Daily Greencastle Banner and Times, Greencastle, Putnam County, 4 August 1897 — Page 3

>]$HOP OF TORTUGA.

THE DATIjY BAXTER TIMES, GREENCASTLE, IKDIAHA.

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only a negro wake. The women are F v/I\ AliJ lo I > . -» •>-„ —•

es,” the Bishop remarked reflectively “as you say, Travers, we had some delightful times at Oxford together.’' •■I should think so!” the new-com-er assented. “We did have larks! What days on the river! And what lights in college!” [The Bishop moved uneasily In his lair. Then he glanced at the Bishop L and the two Bishopinas. My dear V said, wriggling inside his black apftn. "it Is very hot in here. 1 think t Hil take Mr. Travers out in the garden

■little.”

■ The Bishopess’ face expressed since Mr. Trav< re' talk t« nd< d noi to edification. She, too. glanced at th- Bishopinas. “I would, Edward, if 1 fwere you,” she answered. “Perhaps Mr Travers smokes. He might like a cigar." She threw out the hint in the firm voice of one who implies that tobac< o within the house was not permissible at Bishopstow. ,, "Ah. you don’t smoke now, then ? Travers put In, with a note of surprise "Well, that's odd. Given it up? Must have cost him a wrench, though, Mrs. Mitchell. Never saw him at Oxford without a short biar-root pipe in his mouth, bar chapel or lecture. Did I, Mitchell? The Bishop rose solemnly, stood for a moment by the open window with his episcopal legs in a studied attitude of episcopal doubt, and then led the way into the garden. It was a beautiful West-Indlan night; tropical moonlight lay pale green upon the floor of the verandah; fireflies flitted In and out; the srent of large white flowers was heavy on the air. Travers thought It all beautiful. He had only arrived at Tortuga that morning, and had come straight up to Bishopstow to make his first impression of the tropics under his old friend’s roof and his old friend’s auspices. Tic Bishop selected a sequestered spot at the furthest end of the verandah. placing a long deck-chair for Tracers, where he was least likely to be HDVerheard by the two Bishopinas. “Yes,” he continued, iu a bland professional murmur, “we have a Great Work here, and I feel that abstinence from all appearance of evil is a necessity of my usefulness.” John Travers lighted a cigar. Its smoke blew towards the Bishop. “Capital [tobacco ono gets here," Travers

remarked.

The Bishop sniffed It regretfully. “It has a delicious fragrance. 1 will admit," he answered with reluctance. Travers leaned hack in his chair and watched tho fireflies as they flitted. The air was balmy. “Ah. what times we had at Oxford!” he went on, reflecting. “What times we had there, Mitchell! Do you remember that saucy little girl who used to sell flowers at the comer near tho Randolph? A pretty bit of fluff; Polly Peach, they called her. What fun we had chaffing her! Well, she’s married a doctor now, and has a son at Brasenose.” “I am glad to hear It,” the Bishop answered, putting his thumbs and forefingers together. “Though she was a frivolous young woman, she was not wholly lacking In—in what I may venture to call the essentials of refine-

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wailing and keening after their kind over one of their people who had died in this epidemic. 1 regret to say, owing to our imperfect sanitary arrange- ] ments, such scenes are too common. We grow perhaps to disregard them with almost unchristian lack of sym-

pathy.”

“Epidemic? What epidemic?” The Bishop stretched truth as far as it would go. “Yellow Jack,” he answered, in an unconcerned voice. “Very bad here at present. They are dying by thousands—the whites and browns especially. It attacks new comers most of all. People of florid complexion and full habit of body, fresh out from England, are almost sure—” Travers rose In horror. He was fresh-colored and full-blooded. “Is it all over the islands?” he asked, with marked eagerness. The Bishop gave a dramatic pause. “Not, in Harbadoes,” ho answered slowly. “Barbadoes is quite wholesome. There’s a steamer to Barbadoes tomorrow morning.”

