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i111T ! "Groaa Widow" Not SIn.n. "She is a grass widow , " said the professor , nodding in the direction of , ft. lady with yellow hair. c . "A 'grass' widow 01) , professor , I ' : didn't think you : would use slang. " ! . " 'Grass' widow is not slang , , " said , I the professor stoutly. It is , on the 't I . ' ' , . . . contrary , a very ancient and correct :1 I 1 < ' expression. It comes from the French ; 'grace. ' It was originally written , 'grace' widow. Its meaning is 'widow 'I ' I - by courtesy. : \ ; "There is nothing slangy or disre i 'Bpectful In the term 'grace' widow. ' A \ , ' widow may ; call herself that with pro , \1 \ ' priety and with propriety any one may ; II t t , call her that" - - Chicago Chronicle. STEADILY GREW WORSE. , i A Typical Tale of SufTerlnffn from I Sick Kidney " Mrs. L. C. Fridley , 1034 N. Main . ' St. , Delphos , Ohio , says : "Five or . 1 six years ago I began t : t , to suffer with kidney trouble and grew . , steadily worse until p , my health was all bro p ken down. For weeks I was in bed and . _ ' c could not turn over ! _ : ; % ' without being helped. J : ' My back was stiff and : = painful , I was tired and languid and when I was able to get around I could not do my work. . . . The first box of Doan's Kidney Pills helped me so much that I kept on . using them until rid of every symp tom of kidney trouble. During the past three years I have enjoyed excel- lent.health. " Remember the name-Doan's. Sold : by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster. ' ililburn Co. , Buffalo , N. Y. . A shopkeeper in Tunbridge Wells , Eng- . . ' land , is a believer in reform spelling. He : jdisplayed the other day a placard read. d . ' ling " ! : " Whewl Trysiceul for Sal. " \ . T : .FASHION HINTS _ _ " ' . I . I . , 1 , , L . . , . . , ; - . , . . , j ' % , - - . . . , ! , I , r . . jI I j . I , , : " ' . U : " . : _ ; . " j . ' - ' i , _ - - - - - Tailored suits for early fall show longer coats : and pleated skirts. The one sketched _ liere is a single-breasted , fancy serge ill dark blue , with self-covered buttons. Ought to ! { : now. The animal trainer , having been tat en suddenly ill , his wife reported tor duty in his stead. "Have you ever had any experience ' in this line ? " asked the owner of the < l lrcus and menagerie , with some doubt "Not just exactly in this liae , " she aid , "but my husband manages the beasts all right , doesn't he ? " "He certainly does. " "Well , you ought to see how easy ] I J can manage him.-Chicago Record. Herald. - - - - - - - - - TO LIVE FOREVER. Thomas Edison has perfected a stor- age battery which he says will last Indefinitely and revolutionize the pres- ent propelling power. Prof. Munyon says it is only a ques- - , tion of time until a remedy is discov- ; ered that will supply the waste of the ' 'human body , so that one may live on Almost indefinitely , barring accidents. ( / This seems almost too good to be true , tout nothing seems to be impossible in , - these days when we consider the fly- ing machine and the wireless tele- graph. Prof. Munyon has certainly revolu- tionized the practice of medicine. He -does not believe in building1 hospital for consumptives. He says that con- sumption can always be traced to a cold. Cure a cold and you prevent consumption. His Cold and Cough , Remedy will break up almost any form of a cold in a few hours and positive- ly prevent Bronchitis and Pneumonia. To convince the medical world and . : people in general of the truth of his claims he has distributed millions of . .vials of the Cold Cure , absolutely free , Irom the leading newspaper offices , throughout the country , and the cures that have been reported from its use - have been most astonishing. These lit tle sugar pellets contain no opium , morphine , cocaine or any harmful -drug. They seem to relieve the head , throat and lungs almost immediately. In order that no one jnay be de prived of this remedy he has placed it with all the druggists throughout the United States for the small sum of 25 cents , or sent postpaid on receipt of price , and with each bottle he gives this guarantee : "If Munyon's Cold and Cough Cure does not do all that is claimed for it , I will refund your money. " There are four advantages In taking Munyon's : Remedies. First , they are absolutely harmless. Second , they are pleasant to take. Third , they relieve , almost immediately. Fourth , they cost nothing unless they give satisfaction. Munyon's Guide to Health sent free on request. Munyon Remedy Co. , .Philadelphia , Pa. . \ \ - L" ' . . . . ' ; . . Jr. : . ' . " " , . ' , ' . - - - - - - - - - - - - - = - - . I , TheRedemption f . ! ) . \lid eotSOtl By CHARLES FREDERIC GOSS . t Copyright. 