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T!i2 Pilgrimage of O'foya-san.
f BY ITU MANriFIELD WILSON
((tptrlftht lMl. by Dally Story Pub Co v
Poor little OToya-snn! Sho plucked
nervously nt licr girdle while her
mother poured out voluble admoni-
tions us to tho ncccHslty of this dis-
tasteful marriage offered to her. DIb-
tiiBteful' What was sho a mcro strl
to have opinions of her own! As If
sho could he supposed to know what
was best for her future welfrfro' Hero
was a man who would honorably con-
descend to settle ton kokus of rlco
upon her honorable fnthor. besldea the
presents of tea and Bilk which had al-
ready been received! Would she In-
deed dare to question the wisdom of
her parent In this matter concerning
her welfare.
O'Toya-san pouted her red lips and
essayed a feeblo protect. "But he Is bo
old bo yellow. He Is llko a withered
tree bent and twisted by Btornu. Ills
teeth are like tho fot-demon's and
when ho looks at ono his oeB gleam
like a ferret's " A shudder of disgust
quivered through her frame.
The O-kaml-san eyed her daughter
with suspicion.
"Who has put cuch nousenso In your
head?' sho queried "This conies of
your iBlts to the Hund and the bold
talk of the young girls who hire them-
selves to tho foreign devilH aB amahB.
It was not so when I was young. We
knew that In order to he pleasing to
the lluddhn we must show filial respect
and piety. Oo away from my sight
ungrateful one until you learn to
show an obedient spirit to your par-
ents' wishes "
O'Toya-san went out Into tho min-
iature gardon with bent head and fore-
boding heart. She had no eyes for tho
pink cherry blossoms which clustered
In fragrant bloom upon tho leafless
trees showing interstices of blue sky
between. In vain they drifted llko
prismatic snow-Hakes at her small
feet. Sho relentlessly crushed them.
Sho was deaf to her caged singing
crickets which greeted her with mu-
sical raptures. Tho gold-fish in tho
artificial pond darted to tho side In
quest of tho tiny moisels of rice cake.
O'Toyn-can heeded them not for to-
day she felt that a crisis had come In-
to her young Ufa nnd that sho must
pray to Hotal God of Happiness to
help her.
That which her mother had said
was true O'Toya-san reflected. Down
on tho Hatoba sho had frequently met
certain friends who with their young
charges tho children of American
tourlsto were In tho habit of strolling
there. Ono of them hal accompanied
her employer to Amcik'n and in duo
time returned with wondrous tales of
that great and free laud.
It was llko a dream of enchantment
to lUton to the greatly-traveled ono.
O'Toya-san lecallcd tho description of
tho palaces where ono bought beauti-
ful things to wear and to eat of tho
ten houses which reached tho sky nnd
of tho Email rooms substitute for
btalrs which moved swiftly up and
down Inside theso huge buildings.
Sho described tho wonderful cars
which (lew up nnd down hills without
cither horses or jluilklshn runners at
tho command of n man who stood In
the fiont pait and grasped an iiou
handle. And then most strange In
this land of topsy-turvydnni tho young
girls kissed tho joung men' What a
stir that .statement had created! It
was received with lltlte shrlukB of In-
credulity nnd fearful delight. Whnt'
Really! Are jou certain? Impossible'
assailed tho cars of tho Japanese
Schehcrnsndo. 0'To)a-san heiself wis
skeptical. No modest self-respecting
girl would be guilty of such a bleach
of modesty. Still if ono liked some-
one else very much ono face lose be-
foro OToyn-san and It weio tho et-
iquette of ceu n bin barons country
sho blushed. Later a thought Hashed
thiough her mind which crystallized
Into n resolvo. I will go to tho shrine"
she whispered to herself "and learn
my fate."