CURIOUS TRIBE OF INDIANS. The government's attention was lately called to a strange people, known as the Muskwaki, occupying a small tract of land in the eastern central part of Iowa.

i SOMETHING ABOUT THE PER-

FECT FIGURES OF PARIS.

Thrlr Work, Thilr Wage** and the t.lfe

They l.ead—Soma Noted Model* of 1 he Trench Capital Kct timing to the

Prof cms ion.

(Paris Letter.)

HE art season is now in full swing, and everybody is occupied with it. If we are to rely on the opinions of the critics, neither of the two rival salons is up to the mark this year. Let us, therefore, leave the artists and

turn to their models, of whom many interesting things may be said. The model does not earn so much as might be expected. The sitting lasts half a day, and is paid at the rate of four francs for men and five for women. There are exceptional cases in which the remuneration is higher. The manmodel has one advantage over the woman-model: his figure does not change so quickly, Whereas the womanmodel, after four or five years, Is no

all the portraits of the poet to he found in the picture shops. Nearly all the man-models are Italians, who live chiefly In the Rue des Boulangers, the Rue Saint-Victor, and tho Avenue du Maine. They congregate in tho Place Pigalle, at Montmartre, where the painters abound, and where they are

lured.

I have said above that the womanmodel does not last long. There are. however, exceptions. The most remarkable was Josephine, who posed in the “attliers” of the porcelain manufactory of Sevres tip to forty-five years of age. and received a pension from the government. During the whole of that period she never wore stays. Sometimes the model is married. Tills was the case with a German woman named Celestlne Gurr, who came to Paris after the war, and was engaged by Oabanel. She was not particularly handsome, hut her build was perfection itself, and her husband

was Virforin" who posed in several TV f P | [ [<’ ('OIJXKIJ

1 1 11 l ' fit .x i,u. ity of models on quitting the “atelier” i

get married. It not infrequently happens that the painter marries his own model. Others less fortunate have to resort to needlework to earn their dally bread. A eerhtln number join the ranks of the “demi-monde,” beI ct.me notorious, and in that way pass | the rest of their lives, or commit suic'.de. as was the case the other day, •. v hen two of them put an end to tbrnr existence. Such, in conclusion, is the way the artisi.s' models lice and die Id

Paris.

SOME STRANGE. QUEER AND CURIOUS PHASES OF LIFE.

Miilarn Iltilnl tiy ; The Cocos-Keellng group of coral specks Ocean, five hundred

Si'otmuau. islands are a in the Indian miles south of

Java, and attached to the 5'raits Settlements. The whole twenty of them are Inhabited by a few hundred Malays. and are owned by a Scotsman mimed Ross. From time to time

was jealous of her. On the first day

Gurr arrived with his wife, and while I Queens^ ships drop in upon and re-

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Although the Muskwaki have for many years been close neighbors of the whites they have always held themselves strangely aloof from the latter. They have ever been peaceful, and, to all appearances, law-abiding; yet the whites have never been able to know them, to exchange gossip with them nor even to corrupt them. On account of this unusual reserve the Muskwaki have always been regarded as a mysterious race. Prof. W. J. McGee has Just returned to Washington from an interesting visit to these people, made on behalf of the bureau of ethnologj. The Muskwaki number in all about 400 soul'’, who occupy 3,000 acres, all their own. Their agriculture is purely aboriginal, the crops consisting principally of the aboriginal Indian corn, beans and pumpkins. Their only domesticated animals are ponies and dogs. They have no end of strange customs and beliefs. One of these is their sacrifice of dogs as an important part of certain religious ceremonials. To them the dog is a sacred animal, hut they may resort to dog flesh and sustain the spark of life thereby when all other supplies of human food have been cut

off.

