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WILL NOT MARRY, AND AUS
TRIA IS EXCITED.
The DeoUlon larei the Throne to It
Willed by lllm to llelon! Nephew,
Ron of Arctiiluko Otto Uungarj
Would Object.
According to a cable dispatch from
Vienna the Archduke Franz Ferdi
nand, nephew of Emperor Franz Josef
and heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary,
has announced that It Is his
final determination not to marry, and
that he wishes' the succession to pas3
at his death to Karl, the 12-year-old
ton of his brother, the Archduke 0:to.
This news Is certainly surprising, nnd
for various reasons. It Is Interesting
to learn that the Archduke Franz Fer
dinand has determined to remain u
bachelor. Europe was amazed some
time ago at the rumor that he had
married a woman very much beneath
him in rank, and nssuredly great will
be its pleasure at learning beyond the
shadow of a doubt that there was no
truth In the rumor. Whether Europe
will be equally pleased at learning
that the heir to the throne of Austria
Hungary is resolved never to marry
is another question. After all, how
over, It Is not cany to see how the
Archduke Franz Ferdinand can have
any voice in the matter of the slices
slon. Kmpcror Franz Josef Is still
alive, ond while he lives he will re
main the Bole arbiter in this matter.
It Is possible that ho may accede to
a wish expressed by his nephew Franz
Ferdinand, but it Is far more likoly
that he has already made up his mind
In regard to the succession, and If bo
It Ib extremely Improbable that any
wish expressed by any member of his
family will have the slightest weight
with him. Even the emperor, how
ever, la not free to do as he pleases. It
Is said that his desire to have the
throne descend at his death to his
daughter, tho Archduchess Marin
Valeric, wife of the Archduke Francis
Balvator, or to some one of her chil
dren, but this would necessitate a re-
vision of tho pragmatic sanction, by
Tlrtuc of which in 1723 Emperor
Charles VI. settled the crown on his
daughter Maria Theresa and her heirs.
Tho rule, then, being that tho Austro
Hungarlan throne shall always do
ecend to direct male heirs, the Succes
sion at present lies between the sons
of. Archduke Charles Ludwlg. Of thesa
neither Franz Ferdinand nor Otto Is
very acceptablo to the .emperor, ana
this was clearly the main reason wny
bo was recently thinking of following
Cbarle3 VI. 's example and settling the
crown on his daughter or on his
grandson. That Franz Ferdinand
should voluntarily resign his claims on
the crown In favor of his little nephew
Karl will seem strange to those who
know how elated he has always ap
peared at the conviction that ho
iwould succeed the present emperor.
This conviction was first weakened
when he became seriously 111 a few
years ago. All Austria thought that
be would die of consumption, and quite
nuaturally his brother Otto took his
place at court. Franz Ferdinand,
however, recovered and he very soon
made it quite clear that he was not
willing to resign his claims to the
goodly heritage in favor ot anyone. In
every possible way, both at home and
at foreign courts, he let It be known
that he and he alone was to be ruler
of Austria-Hungary after the present
emperor's death. Now, It Is claimed
that neither be nor tho Archduke Otto
Is qualified to hold the reins over this
vast and heterogeneous empire, and
that the emperor would be much bet
ter pleased to have as his successor
bis youngest daughter, the Archduch
ces Mario Valerie, or one of her chil
dren. On this latter point he does
not seem to have quite made up his
mind. At first he planned to have his
daughter appointed empress after hU
'death, but the latest report was that
be desired to have her ron, the Arch
duke Francis Charles Salvator, ap
pointed as his successor. As the nrcb-
PH1NCK FERDINAND.
duke Is now only G years old, It Is evi
dent tbaf Ihe real ruler of Austria
Hungary for some years would be tho
Archducl sa Mario Valerie, who
would piesumnbly act as regent. If It
be asked "Can tho emperor safely
break the Austrian law of succession
In this manner?" Tho answer Is
that tho consequences of such an act
may be more serious than Is at pres
ent supposed. True, the great power
would not raise any objection, and tho
outlook Is that tho Austrian parlia
ment would assent to any such change
In the law, though possibly not with
out somo murmuring. In Hungary,
however, there would assuredly bo
some strong opposition. Tho consent
of two-thirds of tho members of tho
Hungarian parliament would be neces
sary In a case of this kind, and to gain
their consent would not be easy. In
deed, thero arc some who think that It
would be a well-nigh Impossible task.
