fcF;cience I
Jffivcntionl
Paper car wheels, made by pressure
from rye straw paper, are usually tn
-oudlUou f'r a sei-oud set of steel
tire after the. first set is worn out by
a run of three hundred thousand miles.
Itadiutu constantly generates beat,
aud Wien lias now shown (bat it may
constantly gem-rate electricity. It
give off both positive and negative
electrons, and the former several hun
dred times as large an the latter uiay
be held back by a sieve of glass or auy
other of a variety of substaueea.
Suggestive at least are the conclu
aioD of Hon. It J. Strutt, of Bath,
England. Helium which Kir William
Um say baa found to be slowly given
off by radium exists In the gases of
the city's largest hot mineral apring,
and at a teat of the deposits iu the
apring baa revealed a small propor
tion of radium. It is believed that
these subatances are brought up from
a large deposit of radium deep In the
earth.
All admirera a well as cultivator
of carnations are much concerned
about a new disease that the Depart
ment of Agriculture lias recently de
tected affecting these planta In the
District of Columbia and Pennsylva
nia. The disease la manifested by the
appearance of ringed spots on the
leaves and sterna. The 'oU are
abown by ' the microscope filled with
bacteria, which are different from the
mlcro-orguulsins canning previously
known diseases In carnations. A care
ful atudy of the new disease Is under
way.
The German government la devel
oping a plan to have its customs offi
cials Instructed In chemistry, physics
and mechanical technology. At the
most Important custom houses In every
province of the empire there la to
be established a lnloratory and a
library of technical Iwoka for the use
of the customs otllclals. The officers
of high rank are to Instruct the minor
officials, and will themselves be train
ed In a great laboratory which" It Is
proposed to erect In Berlin in connec
tion with the chief customs ofllce.
Teachers for tills Institution will be
drawn from the staffs of professors in
technical colleges.
The Bureau of Forestry Otitis that
sugar culture, the greatest Industry of
tht Hawaiian Islands, depends upon
if preservation of the native forests.
s are mainly confined to the
t... east and northeast sides of the
mountains, and they conserve the wa
ter that Is needed to Irrigate the dry
plains where the sugar plantations ex
ist. The value of these forests con
sists not In the triM-a, which are fre
quently low, crooked and sparsely scat
tered, but In the Impenetrable under
growth, composed of vines, ferus and
mosses, and so thick that It holds
waW like a sponge. This undergrowth
Is, however, very delicate, and cattle
and goats quickly destroy It. It Is
proposed to save the forests by fenc
ing. Condensed Into a few words, these
are the "Modern Views of Matter," as
eipounded by Hir Oliver I-odge: "Klec
trlclty Is a substance, the only kind of
substance, nnd all matter Is merely
an accumulation of electric diaries.
It appears probable that these electric
charges an; all of exactly the same
mount, although some are positive
and some negative, nnd that the atoms
of the chemical elements are formed
by varying numbers and arrangements
of these charges, or electrons. There
are about seven hundred electrons,
350 positive aud 8fi0 negative, In the
hydrogen atom, which has been so
long regarded as the final and Indi
visible unit of matter; there must be
about sixteen times as many In an
Oiygen atom; and about 2.V5 times as
many, say 1'AXK), !n a rsrttnm atom,
the heaviest known.
HERE'S A HOMILY ON HUNTING.
Called Forth tr "t Young Stag
at the at ik t.
