Tensas gazette. [volume], May 11, 1894, Image 4

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WHY MAN WEAflU A MAT.
qmspese re a s a newandanera the s
evlatl of the. |hnma Raes
PHrhrlp no a ri.le of clothing has
been m-no frely criticied in respect to
Is utility than that which lexicog.
raphers describe as "a coveing for the
head." tse, itnstructed by the e*
ample of savage races and others widely
differnt in various wrys. among them
the leaders of feminine fashios, whose
crowns of goamer may practically be
dietardaed. would have it that the hat
lees condition is that most character
11te. of mankind. says the Loadon
Laneet. Against their opinion we find
arrayed the combined force of civilized
rwage in every climate.
Fro'n pole to pole we find that man.
If he dresses at alL dresses his head.
Even if bootless and guiltless of such
sinor trfles as waistcoat and coUar. he
covers the head with some form of
elothing. Nay. the very savage, though
he may know nothing of silk or felt,
will often so decorate his vortex with
feathers or so weave his own natural
wool that not even the conventional
Zuropema cylinder could protect it
more effectually. Surely there must be
rean is all this.
Thee is a clearly eonsclous led
which exists not mere.ly in imagination.
It is thus practiLmly admitted that
though the head, like any other part of
the body, may, after having suffered
the attrition of atmospheric variations,
become inured to their action, It still
loses somewhat In the process. In the
Isat place, it is evident that in this e.
Let only the Attest can hope to sr
viva Ovilie an will not enanger
his shames o survival by risklag the
eprialent. Further, he nads that
the lamrir animals thus exposed en
dege esternal changes which do not
aban, it aver, tend in the direction of
L. and Instractively he shuns
return of coasreness and
barbaism. He also recognizes the fact
that, ý wholesome custom In
balid , the consequent effect
ill be a healthy as it is beeoming.
raeot among the santary pel -
splhe whieh ought to control usage in
thiaMttr are two-the avoidance of
say but the lightest pressure and the
admission through the texture worn or
by special apertures of suflcient air for
free ventilation of the head. If these
elementary conskl"- tin;,s be duly re
aardsd and suaikleo:t prof edo in bn pro
vided against chtai: of wea'-o'r we
shag And te man t .c better. not the
wme , for tearin;t hii, "rov ering. for
the head."
IMPOSSIBLE CL .ASaC HEROES.
The Charseters D . by Old Wrles.e
Net at All 'rue tn Lte.
dome of the older nove!istlAn deallng
with eld Ilme, the feudal dsavs i
France. Gerany o" England. or with
Pi r life, make their characters be
long simply to another time 'n the new
world, istead of to another race and
werdof their says a wrlter an the
New Englnd g . In endeavor
lb ato reprednee aoees and social aa
dias aeM have passed away, many
)ltedlst novelists confuse the condi
ts al pererulal human nature.
ThsyLie their characters according
to thsir el statis and confuse these
eelal o coe with the qualities of
the 'spirit ,they give us men and
woeem whom God would fall to recog
nise, but whom the critics, more aetae
seedily tall as models and types for all
otter stadentsof human nature. Their
hcabcetees are nearly all mountedon
atltMt they are animated by motives
and edsrdrations which are quite Im
and they talk as human be
S ier talked In this world. They
eal not with the exceptional, which is
poeible and artiste, but with the im
posible,'which is earicatura
Their old Romans and baron and
highwar me,. Oaf,. stalk r'tbh the
mene mothing 7platitudes and "senti
manta." where.a we may be quite esr
. ta that they occupied themselves
ebLy with cheating, lying, cringring,
ssalug. eshemi,s dfi(r, drinking,
di-e ,, wo a. aotdplr, a-
lang ad eslhiag slang, just a - are
dela Ia the streeta, mr~ public .
