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HEREDITARY RANK.
Pr*ce4#are la FutflauU a* It Mtracll
aa Aut'rltau Girl.
I knew a youu* Aiiieiicau g'irl who,
goiDK to England under the cure of an
ttiuLMHHadoi - 8 family and attending her
flntt large dinner parts and looking
about her, Selected u* the guest in the
nxnu who most interested Lei one mau
of dilitiuguisln*d U5pe» t. whom she le
Solved to w a tell. When the guest*
were ushered into tlie dining hall ac
eoitiing to the laws of precedence she
found herself at the ver>' end of the
brllrtiint prtK'esslon as one of two un
titled plebeians in the room, assigned
to tfie escort of the very man w ho hud
Interested her and who turned out to
be Samuel Rogers, the [>oet and patron
of art and the recognized head of lit
erary society in England. She always
•aid that she secured two things at
that entertainment namely, the most
delightful companion that she ever
had at a dinner party and, moreover, u
In the outcome of mere hered
itary rank that would last a lifetime.
ItogenT i>o<*uiS art* not now read so
much as formerly, hut at that time the
highest literary honor a man eould
have was to dine with Rogers. JJe was
also one of the richest bunkers in Lop
don and wa* very possibly the only
pemon lu the room who had won for
himself a reputation outside of his
own little Island, but he was next to
nobody in that conltfuny. and the little
American girl was the nobody. Thom
as Wentworth lllgglnson In Atlantic.
THE PRINCE’S WRAITH. 01,!> TIME BASEEAEE.
S D \ I'pu rlt lou ( o in I n K V\aa ■
> 1 K • * «*f D^Mth.
K ! ng < Ju*tavu* 1\ of Swvilcn, who
reigned in the early part of the last
century, was taking supper one evening
with tin* Prince of Haden and others,
filming them a Count Lowcnhjelm Sud
denly, halfway through the supper, tie*
king let drop hi* knife and folk and,
tuiliillg to 1 .o\S elihjelm, *ald. Look!
1 *o11 t y oil see';" at the same time gaz
Ing across the table. No one under-
Htood what he meant, and so he drop
ped the subject. alter, after the
Prince of Baden lu.d departed, the
king said to his companions; "When 1
asked you whether you saw anything.
I had mysrlf distinctly seen the dnu
hie. or wraith, of the Prim e of Baden
enter the room and. passing round tU»
table, place Itself behind that prince's
chair, where It quickly faded away and
vanished. You know," added the king,
"the terrible import attached In our
country to such apparitions, and. hnv
Ing given you the key to what you may
well have thought unaccountable con
duct on my part, I now request you to
keep strictly to yourselves what 1 have
Imparted to you " The following even
Ing and at the same hour, according to
Count J/OW enhjelm, while the court
was seated as usual at supper, the clat
ter of horse's hoofs was heard in the
palace quadrangle, ami a courier was
spHHlIly announced, who brought tid
ings of a disastrous carriage uecident i
In which the Prince of Baden had lost
his life.
IT WAS NO T bCltNT|F;c AND FLW
RULtb WLM& OBbtRV: L).
The llattrr V\ a a um the I'nd-
dlruiai,. and the l*lt< her * Ohjeet
W on to Ihrow a Hall I hat » nuld lie
III!—"Lirluwlnu I •* the Sid. ."
A COOL OFFICER.
Fie F'aee<l an \ 11 k rv l.niidun Mob and
G..I I air I ‘ 1.1 > .
I" ’I •• '••(•■.i., ..m Hyde
I " ' I I: I ' ! 1*.
w el! i .-I,..•ml i •! ed U_
d"\> i, t i,i■ f.-m ..j ||
l ime W ;11 not till li h.ic
hilt t he mind . .in 11\
day * before ba.wb.iII or ;
tl.iys before haseh.ill
imw n a lid before it h.
scieiitith 1 here were 1
those day s in tow n a ml
the countr.. hall game '
1. in U> tllght.
