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Mo Time For Retreat.
Irish garrison town a theatrical
ID an giving performances, and
>II1P ny w as barracks
soldiers from the local
’®e Zs engaged included to the act waging as supers. of a Their fierce
U gt J‘ , n which, after defeated a stirring on a strug- given
I'Ll 0 ne army was
from the prompter. For a few
P all went well, but on the b riday
? hs of the
en , a special performance
was to be given under the patron
iece ■ colonel and other officers
. *he
garrison. The two armies met
1 the end of the second act,
i? US ial at kept
they fought and fought and
■hen regardless of the agonized
a ®. of their (actor) gen
la fwho t he eye
hoarsely ordered the proper
ra ’ "Retreat, confound you." But
rID 1 . and the
h ® fieht still went on, soon
ified manager saw the wrong army
0 [ r slowly off the stage, still
^hHntr driven the
desperately. Down came
f , amid roars of laughter, and
be 'manager Thnnuents hastened to ask
Why they had failed to
te bearing the signal.
at 0 „ burly fuslleer
“Ketraite,” roared a
bose visage had been badly battered,
and is it retraite ye’d have us, wid
. colonel and all tlie officers In the
rites?"— London Scraps.
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Mind Your Own Business.
An old custom once prevailed in a
mo te place in England of giving a
. . to any one who would truthfully
«r that he had minded his own
tuslness alone for a year and a day
.
,nd bad not meddled with his neigh
iors. Many came, but few, If any,
-alned the prize, which was more dif
icult to win than the they Dunmow flitch the
if bacon. Though swore on
jour gospels and held out their bands
n certain hope, some hitch was sure
o be found somewhere, and for all
heir asseverations the clock remained
itationary on the shelf, no one being
ible to prove his absolute Immunity
him uncalled for interference In things
lot Id any way concerning himself. At
ist a young man came with a per¬
fectly clear record, and the clock
leeroed as If it was at last about to
[hange owners, Then said the custo
flan, "Oh, a young man was here yes
ienlay and made mighty sure he was
lolng to have the clock, but he didn’t."
)And why didn’t he get It?" “W’hat’s
that to you?” snapped the custodian.
•That’s not your business, and you
lon’t get the clock.”
The Chinos* Sampans.
! Id Canton 400,000 people spend their
irhole existence in boats, which ure
here called sampans. They are born
|» [id them, live in them from infancy to
age and finally die in them. Col
eetlvely these boats form a floating
[uburb to the city human proper, settlements one of the in
post amazing
me world. Every creek is crammed
pith them. Along the main banks of
lie river they are huddled twenty deep
Uo close together that the covering
[f [lie mats appears reach. continuous ns far as
eye can And each sampan
houses a separate family, with its own
*lg brazier lamp, which serves for
leating, lighting and cooking the even¬
ing meal. The scene when a really
lerious conflagration once gets a prop¬
er poodeii hold in homes the midst of these floating
may be imagined. Es¬
cape is impossible except for those
Poured at the outermost edge. In one
)f these conflagrations over a thou¬
sand persous lost their lives.
Wantad Her.
I “An old couple from the east.” says
|he [lieir Detroit in Free this city, Dress, if “are the visiting mother
son
hes out of sight of the father, he is
Constantly Content asking for her and Is not
till they are together again,
the other et suing she went to another
Part of the house while he was in the
pari°r and after lie had asked for her
i half dozen times the son said, rather
partly: I
it seems as though you couldn’t
f Bme.’ c wi ‘hout mother tire minutes at a
"You’re right.’ said the oid gentle
Mn slowly. ‘That’s the reason 1 mar
fitd her.’ ”
A Suit of Ratakin.
I A thrifty Welshman at one time ex
r Ited himself publicly in Engiaud at
pred in a costume composed from top
0 h°ttora of ratskins, which he Jtmd
Pent three years and a half in collect
s ' he dress was made entirely bv
mti seif. It consisted of hat, necker
■hief. coat. waistcoat, trousers, tippet.
Alters and shoes. The number of
"0. a -l 3 required Most to complete the suit was
c,,rioi,s °*- ttle garments
_* Ns s tails. r kc l.ppet, composed entirely of
Worst Plac* For It.
[ pa. weeks Johnny had been ill for sev
LJ*** when one day an aunt from
ca me to visit the family.
Nii y ’ ' ,ohnn y” s ^ e exclaimed, “how
n you are! Have been sick?”
8 you
bfl re Pl*ed the little fellow. “I
ke u brain fever and right in my
^ the
ttav ’ had very worst place I could
e it.”
„ His Secret.
- u ’’Tit Row would advise
r > about you me
-ssor—Well, 6 collecting a library? Pro
ied m tell you how I man
! When I was I bought
,00,is and loaned young
1 them. Now I bur¬
1/ K>ks ned keep them.—Stray
Took Her at Her Word.
cor tell another man I'd rather
than eat.”
" fly net?”
“FI kept me waltzing until all the
‘“rants were dosed."—Exchange.
