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Tuesday, M aY 20.
. „ Mav 29 — Senator Ter-
W*,b,,ng'° effort in the senate today
i iB, n)»<ie *
,dy of »217,000 a year
I I # ? * ' to the amount now paid to
r ^ ' nio Steamship company, ply-
|K0c**nl‘;
Francisco and Auetra-
k r " u i n is the same as carried
Kb
„ mI,any by the shipping bill,
E K S W
-n a te early in the
F 6 and when l’ atterson asked Per-
F ' 0^ . h« did not wait for the pass-
■k ul T the shipping bill, the latter re-
“ hope deferred maketh the
ipliedtna
Th„ amendment was de-
K ^ V o f order on a point raised by
Iciiy*
Wiihington, MiJ 2 9 . - During the
I "deration of the diplomatic and
I
l«r bill today in the house, an in-
1 , «.debate was had on the atnend-
k j proposed by Longworth, of Ohio
» 1 , 000,000 (or the ac
" J o n in foreign capitals of proper
i ius und buildings for the embassies
1 !? legations of the United States f ir
i!h
” residence of ambassadors and min-
L r, to foreign countries.
Lngworth, in urging his araend-
meot w h ich went out on a point of
° T ' insisted that, by providing resi
7 ' ’ lor our ambassadors the question
rent would be eliminated. He said
I t was now the largest necessary ex-
nie With a m id en ce provided by
the government, a man of moderate
means could live in a dignified way on
amate adjourned until Monday.
Washington, May 25.— In the house
of representatives today the question of
veracity vas raised between Ccoper, of
Wisconsin, and Hepburn, of Iowa, over
a conversation in which the latter is
alleged to have partcipated with a
member of the senate and in which,
Cooper asserted, the member of thè
house and the senator referred to
agreed that the so-called express com
pany amendment to the railroad rate
bill should not remain in the bill.
The house was turbulent daring the
consideration of the rule sending the
rate bill to conference, the fear of many
members being that the rule, which
disagreed to the senate amendments en
bloc, might have an influence on the
conferees and give them an opportu
nity, if they so desired, to vote out the
express company
amendment,
the
amendment relating to pipe lines aDd
the sleeping-car amendment.
bis s a l a r y . _________
Monday, May 28.
W ash in gto n , May 28.— The senate
tcdav sent the tailroad rate bill to con
ference, listened to a long defense by
Kittredge of a sea level canal and three
Democratic speeches on the resolution
in relation to the purchase of canal
supplies in foreign maikets, and devot
ed tbs remainder of its time to the
postoffice appropriation b ill.
So objection was made to tho ap
pointment of ranking members of the
interstate commerce committee as con
ferees on the rate bill, and they were
not instructed in any manner. They
tre Elkins, Cullom and T il man.
Thursday, May 24.
Washington, May 24.— The senate
entered today upon the consideration of
the agricultural appropriation bill.
Hale criticised the provision permit
ting the secretary of agriculture to ex
tend to 80 days the fortnight’ s leave
now allowed to employes outside the
city of Washington, expressing the
opinion that the practice is growing
rapidly, and that it will soon extend to
all tlie poetoflices of the country if not
checked. He spoke of the general de
mand for government employment, say
ing that such employes became “ a hun
gry, persistent band ol mendicants,”
and that congress is dragooned, impor
tuned and browbeaten by the demands
of this organized band of subordinates.
IPaie referred to the possibility of pen
sioning government employes.
The free alcohol bill was paFsed by
the senate practically as it came from
the house.
Washington, May 28.— Early in the
session of the house today Williams,
Miss., the floor leader of the minority,
made the point that there was no quor
um present, and it took a call of the
honse to start the wheels of legislation.
After the appearance of a quorum, the
house concurred in amendments made
by the senate to a number of house
bills. The house resolved itself into a
“ city council” for the consideration of
bills relating to the .District of Colum-
bii.
