Greencastle Herald, Greencastle, Putnam County, 22 August 1919 — Page 4
ME GREENCASIIE HERALD
FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1919.
1 RACING ORIGIN OF NAMES) * The *■
Well-Known Surnames of Engl.sh Families Had Their Beginning at the Baptismal Font.
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CHEESE ENTITLED TO FA WE
WATERMELON A LA FILIPINO
Traveler Asserts Product of Northern France Has Any Like Edible Beaten a Block.
Wc'l.Meant Effort of Native Chef Spoiled Surprise American Army Oiliccr Had Plf
WON FAME AS ADMINISTRATOR
Sir William Macgregor Will Long Be Remembered for His Good Work in West Africa.
USE BUZZARD AS AIRPLANE
DRAFT OF RARE POTENCY
Rice Birds Take Free Rides Apparently for the Pure Fun of the Thing.
But Traveler Who Indulged in Kavj Tells Us Nothing About the “Morning After.”
Mnny Knglish siirnnnu's hud thoir « in hnptistiml names. The fulImvinR well-known nnmes are of this hind: Adams and Addison, from Adam: \tkins and Atkinson, from Ar--Inir: Anderson and 1 lenders,.n, from Andrew ; Sanders and Saunders, from Alevntder: I'lkins and Blkinson, from Allan : nenson, from Itenjamin; Hales and I'.artlidt. from Itanholomew ; Kelley. from Charles; Davidson, Davison and Dawson, from David ; Kills, Klllson and DUIott. from Klias; Gill, Gilpin. Gihlis and Gihson. from Gilhert; .leff ts m null Jeffries, from Geoffrey; Harris. I! irri'on, Ilawhin* and 11a!) (sonn • ina-s), from Henry: llewson. from llu.di; Jones, Jenninjs Jenkins :ml Jin kson. from John: I.peas (Latin), from Luke; Madison and Matson, from Matthew; I’iereo and rerkins. from Peter: Polloek and Polk, from 1'anl : Paterson and Pattlson. from Patick; Idek. Dlekson. Dixon. Dleke is. Dickinson. Jdokorsnn and Itlehnrds. from Itiehurd; Kohlnson, Itohliins. Iloherts, Iii.hson. I bins and Hopk n-. from Itohert ; Hudson and Dodder • fmm Ito^er: Simpson, from Simon: Thompson. Tomson. ‘I'omkins, from Thomas; Watson. Watkins, from Walter; Wilkins, Wilkinson. Williams. Wilson, WilcoN. Willis. Wylie, from Will am: and. of course, all Christian names ending in snn. sueh as Willlams. n. Johnson, Kohertson, and the like.
HAD DECIDEDLY WRONG IDEA
"n
Miss Simpkins’ Trouble Was Not With Her Heart, as Drug Clerk Had
Imagined.
Miss Simpkins was a lady of uncertain appearance and iiko, unil rather
frightened T Vere. who was young assistant In a druggists’ simp, by her persistent demonstration of f r 1 e n dship. He Haltered himself that every girl and woman fell
madly in love with him. He felt sure site meant to hook him. Hut chance threw them ulone one day, and He Vere fell that his day had come. "Mr. He Vere,” she said, "I can no longer bear this unspeakable anguish. 1 have at hist plucked up courage to ask you a question whieh concerns my future happiness and comfort. Will—
will you be—”
“My dear lady," gasped Do Vere, breaking out in n cold perspiration. “It —it would break 111} heart to re* se. I have every regard and respect for—" "Sir! What do you mean?” gasped Miss Simpkins. “Surely you can’t object to my asking what corn-cure you
can recommend?”
