THE FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL.
C I-O T H E S A B U SIN ESS A S S E Ï.
SORRY PRACTICAL JOKES.
S e lf - S u p p o r tlU K M o u n tII W h o W o u ld
S u c e e e d » U o u l d n t- \\ |-1I H r r a . v d ,
C s s r l t l f a « a p p o s e d t o He H u n. leou s
In s p ir e d b y E v i l N w ln rss,
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY
Any woman who has her way to
Brazil is th e coffee grow in g cou ntry m ake in the world, w h eth er In social
of th e world.
or business circles, m ust
recognize
(hat dres s is one oi lier chief assets, a
T he bamboo tree does not bloom un
til its t h i r t ie t h year.
w rite r in the Delineator says. The
A full grow n cat h a s th i r t y teeth, efficiency of a saleswoman, u stenog
rapher, a teacher—in fact, of any
while a (log has forty-two.
woman who works—la Judged by her
A n u r s e r y for the children of pa
dress.
Shabblm-ss is alm ost always
tro n s is connected w ith a Glasgow
ta k e n as a sign of ill-success and it is
th eater.
a po p u lar if somewhat fallacious the
T w enty th ou sand dollars w orth of ory t h a t real merit and ability always
rose leaves were im po rted d u rin g the succeed.
decade en din g 1908.
Carele ssness Is quite as blighting to
G erm any, G reat B rltla n and the one's prospects as shabbiness. It may
United S tates produce four-fifths of th e not be alto gether just or fair, but It is
w orld’s supply of pig iron.
tr u e th a n wherever you go your so
C anada produces n e a rly one-half the cial position, your income, success or
w orld’s ru p p ly of m ap le sugar, about failure, y o u r ability and c h a racter are
a p p raised by the clothes you wear, if
18,000,000 pounds ann ually.
F re n c h th e a te rs receiving govern 1 were s ta rtin g in business— I don't
care in w h at capacity—and had only a
m e n t subsidies a re obliged to give a
very little money to Invest, I would
free p erform an ce every year.
put it into clothes clothes th a t were
G u atem a la now r a n k s next to B r a suitable, attractive and well made. It
zil in Im portance as the source of the is w hat financiers call "a good ris k ”—
supply of coffee. E cu ad o r is rapidly an in vestm ent th at is alm ost certain
ex p an d in g is cocoa production.
to t u r n out well.
These two b attles h ip s au tho rized by
I don ’t for a m om ent advocate ex
th e last congress, w hich will be laid trav ag an ce in dress except for women
down next fall, will c a r r y h eavier b a t of large means. With them e x tr a v a
teries th a n a n y o th er w arsh ip s afloat gance is more than excusable— it is
or ordered by any nation.
justifiable, it keeps money in circula
T h ere a r e valuable race horses in tion th a t would otherwise be idle. It
E ng lan d w hich have teeth filled w ith gives legitimate employment, which
gold.
It is too risk y to have such Is the wisest and most beneficent form
horses
suffer,
an d go off th e i r feet of charity , to women who need work.
I am 6 y ears old. It is my first day In school. It Is all so strange, I
B ut for women In m oderate circum
when racin g tim e approaches.
g u ess I w an t to go home rig h t off. The boys all stare and stare. The g irls
An old Scotswoman w as advised by stan ces a parsimonious a ttitu d e to
a ll sm ile an d smile. The room is so big. T h ere is such a lot of books and
her m in is te r to take snuff to keep h e r w ard dress is a false and often fatal
desks and chairs. T h ere is such a big crowd. They say I will not be let go
self aw ak e d u rin g th e sermon. She economy. If you want to succeed In
home for two hours. I know m y A B C .
Ma ta u g h t me.
