The Athena press., September 27, 1907, Image 7

"lie Isn't stingy," declared the young
Woman, rather Indignantly. "I'm sure
lie's as generous as he can be in most
things, but " '
"Oh, I know," said the eider woman.
"Your father used to be a great deal
the same way."
"Pa!" exclaimed the young woman.
"Until he got educated," said the
elder woman. "I had to educate Will
iam. Arguing Isn't any use."
"I know," said the young woman,
sadly j "I've tried It."
, "And crying Isn't any use," said the
elder, with some severity.
The young woman, blushed and
glanced hastily at a mirror that hung
on the wall. , ,
"No, your eyes aren't red," said the
elderly woman reassuringly, "but
you've been crying, and I tell you It
won't do and coaxing won't work one
time in a dozen."
"Then how?"
"Use your common sense. There are
lots of ways. Take him to shop with
you the next time you go. That's one
pretty good way of making him realize
that a woman can't dress on nothing."
The young woman shook her head.
"You don't know William as well as
I do," she said. "I'd be worse oft than
ever, and. besides, he wouldn't go."
"Oh, yes, he would," sail the elderly
woman,, confidently. , "He will if you
manage him properly. You tell some
woman friend what exquisite taste he
has when he's around and notice how
he'll begin to swell up. I never knew
the man who didn't believe that he
knew more about what was becoming
to a woman than she did herself. Then
follow that up by asking him to help
you select a hat. He'll do it fast enough
If you can make him really believe you
depend on his judgment."
"But, mother!"
"I suppose you think he'll pick out
some $5 horror or something that
doesn't suit you at all."
"I'm afraid he would." ,
"Well, he wouldn't. You begin by
wanting him to go to uome $1.68 milli
nery store and watch him rebel. Look
In at the window and comment favor
ably on one or two of the shapes if
you can't do anything else, especially
if some other people are standing by
looking In. He'll Insist on your going
to some decent place. Don't take him
to Elise, though. Go any place where
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Bronx Zoo. .
At Fushlnia, j-p..
lined well, affording ab.v .
supply to a garrisoned castle.
Engineers say Victoria Falls Co
supply enough power for all the needs
of Rhodesia and the Transvaal.
An equal division of the water used
daily In New York city gives each ln:
habitant forty-nine times his own
weight
The Fifth Avenue Baptist Church,
Mr. Rockefeller's church, In New York,
Is not nearly large enough to hold the
people who desire to hear the new En
glish pastor, the Rev. Dr. C. F. Aked.
According to the coroner's records,
asphyxiation is the favorite mode of
suicide in New York city, there being
an average of one suicide each three
days, while there Is about one in four
days from shooting.
Officials of the New York custom
house promise the highest annual rec
ord of receipts for the current fiscal
year that has ever been known at this
port The figures will be little under
$800,000 for each business day.
Don Carlos, King of Portugal, Is said
to be genial, sunny-tempered, kind
hearted and generous. He la a man of
exceedingly broad-minded and liberal
Ideas on the subjects of government
and of religion and Is happy In ls
home life. ' ... it-
One of the latest novelties In dress
material Is reported to be a cloth made
from spun glass, and It can be had In
white, green, lilac, pink and yellow.
The Inventor of the fabric is an Aus
trian and he declares that It Is as
bright and as supple as silk and Is
none the worse for being either stained
1 1 j
The Russians manufacture a fabric
Trom the fiber of a filamentous stone
from the "Siberian mines which Is said
to be of so durable a nature that It Is
practically everlasting. The material
Is eoft to the touch and pliable !n the
extreme, and has only to be thrown
Into a fire when dirty to be made abso
lutely clean.
The revision of the valuations In the
controller's -office In 'ew York city,
yhlch has been going on for more than
there's a fairly good assortment, but not
where they take $50 hats as a matter
of course. All you've got to do is to
pick out an intelligent saleswoman and
Inist on something Inexpensive. If she
brings you anything over $8, say: 'Oh.
dear, no. I can't afford to pay that
price.'"
