DAivOAA CITY JlEltALD
JOHN H. REAM, Publisher.
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DISFIGURING THE LANDSCAPE.
An agricultural papor makes a
strong protest against tho too com
mon pracf.co In tho rural districts or
"disfiguring fences, barns and other
buildings, trees, etc., with glaring
signs," Thero might havo bocn in
cluded In thu list of great sprawling
billboards which aru to bo seen along
railways and highways at frequent In
tervals, snys tho Loulsvlllo Courier
Journal. A largo amount of pictur
esque scenery In marred In this way.
Nothing la sacred to tho cntorprUIng
advortleor who Is Interested in keep
ing his wares heforo tho public cyo.
St requires tho consent of tho prop
erty ownors to dlsflguro buildings and
jbeautlful landscapes In this way, but
as somo farmers and landowners find
it to bo a Eonrco of somo small rev
enue, they aro moro than willing to
ipermlt tho ndvcrtlsor to work his will
1n such matters. But tho farmer gets
ivery Uttlo money out of tho transac
tion, and only succeeds In detracting
from tho appearanco of his property.
There aro many farmers who do not
rcallzo that thero Is a money vnluo to
them In keeping their farms and build
ings In good order. A good beginning
In that direction Is by keeping tho
premises clear of thlng3 which aro
likely to bo distasteful to passersby.
Tho uso of tho automobllo has In
creased with great rapidity, nnd It hns
been Inevitable that with tho In
crease in uso thero would bo an In
crease In tho number of accidents,
oven though thero should bo, as a
rulo, an increase in tho care exercised.
Fatalities from horse-drawn vehicles
havo so long been a matter of course
that thoy havo nttractcd less attention
than fatnlltles caused by automobiles,
although until recently tho number of
tho formor has greatly exceeded tho
latter. In, Now York city thUB far this
year tho fatalities rccordod aro 138,
year tho deaths caused by wagons
number 117. Last year, In tho samo
month, wagons caused thn death" of
111 persons, while automobiles kill
ed only 79. It will thus bo seen that
the fatalities can nod by automobiles
In Now York city havo Increased near
ly 100 per cent, whllo tho number
chargeable to wngons wns nearly sta
tionary. ThCBO, howovor, aro tho fig
ures for a densely populated city, and
It is altogcthor probablo that It tho
figures could bo compiled for tho en
tire country thoy would show thnt ac
cidents to homo-drawn vehiclos still
outnumber thoso to automobiles, as
was ascertained to bo tho cusu In Eng
land last year.
A youns woman living near Syra
cuso baa just died as tho result of a
"joko." Somcono pulled a chair from
under hor whllo she waB out In com
pany, "thero wns a gcnoral laugh, In
which she joined to hldo hor pain,"
and she died of peritonitis at a hos
pital four days afterward. Next July
thero will bo a chanco for somo of
her humorous friends to set a cannon
cracker under somebody's chair, says
tho Buffalo lixprcsa. It is guod to
havo minds that sue tho pleasant side
of lifo In that way.
"Thero never can bo any real and
lasting peaco In this country until
world's championship baseball gamoi
bavo beon eliminated from the sport
ing calendar," Hays tho Chicago Trib
une Tho contomporary seems din
posed to adopt tho traditional method
of pacification, namely: Creating a
desert and calling it peaco.
It is now said that steamboats and
trains spread disease Hut this in na
sniiBo lifts thu ruHponslbtlity for tha
anrao Ill-doing from tho houso fly and
the mosquito. -
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N tho left, Just pas
tho won tho r hen'i
tinat ntirl nnt innn
It is considered wothy of noto that A
a laborer with $u0,'JQ0 contlnuod to
labor at two dollars a day. Ho might
juBt as well havo blown It acquiring
a hoadacho.
Counterfeiting lino decreased m this
counUy during tho past year, accord
ing to pollco reports. Tho gang
must bo working on thoso now $1,000
bills.
Los Angeles has oponed a school
whore girls aro taught dressing as a
fine art. If thoy.woro taught dress
ing a u culliiury art, there might bo
Eome good accomplished.
