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f CHOICE MISCELLANY WOMAN AN® FASBKrt* HUMOR OF THE HOUR WASHINGTON LETTER NEW SHORT STORIES FACTS IN FEW LINES In Holers Favfilo*. Origin of tke Earth’» Heat. Blouse ot taffeta or eluQi. plaltnj at A German physicist, Herr Liebeuow, puts forward the theory. which has the top and gather«*^ f/t the bottom, been hinted by others, that there may where It la finished In bolero ? ash Ion. with a band of the materfill pi|n-d wit* *r enough radium in the crust of the a contrasting color a»l orisiSe-ntrel globe to ao-ount for the earth's Inter with spirals of soiMache. « nal heat. It is only necessary to sup lYie yoke Is of the mateskd. cd* Wifi pose for this object that radium is •' erlapplng tabs at the shus^eni. *|*<a! "uniformly distributed throughout the mass of the earth In quantities of (bout one thousandth of what is known to occur in pitchblende." But there are many indications that radium occurs more frequently than this In all knqwn rocks and that its occurrence Is more frequent near the surface of the earth than In the Interior. “Thia theory," the Electrician observes, “demolishes at a blow all our conceptions of a liquid in terior at the tremendous temperatures Implied by a uniformly rising gradi ent. It now becom«» permissible to assume that the temperature rises to ward the center of the earth, but at tains a maximum at no very great depth aud that the Interior beyond that point la at a uniform aud comparative ly low temperature.” This Is making rather too much of radium. What we know ot volcanic phenomena in the past, of heat as a factor in the formation of the heavenly BLOCSE WAIST. bodies, of the sufficiency of Laplace’s theury to account for the solar system, with the contrasting color, ornamented as so many slowly cooling bodies, neg with the soutache spirals and finished atives the supposition of there being ■ round the neck with rows of stitch another sufficient cause for the same ing. The fronts of the yoke are turned effects. Besides, do we know enough back to form little revere, faced with of the breakup of the radium atom the same color as the pipings and orna and its liberation of bent at such pres mented with little buttons. The front* sures as exist at great depth of rock to of the blouse open over a narrow waist be sure that the phenomena of the lab coat of the material. The standing collar is of lace, finish oratory would be present there?—Lon don Telegraph. ed at the top with a scalloped turnover of the material ornamented with little buttons. The corselet girdle la of the Chestnnts as a Temperance *14. "There ahould be less drunkenness at same color as the pipings and rever» thia season of the year than at any The sleeve» are plaited at the top and other time," said a specialist In nerv finished with cuffs made and trimmed ous disorders who has a private sani like the yoke. tarium for the treatment of wealthy w dipsomaniacs. “It la not generally The shoes to be worn this winter an known—In fact, I claim the honor of the discovery—that roasted chestnuts English In every sense of the word- are a good antidote for liquor. The av that is, so far as the walking shoes ar« erage man who drinks under high nerv coiK-erned. These are heavy and thick ous pressure not for the sake of soci soled and are patterned as nearly at ability, but because the alcohol stimu possible after those worn by men. Th« lates him to greater effort. Is the one dainty footwear of light weight foi whose nervous system Is most quickly evening and house weur is as decldedl} undermined. He may uever get drunk, French as the walking shoes are Eng but there is the constant demand for Halt. The evening shoe Is high heelec overstimulation that works damage in to an extent that makes It resemble 1 the end. No sooner does the effect of miniature tower. one drink wear off than there Is the Strive is Skirts. craving for another. Now, If that man None of the winter materials Is would eat a few roasted chestnuts In stead of taking another drink when the thick, aud all of them are exceedingly feeling comes on him he would find soft and pliable and are cut on lines that the substance of the nuts, having that successfully dispose of any undue quickly absorbed the liquor already In fullness about the hips. Inverted or flat his system, had appreciably decreased stitched darts or stitched plaits take his longing for more alcoholic stimu care of any hip fullness that Is not lant It isn't theory. I know it to be gored out. aud the tit about the hips is smooth If not snug, it Is the freedom true.”