1 Topics of
the Times
lUa Lhassa has her Younghusbani
It U Mid that the Tibetans know
nothing of tha United States, but ael-tht-r
did Ralsull a ftw weeks ago.
"Sasslety" Implies a meltttude of
people and much tuxv Society may
Include but two peopl and silence.
Washington la trying to break up
tho practice of "holding hands" la lta
park. What art parka for, anyway!
Tht physician who advises everv
ona to tako a long walk every day
Lasat any stock In tha rapid transit
roads.
Many an American huckster might
marry within the 400 had hia great
grandfather shoveled coal for a "prince
or Buinpln'.'
To do Gen. Europatkln Justice, he
baa executed several difficult slides
from one base to the other with much
kill ac4 Judgment
A feat In Delaware has partaken of
dyuamlte free lunch and now no one
dares to kick It Here la a valuable
hint for the much-abused hobo.
Mr. Bryan la In favor of letting the
people choose the postmasters. We
feel certain, however, that this la not
the Idea he picked up while ho was
abroad.
The Japanese practice deep breath
ing until It becomes second nature to
them. Gen. Kuropatkin probably has
noticed that they never seom te get
out of breath.
A New York woman, giving her
lews in print on the subject ef wom
an suffrage, saya: "Every married
woman should have a vote without
tolling her age."
An Incredulous public will require
the strongest kind of proof before ac
cepting the statement that something
Just aa good aa a beefsteak can be
made out of cotton seed.
According to Dr. Dowle, excessive
atmospheric heat is caused by a multi
tude of little devils. Now we under
stand what la meant when It is said
that Kansas has a devilish good corn
crop.
J. Plerpont Morgan has recently had
narrow escapes In gasoline launches
and automobile. Ruseell Sage will bo
Inclined to think It waa good enough
tot him, aa long aa be wasn't wise
enough to walk and save his money.
Governor Warfleld, of Maryland,
aays his wife was 26 when he married
her and he things that Is about the
right age for women to become wives.
When a girl reaches 26 she la so afraid
of becoming an eld maid that it la an
easy matter to get her consent
A Harvard professor says the moon
la full of flowers. The unscientific
reader will understand now that those
objects on the surface of the moon
that look like craters of extinct vol
canoes, when viewed through a tele
scope, are in reality full blown roses
of an unusually large else.
In a broad sense the farm Is becom
ing more attractive every year. The
telephone and the rural delivery ser
vice, the greatly Improved machinery
for cultivation and handling of crops,
the dawn of the township high and
the consolidated district school, the for
mation of debating clubs and women's
societies, the building of better
churches, and the advent of the lnter
urban road all of these influences
have created a new atmosphere for the
farmer. The day when the average
farmer was a lout has passed, if, in
deed, it ever existed.
"A certain municipality In Sweden"
Is credited by a correspondent of a
London paper with securing its Income
by taxing citizens according to weight
A man who weighs less than 135
pounds can laugh at the tax collector,
but one who weighs 200 pounds pays
about three dollars a year. Upon one
who weighs from 200 to 270 pounds,
the tax is about six dollars and a quar
ter a year. Beyond 270 pounds the tax
Is nearly two dollars a year for each
extra pound. Many a stout man will
maintain, with good sense on his side,
that the basis of taxation la wrong
fclde up. Ills btilk 1b a burden and the
tax is another. It is the lean man
who should pay for the privilege of
being lean.
Probably it will be a good while be
fore automatic vehicles will be em
ployed for farm use, yet the trip of
the 200 motor car enthusiasts from
New York to St. Louis over all sorts
of roads indicated that the automobile
Is approaching a state of development
In which it may be used for almost
any vehicular purpose. The break
downs between New York and Chi
cago were hardly more numerous than
could have been looked for among an
equal number of carriages drawn by
horses. There is no reason, conse
quently, why automatic, propulsion
should not be employed on farm
wagons. Such a change would have
In Its favor the additional considera
tion that it would involve the imme
diate Improvement of country roads.
We talk about the care-free days of
cliildhood. Why do we remember these
days with such delight? Waa it be
cans we had nothing to do but to
play) No. Many of us had errands
and chorea that kept us busy from
morning until night It waa not Idle
ness that gave ua happiness. What,
then, is the secret of the happlmns of
childhood? The question is answered
In one word, Hope. Aa children we
hoped for oaiethlLg new, souitthlng
bettor to-morrow than the good that
came to-day. Or If to-day chanced to
have more of tears than of smlloa we
hoped tor a brighter to-morrow. As
children we believe In people and In
the world, wo truet that to-taerrow
will bring right the trials of to-day.
