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You Should Not Be Angry if
. . Told that Your Head is a Vacuum-
By GARRETT P, 8tC RVISS.
K you should tali a man that hla bead
wti a vacuum ha would probably knock
you down, or witt no could, ret you
might ba paylnc him a very groat compli
ment, for thera la nothing m reotpUv as
a vacuum. Tbo real .
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Insult would ba In
telling him that
his head waa a
plenum, for a ple
num can receive
nothing. Being full
already It la a aym
bol of , atagnktloa.
Tha man wboaa
head was really
full would be In a
deporabla state un
less ho could pro
duce a vacuum In
It by getting rid of
old. useless, out-of-
date notions, knowledge and prejudices
I and thus nrnke room for tha Inflow of
something new and better. Reading an
an article In Good Housekeeping maga
sine on the wonders sf vacuum cleaners
lead mb'to reflect that a really active
human braia la very like one of those
surprising machines.- They typify the
action' Of every great. Mentlflo mind.
When Napoleon was organising his vast
coda of laws, every -mast who approached
Mm felt the auction of that tremendous
mental vacuum pump which drew out the
deepest things hidden In other minds, and
thn sorted, orgaalxed and vitalised them.
Napoleon waa superior to other men
because he had plenty , of room In his
head. Ha did not allow It to become a
plenum. He constantly rejected Uia old.
tha worn-out and IM useless, blowing It
away Nke dust and keeping only the per
manently useful, of which there can never
be enough to fill any mind.
Newton, after all Us years of discov
ery, declared that ba bad gathered only
a grain of sand from tha shore of the
cean of knowledge. He. too, was a great
Intellectual - vacuum machine, always
gathering and- constantly rejecting.
It Is a mating that man should nave
been -so long In discovering some of the
' simplest uses of a vacuum. For tinnum- j
be red centuries housewives had been la- j
borlously sweeping their rooms with In
effective brooms, raising the dust Into the i
air. to be burned In their lungs, sna to
scatter aoxlous germs broadcast. Philos
ophers had been- sucking the air out of
glass bells and exhibiting the wonders of
the vacuum to schoolboys. . Everybody
had all their lives been watching files
sralklng on the ceiling and up the window
panes, sustained, by tha pressure of the
air. No student waa Ignorant of tha fact
thai l.f two surge, hollow hemispheres wees
pressed together and exhausted of air a
team of horses could not draw them
apart.' Yet unUl a new Inventive genius
came along a few years art nobody
thought of making tbo pressure of the
atmosphere do the housewife's disagree
able work with infinitely Increased thor
oughness sod Incomparably less danger.
If I am not mistaken Edison had made
his vacuum lamps and certainly Crookes
had produced his marvellous vacuum
tubes before the vacuum cleaner was In
vented. And yet the Utter Is by far the
simpler contrivance. But la operation It
Js a wonderful thing to watch. The wo
oer tube with Its serpent head goes Into
a dusty corner or creeps along the top
st a molding, and the dirt and, the ae
camulsted germ-filled dust disappear
into the hidden vacuum as If by magic.
vVlth a powerful machine the dust under
a thick carpet comes up. Invisibly,
through the web sad woof, rushes un
seen Into the' receptacle, and when the
apparatus has psased tbo floor la clean. .
Still the vacuum which does such sur
prising work Is far from being perfect.
Man cannot snako a perfect vacuum, but
a partial-one serves bis purpose. When
the sir in a Crookes" tubs Is xhsusted
to a niUlontk of ths-ordlsanj pressure
f tbo' atmosphere something yet re
mains which Is so mysterious. in Its pro-
parties that some hsva supposed It to be
matter reduced to a fourth ststr.
Ws know matter Is only three states-
solid, ttauld and gaseous. We can pro
duce, these states, ourselves In a labor
atory. 'Wt can turn a bit of fond Iron
1st a Mould and then Into a gas. But
tbo something which remains In a
Crsske's tubs does not bebsva Use either
a solid, a liquid or a gas. About all that
ran be sakl about It la thai it Is In con
tinual motion. , It strikes about on all
sides and makes everything It touches
phoaphorarent.; It causes a diamond to
glow- with a green light, and gives a
living Mush to a ruby.
But If we could produce a perfect
vacuum It would be no vacuum at all,
for It would be filled with tha most
rigid thing concelvabls the ether. The
ether, which Is thought to fill sll spsce.1
cannot be exhausted or drawn off. -it
brings to us the light of the sure, but
It defies the lass of mechanics.
