The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Knit“ GW‘! ML”? ‘ 1 ' “36m 33. THIS ~‘IS VERY GROTESQE fing the si BATE TU » 239m Tie it. n1] Female Mum“ need to p'ropose; and these partâ€" drop Into the the days "after REFUSAL )1), he sees what and well 1mm: quaintantes will :23 he § 5 LED?” cyan-rename ll Their fantastic ' emotions are very catching. An English resident in the city of Tunis onee induced a. number of them to perform at a garden party which he gave. Many o! the guests, Europeans and Ameri- cans. confessed to a strange impulse to join in the various exercises oi 'the A‘issawa, ins if they had caught something of the religious infection. “One of the native schants was so far carried away." said a, man who was present, “that he suddenly fan- cied himch to be a. camel and re- tired to a remote pun oi the garden to eat cactus leaves." But most of the gray-beards of Barbary are very different [mm the juggling (antics of the Aissawa. They are distinguished by a. calm, courteous dignity which it seems im- possible to rude-the dignity that naturally springs irom the intalism is not true!" Looking at his gray heard you think he is quite sale in calling down lthat curse upon himself, but when you make inquiries you find that he really has a grandfather livlng. aged about 110. stud that the old gentle- man is still going about doing busi- ness on market days. Life is not wearlmz in Moslem Af- States-1,35 they used to be called. impressed by this remarkable abumil- ance of centenariuns. A gray beard- ed old mm: o! seventy, who is trying to sell curios to a. tourist for thrice their vaiue, exclaimsâ€" wrought themselvee up to the highest pitch of exaltation by a. series of wild gyrations and much frantic beating of drums. And many 0! these dancing dervishes, who whirl around like a top for a. quarter of an hour and then swallow Snakes and thrust swords through their bodies. are white bearded old men 0! 90 years or more. ’ Some are even centenarians. One would think that. such fierce excite- ment would be fatal to them. and, indeed, their faces oftentimes take on the ghastly pallor of death dur- ing their performance. But. soon a!- ter it. is over they are all right Life is not wearing in Moslem Af- rica. A man never does anything In a hurry there. Naturally, he does not even grow old in a. hurry. When he is 70 he i; beginning to getwover the first hot flush of youth; he is no longer counted as one oi the boy’s. But not until he is at least 90 does he‘expict people to pay honâ€" or and .reverenec't'o him as a. veter- an, and even then he must take a. back seat and listen ' deierentially when the halo and hearty centenni- ens approach. The Arabs and Moors oi the Bar- bary State are strenuous onLv in their religious exercises. The exces- sive zeal of the various confrnterni- tics which give vigor to the Mosiem faith in that part of the world must be very wearing. But even among these .confraternitiee my very old men may he found who 31) through the exhausting ritual just as easily as a. mere boy of 30 or 40 can. Of all these confraternities the best knowu and most interesting are the Aissnwa, who may be met. with all through Morocco, Algeria and Tunis. Unlike most of the other societies. LIN: exnuus‘ as a mere 1» 0|! all thes known and Aissawa, w! through Mm Unlike most thev delight ‘It. is quaint. and rainshing to p aside for a moment from the stle 0! modern life and main: no- ointnnce with men whose father: grandfathers were Barbary cor- irs, to drop into cofieo houses lore public story tellers rivet the Kantian of a crowded audience. and 1819 the jars of Ali Baba. are still common use. to frequent public uexes where snake charmers, bar- xic musicians and- other story book lights are e: commonplace, to meet Cadi riding to court. on a. white ule, and to mix with people who ll you stories 01 djinns as if they lgh Morocco, Algeria and Tunis Le most of the other societies delight to display their fantas- tual in public, even to the un- ring eyes of infidel dogs or tour- 5! eat. snakes and scorpions, glass and transfix themSclves swords, apparently without be- ny the worse for such injurious 5. Opinions differ as to how manage it, but the favorite ex- .tion is that they are under the net: of hypnotism. y do not attcmnt their danger- rmcrcises uhtil they have ght themselves up to the highest o spoil pm‘ Old World charin 01‘ 51: two countries. But of all range 'things I saw there, the rest were the old people. There ) many of them, and they are B streets of Algiers. Fez or '01: have only to stand for a. , to watch an old Bedouin reryday occurrences this. and more, 371 Morocco, ’Algerin the French are d: spoil thé Old Wor e board of the Prophet, may Mather die if what I tell you traveller Elli?" said a ‘ , . med (tom 3 long tour rth o! Alrica. “but the D; or all was the multi- Lenariaus. They Wen a: blackberries here in Aug- mnn or woman had to "150m enJOy any sort. of let in the Barbary used to be called, is u can en- und Tunis, ll of Tunis 'well, "'sntlsllm that monk era ,fifi'Wu lo he choc late ahall.