Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 18, Decatur, Adams County, 5 July 1906 — Page 6

A QUAINT CEREMONT SEARCHING THE VAULTS UNDER THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. Cray Fawke* Lon* A*o . Made the British Beef Eaters Watchful—How What Was Once an Important Duty la Nowadays Perforated. During the 300 years which have •lapsed since Guy Fawkes was discovered in the vaults of the houses of parliament the yeomen of the guard have never failed religiously to perform the ceremony of searching the cellars on the eve of the assembly of parliament. Originally an important duty, it has now developed into a quaint and pictur, >que ceremony. Before the old houses of parliament were burned down in 1834 the search was a reality. Now it is a mere ceremonial, but one which the public would wish' maintained. Before that time every nook and every corner of the dark and noisome vaults had to be carefully searched. How different the ceremony is conducted at the present day we learn from Sir Reginald Hennell’s interesting book. The officials of the lord great chamberlain, the special detec tlve police of the house of parliament, with the commissioner or deputy commissioner of police, assemble in the princes’ or peers’ robing room ani await the coming st the yeomen of ths guard, consisting of an exon, the sergeant major and ten yeomen. On thelt arrival a procession is formed, headed by the chief of police in charge. Partisans are laid aside, and each yeoman is handed one of the same little oil lamps which have probably been in use from time immemorial. The exon gives the word, the procession moves off, and the search commences. Cautiously descending by iron ladders—for the yeomen are no longer young— and traversing iron grating floors, they gradually descend to the vaults below. The walls are all painted or colored white, and under the glare of the modern electric lamps, which brilliantly illuminate every part of the vaults, it would be difficult for the smallest object to remain undiscovered. Slowly the party reascends to the chamber, lamps are returned, partisans are shouldered, the exon reports to the lord great chamberlain that the search has been well •nd truly carried out and that the houses of parliament can assemble in safety, the official part of the ceremony is over, and the guard is dismissed from duty. The men then proceed, according to ancient custom, to the offices of Messrs. Bellamy, the old firm of wine, merchants, where by special permission the gallant yeomen drink the king’s health in the best port. In 1760 the firm of Bellamy applied to the authorities of the houses of parliament to be permitted to rent and use as wine cellars one portion of the empty vaults. This was granted, and the custom was initiated by the founder of the firm, “Old Bellamy,” so to arrange ‘ the search that the yeomen of the'guard should bring it to an end at the wine stores. There the announcement was made, “All’s well,” and the guard, be ing drawn up, drank the king's oi queen’s health in Bellamy’s old port- - “God save the king.” The wine cellar? have been removed elsewhere, but the good custom remains. The yeomen of the guard are a most fascinating institution, the first permanent body guard of England’s sovereigns and the first permanent corps of trained soldiers in our history. Imitated perhaps from the Scottish -guard of the French kings, the corps, was formed as far back as the year 1485. When Heniy VII. landed In England from Normandy he was accompanied, by a small guard of English and: Welsh who bad shared his exile. They ware with him at Bosworth, and surrounded by them he received the crown of Eng land. It was this body of personal attend ants that became, in September. 1485, the yeomen of the guard, ever since the personal bodyguard of the sovereigns of England. It still retains the picturesque dress with the original titls of yeomen, which it wore under its first captain, John de Vere, earl of Oxford. The original duty of the corps was to protect the king in battle and otherwise, and he was accompanied by his yeomen wherever he- went. The yeomen of the guard have taken part In many a battle and siege and in most royal pageants from the Field of the Cloth of Gold to the opening of parliament. When his majesty the king opens parliament the beef eaters will be in close attendance on the state coach. The office of captain of the guard is s political one and changes with the government. but the lieutenant, the en sign, the clerk of the cheque, or adjutant, and the exons are required to have served in the army or marine* and have seen war service. The yec. men must have been noncommissioned officers in the army or marines of ap proved and distinguished service, aiid the appointments, as may be imagined are the most highly prized of ahj’ which are open to old soldiers. The yeomen of the guard are very frequently confounded with the warder? of the Tower, but they are now a dis tinct body. When Henry VIII. relinquished rthe Tower as a residence h? was not unmindful of the dignity attaching to it Twelve yeomen of the guard were left behind as Tower warders, who then became a separate organization, with a slightly different, dress, out with the same pay and allowances. The nickname of beef eaters, which has been bestowed on the yeomen of the guard, U of comparatively modern ori-in. nnd it is amusing to recall how W-iters have endeavored to-account foe it-London Globe.