COULD NOT SEE THE FUTURE Oldtimc Cevelrndxr’s ftebuku of "Visionary” Makes Interesting Reading at This Time. A Cleveland man who has inherited a ni:;sv of ancient correspondence ran across the folh wing letter some time ago and found in il a little sermon on time’s mutations. It was written Iti IsTi.’t in an ancestor of his, a elli/‘ , ii of imniy activities, the writer being lion. John W. Allen, lawyer, editor, rnngn ssm in. tile first president of the Sociely f»r Sa' lugs !i upp ars (hat the re" plent of the letter had written to his congressman suggesting a railway across the continent. an nmn.Mig vision in 1 k."T. Hid ('ougn ■- iman Allen take kindly to the suggostion? lie did not. 1111 the coin in ry he gave the aiilhor of the wild si heme a neat dressing down. “Why do you want al your age," he wrote, "and with property enough for your comfort and the well being of your children, to embark in sueh 'a crazy undertaking? . . . When you are well, don’t take physic. Truly your friend, J. W. Allen.” It will be noted that til* world and Hie railways have advanced a good deal since that solemn warning was delivered. Comforts Over a Volcano. 1'p in the mountains, where snow covers the ground more than half the year and zero blasts whistle out of the north, lies the town of Chnudessigaes, aud In this town there lias not been a beating stove or a furnace for many years. Coal, firewood anil gas are unknown and there are no chimneys In lids town of 2.0110. No. ^hnudosuigiies is not in ITnpin. It Is in Auvergne, Kranee, and the explanation of its emancipation from soot and furnaces umi ashes lies in the fact thal il Is built in what was the crater of a volcano, and from the ground he neuth comes lioillng water In great volume. lectures Hour Tons, a Paris magazine, tells how this water Is piped through the streets and under houses throughout the town without cost to Hie resident. Kven In the coldest of weather, and It gets very cold in Chatldesaigties well below zero—the houses are kept at a balmy temperature merely by raising a Irap door In the floor arid letting oat the heat front the flowing waters the magazine says.
Looting by the Ancients. After the battle of Cannae—August ? 21t! H. in which the Romans wore totally defeated by Hannibal, the Carthaginian leader ordered that the gold rings should be taken from the hands of the dead Homans and heaped yip in the vestibule of his quarters. Knoagli were collected to fill a bushel basket, and they were sent to Carthage not as valuable spoils of war. hut as proof of the great slaughter among the Homan patricians and knights, for at that lime none below the rank of knights, and only those of highest standing among them, those provided with steeds by the state, had been given the right to wear gold rings. On days of national mourning the gold rings were laid aside as a mark of sorrow and respect and Iron rings were substituted. This was the itisc after the defeat at Cannae and on the funeral day of Augustus Caesar la v i> 14.
Hard Life in a War Camp. .Toe llelatzinun came in from Cincinnati with gossip of a western war camp. He said the work was to he harried and the contractors put on all the men they could find, under the 10 per cent on cost rule. “One carpenter," said lie, “yvas a sort of a lazy bird. He checked In each morning, n el then he used to yvniider around la the shade and do very little work. The third day he not iceii n nmn following him. WhCri ver the carpenter went, there was the other iiian also, lly aud by lie could not stand It any Unger. "‘What the dickens you mean by It?' be asked, ‘n-follnyving me around this u-wuy? I ain’t a going to he spied mi. Do you get me? I'll quit first.’ “ ‘Why.” said the other man, Tin awful sorry, Mr. Jones. I don’t yvant to annoy you by following you around. Hut. you see, I'm your assistant.’”— New York Times. No Carrots Causes Tears. The vandals are destroying Fleet street. Three or four of the oldest houses. Including the hulled href shop, have hist been torn down. Poor old hulled-beef shop! It gave you the Juiciest boiled beef, the mealiest potatoes, the most delicious carrots, the most wholesome plain bread and the creamiest porter. The late Paul Merritt, an enormously fat man. who wrote Adelphi melodramas. used to tell a story of a hungry man going Into a beef a la mode simp ami ordering boiled beef and carrots. Very sorry, sir," said the waitress, “out carrots Is olT.” “What?” exclaimed the mnn. “No carrots! Good Lord'" And be burst into tears.— Loudon lixpress.