The compulsory education bill for
the district occupied most of the day,
being finally placed on ils passage. On
a division, the absence of a quorum was
disclosed. Williams made the point of
no quorum, and a call of the house en
sued, the veas and nays being called on
tbs passage of the b ill.
Saturday, May 28.
Washington, May 28.— During the
course of a listless day’ s legislation on
the diplomatic and consular bill in the
house today, Champ Clark, of Mis
souri, stated that he had heard wliis
perings that the Chinese exclusion law
was to be modified to affect all classes
of Chinese, with the exception of coolie
labor. He gave notice that, if there
was any such intention on the part of
the majority, he would fight such a
change to the last ditch ; that he had
been somewhat instrumental in putting
the Chinese exclusion law on the stat
ute books, and that for one he would
not agree to its modification.
Under general debate, the house hav
ing met at 11 o’ clock for further con
sideration of the diplomatic
bill,
speeches were made by a number of
members and this subject took a wide
range, from pensioning the Missouri
militia to the rate b ill.
Friday, May 25.
Washingon, May 25.— The sena;e to
day pa«sed the agricultural appropria
♦ion bill, carrying an appropriation of
17,800,001), and, without a word of
debate or an objection from any source
nddert to it as an amendment the bill
providing for an inspection of fresh
•neats intended for domestic consump
tion.
A number of other bills were passed
The sea level Panama canal b ill was
made the unfinished business.
The message of tl.e house, declining
to accept the senate amendments to th>
railnad rate bill was received, but the
sena'e conferees were not named. The
Torrent o f Anti-Sm oot Petitions.
Washington, M »y
29 — Pr tests
against the retention of Reed Smoot as
» senator of the United States fl -oded
•he senate today, as foHow->: Minne-
*ota, by 8enator Clapp, 6.802; Indiana,
Senator Hemenway, 8,341; New
Hampshire, by
Senator
Gallinger,
3 265; Kentnckv, by Senator Black-
l’«rn. about 2 800; Alabama, bv Sena-
wr Morgan. 801; Kansas, by S-nator
k'mg, 14,862; North Carolina, by Sen-
* ,nr Simmons, 2,098
I t is said that
Ps'itions will be received from every
efafe and territory in the United States.
Seattle May Dig Her Canal.
Washington, May 29.— An under-
landing has been reached by members
? ,b® hon«e committee on rivers and
arbors which w ill reeult in a favora
* report on a bill providing that the
niter! States shall maintain the crnal
an i
' unnecting Lake Union and
phil«hole bay with Puget enond. The
cnnii.ierjtion for maintenance of the
* »te r * #y
government is that a
I,
aha'l be built by a private corpora-
Uon
‘ he bead of Shilshole hay.
Pretoria, May 25.— The garrison here
h»B been ordered to preoare to take the
field, and it is understood that similar
orders have been sent to eve*y com
mandant of British troops in South
Africa
The situation in Natal is
growing more and more eerious daily
and advices received from the troops
that are operating against Bamhata
show that he ie receiving reinforce
ments from nearly every tribe in Zulu-
land.
Arms and ammunition are also being
sent to him, and all efforts of the colo
nial authorities to put a stop to this
traffic have proved futile.
Zulu spies
are everywhere and are apparently able
to keep the leaders posted as to field
plans, as no sooner ie a trap set for the
rebels than they escape from it. They
have also captured several convoys.
The fact that the colonial troops have
been unable to make any headway
against the rebels, and that British
regulars are to be called on, indicates
how serions the eituation is.
The
authorities are hardly in a position at
present to enter into a great Zulu war,
and it is understood that they w ill bend
every effort to crush Bambatal within
the next few days.
A ll the regular
troops that can be spared are to take
the field against him, while the colo
nials will act with them and will also
try to prevent any other Zulu tribes
from reaching Bambata until he can be
crushed.