T OCEAN ROPES, A Maria* Plant That Grow* a Bt*a» Three Hundred Feet Lea*. The largest marine plant and Probably one of the highest plants known on this glow is a gigantic seaweed, the nereocystis, the stem of . which has been found to grow as much as 300 feet long. It was first discovered not far from the Alaskan coast, but has since been found floating in various parts of the Pacific ocean along the American and Asiatic shores. This seaweed grows in a very curious manner. Large quantities of it are found at a little distance from shore and at depths not exceeding 300 feet On loamy bottoms large thickets of this plant take root, and a stem of the thickness of ordinary cord grows upward. At its top there is a pear shaped balloon, which grows with the stem, and when it reaches the surface of the water it a’ten measures six feet and , more in length, with a diameter of four feet six inches. This balloon has, of course, an upward tendency and keeps the stem growing until it floats on the surface of the water. From the top of this balloon a large tuft of strong, thick, spadelike leaves grow out, which originally are not more than two feet long and which grow and split until from the balloon a roselike growth of from fifty to sijty-five feet in diameter covers the water. This gigantic weed grows iij such quantities that near the shore large meadowlike islands are formed, which impede navigation. The natives of the Aleutian islands make manifold usage of this plant From their strong dried stems they make ropes 250 feet and more long, while balloons of this weed fur*' nish them with large vessels after they are dried, the smaller ones being used in their boats to bail out water. The long leaves, after being dried, are cut into narrow strips and used for wickerwork, the making of baskets sad similar furniture. LAPP WOLF HUNTERS. •wist Runner* on Snowahoea Make Short Work of the Brutes. The Swedish Lapps live entirely with, by and upon their reindeer. A Lapp who owns a thousand deer is a very rich man; but, as taxes are assessed upon the number of deer, he is Inclined to underestimate his herd. The most dangerous enemy to the herd is the wolf, who, if so disposed, can kill thirty deer in a night. A band of wolves can make a rich Lapp poor. When the snow is deep and soft and it is announced that wolf tracks have been seen in the neighborhood of the deer the swiftest runners on snow shoes prepare for an exciting chase The wolf may have a start of a mile or two, but the track it leaves in the deep, soft snow is so prominent that the hunters can follow it at their best speed. The wolf, though he may run fast, has but slight chance of escaping the short men who on snowshoes rush through the wood, dart down steep hills and jump from ledges several yards in height Each hunter does his best to outrun the others, for the wolf belongs to the Lapp who strikes the first blow. As soon as the leading hunter is close enough to the wolf he gives it a heavy blow across the loins 'With his strong spiked snowshoe staff. If there are other wolves to be pursued. he kills it outright; if not, he disables it and waits till all the hunters arrive before giving the death stroke. —' '■* • —■■ ■■ ■ ■- On Tippin* the Hat. New Workers still cling to the ancient custom of tipping their hats when greeting a male friend or acquaintance. It is a coatmon sight to see a staid, • prosperous looking business man as he passes an acquaintance tipping his hat, although the other is alone and unaccompanied by a woman. It is the same after a party has been together somewhere, at dinner, probably, or at the theater. You will notice that as one; separates himself from the others he will say good night or au revoir and l then tip his hat. Also when one man is introduced to another it is dollars to a subway ticket that he will lift his chapeau. Wonder why it is. They don’t do it in Pittsburg.—Pittsburg Dispatch. Crnaty. The new stenographer’s yellow hair glittered in the flood of sunlight that poured through the window of the office. But old Duke, the bookkeeper, had no eyes for the girl’s beauty. He lighted a cigar and set to work. “Mr. Duke,” said the stenographer. “Huh?” the old man grunted. “Look here,” she said imperiously, “I am sorry, but smoking always makes me sick.” '-Then,” said Duke, without looking up, “don’t ever smoke.”—New Orleans Times-Democrat. An Irish Compliment. An Irish gentleman said to an English officer, “Do you know Mr. X. —?” The officer disclaimed having that pleasure. “Ah, he is a very nice ' fellow and a good friend of mine. But he has been dead these six years. An*, share, you’re very like him!” The officer said he had been compared to a good many things in the course of his lifetime, but never before to a six-year-old corpse.—London Spectator. Latter Dny Breesineaa. "How often do your housemaids i. dust?” “Do you mean how often do they fan the furniture,” asked slangy Mrs. Nu- ‘ wedd, “or how often do they skip out?” Louisville Courier-Journal. i r If poverty is the mother of Crimea ' want of sense is the father of them.— Bruyere.