! tk t.. the
It least to the
Was no Well
id become so
aail g' . lues in
t o-unt i y . and
a .in all e\ elit.
e ' (Mint I S hoy
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,• in-m, on a
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p'l k to; Hr, -
1 Lomas \\ ent-
i the \ t la ntlc
i er w In, w as
, Ula oiiS('loiUi
i'l.Neut'y
11"in the war
that Ins reg'l-
dea 1 w 1th the
hoy > met on
and. w Imtii
V. .m Jo taife
pointed Laid
tw.. (Of ; I 1 ,
'll
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SEED IS NATURE'S GEM
It la the One l-rlreleaa Jewel la Her
'1 reaanre lluoae.
In nature's j;reat treasure liuusc tlie
•east Is tlie one priceless item Coin
pared to It tlie great deposits of coal,
the inluea of silver and gold and of
d 1mmoods aud precious stones are as
nothing. Man counts tils wealth in
dollars and cents. In udnltig and rail
road shares and lu houses and lands,
wbli^ bis primal necessities lire limited
to fobd and clothing Without these
all other tokens of utlluence are void
These Indeed are M • sources of true
wealth, and the gr .•» <•: tbr Held s'-n
piles them all dir--' 11)' or Indirect!,.
The cereal grains win rt r\»■ nis.
barley, rice and Indu, , -rn . ich
are tlje seeds of true grasses, arc con
vertlble directly Into food. The succu
lent leaves and culm of the wild grass
es furnish sustenance to millions of
cattle, sheep and goals and ate trails
formed by them Into tlesh. milk, wool
and hides, thus Indirectly providing
meat aud clothing They also protect
the soil from flood and drought aud
landslide. Sending their flbrotis roots
down among the shifting sands of the
seashore, they hind the unstable par
ticles Into a mass so dense #s lo check
the erosion of (tie waves Thus grass,
the synonym of frailly. Is able to raise
Its tiny green scepter against the de
structlve power of the elemeoU. idut
Ing.
CALIFORNIA'S CHARM.
How the Visitor Prom the Eaat
i'limllr l apllolnlra.
Von will not And everything in south
ern t'nllforiihi Von will miss the wide
stretches of green In the open places,
far removed from the dusty cities, the
noble trees, the char streams of wa
ter, the blue lake nestled in among the
[due clad mountains You will miss
that splendid miracle the change of
the seasons, when your whole nature
comes into closer touch with the great
mother heart of nature than at any
other time In all fb» year-
to'! will miss n |iut wb .
, e ,.'t-n ■ tr. her
, ; r i -inh of i ;ne arui • - ft.
t ati.cr Itlcud i'c .-act, o' > r. eucn
the sea wistes you and the Ho .verscharm
yon nml the brown iiiountiilns beckon
you and the soft air soothes you. after
a year has passed you And there are
some compensations for the loveh
things you have left tiehind you. You
collie lo reaiW Ihut nature has done
more for this stretch of noH Wild lhut|i|
lain girt hind than she has done for
any other spot on the globo.
You may have been charmed with
California when you eame. you may
have been eaptivat.sl after you h--
been here a year, you may capitulat ■
wod consent to be eaidured by e
lime two go|de|, sotnjip'rs have stolen
over you - The World Today.
„ A Retort.
Dean Farrar aoou after he went to
8t. Margaret’s, Westminster, was din
ing at Professor Jewett's and toward
dessert took up the parable against
Dives. His voice rose higher and
higher, be spread silence around him.
and be was beard thundering out:
“What I complain of as a clergyman
la that I have to do what uo layman
haa to do. I have to beg and beg in
vain. Fashionable ladles come to my
church glittering with precious gems,
and yet they will not sacrifice one dla
mood from their grand tiaras in order
to save some erring sister from de
struction." When he tlntshed the si
lence grew sultry. AH the hearers
looked gloomily at their plates. Then
Jowett, who had been looking as
though he men at mischief, squeaked
out. "What I object m us a clergyman
Is that I have to exaggerate so!”- Si
James Gazette.
Itui Water,
Cold blooded people, who have little
thirst, will do w ell lo tiiuku u business
of drinking a certain amount of he
water every day throughout the win
ter season It lessens the tendency to
fake fold, Improves the circulation and
beuefits gouglp, and Insomnia.
Jtefore going fn bP4 is » v,>r y
lime for Ibis practice, as If warms op
and relaxes the system. thd» prepaying
the way for a good night’s sleep.
