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OUR ERRATIC MOON.
CAPTAINS.
Bale sc« New Bey«, as Shakespeare
Noted, Bhe 1« a Wanderer.
Bom* Member« of the Smell Company
Were Really Private«.
There ia nothing alarming in the
report of the astronomer royal of
Great Britain in charge of the far
moos observatory at Greenwich, on
tbe Thames, a few miles below Lon
don, that the moon has been guilty
of insistent aberrations during the
lest several decades, though some
of the interpretations of what he
said in that report, made annually,
would be quite alarming if they
were scientifically exact
Shakespeare, usually more cor
rect in astronomical references than
other writers of his time, merely
mentioned what every one else knew
wben be spoke of the inconstancy
of the great satellite of earth as
changing nightly in her circling orb,
but he showed a much deeper appre
ciation o f those lunatic aberrations
wben in “Othello” he excuses an
action of one of his characters in
the words:
An American woman—now s a fe S f
che Staten— write« that while ahe wee
In Mexico fire aoidktra one day rod»
Into her remote mountain camp. They
were very decent fellow «, and made no
threat«. Still, In the abeence o f her
husband. It seemed only wise to give
them plenty o f food and drink, also to
yield gracefully to the request o f one
o f the number, who eald be waa the
captain, for the “ loan” o f e blanket
Pretty eooa e second warrior Inti
mated that be, too, could use a blanket
to advantage In bis campaigning, add
in « that he. toe, waa a captain. When
a third made the mine request, also
announcing his rank as that o f cap
tain. their hostess paused In her die
tri but ion of blankets
‘T e ll me.” ahe Inquired politely, “ la
thin entire detachment composed of
captains 7“
“ Oh. do . senoreT replied the one Whs
bad Brat spoken. “ I am the Captain
Primeru. this la the Captain Segundb
and that to the Captain Tercero. Those*
-indicating the two remaining—“ are
the private soldiers.”
And at this tbs admiring señora, ac
cording to her own account, at onre
gave a blanket to each o f the two
“ high privates in the rear rank” *-
moved by “sympathy with them for be
ing captained firstly, secondly end even
thirdly, and also by admiration of them
as being sncb rare birds r —Youth's
Companion.
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It Is th « v «r y error o f th « moon;
Bh« conwa more n«arer earth than ah«
waa wont
And mekea men mad.
Every month the moon exhibits
tbe simplest phase of her aberra
tion— that when she id on the side
of the earth toward the sun the fit-
traction of the letter vast luminary
tends to pull the moon away from
the earth, while when the earth is
between the moon and the sun, so
to speak, the double attraction
brings our satellite nearer to the
earth.
There are many other perturba
tions o f the moon which have never
been explained with mathematic
precision. As one scientist has said,
“The lunar theory is not yet ideally
perfect.”
Consequently even the
closest of lunar observers may be in
error iw regard to certain of the
phenomena of the activities of this
by far the largest of any of the nu
merous satellites of our several
planets which are favored with
moons, her diameter being approxi
mately one-fourth that of the earth.
— Cleveland Plain Dealer.
One Ahead.
A group of children whose moth
ers belonged to the Daughters of
the Revolution were overheard dis
cussing some historic relics which
had descended as heirlooms in their
she, “that was used in the Ikwtor
lea party.”— Woman’» Home Com'
pan ion.
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Stupid Husband at a Noted Singer.
Cat alum's husband, a handsome
Frenchman, was even more unintel-
Iactual than his wife— he was stu
pid. Once, having found the pitch
of the piano too high, she said after
the rehearsal to her husband; “The
piano is too high. W ill you see that
it is made lower before the con
cert?”
When the evening came
Catalani was annoyed to find that
the piano had not been altered. Her
husband sent for the carpenter, who
declared that he had sawed o f two
inches from each leg, as he had been
ordered to d a “ Surely it can’t be
too high now, my dear,” said the
stupid nnsband soothingly.
