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The Pioneer Press. "HERE SHALL THE PRESS, THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWALD BY INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN" ESTABISHED 1882 ANCIENT BAGDAD. Its Ruined Mosques, Crumbling Walls and Rich Bazaars. Squalor and ruin are the present characteristics of ancient Bagdad, the once beautiful city of "The Arabian Nights." Of its famous hundred mosques only about thirty are now in use. Several are so dilapidated that their crumbling roofs and walls threaten the lives of the devout who still worship in them. The one splendid wall, built of the handsome Arabian brick and extending around the city a distance of five miles, still stands, but it is broken in many places. The four original gates remain, and the oldest and finest one, bearing the date of 1220, has not been opened since the middle of the seventeenth century. The famous river Tigris, a muddy stream flowing sluggishly during the greater part of the year, divides Bagdad into two parts, which are connected by a rickety bridge of boats nearly 200 feet long. When the snow melts upon the Armenian mountains the Tigris rises, sometimes floods part of the city and often carries away the bridge. The bazaars of Bagdad exhibit rich merchandise of many kinds, including Turkish and European products, both modern and antique, and are the most attractive part of the city.—New York Tribune. FATE OF A PIRATE CREW. Strange Case of the Nancy Brig and a Hungry Shark. In the museum at Kingston, Jamaica, there are some tattered ships' papers, brown with age and salt water, and a small tin canister. These articles attest the truth of the strangest pirate story ever told. In 1799 the crew of the Nancy brig were apparently honest traders, but did some piracy now and then on the side. One day they found it necessary to go into Kingston for supplies. Before doing so they naturally removed all traces of their buccaneering trade. Among other things they threw overboard this tin canister stuffed with papers taken from ships they had sunk, with comments written on the margin by the pirate captain. Later in the day a British frigate was becalmed near the spot, and the sailors spent their leisure catching sharks. Presently they hauled up a big fellow, cut him open and found the tin case with the papers inside. These were taken to the captain, who, as soon as a breeze sprang up, sailed into Kingston harbor, found the Nancy brig there and had the crew tried, convicted and hanged in chains at Port Royal. Beautiful Blue Lake Perhaps the most striking instance to be seen in the whole world of the wonderful apparent coloring of bodies of water is the marvelously beautiful Blue lake in Switzerland. Encompassed on all sides by lofty mountains, their lower ranges luxuriantly clothed with verdure down to the edge of the water and adorned with many fine forest trees, while their higher activities are garbed in a mantle of eternal snow, the little lake, nestling in its deep hollow basin, is quite startling in its singular and strange beauty. The water, although really pure and colorless, appears to be of a most intense sky blue. And its transparency is so remarkable that a small coin dropped into the water in the center of the lake can be seen until it reaches the bottom, apparently more than a hundred feet beneath. Finger Nails Show Health. Our finger nails are made of a horny material that is in some ways like the material that makes our skin. But it is more like the material that makes our hair. It is after all different from either of these and is more like horn than any other part of our bodies. The special cells at the base of the nails form the material for our nails and therefore the health of our finger nails depends on these cells. If you are not in good health or if you do not take good care of your skin your finger nails will show that they are not healthy. If your blood is out of order the cells that make the finger nails will not do their work properly and then little white spots will appear on the nails. So you see those little white spots are a sign of bad health.---Kansas City Star. A MADAGASCAR BANQUET. Where the Riot of Food Vied With the Riot of Tumult. The longest and noisiest dinner that James Sibree, Jr., the author of "A Naturalist In Madagascar," ever attended was given by the governor of a town called Ankarana. About a score of officers were at the table and seven ladies. After a long grace by the pastor, dinner was brought in and consisted of the following courses: First, curry; second, goose; third, pigeons and waterfowl; fourth, chicken cutlets and poached eggs; fifth, beef sausages; sixth, boiled tongue; seventh, sardines; eighth, pig's trotters; ninth, fried bananas; tenth, pancakes; eleventh, manioc; twelfth, dried bananas, and lastly, says Mr. Sibree, when I thought everything must have been served, came haunches of roast beef. There was a big drum just outside on the veranda, as well as two small ones, besides clarinets and fiddles, and these were in full play almost all the time. Then the room was filled by a crowds of servants and aids-de-camp, and the shouting of every one, from the governor down, was deafening. The old gentleman directed everything and every one. I was glad when I could take my leave, after two hours sitting, but I was not to leave quietly. The governor took me by the hand and escorted me home, while the big drum was hammered at ahead of us all the way.