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JHi. QUEENOF TRAGEDY
CELEBRATED ITALIAN ihCTRESS
PASSES AWAY IN ROME.
Adelaide fiietori Had a Vlelon of Tri•
umphs- .Femou9 Tragedienne Wee
On. Stage. At Fifteen and Lived Till
$4—.Caro of Theetrtcei Stock and.
Played Leading Roles Ail Over the
World._—Her Wedding Romance.
Adelaide Ristori, Marchese Capranl•
• ca„ del Grillo, the Siddons of Italy;
whose death was. recently announced,
and' who was as delightful in comedy
roles as she was impressive in those
onfagedy, was born id the little Irene
tiara town 01 CIVidale @} Friuli on
Janutlry B6, 182:?, Ifee parents weri
of
� n to and Madeleine Por-
�,n o itis ri M
.patelli, comedians in a company of
, strolling players, headed by one Cavic-
chi, and by them elm was introduced
eb the stage when not yet three
months old, In her .memoirs the great
tragedienne bas called this debut a
"bowling success," The play was en-
titled, "The New Year's Gift," and her
part in it was:teeenter as the contents
of a market basket
Her second dramatic appearance
was made at the age of three as the
daughter of . it c:rusader's widow. At
MARCHIONESS CAPD4 ICA DEL G1ULLp
(ADELAIDE RISTonI.)
four she. was made to play a small part
in a sort of vaudeville entertainment.
and herself records that this appear-.
ea'
an wasan enormous success,She
ee f
became a regular member of the stroll-
ing company, at ten yearsof age, play-
ing servants' parts and at twelve be-
ing entrusted with premiere roles, Her
salary at this time considerably ex-
ceeded that of her parents. She be-
came the stip, of . the .company during
remainder of 'her short stay witb
it.
It was at Navara, In the company of
Giuseppe Moncalvo, two, _ later
that her career can be said .to have
definitely 'begun. Here, at. fourteen
years of age; she took ter first step as
a tragic actress, playing.. the title role
in Silvio Pellico's "Francesca da :Ri-
mini-" So marked was theimpression
made by her talents on this occasion'
that an engagement was offered her
after the performance 'at the Theatre
of the. King of, Sardinia, them under
the' direction . of Gaetano Bazzi, and
numbering. among its actors sueh.:dra
matte lights as 'Vestris, ' Romagnoli,
Marchtoni and Rebatti. 'Here she .at
once•beeame th protege • of Charlotte
Marchioni and through
the kindly ef-
forts of. this- eminent actress was rapid;
ly advanced in her profession,..assufn-
ing the latter's roles when in 1840 Sig.
M hi n' tired from the stage.
nota arc o r re
At the age of sixteen. Ristori was
offered a seven years' engagement by
Mascherpa, director of the Duke of
Parma's theatre, and accepted. it. As a
member of this company she created
man emotional and • tragic roles
which were thereafter associated •with•
.her fame:. Her • reputation gained
steadily with her growing powers, and
t c re of
had
thefirs , a t ss
Eke
become
Italy when in 1847 she 'married the
young. Marquis Capranica del Grillo
and for. two years interrupted . her at•
•tistic career- .
The romance thus broul ht: to :anise.
sue had been of some years' standing
and had been beset 'with All 'the , diiii-
eulties which the young Roman noble's
family could contrive toput til ' ifs
way. The details of the story of Grillo's.
wooing of Ristori and it% 'finale in an'
unconventional. wedding make a very
pretty and not unexciting .romance.
After her marriage Ristori left the"
stage, determined to devote ,the •rest of
her life to ,domesticity..But. for her ap-
pearance at a charity performance in
Ronie in 1849, et the time of the siege,
she might have kept this resolution.
There was a furore at her appearanc%.
however, and this grew to an irresis-
tible demand that she resume her
former place upon the stage. '
Resume it elle did, with hei• hus-
band's consent, in 1850, devoting her-
self thenceforward to tragic, roles.