Why Sugar Crop Was Failure. A body of French monks who migrated to Canada n few years ago knew that a popular sweet was obtained from the famous Tree of Can nda. so they went forth Into the woods and tapped and collected sap and boiled It down and put their maple sirup upon the market In hcniitlfnl packages. But, alas, nobody would eat It ! Investigation disclosed, sajs Little Journal, that the holy men, In their abundant and unquestioning faith, had tapped every old tree near the monastery'. and this boiled-down Juice from pine, hickory, spruce, maple, etc., did not appeal to the American palate. Will Miss the Regularity. ‘‘I presume you’re mighty glad the war Is over." "Well, I don' Jes' know alxiut dnt," answered Mandy. “Cose I’se glad to have my Sam hack home an’ till tint, hut 1 Jes’ kfiow I ain’t never gwlne t' get money from him so regular us I did while he wttz In de army mi' de government w uz handlin' hls financial affairs.”
Busy Uncle Sem. “I'ra sorry," said the diffident woman, hut T'vv got to ring up central and get Information at the depot about when my train leaves and then send a telegram (o my aunt, besides buying transportation and a lot of other things.” "Hut you have a perfect right to do so.” “I know It. Rat 1 do hate to bo sueh a bother to the government!”
Beautiful American Bird. In Ids distinguishing black on the forehead and yellow on the throat, the Maryland yellow-throat Is one of the most beautifully marked of any member of hls tribe and gives an appearance of Spanish grandeur, says the Amerieiin Forestry association of Washington. There Is no mistaking the sound of this bird, and It Is rendered In a variety of ways which make it sound like any one of the following: "VYhlch-la-ltV 1 or “What-a-pity, whut-a-pltjr;” or “Whleh-way-slr? which way-sir?” or “I beseech you, I beseech youor "Witchery, witchery, witchery." The bird Is pnrtlcuuurly fond of thickets by the side of running water.
Lavish Ostentation. 'Has Crimson Gulch gotten used to prohibition?” “Yes, said Cactus Joe. ’’The boys didn’t know what to do with their money for awhile. Hut Hill the hurkeep has opened an lee i ream soda fountain with a price list that makes n man feel more liberal than ever when he buys a drink."
The Fitting Disposition. "I was surprised at Hawker’s speech, as I had believed that all aviators must be of an amiable disposition." “Why must they?” "Ilecuusc If they are quarrelsome, they are apt to fa’I out."
If perchance we had fared into one of trie northeastern provinces of France wo were reasonably certain the meal would he rounded out with | helpings of n certain kind of cheese that is Indigenous to those parts. It comes in a flat cuke, which Invariably Is all caved in and squashed out, ns though the owner had sat upon it while | bringing it into the market in his twowheeled cart. Likewise, when Its temperature goes up It becomes more of a liquid than a solid; and it has an aroma by virtue of which It secures the attention and commands the respect of the I lies* cnsunl passerby. It is more than just cheese. I should call it mother of cheese. It Is to other mid lesser cheeses ns civet cats are to canary birds—if you get what I mean; and In its company the most boisterous Hrle or the most vociferous Cnmembert you ever saw becomes at once deaf and dumb. Its flavor is wonderful. Mainly it Is found In ancient Normandy; and among strangers eating It—or, when h is in an especially fluid state, drinkfug it—comes under the head of out- | dour sports. Hut the natives take It right into the same house with themselves.—Irvin S. Cobb, In Saturday Kvening Post.
MAN MERELY POOR SECOND, Swiftly as Aviators Travel Through the Air, the Swallow Easily Outflies Them. Doubtless the swiftest passage over a long distance ever made by man was that of the daring aviators who flow from Newfoundland to Ireland. They traversed a space of l,t),’!2 miles in) 972 minutes. That was at the rate of nearly two miles a minute. To be precise, it was n mile in .’to.is seconds. For n much less distance a slightly higher speed was made by an tinny airplane between Roston and New York. The distance of 17.7 miles was made In S! minutes. That was it mile In 2S.-I5 seconds, or more than 1 So feet a second. That Is rapid traveling. It Is not, however the swift lest aerial flight known. A swallow could literally fly round and round one of those airplanes when the latter was at top speed. Carefully conducted t's:s by a French scientist have demonstrated that the speed of a swallow in fall (light sometimes goes as high as 2!<0 foot a second, or at the rate of a mile la IS seconds, while the ordinary flight of a swallow is 210 feet a second or considerably faster than the airplane.
