Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 24, Decatur, Adams County, 16 August 1906 — Page 7

Tta/DMAaea below sea level. There ean, of course, be no outlet for the Dead sea, and the volume of from 6,000,000 to 10,000,000 tons of water that the Jordan throws Into it every twenty-four hours must be carried away by evaporation. Not a solitary dwelling iaoa ito coasts, and there is no living thing in its Waters. As we stand oh the north shore the sea stretches out some forty-two miles toward the south and is. on an average, fight miles wide- The water Is of a greenish Mue and Ms clear as crystal. ■■imai ■ ■■ i —i ■■ Those-Veal Questions. “Hello,” says the man, seeing his Mend sallying forth with pole and net and baifbasket. “Going fishing?” “No,” -replies the friend, -turning ou him solemnly. “No; I’m going to stand on my head and keep my hair from falling out. What made you think 7 was going fishing?”—Puck. - - - Orl*ia of Words. < To Milan is owed the word “millinery,” a milliner having been originally a Milaner, an importer of feminine finery from Milan, just as a “cordwainer.” shoemaker, was a worker in “cor4douan,” leather from Cordova. It Is curious to note how many words have eome from the geographical names of northern Italy. There is, for instance, “florin,” the coin of Florence, and “pistol,” from Pistoja. Dr. Johnson that the word “job” was “a low word now much in use, of which I cannot tell the etymology.” It Is supposed to be really identical with “gob,” n mouthful or morsel. Pepys records how “my lord” said to him, “I will do you all the good jobs I can,” and Pepys himself speaks of Tangier as “hitherto used as a jobb to do a kindness to some lord.” But the simple monosyllabic ugliness of the word ,was too much for Johnson. Many words of most august sound * prove to be of quite commonplace ancestry when traced to their origins ‘‘Finance” is really only “settling up.” Literally it is just “ending” and was formerly used in that very simple sense In the English language. Then It came to signify settling tip with a creditor and acquired the special sense Os ransom. 7 The Interior of the Earth. A frequent remark is that mankind dwells on a thin crust encircling a m.olten mass and that the journey of life'Ts practically on a fire ball incased in a fragile shell that has cooled and that, as it cools further, contracts with earthquake shocks. Much virtue in rhetoric, if the purpose is to elevate the hair and induce cold thrills and " gooseflesh. The internal fire of the earth is an Inference and, in any large sense, historically harmless if true. Persons who worry over cosmic problems might also keep awake of nights over the palpable truth that the earth movies through space without any visible means of support. On the planet are the plain marks of epochs of ice as .Well as of Intense heat. Scientists agree that glacial ages will come again, but geology teaches that they are gradual and of limited extent geographically. — St. Louis Globe-Demo-crat. TYPHOID FEVER. lonrces of Tills Dan2<.roM and Pro- .. • tracte-' Disease. Although there k always more or less typhoid) fever in mo?t of the larger cities of this country, tL late summer and autumn are the seasons when it is . most to be feared. The disease is not so formidable, as regards the mortality, as some others, but its great length and the evil consequences which sometimes follow it in file form of weak heart, weak spine or nervous disorders make it quite as seHous as some which are more fatal, but far less protracted. Unless one knows how the disease is usually spread one cannot hope to avoid it, and so it may be useful to consider in what ways the germs of the malady find their way into the system. Water is the usual vehicle for typhoid germs, as is well known, and probably all great outbreaks of the disease in cities are due to an Infected water supply. This has been strikingly shown In Philadelphia, where some parts of the city are supplied with filtered water and others with unfiltered or mixed water. Comparing two parts of the city in which the conditions, except as to water supply, are almost the game, it was found that in the one supplied with filtered water the occurrence rate ot typhoid fever was one in five thousand, while in the others, in which the unfiltered water was drunk, it was one in sixteen hundred. But a city with an ideal water supply may be scourged with typhoid fever, although less severely, through the medium of impure ice, and it is almost as important to know where the Ice is cut, or with what water it is made, if artificial, as where the city water comes from. Not long since a nr." ;:cr of officers on one of the United States ships in the Mediterranean squadron were takell down with