1900 by The Bowen-Merrill Company. . All Riffhts Reserved , = _ _ Rights. : _ s , CHAPTER IV. - ( Continued. ) ! I Having stalked indignantly onwa for a few paces , the doctor discover ; that his wife had not followed him ] , and turning he called savagely : "Pe- pecta , come ! It is folly to try and p- p-persuade him. Let us leave the saint to his prayers : ! But let him rememb the old p-p-proverb , 'young ; saint , old sinner ! ' Com-e ! " He proceeded towards the carriage ; but Pepeeta seemed rooted to the ground , and David , was equally inca- ; pable of motion. While they sto < + thus , gazing into each other's eyes , they saw nothing and they saw all . That brief glance was freighted with destiny. A subtle communication hs ( taken place between them , althouj they had not spoken ; for the eye has ; a language of its own. What was the meaning of that : glance ? What was the emotion that gave it birth in the soul ? He knev ! It told its own story. To their dyir day , the actors in that silent dran remembered that glance with raptu : , and with pain. Pepeeta spoke first , hurriedly am anxiously : "What did you say last night about the 'light of life , ? ' Tell me < ! ' . I must know. " "I said there is a light that lightel every man that cometh into the world. " "And what did you mean ? Be quic . There is only a moment. " "I meant that there is a light tin shines from the soul itself and that 1 in this light we may walk , and he who walks in it , walks safely. ' He need never fall ! " "Never ? I do not understand ; it is beautiful ; but I do not understand ! " "Pepeeta ! " called her husband , an- grily. She turned away , and David watch- ed her gliding out of his sight , with an irrepressible pain and longing. "I sup- pose she is his daughter , " he said to himself , and upon that natural but mistaken inference his whole destiny turned. Something seemed to dra1 him after her. He took a step or two < halted , sighed and returned to his la- ' bor. bor.But But it was to a strangely altered world that he went. Its glory had van- ished ; it was desolate and empty , or so at least it seemed to him , for he con- founded the outer and the inne worlds , as it was his nature and habit to do. It was in his soul that th change had taken place. Thoughts which he had always been able to expel from his \ mind before , , like evil birds fluttered again and again into the windows of his soul. For this he upbraided himself ; bu only to discover that at the very mo ment when he regretted that he had been tempted at all , he also regretted . that he had not been tempted further. All day long his agitated spirit alter- nated between remorse that he had en- jpyed so much , and regret that he had enjoyed so little. Neer had he expe- rienced such a tumult in his soul. He struggled hard , but he could not tell whether he had conquered or been de- feated. He heard again the mocking laugh- ter of the quack , and the stinging words of his cynical philosophy once more rang in his ears. What this coarse wretch had said was true , then ! Much of his youth ; had already passed and he had not as yet tasted the only substantial joys of eXistence-money , pleasure , ambition , love ! He felt that he had been deceived and defrauded. A contempt for his old life and its ! surroundings crept upon him. He he- gan to despise the simple untry peo- ple among whom he had grown up , and those provincial ideas "vhich ; taej ; cherished in the little , unknown nwol : of the world where they stagnated. During a long time he permiteec himself to be borne upon file current of these thoughts without trying to stem it , till it seemed as if he would be swept completely from his moor- ings. But his trust had been firmly anchored , and did not easily let go its hold. The convictions of a lifetime be- gan to reassert themselves. They rose and struggled heroically for the pos- session of his spirit. Had the battle been with the simple abstraction of philosophic doubt , the good might have prevailed , but there obtruded itself into the field the con- crete : form of the gypsy. The