Hope smooths out the wrinkles of to
day and prepare for a beautiful to
morrow. Hop works hard at the task
at hand and never worries. "Worry Is
tear. Fear Is the devil." nope fin
ishes up the duties of to-day and be
lieves In to-morrow. Hope goes to bed
to sleep, not to toss on a wakeful pil
low. Hope haa steady nerves aud
courage. Hope never fears. Hope
never weeps. Hope never lags. Hope's
efforts are always healthy, vigorous
and In some measure successful. Hope
Is the life-aavlng quality. Fortuuat
la he who passes from childhood to
manhood with hope. When hope dies,
then dies strength and courage. Then
do w perish.
A man In one of the Eastern States
recently wrote to eue of the newspa
pers that his Income was f3Q a wek.
he had nobody to care for except h.s
wife and himself and yet he ceuls not
aave anything. He asked far advice as
to how he could set aside something
for "the rainy day" that every man
saya he expects, but rarely acts as it
he did. He had many reviles ef eue
kind or another, but hardly eue ef
them could be called helpful advice.
For the most part men told aim what
they had done In saving out ef sala
ries many of which were much smaller
than hi. One man with nearly the
aamo Income told him latly that he
ought te save ene-thlrd of It becsute
he himself bad dene so, and then
showed a schedule setting forth his
expenses. Another cheered him with
the information that out ef an Income
of $08 a month he had himself kept
house with a table he would net have
been ashamed to Invite anybody to and
had regularly saved 110 a month. He
appeared to think that the Inquirer
ought to save all of his $2,000 per year
in excess of $56 a month, which must
have been highly encouraging. This
inquirer, had he wished te knew hew
he could write as good a play as
"Hamlet" would have been as much
profited by a letter from Shakspeare
Informing him that besides 'Hamlet"
he himself had written divers other
plays. The only glimmer of sense was
at the end of the first of these two
tetters, when he was Informed that
"saving is not In the method It rtsts
with the man and woman." So It
does, but as nobody had told him their
method this did not make him any
wiser than he ought to bate been be
fore. It doea Indeed rest with the
man. and the sooner be learns that
truth the sooner each will evolve it fcr
himself and learn how "to cut his coat
according to Its cloth." If he evolves
It he will survive. If he does not he
will not survive, and that is the whole
ttory.
AN INIIAN CUSTOM.
M m .
THK LIST BESTmO PLACE.
A frequent scene on the Rosebud
Sioux Indian agency of South Dakota
in early days was the funeral couch of
Sioux chieftains. The rude raft was
raised on tall posts, and presented a
weird spectacle in the still, vast plains
of the Southwest
Rubber Roads tn London.
The rubber road which was recent
ly laid under the archway at Bucking
ham Palace has proved a splendid suc
cess, In the estimation of many. Sev
eral other private roads In London
were also laid with this material, and
the experiment has brought forth the
proposal that London should be made
a city of silence by paving the roads
with India rubber. It is estimated by
experts, however, that the scheme is
too costly, as for every square yard of
rubber-covered roadway the ratepayer
would have to pay $15.
"Rubber roads are hopeless," said
the London manager of an American
firm of rubber tilers. "No public au
thority would ever dare to venture on
the initial expense of such a costly un
dertaking, in spite of the fact that the
rubber roads last a lifetime. Apart
from the cost, however, there Is no rea
son why London't streets should not be
rubber paved. Horses for one thing
could dispense with shoes, and heavy
traffic does not affect it much. The
cement paving at the Broad street sta
tion1 in Philadelphia, for Instance, had
to be renewed every two years, but a
rubber road laid down ten years ago
la still there. Rubber roads, more
over, are Banltary, clean and water
proof." .
Not the Same.
He swore he'd go through fire and watet
For her, and she was glad.
The way he goes through fire-water
Since they've been wed Is sad.
Philadelphia Press.
Love may be blind, but it knows
when the gas Is too high.
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Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects, 4
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Bctter Stay at Home.
ET the Pautni idea out of vour h,1.
