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THE CHARIOT OP OLD
A GRlM REMINDER OF THE COMBATS
OF THE HEROIC PERIOD.
Thin Vehicle Wax lied In tlie Oajri
of Antiquity For the Battle, the
Chime, In Processions and In
Game*—How It Wai Constructed.
The chariot was used in antiquity
for the battle, the chase, in public pro-
cessions and in games. It had two
wheels and was drawn by two horses,
and when one or two horses were add-
ed they were attached to each side of
the main pair by a side trace, fastened
to the front of the chariot-
These chariots have only come down
to us in fragments, with the exception
of the one in the archaeological muse-
um of Florence, which is a unique ex-
ample of a war chariot, the so called
"Biga di Frassino," found by Rossell-
neo in a Thebes tomb. It is certainly
as old as the fourteenth century B. C.
It is probably a trophy obtained in the
north by some Egyptian warrior.
There is an entire absence of metal
in the construction. Immediately on
the axle, without springs of any kind,
rests the basket, or body, of the chari-
ot, which consisted of a floor to stand
on and a semicircular guard around
the front and about half the height of
the driver. It is entirely open at the
back, so that the combatants might I
leap to the ground and up again, as be-
came necessary by the exigencies of
action. There was no seat, and gener-
ally in war chariots there was only
room for the combatant and his chari-
oteer to stand in.
The pole, as in the present instance,
was usually attached to the middle of
the axle, although to outward appear-
ances it looked as though it sprang
from the front of the basket. At the
end of the pole was the yoke, which
looked like a ram's horns. Depending
from this by leather thongs was a Y
shaped piece, which probably took
the place of the modern horse collar.
Probably broad bands were also fitted
around the chest of the animals.
THE QUEER CRUSTACEAN.
IntereNline CharaclepistieB o' L#oh—
• (era and Turtle*.
Lobsters. when young and frivolous,
change their shells several times a
year, but as they grow older and, pre-
sumably. more sedate they are content
with a new suit every summer. The
lobster is his own tailor, and persons
who have watched the process say
that the difficulty seems to lie in get-
ting rid of the old garb and not in fit-
ting the new. First he is attacked by
a series of convulsions lasting for sev-
eral days. During these a faint line
of breakage appears down the middle
of the back, which gradually grows
CRAZY JOURNALISM.
NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED BY LUNA-
TICS FOR LUNATICS.
the Publications That Are U«»ed In
Madhouses and Asylums Are Al-
most Entirely Free From Gloom
and Melancholia.
Dotted here and there over the earth
are little colonies whose Inhabitants
are cut off from *11 Intercourse with
the everyday world by their own
Idiosyncrasies. Each individual lives
in a world of his or her own creation,
which, in the majority of cases, only
broader with every spasm. The head- i two outside interests ever succeed in
piece is the first to break entirely, and
suddenly a violent effort enables the
lobster to withdraw his head, leaving
the larger part of his eyes in the shell.
After a rest of a few hours the strug-
gle begins again, and the shoulders, or
large claws, emerge, with effort so ex-
hausting that nearly a day is required
for recuperation.
During this time he presents a curi-
ous spectacle, with head and body corn-
reaching—namely, the asylum doctor
and the asylum magazine.
In some cases the proof sheets are
Just glanced at by the head doctor be-
fore the magazine goes to press, but
they are written, printed and published
by the inmates themselves.
Although America produced the first
two lunatic journals, to Scotland be-
longs the credit of having started the
first paper of this kind which has sur-
LIMITS OF S
IVo Truth In Stor!
After Thousc Is of Tears
"The statement
in the popular pr<
for a long time,
wheat under some
served Its vitality
It has frequently
ments germinated
D VITALITY.
of Germination
frequently made
" said Professor
L. H. Pammel, girnment botanist,
"that seeds have r< ined their vitality
s it is stated that
snditions has pre-
r 50 or 100 years,
jeen stated that
wheat taken froi* Egyptian monu-
Lit in not a single
pletely out of the shell and only the j rived its infancy. In fact, the birth of
lunatic journalism took place when the
first number of The New Moon was is-
sued from the Crichton Royal asylum,
Dumfries, on Dec. 3, 1844. Since that
date the following have been success-
fully launched: The Morningside Mir-
ror, from the Royal Edinburgh asy-
lum; The Excelsior, from James Mur-
ray's Royal asylum, Perth; The Fort
England Mirror, Grahamstown, South
Africa; The Murthly Magazine, from
the Perth County asylum; Under the
Dome, the organ of Bethlehem Royal
hospital, London, and The Conglomer-
ate, which belongs to the Middletown
asylum. New York.