Tho Parbi Matin tells us that tho
man who understands women Is novor
desired of them. Uut this disability
will not handicap most men of uvor
ago Intelligence
Av woman has just died from blood
(poisoning, duo to Btlcking her hat
pin Into her head. Usually some olio
besides the user of tho pin has bean
tho victim.
' Aviators in Oennany aro paid $37
a month that and death accounting
(or the scarcity of German aviators.
Chicago has a school for brldos, but
all graduates aro not guaranteed a
position.
One iaibton authority baa It that
women ar to weaj socks; another
that thoy aro to wear larger stockings.
And Christmas not Zar oft
tho left, Just past
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nest, and not moro
than two steps from tho
box whoro they keep tho
cuckoo. there la tho long
bed whero rosea bloom all
tho year round And they
grow llko this so that
Columbine may always
have one to stick In her
hair, and that odd, mock
ing, noft-hcartod cynic Pier-
Columbine. rot may cull one now and
ng'iln to twiddle between his teeth
If you know th way, and tho Choshlro cat will
lot you, you walk down the gard'Mi path, past tho
butterfly limn, and arrivo at the neatest Uttlo
cottage In Olympus.
Now this Is the dwelling place of tho Harlo
quln set Harlequin, Columbine, Clown and Pan
t'lluuii. It la one cottago in a little colony on
tii lower blopcs of Mount Olympus (whero thu
hgh gods dwoll; Jupiter and tho like), and Is
most Important because It contains tho oldest
Inhabitants.
The Clerk of tho Wpathor Uvea a Uttlo higher
up Tho Four QucenB nnd Kings Uvo In a squaro
of pagoda-llko houses, and aro waited upon by tho
Knaves. Plorrot and Plerrotto llvo In romnntlc
seclusion by a pool In a tumblodown placo cov
ered with bluo roses. And away behind tho
Holds of stars whero tho Hocks of clouda grazo,
thero Is anothor vlllago whero tho 8ovon Prin
cesses live, and tho Third Son and nn Ogre, nnd
a Talking Hahblt, and all thoso peculiar and
beautiful people who aro entangled in our minds
with tho memories of night nurseries, nnd tho
beent of our mothers who bent over us In won
derful toilettes, and told uu to go to sleep, or
they'd bo lato for dinner.
When it gets to bo about Christmas thero Is
a tort of aroma of oxcltoment on tho lower slopos
of Olympus, and, especially In tho house wlloro
Harlequin Uvc3 a delicious seiiBO of something
exciting happening.
Columbine opens the lid of tho well that looks
down onto thn world, and thero comes up a mur
mur of children's voices, and you can henr tho
quaintest things being Bald about tho hanging
up of blockings, nnd about Santa
Ctaus and fits llkoly width of chim
neys, nnd tho running power of
reindeer. And thero is a tremendous
rustl( of colored paper, and a great
run on almonds and raisins, and
quite respectable citizens stand In
front of shop windows gazing nt
dolls and dolls gnzo back at them,
ro that tho citizens go back forty
years at a rush, and tho rush Is f,o
great Bomotlmi'B that thoy got tears
In their eyes; for memory In quick
er thnn motor cars, and tho road It
travola Is often dark and broken.
Ro Columbine leaves tho top of
tho well open all day and nil night,
nnd all tho people In hor cottago
sloop with their windows open, so
that tho sweetly ladon nlr comes up
and gives thorn wonderful dreams
It dous moro than that. It waves
the branches of th Christmas tree
that grows at tho bottom of tho
garden, near tho sausage framus,
and very soon candles begin to bud
on. Its branches.
-, JCow when (lie candles begin to
got ripo, which huppuim nt tho'fiamo
tlmo' that geoso and turkoys hang
In rows In shops and grow rosettes
nil over them, Harlequin takes an
old, oaken plpo from a cupboard un
der tho r.lnlrs, and thoy all nit round
whllo ho puts it to hla llpa and
blows.