glance of her lustrous eye , the gleam of her milk-white teeth , the heaving of her agitated bosom , the inscrutable but suggestive expression of her flushed and eager face , these were foes against which he struggled in vain. A feverish desire , whose true significance he did , not altogether understand , tugged at his i heart , and he felt himself drawn by unseen hands toward this mysteri- ous and beautiful being. She seemed to him at that awful moment , when his whole world of thought and feeling was slipping from under his feet , the one only abiding reality. She at least was not an impalpable vision , but sol- id , substantial , palpitating flesh and blood. Like continuously advancing waves which sooner or later must un- dermine a dyke : , the passions and sus- picions of his newly awakened nature rere sapping the foundations of his belief. At intervals he gained a little cour- age to withstand them , and at such moments tried to pray ; but the effort was futile , for neither would the ac- . customed syllables of petition spring to his lips , nor the feelings of faith and i svotion arise within his heart. ! CHAPTER V. v Violent emotions , like the lunar tides , lust have their ebb because they have teir flow. The feelings do not so uch advance like a river , as oscillate I like a pendulum. Striding homeward , ; David's determination to join his for- mes to those of the two Adventurers : ( j , - ti , , " , ' " , ' ; " ? ti " . ' ' - ; . - began to wane. He trembled at an unknown future and hesitated befo : untried paths. Already the strange experien * ! through which he had passed began to seem to him like a half-forgotten dream. The refluent thoughts and feel- ings of his religious life began to set back into every bay and estuary of < his soul. With a sense of shame , he regretted his hasty decision , and was saying to 1 himself , "I will arise and go to my Father , " for all the experiences of life clothed themselves at once in the fa- miliar language of the Scriptures. It is more than likely that he would have carried out this resolution , and that this whole experience would havo become a mere incident in his life his- tory , if his destiny had depended up- on his personal volition. But how few of the great events of life are brought about by our choice alone ! Just at sunset he crossed the bridge oven the brook which formed the boun- dary line of the farm , and as he did so heard a light footstep. Lifting his eyes , he saw Pepeeta , who at that very instant stepped out of the low bushes which lined the trail she had been following. Her appearance was as sudden as an apparition and her beauty dazzled him. Her face , flushed with exercise , gleam- ed against the background of her black hair with a sort of spiritual radiance. * When she saw the Quaker , a smile of unmistakable delight flashed upon her features and added to her bewitching grace. She might have been an Oread or a Dryad wandering alone through the great forest. What bliss for youth and beauty to meet thus at the close of day amid the solitudtis of Nature ! Had Nature forgotten hehself , to permit these two young and impres- sionable beings to enjoy this pleasure on a lonely road just as the day wa dying and the tense energies of the world were relaxed ? There are time when her indifference fo : her own most inviolable laws seems anarchic. There are moments when she appears wan- tonly to lure her children to destruc- tion. They gazed into each other's eyes , they knew not how ICing , with an in- comprehensible and delicious joy , and then looked down upon the ground. Having regained their composure b ) : \ this act. they lifted th.eir eyes and re- garded each other with frank and friendly smiles. - "I thought thee had gone , " said Da- vid. "We stayed longer than we expect- ed , " Pepeeta replied. "Has thee been hunting wild flow- ers ? " he asked : , observing the bouquet which she held in her hand. "I picked them on the way. " "Thee does love the woods ? " "Oh , so much ! I am a sort of wild creature and should like to live in a cave. " "I am afraid thee would always turn thy face homeward at : dusR ! , 6 s thee is doing now , " he said with a smile. "Oh , no ! I am not afraid ! I go because I must. The path was wi'3e enough for two and side by side they moved slowly ' forward. The somber garb in which he was dressed and the brilliant colors of her apparel , afforded a contrast like that between