These magazines touch the journal-
istic Ideal, as, being written by the
readers for their amusement, they can-
not fail to hit the popular taste. We
find that those mentally deranged like
about fouf-ninths of their reading to
take the form of travel and heavy
prose articles of a strictly theoretical
nature. The rest of the contents -comes
in order of quantity as follows: Hu-
mor, local notes, poetry, chiefly In a
tail inclosed. Then the convulsive
movements are resumed, and shell by
shell the tail covering is loosened, un-
til, with violent struggles, the tail is
free, and the lobster, looking as if he
j had been boiled, lies down for a sleep
of two or three days.
The new suit grows with great
rapidity and fits in perfect tailor made
style, literally molded to the form.
i^ike the crab, which is most e Jteem-
ed when "soft shelled," that is, at pre-
cisely this period, which is similar in
both, the lobster is regarded by epi-
cures as especially delicious when thus
denuded of his shell covering, but as
he hides carefully among the rocks he
is seldom procurable.—New York Trib-
une.
taken from a
teaid that two of
|d, but it is a well
jostures are per-
|e who dispose of
cases they have
maize into these
AN EXAMPLE OF NERVE.
(Farden HcClanghry'g Experience
WItli an Almost Escaped Prisoner.
"Speaking of nerve," said one of the
Besides the harness of each horse ' detectives at headquarters, "reminds
there wc;e a bridle and a pair of reins me of Chief McClaughry of Chicago.
somewhat In the same style as are in He used to be warden at the state pen- vein! special articles on local the-
USeat the present day. These were made itentiary down a Joliet. and he had ! atricals and fiction
of leather and were ornamented with the reputation of being the coolest man
studs of ivory and metaL The reins in Illinois. He was as shifty as any of
were passed through rings attached the men he had to handle and as quick
to the collar and were long enough to
be tied around the waist of the chariot-
eer in case of bis having to defend him-
self.
The wheels and body were usually of
wood, strengthened in places with
bronze or Iron. The wheels had from
four to eight spokes, and the tires
were of bronze or iron (in the present
instance ash was used), and the pins
which secured the fellies were of fossil
bone.
This description applied to the chari-
ots of almost any of the nations of an-
tiquity, the difference consisting chief-
ly in the mountings. Thus the chariots
of the Egyptians and Assyrians, with
whom the bow was the principal arm
of attack, were richly mounted with
quivers full of arrows, while those of
the Creeks, who used the spear, were
plain except as regards mere decora-
tions. The Persians and the ancient
and calm about it as a regular Sherlock
Holmes. Nothing could feaze him.
"One day McClaughry was sitting In
his office at just about the time the
men were being marched back to their
cells from work. He was alone. There
was a sound behind him, and, whirling
round, he saw a convict who had pass-
ed the guard in some way creeping to-
ward him with an ugly looking iron
bar in his band.
" 'Don't you stir!' the man whisper-
ed. 'I'm going to get out of this if I
have to kill you to do it.'
" 'Oh.' McClaughry said. *1 thought
you were going tomorrow!' The man
stared at McClaughry and grunted,
'Wot?' McClaughry simply looked at
him as though he didn't care much and
said: 'They sent up your dismissal pa-
pers this afternoon, that's all. You've
been such a model prisoner all the
time that they decided to commute
Britons used a class of chariots having ' your sentence. You can go all right
the wheels mounted with sharp, sickle j enough if you want to. You're not my
shaped blades, which cut to pieces ; prisoner any more. If you want to see
whatever came in their way. This was your papers—why. 1 think—they're here
probably the invention of the Persians.
