VOL. LI
MEN OF SCIENCE
\ WATCH VOLCANOES
Risk Live* to Make Teat s
and Observations.
After a sleep at tour hundred years
the famous Mexican volcano, Popocate
petl, ufln eruption and volcanologllts"
are hurrying to th* spot'
A queer profession Is volcanology,
twin-slster of seismology. LlteraUy, a
vol ca nolo gist is a "Boy Who Stands on
the Burning Dock, Whence All But Be
Bad Fled." Good nerves—or none at
aU—are Indispensable for the work.
When a volcano has been quiescent
for so many sears that It may reason
ably be considered to be extinct, it
ceases to attract attention. But sev
eral big "fire mountains" that are
merely slumbering uneasily have their
official watch dogs, ever vigilant and
busy with their tests "and observations
up in a little observatory near the 4m
of the babbling crater, r
Yon find them on Taal, la the Philip
pines, and on Vesuvius, on Kllauea, tn
the Hawaiian*, and on Aroma, -In Ja
pan. In addition to the permanent sta
tions, temporary observatories art Mt
up, ever and anon, by parties irf
"watchdogs" well versed in the ways
of earthquakes and eruptions, when
word comes of a volcano that appar
ently Intends to gjve trouble.
The practical result of alt Uitf slead>
lly accumulating mass of observation*
Is a dossier of data that enables many
an eruption to be foreseen In time ta*
give as to Its probable extent*
and direction, so that lives can be
saved and property removed from
what. It Is realized, will be the track
of lava rivers. Sometimes these warn
ings can bo ..given even weeks'ahead.
The town ctt St. Pierre, Marttalqne,
that w&s overwhelmed by Mount Pelee,
had a fortnight's warning but neglect
ed to profit by It
One of the most exciting experiences
of "volcano of recent years
was durlhg the big eruption of Kllauea,
when a party of plucky American vol
canologlsts camped all night at the foot
of a line of fountains of fiery froth
three times tiie height of Cleopatra's
Needle. It was a splendid spectacle,
the bllndlngly Incandescent molten
rock spurting up In continuous jets
•from the fountain cones, like mon
strous roman candles. For all their In
trepidity, however, they must have had
"bad-moments of feeling that home was
not such a bad place after all when,
about S o'clock In the morning, the
fiery fountains "put a little more pep
Into It" and shot up to greater height
than St Paul's cathedral, Lqndon. The
river of lava that ensued ifter this
first blow-off of gas flowed 12 miles
down the forested mountain-side to
the sea.
Now the Blue Carnation
The ambition of English florists Its'
to grow a blue carnation. The In
contestable fact that In nature no such
thing as a bine carnation or a bine
rose or a yellow sweet pea or a black
tulip occurs Is no argument against
the florists' endeavor to produce one
of these unnatural flowers. If onr
gardens were only allowed to show
such blooms as pay be found in a
state of nature they would be miser
ably poorer. A wild rose is a charm
ing flower, but what reason Is there
In an asceticism which would deny
us the color and form of Madame
Chat fen ay or the fragrance of
McArthur because these roses are un
natural, the, product of the florists'
science T— London Telegraph. >
Interesting Reading
An old man, a real patriarch of the
hills, wandered Into the public li
brary of a southern Indiana town,
recently, and stood for a few min
utes looking around. Finally ap
proaching the librarian he said, rather
defensively. "I reckon ye don't object
to my readln' In that book there, de
ye?" pointing with his cane la the
direction of the dictionary.
Being a Mured that he was free to
use the book, he seated himself com
fortably, and seemingly, with modi
Interest* perused the pages of Ow
book for some time. —TndlsnapoHs
News.
Oysters Eaten for Scarry
Mine. Randoln, thief of the French
Institute of Hygiene, maintains that
oysters are a rapid and sure cure tor
scurvy. She bases her claim on ex
periments conducted first with guinea
pigs. She also says that oysters and
lemon Juice are an ideal curs for
dyspepsia or debility and that this
combination is richer than most say
other food combination, in vitamins*.
His Action
"Well, howdy, Slackputter r saluted
an acquaintance from over beyond Top
heavy. 1 bear tell you baflted them
bank bandits tuther day."