Many cuss's of Indigestion, headache-
neuntlgla, cold hands and feet, eat) he
cured lu half an hour by d.Inking slow
ly one or two pints of water so hut
that It almost hums the throat.—Med
leal Hrlcf.
I>««th SeeseM In Poetry.
Poefg are. If possible, worse offend
er» In the matter of their death scenes
than are novelists A man pulls a two
dram vial of aome poison from his
breast, swallows fbe contents, proceeds
to make a 1100 line siteech without a
pang or a gasp, staggers gracefully
backward to a conveniently placed
seat, drops upon It. clasps the region
of the heart with both hamts and dies
after a little couvulalve moveoutat of
the legs Heart disease too. currlus
off heroine* In a fashion quite un
known to doctor*, and. although It Is
of the variety known ns 'broken
heart." has characteristics which must
not be generally associated with true
ture&f ao Important an organ, brlt-
Uh Medical Journal.
Malay I'orlry.
The Malays possess a poetical na
ture and. like the Japanese, regard the
writing of poetry as an art to be as
pi rod to by anybody. Short couplets
gre their delight, especially those with
a little moral attached. One foundtsl
on the Weather tends tg comfort a per
son who has been badly treated ''bo-j,
It la wot, now it is hue a day Will
come for retaliation." Then, again, nf
lovers they say, "As the owl sighs
longingly for the moon." A young
and pretty bride they speak of as be
ing ' like a sarong not yet unfolded.’'
an apt Illustration when one think* of
the bright colors of new sarongs.
HU Ft rat Sbad
Abner Stone bad lived "Inland" all
hi* and knew all there was to be
known about pork and beef as articles
of food. Hia acquaintance with the
product* of the aea. on the other band,
wk* reTy whgbt Once, however, when
at tb« *oashore he was Introduced to
•had abd asked bow he liked It.
"Well." »ald tins old farmer, with a
brave attempt at a smite, I culeiute I
• hell tvhin I get kinder wonted to it,
tuebb*. but It does seem, JinU ut fust,
ye know, consld'able like trylu' U> eat
a paper o' buttered plus!"
('ondrnntttl Milk Lacks Water.
(Steam emanating from boiling milk
i( ic?04di*ust*d would become water.
Tlda may be seep in the
of condensed vvUkT la only ordp
nary milk boiled djown until tba natei
U out of It. If a liquid wbicb con(a)nt»
solid bodies In solution be evaporated,
the solids are left behind. That this
Is so may be shown by adding to wa
ter that Is to be distilled u trace of
magenta and a little salt The dl*-
tilled water has no taste ami Is color-
le*8 The magenta Is generally de
posited Upon the sides of the boillug
r easel.
A Scotch Tooth.
Dentist (after struggling for twenty
minutes In a vain endeavor to extract
the tooth) I must say you yov have
the tlrmest tooth I ever had-to deuj
with. Patient Pm In nae hurry. It #
graun' practice for ye, an’ It’ll teach
ye that we maun a’ wo k for oor Ily
in'."
'1 lici t- u crc no ('hilt*,
of those da>s ua* not grcgarioiis Hi
I'ictc.’ed tlocLing b> 11!iii'•( 11 ah'l re
maili ng indepelident ( hi Minda \ aft
eriio«.iis tin- ncighboilioo
sonic u ell crossed p.'ist II
er ten or torn . o\cr\ m
part in tin* game Self .