The use of the battle chariot really
belongs to the heroic period. The war-
rior, standing by the side of his chariot-
eer, was driven in front of the line to
invite hostile warriors to single com-
bat. After the strategic skill of a com-
mander superseded the demands on
his personal valor the chariot was
transferred from the battlefield to the
hippodrome, where alone its original
form was preserved. The description
of the Homeric battle chariot, there-
fore, to a great extent also applies to
the historic chariot of the race course.
The small diameter of the chariot
wheel may be explained from the de-
sire of preventing the chariot from be-
ing opposed by the impediments in the
battlefield, such as debris or dead bod-
ies. The rim was usually formed of
four fellies, into which the four spokes
were let. The upper rail, which was of
either wood or metal, varied greatly in
form and was intended to be grasped
| by the warrior on jumping on to the
chariot, while the front part served for
fastening the reins and the traces of
the "wheel horses." In the Roman tri-
umphal chariot a covering of leather
served to ward off missiles, and later
on the sides were composed of strong
boards.
Unfortunately we know very little of
the vehicles of everyday use in those
days. They nearly all seem to be a va-
riety of what we now term the "gig."—
Scientific American.
in—in the drawer'— And before the
poor fool could lift the bar to strike
McClaughry had snapped a revolver
out of the desk and leveled it at his
head."—New York Suu.
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ADDRESS FOB FULL. PARTICULARS,
H4S HFT1
pyinjg the mind
No Excuse For Chimneys.
Notwithstanding that we have long
since ceased to hoist coal to lofty apart-
ments. having abandoned forever the
old fashioned fireplace with its soot
and cinders, the said fireplace is still
with us in every new house that is
built. Its open throat leads the same
old draft up the chimney, and the same
old result follows—colds and cold feet.
There is no excuse for a chimney or a
fireplace in a modern house heated
from the cellar. The gas log Is a nui-
sance and a sham.—New York Press.
Neither Saved Nor Earned.
Railroad people have an arrange-
ment by which they can register the
speed of a train. It looks like a steam
gauge and is connected with the axle,
so that the pointer registers the num-
ber of revolutions every minute. There
are so many revolutions to the mile,
and by an ingenious arrangement the
number of miles an hour is shown up-
on the dial. The apparatus is expen-
sive as well as delicate.
The late Jay Could was one of the
first to adopt it. and shortly after a
register was placed in his private car
Russell Sage was making a journey
with him and inquired what it was.
Mr. Gould explained the mechanism
and the usefulness of the machine
with great care. Mr. Sage was silent
for a moment and then, looking up, in-
quired:
"Does it earn anything?"
"No; I think not," said Mr. Could,
with a smile.
"Does it save anything?"
"No."
"Then 1 would not have it in my
car."—Chicago Record.
No Harrowing Details.
"Here y' are! All about it! Big bat-
tle in South Afriky! Horrible slaugh-
ter !"
"Say. hold on! Which side got
slaughtered ?"
"Aw, what's the difference?"—Chi-
cago Record.
The Road to Success.
There is a mistaken notion that suc-
cess in life is achieved only by hard ef-
fort. An "education" is not necessary
to become successful in life, beyond
thorough familiarity with the rudi-
ments. An education comes to an in-
dustrious man as naturally as age.
Ability to deliver orations is not neces-
sary. Industry and honesty, which are
easier than idleness and dishonesty, will
achieve success for any man of ordi-
nary ability. Success is easier than
failure. Success seldom comes at once;
it is a'matter of years of good conduct
and intelligent work.—Atchison Globe.
1TL I1VTMS
Dead Gone.
She—Would you be willing to die for
me?
He—Why, I'm dying for you now!—
Brooklyn Life.
Shooting Stars.
Sir Robert Ball, the eminent astron-
omer. once told an audience that any
one who took the trouble to lie on his
back on the ground and gaze at a clear
night sky would, as his eyes became
accustomed to the heavens, soon per-
ceive numbers of shooting stars.
Bottles of perfume, still fresh, and
1ars of pomade that had not lost Its
fragrance have been recovered from
Herculaneum and Pompeii.