The opposition party Is Btrong In Hun
gary, and tho fear Is widely expressed
that In case of any controversy over
the question of succession those ir
rcconcllables may seize tho opportuni
ty cither to bring about n complete
separation of Austria and Hungary or
to transform the present real union of
the two countries Into one that would
be merely personal. Franz Josef sec3
this danger clearly, and It is possible
that he has given up his cherished Idea
of having his daughter or grandson
succeed him and Is willing that tho
throne should go to little Karl, his
nephew's son. Since tho empress'
death he has given much thought to
this subject, and It may be that he
sees more ond more tho danger of
violating the recognized law of suc
cession. Yet there are many who In
sist that tho danger will bo much
greater if he does not violate it.
Tho emperor's popularity Is very
great, they point out, In every section
of the empire, and the likelihood Is
that his direct descendants the Arch
duchess Marie Valerie and her son
would bo equally popular. On the
other hand, neither Franz Ferdinand
nor the Archduke Otto Is .In any
marked degree a persona grata to tha
people of Austria or of Hungary, and
there is no reason for believing that
tho accession of either to tho throut
would be greeted with much enthusl.
asm. Karl, Archduke Otto's son, Is
still a minor, and all that the peopU
know about him Is that ho Is hit
father's son and that, If he is des
tined to be the heir, his father will
doubtless act as regent until he at
tains his majority. If Otto were am
bitious this would in some respects bt
a simple solution ot the problem. I)
Is said, however, that he has no de
sire to be emperor or regent, and thai
this is one of tho reasons why Franz
Josef Is so anxious to have his daugh
ter or his grandson succeed him. The
aged potentate Is satisfied that neither
Franz Ferdinand nor Otto possesses
the qualities necessary to make a
successful ruler, and no one knows
better than he that only n tactful and
diplomatic ruler can hold the empire
together. Vet he, too, knows well -at
Hungary is strongly In favor of re
taining the present law of succession,
and this may havo Influenced him to
select as his heir little Karl. In this
way the present law could be main
tained in force, tho only persons who
have a prior legal claim to the crown
being the Archduke Otto and Franz
Ferdinand, and It can readily bo con
ceived that tho emperor may havo
found means to induce them to waive
their claims.
Moreover, Franz Josef has of late
years shown himself very much at
tacher to his daughter's and his neph
ew's children, and it has long been
evident that he would like to have one
of these as his heir. If he were u
hampered In any way ho would alrnost
certainly designate his little grandson
as his successor, but under present
circumstances It is probable that he
has selected the Archduke Otto's Bon.
The elephant beetle of Venezuela if
the biggest of its species. An average
specimen of this InEect, when full
grown, weighs half a pound.
IN THE ODD CORNER.
QUEEn AND CUniOU9 THIN08
AND EVENTS.
Bom Extraordinary Dtath Trances The
Dai.clns; of Urome Warllko rUhre
Hit Ileen Dlicovercd ringer l'rlnt
Idantinoatlun.
The Foar-l.eTeil Cloven
If It bo true, or no,
Tlint luck's In a four-leaved clover
As tho old dories go
Now 1 incuii to discover.
Ankle-deep In the dew
(With hope too dear to ho spoken),
I searched the grass-plot through
Till I found the fulry token.
Shyly hiding from night
Tho nodding grnfees under, '
I brought It forth to the light
Hero In my four-leaved wondcrl
A small affair. If you penn t
Its outward presence merely,
To wake In tho heart of a tnsn
Tho hopo ho holds most dearly.
