Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 27, Number 29, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 16 January 1897 — Page 7

Stories of Prentice.

George D. Preutice was a remarkably candid man, illustration of which is given in the anecdotes which follow but these are only a few of the hundreds to be told:

Once when coming out of a public building in Louisville he was about to pass through a double door which opened both ways. Like the sensible man he was he started to push at the door half on his right. A young man coming from the opposite direction was pushing at the same door, being his own left. Prentice lost patience, and throwing himself with all his might against the door it flew open and the young man went sprawling on the mosaic floor. Assisting the youth to arise, Prentice remarked: "Take my advioe, my son. Keep to the right in your way through life, and you'll never run against anybody but a blamed fool, and you needn't apologize to him. 'r

Will S. Hays, the famous Kentucky song writer, was in the latter days of the old Journal river reporter for The Democrat. Hays was a very sudden young man, good hearted, jolly, witty, but lacking somewhat in reverenoe, and be had a habit of oalling persons, even old enough to be his grandfather, by their given names. Visiting Prentice one day as a fellow poet, after some desultory talk, Hays said "I suppose, George, you have seen my last song."

Prentice looked up at Hays, who was seated cross legged on Prentice's table, and with a twinkle in his expressive eyes quietly replied "I hope so, Bill."

Bill looked around for a second or two, as if something had tapped him, and then slid down the baluster rail to the front door.—Chicago Times-Herald.

First Movements During a Revolution. I know the mon of the people in ParIs too well not to know that their first movements in times of revolution are usually generoufl, and that they are best

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(leased to spend the days immediately their triumph in boasting of their victory, laying down the law and playing at being great men. During that timo it generally happens that some government or other is set up, the police returns its post and the judge to his bonoh, and when at last our great men consent to stop down to the better known and more vulgur ground of petty and malioious human passions they are no longor able to do so and are reduced to livo simply liko honest men. Besides, we havo spent so many years In insurrections that there have arisen among us a kind of morality peculiar to times of disorder and a special code for duys of bollion. According to these exceptional laws, murder is tolerated and havoc permitted, but theft is strenuously forbidden, although this, whatever one may say, does not prevent a good deal of robbery from ooourring upon those days for the simple reason that •ooiety in a stato of rebellion oannot be different from that at any other time, and it will always contain a number of rasoals who, as far as they are concerned, soorn th morality of the main body and despiso its point of honor when they are unobserved.—"Recollections" of Do Tooqueville.

How Bees Gather Honey.

Bees gather honey by the aid of theii "trunk," "lower lip" or "tongue," which is used as an instrument for extracting the neotar from flowers. The "tonguo" of a bee is not, as was once thought to be the oase, a tube through whioh the juice is suoked, but is built more after the fashion of a fine broom. With this broom the bee brushes or laps the honey or honey material from the flowers, leaves, etc., and passes it down a groove in the upper surface of the tongue to the mouth proper. From that point the juice is oonveyod through a minute orifioe into the "first stomach," vulgarly called the "honey bag." The "honey bag" is a real ohemioal laboratory, where, by somo mysterious process which has not yet been explained by soienoe, the juioes are oonverted into pure honoy. When the chemical process of transforming their nectar into visoid honey has I len completed, the bee disgorges it into one of tho cells made for the purpose of a reoeptacle.

For years tho microscopists and the entomologists havo been studying the bee's laboratory, but its workings are at present among tho unexplained mysteries.—St. Louis Republic.

Cities Hurled by Sand Storms. Sven Hedin, the Norwegian traveler, has discovered 011 the north side of tho Kuen Lun mountains, and in the edge of the great desert of Gobi, the ruins ol towns whioh he thinks wore In.ried by sand storms about 1,000 years ago. The largest town was nearly miles long, and a canal connected it and the surrounding country with the Kerija river. The houses had walls of plaited reeds, covered with mud and then coated with white plaster, and on those plaster walls were well executed paintings of men, animals and flowers. Poplars, aprioou aud plum trees had evidently flourished there before the invasion of the sand.— t^au Fraueisco Chronicle.