Children have more need of models
than of critics.
i The most striking feature about
j these journals is the almost total ab-
sence of gloom and melancholia, and
we have it on the word of the doctor
of one of the leading asylums that this
Is not owing to such contributions be-
ing tabooed. But now and again one
comes on a poem or tale drenched with
melancholia and morbid insanity. In
one of these journals appeared a story
written in the first person about a hero
—undoubtedly the writer—who had his
head twisted round the wrong way.
The consequence was he invariably
had to walk In the opposite direction
to which he wanted to walk. This ter-
rible fate haunts him right through the
story, causing him to lose friends,
money and everything else which man
i holds- dear and ends up by his, in his
j own mind, murdering the girl who was
I to save him from himself.
According to the story, the heroine
! was standing on the edge of a great
precipice. The hero is standing near,
i Suddenly the heroine becomes giddy
j and totters on the brink. The hero
; tries to dash forward and save her,
j but of course runs the other way. Here
comes a break in the narrative, which
1 is finished by the following sentence:
j "And the gates of an asylum for those
mentally deranged shut the writer off
| from his friends in the outer world."
Apart from such tragedies as the
above, the whole of these journals are
saturated with humor. In one we find
the following among "Questions We
Want Answered:"
"When does the queen of Sheba In-
tend to recognize the royal rank of the
•Prince ot Wales?' Did 'Marie Corelli'
really tweak the doctor's nose? Why
did 'Ranji' throw the ball at 'W. G.'s'
head during practice at the nets?" Per-
haps it should be explained that the
celebrities referred to above are not
those known to the public, but other
persons who claim their personalities
and are detained In the asylums for
that very reason.
A writer in The Fort England Mirror
gives the following reason for his de-
tention: "I met a young widow with a
grown stepdaughter, and the widow
married me. Then my father, who was
a widower, met my stepdaughter and
married her. That made my wife the
mother-in-law of her father-in-law and
made my stepdaughter my mother and
my father my stepson. Then my step-
mother, the stepdaughter of my wife,
had a son. That boy was. of course,
my brother, because he was my fa-
ther's son. He was also the son of my
wife's stepdaughter and therefore her
grandson. That made me grandfather
to my stepbrother. Then my wife had
a son. My mother-in-law, the step-
sister of my son. is also his grandmoth-
er, because he is her stepson's child.
My father is the brother-in-law of my
child, because his stepsister is his wife.
I am the brother of my own son, who
is also the child of my step-grandmoth-
er. I am my mother's brother-in-law,
my wife is her own child's aunt, my
son is my father's nephew, and I'm
my own grandfather. And after try-
ing to explain the relationship in our
family some seven times a day to onr
calling friends for a fortnight. I was
brought here—no, came of my own
will."
Another declares that he never found
rest from his mother-in-law before, and
be Intends to hoodwink the doctors as
long as possible. And yet another
points out that It has always been the
fate of really great men to be Ignored
or 111 treated by their contemporaries,
and that Is why he is now detained.
"For the thick skulls and those of lit-
tle sense are jealous of my being the
first to discover that we could all live
forever If we would only walk on our
beads Instead of our feet." — London
Mall.
case is this germin ion authenticated.
Not a single grain iken from an an-
cient Egyptian sar phagus and sown
by various perso has ever been
known to germing, and the condi-
tions for preservinjthe seed in these
Egyptian monumeifc are better than
in the soil. They ar^roteeted from the
air and variations <|temperature. The
experiment which te been most talk-
ed of is that of the jaunt of Sternberg
at Prague. He badpceived the grains
from a trustworth^raveler. who told
him that they w
sarcophagus. It i
these seeds germin
known fact that i
petrated by the pe
these seeds. In so
even stripped corn
sarcophagi.
"Many experiment have been made,
not only in this couiiy, but in Europe,
to determine the v*ality of various
grain seeds. Thus. |arley retains its
vitality better tbanlny other cereal,
and this is said to ttain its vitality
from eight to ten ylrs. In the case
of wheat 1)0 to 100 pjj cent germinates
in from one to fourtyears; in five to
seven years, 85 to 8"2§>er cent. In the
case of rye the perc^tage of germina-
tion in five years i^pped to 55 per-
cent; in seven years, per cent; nine
years, 13 per cent. lithe case of corn,
I made some experiiints a few years
ago to determine the |tality and found
that corn which wai kept in tightly
closed vessels at thefige of 20 years
had lost all its powejof germination.
