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-My. what a load oae!" whispered
Thar sat us strataht Bad listened
far ether's approaching footsteps, but
aot a dram was heard, not a funeral
note.
Gertrade put her head back oa Her
bert's shoulder.
"Mother didat hear," she giggled.
"It's a wonder," said Herbert. "It
so ded Ilka aa old cow pulling her
foot oat of a swamp."
"Loader thaa that," said Gertrude;
"It sounded Ilka Old Bob the backman
chirping his hone, and" when old Bob
chirps hla bene, yoa know, you can
him all over town."
"Yes; I know." aald Herbert, "but
so. he doeaat chin his horse as
load aa a" cow pulls her foot out of a
Td like to kaow why aot!"
"It stands to reason. Of coarse. Old
ikes a loud noise when he
chirp his horse; we'll ail admit that;
hat when aa old cow pulls her foot out
of a awamp it just naturally stands to
reasoa that she can make more aoise
thaa ever Old Bob could!"
"No, Herbert."
"Tea, Gertrude.
No. Herbert."
"Yea, Gertrude.
"Ne."
"No."
"Yea."
"Herbert Knight, I Just want you to
understand that yoa don't necessarily
kaow It-all, evea if yoa have been to
college, aad I just want to tell you
again that If Old Bob was chirping his
horse at the same time that the old
cow waa palling her foot out of the
awamp, why, yoa just wouldn't be able
te hear the eld cow that's all!" .
"Bat, my dear girl"
"Doa't yoa call me your dear girl!"
"Bat. Gertrade! Listen! Listen to
reasoa! I lore yoa dearly, but let the
basis of oar love be reason! That is
the aaly enduring love! Now,' when
Old Bob chirps his horse, how does
'he make the sound. With his lips?
Tory well, now let as say that Old
Bob's month is three inches wide.
Let as area say it is four, and that
when he chirps he presses his lips
together until the surface of contact
la four Inches by one inch a total of
fear square inches. Now, on the other
hand, here's the cow "
"I Just doa't care! When Old Bob
chirps his horse "
'Just oae moment, please. Now
here's the cow and well say that her
hoof is three inches in diameter or,
say, aiae laches. ia circumference.
Let aa alee say that it is three inches
high, so when her foot Is in the swamp
Is a total contact surface of 27
inches aa against Old Bob's
four"
"That makes ao difference. When
Old Bob chirps his horse you can " '
"Of eourse.it makes a difference.
Aad when you take into consideration
the fast that the cow has so much
mare strength thaa Bob, and that her
fast la of sack shape that it lends It
self moat peculiarly and particularly
te the production of a loud, chirping
seand. why, then, my dear"
"Doa't yoa calf me your dear!"
"Bat, Gertrude, your stand is so
ridiculous!"
She leaked at him with a face like
. "Per the last time," she coldly cried.
"I say that It sounded like Old Bob
whea he chirps his horse!"
He gasad back at her like a man who
fa betec sorely tried, bnt who will die
er bis convictions.
"Aad I say." he aa coldly answered.
"that It sounded like an old cow pull
hag her foot out of a swamp."
' "I. warn yoa now!" she cautioned
ihlm, aad with the air of oae who fires
a last shot over aa enemy's bow she
aaalaha ad: "Old Bob!"
' 1 cannot help it!" he decisively an
awerad, aad with the aspect of a man
aalilag his colors to the mast he
clenched hla teeth and returned: "Old
caw!"
"OH Bob!' she cried.
"Old cow!" he Irmly responded.
"Old Bob!"
tld cow!"
"Boh!" ; . '
"Cow!"
"Bab!"
"Cowl's.
She slowly took of his ring and
slowly gave K to him, averting her
head auddealy and sobbing: "G-g-go!
G-g-go! I can never be yours!"
"But, my dear girl! Gertrude! My
leve! Listen to me! You must listen
tame!"
"I want yoa to g-g-go nway," she
sobbed. "We could never be h-h-happy
together and I want you to g-g-go!"
"Bat, Gertrade couldn't you see
that I was that 1 was only joking?"
