r UYSTERY f OF THE TIDES.
v : , - . i
k TL. Wm A -J
For Their Ebb 'and flow.
The tides, those mysterious pulsa
tions of the sea, have been the
theme of curious speculation ever
since man began to ask the reason
of what he saw around him. Many
tages and clever brains in the age
Of the past tried to explain away
the periodical ebb and now of tjifln
ocean, ana many piauEiDie u. er
roneous ideas were seized upon and
used to solve the problem, and some
oi xne curious uuuuus ui mew,
world philosophers are worthy of in
terest.
Aristotle, who tried to find a log
ical reason for everything in na
ture, thought that tides were caused
by the sun, which moves and whis
tles the winds about so that they
fall with great violence on the At
lantic, the only great ocean knoVn
to the Greeks, which thus swells
and causes the tide. Plato account
ed for them as being caused by an
animal living in a cavern, which, by
means of a huge orifice, created the
ebb and flow. The ancient Arabs
believed that tides were paused by
the "moon heating the waters and J
causing them to swell, while others
averred that they were caused by
the alternate decomposition of the
sea by the air and of the air by the
sea, thus causing an ebb and flow.
A writer as late as the thirteenth
-qentury coolly remarks that tides
are caused by the efforts of the
earth to breathe.
" Saintly St. Jerome explained the
mystery ' by means of caves, and
Bede stated that the ebb and flow
were caused by an enornyras ser
pent, who swallows and vomits the
water. Another old sage thought
that they were caused by the melt
ing of the ice at the poles. In Kus
Bia, dwellers by the seashore popu
larly believe that the tides are gov
erned by the water king's daughter.
The Shetlanders used to believe
that neriodical tides were caused by
a monster living in the sea, or, to
quote from an old Shetland worthy,
"a monstrous sea serpent that took
" six hours to draw in his breath and
about six to let it out again." The
Chinese believe that supernatural
beings, weird and wonderful, cause
the tides, while the Malays aver that
they are caused by the movements
of a huge crab. sSome of these old
thinkers have been very near the
solution of the problem, while some
Of their crude notions are only fan
tastic. Scottish Nights.
SUBINTELUGENCE.
UAKINQ k DEW PONS. " GOT HIS REWARD.
torn, - .miff mf-'i
tho Action, of Other. , , En , i V V f
The Duke, the Cow Driver and a MIse
ina; Sovereign.,
FOREST ETHICS.
Put Out Your Cempfire Youraelf aatf
Plant a New Tree.
-.- . - irk-;. .n o-Utui at least l: The father of :the present .Duke tu to Tiuf ont tout camo-
im . .. ..f H " UM l lutac u " o --!- - . . . t r-- -.-- ... .
oave juu - -w-nPriTi!r- eans of men who of iSucdeucn was not averse i fire b
hn noratna whn have some- wiu
1q Invite
xib.b juu ----- wanderinsr gang of men who ot uuccieucn was noi ve w i fire before you abandon it in xne
an observant physician toe otter -cmaxmt' the modern farm- j joke as regarded his identity, and m0rning to take up the trail. Do
obj,, UUwv-r -r ---- - - . Yibeh in any situation in i an amusing anecaote, wnu a some-; not ieave the task lor one oi your
thing on their mmds imitate uneon- f" EitlT drv soil will always! what serious ending, is toldahout . servants, not even for jour
Your
sly the actions oi otners r . . water more in the heat of him. His grace purchased a cow I gde, wn0Be interest in keeping the
'Z -VZ winter B.' from a farmer near DsJkeith and, woods free of devastating fire, being
sciously the actions of others?"
A reolv in the negative broi
forth a reiteration ol the T0rfcn7to an account given by gave orders it should be sent up
"A subintelligence seems to be at Accorg to an acc g , followm morning. According-
work," continued the physian in "rr ,-a n7t derived from lv the cow was sent, and the duke,
tnat COnWOlB . j;i ll, wdlWmr in the avenue, es-
our actions and causes usto ao a i"e - om,wt ,Hlet is Uied a small boy who was attempt-
ciously. A nond. " niff ineffectually to drive the ani-
nervous man or woman wiU twisi - r -
great many things un'consciomv
nervous man or woman win
and tear a scrap of paper or toy
The ran? of dew pond makers ImaL The boy, not knowing the
. i i f o commences operations uy uuuuwuig uuac,w v.