Myrrha, . Judith, Phaedra and Lady
Macbeth were some,•ofthese. On May
.22, 1855, she took Paris by storm ap-
pearing in the Italian Opera House in
Francesca da Rimini," 'the Paolo be-
ing Ernesto Rossi. No foreign Actress
had ever received suell, an ovation in
a French theatre. Her name was in
every mouth; her portraits ,were sold
throughout France; "the French Gov-•
ernment made her brilliant offers if
she would join the Comedie Francaise,
and Lamartine wrote verses about
her. At a period when Rachel was the
undisputed queen of Abe French stage
Adelaide Ristori in a night divided her
long held palmswith her. But 'not
even the personal persuasions of the
Emperor availed to chain Ristori to
.Paris. She preferred to• remain Italian,
and so, although far five years there-
after she appeared :regplerly in the
Theatre Italien, site also toured.' " the'
French provinces and made wide ex-
`"`oui•sibns through' nitrojid;• •
England she first'visited in the lat-
",ter. iiart'of 1855. Her trip to Spain in
.1857 aroused 'the greatest enthusiasm.
:So did her appearances in Holland .and
„'Russia in 1866.'On nee' return to Paris.
In the latter year Ristori played at the
Odeon, this time in. French, her debut
' in that language. In spite of traces of
Italian accent this fresh essay fully
confirmed her former popularity.
In 1862 King William of Prussia be-
stowed on her, in Berlin, the Medal of
the Sciences of Arte. Constantinople
heard her in 1864. In 1865 negotiations
were begun by Mr. Maurice Gran with
a view to bringing Ristori to America..
These were brought to an i
sue in
1866 when the famous actress came
for ter first tour, .opening tit the
French Theatre, New(York, 'on Sep-
tember 20, 1806, with her own com-
pany, as Medea. At the close of this en-
gagement,'which lasted fifty-one nights,
she visited twenty-seven cities-
Brook-lyn, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Washington, Clnninnati and
New Orleans among them, giving in
all 168 performatives. 'Tie immense
suecess elle won in New York was dup-
licated everywhere else. Her tour was
one long triumphal progress. 'i'he
gross receipts of thn tour were $450,-
000,
450;000. of which the actress • received
$270,000, She returned to America for
the second time h1 1867, and tante
again in 1875.and 1884, on these later
trips meeting with a repetition of her
initial aua .occ,4
Oise y"r titter her final American
tour thedistinguished aetretla retired,
and since that time had been living a
quiet life on her country `estates.
OPERATION WOUNDS,
A Serious Danger to Which Surgeon'
Are Exposed—First :Signa of Medi-
cal Blood Poisoning.
By the terni "operation wound" is
meant a poisonedwound received ac.
tidentally by the surgeon while operat-
ing upon a patient suffering from'.
blood poisoning, but it differs in no
wayfromu act
a accidentally e
y Dison d
wound which any one is likely to re-
ceive. It is simply the beginning of
blood poisoning.
• This term blood poisoning' is eree
played to express a disease resulting
from the entrance into the bleed of
the germs of putrefaction or of pad
fn.rwitinn o t1be abeorption of the
poisons elaborated by these gerina exp
'sting on the outside of the body. It is
a much less common affection now
than It was 'before the introduction of
antiseptic surgery,
In those days hospital wards, even
the cleanest, harbored millions of ,sep-
tic bacteria, The knives and other in-
struments used in operating, although
easefully washed in soap and hot wa-
ter, were in effect no different freed
the poisoned arrowsof the savage
bowman.. The lint used to pack the
wounds, the bandages employed to
keep the lint in place, the sponge with
Winch the wound w s washed at each
dressing, 'were all impregnated with
living germs of disease, and finally the
very hands of the surgeon, scrupulous=
ly clean as they seemed to be, were
coated with the microbes of suppura-
tion and putrefaction.
It le no wonder that certain opera-
tions now performed daily in every
hospital in the country with perfect
results were so uniformly followed by
blood poisoning that the surgeon who
dared to . perform them, except when
death would otherwise be inevitable,
would have been guilty of malprac-
tice. .
To -day it is not the patient who is in
danger of blood poisoning, but the
surgeon, who may accidentally inocu-
late himself through . a scratch or . 'a
hangnail.