She lifted her tearful face from her
handkerchief.
"Coulda't yoa see how absurd my ar-
tts were?" he cried. "Why, of
Old Bob chirps to his horse
than an old cow nulls her foot
oat of a swamp! Of course he does!"
He took her hand, solemnly replaced
his ring, pressed her to him and as he
gave her another loud aae she closed
her eyes ia ecstasy and murmured to
herself over aad over again:
"O, I can twist him around my lit
tle lager! O, I can twist him around
my little finger!"
What makes yoa think wa
winter?
My wife has just pur-
at of fare.-.
The Czar's Heir.
The Russian Imperial -children lead
a healthful outdoor life, for the most
part at Tsarskoe-Selo. always with a
powerful guard of soldiers and secret
police agents jast beyond their range
at vteloa. It ia a wonder that the poor
Mttle grand duke, who Is the heir to
the dignity of czar, is aot already
overwhelmed by bis title. His greatest
fay am ska at present (he Is nearly
three aad a half) ia a goUy-wog dressed
la blue aad red, far posse-ion of
which he occasionally tents with hla
win have a
Wnflaoa
chased aa
?ede.
meat stater. Prli
ta six years old.
THE CHEEKY FLAINFIELD COOK.
Story Used by "Dr. Hill ta Rebuke
Ultra-Socialist.
A Buckaell university professor
talking about David Jayne Hill, the
successor In the Berlin embassy to
Charlemagne Tower.
' "Dr. Hill," he said, 'impressed us
here you know he was our president
for a number of yeara ao leas with
his wit thaa with his learning. Ha
had thought and written on many sub
jects psychology, rhetoric, socialism,
finance and to hear him discuss these
subjects was a delight I heard him
take down one day an ultra-socialistic
student.
"Young man he said, you aad
your extravagant friends remind me
in your attitude toward' capital, of a
Plainfield cook's attitude toward her
mistress. One Christmas time, whea
I lived at Plainfield. a lady sent her
cook out to buy the Christmas turkey.
But when the cook returned, she had
two chickens.
"'"Martha," the lady aald. "I told
you to get a turkey, not chicken."
I know, mum." Martha answered.
"but I don't like turkey."'"
TWO CURES FOR SEASICKNESS.
Sailor Indorses One That He Considers
the Genuine Article.
"Speakin' of seasickness," said the
sailor, "I once seen a very seasick man
settin' in a deck chair staria' hard at
a photograph.
" Wots the idear o' that dodger I
says to him.
" 'Sure cure for seasickness,' aays
he. 'Fix your thoughts on some one
you hate, and the qualms pans of. I
feel better a'ready,' he says, gulpfn'
an' swallerin'.
"Another time I seen a hypnotist do
a good business on the long southern
run from New York to Naples. Every
time the sea roughed up, this here
chap hypnotised them that felt them
selves gettin' sick, aad he fetched 'em
round again with the return o smooth
weather. That there hypnotism waa
the nearest thing to a genuine cure for
seasickness that's ever come under
my observation."
REALM OF THE IMAGINATION.
Ruskin's Idea of the Men the WerM
Calls Geniuses.
I believe that the noblest forma of
Imaginative power are in some sort
ungovernable, and have in them some
thing of the character of dreams; so
that the vision, of 'whatever kind,
comes uncalled, and will not submit
itself to the seer, but conquers him,
and forces him to speak as prophet,
having no power over his words or
thoughts. Only, if the whole man be
trained perfectly, and his mind calm,
consistent and powerful, the vision
which comes to him is seen as in n
perfect mirror, serenely nd in con
sistence with the rational powers; bat
if the mind be imperfect and ill
trained, the vision ia seen aa in a
broken, mirror, with strange-' distor
tions nnd discrepancies, all the pas
sions of the heart breathing upon it In
cross ripples, till hardly a trace of it
remains unbroken. So that, strictly
speaking, the imagination is never
governed; it is always the ruling aad
divine power; and the rest of the man
is to it only as an instrument whlcht
sounds, or a tablet on which It writes:
clearly and sublimely if the wax be
smooth and the strings true, grotesque
ly and wildly if they are strained and
broken. And thus the "Iliad," the
"Inferno," the Pilgrim's Progress,"
the "Faerie Queen," are all of them
true dreams; only the sleep of the
men to whom they came was the deep,
living sleep which God sends, with a
sacredness In it, as of death, the re
vealer of secrets. Ruskin, "The
Stones of Venice."