flee. theaters etCa, ct Paris, Landau
and Iew Yohtoday. Andbeneathall
this saen thie was always a ernie
 , or,.sal ylr ad uslyaLa
a znraotn0a:d sseon one ome
Imagnle btee the resmantle represent
tism of the phase of IL that this
imte Ath oYl f manknd we. In
entie of yes, tea ,ad dd ars Iay
date bom ld the t bhe Wea
-mtethsph aa ec lviliani
tic of GtiIees These same virtne.tnd
ims eset today, and never wiil e
tirael eadinItd, no matter hew high
the titll ct elvlllentlen shee bet, oa
et t the very lowest plano humn
3Mis twh erete realaon to huamty is
semeelsy me tahb that c the
Seem, I tL l ages hav soud gor ia
midlrele ths riddle oi ezistenue, end
hens. have tea oere a lesrndebb
i, sref id· d ee n a -eto.L
Orl e ap~pelat let ,U,,M to
is egqatoJ about SM This fct is
sIbm by the s year's rset I. th
new mem irin Prei a Two mail
sen eim handred and elst ninepy
ineeminbumanthe swh seta .-a is,
on Inesmes et betwem a ad n,000
sse Oly *14 persow have In
.mc r 8M m a otm
5.Ma ye. The highest inaom do
elda ns WMS arks, and from the
Le-ten ywhrelt wam registered theper
Er s beher wth had .:ag
uesedt s opinion wams ased what
<ts Mea a aI what might be sermed
as Me wen. "My wise asked -
e ears quent tha etaer day," he
squas, npd t old her ay Idesiwe
ambeas - ne tletter part cr e thLr
. d seed the - e and when she ;
4 bimkve .sM hbe wam't g to'
eal ,l Iwma ther ct
gstw h wt ee to Ls."
4,,
DEFENSE OF THE PEACOCK.
s s i tes Tre, as easd. That mea Iest Ane
ayI-U.w Uo Cour.
w "Who says the pescock has ugly feat!"
w remarked Taxidermist Wood. of the
- Smithsonian institution, to a Washlnag
Ston Sta reporter. "I have heard and
. read that piece of nonsense ever since I
Swas a child, and I understand that it is
Srecoded as an ornitholog~lal truthin
Selassic Greek and Latin. You will come
s acrs mention of It eves In fabs. To
. my mind it. astds as Illustaies eo
the fact that most people sever se
their own physical senses actively but
d depend for their notion of Ie and
d things upon the observatios of ofthere
"I have Just fSished mouating this
pair of peae3 cks Is't the male bird a
Sbeauty? You emarn e for yourself that
his feet are decidedly pretty nad well
Sshaped and rather mall in properties
to his alae. They ar very slightly big.
t ger than those of a tarkey sad are de
, dedly handsomer. The same can be
said of the hen bird. inattraetive though
the latter is In other points. Wherever
a the feathered kingdom the eook bhd
is the handsomer he does the courtig,
Swhrh in the eompa y unanl
as where the fcmale is more gorepeu
she It is that talo inititive In the
love makng.
"It is a eurious thlar to obsrve t
Sthe male peacock Ia courtiag his chosesn
mate approache her mot with the
brightl colored toce of his feathery
11 toward hr bt backward. Then,
on coming close. he wheels suddely
s about with every plume trembling I
r the sunlight and dazzle her all mat
- with his beauty. As for the pper
r msconception respecting his ist, thee
ean be no doubt as to how it eglated.
When the peacock is pointed at, being
Snaturally a wild bird he is apt to drop
his fan and acuttle away. Thus the
Simpression was conveyed to the Igeos
ant that he imagined his toet to be oh
; Jects of attention and soaendigly
Ssought to hide them. Of cours moth
could be more absurd."
AN ANCIENT SAYING.
a new tm rarh.. -as.tm en S a Jey
S)rltssmated.