—Philadelphia Record. of swlug below the Lip line that has earned the title full for the present day Wealth In Tiar Partlrlea of Gold. “The United States government as skirts. sayed the old mint at Denver recently,” ■aid R. W. Burchard of that city, “and While flat muffs are more fashiona got $30,000 In the cleanup. That sounds ble than the round variety, the differ like a peculiar statement, but It Is ths truth. The new coinage mint, which ence is not owing altogether to a pref has been In course of construction erence for the flat, as the short haired there for about seven years, was con* furs are made up In the first form, while the long haired are made Into pleted recently, and the government large round muffs. moved from the old mint, which had been occupied for about thirty years. Smart Cashmere Gowa. "When they got ready to clean out Cashmere Is one of the fashionable the old place every particle of dust and materials of the season and is peculiar dirt was carefully saved. This was ly attractive In the shirt waist gowns then run through the assay furnace, that are so deservedly popular. In this •nd It was found that the tiny parti Instance the material Is hunter's green, cles of gold which had accumulated with trimming of velvet, held by gold about the building In all those years buttons, but there are Innumerable col had amounted to the snug sum I have ors which are equally correct. The vest mentioned. The particles had been car effect, together with the shaped collar, ried through the air during the refining makes a specially noteworthy feature I -cesses and were so minute that they of the waist, while the skirt is box plait- had not affected the weight of the met isl and stitched well below the hips. al assayed to any appreciable extent But the total accumulation was ex tremely large. It was all velvet for Uncle Sam and more than paid the ex penses of moving to the new mint.”— Milwaukee Sentinel. Surnames of Denmark. Craebed. "Very well, sir," said Dr. Quack aft er bls quarrel with the undertaker "Til make you sorry for thia" "What are you going to do.” aaked the undertsk^-- "retire from practiceF —Exchange. "I must away! One last kiss, please- "Ob. dear, oh. dear. I want to The Boy's Way. Three Very Geed IIearear Solid Delegations. Mot Hi* Proper Calling. The late Bishop Dudley of Kentucky, ays the S| .asfield R< Ml !lean. was on a tainting expedition Uttar Louisville and hapiieiied to fall in With a local Nimrod whose unconcealed admiratiou for the city man's marksmanship pavwl the way for further couteraation. "What's youri name?” the country man dually Inquired. “Dudley," was the reply. After some change of Incident and experience the bishop's Interlocutor hazarded; “Say, Dudley, what business do you follow?” “I'm a preacher.” “Oh. get out. What are you giving me?" "But I am. I preach every Sunday.” “Wberer "In lajulsvllle.” “Well, well, I never would have thought It. You ain't stuck up a bit like most of the preachers down this way.” An Invitation to bear this new made acquaintance preach wus accompanied Fifteen states will be represented lu the Fifty-ninth congress by the same men who represent them in the present congress, no changes having been made in their delegations. These are Con necticut, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi. Oregon, Rhode Island. Ver Burnt, Virginia. West Virginia and Wis consin. The states having but one rep resentative are not Included in the fore going list The states that will have solid Republican delegations are Cali fornia, Colorado. Kansas, Maine. New Hampshire. Oregon. South Dakota. Vermont, Washington und West Vir ginia. These states have an aggregate of forty-four members. The solid Dem oeratic delegations are limiteel to Loui slana, Mississippi aud Texas, with an aggregate of tblrty-oue members. After many trials and tribulations the animals presented to President Roosevelt by the doughty Emperor Menelik of Abyssinia have arrived In Washington and are uow domiciled at the National Zoological park, where they are regarded as valuable acquisi tions. The gift of Menelik Includes a Grevy zebra, a lioness, two ostriches and two baboons. Navy Short ot Men. The navy is short of men, and a large increase In officers and men Is absolutely necessary If the new ships coming into commlssioD are to l>e a de quately manned. The navy author! ties are reticent In discussing the mat ter. but It is known thxt they are seri ously annoyed In deviling ways and means to do the work with the for« available. The only method that pre sents Itself at present It by putting old vessels out of commission, but the crews thus provided will provide only a small proportion of the men needed for the big battleships and cruisers that are coming lute commission. Counting the ships now in use and adding those already under «instruc tion. the navy requires about twice as many officers and men as are now- allowed by law. Senior Partner—Didn't I hear that new office boy call you “Jones” this morning? Junior Partner—Yes, but he's only been here a week. Give him time. He won’t he-rin to. nail me "Bill" uatfl next week.