"FIGHTING SOS" WAS READY.
Railroad Man Cawed by Determination
of the Admiral.
It is doubtful if any city la Wiscon
sin the size of this one floated aa
many flags the other day as did Ap
pleton In honor of the departure of
the Atlantic fleet under the command
of Admiral R. D. Evans. One of the
chief reasons that the local interest
was shown is oa account of Evans be
ing so well known here, he having
been consulting engineer at the time
the plant of a local paper company
was constructed. It was during Cleve
land's term and Evans" was captain on
leave of absence for a year.
One thing characteristic of the
sailor was shown at that time. He
had to put across the right of way of
the Ashland division of the Chicago ft
Northwestern road a high bridge
which connects the acid tower oa a
high hill with the mill ia the valley.
The road officials objected to the
bridge and to stop the work had
switch engines 'playing up and down
the right of way, with the section
crew on hand to offer resistance.
Evans gave a note to one of his
men, who returned in half aa hour
with a dosen rifles and ammunition.
Evans stepped up to the section fore
man and in his bluff way remarked:
"The first maa who offers resistance
will get his carcass filled with
lead."
The bridge went up aad has been
in use for years. Milwaukee Sentinel.
Great Plank Works Hard.
How conscientious are the great
musicians who enjoy the favor of the
public was recently 'shown in the case
of Ignace Paderewski, who, the day
before he played his sonata here,
spent seven hours at the piano In
practice and consented to leave it only
when he realised he would be too
fatigued to play ia public if he did aot
have rest. Although the pianist is la
robust health this year his.way ofife
Is as out of the ordinary aa aver. He
never goes to bed until three o'clock
in the morning. He plays the piano
until 11 or 12. Jtaea reads aad speade
the rest of the night until bedtime ia
smoking cigarettes and writing let
ters. He usually rises at noon. AH
that he gets of exercise ia at the alamo
or whea ha la playing billiards. M.
Y. Sua.
.PIDERS HAVE OWN AIRSHIPS.
Mr Is' Filled with Them Whan the
Families Separate.
When the British war balloon Nulli
Secundus was sailing high over Lon
don the navigators in the car found
the air filled with spiders. This phe
nomenon ia explained very simply. In
early autumn .the spider families sepa
rate. Hundreds of thousands of in
fantile spiders on a warm sunny morn
ing scale the low bushes, cling to the
tips of the leaves and project aleade?
sljken threads from the splnnereta at
the end of their bodies. Before very
long the air near the ground, becom
ing heated, ascends, aad carries up
the silken threads with it. Still the
little creatures hold oa and pour out
silk till each has some eight or ten
feet of line rising almost perpendicu
larly into the air above it. At last
they let go aad rise Into the air them
selves, each at the extremity of its
own thread. In this way they are car
ried upward, perhaps for many hun
dreds of feet, till at last they meet a
current of air moving slowly along,
aad by this they are carried often for
many miles, while they can always de
scend at will by the simple expedient
of rolling up their supporting threads.
On a warm autumn morning the air
la often filled with these baby spiders,
each sailing securely on its own little
silken airship. When they descend
bushes, trees and, low plants are fre
quently covered with their gossamer
threads.
HAD MET THE SENATOR BEFORE.
Diplomat Unaware He Waa In traduc
ing Old Friends.
When Senator Knox of Pennsyl
vania was abroad recently he was met
at the station in Paris by a member ol
the American embassy. After the sen
ator and his friend had exchanged
greetings, the diplomat remarked:
"By the way, senator, the handsomest
woman In Continental society is in
the station. Wouldn't you like tc
meet her?" "No less honored than
delighted," returned the senator, gal
lantly. Thereupon the two men
crossed the Gafe du Nord and a sec
ond later the diplomat was saying:
'Countess, allow me to present one ol
your distinguished countrymen."