Washington, May 24.— Speaker Can
non, with the memory of yesterday’ s
proceedings in his mind, took a new
tack today when the house of represen
tatives met, by sending word to Curtis,
of Kansas, to raise the point of “ no
quorum” when a dviision waB demand
ed by Williams, of Mississippi, on the
vote to resume consideration of the
diplomatic and consular bill.
Mr.
Curtis made the point of “ no quorum,”
taking *he wind out of William s’ sails,
the “ call of the house” proceeding un
der Republican demand instead of on
the demand of the leader of the minor
ity. A quorum was present, the vote
being, Ayes 222, noes 21, present 19.
Wednesday, May 23.
Washington, May 23.— In addition
to passing a half dozen bills to which
no objection was made, the senate de
voted its entire session today to the im
migration bill, which was passed just
before the hour of adjournment. The
major portion of the discussion was de
voted to the provision for supplying in
formation concerning the different sec
tions of the country to newly arrived
immigrants.
The bill consists of a series of amend
ments to the existing law, all of them
intended to permit stricter regulations
for keeping out the defective classes of
aliens. The head tax is increased from
»2 to $5.
An amendment requiring an educa
tional test for immigrants and also re
quiring that no immigrant carrying less
than $25 should be admitted was pre
sented by Simmons, wtio spoke in sup
port of it. Lodge offered a snbsti'ute
confining the test to an educational re
quirement and providing that no alien
more than 16 yeais of age who cannot
read in some language shall be admit-
ted except members of the families of
male adults now residing in the United
States. Simmons accented the substi
tute and it was adipted.
Washington, May 2 3 ,-W h en the
house met today an unusual scene oc
curred. Williams, the minority lead
er demanded the ayes and noes on a
motion of Adams, of Pennsylvania to
go into committee of the whole for the
farther consideration of the diplomatic
and consular bill. This was refused
the speaker nolding that one-fifth of
the members present had not risen to
demand the ayes and noee.
“ I demand that the other side be
aken,” called out Williams.
The speak .r refused to take tl.e nega-
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tive
on a .¡.in®
rising vote,
vote stating that but a
.hort time before it had been deinon-
crated that a quorum was present 195
Then Williams thundered out a pro
test against the speaker’s ruling.______
WAS NOT STEALING
British Fear That Another Great War
May Come in South Africa.
AD M IT TH EY G O T REBATES.
Favored
Merchants Testify Against
Burlington Road.
Kansas City, May 25.— Testimony of
unusual interest was brought out this
afternoon in the United States court in
the trial of George H. Croaby, traffic
manager of the Burlington railway;
George L. Thomas, of New York, a
freight broker, and L. B. Taggart, his
clerk, on a charge of conspiracy in re
bating railroad rates.
The principal witnesses were George
A. Barton, of Barton Brothers’ Shoe
Company; George W. Taylor, of Robert
Keith Furniture Company; E. W.
Freyscliiag. of the Freyschlag Mercan
tile Company, all of this city, and
Walter Kelby, of New York, cleric in
1904 and 1F05 for Thomas.
The testimony showed that the firms
mentioned
received large sums of
money from mysterious sources after
freight bills had been paid; sometimes
in express packages, always from New
York, but none knew who sent it. On
the Hand F eyscblag frankly referred
to an agreement with Thomas whereby
his firm was to receive 25 per cent re
bates on freight bills, und told how the
money was deposited iu New York to
toe firm’s credit by one Jackscn, whom
he did not know.
He could not remember whether he
or Thomas had suggested the use of the
name. At first he said that the idea
wai his, but on cross-examination he
changed and said that he could not re
member. He admitted that the name
was used to hide “ this business,” a
term all the witnesses today employed.
Supreme Court Decides on Per
kins’ Alleged Misdeeds.
WAS NOT EVEN MORALLY WRONG
New York Life Company Money Ap
propriated Openly and Avowedly
fo r Campaign Purposes.