"Far be ft from inc." remarked the
Ooarse, Brutal Man, "to attempt to
bring the blush of self-reproach to the
bronzed cheek of our mighty Nlihrods,
high and low, particularly a tnls SPa'
son of the year; but, walking dowp
the etreet a couplo of mornings ago I
taw a dead young stag hanging head
downward in front of a market. store,
and It didn't look to me Ilk as If that
young stag belonged there at all, with
II of the life gone out of blm, and
his nice, honest, on-the-levcl brown
eye closed for good and all. and him
triced op there In front of a butcher's
back. I stood off and looked at the
clean young chap for a long while, and
the longer I looked lilm over tbo more
It puzzled me to understand how any
civilized man could have It in his heart
to kill fellow like that I wouldn't
do It, Itoy, for a five thousand dollar
note, and I need the money at' that,
and I'm uo more of a slpw muslc-on-tho-K-strlng,
out-ln-the-snow, sentimen
tal Clarissa Harlowc than my neigh
bors, either. I couldn't help but think,
I stood leaning against an awning
pole, feeling soft o' sorry and gtilpy
bout that young stag, that no man
with the right kind of gravies of kind
liness In his system would do a thing
like that, cither In the name of 'sport
or commerce. The man who can let
n unsuspecting deer, or elk, or, b'gee,
eren a bull moose any wood roving,
Inoffensive horned beast come 'down
the wind' on him, with nary care In
life, and looking with Interested curi
osity around him any man that can
tuff a bullet Into gun and poke that
bullet Into the heart of such an ani
mal, that's minding hJa own business.
and only asking for a chance to roam
uumolested aud free under God's blue
t-ky, is suffering from a kind of ossifi
cation of the heart and gizzard that I
wouldn't have all tne for a hull lot of
minted money.
"There isn't anything much more
square or honest or trustful in this
world than the look that a deer gives
you out of his two cyeti, and that's a
fact. He Isn't looking for the worst
of it, unless he's been hunted before.
To bis view you're Just something alive
that's moving around under the blue
dome of heaven nine as be Is, and his
cleau nostrils crinkle as he sniffs curi
ously and probably wonders why you
haven't got four legs. Just like he baa.
He Isn't trying to butt Into and inter
fere with civilization. He's sticking to
the environment in which be found
himself when he on me Into the world.
He Isn't bothering anybody. And to
plug a chap like that, so honest and
four-square to all the winds as he la,
and cut a gash in bis neck when be
falls in his tracks, seems to me to be
about as low-down and ornery a piece
of work as a white man could do. I've
bad a hull lot of preeuiug chumps take
me into their libraries or smoking
rooms and. pointing to antlers stuck
up above the lintels of their doors,
perkily, aud with a foolish sort of
vanity, say to me, 'I killed that fellow
myself,' but I've never had a man say
a thing like that to me that I didu't
feel like replying, 'Yes, you abject ass,
and If you got your deserts you'd have
about a thousand years In purgatory
for It.' "Washington Post
CLIMATE IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Health on the Islands Vfjmtf
the Veeldeot.
Secretary Taft has surfed I
the newspapers can "help ''
can government In the Philippines by
denying the lies circulated about the
terrible climate there." In this good
work we gladly offer our co-operation.
The climate of the Philippines Is not
at all terrible. Many people live there
all the year round. As a climate the
Philippine article has much to recom
mend it. The resident or lsitor has
no uneasiness regarding his raiment.
He does not go to business In a linen
"duster" and curse himself on his way
home for not having carried an ulster.
In its reliability the Phlllppiue cli
mate is endlessly the superior of our
American brand. The absence of snow
nnd'frost Is not necessarily a proof of
either uncomfortable orunwbolcsome
conditions. On the contrary, from time
immemorial the great majority of
world dwellers have been lesident ir
either tropical or subtropical regions,
and many have lived to u ripe old ago.
Health in the Philippines, lu Cuba,
in Porto Hleo and In all-other similar
regions, burring those having vast
ureas of low-lying and ' inisasmatlc
mnrsh lands, depends primarily upon
the resident, upon bis ability und read
Iness to adjust himself and his habits
to his environment The same law
holds In New York city with equal
force. Id no place on eartb may na
ture's laws be violated or Ignored with
Impunity. Due obedience to those
laws In the Philippines or elsewhere,
will Insure a corresponding degree of
health, comfort nnd longevliy. Those
to whom hot weather brings real phy
sical suffering, and there are such, will
tlo well to avoid the tropics or the edge
of them. Itut there are many who find
cold weather a cause of suffering nnd
who find real delight in a mean tem
perature of 83 degrees. The question
of heat and cold Is largely a matter of
indhldual preference.
So far as salubrity Is concerned.
