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THE HALL OF FAME
Ths Danube Valley.
The valley of the Danube la probably
the original homo of the prune ami
plum. Not only do they grow wild,
but. whist In more, now boro in Europe
do they reach ouch perfection, and, do
aplte the competition of Franc* nnd
California, Bosnia and Bervla atlll fur
niah the greater part of the world'n
prune supply. Prune* and Hip* are the
two chief aonrees of wealth of tin *ho
B alkan atatea, for after the people have
sold all the prunes they enn for exjx»rt
they feed the mat to tho pigs or dlatlil
them Into prune brandy.-l*rovldeoe<*
Journal.
Birds' Keen Eyesight.
A hawk can apy a lark ui»on a pleco
of earth altnoat exactly the same color
at twenty times the distance It la per
ceptltde to a mau. A kite soaring out
of human eight can atlll distinguish
nnd pounce upon Ilaanla and lleld mice
00 the ground, and the distance at
which vultures and eagles can spy
their prey la almost Incredible. Nearly
all birds have wonderful sight, which
doubtless accounts for the ouleknex*
with which a pigeon, having arrived
over Its native town, swoops down u|e
on the obscure back yard to which it
has been accustomed.
Learning Japanese.
The Japanese language is not difficult
to learn, but for a foreigner It needs
Immense application before he ran
read a single sentence In the Chino
Japanese hieroglyphics, It Is a curious
fact, however, that the complexity of
the system make* no dllfereuce In e l
oeation, for It seems proved that,
though the apparatus required for reml
Ing Japanese Is two syllabaries and
more than 2,000 eharacters, tunny of
which have more than one wound, yet a
Japanese child learns to read as quick
ly as a European child does.—London
Standard.
Mltla of the Ancient*.
Water mills were used In the time of
Julius Caesar. In Roman time* slave
were condemned to the corn mills,
which were propelled by treads Aft
erward cattle were used. In the third
and fourth centuries there were as
many an 800 cattle milts In Heme.
The dame ef Chess.
Chess Is of great antiquity, and !♦*
origin la lost In obscurity. Tliougn
nearly every nation under the suu
claim* the Invention of the pastime. It
la undoubtedly of oriental origin. The
Romans placed over the door of the
temple of Janus "Kx Oiwts Lux ot
Ludua Heat-t-borum" of tho east
came light and the game of chess").
Chew was cnlled by the Hindoo*
"cheturanga." the four augas- that la
the four members of the army-el*
pliant*, horses, chariots aud foot sol
diers The Chinese played chess 8.OO0
years ago as the "game of war."
Why ths Dial Has Sixty Divisions.
We have alxty division* on the dials
of our clocks aud watches because
Hipparchus, who lived lu the second
century before Christ, accepted the
Babylonian system of reckoning time
that system being sexagesimal. The
Babylonians were acquainted with the
decimal, but for common purposes they
counted by "soasT and "sari," the "soe
•o" representing alxty nnd the "earns"
alxty timea sixty a.two. From Hip
parchus that mods of reckoning found
tta way into the works of Ptolemy
about the year 160 A. 1>„ and ou that
authority It haa bemu perpetuated.
Mad* It Homelike.
Itecently a district visitor lu the east
end of London asked the ^ir« of a no
torious drinker why site uUI not keep
her husband from tie* public bouse.
"Well," she answered. "1 'nvc dime
my best, ma'am, but bo will go (here "
"Why don't you make your home lixik
more attractive)*'
"I'm sure I've tried ard to make It 1
'otuellke. ma'am,'' was the reply. "I'v#
took up the parlor carpet ami sprinkled
sawdust ou the floor aud put a beer
barrsl In the corner. But, tor', ma'am,
it ain't made a hit of dlffereuee,"
London Mall.
Hlstsry ef a Weight Standard.
The grain, the smallest weight stand- j
ard in general use. was so called from j
nrtgiually being the weight of a grain
of wheat. A statute which became a I
law In England in the year latttl or
dained that thirty-two grains of wheat
taken from the middle of the ear or
"head" and well dried should make
a pennyweight, that tweuty penny
weights should make one ounce an!
that twelve oun«*es should make .me
pound. Some centuries later there
were some radical changes made in
the above, such as dividing the penny
weight Into twenty four grains, etc
TtU* makes A7«» grains in the troy
pound, as that measure of weight Is
now used In Orest Britain today Lon
doE Bpoctitur.
India Rubber.
Few articles seem more strangely
named than India rubber. It get* the
"rubber" from the first use to which it
uraa put- that of erasing pencil marks !
by rubbing Nor should it he
elated with India. The tiw was first
mentioned hy ok explorer among the
Mexican Indian* three centuries ago.
and to first account of the substance
la in connection with Columbus' visit
to Haiti on hla second voyage. Most
of our present Importation conies from
Brasil. But Columbus and those ex
plorvra who followed him were search
hut for a abort passage to Italia, and
toy supposed that to land toy dl»
covered was India. The name India
rubber la therefore a permanent alga
of their mistake.