Experiments also inicate that corn
kept even a few yean became largely
deteriorated and lost tuch of its pow-
er of germination. Sen grass seeds
which have been buriei at some depth
In the soil and in vessfs tightly sealed
failed to germinate aster a dozen or
15 years."—Chicago Clronicle.
1
BOOKS' NARROW ESCAPES.
A CROSS ON HIS BACK.
It Wm Blade With (Jl&allc, hut TV*a
Too Heavy to Carry.
There is a story of an envious tailor
current with the French peasantry. h#
fancied that his neighbor, who receiv-
ed a pension for the loss of an arm in-
curred while fighting for his country,
was better off than himself. Both men
went to pay their rent on the sam#
day.
"That's a lucky man," said the tailor
to the landlord. "He gets well paid toe
his arm."
"But who would be willing to part
with an arm, even If he were paid for
It?" said the landlord.
"1 would," declared the tailor.
"You!" cried the landlord. "Why,
man, you wouldn't be willing to bear
anything of the sort, no matter how
much you were paid for it."
"I wish some one would try me."
"Now, see here," said the landlord,
who had studied human nature, "I'll
tell you what, if you'll wear even so
much as a chalk mark on your back
I'll remit your rent as long as you
wear it on your coat so It can be seen,
the condition being that you tell no one
why it is there."
"Agreed," said the tailor eagerly.
"That's an easy way to pay rent!"
So the chalk mark in the form of a
cross was made on the back of his
coat, and the delighted tailor sallied
forth upon the street.
Strangers and acquaintances hailed
him to tell him of the mark on his
back. Jokes were made at his expense,
children laughed and pointed at him,
and hi*s wife annoyed him with ques-
tions and with conjugal familiarity
told him he was a fool. The usually
amiable man grew surly and morose;
he shunned men, women and children
and frequented back streets. Before
the week was up the tailor found him-
self embroiled In a quarrel with his
best friend, his wife had threatened to
leave his house and he considered him-
self miserable and ill used.
Finally, one night he took off his
coat and rubbed out the chalk mark
and said: "There! I would not wear
that cross on my back another week,
no, not If I could have all the money
there is in Paris!"—Youth's Compan-
ion.
SHAVING A DEAD MAN.
Virgil's ".Eneld," Works of Aristotle
and Talmud Saved byGood Lock.
Three of the greatest books in the
world have narrowly escaped destruc-
tion, the "^Eneid" of Virjii. the worka
of Aristotle and the greatbody of Jew-
ish tradition represented by the Tal-
mud.
It is recorded that Virgil on his
deathbed sought to burn tie only copy
of the "^Eneid," as he had not revised
it, and when he was foiled in this he
ordered his executors, Varro and Tuc-
ca, not to give it to the world, a direc-
tion which was disregarded by order
of the Emperor Augustus.
The works of Aristotle suffered from
neglect. They lay many years buried;
in a cellar, and when, by mere acci-
A Job That Occupied an Impeeaal-
ous Artist About a Weelc.
"I have Just finished shaving a dead
man," said a local artist. "The job oc-
cupied me about a week and"— "Good
heavens!" ejaculate a horrified friend,
"what d'ye mean?" "Don't be alarm-
ed," replied the artist calmly. "Tb«
operation was not as repulsive as yon
may Imagine. In fact, I performed It
with a brush. You see, a certain family
of my acquaintance have a large oil
painting of the head of the house, who
departed from this vale of tears some
time in the early eighties. At the time
the portrait was made he wore a full
beard, which was contrary to his usual
custom, and the family, who remember
him best with a smooth face, hare
been anxious ever since to get off the
whiskers. I was engaged to shave the
portrait, and hard times and approach-
dent, they were at last unearthed, they
were so damaged by damp and dirt ? ing rent day persuaded me to accept
that in many • passages they are hope- :) the commission, which, needless to say,
lessly corrupt. How great would have.j was highly antipathetic to my artistic
been the loss of this work to the hu- Instincts.
man race may be judged from the fact
that everything that was known in the
middle ages of the arts and sciences!
was derived directly from these writ-
ings.