Secretary Tuft Is entirely right and
Justified lu, decrying any attempt to
malign the clirnute of our Philippine
possessions. Those who have the de
sire to participate lu the economic
development of the Islands may go
there entirely fearless of any climate
terrors, providing they will carry with
thein a jnodlcum of common sense.
New York Sun.
The Good Guelph Name.
Yankees, who are good at guessing,
are nevertheless puzzled to know why
the Englishman whose name Is Lygon
stiouid call himseif ricagciiaiiip. II
might reasonably be supposed that
English people could straighten out the
tangle of titles and family names, yet
Sir Francis C. Burnand shows In his
recently published "Kemlnlscences"
that such is not always the case.
On one occasion, when the late
Duke of Edinburgh was having tea
with Sir Arthur Sullivan and his moth
er, Mrs. Sullivan said to their guest
"Sir, there Is one thing I do not un
derstand. Your family- name Is
Guelph. I believe?"
"My dear mother " began Sirlir-
thur, remonstratingly.
"But It Is, isn't It?" the excellent old
lady persisted.
"Certainly," said the duke, much
amused. "What's the matter with
that name, Mrs. Sullivan?"
"Oh, nothing," she replied, musing
ly, "only I can't understand why you
don't call yourself by your proper
name."
Sir Arthur tried to explain to her
but the duke would not allow It.
"There's nothing to be ashamed of In
the name of Guelph, Mrs. Sullivan," he
remarked, gravely.
"That's vxoctly what I say," snld
Mrs. SulllvaoT '"Nothing whatever us
far as I know yet you don't use It!"
In ilio Vernacular.
Customer Glinmo a cup of choco
late with plenty of whipped cream.
Boston waitress (shouting back to
the kitchen) Chocolate solitaire In a
nlentltudlnous settlng of chastised
lacteal fluid! Philadelphia Press.
: M
Lou or marriages can ror rcuanex
peditloni from the bride's father later
on.
SENSATIONS IN LOST LIMBS.
How Affection of Nerve Have Sur
prised and Aanojed
Men who have arms or legs ampu
tated are discussing the sensations ex
perienced by men who have lost aa
arm or a leg, says the Chicago Inter
Ocesu. There is a special appropriate
ness in this because the matter is
largely one of experience or hallucina
tion. Id the first year after the close of
the civil war the government distribut
ed to discharged soldiers 7.0UO artific
ial limbs. This represented probably
less than one half of the men who lost
either au arm or leg. As most vt
these amputations were hastily per
formed. It is not strange that nerves
were not aa well taken care of as in
Uiese modern days.
But whatever the cause, men who
suffered amputation had some truiig
and trying experiences. For example,
an otllcer who never had hud u hal
luciuatlon in his life was ut time! tor
meuted with an itching on the bottom
of the foot that had been cut off. The
sensation was Just as if the fot had
been there and the victim bad to ts-ul
the itching beyond his reutb.
A lawyer who had lost a leg. whe
came some years ago to practice in
the Chicago courts, at times would
jump alKiut on his one ley. excited
and vexed because he felt something
between the toes of his light fsit
which bad been taken off In the see
ond year of the war. A genera! otlicer
who twenty years ago was active in
political cumpaigns would occasional
ly, In the midst of a speech, kick out
viciously with his cork leg. At such
times he had the feeling that the foot
on that lejt was "asleep." and h
kicked to start the circulation.
In another case a man who had lost
an arm had the sensation of Itching
between the fingers of the missing
hand. He explained to a surgeon, and
a new operation relieved him. A mun
who occasionally experienced a shari
pnln In the big toe of a missing foot
was relieved by a skillful but simple
operation.
Not a few surgeons in the civil war
aughed at what they culled the whim
sles and hallucination of men who com
plained of queer sensations in nmpu
tated limbs. These surgeons Insiste.:
that ever since limbs hud been uin
putated those who had lost arms an
legs had told strange stories of their
sensations. These affected the Imagi
nation, they contented, of men who
lost limbs in the war, and the more
the mind dwelt on the sensation Uie
mora definite it became.