ers divided the boy* in
lin-s Ly a I; maia t cLv pal
the mi pills sva* cvliaii-
W lib ll \\ .IS ho roll! id M I
in \v n^-d. but a *toiit
blade t wo inches 11;n L and f«
w Ide with it con \ enieiit ha nd
on to U. was the chosen arbiter (Vi:e
ot the leaders spot on the side of tins
bat. \\ h ch u' ..m hoiiesily called "the
paddl and asked the leader of tlie
opposition forces. "Wet or dry'.'" The
paddle was then sent whirling up in
the air. am: when it came d.iw n v\ 11L 11
e\a*r side non went to the hat. w tide
the others scattered over the tn-ld
'1 he ball w as not w !ia t w oul. 1 be
calh-d a "Nat on a I 1 ;iie IciH" n o w a
days, but it s'-r* <* 1 ■ er> purpose It (
was lisuallv pi.nle on tin- spot b\ so-ne
boy ofterilig Up hm woolen socks a* ;.n
oblation, and those were raveled .-uid
wound round a bullet, a liandfii! of
strips cut from a rubber overshoe. ;i
piece of cork or almost anything or
nothing, when anything w a* not a\ ail
able T^e winding of this hall was an
art. and whoever could c\c(T in this
art was look-*-’ upon as a superior be
Ing. Tin* b. . ivist be a perfect sphere
and the ilj-ea«ls as regularly laid as
the wjrc pu the helix of a magm-tu
urmatuiu v icq tlm wtmUutr was* v)\n
’det*- Hi- 81. ri ai »■ of the ball wa.* tie r
ouglily f • • 1 with a large needle aud
thread t nrevtiit It from unwinding
w ln*n a Uiread waw cut. The diamond
was not arbitrarily marked off as now.
Sometimes there were fou bases . nd
sometimes six or seven. They were not
equhllNb'iit, but were marked by any
fortuitous rock or shrub or depression
||) thp ground where the steers were
wont to b»*llow ami paw up tlm cartli.
in c of these tejlunal eavRniu wa.. I
most nure to be MOU*ct»Hl hm "the den,"
now calhs* the home plate. There were
no mask8 or m'tts or protectors. There
was no science or chicanery, now
cnlhsl "head work." The strapping
young oafs, embryonic teachers, pn-sl
(Jpnjy and premiers were too lamest for
this Tim Pdrlmr tin* one who
CUUlti throw u tial) over the ‘ del)." and
few uouJJ do this. His object was to
thre w a ball that could be hit.
The puddlemun'n object Mas to hit
the ball, and if he struck at It w hich
he need not do unless he chose and
missed It the ente' e”. standing well
back, tried to catch it after P had lost
Its momentum by sir.king tee earth
once and bounding In the air on the
tlrsf bmifjce" It was called and if he
lljccefdcd the paddlpfiptu way ibaoj ’
and aijother Ins place If be
struck it and |t wits not caught in the
field or ejsow here ii| Him air or ' on tliu
bounce," tie pupld strike twiic iiiorc
but the third time ho was compelleil t-i
run There was no umpire and very
little wrangling There was no effort
to pounce upon a base runner and
touch him with the ball. Any one Imv
Ing It could throw It at him. and If It
hit him he was "dead"- almost literal
ly sollieliiues If he dodged the ball, lie
kept on running until tin* 'den' was
reuclnsl. Some of the players became
proficient in "ducking, dodging ami
side stepping, and others learned to
throw the bul| with the aecuracy of n
rifle buljfd
No mailer pew jrmnF pluyrs were
on a Hide, each and every one had to he
put uu(, end |f the Iasi one made t hl'ee
successivp home runs he "brought In
the side," ami the outfielder., pitchers
and catcher had to do ail their work
over again. The boy who coiiM "bring
In his side" was a hero. No vl> torLm*
general w as ever piomb i or im-re
lauded. Horatlus at the luidge w is
simill potato^ In comparison He w.t*
tie* uncrow ned kihK There w . re m»
foul hits. |f 4 bal) tom bed fh*' psddh*
<*ver so lightly R wa^ a in k. nml thi/ie
ticks made 4 compulsory run. lie-
Kiore w a« kepi b> some <>ne cutting
notches lu a wtu k. and Mm i uiot dni'
Ing an afternoon ran Into the hun
dnsls If the hall wa* h-nt in Mu- gim^s
or mill'd under r Hcotih t|ii*thi, fire
cry "I>osf ball!” was raised and tin*
game stopped until It was found (‘In
cinnati Couimerclal Tribune
lie h
but wt
found
UHitor!
foot U
Oil l I C
Inc I .