The Talmud nearly became extinct
through persecution. The posses-
sion of the Talmud, by a long series
of edicts extending over many cen-
turies, was made penal, and the book
itself was burned. No fewer than 24
wagon loads ot Talmud manuscript
were burned in France in 1244.—Stray
Stories.
The Model's Hard Trial.
Miss Siddai had a trying experience.
In order that the artist might get the
proper set of the garments in water
and the right atmosphere and aqueous
effects, she had to lie in a large batl
i filled with water, which was kept at
an even temperature by lamps place!
"I had to depend entirely on the recol-
lection of the family for my data, and
I found, to my alarm, that each mem-
ber had retained a different impression
of the old gentleman's chin. One claim-
ed it was double and another insisted
that It was sharp and clean cut; a
daughter described It as 'square and
determined,' and the widow assured
me privately that it was shaped like
the prow of an armored cruiser. Alto-
gether I found myself in a deuce of a
fix. It was no trouble to take off the
whiskers; I did that In three fell
■ swoops; but when I blocked out the
i Jaw experimentally and called In the
i crowd for suggestions, there was a
| grand chorus of protest. Strange to
say, I pleased nobody, and I have been
correcting, amending, remodeling and
doing It all over again ever since. One
point of dispute was the location of a
wart, which half the family said was
on the left and half on the right. I
! beneath. One day, just as the pictuie
was nearly finished, the lamps weit j f|naiiy effected a compromise by paint-
out unnoticed by the artist, who was ln tWQ wart8i one on each 8jde. I
so intensely absorbed in his work tlat
he thought of nothing else, and the
poor lady was kept floating in the cold
water till she was nearly benumbed.
She herself never complained of -his,
but the result was that she contracted
a severe cold, and her father, an auc-
tioneer at Oxford, wrote to Miilais,
threatening him with an action of £50
damages for his carelessness. N'illais
paid the doctor's bill, and Miss Sid-
dai. quickly recovering, was none the
worse for her cold bath.—Life of Sir
John Miilais.
got my fee all right, but before I take
another tonsorial job I'll go to driving
a trolley car."—New Orleans Tlmea-
Democrat.
Tommy's Speech.
Sue (who has just been asked to play
something on the piano)—I real.y can't
play anything.
Tommy—But, 1 say. Sue, wl.y don't
you play that piece you spoka to me
about?
Sue—What piece?
Tommy—Why, that one yoti told me
to ask you to play when we had com-
pany 'cause you knew it better'n any
of the others. I forget the name!
Then Tommy was sent to bed.—Kan-
sas City Independent.
Born to Dominate.
"Mrs. Crowder has been president of
your club a long time."
"Yes; none of us could call her to or-
' der, so we decided we might as well let
her regulate the rest of us."—Chicago
Record.
Curious Funeral Custom.
In Switzerland death is attended by
a custom which calls upon all charita-
ble and Christian people to show their
sympathy. A notice edged with a wide
black line appears in the daily papers
setting forth the day and hour when
sympathizers must assemble before
the house of the deceased. At the time
named a little cloth covered table, sup-
porting a good sized Jar. is stood be-
fore the house, table, cloth and Jar all
being of a somber, ebony hue, and Into
the latter small mourning cards, bear-
ing the name and address of their own-
ers. are deposited. The day the funeral
takes place is the day selected for the
exhibition of the Jar. No ladies are al-
lowed to follow at a Swiss funeral.
Unexpected.
**Why, Clara." said a mother to her
little daughter, who was crying, "what
are you crying about?"
** 'C-cause." sobbed the little miss, "I
s-started to m-make dolly a b-bonnet,
and It c-corned out b-bloomers."—
Trained Motherhood.
A Blovr to Superstition.
"Jimmy's rabbit got drowned in our
bathtub."
"Goodness! Didn't he have his left
hind leg with him?" — Indianapolis
Journal.
It Is probably true that love laughs at
locksmiths, but any careful reader of
the proceedings of the divorce courts
cannot fail to observe that the lock-
smiths get a laughing inning later on.—
Philadelphia inquirer.
A man is invariably disappointed
when the man he Is said to look like k
pointed out to blm,—Atchison Globe.
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