They treat whites coming to their villages as we commonly treat ordinary street beggars. This contempt is not expressed in threats or actual deeds of violence, but rather by condescension and hauteur. The Muskwaki object to having their children educated in the agency school, because there they must associate with white children. They say that the white children attending are not always honest, that they have been known to he deceitful and sly and sometimes to lie and take things which do not strictly belong to them. Honesty is one of the prevailing virtues of the Muskwaki. It is rare that the Muskwaki of either sex intermarries with the whites. There have been but six cases since the tribe has lived among the whites. These people have excellent physiques and great stature. They dress more like Mongols than red men. wearing odd turbans woven of hemp and hark.

she posed before a score of students, he sat down in a corner of the studio. This kind of guardianship aroused the students, who resolved to put a stop to it. The next day, on the arrival o.’ the couple, all sorts of unpleasan’ tricks were played on Gurr. He resisted stoically for that day. ftut he was hound to confess himself beaten,

longer fit for the service. The record | and did not return to the school lib

wife then came alone to pose. Many models, after hating given tip

their profession, are seized with nostalgia. and return to the studio. Mine. Lueienne G . who kept a shop on the Boulevard Raspail. furnishes an instance of this kind. On leaving the “atelier" she got married, and set up in business. All went well for six

for posing was held for some time by an Italian named Pousco, who began to sit when he was only two years old. and continued to sit up to the age of seventy-six. He was cilled the King of Models, and bore that title on his cards. All painters knew Oelon. who Is sixty-five, and whose robust form still furnishes a good model. The

port. The islands were originally populated by a wandering adventurer named Hare, who had received a “present” from a native rajah of a number of Malays. He took his property hero and there, and finally settled in the Coos as a place where he might hope to be secure from molestation, .Meantime, the original Ross, grandfather of the present proprietor, another wanderer, had seen the islands In their uninhabited state, and had gont home to Gotland to induce people to come out and colonize them. When he returned In 1S27 Hare was there. The two factions lived on had terms, but gradually Ross influence became dominant, and Hare went to

Singapore to die.

The people work for Ross as freemen. and lie and his have gradually civilized them. They have reached a high degree of civilization. “They eat with knife, fork and spoon.” says one of their eulogists proudly. “They have mattresses and curtained beds spotlessly clean; they spread white cloths on their tables, use a brush and mmb, and decorate the insides of their houses with cuttings from illustrated papers and cartoons from ’Vanity Fair.’” They are Mohammedans, and their chief priest has been known to complain that they do not get all the • duration they require. When last heard of they were happy and had no complaints except as to a certain scarcity of wives and clothes. They know little of rivalry, still less of ambition; they look upon Mr. Ross as their prottr:or i.iul friend, and live on

placidly content

Their ruler has had trouble enough with them in the past, hut has gradu ally conquered them In all their pursuits and by never showing fear. No man can spear fish as ho can, or sail, nr shoot, or build a boat. Yet he has known what it is to wake up Just in the very nick of time to save himself from assassination. He spared the issassin, and owed a second escape from murder to “information received” from the man. He is a natural oraor. though he has forgotten a good leal cf his English, hut when he speaks to liis people iti their own language, he moves them at will to enthusiasm or 'ears. His wife is Cocos born.

A lie murk ii hit' Cockutoo \ Cat Serving; :ih a Ma»« ot for a I'oltiirul Organization in New York City Vnall Farming.

The Mere h’Tree*» Petition* H. L.EAVK this barren spot to me! Spare, woodman, spare the beechen

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Though bush or flow-

eret never grow

My dark, unw arm-

ing shade below,

Nor summer bud per-

fume the dew

Of rosy blush or yel-

low hue;

Nor fruits of autumn, blossom-born, My gruen and glossy leaves adorn. Nor murmuring tribes from me d» rl\e Th’ ambrosial amber of the hive; Yet leave* this barren spot to me: Spare, woodman, spare the beechen tree.