The first signs of this are a 'feeling
of soreness in the arm, for a finger i
usually the siteo Maculation,an
f
redness• n slight, swelling h
ada gtewe Batt
paint where 'the poison entered, This
redness soon extends up. the inner side
of the arm in streaks' which' marl: the
lymphatic vessels. The bacteria ar
passing through them.to gain entrance
finally into ,the general circulation
The glands in 'the armpit, through
which the lymphatics: pass,' also be-
come hard and swollen. •
Soon the patient begins . to have.
fever,. alternating, perhaps, with chills,.
and: then the symptoms • of general
blood' poisoning appear;,
The treatment' of this infection is
purely surgical- The wound should be
freely out open and disinfected; so as'
to remove the source of the poison.. If.
this is ,done• in time and with sufficient.
thoroughness, 'blood: poisoning ajar be
averted. •
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,: •The First Teetotai Pledge.
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On Sept. 1, 1832, was signedthe first
English teetotal pledge. Itwasdrafted
in the histo c "cock it atPreston historic t
pby
the late Joseph Livesey, and the origi-
nal (of which•Llo\ d's`:Weekly gives 'e,
facsimile) passed into •the possession
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...ion G.1�✓,,.•,: : : '
A.;,rvy,
'THE FIEST TEETOTAL PLEDGE. : •
4f Mr. John Cook, .founderof•the well-
known, 'fl rm
ellknown,'flrm ,of to east •agents..,
It . is - still carefully.. preserved: in > a
strong frame, with plate -glass front•and
back of sheet steel. It,wa;,.last lent to
'the • north of England on the occasion
of. the centenary of..the birth' of Mr.
Joseph Livesey: His son,' .Mr: William
Livesey, whoresides at Preston"!'
his 91st year, and is the oldest pledged
teetotaler in the world.
The Little knowledge • Is .Dangerous.
An erliperfect, or warped understand-
• ing of machinery aria or processes and
"ignorance of what Is being or has, beeli
accomplished are••;flooding 'the world
with Worthless inventions .which waste.
•both hopes and money Good •technical-
•muse:tins in the great centres of Popu-
lation and industry ,, would • doubtless
have a correcting and .also a' Chasten-
ing effect and help to bring men of
overbubbiing self appreciation' to rea-
lize the fact that, barring accidents, it'
takes a good working knowledge .:of•
any particular Industry •to' effect e re-
form. of .any commercial value in that.
industry. •7 housands upon. thou aA., s'
of ideas are patented every year in
utter disregard of, •the processes . of
manufactufe which would have to be
employed to peOdece the-iuticles,'and
many of. these patents, fur' from mak-
ing an advance in any art,. are really
steps backward 'on the road, of• pro-•
gress and represent a waste of legiti-
mate mental energy' whicli might be
more profitably s epended. "Novelty" Is
the cry. But fre are mostly novel-
ties.—Alfred Sang in . ingineeringr
Magasine,• .
CHRISTMAS EVE IN .PARIS.
Picturesque Scenes at the Madeleine.
Ii[i,ttorio i' reneii Church.
'They drove to the Madeleine through
streets already full of life and moves,
merit of hurrying erowds, darting fig-
ures now plunged in the black stlad-
ows and now slipping out into the full
glare of the clustered ' lights. The bib
perspective of tile Place •de la Con-
corde, thickly sown with lamps, was
shot through with glistening reflections
from the tops of earrlages, the arcade
of the Itue de Itivoli was brilliant as
a stage setting, the hotels in the broad.