Hut lovo has Its mystic lore
You inuy cull It siiperslltlont
And Hope Is the open door
Sometime to a sweet fruition.
Ono thing this night shall show
Or I nm no true lover
Tf It bo false or no,
That luck's In u foiir-lcnvcd clover!
The Dancing of aniline.
A correspondent writes relative to
an account lu these colunms of tho
dancing of grouse and pralrlo chick
ens. It was first brought to his at
tention five years ago In Northern Al
berta by a Stony Indian, who brought
In a large quantity of prairie chick
ens, who had evidently been snared in
somo way. At his urgent request, the
Indian showed him how tho birds had
been captured. Our correspondent
writes:
"Next morning wo started off very
early and walked about three miles to
a picco of open country, und there
right In the center of It wns n good
sized pleco of ground with hnrdly n
blade ot grass on It. The Indian goes
off Into the long grass and Immediate
ly returns with some willows about
four feet long, pointed both ends; ho
plants theso all over the baro spot,
sticking both ends into the ground
good and Arm, making a halt circle
with each one; from his blanket ho
produced a couple of dozen or moro
brass wiro snares and hung two or
three of these to every hoop. After ar
ranging these very carefully, wo
struck off at right angles and walked
another mile and found n placo sim
ilar to the ono wo had Just left, and
did the same there. When everything
was completed to the Indlan'a satis
faction, he gave mo to understand that
we would have to quit that vicinity
tor an hour.
Tho creek being closo by, wo both
meandered down to It and had some
splendid fishing, tho Indian producing
the fish lines from somo mysterious
placo in his blanket. Ho watched ins
fish pole with ono eye and kept track
of tho country surrounding tho snares
with tho other and every onco In a
while would give a grunt of satisfac
tion. "I guessed that was when he heard
or saw chicken heading lu the right
direction. We managed to get qulto
a string of trout, before ho decided to
move. When we got within a hun
dred feet ot tho first snares, up Hew
a whole mob of birds; but when we
got In view of the snures, wo found
fully one half had dono their work.
The majority of tho blrdB wero stran
gled, but somo had been caught by a
wing and n leg, or both wings, Uut
It was all the same; try as they would,
thero was no escape for them. Tho
same thing had happened at tho other
dancing ground.
"Now, I'll try and explain this danc
ing that grouse indulge in. At certain
times of tho year prairie chickens
bunch into a covey and then make for
the nearest open space; mostly early
in tho morning, and thero commence
a series of promenades, with n consid
erable amount of billing and cooing,
Just for all tho world like pigeons or
doves, with tall and wlnga spread and
trailing along tho ground. It Is qulto
natural for the grass to get worn right
away, leaving nothing but tho bare
ground, and when onco a dancing
ground Is picked out, they very seldom
leave for a fresh place. That Ib where
the Indians up north get their deadly
work in and kill eo many off; they Just
know the time ot the year to a day al
most, when chicken begin to dance,
and they also know the exact spot thoy
will dance on, and if an Indian can
get snares he will never starve while
tho dancing season Is on," Ex.
Extraordinary Death Trjocfe.
There are cases on record of por
eona who could tall spontaneously In
to death trances,"say3 the Edinburgh
Scotsman. Monti, In a letter to Hol
ier, mentions several. A prlett of the
name of Caclliis RhodaglnuB had the
same faculty. Dut the most celebratod
Jnstanco Is that of Col. Townshend,
mentioned In the surgical works of
Gooch; by whom and by Dr. Choyno
and Dr. Beynard.and by Mr. Shrine, an
apothecary, tho performance of Col.
Townshend was been and attested.
They had long attended him, for ho
was an habitual Invalid, and ho had
often Invited them to witness the phe
nomenon of his dying and coming to
llfo again; but they had hitherto re
fused from fear of tho consequences to
himself. Accordingly, In their pres
ence Col. Townshend laid himself
down oil his back, and Dr. Choyno un
dertook to observo the pu!se, Dr, Iley
nard laid his hand on his heart, and
Mr. Shrine had a looklng-glafs to hold
to hiB mout After a few seconds,
pulse, breathing, and the action of the
heart were no longer to be observed.
