r.-
-
tfai-tfome TraVp- APPOINTMENTS READ OUT
WUOX IS
!0
i? eoi a 5ciemHiAtf-
yancement
R OF THE
-,
AYEjiy6kireinied of. r,r.
- B. c j u u loneea
to know -what it would
ean to stand in th
places where the world's
History las been
made.--'to -sop. fnr
yourself tTie crandeur and beauty, the
tiapeuaous energy ana the endlessly
T;u:ied life not only in our own land
but also in the distant countries of the
world? .
The progress of scientific invention
new makes it possible for hundreds
of thousands to realize this dream for
themselves and for their children.
Travel of the truest kind is- within
yi.mivach, and yet without using
oili er sLip or railway or any of the
culinary bodily conveyances.
Tii is statement is so extraordinary
in its claims that probably no reader
of these lines will believe it at first.
Imleed no one could have been more
si-eptiral about it than the writer was
until he visited the New York estab
lishment of Underwood & Underwood,
the business organization which is re
sponsible for this truly remarkable de
velopment of a great scientific inven-tUny-as
wonderful in its way as the
telephone.
The, first few minutes of my visit
fvHe devoted to some interesting opti
cal experiments
I was handed a neutral" tinted card
on which steroscopic photographs of
one scene were mounted in the manner
with which many people are familiar,
two prints on one card, side by side.
They' looked like duplicate prints from
a single well-made negative.
. I n the photographs I saw represent
ed a field with a cluster of houses
beyond, and breaking surf on a distant
S3:i -beach; it was down in Martinique.
A couple of men stood talking in the
field close by, and I could see some of
the village houses in the space be
tween their standing figures.
I was asked to examine this also
through the stereoscope. It seemed
t me hardly necessary, after the in
spection I had already given the twin
photographs; however, I put the card
in the rack and placed" my head
against the hood of the instrument.
Here I was astonished again. I was
longer looking at a phetogrqpbt-M
iSTdetins"' oat Into actual space, into
a actual place, and, moreover, this
Jace was startlifigly different from
what Ii had supposed when, -I looked
at theiflat photograpll without any
instrtinient! Instead of looking from
the side of a field, I found Ilwas op a
high bluff, dropping abruptly perhaps
five bundred feet just beyond the two
men. .The bouses that I had supposed
to stand at the farther side of the
field showed up as they really were,
at least half a mile distant over at the
other side of a ravine. I couldn't be-
"What causes this effect of being
jight jtnere with open spaee all
around!' - '
"In Ate few minutes we have; there
wouli "not be time to explain fully,"
was te answer, "but the possibility of
these 'effects of reality depends first
of all en the principle of two-eye see
ing as distinguished from one-eye see
ing. - Ycu must begin with this prin
ciple , if you are to understand this
travel system. Most people neer stop
to. think why they have two eyes. If
the question occurs to them at all,
they probably fancy the second eye
is merely a piece of reserve equip
mentnature's provision against help-
.lessness in case of accident to one
ocean nf vision."
Then my informant went on to ex
plain that a person with, normal eye
sight sees very differently from a per
son with only one eye. To demonstrate
that statement I was asked to make
-two or .three personal experiments
First I held my right arm-out straight
in frfint. of me. on a lever with the
shoulder, the hand open, the palm to
wards .the Jeft. Holding it in that po
sition I looked at the hand with, my
right eye alone, keeping the left eye
shut. I found I could see the edge
of mv band and a part of the back of
the hand. Next, keeping arm and
hand in the same position, I closed
the right eye and used only the left
eye. That time I saw the edge of my
band and a bit of the palm, but I
could not see around on the back of
the hand as before. Last of all, I lised
both eves together. Somewhat toTny
nwn snrnrise. I noticed that I could
then see the edge of the hand, part of
the palm, and also part of the back
-hafirt indeed 'l iouna i aciu
fillv saw nart way around the hand
niv,- -rsoTii-osATitative of the stere-
oo-mnhprs. then- explained that a bi
nocular or stereoscopic camera differs
fmm-rm ordinary camera as a i
''eved man differs from a cripple with
only one eye. It has two lenses set
side by side as far apart as a persons
ivvn. ovps. One lens taes m au.,
what would be seen by the right eye
of a person standing in the cameras
place. The other, lens takes to what
would be seen by the observer s lert
o Prints made from the two nega
tive's are, of course, almost alike and
novAr nrftcisely alike., xneii:
lug on tbe-stereograph r?card i a pro
cess requiring exact, expert
i n
ymiMmyi
ship. When the stereograph is set in
place in the stereoscope, the right 'eye
sees what it would see on the spot and
the left eyee sees what it would see on
the SDOt. The result i nnnlnprma
to that of looking with both
pyes at your outstretched hand.
