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UNIQUE TAPESTRY OF STRAW,
Little Known ot Its History Though
About Two-Hundred Years Old.
Hanging in the studio apartment
iccupied by Mr. Bolton Jones and
lis brother, Mr. Francis.C. Jones, of
K’etv York, is one of the oddest pieces
)f tapestry in the world, says the l)e
:roit Free Press. It is the handsom
ist piece of a set of three, which was
sold in Paris 20 years ago, the only
vork of the kind in existence. It is
relieved, moreover, to be the only
(fork of the kind ever made.
At first sight, except that the crude
lesign in the center seems Egyptian
n character, nothing unusual is ap
oarent about this tapestry. Panels
>f red, blue and black cloth, which,
glaring enough, perhaps, when new,
lave now grown mellow and harmo
nious with years, seem held together
ind elaborately embroidered with
;old braid.
One can scarcely believe it. The
Fusion is perfect.' The straw, bril
iant and glaring like the background
vhen new, has assumed the mellow
uster of slightly tarnished gold. The
tapestry forms an ideal wall covering
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unobtrusive that it will not interfere
with any picture shown against it.
The irony of years is shown when
the piece of tapestry is contrasted
with another ancient piece hanging
near it. The real gold thread used
in the latter is now jet black, while
the common straw has grown beauti
ful and lustrous, even to the point of
deceiving the connoisseur.
That this remarkable piece of tap
estry is about 200 years old is shown
oy the costumes of several elaborate
ly dressed figures in the arabesque de
sign. The one regret of its owners
is that they know so little of its his
tory. (Jen. Charles; .J. Lormg, ot the
Boston museum, could give Mr. Jones
no information about the tapestry,
;xcept that the museum would like
to have it.
BLACKBIRDS AND KITTENS.
Puss Given Little Peace Whether Asleej
or Awake.
The blackbirds have no confidence
in the kitten; they regard peitherhei
youth nor the season of the year. “A
sat,” they say, “is a cat, whether
young or old, whether we have oui
bantlings to keep out of her clutches,
or whether we have only our own
skins to protect.” Therefore they
curse her at sight. Uphill and down
dale they curse her, pursuing her with
maledictions wherever she goes, says
Longman’s Magazine. You may
know at any moment exactly where
she is, because blackbird pere and
mere follow her up; and this spoils
her stalking game, for, naturally, hex
surprises do not come off while twe
spiteful, sharp-tongued persons are
forever sitting or Hitting over hex
head and scolding, chiding, cursing,
pillorying the poor thing until she
must be sick to death of their voices.
What a nuisance they must be.
They will not even allow her to sleep
peacefully in some sunny spot she
has found and occupied, but plant
themselves close by her to keep her
awake with their maledictions. Mo
wonder she rises presently, glares in
their direction for a moment with a
cold eye, opens her mouth as though
to say something, shakes herself, and
goes home in disgust.
ST. PATRICK’S GRAVE.
After Ages of Neglect Now Has Memorial
Stone Over It.
After ages of neglect the tradi
tional resting place of the remains of
Ireland’s patron saint, in tlie cathe
dral graveyard of Downpatrick, has
been covered with a memorial stone,
says tne Baltimore American. The
stone is a rough, weather-beaten
bowlder of granite, weighing about
sev^n tons, from the mountain-side
of Slieve-na-Largie, where it rested
at a height of GOO feet. Upon the
upper surface of this bowlder is carved
an Irish cross, faithfully reproduced
from one cut on a rough, unhewi
stone found on the Island of Inis
clothran, one of the islands of Lough
Rea, where St. Diarmid founded his
famous ecclesiastical settlement
about the middle of the sixth cen
tury. Under the cross the name
“Patric” is cut in Irish characters,
copied from the earliest known Celtic
manuscripts. This simple treatment
is considered to be the nearest ap
proach to the form of monument
which would have been constructed
aboxit the year 469, the supposed date
of the saint’s death. The movement
was initiated by Mr. F. J. Biggar, of
Belfast, who was warmly supported
by alb classes and creeds.
Where the Money Is Kept.
The foundation of the Bank of En
gland strong room is GG feet below
street leveL
UNCLE SAM’S WEATHER MAN,
The Method Employed lit the VVn<*h*
inKlon Bureau fur MakiiiK Ip
the UIHeiial Map.
Strictly speaking, our weather bu
reau is made up of a great many build
ings scattered all over the United
States, and the one at Washinton is the
central station that governs and di
rects the smaller ones, and to which
they send in their daily reports; for
it is by getting reports from all the
different sections of the country that
Uncle Sam’s weather-makers are able
to make their predictions. There are
180 towns and cities in the United
States where there are observation
stations, having the same instruments
and apparatus as the Washington bu
reau. Now, the observers at these
180 stations do not spend their time
waiting for spiders to crawl out of
their holes or looking at the sky to see
whether it is red or gray in the even
ing. They look at their thermome
ters, barometers, anemometers, and
so on, which are far better guides than
all the other signs put together.