- "The phrase 'beater to a mumy bea
- been famihar to me from ay youth
w and up, and I have always undeeedtoo
i It as 'beaten to a jelly,'" says a writer
S. In Wavery Magazine. "Does It mot .
. fer to the medicinal substance formery
e kr.wn as mummy, which kept its plan
1e in our di.,pewsatories until pretty lots
- In the last century? It was variously
composed and not always of the sns
consistence, but in general appsaranes
L would probably resemble that of soft
* pitch. I speak now of the spmries
kinds, whih were doubtless most cen.
g mon. Even the 'genuine' sorts wee n
a however, necessarily Egyptian.
S"Penicheber, In his Traite des _1
- baumemens. gives directions for the
W composition of mummy from hums
d lksh expressly for medllcal p·poes
" He recommends certain parts of the
body to be aed. and these to be dried,
m acerated and spiced out of all likeness
to their natural condition. Mummy s
Sprepared entered Into a great variety of
'balms' and other medioaats, Sr
which Penicher in his concluding ehap.
ter gives recipes from old writesm
t Some of these have the eomaistehy of
d oil othersth that of an.oatment. It is
clear, from the refences la Naves,
that mummy sad its preparsates were
i well known and from the 'ma
r mummy of my fesh,' whis Names
, quotes from an old play, to 'beate toea
dumnmy' is a natural and es stop."
Not What Ther Are
It is custcmary for the raleead rsm.
panics to treat eitnesess well when
they are subpoanaed to court. When a
witness for a railroad company bas to
leave his work to testify, mya the PLi
Sadelphis Prow, the coa pyps him
fully for the lossof his time s e e th
legal witness ee is not as ameh as the
witnaem would have earned It his l
ocompatnh. In addition, witnesses ae
gives an order for their dinner at a
restaurant sear Sith sad Chef t
 treet The other day whenb the agt
for the eding raiamd wot t
pay for the ehbecks krmed is bl wi.
r ea be found one for the mrnesli
a lrge mam of two dollar
"•Whs is the world did tlhe w
a m"sked the agent, "thaLt s k
should he two dollars?'
"It wasnm't what he ate," replie
caterer, "'bt what he end ed. his
bMll so big. After he ald s diner
Ihe ordlered a whole hichekm ia be to
t~ae homre with him."
aew thea lnerm Oew0ge.
The Roman. in the time of Cleass
SAugustua tok an early breakfarte tl
three to four o' look i the mornig, a
a lueheon at twelve to one and at aet
Sthree o'clock the sen, or princpal
Smeal of the day, corresponding wish
our dinner. A :. .an dimer at the
hoLse of a v..,t: iy ma selited
Shiefly of three courses. A ser of
stnimulants t, he appetite wesme bt
served p. and eggs were hiatnpeebL
to the £r .t ~our Among the various
Sdishes w-re the guine hen. phessas
SalghtingaRcle aod the thash. The IBs
man iur:'nr.ds held peacocks gireat
eastimation. especially their tobsges
Msbrobius states tht they were s
eas by iortenaius, the catr, aed
Saquired such repte that a dlagil pe.
Scorkwas sold for fity dednei
' anr being equal to about susatsa
mats of our money.
t hiem ts elaSh chen.
A Awriterithe North China Bemal
Sssaribee the fars is nortsra Clha
SThLem but two mw e tls is ayeer
when athe eple do set held largefeles
almMble wants of U alt amn me
ylied. The emosptema me tueldb
t msthmw awh me rIras mewhdi l
impeeabM and te first, an
siete tso nd  remretion. These is
s oeatmat senousis of these gater
i e g anygv ih h dinot a whie ki is
act us ommon g r ten t gad per
1men to be eoesgreasd. There is an
s, meshed advertdhg tihe mat dat st
,!-wh- e will bei e pta, b red
r slp eropaperpstep lonmbe places,
San Ihe se eess mse very a
'iad.
A PLEA FOR " HARVEST."