■ T ROMAN MtLLitHM*|ofM| ■ ord X Agbfa' The Phenomenon of Mmnaeeth Fer« ‘ --- Mhe*-W*i a-W*W>. While it is not a verr tangible consolation to those of us who belong--to the less favored class commercially. , there is at least a sort of historic comfort in knowing that the phenomenon of mammoth fortunes is not a new thing. A magazine writer goes back to ancient Rome, when there were no railroads or trusts or corporations, and gives seme figures on the individual fortunes of that day which might look attractive even to some ot our modern plutocrats. Seneca, the philosopher and author, was worth $17,500,000: Lentulus, the augur. $16,600,000; Crassus, the pa-J---tician who formed with Caesar and Pompey the first triumvirate, had a landed estate of more than $8,000,000; the emperor Tiberius left a fortune of $118,000,000, which the depraved Caligula got rid of in less than a year. A dozen others had possessions that ran into the millions. It is true that these Romans did not “make” these fortunes in what we would call regular commercial operations. But they got the money, and they held on to it, which is about at' that can safely be said of possessions that run into seven figures, in any age or country. And, speaking of campaign contributions and so forth, Julius Caesar once presented the consul Paulus with $290,000 merely as a token of esteem and coupled with the hope that Paulur would do the right thing in a certain political matter that was pending. The argument was effective with Paulus, and neither he nor Caesar suffered any in popularity. There are many things under the sun that are not new—Omaha WorldHerald. NAILED TO THE CROSB. The Two Thieve* That Were Crucified With the Saviour. In nine out of ten pictures of the crucifixion where Christ’s two companion s in death are represented they arg pictured as having been fastened to the rross with thongs or cords. The ques~ tion naturally arises, Were the thieves in reality bound to their different instruments of torture while the blessed Saviour was jailed to his? And, if so, which mode of death wag considered the more ignominious—binding or nailing? The remoteness of the event and the fact that in this case historical truth may have been sacrificed to pictorial effect make the above questions bard ones to answer. The early writers almost invariably refer to the thieves as having been nailed to the cross; while the early picture makers adhered tc the general rule of representing them as having been tied or bound to theii separate crosses*. If we are to give any credence to the story of the holy Empress Helen and her reputed discovery of the three crosses in the year 328 A. D., the twiT thieves were nailed to their crosses in a manner similar to that observed in the crucifixion of the Saviour. This conclusion has been settled upon for this reason: When the three crosses were disinterred from the mound in which tradition said they had been buried, that upon which Christ had suffered was only distinguished from the other two by the miracles it performed, This would certainly suffice to prove that aU three of the instrument* of torture bore similar nail marks and that the tradition of Christ being the only one nailed was not known at that time.—St Louis Republic. First Matrimonial A*eney. The title “Matrimonial Agencies and Advertisements” ought to attract attention lit our time, when requests for marriage fill the journals in the form of gross or jocular and sometimes serious announcements. That may seem to be a new phenomenon of modern life, yet M. Henri d’Almerap in La Revue Hebdomadaire says th® real originator of this industry was one Viliaume. In the last days of the empire he set up in Paris a sort of universal agency, which would supply furnished apartments, domestics, wives and bus-* bands.—Journal de St. Petersburg. The Tally Stick/ An old time way of proving one’s right to the payment of money loaned was by tally sticks. A plain stick was used, and when a man loaned a sum a stick was broken, and the creditor and debtor each took a part. When the time for payment came the man who had the stick which fitted exactly to the stick held by the creditor received the money. Two sticks never break in exactly the same shape, so there was never any dispute about who had a right to the money. : ; Their Reward. Dr. Strachan, bishop of Toronto, was waited upon by two churchwardens, who complained that their clergyman wearied his congregation by repeating the same sermon. He had preached it twelve times. The bishop asked foi the text. Neither of the churchwardens could remember. “Go back,” said ths bishop sternly, “and ask your clergy man to preach the sc*mon once mow and then come back and tell me thf text” . Installment*. . Bacon—Did you ever get anything ot the Installment system? Egbert—Yesi I got my household that way. First I got my wife, then her father and mother and now I’m getting her brothers and sisters. Extreme views are never just Some thing always turns up which disturbs the calculations founded on their data —Tancred.