You see part way" around the
near objects, and. that makes them
stand out real and solid just as they do
in your ordinary, everyday experiences
of seeing things in your accustomed
surroundings. It gives to your eyes
perfect depth, perfect solidity, perfect
space.
Thus you see," my informant con
tinued, "the two small prints 3x3
inches in size and about six inches in
front of the eyes in the stereoscope
serve exactly as two windows througn
which we look and beyond which we
see the object or place standing out as
large as the original object or place
would appear to the eyes of5, one stand
ing where the camera stood. Remark
able as these statements may seem,
when thoughtfully considered, still
they are absolutely true, based on
scientific facts which may be found
-explained in any reliable treatise on
binocular vision."
I sat baek and wondered. It seemed
hard to realize that, in the stereoscope,
I could see in their natural size parts
of countries, cities and towns all over
the earth. .
But," he went on, "we now come to
a far more remarkable fact. Psycho
logists are saying that if we look at
these life-size scenes in the right way,
namely, if while looking we have
some means of knowing definitely
where on the earth's surface we are
standing, in just what direction and
over what territory we are looking,
and if we take time to think of our sur
roundings there, then we can gain a
distinct sense or experience of location
in that place, or what they call genu
ine experiences of . travel. Of .course.
you would not be likely to Relieve this
at once, but reserve your judgment for
few minutes.
"To furnish the knowledge to make
this possible; a new map system has
been devised- and patented an entirely
hew STstem.n ,. -. . -.
--Then" he proceeded - to- show me a
most ingenious map system of Vhich
I had never befoje heard. fike maty
another bright ldeait is essentially so
simple one wonders why it. had not
been devised before.. He showed m
several. of the patent,maps. all were
in the first platfe excellent, clear maps
of the ordinary -sort, but a clever de
vice of conspifcudus red lines showed
just where a person was to stand, in
whatever vicinity it might be, in what
direction he was to face and just .how
much territory in a town, a house in
terior or a stretch of open country he
was to include in his outlook from that
particular point.
But what are editea tors saying about
this:"' I asked. "Much," was the re
ply. "Here is what a professor of
psychology in - New York University,
Professor Lough, says:
"'The essential thing for us is not
that we have the actual physical place
or object before us, as a tourist does,
rather than a picture, but that we have
some at least of the same facts of con
sciousness, ideas and emotions, in the
presence of 'the picture, that the tourist
gains in the presence of the scene.
This is entirely possible in the stereo
scope.'
"But," he added, "we do not claim
that even these experiences can e got
ten unless the stereographs are used
with certain helps and in the fight
spirit. (Speaking in a general way
this means we must; treat the place
seen in the stereoscope as we would
treat the place itself in actual travel).
"To supply this need books are being
prepared by people of wide travel and
broad culture to accompany tha stereo
graphed scenes of a city or country."
Then I was shown guide books by
such men as Jesse Lyman Hurlbut, D.
D., on Palestine; Dr. D. J. Ellison and
Professor James C. Egbert, Jr., of Co
lumbia University, on j Italy; Professor
James H. Breasted, of Chicago Univer
sity, on Egypt; Professor James Rical
ton, the veteran traveler, on China;
George Kennan, the famous journalist
and lecturer, on Martinique. In these
books the authors or guides make
their commepts on the, different places
seen through the stereoscope in the
same natural order that they would
treat them during an actual journey.
They point out the objects of interest
in each place and give some of the his
tory connected with it. Each strives
.to answer the very questions a new
comer would be likely: to ask when on
the ground. There are many ingenious-
and scientifically; helpful methods
worked out by these writers that I
must leave'-unnoticed here.