Climbing.

Selfish ambition may help us to cliuit to the point where we may be seen, but it never aids us iu climbing to where we can see. The higher a man gets iu the world in pursuit of selfish aims the narrower his field of vision becomes, The higher he gets in the pursuit of unselfish aims the farther he can set" around him. It matters little whether wo climb in life if we do not climb toward a higher point of vision.—Sunday School Timet.

Heliotrope.

The name of the heliotrope cornea from two Greek words signifying "twining toward the sun. It has long been a belief that the flower of the heliotrope turns, with the advancing day, so as to face the sua. In aome species of this plant this curious practice is nodtoed.

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Death by Electricity.

Scientists think that death by electricity or lightning is painless. They do not know that it is so, but infer that it is from these facts:

The nerves communicate the sensation of pain by their vibrations or movements, which are at the rate of 98 feet per second. Eleotricity moves in a oopper wire at the rate of 288,000 miles per second. Hence it is probable that strong ourrent of electricity kills a man before his nerves can make him conscious of the shook.

Professor Tyndall, while lecturing at the Royal institution, London, accidentally touohed with his shoulder the conductor leading from 15 Ley den jarS charged with eleotricity. He thus describes the effect on his body: "I am extremely sensitive to eleotrioity, yet a charge from such a powerful battery as 15 jars seemed to have no disastrous effect upon me. I stood perfectly still, wondering that I did not feel it, but I knew something had ooourred. "After standing for a moment or two I seemed to open my eyes, which probably were open all the time. I saw a confused mass of apparatus about me. I felt it necessary to reassure the people before me, so I said: 'Over and over again I have wanted this battery to be discharged into me, and now I have had it.' "Although I appeared unaffected, really the optio nerve in me was so affected that I saw my arm severed from my body. I soon, however, recovered proper sight and saw that I was all right."

The battery was not powerful enough to cause death, nor did it cloud Professor Tyndall's intellect, while distorting his vision, but he felt no pain, though the shock affected him, because the nervous agenoy,

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of pain is excited, traveled like a tortoise, while the electrio current ran like a hare.

Progress In Modern Athens. The progress of the modern capital of Greece will not astonish Amerioan readers, but Athens in no way resembles Now York or Chicago, nor is Greece America. Between the two countries there is no point of comparison whatsoever. The Americans, springing from and connected with a powerful European nation, began their career with all the advantages and few of thedrawbaoks of civilization. They had only to confront the physical obstaoles to their possession of the extensive territories which attracted aud rewarded their enlightened energy, and immigration accelerated the formation of a glorious commonwealth. Tho Greeks, emerging from ages of debasing serfdom, had no political or social or intellectual preparation for the work of regeneration. After having aohievec1. by dint of desperate efforts tho independonce of a part only of their land and race they had to undergo a series of revolutions before settling down into an organized body politia Moreover, the belief that the national unity is not yet complete has tended, and long may tend, to retard the work of interna] development. Neither these considerations, nor the faot that the whole oountry was a soene of desolation at the olose of the war of independence, must be lost sight of in forming a judgment a& to the progress thus far effected.—D. Bikelas in Century.

A Dog Story.

Two dogs belonging to an Iowa man disappeared and remained absent for nine days. On the tenth day the man was surprised to see tt-a dogs oome staggering into the house, thin and haggard looking. Investigation revealed that a neighbor was out hunting, and on the banks of a creok his dogs began to whine at a hole in the ground, and nothing could make them move away from tho spot Satisfied that something was wrong, the man procured a spade and began digging, and the dogs assisted him. Fully six feet of earth was taken away, when he oame upon the imprisoned dogs. It seems that they chased a rabbit into its burrow, and in digging after it they threw the dirt baok, thus closing up the holo and preventing their own escape. There they had lain for niue days, aud their survival is a wonderful proof of the tenacity of life in lower animals.—Exchange.

A Nl'ip Regiment.