a pheasan t and a scarlet tana- ger. Color , form , motion-all were per- fect. They fitted into the scene with- out a jar or discord , and enhanced rather than disturbed the harmony ot the drowsy landscape. As they walked onward , they vague- ly felt the influence of the repose that was stealing upon the tired world ; the intellectual and volitional elements ot their natures " Becoming gradually qui- escent , the emotions were given full sway. They felt themselves drawn to- ward each other by some irresistible power , and , although they had never before been conscious of any incom- pleteness of their lives , they suddenly liscovered affinities of whose exist- ence they had never dreamed. Their two ; personalities seemed to be ab- sorbed into one new mysterious and indivisible being , and this identity gave them an incomprehensible joy. Over them as they walked , Nature brooded. sphynx-like. Their young and healthy natures were tuned in unison with the harmonies of the world like perfect in- struments from which the delicate fin- gers of the great Musician : evoked a melody of which she never tired , re- serving her discords for a future day. On this delicious evening she permit- I ted them to be thrilled through and through with joy and hope and she ac- companied : the song their hearts were singing with her own multitudinous voices. "Be happy , " chirped the birds ; be- happy , " whispered the evening breeze ; "be happy , " murmured the brook ' , running along by their side and looking up into their faces with laugh- ter. The whole world seemed to re- sound with the refrain , "Be happy ! Be happy ! for you are young , are young ! " Pepeeta first broke the si- lence. "I had never heard of the things about which you : talked , " she said. "Thee never had ? How could that be ? I thought that every one knew them ! " "I must have lived in a different world " . from yours. "And thee was happy ? " "I thought so until I heard what you lid. Since then. have been full of ire and trouble. I wish I knew what you meant ! But I have seen that wonderful light ! " "Thee has seen it ? " "Yes , to-day ! And I followed it ; I lall always follow it. " "When does thee leave the village ? " David asked , fearing the conversation . , . . , . " ' ' ' , ' , / would lead where he did not want to ' go. . "To-morrow , " she said. "Does thee think that the doct would renew his offer to take me witb him ? " "Do I think so ? Oh ! I . am sure. " "Then I will go. " "You will go ? Oh , I am so happy ! The doctor was very angry - ' he has not < been himself since. You don't kno how glad he will be. " "But will not thee be happy , too ? " he asked. "Happier than you could dream , " si-e answered with all the frankness of a child. ! Having reached the edge of r the woods , where their paths separated , , they paused. "We must part , " enid David. "Yes ; but we shall meet -to-moi . row. " . , ' " " I "Good-bye. "Good-bye. " I At the touch of their han'ds theh young hearts were swayeJ by tend * and tumultuous feelings. A too stro-ng pressure startled them , and they loos ened their grasp. The sun sank behind the hill. The shadows that fell upc their faces awakened : them from their dreams. Again they said good-bye and reluctantly parted. Once they stopped and , turning , waved their hands ; and the next moment Pepeeta entered the road which led her out of sight. In this Interview , the entire past ot these two lives seemed to count for nothing. If Pepeeta had never see anything of the world ; if she had is- sued from a nunnery at that very mo- ment , she could not have acted with a : . more utter disregard of every princi- ple of safety. It was the same with David. The fact that he had been reared a Qua- ker ; that he had bee dedicated to God from hvs youth ; that he had strug- gled all his days to be prepared for such a moment as this , did not affect him to the least degree. The seasoning of the bow does not invariably prevent it from snapping. The drill on the parade ground does not always insure courage for the bat- tle. Nothing is more terrible than this futility of the past- Such scenes as this discredit the value of experience , and attach a ter rible reality to the conclusion of Cole- ridge , that "it is like the stern-light of a vessel - illuminating only the path over which we have traveled. " It was to this moment that their consciences traced their sorrows ; ; it i was to that act of