B ut there is a
a n y th in g , look successful, able, com
answ ered b risk ly : “W hy d ln n a ye put
g re a t big lot in all th e m books, a n d I have got to learn it all. Then they
petent. Otherwise you can n ever in
will teach me out of some more big books, years an d years, and when I
(he snuff In th e sermon, m on?”
spire confidence in others, and to look
a m as big as Ma, I will be done w ith school. Oh! the world is so big! It
According to official figures, the successful, prosperous, assured, you
ta k e s so long to grow up- I am such a wee th in g in this big crowd of boys
n u m b e r of m e rc h a n t m a r in e steam ers m u s t be well dressed.
an d g irls I feel lost. I w an t my Ma. I w a n t to go home. Now, I guess I
of J a p a n a t th e end of last year was
will cry.— D etroit Times.
1,618. Of these 101 w ere s team ers of
more th an th ree th o u s an d tons.
The O beranim ergau passion plays
Inches long an d m ore th a n th ree
Inches in diam eter. T he petals are will be given next year, from May 11
pointed an d spread in series out to S eptem ber 25. The b u rg o m a s te r is
of a deep center. T he flower gives off sued a notice th e o th er day rem in d in g
a delicate and p leasant perfume. Mrs. th e m en th a t th ey m u s t now let th e ir
McAllister doesn’t know how old the h a ir grow long.
plant is. She h a s had it six years.
In 1905 th e average dally prison pop
"T h e w om an from whom I got th e ulation of R ussia w as 85,000.
L ast
T h e sw iftest of the sm aller b irds Is
th e V irg in ia rain p ip er, which h as ac p lan t had it several years,” said Mrs. F e b ru a r y it had increased to 181,137.
co m plished m easu red flights of 7,500 McAllister the o th er day, but she did The great m a jo rity of th e in m ates a re
not tell me how long. She grew tired political offenders, confined
w ithou t
y a r d s in a minute.
J a p a n has completed and published of keeping it, w aitin g for it to bloom. tr ia l or hope of being heard.
In searching about for the causes of
I do no t know w h e th e r th e plant Is
Professor Korn of Munich has estab
a geological survey of Korea, tog eth er
vario u s diseases, m odern
m en of
w ith a detailed account of its m ines 100 y ears old or not, or w h eth er th is lished s ta tio n s of distan ce photograph y
Is th e tim e for It to bloom and th en a t Berlin, Munich, P aris, London, Co science have found th a t not a few ail
and m in e ra l resources.
m ents arise from poisons m ade by
rest for a century. U ntil now th e r e
T h e A rg e n tin a d ep a rtm e n t of hy has not been a sign of a bud on It d u r penhagen an d Stockholm. He believes ourselves, or at least made w ith in our
giene ac ts as referee in cases of dis ing th e six years we have had It. The it will soon be possible to ta k e pictures own bodies. This process is appro
puted professional accounts between bud sta rte d m ore t h a n a m o nth ago. a t a distance not only of individuals p riately called autointoxication, or
bu t of groups and scenes.
p h y sic ia n s and patients.
seli-poisonlng.
In
o th er diseases,
At first it advanced very slowly, bu t
T h ere a re h a rd tim e s ah ead for again, there is no m a n u f a c tu r e
A caloric is a m etric u n it of heat, d u rin g th e last week it grew rapidly
of
Chicago's
public
school
"
f
ra
ts
"
and
so
e q u iv a le n t to th e h e a t necessary to
poison, but th e r e is a m a la d ju s tm e n t
rorities. The president of the board of of parts, or m ore or loss deformity,
raise th e te m p e ra tu re of a g ram m e of
education, despite the fact th a t he has the effects of w hich the system en
w a te r 1 degree, centigrade.
a son an d a d a u g h te r who have be deavors to correct, w ith the result of
T u rp e n ti n e will resto re to th e i r o rig
longed to them , declares th a t he has a stra in to th e nervous system th a t
in al w h iten ess piano keys th a t have
no use for them, and th e new su per oftentim es spells ru in to health or
t u r n e d yellow, w hile hot v in eg ar will
in te n d e n t of schools, Mrs. Ella Flagg even to reason.
rem o v e p a in t stain s from glass.
Young, Is stro ng In her opposition.