-'"nf I 1..i' k to his ow n house,
n lie ' an. (I lor his horse he
iat hr* **-r\ .mt had recelv ed
pi-i i 11s*ion to go out. for the* evening
and had the ke\ of the stable in his
I"» Let '1 he otln er hastily donned his
i and t i cn lunl o> proceed on
the cm d* armory, which lay
•'L." ' ' "f n>de park Walk
' A- ;i 1 :,at dllectii.n. he came
vl " 'cl: v it the very lieaibjuar-
M-c o. m. W here they were al-
Ollt nil" vl
tel* ot M" L
l‘e;11! v p 'L lie u
IP* 111nto- ii.
gr\ -Loi,»,
for the m..i;n
Lord had deb
Into their hall
'There wa* I
He imule his
cell
Mit
> "Clii/ed, and HU-
nll*t have seemed
U.e
the,
mob that the
worst enemy
ot." P ing to he done.
> Miaieht toward the
f .ictioii a ml called to a man
who was luounied on the pile and was
eviilentlv the l".t(l"i of tlie tumult:
"I sa\ , my good man, my regiment
has been called out by her majesty's
order* Will you give me a hand over
the* pile':"
The nuii.* hesitated a minute and then
said, with decision. "Bovs, the gentle
man i* right. He Is doing his duty,
and we Ini v e no quariel with him. Lend
a ha lid. and help him over."
'll.,* wa* proiupth done, with entire
respect. and the otliccr in brilliant uni
form went ha.*t.lv on his way amid
three cheer* from the inch. Then the
mob returmsl to it* work, to complete
it if possible before Le whom they aid
ed should come back at the head >f his
regiment ;ind perhaps order them to be
shot dov m.
p 0’ IH CHIPS.
f • ..i e c.(,; t- t han four "kua v *• - ’
to tin- pack in some ga me*.
lit log hands, as with big guns, you
want to look out tor the recoil.
'1 he moral motto " l >*-al as you would
be dealt bv." Is ohi^Ned a* the "joker
In a poker pack.
It is awfullv had form, you know, to
Jet the loss of a few chip* make you
look as cross tm if you thought you
W ci e getting til" ilullhje one.
It may he good adv ice to "bet y< ur
hand for all it s woilh. but It Is a
miglitv dangerous thing to bet it for
all or more than von are worth.
Novice ask* which is the right wav
to cut the ca "i 1Our experience teach
e* us. in\ Ijo.y . that the right way and
Hi the same time the only safe one U
P’ cut them plec]se|) um does it glided
h"g a tahahhv ai quaintaiice New York
Hei aid
A JAPANESE BAB/.
It* Place la Strapped to the Back at
a it O I d c r Ua l» > .
The haldes of all * \cept the richest
JapaiieFt- are can ed a bout on the back
of an ilder sistt*r or brother from the
tU^ tflev are a few months old. '1 he
pomv r’Kim parents the .*■» Uier the baby
la f'lKteinsl mi to the buck of some
eldep uieinbci of i he fa Hilly, ami It ii
uot UL*"omiuoii In the poorer quartern
of ii •I'.punese city l«< *ee a group of
children six or eight years old playing
lu the streets, each of whom bears a
tiny baby sister or brothei fastened
with a few straps to !Is hack
These straps are Just sutllcient to
preyen' tlie 1 ; ! y from full eg to the
ground, leaving the comfort of its pos
ture entirely to its ow n exertions. As
a result the .1 apn nc*c baby early gains
a Miirprlsing control ■ f it-' muscles, and
It Is almost impossible to drop even n
tiny child from }our arms, so thinly
does it cling on with both arms aud
leg*
The dressing of a Japanese baby lu
u simple matter It wears nothing but
mlniutfire kimonos, tin* number vary
ing with tin* condition of the weather.
These garments are lit ted one Inside
tlie other before tin y are put on. Then
they are laid down on the floor, and
baby is laid into them. They are long
enough to cover the baby's feet, and
the sleeves are also long enough to
cover the hands. Practically there la
only one garment, and the process of
dressing a Japanese baby takes but
two or three minutes of Its mother’s
time. Chicago Tribune.
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Rjirely Eiperiraced.
**\Ve xrant a man for our Information
buretu.” said the manager, "but he
must be one who can answer all sorUl
of questions aim! not lose his head.”
“That’f me." replied the applicant.
“I’m tht father of eight children."—
Philadelphia ledger.
