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Show V LANQUAGE OP MONKEYS Prof. Garaev Coaddaot Ho Will Yet Tuck a Cblaipanie to Talk. The Liverpool paper report aa la tereatlng lecture given la that city recently by Prof. Garner, the famous student of the monkey language. It vu his first public utterance since he returned from his last sojourn la the desert and the jungle. Behind him on the stage was the rusty steel-wir- e cage la which he Is wont to take refuge from th lion and the gorilla. He be-some gan the study la monkeys In the Chicago soological gardens, it struck him that they were unmistakably conveying Ideaa to tnch other by sounds. For three or four years 1 studied "unsuccessfully. he said. "Then I placed n phonograph by an unusually loquacious monkey In Chicago, and succeeded in getting . some records. .. Then 1 took- the eyltn-- ' decs ton New York monkey. Directly 1 turned on the phonograph be showed plainly that ha naderetood, and ha to hunt for the other monkey in the phonograph, recorded hie replies la another phonograph.-an- d by the frequency with which the reply was made to the same remark it was clear that the New Tork monkey could un- g be-ga- a 4 query, Twas a maa and a maid am a little gray deratand what the Chicagoan was sayeat; A sitting upon a wall: ing. I msdeseveral thousand expert I mente with the phonograph and vis- And 1H tell you just what th thrss wsrs . at ited every monkey in America. Then I know, though 1 didn't see 1I. 1 determined to experiment on the scratching a posted head. While gorilla and chimpanzee. There were with a troubled air, ths nous available In captivity, so I vent " catechist. Mushing red; Plyng Ths cat was washing hla 1r. to their native jungle, and tn April, Dont you' know,' said thy maid, "that 1893, set up my rage on the truth tis very wrong r side of lake Nkaml. For four months dtm-- r See" why.1' aald ihi' man. T waited and watched for gorillas, but Don't you' know that wyvs not been , twenty-twosaw was In only though It acquainted long?" Well. Im getting on. tmm the heart of the gorilla country. They I ten. were sby and pacific, and would not "Why Inbe stubborn? tbe cateDM asked. despair. speak. During, the Jour montha we The Trst was the part "Ihit fAteeed' were alone in the jungle I differentiat- But tbe man kissed one of tea that were there ed and interpreted about ten of the Do you think twas the eat I kleeedT sounds which Moses, my chimpanzee, -- Truman Roberta Andrew a. JwSmart Bet The professor said that in made. Afwould return' to a few months be Curious Christian Naoss. rica and work till hie task was Was there ever a family to weirdly achieved. He would not rest till he named aa that of Tollemae? " Ths could come on the platform leading a Marquis do Rurigny and Ralneval chimpanzee by tbe band, which would (staunchest of Legitimists), In tracing give unmistakable proof of Its speak. Uie living descendant of Mary, Aha younger daughter of Henry VII., In the IngaWllty., current Issue of the Oenealojlcal He dances well to whom fortune reminds us that the kite Rev. pipes. Ralph Tollemacho-Tollemaehnephew of th eighth Earl of Dyaart, named his children In an extraordinary fashion . HI second surviving, son, who lives la New Zealand, boars this weird -- the-mai- - Lyulph Ydwallo Odin Wwtor Egbert Lyonel Tordmag Hugh Erchea-wyn- e Saxon Esa Cromwell Orma No-viDysart Plantagenet Tollemaeh Tollemache. Ho lives at Welcome Bay, Tyuranga, New Zealand. His other tons are Leo Quintus, Leone Sextus, ana Lyonuiph. Cospatrick Bruce Berkeley Jermyn Tulllbardlne, The lata rector named one of his daughters (now Mrs. Astley Cooper); Mabel Helmlngham EtheTui r Beatrice Blazonberrte Evangeline Vise de Lou de Orellana Plantagenet Toedmag Saxon Tollemache-Tollemach- ll ting-towe- e. Treasures in Strange Places. Helens upholsterer has found in an old couch a note for $5,000, which has been lost half a century. Securities valued at $5,000 have been discovered In an old mattress by a marine store dealer at Lyona Hb gave Information to the police, who found that the treasure-trovbelonged to .a footman named Joly, from whom tbe mattress was stolen several years ago. While digging foundations for a house at tbe village of Nogen near Chartres, the workmen unearthed two earthenware Jars containing over 3,000 