In testin al a u tointo xication is one of
T h e la rg e st ele ctrical cooking de
A woman who recently applied to th e greatest p roducers of morbid symp
vice in th e world is an oven a t M ar
the L am beth g u ard ian s for relief said to m s or actu a l diseases, ru n n in g from
seilles, F ran ce, w hich is heate d by
th a t for th e last th ree m o n th s she and headache, dizziness and indigestion to
c u r r e n t s passing th r o u g h resistance
h e r five children had lived re n t free by various m e n ta l disturbances, nervous
colls.
" s q u a tt in g ” in the rooms of empty breakdow n or even actual Insanity.
The Arostook F alls in Maine have
Self-poisoning from the waste prod
houses. In Lam beth th e r e a re many
been h arnessed to produce ele ctricity
ucts that o u g h t to be elim inated
Bucb
houses
which
have
reverted
to
to o p erate a railro a d and
fu r n is h
th e duchy of Cornwall and people are th roug h the kidney s is also very com
pow er for k n it ti n g m ills in th e vicin
perm itted to occupy the places until mon. alth ough in th is case, the kid
ity.
neys being actunlly
diseased, tho
th e prem isls are demolished.
The big cactus of Arizona, w hich a t
S tate S e n a to r E rn e st R. Ackerman, headache, blindness, convulsions, coma
ta i n s a h e ig h t of 50 to 60 feet, an d
of New Jersey, who is now enjoying his and other sy m p to m s are regarded as
w h ich h a s heretofore been know n as
a n n u a l trip abroad, Is one of the best symptoms of th e kidney disease. Nev
th e C ereus glg anteus, h as been found
know n «ud most en th u s iastic collectors ertheless. th e y a r e in reality due to
by Doctors B ritto n and Rose to be the
of postago sta m p s in th is country. So auto intoxication.
type of a new and h ith e rto un de
The diseases due to defective elimi
large Is his collection t h a t he lias set
scribed genus. I t is not a Cereus at
a p a r t one room in his hom e in Plain- nation th roug h the skin are not so
all, they say. and th ey propose to call
field as a s ta m p room, in which are definite or so easily recognized. The
It th e C a rn e g ie ra glganteus.
some of th e r a r e s t of stam ps, so dear function of th e p erspiration is proba
bly more to cool th a n to eliminate, al
Recent experim ents, th e results of
to th e h e a rt of the philatelist.
though some w aste is doubtless cast
w h ic h h av e been placed before the
I t is cu rio u s th a t th e B ritish naval off through th e skin. T here is a tr a
A cadem y of Sciences In Paris, a p p ear
au th o r itie s should have abandoned oil dition concerning a boy tak in g part
to d e m o n s tra te th a t th e tru e comple
fuel at a tim e when in foreign fleets in some celebration, whose e n tire body
m e n t a r y colors of th e spectrum have
it h a s been decided to su b s titu te oil was glided, a n d who speedily died
n o t h ith e ro been recognized. Red was
for coal. The B ritish em pire has very from the effects of closing all the
fo rm erly considered to be the comple
BLOOM ING C Ë N TÜ B Y P L A N T .
lim ited resources of oil fuel, and at pores of the skin. T he story is proba
m e n t of green, yellow of violet, an d
b lu e of orange. B ut according to Mr. an d we have been expecting it to open presen t th e n a v y ’s supplies have to be bly made up, b u t the lesson it teaches
R osenstiel. th e com p lem en taries of red for th e last two or th ree days. T h ere imported. These supplies m ig h t be cut of the need of free elim ination
a n d o ran g e are n e ith e r g reen n or blue, Is a n o th e r bud coming on the plant, off in tim e of war, and it is probable th rou gh the skin is valuable, and
b u t two greenish-blue tin ts, and the which ou gh t to bloom w ithin the next for this reason t h a t oil fuel is being oug ht to be heeded.
given up.