Rue Royale were ablaze with
light,htr
and
far at the end of the street, where the
lofty portico of the Madeleine showed
Blear against the stari;v sky, a hundred
sparks twinkled from the Cabs flitting
along the boulevard,
The steady roll of wheels merged
with the varying notes of horns lu
motors and the sound of talk and
laughter from the sidewalks, and all
blended in a great humming .symphony,
struck through with the rattling, syn-
copated claek•eleck of hoofs upon the
asphalt, like tate staccatl of sharp
drums. •
The crowd et the Madele te was
al-
most impassable. but 3ol�hov they
.gained the steps. the vestibule. and
were swept le the send pack of Hien
Mid • Wotan tlirouull the door tit the
Tright; The great floor was filled with.
a throng as varied as Paris itself,
Piety and the Idlest curiosity, youth.
and age, came together. As the pro-
cession came in sight its song was
joined by the organ in the sanctuary
and the music rose louder and fuller
In a single godlike voice ranging down.
from thedazzling altar.
zlln a .
Soddenly, like artillery, the great or-
gan overhead crashed out in a volulne.
of sound that flooded the whale vast
Interior like a wave, sweeping over
the beads of the kneeling crowd and
mounting to the shadowy arches of .
h roof. The e very conenssion took
the listeners' breath away, and in the,
recoil men and women burst Into
tears, and billows of emotional excite-
went rolled back and forth through the
church. -- Winfield: Scott Moody in
i cribner's,
YULETIDE IN SHETLAND.
Curious Customs. In the Island Where
the Ponies come !tion.
The festival of Yule, asis well
known, dates back to prebistorie
times, whenmen worshiped nature
rather than nature's God.
The inhabitants of the Shetland
isles are descended from Norsemen,
who were zealots in religious belief,
and "Yule" to them meant a season of
great Importance. The "Gammel Norsk
Hint" signifies, literally, "wheel," and
the festival so called was held in honor
of the sun at the winter solstice wheel,
Ing round toward the equator. The re-
turn of the sun formed en important
period of the year as being the begin-
ning of renewed life in nature, which
only could be revived by the light and
warmth of the ascending orb,
The course of the sun was observed
in all things as far as possible, Every-
thing was turned from left to right—
the boat was so turned on the water,
thecorn stacks so built in courses, the
mill so turned In grinding and the
wheel" he spinning --in fact, everything
went with the sun, even the round of
the drinking horn.
Many superstitions included in na-
ture worship bad „full 'scope at the
"Hjul" time—or more modern "Yule"
.—when a vast multitude of "troves,"
cos
or fairy folk, who at that season • were
not only active, but maliciously diee,.
posed, had to be propitiated.
.To give the fairy 'folk no opportunity
of playing tricks, the fishing creel and
lines were removed ,fromthe wall, .the
spinning wheel taken out of gear and
its integral parts laid aside, and every-:
Ming suspended from ceiling or walls
lifted down as if .left in . their usual
places. the ubig4iitous elves were sup-
posed to set all going against the sun's
motion, which of course would mean
serious trouble. The time of Yule was,
and still is, rigidly observed as "belly"
a time of lest fromallmanner
of labor.—Madame,
AUTOMATIC SWIMMERS..
Screw Propelled Machine That Is Car-
ried On Min's Hack.—Parte Mn'.a
Queer Inventions.
311, Constantin! of Paris, after hav-
ing been successful in adapting a, gaso-
line motor to a roller skate, now
brings out another use of the motor in
the form of a life saving apparatus or
automatic swimming device which can
be used for sport as well. Bathers, for
instance, can take exercise with the
apparatus along the coast. Such an ap-
paratusmust be as light as possible
andre 1 n us
canto s m t -
eso that
b taken.
the motor will work under water in
all conditions. A good distance can be
i
Off Santa Claus.
•;' Beat •-
t
POSE 's a 'Santo $ . there l sat Chita
s
o brings t e
h t
Thtm los
pretty
1+
an'c
an'
Ari ,mincepies
candyrn ibints
To lots o' tittle boys,
But where we live down here, 1 .guess,
Is sort o' off his beat,
Cm pretty certain, anyway,
He never found our street.
He goes around to all the stores
An' fills 'em full o1 things.