silver coins bearing the effigies of the Valois Kings Henry IL and III. These fifteenth century coins are excellently preserved. A St e Ancient Dictionary on-- da Four . hundred Inscribed clay slabs ;'have Back But two of them are yet deciphered, but they are pearls of Babylonian literature. One tablet explains the Babylonian cuneiform characters. It The walls of the canyon, which are perpendicular and smooth, are embellished with lines carved in the rock, and then traced over with paint of a vermilion hue, so permanent as t4 have lost but llttls of its luster durtnl the centuries It has ornamented the rock canvas. The first discoverers of those marls Ings were unable to decipher them of guess their Import, but subsequently prospectors and plainsmen who visited the canyon discovered In these linos accurate maps of the country, with ths trails, mountain passes and water boles Indicated thereon. The makers of these maps showed a thorough knowledge of the country and accuracy as to relative distances and points ' - been found in the center of the ruins of Babylon by the expedition tent by the German Oriental society. ta tumes with gold and precious stones should be revived, and it Is with the object of attracting popular attention to the aubject that the jacket ehown in the picture has been fashioned. Those who have seen It say It is the costliest and most beautiful Jacket that has ever been made. Diamonds and rare jewels are set In clusters over It, and their beauty la Intensified by several rich gold ornaments. Soma of these ornaments are wrought in the Eysaatitie ityfe and are extreme ly artistic. The exact value of this jacket has not been stated, bur-li- t Is said to be worth several thousand dollars. It Is also said that it will toon ba seen on th stage, aa it is designed for a popular actress. Com-Pn- 7 . n a - n moon-talna- they reach he broad Atlantic. Here , THE. RETURN A Tittle hand And I have I pray thee, Thou shalt la knocking at my heart. closed the door tor the love of God, depart; come in no mure." "Open, for I am weary of the way; The night la very black; been wandering many a night and day. Open. I have come back." I hava 'T will not open aoy more Depart. I. that once lived, am uead The hand That had been knocking at my heart Waa still. "And IV she said. There Is no sound save In the winter air The sound of wind and rata. All that 1 loved In all the world stands there. And will not knock again. Arthur Symons. Chicagos Btrest Boys. Thera are in Chicago about 6,000 newsboys, of whom 1,500 are employed In what la known as the downtown district, north of Fourteenth street, and extending a short distance west to the river. But this is not all of the element. There la a vast army of messenger and telegraph boys, another army of' bootblacks, and still another ot office boys Then there are the sleep-out-s the waifs and strays. Of the newsboys 80 per cent are Italians, most of whom hava homes; 10 per cent are Jews, most of whom have homes, .and the other 10 per cen$ are chiefly Americans. Thera is a considerable number of homeless boys who sleep where they can find a place in the Newsboys Home or In soma lodging house, or in some building or alley. The boys in the downtown district have considerable leisure time, which they In unprofitable ways, including gambling. John F. Atkinson, for three and a half years financial secretary of the Illinois Childrens Home and Aid Society, is endeavoring to organize a Boys' Club and Pleasant Evenings In the downtown district. rough-and-read- a very ancient dictionary of excep- tional value practically. The second tablet contains the litany which was chanted by the singers of the Tempi of Esaglla on tbe return of the god Marduk to hla sanctuary. Largest Chain In th World. Th largest chain in the world was shipped a short time ago from the Lebanon Chain Works, In Lebanon, Pa., to the Eastern Shipbuilding Co., at New London, Conn. Tbe shipment represents one-hal- f of the order, which is for 660 fathoms of 3 6 Inch diameter chain. Each link measures approximately 19 ft Inches In length, and . about Y1 Inches in width and weighs about 100 pounds to ths foot, so that the total tonnage represented will equal about 216 tons. New York American. -- the monarch's uniform, es rates rratheless. although any bird might