Another source of poisoning or of
com p lem en t of yellow is blue and not m on th .”
violet, w hich is th e com plem ent of
A fa r m e r sta n d in g outside his f a r m reflex nervous d is tu rb a n c e is th e teeth
W h y Som e A n im a l. (,e ( H om e.
especially decayed
green. Mr. Rosenstiel h a s accordingly
house saw a p a ir of his pigeons fly Decayed teeth,
One can not say th a t a lost cat finds aw ay. S ho rtly a fte rw a rd he heard a roots, have occasionally caused deaf
formed a new "ch ro m atic circle” for
th e use of artists, which he believes its way home by i n s t i n c t "H om e” is shot an d th e pigeons did not re tu rn ness or blindness, and th e reflex irri
is more correct th a n its predecessors. a different place for each one and no in th e course of the afternoon , as he tation from teeth set too close to g eth
In the evening, how e r or growing in ab n o rm al directions
The average read er does not see I series of mechanical acts will take the had expected.
has been known to produce serious
m u c h difference in age between h u m a n I an im al there. The lost an im al finds ever, th e cock pigeon re tu rn e d In or
mental disturbance.
r e m a in s found in the beds of th e Pleis- j its way home precisely as a lost man der to feed th e young, and having
The chief lesson of th e discovery of
to cene and Pliocene, but to the geolo- I finds his. It depends on Its sense of seen to this, he again flew aw ay. The
autointoxication as a factor In the
g ist th e difference is very great, only ' direction, Its Judgm ent of distance, its following forenoon th e sam e pigeon
causation of disease Is th a t one should
he can n ot express it In y ears or cen m em ory of fam iliar points. Most four- retu rn ed , an d it wa« then ascertained
footed beasts and most men, once bad t h a t th e hen bird had one wing badly be examined regularly, once a year at
tu ries. U ntil recently the oldest re
ly lost, stay lost and do no t get home h u r t by shot, but owing to its m ate's least, by a good physician, and every
m a in s of m an know n dated back to
a t all. W hen th ey do, In one case as care an d perseverance, it ultim ately six months by a com petent dentist.
th e m iddle Pleistocene. Among these
In the oth er, It Is la rg erly persever m anaged to r e t u r n to its n e s t —The T hus It is possible to detect the first
a r e th e celebrated relics from N ean
signs of defective elim ination or poi
ance and luck. Even the hom ing pi Field.
d e rth a l, Spy an d o th er places. B ut
son production before any g re a t d a m
geon has to be put th r o u g h a long
In October. 1907, a lower h um an Jaw
The battlefield a t W aterloo, w rites age Is done.
tr a in in g before It can find Its way
was found in deposits attrib u te d to home.
an A m erican to u r is t from Brussels,
T w o and T w o Not A lrni)* Four.
th e early Pleistocene, or even th e late
In fact, th is whole problem of h om is rapidly being divested of all its In
Pliocene. T h is would give it a g re a te r ing an d m ig rato ry Instincts illustrates te r e s tin g features. The houses which
Tearhei Now. boys, here's a little
a n ti q u it y th a n any of th e others, and nicely the modern way of In terp retin g sheltered m en who helped to make example In m ental arithm etic.
How
e n ti tl e it to be called th e oldest re anim al behavior. T h ere le no "hom history th ere a r e being to rn down, the old would a person be who was born
m a in s of th e h u m an species. The teeth ing I n s t i n c t ” The an im a l becomes roads an d p a th s a re being obliterated, in 1875?
a r e well preserved. The most r e m a r k wonted to some p a rtic u la r tree or hole and soon th e r e will be n o th in g left
Pupil— P h a s e , teacher, was it a man
able fe a tu re of th e Jaw is the absence or h u m an fireside. Thle m eans to him to rem ind one of Napoleon's last stand or a woman?— Red Hen.
o f a chin. The c an in e teeth are not w a rm th an d shelter an d food. It is b u t th e g re a t m ound capped by the
A M n.rulln» M raterg.
u n d u ly prom in ent, and th e dim en in short, his home; an d If he Is a W aterloo lion. The m useum , where
One thing a woman can 't under
sio n s of th e teeth are w ith in the lim home body, he longs for It when ab- ; all th e battlefield troph ies a r e on view
sta n d is why a m an won't wait for a
its of v aria tio n In living man.
sent, like a n y of th e re s t of us. So — unifo rm s, arm s, d ra w in g s an d pic
bargain sale when he w ants anythin*.
