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CYPRESS KNEES
How They Are Formed Trees Curioue
Blunt Rgots
The cypress knee Is u familiar object
In all the lowland forests of the south
but there are thousumls of northern
people who have never seen them and
there are many southern people too
who have not seen them till they
stumbled over them some dark night
The knee is of solid wood has no limbs
or leaves Is anywhere from six inches
to six feet lu height and its rounded
top and llattened sides give it very
much the shape of a human leg bent at
the knee till thigh and calf are brought
together hence the appropriate name
of knee
For a number of years I was curious
as to what part the knees played in
the life of a cypress tree writes a cor
respondent of Forest and Stream for
they are part of Its root system and do
not grow independently They were
not sprouts trying to grow into trees
for tlioy never developed branches and
the liual conclusion was Unit their only
use -was for people to stumble over
How and why such useless appendages
to the tree were formed was a mys
tery until one day when drifting down
a deep channel which had been washed
through a cypress swamp the secret
was exposed
The earth had been washed nway
from the roots of some of the trees
and roots in all stages of growth were
in sight None of these roots was less
than two and one half inches thick and
of uniform size clear to their tips or
rather clear to their blunt ends for
there was no tip
Nature intended these roots to grow
in soft mud and Uiey were all right
for that purpose but when the blunt
end of a root encountered something
too hard to push through it bent or
buckled in the line of least resistance
and this was generally toward the top
of Uie ground aud the continuing
growth of the roet pushing the bend
further upward made the bend closer
until finally the two arms of the bend
were close together and Uiey grew to
gether with one sheet of bark inclos
ing both
STUDY YOUR HORSE
If the Animal Has Mental Troubles
Try to Remedy Them
To begin with does your horse suffer
from nostalgia or homesickness Most
horses do and many really pine away
and die from no other cause We can
at least by making the poor creature
thoroughly comfortable do ail in our
power to give his pain surcease and
to make him happy and contented for
than homesickness of the acute and
chronic form men knows few more
wearing ailments Is your horses dis
position sociable or misanthropic You
dont know Well why not find out
Does it irritate him to have his yoke
mate or neighbors eating noisily and
visibly while he does Is privacy evi
dently his preference Very well then
by boards or zinc or tin or canvas shut
off both sides of his stall at Uie head
so that he may eat in peace and live
the isolated life which he prefers
If he lays back his ears or snaps at
his neighbors or fidgets and kicks at
Uie partitions etc he does not fancy
company at least at mealtimes and
he will be better do better and here
the pocket comes in keep more cheaply
if you cater to his fancy If on Uie
contrary a shy feeder let him see
others eat even let him by a simple
arrangement feed from the same man
ger as one of his neighbors which is
to be tied np short until Master Dainty
has eaten all he will when upon al
lowing the neighbor to partake Uie fas
tidious one will redouble his efforts to
eat just to spite the late comer at the
feast The writer has used this plan
with many poor feeders from race
horses down and always with the best
results F M Ware in Outing Maga
zine
He Hadnt Changed a Bit
The Smiths had invited the minister
to dinner As the last course was
reached little Willie who had been
closely watching the guest almost con
tinually through the meal looked over
at him once more and said
You havent changed a bit since
you started eating have you Mr Cur
tis
Why no laughed the minister
Why do you ask that question
Because blurted Willie confused
by the pairs of eyes focused on him
because I heard pa tell ma youd make
a big hog of yourself as soon as you
got jour eye on the corned beef and
cabbage Bohemian Magazine
He Had Had Some Help
The man who applied at headquar
ters for a little help from the char
itable association set forth his case
with so much tact and moderation that
the secretary was beginning to be fa
vorably impressed
I cant ask them to do too much
the applicant said modestly You
see he continued in an outburst of
delicacy and ingenuousness they
paid for my wedding last month and
twas a real swell one Youths Com
panion
Pain of a Wooden Leg
Barneys wooden leg has been pain
ing ini of late said Scholes to his
wife
How can that be asked Mrs
Scholes irritably
Mrs Barney has been thrashing Im
with it was the explanation
The Twins
Cholmondely You and your sister
are twins are you not Marjoribanks
We were when we were children
Now however she Is five years young
er than I Cleveland Leader
Reason serves when pressed but hon
est Instinct comes a volunteer Pope
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HERO OF NANSHAN HILL
Prince Fushiml of Japan Who Is Now
In England
Much was heard of Frince Sadanaru
Fushlmi of Japan cousin of the em
peror during the war with Russia He
Is forty nine years of age and a full
general and fought In the war against
China as well as In that against the
armies of the czar In the latter war
he was most prominent while directing
Uie operations of a division of the
army in southern Manchuria and his
heroic conduct at the battle of Xan
Hban inn when the Japanese troops
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rKINCE FUSHI3II
charged the enemy nine times in the
face of a withering fire Is still well
remembered
Frince Fushimi visited the United
States at the time of the worlds fair
at St Louis and he is now attracting
attention by his visit to England as
special envoy of the Japanese emperor
Prince Edward of Connaught not long
since journeyed to the orient and con
veyed the Order of the Garter to his
majesty the emperor of Japan Prince
Fushiml was charged with making a
return call so to speak and acknowl
edging the honor conferred by the Brit
ish sovereign on the mikado On his
arrival In England he was met by the
prince of Wales the cabinet and offi
cers of army and navy An amusing
incident occurred in connection with
the visit It so happened that the
comic opera entitled The Mikado
was being presented at one of the the
aters of London when the prince ar
rived Fearing that the burlesque of
Japanese customs and officials which
it contains might offend the emperors
envoy the British lord chamberlain
prohibited its performance Thls