Gl It you have packed your
I up your Job, unpack It and
thouuruU of young fellows In this country whe
have an Idea that tn the construction ef the
great canal fat Jobs will go begging, and that
It will be a fine thing to chuck up the $30 a month place ou
the farm and draw $-V0 every thirty days on the great
ditch. Applications for places are reaching the Canal Com
mission at the rate of 1,000 a day already, lu the face of
the fact that there are uo places at the comnilsslou'a dis
posal. Some time there will be a lot of work, and undoubt
edly the rate of pay will be high. But you couldn't stand
It There lsu't a more pestiferous hole on the globe than
that same canal site. The climate Is as dlffereut from that
of the Uulted States as dark Is from dayllyht. Strange
fevers, that slay almost In a night, abound, aud disease Is
to be found everywhere. Undoubtedly, all that can be done
to make the surrouudlngs heelthful will be done; but even
then it is probable that the digging of the canal will be
doue at the cost ef thousands of human lives. The uieu
who work and survive will be largely those who have
grown up in hot countries, who are used to killing labor
and who are physically stronger than the average Ameri
can. If you have any kind of a position that pays you de
cently and has a future In It you will bo wise to get the
Panama idea out of your head. If, when the time comes,
you will go, and have a family. In Justice to them get your
life Insured, If any Insurance company will take the risk.
Cincinnati Post
How Far Is the Traveling Public
HE recent Colorado railroad disaster Is another
tartl!nr demonstration of the falllbllltv ef tnitn.
II igerlal precaution In the operation of railroads.
I . . ti t a , .
me cjouuouriii wnicn causcu uie wreca ami re
sulted In the loss of so many lives was ono of
those exhibitions of elemental force which not
Uuvtquuuy upset every theory of human foresight and
make a mockery of engineering skill. Such accldeuts can
be avoided In only one way, and that Is by holding all trains
during such terrific storms and this the public would not
tolerate. On the contrary, there Is a constant demand for
a reduction In running time, for greator speed, for annihi
lation of distance. By yielding to this pressure railroad
managers are In danger of los ng sight of the cardinal factor
of safety. The American people are afflicted with the
mania of rapidity. No railroad train, no trolley car, no
automobile, no horse can go fast enough. If a railroad
company were to run Its trains on a safety schedule It
would be boycotted by 'the traveling public.
How far, then, is the public responsible for railroad
accidents that are caused by the lack of proper precau
tionary measures in the running of fast trains? Accldeuts,
of course, happen which cannot be avoided. Unfortunate
ly too many of them result from the recklessness bred by
the devil-may-care Impulse of "getting there at any risk."
It would seem that we have about reached 'that point
where a reaction mnst set In. A few more horrors like
that In Colorado and the recent one near Chicago Heights,
aud there will be a revolution of public sentiment which
may result in the subordination of speed to safety. Chi
cago Journal. '
Teach the Boys to Swim.
HBSE are the days when the parents of small
hnv fel nnilnns lost their nfTjinrl Tiff mil W Oir
1. -"-.y ---- - - -
deep water and come to grief.
are coramanaeu not to go swimming. .They are
punished if they are caught with wet hair.
Sometimes the shrewd mother ties peculiar
knots in the fastenings of shoes and clothes and thus de
tects the outdoor bathing enterprise of the boy. Then
comes trouble, and the average boy, having once tasted the
A REMARKAILE WATCH.
Curious Relic Once Belonged to Queen
Mary of Scotland. -
The descendants of Mary Setoun,
one of the four balds of honor to
Mary Queen of Scotland, have in tbelr
possession a curious watch, which was
given by that queen to her favorite.
The watch, which Is In the shape of a
miniature skull, is about two inches
and a half In diameter. It Is supposed
to have been purchased by Mary her
self when on a visit to Blols with her
husband, the dauphin of France, as
it has the name of a celebrated Blols
manufacturer engraved on it
The entire skull is curiously en
graved. On the forehead there fs a
picture of Death, with the usuul
scythe and hour glass and sand glass.
He is depicted as standing between
a palace and a hovel, to show that be
i no respector of persons, and under
neath is the familiar quotation fro;n
Horace, "Pallida more aequo pulsat
pede pauperlum tabernas Regumque
turres." At the back of the skull Is
another representation, this one being
of Time devouring everything. Time
also carries a scythe,' and beside him
Is the emblem of eternity the serpent
with its tail in Its mouth.