"I don't see "
"Well, you will. You'll see that he'll
insist on. seeing something better and
you'll see that he'll be about as helpless
as a babe between you and the sales
woman, and he'll see that the only way
he can assert himself , is to urge you
not to consider expense. Don't tell me
he won't. I know 'em. . You can have
any hat you want and he'll go out of
the store under the Impression that he
selected It. And you don't want to dis
abuse his mind, either. Tell him that
you think the hat is perfectly charm
ing and you are afraid he has been ex
travagant and the one at $11 would
have done Just as well. See if he
doesn't tell you that It's economy in
the long ruh to get a good thing, and
that you will get more than $5 worth
of satisfaction out of the difference In
the price. But don't ever let him con
vince you."
"Why not?"
"Because It wouldn't do. But don't
fall to tell him how your friends raved
about the hat .and how surprised they
seemed when you told them It was his
choice,. and how they said thev would
hate to have their husbands pick out
a nat ror them and how you thought
so, too, but didn't say it. And men
tion casually as the thing goes on to
any company you have that you always
let William select your hats on account
of his exquisite taste, the only draw
back being his criminal disregard of
price. Same thing applies to gowns or
Lanything else."
"But It would be awful to have to
be everlastingly taking him around."
"You won't have to," said the elderly
woman. "Don't you worry about that.
He'll get tired after the first few .times
and let you get what you want your
self. But you won't hear any" more
talk about your extravagance. He'll
have got his horizon extended. : But
don't on any account let him lose his
own good opinion of his taste."
"It seems a little deceptive," said the
young woman, "but I r'- e-Iieve
ni try it" Oilcan
a j"
tl estate Is behind
f ind the city's bor
:rs 10 per cent levy
aluatlon of all the
- ;Ity. Springfield Re-
of Denmark presents
? etaele of a father, who
t king at' a later date than
When King Haakon of
, is lately at Copenhagen
rick is said to have asked
jw do you like being king?"
ther ask you," replied Haak
,e been King longer than you
Haakon was elected King of
' by the Storthing on Nov. 18
vhlle Frederick, his father, did
xeed to the throne of Denmark
W ?Jan. 29, 1906, on the death of
Kicg'Chrlstian.
. Perhaps the most remarkable Memo
rial day address in the country was
that delivered at Marysville, Kan., by
Dr, Williamson F. Boyakin, who was
the Grand Army orator on the 100th
anniversary of his birth. In matter
and manner and delivery the speech Is
said to have been far above the aver
ago. Dr. Boyakin was born In North
Carolina, and when he was a year old
his parents removed from that State
to Tennessee In a caravan of one hun
dred two-wheeled carts, and In con-'
structlng the whole outfit there was
iot a pound of Iron used.
! ' , Styllah Cruelty.
It was one of the coldest days of
the recent alleged spring weather, but
the little boy was in full summer at
tire. He trotted along, holding to his
mother's hand while she stopped along
State street to look In at the show
windows." He was dressed In Scottish
Highland 'costume. On his head he
wore e Scotthih cap, with' long feath
er wtAcP caught In the wind and made
a retaining Aod constantly necessary.
His short Vits ended about half way
to the kne. The rest of his legs were
bare except for low sandals and socks
two inches lomr. His legs were blue
with the cold, but the women who
passed saw only his round blue eyes
and innocent face, set off by his strik
ing costume. "Istit be cuter tt,M
said. - His mother overheard the ad
miring remarks and glanced down at
him complacently.
He was "cute" all r1ht, but Irresist
ibly the thought arose to one's mind:
Butchered to make a mother'a hniM.
Chicago Inter Ocean, h
If ot Weighty Xcmcb.
"Why do they call this a heavT
playr
"I can't Imagine unless It la becsnw
of the great waits between the scenes."
Cleveland Plain Dealer. "
WORK OF LOSS LTJSTfcS. '
Changed Snrgrery by DtaeoTery of
. Antiaeptle gratem.
It has been aptly said that the his
tory of surgery can be conveniently
amaea into two periods, "before- Lis- By use of X-ray and the dnemato
ter' and "after Lister." It wonii h'rrjmh n .,-h,. u.
impossible to overestimate what Lord
Lister's work has done for suffering
tumanity In the discovery of the anti-
septic system treatment of wounds and
everything coming in contact with the
same. It has practically abolished the
horrors of the hospital ward, where,
before Its discovery there were con-
istant dangers of gangrene and other
diseases ' due to germs getting Into
wounds, before or after operation, and
causing putrefaction of the injured
member.