rod it a beak some morsel. Country life In America. An Electric Experiment. Paste a atrip of tinfoil around the middle of a lamp chimney, and another narrow strip of tinfoil length-wle- e d to within one Inch from the other strip. Wrap a silk handkerchief or piece of silk around the chimney cleaner (the little brush) and rub the Inside of the chimney Industriously, being careful not totouch the strips of tinfoil with your hands. If this experiment Is executed in the dark an electric spark can be seen Jure pin from th ring to the strip as often as the broom is pulled back. Fasten a piece of wire around the tinfoil ring and on ita end a few strips y em-pla- y Blindfold Artists. When the recess bell has sounded Its welcome let a dozen or so of you go into a room where there Is a blackboard and take seats in a row facing It, for you are going to have a drawing contest, and the blackboard Is the field where you are to display your skill. Someone must bo selected as director of the contest, but not necessarily as tbe judge. When tbe board has been cleaned off from one end to tbe other the contest begins by one directors calling on the player at the bead of the row to come to the board. . Then ba. blind- ding-a-don- g of tissue paper. By rubbing the Inside of the chimney with the silk covered brush the ring la filled with electricity, which passing through the wire affects the strips of paper, causing them to fly apart. This experiment should be tried la dry weather, as humidity Is disadvantageous to electrical experiments. Broom, silk cloth, and lamp chimney should be absolutely dry. this expedient Wooden Russia. Th name, Wooden Rntala." I familiarly applied to the vast foreet areas of Russia la Europe, which Cover 464,548.000 acres, or 36 per cent of the entire area of the country, Tet some fear la felt that the country may b deiorested through the carelessness of private owners, and the government la considering steps tot the protection ot th forests. In sia houses built of any other material tan wood are almost unknown outside the cities, and wood constitutes tba principal fuel Easy for Burglars. When a burglar wants to break Into Peruvian house ho takes a sponge and a bucket of water and moistens the walla, which are covered with only a thin coating ot mnd, and easily dissolve upon this application of moisture. Ru, Bing ta Their Oxen. In Franca the oxen that work In th field are regularly sung to aa an encouragement to exertion, and no peasant has the slightest doubt tbat ths animals listen to him with pleasure. fv fA X, Game. Here's a game that is enjoyed by every one who plays It. Make two cornucopias of fairly stiff paper, leaving tbe small ends large enough to pass pieces of twine through. Take two pieces of string, and Blip each through one cornucopia, s trenching them two feet apart, as tight as you can across the room, fastening the ends to either wall. The strings should be high enough from tbe ground to enable you to blow into the cornucopia. The object of the game la for two people to stand at the end of the strings and blow into the large openings of the cornu-- . coplaa, and see which one can get It across the room first It takes a person with a good ot lungs' to send It the length of pair the string In one blow. Paper for Invitations. There is specially imported stationery for little maidens to use in sending out their party invitations. One style has the small sheets of heavy white paper decorated at the top In colors with a little girl and small boy fencing. On the other are two wee new women in bloomers exercising with dumb bells and Indian cluba. Other notepaper bears on the top a scene of tiny summer belle and her attendant cavalier on board a yacht. What la known aa harlequin paper la decorated with an elephant in scarlet trousers playing a trombone, and below: The elephant played the trombone folds the player with a handkerchief, With hla trunk so very long. He played the airs ao finely, places him in front of the end of the board, and, giving him a Tbat never a note waa wrong. piece of chalk, tells him to draw on the board a picture of a horse. This Coin Trick. the player does to the best of his abilPlace a little mucilage on the rim ity, but no matter how careful he may of a wine glass; turn' the glass over be, every line he