New York, May 26. — The appellate
division of the 8upreme coart today
handed down a decision discharging
from custody George W. Perkins, whom
the Supreme court had held to await
action of the grand jury on a charge of
grand larceny in connection with the
campaign contributions of the New
York Life Insurance company to the
Republican national committee.
District Attorney Jerome, upon
hearing the court’ s decision discharg
ing Mr. Perkins, said:
“ I shall appeal this case to the court
of appeals and get a decision there.”
Justice McLaughlin, who wrote the
prevailing opinion, said:
“ I f the facts set out in the deposi
tions upon which the warrant here was
issued he construed in the most liberal
way consistent with a judicial deter
mination, I am of the opinion that such
facts do not establish that the crime of
grand larceuy has been committed, as
the same is defined by the pe lal code.
The defendant had a right to give of
his own funds to the chairman of the
Republican national committee. The
relator made the contribution at the
request of the president of the insur
ance company with the express under
standing that it would repay him. The
money belonging to the insurance com
pany was appropriated openly and
avowedly by the relator, after all the
fac's hid been stated to the finance
committee, to reimburse him for the
money which he had previously ad
vanced.”
Justice Patterson, while agreeing
that Mr. Perkins cannot he found
guilty of larceny, said that he may be
comps led by a civil action to make
restitution, inasmuch as the officers of
the company had no power to make the
contribution. Justice Ingraham Bays it
must be understood the court is not
now concerned with the civil responsi
bility of Mr. PerkinB to the company.
He continues:
“ It was McCall who appropriated
the money of the corporation, and the
officers or employes of the company,
who obeyed his direction in making
that payment, without intent to do
more than carry out the instructions of
the president of the corporation, were
not, as I view it, responsible lor ihe
act.”
Justice McLaughlin says:
“ It cannot be said that Mr. Perkins
did not have a moral claim, even
though, owing to the fact that the pres
ident doubtless exceeded his authority,
be may have had no legal claim for
reimbursement.”
EAQT HQUAKE W RECKS C IT Y .
Immense Loss o f Life at Unianka,
Mongolia
Victoria, B. C.. May 25. — Mail ad
vices from the Orient state that an
earthquake causing great loss of life
and considerable damage to property
occurred at the beginning of May at
TTniankai and vicinity, in Mongolia.
The Pekin Times reports that a chasm
several feet wide was caused by the
earthquake.
The walled city of Uniankai was al
most completely destroyed, the loss of
life being very heavy.
Officials at
Pekin had received news that the ca
lamity was of exceptional severity and
arrangments were being made for the-
relief of the people in distress.
Severe shocks are also reported from
Fokicn province of China, the most
disastrous in Chnen Chou prefecture,
where many buildings were destroyed;
the loes of life was unknown.
Credit Without Limit.
Seattle, May 25 .— Frank J. Bentley,
t affic manager of the Illin o i. Steel
company and a member of the delega
tion sent out by the steel trust to in
vestigate conditions at San Francisco,
arrived in this city last night on his
ly east, and states that, as a result of
the investigation, 90 percent of the
steel consumer« of San E* rancisro w ill
he extend*! nnlimite<l credit in the re-
building i f that city. In the report of
the investigation it is estimated that
May Not Confirm,
250,000 tons of steel will he used in a
waihington, May 28 - I n the light period extending over five years.
of the attitude assumed by the aerate
Panama Election T o Be Fair.
probable that W illiam « CJ5rw$ol
Panama, May 2 5 .-T h o u g h no spe
cial instructions nave been sent to the
trict * " " rne
o " U to B .i«to r. governors of the aeveral province«, Sec
retary Guarda said today that the gov
C° T m lt t o n " t d Z n o t go to the ex- ernment will endeavor to guarantee
lent of recommending the rejection of complete freedom of action at the ap
tent 01
rt w 11 probab'y make
his nomina
^
r0mmittee, which proaching election. General Guards
E0 " P ^ * thn
w. n no, re. also said President Amador desired that
means that the com m ittee^jo n w .iib e no effort to th!s end be omitted, and
port to the aenate and no act .
that all government employes must
taken before Hir adjournment
comply with his previous orders to re
frain from interfering in the elections.