"You see," concluded nly informant,
"this is no sleight of 'hand scheme or
magical performance. This travel
system Is worked out in accordance
with well establishedthough -not gen
erally known laws of,, the mind. If
the right" methods are observed it is
now being recognized that genuine ex
periences of travel may be gained in
one's borne."
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North .Carolina- Methodist Conference
Adjourns Several Changes in Pre
sidingElderships.
Wilson, Special. The annual sesion
of the North Carolina Conference of
the M. E. Church, South, which has
been in sesion here for several days
adjourned "Monday noon. - The devo
tional exercises of the morning were
conducted by. Rev. A. C. Buhdy. A
number of committees, which failed to
report Saturday, submitted their re
ports: Bishop Wilson made a brief
talk before reading the appointments.
RALEIGH DISTRICT W. H.
MOORE, Presiding Eider.
Raleigh
Edenton Street R. F. Bumpas.
J. O. Guthrie, Supernumerary.
Central : C. W. Robinson. E. Pope,
Supernumerary.
Brooklyn 'and darner: G. W. Starling-.
Ep'worth : C. L. Read.
Gary: G. B. Starling.
Clayton: J. J. Renn.
Smithfield: J. H. Shore.
Selma: F. A. Bishop.
Kenly : Supplied by R. II. Whitaker.
Wakefield and Mission : Supplied by
F. F. Eure.
Millbrook: G. T. Simmons.
Youngsville: D. B. Parker.
Franklinton: N. E. Coltrane.
Louisburg: L. S. Massey.
Tar River : A. L. Ormond.
Granville: J. D. Pegram.
Oxford Station: F. M. Shamburger.
Oxford Circuit: W. H. Pucket.
Raleigh Christian Advocate: T. N.
Ivey, editor.
Methodist Orphanage: J. W. Jon
kins, superintendent.
Student in Vanderbilt University:
G. R. Rood.
DURHAM DISTRICT J. T. Gibbs,
Presiding Elder.
Durham
Trinity: R. C. Beaman.
Main street : T. A. Smoot. (
Carr Church : M. D. Giles.
Bronson: Supplied b; J. W. Aut
rev.
Mangum Street: E. M. Hoyle.
West Durham :J. H. McCracken.
Durham Circuit: G. W. Fisher.
Chapel Hill: M. T. Plvier.
Hillsboro: M, M. McFarland.
Mount Tirzah: J. B. Thompson.
Leasburg : M. D. Hix. -;
Roxboro: K. D. Holmes.
: Milton: J. A. Dailey.
- Yanceyville: W. H. Kirton.
Burlington: E. M. Snipes.
Burlington Circuit.: S. F. Nicks,
i East Burlington : v Graham and
Haw River; N. C. Yearby.
i Alamance: C. M. Lance,
j Trinity College: J. . Kilgo, Pre
ident. E. A. Yates. lectureshin.
B. Hurley, Presiding Elder. v ,
avetteville 1
Hay Street: D. H. Tuttle.
Fa yet teviite Circuit : V. A. Rovall.
Hope Mills : JT. J. Dailey. ,
Cokqsbury: L.-H. Joyner."
'Sampson: D. A. Wfltkins. - .
Biaden: E. B. Craven. . -Bftckhorn:
J. H. Buffalo.
IVin-n T A T no '
i Duke: J. M. Daniel.-,
I Newton ,Grove: N. H." Guyton
: Pittsboro: C P. Jerome. V
I Haw River: E. E. Rose.
! Goidston: C. O. Duranti
j Siler City: R, W. BaiJey. . '
k Carthage: R. H. Broom.
j Elise : J. W. Hoyle.
Sanf ord : J. H. Frizzelle.
j Joneboro : J. C. Humble.
; Lillington: Supplied by L. B. Pat-
lishall. . .
! ROCKINGHAM DtSTRICT-J. N.
Cole, Presiding Elder.
j Rockingham Station: J.- E. Under-
wood. . . '
! Roberdel: A.J. Groves.-
Richmond : N E.. Seaboit.. ? "
j Mt. GiIead: S. T. Moyi
I Pekin: W. A. Jenkins.
! Trov: W. R. Royall.
1 Montgomery: Supplied by W. J. F.'
Stubbs. i : ' ;
Aberdeen : D. N. CaViness. , -Hamlet:
RufusBradlcy. ,
St. John and Gibeon? F. , B. Me
Call. i :
Laurinburs Station: R. A. Willis;
Maxton "and Caledonia : . E. Mc-
Whorter. . .-
; Red Springs : S. E. iMercer.