Platinum Wonderful Metal. The American Museum of Natural History has Issued a bulletin giving many interesting facts relating to platinum, one of the most striking of which relates to its ductility. The niarvehais ductility of platinum may he conceived when we consider that out of a single troy ounce of the metal It would he possible to make mi almost infinitely slender wire that would reach from Santiago, Chile, across the continent to Rio Janeiro, a distance of about l.soo miles. To draw out platinum Into so exceedingly fine a wire it is covered with a thin layer of gold. This wire Is drawn to the thinness of the former one, and the gold is dissolved. A siniill section of this second wire is then given a mating of gold, redrawn and the gold covering dissolved. After this process has been repeated several times the wire finnlly Is slill Intact, hat virtually invisible. England’s "Mad Poet.” The name "Mad Poet" was applied to Nathaniel Lee, an F.ngliah drum- I atlst who was born In Hatfield in He was the son of a Presbyterian minister of Hertfordshire who conformed to the Reformation. He was educated at Westminster school and Trinity college, Cambridge. For a time he was on the stage, but Inter devoted himself to writing tragedies, M whi'li he produced about a dozen. Ills first successful play was the "Iti\nl Queens" (Ifixl), known afterwards ns “Alexander the Great," In whic h occurs the famous line, “When Greek Joined Greek then vvns the tug of war.” He collaborated with Dryden In "The Duke of Guise,” (111X2). Lee became liisunw In lt!84, and was Conti (led In the asylum for five years, hence be was styled "The Mad Poet.” He died in a tit of intoxication at London in
1002.
Swift-Moving Creatures. Leaping on skis is doubtlcs* the swiftest method of 'locomotion yet practiced by man. Hut even that is slow when compared with the speed of some other creatures. It surpasses the hare and the deer, ami far outdistances tin- comparatively slow kan guroo. Hut there Is a Jumping mouse In I he African deserts whieh Is ered Ihly said to make eighty leaps a seeotui, of 10 feet each. That means .Siai feet a second, which Is more than four times the speed of the airplane and three times that of a swallow. Nor Is even this amazing creature the swift, st known, for the common flea has in hls leaping a vuloclty of 8.70 feet a second, which approximates ten miles u minute.
Careless Man. Smith I am getting pretty forgetful. Jones—How so? Smith—I haven't dipped my pen In the mucilage bottle thi« w
The Filipinos, It sc«"' - tvvc mor than one way of serving a watermelon. The melons grown In the far eastern ! archipelago are siiei!l in size and in-1 fc«ior in flavor. Lieutenant Smith, stationed in one of the towns of northern Luzon, hankered for the Juicy luselousnesB of a melon from hls own sunny southland. So his family in Tennessee carefully crated a choice watermelon pn.| shipped it to him by express. It cost him a good ninny
Sir William Mucgregor was not the least of the hits of good luck which this empire owes to the Scottish strain I of it. In the far-«andered areas of | West Africa and the Western Pacific he achieved distinction which will not
| pass.