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—Chicago News.
A C EN T U R Y PL AN T IN BLOOM.
geon re t u r n to th e ir abodes not by tutio n , b u t no visitor failed to look
v irtu e of an y stran ge, peculiar in- w ith in te re s t a t th e m any exhibits be
D efin itio n t 'p in D ate .
S eattle W o m a n th e O w n e r o f One o f
stlnct, bu t because th ey know th e way, h in d the glass doors T h is also is to
P a t — An' phw at th e devil is a chafin’
th e F lo ra l N ove ltie s.
b« d is m an tled an d th e a rtic le s which dl»h?
— McClure’s.
A c e n tu r y p lan t belonging to Mrs.
have been carefully kep t for years
Mike— Whist!
U t’s a fr y in ’ pan
W. J. McAllister, of Seattle, haa re
Mr. Woody— Music is a m o s t fas will be d is trib u te d am ong the provin
cen tly put fo rth a full blown, fr a g ra n t c in a tin g study. Do you know I'd like cial m u seu m s of Belgium, where as t h a t ’s got Into society.— Exchange.
blossom, says tb s Times. The flower to sing awfully. Miss B lun t (w ho h»4 ' In dividual e x h ib it! they will loee much
The ( l r i «bo haa a young widow for
la a b s au ilfal ahell pink, »bout ti g h t beard h i m ) —Oh, yon d o — TU-BIta
a rival la badly handicapped.
t a value,
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T h a t was a poor s o rt of jok a played
by a New Y orker who Inserted In a
p aper an ad v ertise m en t adv isin g t h a t
t h i r t y able-bodied men could find em
ployment a t a certain address, th e In
dianapolis S ta r says. T h e able-bodied
men and some whose a tte m p ts to ap
pear able bodied were pathetic, flock
ed in num bers to th e place. T h e re
they were inform ed by the p ro p rieto r
of the shop th a t th e ir services were
not needed; th at, in fact, he had in
serted no ad vertise m en t. E v iden tly
some person burdened with a peculiar
sense of h u m or had been responsible
for sen d in g these men on th e ir for
lorn quest w ith the Idea u pp erm o st in
1654— C r o m w e l l ' s f i rs t P a r l i a m e n t a s his sm all mind th a t he was playing
a good joke on the supposed employer.
sem b led a t W e s tm in s te r.
was a joke, worked
1702— C o l o n y o f C a r o l i n a v o t e d a g a i n s t T he joke, if it
completely. The shop ow ner was vex
a n h e r e d i t a r y nobility.
the footsore
1769— T h e f i rs t c l a s s g r a d u a t e d f r o m ed and chagrined, and
men tu rned sadly away.
R h o d e I s la n d College.
T he hum or of the th i n g will be seen
1774— F i r s t C o n t i n e n t a l C o n g r e s s m e t
i n C a r p e n t e r ' s H a l l , P h i l a d e l p h i a . at once when it Is understood t h a t
1776— C a p t . N a t h a n H a l e , o f C o n n e c t i some of these men tram p ed wearily
to meet rebuff,
c u t , c a p t u r e d a n d e x e c u t e d a s a m any blocks, only
s p y b y o r d e r o f S i r W i l l i a m H o w e . while others, not able to walk, sp en t
1777— B r it i s h m a r c h e d u p o n P h i l a d e l for c a r fare the few pennies th ey had
phia,
and
A m ericans
r e t r e a t e d m anaged to pinch to g eth er for such
a cro ss the B randyw ine.
an emergency. It m ean t wasted hopes
1789— T h e D e p a r t m e n t o f t h e T r e a s u r y
for men already, some of them, n e a r
c re a te d by a c t of C o ngress.
th e shoals of despair. It m e a n t a loss
1801— B r i t i s h t o o k p o s s e s s i o n o f A l e x of faith in mankind.
andria, E g y p t. . . . F re n ch e v a c u a t
I t Is u n pleasant to th in k th a t such
e d E g y p t in f a v o r o f t h e B r i t i s h .
jo k ers exist, but it is none the less
1804— P l a n e t J u n o d i s c o v e r e d b y P r o f . tr u e th a t they a r e to be found h ere
H a r d in g of G oettin g en .
and there, an incubus on society.