Rowlancl:sJ. W. Broadley. i
lAimberton : Z. r"aris. '
Elizabeth: W. Y. Evefton.
Robeson: J. M.'
R.
W.
w.
'
Town send, Supernumerary ;
ilownsend. supernumerary. .
! WILMINGTON DISTRICT M.
,Brawshaw, Presiding Elder. ;
Wilmington ' -'
Gracei N. Matson. r T
Fifth: Street: A. MeCulIen. . ,
Market tad Bladen S(res: A. J.
Parker - v .
Seotfffill: Y.,E.-Wliit;-''-:'
Onslow? D.C: Geddle.
- Jaakhonville and Riehlands: R. R..
Grant.. .' " - " .: '
Magno: VV . jji.- Brownl1.
KenansyUle; J.' W. Martin,
i Burgaw: W: F. Ssfnford: '
: C&iton: S. Barnes
! Whieville and hadburn :
J. T.
Draper,
Columbus
C.'W., Smith'.
Carver's Creek: Supplied by' J.vM
larlpwe. i . . - ' l!
Waccamawc'L. lbawyer. . .,v
- Shallotte: vS-M. Wright.: ,
Town Creek : ' A. D.- Betfs-.
New River : To 4ei?surrlied bv tSA
U. Whedbee. i ia vv
Student at "Vanderbilt f J. M. Cal-
breth - lv I ' : -
- NEW fiERN DISTRICT, E. '$J pe AustraUa for. hordes; the
DavlsJ TresMni Elder. ' akPSOvernmeat is: maMrig larg
New Bern Centenary: G. T. Ada4v?urchae cf tor8es. Ia:H9ngar'r
fl1A . ,
St. Paul, W. Ii. Cuninggiin.
St. John v W. P. Constable.
Goldsboro Gircuit : t Supplied by J.
M. Oarraway. -
Mount Olive Circuit : P. Greening.
Mount Olive and Faison: J. W. Pot
ter. LaGrange: H. E: Tripp.
Hookerton: J. P. fiate.
Snbw Hill : J. M. Benson.
Kinston: J. D. Buiidy.
Dover : W. A. Forbes.
' Grif ton : I. S. Etheridge.
Craven : G. B. Webster.
Jones4: Supplied by F. S. Becton.
Pamlico: D. A. Ftitrell.
Oriental : J. J. Booker.
Carteret : W. A. Piland.
Morehead City : R . H. Willis.
Beaufort : H. M. Eure.
Atlantic! C. C. Brothers.
Straits : Supplied by B. F. Watson.
Ocracoke and Portsmouth: To be
supplied by E. W. Read.
Missionary Secretary : R. H. Wil
lis. WASHINGTON DISTRICT R. B.
John, Presding Elder.
Washington Station: L. E. Thomp
son. Bath : J. M. Lowder.
Aurora: J. H. M. Giles.
Swan Quarter : - Supplied by W. H.
L. MeLaurin.
Mattamuskeet : J. E. Saunders.
Fairfieldf J. Y. Old.
Greenville: J. A. Hornaday.
Farmville: W. F. Galloway.
Grimesland and Vanceboro: B. E.
Stainfield.
Bethel: E. C. Sell.
Tarboro: R. C. Craven. .
, Robersonville : B. B. Holder,
Elm City: J. L. Rumlej'.
Rocky Mount: First Church, W. S.
Rone.
North and South Rocky Mount : R.
E. Hunt.
Nashville: H. G. Stamey.
Spring Hope: W. .0. Davis.
Wilson Station: F. D. Swindell.
Freaiont : D. L. Earnhardt.
Wilson Circuit T. J. Bithvriing.
WARRENTON DISTRICT G. F.
Smfch, Presiding Elder.
Warrenton: W. W Rose.
Warren: B.-C. All red. i
Ridgeway: L. M. Coffin.
Hende'i-son and Mission : L. L. Nash.
R. D. Daniel.
Littleton: G. B.' Perry.
Weldon: H. A. Humble.
Roanoke Rapids and Rosemary: J.