—Youth's Companion. A Cat' or a Father In his "Life of Thomas B. Reed" Mr. Samuel W. McCall tells this story about the former speaker, who was an unusually large man: When his daughter Katherine, or "Kitty," as he called her, was a little girl she had a cat to which she was much devoted. One day the kitten was sleeping in Reed's chair when he was about to sit down. His daughter, in horror, gave the chair a sudden pull to save the cat from annihilation, and as a result Mr. Reed sat down heavily on the floor. It was a rather serious happening for a man of his size, and even a lesser man might easily have lost his temper. But the only notice he took of the matter was to say gravely after he had got on his feet, "Kitty, remember that it is easier to get another cat than another father." Chains on All Four Wheels. When one places chains on the rear wheels of an automobile only, as is so often done, he overlooks the fact that it is the forward pair of wheels that give the car its direction and that it is if anything more important to insure these against skidding than the rear wheels. The only way to be safe is to put chains on all four wheels in slippery weather. The slight trouble involved is in no way commensurate to the danger which is always present where skidding is a possibility. A driver who is too lazy and shiftless to take this simple precaution should be deprived of his license.—Outing. A Nice Point. "Every student of history knows that our Christmas customs are a development of the Roman saturnalia." "Oh, surely not all!" "I think so." "No, no! There's no reason to suppose, for instance, that the Romans were all the time being hunched to do their saturnallian shopping early."—Pittsburgh Press. Rivals. "Is this an all star company?" asked the manager of the Bunkhurst Opera House. "Sure it is," said the press agent. "They haven't spoken a pleasant word to each other since they started on tour."—Birmingham Age-Herald. Hold Up Your Head. The simple habit of holding the chest high and the head erect will do more than anything else to retain a youthful figure. The moment the back bend goodby youth! As a moth gnaws a garment, so dotl envy consume a man.—Chrysostom. An Ominous Hint. "Sir, I want to ask you for your daughter's hand." "All right, sonny. You'll find it in my pocket."—Baltimore American. DADDY LONGLEGS. He Is Harmless, He Doesn't Bite, and He Isn't a Spider Don't call a daddy longlegs a spider, because he isn't. Spiders bite and have poison glands. This insect is perfectly harmless. It isn't just pleasant to have one of them crawl up your arm or down your neck, but you're just as safe as when he isn't there—ten times safer than the insect is just at that moment. He's not only harmless, but so common that you'll find him almost any place in the world where it's warm enough for him to exist. In good old American language we call him daddy longlegs. Maybe you've heard him called harvest man or grandfather graybeard. He has eight long legs bowed in the middle, so that when he's standing up his little round body almost touches the ground where he walks. He also has two eyes and two pincers, which you will see if you examine him closely. From midsummer to late autumn daddy longlegs scampers about over rocks, tree trunks, gets in the picnic marmalade in the park, crawls up the fisherman's neck along the stream, collects in barns and has a general good time. Few of them survive the winter. In Mammoth cave. Kentucky, the daddy longlegs are blind.—Philadelphia North American. LEMBERG RICH IN NAMES It Has Had Twenty-seven Different Ones In Its Career. Many cities are known by more than one name, but it is given to few to rejoice in more than half a dozen distinctive cognomens. But the historic Galician city of Lemberg has been known at one time or another by no less than twenty-seven different appellations. According to the Polish Bulletin, the ancient Ruthenian names for Lewoff were Lwow, Lwiw, Lwihrad, Lwihorod, Ilwiw; the Germans called it Lemborg, Lemberg, Lemberg, Loewenburg; the Latin and pseudo Latin names include Lebburga, Lamburga, Leontopolis, Leone, Livivia, Leopolya; in the thirteenth century it was known to the Greeks as Lithon and Lifbada. The patriarchs of Constantinople, Alexandria and Jerusalem referred to it as Leovios and Leonopolis; the Turks call it in their books Illi, Ilbo, Ilbot, Ilbow, Ilbadir; the Armenians gave to it the name of Ilof; the Russians have lately baptized it Lwoff. The real name of the city, it is asserted, is the Polish one of Lwow, which literally translated means Lion City. Why Boiled Water Freezeeo Easily. Why Boiled Water Freeze Emily. Water which is hot, of course, cannot freeze until it has parted with its heat, but water that has been boiled will, other things being equal, freeze sooner than water which has not been boiled. A slight disturbance of water disposes it to freeze more rapidly, and this is the cause which accelerates the freezing of boiled water. The water that has been boiled has lost the air naturally contained in it, which on exposure to the atmosphere it begins again to attract and absorb. During this process of absorption a motion is necessarily produced among its particles, slight certainly and imperceptible, yet probably sufficient to accelerate its congelation. In unboiled water this disturbance does not exist. Indeed, water when kept perfectly still can be reduced several degrees below the freezing point without its becoming ice. Knew What He Was Doing. At the time of the great disaster in Martinique the Italian bark Orsolina was taking on a cargo of sugar there. Her captain was accustomed to volcanoes, and he did not like the appearance of Mont