Wh 1 'or there Is failure th^re is
a
bh<: giddiness, some superstition
“ ir hick, some step omitted, which
!> n e '” r pardons.—Emerson.
Plctur«*qti* Japan*** PeaaanW.
The most characteristic scenery tn
Japan is not the mountain, on which
few Japanese dwell, but the rice field. |
which Is to be found wherever there is |
a patch of level ground for the field i
and sufficient water for Irrigation. Gen
tie slopes are made usefu- by terracing,
and the cooly, preparing the ground or
cutting his crop, is the true Japanese
peasant. He is a pietmesque peasant
in his blue cotton suit, nis broad, con- j
leal straw hat and straw overcoat. He!
Is a good natured peasant, absurdly
contented with his earnings, though the
agricultural laborer earns as little as
8 or 10 cents gold a Gay. His house is
a light wooden frame surmounted by a
heavy thatch, and *ie lores to plant a
Hly garden along his rooftree. But he
always has one thing which separates
& inj from the Chinese and the East In
dlan—he lives wn a platform raised
above the ground. No hardened soil!
for him, no chilly pavement or brick !
or stone - A wooden floor, a piece of
cleaD matting, a broom and a bathtub
the Poorest Japanese will always have.
-Tokyo Letter to Boston Transcript.
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A Deceptive Air.
The Bushby storekeeper surveyed
Mr. Leonard with a contemplative eye
and then turned his gaze toward Jim
my Sloane, who was putting packages
delivery wagon. Jimmy had . .
the leisurely air of one with plenty of
time at his disposal.
“You want to know how he'd be foe
Jour business down below?” said Mr.
Gregg slowly.
“Yes.” said the visitor “I noticed
him yesterday, when that crowd*
young fellows were getting the piano
into the hall; he seemed to work hard¬
er than any of the others. It occurred
to me he might like • bigger chance
than he has here.”
.... NHn, „ said ,, the _ storekeeper. “Well,
now, I can't say as to that, of course,
but as to bis working harder than any
of the other boys. I’ll tell you what
they say, and you can believe it or not,
*Jest as you choose.
“They all like Jimmy, for ke’s first
rate company, but the truth Is that
when it comes to lifting, or such work,
FRyVS.*? tic h ibL —Voutb'i Cotupanioa. ‘ nd
Dark Wali* B**t For Illumination.
Some scientists who have been mak¬
ing investigations into the part played
tn the matter of illumination by light
and dark walls have come to the con
el usioD that the dark walls are better
fitted for good illumination than the
light In a room where the walls are
dark and where the source of light Is
entirely behind the reader’s field of vi¬
sion a person who reads Is impressed
with the idea that the room is excel¬
lently well illuminated, but If now an¬
other light Is brought Into the room and
placed within the field of his vision,
though not shining on the paper he i»
reading, the pupils of bis eyes will con
tract, l«ss light will enter them from
the paper he reads, and the reader will
be impressed with the idea that the 11
lumination has been reduced and the
paper is becoming darker. These sci
entists say that the experiments show
that If the walls are light colored the
efficiency of the illumination may actu
ally be diminished.—Pathfinder.
The Picture In Disguise. I
Of the strange vicissitudes through 1
which many of the world’s famous pic¬
tures have passed perhaps none was
odder than that of “The Picture In
t)lsguise.” a magnificent painting that
now adorns the residence of Lord
Leigh in Warwickshire, Engiaud. This
remarkable picture for many years ap¬
peared to be merely a painting of flow¬
ers. The floral study was, however,
finally pronounced by an astute art
dealer to be in reality a mask for an¬
other painting. With the permission
»f the owner he caused the painting of
flowers gradually to be removed,
whereupon there was discovered un¬
derneath a very fine portrait of
Charles 1. by Van Dyck. While no au¬
thentic record of this masterpiece has
been found, it is supposed that the
portrait was disguised by some royal¬
ist in order to guard against its de¬
struction by Roundheads during the
revolution.—Boston Post.
Bonheur’s Humor.
Mile. Rnvi Bonheur (Rosa stood for
Rosalie) was not without a sense of
humor, ?•> it is told of her that when
presiding over a school of design in
Paris, the pupils living girls, the artist
was disgusted with the class because,
imitative of their teacher, the young
women had cut their hair short.
“Goodness.’’ cried Rosa Bonheur. “how
horrid you all look! This is not a class
of boys. You silly creatures. let you?
hair alone and do your best so as to
retail) al! the advantages of your sex."
Easy Cur*.
“There is a man who is always look
Ing for t/ouble.”
“Well, ft’s easy enough to cure him |
of that habit.” |
“How?”
“Get bitn put on th« police force "
Exchange. !
Sarcastic. ;
“Do you sleet with your mouth
open?" inquired a doctor.
noticed," the ‘
“I've never was sarcas
tic reply, “but I”! look tonight when j
I’m asleep."
The Professor Remembers.
Professor (as t!i rt obi patty is break
ing up. miss it is rubbers)
ITas any of you gentiemen put o&
three rubbers by mistake?— FIiegende
Blatter.
Ths Slippery Top.