Tho day was done. All tho world
7 'Ul'S213 Vs
-iK
O'Toya-san.
rcbted. From tho hca crept up tho
warm dusk blotting out tho far faint
dreamy sky and tho deop-hued moun-
tains with a phantom mlst-curtaln
tho man with tho ferret eyes. Tho
delicate fairy-like Indescilbuble. Tho
roofs of blue-gray tiles caught n fugi-
tive gleam of rose as from tho after-
slow of a sunset memory nnd left In
deeper shadow tho narrow streets be-
tween the houses wheio a multitude
of twinkling lights appeared ono by
one Tho shiilllug of the crickets and
the plnlntlvo cry of the Itinerant blind
Bhampooer threading his uj staff In
hand through the eternal darkness
broke harmoniously upon tho wist sl-
Ikuco of tho night. Along the IJiiud
the deserted Jlnriklshns stood stiffly
upright like soldiers at "attention"
their lanterns glowing bravely their
inai'-horses crouched against an ad-
jairt cmbankmmt enjoying their
LUIipi inn plpis ami th"lr well tnrned
repose It Is n relurtnnt kurumal who
responds to tho shout of a bclntel
traveler
lleyond tho Bund lay the sea.o I.Iko
glistening onyx1wero lis waters parted
hero ami thero by quivering 'shafts of
light from tho port-holes of shadowy
ships nt anchor. Fishing boats drifted
hero and there. When the bron7o-
legged fishermen cast their nets or
dipped an oar Into the oily blackness
of the sen phosphorescent bubbles
sparkled Into life shimmered nnd
glistened In a trail of magical silver
splendor then vanished with meteoric
swiftness llack of It all tho rising
moon Just touched the edge of tho
world with a rim of tho palest gold.
Through tortuous wnys down tho
street of the Temples across bridges
over Hearing tho Shrine of tho Hun-
dred Steps sped a small ncrvouB fig-
y&M
"It Is Hnru" she murmured.
tiro disguised In the folds of a mys-
terious silken headgear. It was 0'Toa-
san. Her heart palpitated wildly
whenever a Bhndow fell across her
path or the olces of tho night ns-
sumed unwonted sound Not that sho
feared mnii or beast! Far from It! It
was tho terror of tho demon foxes that
blanched her check; those gaunt spec-
tors that skulk In daik places and In-
tercept their victims that they may
tako diabolical possesfllon of them.
Ever) ono knows that tho demon foxes
aro almost omnipotent for oll. Yes
nnd tho w Itch-flies that lure one on to
destruction and tho tsubakl trees
which walk about at night. Sho le-
called a fearful tale of an attack on
ono of theso goblin tices which
dripped blood as Its branches were
hewn off.
OTojn-san's poor little heart jil-
most burst with fear at tho pleturo
conjuied up and she clutched desper-
ately at tho prayer amulet In her
sleove.
Sho bellood that sho would dlo It
sho saw any ghostly forms of tho un-
der world yet sho pushed on for only
nt the torll of tho Temple shrino could
she plerio tho oll of tho future.
Ilienthloss and trembling sho stood
at last beforo this giaceful symbol
of tho Shinto lellglon which stood
llko u huge Chlneso ideograph Its
nriiiB stretched heaenwnrd. Along
tho top of Its upper hotlzontal beam
could bo distinguished little bullets of
crumpled paper tin own there by other
pilgrims In their quest foi prophetic
pi esnges.
Quickly sho drew out from tho capa-
cious sleoo of her klniona somo deli-
cate sheets of rlco paper which she
pioeeeded U chew Into pulp. Then
taking careful aim sho throw them ono
by one aiming for tho top of tho hoi-
lzontal bar as her target Sho had
seen chunce3 of foitune. Tho llrst
ono missed. So did tho second. Tho
thlid time the little loilnd wad landed
safely and 0'Ton-sau's heart gao a
bound. Cvccossful was tho fourth
onturc. Sho threw again and yet
again Only one nioie throw re-
mained theio must bo three success-
ful throws out of tho seven. With a
prayer to Ilonten tho divinity of lov-
ers sho tbiew her last paper bullet.
It stuck fast nnd O'Toya-san's wedded
bliss was assured
She knew now that a successful mar-
riage and devoted husband awaited
her. Then camo tho triumphant
though that she could never belong to
Ci odious Ilenton knew of her ono true
loo nnd had smiled upon It. O'Toya-
san's Journey home was mado on
wing's of hopo.