Pelee. Not half his cargo was on board, but he decided to sail for home. "The volcano is all right." argued the shippers. "Finish your loading." "I don't know anything about Mont Pelee," said the captain. "but if Vesuvius looked that way I'd get out of Naples, and I'm going to get right out of here." The shippers threatened him with arrest. They sent customs officers to detain him, but the captain persisted in leaving. Twenty-four hours later the shippers and the customs officers lay dead in the ruins of St. Pierre. SEX ATTRACTION. It is the Controlling Force In About Every Human Effort. We cannot escape from the fact that sex attraction is the great event in human life. Sex is the controlling force in nearly all of human efforts. War, for instance, is only an exaggerated form of the sex instinct. Neither literature nor art would exist in any appreciable degree without sex. Men work, fight, sing, paint, live and die for the love of woman. In only one field of human activity is there no taint of sex feeling, and that is science. Science is cold and dispassionate. It has imagination, but the imagination of the explorer and not the lover. Science has only one aim and end—the discovery of truth. Science is another world from the hot earth of economic and military competition, which have for their ends the attainment of love and marriage. Through science mankind will gradually throw off some of the sex slavery and reach a new and possibly happier stage in its development.—Richmond Times-Dispatch. The Story of a Long Name. A northern man who was visiting in Baltimore stopped on the street one day to have his shoes polished. A bright eyed little black boy stepped forward to give the desired shine. Becoming interested in the little chap, the northerner asked his name, to which the boy promptly replied: "Gen. sah." After a few moments of silence the northerner continued, "I suppose that is an abbreviation for General." The word "abbreviation" gave the little fellow pause. However, he was equal to the occasion and recovered himself "No. sah," he said; "'tain't 'xactly 6at. Ma shore 'nough name am Genesis xxx, 33. So Shall My Righteousness Answer for Me in Time to Come Washington Carter, but dey jest calls me Gen for short."—Youth's Companion. Antiquity of the Hog. The two most important and most intimately associated products of Indiana are corn and hogs. The Chinese claim to have bred and domesticated the hog 4,000 years before the Christian era. The ancient Egyptians knew the hog, and this animal is depicted on their monuments. The use of the meat of the hog was prohibited by the Jews, and it was considered that in hot countries it produced skin diseases. The Moslems under Mohammedan law are also prohibited from using pork. The hog was unknown in America until introduced from Europe by the early navigators. In the South American forests are great droves of wild hogs, the descendants of hogs brought over by the Spaniards.—Chicago Journal. A Match For Him A cockney angler, thinking his highland boatman was not treating him with the respect due to his station, expostulated thus: "Look here, my good man, you don't seem to grasp who I am. Do you know that my family has been entitled to bear arms for the last 200 years?" "Hoots; that's nothing!" was the reply. "My ancestors have been entitled to bare legs for the last 2,000 years."—London Mirror. Had to Cater to All "I don't like the way this hotel is run!" carped a peevish young traveling salesman. "Neither do I." replied the landlord of Prunytown tavern. "but I've got to entertain all the fools that come along as well as the sensible people."—Judge. Either Way. Silicus—I can't decide which one of those two girls I want to marry. Cynicus—Well, marry either one of them and you'll discover that you got the wrong one. Philadelphia Record. All Rlak. "It's a case of love at first sight." "Well, maybe it will work out all right. I took four years to select my husband, and look what I got"—Detroit Free Press. Realize that doing good is the only certainly happy action of a man's life. —Sir Philip Sidney. NO. 35 KNEW ALL THEIR TRICKS. Frederick the Great Proved It to His Cavalry Officers. "Gentlemen," said Frederick the Great after a review of his troops. I am entirely dissatisfied with the cavalry. The regiments are completely out of hand. There is no accuracy, no order. The men ride like tailors. I beg that this may not occur again and that each of you will pay more attention to his duty, but I know how things go on. You think I am not up to your dodges, but I know them all and will recapitulate them. "When the season for riding drill comes on the captain sends for the sergeant major and says: 'I have an appointment this morning at — Tell the first lieutenant to take the rides.' So the sergeant major goes to the senior subaltern and gives him the message, and the latter says: 'What! The captain will be away? Then I am off hunting. Tell the second lieutenant to take the men.' And the second lieutenant, who is probably still in bed, says: 'What, both of them away? Then I will stay where I am. I was up till 3 this morning at a dance. Tell the cornet I am ill and he must take the rides.' Finally the cornet remarks: 'Look here, sergeant major, what is the good of my standing out there in the cold? You know all about it much better than I do. You go and take them.' "And so it goes, and what must be the end of it all? What can I hope to do with such cavalry before the enemy?" — "History of Frederick the Great." ONE OF BARNUM'S FREAKS. How the Showman Pictured the Queen Animal to His Friend. When