Lord Joseph Lister was born In Es
sex, England, in 1827. His eightieth
birthday was celebrated last week. His
father had taken a keen interest In
science' and done much in Improving
the microscope. As a young man, Lis
ter possessed two valuable assets, a
first class microscope and an unbound
ed enthusiasm for scientific Investiga
tion. It was therefore natural that he
should turn his attention to such
branches of histology and physiology
as were within his reach. , His first re
searches were, In the fiber of Involun
tary muscles, the skin, the flow .of lac
teal fluid and kindred subjects. Early
In his life he became interested In
wounds and the diseases that frequent
ly go with them. He even sketched
bodies that he thought might be mi
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LORD LISTEB, OF ENQLAND.
probes. Following his own researches
Lister attended clinics given by Syme,
the foremost physician of the day.
In 1860, Lister was appointed profes
sor of surgery at the University of
Glasgow. It was while acting as sur
treon to the roval Infantry that he mads
J
' Mr
A
, proves thal!tne discovery which initiated the new
X) worth ofera In surgery. Before that time al
r cent makes most aJl wounds, accidental and sur
ation $676,000,- K'cal alike, underwent a process of In-
1g loea ttinn I flnmmntlnn and aimnnrnHnn. niwim.
' panied by much pain and loss of health.
The most trivial operations were not
infrequently followed by death. Many
patients died rather than face the hor
rors of an operation. Erysipelas, te
tanus and hospital gangrene were al
most constantly present in hospital
wards.
There was no knowledge of the
causes of these diseases. They were
considered ' to be constitutional. The
physician took no blame or responsi
bility. Death was simply the victim's
misfortune.
Such an appalling state of affairs
acted on Lister and he decided to
solve the trouble, if possible. At about
this time Pasteur demonstrated the
fact of the existence of the germ and
that putrefaction and decomposition
were caused by certain micro-organ
isms that came from without. Lister
applied this knowledge to the cause of
wound diseases.
The great deductions which faster
made were (1) that "putrefaction ' in
wounds was caused by microbes, (2)
that these were Introduced from the
outside. (3) that "putrefaction" mleht
be prevented by keeping the wound
free from germs, (4) mat tills might
be effected by the employment of some
substance which would destroy the
microbe. The antiseptic system was
founded on these principles. Startine.
then, with the Idea of destroying, by
an antiseptic substance, the germs in
the wound, In everything coming in
contact with the wound, such as in
struments, and in Its surroundings,
Lister made his original tests with car
bolic acid a fortunate selection, for It
Is still regarded as one of our best
germicides. 1 .- '
He gave his method a thorough trial.
It proved successful. Now cases of
gangrene and the like rarely follow
operations. Thousands of lives have
been saved by this one discovery. It
has revolutionized surgery.
Til Inundation.
"If you please, sir," said a verger to
a churchwarden In a village, "the new
rector is to fie Inundated next Tues
day week, and I have come to ask you
whether you will be able to be pres
ent" "Certainly," replied the chureh-
J warden, who was something of a hu-
t a li a T i j., ... .
monst, auu i nope mere will be an
overflowing eongregation."v London
Answers.
A Woman Fnraltnrc Mover.
At Hanwell, England, lives a woman
furniture nwver, She has printed on
her vans the following appeal to the
public: "Don't worry get married
and keep on moving." Indianapolis
News.
Dissolution is the only solution to
'soma matrimonial problems.
poPulpr
.tographlng moving objects at very brief
. Intervals, scientists have succeeded In
photographing movements of Internal
organs like the heart and lungs. These
moving pictures when reproduced on
a screen are of great assistance to
medical men.
There Is a story going the rounds to
the effect that a rock has been discov
ered in the vicinity of Monterey Mexi
co, which by simple rubbing emits elec
tric sparks and produces a blue light
of remarkable clarity. Samples of the
stone have been sent to the geological
institute at Washington, and also to
Thomas A. Edlsoa for analysis.
By the use of concrete a very , tall
lighthouse was constructed In a very
abort period of time at the Point De La
oounre, at the mouth of the Glronde
river, in France. The building Is 225
feet high and about thirty-five feet in
aiameter at the base. It was finished
in nine months after the commence
ment of the work, and cost $90,000.