SenspoLnrsons out the earth for afar in e-
start and look at the article in tneir -re ---- j -
bands as though wondering where m ,
fc had obSed it In nfne cases thick cover the whole of tb, hol-
out of ten this person saw some oth- -w r a f roJver3bv
er person doing the same tning, ana -"-- " - .
1 i; 1
'Hi. mon, come here an' gi' us a
han' wi'.this beast!"
The duke, greatly amazed, deter-
mined-to have a joke. He walked
on slowly .and took no notice. At
last the little fellow called:
"Come here, mon, an' help
it 1 n T A I hara TTinTl SITV hPin 11 ftU'
unconsciously h or her hands .iSWiT. sure as anything Fll give ye fa
aonAt out the paper or article to the clay is then closeiy strewn wun ge
1 -4.1, stones,
play with. J , , . ken that the
xne conversauou uwn pxutc m .
e wailing room ui a . , , , m, 11
where a score of busmess men, au F-- - --J -
preoccupied mentally with the com-, graauauy
even though no rain may fall. If
such a structure is situated on the
ing business of the day and all anx
ious to get to their offices, were con
gregated, waiting for , a boat. To
prove the truth of his remarks the
physician suggested an experiment.
He began a march up and down the
waiting room. In two seconds a
worried looking man who appeared
to be a prosperous merchant or bro
ker began to march also. .Two
clerks and a stout person followed
his example. In five minutes two
men who were reading newspapers
were the only persons out of the
twenty odd in the room who were
not walking about. The physician
ceased suddenly. Peculiar as it may
seem, his action appeared to give
the whole assemblage a shock. They
woke up, as it were, but not suffi
ciently to know that they had been
experimented upon. Before the
boat arrived they had assumed the
positions in which the physician
found them.
"Another thing I have noticed,"
added the physician, "is that the
higher the intelligence, of a man is
the more liable he is to be con
trolled by subconsciousness. An un
intelligent man seems to have none
of it." New York Globe. ..
Tenures of Scotch Landowners.
Sir George Clerk of Penicuik
House, JSainburgn, married me
daughter of another baronet," the
late Sir Eobert Napier, and he holds
his lands on a curious tenure. This
obliges him to stand at the bend of
a road near his house and blow
three blasts on a horn if the sov
ereign visits Edinburgh. Andthere
are other landowners with similar
ria-hts or obligations. Mai or Horn-
son-Crauf urd holds the lands of
Braehead on the understanding
that if the king, should happen to
cross Cramond Brig, at the gates of
his residence, he presents him with
a silver basin filled with water in
which to wash his hands. Then,
should the sovereign chance to visit
Hopetoun House, Lord Linlithgow
orders that the chains which stretch
across the principal avenue should
be lowered so that his majesty may
drive up the central approach.
Glasgow Times.
Miles and Miles.
If you set out to walk a mile in
Sweden, you will have to walk more
The Written Koran. than five times as far as you would
Mohammedans never use printed 1 have to walk in America to com
lalf I
This entreaty had the desired ef
fect. The duke gave a helping
hand. . '
"And now " said he, "how much1
do you think you will get ior tms
job?"
Ow dmna Ken, saia tne ooy,
but I am sure o something, tor
summit of a down, during the the folk up at the house are good
warmth of a summer dav the earth 1 to a bodies,
will have stored a considerable
amount of heat, while the pond,
protected from this heat by the non
conductivity of the straw, is at the
same time chilled by the process of
evaporation from the puddled clay.
The consequence is that during
the night the moisture of the com
paratively warm air is condensed on
the surface of the cold clay. As
the condensation during the night
is in excess of the evaporation dur
ing the day, the pond becomes, night
bv. night, gradually nued. xneo-
reticaUTwe may observe that dur
ing the day, the air being compara
tively cnargeu wiin moisture, evajj-
oration is necessarily less man tne
The Original Lemon.