Whet He Is Celled.
Foreign Nobleman—Sir. 1 would wed
your peerless daughter. American Mil
lionaire—Yen. and she Is going to stay
peerless.—Baltimore American.
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are not looking for them.-Goethe.
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Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
(or o f Hesse-C'assel. besides prohibiting
the obnoxious garments, bad the con
rteta employed on road sweeping dress
ad In trousers so us to inspire dttgns'
for aana-cnlotte fashions.
Tbe term "sans-cutotte” means “ with
out breeches.” and during tbe Figprh
revolution tbe “sans-cnlottes," who tfe
nounced every one who wore breadrae.
finally wdbt beyond their opponent'
and wore twice as much cloth aMmed
their legs—in a word, adopted tbe no»d
era trousers and made them the Mlfg«-
o f a party.
Napoleon worb trousers on ■ ta t».*«'
casions after be bad been crowned
emperor. His army was tbe first^Jnt
adopted trousers, and they kept Mpg-
rees. step by step, with the m ai& » f
the French legion«. Tbe Dukg^ of
Wellington would insist on westing
pantaloons—or trousers, as they lu e
now called—wben fie attended certms
social functions, although be wafiwl-
most aloud In so doing. This W»s
about tbe year 1814, but by 1830 trous
ers w et» worn by almost everybody.—
Westminster Gazette.
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A teacher in one of the lower
grade schools was instructing a class
in the departments of the national
government recently and came final
ly__ to the customs departm ent
THE FIRST TROUSERS.
“ When an ocean liner reaches Phil
adelphia,” said the teacher, “ a man They Led to Bdiets Against Their Ua*
all dressed np in uniform meets the
In Seme Qermen 8tetee.
SPOILED HIS FISHING.
passengers and takes all they have
The lateet Instance o f a BnrngSan
and inspects it. Now , can any one coautry enacting la we concerning dr»M
in the clam tell the what the man ia occurred at tbe time of the French
called?’' A ready hand in the last revolution, wben some rulers o f GSr
An easterner was «pending qis first
row flew up.
“ W ell, Tommy ?” man states forbade their subject» to summer In Montana, says the Wash
wear trousers, these being held to Indl
“ Please, ma’am, he’s called a pi
cate revolutionary opinions. The «Me ington Star, where he had a good op
rate.”
portunity to indulge in bis favorite
Magnifying Powers.
“ Father.” said the small boy. “ what
is a demagogue?”
“ A demagogue, my son. Is a barter
who can make a passing crowd be
Heve that a side show is a great deal
bigger than the main exhibition."—
Washington Star
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Our D airy is frequently inspected by the State
Dairy and Food Commissioner and has been highly com
mended by thst official. Give us a trial.
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sport o f trout fishing. One afternoon
he‘had bean unusually successful, but
Joat as be was setting oat for camp
with a heavy string of fish he caagfat
sight o f a great pins that bad blown
down and was lying with Its top in
tba water—Just tbe place for booking
climbed upon It by dint o f hard scram
bling, holding on as bast he could with
his rod in one hand and his string of
fish In the other. The tree was dose
to tbe bank, and the stream waa run
nlng bank fulL Ha waa In the midst
at the branches, crowding onward,
when suddenly an immense bear rose
There was no hesitation. To ran
was Impossible. On the Impulse o f
Jbe moment tbe man dashed his string
at trout fb ll la the bear’s face, in do
ing so he lost his balance, and tbe next
instant there was n tremendous splash,
and he disappeared In the rashlni-
water.
s Tbe fisherman emerged some dis
tance farther down the stream and.
scrambling to the bank, looked back.
There on tbe pine sat the bear. Intent
ly watching the bole where he had dis
appeared. He did not go back to In
form her that be was not there, but
made for camp at good speed.