T. Stanford.
Roanoke : Supplied by W. B. Hum
ble. Enfield and Halifax: H. B. Ander
son. Battlehoro and Whitakers: R. F.
Taylor.
Scotland Neck: J. E. Holden.
Hobgood: J. J. Porter.
WjiHmston and Hamilton: P. L.
Kirkton. z .
GarysUurg': J. G. Johnson.,
Nortnampton: T. H. Sutton.
iehtmtTjps)n,
Xtonwi$l$WsvJV- Craven. :
: Murf eesboro j I. DifLall.
Harrel llUefL: J ones.
Jsetie yv 1 Me.rritt.i
; VLittfetor Female - College
J. M.
RhMerTrjssidenti, ,
ELIZABETH CITY, DISTRICT
HHaU,. Presiding Qmer.
Elizabeth; ty . .
First Church': A? Pi Tyer.
- City. Road : 11, H. North.
Weeksville- Station: F. N. Harri
son.- , x ' .
. Fasquotapk Circjait : W. T. Usry.
Gamden: R. L. Davis.
Maycoct ipB. H. Black.
rCumtucklIi M. Jackson.
North Gaies : W. II. Brown.
Gates :,.T.A:Sykes.
Perquimans: F. L. Church: .
m Hertford! N. H. D. Wilson. -
JSdentjen 'sL. P. Howard.
Prymoutn':L. B. Jones.
Hoperi3 A. Cotton.
Pantegon'deBelhaVen: W. E. Hb
eutt. : Dare vCP B. Robinson.
Roanoke.. Island : E. R. Welch.
KittyiHAwi: : To be supplied by J.
F.; Hallrford
.Hatterasf.and JKennekeet :
Bhiton. Vv
Columhiat M W. Price.
R. A.
' Director-' ' Core'spondence
School
of VanderbiltflTniversity': 3,
L. Cun
inggini. -
4- ChoatftWin. Towe. ; s
. Misscutcry ta Cuba : R. E. Porter.
E. Sirirse, transferred to West-
Texas vn.ierence.
A." R. Surratt transferred to West
ern NoTthjCarolina Conference.
Kiled on Farm.
w
GaffneyS. C Special. C. J.Hngh-.
es, .:,ho' f otmerly resided in " Gaff ney
was. shot: by Rufus. By'arsa,i a tenant
neitrhis-'JiOnie in tlys county aboat
. riopu . nnvf . it. is .reported that he tis
deaj(L-;; Relations between, the -two had
beenRtrafged f or jsome" tinie. DetaiJs
of the affair are 'yerneagre here.
Bj'arsa, foo- was formerly-.a resident
off Gaffney. The hooting. rAvas done
w.'a'; diffble-baiTelel hSt-gun two
rasing , eiiectJ; j' tSQta men are
foat.'SO-ears oh '
' :'
fv:-.
Nashrdle Special .-On tTVe fkst day
fdt;thTS X10741I1 the law. crtaeted .by. the
..R as Les-isiature,4 prohibitiuar? letting
Kon hors "races run 6-1V tracks: iii this
State,; went into ettect. Tuesday
ir&ee r-was Srun
on aM;;jbair tirounds
track at Shelby villeTlftn.,. on which
books were iriade. Theixaee was' in-
tended ttcst the law, The parties
arran'ingfethe race were Arrested by
ihd- sheriff of the county-' and wil
Kk.
:f;ville '
:- "V,; -."-;. . -V
1 v,To free5t3iemselyes:irom their de
FARMERSJNSTITUTES
Two Parties of Instructors Will Hold
Institutes in Different Parts of the
State.
The Farmers' Institutes of Notth
Carolina will be begun early in Jan
uary by two parties of instruetorn.
One Institute party will be in charge
of Dr. Tait Butler, and its appoint
ments are as follows, the meeting for
the different counties to be at the
places named, all in January:
Clinton, Thursday, 4th; Kinston, Fri
day, 5th; Greenville, Saturday, 6th;
Snow Hill, Mondy, 8th ; Wilson, Tues
day, 9th ; Nashville, Wednesday, 10th ;
Goldsboro, Thursday, 11th; Bayboro,
Saturday, 13th ; Jacksonville, Monday,
Monday, 15th; New Bern, Tuesday,
16th; Trenton, Wednesday, 17th; Ke
nansviUe, Thursday, 18th; New Han
over, Friday, 19th; Elizabethtown,
Saturday, 20th; Whiteville, Monday,
22d; Burgaw, Tuesday, 23d
Another party wil be m charge; of
Dr. H. H. Hume, and the meetings! in
January are as follows: Warrenton.