Art OltlatsM,
Amateur 'This Is my latest atO»mi4
at a landstnpe. May I ask what you
think of the perspective? Artist The
perspective Is Its strong point. Tbf
further away you sCmd thu better It
looks Chicago Tribune.
The three things most difficult are
to keep a secret, to forget au Injury
and to make good use of leisure.
One luaea all the time which he might
jaipluj to batter parpou*. Kousaeuu.
Lack In Battarrs.
a«*e that sometvody pays there la
no such thing as luck lu business.”
"He must be mm of the lucky onea
who have succeeded " i’bU-’ugo Record-
Herald
Wkut m Ll«* Did.
The madness of suicide is a n-IVf
from mental anguish was v ividh Ulus
trated years ago by an incident wLicn
occurred In an Italian tow n M<ud 11.
u tailor, was sent to prison .m :i charge*
of fraud HU avveelliciirt c.illcd upon
I tin* police officer to ask how long Mo
rettl w .in likely to he confined and w ;ii
(old that It Would be pi'-b.iblv f.-r
immy ypHpu 1 he jiolicem.i n L.id l-een
lnstigatt“d to s.i) tjijs b> the gin 4
mother, who disliked tin* m.iti n
\vhelm»*d with grief and therebv »ii iv ci|
to despair the poor girl put :in i-ud to
her life* by pulsou, A few d.iv* Liter
i M.»retn was released f rom cntitod) ,
j tU* accusation against hini having
been proved false He returned home
to hud his affianccsl bride a corp*«*
, i ; reii7.i»*d at tin* sight, lie ' destroy
»*d himself. The lie wrought a double
tragedy.
AN INTERRUPTED SERMON.
Preachlny; l nder Dlfflc-ultle* Im ao
l-tiillllHh < hurc-li.
In "A Preacher's Story of his Work."
Dr Kainsford tells of some strange In
teriupt ions he encountered while
preaching one of his earliest sermons
iu the English cathedral town of Nor-
wi. h.
Dr. Rainsford was in the middle of
hiu sermon when he chanced to look
down from the high pulpit to where
the members of the choir were aeated
lu a large boxlike pew, screened from
TL congregation by u curtain. Much
t:> e pi "Hclier'a surprise, one of the
i * choir put his arm around a
heail dow n on his shoui-
drr M- ! M. . looked up at Dr. Rains
.u'. ed.
• L- r sto[)ped his sermon,
out of the pulpit and
o>ld the rector the members of the
choir were acting outrageously. 'The
n-ctor walkcsl up to the pew, drew
down the curtain with a Jerk and ex
posed the spooning couple to the view
of the congregation.
Thou Dr Rainsford resumed his ser
mon. A minute later he chanced to
look down the main aisle, and there,
walking In solemn procession, were a
hen and a dozen chicks. To crowu It
hll. when the sexton tried to drive
them out he* was so drunk he fell right
on top of the hen. And then from his
place the old rector cried out;
"I/4‘t her alone, John; she Is doing no
ha rm
STENOGRAPHY.
Siam Writing Was 1b 1 ar Antony th«
ABi-l«Mit Grreka mad Humana.
The existence of stenography among
the (ireeks and the Romans is certain.
1 lu* shorthand that they used was a
form of writing In which each word
w as rcpn-seuted by a special sign The
letters of the alphabet, with modifica
tions, connected so as to admit of great
rapidity of execution, formed tlie ele
meats of these characters. 'They date
at least from the first century before
Phrist.
In the second century A D. is found
the term semeiograph (stenographic
character) In the (Meek orator. T luviua
Philost i ulus.
On gen of Alexandria (IK.VJbl A. D )
notes his sermons down in shorthand,
and Socutes, the ecclesiastical histo
rian of the fourth century, says that
part of the sermons of St. John Chrys
os tom was preserved by the same proc
ess. In the Urst century B. C. a dls
course of Cato Uticensls, according to
Plutarch, was taken dowu by short
hand reporters.
The development of shorthand was
dm* especially to Marcus Tullius 'Tiro.
Born in Latlum In BKi B. (\, Tiro, who
was a slave, was brought up with
Cicero, who was some years his Junior.
Freed, he became Cicero’s secretary,
and in this capacity aided him greatly.