Sl a"e ne as £nmdnm as an me -
" I have been reminded by everma
Sftrleds that the word fall is not emc
sively Amer an. but that it is msed
I for autumn i some parts of the con
Io ryto this day, ys a writer i t
Squee.
f bid lossed this feet bee, though
m tnanteeaember evur to have hea
Sthe wd used by ay mcoutry people
I Ide molt malle Assrelcsami, it
Swas doubtless takes ever by eamigrant
I and qpla. I thik that ms Amer
Ieams ome from the tg I New
r at ad terdess a e n t lish rs e,
·therebie the stote t and startdle
I people in the world. (Let ms aiway
I my trmnds, when we cea, be atrioit.)
It is a pretty word; but those wb o
Ir coatemplat ,s we aiMede, the
season as time of decay and deslic
Sanad arproeabl death. Thewm h
i e e t ateam thM et faiabeemewai
S I sorry we have at bit our "ars
ef English word. CoGM we not revive
Sitmsadspeak o the earm a that
Sharvet? 8prian, mummer, harvet, whe.
* tar. Them are ar names-al -l good
ny. the woad "bhrweMt"--url -
a is actually the Anglo-aes for n-e
Stms. September Is hwehst momea
the month l hanmrve Let m sbellsk
utuma--It ean go bask to the rLati
ddat ary-ecadpeak hemueaeth tf
JAPANESE STATISTICS.
Mr. Omn. a Japeasme atalela has.
Jest pMblimed some Interealng Mguer
omoeralng thea remarkamble isererwm of
populathoniu thst actry daring the
roesest siganamad tspecis sie 1a-
Isa Jammary, Ir, tihe population was
,1t,ie lae Deseember, st, it bad Is
messd toh e4,,Ma. Since led? the s
amml rate of irose has been tbdiee.
in every e so that, it sts date is
paerved, the populaten will dba
itselt a cyear. la Eaglecd the rate
a l U Imeaemas Is per 1,1M, whole l
most Ewopemi oneatriles I between
lm and bcs, a i e Vrams sem spal
meek lower. r. Ono pootes fas
the hember of lrth o Jps is ower
thn In mot elvised emarirsm, osept
Sramds, ad that the number bof Ulal
ºmI a tee d is mller thee the m he
tm tehsthse gema hsesr the pope.
I tlos h the development wealth
.am the reetorato mand to a deereas
Sthes death-rate amew hilren.s
iem the tales whlch he gves bhe -.
furs that the astmal wealth bas
doubled Japin he test te y eems
mand bhe hoawsthat the smeasme his the
population has been greatest a thI
orthern ad muther prat l the e
pia ad leat th the neatral part-s
phenomosa due to migration from the
astal provises
ANOTHER IDOL SMATTERED.
m leesease ot eel a MO w at as 4o
ou r eed c e a.aDn.
OatdeesmOoIotel. Byrou'ammsmahe,
has herreputatlo for beauty sdfy e.
pugmed by the athr of Ucealp of the
Century." That literary osoneoet
aysm that everal people whbhad haws
the couates told bhim that she wuas
thing bet bsatifuL "One assmed me,
he ays. "h ha eremploa remiade
himof " boiledpork (1) -
other amerted that her figure was a
solutely shapeleas that sh was ad
beautiful, ad that soe far am posses
ltg a p grm es a egaes of setye she
had the appearace of a seet belter
with a ts ra n mmd Its middl Wein
thau this, It seems that GOaleetoell wad
dIed es a dutk; her tek whMhk waw
a le and Sat a Mme de tell
,em,rtelhne by her menmy, N e
whm he described her ean teadge
her grand pie do ltuel'-eamg Ih
the aggetion t thi s dae Ams r
her mcssme they were ser from e
A eamee him.
Tr Par)a palm - laudtead by
the ladl aberliee ml the Odamu
shea that mob sitameos were faeme
rseism the rait ls prodmted wthout
ees. whilee la ther em iteomat-e
-aud the waratlom oc sr ria h the
'muitd the -bemamfsrom bensen at
asmon. Whie beIed or emle d ta e
h lat emethag om the taeren ad
tate toa dry, mealy potato It I pal.
arabl ead very sutritious The fuites,
wMik are divMaly about the els 
a plgeoma egg, are boare he heaa it.
fram forty ho dmty together. Ther
are twer he bearing smemo Lh
A h Te em am t a wer.
