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Show HAIRY AIN08 OF JAPAN. t Peculiar People Whose Characters Belle Be-lle Their Looks. A traveler In Japan thus describes the hairy Alnos of that country: "The men are about the middle height,-broad height,-broad chested, broad Bhouldered,, thick-Bet, thick-Bet, very strongly built, the arms and feet large. The bodies and especially the limbs of many aro covered with short, bristly hair. I have seen two boys whose backs are covered with fur as fine and soft as that of a cat. We-were We-were ferried over a river by an Alno completely covered with hair, which on his shoulders was wavy like that of a retriever and rendered clothing quite needless, either for covering or for warmth. A wavy black beard rippled nearly to his waist over his furry chest, and with his black locks hanging hang-ing In masses over his shoulders he would have looked a tborough savage had It not been for tho exteedtng sweetness of his smile and eyes." New Idea In Physiology. It Is possible that the school child may bo quite as readily fatigued by Inspiring the waste products of his fellows fel-lows as by his own, and that the business busi-ness man Is more liable than the agricultural agri-cultural laborer to become run down, not eo much because he works harder or more monotonously and thercforo personally manufactures more waste products, but because his tissues aro more liable to become saturated with the waste products of himself and others oth-ers derived from the confined atmosphere atmos-phere In which he works. Excessive fatigue from a railway journey Is likely like-ly to bo noticed if the cars are crowded or III ventilated. Mrs. Roosevelt Has a Way. "You might not think it, judging from her photographs," said a well-known well-known Washington woman now In New York, when she saw that tho lady of tho whlto house had called a halt on the curloiiB experiments being made to beautify tho terraces of tho presidential demesno; "but tho president's presi-dent's wife knows how to put her foot down and leave It. And sho can manage man-age her strenuous spouso and tho whole of Uio family with a soft, Irresistible Irre-sistible despotism they all enjoy. I would like to tell tales out of school, but I mustn't," New York Mail and Express, Moat Costly Handkerchief. The do,ager queen of Italy is In possession of t)ie most costly handkerchief hand-kerchief In the world. It Is of the earliest Vonetlan lace. Though made In tho fifteenth century, this unique handkerchief Is In a perfect statu of procorvatlon. Us value Is estimated at 10,000, but Queen Margharlta would not part with It at any prlco. Queen Margharlta always was fond of collecting old lace, and sho still Uhs this passion. After her majesty's Jeath tho matchless handkerchief descends to her daughter-in-law, Queon Helena. Few English Kings In Rome. Hut threo English kings have visited Home rtethelwulf In S55, Canute In 1026 and Edward In lUtlS. |
