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I J. A. COBURN
URNS MINSTRELS AT OPERA HOUSE OCT. 19TH.
Buddha.
origin of Buddhism, which
inumbers among the great re
of the world, is wrapped in
ucertainty. and the personality
Hinder is more or less obscure,
merally believed that Buddha
irince of a petty Indian nation
the was born about the begiu
f the fifth century before
De was named Siddhartha
is also known as Sakya. bis
name. The title of Buddha,
was given him. means “the eu
sd.” tie spent many years iu
and solitary meditation and
evolved the philosophy which
ached for over forty years iu
d India. He was about eighty
i.-Youth's Companion.
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dON’T FORGET THE
•^Rade and band concerts.
The Lady Who Danced the Minuet.
The minuet was ever the aristocrat
of dances. Before the lady of the
eighteenth century elected to step the
dainty measure she had many points
to master, for to dance the minuet was
court criticism. The plunge taken,
she wore a lappet on her shoulder to
tell the company she proposed to make
or mar her ballroom reputation.
Another point of etiquette lay in the
gloves. A soiled pair was good enough
for the country dance, but an abso¬
lutely new pair had to adorn the fair
hands which graced the minuet. And
so the lady of the eighteenth century
on dancing bent set out with two
pairs in her satchel.—London Chroni
ele.
THE LOVINGTON NEWS
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military system.
Th* Way Germany Handle. Her R..
serves In Caee of War.
Nobody who has visited Germany
can fall to have been struck by the
arge official signboards at the entry
to each town or village. These
'-uiu full con
information as to exactly
which official in the community to
p!y should ap
the magic word “mobl
lize” be spoken.
\\ herever the German reservist
chance to be may
when the order to mobi¬
lize is given-assuming, of
hat he is course,
not out of the country-he
has only got to ask ;he first Inhabitant
or walk to the end of the village and
look at the directions on the signboard
to find out his own particular place in
t ie military scheme. He will that
he see
must go to Herr Schmidt, at 40
Schutzen street. Herr Schmidt will
tell him exactly in which town he has
to go in- order to rejoin his own unit
and. what is still more important, will
give him the money and the railway
pass to take him there.
Arrived at his destination, he will
find his uniform, arms and accouter¬
ments piled neatly in a heap, with a
label bearing his name and regimental
number on the top of the heap. He
has only to put it on and take his
place among the comrades with whom
he did his military service some years
ago.
Ibis destination was arranged upon
many years back, and the exact time
schedule for marching and railway
journeys was compiled long since.—
Pearson’s Weekly.
THE BASQUES.
An Interesting People Who Are a Pua
zle Among Nations.
The Basque provinces lie in the
north of Spain, and, although for cen¬
turies students have tried to trace the
real origin of the people and find a key
to their language, they have failed to
do so.
All other Known tongnes spoken by
the sons of men have been shown to
possess a common origin, traceable to
the Arabic and Semitic. But the
Basque language has entirely resisted
the philologist In some aspects the
vernacular shows traces of a Chinese
admixture. In others it is clear that
North American Indian terms are na¬
tive to It It also shows traces of
barbaric languages spoken on the east
coast of Africa.
The people themselves bear physi¬
ological traits found in those who
speak the said tongues. The native
name of Basqueland is Esknara, and
their motto is “Iruracbat,” or “Three
In One." Nor is their political struc¬
ture anything like that of any known
political body, though they belong, of
course, to Spain. Each Basque prov¬
ince is governed by a parliament com¬
posed of representatives — selected
partly by election, partly by lot—
among the householders of each coun¬
try parish or town. Their laws are es¬
sentially peculiar to themselves and
are conceived on no known code either
of ancient or mediaeval times. They
are a puzzle among nations and num¬
ber half a million all told.—New York
World.
ARAB SCHOOLS.
Their Peculiar Method* In Teaching
and Studying.
"An Arab school,” said a traveler,
"is one of the most Interesting places
In Cairo to visit The children, with
the schoolmaster, sit upon the floor or
the ground in a semicircle, and each
has a tablet of wood which is painted
white and upon which the lessons are
written. When the latter are learned
they are washed out and replaced by
other lessons.
“During study hours the Arab schools
remind one of the Chinese, for the
children all study aloud, and as they
chant they rock back and forth like
trees in a storm, and this movement is
continued for an hour or more at a
time. The schoolmaster rocks back and
forth also, and altogether the school
presents a most novel appearance as
well as sound. Worshipers in the
mosques always move about while re¬
citing the Koran, as this movement is
believed to assist the memory.
"The desks of the Arab schools are
old contrivances of palm sticks, upon
which is placed the Koran or one of
the thirty sections of it. After learn¬
ing the alphabet the boys take up the
study of the Koran, memorizing entire
chapters of it until the sacred book is
entirely familiar.
“A peculiar method is followed In
learning the Koran. The study begins
with the opeuiug chapter, and from
this it skips to the last. The last but
one is then learned, then the last but
two, aDd so on in inverted order, end¬
ing finally with the second chapter.
“During the student's progress it is
customary for the schoolmaster to
send on the wooden tablet a lesson
painted in black and red and green to
the father, who returns it after inspec¬
tion with a couple of plasters pasted
upon it The salaries of the school¬
masters are very meager indeed.’
Washington Herald.
Tough. rail¬
Heavy Tragedian (seated at a
hotel before a roast chicken and
way potatoes)-Prithee, landlord,
small precincts of
dwells there within the
this hamlet a machinist?
Landlord-A machiuist? Yes, sir
Tragedian-Then take to him this
bird of many springs. Bid him wrenc
asunder these iron limbs and then for
regalement to chisel slices from
our for we dine
its underlying bosom,
anon, and do it quickly. Your peas
need not carry, for those, with
you management, we can swa -
dexterous Away!—London Tatler.
low whole-
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