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MERELY A MASTERPIECE.
tot a "Mensage" In Lovely Diction
For the Junior rannaer.
A man who wanted to lecture called
.t a breau presided over by two man
agers.
He aroused their Interest with a lec
turer's art, says the Lyceumite, but
unfortunately the senior member was
just starting on a trip and would not
return for at least a month.
The senior partner called the young
man to one side and exacted a solemn
promise that he would not visit an
other bureau or read his lecture to
anybody until after he had given this
particular-manager a reading and a
chance -to make him an offer a month
hence.
The interest of the junior member,
however, was at white heat, and he
kept sending for the young lecturer, in
sisting that he come down to the office
and read his lecture. The young man
refused with as much tact as- possible,
but this only increased the anxiety of
the junior.
At last the young man told of the
promise made the senior partner. In
stead of quieting the junior manager,
the announcement made him the more
anxious, and finally the young man
consented.
The reading ended, the junior part
ner said:
"Now, your reading this has saved
us all much valuable time. I'll tell you
frankly, my boy, it won't do. There's
no message in it; it is loosely construct
ed; the diction Is poor. It won't do.
Burn It and try again."
When the senior partner returned he
called up the young lecturer and sound
ly berated him for breaking faith.
"How do I know you have not been
to every bureau in town? You promis
ed me on your honor you would read
the lecture to nobody-not even to my
partner."
The young man -protested that he
had not done so.
"Why," exclaimed the - senior man
ager, "of course you have! He tells me
that you came down here to the office
two weeks ago and read-him the entire
lecture and that he -told you it was no
good."
"Yes," replied the young man; "after
much persuasion I did read him a lec
ture which he told me was no good,
but it was not my lecture-It was Wen
dell Phillips' 'Lost Arts!'
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The Rain In the Wood.
The lamentable effects of the gener
al destruction of forests are now suf
ficlently recognized in all civilized
countries. Such destruction Invites
devastating floods In mountain streams
and causes the surrounding land to
dry up. Forests act like vast~ con
densing screen. They preserve a
moist atmosphere about them, atten
uate the force of torrential downfalla,
promote a more gradual melting of the
snow In early spring and protect the
sol against too rapid evaporation.
And yet the manner In which forests
act their beneficent part Is not exactly
such as might be supposed. They pre
vent a large part of the rain that falls
from reaching the soil at all. It is es
timated that In European climates the
forests evaporate directly or transpire
physiologically four-fifths of the rain
that falls upon them. Thus the forest
atmosphere is no less Important than
the forest soil In equalizing the ci
matic conditions of a country.-Youth's
Companion.
Tale of a Coat.
The clawhammer, or evening coat,
has many oddities of cut These oddi
ties were.once essentials. There was,
in fact, a time when every idiosyn
crasy of the clawhammer served some
useful purpose. The cutawP.y front of
the coat, for instance, was origInally
cut away so that the wearer when on
horseback wouild not be incommoded.
The two buttons at the back were for
fastening up the tails out of harm's
way, each tail having In the -past a
buttonhole at its end. The sleeves,
with their false cuffs, are relics of the
days when sleevees were always turned
back and therefore were always made
with cuffs that unbuttoned. The coli
Jar, with its wide notches, Is a sur
yval of the old collar that was notch
ed In order that Its wearer could turn
It up conveniently In cold or stormy
weather. The dress coat, In a word, is
a patchwork of relics--relics once es
sental, but now of no use on earth.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Webster's Fine Talk to a Fish.
I had a chat once with old John At
taquin, then a patriarch among the
few survivors of the Mashpee Indians.
He had often been -Mr. Webster's
guide and companion on his fishing
trips and remembered clearly many of
their happenings. It was -with a glow
of love and admiration amounting to
worship that he related how this great
isherman, after landing a -large trout
on the bank of the stream, "talked
mighty strong and fine to that.fish and
told him what a mistake he-bad made
and what a fool he was to take that
ly and that he would have been all
right If he had left It alone."
Who can doubt that patient search
would disclose somewhere In Mr. Web
ster's speeches and writings the elabo
ration, with high Intent, of that
"mighty strong and fine" talk address
ed to the fish at Mashpee?-~"Fishing
and Shooting Sketches," by - Grover
Cleveland.
