The Athena press., October 23, 1908, Image 2

SOXGS TOSUNQ.
Let no poet, great or small, p
Say that be will sing a song;
For song cometh, if at all,
Not because we woo it long,
Bat because it suits its will.
Tired at last of being still.
Every song that has been sung
Was before it took a voice,
Waiting since the world was young,
For the poet of its choice.
O, if any, waiting be,
May they cometo-day to mel
I am ready to reixat
yhatsoever they impart;
Sorrows sent by them are sweet.
They know how to heal the heart;
Ay, and in the slightest strain
Something serious doth remain.
What are my white hairs forsooth,
And the wrinkles on my brow?
I have still the soul of youth,
Try me, merry Muses, now I
I can still with numbers fleet
Fill the world with dancing feet.
No, I am no longer young,
Old am I this many a year;
But my songs will yet be sung,
Though I shall not live to bear.
O, my son that is to be,
Sing my songs and think of me!
-Richard Henry Stoddard.
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Evelina's Pupil
Evelina paused on the bridge and
resting her slim little hands on the
rough railing, looked down Into the
Tunning water of the brook.
Jim was looking at her. He had Just
plucked up courage to ask her to marry
him, but she hud as yet given him no
answer.
Evelina was thinking. She meant to
ay no, of course, but It was somehow
very hard to say much harder than
ihe would have thought possible.
She depended on Jim. She had de
pended on him ever since the first year
she came to Boxberry and begun to
teach the district school. Jim hud come
to her a few months thut first winter.
She was 17 then, nnd he hud been u
year older. He was such a help to her
in managing the other big boys, Bhe re
membered. Indeed, she doubted If she
shouldn't gave given up, discouraged,
and gone somewhere else to teach, if it
hud not been for Jim.
He did not come to school after thut
one winter, for his sister's husband
died, and Jim hud to tuke care of her
and -her two children.
But though he left school, he kept
up his friendship with the teacher.
Hardly a Sunday passed that he didn't
bring her something rare or curious or
beautiful from woods or fields for Sun
day was his only leisure day. It was
Jim who took her to singing schools and
sociables In winter, and nt moonlight
skating and coasting parties it was he
who put on her skates for her, and In
sisted on drawing her up the hills on
his double runner. He wasn't obtru
sive, like some of the others, either, but
seemed to divine her moods, to talk
when she was inclined to talk, to keep
silent when silence pleased her, to go
away wheu he was not wanted. Eve
lina sighed deeply as she turned from
the brook and continued her walk, Jim
by her side.
It was a lovely spring afternoon, and
Evelina for the moment forgot her per
plexities in rapturous enjoyment of the
freshness and greenness and sweetness
all about her, for sho was a passionate
lover of nature. Then the thought of
Jim came, like a cloud. Evelina was
Tery timid, and she reflected that it
was to him she owed the delight of
these peaceful Sunday walks In wood
land roads. She felt so safe with Jim.
"May I come in too?" he asked, when
,-thej had entered the village and reach
ed the house where Evelina boarded.
"Yes." The word came reluctantly,
and there was a note of saduess In it.
Why couldn't Jim understand her si
lence. Why, oh, why must he go and
poll their pleasant friendship?
They went Into the stuffy little par
lor and Evelina seated herself on the
hair cloth sofa.
Jim hesitated an Instant, then camo
and sat beside her, but not very near.
He did not dare.
"I wouldn't say a word long's I
couldn't support a wife," he" said, going
on from where he had left off when
they stopjK'd at the bridge, "but now
I've got that contract and with all
the buildings being put up here and In
the towns round here, I'm likely to be
doing better right along. I know I
ain't good enough for you, but there
ain't nobody In God's world would try
harder to make you happy. There
couldn't uolHuiy want you as I do. The
children need yon, too, the worst kind."
Evelina sat silent, her face averted.
"Seems as if you was there, I could
go ahead and bo somebody get to be
more fit for you. I" he choked a lit
tle "ever since the first day I saw you,
it's been in my mind that that some
time, perhaps, you'd I'd come home
and you would be theremy wife
waiting "
He glanced at her. There was a
drawn look about her mouth, and be re
proached himself.