Ade ot tbre taken by irds a by
whi, requently lodge i smomes deea
Ing mortar ersok on the ts p of high
baldigr s and wIll grow ot and make
i·-ltlet trtraee oeotths  the
ty of Utis. N. T.. where on the tape
aetya t rek c ha rk a mauas wsh,
theme h grow, mad ham new esoeds
bhegt ml ao ama feet. TIb. reew
-a thik way into th erorasha a
Sstee Iem the m n work.m Durig the
let tw er three yars It has Mesememd
hmbio hl b betWat br the It
ihteremi slgbwW Utesa.
The werd Ug a applledh tolse
a mre play e th word "noe." Wham
lunm k melted it ems f inat. alohmd
earled a "mew," the eral brebacmd
wlk mealled the "pi" Bee the
br emlas samd i led "pig kn."
Ben, "new" he motar - h
do with wine, bet ifam thebath
"sawem," tomeater, Germ,4 "mean,"
h en and ohg t ebewitten "m"
(aewa). Haing a mew br the
maset it r e a qul dmture
Mwt M maie te r esma s
mewas sis
LONDON08 COAL CONSUMPTION.
L w aw w..a. chit ..e Mu w..p
I m ve t8 AStmOdmeldma
" In Lodesse 7 I Abeat 4.cUqU
I tihy tihe am dmebg em .t
t hpalaM.A a. M mUrs i leas"p
a La add l e. u Ns
Natoml Reiew. htb em. ieatalbs
s sabetesm lstmpebun5,UemsmRed
I with aulpbri smM, tweay sem -
twmt,-egbt psoms ot elphat om
1 most. Th totwal ad -t Wtestin
I .wl - lthwulor*ay ,SWm n
SAs mthue prlted inlpba at amme.l. _i
r f peash mad aulbls pee a,, wb
-montamy loes it %,m psaub eaory
year. IU we wrn lens waneedn we
I shasM bet aas bebligmI ass
ubk aill MA Para ter arwMelwat
Smma Ift r ageesM s liars t.s itm
a aisrogmmguter a t e 4,Uas WNirs
o oea wlai .e ssd eesry yu
I - 1 .. w•am rows.
Sabesrg Mrla a rabsomw of
I peamwb TMh batsd mulphds em
smmeals as a Sertiirrll hew based
I iho n l an am ON&e"= io
" bmr h AB aw arama of amaet
I o po.aed pola a /alp - me-sd
-ela, although  t qunits as" a
- rtl-- amtstabs hul blb - e Mi
Swith grnstr tuae. It eata a
Sr, pee eat oaimesh is al
r per ceted olrague. Thea theu
me the r hydrnkum a ps
I umm wihb (theh k a the dimis
Wp at Kmauhm ml Pea bo4
eInal ainm, dyes bhae
tLeat ThL e b hs hua ..e
- d e sob to*es % onpas -
nht tayt~ b -r f _ud hgmt.
I ml yeLt thesate uibe.. . Luas
taw wo 1 4e all the hie wms
by ggIushimswth summ m
It wSaotbh eIs aberih t rnus
eqpma Iw pare lltid hl hmed,
we bam da thal Is he.iM--i tess
dt eal brsems th me stelpaU Aim.
othur wre -.e-- - --M--MIb h
d Bleb bowms we saes P.