In the famous trial of Catiline (63 B.
C.) the stenographic rapidity of Tiro
was at Us height.-Chicago Tribune.
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RIGMAROLE.
ford
hied
The Word Evidently Comes Down to
La From “Kalman Holla.”
The word rigmarole Is applied now
adays, with the contemptuous empba
sis of slang, to describe a long, unin
telligible statement At one time it
must have beeu a word of some weight,
for Byron in "Don Juan" speaks thus
of It: "His speech was a tine sample,
on the whole, of rhetoric, which the
learned call ‘rigmarole.’ ’’
It was certainly associated with what
were known in law as "ragman rolls,”
lengthy deeds with seals attached,
whose lack of lucidity probably gave
rise t" the word’s modern meaning.
Even i .ip. . bulls were so described
.be • • n** middle ages, while the nig
iiw . [ iI by which Edward I. oouiid
P S'uttish nobles Is of historical
celem ay. This was a cumbersome aud
complicated deed, consisting of thirty
five pieces of parchment sewn together.
There was a very old game called
ragman roll, lu which the players pu!l
ed from a roll of parchment papers at
tached to seals hung outside, on which
various characters were inscribed.
'The primary derivation of "ragman"
Is very doubtful, in "Piers Plowman"
it Is applied to the evil one, aud lu
Icelandic it means one who is coward
ly or confused.- London Answers.
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PHONE 186 SHOPOVJlRQUNftlNGHAM & D0\ E
A Turin ii ■ Ferry.
Captain Hambro, while traveling
among the Kazaks of Turkestan, dis
covered a curious way of taking a
heav ily laden boat across a broad riv
er 'The method consisted in piling up
tlie boat as full as It would hold with
out sinking uf all the persons and all
their baggage that it was desired to
take across. Then the boat was
launched. 'There were no ours and no
sails, ihs motive power was supplied
by the horses, the cattle, the sheep and
the goats of the nomadic and pastoral
people swimming In front and along-
fl.le find so by degrees that were far
mure slow than they were sure towing
the boat to the other side In one in
hGince which Captain Hambro men-
t 'iis the river that a party crossed In
* manner was Jog yards wide.
A Gap la the Laaffaaffe.
T have another complaint against
the English tongue," began the liter
ary man. "There are a good many
gaps in It, of course, but It seems to
me that the most absurd Is that a lun
gunge which has a dozen current
names for drink has none for the
young woman whom a man is engaged
to marry. Most of the terms that
might be suggested are the basest of
coin ’best girl,’ ‘Intended.’ and so
forth. \Ve have to fall back weakly
on tlie French tlaucee. And yet the re
lation is English and American enough,
1 think, for us to have u word of our
own. Of course there Is ‘sweetheart,’ j
but that seems to have dropped out
of use altogether.” Philadelphia Led
ger
Mat U I ii U It < I«- a r .
(in I'onrd hi (" can steamship a ge
tb'inau Wished to heip a ladv who w. *
of an inquiring mind to coinprehm 1
(|i|. principle of the steam engine. T’
how he (ipated away ail dlftlcU T 'e*
M hj. > O') see, pni uni," quot i : •
U o JUst w'a thing guns up and .
m ii"( L, I thing gomes dow u, and
thev let thu smoke on. which make* tlie
wheel* go round 'That* what they
call the 1: \ (iiailllc prim ip It- It's quite
simple w hen v o,i know tt
"Paw me' 1 never understood It be
fo! e But. then 1 nev ei had it proper
ly explained." lephed the fair listener
1 it Bits
P«*nll«ni I: i pla I’. x-tl.
" I hat h .is a splendid (uu U fall j ou
made in Vouj ihsil t h a'elm la*l night, '
luimuked ll Julllig mvlnbcr of thu coin
imu v to t lie toiilm nt gi age(|ia m
J lie latter loured at llie flatterer
w qti a anspli loim glare.
\ "* he •mid. and I’d like to lay
m> li.inds nn the blithering Idiot who
K" pei the h , ge tluu'-" Cleveland
1 ’lain 1 >euler.
A (uufleu** Y o u < h.
"Bohhv . Vulil father Want* to See!