Because there seems to be no hotter
wsy to account for ths phenomena that
ether produces It lias been assumed that
the ether Is the only really 'solid, rlfld
thing In existence. It la so rigid that
It passes through everything and leaves
no mark, and everything pasnee through
It snd feels no resistance. But here we
are getting on ths borderland of science,
which, at present, theory has to take
ths place of known fact
Boms day somebody" may dirtsover
what ether really Is. Another Xewtnn,
with a more perfect mental vacuum,
villi draw Its secret out of the dark cor
ners of nature. . . ,
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Lillian Lorraine's Beanty Secrets for the Girls
.:; . ' Why the Care of the Teeth is Essential to Good Health
f BACHELOR. REFLECTIONS
Ths hsrdest thing is to convince Boise
that It istrt knowledge.
When s man isn't bragging up his bust
boss ability himself, bis wife tat doing it
for him. .
Two times two make forty .when they're
beaux, and forty plus two maks twenty
six wnea they're years.
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chalk and 'fold run sing water. Cold
water Is a tins toolo for ths gums. Try
te uss running water from ths faucet
not wster In a glass. In order that .It
may constantly be fresh and ths tooth
brush thoroughly rinsed In it
Dentsl floss should be kept on hand to
remove any obstinate bit of food from
between ths teeth, for such particles as
these when they decay makes visits to
the dentist's neceeaary.
Twice a year ths dentist should look
over ths teeth and clean them properly,
it does not tske long snd is not. expen
sive, i
A steal many iieople clow their eyes
almost completely when they smile, mak
list many little lines st ths comers ot the
eyes. Of course, these lines will create
wrinkles in lima, and though they are
pleassnt, laughing wrinkles I hsva never
hesrd of anyone yet who waa anxious to
have them as keepsskes of former
laughs. But you can smile with your
lips as much ss you like snd the Unas
won't metier. Only don't squint up your
syes.
I read In a perfectly serious book an
beauty ones that you should smlls "once
a day to tons up ths facial muscles."
Don't you think thst's funny? Imagine
going through life on that plan? We
would all look as serious ss owla, and I
suppose ws wsuld sll hsva to retire to
the seclusion of our own spsrtjnents
to do that great oncs-s-dsy smiling act.
Not for me.
Smile as much and ss often ss you
ran. Is my motto smile when you are
gay and smlls when you wish you were
gay, but aren't A smile Is Infectious.
Sympathy A Test of .Character
By VIRGINIA TFRHIXE VAX I)K WATER.
"I'm lits snore sorry for people In
Iroubt then I am for people In good
luck!'' declared a blunt man.
"The people In good luck don't need
sympathy ss much. remstked his friend.
"Probobly that Is why you don't rejoice
with them so thoroughly." '
"No." was ths konsst reply. "It's be
cause I always, away down In my heart
contrast ths unfortunate chap's condition
with mine, and thst prevents my joy fur
him being as wholesale and big as would
be my pity for him were he In lrr il.lt. I
aupnoss, after all. It b) because Instinc
tively one draws comparisons betwess
one's own luck and that of ths ether fel
low."
Ths remark eras painfully true with re
gard to human nature In general.
"I never knew," said sns woman, "how
much good there was la human nature
unUl I waa In trouble."
And I," said another, "never appre
ciated how muck mean and petty envy
there waa la human nature until I had A
stroke of good luck. i
Ths last speaker had bad more than
her share of hard . times, financial I
straits and wearing disappointments, and
through them all her friends bad been
glad to help ber when they could. But
now she was smarting under tbs first
appreciation ot ths fsct that there are
some people who find It easier to mourn
JJliHh those who mourn then 14 rejoice
Wlin tnoss wno rejoare. ins inpnqs w nv
bad felt a pleasure, a glow of self-right
eous content In helping her ever her dif
ficulties snd In playing Lady Bountiful toj
ner in nor necessities, louna 11 not bji
together pleassnt la sse ber fortunes
soaring above their own.
"Don't let your head be turned by your
success, a friend warned ens who, after
a quarter-century of patient. Unrecog
nised labor was beginning to come tnlo
his own. ' f
" There Is no danger," was ths grave
reply. "There are always some people
standing ready with lumps of mud to
hit thst asms bead It It rises too high
above ths stagnant sea ot ths common
place."
This Is not sll pawl ml am or cynicism.
In the nature of ths average person there
Is for misfortune a pity that bt almost
divine, snd sorrow and suffering draw It
forth. It spesks well tor Ss men and wo
men thst the trouble ot our neighbors
actually mars our own happiness, coming
between us and our pleassnt occupation,
giving us a genuine heart stihs whsn
ws remember the friend who ells in the
shadow while ws revel In the sunlight.
And yet, when ws look at ths other aids
ot the picture, we cannot deny that there
are persons who ds not sympathise as
generously with those who are sad. The
very Joy and light beartedness ot the
cars-free sometimes brings Into sharper
relic our less fortunate estate: their
freedom from besry burdens reminds us
of ths weight of those ws must bear.
