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•onniii Beyond the Ability «t
\aeml Otfaai.
"That -man can imitate perfectly the
jingle of money," said in a tone of eu
logy a young woman.
"Well, what of that?" objected her
companion. "That ought not to be
hard to do."
"Try to do it."
The objector, after summoning into
his mind the sound of jingling money,
tried. "R-r-r-tat-tat," he went. "Br-br
bra-ra-ra, chk-chkk-chk." Then he
smiled apologetically, for be had failed.
Not by the furthest stretch of the inv
agination could it be said that he had
uttered a sound that resembled mon
ey's jingle in the least degree.
"1 knew you couldn't do it," said the
young woman. "It is amazing how
many simple sounds there are that we
can't imitate, try as we will. There is,
for instance, the sound of a person
walking, the sound of a typewriting
machine in operation, the sound of run
ning water, the sound of a breaking
dish. You can't imitate those com
monplace noises, and I doubt if any
one in the world can. Our vocal ca
pacity seems to us lajrge, but it is real
ly limited enough—as limited as that
of. many animals and much more lim
ited than that of certain birds. That
is why I honor a man who has extend
ed his vocal capacity sufficiently to im
itate the pleasant, silvery sound of
money's jingle."—Baltimore Ilerald.
THE ALBATROSS.
Wonflerfnl Flights of This Great
Feathered Wanderer.
Of all the strange creatures seen by
travelers not the least interesting is
the wandering albatross. This great
featheped wanderer sometimes meas
uring seventeen feet from tip to tip of.
his wings, will follow a ship for days
at a time. Some travel era and sailors
declare that they have seen a particular
bird fly for weeks at a time without
resting. The albatross has always
been a bird of mystery, and in ancient
times the people believed that these
unwearying sea birds were the com
panions .of the Greek warrior Diomedes,
who were said to have been changed
into birds at the death of their chief.
Though the superstition about the
killing of an albatross bringing bad
luck is only a foolish one, it has served
a useful purpose for many years in pre
venting the slaughter of these beautiful
and gallant birds—the sailors' friends
and the landsmen's wonder. Up in
dreary Kamchatka, that outlying part
of Siberia which cuts into the north
Pacific, the natives, never, having
heard of the superstition about the
albatross, catch him and eat him, but
his flesh makes such poor food that,
after all, the legend may be said to
hold good, for he is indeed in bad luck
who has to make a meal of it.—Ottawa
Free Press.
SOLON OF ATHENS.
His Definition of the Most Perfect
Form of Government.
"What is the most perfect form of
government?" was once propounded
at the court of Periander, king of Cor
inth, one of the seven wise men of
Greece. His six fellows were present,
and of them Bias answered first, giv
ing as his opinion, "Where the laws
hfl-po anir^rf"r" Thales of Miletus,
the great astronomer, declared, "Where
the people are neither too rich nor too
poor."
In his turn said Anacharsis, the
Scythian, "Where virtue is honored
and vice detested." Said Pittacus of
Mitylene, "Where dignities are always
conferred upon the virtuous and never
upon the base." Said Cleobulus,
"Where the citizens fear blame more
than punishment." Said Chilo, the
Spartan, "Where the laws are more re
garded than the orators."
The last to reply was the youngest
but wisest of them all, Solon of Ath
ens, who said, "Where an injury done
to the meanest subject is an insult to
the whole cofnmunity."—London tele
graph.
His Glasses.
He was wearing his first pair of
glasses, and at first they afforded great
relief, but at the end of a month there
was a retrogression. Somehow, polish
the lens as he would, the vision ap
peared to be weaker. So he went back
to his oculist and said he thought the
glasses "weren't strong enough."
The oculist stepped aside for a min
ute, then handed his customer what
apparently was another pair. Trying
them drew forth the exclamation:
"Why, these are much better! I can
see now as well as when I first wore
my glasses."
Then he was initiated into one of the
little secrets of the trade. The oculist
had merely cleansed each lens with a
little soap and water.—-New York Post.
Developed Genius.
Lady—Do you think that your in
ventive genius was hereditary or de
veloped? Inventor—I owe it all to my
dear wife. When we were first married
I. used to stay late at the club, and my
firife cross questioned me severely
vrtienever I came home kite. The ne
cessity of Inventing'fresh excuses tax
«d me to the utmost, and this faculty
became so abnormally developed that
|Up. soon as I turned it to business ac
Mant I-made a fortune with ease.
frow Ilea Die,
/More men die from worry than from
Overwork: more stuff themselves to
death than die of starvation more
tpnk their necks falling down the cd
stairs than climbing mountains.—
IL Lorimer.
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A TEST OF NERVE.