Thrice twenty summers I have seen The sky grow bright, the forest green; And many a wintry wind have stood in bloomless, fruitless solitude. Since childhood in my pleasant bower Kirst spent Its sweet and sportive hour; Since youthful lovers in my shade

Their vows of truth and rapture made,

Ami on my trunk's surviving frame Carved many a long-forgotten name. Oh! by the sighs of gentle sound, First breath *d upon this sacred ground Hy all that love has whisper’d here, Or beauty heard with ravish’d ear; As love’s own altar honour me:

Spare, woodman, spare the beechen tree.

°OoooO^ BLANCH BRYANT.

WE WERE AT A DRUNK, ment. And we must remember she was placed in a position of same tempttation." “Yes. she’s married.” Travers went on, “to a doctor, as I say. I think you knew him. Oh, of course; we were at a drunk together at his rooms in Balllol!” "I recollect taking wine,” the Bishop admitted, after a pause, "with a man named Holmes there.” "The lame! The very fellow! What a way he had with the girls, too! And then the bonfire. Do you remember our bonfire on the night our Torpid beat Christ church and Oriel? How you brought out faggots into the quad after the Bump Supper, and remarked that you didn’t care a sontething-or-other for the Dons, and made a jolly good blaze, and were almost sent down for it?” The Bishop hesitated. "I have some indistinct recollection that there was a lonfli ” he allowed at last, dubiously. “Was a bonfire! Why, my rear fellow, you were all but sent packing for It. You can't possibly forget. You were let off on the ground that most of the other men wero much more drunk than you; you were just sober enough to light the faggots in the middle of the quad, while tho other men wanted to pile and light them against the hall and chapel.” The Bishop’s face was rigid with terror. Just then a cry arose on the »lr from a cottage not far off—a wierd, shrill cry, as a woman wailing. "What’s that?” Travers asked, with a start. “Saved, saved!" The Bishop gasped with joy. He remembered that Travers hud had typhoid at college, and lived ever after In bodily dread of zymotic diseases. “That.” he replied, in

Her I*uoky Miatiiko. That little mistake of Miss Margaret Williams, the typewritist of the state house, which necessitated the calling of an extra session of the legislature, instead of costing New .In ey several hundreds of dollars, as was expected, has saved the common wealth about $45,850. Instead of having throe days for registration purposes, as provided in the election hill, the names of voters will be registered in one day. The taxpayers of the statt* are grateful to Miss Williams. Miss Williams bj substituting the word "provided” for “prohibited ’ in an anti-gambling bill, made pool-selling in New Jersey a possibility. The bill provided for a special election so that the people could approve of the amendments to the constitution which passed two legislatures. The new bill provides for only one day for registration. Under the bill which passed the legislature the elcciion would have cost about $102,000. Under the hill passed because of the error It will cost $.">6,150. Senator Johnson of Bergen county has written to Miss Williams, explaining to her how she has really been of service and that the state is under obligations to her for creating the opportunity for making the correction. Other legislators have written In the same strain. Miss Williams’ mind has been greatly relieved in consequence. Kiiou'iedffo I** I*mvc»r. “Oh, dear!” sighed the poor girl a. she came down stairs in her cycling suit and stood at the window looking at the pouring rain. “Oh, dear! 1 don’t see how the weather bureau can guess wrong so often.” "You must remember, my child,” said the wise old mother, “that they have the advantag« of careful observation and scientific research.'—Detroit News. He \Vant«*<l Company. "He said he would go to the end of U>e world for me.” “Well?” “Well, but he wants to rake me with him.”