It takes a nature of unusual generality
and nobility to be glad for the friend who
la pssslng one on one's upwkrd climb.
Somehow, ws ssy K Is" not fair. Hsve
ws not worked, have ws not tolled, have
we not fought?
Tea and so has tha other person. TVe
may never have, seen ths struggle, but
It was there. Nobody In the world gets
anything that la worth while for nothing;
one must always pay some pries for one's
success. Ws need not fear that tbs suc
cessful wosias will sot get "sll that Is
.. .
coming to her" of disappointment and dis
illusionment It may not corns la one way.
but It comes In another. l"(
J heard a woman whose life ass been'
a series of sorrows sympathising with
one who had just been through what"'
seemed to be a rather light affliction
Later. I asked my friend how she, with
all ber own suffering, could be so swssoiy
compassionate for ths other woman whose, j
trouble wsa trinipg compared with ber 1
own woes. (... : t t
"My desr, shs said. "I try always to
remember that each human being's own I
sorrow la Just as much as she feels shs 1
esn bear at that particular time. Whc' j
you appreciate that fact you will neve
t to any one: "sly troubles are greater' j
than yours."," ,H,
he hsd learned a-great train. And
since - there is ma nmeh nUutaniniai)
thst each of us must bean why let a 1
feeling ot petty envy, sr of unfulfilled j
longing, .make as so small that ws know1, 1
tngly put a briar in ths way of uteri
friend who la running in the path atotis-l
which as are stumbling? -
"I suppose you are rather proud,' said"
sns artist to another, "because tbe Blank! v
Magaslne has given you so much lllu J
fating te do. For my part there is Sh -much
Indifferent stuff In thai publitaUoJ'J
Inst I should lists to have anything f -
mine there. But I suppose they pay ycu
enough to reconcile you to tbe bad com
pany you're In." , ,-.
What waa tbs ass sr this speech 8osW
of us who heard It suspected that It wast
prompted by ths fsot that ths speaker's,
work had been turned down" by that',
particular Periodical. But we did nob
say IL ' That, too. would have been i
unnecessary unklndoeaa, , , . .,;,'
Thank heaven, there- sre people whs
are so big and broad that they reJotcoj;
In ths good fortunes ot et tiers. Tkey saw I
the men and women, who make llf i
worth living. We sll know ths different! :
between ths sympathy that la forced saa
thst which comes from ths heart. We ,
think. we recognise It. when wa are. in", j
sorrow; we know ths true ring when we 1
sre subjects for congratulations. There! J
Is ne mistaking, the cordial . handclasp- J
ths honest gsss Into ths eyes sad Sha
hearty tones that make tbe words, Tr ' j
so glad for you!" like music ta our esxal' I
And sines such honest sympathy In ttieV
nappy person's Joy adds so much toj,
- w. ti se Dig enoogu.
broad snough, snd decent enough to W
Just sa glsd with the glad aa we aA"
nnv rl,l. k. .in.. .... . '
.- " ' : nncn we ceil'
do that we will have -done. our par
toward ennobling human nature, " - ''f
I
, esaewr.
"Buffer Is a queer fellow."
"How so?" '
tl'l... ' -I . -
- jwrs oecisrea mat he J ,
rather Jump In the lake than, maks SJA
siter-oinner speech."
"TesT" '
"Well, at a big dinner ths othett aigut
hs bed a speech that -be practiced fear
days without intermission, and then was
eo nervous be couldn't sst a mouthful of
dinner and lisd cold chills running up
snd down bis back. Then, sftrr all, lite
chairman didn't call ca him."
"Say. hs must have been relieved""' 1
"Relieved! He was madder' than a wet )
hea!"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Seward's Predicament An Incident of the Civil War"
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LILLIAN LORRAINE'S INFECTIOUS SMILE.
A pretty smile is a business sssst.
If you are oa the stage it helps a lot,
I can assure you. and it you sre s home
girl or speod many hours a day behind
counters or desks don't underestimate
tbs value of a smlie.
A smile, the right kind, will ; draw
extra pin money out ot father or pla
cate the disagreeable eld customer who
doesn't know ber own mind sod wastes
hours of your time snd every ounce ot
your patience.-
Now you can't have a pretty smlls
unless you hsve good teeth.
Oood teeth redeem sa ugly face; bad
teeth rula a beautiful one.
I don't think half enough attention 19
Paid to "teeth," snd te begin with, most
mothers hsve a casual way sf thinking
thst nature will take care of them, and
that a child's first teeth sre of a
special Importance anyhow, because tkey
Bf LILIXV-V LORRAINE.
sre bound to fall out ' .
