hls
friend, and hurrying oyer to him,
steadied him until he had recovered
full consciousness, and then said: "I
understand the situation better than I
pan explain it" "I do, too,'* remar]
the other, as they. shook hands
proceeded on their ways.
Slckroom Don'ts.
Sick people don't like to be etareij
at They are morbidly sensitive.
look surprised at the change si
has wrought Is annoying, and in
than that, it Is dlsheartehlnjg,'^^
makes Invalids Imagine their cagw
be worse than It is. Therefore, dj
stare at a sick person, and don'ts^
at the back of the bed to make
turn his eyes round to see you.
ways sit by the bedside for ,'the.,
tlent feels more at rest than. Ifis
Btand up tall before hta.- And^.dbjj
whisper don't talk in a low"
don't follow the doctor or caller^
Into the next room. The Invalid'
be absolutely certain that youjure^
mussing him. Don't wear,
that rustle-or are made of
(ng, to come Into contact
made tender by sickness^ 1
wear creaking boots or'
boots.—Cincinnati Enquirer
The Karly ltlr
First Wanderer—Dis' co^
Hardest bed I ever Blept
Wanderer—You're jist righ|
gles over ders seems ter
sleeping fine. First Wand
he is de greedy pig got he
picked out de bin wld de
it.—Harper's Bazar.
Money has llttle valne
sessor unless it also has
•Wr-U s«*atord, 1