If they haven't the original lem
on up in the Metropolitan Muse
um of Art, they come pretty near
achieving that distinction. In one
of the cases containing the Edward
C. Moore collection of oriental art
objects there is a group of pieces of
Venetian glassware consisting of
cups and vase's of various kinds and
shapes. "
On the lower shelf of this case
there is a large sized and perfectly
shaped representation of a lemon
in bright lemon colored glass that
x i. ...nn'o i ,1 n a
must represent suiuc m buau a
of a joke, for it has nothing to do
with the ordinary sort of pieces
those glass blowing shops turned
Out at that time. As it dates from
the sixteenth century; it certainly
antedates any lemon known to the
present day. It never will be hand
ed out to apy one, however. New
York Press.
As thev neared fhe house the
duke left, the lad and entered by a
different way. He called a servant
and put a sovereign into his hand,
telling him to give it to the boy
who brought the cow. The duke
then returned to the avenue ana
was there met by the boy.
"Well, how much did you getr
"A shilling," said the boy."an'.
there's the half of it to ye."
;But surely you got more than a
shilling?"
"JMo, said tne ooy earnestly,
"that's all I got."
"There must be some mistaue,
said the duke, "and as I know the
duke if you return I think I'll get
...i'noliMi rlnrmf tho TlicrVlt Ttl 1 VOU more."
LTlCLiUliaUVU VLUAUac vuv I V . .
-practice it is found that the pond The boy consented, and back they
will constantly yieia a auppiy oi xne went. xiC - -
nrrifirfid all the servants to assemble.
UU1C61 WOIC1. - I " T. . .
at. I "Now" said he. "show me tne
An it tho lovpr nf straw nerson who gave you the shilling.
should get wet, as it then becomes "It was that chap there, point-
a matter oi bread ana ouiier, is
therefore the keenest of any of your t
camp followers, but who, none the
less, is apt to be careless.-' See to iti
yourself. Leave no smoldering back
log of the nighfs friendly fire."
Leave no smoking coals that have
served to broil (so deliriously) the
breakfast trout, for such relics so
often are fanned into the tiny flame
which, feeding upon nearby leaves
or. moss or bush twigs, grows within
two days to a devouring blaze that
consumes acres of forest before its
withering touch is 'stayed. If you
are close to a brook use its water
plentifully, and if water is scarce
knock the live ends of the larger
sticks until not a spark is left and
scrape dirt over all the coals not
a few handfuls of dust that the
wind may scatter at its first (breath,
but dirt that will bury and
smother.
No doubt my average - reader
thinks I am writing a lot to deliver
one small message, but let him con
sider that hundreds of acres of for
est land, worth thousands, measured
by dollars, and of inestimable re
sources of the country, are annual
ly destroyed from just such insig
nificant beginnings as the campfire
which was not put out beyond the
power of the passing breeze to re
suscitate. v Therefore the warning
appeal cannot be too important
since we as a nation are using up
from three to four times as much
wood every year as the country is
nroducing.
Two worthy exhibits of genuine
Americanism are, first, not to add
to forest destruction by carelessly
leaving fire around, and, second, al
ways to plant a new tree young
tree for every one you destroy.
And plant it where it will do the
most good. Outing Magazine. .
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of the same temperature as the sur
rounding earth and ceases to act as
a nonconductor of heat. This prac
tically always occurs if a spring is
allowed to flow into the pond or if
the layer of clay (technically called
the crust) is pierced.
The Claw of the Devil.
In .the middle ages people recog
nized witches and possessed per
sons by seeking on their bodies for
ing to the butler, who, utterly con
fused, attempted to apologize. The
duke cut all explanations snort ana
ordered him to quit his service in
stantly. As for the boy, the duke
was so delighted with his honesty
that he sent him to school and edu
cated him at his own expense.
Kansas City Journal. -
An Eye to the Main Chance.