1813— F o r t M l m m s , o n t h e A l a b a m a These a re the persons who rock the
R iver, s u r p r is e d a n d c a p t u r e d by
boat, who [mint the loaded gun "in
a larg e body of In d ia n s u n d e r T e -
fun,” who pin crape on the doors of
cum seh.
th
e living, who anon ym o u sly in s e rt
1814— A l e x a n d r i a , V i r g i n i a , c a p i t u l a t e d
false m a r ria g e notices, and they a r e
to th e B ritish.
1847— I l l i n o i s v o t e d t o a c c e p t h e r c o n all of them blood bro th ers to th ose
who wag th e tongue of slander. Most
stitution.
of such offenders give th o u g h tlessn ess
1849— C o n v e n t i o n m e t a t
M onterey,
Cal., t o f r a m e a S t a t e c o n s t i t u t i o n . as th e i r excuse, but the real t r u t h is
who do so offend a r e
. . . . C a l i f o r n i a a d o p t e d a c o n s t i t u - th a t persons
lo n e x c l u d i n g s l a v e r y f r o m
t h o w an tin g in the milk of h u m a n k in d
territory.
ness— th ey are of evil nature.
1859— B l o n d í n f i r s t
crossed
N iag ara
F a l l s o n a t i g h t ro p e .
1861— G e n . F r e m o n t p r o c l a i m e d m a r
t i a l l a w in M i s s o u r i .
1862— T h e F e d e r á i s w e r e d e f e a t e d In
battle a t M anassas,
V a ....G e n .
M cC lellan a p p o in te d to c o m m a n d
th e d e f e n s e of W a s h i n g t o n .
The liability as an In su rer of a
1863— K i n g s t o n , T e n n . , w a s
cap tu red
common c a r r ie r u n d e rta k in g to t r a n s
b y G en . B u r n s i d e .
1864— T h e F e d e r a l t r o o p s t o o k p o s s e s port live stock is held in S u m m e rlin
versus Seaboard A ir L ine R. Co.
sio n of A tla n ta .
( F l a .) , 47 So. 557, 19 L. R. A. ( N. S .),
1876— A b d u l H a m i d II. a s c e n d e d t h e
191, not to extend to any d am ag e re
T u r k i s h th ro n e.
1880— L o r d R o b e r t s r e a c h e d K a n d a h a r , s u ltin g from the n a tu re , d isposition o r
a f t e r h i s c e l e b r a t e d m a r c h f r o m viciousness of the anim al.
C a b u l to reliev e th e B r itis h fo rce
An assignee of a bill of lad in g as
th e r e b esieged by A y u b K h an .
collateral security for a d r a f t upon the
1889— N o r t h a n d S o u t h D a k o t a p r o consignee of property rep resen ted by
claim ed S t a t e s by P r e s id e n t H a r
it, which he discounts. Is held In Ma
rison.
son v ersu s Nelson (N. C.), 62 S. E.
1891— T h r e e
m onum ents
to
Illinois
625. 18 L. R. A. ( N. S .), 1221, n o t to
re g im e n ts d ed icated on th e b a t t l e
be liable for breach of w a r r a n t y -by th e
field o f G e t t y s b u r g .
consignor in the sale of the p ro p erty .
1893— D r. T. T h a t c h e r G r a v e s , a w a i t
The d erailm en t and o v e r t u r n in g of
ing se c o n d tria l fo r th e m u r d e r of
M r s . B u r n a b y , c o m m i t t e d s u i c i d e a freig h t c a r In a tr a in is held, in
■ In t h e D e n v e r jail.
IJenson versus Lehigh Valley R. R.