“ I have beard many debates as to
the hardest “and the easiest dubs to’
play,“ says Jerome D. Travers, the fa
mous golfer. In the American Muga-
slne. “ I should hay the hardest «1
la the game, the one that has fewajj
masters. Is tbe foil Iron shot to th»
green. Running, a dose second is thel
masbie pitch. Thera are few er golfei
by far who can play these two sbol
well than tboee wbo are good drivers
or good putters. The easiest shot In
golf to tbe drive, and the simplest to
the putt. , Bat as putting to almost
purely a mental proposition it probably
varies more wttb all players than any’
other shot
“ You see very few good sound
players, especially among the amateur»
In America. In England their Iron
play to much better.“
A Plank's Inside and Outside.
There la an Inside, also an outside, to
every plank or board, the outside be
ing the side furthest removed from tbe
“pith.” or center, o f tbe tree from
which the plank waa cut. The oareful
workman always bears this In mind
wben fixing boards He leaves the out
side exposed to tbe air. If the Inside
la exposed to the atmosphere tbe ear
lier layers win ultimately shell out In
shreds and stripe owing to the action
o f the air destroying the timber's co
hesive properties. As a result the even
- surface w ill be destroyed, a serious de
fect In better class work.— London An
Man's W ill Is All Hit Own.
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True education Ilea In learning to
wish things to be as they actually art.
It Ilea In learning to distinguish w tM
Is oar own from what does not belong
to ns. But there is only one thing
which to folly our own—that Is »o r
will or purpose. God, acting as a gotift.
king and a true father, has given us,A
will which cannot be restrained, c o f l
polled or thwarted. He has put m
wholly In our power. * * * Nothing cfiB
ever force ns to act against our w flt
If we are conquered It to because we
have willed to be conquered.—Eplcfi-
Origln o f Comets.
Professor Ells Stromgren. director
o f the Copenhagen observatory. .baa
carried out with the aid o f J. Braae.
an Investigation to determine whether
comets come originally from Interstel
lar space. as baa been commonly aup-
poeed. or originate within the solar sys
tem. Hte method o f research involves
the backward computation o f planetary
perturbations for eight comets. Tbe
conclusion reached to that all comets
heretofore observed have originated
within th » solar system.
Largest Manufacturing Plant
In the County
Among the Maoris sometime* in me
TYRANNY OF CASTE.
where matoro (the wooing bouse*, a
building in which the young of botb Th« Despised Hindu Pariah and Kw
aexea assembled for play, songs*1
Bonds He Strive* 1« Break. ’
dances, ate., there would be at stated
Nowhere does Hindu priestcraft show
times a meeting.. Wben tbe fires bora Its original despotism more clearly than
ed low a girl would stand np in the
In the ordl iMnces prohibiting all social
dark and say: “ 1 love Bo-end-ea. 1 communication with the “depressed
want him for my bnsband.’
if be classes.” or the so called pariahs
coughed (sign o f assent* or said ‘ Yes’
Those who know conditions w ill agree
It was well; if only dead silence ahe that neither tbe term “ pariah” nor “de
covered her bead with her robs and pressed” Is strong or explicit enough to
waa ashamed. This was not often, as convey to tbe minds ut tbe readers the
she generally bad managed to ascer real condition o f tbe pariah. A dog la
tain. either by her own Inquiry or by allowed to come near a man. a cat la
serididg a girl friend. If tbe proposal allowed to enter a bouse, bat not a
was acceptable. On tbe other hand, pariah. I f even the shadow o f a pariah
sometimes a mother would attend and touches a caste man the latter moat
say. ” 1 want So-and-ao for my son." bathe away bis pollation.
i f not acceptable there was generally
One day on tbe bank o f a liver a
mocking, and she waa told to let the Brahman was performing his midday
young people have their bonne (the ablutions. A few pariahs were tugging
wooing boose* to themselves
at a boat with a rope tied to the mast
The moment the shadow o f the rope
ri is Master Stroke.