As sho neared her parents' home tho
sound of the tinkling samlsen nccom-
pan) lug a lovo song In a man's oice
greeted her ears. "Oo forward
straightforward that way to tho
house that thou seost beforo thee. Tho
nearer thou goost thereto tho nearer
to her shalt thou be."
"It Is Hum" she murmured ecstat-
ically as she came upon him.
"I thought that tho song would
bring you m beloved" he bald "but
I grew afraid when tho moments
passed nnd still )ou came not. You
uro to go with me for I cannot give
you up to tho Hlco Merchant. Wo will
take tho ship tomorrow morning to
tho New Country oer the Seas. Gath-
er what things you require in n bun-
dle and wo will tako them down tr.
the Nippon Ushcn Knlsha which sallu
at daybreak. Wo will bo rich In tho
new world for I nm told that nrttsans
oio paid even as the retainers of the
noble nro In Japan; therefore fear
nothing my O'Toya-san.
Two tig u res stood upon tho middle
deck of an outgoing steamer while tho
day was young. Their faces were
turned toward the rising sun. It had
risen in their hearts.
In a hurricane blowing nt 80 miles
an hour tho pi'.ssuro on ench square
foot of surface 13 three nnd one-half
pounds.
VJiS5i
NAMING OF CLOTHES.
Inner VVn llio ltlrtlinltiro or Many
t nUcmul Ileiilriiiillntn.
Some pcoplo occasionally feel be-
wllilernil hv Hip nnmnu the. nrtldpfi of
feminine apparel bear and will be lnj
tercsted In learning their origin and
derivation. Tho word "costumo"
comes from the French word signify-
ing custom and dress from tho French
verb ilresBor to make straight nnd
this Is derlvciWrom derlger to direct;
petticoat comes "from the Anglo-Norman
outdoor garment which was
tailed a "cotte" and waB subsequently
modified Into coat. Pettlioat or small
oat Is .due to petty signifying small.
Skirt Is from the Anglo-Saxon work
scyrtnn to shorten We have come to
consider that which covers the lower
part of the body ns a skirt and the
upper part the bodice tho word bodice
being the plural of body for more
than one bodice Is mostly worn. Ths
word "gown" comes from the Welsh
"rwii" "Corset" Is a French wori
from "corps" the body and the di-
minutive ette" numely u little body.
"Stays" express support from the
French word "estnl." "Trousseau"
comes from (he French "trdusso" n-
bundle. "Hog'e" Is nn Anglo-Saxon
German word derived from tho Ice-
landic "hsa." "Stocc" Is tho Anglo-
Saxon for stocking which means n
trunk "Garter" romes from "Jar-
retlere" the French word nnd "gar-
etto" the Italian which devotes the
bond of the knee. "Pocket" means
"pogo" n bag or punch with the di-
minutive the pocket being only a lit-
tle bag Inserted In a garment of any
other article. Wo derive "polonaise"
from the Poles who call their sur-
tout the polonle hut "pelisse" conies
from the Uitln "pellceu" which was
generally mado of fur. Macintosh Is
the name of Its Inventor and "um-
brella" Is fiom unibia" a little shade.
WAS A OHINESE JOKE.
11 Nearly l'roieil hertous One to the
.lokfT.
A strange state of mind evidently
prevailed In PcMn dm lug tho Boxer
outrages outside the walls outrages
which were momentarily expected to
bo repented within the city limits
bnys the Youth's Companion. Every
body was preparing for a catastrophe
and nobody could bo sure why. It all
seemed like a lingo practical Joke
which could not bo taken seriously
and yet it was serious nnd everybody
know It was. There was apparent
peace Vilth a certainty of coming
trouble. The forelgneis were gathered
In places of safety and the com-
pounds they had left remained un-
molested. One Incident curiously
shows the combined lightness and
frenzy of tho public mind. On a cer-
tain evening a boy of about 1G walked
down a rticet marking a door here
and there with a circle of will to chalk
before which ho bowed solemnly. Pies-
enly nil the people enme to their doors
In n gieat state of excitement and be-
gan to discuss the proceedings and de-
bate ab to what It might mean. The
marked houses might belong to the
friends or foes of the Boxers the saved
or lost. Suddenly a ninn went up to
to the boy seized him by tho pigtail
and asked him what he meant. The
bystanders vein amazed at a courage
which dared interfcie with nn emis-
sary of tho Boxers nnd the boy him-
self tried to swagger a little and
brazen It out. "What were .you doing
It for?" insisted the man. "Tell or I
take you to the police station." Then
the boy fell on his knees and owned
that ho was only doing it for a Joke
to frighten the people. His success
had exceeded his hopes.