—Philadelphia Press. 8M1KT waist varas. (Special Corrv«pon-1- •nee.) Of the 38M members co uipoalng th« house of representative» a considers bit ■umber are veterans who have served many years. In the preseut bous« more than '¡0 per cent of its tneml>er ybip served in previous congresses. In fhe Fifty-ninth «Migres» the proportion ef old members re-elected will be main tained notwithstanding the defeat of a number of Democrats who have been borne on the rolls for several terms. The members reelected on Nov. S num ber 2S5, which leaves only 101 new members, and of these live have s»>rv«l in pre? loua congresses. These five are Kahn of California, Towne of New York. Blackburn of North Carolina. Graham of Pennsylvania and Kelfer ot < llilo. Till» reduces the number of men tn the next house without previous service to 90 and makes the number ot old members returned 290, or 75 per cent of the whole membership. Of th« 290 old members ISO are Republicans and 110 Democrats. The 3l«> old mem bers will come from forty-one states. Additions to the Zoo. Defect In Ills System. sleeves are among the latest shown, large s.ij.d tuU ft th-“ «houIJers, narrowing at the wrists, where they are Mw.aat For WgiaSa. Fine sawdust has been suggested as finished with deep cuffs. To make the a dressing for wounds and as a vehicle waist for a woman of medium size will for antiseptics. The finely sifted dust be required four and a half yards tweu when used alons la said to make a ty-oue. four and a quarter yards twen clean and pleasant dreaming, for It ty-seven or two and a quarter yards readily absorbs the discharges without forty-four Inches wide, with one aud a becoming lumpy or adhering, and It la quarter yards of velvet for trimming: as easily rendered antiseptic as cotton to make the skirt, twelve and a half wool. Rawdust of the yell v pine, rich yards twenty-one, eleven and ■ half as It la tn turpentine, is a valuable an yards twenty seven or six and a quar tiseptic application for wounds. ter yards forty four Inches wido. Oae Advaatag*. How the Soldier Painted Hie Sweat heart. “You know, I suppose.” observed Gwilliams. "what you tied that string around your finger for?” “If I didn't,” retorted Sfllut, "It wouldn’t be there. That's to remind me of a memorandum In my pocket book.” Here he took out his pocketbook. “I never leave anything of that kind to chance,” he added, “and I never trust my memory. I made a memoran dum of the things my wife told me to bring home this evening, and”— Here be opened the pocketbook. “And—and. by George. I left the memorandum at home!"—Chicago Trib- Qaall Is California. Rimer— Do you really prefer to have long poems sent In to you rather than short on«t»? Editor Yes When they’re long, you see. I don't have to think up any other excuse for rejecting them — Exchange. a <e:t ilu lawyer f the towif • devote» all his leisure t * to the per]>etratioii of* elaborate aud sdemri .fukes Khb-xly oi >■ th Is 1 • > august fi>r Mm to tnekle lie w s In Loudmi la*t summer, and one mornmg lie went Into a restaurant with bis most digni *«1 air aud procetsled tà order break- ihst. “I want two *ggs,” be said to tire waiter. “I want one fried on one side au<! the other fried on the other.” The waiter nodded and withdrew. A little later he returned. “Beg pardon, sir,” said he, “but I am afraid I didn't quite catch your or der. Would you mind repeating it?” "Not at all.” said the American sol emnly. “I want two eggs, out* of them fried on one side aud the other on the other." “Thank you. sir.” said the waiter. “J thought that was what you said, but 1 wasn't quite sure, sir.” Five minutes later an apologetic waiter returned to the American's el bow. “I beg pardon, sir,” be said again, “but the cook and I have bad some words. Would you mind having those eggs scrambled. sir?” — Washington Post. —“sneeze!” In Denmark the government has found it necessary to grant greeter privileges to the beads of families in the matter of changing their names if they so desire. There is a great scar city of surnames in Denmark. The Ilansens, the Petersens and the Koren sons comprise an almost overwhelming majority of the people. As an example of what the Danish postman has to contend against it may be noted that in one town of 25.000 Inhabitants there ars only about twenty surnames to gc ■round. Each one of these twenty sur names, therefore, is borne on the aver- age by more than 1.200 people. The number of quail In central fornla has been greatly reduced by a disease which the local doctors say Is similar to appendicitis In human be ings. So many birds were found dead or 111 it was at first thought that some body was using poison. But the Inves tigation developed the fact that quail were dying from the effect of eating too many grapes., the seeds kxlglug in the small Intestine, closely resembling the vermiform of human beings, and causing inflammation. &* Order Foe F»<rft It West. “But. George.” protested the coy g’.T!. suugg'dng feebly, “kissing, you know, la unhealthy. The doctors say It must go.” “Well, here goes!" be replied prompt ly. And It went—Baltimore News. TRe Rnnnwnve. Bride—Here Is a telegram from papa! Bridegroom (eagerly)—What does he •ay? Bride (reading)—Do not come home and all will be forgiven.