P. T. Barnum was in the museum business in New York one of his most jovial friends was Gaylord Clark, a famous litterateur in the days of our fathers. They were a well matched pair of practical jokers. One day when Mr. Clark dropped in at the museum, as was his custom, Mr. Barnum, apparently much excited, hurried his friend into the private office and said: "Gaylord, I was about to send for you. I want your advice. I have a chance to purchase the most wonderful of all zoological freaks. It's at first a perfect fish, then it changes to a four legged land animal, then it climbs trees and"— "Bah! You're Joking." interjected Mr. Clark. "On my honor I am not," impressively replied the showman. "But the expense!" "Oh, hang the expense!" interrupted Mr. Clark, brimful of enthusiasm over the business project of his friend. "If you can get any such freak as that your fortune's made. But what's the thing called?" "Well," replied Mr. Barnum, with just the faintest suggestion of a twinkle in his left eye. "It belongs to the batrachian family of animals and in the vernacular is called—the—tadpole." The Old Time Burgeon Before anesthetics were known the surgeon's only expedient was to abridge his patient's sufferings by working rapidly. In this the old time surgeons did wonders. One day the celebrated surgeon Maisonneuve had to amputate the leg of a poor devil, who began to howl in advance. "I'll give you my watch," said the surgeon, "if the operation lasts more than a minute." The man accepted the offer, but was obliged to forego the handsome watch, as the operation took less time than it requires to describe. To amputate an arm at the shoulder is a most difficult operation. Dr. Langenbeck of Germany did it in two minutes. A young physician who came to see him perform the operation adjusted his spectacles to his nose so as not to lose a single movement, but when the spectacles were in place the operation was over. Needed Repairs. "Does your typewriter need repairs?" asked the meandering tinker as he entered the office. "It would seem so," replied the employer. "She has just gone across the street to consult a dentist."—Philadelphia Ledger. What you lose today you cannot gain tomorrow—Bustin. Entered in Post Office at Martinsburg, W. Va., as Second Class Matter. J. H. Clifford, Editor and Proprietor. Drawer 860, and Bell 'Phona 60K, Martinsburg, W. Va. J. Frank Briscoe's restaurant in truth is truly a "Gem"—keep it so. Keep on boys and it won't be long till the Pioneer Press will put up all of its machinery that you can play as well as any Colored Band in the Shenandoah Valley. If women had more religion and less politics, they wouldn't want to vote. Methods of politics have disgraced and imprisoned men, and what is worse than a politically disgraced woman? The Democratic party without a ray of hope and nearly blind, is bold enough to claim it sees signs of perpetuity in office owing to the results of Tuesday's election. Like looking for the end of a rainbow. Let New Jersey pull the scales from her eyes and talk. We are as good a Progressive now as we were in 1912, but as the rumpus was among ourselves and in our own family and for the good of this country, it's essential that we remarry, multiply and replenish the family and go about the country's affairs hugging and shouting. One month the democrats "thank God for Wilson," because we've had no war, and the next month he is advocating the expenditure of a billion dollars for munitions of war. In words of Patrick Henry: you may cry peace! peace! but there is no peace. No reasonable man can blame the Jews for being in deep sympathy with Germany, for Russia has treated them worse than dogs; Belgium was equally as barbarous to the Africans in Africa, and England covered herself with filth and slime in the Boer war, and O God! that "the land of the free and home of the brave" had clean garments. God has no more use for a lazy praying christian than an industrious earthly father has for a lazy, loafing son. Take it for granted that everything for man on earth, in the sea or the elements can only be his by working for them. "Give us this day our daily bread doesn't mean bread, but the will to work for it. Prayer as practised is only a form and a copied one at that. What sense in praying for peace, love, water, air, fuel, soap, clothes, health and to keep from sin? None whatever. They are all yours if you will love and obey the God in you and work for them. Fifty years ago the salvation army started out to cover a small territory. What was covered resulted in such blessings extensions were made, and now it covers the globe and has millions of followers, and should it say our work is ending one of the strongest pleas ever made would come in from all sections of the globe. It's a great organization, and the world been wonderfully blessed by it Viewed from any angle, how much better it would be if all nature's children could be brothers and live anywhere they desired and could buy homes. As it is, there are two classes—one calls itself "superior and calls the other "inferior." The superior class want and get the best of everything in food, raiment, treatment and location, forcing all others to the out edges of towns and cities. As a rule this driven class from pillar to post, soon becomes doless, uncleanly and loses what little pride it had. Germany's prospective predic tion of Spring peace to be sued for by the Allies, is seeing a thing in the distance in the dark. She's wrong. Nothing foreseeing to that end, but one might safely surmise that Germany is predicting for others, that which