Lucinda had' a large box of choco-
Korans because in -doubt as to the-
ingredients entered into the compo
sition of the printing ink. They
are afraid of being defiled by taking
into their hands a copy of the sa
cred book that may have been pro
duced with the ink in which pig's
fat instead of linseed oil has formed
plete your mile, for a Swedish mile
is 34,980 feet long, while an Amer
ican mile is only 5,2bU ieet. ine
English and the American miles are
the same in lengtn, wmie tne Span
ish mile lacks 714 feet of being as
long as the American mile, the Nor
wegian mile is nearly seven times
:m8 T I. . 1 1J
what was called the claws of the iates. .every iew mmuies
devil. It was a more or less ex- pass the box arouna to ner w
tensive part of the skin in which and her mother's visitors. What
the subject was insensible to any a dear little thing! exclaimed one
touch or prick. The expert intrust- of them. "She is the very soul of
ed with this work would close the generosity. Most children would
eyes of the subject and armed with satisfy the dictates of conscience by
a sharp needle, prick here and there passing the box around once, but
the different parts of the body. The she seems to wish to share the
sufferer was to answer with a cry whole box witty us.
or. tho Maw nf the Lucinda's mother smiled know-
devil on a certain spot was recog- ingly, and when the little girl went
nized from the fact that he did not out of the room she said: Dont
cry when this spot was examined. count too much on Lucinda s gener
rfn TiTn-- s,r,km nf TTvstpria ositv. I know it looks that ; way,
Htr PiArJ .TflnVt but as a matter of fact she is mere-
' ' lv working for herself. I don t per-
Where the Shoe Pinched. mit her to eat much candy, but she
"If they don't quit making that knows that every time she passes
child cry, sighed the flat dweller the box around she'll get one her-
as his sobs echoed pitifully through self. She knows I won't scold much
the court. "I am going to apply to so long as She is passing her sweet-
the board of health and have it stop- meats around to others." Ex-
PHYSICIANS
B. A. OATHEY. M. T.. PWYPTCTAKr
-v 1 nrcpnn. Rnom14. Ttank TWd-'-
Offi rTonnt: 10 to T? n m . 9 in
4 m. "PenidenpA : wit. Kth and Ad
mu Ptw Telpihone t ofra end re
Mwd Oorvs'lie. Orefm.
one of the comnonent Dartsel They its length, and the Dutch mile is
therefore confine themselves to ; only 3,380 feet. With the exception
reading hand written reproductions : oi America ana Jngiana, mere are
of the prophet's work, which are
naturally very expensive.
Redeemed' Himself.
no countries in which the mile is the
same length. MinneapolisTournal.
Wouldn't Take His Place.
ed. There's a limit to everything:
"Whv the board of health?" ask
ed her friend. "I should think you
would apply to the Society For the
"Provpnti.m of Cruelty to Children."
"I am not thinking so mucn of
him," acknowledged the flat dweller
contritely, "as I am of my own
health. His constant sobbing is
getting on my nerves so that I can't
sleep. JNew Xoric nress.
change. .' .
Her Sacrifice.
A teacher in a certain Sunday
school had been impressing on her
girls the need of making some per
sonal sacrifice .during ljent. ac
cordingly on the first Sunday of
that penitential season, which hap
pened to be a warm day, she took
occasion to ask each of the class in
turn what she had given up for the
sake of her religion. .Everything
went well, and the answers were
The Sun's Heat.
Tt ia -nnt imTwiscihle in ATnresa the
' marvelous power of the sun's heat, proving highly satisfactory, until
Sir Charles Napier had an effec-! Hearing of the sudden taking off but we can admit without shame she came to tne youngest
..ool'lwitii cow-! the staged life of a leading Tes- katit KPM imj?lfT? I "SfiV fcfwProiiBTtff for Lent
On one occasion a flying sol pian while he was playing in Uhica- . , xae ai au.ua. - - " ,
v : - . ... v - --r xr.i t ix . oonh corvnri ia pniini T.n T.nflT. wninn i leuoc uiaaui. obauuuvAvs.
dier was stODDea bv nis ieiiows. wd eo, 9 xew xorts. xuuibuau uut ui - - - . , j t ttt
LlLlaZt him when the fob telegraphed the manager as fol-j would -result, from the combustion child, somewhat confused, I-Iye
;;neral intervened. I lows: , ' 1 of eleven quadrillions six hundred J lett off my leggings.
o "
tive
ards.
"Give the man another chance," "Having heard of the sad and; thousand millards of tons of coal
1 he ordered. "Place him in the tragic demise of Mr. , I'll take
front rank, and if he turns again his place for $150 a week."
let him be shot." As the message was sent collect,
The" man eagerly embraced this it elicited the following reply :
chance of life, overcame his fears , "Thanks. I wouldn't take his place
and fnnsrht bravelv for the rest of for twice that amount." Minne-
Proof Not Necessary.