"If you can't if it ain't to be,- he
aid bravely, "I won't hector you any
more. I'll take myself away out West,
maybe "
There was a startled expression in
Evelina's eyes as she turned them full
upon him. It occurred to her that Box
berry would be a very lonely place with
out Jim, though she didn't stop to dwell
on that; she thought how bad it would
be for a young man to "go away so far
how many pitfalls there were likely
to be. Perhaps It was her duty
But he was so different from the
man she had dreamed of marrying. His
clothes were shabby, bis hands were
large and red. He had a good face a
face to be trusted but Evelina saw-
only the youthful beard that straggled
over It, and the hair that needed cut
ting. Evelina herself was the picture of
trimness, from the top of her head to
the soles of her feet a pretty, dainty
little creature.
She thought with shrinking of Jim's
house and Jim's housekeeping, and of
the two unkempt children, Jim's niece
and nephew, whom he had adopted
when his sister died.
'Most of all she thought of Jim's
ignorance and of his sins against his
mother tongue; to the prim little
schoolina'am these were almost worse
than drinking or gambling. If he went
West he would grow still more ignor
ant and illiterate.
At last Jim broke the long silence.
"Will you marry me, Evelina?"
There was another pause and then
suddenly Evelina raised her serious
gray eyes to his.
"Yes, James, I will."
It was more than he had dared to
hope. The tears sprang to his eyes,
and he could not speak. He leaned
nearer and kissed her reverently, then
rising hastily, walked to the window,
where he stood, pretending to look out,
till he could master his emotion.
So, in due time, Evelina became Mrs.
Jim Foster, gave up her school, and
took up her abode in Jim's untidy
house.
She was a small person of great ex
ecutive ability, and the disorderly
rooms soon began to reflect her own
exquisite neatness; the soiled curtains
became snowy white, the glass in the
windows shone, the grimy paint was
cleaned, musty odors ceased to linger
and order succeeded chaos.
The two children shared In the gen
eral regeneration, and came out of it
really pretty and attractive. At first
they were a little shy of "teacher," but
their timidity quickly vanished, and
they hung about her, seeming' to like
her all the more that she exacted obe-
"YES, JAMES, I WILL," EVELINA SAID.
dlence from them, if she was firm, she
was yet kind nnd gentle, and If lessons
were hard they knew thut stories would
be forthcoming afterward.
Jim came home half an hour early
one afternoon. He had been married
several months now. His eyes grew
eager as he approached the house, and
sparkled when he caught sight of Eve
lina In the yard.
When he came nearer he saw that
she was raking up the twigs and old
leaves that lay scattered about In the
young grass.
Jim's face flushed.
"This Is too hard work for you, little
woman," he said, taking the rake from
her gently. "Go sit on the steps and
see me do the Job. Where are the
kids?"
"They are sitting In tho opposite cor
ners of tho kitchen with their faces to
the wall," Evelina replied tranquilly.
"Been cutting up?"
"Oh, no; I'm merely trying to
strengthen their memories and cure
them of the bud habit of uslug singular
verbs with plural prououns, nnd the
past participle in place of the past
tense."
"Oh 1"
"They are coming out at half past
Ave," she explained further.
" Tls that now," Jim said, looking at
his watch, and at that moment there
was a Joyous whoop and the two young
persons camo rushing out like small
cyclones. Seeing Evelina so handy,
they made a dash for her, and let off
some of their accumulated energy in
nearly smothering her with embraces.
She smiled, but offered no caress in re
turn. Theu they rushed upon Jim, with
a demand for pennies, which they got,
together with permission to go to the
nearest store and spend them.
Jim raked the yard till not a twig or
leaf marred its green surface, and then
he came and sat on the step by Eve-
Una.
"It does look better, doesn't it?" he
said. "But don't try to do such work
yourself again, little woman. You've
only got to say the word, you know
Just touch the button, and let me do
the rest."
"Sometimes, James, I think It would
be nice to have the house painted," sug
gested Evellua.
"So 'twould, and we'll have it done
right away, to)."
Jim looked a different person. His
hair was short, his face clean shaven.
He was in his shirt sleeves, but the
shirt was immaculate, and bis boots
shone.
Evelina gased dreamily off into the
distance. Jim looked at her wistfully.
He wished he kuew what she was think
ing, but she never told hliu her thoughts
and be felt a delicacy about asking.
Somehow, though rhj was his wife nd
W RRs .....
o near, it yet seemed as If a tang
distance separated them. He was hap
py yes, certainly but not as happy as
he had expected to be.
He looked at the few houses up and
down the street, and seeing no one In
sight he took Evelina's hand, which luy
in her iap, and put it to his lips.