is in her mind to do. The outrageous murder of Miss Cavelle by the Germans, immortalized her with God and Americans, and brutalizes Germany before the world. If the reasonable whites will go with us into Africa with Leopold of Belgium, and witness the worst butchery of human beings ever known and without the slightest cause, some reason might bob up for Belgium's afflictions. The old saying: "Whatever goes over the devil's back comes under his belly" may be explanation enough. If the whites will take time enough to think over their impositions on colored people, then be frank and honest enough to see whether blessings or curses have come to them because of it all, they may do better. As a rule, colored people are forced to live in alleys and out on the suburbs of towns and cities. So living, they are not as cleanly as they would be, if they were allowed to live anywhere, just so they paid the required rent. If by being huddled together in huts of their own and often worse ones built by shyster sharks, disease begins there, where do the winds blow the germs, but down into the heart of the town. This they know to be true, for this week a sprinkling wagon was kept busy keeping down the dust to prevent the spread of diphtheria. It is for decency's sake, the duty of refined and clean people to take others less cleanly as neighbors and teach them to be so too. It's splendid principles of religion—the kind the Savior of men preached and prayed for. America for Americans. Living here, born here, having fought together here for centuries, why not live in peace and love? So much better for a thousand reasons. If peace and love prevailed there would be no space for prejudice—the most damnable thing named. How can the outside world have a good opinion of christianity as practised? The more holy a man or woman is the deeper into the mire they will go to lift up the fallen. Not so long ago in this city, we rang a door bell. The lady of the house answered it, and while talking some noise was heard within the house. She said; "excuse me please." She was connected with the Stone home, and she had been instrumental in getting a drunkard to join church and swear off drinking. He had been good for six months. The day before we called some one informed the lady that her charge was drunk at the "Five Points." She went there, found him as stated, had him hauled to her house, where she fed, bed, worked and prayed for him. Mrs. Anderson is her name. If Martinsburg were full of such women, everybody would be a better citizen, crave to live better lives and do more and more for one another. At any rate, this is the way Americans should live. Let us learn to measure the worth of men by their deeds and mind and not by their color. WILY OLD ELEPHANT. The workers who drop their tools as soon as the whistle blows, and the girls who keep their eyes on the clock during school hours, have a sympathizer in an elephant which was employed in a lumberyard. A number of logs had to be removed by him, and only one remained when the bell rang for ceasing work. Of course the elephant knew the bell and what it meant, and was sauntering away when the foreman bade him move the last log. He did not object, but with all his tugging and straining did not manage to lift it. Seeing this, the foreman called up a second elephant to help, but even the two together did no good—the log could not be stirred. It must be left Next day, to the foreman's astonishment, when the foreman rang for beginning work, the first elephant marched straight up to the log, lifted it quite easily, and carried it to its proper place. HAVE RACE PRIDE If there is a feature that lends color to the suggestion that a large percentage of our race are ashamed of being born black, it is the increasing racial tendency to ape certain phases of Western civilization. We refer more especially to those who seem so dissatisfied with their dark complexion and wooly locks that they indulge in the practice of "bleaching skin and straightening hair." It may be argued with some truth that these habits are in the main confined to pitiable members of the race who have not yet reached that stage of enlightenment that enables them to see the utter absurdity of trying to be what they are not. We grant this and are prepared to go even further and admit that there are certain human weaknesses to which flesh is heir, that the teachings of generations have failed to eliminate. But why do we not see the same energy displayed by this class in copying other leaves from the same book. There are qualities of the other man far more worthy of emulation than his curly locks and white skin. It may be that he can teach us little or nothing in the way of Christianity. But would it not be wiser for more of us to imitate him in business methods—his adherence to system, organization, service, punctuality, living within income. All these are essential factors, contributing more essential and lasting results than can ever be achieved from the mere possession of straightened hair and a light hue. It is not that the Negro in part has not the qualities which we suggest he should copy, but there is need for more of us to seek them. They will elevate the race to a height where it would attract and deserve more consideration. Then we would stand for something—as an integral part of the whole, instead of being looked down upon as we are today—a firmament of darkness with a brilliant star shooting out here and there. True it is that the stars are increasing in number, but if more of us would seek the substance and leave the shadow alone, the