Saturday, 6th ; Jackson, Monday, 8th ;
Halifax, Tuesday, 9th; Targoro, Wed
nesday, 10th; Washington, Thursday,
Jlth; Swan Quarter, Saturday, 13th;
Roper, Monday, loth; Williamston,
Tuesday, 16th; Columbia, Thursday,
8th; Currituc, Saturday, 20th; Cam
den, Monday, 22d; Elizabeth City,
Tuesday, 23d; Hertford, Wednesday,
24th; Edenton, Thursday, 25th; Gats
ville, Friday, 26th ; Winston, Satur
day, 27th; -Windsor, Monday 20th.
Groom-Elect Suicides.
Wilmington, Special. Lying in a
pool of his own blood in frpnt of the
fire place in a room at the home of his
fiancee in this city, Lee Rivenbark, 3C
years old, employed in the Atlantic
Coast Line shops, was found dead
early Friday afternoon, his throat cut
from ear to ear with a razor which
he held in a death grip to his neck
until life was extinct. It was clearly
case of suicide, prompted by a
diseased mind., j Rivenbark is the
young man who was recently rescued
Irom negroes who are said, to have
threatened him with mob violence at
his home in the ! northern part of the
city about six weeks ago. Since that
time owing to poor health, he seemed
to have been pursued by the haluci
nation that negroes were after him.
Early Thursday night he ealled; at
the- home of Mr. M. J. Merritt, on
Campbell street,! to see a Miss Welker,
whom he was. to; marry Sunday night,
It was dark when he started to leave
and the halucination , that negroes
were af texJMm.jteemed-niore pronoun
ced .than usual.1 1 He asked a member.
of ihe household to allow him to stay
all night and the request was granted,
He sat up until 11 o'clock and com
plained of feeling unwell. When he
did not awake, the family decided to
allow him fo rest as long as he chose.
Af dinner time, however, Miss Walker
went to his room and, receiving no
reply in answer to a call threw the
door open The ghastly , spectacle of
the man lying, on -theghearth met her
vision and the men ofuie house were
quickly summoned. The coroner in-,
yestigated the ease and gave,. & ver
dict of suicide.; Young RiVfertbark
was for several years steward at The
Briggs House, in Wilson. Lately he
had worked as: a carpenter in this
city. He leaves a widowed mother
and several brothers. , .1
New Corporations.
The Consolidated Nickel Company,
with headquarters at Dillsboro, in
Jackson county, has been incorporat
ed by Messrs. Bradford M. Adams, of
Wadesville, 58 shares; J. L. Broylas,
of Webster, one share and Joseph J.
Hooker, or Dillsboro, one share, par
value $100 each. The capi-tal stoek is
$25,000 and the company begins with
$6,000 paid in.
An application was made for the in
corporation of the North' Carolina
Oil Company of High Point, $100,000
capital, by.W. N. Egleston and others,
handling refined and crude petroleum
oil, operating oil wells, etc. The name
is so near the same as the North Caro
lina Cotton Oil Company, of Raleigh,
that the incorporators will be asked
to change ifs name to possibly the
North Carolina Petroleum Company
before the charter is issued.
Items of State News.
Mr. James W. Cannon, the well
known manufacturer of Concord, is
said to be at the head of a company
which proposes to erect a new mill
at some pomt in Cabarrus county, per
sumably at Glass. It is rumored that
the new plant is to be started in the
spring. With the other Cannon mills,
thej-new ones will be operated by elec
tricity from the Whitney works on the
Yadkin as soon as the development
there can supply the current.
The leaf tobacco sales in Winston
market this week aggregated 1,001,536
pounds, -It brought $91,193,39.
Dr,.J. R. Howerton, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church of Char-,
lotte, and chairman of the special
Synodical committe, announces that
an . option has been secured on tbfe
magnificent Montreat estate
" There is a most extraordinary scarc
ity of fish in Eastern Carolina waters
now and it is practically .impossible
to get any nice fish. It is said that
dealern in New Bern are ordering fish
f rqm Florida t supply their local de
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JEEEMI' AND JOSEPHINE.
ks Jeremil and Josephine
Were walky-talkiag on the green,
They met a roan t$io bore a dish
Of (anything you1 like to.wish!)
