LONG FEASTS.
—
k„, Chinese Dinner and a Couple of
[ Eskimo Banquet#.
Mr Ward, the American envoy to
, who tried to secure an Inter¬
, h na
view with the emperor. Hieng Fung, in
tells how he was entertained at
Hnner that lasted from noon one day
rtil 0 o’clock on the evening of the
following. The total number of
lourses v Is not had given, to give but in Ward after men- par¬
OIl8 ,hat he
king of 138 different dishes, “where
bis hosts wondered greatly’’-pre
mmal.ly at ids abstemiousness.
Pr 0b ably, however, the Eskimo ban
]Uet last longer than any others and
L s swallowed is also
quantity of food
iroDortionately greater. Ross records
hat seven of his party of natives once
: te continuously for thirty-three hours,
luring which time they consumed 200
xnmds of seal meat. Europeans ex
>osed to the same climatic conditions
irt m much the same way. Captain
5cott of the Discovery on his return
'nun his long sledge journey over the
aland Ice of the antarctic continent
lid nothing but eat and sleep for the
I pace of three days and nights, and
Even then he was Peary still and hungry. his party, re¬
[ Commander their futile
turning famished in from 1000. slaughtered
hush for the pole
L herd of seven musk oxen on Hazen
island, off the extreme north of Green¬
land For two days and nights there¬
after they crouched continuously, inside their and when snow
huts [hey eating
had finished the pile of bones
butside was “as high as a tall man’s
thin.”
FREAKS OF FOOD.
Jueer Effects That Are a Puzzle to the
Physician.
As regards drink, writes Dr. Beverly
Robinson In the Medical Record, I have
mown a tumblerful of milk to bring
>n an attack of asthma with hives in
in otherwise healthy child. When the
milk was taken and a piece of bread
faten at the same time there was no
isthma and no hives. I could explain
bis by saying that the bread helped
)reak up curd and that stomachal dl
pestion was not Interfered with. But
ivhy and precisely In what manner and
for what reason asthma and hives
Here occasioned are certainly matters
argel.v of thought and conjecture. I
lave known mushrooms in good condl
ton and on repeated occasions to cause
nost distressing oedema of the uvula
md palate. Prior to these attacks the
i nine Individual had eaten mushrooms
epeatedly with no bad or unpleasant
■ffects at all and had thoroughly en
oyed them. I have known an indlvid
lal In whom n single strawberry would
pive neuralgia of the teeth which last¬
'd twelve to twenty-four hours. Again,
>rior to the attacks of neuralgia of
he dental branches of the fifth nerve
he same Individual had eaten repeat
idly and abundantly of strawberries
without pain, ache or unpleasant symp¬
toms of any kind. In this case It
leenied as though the only plausible
bough not entirely satisfactory expla¬
nation was that with increasing years
itrawberries had become inimical to
hat patient.
Dreamless Sleep.
have Occasionally 1 have met people who
Insisted that they do not know
P’hst It means to dream. To them
(leep comes like the pall of death, en¬
veloping them so completely as to en¬
tirely extinguish the consciousness for
the time being. But, strangely enough,
I have found that these individuals do
a °t seem to appreciate this blessing
)f undisturbed repose. Instead, they
teel that In some way they are being
cheated out of something that belougs
to them. Like the Scotch plowboy,
they protest at never being able to
enjoy” a night’s sleep, because their
tiead no sooner touches the pillow than
tt Is time for them to get up again.—
Bohemian Magazine.
"The Prussian Versailles.”
it would be as unjust to form an es¬
timate of the Ilohenzollerns or of their
.upltal without visiting Potsdam as to
orm an estimate of Germany without
v siting Bavaria, for Potsdam is more
ban “the Prussian Versailles.” It rep¬
resents the complement of those stern
” Hohenxollern qualities which are
unbodied In the city of blood and iron.
ILold colorless Berlin may well be seen
n t e gray days of standard Prussian
ca er. Sunlight seems exotic there.
1 7 e characteristic charm of Pots
. Is
um revealed only when skies
‘ ght and are
flowers are in bloom.-Rob
n Haven Schauffler in Century.
Not Particular.
.