IU tlmmry (Stull.-il lit "A."
The Flench government and the
Fieuch atademy have been on bad
teims for n long time and over) bod)
knows It but their last point of con-
tioversy Is calculated to astonish tho
world. It Is nil about the dictionary
tho famous dictionary which was be-
gun forty )c.irs ago and which Is still
at the letter "A." Ono would hardly
expect tho subject to rouse lively pas-
sions but It appeals that the govern-
ment pa) s n salaiy to tho makers of
this dictionary. It Is not very strange
then If they begin to think that the
time coiibunied Is rather excessive. A
deputy has had tho audacity to pro-
pogo tho wlthdiawal of tho salary. It
is easy t o understand that he has
brought down all the thunders of tho
fotty "Ininioi tals" It Is true the
amount each "Immoital" lecelvcs Is
lot er) gieat; It Is calculated that
each gets on an nvcrage 1000 fiancs
which draws from tho budget of the
state somo G4.000 francs a year. But If
ono calculates .it the rate they are so-
Ing tho long centuries It will tako to
finish the work the deputy argues that
the pcoplo will have paid a little dear
for a dictionary.
OtrrrntlliK Wlnlt la It t
Overeating Is an elastic term. Ac-
cording to the November Good House-
keeping "to fly Into a rago or to give
way to piostratlng grief Is to turn
tho chief of secretions Into a mora
or losa active poison. Concentrated
thought or strenuous muscular exer-
tlo.'i Immediately before or after n
meal will niako tho partaker of a light
lunch guilty of overeating. "In Its
effects undcreatlng Is worse than
overeating. Thero are a
few things of which It Is very difficult
to cat too much: Dend-rlpo blnckber-
rles pears or peaches picked from the
trees In n state of absolute ripeness
sweet npples that are mellow through
nnd through and grapes as sweet as
houey."
Do not glvo n bribe nor lose your
right.
AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN.
Orrutrr (immunity of Interred Tli.in
In Any Other Country.
America Is the land of homos nnd
taking Into account tho inimb'cr of In-
habitants no larger proportion of Its
Inhabitants live in boarding' houses
and hotels than do those of England
It Is also to u much greater extent
thnn any other country of the world
the- land of equality and community
of interests between mon and women.
It one tnkca the t)plcal American
hUBband and wife one will certainly
find that their common Interests are
many; that the wlfo Is a companion to
her husband nnd that knowing she Is
his Intellectual equal the American
man discusses freely and confidentially
with his wife his professional and
business relations to n far greater ex-
tent than does the typical English-
man. Club life among married men Is
not nenily bo common In America ns
In England. Throughout the length
nnd breadth of the United States thou-
fcands upon thousands of husbands nnd
wives spend their evenings reading to-
gether tho books and magazines or the
wlfo doing a bit of fancy work or
mending while the husband reads aloud
from tho newspapers. Many American
husbnnds nnd wives have taken up
what Is known ns tho "Chautauqun
course"; many a western farmer and
his wife thus spend their winter cve-
ningB. Then let us take tho young
unmarried men and women of my
country. Surely they do not lend very
separate lives and their Interests in
common nie many. Who takes the
American girl to tho museums of art
to the theater to the concert? Who
sends her presents of bonbons books
nnd flowers all for the pleasure of her
society and companionship? It Is the
American young man. Ho can do It
too without feeling that his attentions
will bo misunderstood for America Is
the land of good comradeship between
men and women. There friendship
deep and lasting without any thought
of lovo making or marriage may ex-
ist between the unmarried of tho two
sexes and It seems to be tho only
country in the world where It can ex-
ist. Certnlnly such a state of things
between tho young men nnd the )oung
women of n country points not to a
separation but to a community of In-
terests. Elizabeth L Banks In Lon-
don Mall.