Like sleds an' skates an' railroad cars,
The kind he always brings,
An' then he seems to lose the way
To our house. Ain't 0 queer
That ail the times he's come to town
He's never been Town here?
tt 1, nig
OOREW PROPELLED SWIMM 11:.
covered, even bye novice, wbi '
tance is only limited by the siec _- •
fuel tank,
In the view herewith shown
vice is fn complete shape, with --.
exception of the air bags, which serye
as floats. The main body or case of
the apparatus consists of a light alu-
minium box about twenty inches high,
which is adapted to be . carried upon
the back of the swimmer. It is just
large enough to contain the motor and
the rest of the apparatus. The propell-
er,. which Is used to drive the device
through the water, is •mouuted on the
end of a crank shaft, and the latter is
made to project out through a water
tight packing in the side ofthe case,
e.
To protect the propeller from any
shocks it might receive, it is surround-
ed by a conical piece, carrying a wire
gauze covering. The crank for .starting
the motor is fitted in the usual way
upon the projecting end of the motor
shaft. At the toll of the case is p. pipe,
. over which is .fitted a rubber pipe go-
ing to a float:bag is not seen.
here), and this' bag serves .at thesame
time •to supply the ;air which is re-
quired for working the carburetor dur-
ing • the time when the ex may be
sunk below the surface of :the water,
This is only for: •emergencies, however,
and In general .the carburetor takes
the air . through a •suitable pipe from
the,outside. A set of valves control the
air supply in these cau'es..For' cooling
the motor cylinder,. which is jacketed
at 'the upper part, the water comes.
from the outside and leaves 'the. box
again. through suitable openings on'
either• side of the case. Gasoline is:
.supplied from • an aluminium', tank of
.square section, 'whichis fitted against
the beck'of the case
Attached. to 'each side of the ; main
case is an air bag of some :size which
serves as a float. The swimmer•is
set-
• ed upon apro ecting saddle formed of
a • metal plate covered with cork. The
saddle is hinged to the box in order to.
fold it up when not in. use .and at the
outer end is attached an air' float
which• can• be of any convenientsize.
fixed••u
Two straps are totheupper end
of the box: so as t6 fasten.it upon the.
swimmer's back. At the lower end the
straps are festenedinplace by a hook
• or.a button projecting from the box.
• Christmas .In Guam.
' Ohristmas was . celebrated : in 'diem
last year in as true American styleas
the possibilities of the situation.would.
permit. Great interest :was staken
pee
the Americans in' celebrations for the
native children. A number of enter
tainments ' were provided. • A feature
was a floating Christmas tree, Mag-
niflcentiy.deco ated which was
a
rad
ed
through the streets of Agana drawn.
by six plumed mules' with costumed •,
outriders and preceded by a native
band and from whieh Santa Cleus.dis-
tributedabundanee of good cheer.
A New:. Milady. `
It was Christmas day, and :the candy.
lion had been «aitinb
oh sopatiently
—for Mary to finish her. dinner. Much
Against 'her baby wishes !tad she, been
obliged to. swallow the.' last of • her
lead. When her mother Insisted ou
her.. finishing her -.milk .the small' ;face
looked :up: in desperation as'she lisped,
"lsiozzer, if feet any more food 1 will
be . Humpback .. in.: my "stomach, •• like
grandpa!"—I, i pp i ucott's. •
Conquered. Mt.. McKinley.
Dr. Frederick A 'Cook of Brooklyn,
N. -Ye who at last las succeeded In
reachiu„` the summit of. Mount McKin-
ley,, fiti A1asica.,: • the highest peal. in
• North. America hs made several trips
Oi,1J^ 'l sru • Realities
Billy—bo yer•didu'tget•nuthin but 'a
jackknife and t sled. ter Christmas?
.tromps\' -Yes, dot's ell 1'got; worth
speakin' of. Dere Wu? a suit of clothes;
and a overcoat, and a hat or two, and'
•some underclothes, and a heel: of
poems, anti some stockin's and gloves,
and some collars aitd cuffs, and a few
other ,things likedat, not worth speakin'
of.--9fen. and_Women, • . '
Do,iit 'Let the Mistletoe. Drop.
It is very . unlucky if. the mistletoe
•should fall from the place where it has
beent ing'Ip.
THE OLDEST HOLIDAY.
Juries Caesar Made the 1st of Ja,cu-
ary New bur's Day.