The w orld knew more of him as Pa- • citie high commissioner than ns governor of Lagos, but to many Kuropeans In West Africa, and to those folk of
long memories, the African races, he
pesos.,hut no matter. It was a beauty , wU , nhvny8 , K . Mai .,. lv> , ( , r nf 1 .. l! - ()s . noil ..I in i.‘‘i comi,non plonoei* sanitarian who began proc-
esses which have made Lugos a place
und arrived in perfect condition He instructed the cook to prepare a
good dinner that very day; the spleti-, livab , ( . for „ 1(l Kllrnpo , |n nn( , did melon was to he served ns a crown-| livable than ever before to Its teeming glory. The provincial treasurer, | lnj , Afrlrnll population, the school teacher and il'c lew Anierl- The pedant mnv sav that “elrcnmeans in the town were Invited to par- | applies'where the benetake ol a yjoat that was to be a sur- , factor has only cleansed air and roads prise In them. 'and purified water sources; nevertheThe dinner went forward success- ( ,, ws t0 n „ nlan r , in , ( , it attached lallv; hut there was much cuiioslty more fitlv than to Macgregor for his concerning the surprise that the host ; W( „. k ' that steady hive of activity, had promised his guesis, and all eyes r f] |( , natives hud a real affection for were turned frequently toward the :,, nl flir , llPV k|1( ,, v he helleved in
door through which it was expected to ^ fheln . Mll) A f r |,. an s like most other
appear. At last It came. 1 he cook en- sons of Adam, esteem that even above tereil. hearing aloft an immense plat* c,-ni| drains anil pure water. He hud ter, and there from the company ,, v ,, rv c | olir n pp rP eiatlon of the ter-
a chorus of “Ahs!” 'I lie platter was rible danger of German rule la the
pieced on the table under a halo. no. a tropics just because of Its thorough-
ness.
cloud of—steam. The melon was
boiled, thoroughly boiled.
The quick rising of the host to his feet with the carving knife in Ids hand convinced the conk that he had better make the quickest exist possible, which was through the window, and Involved a leap of lea feet to the ground. Reports front the second barrio on the road leading north were that he was still running when he puss.'.I through. Lieutenant Smith has not been able to smile about that watermelon yet.—New York Herald.
There are endless stories of him on the const. One Is of an official who. after n tour in the hush, told the governor of an exceptional juju he had seen—“exactly like n human being, sir. only, of course, of wood.” “Nano sac exceptional.” Macgregor remark' 1. and followed It up with a chuckling soliloquy, “Fro seen some in the ser-r-vlce.”—Manchester Guardian.
PLENTY OF ROOM IN TRUNK
ONION'S VIRTUES ARE MANY S'e ,0
Noted New Englander.
Eaters of Odoriferous Bulb Rarely III, • According to Physic ans—Aid Following the discovery, not long to Beauty Seekers. ago, of an interesting old trunk in whieh Daniel Webster carried his legal
Onion outers, hs nioilicnl men have noted, tire rarely ill. anil that because onions elenr, ns nothing else does, all (he poisons and impurities and germs from the body, according to London Answers. Guinns. In fact, are strong disinfectants, and if sliced raw and put about a sickroom would gather to themselves all the infectious germs just as well as an expensive disinfectnnt would. It is for that reason that it Is extremely dangerous to oat a cut or skinned onion that has boon exposed to the air. It has cleared the air. hut gathered to Its raw surface what il bus
cleared.
Medically, onions are excellent for insomnia and they aid digestion. Further, an onion diet is one of the cures for rheumatism. This is due to the large proportion of sulphur oil in
onions.
It is this oil, too, which produces a beautiful, clear and velvety complexion. Hretons, great onion eaters, are noted for their smooth skins. Onion juice, too. gives immediate relisf from pain of wasp and other Insects’ stings.
Woman’s Gift of Instinct. A celebrated lecturer in giving nn Informal talk to a number of women on ethics startled his audience, who fairly bristled with rage, when he announced that lie did not think women possessed nay reasoning powers al all. "Hut," he continued, “you have what Is far better—an Instantaneous appre-
ciation."
This wonderful gift of Instinct said to belong to womankind, mid seldom appraised at its true value by the socalled stronger sex, Is certainly heaven sent. No amount of cultivation will develop It, for It Is Involuntary and Is not the result of reasoning, hut entirely Independent of It. Where a man will exert all hls mental faculties in revolving round and round a subject, looking at it from every point of view, thinking perhaps that he is using calm, cool judgment, he may, nine times out of ten, make a mistake, when u woman’* unerring instinct leaps at one hound to the right conclusion. Bird Is Terror to Bugs. A cliff swallow will eat a thousand flies, mosquitoes, wheat-liihlgets or beetles Hint Injure fruit trees in a day and, therefore, are to he encouraged, says the American Forestry association of Washington. This bird is also known as the cave swallow because It plasters Its nest on the outside of a barn or other building Up under the eaves. Colonies of several thousand will build their nests together on the side of a clilT. These nests, shaped like a flattened gourd or water bottle, are made of lilts of clay rolled Into pellets and lined with straw or feathers. This bird winters in the
tropics.