BIBLE DOWN TO DATE
"i iu l'a in or
the
Trenclieroun In Hub-
It Say.
Kel."
Americans have wasted no time In
getting their revised edition of tb
Bible upon the market Immediately
following the expiry of the fourteen
years In which they were pledged not
to publish. We have not yet hnd an
edition in England but many are on
the way. Some extracts of the new
ei slon hnve come over by cnble and
not all will find unequivocnl approval
here. "The way of the transgressor
is hard" has passed into a proveib of
everyday use; we shall scarcely recog-
nize the Ameiicnnlzed variation. "The
path of the treachereous Is rugged."
Many of the alterations undoubtedly
make for gi eater clearness and lucid-
ity but after all do wo want a Blblo
plnased in tho Idiom of today? There
Is no clamoring for a twentieth cen-
tuiy version of "Tho Faerie Queen"
but Spencer Is still an undiminished
Joy to reading men and women. The
old worldness of the Blblo is one of
its greatest charms. Its English Is
held up as a pattern to writers. But
America must have a twentieth cen-
tury Biblo In twentieth centuiy dic-
tion. It Is to bo hoped that tho ex-
ample of tho professors will not be
emulated by less scholarly men. It
will be lnterestlu;; to note how the
new edition sells. The old Bible still
sells ten to one better than that pub-
lished last In England. Ixmdou Black
and White.
tfiiKraioful MRU.
"Did you over watch a man taking a
drink of water In a public place In n
rallioad station or on n tialn where
ho is aware that many eyes legard
him? Watch this somo time" u dium-
mer said. "You'll find It Interesting.
Tho man you see holds the glass In
his right hand while he drinks and It
ia his Inability meanwhile to make his
unoccupied left hand look graceful that
makes tho spectacle worth while. Ono
fellow as ho stoops over the cup In nn
elegant attitude an attitude llko that
of bowing solves the enigma of what
to do with his left hand by putting It
In the pocket of his wnlstcoat and a
fourth swings the hnnd like n pendu-
lum to and fro at his side. But all
men do what thee will with their left
hand look awkward and self-conscious
when drinking In public and It Is
amuUng to vvntch them." Philadelphia
Uccord.
The Crushed ICnsi'ttr.
A now way of trimming u hat pf me-
dium slzu Is to apply In tho middle a
"ciushcd" rosette of very wide satin
ribbon. Tho ribbon Is almost as wide
as If It had been meant for a sash. The
ribbon Is worked Into a glnnt rosette
nnd slightly flattened to give It a
crushed aspect. You may wonder why
a "crushed" rosette should be preferred
to an uncrushed one. But tho secret
is that In the effort to reduco the
aspect of autumn millinery to broad
lovr flatness It stands to reason that
hat decorations must be "crushed" n
suite.
Neeilvi! Hnlment.
Mr. Flnnlgnn Phwat's thot jf. do
be palntin'? Misb Annnbello Flnnigan
Cupid pa. Tho god of love ye know
Mr. Flnnigan Fcr th' love of heaven
put a H-raglan nn him. He looks Ilka
n golf eaddy.dudce.
Tcfo or
W'
BOSTON ASTRONOMER CONSTRUCTS
WONDERFUL MECHANISM
Mr. Chnrles N. Packard of Boston
Mass. who keeps himself closeted from
tho outer world most of the time In a
dqr room forecasts an astronomical
event 'which will be of Interest to the
entire country. He says that the four
big planets Jupiter Mars Venus and
Saturn -will come together in Novem-
ber a situation which has probably
never beforo occurred within the mem-
ory of man. There will be no clash but
It will bo an ovont worth witnessing.
Mr. Packard has evolved a device both
interesting and Instructive which for
want of a better name he calls an as-
tronomical clock. Mr. Packard's astro-
nomical clock Is an almanac In Itself.