There were also many wounded who
were superstitious and given to fan
tastic notions to which they ellmj
tenaciously. Therefore the soldier who
complained of itching toes on a foot
that hud been shot off received little
sympathy. In later years, however,
such cases have received more atten
tion. Instead of laughing at the suf
ferer, the modern surgeon studies t
relieve, and In most cases is success
ful.
LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY.
Thl I the Most I-nconraninir for
Hearlnner It Give Kcsalt.
The most encouraging out-of-doot
subjects for the beginner ure lund
scapes, so we shall speak of these first
The most Important point In the pho
togniphlng of a landscape Is the selec
tion of it; the. choosing of a bit ol
scenery which, when translated to
black and white, will form un Inter
esting picture. You must always beat
In mind that the beautiful colors whicl)
you see In nuture and upon the ground
glass will not be present In the photo
graph, which must rely for Ms beauty
upon form nud light and shade. When
you wish to photograph a landscape,
take plenty of time to think about It
After you bave chosen your subject,
determine the point of greatest Inter
est, aud then decide whether the pic
ture will look best with this point
directly In the center, to one side, or
toward the top or bottom.
If you live near the spot you intend
to photograph, it will pay you to notice
nt what time of year It is most beauti
ful. Some landscapes look very com
monplace in summer, but make stun
ning pictures when half burled in the
snow. Waterfalls often look best In
early spring, because there is a greater
volume of water pouring over them
at that time than at any other.
A most interesting series of pictures
may be made by choosing a Ixoautif nl
bit of landscape and photographing it
from the same point at frequent Inter
vals throughout the year. The first
picture,' we will soy, Is taken when
the ground and trees are covered with
snow; the second when most of the
snow is melted, and the rest lies lu
patches here and there; the third when
the fields are flooded with rains. After
these would come pictures showing
the trees in bud. In leaf, In blossom,
with fruit, and later dismantled with
the frosts of . autumn. Philadelphia
Reco! d.
Appetite ol' Itnsslan Giant.
The Russian giant Maehnow Is su
ing Showman Sedelineyer for stnrvlnj
him. The latter alleges that he sup
plied the giant every day for breakfasi
with two quarts of ten, a pound of bu'.
ter, ch(se and eight rolls; for dliuiei
live plates of broth, four pounds ol
meat and several pounds ot potatoes
and for supper two quarts of coffee,
o pound of bacon and four pounds of
black bread, The giant was hungry
nevertheless.
Civilization - Is making such rapid
strides that some dny we will hear of
a missionary getting cooked In a
chafing dish.
Those riding in carriages are not at
happy and comfortable as those on foot
think they are.
I H 4 I
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I FAVORITES
t H H I I I I 1 I I I I I I I i -H-H-H-4-i-
Tfae Beeper end the Flower.
ft pre is a Reaper whose name is Death,
Aud, with his kickle keen.
He re"p the bearded graiu at a breath,
Am. the flowers that grow between.
Shall I bave naught that Is fair?" saith
be;
"Have naught but the bearded grain?
Though the breath of these flowers is
sweet to me,
I will give them all back again."
tie giiied at the flowers with tearful
eyes.
He kiss'd their drooping leaves;
It was for the Lord of Paradise,
II bound them in his sheaves.
"My Lord has need of these floweret
The Reaper said, snd smiled;
"Dear tokens of the enrth are they,
Where he wis once a child.
TLey shall all bloom in the field of
':ght.
Transplanted by my rare,
And saints, upon their garments white.
These sacred blossoms weir."
And the mother gave, in tears and pain,
The flowers she most did love;
She knew she should find them all again,
Io the field of light above.
O, uot in cruelty, not in wrath,
The Reaper came that day;
Twas an angel visited the green earth,
And took the flowers away.
Henry W. Longfellow.
Tea Keck the Heert.
Take back the heart that thou givest;
What !s my anguish to thee?
Take back the freedom thou eraveat,
Leaving the fetters to me.
Tuke back the vows thou hast spoken,
Fling them aside and be free;
Smile o'er each pitiful tokeu,
Ieaving the sorrow for ine.