‘deu‘ee it. "When "they do come he requires much ‘pressing to induce him to take the trouble to display his warm, though you may be sure that he will drive a very hard bargain before parting with any of them. He ap- pears to be reflecting all the while that he would be far better pleased if the world could only be induced to let him alone." ' In the country districts the een-l tennriens are even more in evidence than in the cities, and many 0! them are of the aolter sex. Some of the Berber tribes yoke their women to the plough with the ox and the ass, and the blood of the foreign travel- ler boils at the sight of aged grund- mothers ‘and great-grandmothers be- ing treated in this manner. But they trudge along the furrow cheerfully enough. The work is not. really so hard as it appears. and they do not realize the degradation because they have never been used to anything else. A Berber Chieftain who was remon- strated with for putting his own hunt, a. woman of over ninety, "to Work in the fields, replied calmly: “Women are bestowed by Allah for pleasure and profit. When they grow too old and ill-luvorod to give pleas- ure we turn them to profit." This is the prevailing sentiment eye on the top or does not act with t] bee or wasp has two eyes which possibly and are used for no also three little aim; top of the hand whi‘ Many animals possess more two eyes which do not act tt A leech, for example, has to] on the top of its bond which Work in concert, and a kind ‘ fine worm has two eyes on t1 and a. row down each side body. Some lizards have an eye on the top of the hand does not act with the other Draw in as much breath as you conveniently can, then count as long as possible in a slow and audible voice without drawing in more breath. The number of seconds must be carefully noted. In a consump- tive person the time does not excred ten and is frequently loss than six seconds; in pleurjsy and pneumonia it ranges from nine to four seconds. iWhen the lungs are sound the time ‘will range as high as from Lwrnty to thirty seconds. To expand the lungs, go into the air, stand croct, throw back the head and shoulders, and draw in the air through the nos- trils as much as possible. After haVing then filled the lungs. raise your arms, still extended, and suck in more air. When you have thus forced the arms buckn'm-d, with the chest open, change the process by which you draw in your breath till the lungs are emptied. Go through the process several times a day, and it will enlarge the chest, give the lungs better play, and serve very much to ward or! consumption. throughout. north Africa, except witl some of the Bedouin and Knbyl tribes, among whom there is a. mor chivalrous feeling toward women. Many of the marabouts, or men, who are to be found at. the rod shrines and tombs which scattered so thickly all over Barbary Stgtes, live to incre ages. There is one at Murukesh 15 said to be over 150. The most curious specimens of vege- table or plant life in cxistc‘nco are the soâ€"call‘d "living stones" of the Falkland Is ands. -Thosc islands are among the most checrloss spots In the world, being constantly subject- ed to a strong polar wind. In such a climate it is impossible for trees to grow erect, as they do in other countries, but nature has made amends by furnishing a supply 1’ wood in the most curious shape kg sginnbls. The visitor to the Folk- lands sees scnttemd here and there singular swiped blocks 0! what ap- pear to be weather-beaten and moss- covcred boulders in various sizes. At- tempt to turn one 01 these boulders over and you will meet with on actu- al surprise, because the stone is ac- tually anchored by roots of great strength; in fact. you will find that you are fooling with one of the nu- tive trees. No other country in the world‘ has such a peculiar "forest” growth, and it is said to be next to impossible to ivork the odd shaped blocks into fuel. because the wobd is perfectly devoid oi grain and apâ€" pears to be a. twisted mass of woody fibres. -He has led his tribe to war several times within the past few years. Not long ago he told an English visitor that he hoped to lead them against the French before he died. Centenarians are common enough throughout the topics, but nowhere else probably, are there so magny as in these Bubary States, and no- where else do they display such un- natural youth and vigor. They puz- zle the French doctors in Algeria. and Tunla. who often write learned mono- graphs on the subject, which only CURIOUS EYES 01'“ ANIMALS STONES THAT HALF-MIN UTE ER ER CISES to deepen t1" To, and he walks uni morning to the tomb bred to give pleasâ€" to profit.” rcvailing sentimrnt Africa, except with :douln and Knbylo aplc eyes on the xich are employed long way 01!. the process by | your breath till tied. Go through times a day, and chest, give the ‘ and serve very onsumption. help which do not ind of x n the t B than ogcther. npour nth: holy SEC- the iible who One man In six in the British Nsvy la a total ubstnlner. In Finland and East. Turkestnn thunderstorms are wholly unknown. In Chicago bread must. be stain?