As ho plays, dreams coinn to them
of their anclont dayn, for Harlequin
1b first cousin to Mercury, and wears
a black mask to hldo tho light of
his faco when ho vlaltB Columblno,
who is Psycho, tho Soul; tho Clown
Is Momus, tho Spirit or Lnughtor;
nnd Pantaloon in Chfiron, who hnH
thnt grim work of ferrying tho souls
over tho Styx.
Thoro's an odd link of memories
and of things hold nil through tho
centuries, but tho most charming Is
mis: uoiumuino is a llower-llko por
tion, and thero Is a (lower called Columblno, and
It Is bo cnllod becuuBo It Is liko four dovoa'wlth
outspread wlngB, nnd the Fronch dovo Is Colombo,
and tho dovo Is tho (symbol of the. soul. So tho
world Is never allowed to forgot beautiful things,
even If the burden of history Is borno on the
bark of a flower. And tho god-like glow and glit
ter of Mercury's limbs still bIiowb In tho glisten
lug sequins on Harlequin's clothos, pnrtl-oolored
as thoy havo always been, to show how he cov
ered his nakedness with rags.
All this, beautified by tho csaonco of Time, llko
things put away In a cedar chest, comes bnok
when Harlequin blows on his plpo that air tho
bliuphoidb lonrnt m urecca from ran.
The next night Clown will take out another
kind of plpo, a long churchw anion of whlto clay,
and fill It with tobneco, and then as the fragrant
clouds loll up into tho larters, memories comu
of all tho great people of tho nnrleqnlnndes thoy
play down in tho woild, all Inspired by them, and
thoy bco tho flguro of Tnrlaton, who was the first
clown, and invented tho very clothes they now
wear, hand In hnnd with Grimnldl, that great
clown. And they Hoom (o soo all tho great Italian
Hnrlequins, and tho dainty Fronch Columbines,
nnd tho old dandloa of fifteenth century Venice
whoso clothes Pantaloon wears.
Do you know that oldorly gontlomen In tho
World smell that mnglo tobacco, or something
llko It, and thoy forget their paunches, or their
bald heads, and they sit and dream of tho ttmo
thoy wont to their flmt pantomlmo? Wns It
"Clndorolla," or "Beauty and tho Boast"? Or was
It that splendid thing
"Mother Goose," or that en
trancing production "Tho
Yellow Dwarf"?
Such things aro conjured
up by Juat that ono plpo of
tobacco Bmokod In tho cot
tage on Olympus, and on
that night a gentlo breozo
blows up through tho well,
laden with the poignant,
etomal momorles of child
hood, nnd tho candles on
tho Christmas troo aro
all ready to bo lighted. They aro so ready that
when Pantaloon looks out of his window heforo
making up his faco for the day he sees that
the candles havo burst Into llamo-flowcrs In tho
night.
Then Columblno takes out a pipe, nnd she puts
somo magic soap Into nectar and stirs It round
with tho bowl of the plpo until frothy suds ap
pear. And then alio blows bubbles that tloat up
and out of tho window until they reach tho
Christmas treo, when they turn into great, glit
tering glass bulls, all sorja of colors, and show
pictures of tho world all colored and shining.
The children In tho World look up and think
thoy bco Harlequin and Columblno floating down
ns gently as feathers, but thoy don't say so be
causo their elders would only tell them It wn3
the clouds. Hut it Is Harlequin and Columbine,
and Pantaloon end Clown follow soon after,
bringing tho
treo with
Now their
each to his
Columblno to
to preparing
that must
this Benson,
easily as a
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must buy the
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wealth of tho
Pantaloon to
stirring up old memories In dull people, bo that
uncles must remember all their nephows in re
membering when they were nephews themselves,
and had a peculiar hunger at Christmas.
Columblno Is awfully practical. Her sentiment
extends from tho Joy of watching tho making of
baby-clothes to tho pleasuro of remembering to
put nlco soap In the spare rooms. It is she who
sees that children got tho right presents, and
when thoy don't It Is not hor fault, but tho fault
of somo stupid person In a shop.
It Is sho who suggeyts tho secret delight of
keeping presents hidden at tho bottom of tho
wnrdrobo; and It la sho who Huggests tho secret
delight of peering at children when they aro
asleep.