The upper section of the skull Is
divided Into two pictures. On oue side
is the Crucifixion, with the Marys
kneeling at the foot of the cross, and
on the other side are Adam and Eve
surrounded by animals in the Garden
of Eden.
Below these pictures, running right
round the skull, there Is an openwork
band, to allow the sound of the strik
ing of the watch to be heard. The
openwork is a series of designs cut
to represent the various emblems of
the Crucifixion, such as scourges, the
cross, swords, 6pears, the lantern used
in the garden, and so forth. All of
the carvings have appropriate Latin
quotations.
By reversing the skull and holding
the upper part in the palm of the
hand and lifting the under Jaw on Its
hinge the watch may be opened, and
on the plate inside is a representation
of the stable at Bethlehem, with the
st 111 aw m mm mm mm m m mm. m m m a s 1 mm em. n
v a ,ui ULlK 5-'y T
sweets of a dive in a pool, will only await his chance to
repeat his adventure. When such disposition Is discovered
It Is far better that the father of so determined a boy, in
stead of punishing him, take In hand the lad's natatory
adveuturos and escort him personally to the bathing beach,
to superintend his swimming. The more the youugster
la whipped for his secret swims the more shrewdly he will
contrive to hide them. And In 'his hiding he Is likely to
seek dangerous places, where he rauuot be easily seen. His
companions are usually boys of his own age, who can
not help' him if be gets Into trouble lu the water. He
should, of course, be kept at home If possible from such
places, but when the water-call la heard in midsummer
nothing short of bolts and bars can keep the boy swimmer
from his plungo. The bathing beach ts provided In large
part Just to offset this danger. It la tint all It should be
yet. In polut of equipment and regulations for Its use, but
It Is nevertheless an excellent Institution, where every con
dition Is as near to safety as possible, and where the dan
ger to the youngster who goes swimming alone la reduced
to a mlutmum. The boy who Is taught by his father to
swim Is a happier lad than he who has to sneak sway with
other boys aud learn In some muddy hole In the creek or
some dirty wharf basla. Every boy should be taught to
swim as soon as he has the strength to maintain himself
in the water. It Is an invaluable accomplishment which
at any time may save a life. Washington Star.
trunk and thrown
ask your former
Respoaslbie?
pated.
ought
duty
J nuva
The youngsters
shepherds and their flocks In Uie dis
tance. The works of the watch are in the
brains of the skull, the dial plate
being where the roof of the mouth
would be In a real skull. This is of
silver and gold, with elaborate scroll,
while Uie hours are marked In large
Roman letters. The works are remarK
ably complete, even to a large silver
bell with a musical sound, which
holds the works in the skull when the
watch Is closed.
This curious old watch Is still In
perfect order, and when wound every
day keeps accurate time. It Is too
large to be worn and was probably In
tended for a desk or private altar.
Kansas City Journal.
AMBITIOUS OLD AGE.
Better Seek an Education at 70 than
Kemaln Ignorant.
A few years ago two American wo
men excited some comment by enter
ing college for a complete course, one
being 70 years of age. and Uie other
nearly as okl. One gave as hor rea
son a life-long ambition. Having mar
ried before her aspiration for a col
lege education could be realized, she
devoted herelf faithfully to her do
mestic career, but never ceased to de
plore her meager schooling. Her chil
dren having grown into men and wo
men and having married and left her
alone In her home, she could see no
reason why she should not undertake
to carry out her early purpose. She
found greater pleasure in study than
in anything else and although she
might die before graduation, still who
would have enjoyed her later years to
a degree which no other occupation
would allow.
Harvard reported four venerable stu
dents in the summer school, one a New
Hampshire preacher of '83 years; an
other a Congregational minister (Dr.
Leonard Woolsey Bacon), who has
written a good deal for the magazines
and who is 74 years old, and two oth
er preachers of about 60 years each.
Of course this is not like entering for
a full university course, but each of
this remarkable quartet baa a special
Where Is the Russia Arny?
lHERB Is the enormous Russian army which
riT the advance notices of the war said would be in
y y Manchuria by this time? What has become of
that mighty boat as numerous as that which
S$?52 followed Xerxes? Before hostilities began the
PGKi estimate was" that the Csar bad 200,000 troops
lu uie b ur East At home, with the colors and In reserve,
were several millions ready for transport Nearly five
months have elapsed. Does the Msnehurlan army manifest
the phenomena of preponderous bigness?