Each ot tho wltncsps satisfied himself
on the entire cessation of tho phenora.
cna. Whon the death tranco hod lastod
half an hour, tho doctors began to fear
that their patient had pushed tho ex
periment too far, and was dead In ear
nest, and they were preparing to leave
the house, when a slight movement of
the body attracted their attention.
They renewed the routine of their ob
servation, when the pulse and sensi
ble motion of the heart gradually re
turned, and breathing and conscious
ness. The sequel of tho talo Is
fctiaiiKe; Col. Townshend, on recover
ing, sent for his attorney.made his will
and died, for good and all, In six hours
afterward.
Warlike I'Uhn.
So aggressive Is the plakat, a llttlo
fish from Slam, that the entertainment
it affords has become a national paa
lime, but not a very creditable ono, to
say thn least.
The llslics arc trained to go through
regular battles, and are reared arti
ficially for the purpose, while tho 11
cciiFc to exhibit them to tho general
public Is farmed out, and brings a
large amount of money Into the Hoyal
coffers every year.
They are kept In aquariums built
for the purpose, and fed upon tho
larvae of mosquitoes, nnd every possi
ble care Is taken of them.
Several years ago n few of them
were presented to an EngllBh gentle
man by the King of Slnm. When tho
fish Ih lu a quiet state, with the Hub at
rest, the dull colors tire nut at all re
markable. Hut If two are brought loge'ther or
within sight of caeh other, or even It
one sees Its own Image In n looking
glass, the little creature becomes sud
denly excited. The fins are raised, and
the wliolo body shines with metallic
luster and colors of dazzling beauty,
while the projerting gill membrane,
w.alng llko a black frill round tho
throat, makes grotesquo tho general
appearance.
In this state of Irritation It makes
repeated darts at Its real or lcllectcd
antagonist.
If, now, two nro placed together In a
tank they rush at each other with tho
utmost fury. Tho battle Is'kept on un
til ono Is killed or put to light, but
not until they aro entirely separated
does the victor shut his gaudy fins,
that, like Hags of war, aro novcr low
ered until peaco has been declared.
In South America there Is a small
11 sh that not only attacks Its fellows of
the sea nnd river, but Is greatly
dreaded by the natives, who, during
certain seasons, havo to ford tho
Bt roams In which the carbltoa Ib found,
llathera aro often attacked by them,
the sharp, chisel-shaped teeth taking a
bite from tho flesh wherever thoy at
tack. They uro perfect scavengers,
eating the animals that lloat down tha
river dead or alive.
Finger l'rlnt Identification.
In detective novels finger-prints loft
by criminals, preferably in blood,
play an Important part; but truth
seems stranger than fiction In tho fact
that tho finger-print system of identi
fying criminals in India has been
made so perfect that It would cnnblo
any Intelligent person In a few min
utes to distinguish the Individual, if
necessary, from all other persons now
living In the world, or, If dnta wero
available, from all other persons who
have lived since the creation ot man.
Tho System Is simplicity Itself, and
there Is none- of the elaboration ot
proccsB or tho costly and del leu to ma
chinery required for tho anthropo
metric system. All that Is needed la
a piece ot tin, a sheet of paper and
some printer's Ink. Tho inked Im
pressions of tho ten digits aro taken
and filed in the proper compartment ot
tho proper pigeon-hole, and it la on
tho classification of records and their
distribution Into the pigeon hole?
that the success ot tho system
depends. Every finger mark shows
lines of tho "loop," or tho
"whorl" type, and by a slmplo tablo
ot tho combinations ot these types In
the ten digits, 1,024 main classes aro
made. These are again subdivided ac
cording to minor details, and tho sub
divisions can be further divided ad In
finitum If necessary; but with the
table before him any person ot or
dinary Intelligence can place his finger
on the corresponding card to a record
lu his hand within flvo minutes, no
matter how many thousand cards thero
may bo. It is calculated that tho
chances are about sixty-four million to
ono against any two persons having
single fingers Identical, and tho
chances against all ten fingers being
identical go beyond mathematics alto
gether. Illg Iloaris and area! Hindi.