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Thoro aro Pagan Saints who find Arcadia every
where. Pan pipes as much in tho crowded city
ns on Mount Ida when tho sun Is high. And
Columbine finds roses where tho world sees
thorns; and Harlequin finds magic In motor
'buses j and Pantaloon digs away for pleasant
memories In tho most unlikely places, and finds
them bright and clean, and as good as now.
Thoso half-goda of mine (and yours) como
down nt Christmas to correct tho bilious attltudo
of tho rout
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boo (1b that
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hearts. Thuy
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give a man
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fifty cents
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who s n y a
luess of life
than tho son
hotter hnug
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boo what It
find nothing
I "A woman always blame hor law.
pr when aho losea," a New York at
lorney txclalms. Probably becaui
bVs aacured her she can't lose.
Tae facreUry of the navy drawa
Hlw IUjs at 100 feet when aubmarlnea
a down atnoBK. hjj big fishes.
Pantaloon.
but a holo in it In the morning.
And when It la dark these four quaint figures
flit through tho country, city, town and vlllago
llko conspirators, Harlequin tapping doors mid
windows with his magic wand. "Open, open!"
ho cries to tho Spirit of Christmas. "Let the
rich undo reward his needy nephew, nnd the
unforgiving father his repentant son. Mothors,
forgot to bo Jealous of your elder daughter's
growing beauty. Children, forgot your Hplto and
naughtiness. Lot's bo old-fashioned. Let's ho
Hove In ghosts, I'll toll you ghost-storlos, stories
of yourselves when you were children nnd played
PlratOB on the stairs..
And Clown Maya ns ho tapB on tho doors with
his red hot poker:
"Opon, open, you old grousers! And lot tho
Spirit of Fun come into this house. Homp a bit,
and loso your twoponuy dignity, for pompous
BtlffncBB makes tho gods laugh."
Pantaloon, taking his turn, taps with his walking-stick,
and says;
"Opon, open, and let In tho flood of momorles
of the good old times!
Holly and mistletoe and
robins, and church bells
sounding over tho snow.
And hampers all packed to
bo sent away, and plenty
to oat at home.
And then Columblno
steals up to tho windows,
and taps them with the
rose from her hair, and
sho whispers:
"Onon. onen to ma all
you who havo no children Harlequin,
nnd no friends and no hopo, nnd I will bo th
worm, nestling thing you covet for your frozen
hearts, and you shall feel my soft cheok against
yours till tho tears como and your heart takes
llfo again You shall give Joy to other peoplo's
children. And If you havo no friends who hava
children, nre thero not a thousand, thousand chil
dren who have no friends? Qo to them, and glvo
them all you can, and you will be rewarded al
most moro thnn you enn bear, for thero Is a link
between those who surfer. Aro thero not some
you havo forgotten or neglected? This lonely
man, that lonely woman whom you havo left un
cared for, perhaps for years. Put on your hat
and your coat, and put your heart on your sleeve,
so that all may know your errand." '
To see hor pleading before black, sombre houses
where a thin light shines under a blind; to soe
her faco pressed against tho window of somo big
mansion where a man or a woman sits alone with
hearts llko stone; to see hor tears as sho essays
to melt an nchlryj heart Is to see something so
touching nnd beautiful that ono almost wonders
tho doors nnd windows aro iiot Instantly opened
to admit tho spirit of love sho begs for so piti
fully. "Look at yourselves, Messieurs et Mesdames
Importance, and remember the funny little things
you used to bo when you bit at coral and bells,
and woro bibs, and thought everybody In the
world hnd enough to cat; when you hated to go
to bed early, and crept downstairs In your night
gowns to listen over the bannisters to tho voices
In the dining room; when no Jam for -tea was a
tragedy. And when your mother's knee was tho
throuo of Justico and mercy, for you burled your
head thero with her hand in your
hair, and'forgul to bo afraid of tho
dark."