At 8 o’clock in the morning and at 8
o’clock in the evening of every day
the observer at each one of these
weather stations from Maine to Cali
fornia looks at his different instru
ments, and carefully notes what each
of them marks. Then he takes a look
at the sky, to see whether it is fair
or raining- or snowing-, and to see what
sort of clouds may be sailing about.
According to the weather bureau there
are seven different kinds of clouds,
and it is important that the observer
should see what particular kind is hov
ering around, for each kind means
some special kind of weather or some
particular state of the atmosphere.
When he has finished his observation
and noted all the indications, he tele
graphs his report to Washington.
In that way, then, the Washington
station receives an account of the
weather at all parts of the country
at the same time, and, as you may eas
ily believe, it keeps the four telegraph
operators busy receiving the messages
that come pouring in soon aft
er eight o’clock. As each mes
sage is received in the telegraph
room it is carried by a messen
ger across the hall to the forecast
room, or room where predictions are
made, and handed to the translator.
As the translator reads aloud the
cipher reports from the different sta
tions, other men in the room mark
what ho reads upon a map of the United
States, so that when the last message
has been translated the map shows
just what the weather is at each one
of the 180 stations. The map is then
turned over to the official who is to
make the predictions. In order to get
his bearings, he traces across the map
si_j me__ a ~ l „ -- xi
country where the temperature is the
same and the places where the barom
etor is the same. The one lie marks
with red lines and the other with black
lines, and if you will look at the weath
er map you will see these red and
black lines wriggling and twisting all
over the country.
When the reports from the north
west show a great fail in temperature,
he knows that a cold wave has started
on a journey through the United States,
and he keeps a lookout to see how fast
it reaches the different stations in the
west. Then he calculates how rapidly
it is moving and what kind of weather
it has to encounter, and perhaps, when
he has worked out the problem, he will
telegraph the following bulletin:
“Hoist cold wave flag; thermometer
will fall SO degrees in next 24 hours,”
and, sure enough, by next day Jack
Frost has got hold of our noses and
toes, and the cold-wave flag is almost
tearing itself to pieces with delight.
But sometimes the cold wave does not
come as was expected—it is switched
off on a sidetrack or it melts on the
wray—and then the cold-wave flag
droops in shame.
GREEN-CORN DANCE.
An Annronl Celebration of tlte Seneca
IndiaiiN in the Hills of Tlieir
Reservation.
The annual green-corn dance of the
Seneca Indians was recently held in
the hills of their reservation, 23
miles east of Vinita, I. T. The
Senecas number about 200 people,
and tney hold many different cele
brations during the .year, among
which are the strawberry feast, sup
per for the dead, dance for rain, war
dances and the green-corn dance.
The dance occurs every year at
the drying up of tne corn, and the
time is fixed by the Seneca Indian
council. The chief and six members
of the council meet and make prep
arations for the green-corn dance
by appointing a medicine man and
a number of hunters to secure wild
meat for the occasion. A hunt is
made, and when the hunters return
the dance takes place.
The Indians meet under their large
shed or arbor and early in the morn
ing the leader of the band or medi
cine man makes a speech, standing
in the center of the shed, and talks
in a slow and solemn voice. At in
tervals he puts small bits of ground
leaves from a plant sacred to the
Senecas on a slow-burning fire, anc
as the smoke and the fumes raisi
he makes his prayer, believing tha1
the smoke conveys the words to thf
Great Spirit. After these proceed
ings are over dinner is ready and th<
meal is served by waiters under th(
shed. In the afternoon the danct
commences in the old-fashioned In
dian style and continues for severa
BLUNDERING COURTESY
The Obllulnic Viihiik Man Had Hair
on Hlii Head and Could Spare
HU Hat.
Excessive kindliness of heart, when al
lied to n blundering courtesy, is occasionally
productive of an amusing incident. Of such
is the following: A president in recent
times of one of our royal colleges was noted
for the possession of a trim little yacht,
which he was fond of sailing in one of the
•eaches of * he River Thames, says the Can
did Friend. One d'ay the president had the
misfortune to capsize his craft, with the
consequent result of complete immersion.
Re was immediately assisted ashore and
i change of clothing providedat an adjacent
boathouse. This, however, did not include
a hat of any description. The president,
who is an old mun and correspondingly bald-,
stood shivering, his scant hair uncomforta
bly stirred, by the breeze. His plight was
observed with respectful compassion by one
of the students of the college who had wit
nessed the catastrophe, and offered his own
headgear. The president, however, seemed
reluctant to accept it. saying: “if I take
yours, what will you do?” “Oh. sir,” said
the student, “it doesn’t matter for me. I’ve
got hair on my head." This statement was
accepted as final by the president, together
with the cap. and he laughed heartily at
what, after all, was not wholly a one-sided
JOKe, ior lilt* t'UIlMtri Ilclliun c/i me oiuui-V
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3iot to He IllnftVd.
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a week, and receive my company in the par
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“Bridget,” replied the mistress of the
house, “1 warn you riot to push me too for.
You seem to forget that I belong to the
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