O sorga III.'* Ready Wit
George III. waa to author of many
clever sayings. Meeting Lord Kenyon
at a levee soon after tot eminent jna
Haa had bean gnlRy ef a* aytraer
dlnary explosion of til humor In the
court of king's bench, the king remark
id to bint:
"My lord chief justice, I hear that
yon havs tost your temper, and from
my great regard for you I am glad to
bear it, for I hope you will find a bob
ter one."
Having knighted a gentleman named
Day at a levee held on the 9tth of Sep
tember. bis majesty said. "Now I
know that I am a king, for I have
turned Day Into knight ami have mads
Lady Day at Michaelmas.'' — I/ondou
Telegraph.
•Ths Qrlndston*.
A grindstone should be tru* on Its
face. If R Is not so, broad, flat tooli
are liable to be spoiled. The remedy
for a grindstone that baa lost Its even
ness Is to place a flat Iron bar with a
sharp edge on the supporting beam In
such a manner that It will strike tho
uneven part of the atone at every revo
lution until to desired form la again
regained. It is necessary that a atone
should be kept wet when in use or It
would draw the temper of the tools
after a few revolutions, hut It Is not a
good plan to allow the lower portion to
rest In water wbeu Idle. The water
soak* that portion and softens It, and
it soon gets "out of true." and thus
commence* a course of troubles which
la pretty hard to either remedy or stay.
Pieturssque Luxsmburg.
Only a twelfth as large as Holland,
the little grand duchy of Luxemburg 1*
on* of the moat delightful of European
countries. Yet It is almost always neg
lected by the tourists who travel from
Daria to Berlin unconscious of Its near
ness. Luxemburg Is free aud Inde
pendent, and It la quaint and fuaclnat
Ing. It boasts free speech and a free
prase, It has free schools of commerce,
philosophy, fanning, gardening, man
ual tralulug and housewifery, but with
all tta modernity tta ways are still old
and tta cuatoma characteristic, Includ
ing an annual official hunt for wild
boar, and when the city bells ring out
the bourn they play some operatic bit
or a strain from a gay song.—Harper's
Magaxlue.
"Did the old man settle anything ou
bis daughter and her husband whan
they married f "Yea, indeed, be <UL
He settled himself."
Mad* Per Pat Man.
On* of ths narrow arch as In ths gal
lery of the chapel at Columbia univer
sity Is not exactly symmetrical, al
though the defect la not nottoeable to
the casual observer. The reason for
tba widening of the arch after Its orig
inal construction had rise in a some
what humorous occurrence. On* of
the early visitor* was a remarkably fat
man, who found himself wedged Into
the arch when h* tried to sqneeae
through and waa extricated with some
difficulty. The builders, recognising
the possibility of other fat people be
ing numbered among the future via*
Itors, decided to widen the arch, sac
rificing symmetry and harmony to
practical need, aa the pier waa so con
structed as to bear no lorn of width
on on* of Its aide*.-New York Globs.
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Caribou Horn*.
Not on* out of every ten female cari
bou has horns. When they do have
them, they are much smaller than
those of the bull. The horn* of the
female have, however. In general many
mors branch** than those of the bull,
and they are much more regularly and
finely formed. The cows carry their
born* much longer than the bulla.
They have bean scan with tbslr bores
la the month of April. Tba old bulla
abed their horns from the 10th to the
hist of November. They hardly #v*r
carry them after the month of Novem
ber. The young balls shed theirs from
the first of December until the middle
of February. The younger the animal
ths longer he retains his borne
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Mountain of tho Saorod Footprint
Adam's peak, or Mount Baiuanala. a
ragged mountain In the Island of Cey
lon, Is known throughout the orient aa
the "Mountain of the Sacred Foot
print" In a flat, rocky basin at tbs
foot of this mountain In stono aa bard
aa blue granite there la to perfect im
print of a gigantic human foot five and
one-half feet long by two and ono-halt
feet wide. The Ceylonese Brahmans
have a legend to to effect that the Im
print was mad* by Adam, our first par
ent, hut to Buddhists declare that R
could have been mad* by no on* bat
Buddha.
Water Need Iso.
Bo penetrating la water at high pres
sure that only special qualities of cast
Iron will be tight against IL in to
early days of to hydraulic jack It waa
uo uncommon thing to aa* to water
Uautng like a fine needle through to
metal, and to water needle would
penetrate to unwary ■ — ar just as
readily as a steel ooe.
One Drawback.