Evelina gave his hand a slight an
swering pressure, and smiled at him.
"I must go in and get ready the tea,"
she said.
Jim sat for awhile after she left him,
and decided that he was very happy,
after all. A man must not expect to
have the whole earth.
Summer and autumn passed. Jim
was a carpenter, and in winter there
were days when he could not work at
his trade. This spare time he spent in
making many little conveniences for
Evelina, and in repairs about the house.
He had already painted the outside. In
the long evenings he and Evelina stud
ied and read together.
When spring came, Evelina was al
ways standing at the door or at the
window when Jim came home at night,
nnd smiled when he waved his hand.
When he came in he would draw her
to him very gently, and kiss her once,
on the cheek. He was very careful of
her. She still seemed a person set
apart, to be treated reverently.
Jim loved her more than ever, but it
made him sorrowful to think how far
above him she was. Sometimes he
questioned whether he had not done
her a great wrong in persuading her to
marry him.
Summer came again. Jim had been
married nearly a year and a half, and
a dull sense of misery had taken pos
session of him. He was convinced that
Evelina had never really cared for him.
She seemed to dwell serene in a land of
dreams where he was not allowed to
enter, and he was very lonely.
Brooding over his troubles one day,
Jim made a misstep and fell from a
high scaffolding.
Evelina sat by Jim's bedside. It was
evening now. Kindly disposed neigh
bors and friends had gone, and the two
children were sleeping.
Evelina had no Inclination to sleep.
The clock slowly ticked away the hours.
Twice she gave Jim the opiate, as she
had been directed, then resumed her
seat.
When at last Jim awoke the sun had
long since risen, and Evelina was stand
ing over him. There were tears in her
eyes and her lips trembled.
Jim thought he understood.
"Don't feel bad, Evelina," he said
weakly. "It is all right. I wasn't the
one for you. You will be better off
without me, and happier."
"You are not going to die, Jim. You
will be out in a few days, the doctor
says."
"Then why "
But Evelina, falling to her knees,
threw her arm about his neck, and
pressing her face hnrd against his, be
gan to sob bitterly.
Jim, with much pain, lifted his free
hand and laid it caressingly on her
hair.
"Don't, little wife !" he pleaded.
"I've been so blind," she said at last,
controlling her sobs and lifting her head
so that she could see . his face "so
blind and foolish and heartless. I'm
going to confess everything, Jim. I
married you to save your soul and to
Improve you or at least I deceived my
self Into thinking that was the reason.
I I looked down on you you, who
have always been so good and true and
thoughtful and unselfish, and who were
miles and miles above me! And I
thought I didn't care very much for
you, but oh, Jim, if you had died I
should never, never have been happy
again!"
Jim looked at her, and the words he
could not say said themselves through
his shining eyes. Pennsylvania Grit
Seeing Ourselvea.
"The man who can pick out the best
picture of himself Is a rare bird," said
a photographer. "Even an author, who
Is reputedly a poor Judge of his own
work, exercises vast wisdom in select
ing his best book compared with the
person who tries to choose his best
photograph. Every famous man or
woman who has been photographed re
peatedly has his favorite picture. Usu
ally It Is the Worst in the collection.
It shows him with an unnatural ex
pression sitting or standing in an un
natural attitude.
"The inability to Judge of his best
picture must be due to the average
man's Ignorance as to how he really
looks; or perhaps it can be partly at
tributed to a desire to look other than
he does. A stout man will swear that
the photograph most nearly like him Is
the one that makes him look thin, a
thin man the one that makes him look
stout, the solemn man selects the Jol
llest picture, the Jovial man tho most
cadaverous. President Roosevelt Is
about the only man whose favorite pic
ture Is the one most photographers
would pronounce the best, but then ex
ceptional Judgment on his part Is ex
pected all along the line." Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Ait Emergency.
"I'm in an awful hurry, Judge," said
the fair applicant for divorce.
"These affairs must take a regular
course," responded the referee."
"Well," she went on, "be as quick
as you can, anyway. You see, my hus
band has picked out his No. 2 and I
have picket! out my No. 2 and in case
of delay we're afraid they'll marry
each other." Philadelphia Press.
A word to the wise Is sufficient If ht
is paying for it at the end of the lcuf
distance te1"""-
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lllHlM
Without Moon.