(hie of tfte Wars la Which Indtaas'
Duel to the Death.
Among the Indian tribes the method
of fighting .duels differs. There are
some tribes where a challenge to a duel
means inevitably that both men must
die. When an "Indian feels aggrieved
he demands a combat. The day for the
same is fixed far in advance and is
made the'occasion of a little celebra
tion. The entire tribe assembles. The
braves sit in a circle, behind them their
squaws and the young bucks.
The offended man is armed with a
rifle or "a shotgun. The challenged
principal is unarmed. At a word both
men arise and face each other, the un
armed man baring his breast to the
bullet of his adversary. With eyes
riveted on the little round hole at the
end of the barrel pointed at him, the
doomed man must face the protracted
ordeal of expecting death at any in
stant without the least sign of weak
ening. The executioner may hold his
gun as long as he pleases in order to
try to break down his enemy. He may
raise it and lower it or hold it steadily
on the man under the frightful strain,
but not even with an eyelid must the
unfortunate betray his anxiety. At
last the gun cracks, and the bullet
speeds its way and the victim lies dy
ing. The slayer hands the weapon to
relative or a friend of the deceased and
is put through the same ordeal.
BUILDINGS IN MINIATURE.
Architects Often Make Clay Models
of Important Strnctnrcs.
Although the architect is still the
most important person in the planning
any big public or private building, he
often depends on the model maker and
not the draftsman to show his patron
just how the structure will look when
completed. The model maker, in other
words, takes the architect's drawings
and makes an exact counterpart of the
building on a small scale in clay.
When a theater is to be constructed,
for example, such a model is made with
the greatest minuteness, and every de
tail is looked at from the point of view
of the stage, thus avoiding the possi
bility that when it is too late some of
the seats will be found quite out Of
range of the performance. In other
buildings architectural details that ap
pear excellent on paper are thus some
times discovered to be inharmonious
with the character of the structure as
a whole and can' be changed before the
actual process of their construction has
started. By the use of models, in fact,
nothing is left to chance and every
body can express his objections before
the work is too far advanced to make
the necessary changes seriously expen
sive.
RISKY SURGERY.
Danger For the Doctor Who Inocu
lated Empress Catherine.
Inoculation against smallpox preced
ed the modern method of vaccination
and was attended with a good deal of
danger. Thomas Dimsdale. was the
foremost advocate of inoculation. He
inoculated Empress Catherine of Rus
sia. This was in 1768. There was con
siderable danger to life in undergoing
this artificially induced disease. The
czarina, therefore, arranged that dur
ing the whole course of the illness of
her son and herself there should be re
nj'n of n-rrlft linrnfifi lrrpt constantly
ready attached to carriages all along
the post* road the nearest way out of
Russia.
Catherine told Dimsdale -that if bad
symptoms displayed themselves he was
not to remain to look after them, but to
fly for his life without delay or com
punction. She well knew that he would
not be safe if she or the heir of Russia
died in his»hands.
She gave him an order of the most
urgent kind from herself to the suc
cessive postmasters not to delay him
for a minute on any pretext. Dimsdale
received a fee of about $50,000 from
the empress and other gifts besides.
Wearers of Cockades.
Cockades were formerly worn only
by soldiers, which gave rise to the
phrase, common both in England and
France, "to mount the cockade," mean
ing to become a soldier. The black
cockade worn on the hats of officers'
servants was introduced into Britain
by George I. from his German domin
ions. The real right to use it belongs
not only to naval and military officers,
but also to the holders of certain of
fices under the crown, such as privy
councilors, cabinet ministers and
judges, though many people who'can
not claim to be classed under any of
these categories display it on their
servants'- hats.—London Times.
The Slclt Man and the Lawyer.
The sick man had called his la?ryer.
"I wish to explain again to you," said
he weakly, "about willing, my proper
ty"-
The attorney held up his hand reas
suringly. "There,, there!", said' he.
"Leave that ail to me."
The sick matt sighed resignedly.
"I suppose I might as well," said he,
turning upon his pillow "you'll get it
anyway."—Judge.. 3
•f.
||pfc^ WhT Johnny Ate Then*.'S
Mrs. Billus (after the company bad
gone)—Johnny
.you shouldn't have eat
en those preserved fruits. They were
not intended to be eaten. They were
fat on the table to fill up. Johnny Bill
us—Well, that's what I used 'em for.
To
Weft jrwo
so fend. l*m not dMt
Bat, of
OesrM.
On^tr^ TM miit apples to eook
•r to eatf Small Boy-Bbth. Thafs
Wfrt *.'•» for.—Baltimore
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'•Jbo'ifco duty wMeh lieth Mu«$t'to
&•». 5PI»y second dutr tHII al
Nftdy become clearer.—Ctriyle
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ANIMALS' *#AiypgltiNi3S|
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Hlsratorr-Lemmhifi
Race With Death.