1894— - L a b o r d a y o b s e r v e d f o r t h e f i r s t Co., 194 N. Y„ 205, 87 N. E. 85, 19
t i m e a s a l e g a l h o l i d a y t h r o u g h o u t L. R. A. (N. S .), 790, n o t to be such
t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s . . . . T h e t o w n o f evidence of negligence
tow ard its
H i n c k l e y , M in n ., t o t a l l y d e s t r o y e d
brak em an as to ca st upon It th e b u r
b y f o r e s t fires.
den of e x o n e ra tin g itself from the
1904— S e n a t o r F a i r b a n k s o p e n e d t h e
charge of negligence to absolve itself
R e p u b l i c a n c a m p a i g n In M i s s o u r i
from liability for in j u r y to him
w i t h a s p e e c h in K a n s a s C i t y .
thereby.
1898— Q u e e n W i l h e l m i n a o f t h e N e t h
One who, w ithout p ay in g fare, vol
e rla n d s a s c e n d e d th e th ro n e.
1905— J a p a n e s e a n d R u s s i a n
e n v o y s u n ta r ily a tt e m p t s to ride In the oah
s i g n e d t r e a t y o f p e a c e a t P o r t s of a locomotive at th e Inv itation of
m o u th , N. H.
those in charge of the train . Is held,
1908— S t r i k e o f A l a b a m a c o a l m i n e r s in Clark versus Colorado & N. W. R.
d e c l a r e d off.
Co. (C. C. A.), 165 Fed. 408, 19 L. R.
Jnines
i»n
Hodgson
M r..n ic e«.
In t h e c u r r e n t Issu e o f t h e P r o c e e d
i n g s o f th e A m e r i c a n S o c i e t y for P s y
c h i c a l R e s e a r c h . P ro f. W i l l i a m J a m e s
o f H a r v a r d h a s a l o n g rep o rt d e a l i n g
w it h the a l l e g e d c o m m u n i c a t i o n s fro m
th e s p i r i t o f the l a t e
Dr.
Richard
H o d g s o n , w h o died In 1905, to v a r i o u s
p e r s o n s w h o m h e h a d k n o w n in life,
t h r o u g h t h e m ed lum 'sh lp o f Mrs. P ip er .
Dr. J a m e s , a f t e r r e v i e w i n g t h e e v i
d e n c e nt l e n g t h , r e a c h e s th e c o n c l u s i o n
t h a t t h e s e m e s s a g e s w e r e in till p r o b a
b i l i t y from H o d g so n , or fro m
som e
sp i r i t c o u n t e r f e i t o f t h e d e c e a s e d . On
t h i s p o in t h e r e m a i n s u n c o n v i n c e d a n d
a w a i t s m o r e f a cts , " fa c t s w h i c h m a y
no t p o i n t c l e a r l y to a c o n c l u s i o n for
fifty o r a h u n d r ed yea rs." H e c o n f e s s
ed t h a t h e h a s no c r u c i a l p roof o f tho
"will to c o m m u n i c a t e ” on t h e p a r t o f
H o d g s o n , y e t he is Im pelled to b e l i e v e
t h a t t h a t will Is there, a n d h e Is w i l l
i n g "to b et on It” to t a k e r is k s
One
o f t h e lo n g e r reco r d s is that o f a c o n
v e r s a t i o n en rrled on b e t w e e n Jam es
a n d t h e con trol.
To
Itcm ed y
In iln .tria l
W iira,
P r e s i d e n t E m e r i t u s E lio t o f H a r v a r d
In S e p t e m b e r M cC lu re's w a r m l y u r g e s
the a d o p t i o n o f t h e C a n a d ia n s y s t e m
o f c o m p u l s o r y a r b it r a tio n a s the b e s t -
k n o w n r em ed y for the Industr ial w a r
fare w h i c h is c o n s t a n t l y d i s t u r b i n g t h e
A m e r i c a n public, l i e finds t h a t o u t o f
tho f ift y - f i v e a p p l i c a t i o n s w h ic h h a v e
b een m a d e fo r a h o a rd o f a r b i t r a t i o n
d u r i n g t h e t w o y e a r s t h a t the l a w h a s
b een in force, 96 p er c e n t o f t h e d i s
p u t e s w ere s e t t l e d w i t h o u t th e res o rt
to s trik es .