Sflilcus—We are told there Is plenty
of room at the top. I wonder why it
Is. ('.minis— 1 suppose most of tbs
people who get there fall off — Phila¬
delphia Record. i
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WILD ELEPHANTS.
A Herd’s Successful Raid on a Granary
In Ceylon.
Some soldiers stationed at an out
post in Ceylon, says a Colombo paper,
to protect a granary containing a large
quantity of rice were sent off a few
miles to quiet some unruly villagers,
only two of the party remaining be
hind No sooner bad the soldiers de -1
parted than a herd of wild elephants,,
which had long been wandering about
the neighborhood, appeared in front of
the granary. Its walls were of solid
brickwork, very thick, and the only
opening into the building was in the j
center of the roof, which was rea lied
by a ladder. On the approach of the
elephants the two men clambered op
into a lofty banyan tree to escape la
Jury. Screened by the thick folia a
though unseen by the elephants. tv <
easily saw all that went on b
The sagacious animals began
tions at the corners of the hui
Two powerful elephants after > i
forth every effort, but in valr to
an Impression on the building, w •
forced to retire exhausted A tb <1
came forward, and. applviu >1 t f- i
as levers. he at length su * |
dislodging a single brick
once made, others of V n i
vanced, and soon an en trail V. . !
talned sufficiently large to a*'
As the whole company cou'rl ••
accommodated at once, the rib i
Into small groups of three «>r
After satisfying themselves the’
tired and gave place to of r- ;
the whole herd, upward of twenty
made a full meal. By this time u sh: !
sound was heard from one of the
phants. and those still In the grar - r
rushed out and joined their compan¬
ions. One of the first divisions, a few
leaving the building, had acted as sen¬
tinel while the others were tailing their
turn. He had perceived the troops
returning from the villave and guv-*
the signal for retreat, when the who%.
herd, flourishing their trunks. nv; n
rapidly into the jungle.
The soldiers found the anirv’’« -a -.
devoured the grenter part of the ri
A ball from n fleldpiece was dterhur:' <1
at them in their retreat, but they only
wagged their tails as if in mockery
and were soon hidden in the recesses
of their native forests.
DAYS OF THE WEEK.
At On* Tim* They W*r* Designs!.t
Merely by -Numbers.
Formerly the days of the week were
numbered one, two, three, four, five
and six, beginning with the Sabbath
Even now the custom stiii prevails:
among certain modern Greeks, the
Slavs and the Finns. Many old fash
loned and orthodox Quakers, parti u
larly in the north of England, still hold
to this custom, which was the common
one In the days of the apostles and
down to the fourth century as well as
usual among the Jews and the Arabs.
The orthodox Quakers use the numer
leal system in preference to the ordi¬
nary on the ground that the gods and
goddesses, from whom the names were
taken, were not of the highest respeeta
bility in point of morals.
The week was originally only a con
venient quarter of the lunar mouth
hence it began on Monday, or moon
day. The Italians still call Monday
the first and Sunday the seventh day
of the week. Tuesday is derived from
the Norse Tiw, who corresponded tc
Mars, the god of war, a most dlsreputa
ble person In the eyes of Quakers
Thursday was Thor’s day, Thor being
a god warrior who was morally no bet
ter than he ought to be. Wednesday,
again, was Woden’s day. Woden being
the god of battle rage. The Romans
called this day Mercury’s. Friday wai
supposed to be the luckiest day of tilt
week—for women. It was called aftei
the Norse Frija, the goddess of love,
and is the best day for weddings. Foj
the pagan Romans ii was also the day
of Venus, though the Christian Romani
called it the day of ill luck because
Christ had been crucified on that day.
Saturday was called after Saturn, and
Sunday was known to the Christians
as resurrection or sun day.
The week of seven days was Import¬
ed from Alexandria Into Greece and
lr.to Italy about the time of Christ
The Greeks had previously divided
(heir month into sets of ten days, the
Romans into sets of eight days, three
and a half sets being equal to -one
mouth.—New York World.
An Author’* Initial*.
Initials are sometimes the resort of
the writer who 13 anxious to conceal
hia identity, and a glance through any
one of the 700 volumes that comprise
the catalogue of the British museum
reading room will discover some [
strange instances. A theological book, j
entitled “Inquiry Into the Meaning of t
Demoniacks In the New Testament,”
is attributed to T. P. A. 1*. O. A. B. I.
C. O. S. Its real author was a certain
Arthur Sykes, and the Initials reveal
his position as “the precentor and i
prebendary of Alton Borealis in the l
church at Salisbury."—London Chron
hie.
R-svsngs.
“That organist Belie jilted for the
aged niilli onaire played ; spiteful trick
at tier wedding.”
“What did he <]f>
’■ad ol j , hem up the aisle
m b. lie sirn k up
,.1 Boston Trans.-ript.
Prospects Crilliarit.
S mi got married yr~tenl:
Ciiloe. . • your prospects-^irI
“Yaas. Mah l’s f r ; ,1s
b 1 •- aught r>ie fo' :> washin’s." Circle
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