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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.