"You beteha 1" prldefuliy replied
Constable Sam T. Slackputter, the
t faithful guardian of the peace aM'dig
nity of Petunia. "I —by gosh I—baffled
'em plumb Into the tall timber betes*
they got away."—Kansas City Steak
THE ALAMANCE (JLEANER.
TRAINING COURSE
FOR BRITISHERS
Unusual Interest has been erected
by the plan of tending eat from Eng
land to the eoioales and dominions
groups of men arid euman- selected
from Various districts and carefully
trained to take* up the Mil# ef settlers.
A committee'-recently formed In Lon
don Is recruiting a new "community
settlement" feom the rank* of retired
officers and clvllservante*whmsnd It
Incwtislngly difficult witl*-.th«tar com
pnnrtively small penalon#tt> maintain
in Bngland the stendar«*of' ttfe to
which they hav* beam*aceest omt d. It
Is proposed to gatlmweonmiuailleei of
60 or 70 .train then* tar
England on two-acre garden- plot*
Each prospective settler will
some experience of farming l -add. at
the end of five years-the- whole.group
will be movedai imminl in Booth
Africa, Canad» or Australia. Mean
to pay their way from the progtice ei
their gardens.
GATHERED UP
Fine feathers often sake sorry Jail
kfrdfc
Why does pointless conversatlon al
ways bore the quickest?
There shouldn't be so MNP
for children, either.
Be la a poor expressman who fc nn
■able to deliver the>gopds
When a onp is long on scheme* he
is usually SHort financially'
*
Custom bss an ascendancy over the
understanding.
All freedom and no responsibility
doesn't make a man.
The ben seldom has a grudge
against the fanner she is laying for.
Good fishermen know ayd
where to draw the line.
No matter how bill collectors an
bated they are, Invited to call again.
It's a poor road that win allow M
automobile to Indulge In mad -trg—g
A genius |« a nun who can do al
most anything except make a living.
Don't think for a moment that the
office ever- has to seek the Mao on pay
day.
A decided blond Is a fair-haired
woman who always InsUti upon hav
ing her own way.
If yon have a bad. usammfr yw can
Improve It by doing things that you
can't forget
Honey lost In speculation is dropped
by met Who are trying to pick it up.
The man who gets caught In the
rain loaaa aH interest l> eHver-llued
clouds.
I
Rome children are unfortunate In
having their father and mother for
parents.
Lota of men would willingly work
for their board —If they And some one
to work.
Some men arn like phonographs— i
they talk a great dank but never aar
anything original.
If yon start on a Journey and foe-
Ket to take an umbntls with yon Mi
a aura elgn of rain.
Mtukrat Enliven* Corner
In Billings, Mont, a considerable
crowd was recently entertained whan
a muakrat of fair slae took cfcarge of
one of the downtown street corners
early In the evening and had every
thing Its own way bee* use there la a
penalty tor killing maakrats in Men*
tana. The' fin* la 928, and only
through Ignorance of the lnw en the
part of a passerby, wfco belabored It
with a broom, were the ratfc antks
finally stopped.
Nembethhtg tolshmmik
The late Aagnat Belmont hated **
Bolsheviks. Talking en* day te a re
porter about a Bolshevik agitator "be
was fleeing from state to statees
cape arrest for arson, Mr. BstosoM
said:
"The fellow beasts that be sever
takes a bath; but bo's been showing
the world , of lata a remarkably dean
pair of heals"
Many Imported
Moat of Ike canaries sold lav Ike
United Mute* are brad In Germany, ak
though daring the war domestic breed
ers supplied many markets. A recent
Importation of th* little auajrtm*
numbered WOO. They hsNM
4,080 peunds of sued op lb* w my ever
Aid four attendants asiiaasrp to
cara for them wwie en shipboard.
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1925 *
Odd Tali That Addmd »
„ Word to Dictionary
Tbe word "canard" cornea from the
Frendh, and means really a "duck";
'having originated from a famous newt-
Paper hoax in the shape of a Joke that
purported to relate a remarkable case
of voracity on the part of some ducks.