Columbine has hw own very par
tucular work, and sho calls It in
her mind Secret Delights. She calls
it that because sho delights In mak
ing up odd names for emotions, as,
for Instance, when she pointed out
two lovers to mo ono day in the
spring, who were seated under a
hedge, yellow-flushed with prim
roses; they were holding hands and
looking at the hills beyond Just as
if eome wonderful thing was about
to como over tho hills to tell thorn
what thlr feollngB meant. And tho
peaco was so great and tho moment
so held thnt the World seemed to
havo stopped breathing, and some
thing superhuman to havo poured
out a cup of stillness. And sho
called It Liquid Velvet. A Liquid
Velvet moment. And I understood
It la Columblno who watches that
beautiful comedy of tho newly mar
ried, who steal about their house
hand-In-hand, fearful of waking tho
very now servants, fearful of creak
ing tho boards as they gaze enrap
tured on tho very now furniture,
looking with Joy on tho very now
pots and pans In the kitchen, turn
ing the electric lights up and down
all over the placo to see tho effect
In their new bedioom. And ho has
a dreadful brooch for her hidden
whoro ho keeps his razors; and sho
has knitted him a tie ho will have
to wear. Hut It Is all perfectly
beautiful.
Someone wrote tho other day that
people who read are moro interest
ed, nowadays, In business than In
love, and I'm so sorry for that man.
He Is moro blind than I thought
anybody could be. Duslness may b
tho means to an end, but Lovo Us
tho beginning and tho end. And It
Is Just at this season that Love
makes business: henco the shops full' of glfU
Imaglno a poet writing:
"Cent, per cent, tho moon Is rising,
Watcji the stocks upon the bank;
Rubber shaies aro too surprising,
Speculators are surmising
Who tho deuco they have to thank!"
No ono can get a heartbeat out of that, and
whatever your business man says, ho knows he
getn all tho cood in his llfo out of heartbeats.
So this Christmas Spirit creeps about the world,
mocked at, scorned, but nllve yet. And you who
f.-l thoso things may one night sen this quaint
quartet at work, peihaps for a second at the cor.
nor of your street, perhnpa just vanishing down
the drive, or moving nwiftly down a country
lane And you may say wonderlngly "It is a
cobweb, n moth, and tho branch of a tree, and
tho starlight makes them look like llko some
thing I lemeniber."
Uut I tell you who they nre Harlequin, Colum
blno, Clown nnd Pantaloon. And if you littar a
child's laugh ring out Buddonlv, and It brings a
now, quick emotion, ono of them has conquered
ou!
Tho spirit of Christmas doesn't cling to presents
in proportion to their cost unless yiu aro very
rich; nnd If you are vory rich tho voico of the
Jeweler nnd of ho furrier nnd of tho motor car
mnker will seem to ou as wise as tho word of a
happy poor man, though ho woro n philosopher.
Slmplo and gonuino and glad strlko these notes
nnd tho chlmcB will bo
very melodiously for jou
and for thoso whom you try
to niako happy. And re
member, you can't foign
Christmas without being
caught as -an impostor,
both by your own con
science and by the feel
ings of thoso about you.
Tho vory valuo of Christ
ians la that It puta thu gen
uineness of everybody to an
unerring test.
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Mr. Wllllnm A. Radford will answer
Questions aid plve ndvlco ntCE OP
COST on nil subjects pertaining to the
subject of building, for tho readers of tills
paper. On account of his wldo experience
ns Editor, Author and Manufacturer, ho
Is, without doubt, the highest nuthorlty
on nil these subjects. Address all Inquiries
to William A. Radford, No. 178 West
Jncknon boulevard, ChlcaRo, 111., and only
cncloso two-cent stamp for reply.
Clown.
A stylo of house that Is woll liked
in tho mlddlo west la practically
squaro on the ground, with a cottago
roof and a heavy veranda extending
clear across tho front of tho house.
Generally speaking, thoro Is more
economy in a squaro houso than in
any othor form of building; but much
depends on tho arrangement of tho in
terior. A squaro houso with a hall
way in tho center leaves the four
corners unobstructed nnd frco for tho
laying out of good, squaro, sensible
rooms that may bo lighted from two
sides.