Soldiers belonging to line regiments are never ti' ed of telling stories at the expense of tho militia. Here is one:

While a certain militia regiment was encamped on a well known common a woman with her children came out there for an outing. During thfc time she was playing with the children a militiaman, passing, stole a loaf and ran off. The woman, observing him, commenced calling: "Stop, thief!"

Tim colonel was close at hand, and, hearing the cry, rode up, asking the reason. "That thief has stolen my loaf. "Never mind," said the colonel, giving her a half a crown. "This will get another for you. But for goodness' sake don't call 'Stop, thief!' or I shan't have a man left in the regiment,"—London Tit-Bits.

Latin and Italian.

Several hundred writers on the subject claim that the Italian, with such changes as naturally come about in tho course of agrs, has always been the language of the common people living in the boot shaped peninsula. These writers assert that Latiu was the language of literature, the law and the educated classes, while Italian was spoken by the people.

From the time of Julius Caesar to that of Constantino the Great the popular name for a Roman emperor was Caesar. After the roign of Constantine the sobriquet in the eastern empire wr. Constantino.

The civil crown was a Roman bo given to the soldier who saved the lit of a citizen by slaying an encu|r.

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Her Little Bluff.

The teachers of an east side sewing •ohool have been much annoyed of late by the children making all sorts of excuses to get. out early. So many and so urgent were these requests that the school became more or less demoralized in consequence, and the wealthy women who were its philanthropic and financial backers advised the teachers to render null and void any more appeals of the sort. This the teachers endeavored to do. The other morning, however, a litle girl, after the preliminary hand raising, announced that it was imperative that she leave at a quarter of 12 o'clock. "Why can't you stay until 12?" asked the teacher. "It is only 15 minutes later, aud it creates disorder for you to leave before the rest." "Mamma wishes me to leave at a quarter of 12," returned the child with an assumption of the grand manner that, in spite of her rags and tangled hair, much impressed even the teacher. "You see," went on the little girl, "it gives the waitress so much trouble to prepare me an extra luncheon, and that's what she has to do when I don't get home until after 12. Mamma wouldn't ask it if it wasn't for the waitress and the luncheon."

The teacher was even more impressed with "the waitress" and the "luncheon" than she had been with "mamma, so she granted the request But as the little one skipped gleefully past the others to get her wraps the teaoher heard one of the other children say: "I say, Mamie, what did ye mean by puttin np that awful bluff? Much mamma and waitress and luncheon you've got I" "Of course I haven't got 'em," replied Mamie, "but I've heard that rioh little girl that lives around the corner talk a heap about 'em, and I just thought I'd try it too."—New York Sun.

The Keen Newsboy.

A banker who counts his wealth by seven figures, and an exceptionally well known figure on the streets of Chioago, came out of his office about dusk tho other evening. As he reached the oorner he stepped up to a newsboy and bought the evening papers, but when he felt in his pocket for change he discovered he did not have a single penny. He fumbled first through one pocket, then another, but the search was fruitless. "I have no change, "he said to the newsboy, who had patiently waited for his pay, as he handed back his papers. "Hain't ycr got any money tonight?" tho nrchin asked. "Not a cent," answered the banker. "That's all right," said the newsboy. "I kin lend you some. How much d'yer want?"

The banker looked at the boy and smiled knowingly. The unusual circumstance of a street nrab proffering a loon to a millionaire banker struck him as being particularly comical. He took a quick mental survey of tho boy and docided what to do. "Give me a quarter, "ho said. Ha paid for his papers aud pocketed the remaining change. Then, turning to the boy, he said: "It's a bad habit, that of giving credit to strangers on the street and loaning tiiem money. You don't know who I am or whether you'll ever get your money back." "Oh, I know yon. You're president o' that bank over there." "Oome to my office tomorrow and get back your loan," said tho banker as he walked to the cable car.

And the newsboy kept right on cal ing bis papers.—Chicago Chronicler

Practical.