their souls which ] permitted them to enjoy that momen- tary rapture that they attached their guilt ; it was at that moment and in that silent place that they planted the seeds of the trees upon which they ; were subsequently crucified. ( To be continued. ) , HUNTING IN CHINA. Variety of Game Found Among tli < Royal Tombs. Four hours by , train southwest 01 : Peking lie the Hsi Ling or Western Tombs , the mausolea of the reigning dynasty. The tombs lie in a large parklike inclosure containing some sixty square miles of 'broken , hilly country in which the Chinese are not allowed to settle and which may not be plowed up. In consequence of this it's a refuge for all kinds of game and about the only sure find for pheas- ants within easy reach of Peking. A kind of chamois ( the Indian goral ) and spotted deer are found on the higher hills and are preyed on by the panther and the wolf. As soon as the frost sets in for the winter the Chinese begin shooting the pheasants , and although they seem to do their , best to exterminate them , a good many Apparently escape and provide the stock for the following year. The birds are shot over dogs , some of which have really good noses , ' though in appearance they differ in no way from the scavengers of the village streets. If possible a tame ' hawk is also taken out to mark down irds that are missed or not fired at. 'he ' man with the hawk takes his stand on a commanding hill and the hunter with 'his dog proceeds to draw round im. If the dog puts up a pheasant 'hich is missed by the Chinaman , or a brace , only one of which can be fired at , the hawk , is at once loosed and heasant and hawk disappear together. The hunter reloads and follows and finds the hawk : by means of a small ben attached to its back probably sit- ing on a rock or tree stump. He then sends his dog-in to put up the pheasant , which is invariably hid- - ing in a thick bit of cover within a few yards of the hawk. As long as the 'hawk ' is sitting there the poor bird will neither run nor fly , and thus falls an easy victim to the hunter. In this way a couple of Chinamen with a . gun , \ a dog and a hawk make : comparative- ly large bags in places where the for- eigner : vainly attempting to walk up I his game with a straggling line of I seless Chinese beaters will probably only get a few shots in a day , and ; sr-tainly : never find a pheasant again hich he < has once missed. On the stonier hills where there is ess cover , chikor are found in con- ; tlerable quantities and give very : fair port ; except for their indefatigable powers of running uphill ; but the hinese keep them still by using a iwk. Along the , streams , fighting hard to keep open in spite of the se- vere frost , a few duck : and snipe may . be ! picked up , the latter heavier and umper bird's than regular spring and itumn visitors. He "Was Satisfied. "People praise my work : , " said the tist , boastingly. "And they laugh at mine , " rejoined the sad-faced party ; "but I don't mind. " "What is -your line ? " queried the tist. "I'm a professional humorist , " re- lied ! the other.-Chicago Daily News. All that are lovers of virtue , be uiet and go angling.-Izaak Waltom. " . I . ' . . ' . , ' ' . . . . . . - . - - , ' - - - - - - . . - . , - _ . _ SEEDS ARE TRADED fOR BOOKS AND MAPS . - Secretaries of Congressmen Employ Tactics of Wall Street to Satisfy Constituents. BECOME SHARP BARGAINERS. One Wants Agricultural Reports While Another Needs Geodetic Surveys , and They "Swap. " HE big white mar- { i1P hie office buildings in Washington in which are the busi- ness places for the . . % Senators and Rep- t9' > ( n..I resentatives lack I , T1 r tickers and a pit and the other signs of exchanges in r Wall street , but it i probable that as l much "trading" is ' - - ' in a'ffrrT-r- done in them as the buildings of , , ii I J II 1 ? like acreage in ' : .t"lftYil1W " ' IJl : IIi ! t U U' New York's great financial district. Whenever the government issues publications , maps or other goods of which portions are given members of Congress , the several members are credited with their quotas and the government relinquishes all right and claim to them. The government takes no cognizance of geography , climate or location in issuing the goods to members. All get the same number of anything that is issued. The Kansas member who hasn't enough water in his district to swim a . tadpole gets as many surveys , pro- jections , maps , etc. , of the hydro- graphic or geodetic bureaus as the member from New England with two to five hundred miles of coast , while the member from the Harlem districts : in New York City gets as many vege- table seeds to distribute to the tene- ment . and flat dwellers as though his : district lay in Kansas or Missouri. It follows' that the member who has : geodetic surveys ; and needs seeds is anxious to meet the member who has seeds and needs geodetic surveys. : It would be undignified , of course , for : members of Congress to take part in such trading. That is where the members' secre- taries get busy. It is a common occur- rence for a young man to stop at the door of the room of some member and shout : "What'll y' give f'r eight ags ? " Language of Trade. Now , "ags" is short for the annual report of the Department of Agricul- ture. "Give you a ge-od , " replies the sec- retary addressed. "Not for mine , " replies the N'Yaw- - ker. ker."Haven't "Haven't much call for 'ags , ' replies the rural secretary in a tone as casual and uninterested as possible. "Fact is , we have a big stock on hand. " The N'Yawker knows that isn't true. Nobody in Congress has too many of anything that constituents may get for the asking. "I'll tell you what I'll do , " says the westerner. "We get 900 'ags , ' and only forty-five 'ge-ods. ' I'll trade you one 'ge-od' for twenty 'ags. ' " "Not for mine , " replies the N'YaTvker. "Let's trade on the cash basis. 'Ags' are worth 8 cents and 'ge-ods' 40 cents each. I'll give you ' ' ' ' " one 'ag' for five 'ge-ods. : Each needs what the other has so a trade finally is arranged on some basis. An odd thing about the trad- ing is that what the New York secre- tary said about the money value of various federal commodities is true. Dickering' for "Eulogies. " The saddest sight about Washington is that of a secretary to a member of Congress trying to gather eulogies. When a member of Congress dies the Speaker or Vice President goes to the ball game , or any other place far re moved from Congress , puts a substi- tute in his chair and other members from the deceased's state pour ora torical flowers on the late honorable's memory. : In due course of time the eulogies are printed in one volume. Persons out in Oregon might not know that such a person as the de ceased ever existed. But he has had stanch friends in the state . which hon- ored him , and every one of them is eager to get one of the books. All the secretary has to do is to tap gently on every one of the 400-odd doors in the House office building and ask most humbly if there can be spared for him two or three or more copies of the eulogy of "his member's" colleague. Inasmuch as the secretaries who are asked probably never heard of the late lamented , it may be thought that in such a sad event they would willingly . band over their entire quota. But the chances are that they have become so Imbued with the spirit of trading that the colleague of the departed member may have five copies of the eulogy for forty 'ags , ' or ten 'ge-ods. " or an im- possible number of "veges , " but never for nothing. So the secretary plods on , hat in hand , until he has obtained a sufficient number of eulogies to fill the : wants of "his member's" constit- uency. 1 ( - , ' . . . , - BACK TO SAVAGERY. Sioux Indians to Eesume Primitive / Life in Nicaragua. Two hundred Sioux Indians , grow- ing tired of the joys and benefits ot civilization as introduced on the Indi- an reservations of the West , have de- termined to emigrate to a country in which they may return to the primi- tive condition of existence before the- coming of the white man. The move- ment has been under way for many months , but has only just come to- light since an emissary of the discon- tented Indians returned from Nica- President rauga with the news that Zelaya had granted to the Sioux an immense tract of land upon which they may settle and live according to the ancient customs of the tribe. The- lands granted them are in a wild state and so high up the mountains that the climate approaches that of the present Sioux country. Game- abounds there and except for the ab sence of the buffalo the Indians can live the primitive life of the early Sioux. ' In return for the big tract of Ian , the Indians have agreed to take the field and fight for Zelaya whenever called upon by him , and hereafter when an overambitious Nicaraguan starts