1895 



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imoofh and snmy pate. One or tneir ra- 

 Torite amusements is to attend in a body 

 music halk and theaters where the ballet 

 ig a feature. The attention of the audi- 

 ence, however, is always riveted on the ar- 

 ray of bali heads as tlieir owners file down 

 the aisle and seat themselves in the front 

 rows, and throughout the performance 

 they receive more or less notice in the way 

 of friendly remarks from the gallery. 



Not many years ago there was a Parisian 

 wit and boulevardier named Siraudin, 

 who would have been eligible to the presi- 

 dency of the Loudon club, for his head was 

 absolutely destitute of hair. One hot day 

 he was sitting bareheaded at one of the ta- 

 bles out of doors on the boulevard, with a 

 number of friends about. He noticed a 

 hair on bis coat sleeve and carefully picked 

 it up and placed it on top of his head amid 

 the laughter of his companions. Suddenly 

 he began to mop his face' with his hand- 

 kerchief and show every sign of excessive 

 suffering from the heat. 



"Dieu! How warm I am," he ex- 

 claimed exhaustedly a couple of times; 

 then the reason for ii occurred to him, and 

 ho cried as he raised his hand to his head: 



"Ah! I know what, makeji me so warm. 

 It's my hair," and he carefully removed it 

 and placed it on the table as he would a 

 •wig. — New York World. 



Highest Range In America. 



It is not. commonly known, but it is a 

 fact, that perhaps tJie highest rans'e of 

 mountains in America is on the Uintah 

 Indian reservation in Utah. Boar's pe;i,k 

 has an altitude of 14,600 feet, being 400 

 feet higher than Pike's peak in Colorado. 

 In a stretch of 30 miles there are a dozen 

 such, peaks with altitudes of over 13,000 

 feet each, and which are snow capped al- 

 most all the year round. 



From these mountains numbers of riv- 

 ers of bright crystal water have their 

 source. They flow down through the val- 

 leys and plains, affording the finest nat- 

 ural irrigation in the world. The two res- 

 ervations have an area of about 6,000,000 

 acres, Uintali occupying about 4,000,000 

 acres. According to the report of the Unit- 

 ed States Ii;diau ag(!nt, Major Ranlett, 

 about 540,000 acres of the Uiiitah land is 

 admirably adapted for cultivation. — St. 

 Louis Globe- Democrat. 



Zenobia. 



Zenobia, the famous queen of Palmyra, 

 is stated by ancient historians to have been 

 of a light brown com))lexion, with intense- 

 ly black hair and cy(!s. She is described a.'^ 

 cutting off her hair in front and allowing 

 it to hang over lier forehead in the style of 

 the modern "bang." 



How St. Martin Rode the Devil. 



One of the curious legends preserved in 

 "Hone's Every Day Book" is that which 

 tells the story of St. Martin's wonderful feat 

 of transforming the devil into a mule and 

 then moii,utinf; him and riding to Rome, 

 xnis stofy, remarkable as \i is, was lor- 

 merly one of the standard miracle tales in 

 all Catholic countries and was at one time 

 believed by nine-tenths of the ChrLstian 

 population of the world. The story some- 

 what modernized is as follows: St. Martin 

 kad been a valiant soldier, but having 

 liven up the profession of war was elected 

 bishoj» of Tours. 



Although a prelate of note, he kept 

 neither horses, carriages nor servants. 

 This being the case, when he was called to 

 see the popa, he started for the Holy City 

 afoot and alone. As he was walking quiet- 

 ly along the road he was met by the devil, 

 who politely accosted him with the remark 

 that such a foot journey must be very fa- 

 tiguing and rather out of place for such a 

 church dignitary. St. Martin well knew 

 the drift of his satanic iii;ijesty's remarks, 

 and, in order to put him lieyond the power 

 of doing harm, miraculously trausfoMiied 

 Ihe poor devil into a very common looking 

 mule! After performing this miracle to 

 his satisfaction, the saint mounted the 

 fiend, who rapidly strode off in the direc- 

 tion of Rome. The journey was rather un- 

 eventful, with the exception tliatthe devil 

 took occasional "mulish" spells which 

 only caused the saint to make the sign of 

 the cross, which served to goad the fiend 

 forward until the destination was finally 

 reached. — St. Louis Republic. 



iBsect Fiddlers and Drummers. 



Insects that produce sounds audible to 

 human ears have been roughly divided 

 into two classes — fiddlers and drummers. 

 The grasshopper is a fiddler, and makes 

 music by sc iping its fore wings against 

 the rows of opinelike teeth that ornament 

 its thiglis. The katydid also plays aa en- 

 tomological fiddle. It produces its notes 

 by rubbing the inner side of the hind leg's 

 over the front wings. 



The locust, ou the other hand, is a 

 drummer, and a loud one too. His drum 

 is formed by a membrane situated at the 

 base of the fon^ wing, and he can make a 

 forest ring with it. The cicada, or 17 year 

 locust, carries a drum at the base of the 

 abdomen, and niakes with it a noise that 

 .seems to be quite as terrifying in the in- 

 sect world as that produced by the gorilla 

 pounding its resounding chest is among 

 wild Ijeasts. It is said that the cicada 

 sometimes frightens away its enemies with 

 the rattle of its druju. 



There a/o otluT drumming insects who 