Prink deep of life's fond illusion,
(Jiize on the storm-clouds and flee
Swiftly through strife and confusion.
Leaving the burden to nie.
Then when at last overtaken,
Time flings its fetters o'er thee,
Come, with a trust still unshaken,
Come back a captive to me.
Come back, in sadness or sorrow,
Once more my darling to be;
Conic as of old, love, to borrow,
(Uiinpses of sunlight from me.
Love shall resume her dominion
Striving uo more to be free.
When on her world-weary pinion
Flies back my lost love to me.
ClaribeL
TREED BY A MANIAC.
Lineman Had a Telephone with Htm
and That Kaved Hi Life.
"We all meet with strange adven
tures in this world, I guess," said an
old lineman, "but I think 1 had an ex
perience that beats many a one. While
engaged with the Bell Telephone Com
pany I was sent out one day to find
the trouble between the office and the
insane hospital at Indianapolis. 'Shoot
ing trouble' is what we call it. I fol
lowed the line all tho way out, and
found the dilliculty luy between a
40-foot pole and the phone in the
men's building.
"An attendant escorted me from
place to place, but while I was in
the hall examining the telephone he
was called away. I was busy with
mj work when a band was laid on
my shoulder aud a voice at my elbow
said:
" 'Say, Is that the safe where you
put my money?'
"Astonished, I looked up and Into
the face of ah elderly man, who look
ed every Inch the gentleman, being
neatly and carefully dressed. For a
moment I was too much surprised to
answer, for his appearance at first be
lled the inference I drew from his
question, but closer observation re
vealed an unnatural expression in his
eyes; so, remembering where I was,
I knew he was a maniac. Thinking
to humor h!.'i!, I said:
"'Yes, I put It there; it is a good
place for it.'
"Quick as a flash he caught up a
'heavy stool that was standing near
and brought it down with all big
might on the telephone, crushing It.
'"(jive it to me, quick quick!' he
gasped, but I didn't stop to give him
anything, but Just started on a run for
the door and there met the attendant,
who soon quieted the poor fellow and
led him away.
"I had to make another trip to the
city for another telephone, and as it
was late by this time 1 didn't go back
luntll the next day. When I got there
tl found several 'trusties' guarded by
their keepers working In the garden.
I saw my friend of the day before
busy with a large knife topping tur
nips. He glanced up at me, and I
saw a quick, angry gleam shoot into
his eyes.
"I had to climb a tree in an isolated
part of the yard to unfasten a wire
that had In some way caught on a
limb. I connected my test set nnd
called tip the wire chief and explained
the case to him, so with the work I
had done and talking to him twenty
minutes must have passed. I started
to get down, and when I reached the
lower limb looked for n place to drop,
But I didn't drop, for there, standing
at the foot of Ilio tree, stood my crazy
man, the knife still In his hand.
"'Como down!' bn yelled. 'I know
you. Yon are the man that stole my
five thousand. Jlve It tip to me or I
will kill j' on, you thief! Come down or
I will como up there and cut your
heart out!'
"Bnt I didn't come. I scrambled
higher and yelled for help, though
none came.
"The maniac found a heavy board
near, and, placing it against the tree,
started to climb up but in his burr
and excitement be did not place it
securely, and when he was about half
way up it slipped and he went sprawl
ing to the ground. lie got on his feet
and tried it once more. Again and
again the tried it, but it would slip
and throw him. Several times, bow-
ever, he came within an inch of reach- j
iiig the lower limb, from which he
could have easily climbed up to where
I was.
"About this time another inmate
came sauntering along and at once
took a hand in the game and held the
plank for my friend, who soon made
good headway, and I saw in a few
moments he would reach me.
"I yelled again, but no one came.
At that Instant an Idea flashed into
my brain. I quickly attached the test
set and railed the wire chief at the
office.
' 'For heaven's sake, call up the
insane hospital and tell them to send
help to me, or I am a dead man.
There are two lunatics after me, and
one of them Is coming up the tree
with a knife a foot long. Hurry,
hurry, for God's sake!