They stared to see the man so bold;
They really thought he must be cold.
For he was clad, though chill the day,
In (anything you choose to say!)
The man returned their stare again;
But now the story gives me pain,
For he remarked in scornful tone
(I'll let you manage this alone!)
Arid there is even worse to come;
The man, I've been informed by some.
Inflicted on tne blameless two :
(I'll leave the punishment to you!)
This simple talcis thus, you see,
Divided rair twixt you and me:
And nothing more I've heard or seen
Of Jerenri' or Josephine.
Laura E. Richards, in bt. JNichokis.
THE UNSEEN FINGER. '
You can surprise people very much
by laying your hand, - with apparent
carelessness, on a tumbler or glass
nearly full -of water and then lifting
glass, water and all, by raising your
hand, with the fingers outstretched in
order to prove that you do not take
hold of the elass in any way. Prob
ably there will be some people whom
you will not surprise. These will say,
"Oh, that's easy," try to do the trick
themselves--and fail.
The secret of success is this: Though
your fingers are straight when you lift
the glass, they must be bent down
sharply when .you place your palm
upon it. "You must press your hand
down rather firmly in order to make
an airtight joint between it and the
rim of the glass, which should be wet
to make the joint tighter. Now sud
denly straighten your fingers and lift
your hand.' This motion of the fingers
causes the flesh of the palm to move
in such a way as to cause a partial
vacuum, a suction, which you can feel
distinctly.
The space between the water and
your hand is made a little larger, and
therefore the air in that spaee is rare
fled or made thinner and exerts less
pressure. Therefore the greater . air
PEOPEB POSITION- FOB HANDS.
pressure on the outside, acting on the
bottom and sides of the glass forces
it upward,againstyour hand strongly
enough to lift jpotb glass and water
when you raise your hand.
The trickfJequires some practice be
fore it can be done with certainty and
naa oetter not De attempted with a
very thin or valuable glass, or in a
place where spilled water will do
harm.
Above all, do not use a very thin
glass, for even if it does not drop you
may break it by mere pressure and
cut your hand. Besides, thin glasses
are very apt to have little nicks in the
edge which will both cut you and spoil
the trick by letting in air.
The glass must be a small one, as it
has ta. be well covered up by the palm
of 'your hand. An egg cup on a wine
glass with a stem is best If you use a
tumbler which, being small in diam
eter, will probably not be very tall
youwill have to hold it in the other
hana or set it on an inverted tumbler
or a block 6t wood in order to get room
to bend your 'lingers dawn properly.
The trick seems especially difficult
because the hanti is flat afid the glass
nearly full of water, but these are the
very things that tfcake it possible.- You
cannot lift, the glass with your fingers
bent unless, of course, you acttf&lly
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ing of the fingers that causes the suc
tion. r
You cannot lift an empty glass unless
it is a very small one. , The longer the
space under your hand is, the greater
change m tne air pressure you can
make by, the motion of your fingers.
Yeekly Witness.
THE DISCONTENTED LEAVES.
One iovely morning, a long time ago,
the little leaves began to wake up af
ter a lengthy nap. They were all very
tiny, and some of them were hardly big
enough to hold up their heads to see
what was coming.
"That's the Wind, the telltale Wind;
said one little leaf. "She is such a gos
sip, let's ask her who is coming this
way.'
So they asked the Wind, but she only
answered ssftly, "You'll soon see!
You'll soon see!" and went wandering
by.
Then all the little sunbeams began
to dance, and the leaves asked them
why they were so merry ? but they only
"danced faster and faster and threw
their beams right in the faces of the
leaves, so that they wakened more
quickly.
Pretty soon they heard something
like the .whirr of a bird's whig, arid
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then they cousee, floating right down -on
a sunbeam a beautiful fairy. wh
came into their midst with a smile and
a bow, saying: . . T
"I am called Spring." ;
Now all the leaves were anxious to
see what the Sprius Fairy had brougnt .
them, so eveu the sleepiest opened
their eyes and raised up their heads at
her call; as they did, so the Spring
Fairy flew about among them - and
poured over them from the tulip cup
of her wand a beautiful bright green
liquid.