ISTOCKADE OS TUSKS&
" I*m..ta e*m 4b mbew mep
r ass me aor assea - e
"Thu Lery ýL~m ibus a mee a
Mhema wwrite. um the ogm e M th
utm daspeam" "er iy the s -
valumsb artlem emperedu Ite1 aam
duos tha gho cousq hui moth am
boftb d th rke. rtasamlw brlig it
a htr yseatle, pool.mdkfs thuse is
atds (two huabe akmw 1lt
sale eaerhsr bring r sr t k barit
I have -ee . in day sst hboo*" earb
rt ursem t Matbdi. ehh --- ewer
Saga tk talcgamea dae 514,.en90
to weIghnt whuasehowdghmus
p onds, whet .4 raba.a 
h-pp.oa e -n ry Mmirs
"MYet d the Leery eeg dews
im knows ad leersy.' artd the
elephame tins whik thne ibmsea m
wrn Muld mes h adst ye agm ad
the knat d vlkgs hae hu semsug
ta. plaulag thu s ms beele la
on sop of th plh asd whm ibY
reenseme eow poi it. son am"
t-as -S ac sum be m domb
layWeS wes. tahu This qogm has
pm luwrl boryms hadt Inl estlmae
that is menomus.gh tsy at"" is thu
ituraior e Iplly me worM her im
sat eary. It in s.ekMue, hel
up=m whus uatkootry lenastmlemeses,
that thu. se atil at t taw.e huMeai
toanml elephuat to .e.awl AhWe
"Th. ears *iwr' or now Lery wush
amw an ows ea i that rY
hat...e. attachue ibs
hgr a lmm us a e eass ha t
A alat. a mks. bhIg
-een meats age s the ibMeLr. Upue
shedau S May wi a eerye,
eaghtea has als hwee M.a, L.
sears, paeasevms eiem w as
-epibm us nelmmdbeueh atb
umhrhsr bm ,s Summed kihk
A me k ey by lChrl V. keer
oarewme huelt h m ds mls bb
he wrr seb eay hassses
muulmta e ga 'hie hMw
bymase mo w.amlhuI hel -ee
ahuu. mbblf wmmsm -se sr
stwimgup.. Waga r Ge
me shut elghly yin. eM, ha had
'aly dlmurtatl by Satri. Thaeb
* amy" " prJor," *miss
e ." "pearimt" we equalla Me
I Isd .Th odnt gm, wllta ml
m wmm ml pm em b pe
, amothur wha wrre srthbu
hum lb mla isbepeuspm as m
mtalr wllb its se whm p.
- do e mreeutheser ibm mms
asr r Y~r r I)
(lrq 1 1 ~ro~rrAs~
n o o n e or Na ar of tahe eo
Mw ie Tr .. Ma
Ae weee s- . swee Lame, . p.er
SnemW pueoplem om ane.
-.... wmm I. i rdly
Wib sew Y Ho Lleo that PtIa
esbrdr id iY mPea Oy mseTw
t meula rMd ideealmraaoatha I
the eal, r aem boeeps the ht
.but wh sn doM. speakl d- "i
i she littneo a ther dipmy
aslun me re her mbaead hamedm,
mu thei Mew Ia man 0. see
Owm wham the 09 peke N4ar hebeea
- a yse awmb al hmet a. mbh
aý.Itr t ar imasild swam.
aet rest asy Isargth ast sd
si ks.iro pt .nI
Te a1ei. willas e wail ma
a"-haned It e- mner be firgaae
-byl the wa we piylges nt bel
thne sssat the p-in at. Ma euhl
oe -il. The wee p
eat seean mumbem of the eaMaie
(ems, them pear Ter Welttlber, whe
-hd bewas ed sle qI leh a.s
b~r twei empoer ,td -hemaaser
aý whe malaem get shesMe es ath
doiem) ats whaet amE t ths
n eot a . lwe s e a as et
Sel il I
meewk ven anawnesom W40
Tpmiy ha meWed ford oehar
amw n aw igwith eae wa
pvoa pelt late etai ss l ha d
w6Mk hevoi aIeN .p Ian der
.. aamb eet o esaM.m ame
__ uis" ll
--= A" 60 1
The wart ied n we aid
S i a i. I
te erawasth ewM. te
-am-i teImi r aie y
l dmnet hagrbe asea4 ha. dhea
Y.m the mar we wee I
"'- - ll-lalmwe " sr
thene pwabeeme er awy tesg
talk. the inp. e Ut adam ean I
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