"With surprised exclamation be
rut me out I looked down ana
found the man was In the tree and
was coming toward me, snarling like
wildcat
'Closer he came, until he was Just
below me when he seated himself on
a large limb and flourishing the knife.
yelled:
"'Look at this. Ain't it a beaut?
Won't It cut you, though? It is
sharp, sharp. I will cut you up like
a steak.'
"He started toward me, and had one
hand on my foot, and I had Just
raised the other to kick him, when
several keepers rushed up. Two of
tbem climbed the tree, and Just as be
rai d the knife to strike they reached
him and threw a rope around him. So
intent was he on going for me that he
did not see them, and was easily
taken.
"It Is safe to say that whenever
there was work to be done out there 1
didn't go." Cincinnati Enquirer.
OKI-Time Troubles
HI health Is a bad thing at any time,
but a hnudred and fifty years ago It
was made more terrible by the reme
dies in use. Blood-letting, of course,
was a simple affair. A writer in Mac
mlllan's Magazine says that everybody
was bled twice a year, in the spring
and autumn. The barbers were the
surgeons, and, like wise men, adapted
their prices to their patients.
A gentleman who so Indulged him
self as to go .to bed to be bled was
charged half a crown, and his fine
lady half a sovereign. Certain days
were unlucky for blood-letting, and
nothing would induce the barbers to
operate on these occasions. Serious dls
eases seem to bave been beyond the
medical skill of the day. Villages and
towns simply drove out the Infected
from their midst.
Among remedies herbs, of course
played a great part. 'For salves," runs
an old note-book which had great
vogue, "the country parson's wife
seeks not the city, and prefers her
garden and fields before all outlandish
gums." Sage was held a very great
medicine; It was even asked, in Latin,
"Why should any one die who has
sage In his garden?" If any one had
a disease of the mouth, the Eighth
Tsalm should be read for Uiree days,
seven times on each day. As a remedy
It was "sovereign."
For insanity or fits whipping was
prescribed. Little wonder that mortal
ltv was great. In old days In Wesser,
England, persons with lufectlous dis
eases were confined in the lockup, and
whipping was deemed too good for
them. Should the sick be loud in la
ment, the watchman kept them quiet
by this popular discipline, and one
town has unon Its records, Paid l
Hawkins for whlpim' two people that
had the smallpox, eightpence."
Fortunately, the spirit of this age is
different from that.
How a Chinaman Makes TopoTers.
The value of a recipe lies partly in
its being accurately set down and fol
lowed. Here are the directions for
making a breakfast delicacy called
popovers, as they were Imparted by
the Chinese servant to a lady visiting
in the family:
"You takee him one egg," said the
master of the kitchen, "one lit' cup
milk; you fixee him one cup flou' on
sieve, take plnchee salt you not put
him in lump. You move blm egg lit'
bit slow, you put him milk in, all time
movee. You make him flou' go In, not
movee fast, so have no spots. Makee
but'led pan all same wa'm, not too
hot. Futlee him in oven. Now you
mind you bllsness. No likee woman
run look at him all time. Him done all
samee time biscuit."
Willing to lit! Obliging.
"You will never leave this house
until you pay what you owe me!"
shouted the irate landlord.
"All right," said the boarder; "Just
put that In writ ing and I'll sign it."
New York Sun.
levoiel lo His Art.
Slio You say you nre devoted to
art. What is tho particular art that
you love best?
He Thou art. Kansas City Jour
nal. Not a H 1 si fi .lump.
"I hear Sptlngley has Jumped his
bail."
"Yes, but It wasn't very hlsh." -Detroit
Free Press.
Men never object to being overrated
except by the assessor.
"Merely Mary Ann," Mr. ZangwlU'a
now famous novelette, has been pub
lished in a large edition in paper
covers.
Houghton, Miifin eV Co. report that
two editions of "The Oligarchy of Van
lee," by Mayor MeClellan, were called
for in advance of publication.
Herbert B. Turner & Co. are prepaft
ing a novel by John Wesley Johnatotv
entitled "Paul Bedford of the Hoaaa
of llilltrum." It is a story of financa.
love and travel.