"It is the color of the Spring!'' she
exclaimed, joyfully, and all the little -leaves
looked at each other and saw
that they . had turned a wonderful
shade of emerald, and they were very
proud indeed.
"I'm so glad she ruade us green said
one -little leaf. "Green is a color that 4
one does not tire of quickly." .
"It is very restful," said another.
Ami the little Holly Leaf said: ,"I
like it best of all."
This was all very well for a time."
Then they began to grow fretful."
"It is. much too light a green," said
one.
"It tires me to look at it," said' an
other. But the little Holly . veaf said: "Mike
it best as it is." '
One day, while they were disputing
about it another fairy ,came floating
down a sun ray and chanced to over
hear them.
"I am called Summer," she told
them, in a soft, sweet voice that made
all the little leaves think of the silver
stream that tinkled through the forest.
Out of her poppy cup "she poured
upon the leaves a liquid of deep, dark
velvety green, and then she floated
away, leaving them much pleased at
the change she had wrought.
"Very kind of Summer to change our
hue," said one, drowsily.
'It would have been dreadful to
think of wearing one color all year!'
exclaimed another, yawning.
But, the little Holly Leaf said:
"I like it best of all."
It was not a great while before they
all began fo tire of the deep green.
Said one; "Why couldn't she have
given us a quite different color?"
Said another: "We shouldn t have
tired of it then."
But the little Holiy Leaf only said:
"I like It best of all."
They had hardly finished talking
when along came another fairy. The
gossiping Wind led her by tebandj').
and mtrodeed.hr- to tne ieayesrr!
the Wind blew away with" a moan.
"Why does the Wind cry?" asked the
leaves, and the fairy said:. "She tells
me she always has heartache at this
time of the year.''
The little leaves nodded their heads
in the direction of the Wind, and then
turned to look at the fairy again.
"I am called Autumn, as the Wind
told you," she said. "And I will try to
make you more contented. I will clothe
you m brightest colors if you like. But,
oh! do try to be happy this time!"
Her voice was sad' and very few
among the leaves admired her at all.
Her purple robe floated behind' her
In the trail of the Wind. Her hair was
dark, but there we're strange gray
streaks in it. Her eyes were large and
looked as though she were very tired,
but her smile was sweet, and she car
ried chrysanthemums of' wonderful
hue, purple and yellow and white.
With one of these flowers upraised for
a wand she touched the leaves and,
much to their astonishment, they were
clothed in the most glowing colors.
Scarlet! Yellow, Brown! Gold! AU
these, and every shade of each off
them. Except the little Holly Leaf.
WThen the Autumn Fairy came to him
she found she had but one drop of color
left in her wand.
"Poor Holly Leaf," she said sadly,
"I have just a drop of scarlet left, not
enough to change you."
"Pray, don't trouble yourself,
Ma'am," said he, 'L like the greea
color best of all; indeed I do!"
The fairy touched his branch with
the last drop of color and at once
there sprang forth a bunch of lovely
scarlet berries.
; At least," -she said, "you shall have
thisfreward for your good nature."?
Anna Marble.
Stockings Made of Human , Hair.
They were black stockings, thick,
stiff, lustrous, and the price-mark on
them , was S15. "From China," said
the dealer. "Prom Northern hina.
Every family has a few pair of human
hair stockings there. They are worn
over the cotton stockings they are too
prickly . to be worn next to the skin
and, properly treated, they last a life
time. The Chinese exporter who sold
me these stockings said that when a
child's hair is shaved in Northern
China the hair is preserved in a spe
cial hair-box of lacquer. As goon as
the box is. full enough the hair is
taken from it and a pair of stockings is
woven. Such stockings have a senti
mental, almost a religious value, and
are rarely parted . with. tt would be
safe to bet that there are. not six pairs
of hair stockings on sale in America.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
ITreiieU ami German Ship Nam.
French ships are usually named after
French provinces or towns, victories,
ideas or sentiments, but no French
names excepting those of the greatest
men in their history are made use of.
German ships bear the names .of Ger
man rivers, ports, poets,, states and!
characters in German, literature, white
Spanish ships are almost invariably;
named after cities or great command "
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