Turning, the countess after one quick
glance rushed toward the senator and
throwing her arms about his neck, ex
claimed: "Why, Uncle Phil, you deai
old thing, wherever did you come from,
anyway?" It was Countess Gontaut
de Biron, who before her marriage
was Martha Leishman. daughter of
the American ambassador to Turkey.
Years ago, before the Knoxes oi
Leishman became known to the world
at large the two families were neat
neighbors at their homes in -Pitts
burg. As a short frocked miss of the
schoolgirl genus Martha Leishman
was a great chum of Senator Knox's
only daughter, and to this day the
countess is looked upon as a membei
of the senator's family.
PROVED STRENGTH OF HABIT.
New York Business Man Had
Idea of Economy.
Poor
"Some people have queer Ideas of
economy, don't they?" said a Wall
street man. "The other day I was
waiting with a man on an 'L station
to go down town. He saw a friend on
the opposite platform and called over
to him to come across and go down
with him to his office on a matter of
business. The man said he would,
and after asking the ticket chopper to
pass the word over that his fare was
paid haaded out a cigar to the chop
per and came over to our side. He
was greeted with a laugh by the maa
who had called to him. and naturally
asked what it was for. 'Didn't you
give that ticket chopper a 15-cent
cigar? asked the friend. The man
admitted that he gave the kind he
usually smoked. 'Well.' said the other,
'why dida't you just come across with
out saying anything about it pay your
fare and save a dime?' The man
rubbed hla chin and looked serious.
He had become ao accustomed to tip
ping everybody for any sort of favor
that he never thought .of the other
plan. N. Y. Press.
NOW TALK OF OVER-EDUCATION.
Complaint in Germany That It la Made
Too Accessible.
Ia Germany there is a strong move
ment against over-education of the
masses. The complaint Is that too
many schools of various kinds exist
and that education is made too accessi
ble. The result Is an "intellectual
proletariat" a large and growing
class of educated men for whom there
are no places in the professions and
the various services of the state. The
salaries or earnings, of engineers, phy
sicians, lawyers, teachers, architects,
aad ao on, have steadily decreased by
reasoa of excessive competition or
oversupply of the market The teach
ing profession, in particular, is so con
gested that men have to wait years
aad years for permanent positions,
with the benefits connected with them.
And It is a fact that this "intellectual
proletariat" furnishes thousands of
recruits to the social democracy, the
party of discontent and radical Ideas
about social reorganization. Los An
geles Times.
Had Right to Be Judge.
The following pretty story of Mme
Teresa Careno, the pianist, is told by
one of her pupils, just returned from
abroad: It was after the perform
ance of the Grieg concerto in London
by Mme Careno. The audience was
storming. Suddenly a voice called out
"Bravo. Bravo. I have never heard It
played better." Mme Careno gracious
ly acknowledged the compliment, but
waa visibly annoyed when the pos
sessor of the voice, an old man, kept
repeating it three or four times. The
old maa apparently noticed the
artiet'a disapproval of his impulsive
action. He got ap from his seat and
said: "Well. I ought to know what I
am talking about because I wrote this
concerto myself." Mme Careno had
failed to recognise ia the little old
maa Norwaya greatest
ward Grieg.
JUST. MERC PIECE OF STRING.
The Important Part It Plays in
.Japanese Life.
Writing from Japan, an American
says: "You must come here to ap
preciate some of the quaint customs
aad usages which contact with other
peoples has not yet driven out. To
read about them gives you only a poor
idea. For instance, did you ever know
what an important thing a piece of
string is here? The children, workmen
idlers, servants, all carry pieces of
string for use in case of emergency.
"With us the emergency would arise
only when a parcel had to be done up,
but the Jap uses his piece of string as
a first aid to the injured, to repair a
rent in his clothing, to fix a broken
down jinrikisha,' to mend tools, to take
measurements and, in fact, the string
is his universal tool chest' '
"The queerest use to which It is put,
according to my way of thinking, is
when a police omcef arrests a man,
ties a bit of string about the arrested
man's wrist aad thea leads him by the
loose end of the thin hempen fetter to
the lockup. You ,ask: 'Why doesn't
the Jap crook break the string and
find a gateway?' He could, but he
would not That's where his respect
for the law comes ia, and the bit of
string holds the maa as securely aa
though he were manacled by our own
humane chilled steel, nickel-plated and
snap-locked method."