fell on tbe Brahman at prayer be look
“ George Ferguson." said bis wife, ed at tbe men who were tugging tbe
looking with crushing acorn at the boat and was furious with rage. His
gaudy rug be had bought at a special bath was lost his ablutionary rites lost
tale. “ 1 wonder If ever In your life you by tbe touch o f the shadow o f a rope
knew a bargain when you saw |tr
In the bands of pariahs. Ha plunged
Tbe case was critical. Mr. Ferguson Into the river again, this time not say
saw that something bold and decisive ing his bathing hymns, but abuaing tba
must be done, and his mind worked pariahs for causing him extra trouble.
quickly
The maharaja o f Travancora and tbe
“ Why. yes. Laura.“ he said. “ When gnekwar o f Baroda have already al
I wanted a wife I picked out tbe lowed tbe pariahs to send representa
nicest, sweetest little woman In the tives Into their Imperial legislative
whole world, and I got tba beat bar councils Tbe letter has' established
gain any man aver gut There, there, special schools and boarding houses to
p e tr—Chicago Tribune
facilitate the education of the “ un
touchables” of bis state. The pariahs
themselves are taking courage and ob
Sitting In Judgment.
The admonition “ Judge not that ye jecting to tbe Ignominies to which they
bo pot Judged” to valid only at those a n subjacted. A t tbe least dtoplsss-
rare times wben w# are feeling horn- ure they go on strike and bring the
bte and insignificant. On thee# rare high caste people to their knee«. Some
occasions we find the attitude. “ Who time ago tbe sweepers and scavenger«
am 1 that 1 should pass Judgment upon o f Simla want on «trike for higher
my fellow men?*’ But tbe normal at wages and made tbe government o f his
tltude to. “ Who are my fellow men that Britannic majesty accept the
I should refrain from passing Judg which they dictated.—Basants 1
Roy In Century MagaMnq
ment upon them?“ - U f «
An Unfortunate Accident.
“ Goodness, little boy!” exclaimed the
“ W illie,” called hto mother from the kindly old gentleman to tbe weeping
head o f the stain, “did you wipe yegr youth; “ what on earth to the matterT'
feet before you came In?“
“ I had • tum ble accident’' bawled
“ Yessum,” replied the young bopeftoC1 the boy.
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“ Did you elose the door carefully be
“ Gracious! What was It?”
hind y « r
“ X -met pop wben I was a-piayln'
hookey.” —Ladles’ Home Journal.
Did yon hang op your hat?”
Surprise All Around.
Imprudence. .
"Mtoe Gadders 1« full of conversa
“ Very well. The* you may ;
The only cure for Imprudence
the tional surprises."
four music lesson. “ -Pittsburgh
suffering which Imprudence entails
“Just what do you mean by that?”
Nothing but bringing him face to face
“ You never know w tat she to going
A Mueh Nceded Imprevement.
with stern necessity and letting him to say."
“ Do yon bel leve thst we sbould t
ffiei bow unbending, bow nnpitylng. It
"Good heavens, man. she never knowa
a more elastic enrreney?” asked
Is can Improve the men o f HI governed that herselfr-Birm ingham Age-Her-
man wbo always talka uatlooal fina
deMrse Herbert Spencer.
“ Not mueh!” anortad the mee *
tbe shlny ciotbea. “ Ifa elastic en«
C an did A n a ly s is
aow. What they eught to do te it
i dance?”
It mora adhesiva” —Bx changa
« u u u H ■ the name given to ve»-
•ele o f very porous earthenware which
when filled with water are always
moist outside and «w ing to tha evapo
ration o f tbe water on their aurifica al
ways keep their contents cod. A lte-
rana can be made from any good pot
ter'» clay by tailing with It 10 per
cent o f Ite weight, dry, o f very A »»
sawdust and then working tt
O d
horning the sawdust to destroyed sad
the clay thereby left porous.
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