A Literary Tragedy.
When Carlyle had finished the first
volume of his great work on the French
revolution he lent the manuscript to
his friend John Stuart Mill. One even
ing soon afterward Mill entered Car
lyle's door, pale as Hectog ghost, 'with
the dismal information, gased out In
almost inarticulate words, that .-tIh
the exception of about four or - fve
sheets the manuscript was completely
annihilated. Mill had left it too care
lessly lying about, and a servant, think
ing It so much waste paper, had burned
It. Five months of steadfast, occasion
ally excessive and painful toil utterly
lost! For three weeks Carlyle could
do nothing but read Marryat's novels.
Then one night, sitting talkng to his
cook, he decided It should be 'written:
again and eventually finihed "such a
task as I never tried before or since."
A Valuable ILesson.
"Six years age I learned a valuable
esson," writes John Pleasant, of Mag
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WAGER OF BATTLE.
The First Duels Are Said to Have
Been Fought In Italy.
The first duels were fought in Italy,
according to Millingen, who speaks of
a manuscript discovered at Cassel and
describes a duel between a father and
a son in the reign of the Emperor The
odorie. When Charlemagne forbade
wager of battle among the Lombards
he encountered the fiercest opposition
from the nobles. Early in the ninth
century De Medicis, a-knight, defeated
in single combat the - bandit Mugel,
who devastated the Florentine district
now called after him, Mugello. Othe
II. granted the prayer of the nobility
for the re-establishment of wager of
battle in 988. Woinen and priests
were not compelled to accept it. The
Normans showed less -gallantry. With
them a woman had to accept, nor could
she name a champion. Her male op
ponent, however, was buried to. his
waist In the -earth. Armed with a
club,- he tried to strike-her as she-cir
led around him, his weapon being a
ball-of Iroizat the end of a cord. If he
ftled- to touch her at the third at
tempt - he was vanquished, which
meant to him death with dishonor.
Beccarin says that the reason so
many duels were fought In Italy In
the early days is that where the law
does not afford protection one must
look to single combat to retain the re
speet of one's fellow men. In the mid
die ages the ferocity of Italian duels
passes belief. "Any way of putting an
enemy to death ('ogni modo') is good
enough," says one of their writers.
"When an Italian spares his vanquish
ed adversary," says Brantome, "he 1
mnims his arms and legs and gives
him as % -memento of his kindness and
generosity a hideous gash across the
face." Lampagnano practiced on a
painted model of Galeazzo Sforza be
fore he stabbed him. Dueling was
called "a- scienza cavalleresca."-Corn
bill Magazine.
Neighbors Got Fooled.
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death, and had become too, weak to
leave my bed; and neighbors predicted
that I would never leave it alive, but
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Hard on Beggars.
The philanthropist, banding the beg
gar a dime, said:
"The world-Is in a bad enough way,
dear kno-'s, but I am not one of those
men who -say that It goes back Instead
of forward. Take your ease, for in
stance. You are practically unmolest
ed, aren't you? A -few months is the
most you ever get for begging. And
do you know what would have been
done to you in the fifteenth century?
The first time they caught you begging
they'd have whipped you at -the- cart's
ta. The second time they'd have slit
your right ear and bored a hole in your
left ear with a hot Iron. Catchin you
a third time, they'd have put you to
death as a felon."
"Gee," said the beggar, "9who'd ''a'
thunk it?"-New York Press.
It Is Woman's Way.
When a woman undertakes to decap
itate a fowl or anything with an--ax
she- grasps the tool close to the head,
*rases her chin, squints both eyes,
clinches two rows of teeth and backs
straight down, missing her -aim by
about two- inches. That was sufmclent
for a Batavia jady to sever- her left
thumb. She was not a fainter-and, re
placing the thumb, which -had been
chopped- at the first joint,--bound -the
parts together -and -has excellent prom
ise of its complete restoration. The
game Is not always lost when "thumbs
-are-down."-Detroit News-Tribune.
Timely PreeautIon.