—Collier's Weekly. Her Recommendation. cholly—So Miss Tartun loosened up Candid Minister—Good morning, Ja net I am sorry to bear you dkl not • nd said a g<wsl word about me. did like my preaching on Sunday last. •he? Archie—Yes; she said that When What was the reason? Janet—I bad one got better acquainted with yo three verrs guld reasons, sir. Firstly, one found you were not half as big ye read yer sermon; seceudly. ye did fool a* you appeared to be.—Exchange na read It weel. and. thirdly. It was na Beeneh of Promise. worth readin' at a’!—Ixmdon Tit-Bits Jlggston— Don't you believe that talk Ravels Versa» Hnebandn. is cheap. A friend of mine bad to pay I Some women will believe things in $5.090 for four words. Jaggs-«—Great novels that their husbands couldn't heavens! What were they? Jlggson- make stick with affi.lavits.-Galveston ■Wlll you marry meF—Chicago Jour New» nal. “THE LOUD MEANT YOU VOB A HVNTEB." by a scribbled card, and the next Sab bath saw the rustic In his "Sunday best” ushered Into the bishop’s own pew, where he listened Intently to both service and sermon. lie was manifestly amazed after ward to have the orator of the morn Ing come down to greet him as cordial ly aud familiar as In file woods. He managed to stnmmer bls thanks and added: "I ain't much of a Judge of this kind of thing, parson, but I riz with you and sot with you and saw the thing through For Increnen of Salaries. the best I knew Low. But, all the same. Leading Republicans of the house If my opinion Is wurth anything to you. and senate propose to give support, it the Lord meant you for a hunter." Is said, to a measure at the present session of congress or at the next one All Fair la Politics. Increasing the salaries of the president, General Rockwood Hoar relates an vice president and mem liera of con amusing Instance of the humors of « gress. The question of how much the political campaign. It nppears that a Increase ought to be Is expected to be year ago during the campaign for the the main one If It Is found that senti re-election of Governor Bates and ment favors an Increase of some kind. Lieutenant Governor Guild portraits of As to the president, there appears to those candidates as well as those of be something like a unaulmous opinion the opposite party were to be seen that bls salary ought to be $100,000 a posted all through the state of Massa year and that the vice president ought chusetts. to get $20,000 a year. The feeling Is The rival billposters must have been also favorable to $10,000 a year for In great haste each to outdo the other, senators and representatives. for It would seem that they were not The Idea is that If the present con always careful where they put their gress should pass such a law the date pictures. for its going into effect would be While passing through Haverhill one fixed about March 4. 1907. As to the day the candidates were greatly dis president, the Increase could go into ef concerted to observe their portraits fect at that time also If President pasted on one billboard over a litho Roosevelt would be willing to consent, graph announcing u theatrical attrac but he might also object to having the tion. Under the counterfeit present measure benefit him while he is In of ments of the candidates were the fice. If so the Increase could go Into words, "Vote for Bates and Guild.” effect March 4, 1909. The portion of the theatrical litho Bills Before Congress. graph not covered by the political por On the two public calet.lars of the traits bore the legend. "The greatest house are 135 bills relatiug for the vaudeville team on earth.”