The haste was owing to the fact that
the sea had threatened to wash away
the old structure, which was not so
high and somewhat nearer the water.
German army officers have recently
experimented, with satisfactory results,
with a new form of rifle ball Invented
by an Italian, Slg. Cei-Rlgottl. The
projectile terminates at "its front end
in a screw-shaped projection, the pur
pose of which Is to Impart a more con
tinuous revolution to the projectile dur
ing. Its, flight The effect is said to
be to give a much longer range and a
flatter trajectory, with the same orig
inal velocity as that of projectiles of
the usual form. For some reason the
Invention was not accepted In Italy.
but it Is said that this fact Is regretted
by the Italian authorities since the suc
cessful experiments in Germany.
Great expectations are entertained
concerning the future development of
the "telepheto," Invented by Prof. Korn.
of Munich. This Instrument with the
aid of selenium, a substance possess
ing the peculiar property of varvlmr Its
electric resistance In proportion to the
amount of light falling upon It, trans
mits a photographic Image over ordi
nary telegraph wires. One of the most
successful experiments of Prof. Korn
during last winter was the transmis
sion of a photograph of the King of
England over a circuit connecting Mu
nich and Nuremberg. The photographs
appear crossed with fine lines, but
these hardly Interfere with the dis
tinctness of the picture. The photo
graph of King Edward was transmit
ted In eleven and one-half minutes, but
Prof. Korn hopes to render the Droe-
ess virtually Instantaneous.
d GOOD OLD BOMA-N STYLE.
Tenntin Lover Snatched Bride
front Her Brother.
A good story of a lover that caotiired
his sweetheart and carried her off and
married her In the good old Roman way
comes from Texas, says the Meotmhls
Comimercial-Appeal. It appears that
ML Grief lias been much in love with
Miss Ella Francis for some time. The
courtship, however, was carried on
very much against the wishes of the
young lady's parents. For some six
months they had kept their eyes right
upon her at church, at school and at
home. If they were not watching
themselves they had some person al
ways near whose Intention was to keep
down the ma tan.
In that mysterious way known only
to lovers, however, they kept up a cor
respondence with each other, she as
suring hta upon every occasion possi
ble that ber heart was still true. Last
Sunday morning she conveyed the In
telligence to her lover that she was
going to visit (her uncle In the Hynd-
ver community, and would likely only
be accompanied by her two brothers.
aged 15 and 17 years. This news was
sufficient for the young man and he
made preparations accordingly. He
came to Dresden and procured the nec
essary license. He then secured the
services of W W. House, Esq., a bosom
friend of " Vand posted him near the
roadside where the wagon was to pass.
At the hour of 10 the wagon came roll
ing along, and sure enough the youn
lady was In It sitting on the front seat
between her two brothers.
As It passed a certain point he
out of ths bushes, halted it and reach
ed for his sweetheart The brothers,
seeing what was about to hannpn
whipped up the mules to make them
pull out of the way, but the young
American bad taken the precaution to
build a rallg?nce Just across the road
m iruui nra swung onto me wagon
with all strength and the team
soon came to a standstill. He seized
the girl with both arms around the
waist, while the brothers hung onto
her feet, but like all lovers In such
cases he pulled her loose and they
truck across the open field to find the
justice. He was not very far away
and the kuot was tied before you could
say "Jack Robinson."
After the marriage the couDle. fear
ing that the father, who bad Just lost
a daughter ana gained a son-in-law,
might carry out bis often-expressed de
sire to thrash the life out of both of
them If ever this Important event
which had just occurred did occur, sot
In the Justice's buggy and drove to his
bouse ror dinner, where they could at
the same time bave the protection of
the law. The boys In the meantime
had gotten out ot their notion to rtalt
their uncle and bad struck for home
and told the story.
The old man, finding his daughter
had beaten (him, rode one of the mules
back looking for the fleeing couple. He
learned that they were at the Justice's
residence and called with the voice of
a roaring Hon. Squire House went out
to see him, and after much discussion
and persuasion be agreed to take his
daughter back and receive his newly
made son-in-law into his family as one
of them, and they put the girl on the
mule, while the father and son walked
homeward together, discussing the
weather and crops like old-time friends.
