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i 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. Ml SHIRTS! If you ve been disappointed at the variety of Shirts sliown you at other places, just come here for your choosing. We have a brand new assortment ot the famous CRUETT SHIRT in Pleats, Soft and Stiff. Attachable or detachable cuffs. lee Brothers A. COBURN’S R E ATEK=^ ^n» INSTRELS AU Wh,te Com P an y n/G AN ENTIRE NEW PROGRAMME - ,» ^IC^CEinC SEAimptn, f-f PRODUCTION l?AT that is newTn minstrelsy J:. EV ^R BIG FUN SHOW bandy COMEDY. SPARKLING MUSIC. Est WINCING. STARTLING NOVELTIES. SINGERS IN MINSTRELSY. J r ‘' rA -UA-NTEEI]MGr Uf,„ MONEY S WORTH BACK” OR MONEY 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 M 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. 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