lustre would be more radiant and widespread. No one disputes the right of an- The Secret of a Good Figure often lies in the brassiere. Hundreds of thousands of women wear the Bien-Jolie Brassiere for the reason that they regard it as necessary as a corset. It supports the bust and back and gives the figure the youthful outline which fashion decrees. BENJOLE BE-AN JO-LIE BRASSIERES are the daintest, most serviceable garments imaginable. Only the best of materials are used—for instance, "Walohn", a flexible boning of great durability—absolutely restless—permitting laundering without removal. They come in all styles, and your local Dry Goods dealer will show them to you on request. If he does not carry them, he can easily get them for you by writing to us. Send for an illustrated booklet showing styles that are in high favor. BENJAMIN & JOHNES 50 Warren Street Newark, N. J. Style 309 other to improve his or her appearance in a manner which to either seems fit, even though the method is ridiculous in the sight of others, but it would be well for us to bear in mind that we are what we are. If a Negro you are born, a Negro you must remain. But you are a man for all that. Take a broader view of life and interest in all that concerns the world, and you will find not only success, but possibly peace and happiness. It is not the wool and skin that counts. It is efficiency, courage, patience. It is actor and all the other attributes that make perfect manhood. New Jersey Informer. WANTED REAL COWS MILK. Wayne MacVeagh, the lawyer and diplomat, has on the outskirts of Philadelphia an admirable stock farm. One day last summer some poor children were permitted to go over his farm, and when their inspection was done, to each of them was given a glass of milk. The milk was excellent. It came, in fact, from a $2,000 cow. "Well, boys, how do you like it?" the farmer said, when they had drained their glasses. "Gee! Fine!" said one little fellow. Then, after a pause, he added: "I wisht our milkman kep' a cow." ODDITIES OF VISION. Peculiar Optical Effects and the Yellow Spot in the Eye. If one places a pinhead up close to and directly in front of the eye the head of the pin appears transparent and things may be seen as easily through it as through a sheet of isinglass, the head appearing simply as a large round cloud. If it is placed somewhat closer no pin or head can be seen at all. If one goes into a very dark room and puts a lighted candle near the side of one eye very pretty and peculiar effects are observed. A tracery, forming a regular network, can be easily detected, and this is merely the shadow thrown by the candle on the retina of the eye of the small capillary blood vessels between the retina and the candle. If one looks to the side of a dim star in the heavens the star appears a great deal brighter than direct vision makes it appear. This is because the light in the direct view falls on what is known as the "yellow spot" or point of keenest vision. As this is not put directly behind the front of the eye the side glance is necessary. Some people can see stars that way that they cannot perceive at all on direct vision. Pittsburgh Dispatch. A Garrick Incident David Garrick, where speaking was concerned, was the pride of London. Members of parliament envied him his powers. Burke envied him. There is that instance in parliament when, during a heated debate, a member moved that the gallery be cleared. This was ordered to be done, and the strangers withdrew, all save Garrick. Still the member objected. Then up spake Burke. Would it be fair to exclude from their debate the master of eloquence, the genius who taught them the art of speaking? he demanded. For himself he was proud to acknowledge his indebtedness to Garrick. Fox followed in the same strain, and Town shend. The house then voted that the "stranger should remain." And Garrick did not budge.—St. James' Gazette They Are Always Struck From New and Specially Prepared Dies. Proof coins have been struck at the Philadelphia mint for many years, but at no other mint, to be sold to collectors. A premium of about 10 per cent is charged when a lot includes coins of all denominations. For minor proof sets, however, when ordered separately, a little more than double the face value is charged. The coins are struck from new and specially prepared dies on planchets previously burnished, a hand press instead of the regular steam press being used. When there is a smooth field around the raised portion of a coin the burnishing gives the surface a lasting brilliancy that is very attractive. Our silver coins still have such a field, but the gold coins, particularly the $5 and $2.50 pieces, and the minor coins no longer present this desirable feature. In fact, outside of the lines being a little finer, proofs of these coins differ little in appearance from pieces struck for regular circulation. The incused inscriptions on the gold coins do not harmonize with the field as did the old raised inscriptions, while on the minor coins the field is not smooth, and the nickel has really no field, an excess of lettering disfiguring what is not monopolized by the Indian head and the buffalo. The $20 and $10 pieces present artistic designs, but proofs of these coins are far from being as attractive as were those of the old designs. Pittsburgh Press. A LEDGE AND A MINE How a Learned Lawyer Was Taught to Distinguish Between Them. Let not distinguished counsel from any eastern or western bar plume themselves upon their fancied superiority to their frontier brethren. The litigation which attends upon rich mineral