FINGERS OF VARIOUS VALUES.
Thumb Is Easily the Meet-Important
of the Digits.
You have only to grasp a pen or a
tool of some sort to realize that the
different fingers are far from having
the same value with reference to their
usefulness in performing work. Much
the most Important is the thumb, for
without it prehension would be very
Imperfect. The hand is no longer pin
cers, but merely a claw, when deprived
of the thumb. It may be. estimated
that the thumb represents fully a
third of the total value of the hand.
The total loss of the thumb is esti
mated by competent authorities as 15
to 35 per cent, for the right and 10 to
15 per cent for the left hand, except
for workers in art, when 40 to 50 for
the right and 25 to 40 per cent, for the
left hand comes nearer the value.
The total loss of the index finger
causes an incapacity- estimated at
from 15 to 25 per cent for the right
hand and 10 to 15 per cent, for the
left. The middle finger is less impor
tant than the index. The ring finger
is least important and the little finger
may be compared to Us neighbor, ex
cept in the professions in which it
serves as a point of support for tho
hand.
When Aliens Die in Egypt
Under the laws of the country all
bodies must be buried within 24 hours
after death. In the case of foreigners.
If relatives desire to remove the body,
it must be embalmed or first buried
for a year. The process of embalming
in modern Egypt is not only very ex
pensive, amounting often to $1,000,
but it is undesirable. Neither is it
convenient often to bury the dead for
a year preparatory to removal. What
ever objections therefore may exist
elsewhere to the burning of the dead
so that their ashes may be transported
to their own country, they are without
much force in Egypt Recently a law
has been passed allowing this dispo
sition of the dead, but as it is against
the religion of the Mohammedans, the
government does not see its way ta
providing for the burning.
Hippophagy.
Hippophagy being in low water In
these later days, somebody has set
himself to show what an exceedingly
respectable history attaches to the
practice. Among the ancients, especial
ly in China, eating horse flesh was
V general, W1B 11 WilS omuj uueu IU cu-
rope by a papal decree of Gregory III,
though why horse flesh should have
been interdicted ' does not appear. It
was only the famine caused by Na
poleon's invasion that revived the
practice in Germany, where it has
survived ever since.
Children's Work of Charity.
The children of Laconia, N. H., are
raising a fund to furnish a children's
room in the new hospital. The primary
department of the South church Sun
day school has donated a large num
ber of their pennies, which, together
with that already given by two little
girls, makes a snug nucleus toward
the fund. The little tots are entering
heartily into the movement aad are
joyfully planning to bring their mite
to furnish and supply a room which
will brighten the lives of the more
unfortunate children of the city.
Manchester Union.
Economical Commodore.
It was the custom In the days of
our old navy for the men to bring to
the mast all worn-out articles which
were to be inspected, handed In, and
exchanged for aew. The drummer
had applied for so many drum-heads
that the commodore felt sure he waa
being imposed upon, and one day set
himself to watch while the band waa
playing. Aa one rattling martial air
followed another, his anger iacreased
perceptibly, until he burst forth ia
uncontrollable rage: "There now,
confound you! I see why you use ao
many drum-heads! Don't drum In the
middle of it all the time. Drum all
over that drum, I tell you!"
The Chinese Dragon
The Chinese dragon is so familiar
aa to be no longer remarked, aad yet
his significance Is perhaps not fully
understood by all. There are, In fact
three kinds of dragons the lung of
the sky. the II of the sea, and the klau
of the marshes. The lung Is the fa
vorite kind, however,-and may be
known when met by bis having "the
head of a camel, the horns of a deer,
the eyes of a rabbit ears of a cow,
neck of a snake, belly of a frog, scalea
of a carp, claws of a hawk, aad palm
of a tiger." Hla special often la to
guard aad aapport the mansions of.
the gods, aad ha la naturally the
peculiar aymhal ef the emperor.