Tho old theory that largo brain
weight Is necessarily associated with
great mental capacity has been dis
proved by recent Investigations. Dr.
Joseph Slmms In a ro:ent number of
tho Popular Sclenco Monthly arrange
In ono tablo tho names of sixty re
nown men, drawn from different parts
of the earth, whose brains varied In
weight from 71 to 40 ounces. Another
table gives tho brain weights of 120
persons of ordinary or weak minds,
Idiots and criminals, whoso brains wero
on the wholo larger than thoso of the
CO, before mentioned. About 0 or 10
per cent of men examined In asylums
registered a brain weight of moro than
55 ounces, whllo those of Daniel Web
ster, Lord Byron, Bacon, Oen. 8ko
belcff and ot many other renowned
men wero between 53.15 und 50 ounces.
Tho average brain weight ot the CO
famous men was found to bo less than
the estimated brain weight of all men,
and tho 10 most weighty brains in the
list of famous men averaged more
than nine ounces less than those of tho
10 heaviest belonging to the Idiotic,
criminal and ordinary claiss.
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
SOME GOOD STOniEB FOR OUR
junior readers.
An Inspiring Ktory How m roar Cana
dian Hoy roucht III Way to High
I'odtlun and Fmin-Hr, Lincoln and
the Drummer Hoy.
A ClilMl.li 1'anrjr.
Oh mother! roe how pule nnd wet
Tim llowtrn on tattler's gravo are ly
ing! It must m watching you has set
Tho llttlo dulsy-buda to crying!
Poor child! and do you think the enrth
Sorrows because our hearts nro achlng7
Look, then, with what a careless mirth
Thnt sunlight on his bed Is breaking!
Yes, but you willed tho grent blue nlr
Clod's home, to nil Ills angels given;
And so Perhaps the sunbeam thero
Is father smiling up In heaven!
Kcliurmnn's Upward Life.
At 10 years of ugo a country lad on
K backwoodH farm on Prlnco Edward
Island. At 13 ho had become a clerk
In u country store nt n salary of 30
a year. At 18 he was a college stu
dent, supporting hlnikclf by working
In tho evenings as a bookkeeper. At
20 ho had won a scholarship In the
University of London, in competition
with nil other Canadian students. At
25 ho wns professor philosophy In
Acadia college, Nova Scotia. At 38 ho
was appointed president of Cornell
university. At 44 ho Is chnlrman of
President McKlnloy'B special commis
sion to tho Philippines. In this sum
mary Is epitomized the career of Jacob
Gould Schurmnn. It Is a romance or
real life, such as Is not unfamiliar in
America. Mr. Schuiman'H career dif
fers from that of some other self-mado
men, however. Instead of heaping up
millions upon millions, he has applied
his talents to winning tho intellectual
prizes' of life, and lias made his way,
unaided, to the front rank of tho lead
ers In thought nnd learning. Ills ca
reer Ih n source of Inspiration to all
poor boys who havo their way to make
In tho world, for ho has won his pres
ent honors by his own unaided efforts.
President Schurman says of his early
life: "It 1b Impossible for the boy ot
today, no matter In what part of the
country ho Is brought up, to appreciate
the llfo of Prlnco Edward Island ns it
was forty years ngo. At that time It
had neither railroads nor dally news
papers, nor any of tho dozen other
things that aro tho merest common
place nowadays, even to the boys of
the country districts I did not seo n
railway until late In my teens. I was
never Insldo a theater until after I wan
20. The only newspaper that came to
my father's houso was n little provin
cial weekly. Tho only books the houso
contained were a few standard works
such as the Bible, Uunyan's Pil
grim's Progress, Fox's Hook of Mar
tyrs, and a few others of that class.