On tha contrary, Uie excuse of every Russian com
mander who has yielded hU line has been the presence of
the enemy In greater numerical superiority. At the Yalu,
Nanshan Hill, Tellssu, In fact everywhere contact haa oc
curred, the Russian story of a few against many of an
encompassing Japanese tide at once sweeplilg over Uie
front and lapping Uie flanks. Even Kuropatkin has Joined
the chorus, thus confessing weakness, and as a Justification
for Uie withdrawal, not merely of a detached force or an
advance guard, but of his main army, says Uie Japanese
possess the vis major.
Yet Uie most liberal estimate does not place the Mikado's
soldiers In Manchuria at more than 200,000. An army In
defense, according to accepted modern military canons,
ought to be able to hold twice Its number In check. Did
not Lee stay Grant from Richmond with a force less than
half that of his adversary? Were not the Boers able to
arrest the progress of an army many times larger than
their own? Kuropatkln's dispositions, unless Runslsn In
capacity Is colossal, suggest a commander who believes his
enemy exceeds blm. Where, then, is Uie Russian army?
New York Globe.
Big Expositions Played Out
HE olaln truth ia that tha rauhti-T ti h.i a
-h A I surfeit of expositions, and that there Is not
1 I the popular Interest In this one. great as II
& I nnriniititedlr la. wliloh itm npnl.nU..
It is useless to say that the people
to be Interested; that It la a patriotic
to lend support to such sn
Perhaps that Is the Idea that Secretary Shaw has In mind
when ho complains that the management has not made
sufficient use of the newspapers. It Is of no use to talk
of that. If the people do not want to go to St Ixiuls,
they will stay away. In the autumn, when St Louis la
cooler, the attendance will doubtless be larger. But there
Is little reasou to hope that It will be large enough to
make the enterprise financially successful. Rochester
Union and Advertiser. .
branch which he wishes to master with
the aid of the college professors. They
recall the case of Uie lenrued black
smith, who, after he had reached the
term of life prescribed by the Psalmist,
became an unusual linguist with Uie
complete mastery of many tongues.
There comes a time in the life of
nearly every man when lie realizes
that he is growing old. Perhaps it is
In the very prime of life, about the for
tieth year, that this recognition of his
mortality gives the most distress, and
he is disposed to doubt whether it la
possible for him to accomplish' any
thing worth while. In Uie face of
much evidence to Uie contrary It ha
been affirmed that a man who has
done nothing great before that age will
never do it; that life after 40 consists
mainly in learning on previous acqui
sitions. However, as Ume goes on
many a man develops a new courage,
and especially he resolves to live thor
oughly and heartily to the last mo
ment As a French philosopher urg
ed, a man should keep at his work
as though Immortal, even though he
should know that death would come to
morrow. Another moralist asserts that
a man who, on a sinking ship, should
not take his pill at the prescribed mo
ment and wind up his watch lacks a
manly quullty. Anyhow, the man who
at 80 or any other age at which he
retains a healthy mind does, not shrink
from an undertaking merely becanse
death is near gets the best out of life.
Philadelphia Record.
A Substitute for Cork.
Notwithstanding all the achieve
ments of practical science, there are
gome Indispensable materials the mak
ing of which. Is still nature's secret,
and for which no entirely successful
substitute bus been found. Among
these substances is cork, and it Is pos
sible that in this case nature offers a
substitute in Uie wood of a tree, grow
ing on the east coast of Lake Tchad,
in Africa, which is of even less specific
gravity than cork.
Best Language for the Telephone,
French is said to be more easily un
derstood over Uie telephone than Ena-llsh-
POINTS VvHERCIN THEY DIPFtH
Oae of the Sea Contrsats AawarieAS)
MT omen Unfavorably vita KagtUh,
iHplte all Uie loudly expressed
opinions to the contrary, nothltic esu
touch Uie really smart English woman
as one see her at the Csrltea or at
Priuco's at Uie lutwheon hour. There
Is a bewitching, graceful femininity
shout her that Is la evidence la every
detail of her costume and a cert la
temeUiing that for lack st a better
word, we must call refinsaienl
Our most charmingly gowned women
la America-have all a tendency to ex
travagance In drees and or&aaieal
The well dressed KngUsa woatea U
simple In her style, despite hat frills,
and It Is oiily In Uie eveulsg. waei she
puts on her low-necked gewa, that she
altewe any of the daring extravagance
that eue sees so freely aisplayed at
eur fashionable hotels on Fltta avcau
where women meet for luncheon.