Tho plan hero given Is 29 feet fi
inches in width, and 23 feet deep, ex
clusive of tho veranda; and it is full
two stories high, with nn attic largo
enough to supply all tho necessary
storago room and upper ventilation.
A plan of this slzo gives space
enough for eight rooms, and tho nec
essary stairways, closets, and bath
room. Tho rooms are all fair-sized,
and tho arrangement is senslblo from
bottom to top. It Is a style of house
that looks woll when now, and It will
always look well. It has tho neces
sary height, It la largo enough, and
the proportions nro symmetrical.
Fancy houses are not bo common
as they used to bo. The time was
when a man thought ho must havo
considerable outward embellishment
on a houso, to prove to his friends
and tho public generally that ho had
money to throw away. However, as
people aro becoming better educated,
a change has taken place; so you sel
dom see a lot of fancy outside decora
tions on new houses, and thoy aro
chopping thom off tho old ones.
in England, houses havo tho ap
pearanco of bolng very solid; and
they aro solid, the walls are thick,
and tho timbers aro heavy. Such
own. 'this applies to uuyu us well as
girls. It la n Bhamo the way some
boys aro treated In regard to their
Bleeping accommodations. Thoy nro
put away anywhero, Just so long aa
they aro kept warm Any kind of
room, it would seem, will do for a boy.
Ho la not supposed to hao any bo
longings of his own that any other
member of tho fdmlly is bound to ro
spect. If there Is an old, wornout
rug, an old, tutterod bedstead, and a
discarded buruu with ono leg broken
aud the drawer mills gone, that will
do for tho bo i nd tho boy puts up
with It; but don't you fool yourself
into thinking that he doesn't notlco
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Second Floor Plan.
tho differenco. A boy thinks a eood
deal when ho is not engaged in mak
ing moro noise. Boys don't cry over
such things, or mako any noticeable
demonstration; but they often feel
very keenly without saying a word.
Tho girls In tho family get the nice
bedrooms, tho new lace curtains, and
a nlco, bright rug, with paper on the
wall to match. That is all right
enough; only tno boy shouldn't be
chucked off In the reception room to
sleep on a couch and hunt hla belong
ings In tho morning llko a tramp.
Glvo him this seven by thirteen bed
room if necessary, but fit it up accord
ing to his Hkea and requtrementa.
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houses generally look woll becauso
they ara solid and plain.
The reception room at the right of
tho hall In this houso ia rather un
usual; but tho plan admits of having
It, and it has Its usea. Frequently
there nro callers that you do not care
to entertain In tho parlor. Tho calla
mnde may bo business ones, or tho
occasion mijy bo during a muddy time,
when a second room snves a valuable
rug; or It happens, sometimes, that
frlonds cnll Just at meal tlmo, and
you would rathur not havo them alt
ting In tho living room next to tho
dining room, becauso you llko to havo
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Tho furnituro need not be expensive,
but It should bo sound and useful.
Glvo him a place to put his books, and
another place for hla skates, fishing
rod, dumb-bells, ball clubs, and a
great many other things that are in
teresting to a growing boy Encour
age him to keep them whero they bo
long; but don't keep everlastingly
nagging him when ho forgets, and
don't let his sisters mako his lifo mis
erable because he doesn't llvo up to
their expectations.
In selecting a plan for a house, It
would bo difficult to find anything hot
ter for tho money than this design.
It may bo built In any of tho smaller
cities for from $1,800 to $2,000 without
heating, gas fixtures, electric wiring,
and probably tho final grading. A
groat deal, of course, depends on the
original condition of tho lot, when It
comes to giadlng up after the house
is finished.
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VITAL FACTS ABOUT LIFE
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Cells of Animals and Plant Alike
Proved to De Governed by the
Sams Law.
Pre'oplnain tho literal translation
of which means "tho first mun mado"
" fo tho name given by a Oorman
r"'r(is( In 184S to tho Bhlny granular
i "eid ro"ttiUs of vegetable cells.