a revolution against the rule of Zelaya the revolutionists will run up against a body of the fiercest and best fighting Indians on the North Ameri- can continent. Many of the bravos fought jvith Sitting Bull , Gall and Red Cloud / and while these - men . are - up- . ward , of 50 years old , their mode of , living has kept them in fine fettle and they : are a formidable body of men. The Indians who will emigrate are all landowners , their holdings having been allotted by the government last year. ; Each head of a family received 320 acres for himself and 160 acres additional for each child. In leaving this country the Indians will not lose possession of this land , nor can they dispose of it by sale until 25 years after its allotment. However , the land can be rented or leased for as long a term as desired and the Indians are . preparing to lease their lands to white men. With the money received from these leases the trip to Nicarau- gua will be made. The start for their , new home will be made in the fall. t TRAMPS MADE BY HARD TIMES I Government Inspector Describes Ret " suits of Recent Depression. ' \ _ The recent business depression had certain classes- a demoralizing effect on - of laborers , according to the report ot C. L. Green , inspector in charge of the- New York city branch of the division of information of the department ot commerce and labor , submitted to L. V. Powderly , chief of the division , for the six months ended June 30. "Enforced idleness during , , this- period caused men to resort to every known device to live without employ- ment , " the inspector declares. "Find- ing it possible to exist , idleness seems. to have become a habit , and now that the parks are pleasant and the fields. " , are hot they prefer to enjoy them , liv- / ing as best they can. " / Inspector Green makes it plain , how ever , that he does not mean by thi foregoing statement to say or to im ply that he refers to all persons , but only to certain classes. The report shows that during the fiscal year just closed 3,812 men ob- tained employment in the various states through information given by his bureau. It is stated that , com pared with previous periods , the de mand for farm laborers has been ab - normal , as has the demand for com mon laborers , and wages showed con siderable improvement during the last six months. Recently a marked im - . 'J provement has occurred in quality : , , though there was a decrease in num , . ber of men applying for information , it is stated , and the percentage of ap plicants directed to employment has- - increased materially for these reasons Doubts Xevrton'N Speed Lu'\Y. Prof. Henri Poincare , in a recent lee ture at Paris before the Associatioi for the Advancement of Science , an- I nounced that scientists now question- , + ed one of Newton's fundamental law ! > > " ' ' " of mechanics , namely , that if a certain force acts on a moving body for onf second it communicates a certain speed , and that if it acts for anothej ' second it gives a new increase equal to the first , and so on. The critics now say that the increase in the speed during the second period is less than , given in the first , still less- in the third and so on. Hence there is a lim- it to the speed that can be produced 1 + and that this limit is the speed oJ light , from which they argue that tht mass of a material body is not con- stant but increases with the body's speed. One of the rays latterly ob- served in connection with radium is elieved' to offer proof of the nevi heory. : theory.Berliner' Berliner's Aerial Torpedo. Emile Berliner , the Washington in- ventor , is believed to have perfected his plans for the construction of a new veapon of destruction which will out- lo the submarine torpedo and the heaviest gun in destructive effect. The Berliner device is an evolution of the fish torpedo into a winged engine of warfare. Small aeroplanes and the use of engine-driven propellers accom- plish the transformation. The machin will have horizontal motors or gyro- scopes to preserve its equilibrium. Car- rying a charge of from 150 to 250 pounds of the powerful explosive known as cordite the torpedo would t go : at a speed which would enable it to S overhaul the fastest ship and it IJB- thought that rapid-fire guns could not- do ! much damage to the terrible visitor _ f A speed of 100 miles an hour Is anlici * f iated for the aerial torpedo. iJ . . . J J I ' , + a