The author of "Rock of Agea"
Augustus Montagu Toplady died hi
August, J 778, but not until a tww
weeks ago was a memorial placed la
the parish church of Fareham, where
be was born.
Beauty Through Health" will ba
the title of the book which Dr. Emma
E. Walker is engaged upon." It will
appear In the Woman's Home Library,
edited by Mrs. Margaret B. gangster
for A. S. Barnes & Co.
A revival of Interest In Shelley has
been noted In this country and in Eng
land. To meet this revival there la
soon to be brought out a reprint of
the account of Shelley's experience
at Oxford, which forms some chapter
of T. J. Hogg's book about the poet
The last chapter has been written
in the life of "Loveliness," the little
silver Yorkshire dog whose story, in
Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward's
book by that title made such a stir
in antivlvisection circles a few years
ago. Mrs. Ward now has a new dog,
which she calls Fay.
Henry Harland, the author of many
graceful romances, claims the unique
privilege of choosing his own birth
place. "Who's Who" says he waa
born In St. Petersburg, Russia, and
the legal records have it that lie was
born in Brooklyn, but Mr. Ilurluud
votes for Norwich, Conn., "because ha
likes the place." So let it stand that
Mr. Harland was born in Norwich,
Conn., in J8G1.
William Morris once heard one of
his poems read by a famous elocution
ist, says W. B. Yeats, the Irish poet.
The reader was carefully obliterating
all the original rhythm in order to glva
what he conceived to be the proper ex
pression, Mr. Morris sat in uneasy
silence for some moments, but at last
he could stand it no longer. "Young
man," he exclaimed, "It cost me a
great deal of trouble to put that Into
verse! I wish you would read It t It
Is written."
A very good idea of Japanese char
acter and life mny be had from Laf
cadio Hearn's volume entitled "Ko
koro," which, as its title signifies, goea
to the heart of things. One chapter
gives a vivid description of the condi
tions in Japan during the war with
China the intense patriotism, the
calm feeling of national strength. The
announcement of each victory resulted
in an enormous manufacture and sala
of rude colored prints and lugenloua
mechanical toys burlesquing the Chi
nese. The statement frequently appear la
the press that George William Curtia
was editor of Harper's Magazine. Thia
is not true, though Mr. Curtis for years
conducted the "Editor's Easy Chair."
As a matter of history, Harper's Maga
zine has had but three editors sine
Its inception in 1850. The first editor
was Henry J. Raymond, who founded
the New York Times one year after
ward. He was succeeded by Dr. Al
fred H. Guernsey, and Dr. Guernsey
by Henry Mills Alden, author of "God
lu Ills World" and "A Study of
Death." Mr. Alden has occupied the
editorial chair of tho magazine for
about thirty-five years. Before going
to the Harpers he had taught, and had
written editorials for the New York
Evening Post and Times. He was first
associated with tne Harpers as editor
of their "Pictorial History of the Civil
War," and later was offered an editor
ial position on the weekly. Fletcher
Harper, who edited the weekly, said
to Mr. Alden, then a young man of
20, "Do you think you could manage
the weekly?" And Mr. Alden replied,
with modesty and tact, "I think I
could help you do it." He helped so
efficiently that bIx years later he waa
made editor of Harper's Magazine. It
is Interesting to record that the first
manuscript he read in bis new capacity
was a short story by Louise Chandler
Moulton.
Confession Postponed.
Here is the way a Benton County
man confessed at a revival: He nad
been pressed to repent, and Anally got
up and said: "Dear friends, I feel tho
spirit moving in me to talk and tell
what a bad man I have been, but I
can't do It while the grand Jury Is In
session." "The Lord will forgive,"
shouted the preacher. "I guess that'
right," said the penitent, "but He nln't
on the grand Jury." Warronsburg
(Mo.) Journal.
Literally True.
"Why, she told mo she had a good
Job In a candy store."
"So she did, but she literally ate her
head off."
"How was that?"
"She ate so much candy the boss
fired her." Philadelphia Pre.is.
Product of Meal and Grain.
Since 18M) the world's production of
meat bus Increased 07 per cent and
grain 420 per cent.