-"Maria," said Mr. Qufgley,- entering
his home In- some excitement, "I want
you to promise- me not to look at the
papers for the next three months!"
"What for?" wonderingly asked Mrs.
Quigley.
"I have just been- nominated for a
pubic offle," he-faltered, "and I don't
want you to find-out what-kind of man
I really amn."-Chicago Tribune.
Shrewd Gamze.
"Exry!" yelled the bright newsboy.
"All about the ter'ble wumpty-er
wump!".
"E?" asked the Inquisitive 3ld man.
"What did ye say, sonny?"
"I didn't say It," replied the boy.
"Buy a paper an' see."-llfnneapolls
Journal.
Always Growling.
"Binks Is always -growling that he
doesn't have justice -done him."
"Yes. When-he gets -a halo he'll prob
-ably say It isn't-asquare thing."-New
York Times.
This May Interest You.
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ble, so just remember that Foley's Kid
ney Cure will stop the irregularities
nd cure any case of kidney and blad
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medicine. Tbe Arant Co. Drug Store.
When Hoops -Began.
When were hoops "in" for -the first
time? According to Strutt, "trundling
the hoop Is a pastime of uncertain or
igin, but much in fashion at present"
(1801). Dr. Murray's dictionary, inci
dentaly remarking that the original
hoop affected by boys was a barrel
hoop, gives no English reference to It
earlier than 1792. -But the hoop was
wel known to ancient Greek and Boe
man boys, who called It a "trochus"
(wheel). Their hoops were made of
bronze, and- representations of them on
ens show that they were driven by a
little book -with a wooden handle, very
like the modern boy's hoop stick. This
was called by -the Greeks "elater"
(driver) and by the Boznmn "clavis"
(key). Sometimes the ancient hoop had
bels attached to it, and modern Lou
don may be glad to be spared at least
that exasperation.-London Chronicle.
Unfortunate Omission.
One of the most singular instances of
puishment for an oversight was that
-shown by the commitment of an alma
na -maker to the Bastille in 1717. It
was made out by order of the Duke of
Orleans, regent during the minority of
Louis V. of France, and read as fol
lows: "Laurence d'Henry, for disre
spect to King George I. In not mention-.
Tg him in his almanac as king of
Great Britain." How long this un
lucky almanac maker remained in pris
on Is -unknown. The register of the
Bastille, -examind at the time of the
revolution, failed-to throw any light on
ANCIENT EMBALMING,
Not Only People but Anima Were
MNummaed In Egzypt.
Myrrh, which was fabulously sup.
posed to be the tears of Myrrha, who
was turned into a shrub, was i, plant
of handsome appearance, wih spread.
Ing, fernlike foliage and large umbels
of white flowers. It was found princi
pally in Arabia and Abyssinia. In
early times the perfume distilled from
It was greatly in requisition for em
balming.
* Herodotus gives a detailed account
*f the ancient mode of embalming
which is perhaps more Instructive than
pleasing. After the body -had under
gone much preparation, which, to spare
your feelings, will not be described, it
was filled with powdered myrrh, cas
and other perfumes. It was then steep
ed in natron, a strong solution of soda,
for seventy days. After this it was
wrapped in bands of fine perfumed
linen, smeared with aromatic gums.
Not only people .were thus embalm
ed, but the crocodiles of Lake Moeris,
which, after their mummification, were
decorated with ornaments =nd jewels
ad laid in one -of the subterraneanu.
passages of the great labyrinth with -
much pomp and display. The sacred
cat, ichneumon and other cherished an
mals devoutly worshiped by the Egyp
:ians were embalmed with scrupulous
and fanatical care. On days special to
the memory of the dead the mummies
were newly sprinkled with perfume, '
ncense was offered before them and
their heads anointed with fresh oil-in
the same spirit as we lay new blooms
pon the graves of our dead.
WHISTLER AS A TEACHER.
G Genius Who Showed DiSculty I
Imparting His Knowledge.