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Hermann’s Trial in Juna.
Washington Mav 28 — The idea of a
has a warm advocate
postal telegraph
Washington, Msy 25.— The trial of
Smith, member of con-
Representative Hermann is now sched
in Samue. W.
"" ~ m
\firhͣ&n, who in ft careful*
uled to take place in this city between
* w « fron\.
tor«*T in the horn*
|y Pr*U®r
jf t(,e government would Jnne 5 and 10, nnless some unforeseen
obetacle
should
arise. Frencie J.
' nC
k
.yetem, the deficit in Heney has notified District Attorney
department would be almost Raker that he w ill come back to Wash-
*h-Ü T ^ n t * “ We Should,” he and, ington to conduct the prosecution. It ig
probable the case w ill be disposed of in
or four days.
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BATTLESHIP KEARSARGE.
NEW B ILL O F E X C E P T IO N S .
Defendants in Williamson Land Fraud
Case File Revision.
Portland, May 26.— J. N. W illiam
son, Van Gesner and Marion R. Biggs
filed yesterday, through Judge Bennett,
their attorney, a revised bill of excep
tions with the clerk of the federal
rontt. The bill is a voluminous docu
ment of 1,050 typ ew ritten pages, and
reprodaces in a large measure the testi
mony of the trial in which they were
convicted of conspiracy to defraud the
government.
A copv of the b ill' has been sent to
Judge Hunt, of Montana, who is ex
pected to come to Portland about June
10. Judge Hunt refused to receive a
former bill of exceptions presented by
the defendants. It is necessary for
such a bill to be accepted before the
case ran go to the higher court. Judge
Hunt will probably pass upon this lat
est filing soon.
The battleship Kearsarge on which seven men met death through the
accidental discharge of a quantity o f powder In one of the gun turrets during
target practice oft the coast o f Cuba, is one of the most powerful fighting craft
of the United States navy. When she went into commission six years ago
she attracted much attention among the naval experts because of a peculiarity
in her conatructlon, the placing of the turrets for the eight-inch guns' directly
on top of the turrets carrying the thirteen-inch rifles, a plan which aroused
considerable controversy. The Kearsarge was launched at Newport News, Va.,
March 24, 1898. She measurea 368 feet on the water line, 72 feet beam and
her draught Is 23 feet 0 Inches, with a displacement of 11,525 tona. She has
a speed of sixteen knots an hour, the indicated horse power being 10.000.
Her battery consists of four thirteen-inch guns, four o f the elght-'.neh type and
twelve of the five-inch in the main battery, with twenty slx-pounders, six one-
pounders and four machine guns In the secondary battery. By a Judleloua
arrangement of the guns, much —«ight was saved, which was devoted to un
usually heavy armor. With thla extra protection the Kearsnrge Is unusually
light In draught for a battleship and can go In shoal water where many an
other lighter craft would he unable to follow her.
atomic breaking up Is thought to be S I 1
going on in all matter, with the setting j J
free of enormous energy, and It Is eal- Jfj
culnted that if the action extends I t
throughout the earth, the emission by SB
every atom o f an electron once in a By1
thousand million years would account l (
for the earth's Internal heat. ThbM]
This quaint prescription wns printed atomic modification may explain t h e l :
In "An Old Lady's Pharmacopoeia,’’ pub "fatigue” of platinum and other s u l> H
oj
lished by Mrs. Delamy In 1758: “ Does stances after long Incandescence.