Accenting to the sto#, as printed In
a trench paper, a certain fanner gath
er** together 20 ducks. One of these
he kllM, and catting it up Into fine
Pieces. feathers, bin and all. he fed It
tO'the remaining 18. The second duck
Was Wiled, treated in the same way,
aud fed to the remaining 18; and this
process was continued until the re
maining" duclr was placed in the posi
tjoh of haviaqy eaten 19 companions,
thus provlngt that by its method one
duck could* devour nineteen othet
ducks. This story was written In so
plausible a-style and was of so carious
and interesting a character that It at
tracted worldwide attention and was
copied by one newspaper after another.
A* this was one of the deverest hoaxes
of the kind that had ever been perpe
trated, it was adopted as the stand- 1
ard of that class of literature, and
thereafter hoaxes of this sort were
known as "duck stories" or "canards."
Splendid Genu Adorn
Tiara Worn by Pope
The wonderful papal tiara, or crown,
which the pope wears, is a magnificent
ornament
It Is formed on a basis of very fine
felt covered with silver mesh, on which
there are three crowns Each of these
consists of a gold band, set with Jew
els and edged with two rows of pearls
There are ninety pearta in each row.
fn addition, the first crown Is . deco
rated with sixteen rubles three emer
alds a sapphire and eight gold points.
JThe second crown has ten emerplds
' balas rubles, one chrysolite, two
aquamarines six small rubles and
three sapphires
Nineteen balas rubles, four sap
phires three hyacinths, three aquama
rines, one garnet, eight gold floral or- (
naments —each set with two emeralds
one balas ruby, and a chrysolite—and
eight gold points each trimmed with
a garnet adorn the third crown.
The top of the crown is covered with
s thin layer of gold tn which eight
rubles and eight emeralds are set This
covering is surmounted by a golden
on top of whlch ls « cross c>m-
I psaed et eleven brilllsnts
Famous Anniversary
The nam* "Gut Fawkea" Day" Is
given in England to th* fifth of Novem
ber, famous as the anniversary of the
attempted deetructlon of the British
bouses of parliament in 1005. The
day orlgluaUy waa celebrated with re
ligions services In memory of (he
providential deliverance of the king
and parliament; but at the present
time Is limited to th* peculiar cus
tom of psradlng straw-stuffed effigies
of Guy Fswkes through the atreets of
London snd other Bngllsh cities.' Rob
ert Cateaby, the principal conspirator
in th* plot e*cap*d, but was shot st
Worcs*t*r throe days later while at
tempting to raise an insurrection. Guy
Fswkes apd several others were put
t* death January 81, lOOfl.—Exchange.
Omen Given Its Due
It wss sn onion snd not Sutter's
mill thst started the gold rush In
Callfomls Calif orals historians say
thst It was Francisco Lope* jvho dis
covered th* "gold-bearing onion" in
March, IS4I. Be had stopped to «*t
lunch und*r s tree, when, spotting s
wild onion, he pulled It up, only to
And several pieces of gold clinging to
tbe roots Tbe find waa made In the
Fetldano canyon and tbe Sanf ernando
placer* In that vicinity ir» aald to
hav* produced 98,000,000 In >iaoer
gold for Los Angeles county alone.
The 1& Dorado rush did not come
about until 1849.