Whistler was certainly a genius, but
he showed sdme difficulty in imparting
hls knowledge. His criticisms were of
ten foggy and uncertain, and he hard
y ever found words in which to ex
press himself. It was almost an Im
possibility to develop without becom
ng a slave and copying him in every
way. With a- majority of the students
his was a dangerous method. If one
=me with a spark of originality It was
mctnguished immediately by the doma-'
nating personality of the master: He
mould see art only from his pwn stand
point, and he insisted on all of us using
the same palette and the same'brushes
as himself and on our seeing all ob
jects with his eyes. The result to an
>rdinary outsider was ridiculously mo
itonous
I well remember a- Frenchman who
wanted to join the class -coming to
riew some of the studies and then. re
narking, with an amused smile, "Vous
tvez beaucoup des petus Wheestafrs"
Lhis *as perfectly true of the major
[ty, but there were a few matured men
who hardly carried out Whistler's
formulas- as regards the palette and
method, but wio, owing to their more
ndependent attitude; profited mhuch.b
the -crticisms.-Century.
-VotingdIn -Paris.
"In Paris only one-Ufth of the votem
go to the polls and cast their balblts," -
ad an Amejican who has lived in
Pars as a business man for several
ears past "This is not because .they
annot vote, but because they do not
eare to. Everybody in the city is in
terested In politics, but when the time
o vote comes few care to go to-the
polls. The man who wins is most
often the man who promises every:
thing. For istance, In .my district,
last time a man was elected who
promised to put a new shed on the
market. I know of another deputy
who was kept in <diice fifteen yearsbe
cause he promised to add an extra sar
dine to the .daily rations of the .so!
ids. There are so many soldiers that,
that made a big difference. They did
not get the sardine, but he continued
o promise and kept office."-Wasblug
ton Post
Man and Art.
In ancient -times there stood In the
citadel of Athens three statues of Mfin-'.
erva. The first was of olive wood anf.
according to popular tradition, had~
fallen from heaven. The second was
of bronze, commeniorating the victory =
of Marathon, and the third of gold ~M-d
ivory-a great miracle of art In the
days of Pericles. And thus in the'
citadel of time stands man himelf.
n childhood, shaped of soft and deli
cate wood, just fallen from heaven;
n manhood 'a statue of bronze, comn- -.
memorating struggle and victory, and,
lastly, in the maturity of age, perfectly
shaped in gold and Ivory-a miracle of
-Temper.
Temper itself is not a bad quality
It s not to be destroyed, as we some
times say. Without temper -a -bar of
steel becomes like lead- A man with
ut temper is weak and worthless.
We are to learn self control. A strong
person is one who has a strong tem
per under perfect mas'tery. There Is a
deep truth here-that our mistakes and
ur sins, if we repent of them, will*
help In the growth and upbuilding of
ur character. .. .
Fair Proposition.
"Don't you -throw off anything be
ause of the big boles in these dough
nuts?' asked the new wife of the
baker.
"I'll tell you," he -replied, scratching
his chin. "Eat the doughnuts, and
we'll make a liberal allowance when
you return the holes."
A sleep Inducer.
Hicks-Did you hear about Mackln?
They called the Rev. Mr. Dulley to his
bedside last evening. Wlcks-D~o your
mean to say he is in a dying condi
tIon? Hicks-Oh, no; only a bad case
f insmnia.
Housekeeping In Japan
I never could regard houseclening
seriously in Japan, where the walls
can be put aside by one hand,2where
there Is no particular furnitre'to-wor- '
ry one anid where even the matting can'
be laid and lifted without tacks- or
nails. But the Japanese housekeepers
of my acquaintance rather resented my
light attitude, assuring me, quite after
the manner of housekeepers all over
the world, that It is all very hard and'
requires much work--oh, very much
work Indeed. In order to justify my
self to one housekeeper I drew .a comn
parison of her own difficulties and
those of an American woman, but the
Amerian picture seemed to her so ter
rble and she became so deeply sym
pathetic that I had to stop short to
save her felns-oueepr
Fit and Fought.
One would have thought this an'
Americanism, but I find It in Garrick's
"Miss In Her Teens," where Tag says
to Flash: "Oh pray let me see you
fight! There were two gelmenfi
yesterday," etc. (act 2).-NOts and