HORSE 45 YEARS OLD.
Saved Muter at Maarenta, Sunk to
Shafts of a Cab, but Died Happy.
An Inquiry as to the limit of age of
horses is reported In a German farm
Journal by Dr. Norner-Barensburg,
who has collected Information far and
wide on the subject Bays the New York
Sun. According to his conclusions thir
ty years would seem to be the equlue
equivalent for the human "three score
and ten." It Is a good old age for
horses, but many reach It and not a
few surpass it
The oldest horse of which he could
learn any definite facts was a roan
mare bred In the government stock
farm In Hungary, and she was at least
45 years old when she died. In 1852
she was assigned to Lieutenant Theo
dore von Leyss of Lemburg, serving In
the flfth regiment of uhlans. In the
next year horse and rider were trans
ferred to the twelfth regiment, and In
1859 they made the entire Italian cam
paign together. At the battle of Ma
genta the lieutenant was cut off from
his regiment by a body of French
troops. His brave imare carried him to
safety by an extraordinary leap over
a stone wall.
Iu 1863 Von Leyss got Into financial
difficulties and In the following year he
was obliged to part with his mare to a
comrade, who used her as road horse
uutll 1805, when she passed into the
Btable of a major of Infantry. With
him, It is believed, she made the cam
paign of 1866. Then Von Leyss, who
furnished the facts to Dr. Norner-Ba-renaburg,
lost slgiht of her until 1873,
when he found her, alas, serving as a
cab horse In Vienna. He kept hlB eye
on her after that and In 1882 she had
sunk to drawing a delivery wagon for
a manufacturer of paper boxes. Von
Leyss by thla time was In better cir
cumstances and he bought back his old
friend and comrade to take care of her
until her death. '
This took place In 1892, when she
was fully 45 years old, according to
the stock farm record. Down to the
end she was employed dally at light
work. She was a well-set-up animal,
with unusually clean-cut, graceful build
and limbs. Two days before her death
she refused feed for the first time in
her life. Her skeleton is now set up
In the veterinary college In Vienna.
The great age she reached Is all the
more remarkable when her military ex
periences, Including thehardsblp of two
campaigns, are considered. Her biog
rapher considers her career as estab
lishing the advantage of allowing hors
es to become fully matured before they
are put to work. No horse set to work
while green, he thinks, could possibly
have gone through so much and lived
to such an age.
Who Wouldn't Be Siokt
On a family druggist's prescription
file Is an oft repeated prescription bear
ing number 37111. The Latin of the
twentieth century reads : "Recipe. Tick
etorll Theatrlcl Numera duo Slgne.
Take this afternoon. Dr. ."
Obviously It is an order on the drug
gist written by a reputable physician
for two theater tickets and the patients,
mother and daughter, are enabled to
take needed treatment at a matinee
while the busy husband and father re
mains at work. The reason for the
scheme as told the druggist by the
doctor was the absolute need of mother
and daughter for recreation and as
the druggist had a theater ticket office
It was readily and satisfactorily ar
rangedNew York Sun.-
Generona to Panlt.
Congressman Perkins was In the of
fice of a friend, a Justice of the peace,
when a couple came In to be married.
After the ceremony the Justice accepted
a modest fee, and handed the bride an
umbrella as she went out
Mr. Perkins looked on gravely, and
asked, "Do you always do that Char
lie?"
"Do what? Marry them? Oh, yes.
"No; I mean bestow a present upon
the bride."
"A present? Why, wan't that her
umbrella?" gasped the Justice.
"No; It was mine," replied the con-
gresaman, sadly. Baptist Common
wealth.
Feenllarltlea.
"You have observed wild animate a
great deal?"
"Yes," answered the sportsman.
"Have you noted any peculiarities?"
"Decided peculiarities. Some of them
absolutely insist ou not behaving as the
naturalist say- they ought" Wash
ington Star.
A Dana-eroaa Caae.
One of the surgeons of a hospital
asked an Irish help which he consid
ered the most dangerous of the many
cases then In the hospital. "That, sir,"
said Patrick, as he pointed to a case of
surgical instrumental Philadelphia In
quirer. ;
Eighteen Veteran Employee,
A London firm of electroplate makers
has In Its services eighteen men and
women who bave been working for It'
from fifty to sixty yean. 1
RAM'S BORN BLASTS.