typhnid fever. When the source of the Infection was traced it was found to be aome ice bought at Athens, the ice machine on shipboard having broken down. Another source of infection is found bi oysters that hr. e been fattened in streams contaminated with sewage. Not only has typhoid followed the eat-' Ing of these th is, but the typhoid bacilli have been found lu the stomachs of the oysters. Raw vegetables used for salads may have been grown in soil contaminated with slops used as fertilizers or may have been washed in infected water. Unless a water supply Is above suspicion all that used for drinking, tooth cleaning and In the kitchen should be boiled and the drinking water cooled bv putting vessels containing it the

Minted paragraphs. It Is easy to expect others to set good examples. When opportunity knocks it doesn’t use a hammer. ' __ Despair is the undertaker that carts off our dead hopes. Occasionally a man rises from nothing to something worse. Prodigals have always exceeded the supply of Catted calves. It doesn't require much practice to acquire the art of being lazy. - Many a man who takes himself seriously is looked upon as a joke by others. . ~ Imagination is responsible for half of our troubled, and our fool actions are., responsible for the other half. When a wise .man bestows a favor he immediately forgets it When a fool receives a favor he does likewise.—Chicago News. Don’t Croaa Your Bears. “The prevalence of appendicitis is an admitted fact” said a surgeon. “1 have myself operated on 719 persons for the disease. Crossing the legs is responsible for a good deal of this trouble. That sounds strange, doesn’t it? Nevertheless it is a theory advocated by more than one great surgeon. Indeed I know- some men who say that if people never crossed their legs appendicitis would quite disappear. You see, crossing the leg squeezes and eramps the,delicate vermiform appendix. Squeezed and cramped, the appendix becomes irritated. Inflammation sets in. Intense pain comes. Then —presto—you are on your back, the sweet and heavy. fumes of. chloroform are choking you, and the appendicitis specialist bends over you with a sharp knife.”—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. What They Meant. A Scotch clergyman named Fraser claimed the title and estates of Lord Lovat. He tried on the trial of the case to establish his pedigree by producing an ancestral watch on which were engraved the letters S. F. The claimant alleged that these letters were the initials of his ancestor, the notorious Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, beheaded in 1747 for supporting the young pretender. The letters, engraved under the regulator, were shown to stand for “Slow, Fast,” and the case was laughed out of court. The Lava Lake of Hawaii. • One of the large volcanoes in Hawaii has a large lake of liquid lava in its crater or hollow. This seething, boiling mass, looks like redhot bottle glass to the naked eye, but under the microscope pieces of the original rocks of very minute size may be detected. Where it has cooled in curious festoons along the “coast” it resembles slag from some mammoth furnace. The Cantankerous Member. Elder Keepalong--When we hear of these terrible calamities happening in other parts of the world, deacon, we ought to be exceedingly thankful that our lot is cast in a favored land. Deacon Ironside—On the contrary, elder, I feel like resenting it. What right have we got, I’d like to know, to be better off than other people?— Chicago Tribune. A Natural Wonder. Teacher-What are marsupials? Boy —Animals which have pouches in their stomachs. Teacher—What do they have pouches for? Boy—To crawl into and conceal themselves in when they »re pursued—Figaro. SHAVE WITH HUT STEEL. An Old Cutler’s Advice to Men Wha Use a Razor. “Whenever I hone a razor,” said an old English cutler, “I always give some advice with it, free, gratis, and I take great satisfaction in knowing that I have made shaving easier and more comfortable for more than -10.-099-men. Almost every barber will tell you how to strop a razor, but it takes a cutler to tell you how to care for your strop and how to get the best work out of your blade. “A swing strop, canvass on one side and horse hide on the other, is the best. Always hold it taut and draw the razor lightly, but swiftly, from heel to point If you let the strop sag you will put a round edge on your blade. Don’t forget to cover your strop or put it away in a drawer after using. If it hangs in a bathroom near a window the dust and grime get into it and soon, take the edge from your razor. Whether you keep the strop covered or whether you don’t, rub your open hand over the two surfaces to free it from dust. “But what I consider my most valuable advice