SAVED MERCHANT FROM RUIN.
1 from J. P. Marfan
Needed Financial Help.
A Washington treasury ofltetel wha
bus just returned from New York telle
a story illustrative of the effort of J.
Pierpont Morgan, the New York finan
cier, to stop the financial depresekm.
A Jewish manufacturer had been
operating his business for some time
on credit His notes fell due early
in November, and he weat to a bank
to get them renewed. Though he had
been a large depositor and was known
to be a man of scrupulous hoaesty,
the bank declined to grant him aa ax
tension, insisting that he should pay
his Botes on the day they fell due.
This was impossible, and bankruptcy
stared him in the face. He went to a
friend and asked him what ha
should do.
"No bank will loan you a ceat," said
bis adviser. "I have it Go to Mr.
Morgan and state your case to him."
"Oh, he won't do anything for me."
the manufacturer responded hopeless
ly. "But I'll try. anyhow."
Mr. Morgan received him courteous
ly and listened to his statement Then
he turned to his phone and rang up
the bank.
"Mr. So and So Ia in my ofitee," he
said, "and tells me you have declined
to grant him an extension of his notes.
It is just such people as you who are
making the condition serious. Unless
those notes are renewed. I shall make
It my business to rata yoa."
Thea the financier turned to hla
caller.
"I think." he said, "yoa will find the
bank willing to extend your aotes.
It waa.
LAUNCHED THE NEW AUTHOR.
Magazine Writer Telia of the "Dis
covery" ef Bret Harte.
A copy of the Overland Monthly had
fallen into my hands, and I was ex
ceedingly interested in a sketch, "The
Luck of Roaring Camp," by an author
ahose name I had never before heard.
I asked Mr. Fields to read it and he
cared more. for It even than I being
much older and wiser and he very
soon dictated a letter to Mr. Harte.
begging him to send something to the
Atlantic (whose editors, so far as I
have known them, have always
anxiously watched for promising new
authors).
The reply, which came In due time,
I think, not only expressed a willing
ness to become a contributor, but
spoke of the' writer's probable depar
ture from California. I cannot say
how long it was before the Harte fam
ily reached Boston and became the
guests of Mr. Howells in Cambridge.
I only know that it was the time when
every man was quoting from "The
Heathen Chinee," and generally carry
ing the verses in his pocketbook.
There was. I thought, a good deal of
curiosity felt about the office as to the
sort of man the suddenly popular
author would prove to be. He was
found good looking '(and excedingly
well dressed), extremely self-possessed,
with a gracefully friendly and
even affectionate manner to the new
business and literary acquaintances of
his own age in the establishment, with
whom he speedily became intimate.
Atlantic Magazine.
Repartee ef the Shea.
"I never was so Insulted in my life!"
said the girl with the brown eyes In
dignantly. "Explain further," was the request
"Why, you know Fido chewed up
the muff to that set of gray furs of
mine, and so I went into a shop to
day to see if I could find a muff that
would suit, so he called another clerk.
This one hunted high and low, he
dragged out muffs till they heaped
the counter, but he .couldn't find one
that would match. Finally he called
the proprietor, a fat. stuffy man, who
came waddling down the aisle and
said: 'What is the. trouble?'
"'I can't make a match,' I said al
most tearfully.
'"Why, that's funny,' he said, in a
hatefully patronizing manner. 'What's
the matter with the men? "
Artificial Ni
People sometimes lose their noses by
disease or in fights, aad some have lost
them In war. For noaelesa persoas
the most appropriate organs are aald
to be of wax, and the beat oaes, ac
cording to an American journal, cost
about 35. though a really good one
can be got for 15. A nose made of
papier mache may be bought for oae
pound sterling. Noses made of this
material are enameled aad are decep
tive, aad for a poor maa they are aald
to answer all the purposes that are re
quired. London Answers.
At Last
Mrs. Newed (excitedly O, Henry!