Kcmcmbcr, too, that this was not back
nt tho beginning of tho century, Lut
little moro than a generation ago, for
I was born In the year 1854. My fa
ther had cleared away tho land on
which our house stood. Ho was a poor
man, but no poorer than his neighbors.
No amount of land, and no nmount of
work could yield much moro than tho
necessaries of life In that tlmo and
placo. There wero eight children In
our family, and thero wuh work for all
of us.
"Our parents were anxious to have
their children acquire nt least an elo
montary education; and eo, summer
and winter, wo tramped the mile and
n halt that lay between our houso aud
tho district school, and sometimes,
when It wns at its worst, our father
would drive us all to school In a big
sleigh. Dut o weather was bad
enough to keep us away. That would
be looked upon as a poor kind of
fcchool nowadays, I suppose. The
BcholarH were of all ages, nnd every
thing from A, I), C, to tho Itulo of
Three was tu.ught by tho ono teacher.
Hut whatever may havo been Its de
ficiencies the work of the school was
thorough. The teacher was an old
(ushloncd drlllmastcr, and whatever ho
drove Into our heads ho put there to
stay. I went to this school summer
nnd winter until I was 13, and by that
time I had learned to read and wrlto
and spell and flguro with considerable
accuracy. At tho age of 13, I loft
home. I hadn't formed any definite
plans as to my future. I merely want
ed to get Into a village and to earn
tome money. My father cot me a
placo in the nearest town Summer
side a village of about 1,000 Inhab
itants. For my first year's work I
was to receive 30 and board. Think
of that young men of today! Thirty
dollars a year for working from 7 In
the morning until 10 at night. Dut I
was glad to get tho place. It was a
start in tho world, and the llttlo vil
lage was like a city to my country
eyes."
Sir. Lincoln and the Drnniuarr Hoy.
Among a large number of persons
waiting In the room to speak with Mr.
Lincoln on a certain day In November,
18G4, waB a small, pale, delicate-looking
boy, about 13 years old. The pres
ident saw him standing, looking feeble
nnd faint, and said: "Come here, my
boy, and tell mo what you wanL" Tho
boy advanced, placed his hand on the
rra of the president's chair, and,
with bowed head and t'.-nid accents,
said:
"Mr. President, I have been a drum
mer In a regiment or two years, and
my colonel gat angry with me and
turned me off I was taken sick, and
have been u long time tn the hospital.
This Is the unit time I have been out,
and I came to Eee It you could not do
uomcthlng for me,"
Tho president looked at him kindly
und tenderly, and asked him where he
lived. "I havo no home," nnswcrcfl
the boy. "Wheic Is your futher7"
"He died In tho army," was tho reply.
"Whcro Ib your mother?" continued
the president. "My mother Is dead,
too, 1 have no mother, no father, no
brothers, no slate, nnd," bursting In
to tears, "no frlonds nobody cares
for me."
Mr. Llncoln'n cyta filled with tears,
and he snld to him: "Can't you soil
newspapers?" "No," said tho boy, "I
nm too weak, and tho surgeon of tha
hospital told me I mud leave, and I
have no money and no plnco to go."
"The scene," says Ilcv. Mr. Hondcr
on, "wbh wonderfully uffectlng." Tho
president drew forth a card, and, ad
dressing on It certain ofllclalH to whom
his request was law, gave Bpcclal di
rections "to care for this poor boy."
The wan face of tho llttlo drummer lit
up with a happy smile as ho received
the paper, and ho went away con
vlnced thnt ho had ono good and truo
friend at least In tha person ot tho
president. Exchange.
Ule Little (lift. ,
A womnn's paper recently gnvo a
true story which should carry it sug
gestion to every reader. Mrs. Drank, n
woman of means and culture, suddenly
discovered ono day thnt she was grow
ing old. Her houso wns rilled with
beautiful objects, the accumulation ot
n lifetime.