same number of years have also passed over th» head of Mezerino, who has posed for Romans to a generation of artists, thanks to his aquiline nose, his regular profile and the energetic expression of his face. Another type was Schlumbcrger, who died a couple of years ago, and whose blue eyes, heavy mustache, blond hair and fair complexion enabled him to sit for the Last of the Gauls. The black model was for a long while represented by Salem, of Timbuctoo, who said he was formerly a prince in his native land. He fought in the war of 1S70-'71, and though decorated with the I^egion of Honor, and in receipt of a small pension, resorted to posing to Increase his income. He was for many years employed by Gustave Boulanger. Although tho man-model has not the same resources as the woman-model, yet he finds means of augmenting his earnings. The most successful method is to have many children, and to introduce them to the studios as soon as they can walk. Other models, having acquired a taste for painting, study the art. and manage to get a living out of it. One of these models, an Italian, who figures in a picture by Levy at the 1 uxembourg, is professor of painting at one of the city schools. Another named Colorossi has founded an “atelier.” for which he has obtained the support of some of the masters for whom he has served as a model; his pupils are numerous. .Socei, another Italian model, has established an agency for tho supply of models to the painters. Mention must also be made of Dubosq, who. by dint of economy, scraped together not less than twenty thousand francs. When he died he left his little fortune to the School of Fine Arts, to be spent in Increasing the pensions of the Prix de Rome. Some painters rarely employ professicnal models. Roll, for example, draws his soldiers from his barracks. Jean Beraud, when he has workmen to produce, gets them from the workshops. Lhermitte chooses his peasants from the fields, and Renout his sailors from the seashore. Sometimes the painter makes use of "sosies,” of striking likenesses. The most celebrated "bosle" was an old costermonger in the Quartier Latin, who was the verv im-

years, whin she suddenly deserted Ik husband and the shop, and again be came a model. A short time after sir disappeared, and the artists say sh was carried off by a rich amateui painter. Good models, we are told, arc becoming rar Q r every day. Many o the masters, however, have their own models, who are not allowed to sit for anybody else. Such, for example, is Emma, who has become the faithful model of Gerorae, and accompanies him in all his artistic journeys in tin summer, and in the winter lives iu ;

SARAH BROWN. snug apartment on the Boulevard de Clichy. A Belgian woman named Alice, after having first appeared in the studio of Puvis de Chavannes went over to II Miner, to whom she sits for his luminous nudities. Martha, who was born in Senegal, is much sought after for Oriental subjects; she poses frequently for Benjamin Constant. Next to these models come Blanche Brian! Laure Serepan, Alice Bnudet Corine and Eliza Duval; nil of them are engaged by the greatest mas. Urs. Netlee must also be taken of Sarah Brown, of English origin, as her name indicates, who was one of the most beautiful models ever seen; she sat for Jules ladebvre, and died a year aao. Auot he'’ extraordinary model

Straight eniug iliinc til Mirks.

The Revue Encyclopedique pub[;shes a remarkable account of some uccpssful cures by Dr. Oalot, an Ital- : n surgeon practicing in France, of uat disti l rw-iii' inity commonly ' nown as hunchback a disease gen•rally of tubercular origin, and which ricn follows injury in young children. Dr. Calot places the child to be operited upon under chloroform, and it is hold face downwards by four assistmts while he applies great pressure vitb hip hands over the area of tho deformity. In this way he gradually mosses down Ihe vertebrae to their iK.rmal level, an operation requiring :icat care, as a false movement might cause rupture of the spinal cord, and •bus bring about instant death. The -atlent is next swathed in bandages of wadding and plaster of Paris, and thus remains for three or four months. When this bandage is removed the hack Is Hat. hut is rehandaged, and this .-nond application is followed by the tearing of a corset. Photographs illustrating this account show the patient. a hoy live years old. being operated upon: and also picture him heft re and after the treatment. Dr. Ca'ot has only operated upon children, and it seems doubtful whether in the aise of adults, where the tiony structure is compltely established, any such

net hod would he possible. Chart li Unlit from Ono Troe.

Santa Rosa, cipit.il of Santa Rosa county, California, has a Baptist church which holds over two hundred people built entirely from timber sawed out of a single redwood. Tim-

.% It<‘tiiurkjil>l<* « ookrttoo.