—New York most part to public lands, Indian res Herald. ervations. rights of way. establishment of various public project«, etc. These A Farmer's Revenge, measures have fixed positions on the Will Carleton while traveling recent calendars and can be called up on the ly In a stagecoach among the Green regular call of committees or by grace mountains Is said to have fallen Into of the speaker and the good nature of a literary conversation with a prosper the bouse. ous farmer. In the course of conversa There are about 450 private pension tion the farmer, who had no suspicion • nd claim bills on the calendar of the of the author's Identity, quoted from house and twice that number pressing Mr. Carleton’s poems to Illustrate mid « for attention In committee. The dispo point he was trying to make. sition will be very liberal with the vet "Oh, that’s from Carleton." aakl the erans In the short session aud to pass poet, "and I never have been In the as many of these bills as possible. habit of believing half he said.” There are several labor bills on the The farmer eyed him a moment some calendar also. Some of them doubtless what contemptuously. "Well, stran will be taken up. while others will be ger," he retorted slowly. "I don't know pigeonholed. you. nor I don't want to be uncivil, but The Smoot Case. If you ever know half as much as Will Senator Burrows, chairman of the Carleton does you’ll know twice as senate committee on privileges and much as you do know. "—Boston Tran «•iévUuus, Expects tnat at least twenty- script. live witnesses will be examined when the Smoot bearing is resumed. A sub Fnshlon Fooled. committee may go to Utah about Jan Thomas Fogarty, the Illustrator, was 1 to ta!.,? testl’jwur. Sencto- Jhr-.iTi -txlklng at-yjt modern fnsiiloriS in I i Y cbs says he Intends to have a report made "It la hard to keep up with the fash to the senate In time for action before ions,” he »aid. "They are certainly the adjournment of congress. confusing. The other night at the then ter a man in a rear seat all of a sudden Army Varancles. The secretary of war has named Jumped up excitedly. “ ’Down with that red umbrella In March 1, 1905. as the date of com mencement of the examination of can front5 be cried. “But his wife pulled him back Into didates from civil life already deslg nated for appointment as second lieu his chair. “’For mercy's sake, hush!' she whis tenants in the army There are at pres ent eighteen vacancies—nine in the ar pered. 'That Isn’t an umbrella. It's a new winter hat’ ’’—New York Trlb- tlllery and nine tn the infantry. une. CARL S< HOFIELD. The raaeln» of « klvalry. A BoraIng Mistake. When gallantry prevailed In the south no woman was allowed to carry home a bundle of any kind. If any gentleman caught one In the act of lug ging a purchase from some shop to her domicile be felt In duty bound to tip bls bat, make low obeisance and beg the privilege of acting as her express man. This common courtesy was ac cepted of all men In the spirit tn which a queen would allow a vassal to serve her. Nowadays southern women, like their northern sisters, tote their own packages.—New York Press. Bllklns—I never knew Cockahure to acknowledge that be had made a mis take. Filkins—I did ouce. Bllklns— How did it happen? Filkins—He put the lighted end of bis cigar In his month.—Louisville Courier-Journal. Old Oeeaa'e Joke. "There's another bunch of bridal cou pies on that ship." remarked Father Neptune. "Yes.” replied the Atlantic ocean "I’m l>elng crossed in love pretty regu larly these days.”—Philadelphia ’’res* Gems In Verse [ The lulled States baa grant«! 3..W patents to women. The [ptperism of EnglandBnd Walt- >’/ Mjthtr. «»!« the whole ¡»»pulatiou $2 38 a head Who fed me from htu -•••nil«- breaM An»! huahvvl rri" tn £t r nr: •» -t yearly. The capital invested in thg mineral And on my chee k ivm I kls^s My ; mother. water Industry tn Great Britain 1> When fll • p f«.»rs. ■ k n-.y flMR < nearly ilS.OoO.tXM). Who w;.s it lunf sweet luBabj The cost of living ha* doubled In And ixxked me that I uld not cry* Bfain In tte last few year», and emi My mother gratlon Is Increasing rapidly. Who sat and watched my Infant head The government of Paraguay will When sleeping in my cradle bed. expend $12S,U>s' for building a l arket And tears of sweet affection shed? My mother. hal! In the city of Asuncion. Quail are becoming so scarce that When pHi.i and sickness made me cry. both France and Germany have abso Who gax. d upon my heavy eye And wept for fear that I should die? lutely prohibited their killing. My mother. The mass«! navies of the world In Who ran to help me when I f» 11 elude 500 battleships. 