Mary cough at night? Two or thr-e
MADE $6,000 ON HIS FARM .
snails boiled in her barley wnter or tea
water or whatever she drinks might he
H o w n R e tire d I.a w y e r F ro n te d
of great service to her. Taken in time,
N e w V en tu re.
they hnve done wonderful cures. But
“ I am no longer ft practicing ftttor«^
Mary must know nothing of i t !”
ney, but n plain farmer, as you m a ^ J
Gentian root, often used as n tonic. Judge from my uniform. I conclude
Is considered In many malarial coun that If your advice was good for a fev
tries a remedy against Intermittent fe acres It ought to be better for thfl
ver. F.speclally Is tills the case In Cor 4<X\” says a writer In Farming.
sica in that section of the lslnml near
“ The cleaning, plowing nnd sowlt
the town of Alerla, which is infested cost me $2 per acre; the seed cost
with malaria. The inhabitants recent per acre. I cannot yet give you tl
ly protested violently ngnlnst the Intro figures for the cutting, curing nnd b a g
duction of quinine on the part of the Ing, but they won’t amount to mog
medical authorities, declaring that they than the expenses of putting the era
would not abandon the remedy which In. Now, Judging from what we a|
had been used among them for centur ready have baled, nnd making a car
ies, tlie gentian root either (wwdered or ful and conservative estimate, I lia$
simply masticated.
Too tons o f first-clnss pen-vine bg
O f the modern tendency to flock to which Is contracted for nt $12 per to
the cities a writer says: “ In 1801 not The roots and stubble have lmprov£]
Il
more than 36 per cent of the entire pop the soil to h very grant degree.”
In conclusion, It mny bo said tt
ulation of England lived in towns and
embarked In urban Industries; to-day cow-peas are adnpted to a-y rotatlfl
they who dwell in cities form more scheme, any stylo of farming, to reij
than 06 per cent o f the whole. On tlie vntion o f worn-out lnnd, to the upbull
other hand, In 1801 tlie percentage o f Ing of any soil, for stock food, for m^
tlie nation who lived in strictly rurul kot, for profit. The agitation for
districts and were occupied in agricul creased ncernge has been going ot\
tural and rural pursuits amounted to some years, hut tho spread o f thla
52 jier cent of tlie whole population; valuable crop has been slow Indl
to-day it has descended to tlie uinriniug when Its many advantages are cona
ered. With the growing scarcity o f l
level of not more than 18 per cent.”
Some years ago tlie addltipn o f mois bor nnd the necessity of ohtnlnlng 111
ture to furnace-ben ted air was found cr yields and more profit from a snJ
by I)r. 11. J. Barnes of Boston to make cr acreage, cow peas are hound to
place ns a lending crop In any
risen comfortable at a temperature
several degrees lower. In ids recent tlon or diversification scheme
Investigation In Southeastern Nebras Southern States.
S cie n ce
vention
r 4 ’
ka, G. A. Ixivelttinl has shown that tlie
air o f a house o f fourteen thousand cu
bic feet should receive from twenty to
forty quarts o f water daily, and thnt
tills evaporation does not Increase the
relative humidity by more than ten per
cent. The humidity Imlbors should not
exceed atiout forty per cent, otherwise
there will he troublesome condensation
on the windows.
Tlie degree to wbleb solids slowly In
termix is one o f tlie recent surprising
discoveries. A New Zealuml teucher
mentions tlie dark patches wbleb ap
pear opiioslte tlie steelwlndlng-stenison
tlie Inside of sliver watch cases forty or
fifty years old, tests showing that these
patches are Iron, which lias vaporized,
dissolved in the silver, and diffused In
to tlie solid metal. Still more remark
able Is an instance o f tiie penetration
of carbon Into porcelain. Fresh pencil
marks are easily removed from an old
(Mircelnln writing tablet, lint some notes
written forty years ngo have sunk Into
the tablet to considerable depth and
cannot be ernsed.
Stir About Forest Reserves.
Washington, May 26.— Considerable
stir was occasioned in the senate yes
terday over aa amendment to the agri
cultural appropriation bill proposing to
give 10 per cent of the receipts from
forest reserves to the states in which
the reserves are located, for schools
and public roads. Senator Fnlton pro
posed increasing the donation to 20 per
cent, in view of the fact that the crea
The electron, as defined by Professor
tion of reserves materially reduces the
tarab’e area of counties, hut this pro Soddy, Is an electrical conception that
voked considerable
opposition, and lias been applied to matter. It is a
ilefinIte.“<1 harge” — the smallest possible
probably w ill be withdrawn.