discoveries often tempts the keenest intellects to the forums of the frontier, and an imported counsel is, in his ignorance of local customs and local nomenclature, liable to make a bad break. A distinguished New England lawyer who was imported by a Boston capitalist to take charge of a big mining suit delivered himself of a lengthy philippic against a witness who had testified that a mine was in a certain locality and who a year before had testified that it was in another locality a quarter of a mile distant. "Did he lie then, or is he lying now?" said the imported lawyer. "The learned counsel from afar," answered his opponent, "is an apt illustration of the proverb that a little learning—and in his case such a very little—is a dangerous thing. He confuses a mine with a ledge. The locality of a ledge cannot, of course, be changed, but the locality of a mine, which is the work upon a ledge, may be, as in this case, placed at one point today and in six months may be at another point a quarter of a mile or more away."—Case and Comment. A Fine Viewpoint. Sherman, Wyo., so named in honor of General W. T. Sherman, is the highest point on the Laramie range reached by the Union Pacific railroad. It is claimed that from this point on a clear day may be seen Pikes peak, about 165 miles to the south, Longs peak, sixty miles to the south, and Elk mountain, 100 miles to the west. From many points in the vicinity of Buford good views may be obtained of the high peaks of the Rocky mountains far away to the south and of the relatively low but rugged Sherman mountains, a part of the Laramie range, to the right. Two prominent points seen to the north are called Twin mountains and are celebrated as one of the strongholds of the notorious deserado Slade. Slade during his checkered career fought both for and against law and order, and his career is set forth in Mark Twain's "Roughing It."—Geological Survey Bulletin. THE HOLY GRAIL. Story of the Green Crystal Vase of the Ruins of Casarea. Few places are more absolutely cities of the past than Cesarea. Some one has spoken of the remains of its ancient glory as the "ruin of ruins." The medieval town which was twice rebuilt by the crusaders covered scarcely a tenth of the area occupied by the city as St. Paul knew it, and the ruins that we see today are chiefly the relics of the medieval city, which was itself built out of the ruins of the ancient city. What a rich quarry Cesarea has been for other city builders is shown by the fact that, though it has been drawn upon for all these centuries for marble and granite and sandstone, it is not yet absolutely exhausted, but still affords building material for the peasants of the vicinity. The green crystal vase which was found here when Baldwin I., the great crusader, captured the city at the beginning of the twelfth century, says the Christian Herald, gave rise to the story of the Holy Grail, which has inspired so many legends and poems, for Baldwin and his followers believed that it was the one that was used at the last supper by our Lord, when he gave his disciples the cup of wine and said: "Drink ye all of it. This do in remembrance of me." Improving on Shakespeare. A member of the business staff of Robert Mantell, the actor, tells of a conversation he overheard "in front," on the occasion of Mr. Mantell's production of "Hamlet" in a western town. "Oh, Harry," said the young woman. "I think it's an awful shame to drown Ophella and kill Hamlet. They ought to have been married." Whereupon Harry heaved a sigh and looked earnestly at his companion. "I ain't great on tragedy," said he, "but that's how I should fix it."—New York Times. Better Still. 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It is this that causes a chicken to tear around the yard with a piece of meat in its mouth and all the other chickens after it. It hasn't time, but the instinct of possession makes him grab and keep it. The same is noticeable among beasts. They like to get a great piece of meat in their mouths and then growl. It is this instinct in man which provokes him to matrimony. He wants something to guard and growl over, so he seeks a hollow tree, a cave or a house and a wife.—Pittsburgh Press. Pretty Clever Idea. "How do you manage to turn away so many applicants for positions in the chorus without hurting their feelings?" "Oh, I tell them they are too pretty; that the star wants to be the only handsome woman in the company."—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. A Forced Loan. Sport—I say, old chap, can you let me have two flives for a ten? Long—Sure. Here they are. Short—Thanks. I'll hand you the ten in a day or so.—Indianapolis Star. 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Model 1892, similar, but not take-down, prices, $12.15 up. COINS FOR OTHER LANDS. South American Money Is Made In Our Mints at Cost Price. "Made In the United States" might in all truth be stamped on the coins of nearly a dozen of the countries of Latin America in which a shopper would try in vain to buy merchandise bearing that slogan, for, though the United States does not ship great amounts of goods to the countries between the Rio Grande river and Cape Horn, it does supply them with a large part of their money, says the Washington Star, and this, in spite of the Spanish phrases and foreign emblems that it bears, is the product of Uncle Sam's own mints. Since the authorization to coin money for foreign countries was given to the mints by congress in January, 1874, more than 100,000,000 pieces of gold, silver and baser metals have been minted for countries