There is a very remarkable cockatoo found in one of the islands of the Indian Ocean, near New Guinea: it is as large as a full-grown pheasant, and of a Jet black color. The bird is distinguished for its immensely strong bill and the (lever manner in which it uses this tool. The bill seems as hard as steel, and the upper part ha. a deep notch in it. Now the favorite food of tills c-ickatoo is the kernel of ihe canary nut; but there is wonderful ingenuity required to get at it, for the nut is something like a Brazilian : nut, only ten times as hard. In fact, it requires the blow of a heavy hammer to crack it; it is quite smooth and triangular in shape. The cockatoo might throw the nut down, but it 1 would not break, or it might hold it ! in its claws as parrots usually do with j their food and attempt to crush it, but the smoothness of the nut would cause it to fly out of the beak. Nature, however, appears to have given the possessor of this wonderful hill an almost miraculous Intelligence to direct Us powers, for the cockatoo takes one of the nuts edgewise in Us bill, and by a sawing motion of Us sharp lower mandible makes a small notch in it. This done, the bird takes hold of the nut with its claws, and biting off a piece of leaf, ret/iins It in the deep notch of the upper part of the bill. Then the nut is seized between Ihe upper and lower parts of the bill and Is preventod slipping by the peculiar texture of the leaf. A sharp nip or I wo in the notch breaks off a tiny piece of the slmll of the nut. The bird then seizes the nut in its claws and pokes the long, sharp point of its hill into the hole and picks out the kernel bit by bit. The cockatoo has a very long tongue, which eollects each morsel as it is broken off by the bill. This is without doubt a wonderful process, for it is quite clear that without the leaf nothing can be done, and it proves how rertain structures in birds are made to destroy certain

parts of plants.

CHIT of NiituruHy Formed A cliff of naturally-formed glass

winter they are sheltered in houses (• imposed of brick and wood, and they are gathered and marketed from April to June. In the Tyrol from June to ttie middle of August tho snails aro collected from every available damp I place and taken to the feeding-ground ; mar the owner’s dwelling. This is a i bit of garden ground, free from trees and shrubs, and surrounded on ail j sides by running water. In this feed-ing-ground are little heaps of moun-tain-pine twigs, mixed loosely with v.ood-moss, and these twigs when dry i re replr^cd by fr-sh ones. Every day they are fed on cabbage leaves and grass, and when cold weather sets In they go under cover that is, they col-Rc-t under ihe heaps of twigs and bury themselves, and there seal themselves up for the winter When this has been successfully nc omplished they aro collected, packed in perforated boxes lined with straw and sent off to Paris and other towns. Marseilles enjoys a great reputation for spei ial preparations of escargots. Snails are regarded as dainties and se mething of a luxury. On snail-farms the cost of preparing them for tho market is greater than the cost of ptodueing them.

I’.xtmordtnary Precocity.

The extraordinary precocity of Christian Heinecken deserves a record i amongst instances of mental wonders. I This remarkable child was born on February 6, 1721, at Lubeck, in Germany, where his father was a painter. When only ten months old he could reIteat every word said to him. At twelve months such was his mental dei velopment that he knew the salient events recorded to the Pentateuch hy heart. At two years he had the histrrical parts of the Old and New Testaments at his fingers' ends. In his third year he could have passed thn most exacting examination in universal history and geography, and could 1 also converse in Latin and French. His fourth year he occupied in studying church history and religion. This marvellous precocity was no mere feat of memory for the little savant could reason on and discuss the varied knowledge he had acquired. Crowds flocked to Lubeck to see the wonderful child; and in 1724 he was taken to Copenhagen at the desire of the King of Denmark. On his return home ho begun to learn writing, but his Irail constitution gave way and he died on

lime 22. 1725.