•1 i5 0 (;aiug.Jultu c-'aesat•;, founder
or slit: Iloman einpire;. that bur present •
New. Year's .edify .OW1S its ;origin; 'i'he
dtOeut Romans_ • began the.: year ou
Dei'. 21i, ellen there.:..began to •bc
'two light;. but their 'calendar wail so
mistakenly arranged that .their years
did not t•n1110 out right In the end, and'
in' the .ourse of time. the months had
fallen yo- far .behhid that the Calendar
toles one to ga swimming. when the
;'routs~ were frozen :incl to go skating
when the flowers were i t bloom. So
the mighty "Titbits, when he had 'the
world Well tinder his .thumb, made a
HOW calendar, and it pleased him to
begin the year with the Hrsteuew moon
that hap1ened along after the old Ito-
iuttn year ceased, and that chauccd.to
put in appearance on the first of the
month sacred to .Tonus—on Jan. 1.
Caesar's .calendar wasn't quite per-.
feet, but it Was, nearly so. It is . still
in use by nations following the stand -
and of the Greek church --Russia and
others—and after some 1,950 years it.,
leas' fallen behind only twelve days. It
was in ,111382 that Pope Gregory reform-
ed the Julian calendar. Gregory jump-
ed oyer tear days to Catch up with time
lost under the Julian calendarr and then •
lift upon the leap year scheme to keep
from falling so. utueh behind again.
Gregory's calendar is as near perfect
as can be, but under it there Is stili a
loss of twenty-two seconds every eel-
ruder year, owing to the failure of the
world to arrive at exactly the sante
point in her ellipse at exactly the sante
f4eooud of time each day. But we need
not worry ultieh. It will be 1,400 years
yet before a whole day is lost, 'and
then our thee—Mutants need 'only to
,lump otee ii day--;eekin the 4th of July,
for instance. slid Hail it the 1th•-•Iind
start 0111 aneve, and then it will be
2,780 years or so before another day.
Is lost. --Buffalo Express. •
•
e"5 cog eras
(Y. the ?hllr,i.t
.America
• SOME -HIGH MOUNTAINS. •
to Alaska . in, his efforts • to satisfy the
ambition. of his life. 'His telegram an -
flounced. ne
n-nounced.he had 'reached the lop by a
northern' route. Dr. Cook was the sur-
geon of the. Peary polar expedition of
1891-'92, and was with the. Belgian
polar expedition of 1897.'98. He •has
been honored . with medals by Euro-
pean • and Ainerican geographical so-
cieties,
Plague of Rabbits.:
Rabbits- are so numerous and have
done so much damage in Devon that
farmers have been killing as many as
possible, and are hawking them about
the villages at the price of 3d. each.
On one farm at Collompton two acres
of corn have been eaten right away.
•
Everybody's Friend.
• Giles --There goes a man .who ,loves
his neighbor as himself.
Miles—Indeed!
HE GOES AROUND TO ALL THE STORES AB
FILLS 'EM FULL 0' THINGS.
I asked my mother if I might
Go wait for him uptown
An' tell him that the boys' I know. •
Invites him to come down,
But she just sort.' o' chokes an' coughs,
An' then she looks away •
An' says, !'He'll find us out, I guess,
An' visit us some day.".
An' yet I've been a.waitin' here
So long that I 'don't b'lieve
I'll ever see him come at all
On any Christmas eve, .'
I'm goin' to ask a p'ficeman 0
• -.. Santa he should:: meet
He'll just go up an' speak to. him
.An' point him out our'street.'