Spoiled Meyer's Triumph
T*e newly *i*cted mayor of a cer
tain town waa about to make bis first
official Journey through th* pUcs The
townspeople bad arranged that from
an arch of fleeesu under which be
waa te pass a flasnl crown should
K*i%g l surmounted by tb* words: "Bs
well d***rv«* It" But tb* wind blew
away tbe crown, and whan tl»
pompon* mayor paaaed unflsr tbe arch,
to tbe great Joy of thoaa who bad
voted against him, only a rope wttb a
nooee at tbe end ef It dangled there
with "He wen dsasrv** it" standing
set la bold relief above It
Drucilla Ueie
Drodlla LI via was tb* daughter et
Garmsnlcus and Agrlppins, notorious
lor bar Ucentlouaneas She openly
■anted her brother Caligula, who was
• MMy attached to her that In a
tmstm Ptniit ha mads a win suk
tag her heiress of all his possessions
aad that she should sue
csad him 1a the Bosun empira. She
dted In the year 88, in the twenty
third year of her life, and was deified
by bsr brother, Caligula, who built
was vary
WHY
t
Ancient Timepieces Were
Expensive Affairs
'Across the street lives an ancient
timepiece, tall and dark, with narrow
lines of checkered Inlay. It was
made in 1806 for one Generul Mower,
a. citizen of sterling worth, as they
used to say. The general bought the
fqoe. weight and pendulum In Boston,
paying SOS for thein. Mr. Cheney of
Windsor made the brass works —$25
more—and John Dana of Woodstock
built the case, adding $35 to the cost
One hundred and twenty-five dollars
altogether, you see. a large sum In
deed for those bygoue duys, and one
that I couldn't at all account, for until
I discovered that brass and
works came chiefly from England, and
that the Nicholson resolution of 180Q
positively prohibited their importation/
Still, such clocks must always have
been costly; as fa* back as less
expensive year of 1790, 21 pounds "In
hard money" was paid for a grand
father's clock, a financial fact that
makes you wonder why .collectors to
day object to expending only a little
more for such antique treasures.
They really are bargains! Last month,
at . a country auction, one was gpld
for $l3O, and some people thought the
price high. And yet It probably cost
nearly as much when It first was
mude.
You know, it was said that It was the
very high price of these brass works
which originally inspired Connecticut
clock makers to whittle their works
out of hardwood. Ell Terry deserves
the credit for this Ingenious econ
omy, but the tnethod was soon adopt
ed by many craftsmen, so many. In
deed. that If the old label has been
lost In the various vicissitudes of re
pairing, an attic residence and bandy
ing übout from owner to owner, it
Is a little difficult fly say Just who
fashioned a particular clock.—Alice
Van Leer Carrlck In McXsught'a
Monthly.
Why Spectacles Should
Be Carefully Fitted
Poorly fitted specta/les sometimes
lead to cancer, says Hygeia, popular
health magazine published by the
American Medical association.
Four cases o( tunysra developing
where bufllyfitffl- glasses have Irri
tated the skin hav* been reported In
New Baven, Conn., within recent
years The places where spectacles
usually produce constant bruising of
the skin are the bridge of the nose,
the sides of the bridge near the Inner
angle of th* eye, the temples and at
the back of tbe ears
There Is no indication that spec
tscles of the a'plnch-on" type are any
more likely to cause such rubbing
than are those that have ear pieces
aays Bygela. In any event, the pos
sibility of such Irritations resulting
disastrously should be borne in tnlnd
and ill-fitting glasses should cor
rected
Why the "Sooner State"
The nickname, the Sooner State,
was given to Oklahoma, because of
events connected with its settlement
Tbe proclamation of President Bar
rlson setting the date for the formal
opening of Oklahoma to settlement
under the homestead law of the Unit
ed States wss eagerly awaited by
prospective settlers throughout the
West. Throngs of people assembled
along the borders Certain of these
persons disregarded the conditions set
forth In the rules prescribed for the
opening of the land and, eluding the
troops patrolling the border, they
•lipped through and concealed them
selves at points conveniently near the
best land, so that they would not
have far to go when the legal hour
of opening arrived. These people
were called "sooners."
Why Fear Curdles Blood
Dr. B. G. Barbour of Akf Univer
sity of Louisville. KyJ says fear
actually curdles the blood and fortber
taore thickens the blood both of
animals and bamans A mechanism
for measuring the thickness of the
blood hss enabled hjm to determine
that excitement or fear has caused th*
Hood to become approximately 10 per
cent more concentrated. Dr. Cbauncey
D. Leake of the University of Wiscon
sin hss devised a substance from bone
marrow and spleen that increases the
number of red corpuscles He bas
applied bis theory, to cases of second
ary anemia with fome success.
Many Visk Waterloo
Tb* tourist stream that every year
now visits the Argonne snd the devas
tated regions bas not diminished th*
number of visitors that seek out tbe
field of Waterloo.
Thousands of Englishmen and Amer
icans have not forgotten tbe close of
tbe Napoleonic epic of 110, years sge.