Waralnc Notea Callla the Wlekedi
to Repentance.
God never talk
Greek to His chil
dren. The ability to do
good is a call to
do It
Thoughts are
tilings that move
the world.
When we are la
the wrong place our riglit place Is
empty.
Hiding a sin Is no safer than hiding
a rattlesnake. , .
The man who stands on the truth ha
God's hand under him.
With all bis wisdom, Solomon never.
tried to answer a woman's questions.
All some folks want of religion Is to
keep them from trembling when It thun
ders. A rich man may give the Lord too
little, but a poor one cannot give I Ilia
too much.
A good man helps the cause of God
not so much by what be says as by
what he is. -
Let the Lord tell you how to do busi
ness, and He will soon be telling yon
how to live.
What a cold church needs Is not a.
preacher with a bigger head, but one,
with a warmer heart
It is the Christian's privilege to be
like a city on a hill, but too ninny are
like a glowworm In the country.
WHAT WHEAT CROP MEANS.
It Could Be Converted Into a Loaf
2,158 Feet 1111.
The commonest article In dally use
Is "bread," and Its supreme Importance
Is Indicated by the fact , that In all
ages It has been considered as the sym
bol of food, and" truly It Is the "staff
of life." The cultivation and milliua
of cereals Is of the hlgbest antiquity.
and the references to the baking of
bread occur on some of the oldest mon
uments. 1
Wheat Is a splendid cereal crop, and
the United States leads the world h
Its production. The 1900 crops, accord
ing to the official figures, are as fol
lows:
Bushels.
United State 735.2(51,970'
Russia 450,000,000
France 824,720,000
India 319,580,000
Austria-Hungary 208,574,000
Italy 108,000,000)
Spain 154.090.00O
Germany 144.754,000-
Argentine 134.031,000
Canada 131,014.000
Roumnnia 113,S(I7.000
The. crops of other countries bring
the total up to the enormous figure of
3,423,704,000 bushels, so that the pro
duction of the United States is.nearly
20 per cent of the world's output.
A graphical comparison of this crop.,
with the finished product typified by
bread and the Intermediate stage
flour Is very Interesting. If the 735,
201,970 bushels of wheat were placed
In a bushel basket of standard shape.
the basket would measure 792 feet In
diameter at the bottom and 1,225 feet
at the top, nnd would be 980 feet high.
It would have to be strong enough to
sustain the weight of 1,579,433 tons.
The Eiffel Tower Is a good object for
comparison. Visitors In the crown of
the tower would be able to Just look
over the sea of wheat. After the miller
has taken the basket of wheat ntul
milled the grain, he finds he has some
1(1,110,0(54 barrels of flour, which if
put In one lingo barrel would be 1,
21414 feet high, and the largest dlume
ter would be 9(l2'a feet.
The baker now steps in and out of
tl, Is flour bakes 4,834,909,200 loaves of
bread of standard size; nnd if thin
bread were all put Into one loaf, It
would measure 1,002 feet on the bot
tom, 1,387 feet at the top; It would
also be 610 feet thick and some 2,158
feet long. If this loaf of bread were
set on end, the finished product would
far overshadow the basket and tho in
termediate stage the flour barrel.
The wheat would fill a trench 141
miles long the distance from New
York to Albany and 35 feet In crose
section. In view of these facts, is It
any wonder that our transportation fa
cilities are strained to the breaking
point In carrying this enormously val
uable crop? Scientific American.
Indiana with Bine Eyea..
One of the mysteries of Mexico I
presented by the Maya Indians, wbo
Inhabit the Sierra Madre mountains in
the lower part of Souora. They have
fair skins, blue eyes and light hair, and
students of ethnology have always
been puzzled to account for them.
There Is a tradition, however, that
these Indians are the deweudants of
the crew and passengers of a Swedlsot
vessel wrecked on the Mexican coast
centuries before Columbus discovered
the new world, but this tradition I
founded on nothing more substantial
than a folklore tale current among
them that their ancestors came over
the big salt water hundreds of mooius
ago.
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