V oil
iiie boy locked dubious
"1 *o 1 vs ant to see tiiinV" he n-.ked.
• Jl-'W should 1 know ."
1 mi uiigtit to he abh* t" tell by the
l""k 111 1.1* e> e " « hh ag-, Post
Rut of II* r | in*-.
"Ko pm w "i >• a ; Mia M arrahle's (Bn
ner \e*t'i«la> I lus^m What was the
Un UU like •
l l ea ll) . .i ', l ted v oil. f -r 1 didn’t
take a n\ ip* a thing l very seldom
tom I, "
(>rd.mtr> mc.id"W grass rarely yields
over a ton and a half of hay to the
acre, but elover will give up* to throe
tons.
K ii la rui n h the (best.
, on** can increase the size of his
* two or three Inches in as many
mbs without tin* use of any appa-
' -i or mechanloil coutrivuncp what-
When be Claes lu the morulug
go out into tin* purest air ho
dqe bis anus to the height
sL 1 hrs, the palms downward,
- .it* Inhaling a deep breath,
fci'iidua.iy extend them upward until
toe 1)Ry ks of the hands ton' h above his
Lend. Do tins ; du/a-n times every
morning, and the result will be a chest
development that will surprise any ouo
who has not made the experiment.
A I) In ho pH >1 uni UK
It Is what a man might have been
^lii'h jar* "ii what he lb. When a
•pap him oil'e sP'od on the mount of
"Mon, "io n he has mice heard the
call of Cod t.» hi* s ml and made an
swer, "Here am l ' he cmu never go
hack rn dwell in the valley of common
place The miasma ihcro, to which
erdlnary men have beerne Immune,
Is deadly to him Prom Maud Wilder
Goodwin's lUmr Reads to Paradise’’
in Century
An tinny Lem.ion.
"1 am Ni.ppcsed die of a broken
heart," said the unmanageable actress
"Now, how at.i l to know how a per
son with r. broken Te.u. t behaves?”
"PH tell v'm w hat to do," answered
tin* j lain *pokmi manager You study
the author of thin play after hw sees
your in »t performa nee of it
Honr II HaeiM'iteil.
Iluw U'us ^ mi look out of sorts, old
man \\ hat's the trobule? Parker
Just lost my new silk umbrella. Haw
kins How did It happen ? Parker -
Eel low that owned It happened to
com* In the office and recognized It.
Stockings were tlr*t us*n\ In the elov.
••nth « eiilury Previous to that cloth
Pu.idayee weir Wulh ou tt)« feet.
Aa larftatfon.
An Interesting c'ollcction of Invita
tlous to and from Benjamin Franklin
during his visit to England Is in tb*
Fniversity of Pennsylvania library.
Among the letters to Franklin are
some from tlie peerage for great and
for little dinners, but perhaps the most
Interesting Is one from u gentleman
who described himself us "in lodging*"
ami unable to entertain Mr- Franklin
\\\ Ids buttle Hi) therefore proposed a
visR to the Star and Carter, aud then
went ou iu sa> that he would order a
dinner at a crow u u head, evidently
expecting Franklin to beat his share.
There Is no record of an acceptance —
Philadelphia Record
A 4 ovr Ma prratlf loa.
According to ludo European folklore '
the clouds uf the heavens were nothing
but cows, who were Invested with th«
duties of a psy( hopomp. At times
those clouds descended to the earth
and assumed their bovlue garb, but
their duty remained the same. Hence
tlu* superstition prevalent In many
agricultural countries that a cow break
ing Into a pardon foretells a death In
the family. 'The psychopomp was
merely looking for a soul to escort to
the hereafter.
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Hardly.
H A nlc** husband, you are!" Raid
madam In n passion. "You care less
about me than aMut those pet animals
of yours Rook what you did when
your poodle. Azof, died.” Husband
(quietly) \\ ell, 1 bad him stuffed.
Wife (exasperated) You wouldn’t have
gone to that expense for me not you
Indeed’
Mor« I’rosalv It Sermrd.
She What is yonr business? He -
Pin an Inspector of ruiuo. She—How
romantic! He Well, hardly. I’m an
luMurunct adjuster. CUvrUud Leader. !
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