I've just discovered why your poems
are always returned by this maga
zine! Sir. Newed (a near-poet) Indeed?
Mrs. Newed Yes, indeed! Why.
here's the answer in plain print: "No
contributions will be returned unless
stamps are furnished," and you, you
old goose, always send the stamps!
Fanciful Finance.
"Time," remarked the wise person,
'is money."
"Perhaps, answered Mr. Sirins
Barker, "but it shouldn't be brought
to the attention of some banks I have
heard of. Instead of clearing-house
certificates, they may find it comfort
able and convenient to issue eight-day
clocks."
The Hard Loser.
Goodart Brewdec was telling me to
day about his bard luck last spring.
He certainly did lose a great opportu
nity. Wise Yes, aad thiak of what he's
lost since.
Goodart Why. what's that?
Wise Valuable time talking
aboat It
Seeks!
"Do yoa believe that everybody haa
oaa aovel la him?"
"I doa't kaow. Bat judging from
the aamaer of hooka ceaataatly taraed
oat, I should say that everybody ha
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QUALITIES OF C.:AT HOETw
Syren and Wordsworth Had Oru.
Thing in Common.
Byron aad Wordsworth have this at
least in common. Each allke-was filled
with righteous indignation at social
and moral wrongs. Each was a demo
crat before democracy, eager to admit
the people to the heritage from which
tbey had been shut out by the selfish
ness of class Interests aad the apathy
of industrial conditions. But while
Wordsworth's temperate zeal took the
gradual aad the longer way of" a basic
(.'construction of social practice, build
ing it up afresh on arguments tested
by experience, and deeming no record
too trivial to serve the architect's de
sign, Byron's more ardent mood burned
for Instant reform, aad would aot
brook the restraints which the tac
tician imposes on the fighter. "The
moment he reflects he la a child," was
Goethe's verdict on Byron, who,
though he was moved by the same im
pulse as Wordsworth, aad obeyed the
same.order of revolt, followed through
out his short life the path of action,
not or reflecUoa. His poetry carries
ti3 forward, ia the sense of his own
dying cry; "Forward, forward, follow
me." It exhibits, as Swinburne tells
us, a "splendid nnd Imperishable ex
celleace of sincerity aad strength."
lie believed intensely in his cause
the common cause of hla age, the
emancipation of man from physic1
and moral bonds aad he employed
whatever weapon came foremost te
convince others of the truth. Laurie
Magnus In T. P.'s Weekly.
GREAT SCHEME TO KILL FOGS.
Air Cannon Invented to Drive Mists
Away from London.
A scheme to disperse fogs by cur
rents of air shot over London from
"projectors" six miles away has beea
laid before the public control commit
tee of the London county council, aad
M. Demetrio Moggiora, the inventor,
is ready to start experiments.
M. Moggiora says his apparatus has
already beea subjected to severe tests
at Milan, Italy, where fogs, clouds and
hailstorms were quickly dissipated
With his projectors, or "air cannon."
placed within a radius of six miles
from "the house of parliament, he says
he will clear away the worst fog in
London within 2d minutes.
"The theory is that the fog hangs
over London simply because there are
no air currents to carry it away," said
M. Moggiora. "Now, my projectors,
actiag like caaaoa. furnish the neces
sary currents of air."
Each projector, says the London
Daily Mai, la about W feet long. An
explosion is caused aa in a cannon,
aad the concussion has aa effect for
six miles. Thus, If ten or more ol
these were ranged over London from
different directions the fog would be
lifted Immediately to an altitude where
the wind would blow it away. After
the apparatus was permanently in
stalled the cost would be seven pence
for each explosion, and 20 explosions
would rid the metropolis of its densest
forg. The cost for original construc
tion would be 600.'
Fish the Enemy ef Meeauiteca.