—New' York American;
ecember l3tb, 19Ot
inoisommimpowsvirompionimiemo
AN EQUINE BANQUET.
hoses new Year's Feast In Merry'
. • Ohl En land.
equine ant r '
An ecu banquet oved not the
1 1 n
least interesting of the festivities of
the holiday season . in • England Iast
yea!', aceording to the Pail Mali 'Ga-
zette. The scene was Print's.• Place
farm at Acten, where tlie home ' of
4,
Iest•forhorses curries on its beueficeut
work .of. providing .a hospital fol con- •"
vaiescents as well as en iteylum;fol• the
yid
aged, Anil the ocen.lon wasthe annual
g
:dew Year's : day dinner to the in-
mates:
Like other festal inenus, this differed
from ordinary fare. Ridlculously slut -
pie from the human. standpoipt, it was •
a succession" of dainties for the equine
palate, :.I'-tch inmate of the silty or so
loose butes vas presented :with a 'New
Year's box filled with an assortineet'
of biscuits, apples,: carrots and bits of
sugar and beead,•'and they munched.•
these. -tasty morsels to: the eec0mpani-
'mont of many caresses and kind words
from the• guests who • were ' biedeu to
•the feast. Merely as onlookers.'
...There. Was no tloubting • that • the
horses, knew that their 'eririronnient
was en fete. Long before one, of then!
Seized a rope in. his teeth and set the
dinner hell. a -rigging two rows of
heads and. 'necks . were• nodding. and
swaying out of the open upper halt of
the loose .box' doers in 'intelligent •an-
ticipation of the facets to come; keep
leg their eyes on the tempting titbits.
es.yet beyond their reach' and dilating.'
their nostrils. in. snifliug snttisfaCt'ion.
Like patients in a' hospitgti.ward, each
wits' identified by .a framed card giving
lila name, his -diet and his treatment;
and' brief biographies were.: furnished
by the manager of the home. as each
horse was visited in turn.
•
..Painting China Red.
.The Chinese paint the whole coeutry
red, . figuratively. speaking, 'on New
)ear's day • iu more senses than one.
Red Is' the color which with thein. de-
notes 'good luck add prosperity, and.
ell the New Year's cards and 'invita-
tions are on paper of that color, Every
. child gets its New Year's present
wrapped in red -paper, and red in
scriptions are pasted over the doors of
the houses. These inscriptions bear.
chat-Lidera praying for good fortune,
wealth and happiness, and they are
posted oil trach side of the outer doors
of the houses. New pictures of Chi-
nese generals are put on the front
• doors, and the houses are scoured and
t made clean,
Giles -Yes;, he's a candidate for of- -
A queer Russian Custom.
At every country house in Russia
are a feast aner a procession to cele-
brate New Year's day. Horses, sheep,
CoWs and hogs are dressed with gar-
lands and led to the landlord's house.
The e idea
t 'il hall be
'i s that the animals 3
taken into the dining room, but when
the landlord leas a haiidsoniely tar-
nished apartment and dot'.; not care to
have it ruined he sets aside some other
room end shows the niob to take pee -
50351011 Of it. ,
flee. •
•
Lucky.
Dentist (prodding a patient's, gum fte
search of a, fragment of root)•• -runny,
I don't seem to feel i1. Patient (iron -
teal i i slit of the pain)—You're ir►
c o
al i
i
lurk t
A Giower tinIAown.
A flower unblowu,: n book unread,
A tree with fruit unharvt Rtet1.
A path untroil, a tion:,•" whose rooms
Lack yet the heart's 'divine perfumes,
A l:tndsestpe whose wide.horclt•r lies
In snout shade 'matt! .suont sties,
A wondrous (Matteis ret in, wiled,
A eashct with its gifts eonoealed—
This Is the F'eltr that for you waits
13eyoial tomorrow's my:'tit antes.
--1Ioratio Nelson Powers:
In the Jewish sy,negogua at Glace
Bay on Sunday Benjamin Myers, i•'.a-
der of one faction, assaulted flylnan
Eli, le..der of anot1a1 r.ic't1:Iil. 1'�in
had ware urs sae St out for the ate-;
reNi !Or lite'W!I'a il• la la ail..
Omens of the :eves
Throughout southern Europe it le re-
garded its rt most fortunate sign to see
on New Y'ear's day a pig, :signifying
plenty for the coming twelvemonth.
The sight of a snake is the worst con-
ceivable omen, for it Ineans denth by
violence. TO see a jael'cdaw, magpie or
erow Is a •slfu that the beholder will
be (•heated on all sides during the cam -
year, "
To
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