"I havo enjoyed them long enough,"
she said. "It Is tlmo thnt 1 was dono
with tho enro of 'things.' If I glvo
them now to the right pcoplo they
will bo useful. U thoy nro disposed
of Indiscriminately when I nm dead,
they will be of llttlo value."
She proceeded, therefore, to glvo
nwny her treasures whcro they word
needed nnd would bo valued. To n
worker among children In tho Blums
went a Htcreoptlcon; bookR to poor
llbrnrlen In tho country, photographs
to schools. To a hospital for Rick chil
dren she sent a collection ot scrap
books, filled with plclurea which, In
the courso of years, she had cut from
tho Illustrated papers. Most ot her
bric-a-brnc treasures wero given whoro
they would afford pleasure
"Gather up the fragments, that noth
ing bo lost," was her motto.
None of ua realize how many hun
gry poor nro waiting for all tho
crumbs that fall from tho rich man's
tnblo. The old magazine, thrust Into
tho waste-basket, would bring a hap
py hour to some tired woman on ti
Western ranch. The odd bits ot silk
and muslin on the floor ot tho sewing
room would give delight to the crip
pled children In a hospital ward.
It Is much easier to glvo n note or a
check in charity than to find whcro
trifles are needed, and then to send tho
trlflcB.
"I have no time for such work," wo
plead every day. '".
nut Christ found time, not only to
bless tho children, but to tnko thero tn
Ills arras before He blessed thorn, al
though He had but three years of pub
lic life in which to do HIh Father's
business in the world. Was not that
Ills Father's buslnces7
Tame Eqalrrels.
Harry had gone with his mother to
market, and had spent tho only thrco
pennies ho had In the world in buying
p'canutB for tho squirrels in tho
grounds of the. Stato House. Thoro
were a great many of these little ani
mals, nnd In tho trees wero boxes In
which they mado their homes.
Ab Harry and his mother entered the
grounds an old woman with a big
basket on her arm full of provisions
brushed past them. She had gone only
a llttlo way when sbo noticed the
squirrels skipping over thn crass. Khn
eccmed surprised, and stopped to look
at them.
Tho moment she stood still ' tho
squirrels ran toward her from every
direction, thinking she wanted to feed
them. Not understanding this, and ter
ribly frightened, the old woman gavo
a yell, and dropping tho basket ran
off as hard as she could go. When
she thought she was at a Bate distance
she looked back and caw that the bas
ket was almost hidden from view by
the squirrels, which were greedily de
vouring n bag ot pop corn they had
broken open.
Harry could not help laughing at
the old woman's trlgbt; but ho brushed
tho rqulrrels oft tho basket and then
carried it to her, the little animals
running after him,
Tho old woman was very glad to
get her basket again, and very much
surprised to see Harry Btand still and
let the squirrels run all over him to
get tho peanuts In his pockets, under
his collar, and in his little red mittens.
It was great fun for hira and for tho
squirrels, toof but the old woman
thought It very dangerous sport.
"It I were your mother you
shouldn't do that," she said, as she
walked nway.
Harry looked up nt his mother and
laughed,
"I'm glad I havo a mother who lsn'1
afraid ot tame squirrels," he said.
Florence B. HaUowelL
Extreme of Artificial Heat.
The greatest heat produced arti
ficially is that of an electric arc fur
nace, tho kind that is used In tho
production of artificial diamonds, cal
cium carbide, etc. It is so intense
that nothing cxlata with whlcn to
record it. It Is estimated, howeyer, to
bo of about 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
The coldest known temperature Js that
of liquid air, which freezes alcphol and
mercury and distances all snoans ot
measuring. It Is claimed for Jttthat
Willi it a temperature of 400 degrees
below lero, Fahrenheit is reached. Ths
present limits of beat and cold are,
therefore, represented by the are tur
nacc and tho liquid air.
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