— of negative electricity, and Its prop
erties, unlike those o f the atom, are nl
More Lighthouses fo r Pacific.
Washington, May 26.— The senate ways tlie snme. It Is a particle, smnll
committee on interstate commerce to er than the atom, which wns long re
day voted to report the honse omnibus gnrded as the smallest division o f an
lighthouse b ill and added the following element. Each atom of matter must
items: Lightship for Jusn de Fues, normally contain at least one electron,
W’ aehington, $159,000; ’light and fog nnd It mny lose this or take on at least
signals. Cape Hinchinbrook, Alaska, one more without great change. With
$75,000; lighthouse tender, Hawaiian one or more electrons less than the nor
islands, $150,000; tender for light mnl, the atom becomes positively charg
honse inspector, California district, ed, or a positive Ion; while an atom
$130,000; lightbonss and fog signal, with one or more eleiflrons In exccaa is
Red Rock, San Francisco bay, $30,000. a negative Ion.
Foreign Com m erce in April.
Washington, May 26.— The foreign
commerce of the United States for
A pril
aggregated
$251,000^000, of
which $107.000,000 was ia imports and
$144.000,000 in esporta. These figures
are given in a bulletin issued by the
bureau of statistica, which says that
only in one previene April in the hia-
tore of the eonntry’ g export trade has
the total of imports and exporta reach
•• mo<' h M $200,000,000.
While the transmutation o f elements
at will is still a dream, the alkali met
ala have given J. J. Thomaon a sugges
tion of control o f the change, Emlaalon
from these mct.afa In light haa been
long known, and he haa now proven
that they give off alow electrona, or
Beta raya, even In d nr knees, and that
the process Is greatly Influenced by
ligh t h«at and chemical foiren. Theae
act aa detonatora, splitting up atoms
which have become unstable. Thla
A
P o in te d
H em ln d er.
There Is an old story o f the
who "knew every rock In the elinni
nnd when a fearful Jar came.
There's one of them now I” Ills
tem was not wholly unlike that j
sued by Miss Abigail Spears for
pur|mse o f strengthening her hrotw
memory.
■
'When you've kept house f o r ]
minister ns long as I have for Hri
James, my dear, you'll know all
have to tie reminded of tilings day
day,” said Miss Abigail to the
ter’s bride.
‘Now there was the table In Bn
James’ room. He wns always k
Ing It over when he went Inti
room In the dark, till I devised a r
to remind him o f IL”
‘ How did you do It?” nskc<lj
bride, with gratifying eagerness, j
Miss Abigail beamed with the I
o f a successful Inventor.
“Why, It wns simple enough,!
snld. ” 1 used to keep It parallelj
the shape o f the room,— the wal
mean,— till one day I hethoug
how I could set It comerwlse, a
corners are remarkably sharp. ,
you know, my dear, James haa
so careful that there Isn’t tnon
one night In fo n i now that he
call on me to help him.”
"T o help hltn!” echoed the
How, Mlsa S|)enrs?”
"T o bring him the
llnlmen
dear,” said Miss Abigail, Itnpatj
Don’t you understand? He n o ^ g
tipped it over, but he the c o n ta in
really quite painful. There's ^
some such easy w n y to help a
member, but It requires
thought”
ff
T h is
We v a »
lla p p o iH .
" I suppose you are enjoy In « y^
cation,” said tlie friend.
"Yes," answered the member
grass. " I am happy In aeeingj
enjoy themselves. It glvsa ms i
to think o f the relief experlen
;>eople who do not have to listai
speeches.” — Washington Star.
What haa become o f tha
loned motto that naed to ha
tha dining room door?
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