.,‘ ne t ' 0ndon£Ki - <al ' e by at a ladies' elderly luncheon
bn t , an spinster
BhontV Ptecrim,nat^. rtmn<1 n0t tbat ^ a ,au datory article
Very 8Ub,le ° r
imlllnl* *cles%h! 10 ^ hiUd her said the spinster,
K " ,tterln e SIHK?
h f f ° n,y discriminating praise
‘oum« °^ as praise with
1 ' 1 tlUk you.”
Jralsp about discriminating
iom 18Wered Mme - Calve “Ful
e -
-^hing'on star* eD ° U8h ^
“1„ .. Absorbing.
J'ess?” 6 ° ew fllln K system
a auc
“Great!”
ho ^’s business?"
fend traveler JM! h * 8 ^° fillnK l) b ed business to at
system.”-Boston
A Chi Cynical.
Mv ►ho ZTSr*™ ey9 .° Ver **?*' cab “Tb* ,are> ™an
w scans th who
»'ho hthemn* lnfalm!) P Pr When ! l ' es he 011 a menu and
[*«• We an ohS* 8tnuI <* ’ against 8 bPoke fem- car ‘
m -Kansas City Star.
ON A M ODERN WARSHIP.
The Peeling, of a Commander as De¬
scribed by Himself.
How the commander of a modern
big American battleship can feel is dis¬
closed in the following, taken from a
letter written by such an officer:
“There are more than 900 men on
this ship, and on the theory that an
official of the government is a servant
of the people I am the servant of these
900 men and am bound to see that
they are kept in food and clothing and
baseball bats and abundantly supplied
with occupation. Perhaps I should
feel more independent if I didn't have
to listen respectfully to the orderly
*rery time he comes in and makes one
of his infinitely numerous reports and
put men in jail when I don’t want to.
Some of these 900 men-look more
dignified and independent than I feel.
I wonder whether I look dignified and
Independent. I suppose I ought to do
so, for to swing a steel mass 504 feet
long successfully around like monsters
and to make 15,000 tons writhe around
the corners of narrow channels is
something of an art, after all, and one
not possessed by many of the inhabit¬
ants of the globe.
“With all that swinging of steel
monsters around there go the responsi¬
bility and the knowledge that if the
ship runs aground the whole civilized
world will be acquainted with it in¬
side of twenty-four hours.”
DEADLY HORNETS.
The One* That Buzzed About th.
Young Soldier's Ears.
A great general was taking his regi¬
ment Into action. He sent forward a
detail of men to make gaps In a rail
fence to avoid the heavy loss sure to
result If the whole body of men paused
to tear it down.
The coolest and finest man In the de¬
tail was a young soldier who had never
been under fire before. When he began
pulling down the fence he fancied he
had disturbed a nest of hornets, as he
thought he heard them singing fiercely
about his ears. But the lad was not
going to run from hornets when there
was more serious business ahead.
Ignoring the angry Insects, he open¬
ed the fence and rejoined the regiment
without being stung.
In a day or two he was surprised to
hear that he was to be promoted.
“But," he said modestly, “I don’t
think I deserve promotion over the oth¬
ers.”
“My boy,” replied the general, “I
saw you pull down that fence. You
were the coolest man under fire I ever
saw!”
The man gasped, stared and turned
pale.
“What!” he exclaimed, regardless of
grammar. “Was them wasps bullets?"
Miner, on the Corner.
“Those men,’’ said Sherlock Holmes,
“are colliers. You can tell it by their
attitude.”
The men, very clean in white shirts
and black overcoats, squatted on their
heels on a sunny corner.
“Any other men,” continued Holmes,
“would stand. They would lean against
the lamppost or the wooden Indian of
the tobacconist. But these men, in the
low galleries or tunnels of coal mines,
for lack of space must work seated
on their heels—squatting, as we say.
And this position, which would be¬
come a torture to you or me In five
minutes, is to them, from long usage,
comfortable and customary. It is their
favorite position at all times.
“Hence when you see men Idling on
their heels on the street corners you
can always set them down as miners.
If they are bowlegged the case against
them Is doubly strong.”—Buffalo Ex¬
press.
The Lady Wa, Not the Ghoet.