' ks 'ik" t'i whlto of an egg and
alt .ud Into four clioinlc.il
elomonts carbon, oxygen, nltrogon
nnd hydrogen. It is now recognized
aa tho fundamental basis for all llfo;
tho smallest partlclo of it goos
through what' is known ns tho cyclo
of llfo free motion, fooling, feeding
nnd reproduction. When In somo un
conBdouB wny It grows a membrane
for a covering, or a Uttlo nucleus, a
kernel Bomowhoro within It science
calls it a coll. Thoso colls are tho
same in plants and animals. Prof.
Jacquos Loob showod tho importanco
of this fact. Although plants, ho ex
plained, havo no norvoua systems,
thoy havo "Instinctive movemonts." In
analysis of Instincts, ho bound togeth
er in tho cell common to thom tho
plant and tho worm at tho root of tho
plaut (as somo day, perhaps, the
treo of life and tho serpent may bo
bound); and ho callod their redox 'no
tions "troplsms." Then ho pointed
out that troplsms aro mechanical acts
that moth and lly and Ivy leaf move,
in splto of themsolveB, In chemical
subjection of light, heat and odors
(which tho scientist calls "emana
tions"), From the Metropolitan.
Awful to Contemplate.
Laying down the volurao of Words
worth, of whom she was an earnest
disciple, tho precocious child turned
to her mother with a sigh. "'If
Heaven Ilea about us in our infancy,'
as tho poet says," sho quorled, "what
will hnppon to us when wo aro grown
up?"Llfo.
First Floor Plan.
the sliding doors open; nnd they
usually aro opon nt meal time, nnd It
is nwkward to cioao them after strang
ers have been shown hi.
Thoro nro, howover, other nnd moro
Important uses for a recoptlon room
of this kind, in most families, thero
aro children of school ago, and they
should havo a room adapted to their
use in tho evening. Thoy noed a
little help with their lessons; and
thoy want a placo to keop their
books, pencils, pads, and papor; and
inbst of thom havo toys or playthings
of somo kind. If you don't provide a
room for thom, you must take thom
into tha parolr, wjioro thoy are sub
ject to all kinds ot interruptions. I
often think that houses aro built mora
for tho ontortalnment of friends than
for tho comfort of tho family. Chil
dren too often are entirely overlook
ed in this respect. Thoy aro toloratod
In tho houso when It is too cold or
stormy outsldo; but at other times the
parents seem more than willing that
they should find tholr amusement anywhere-'
but In tho houso. This is all
wrong and unnecessary, In splto of
the fresh air gospel.
When building, one of tho first du
ties is to provide for the children.
Thoy should bavo bedrooms of their
BIq Difference In Place.
It any had said at tho end of the
last Greek war that tho crown princo
of that country would ever command
Its forces In tho field again he would
have boon laughed at. I remember
waiting on the station platform nt
Larlssa in Thessaly, among n group of
war correspondents, for tho arrival of
tho dladochos, or successor, as ho is
called In Greece, when ho disembark
ed with tho glittering headquarters
staff to tako command. Put I remem
ber my farewell view of him much
bettor. It was after tho last big de
feat of tho Greeks at Domokoa and
their retreat over tho Phourka Pass,
which was not far from a panic. JVo
had got out of tho pell-mell of troops
and flying peasantry, all hopelessly
entangled, and ridden along bypaths
to tho top of tho mountain. Suddenly
wo came across a dismounted escort
nnd In a few minutes reached a flro
blazing in a hollow among tho rocks.
BoBldo It lay tho crown prince, ut
terly worn out, stretchod at full
length upon the ground. Rending
down, closo to us, waa a colonel of
tho staff, anything but glittering,
foverlahly cutting brushwood with his
saber. The Bellman.
Journalism.
Young Reporter- These new col
leges of Journalism will turn out a
great numbor of Journalists, don't you
think?
Old Reporter Sure thing.
Young Reporter- Somo competition
In tho gamo, eh?
Old Reportor Oh, I guess notl
Young Reporter Why?
Old Reporter Well, we shall be.
Just as shy of newspapermen as ovor,
Judge.
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