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one of the many wonders to be seen In Yellowstone Park. This cliff, says Professor Joseph Paxton Iddings , is an elevation half a mile long hy from 150 feet to 200 feet high, tho material of which it contains being as good glass as any artificially manufactured. Its colors and structure are not only interesting to every visitor, but furnish to the scientific inv -stigator phenomena ot importance. The cliff presents part of a section of a surface flow of obsidian. which poured down an ancient i slope from the plateau lying east. It is impossible to determine what the original thickness of this flow was. The dense g’ass which now forms its lower portion is from 75 feet to 100 * feet thick, while the upper portion has j suffered from ages of erosion and glacial action. A remarkable feature of | the cliff is the development of pris- j malic columns, which form its south- j ern extremity. These are of shining black obsidian, and are from 50 fee* ! to 60 feet in height, with diameters I varying from 2 feet to 4 feet. The j color of the cliff is mostly black, but j much of It is mottled and streaked with bright brownish red and various

Height of Ire*-* Summer unit Winter, It has, perhaps, occurred to a few of us that the houghs of trees occupy a very different position in summer and winter respectively, but Miss Agi cs Fry. says Public Opinion, has made careful measurements of the height from the ground of branches of both walnut and mulberry trees in August and December, and she finds that in some cases there is a difference of as much as thirty-one inches in the height of the same branch from tho ground in these two months. One particular figure was obtained with a branch of a mulberry tree, and it was found that in December a weight of thirty-five pounds was not sufficient to lower it to its summer position. In other cases there were differences of | ficm thirteen inches to nineteen inches in the distance in summeer and winter respectively of hraches from tho | ground. No wonder, then, that tho 1 diagnosis of a tree in winter from Us general outline is so difficult a task.

Ileclileil by >i TusH-t'p.

A curious case occurred in one of the Sussex. Eng., courts a few years ago. It was a "horsey” case, and the evij (Knee was very conflicting. "It is a ; toss-up,” said His Honor Judge Martineau, when iie came to consider his | judgment. Counsel for the defendant I linked at the plaintiff inquiringly. "What do you say'.’’ he asked. "All right," responbd that individual, tired of litigation. There was a brief adjournment, and just without the precinets of tin rt the coin was spun. A matter of £7n or more depended upon the spin. A minute later counsel was informing the judge that the dispute was settled, and asked for judgment for the plaintiff. “Is that so?” asked his honor. "Yes, your honor," replied the loser, with rueful countenance.”

'Six-Toeil Trilby.” The Citizens’ union of New York city lias a Maltese cat with six toes,

bci s, weather-boat ding, and inner lin- | shades ings are all of wood, there being no plaster or bricks and mortar about It. The roofing, too. is of shingles cut from the same tree, and after it was all finished there were 60,0u0 shingles

left.

There Are Others* "Von,” said the constant reader, "do rot seem to he writing any baseball Jokes at present.” "No,” said the funny man. "there is no need. There are about a dozen of 'em on the road now, with ‘Indianapolis’ in large letters on their bosoms.” —Indianapolis Journal. How mankind defers from day to day the best it can do and the most beautiful things it can enjoy, without thinking that every day may be the last one. and that lost time Is lost eternity.

of brown and olive green.

Snuil-Far in ing:.

Snail-farming forms a peculiar branch of agricultural Industry in France and other countries, and the consumption of them In I'lanc- is very large. Edible snails vary greatly in size; the large white ones are the real escargot, but this term is usually employed to designate all edible snails adapted to table purposes. But in the markets, besides escargot, there are two other varieties, known as limace and limacon, the former being of medium size and the latter quite small. Though the great majority of the edible snails produced in France are of natural growth, their artificial culture is carried on to a very considerable extent. They are prop.igated from August to October in ground especially prepared for the purpose, and fed with cabbage, clover, etc During the

Six-toed cats from time immemorial have been regarded as mascots. Though burdened will the name of Trilby, the mascot is of a cheerful disposition and even temper. NewHpapor Mukhuiiik. Aix-la-Uhapeile lias a newspaper museum forty years old and containing over 50,000 newspapers in sixty different languages. Gera has a similar museum with 20,000 copies so far. It is believed that these collections will prove of inestimable value to historians. The oldest wooden building in the world is believed to be the church in Borgund, in Norway. It was built in the eleventh century, and has been protected by frequent coatings of pitch. It is built of pine and in fantastic Romanesque design.