draws will make the on a sheet of white paper, and when other players shout with laughter; the mucilage la dry cut away the paand no one will laugh louder than the per close to the glass. Put the glass player himself wrheirthr handkerchief mouth downward on a sheet of paper baa been taken from bla eye and he like that which covers the mouth of sees tbe funny picture he has made. the glass Make a paper cone to fit over the glass Now lay a penny on A Puritan Conscience. the large sheet of paper by the aide of Here la a story the Youths Compan- th wine glass Cover the glass with ion tells of A little New Englandgirl the paper cone and place the whole the workings of whoso Puritan con- over the coin. Command the coin science involved her In difficulties on to . disappear, and on taking off th on occasion. con the coin will appear to have She was atudyifig mental arithmetic obeyed your command. To cans It at school, and took no pleasure in It to reappear, replace the cone and carOn day she told her. mother .with ry away the glass under 1L much depression of spirit that aha had "failed agart la mental arlthmo Two Names tic," and on being asked what problem had proved her undoing, aha sorrowfully mentioned the request tor ths addition of nine and four. "And didnt yon know the answer, dear? asked her mother. "Yaam," said the little maid, "but you know wo are to write th answers on our slates, and before I thought I made four marks and counted np, ten, levon, twelve, thirteen; and then of course I knew that wasnt Hold these figures before a looking-glas- s mental, so I wrote twelve for the and you will aee the names ot a answer, to bo fair." boy and a girt. Or hold th page np to th light and look at it through ' Butterflies and Birds. tha back page and you will get the " Of all the children of the air" that tame effect gladden a June day) the monarch butterfly la one of the most notlceabl. Work of the Froab Ita wings shimmer Ilka gold alloyed A frost problem la the cracking of with copper as It pursues Ita laxy tbe earth In severe cold, and the way flight In th sunshine. The male mon- in which rocks and clods are reduced arch is a true dandy and carries on to-- powder by frost Water, when It each hind wing a black sachet bag freezes, expanda with Irresistible containing a strong perfume, most force. Consequently anything containattractive to the other sex. The mon- ing water is rent asunder when that arch Is immune from bird enemies; water turns to Ice. In this way rocks the callow birdling that takes a bits are rapidly worn dawn. Chalk holds from it wipes his beak In disgust more water than most other forms of and forever after connects the noi- soil, and that la why tha roads In some taste with orange wings. A too chalky counties are usually In such a hasty conclusion, of which the viceroy shocking condition when a thaw a bwtterfly takes advantage, and, by don- frost left-han- k A Novel 1 d -- 8o Idlers Curious Letter. From the Philippines some curious letters have been received by tbo friends of our soldiers fighting in those islands. One of the moat ingenious waa a piece of native bamboo, about a foot long, on which an address had been carved with a' penknife. Th letter was Inside this hollow tube, and held there by wooden pins at each end. The writer explained that he had found It Impossible to ge t an envelope or to find any gum to make one, so had recourse to . y from-ene-en- The little- hand 1 Knocking patiently; I listen, dumb with pain. Wilt thoo not open any more to met I have come back again Slabs. MAP S llfe-tlr- a 9. Muscles That Break Bone. case without a parallel it attracting the attention of medical men In Jh e .viclnUy ol . Foster la. Ohlo. - ln Alvada lives John Gleckner. Ha la 33 years of age, but for the past eighteen years has been suffering from some strange muscular .disease, which gradually robbed him of his streagth until he has .become as helpless as a babe, confined tb his bed and a wheel chair alternately. Even hla food has to be given blm. Several days ago ho was seized with a cramp In his left leg. He suffered Intense pain, but waa'unable to move. The cramp continued and gradually the muscles above the knee commenced to contract, knots swelled and the strained tendons felt like cords beneath the skin. Suddenly tkero was a snap