TWWWEMMniSM* 1 Would Be a Journey Even With * TPhnapefrtdWen Facilities. There is a pemetugl fascination about , which they, lie > _from„oixe another and . from us. To demonstrate the vast distance of Centauri from this planet's’ popular scientist gives the following illustration in London Answers: “We shall suppose that some wealthy directors, for want of outlet for their en- ' ergy and capital, construct a railway to 1 Centauri. We shall neglect for the 1 present the engineering difficulties, a : mere detail, and suppose them over--1 come and the railway open for traffic. We shall go further and suppose that the directors have found the construction of such a railway to have been peculiarly easy and that the proprietors I of interstellar space had not been exorbitant in their terms for right of ; way. ' “Therefore, with a view to encourage traffic, the directors have made the fare exceedingly moderate—viz, first class at 1 penny per hundred miles. Desiring to take advantage of these facilities, a gentleman, byway of providing himself with small change for the journey, buys up the natiojiU debt of Britain and a few other.countries and, presenting himself at the office, demands a first class single fare to Centauri. “For this he tenders in payment the price of the ticket, £1.100,000,000. “Having taken his seat, it occurs t« him to ask: “‘At what rate do you travel?’ “ ‘Sixty miles an hour, sir, including stoppages,’ is the answer. “ ‘Then when shall we reach Centauri?’ “ Tn 48,663,000 years, sir!’ ” HENRY BELL’S COMET. Th* First Steamer That Plied For Hire In Great Britain. Among the curiosities of advertising may surely be placed the first advertisement of the first steamer that plied for hire in Great Britain—namely, Henry Bell’s Comet. Thus ran the advertisement in the Glasgow Courier of 1812: “Steam passage boat, the Comet, between Glasgow, Greenock and Helens- '' bnrg. passengers only. The .rob* scriber having at much expense fitted up a handsome vessel to ply upon the river Clyde between Glasgow and Greenock—to sail by the power of wind, air and steam—he intends that the vessel shall leave the Broomlelaw on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays about midday or at such time, thereafter as may answer from the state of the tide and to leave Greenock On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in the morning to suit the tide. Ths elegance, comfort, safety and speed of this vessel require only to be proved to meet the approbation of the public, and the proprietor is determined to do everything in his power to merit public encouragement. The terms are for the present 4 shillings for the best cabin and 3 shillings for the second, but be- • yond these. nothing, is to be allowed to servants or any other- person employed about the vessel.” What would poor neglected Henry Bell have said could he have seen his humble little Comet, of whose elegance, comfort and speed he was so proud, alongside a modern ocean racer or one of the latest palatial river steamers of the Clyde or Thames, all so well advertised?—Chambers’ Journal. Wky Timothy Gra*a fa So Called. The forage grass known to the farthers of the United States as timothy Is so called because first introduced andextensively cultivated In this country by one Timothy Hanson, a farmer of Maryland. This species of grass Is Well known in England and all over western continental Europe, where it Is grown extensively by most farmers between the Mediterranean and the North seas. The botanical name of this grass is Phleum pretense. Timothy is known in the British isles as cat’s tail grass and in several of our eastern States as herd, or herd’s, grass. It was grown in large quantities in Maryland <nd Pennsylvania long before a spear Os it had ever been seen in England, ths first seed of it ever seen in the last named country being imported' from America. The “If” I* Rather Important. Here’s something that may save your life when a bull gets after you: When a bull charges, just before the final lurch he shuts his eyes, and if you have the presence of mind to stand stock still until he is about two or three foet from you all you have to do is to step aside, and he misses you. Any child with sufficient presence of mind to do this can let a bull charge all day with perfect safety. This is not a new thing, as it is one of the secrets of the bullfighter in the countries where the sport is practiced. The bullfighters say that a cow does not do this, and they would never try any such tricks with a mad cow. Th*lr Annoyance*. Neighbor—l called to say that you must keep your dog from barking. He Won’t let our baby sleep. Householder —l’m glad you called. I wanted to say that if you don’t keep your baby from crying I shall have to enter a complaint It annoys my dog awfully. Work* Like Ma*lc. Caller—HAve you ever known any cures effected by what they call suggestion? Mrs. Hewjams—Oh, yes: I once cured Willie of a violent toothache by suggesting that he go to the dentist’s and have the tooth extracted. —Chicago Tribune. Naturally. Knlcker — There goes a man wh® would rather fight than eat Bocker— Soldier? Knlcker—No;dyspeptic.—Wafrwin’s Magazine. .

