Show ell ifopo FOR CURIOUS 1 0 za THINGS WHICH DONT KNOW seq bt allt fr aall XIA h vy tito her ail 11 asere trouts foe ft I 1 in vesto of CIC 1 et loBoe this our om doubtless tho the of person persons think that tile custine ot of it bridegroom being attended at bit marr marilao lao by A friend or relative rol atlo who Is I 1 popularly 0 termed formed his boet bast raun man ie is of modern le origin tb it Is I 1 of grout groat 11 antiquity having been practiced by h the early so saxons ions in choso day dayd marriages it were invariably celebrated at it the house ot of tho the groom tho rho day areco preceding ding such an art important event crent aits a spent in feasting and C preparing tor for iho the core bony all till of tho the bridegroom friend und and relatives ti king part in a the festivities next tho grooms company mounted on horse d back and ormed from boad to abat they proceeded io iti great in regular order of family procedure duro under tho the command of an individual called tho 11 or foro moat raan to receive and conduct tho the arld in safety to tho the house of her future r iho blu blushing abing rhaldon was attended by her guardian gu ardlAn and other male mate relatives led by it stately 1 matron who boro tho the n imo of anil and followed by a goodly array ol 01 dam damsels who were known ap I 1 bridesmaids etwas it was from this com mony therefore that wo of tho tile present day derived our burcue custom of harln having at weddings a bot best man tho tha S saxon axon foremost foro most man of ten centuries ago being iho the prototype of df that almost person agra affo from the same source aleo also cpr ionne ing those important female attendants called ll 11 BUIt IEZ TN 14 TN 0 PLACES the truo true burial place of atts aai been a mooted point for many rears years and it would seem that tho the ol 01 that illustrious discoverer rest in two places place sSan san domingo and esno however the tufi f t of this sta terent hils never nover beon been a e proven en but in the case of tho the noted gen wayne tho the hero of stony point aad mad Atit anthony bony 11 ie tie he wis popularly cormea ebore is not the slightest test doubt 1 that ono one portion of 0 hie his body was interred at the place he be died and the other in hid his antiro county his ills DrI original gInal burial placa wd at port fort presque isle upon tho the is to of which iho the city ot of erie eric pa now stands tho the other locality honored as his last rest ing place Is radnor cemetery in chester co pa ra ahls curious circumstance was brought about hi ili tho the fol following lowina manner in the year 1815 the family of this famous coan man wai given pel mis loa ica to remove bla bis duat dust ta to radnor but apon opening tho grave graveitt it was found that the body waa was partly pe petrified trifled and consequently very heavy A medical friend ol 01 tho the family faintly recognizing the fact that it would bo be a very difficult and costly task to transport the remains in that condition determined as far as possible to remove remote the flesh from rom the bones and this was accordingly done the bones bone i were non carefully packed up and dolli cred to tho the son who was kept in ignorance of the operation and ho he conveyed d tho box c containing onta InIng the precious portions of his fathers body to his native county where it was interred with r u apro A monument was erected in 1809 over the gra grave a by tho the ivania society of the cincinnati what remained of the noted warrior was re interred at fort islo isle and some jears eara ao ago was dasco ered la in the same state of preservation as when first exhumed in a box bearing his name another memorial stone was raised at that and thus was commemorated the fact that nil till that was mortal of mad und anthony wayne found a final resting place in two localities cali ties far apart from each WHEN THC THE HAZI NATIONS EAT the number of maali 1 e eiton iten in a day bytho by the numerous nations of the earth oas bas varied grantly at different times and in different countries token taken alto ether however bo weer the customs of the present day differ but from in vogue thousands of yeara ago among the ancient greek greel and comans ft omans particularly tho the latter it was ws the general custom to partake of 0 tho the principal meal of thedy the day toward ove enlar it being preceded by a light ro past in the morning and a lunch luncheon eon in the middle of the day the greek ti a R lae a corresponded very vory I 1 iiri arly to the bro wait luncheon and linner now DOW in in england in rome duran during 1 the eln e l of the emperor P stua tho two first flat named eals were very simple and hastily taken except ilbong tho the patricians who indulged I 1 11 i a somewhat elaborate raid nid day lopatt the mull 1 cons consisted sted of three exton oxton ivo five courses cou reee with u great variety ot I 1 finnus in FAl falland lind cowit to the day days ot 0 good queen it was the custom autom to ito entertain nil all strangers tran pore find visitors eltore vi at any hour of tho the dby duy with freo free faro arc bread boef wet and beer U uhla alot wits observed at every table in tho the land from that ot of th freo baldor to tho the barone barons and abbe ubbo y ya ail al at n inter litter day tho the upper clas moro luxurious in their and A ae A a tho the hour hours for meals vory much nud nd haia ro bained so 0 o until till this day li Is now nov usually take between 0 9 and 10 a am M and tho the present for among tho the vre wealthier althier classes ie Is from 6 to 8 p nl A luncheon a rather aub ab meal by iho the way conele of cold game roust beof and tho the liko like is often indulged a in between broo klist and dinner tho the meal denominated supper in thia this country ie Is a comparatively unknown quantity in england that known ns as tua forming la in reality ji a part of dinner dintler jn in franco and nil italy tho the ual sual dinner hour la Is 4 or 6 p m it custom that haa has remained unchanged for hundreds hund rods of yours in germany nn an early dinner and supper timo time provable pr ovalle to at groat great extent I 1 being tho usual hour for foe dinner among court circles however 3 or 4 Is 1 iho the fashionably hour it ie is no uncommon thins thing for tho the inhabitants of vienna to cat eat alvo meals a day those consisting of bre breakfast aLfast lunch dinner toa tea and supper |