“ with the weight and the name 0’ the baker. There am more millionaires and more paupers in Moscow than in 1-110 whole 01 England. Out ol‘ a million geople, 225 wo- men and only eightyâ€"two man reach the age of 100 years. A man needs 1,600 lbs. Weight of mod in a your. a woman 1,200 lbs” and’a. child of six about 900 lbs. Norwegians and anps, the tallest and the shortest people of the World llve side by side. A winwca‘sk has been built in Call- ranln. to hold 97,000 gallons. Its iron hoops weigh 40,000 lbs. Items or Inormguon Which You Should Read. The skin of the whale is from 2 in. to 2 n. thick, that of a large speci- men often Weighing thirty tons. Just threatenths o! a second are required (or 11 signal to pass through the Atlantic cablv, 2.700 miles. With thfi vxcr‘ption of Brazil, Span- ish is the prevailimz language of fore, miuc-n Hollun‘ of which a age a at t years The Belgia with an an followed Cl! and the 1 Germany, ] tread close] ULl'ed Kin wnnout crack or flow. and over thirty-five tons. - In parts oi Australia, wh average rainfall is not more in., a square mile of land ‘ port. only eight or nine ahec Buenos Ayrcs, the same are: 34 in. of rain. supports 2.56 St Louis Exhibition is to 1 highest flower in the world, ‘ largest cupoln in the worldâ€" liold 7.000 peopleâ€"and the flagstnfl in the world. fro: will fly the world‘s Largest r Statistics issued by the Health Office at Berlin show total amount spent on nlcol quors in the German Empire was $625.000.000. nvnrna Red uniforms present the best. marks for the enemy’s shot; rifle- green comes next, brown third: while Austrian bluish grey is found to be the least fatal. The largest tree in Switzerland is to be found in the Melchthnl, perch- ed on fhe mountain side, at a height of 450 ff. At, the base it. measures in circumference 40 it. In Dutch Guinea the women carry upon their persons all the family savings in the shape of hemy bram- lets. anklels, necklaces, and even crowns of gold and silver. Hollnn the wo A smoking tree is one o! the nu.- tural Wonders 0! Ono, Japan. Strange to say, it smokes only in the evening, just after sunset, and the smoke issues from the top of the trunk. »The tree is 60 it. high. The largest and heaviest building stone ever quarried in England was taken from the Plunkington bed. near Norwich. It was in one piece, without crack or flow, and weighed Trees form a. rough guide to the points of the compass. Thc' moss invariably grows thickest. on the north side, and when: exposed to the sun the limbs attain the lnrgcst di- mensions on the south side. 1hr first :u'eruge. 3 fewl-r than An Admiral 1n In SW CA1 ago twe BITS OF KNOWLEDGE. world as , Dutchn :9, 1000 Belgian pl the 5 1nd the 325 .000 .000, j 0! 1191130115 rdon men mn’ry at an over- 0[ thirty and a. half, women thy-seven and three-quarter ”ME has 10,10 jrulns 310 {e cost. 0! during the I e secon'd | the third >rd [or spa 1 has been w Railway, debut. in this world pre than two each u: inatious are now cublt‘, 2.700 m xcr‘ption 0f Bra prevailing lung ‘3] in'South A: the most com: tl‘ case 0! upper a at. Berlin 5 t. spent. on German 131 quarter *ct 1y .pn | svx‘uuty-tWo Limes. flies his flag at, the n Viceâ€"Admiral at, the n Rearâ€"Admiral at. the 10,100 Windmills APPENDICITI S AS omos with flrstv in th‘ SMOKE “es oi land. cents an a1 Amerh mmon It . weight of 1,200 lbs” 900 lbs. the tallest the World 'd Kir we the than 10 occurs \c the Lh the will nrgcst which It chil mch UP' at Tho-o who are tum de Scott's novels of the ct room at to which nly the own and a third person trance. The uutho: Chambers and Hiding that the mystery, so dlscovo has never b1 ily solved. Yet the mere fiction, for there other case well nutbe room known only to mansion, and It is a 1 dead; in a word, I cxpu nations which, although able either for timidily Mon, did not fail to nfl'w point 0! being disagrees We haw: the novelist's saying that In his time o! the chamber was, ac ancient, custom, known ( We lch the saying that, in o! the chnmbc ancient custom persons at one more, his heir person, whom their confident imparted to t their confidence. The In imparted to the heir of ( the heir presumptive. on his arriving at his mujo thus it passed into mr from the dim and dis‘ days. That the search I thus handed down tliroug without being divulged is ‘ marlmble, yet that is said iact. Many a iuturc lord has boasted that he w; everything when he should age. Still, however, when did arrive, in every case ll of the crct has solemnly speak word on the subjc The other c story of the ‘ cret chamber land house. is known only the family sc of the by the children their on this can it with hairpi is the way - or to wound ‘ licme drum 1 which may I dcalness. and :vrious influm Children physicl‘ not. If this rulc alou: u: n'onnlly Jeli‘ rod Tl ‘arted to the heir of heir presumptive. on arriving at his may 5 it passed into m n the dim and di: "cu tho ob; Ell Bean Handed Down Through Centuries. CARE 01‘ In EARS : inlrodu a blow t gh trentr eye. It. '1: ti .rfcc window only by mollu mirpin amen: :1. l‘ rmpa mn's SECRET hila’s g eating Should Be 13'] G xarded. IiB time the cm was, according known only to the Earl of SI hunili ondiu'o equally xsh tl expo,- uurdi: liar with Sir mow the story Glamis Castle. 21' and the heir knew the en- 01 “Secret Places" says 01 “Secret Planes" says 1r as he can 11 satisfactor- 1th o! Strm me! a th >rity nlrux tlxr the nk SDME STRANGE DAINTIIB. Eu! of Aberdcen's Yeuly Gui to the Late Queen Victoria. CHICKENS AND STEAKS GIV- EN TO ROYAL”. ad ALI Ild ““ SI! IN HDT WA'I fl.