Shoe-Shine Machine ß
Pennyln-the-flot shoe-cleaning .n»-
chlaea now are in use In aereral cftte*
The penny' atarta a brash revolving
which ahlnes the aboea
How City Got Titlm
Atlanta received th* title of "The
Gate City" at a banquet held In
Charleston, S. C., In 1S&0, according
to Robert F. Maddox In a speech at
Mayor Sims' dinner to visiting rail
road officials at the BUtmoro hotel.
"They had a big celebration In
Charleston when the railroad from
Charleston to Memphis was com
pleted," Mr. Maddox said. "Atlanta
and other cities sent representatives
Atlanta was an Inland city, while th*
others were on navigable wa
terways The mayor of Atlanta was
called on to respond to the toast, "At
lanta, the Gate City of the South," and
the city has held this honorable tltl*
ever since.
Indian?* Use of Tobacco
The first mention of smoking to
bacco In Oansda Is to be found in
Jacques Cartler's account of his sec
ond voyage, made In 1585. The earli
est white visitors to North America
found the habit of amoklng tobacco
establlahed among most of the Indian
tribes As a rule, the tobacco was
smoked In pipes A tribe of Indiana
occupying tte district sbout the foot
of Lake Erie were known as th* To
and exchanged It with their neighbor*
for fish, corn and furs
Early Monetary Panica
The first small panic of ths United
States occurred In 1701 following the
boom In business after the doss ft
the Revolotlonsry wsr, snd due to
overspecnlatlon in the securities
of the new government snd tn ths
stock of the newly organised banks
The first great commercial crisis wss
precipitated by the War of 1812, fol
lowed by the capture of the city of
Washington br the British on August
84. 1814.
Dog Adoptg Chiclu
Reversing tbe recent caa* In which
a Rhode Island Red hen adopted a
Utter of pupplee s four-year-old
poodle, owned by Theodora Gauthler
of West Springfield, Mam., la plsylng
mother to s brood of lfi chicks th*
Philadelphia Public Ledger sqys
The chicks Incubator born, attract
ed the poodle's attention when brought
home by Mr. Gauthlar. Finally th*
poodle waa allowed to adopt tbam
after much whining and isfsslug te
eat Tbe chicks are beta# brought up
with an abnormal tendency to clean
liness tor Flfl licks them as She
would a puppy.
Fire Destroy Wild Ute
The greatest 'single agency of wild
life destruction is the torast flra, so
we are informed by governmaot offi
cials For eight yean; from 1917 to
1924, tbe average annual number of
forest flra* In this country was 41,-
000. * During this tlm* 9,000,000 aera*
of forest land was boned over eaeb
year or an area twice that of Upper
and Lower Michigan waa destroyed
by the red devastator. Thla loas to
tals over $18,000,000 snnually.
Austrian Interest Rates
Although interest ratas were reduced
In Austria recently, the minimum rate
per year for-sbort-t«ra loans to first
class firms la apprartnmtelj lit pgr
sent
SLANGUAGE
Pick that on your piccolo I
Tell It to your padded cell mats
She thinks a knapssck Is a steeping
bag
Step on It; pass everything but the
buck.
Be waa a man ef metal, bat be
rusted.
Itun along, pencil, I won't be led
astray.
lie's so tough be uses vitriol flsr an
aye wash.
Too ran be bsppy on a cruet— lf yen
don't look tor the meat under it
Joy comes In and plays the banjo
tor tbe ton of seeing Trouble go
headlong through the window.
When some folks get to tbe end of
the life road, they wonder why It toolL
so long to get te tbe little end of
Nothing.
Wings msy be provided hereafter
for tbe salnta to fly with, but aftar
we get through this World well b* too
tired to fly.
CONCERNING WOMEN
Chinese women are demanding a
larger part In the affairs of their coun
try.
Tbe first wedding ceremony aAclal
ly performed In England or Wales by
a woman recently took place at a Lon
don register offlcs
Happiness Set Down
as "Flame of Lit«"
I always think of happiness as a
flams I always have, all my life.