Attachable Lamp*. A new electric lamp will not only stand wherever it Is placed oil a flat surface, but the base also eomifl'lse* a clip which may he clamped on any projecting edge or post. Also the lump may be hung on the wall or placed on a flat surface, using the clip as a base. Since praetleally all articles of furniture have either an edge, a post nr a surface, it is possible to u«e this lamp almost anywhere. As the clump Is felt-lined, there Is no danger of scrupli ng or den’.ing polished surfaces.
papers comes the finding of another old trunk t h it < Jeorge Nixon Br a former governor of Massachusetts, curried on Ids back when he pilgrimaged from the town of Hudson. N. Y„ to Adams, Mass., there to begin ; studying law. Governor Briggs lias not remained so fixed In memory as Daniel Webster, but he was a famous man In his time, and is Interesting today necause at the national temperanee convention in 1S.’!2 h" took a stand for total abstinence. Later, ns ! president of the Massachusetts LegisI lutive Temperance society, he marched j in procession through the streets of j Boston, although on this occasion there is no record that he carried Ids trunk, j The trunk, incidentally, Is one of the little ones common a hundred years 1 ago, and Governor Briggs in Inter I years repaired it. and affixed a card ; tolling how be bad brought it with him : to Massachusetts. “It contained.” he wrote, "my entire worldly estate, nil ; of which was not worth $10.”—Chris1 tinn Science Monitor.
“Mugwump.” The modern word mugwump Is dei rived from the Algonquin “mugqnontp,” meaning n great man, a chief, and Is said to have been used among the Indians and whites of Massachusetts and Connecticut In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The word was later used in a humorous, or satirical sense, and was applied to a person who thought hltn- | self of consequence and Importance. In tills sense the word was long in i local use and often appeared in print. In F. S. political history the term was first applied in 1884 to the independent members of the Republican party who openly refused to support the nominees of the party for president of the United States, and either voted for the Democratic or Prohibition party or abstained from voting. The word was I not generally known In any sense before that, time, but it caught the popular fancy and was at once accepted ! by the Independents themselves us an I honorable title.
Energy Released in Combustion. A piece of coal releases, during combustion. enough energy to lift Itself 1 nbout 2.000 miles, or say from New ; York to Panama, vertically upward I against constant sen level gravitation. A piece of hydrogen, our most energetic combustible, releases In combustion an amount of energy capable of lifting about four times ns fur, or to a vertical distance (against sen level gravitation) roughly equal to the dis lance from New York to Manila. But a piece of radium emanation yields without any combustion nn amount of energy In the process of Its evolution that would lift It against s«'u level gravitation, not only to the sun, but to Hie orbit of the planet Neptune, tin outside fencepost of the solar system, and which Is iihout thirty times further from the sun than the earth Is.
Deadly Intoxicating Liquor, /.aiizilnir furnishes one of the most deadly strong liquors that man can drink and still survive the ordeal. Its strength Is so great Hint the natives who use It must necustom themselves to it by first starting with a sip, gradually Increasing the portion as they become more hardenet,. It is said that if n stranger to Its great Intoxicating power partakes of It In even the same measure us absinthe he Is lucky to escape death. This abnormally strung liquor Is called "zeramho.”