T h e Inw d o c s p e r m i t th e
final res o rt to a s t r i k e If th e A r b i t r a
tion B oard ca n not s a t i s f y b o th s i d e s
to a c o n t r o v e r s y , h u t no s t r i k e Is l a w
ful until a hoard h a s b een a p p o i n t e d
a n d tried to a d j u s t m a t t e r s
Itecord
I use
of
(«ra ftin g .
At Halein, Ore., 400 I n ch es o f ness
sk in h a v e been g r a f t e d upon t h e b od y
o f M iss Irene M artin, 18 y e a r s o f a g e.
S h e w as recently seriou sly
b urned.
T h r e e p eo p le d o n a ted s k in for th e o p
e ra tio n , which p h y s i c i a n s d e e l a r e Is the
greatest s k in -g r a ftin g operation ever
p erform ed .
T he T reasury D ep artm e nt at W a s h
i n g to n r e t o r t s that U n c l e S a m ' s h o u s e
k e e p i n g Mil. d u e to t h e p u r c h a s e o f
f u r n it u r e for n e w b u i l d i n g s , e x c e e d s
11,000,000 a n n u a lly .
A. (N. S.), 938. lo a ssu m e the know n
h a z a rd s Incident to such exposed posi
tion, and he Is held not to be en titled to
hold the railroad company liable for
Injury caused by the collision of the
cab w ith a ear negligently left on
a side track so as not to clear the
m ain track, where the negligence was
not wanton, and no in ju ry occurred to
anyone else on tho train .
One who, in co nstru cting a railro ad
in a public street, rightfully leaves a
loaded push e a r sta n d in g u n fastened
and unattended upon a track, Is held,
In Cahill versus E. B. & A. L. Stone
& Co., 153 Cal. 571, 96 Par. 84, 19 L.
R. A. (N. S ), 1094, to be liable for
Injury th ereby caused to a child not
guilty of con trib u to ry negligence, who
has been perm itted to play upon it,
where the car is on a g rade down
which. If It starts, It cannot be readily
stopped, and the Injury Is caused by
the c h ild ’s being cau g h t and crush ed
while a tte m p tin g to stop the c a r a fte r
It has been set In motion down tha
grade.
Futile
l>l«*rl
hut .
T h e d o c t o r 's m a d e m o r u t o u t pi« a n d
e v e r y kind o f b erries;
H e tell« m e t h a t I’ll q u i c k l y d i e If t
In d u lg e In c h e r r i e s ;
r v e had to g i v e up c a k e a n d m o a t a n d
all p r e s e r v e s a n d s a u c e s ;
A d o c ca n be,
It s e e m s to me,
T h e w o r s t o f a ll o n e ’s b o s s e s .
I’v e
b a d to put m y p ip e a w a y a n d
c e a s e to s m o k e H a v a n a s ;
I m a y eat. If I like It. b a y , but I m u s t
sp u r n b a n a n a s ;
t m u s t a v o i d all s t a r c h y fo ods, all s t u f f
c o n t a i n i n g a cid ;
I h a v e to s t r i v e
T o keep alive
On n o t h i n * a n d be placid.
Yet I w o u ld no t c o m p l a in n or kl< k nop
e v e n v i e w t h in * * g r a v e l y ,
I’d d e e m It l u c k y to be s ic k , a n d b e a r
m y tr o u b l e s b ra v ely ,
Tf I w e r e s a v i n * a n y t h i n * w h ile su ffer*
In * p r i v a t io n s ;
B u t all I m a k e
T h e y b l i th e l y t a k e
Kor f u r n l s h i n * m y r a tio n s.
—- C h ic a g o R e c o r d - H e r a l d
T he best b u tter lsn t stro n g
l t s a goat.
un less