Ifs Just a fancy of mine, but It's as
clear ss anything. Flra—-s lighted
flra throwing s gleam across the gay
est day, an Inextinguishable lira. Be
cause, however It dies down, you can
find embers at the heart of it| ashes
and build It up again with what you
have, Florence Ward write* In "Th*
Flamea of Bspplnees"
Almost without knowing It almost
In spite of yourself, you do Just thst
You. take what you have: Love, of
course, if you sre one of the lucky*
ones who have It or friendship—any-
thing that means happiness to you.
Sometimes the fuel thst comes to your
hand Is the Joy you hsv* in your m
mind. In learning and thinking, tn
books and plays and music, clear
flames
Sometimes It's religion. Most peo
ple, after they're older, keep It burn
ing with work, bard, clean work and
the little things that make It crackle
—Jokes and nonsense snd bits of sing
ing and laughter; Now and then, of
course, you pile It with driftwood of
your ambitions, snd your dreams
shoot op and op. It's a flra that costs
you something, happiness; but you
keep It going as you keep life going—
I suppose instinct to preserve what's
yours
Work of Many Years
to Count a Billion
It la practically impossible for even
the trained mathematical mind to con
ceive . a billion object* of any kind,
aays tbe Family Berald. In dealing
with the subject of "one billion," Sir
Henry Bessemer, Inventor of th* Bes
semer steel process on one occasion
said:
"Let us try in imagination to ar
range this number for Inspection:
Put a 25-cent piece on the ground and
pile upon It as many as will ranch
twenty feet in height Then let us
place numbers of similar columns In
close contact forming a straight line,
and making a* sort of wall twenty feet
high, showing only the thin edgee of
tbfc coins Imagine two such walls
running parallel to each other and
forming, *s ft were, s long street If
w* keep on extending these wells for
hundreds of mflan we shall still b*
far short of th* (squired number. It
Is not till we have extended our Imag
inary street 2^80V4 miles thst we
•bail have presented tor Inspection
our huge number of coins"
Antiquity of Alphabet
the Phoenician alphabet ancestor
ef all the alphabets of modern west
ern civilisation, baa bad over seven
centurlea added to Its known period
of existence aa a result of recent dis
coveries In Asia Minor, Prof. Jgm*a
A. Montgomery of tbe University of
Pennsylvania told at a gathering of
members of the American Plfilo
sophicsl- society recently. Inscription*
mads by tbe Blttite* and Cretans
and also others found in Sinai, which
date bsck to the Fifteenth century
B. O, cause/this revision of idesa on
antiquity of our letters Previously
the earliest known Inscriptions In
these characters was the so-called
"Moablte stone" discovered In 1808,
and generally believed to hav* b**n
written about 860 B. (V- Science
Service
Bugs Color Rouge Sticks
Coloring matter from the cochineal
bag dyes are used In glvlrfg face and
Up rouge the desired color. Cochineal
dyee tor years were th* principal dye*
used In world commerce, but, for fab
rics they were superseded by chemical
dyea and tbe cochineal dyes today hava
only a very limited use, comparatively.
Pepless Days
Spring quickens th* sap In the tree*
and slows up the sap In th* office—
Louisville Times
Soldiers Fight "Rede"
Retired soldiers of Japan wIU flght
radicalism In Japan. Their organisa
tion has about 3,000,000 members
BROTHER WILLIAMS
No matter bow long life Is it's too
*ort to give much time te celebratla'
Yen can't 'acape trouble, bat you
kin* whistle a Jig tune an* make him
ferglt what be come tor.
Don't evar be afeared dat liar's a
lion In de way; or, af dey Is ketch
him an* sell him ter a circus
Tbe millionaires can have tbe gold
an streets up yonder. They'd be too
bard-walking for a tired poor man.
Don't ever open de do* till you
know wjio'a knockln'. It night be •
angel. It's true; an' then ag*l9. It
night be de devil hlaae'C gadders' la
hla elect—Atlanta Conatltatlan.
NO. 20
Small Water Creator*
U Oddity of Nmtmro
The little creator* celled the lanea*
lot la slender and pointed at Mh mm
and not very mar to H*> riM It la
almost transparent nd Is only trmm
an Inch and a half to two and a half
lncher In length.
It Uvea In shsltow water end Ukei
to stick tta head and Into the wad.