A child's teeth only get the " right
amount of attention S hen a ecreamtng
youngster announces that hie teeth ac
tually hurt bim. and the family swoops
down upon tbe dentist. t
Fhrt teeth should not be allowed o
faH out or to be pulled out without the
sdvice.of a dentist, beta one on these
first teeth depend the beauty ot the
second teeth, their shape and regularity.
A first tooth which Is allowed ta decay
often starts the decay of the second
tooth beneath It, and ruins ths beauty of
tbs mouth forever.
Nowadays eVjitistry has- become such
s wonderful art that almost anything bt
possible to a skillful destist. . I hsve
sees tbe teeth of one person planted Into
the too'ilh of another, and the most won
derful fillings ot porcelain ths same
shade aa the tooth, with a bit of pink
porcelain gum graved It to bids be join
ing: Still nothing can replace Nature
st her best; and' the girl whose teeth are
good should be duly thankful snd never
stop the work of caring for them.
Teeth must be kept absolutely clean.
To do that they should be brushed ifter
each meal snd night and morning. Most
people woa't do thst. though it It tbe
best thing for lbs teeth. However. th;y
most be brushed twice a day anyhow
night and morning. i
When you brush your teeth brush up
and down, not straight across, snd be
surs to brush on the Inner side of
ths teeth as well ss the outer. , .
There sre many kinds of tooth washes,
pastas snd powders snd a great many
are good. One sf the best things to
brush Uss testa altb Is plain precipitated
Fifty-one years sgo today March ft,
1 Mil the confederate commissioners For
syth. Roman snd Crawford arrived at
Washington from Montgomery, and
wrote to Secretary Seward, Informing Sim
that they bad come
ss representatives
of ths confederate
authorities. and
were ehsrged with
negotiating a peace
between the con
federacy and the
United Btates.
Twenty-si days
later. April t, four
days before the fir
ing on umter, Mr.
Seward replied to
tha commissioners,
refusing to see
them or to enter lntdsny sort ot nego
tiation with them.
It will be seen at a glance that- ths
communication from the eommlseloDere
put Seward In what mlsrht welt be
called a predicament. Tbs situation was
this; If be entered Into negotiations with
ths commissioners he would thereby ad
mit that tbe confederate states had estab
lished an Independent government. ' do
rscto and' de Jure, with all the conse
quences that would flow from such fact.
If, on the ether band, bs ignored the
commissioners ths result wss war. Verily
By
REV. THOMAS D. GREGORY.
March 13, 1S1.
mm
m if
the secretary was in an alarming fix.
and It ss not to be wondered at that the
situation came near prostrating him..
Boms very Interesting ruminations are
posslbls in this connection. Suppose Mr.
HE WAS SHOWN
DOWN IN MISSOURI
"An Englishmen who recently arrtvsd In
this country went out into Marts county
to visit some of the Lord Scully lands,
asd while wsndeiing about ran onto a
small whits skunk." ssys Tom O'Neal
"Afterwards, on making Inquiry as to
what kind of animal It was and tbs name
of it. be waa told that it was a polecat j
After ha had changed his clothes be sa;
down and wrote to his family back in!
England as follows:
" T have been cut looking over the coun
try today, and ia traveling about I met
with an American cat. a beautiful little
creature, but I think it bad ths most of-!
tensive breath, don't yea know", of any'
animal I ever saw la my Ufa.'" Kansas
City Journal.
Sesard had seen the , commissioners,
what results would have followed? '
Would a peace bavs been arranged? n' i
If so, upon what terms? Would theses-.'
ceded states hsve returned: to tbe aniosv
upsn the understanding that slavery was
not to bs disturbed or would It nave bans '
posslbls to bass arranged peace apsir :
tbe basis of two countries and two gov-:
ernnjfuts.
Evidently Steward looked upon theiutw"
ter alternative as the only one that stt
possible, and against that sort of peacs.'
set hla raeA II l eil.. r
, - ....... in secreiars
; knew that ths commissi on era were there)
in Washington, not as bestrars or sup-
' -, nw ubij arcrrmtca r!rer .
eentatlves of what they believed u
sovereign and Independent states, ersf
thst, while they were for pease with their '
fellow-iiUxis.-they were not prepared
abets one Jot or tittle of their selt-respeet -i
or to accept any kind of peace other'
thsa that which was In keeping wiu
their constitutional rights. ' .. ' - :
In other words, Seward knew that it was" '
(Southern Independence or war and i-, ';
chose wsr. Ignoring ths confederate cos. !
ralsi oners be permitted them to retif .
te their government unheard, and tsji- '
noticed, and tour days after they sad' '
turned their hacks on Washington 1M '
shot was ftred which, opened the, blotst
lest ban in which tbs dewth-ilemona evst '
danced on this old earth of sural