The "blue eye," so called oa account
of the brilUaat blue of Its Iris. Is a
small fish oae aad a half to two lachee
long, living In shallow Australian wa
ters, but the creature haa beea made
very big la importance by the discov
ery of Couat Btrger Moemer, Swedish
consul, that It aabsbjts oa mosquito
larvae. After some dimeulty, enough
of the fishes have beea captured aad
seat to Naples to test their possible
influence In alteriag the condition of
the malarious swamps aad marshes oi
Italy. To science the fish ia known aa
Pseadomugil slgaifier. aad It belongs
to the family of 'Athoriaides, repre
sented In dlffereat parte of the world
by 14 principal kinds aad CS sub
varieties, which will he eagerly tavee
tigated If the Italian experiments sac
ceed. The
MaraSf nsn)lann-
wfau7 arflaRmamamja
The taste
r rather the
have
aad with the
times the fashions, men's habits, occu
pations, ways of thinking aad apeak
lag. For the very language rhaagss.
No power caa atop it. aot even the
printing areas or the Freaeh or any
other academy- The ceadltiea at
growth ia chaage. Recommend ta your
boy the hooka yoa used to read aa a
boy. He may try them la
to yoar pareatal authority aad
ment, but, for am pleasure ha
quite other hooka. Thia ia the Justifi
cation of the Bevels of to-day. The
business of the writer la to touch the
hearts of hla contemporaries.
ef Law.
At the time of the famoat
trial la Cambridge. Maaa. two Irish
men, standing oa a street comer, were
overheard discussing the triaL Oaa
of them was trying to enlighten the
other concerning a Jury.
"Bedad!" he examined. "You're ar
risted. Thin If ye gets th ahmarteat
lawyer, ye're innoctnt;' bat if th' other
maa gets th' best lawyer, ye're guilty.
Life.
The Safe Way.
Dariag a apell of bad weather, when
the water supply was unusually maddy.
a yoaag woman of Philadelphia asked
Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, the famous aa
thor aad physician, how aha could btat
safeguard herself la drinking the local
beverage.
"First boil it." Dr. Mitchell aa
awered. thea filter it. aad afterward
drink gtejeer ale."
Borrowl!
na from a W
"I have to work awfully hard these
days," said tho buelaeea wamaa. "te
order ta help my maa frieada. Yoa
have ao idea how maay of them coma
to me for help. I doa't kaow why,
unless It is because I generally keep
a great appearance of betag well-to-do.
I had a letter this morale from
one of them that Just aboat brake my
heart, asking for a little money. No.
He isn't a borrower. He la oaa of
the bralaleat of mea I kaow. who te
all at once ap agaiast It oa account
of the financial stringency, aad haaa't
a dollar to hla aame. Of cental I
seat him the money.
nothing else to da Bat I
sometimes whom I could ask far aid
if I needed it aa badly aa that."
The Growth ef
Greed grows with greveMag. aad
bob have a positive geaJaa for
L Witness the millieae that tbey are
piling up to ao good aad. aad far aa
great purpose. These mllHoae apeak
well for their greed h? aaytalBg caa
speak weU of grand aad thia te the
aaly tribute that will aver ha sald'te
them that they succeeded wen la
what they started out to do. As wit
nesses to their success they caa call
the ghosts of ruined man. hungry
womea aad starving ehUdrea, and
there win ha aa aae to dtepate their
testimony. Such te materialism te Ite
commonest form aad la Its coarsest
aspect. Joel Chandler Harris, ia
Uncle Remus' Magazine.
Lived in a
A dtisea of Tennessee recently built
a handsome country home oa Lookout
mountain ia bungalow style. Sesae of
his friends, aaxioaa to aea the aew
resldeBce. Inquired the way of a party
of small boys and girls, saying: "Caa
yoa show us the way to Mr. G'a
house?"
"Yea. Mr." waa the response, "but
It tea't a house."
"What te it, then?" aaiaaed oaa of
Urn geatiemea.
"Why, it's a it's a" stammered
th fcov. "it's a hwtrm"
1
that
Ia a
"Somewhat," answered Senator Sor
ghum, who waa te a particularly
Jocose mood; "aad aomewhat oa cat
leetloaeeriag!" -a wa
on doa't seem to
far
aoctery, Mr. Crabbe,"
Woodhy.
"No." replied Crabbe. "society te
haply a foeMah teatitattea 'ha whteh
everv n-hody te taaaat ta try an ha
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