caused protest and the visiting prince
was appealed to with the result that
the ban was removed Prince Fushlmi
remarking that he did not see any
harm in the opera and would like to
witness a performance himself
CAREW TERRY
Great English Actress and Her Mar
riage to Her Leading Man
It seems that Uie great actress Ellen
Terry was wooed both before Uie foot
lights and behind the scenes by her
leading man James Carew When
Miss Terry sailed for England at the
close of her recent tour of the United
States the interesting fact was dis
closed that she had for a third time
taken a husband the marriage which
occurred on March 22 before a justice
of Uie peace having been kept secret
until the actress was ready to sail for
home News of the romance was tiien
conveyed to the public by the groom
Mr Carew Is well known both In
America and England and is a resident
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ELLEN TERRY AND JAMEi CAREW
of Chicago though born about thirty
five years ago in the state of Indiana
He played prominent roles with Ame
lia Bingham in The Climbers with
Henrietta Crosmau In Sweet Kitty
Bellairs and with Alice Fischer in
Mrs Jack About two years ago he
joined the company of Miss Maxine
Elliott and went abroad with her ap
pearing in Her Own Way A year
later he joined Miss Terrys company
returning to America with her for the
season just closed
Miss Terry was born at Coventry
England in 1S4S and is therefore fifty
nine years of age or nearly twenty
five years her husbands senior She
was married first to George Frederick
Watts Uie painter from whom she
separated She was married a second
time to Charles Wardell an actor
known on Uie stage as Charles Kelly
who died some years ago
GRAVITATION
Its Wonderful and Far Reaching Ef
fects Upon the World
The effects of gravitation are so fa
miliar as to demand ouly the briefest
mention yet most of us perhaps sel
dom stop to consider how far reaching
these effects are says Dr Henry
Smith Williams But for gravitation
the winds would not blow the waters
would not descend and the mountain
tops would not crumble Into the val
leys Each particle of pulverized rock
would remain where it was formed
ard there would be no such tiling as a
mixed soil
But as matters are actually arrang
ed gravitation Is perpetually active
and every particle of matter is being
eternally tugged at and urged to get
nearer to the earths center So no
sooner does a fragment of rock at a
mountain crest become loosened than
gravitation hurls It crashing down Into
the valley shattering it into frag
ments perhaps or at the least grinding
oil some portions of its surface as
well as of the surface of the rocks
against which It is dashed
By such means aud with the fur
ther aid of its handmaidens wind and
water gravitation works its unceasing
purpose of leveling the surface of the
earth In a few brief geological mo
ments it rounds the shoulders of the
haughtiest mountain and given time
enough it will bring every particle of
rock back to the sea bed whence it
originally sprang Short of that as a
transition stage it is forever mixing
the different soil constituents on the
one hand and sorting them out again
on the other Appletons
FINE SPIDER THREADS
Cultivated Especially For the Use of
Astronomers
The cultivation of certain species of
spiders solely for the line threads
which they weave for scientific uses
has an important bearing upon astron
omy
No substitute for the spiders thread
has yet been found for bisecting the
screw of the micrometer used for de
termining the positions and motions of
the stars Not only because of the re
markable fineness of the threads are
they Aaluable but because of their
durable qualities
The threads of certain spiders raised
for astronomical purposes withstand
changes in temperatures so that often
in measuring son spots they are unin
jured when the heat is so great that
the lenses of the micrometer eyepiece
are cracked
These spider lines are only one fifth
to one seventh of a thousandth of an
Inch in diameter compared with which
the threads of the silkworm are large
and clumsy
Each line is made up of several thou
sands of microscopic streams of fluid
Under the most powerful magnifying
glass they appear true and round
The work of placing these lines in
the micrometer requires the delicate
touch of experts who operate with the
aid of microscopes which magnify the
line a thousand times The lines are
placed parallel with each other and
two one thousandths of an inch apart
Stray Stories
Buying Cooked Food
In France it is a common thing for
the wife to be out at work as well as
the husband From this circumstance
no doubt have developed the facilities
that country affords for obtaining
ready cooked food outside the home
Whole meals can be purchased outside
and they are very good meals too A
whole fowl or a half one or a smaller
portion can be bought hot or cold from
the rotissier Soups and salads can be
bought in the same way and in shops
where eggs are sold there Is always a
basket of red eggs as well as white
ones the red color being used to indi
cate that the eggs are cooked All
these things are sold at prices within
the reach of all and in many homes
scarcely any attempt is made to do
cooking
Belgium Blows Its Horn
Belgium like many continental coun
tries has its national board of adver
tising The state owning as it does
the railways must do everything in its
power to increase the passenger traffic
and so England and the adjacent coun
tries are extensively placarded with
posters showing Belgiums beauty and
pleasure spots The principal attrac
tions are Ostend and its casino and the
pictorial records of this report have
adorned the boardings of England for
many years past London Graphic
Chileans Are Mongrels
There i a good deal of mongrel
about Chilean society Chileans will
tell you that they are descended from
old Spanish families but the old Span
ish families were mostly turned out or
massacred in the revolution against
Spain which arose mainly out of the
wrongs of the mongrels The descent
in short usually includes a slave native
Indian woman years back and the two
types have mixed well with handsome
but very fiery results Exchange
Her Willingness
You must have been dreaming of
some one proposing to you last night
Laura
How is that
Why I heard you for a whole quar
ter of an hour crying out TiTes File
gende Blatter
Natural
Proud Father My child is only a
month old and he cries for Uie moon-Proud-
Mother Mine isnt a week old
and he cries for the milky way
Puck
Every age has its problem by solv
ing which humanity is helped forward
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