471 cruiser» And Mould some pretty story tell 1.255 gunboats and 1.000 torpedo craft Or kiss the part to make it well? My mother. Porto Rico, which pays for nelthet army nor navy, is the most lightly Who taught my infant Ups to pray. taxed country on earth. It has m To love Qod's holy word and day And walk in M-isdom’s pleasant way? debt. My mother. The record price for a clock is £33, 000, paid for the timepiece made by And can I ever cease to be and kind to thee Louis XVI of France. It was pur Affectionate Who was so very kind to me— chased by ore of the Rothschilds. My mother? The twenty-fifth anniversary of th« Oh. no. the thought I cannot bear, Introduction of electric traction tntc And. if God please my life to spare, Germany will soon be celebrated It I hope I shall reward thy car. My mother. Berlin. Four hundred Liverpool shopkeeper» When thou art feeble, old and gray. have petitioned the city council foi My healthy arm shall be thy stay. more police protection from rellgloui And I will soothe thy pulns away. My mother. processions, which, they say. are ruin And when I se»- thee han« tliy head. ing trade. ’Tv.fl! be my turn to watch thy bed It is rumored that citizens of Gays And tears of sweet affection shed. vllle. Vt, have been breeding poreu My mother. pim-s for the sake of the state bounty Over 100 animals were killed In th« The Earth Stopper. town last year. Through soaking fields and gateways deep He plods, this toller of the night, The action of the weather has en luckier others, now asleep. tlrely washed away the ash built slopes That Where he has sown the seed may reap of an ancient volcano In Wyoming Their full delight. leaving only the core showlug basalt lr The air Is damp and chills hls bones. columnar forms. Across the moon a black cloud flees; When the oil in a big tank in Fresnc Th» Mind, unresting, sobs and moans. county. Cal., was fired by lightning £ Swishing, with dismal, ghostly tones. Among the trees. cannon ball was shot Into the tank and the oil rau out through trenehes And sounds, unnoticed in the day, Come echoing clearly through the that had been dug for the purpose. gloom — Professor Constantine Gregory of Nu A farm d< <’s bark, a horse's neigh. pies has discovered a new chemtca A sheep s hard cough and far away A church clock s boom. method for preserving flowers am! leaves. The most delicate colors ar« But in the covert silence sits Enthroned in solitude complete. said to be kept by it for a long period. when a brown owl past him flits The Brotherhood of Locomotive En Save Or when a dead branch snaps to bits glneere Is agitating the abolition of or Beneath his feet. a change lp the present system of mall Yet on he goes with fearless stride. cranes. Several engineers have been To work when foxes hunt his rule. struck and killed recently by the de Through brushwood thick, o’er ditches wide. vice. length he stands beside A Canadian government agent who Until at The still, dark pool. has Just return«*! to England says the Doukhobors In Canada are making And there above the Mater’s rim. Where In the spring the bulrush grows, progress. “They no longer work their Hls lantern's light, subdued and dim. women Instead of their cattle in the Peopling the glade with shadows grim. The great earth shows. fields.” —R. G. T. Cochrane in Chicago Tribune. The bank clerks of England are plan ning the formation of a union In order Three Gates. to secure an Increase of wages, which If you are tempted to reveal virtually condemn the clerks to “celib A tale some one to you has told acy, lodgings aud sixpenny lunches" About another, make it pass. Before you speak, three gates of gold. for life. The vicar of Little nutton, England, There narrow gates—firat, "Is It true?” Then, "Is it needful?” In your mind does not like makers of tombstones to truthful answer. And the next cut their names on the stones, but al Give Is last and narrowest, "Is it kind?" lows them to do so on stones placed In his graveyard If they pay $2.50 for the And if to reach your lips at least It passes through these gateways three advertisement. Then you may tell the tale nor fear One of the largest gold nuggets ever What the result of speech may be. found In Colorado was recently picked up at the Snowstorm pincer, in Park “THE BLOTTED PAGE.” county, between Alma and Fairplay. It weighed 120 ounces and has a mar A Defense In a London Paper of ket value of $2,000. American Spelling. The London Academy of Music med A United State« citizen of «insider al for pianoforte playing, counterpoint able scientific attainments was good and harmony has bebn won by Max enough to give to a representatlv, of Dareaskl, eight years old. There were the Dally Graphic what may be called thirty-nine other competitors, the youn the American view of British spelling gest of whom Is twenty-five years old. “I see." he remarked, “that some ot Not one bride was over twenty-two the correspondents of the Dally Graph years old in the 340.590 marriages lc have been complaining of the dis which, according to the latest census, flgurement of English books by Amerl took place In Japan last year. Forty- can spelling. I should like to tell you two were only fifteen, 759 were six that we think our way is right and teen, 5,404 were seventeen. 