The fable of the country' mouse and
the town mouse' has ai foundation is
fact Mice occasionally migrate in
large numbers when food grows scarce
and travel considerable distances to
fresh houses. Farmers in a .part of
Perthshire had a good reason to be
come aware of this fact when a couple
of years ago vast swarms of mice in
vaded their cornfields at harvest time.
But the mouse only travels when it
has to. The rat, on the contrary, seems
to take a yearly outing in very much
the same fashion as do human beings.
Rats are the most migratory creatures
in the world. Whole troops of rats
leave the towns at the end of summer
and spend a month or two in the coun
try, apparently in order to enjoy the
change of food, which the county af
fords at that time of the year in the
way of fresh fruit and grain. Before
the cold weather sets in they are all
back in their old quarters.
Reindeer migrate witliHhe same regu
larity as swallows. They move south
when winter sets In, but as soon as
ever, the snow begins to melt they
travel steadily north, sometimes for as
much as a thousand miles.
To end a holiday by deliberate sui
cide is so strange a phenomenon that
for a long time naturalists looked upon
the stories of the migration of the lem
mings as 'an improbable fiction. Yet
the facts are beyond dispute. At ir
regular intervals these rat-like crea
tures start out from their homes in the
fastnesses of northern Scandinavia in
huge drpves, numbering tens of thou
sands, and travel steadily southward.
Death pursues thejii in a hundred
forms. Ilawks and other birds of prey
hover above them. Foxes, wolves «nd
man decimate them. Thousands, are
drowned in rivers. Yet the rest strug
gle on until they reach the sea. They
do not stop. They plunge in. swim out
and struggle on until at last their
strength fails and they drown. Not
one ever returns from this journey of
death.—London Answers.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
When an attorney offers to settle,
listen.
Some men try to get business by
fighting people.
The successful business man is one
who knows what people will not do.
When a man gets discouraged and
quits, the doctor says afterward that
that was just the time when he should
have held on.
When one of the town boys marries
an out of town girl it creates more
"feeling" than when a town girl im
ports a husband.
When a man wants to sharpen a
knife he hunts up a whetstone. When
a woman wants to sharpen a knife she
takes a few swipes on a crock.
It often happens that the woman
who has a reputation far and wide as
a judge of a good bargain seems to fall
down when she picks out a husband.—
Atchison Globe.
Mediaeval Monarch*.
Almost every mediaeval monarch
claimed the whole or a part of the
dominions of almost every other and
insisted on inserting his claim in his
list of official titles. In treatises and
all official documents, the whole list
-was-reHgaomUy-uMqifori, nn^ as it often
happened that the two negotiating
monarchs had some of the same titles
it became usual to insert a clause in
the list, non praejudicando, in order to
indicate that, no matter how absurd,
inappropriate or untrue were the titles,
they were understood to be inserted be
cause they pleased the monarch who
claimed them, that they did not confer
a valid claim, and so no harm was
likely to result from their use.
An Ingenious Scheme.
A story is told of a Chicago girl
whose verses were always "declined
with thanks" who bit upon the'fol
lowing unique plan for having them
published. She would send a line of
verse from one of lier poems to the
query column of some newspaper and
^ask from what poem such a line came,
the name of the poem and of the au
thor. A friend, also a rhymester,
would send the querist's own poem to
the paper with the desired informa
tion, and of course it wonld appear in
print. The querist would do the same
for the friend and so on until between
them they had all their "poems" print
ed.
Feathered Barometers.
There are lots of birds which proph
esy rain and storm in their actions.
Crows, gulls, wilc^ duck, *snipe, plovers,
woodpeckers, cormorants, wild and
tame swans and most of the wading
birds show great restlessness when
stormy weather Is approaching. They
fly swiftly and often aimlessly up and
down, fluttering from tree to tree and
place to place, and usually scream loud
ly and harshly.—Nature.
Violated the Rales.
Assistant—Here's an account from
your tailor among this morning's let
ters. He writes on the back that he
wants a settlement at once. Editor—
Beturn it with a printed slip stating
that communications written on both
sides of the paper are unavailable.
A® Inherits ^aalltr*
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Mike (the cop)—Faith, an' phwat an
ould fashioned kid thot Is! Katy
(the'
nurse)—Shure it is. An' no wondher
thot she is, fer some av her nndstors
lived nearly 400 years ago.—Judge. ..
:.flsas.
Gayboy—I guess my wife expect*
ffeUem today. '"What makes yon think
•of "Shf tagan the day by making
ItebottM mat for any ose to liv^fa.?,
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