Once, some sixty million years ago,
the earth, then a mass of molten lava,
revolved upon its axis in about Ave
hours, instead of, as now, in twenty
four. In that dim, far-away past the
moon.Jtself a great flaming orb, much
larger than at present, was only a few
hundred miles from the earth, and as
the two planets spun with fearful ve
locity, the attractive power of our jat
elllte, the moon, raised a tide wave of
molten lava, hundreds of feet high,
which continually raced beneath It.
This put a drag upon the earth's rota
tion and slowly, and more slowly the
earth turned, the day lengthened and
Mie moon receded.
Without a moon the oceans of thi
world , would be practically tideless.
The little moon that often looks no big
ger than a cartwheel, has power to
raise the ocean into vast tidal waves.
The sun's power to raise tides is so
slight in comparison that the solar
tides by themselves are scarcely worthy
of consideration.
Philadelphia, one of our most import
ant seaport cities, would probably have
been no more than a sleepy, little Qua
ker village had it not been for the tide
water that renders the Delaware River,
on which it is located, navigable for
the great sea-going vessels that have
made the city a flourishing commercial
port, bringing to her docks the products
of the whole world. Many other of our
towns owe their importance as seaports
to the moot), which raises the tides that
swell the rivers into proportions great
enough for the stately ships of com
merce. Were it not for these moon-caused
tides the whole map of the latitudes,
forty degrees north and south of the
equator, would have been so vastly dif
ferent from what it actually Is, that the
"nost vivid Imagination can scarcely pic
ture it. England, for Instance, would
n all probability, still be a part of the
European .continent, ns it was once, be-
core the tides and tide-caused currents
.ut the Straits of Dover, in which case
It Is almost certain that the British na
tion would not have attained its present
ireatness.
Astronomers and historians would be
lost without the moon. Without her
there would have been no means for
savage or early nations to record time
by months. The revolution of the moon
around the earth from west to east has
been the means of noting time since his
tory began.
Hints (or Bathers.
Much of the loss of life which accurs
on the water during the holiday sea
son might be avoided if greater care
wero exercised by those who take
their recreatison in or on the water,
and to help that better state of affairs
the English Life Saving Society has is
sued a list of "Dont's" to be observed
bv holiday makers.
The most important of these injunc
tions are the following:
Don't bathe in quiet, secluded spots.
Dont' swim out from shore lri the
sea and other tidal water unattended
by a boat
Don't bathe shortly after a hearty
meal.
Don't bathe alone If subject to gid
diness or falntness.
Don't take fright because you hap
pen to fall Into the water in your
clothes. Clothes will float.
Don't take fright because taken
with cramp. Keep calmand turn on
the back, then rub and stretch the af
fected limb. If seized in the leg, turn
up the toes, straighten the leg to
stretch the muscles and apply, friction
by kicking the surface of the water.
Leave the water as soon as possible.
Naturally, one of the most effectual
courses to be taken in avoiding fatal
accidents by water is to acquire a thor
ough knowledge of swimming.
The society has advocated for long
that swimming Instruction should be
come a part of the national education.
Climbing Stnlra.
There Is a good old-fashioned exer
cise, called "chasing the cat," that Is
often recommended as a cure for lazi
ness and for some other things. The
way you tuke the exercise Is to go into
an unoccupied four-story house, close
all the doors, Including those of the
roouip, turn a tramp cat loose In the
house, and chase him up and down the
stairways. The editor has been told
that this will be sure to cure if It
doesn't kill. He doesn't advise any of
you to try it, but he does advise you to
try stalr-cltmblng as an exercise, par
ticularly if you happen to suffer from
Indigestion or from lung trouble of any
kind. But you should not climb In the
way that most persons do treading ou
the ball of the foot at every step, and
bending the body forwards. That way
Is both tiresome and wearing on the
body, for it throws the whole weight ou
the muscles of the legs and feet. Place
the foot down squarely on each stop,
heel and all, and walk up slowly, in
this way there will be no strain on any
particular muscle, and each will do its
duty in a perfectly natural manner.
Then, you should not bend your body
over, in the fancied belief that such a
position will lighten the work. Hold
yourselfas erect as you can, and you
will find that you can ascend with com
fort ; that there Is no compression about
the chest, and that you breathe with
freedom. A certain physician is la the
cubit of prescribing stalr-clhnbing In
this way to such of his patient br
dyspepsia or lung trouble, and always
with good results.
. Magic Lantern Plctnrea.