Then, the HugtUh wouiii'i fare to
patrician evsn when she Is tar from
beautiful. The finely modeled noses
sod chins, the long, slender necks are
the rule, end, although good eyes and
mouths are uot so plentiful, the clear
lines ef Us faces under the frilly hats
are very satisfying from an artlstlo
standpoint
Our bifurcated girl and eur gentle
manly young business woman, kn her
stiff cellar and her four La hand nrarf,
have, of course, stood for seme thing
fine, vigorous and gloriously Independ
ent We have chummed with ear ssnsru
line kind to aa extent that bne made
the west pee ular type ef society girt
tie racy, washing wesnsa whe above
all scorns any suspicion ef being aa
Ingenue.
Many of eur younger attire ns have
astonished restaurant groups by affect
Ing the style ef the snent eepninr ae
hress er opera elnf er In the moaner ef
rniffare er ef eernage. It has seen
absolutely Imneajslhle te detect the dif
feranee betwsea the ueressful aWsai
aa and the eeeiety Water, ee far a
either dress er snanaer Is eeaeemed.
And. at the same time, the Bagnah
went a ef society ts lariated to he taut
but she Is aever UBfesalalae. Yt that
reasea eke never tug feet that under
her baby lace hat and It thin tton
lurks the same deviltry, reqaetry and
leslre far she subjugation st man that
Irat eanssnsd Mother Eve and broke
as the light housekeeping la Eden
life.
INTINCBPTKD THE CZAR'S MAIL.
Convincing Freef ef the flenaUc ef
That IiUr,
A very striking proof ef the Cxar'a
besesge was recently afforded when
the Oar disss tched en ef his per
sens! favorites, a cert 1s M. KUpofT,
Into the. central province ef Russia
to report e the true condltlea of af
faire there, about which he had pre
vtensly received official information.
II desired to test the accuracy el
bureaucratic reports, but he knew that
letters from M. Klopeff direct te him
would Inevltshly he opened and sup
pressed If tbey contained statement
of which efllctaldom disapproved. In
crder te avoid this esploatge, he or
dered M. Klopeff to mail his reports
In small envelope ef the pattern used
for private letters, not straight te the
palace, hut te the address In fit Pe
tersburg ef a certain General Tlesse.
General Hesse was entrusted with the
secret, and be undertook personally
to carry all the letters received front
M. Klopeff to the Csar. II. Klepeff
went en his mlsston, but eat of eigh
teen letters which be posted te Gen
eral Hesse for the Csar only five
reached their destination. A strsng
ruler would doubtless make a vigorous
effort to liberate himself front thin
tyranny, but the Ossr Is essentially a
weak man. The unhealthy, pale, al
most grsy color of his complexlea be
trays his want of physical health and
strength, while the amazing Inconsis
tencies of his reign Indicate successive
surrenders to conflicting Influences. It
is characteristic of his weakness that
he never strikes out a sew Una ef
thought or action en his ewn initiative,
and that his decision on any given
question ef policy Is nothing mere
than the choice which ef twe er more
course recommended t him by dif
ferent advisers shall be followed. He
Is never a leader like the German em
peror, but Is continually being led by
some influential man or group of men.
Success,
ARIZONA'S AGATE BRIDGE.
A KATUBAL CURIOSITY.
In the 'Tetrifled Forest" of Arizona
there is a natural bridge, across a nar
row canyon consisting of the petrified,
or agatlwd, trunk of a tree, 111 feet
In length.' The petrified trees in this
region are believed to have flourished
In the Trlasslc age. Mqst of them are
allied te Uie Norfolk island pine (Aru
cnrla) of to-day, but some resemble
the red cedar. Prof. O. C. S. Cartor
thinks that the petrification was due
to soluble silicates derived from Uie
decomposition of the feldspathlc ce
ment found in the sandstone of that
locality.
Removing Battle Soars.
British officers ore having Uie scars -of
face wounds removed by the use of
light rays. The London Mall says:
"The custom Is rapidly growing of sur
geons sending their patients to have
.he scars left by operations removed."