and the thigh bona broke Ilk a stick. A Vlo-lanth- a ef the- compusii.iris now known their inhabitants traveled back and that, soma of these are maps of secforth from country to country for cen- tions of the country) With trails, vilturies lages. water wells, etc., indicated upon In Tenaja canyon. Tex., are unmisthem. It la somewhat remarkable that takable evidence of this Th lay of among tbo animal pictured on these th land Is such as to make this can- rocks are camel so lifelike as to adyon the natural pass for a large area mit of no doubt ns to their Identity Remarkable Mining Camp. at country north and south of that There can be no little question bf Th mining camp of Greenback. which The travel has point passed that the makers of those pictures hi through this canyon has worn the solid knowledge of Egypt or Arabia, ot tha Josephine county. Ore., would have a rock of the trail to a depth of not less th camel was once indigenous to this halo all around It on the map if Jt wer large enough to appear a than three feet Even though the re- country. . the map at alL There are probably ipo In gion about were densely populated. It the camp, which la legally known as most have taken three centuries to !t takes a to learn to road th "Victor Junior Gold Mining wear through this adamantine path. Gods book ot Providence. about thirty families d thirty unmarried, men. Right in llns BIBLE IN BROAO BCOTCH. the that war keepla. tke eommanusa wlUrttawhitlrylei- - sUte laVnon-sectariao God, and baa-lthe testlmonia o Sunday school, a flourishing Scriptures Translated Into Fearful and Jesus. little public school of thirty pupils Wonderful Language. , This la something almoet as auda(everything seems to go to thirties), Ths London Chronicle says that the cious as th attempt to make Shakes-pea- r a music teacher, three piano, no end Bible rendered Into braid Scots la out aa Bacon. of stringed Instruments, crowning the latest trim In translation, tar a splendid voice f torr.r Women of the Antipode. surpassing th horrors of even ths "Holy City." Twelve miles modern Th female voter, th female karri, from any railroad with "phonetic Bible" and- the telephonic The criminal la ter, the female auctioneer and the connection with Leland. the English" version. neareat this ease Is a Canadian minister with female sharebroker hava already ar- town, twelve mile away, the men the unsuspicious name of William rived at th Antipodes, and now the com ta weary from manual laborwho all Wya Smith. In an Introduction ha lady Juror and the lady magistrate day long spend their evening iQ makes hts apology for thinking such are promised. Asked whether form of entertainment that would put ho an offense desirable; "And thar are a to Introduce a measure giving to shame the methods of amnaenwnt hanUe o' folk and I meet them women th right toract as jurors, the of many college graduate. Music, wha dinna speak Scot a their-sals-, premier of New South Wales both vocal and instrumental, and th replied: hut are keen to hear It and like "I aa no reason woman should reading of current magazines which to read It And thar la anlther con- not act as Juror." why eome to th camp fresh every mi, sideration the Scots tongue Is no get-tiThey would taka a long tlma to fill the evening hours some hnd extendlL folk think it coma to a decision," some member InRate Try to fiwim Ocean. may ba tint a tbe gither or lang." terjected. The atreng characteristic of the Qf the translation Itself th follow"That may be." rejoined th preing passage from the twelfth chapter mier. "I believe In women having the lemming, a kind of rat. ahich infests ot Revelations will give a fair Idea: same rights as men, and, so tar aa the east coast of Norway, U that it And the yirth helpit the wumman; 1 am concerned, I Intend that th periodically migrates westward and the yirth opeut her mou, and women of New 8outh Wales shall Every few years large colonies of theso rata turn their notea wallowed up th spat that the Dra- have them. London Chronicle. westward and atart on a journey that ends gon belched forth free his mooth. in death. They go over rivers and And tbe Dragon was fu o wrath Husbands are not made to order steadily - crossing the country again the wumman, and he gaed awa but some wires seem ,n think they and rearing families on th way, to mzk war wi the lave of her bairns are. tin . . 