"It's a good Idea to has* somethlng
"Yep,- answered Peter Curatooaei
"only that kind o' cash la a good deal
llko a reg'lar umbrvtt*. Bofne other fat
ier is liable to walk off with It Jee' aa
to abower starts." - Washington Star.
Serious Business.
Gladys—I am going to buy aa auto
mobile, and I want you to go along
and help me select one. Cousin Jack
Not for toe. little girt Why. I even
wouldn't pick you out a husband.—
Puck
He DM Nat Need It
Baskin—1 can't go on. I haven't a at
makeup. Manager-What ate you play
ing tonight! Buskin—The fool to
Maaager-Oe right on. Never mtoi
PITH AMD P OINT.
It never doss a Wt of good to criticise
• (ML
tlianet any stove works wall In warm
weather.
■very man Baa a tlttl* when be writes
lev* letters.
■ Mighty few things wear out aa quick
ly as a welcome.
Pew of ns at* ae superstitious that
finding a hors as hoe affords more joy
than finding a dollar.
If you at* cheerful under affliction
yon are called Indifferent, and If you
make a fuse over It you are called self
to. and th ere yon are.—Atchi eon Globe.
A Maal ef Locusts.
In the West Indies the negroes eat
freely of the Mg grab found In palm
tress The fat, whit* morsel, which
toy call "grugru," la not cooked or
salted. The aborigine* of Australia
live almost entirely on a butterfly
known aa the bo gong. Tba files ap
pear In batches on the rocks, and the
natives smother them with smoke from
fires built below. It la said that a Hot
tentot, with an appetite made sharp
by the simple Ufa, can devour 800 fnt
locusts at a sitting and feel better sat
isfied than If ha had paid $8 for a ton
soars* dinner. Tbs Arabs dry the to
costs and pulverise them Into flour
for bresdmaktng purposes. The Moors
sank* a stow of torn, and after boiling
la water far a few minutes they ate
Satan with salt pepper and vinegar.
The locusts found in Central Africa
are enormous, and the native negroes
cat them in two and fry them In fat
and find them not only appetising, but
nourishing. A flight of these big to
rusts Is a matter of tribal tbankaglv
Snakes With Two Heads.
I have lately been assured by more
than <»* of my friend* that they have
soon In northern India snakes with two
heads I., a, without a tall, but with a
second and perfectly formed head In
the place where the tall ought to be
They assure me that there are sped
mens to northern India museums and
that tbeas franks of nature are fro
qusntly found by the natives. The rid
me la added that the natives declare
that each bead lives and performs ac
tive service for six months In the year
In torn. The snakes are said to grow
to about three feet In length. I my
self have killed a small snake with
two beads, but these were both at the
same end of the reptile, a very differ
ant matter, which la, I believe, a well
known freak and In die same category
with two beaded calves.—Pioneer.
Mad and His Dress.
The well d r ess id man wean clothes
tot no on* ever notices; at business
except In the very warmest weather,
usually dark. No on* ever notices
clean linen, while linen soiled ever so
alighdy Is very conspicuous. No one
ever notices a hat nnleaa it la of ultra
shape, dirty or shabby. No one ever
notices shoes nnleaa they are loud or
need blacking or are ran down at the
heels or shabby. No one ever notices
clean finger nails, whit* those needing
attention are always conspicuous. The
man should not be tost sight of by ths
cousplcnonane** of hla cloth**, either
from being ovsrdreseed or shabbily
drssai d.—Batten's Wedge.
Ths One and the Naught.
Oltver Wendell Holmes once sent two
poetical latter* to to "poatofflee" of an
Episcopal fair at Pittsfield, Maas Is
one of tom the first stania waa:
Fair lady, whoeosver thou art
Tura this poor leaf with tsndersst oars
And hush. oh. hush, thy beating heart.
Ths oaa thou lovsat will be there.
On turning to "poor leaf" tore was
found a dollar bill, with some vans*
beginning:
Fair lady, Uft thine eyes and tell
U thle Is not a truthful latter.
This la to on* (1) thou lovoth well.
And naught (0» eon make thee lose k
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boxed, moved and
stored. Everything
handled with care.
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Onion and stands the test
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We Need Only Eight
Second Hand Or&ai
We have received an order for Eighteen
Organs, ten of which we have secured.^,
to be delivered at once for one of the big Indian
schools in the west. With this in view we
are making exceptionally good allowances for
these in exchange on new organs or pianos.
Cut out the blank below fill it out and mail it to
us at once. You will learn something to yotir
advantage.
Also Three Square Piai
We can also use two second hand uprights and three
Pianos, providing we can get them soon. We allow yon an 1
pecially good valuation at this time on all old instruments 1
even slightly used. Uprights in exchange for Pianos,
or Pianola Pianos.
Cut out the coupon and mail us at once. This your oppor
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