Tho Intiicacy of dials which show what
time It Is In London Chlcigo St. Pe-
tersburg Melbourne and Manila the
hour at which It will be full sea at New
York and Boston the number of days
since the new moon the day of the
month tho signs of the zodiac ns well
as details which are of little Interest
to the unscientific mind Is operated
by the works of a cheap clock which
moves an Ingenious system of gears.
Tho cutting of thb goarB bo that the
whole mechanism should move in hnr-
mony was the greatest problem which
Mr. Packard had to solve. He knew
that IiIb theory was all right but the
working out of the details was a some-
what laborious task. The clock was
finished two years ago and in that time
not tho slightest discrepancy nab mani-
fested Itself. The outer disk which Is
stationary has an enameled face on
which oie marked the different times
Eastern Central Mountain Pacific
Manila St. Petersburg London. This
piocess Is a simple one the disk being
merely divided Into 3C0 degrees the
relative positions of the different cities
as legards time being determined by
their varlntion in longitude. Inside of
the stationary disk Is n clock face
which Is divided into 24 hours as
shown lu the Illustration. When the
clock was photographed It was 5:40
eastern time or the time which pre-
vails in New England. In Ixmdon as
&Ae Moon aod
the Weather
o6JJ-sevjttjavtiavoesJi'jCi'jftjeJt-Jo
Some persons still believe that tho
weather Is controlled to an Important
extent by the Influence of the moon or
tho planets. Long-range weather pre-
dictions based upon this supposed In-
fluence nre published apparently find-
ing a considerable number of believers
or it would not pay to print them. An-
other experiment of this sort Is now
being tried in Russia.
During the past year a Journal called
Cllmat has been published every two
months at St. Petersburg. It Is print-
ed in English German French and
Russian under tho editorship of Mr.
Nlcolal Demtschlnsky. The earlier
numbers were devoted to predictions of
tho weather for a long time in advance
by means of certain deductions based
upon the nllcgcd influence of the moon.
The publication of these ortlcles seems
to have revived some interest in tho
matter. The predictions were made
to Include places as far away as Aber-
deen Se-otland and Valencia Spain.
Dr. H. It. Mill the editor of Symons"
Monthly Meteorological Magazine has
Just eubjected the predicted weather
conditions for Aberdeen and Valenclr.
to tho test of comparison with tho
weather actually observed at those
places. The results are disastrous for
the predictions. He found as was to
bo expected that "practically the fore-
casts as a whole would aprvear to be
valueless" as far at least as those two
stations aro concerned. A note in the
Bulletin of tho American Geographical
Society says that as far as the writer
has observed this Is the only published
comparison ot predictions with tho
facts of observed weather.
It cannot be said that any note-
woithy results have )et been nttalned
from tho efforts of ninny persons to
trace tho supposed Influence of the
moon upon weather Dr. Hunu In
his great work on "Klimatologic"
makes no allusion to the matter. Prof.
Davis of Harvard In his "Elementary
Meteorology" says1 "The contiol of
the weather by tho moon or the plan-
ets ?i 111 occasionally finds enough be-
lievers to support the publication of
elaborate long-range weather predic-
tions. As these are couched In general
language and Intended to be applicable
to large areas of the country It Is not
at nil dilllcult to gather a number of
verifications for them; but they arc
no better than the forgotten predic-
tions of astrology of centuries ugo."
Itenllatlc Sketih.
"M i' n!n Sam." "Mavvnin' Watt."
"Wl'.1 jo' favah mc with the loan oh
'Grajttark' this mawnln" Sam?"