Into which It borrows with great
rapidity. It remain* thna for a long
time with Its tan slicking odt Whan
on th« surface of th* water It Has
on It* side.
While It can neither aee nor hear,
there la reason tor bettering that It'
pn**tm* the sense of smell and laata
Its eg* are laid aboot sunset and the
larvae hatch out early the next mom
lag.
The lancelot has no head. More
over, h has nsHhsr liegi nor pair* of
fins, it has a month, however, pURad
at one end, which, therefore, may ha
called the bead end of the body.
It hea a stomach, a very slmpla
form of liver and another simple or*
gen which takee the place of a heart,
since It la capable of contracting and
thna forcing the blood, which I* unite
ooiorieas, forward to the area ot-the
fills, whan It Is porttad—Beview at
Reviews.
Lower Craoturmf Odd
Forma of Looomotiom
In an addreaa before the Wagner
Free Instltnte of Science at Phtlsdrt
phla Prof. Samnel Schumacker de
clared that the anions Is the slnipls*t
known form of life. In tho
lower forma of Ufa, which are found
in quiet watera, It Is Impossible to die
tlngulsh between animals and planta.
Locomotion among the lower
most be without legs or wing* aays
Professor Scbuinucker. These coma
only when life has developed bit*
higher forms. "The simplest anlmala,"
he says, "are little drops of Jelly, with
a whiplash whoae lashes drive them
through the water by Jerks. -Whan
they get thousands of little Issh** in
stead, the motion becomes steeuty.
This plan Is kept for the Inside move
ments in higher snlmsls, and we dear
air from the littie rooms of oar long*
by such motions." Respecting tba'locfr
motion of worms Prof—or Scho
raucker said: -Worm* hav* coeae to
them, while brlstlas°keeip fivs
dipping backward."—Pathfinder.
Original afMathmr GooatT
Very little la know* aboot the
origin of the Mother Gooee rhyme*.
The dame "Mother Gooee" I* aup
poeed {p "have had its origin In Fnewh
folklore. Queen Oooeafoot. of
Charlemagne, was regarded aa th*
■pedal patron of children and h*r tm
tlval I* still celebrated Though the
name originated in France the rhyme*
are English, New rfaymee haVe been
added to the collection from thna to
time, moat of them being taken froaa
English folklore. There I* nothing to
the story that the original Mothar
Goose waa a Mr*. Ooosa who lived la
Boston. 4m early a* 1628 Chart**
Perrault published a book in
entitled the "Tales of Mother Oooe*."
Many of the rhyme* war* probably
old then.—Pathfinder w«p«iM
Invented in a Draam
A "dream Invention," making p**>
alble moving picture shows In bMsd
daylight. Is claimed by a young book
binder in Budapest, according to a
dispatch from that dty.
The inventor projects pictures not
against a whit* screen, bat -g-«—» *
rapidly rotating disk covered with
■tripe of dark groen and dark bla*
paper, which radiate from the eentar.
The dispatch says the invention has
been proved a complete success by «-
pertinents and Is already patented
The Inventor saya the Idea cama to
him In a dream and ha la to
explain It
Oaear WUda Sarcaatie
An Ataerican publisher one* wroto
to Oscar Wilde and ordered a "story
of 100000 words," tor which h* of
fered to pay a specific price. Ib* Idea
of having hi* wane measured aa If
by a yard stick offended the poof* sen
sitive soul. A few days later b*
wrote back to Near York: "Dear Sir:
I received your charming letter, and
have spent two or three daya In de
lightful contemplation. I should Uke
to write the story, but I do not a**
bow I can do so. Unfortunately, there
are not 100,000 words In the »t" A
language."
Why Stars jra Invisible
Stars sre not visible daring th*
dsy because the auperlor light of the
sun and 11a reflected rays from ob
jects on the earth Is so strong ss to
obliterate the tiny rsys from stars so
that they make no Impression on the.
retina of the efe- At the bottom of a j
ahaft or very taU chimney where noj
light enters and the direct rays of snn-i
light are cut off. the retina registers!
the rays from th* star* and hence theyj
become visible.
Mr'- , J
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