Size and strength are popularly associated with victory, especially among the lower animals, but in many eases this is far from being the ease, particularly lit the bird world. Among Hie rice flats of the Curolinas there abound at some seasons tiny rice birds, birds sb small that it takes two dozen for a good meal, even though bones and till are eaten. The great buzzard Is found circling over the flats at all times. He dreads the time for the rice bird to come, for he Is then nearly pestered to death. It Is a common sight to see one of these tiny creatures fly up to a buzzard, and, after dodging this way and that around the awkward bulk, finally alight well forward bet ween the buzzard's wings on the hack. Here the littl" passenger grubs a few fentoers in hls beak and holds on for grim life. After enjoying a ride for as long as Ate desires, the little fellowhops off and is gone. The peculiar feature of the whole performance is that apparently Hie only purpose the rice bird has In getting on the buck of the buzzard is to take n free ride. It puzzles every one who chances to see the little p!ay to find any other reason; yet the fact remains that it is a frequent occurrence, and the little birds seem to enjoy it hugely. NOT ALL A CHESTERFIELD
Writer Outspoken in His Definition of What Is Known as a “Perfect Gentleman.” Somewhere in the hack of every man’s mind there dwells a strange, wistful desire to lie thought n Perfect Gentleman. And this is much to his credit, for the Perfect Gentleman, as thus wistfully contemplated, is a high ideal of human behavior, although, in th(“ narrower but honest admiration of ninny, he is also a Perfect Ass. Thus, indeed, be comes down the centuries—a sort of Siamese Twins, each minieidously visible only to its own admirers; n worthy personage proceeding at one end of the connecting cartilege, and a popinjay praming at the other. 1 go so far ns to think Hint the man ts rare who Is not sometimes a Perfect Gentleman, and equally tincommon who never is anything else. Adam 1 hail a Perfect Gentleman when, seeing what hls wife had done, lie bit hack the bitter words he might have said, and then—he too—took a bite of the apple; but O! how far he fell Immediately afterward, when he stammered hls pitltable explanation that the woman tempted him and he did eat! Bayard. Sir Philip Sidney. Charles Lamb. St. Paul or Socrates would have Insisted, and stuck to It, that he hit it first.—Exchange.
Making a Garden. And because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air, where it comes and goes, like the warbling nf music, than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight than to know what he the flowers and plants that do best perfume the air. . . . That which above all others yields the sweetest smell in the nlr Is the violet; especially the white doable violet which comes twice a year, about Hie middle of April and about Hartholo mew tide. . . . Then wall flowers, which are very delightful to be set under a parlor or lower chamber window; then pinks and gllllflnwers. especially the matted pink and clove gllliflower; then the flowers of the lime tree; then the honeysuckles, so they he somewhat far off. Of lienuflowers T speak not, because they are field flowers; but those which perfume the air most delightfully, not passed by ns the rest, but being trodden upon and crushed, are three; that Is, bttrnet, wild thyme and water mints. Therefore you are to set whole alleys of them, to have the pleasure when you walk or tread.—Francis Bacon, a Not Infallible. Human judgment cannot be Infallible, no matter how broad the mind or keen the Intellect. Appearances are so deceptive that even the most experienced Judge of character may fail to reach as good nn estimate of a man ns the humble ignorant scrub woman, who cleans out his offices dally. Many successful men realize this great lack In themselves, and appreciate the power that Is In the hands of s devoted wife and rent helpmate. They would not think of entering Into n partnership or a big business deal without first arranging to hear the opinion formed by her whom they have learned to look up to and confide in. And, Indeed, n mun can scarcely pav a higher tribute to a woman than the trust he shows In her Instinct.
Bluebird Heralds Spring. The bluebird is among the first, often the first, to arrive In spring In the northern part of the United States from the southern states where this aristocrat has been spending the winter, mijs the Ainerl»an Forestry association, Washington. Sometimes more hardy bluebirds will pass the winter ns far north ns southern New England. The bluebird builds its nest |n bird boxes, or In crannies about buildings or In boles In trees, particularly orchnirt trees. It lines the bottom of !»s nest with grasses for the four or five blue-white eggs which It lays. The female Is paler In color than the male bird.