It is said that an ingenious French
man has invented a device by which
magic lantern pictures may be made to
appear "in the round" as they do when
looked st in a stereoscope. The prlu
ciple of the stereoscope, you know, Is
the placing of two pictures side by side,
one taken as seen by the right eye,
and the other as seen by the left. The
lenses of the instrument are so ar
ranged that they carry the two pictures
to the eye as one, thus making the
object appear solid, as it appears in
life. The Frenchman has applied the
stereoscope principle to the magic lan
tern by furnishing the observer with
a pair of spectacles fitted with lenses
set at the proper angle, and letting
him look at two pictures on the screen.
Thus the figures appear to stand out
from each other and the surroundings
as they do when looked at in the nat
ural way.
To Stop Hlccongha.
The editor has no desire to usurp
the functions of the family doctor, but
he wants to tell you something that
may be of service. You know how hard
it is, now and then, to cure a case of
hiccoughs. You hold your breath ; you
take nine swallows of water ; you press
your hand on your stomach; in fact,
you try all the various ways in which,
you are told, relief may be' had, but
the obstinate spasms will persist.
Hence the suggestion that the editor Is
now going to make. It is said that an
effectual cure was accldentaly discov
ered in a French hospta not long ago;
simply thrusting the tongue out of the
mouth, and holding it in that position
for a little while. Try it .
Water aa an Aneathetle.
It is said that a surgeon of Berlin
has accidentally discovered that water
may be used as an anesthetic. He was
experimenting with cocaine to see how
small a quantity of It might be used
locally for minor operations, when he
made the discovery about water. A
small quantity is injected under the
skin, and the effect is to render the
flesh at that point Insensible to pain.
The water causes a slight swelling re
sembling that caused by the sting of
a gnat, and the space marked by the
swelling remains insensible for several
minutes.
FISHING SUPERSTITIONS.
Dancing for Salmon Worda to B
Avoided When Baiting a Hook.
In British Columbia the Indianb
ceremoniously went to meet the first
salmon and In flattering voices tried to
win their favor by calling them all
chiefs, says the Los Angeles Times.
Every spring in California tht
Karaks used to dance for salmon.
Meanwhile one of their number se
cluded himself in the mountains and
fasted for ten days. Upon his return
he solemnly approached the river, took
the first salmon of the catch, ate some
of It and with the remainder lighted a
sacrificial fire. The same Indians la
boriously climbed to the mountain top
after the poles for the spearing booth,
being convinced that if they were gath
ered where the salmon wgre watching
no fish would be caught.
Very widespread, in fact Is this na
tive belief of the necessity of caution
whenever Adam Is on fishing bent.
In Japan among the primitive racx
of the Ainos even the women left at
home are not allowed to talk lest the
fish may hear and disapprove, while
the first fish Is always brought in
through a window Instead of a door
so the other fish may not see.
The Eskimo women of Alaska never
sew while the men are fishing, and
should any mending be Imperative they
do It shut up in little tents out of
sight of the sea.
Under no circumstances on the north
east coast of Scotland will a fisherman
at sea mention certain objects on land,
such as "minister," "kirk," "swine,"
"dog," etc., and the line will surely be
lost if a pig is seen while baiting It.
As on the land, chickens must not be
counted until they are hatched, so at
sea fish must not be counted until they
are nil caught. It Is good luck to find
mice nibbling among the nets; a horse
shoe nailed" to the mast will help, and a
herring caught and salted down will
produce wonders.
In the Shetland Islands a cat must
not be mentioned before a man baiting
his line and among the Magyars of
Hungary a fisherman will turn back
and wait over a tide if he meets a wom
an wearing a white apron.
Every year the natives of the Duki
of York Island decorate a canoe with
flowers and fern, fill it with shell money
and cast it adrift "to compensate the
flsh for their fellows caught and eaten."
It was always the custom of the
Maoris, the primitive Inhabitants of
New Zealand, to put the first flsh that
they caught back into the sea "with a
prayer that It might tempt other fish
to come and be caught."
If the fish did not come soqn enough
In British Columbia the Indians used
to employ a wizard, who made an
Image of a swimming fish and put It in
the water to attract live flsh to the
bait .
If you Imagine this is a cold, nnsym
pathetic world, tell people you have
and listen to their suggestions.
THEYEEKLY
HISTORIAN
)
13SS Earl of Douglas killed and 'Hot
spur" taken prisoner at battle o
Otterburn.