An Irish family once had a ghost so
troublesome that they sent for detec¬
tives. One of these men late at night
fell asleep in his chair. The lady of
the house chanced to come into the
room and could not resist the tempta¬
tion to groan and rattle her keys. She
had never played ghost before. It was
momentary Indiscretion. But the po
lieeman did not and could hardly be
expected to believe this. He said It j
was hardly worth while to bring him
from Dublin, a/id he withdrew la dudg
eon. Yet the lady was not really the
ghost. He was sulking in retirement:
hence doubt has been cast on the
ghosts of haunted houses even among
reflecting minds.—London News.
Civil Service In England end America.
The difference between the civil
service examination in England and
In America is Important and to the
advantage of the English. In the
United States the object is almost en¬
tirely to discover the immediate fit¬
ness of the candidates for the work
they are expected to do. In England
the object in most cases is to measure
what their ability to do the work will
be after they hwre learned It.—From
“The Government of England,” by A.
Lawrence Lowell.
Blisa.
"What sort of time do you expect
to have during the social season?"
“Fine,” answered Mr. Cumrox.
"Mother and the girls will be so busy
thinking about their clothes that they
won’t have time to notice my gram¬
mar.”—Washington Star.
The Other Bids.
“I’ve been wondering about some¬
thing."
“About what?”
“I wonder If cooks ever get together
and discuss the missus problem."—
Kansas City Journal.
Virtue has many preacher*, but few
martyrs.—Helvetloa.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
SORTING PEARLS.
Tha Gam, Vary Greatly In Size, Shape
and totality.
When the pearls are taken from tWe
dead fish they are first sorted accord¬
ing to size. This is done by passing
them through a set of ten small brass
sieves, called baskets, with meshes of
varying sizes. Pearls of the first class
that are perfect both in sphericity and
In luster are called anl. Those of the
second class, that to the average ob¬
server seem equally without flaw, are
anitari, and most of the pearls we see
in the west and on general sale come
under this head. Of the third class,
called masauku, are those that are
somewhat irregular in shape and a
trifle off in color, but that are valuable
for use In clusters and are largely
used by eastern artificers in mountings
of various sorts. Kural is the double
or twinned pearl, which, when of good
luster and sufficiently freakish shape,
is sometimes enormously valuable. In
this class the most wonderful speci¬
men on record Is the great Southern
Cross pearl, which is In reality nine
pearls naturally grown together and
forming a perfect cross an inch and a
half long. It was found off the coast
of Western Australia in 1874. Many
seed pearls and rejections, called va
divu, are generally ground into ehu
nam and used as an ingredient in a
favorite sweetmeat. From China also
comes a heavy demand for seed pearls,
and in India bushels of them literally
are used in the decoration of idols and
sacred images and of weapons as well.
—Everybody’s.
A STRIKE IN OLD EGYPT.
There Was Trouble In the Building
Trade In Pharaoh’s Day.
Egyptian history discloses the details
of a labor difficulty at Thebes in the
year 1400 B. C. The strike was in the
building trades, and the strikers were
masons. They were paid In rations,
and they claimed that these were in¬
sufficient to sustain them and their
families until the following pay day.
On the 10th of the month they laid
down their tools and gathered behind
a chapel. "We are hungry," they said,
"and there are eighteen days before
the next pay day.” They charged the
paymasters with dishonesty, saying
that they gave false measure. The
paymasters charged the men with
want of foresight in feasting too well
while the rations lasted.
After long discussion the men decid¬
ed to return to work on condition that
Pharaoh himself investigate the mat¬
ter. Two days later Pharaoh came to
the temple and decided that the ma¬
sons should have their wages raised
at once. For a little while all went
well, but evidently the paymasters did
not live up to their agreement, for on
the 5th of the next month the strike
was again in full force, and for three
whole days not a tool was lifted.
The strikers decided to go out to the
public with their troubles, but they
found themselves locked in the temple.
Then they broke out and rushed into
the streets, frightening pedestrians as
they paraded the thoroughfares.
8h*er-Luck Blake.
The modern Sexton Blake climbed
through the kitchen window, followed
by his faithful ally, Bunny—or was it
Watson?
"Ah,” exclaimed Blake, surveying
the surroundings, “I find that his wife
is away!”