Chawley Gotrocks—My dearest garet, I love you tenderly, devox Your smiles would shed—

Margaret—Never mind the woodshed. How about a residence built for two.—Washington Times.

Bad Lock In Slipper*.

Tommy—Here! Don't you hit me with that old shoe! Don't you know it's awful bad lock to hit anybody with a shoe?

Jimmy—Is it? I most tell maw that as ?oon as I get borne.—Cincinnati Enquirer.

TERRE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING- MAIIj, JANUARY 16, 1897.

Doiaestic Life In Bethlehem, In" adna. I went to Bethlehem several times, returning usually toward dusk. I constantly met the "Bethlehem men," as they are called—mechanics, masons, oarpenters, laborers—returning on foot from their long and hard day's work in Jerusalem. The hours, of labor in the east are from sunrise to sunset, and these men would leave Bethlehem early in the morning, and, after walking the six miles to their daily task, work all day and walk back at dusk to their late and scanty supper. The younger mon looked worn out. The older men seemed to have lost all strength, and their eyes frequently looked dull and almost glazed.

I was invited to visit a family in Bethlehem. Their home was on the seoond floor of a building. It oonsisted of a single room, about 15 feet square, with a concrete floor, and not a single artiole of furniture save a tiny charcoal stove. It was clean. There were plenty of windows, and the window sills were low and broad and were used instead of chairs. There were little cupboards built in the walls, which held the food and the few dishes. At one side of the room was a larger reoess, perhaps 2 feet deep, 8 feet high and 6 feet long. Here were piled blankets, rugs and quilts, neatly folded. At night the rugs were spread on the floor and the family slept on them, using the blankets and quilts for oovering. On great occasions a little oircnlar table, about 8 feet aoross and 1 foot high, was used as a dining table.— S. S. McClure in McClure's.

Locating the Blame.

One of Washington's amateur actors has a profound faith in the effioacy of advertising. And it must be oonfessed that the publio has given him reason to feel that it is somewhat slow at making discoveries. It was after the entertainment, and the chairman of the committee on arrangements was reoeiving his usual measure of reproof. "Who got up the programmes?" asked the young man. "I did," replied the ohairman of the oommittee. "I suppose you think that your part of the performance was not given sufficient prominence." "I don't care anything about the prominence. But so long as my name was mentioned at all it might as well have been done right." "I don't see that you ought to say anything about the way in whioh we oalled attention to you. The audience didn't seem to know you were there." "On the contrary, a number of my friends told me I was first rate, especially when I sang that comio song." "I didn't bear anybody laughing." "Of course not. And that's where I say you are to blame. How oould you expect them to laugh? You didn't state in the programme that it was a oomio song."—Washington Star.

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The Old Telegrapher.

The old telegrapher was relating his experiences. "Do you know," he remarked, "a man in my profession develops such a wonderful acuteness of touoh and hearing that it might well be oalled a sixth sense. While I was correspondent for the United Press at New Haven there used to be a man on the New York end of the wire whom knew as well as I know my own brother, and yet

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known him in this manner for years, and solely by the manner in which he tioked his instrument. The moment I opened my key and got my response I oould tell if it was he. Ill health compelled him to go south. He was gone six months. He returned unexpectedly one night and took his place at the key for a few mirates to open up a conversation with me. It was after the midnight reoess, and his successor had been on duty in the fore part of the night. I had reoeived no intimation of his coming, and yet the instant he called me I knew his touoh, and I firmly believe I Bhoukl have known it among a thousand. "—New York Times.

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Fame.

When Mme. Albani was at tbe Norwich musical festival, she received a bill from a tradesman with whom she dealt, addressed Mrs. Barney. Mistakes in artists' names are, however, by no means uncommon. Tbe veteran conductor Arditi—the story is net in bis reminiscences—once received^ letter addressed "Signor JR. Ditty." And only last season a gentleman in the stalls at Covert Garden gravely informed a lady: "Tbe De Beszkes are a remarkably clever family. There are Jean de Beszke and Edouard de Beszke and Paderewski."—Household Words.

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