“Me: ike,” he said to me, “you kti.i W that to drink ktivn you must he of empty stomach. After eating, knva will make you sick. If you do net as soon ns you have drunk it, you will not enjoy it. Take It now, and then eat quickly." He dipped a shell In the tnnox, tossed a few drops over his shoulder to propiHate the god of the knva here drinking and placed the shell la my hands. Ugh! The liquor tasted like earth end water, sweetish for a moment and tl • n neid and pungent. It was hard to get down, hut nil the men took theirs at n gulp, and when Klvi gave me another shell fill 1 patterned hy the:i \ ringing came In my ears as when one puls a senshell to them and he rs the drowsy murmur of the tide- Kivl laughed, and vaguely I heard hls query: "Venvcn? Is It hot?” "E. innhannhntia. 1 ntn very warm." I struggled to reply. My voice snund. oil as that of another. I leaned fvirdrr against the wall and closed my eyes. A peace passing the understanding of the knvn-lgnornnt was upon me. Life was a slumbering ealiu : not dull Inertia, but a separated activity, as if the spirit roamed In n garden nf beauty, and the body, and suffering, all fe, |. Ing past, resigned itself to quietude. I heard faintly the chants of the men, ns they began improving the afterfeasting entertainment. I was p,. r . feelly conscious of being lifted by several women to Yfflihin the house, and of being laid upon mats that were as soft to the body ns the waters of a quiet sea. It was as if angels bore me nn a Cloud. All toil, all effort was over; I should never return to care or duty. I was then a giant, prone In an endless ease, who stretched from Hi" waterfall tit Hu topmost point nf the valley to the shore of the sea. and above me ran In many futile excitements the natives of Atuona. small creatures whose concerns were naught to me.—Exchange.
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But Not Many Movie Spectators Are as Unsophisticated as Was Uncle Ted Prouty. A prominent movie director, said nt a luncheon In Los Angeles: “Movie audiences are very sophisticated nowadays. They Insist on accuracy. If you are inaccurate in the smallest detail they write you hundreds of jeering letters. It wasn't so in the past. “The movie audiences nf the past were ns naive as Uncle Ted I’rotity. Uncle Ted came to town one evening and went to the theater with his wife. In the first net n woman was shot, and when the curtain went down a good many men left their seats and went nut. “Uncle Ted fidgeted a while and then lie took his hat and start' d out In hls turn. “ ‘Where he you goin'?' his wife asked. “’Look here. Hannah.’ said Uncle Ted, ‘I've stood this thing Jest as long ns I can. and now I'm g dn’ oat like the rest to see how that pore woman Is gettln’ along that was 1 ei The unfort’nlt wretch may I"’ dead by tills time, and if she Is this ain’t no place for us.’"
Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen, stylet! the children's poet, was a celebrated Pan Mi writer, horn nt Odense In 1NG and died at f'openliagen after a brief III ness, August 4, 1877. His last years were unharnessed by criticism and attended hy nil the honor and love that should accompany genius combined with old age. As Hie child of poor, shiftless parents, he had little Instriic tlon and few associates, hut hls dramatic instinct was developed by 1 ontnlne and the Arabian Nights, and th* visit of a theatrical company to lilt native city led him to seek hls dramatic fortune In Copenhagen, where for four years he worked dillgcb' 1 '’ hut produced nothing of note. In he essayed the “Fairy Tales.” hy which he was to receive world wide recognition. The classic "Tlnderbox" and "Hie Plans and Utile Platis," are also of this year. A short time BftCl “Only a Fiddler" gave him a European reputation.
Beautiful Marine Organism*. A beautiful marine organism which floats in tropical seas Is not a single creature, but a colony of many Individuals, connected with each other ' ' ’ Siamese twins, and of several differ ent kinds. The largest and most brll llmtly colored Is Inflated wltb gas and floats on the water surface. All the other members of the colony bang from Its under side. Some are small trumpet-shaped and do the feeding !" r the entire community. Others arc tl" gerllke ami are “feelers." Still other- 1 resemble bunches of grapes. ’I hese tire egg layers. Another kind are like long streamers and extend down Into the water to act a* “drag anchor'-.^ They are also armed with “stlng'cellto slay young fishes, which they afterward draw up to the hungry mouth* above.
Waste of Money. Magnate—That fellow knows t'>" much about my affairs. I had to glv him $5,000 to keep me out of Jail. Wife—Oh, Henry, please stop spelling your money so foolishly.