“And how long has she been away?"
asked his ally.
"Exactly thirty days.’*
"And how on earth are you able to
tell that?”
“My dear fellow, by the unwashed
dishes and cups and saucers. There
are ninety of each in all, which shows
that he has used three a day for thirty
days and left thetn for her to wash
when she comes home—same as we all
do. Simplest thing In the world, my
dear fellow; simplest thing in the
world!”
Early Method* of Curing Skins.
The original process of curing skins
was probably the simple one of clean
Ing and drying them. Removal of the
hair by maceration in water seems to
have been common among the very
early tribes, and one writer has sug¬
gested that the idea was obtained from
the natural process of depletion. They
must certainly have been familiar with
it in the case of drowned animals,
where maceration can be plainly ob¬
served. Following this smoke, sour
milk, oil and the brains of the animals
themselves were found efficacious.
Many of these primitive methods are
employed in remote places at the pres¬
ent time.
Why tfte Old Man Danced a Jig.
“What’s Susie crying about?” asked
the old farmer as he rub lied the tallow
on his copper toed boots.
“Poor gal!" said his sympathetic
wife. “Wind swept through the parlor
and blew all her planner music away.”
The old man jutripl'd up and danced
a Jig.
"Praise to glory!” he shouted. “And
now If a cyclone comes along and
blows away the planner we sartinly
will have something to be thankful
for.”—Boston Post.
He Wa* Mentioned.
Admiring Constituent—Seuator. your
name has been mentioned in connec¬
tion with a cabinet position, hasn’t it?
Seuator Greatgunn- Er—yes, I believe
it has. A paper In my home county
remarked the other day that any pres¬
ident who would offer me a place in
his cabinet would be darned hard up.—
Chicago Tribune.
Good breeding shows itself most
where to an ordinary eye It appears
least.—Addison.
Pace Items.
Mr George Willingham, of Atlanta,
attended the Willingham—Kinnett
wedding here Wednesday.
,,^8. Fner J. G. m Nixon Covington visited Mrs. W.
week P art of la8t
Mr. 0. D. Alrnand visited friends at
Logansville recently.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Boyd, of Fair
view, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Cowan.
Miss Annie Butler left Friday to ac¬
cept a position in Atlanta.
Mr. Otis NixJm spent the week-end
in Covington.
Rev W. O. Butler dined with Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Bu&is Sunday.
Mr. Dean Albert, of Covington, was
a visitor here recently'.
Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Thompson, of
Rockdale, spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Nixon.
Mr. and Mrs. J I). Bovd, of Fair
view, visited Mr. J. C. Hill’s family
Wednesday.
The many friends of Mr. J. Will
Cowan will be pleased to learn that
his condition is much improved.
Misses Clemmie Boyd and Addie
Belle Elliott spent last Thursday in
Covington.
Mr. Paul Stowers, of Fairview, vis¬
ited Mr. Otis Nixon part of last week.
Rev. W. O. Butler preached an in¬
large teresting and impressive sermons to a
ing. eongregasion here Sunday morn¬
Mrs. T. J. Ramsey and Miss Oekie
friends Livingston visited relatives and
in Covington several days of
last week.
Mr. O. P. McCord and Misses Vera
McCord and Floy Stallworth spent
Friday night in Atlanta.
Master Evans Hill has been quite
sick for the past two weeks, but is
now much improved.
Mrs. George Watson returned to her
home in Atlanta Friday after a weeks
visit to her parents here.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Ramsey had as
their guests Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. W.
S. Ramsey, of Covington, Mrs. E. G.
Martin and children, of Hopewell,and
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Ramsey and chil¬
dren.
Miss Johnnie Willingham and Mr.
Claude Kinnett, of Magnet, were hap¬
pily married at the home of the briile
o’clock here Wednesday afternoon at 3:30
by Rev. Walker Combs, of
Social Circle. The marriage was a
very quiet affair only a few friends
and relatives being present. They
left immediately after the ceremony
for Magnet, their future home.
Mrs. Kinnett as Miss Willingham
was one of Salem’s most cultured
young ladies and is the daughter of
Mr, and Mrs. J. H. Willingham.
Mr. Kinnett is a young man of
highly respected character. We wish
|or them a long and happy union.
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