1521 Cortez retook the City of Mexico, v
15S8 The Spanish armada becalmed be
fore Dunkirk.
1687 Prince Charles of Lorraine de
feated the Turks at Mohacz, Lowei
Hungary.
1758 The New London Summary was
published at New London, Conn.
1778 Fort Boonesborough invested by
Canadians and Indians. . . .French
fleet dispersed in a gale off Rhod
Island.
1782 British evacuated Savannah.
1787 First bishop appointed in J Nc.'v
Scotia. - (
1704 roles defeated the Prussians si
battle of Wilna.... Battle of Bell
garde, between the French and 'Span
ish. . . I'
1803 Agra taken by the British, j
1806 Miranda abandoned his conquests
on the Spanish Main and sailed to
Aruba. - , ; . - . .
1807 Trial trip of Fulton's steamboat
"Clermont" was made. i
1811 The British took possession !of Ba
tavia and a part of Java. ; '
1812 The United States troops i under
Gen. Hull evacuated Canada and en
tered Detroit. .. .United States frig
ate Essex captured the Alert, the first
vessel taken from the British iin th
War of 1812. . , .Gen. Brock arrived
at Amherstburg to oppose the' inva
sion of Gen. Hull.
1814 First meeting of the British and
the American commissioners at
Ghent, to treat for peace.
1820 Elisa Bonaparte, sister of -Napoleon,
died. v ..-;!' ;
1822 An earthquake devastated a large
part of Syria. ." "
1820 The Centennial of Baltimore cele
brated. .. .Royalists came intoi powei
in France. 'j
1831 Barbadoes swept by a violent hur
ricane; y, .
1840 The Smithsonian Institution
founded at Washington, D. C. -1851
Litchfield, Conn., celebrated, its.
200th anniversary. f'
1800 The Prince of Wales visited Char-'
lortetown, P. E. I.
1861 Gen. Lyon killed at the battle ol
Wilson's Creek, Mo. s
1804 Twelve persons killed by an ex
plosion on the steamer "Racjne" in
Lake Erie Fort Gaines at Mobile
i bay, surrendered to Farragtit and
Granger. ' ,
1868 Body of Thaddeus Stevens? layMn
state in the capitol at Washington.
1870 Marshal Bazalne appointed com
mander-in-chief of the French army
in the war with Prussia. :
1887 Hawaii adopted a new constltu- t
.tion. !
1888- William C. Van Home succeeded
Sir George Stephens as president of
the Canadian - Pacific railway;
1893 Charles F. Crisp of Georgia elected
Speaker of the House of Representa
tives. !'.'
1894 Congress passed tie Brice-Gorman
Bit '.' 't fo- 3 ir :ii i1 ! 'I l -
tariff bill. . ' i-
1S97 Hon. Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian
premier, received the order (of the
Legion of Honor from the President
of France. j
1898 Spanish surrendered Manila to the
Americans. . . .Protocol signed ending
hostilities between the United States
and Spain.
1899 Second court martial of Maj. Drey
fus begun at Renncs. " n .-; j
1907 Opening of the International Es
peranto Congress at Cambridge, Eng
land .... Several persons killed by an
explosion of nrtro-glycerlne in the
town of Essex Center, Ontario,
Commodity Prices Still High. .
The Bureau of Labor of the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor has Issued
a report covering the price movement!
for the past two decades, or from 1890
to 1907. From this it appearsthat. In
plte of the financial depression! of the
last six months, prices were higher in
most lines at the close of the year thaa
at the beginning. The average price for
all commodities decreased only a little
over one point for the period. The whole
sale price average, reached a higher point
in 1907 than at any time during the pe
riod. The increase in the farm group of
products was the greatest namely, 10.9
per cent. It was 4.6 per cent increase fot
food, 5.6 for clothing, 2.4 for fuel, 6.1
for metals, 4.9 for building material, 8.8
for drugs, 6.8 for house-furnishing goods
and 5 for the miscellaneous group.
A PoTTderleaa Gnn for War.
The latest sensation In the realm ol "
mechanical invention is a working model
of a powderless gun with a possible dis
charge .of 50,000 shots a minute. This
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It is fired by centrifugal force. All there
is to it is a big wheel with a crank to
it, the inventor getting his idea from see
ing a big fly wheel burst. " The bullets
are poured into the gnn and then as &
wheel attains a certain velocity they be
(in to i our out la a solid stream of le4