17,40»; were that your way is wrong, aqd perhap» your editor will not mind If I venture nineteen, and 10,100 were twenty. French mining experts have been on a few remarks In defense of out making extensive examinations of the corrections. For example, we write mineral resources of the northwestern ‘favor* and ’honor.’ Well, ’favor' and prefectures of Fukien. China, for the ‘honor’ are nearer the Latin original last two years and have found large than ’favour’ and ‘honour.’ which have deposits of coal and gold. These both acquired their unnecessary ‘n’ by com give promise of very profitable returns. Ing through the French." “But If they have been spell«l ‘hon The patents In the Dunlop-Welch pneumatic tire expired at midnight on our’ aud ’favour’ for centuries, why Sept. 10 and were solemnly burned in a change them now?” “Why not? They were as often spell silver dish on the stroke of 12 at a ban quet In the Hotel Cecil. London, while ed 'favor' and ’honor’ in Shakespeare's an orchestra played a dirge. Four hun day a« ’favour’ und ’honour.' You must remember that spelling was extremely dred men attended the banquet. George W. Bennett of Abbott. Me.. Is uncertain In those Elizabethan days, the possessor of a silk badge worn whence we are tielieved to have drawn by his grandfather, who was a captain the well of English undefiled. Ben In the Revolutionary war. at the dedt Jonson and Shak»'sp«>nre. for example, cation of Bunker HUI; also a piece of spell 'rei-ede' in four other ways—'re the dress worn by his grandmother, read.' ’recende,’ 'recced.’ ‘receedc.’ ” “Let us leave ‘honour.’ How do you given her by Lafayette during his sec defend ‘center?’ ” ond visit to the United States "Why should you spell It 'centre' A Londoner lent a street bookmaker when you write ‘perimenter’ and ‘dl bls watch so that the bookmaker might •meter’ and when Shakespeare wrote be sure that he did not take bets on a ‘scepter?’ By history and analogy ‘cen race that had already been run. The ter’ Is more easily to be Justified than bookmaker kept the watch, and the ‘centre.’ Then ngafn.” continued the lender sued for It The court decided United States cttlzeRf warming up tc that as It had been lent for an un hls subject, "you write ‘criticise,’ and lawful purpose It could not be recover we write ‘criticize.’ but our version ed at law. harks back to the Greek original; you The notion that hunters should wear write ’almanac,’ but why don’t you (two attire to »"«ciipe nod«) by an' wiitc- 'aiui.tuiick, ahtci» « mole «T mals Is no longer considered tenable cbnic? You blame us for ‘program,’ but In Scotland the hunters wear a dress you put down ‘dram' without a scruple. of many color». Experiments made in Many English people write ‘tyre’ fot the British army have also shown that ‘tire.’ which any philiL'gNt knows V, gun» aud amwufiititm wagons ut» Uii'ui l»e a gross error, and almost every Eng mo«t easily escape detection If they lishman. for no reason whatever, writ« are painted blue, red and yellow. ‘waggon’ Instead of 'wagon ’ Yon In the northern part of Manchuria, know what Horace Greeley said when with Harbin as a center. Russian oil is he was reproached for making that fast supplanting the United States mistake. He said he had been taught product There Is no way of ascertain spelling In the good old times when Ing the amount of Russian oil coming people built 'waggons’ heavier.”—Ix>n- annually Into Manchuria, but It la fast don Graphic. assuming large proportions. Kerosene oil was Imported Into Newchwang da.« Ing the yenr 1908 a» follows: Ameri The phrase “licked Into »hare" owes can, 485381 halkwan taels ($315.497); Its origin to a very ancient fable. In Russian, 2&000 halkwan ta»Hs ($10,250). Bailey’» “Ovid’s Metumorptmses." fa ble 33 has this beading: "Bears bring JlemortAl te a Robber. In the little town of Forilmpopoll. forth a lump of flesh and by licking near Bologna, there Is a memorial tab reduce It to a proper shape." This tra let in the Municipal theater to the mem dition that the cubs of bears are cast ory of a famous robber chieftain named shapeless and reuialu so till the dam Passatore The reason why the the has licked them Into proper form Is ater 1» the home of bls memorial is emphasized In Pope's “Dunclad:” that In It was performed his most fa So watchful bruin forms, with plastic care. mous exploit In September, 18M, Each »rowing lump and bring» It to • while one of Rossini's opera» was be bear. ing performed In the presence of all the In Shakespeare, too. “King Henry local beauty and fashion. Passatore VI..’’ part 8. act 3, aectlon 2. we And: and hls band "held up” the audience Like to a chao». or an unlicked beer and robbed them of all their valuables whelp. That carries no Impression Ilka th» dam to the last penny.