As General Benjamin F. Butler
entered the lobby of the Boston
statehouse one morning he saw two
men whom he knew engaged in a
heated argument. "One moment,
general," said one of them to him.
"Can't you settle a dispute? We
are arguing as to who is the great
est lawyer' in Massachusetts, and as
we can't agree we will leave it to
you." '
"That's easy. I am," said Butler,
with perhaps more truth than mod
esty. The two men were somewhat tak
en aback.
"Er er but, general, of course
you know but but how can
we prove it ?" the first speaker man
aged to get out.
".Prove itr trove ltr growieu
Butler. "You don't have tb prove
it. I admit it!"
Mirrors For Invalids. ,
"If you have a sick friend who
can't get out of bed for awhile and
want to provide entertainment for
her," said the woman of experience,
"give her a hand mirror. Nothing
else is auite so fascinating. Often
the bed may be placed with the head
toward the window so the patient
gets no glimpse out of it, but if she
has a mirror it is all reflected for
her. She can catch a sunbeam in
the edge of it or count the clouds
as they float past. She can inspect
all the furniture in the room, and if
she is alone in a hospital she can
find conroanv in looking at herself.
It is the most entertaining and
harmless thing you could possibly
give her." New'York Press.
To Err Is Human.
Eobert Browning once found him
self at a dinner at a great English
house RittiPcr next to a lady who
t t 3 4-1,. lii'rrTiasf aria-
was coxiiicutcu. wiiii
tocracy. She was very graciously
inclined and did her utmost to make
p.m versation.
"Are you not a poet?" she finally
"Well." said Browning, "people
are sometimes kind enough to say!
that I am."
"Oh, please don't mind my hav
ing mentioned it," the duchess has-
tened to say, witn tne junaesi ox
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Hitting Back.
The elder Sothern; the creator of
the Lord Dundreary fame, was ex
apolis Journal.
" His Introduction.
Mark Twain said the only intro
duction to a literary audience that
tremely sensitive to interruptions he ever had that seemed to him the
of any sort. Seeing a man in the right word in the right place, a real
. . . i - j : - i '
met oi leaving ma dox uurwg ui ( mepiraiion, was as iuuuws .
delivery of one of the actor's best j ''Ladies and Gentlemen I shall
speeches, he shouted out: "Hi, you. not waste any unnecessary time in
ur! Do you know there is another the introduction. I don't know any
act?" The offender was equal to thing about this man. At least I
iha occasion, however. Ha tuned only know two things about him.
' la the actor aad answered cheerful-; One ia that he has never teea ia
burning at the same time. This a Tn 8.a,,,,w . . . .
same heat would boil per hour seven A coal miner in the east of Scot-
v, m;iunn, f .hii land was visited by a friend, ana
miles of water at the temperature among the places of interest shown Bmiles. y0u. know Byron and Ten-
of ice. Attempt to understand tnisl was,-oi wmw, v - nyson sou uui
ii it. j. -2.x j I incr the ftire lowered into tne Dlt . Vnh'a PnTrmnnion.
as well migns tue tuiu aiieuiuv w i e. o - -- . t i r
drink the ocean! , mtix etou eel rope, tne min
ers inena exciaimea:
A Fronch Joke. I "My word I 1 snouian't UKe to go
-Oh. jm Tkats why Vm g1 prison, and the otter is I cast sea
Magistrate The plaintiff affirms down there on that rope.1
that you sold him an absolutely "Why," exclaimed the miner,
rank cheese, although you told him I "Aw wadna like to gang doon there
it was. the kine of cheeses when he withoot itr uunaee -a.avenu.er.
boueht it of you.
Defendant Quite true, but I nev
er laid it was a good one. I simply
said it was the king of cheeses.
Magistrate Well?
DefndsntWeil, in my -opinion
the Jong - of cheeses would be tho
rtt.' ' Are we republieans or it
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It is often a matter of wonder
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ha Had a Reason.
The "Rev. J. Tut. tut ! How dare
toii come before me and ask me to t Tjuioamie there is. a school for
marrr you when he is in that die- vaiters. They are tauaht there for-
graceful condition? x " ; eign languages ad not only to wait
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