"!orry but I done let Ed Hokes have
d ocok Watt. But my shelves nm
J mi! ob other works of fiction. But
l'at am do latest society function
Watt?" "Dafs what I'm heah fo Ma
v. If" sent meovah to see If yo' nn' yo'
wife will attend do 5 o'clock tea she
! goln' to gib In honah ob Miss 13111-
igsley of Boston." "Certain. Wo
iKfsairevi
Universe
Is shown by tho Illustration It wan
nearly 11 at night nnd In Manila it
lacked but a few minutes of 7 In tho
morning. In other words Uncle Sam'o
Philippine possessions htJo an advan-
tage of 13 hours in tho laco of civili-
zation. A new moon appears In 29
days and the third circle which re-
volves Insldo of the second one Is di-
vided Into 29 pnrts which arc num-
bered in rotation. The number which
Is the nearest the prominent dot In the
fourth circle Indicates the number of
days since the new moon. Thti fourth
circle shows with unvarying accuracy
the time at which It Is full sea at Bos-
ton and at "New York. Inside of thin
circle Is a circular band showing the
signs of the zodiac. The Innermost
plate represents the earth and shows
the positions of the llxcd stars In re-
lation to the earth. The pointer Indi-
cates the day and month. As previous-
ly slated the whole arrangement Is op-
erated by the works of a smull clock
which move a system of gears. Each
of tho circular faces Is Independent of
tho others and the cutting of genrs so
that the relative speed of the mooji
nnd earth about the sun can be trans-
ferred to tiie clock was a delicate op-
eration. The third circle In which
there Is a dot representing the sun
moves the most slowly of all. It re-
quires a full year to make one revolu-
tion. Tho clock Illustrates why ther
Is no leap )ear in 1900. Theoretically
the earth revolves about the sun once
in :iC5V days and every fourth year
the 3G6-day calendar Is straightened"
out by a leap year having 29 days in
February or 3C6 da)s in all. As a mat-
ter of fact the earth makes Its trip
around the sun In Ub minutes less
thnn 365V dajs and It Is necessary to
throw out three days in 400 years to
keep the calendar straight. Last year
was not n leap year but the year 2000
will be while 2100 2200 and 2300 will
not.
There are 1700
owning farms.
Indians In Ailzona
ocxitn.f'inf'iic
R-evlvivl of
an Old
Superstition
bhall bo delighted to meet .Miss Blll-
lngsley. I saw her once when I was
studyln' nht In Paris but nebber met
her. But what have )o got de bandage
on )o" hand for Watt?" "A meah ac-
cident. A meah accident to my auter-
moblle. Out riding with Miss Blxlcy
ot New York you know an' we en-
countered nn instruction on de load.
Delightful lady Mies Bixley." "Ec-
ccedamly so." The above was written
simply to give the reader an Idea of
life among the negroes of the Ten-
nessee hills. In writing It the author
sacrificed mere beauty of expression
for the natural and realistic. Edwin
Singer In the Lidlnnnpolls Sun.
l'li.Hlinl drouth of the JupiitiPHe
Tho increase of stature among th&
Japanese l& very perceptible; and the
substitution of tepid and even cold wat-
er for the hot baths among many ol
the people Is responsible for an In-
creasing ilorldity i-t the complexion.
Before the advent of military discip-
line on European models tho Japanese
were notable ns the smallest-necked
race In the world a Aim of London
collar-mnkeis with a large trade to
Japan asserting that 13 Inches was the
normal circumference of it full-grown
Japanese's throat. In a little oer 2C
)5ais owing to more athletic develop-
ment the average has risen an Inch
nnd a half. To athletic development
should also be added greater avoirdu-
pois inasmuch as a more generous dl"t
and abstention from parboiling are
bringing their reward In an accumula-
tion At muscle and tissue.
hniri! IIU Knri.
A prisoner was once condemned by
the late ameer of Afghanistan to have
his enrs sliced off qulto as n minor
punishment. He had a powerful friend
however who wns much attached to
him. This friend begged the ameer.
In duly submissive tones to allow him
to perform the operation a favor
which was granted. However the
amnteur begged the ameer to show
him what portion of each ear he wish-
ed to he removed. Tho ameer accord-
ingly touched tlieni lightly. Where-
upon tho Ingenious nnd comageous
person proceeded to quote n passage of
tho korau which said that anything
touched Ly tho representative of the
Almighty became sacred. The despot
smiled grimly and forgavo them both
Dl.tn't More Him.
Farmer Git up Josh! Remember
It's tho early bird catches the worm!
Son (sleepily) Let the birds have 'em
dad; I hate the nasty things! (Turn."
over nnd goes to sleep again.)
Deal with the faults of the hungrj
man as you would deal with cracks In
an empty corn crob heal thorn from
the Inside. Flnnlckey Finnukln in
Pennsylvania Grit.
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