h A JOQULAR MONARCHAL Ivan tli* Terril>le_H*4 Cold Blooded Motion* About Jeatln*. ' Ivan the Terrible forgot neither his devotions nor his diversions. His pali ace alternately resounded with praying and carousing. For his pastime bears were brought from Novgorod. When from his window he perceived a group of citizens collected he let slip two or three of these ferocious animals, and his delight on beholding the flight of the terrified creatures, and especially on hearing the cries of the victims, was unbounded. His bursts of laughter were loud aud long continued. To console those who were maimed for life he would sometimes send each of them a small piece of gold. Another of his chief amusements was in the company of jesters, whose duty it was to divert him, especially before and after any executions, but they often paid dearly for an unseasonable joke. Among these none was more distinguished than Prince Gvosdef, who held a high rank at court The czar, being one day dissatisfied with a Jest, poured over the prince’s head the boiling contents of a soup basin. The agonized wretch prepared to retreat from the table, but the tyrant struck him with a knife, and he fell senseless to the floor. Dr. Arnolph was instantly called. “Save my good servant!” cried the czar. “I have jested with him a little too hard.” “So hard,” replied the other, “that only God and your majesty can restore him to life. He no longer breathes.” Ivan expressed his contempt, called the deceased favorite a dog and continued his amusements. Another day. while he sat at table, the waywode of Staritza, Boris Titos, appeared, bowed to the ground and saluted him after the customary manner. “God save thee, my dear waywode. Thou deservest a proof of my favor.” He seized a knife and cut off an ear. Titos thanked the czar for his gracious favor and wished him a happy reign.— Pearson’s Weekly. THE PHILOSOPHY OF LOVE. Love Is kindly and deceitless:—Yeats. > Lovo can sun the realms of night.— I Schiller. They do not love that do not show their love.—Shakespeare. Bove’s a thing that’s never out of season.—Barry Cornwall. > He that shuts out love in turn shall be shut out by, love.—Tennyson. The greatest miracle of love is the cure of coquetry.—La Rochefoucauld. Love is master of the wisest; it is only fools that defy him.—Thackeray. Love never dies of starvation, but often of indigestion.—Ninon de I’Enclos. The magic of “first love is the ignorance that it can ever end.—Beaconsfield. Man’s love is of man’s life a thing apart; ’tls woman’s whole existence.— Byron. It Is impossible to . love a second time when we have once really ceased to love.—La Rochefoucauld. Below’* Wonderful Memory. Bulow had a wonderful memory, as was evidenced by his astonishing feat of memorizing Kiel’s concerto,. which the man who wrote it could not accompany without notes. His accuracy was almost infallible. He was once rehearsing a composition of Liszt’s for orchestra In that composer’s presence without notes. Liszt Interrupted to say that a certain note should have been played piano. ‘‘No/’ replied Bulow, “it is sforzando.” “Look and see,” persisted the composer. The score was produced. Bulow was right. How everybody did applaud! In the excitement one of the brass wind players lost his place. ' “Look for a b fiat in your part,” said ; Bulow, still without his notes. “Five measures farther on I wish to begin.” The Word “Aaphalt.” Os deceitful ancestry is the word ' “asphalt.” Apparently it means “not , slippery.” The Greeks themselves were . tempted to derive “asphaltos” from “a,” not, and “sphallo,” make to fall 3 or slip. However, the word is really of ( unknown barbariaamjigin—Phoenician, some say. Asphalt/was In use v4ry ( early in history- It is said to have been ( the slime with which the infant Moses’ 1 ark of bulrushes was daubed and which the builders of the tower of Babel used instead of mortar. ’ —; S j Butchery In War. j In one of the Du Guesclin’s victories £ so many English were taken captive t that even the humblest soldier among i the French bad one or more prisoners, j The victors, however, fell to quarrel- r ing. and. ill feeling becoming rife in t the French army in consequence of ] these quarrels over the' prisoners, Du E Guerclin ordered all the captives to be t but* nered, and the brutal order was ] carried out. A Cautious Lover. A correspondent of the London Globe i celW of a gilded youth who left instruc- I i tionp at a jeweler’s shop for the in- | £ icription of an engagement ring he had . < just bought He wanted it inscribed, ' { “From Bertie to Maud.’’ As he left he ( turned - back and added as an after 1 bought, O “I shouldn’t—ah —cut ‘Maud’ j too deep, don’t you know.” Close. She—Do you know I’ve induced mv e husband to give up cigars? He—ls that so? Well. I’ve known him for | seven years, and I never saw him give t up one.—lllustrated Bits. . 0 It is the privilege of posterity to set matters right between those antago-’t nlsts who by their rivalry for great- 1! nesi divided a whole age.—Addison. e