17-Y- Many Centuries map-maker- a name:- one would Imagine, they would stop, or --turn in some other direction,' In the hope of being able to continue their journey to the west by an Overland route, but .they boldly plunge Into the ocean and swim, ''ever westward, till they are drowned. Thin Is a fortunate characteristic for the Norwegians, for If the rats did not kill themselves Jthe people would have hard (sit to keep tbeejunder.-- - his bearing was good, and .the noise roads by a shift of bis food basket would cause him to prick up hie ears lu a Jiffy, His sense of hearing was marvelous lu many respects, and I guess It was due to the fact that the loss of sight fcad strengthened ell the other senses of the animal. But coming back to the subject of tea while engaged In the mine was practically a new thing, but bad become very extensive In a short space of This ladys listers bear (among time. other names) : It has been a great boon to the Lyona Decima Veronica tsyth Unminers to find a liquid which would dine Cyssa Hylda Roweaa Adela appease the throat without nauseat- Thyra Ursula Ysabel, etc. ing them, and strengthening them at Locust. Banquet of Lyonella Fredegunda Cuthberga Several Baltimore epicureans have the same time In no small degree. Etbelswytha Idith Ysabel Grace MonBom of the more thoughtful miners been feasting on locusts, and ica (and so on). told me that the use of tea la the Lyonetta Edith Regina Valentine pronounce them a rare delicacy, esmines had provea of great benefit to Myra Polwarth Avelina pecially when served toasted. O. F. PhlUlppa Brochat has Invited a number of hlg tbo men la many ways, for prior to ita so on). Londoa Tatler. (and friends to a dinner nt his home nt Introduction there was much sufferHamilton, Baltimore county, at which ing. If the men drank water It made Jacket Decorated With Gems them sick, it they did not drink It There are goldsmiths who tyak the ha will spread his table according to they would almost perish. Some- ancient custom of ornamenting cos- - the biblical record with locusts and honey. Fully 6,000 locusts will be thing was needed badly, and tea Is tbo used, as Brochat proposes to test hla best thing they have been able to friends on locust soup, b rolled and find." fried locust, stewed locust and locusts served Indies and otherwise. Jteeorde Made by Indiana Which Owl to-da- y e, a ANCIENT' AMERICAN Tbo oldest maps in America are to he found la Arisons and Texas. How old they are may not be said, but thsy date hack many centuries. The Indian has left behind him many records In hts rude implements of peace and warfare hlg knlVv-a-, arrows, axes, spears, vessels, mortars quoita, etc., we can read the history of prehistoric races, their hablte and customs, their social Ilfs their tribal relations their occupations and their pastimes. From picture writing w gain additional in sight into the ways of these primitive people it now appears that some of theao early dwellers in ths land were of no mean ability. Ths traditions of some of the tribes of Arisons Texas and Mexico held Intimate relations. w.Uhascb other, and ' Mag-asin- Iced Tea' a Beverage of Inestimable Value to Tollers In Mines 1 do not know the scientific reason for the thing," said the traveling man, who hat recently made n trip In the mining regions of the west, but on my last trip to aomg of the mining towns In Oklahoma Territory particularly, I found that the miners are In the hnblt of drinking tea almost exclusively while tolling under the earth. I asked tbe miners why It was, and the 'only explanation they gave wae that water and coffee made them sick at the stomach. Iced tea, they said, was the best drink they had been abls to find, end the use of this drink left them without any sort of bad effect. I made the trip down Into one of the mines et South McAllister, an experience by no means without Interest to a person not familiar with ths lives the subterranean toller la forced to lead. Incidentally I may remark that I found a mule In the mine which bad not eeen the light of day for more than six years, and the animal.,. because of the operation of the principle of disuse, was as blind as a bat So far ea I could judge he bed completely lost the sense of eight But 1 - 306 W-low- -- |