in North, South and Central America and the West Indies and for Hawaii before its annexation. All foreign minting by the United States is done at a price that just covers the cost. There are two reasons for the government engaging in the business. It puts this country in a position to do neighborly acts, and it allows us to keep our coining equipment and force of operatives busy during periods when it would otherwise be necessary to suspend operations. The decreasing need for mints with our vast accumulations of coins, the growth of banking and the use of paper money is shown by the fact that of the seven mints that have been in existence in the history of the country only three are now equipped for turning out coins, the others having been either abandoned or turned into assay offices DIVORCE IN SCANDINAVIA It Is Very Easy to Obtain, and It Does Not Cost Anything. In Scandinavia divorce by mutual consent is the recognized way. And husband and wife may reach this agreement when neither has violated any marital obligation. The law, you see does not require them to wait until one has wronged the other. But when they have reached the point where they two know that their real union is ended they may secure a divorce for the asking. It doesn't cost anything. There is not even a lawyer needed. The process is simple. You notify a magistrate that you are separating. You are not required to go into details. You don't have to spread your marital trouble on court records and newspaper pages. One reason is as sufficient here as when you entered into matrimony. You simply state that you no longer wish to continue the marriage. Then one party to the contract goes away for a year—in Finland it is for only three months. At the end of the period the magistrate hands you the papers that dissolve the marriage as quietly as it was made. If, as rarely happens, mutual consent through the refusal of one of the contracting parties cannot be secured the process is a little longer, the probationary period of one year being extended to two. But there is always a way out. Sweden has no less than twelve grounds for divorce. It is accomplished in as dignified a way as any other partnership might be dissolved.—Mabe Potter Daggett in Pictorial Review Batha In Finland. One of the greatest trials a visitor in Finland has to endure is a Finnish bath. The method of procedure is unique. Divested of outer clothing and fitted in a light and airy cotton garment, you are slung in a sort of hammock composed of cord above a large receptacle like the boilers in public laundries. This is almost filled with cold water, into which at the right moment is flung a large redhot brick or piece of iron, which, of course, causes an overwhelming rush of steam to ascend and almost choke you. 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The three inch type, which is almost universally used, contains from 210 to 360 half inch lead bullets, bunched together in the front part of the shell. A time fuse, which is made with the accuracy of a watch, is graduated in seconds and is set to explode at a given age as determined by the artillerymen. The velocity of the shell may be gathered from the fact that it travels a mile in four seconds and within a quarter of a minute is four miles from the mouth of the gun. At any time during this rapha dight the shell can be made to explode with marvelous precision and deadly effectiveness, driving its bullets in a cone shaped shower down on the heads of the enemy. A remarkable fact regarding these shells is that the velocity of the bullets when the shell explodes exceeds the velocity of the shell at the time of the explosion by from 250 to 300 feet per second, the bullets of a bursting shell covering a zone about thirty yards wide and 250 yards long. Shrapnel shells used by different governments at the present time all operate on the same principle, but differ somewhat as to size and the arrangements of the fuse.—Pearson's Weekly. NAVAL SIGNALING It Began In Ancient Days by Raiding and Lowering Sails. The origin of the idea of using flags by day and lanterns by night for signaling in the navy came into being as far back as the middle ages. In those ancient days some one thought out a method of raising and lowering sails, the number of times they were raised or lowered indicating the letter that was to be sent. That proved very wearisome work and was superseded in the seventeenth century by the use of balls and cones hoisted in various positions on the masts and booms. At night different colored lanterns were used. In the following century twelve flags were used, either singly or in combination, and these flags supplied all the signaling that was necessary in fighting, as "Make all sail," "Engage the enemy," "Chase the enemy" or "Anchor." When the battle of Trafalgar was fought the signals were sent by light, guns and flares and flags, and it was not till after that battle that the system, invented by Six Home Popham, was used and on which are based the present day methods of signaling. The system of signaling from ship to ship by semaphore was due to a Frenchman named Chappe in 1794 and adopted in the British navy a few years later.—London Telegraph Could Lift a Ton and a Half. A Scotchman, said to be the last of the Stuarts, was possessed with an extraordinary strength, from which circumstance he got the byname of Jemmy Strength. Among other feats, he could carry a twenty four pounder cannon and had been known to lift a cartload of hay weighing a ton and a half upon his back. 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