= .. .■ y ! A ' Zcpyrus, the Baid, Stes' feature®,showed was. .brutal, sensual and addlctedL toj, jpness.” iterates upheld... the analysis by saying, “By nature I ana? addicted to all thgse sin®, and thtjy were only restrained and vanquished? by the continual practice of virtue."' ’ t Emerson says in effect, “The virtue you would like to have, assume It as al-' ready yours, appropriate it, enter into the part and live the character jukt as. the great actor is absorbed in the character of the part he plays.” No mat- , ter how great your weakness or how much you may regret it, assume steadily and persistently its opposite until you acquire the habit of holding that thought or of living the thing not in its weakness, but in its wholeness, in its entirety. Hold the ideal of an efficient faculty or quality, not of a marred or deficient one. The way to reach or to attain to anything is to bend oneself toward it with all one’s might, and we approximate it just in proportion to the intensity and the persistency of our effort to attain it. If you are inclined to be very excitable and nervous, if you “fly all to pieces” over the least annoyance, do not waste your time regretting this weakness and telling everybody that you cannot help it. Just assume the calm, deliberate, quiet, balanced composure which characterizes your ideal person in that respect. Persuade yourself that you. are not nervous or excitable, that you can control yourself, that you are well balanced, that you do not fly off on a -tangent at every little annoyance. You will be amazed to see how the perpetual holding of this serene, calm, quiet attitude will help you to become like your thought.—Success. CATCHING COLD. Suggestions That May Keep One From tbe Doctor. A person in good bealtty, with fair play, easily resists cold, but when the health flags a little and liberties are taken with the stomach or with the nervous system a chill is easily taken and, accordingrto tbie weak spot of the individual, assumes the form of a cold or pneumonia, or It may be jaundice. Os all causes of c'oM probably fatigue is one of the most efficient. A jaded man coming htmie at night from a long day’s work, a growing youth losing two hours’ sleep over evening parties two or three times a week or a young lad/ heavily “doing the season,” young children overfed and with short allowance of. sleep, are common instances of the victims of cold. ’ Luxury is favorable to chill taking. Very hot rooms, feather beds, soft chairs, create a sensitiveness that leads to catarrhs. It is not. after all, the cold .that is so much to be feared as the antecedent conditions that give the attack a chance of doing harm. Some of the worst colds happen to those who do not leave their house or even their beds, and those who are ‘ most invulnerable are often those who are most exposed t/o changes of temperature and Who 1 by good sleep, cold bathing and regular’ habits preserve the tone of their nervous system and circulation. Probably many chills are contracted at night or at the fag end of the day, when tired people get the equilibrium of their circulation disturbed by either overheated sitting rooms or underheated bedrooms and beds. This Is especially the case with elderly people. In such cases the mischief is not always done instantaneously or in a single night It often takes placO Insidiously, extending over days or even weeks.— London Lancet Fi*htin* the Cnrreat. Papua has swift streams well stocked with fish. An explorer tells of Papuan fresh water mullet which sometimes weigh as much as fifteen pounds. “These fish are wonderfully provided by nature with an appliance which helps them to combat the extraordinary currents. At one moment, you will see them being swept down resistlessly, but suddenly they shoot off into the quieter water and attach themselves to the rocks by a strong sucker near the mouth. There they hang just outside the current, their tails moving gently with it. and when they haVe recovered their strength they ma*ke ’another dash through the swifter wa- . ters." Observance of the Sabbath. There was the minister of Tweedsmuir who on a certain Sabbath found a salmon stranded in shallow water and who, being unable conscientiously to take it out on such a day, built a hedge of stones around it and, returning on the morrow, claimed his prize. Ther.e was the old farmer who could not go to the kirk because he had neglected to shave on the Saturday night, and he would not profane the day by the use of any edged tool.—Macmillan’® Magazine. A True Fi*h Story. Here is a fish story told by a British? nobleman: An Irishman had caught & big pike. Noting a lump in its stomach, he cut it open. “As I cut it open there was a mighty rush and a flapping of wings, and away flew a wild • duck, and when I looked inside there was a fotiri’ eggs, and she had been afther aitQng <m<that nest” < Sbockin* Precocity. • “What is'tlie reßuft,disked the teacher of the primary class in arithmetic, “when.you put two and two together?” “A kith,” lisped the curly headed little girl in the' front row.—Chicago Tribune. .: , There are many diversities of vice, but It is one never failing effect of it tolive displeased and discontented.—Sen- f eca. 4 ' -