Is how to do away with shaving paper entirely ami at the same time improve the cutting quality of the razor’s edge. Nine men out of ten shave themselves in a room where there is running hot water. Now, the way to get a most gratifying result is this: Lather thickly and well and let it remain ou the face half a minute before you begin to shave If you have time wash it off, for with it will come the grit and dirt that you have loosened up in the pores of the skin, and then apply a second coat. It will be as soft smooth and clean as new velvet. “Now turn on the hot water faucet and let It run. Hold the razor under the stream until it is heated. Then take a slanting, or diagonal, stroke, like a farmer does with a scythe, not a • square pull, and you will be amazed to find how beautifully and easily the ho; blade cuts the beard. “When it is filled with lather lul l I: under the running hot water instead of using shaving paper. This will wash off the lather and at the same time heat the blade again. Don’t be afraid -of taking out the temper. That would be impossible if you put the razor in a kettle and boiled it. Try the hot blade and you’ll never shave with the colo steel a«wfn.“- N*w York World. i

I . : Aalssal The perfect cleanliness of soma animals is a very notable circumstance when we consider that nearly their whole lives are passed in burrowing in the earth and removing nuisances, yet such is the polish of their coattag and limbs that we seldom find any soil adhering to them. All the beetle race, the chief occupation of which is crawling in the soil about dirty places, are, notwithstanding, remarkable for the glossiness of their covering and freedom from defilements of any kind. Birds are unceasingly attentive to the neatness and lustration of their plusrage. All reptiles and the slug race, though covered with slimy matter, are 'perfectly free from soil. The fur and bale, of beasts in-.a-state of liberty and health are never filthy or sullied with dirt. Some birds roll themselves in dust and occasionally particular beasts cover themselves with mire, but this is not from any (iking or inclination for such things, but to free themselves from annoyances or to prevent the bites of insects. Bull Baltins In England. In the old days of England bull baiting was as common as football. A reminder of this exists in the will of one George Staverton of Wokingham. He bequeathed out of his estate a sum of S3O yearly with which to buy a bull for the baiting. The bull was to be given to the poor of Wokingham to be baited in the market place Dec. 21 of each year, the remains of the animal to be sold and the proceeds devoted w the purchase of shoes and stockings for tie poor children. The will was carried out until 1825, when the corporation forbade any more such celebrations. Why There Are So Many Smiths. At the time of the adoption of surnames every artisan whose work required the striking blows on metal was known as a smiter or smith, and the community therefore had its blacksmith, whitesmith, goldsmith, silversmith, arrowsmith and several others of the same character. The number of Smiths of the present day may therefore be readily accounted for when we remember that each of the different kinds of smiths was as much entitled to the use of his trade name for a cognomen as any other artisan. John the blacksmith and John the coppersmith were both known as John the smith, an appellation which naturally resolved itself luto the family name of John Smith. How Colds Are Caaght. Most colds are taken at home in the early morning before the furnace gets Veil started or in the fall of the before the furnace is lighted, according to Modern Medical Science. People shiver into their clothes in cold rooms or sit in their apartments chilled by the first fall winds, and then wonder why they catch cold. In every room there should be some means of raising a little heat quickly at times when the furnace cannot bi depended upon, either a gas or an oil stove. The price of such a stove will save its cost many times over in doctors’ bill«, —New York Press. Ths Diver Bira. A Dantzic correspondent writes: While swimming on a lake with her brood, of five a diver bird was shot although mortally wounded, collected her young ones and dived for their safety. When her dead body floated to the surface the five little birds were still clinging with their beaks to her wings, but all had been suffocated by remaining too long under the water.— London Mail. The Regular Count. • The heart of a man who has lived to be seventy has beaten 260.000,000 times—not counting the times when he got scared and it worked overtime.— EAGLES IN BATTLE. The Daring and Skill of These Fierce Birds of Prey. Ornithologists are Inclined to discourage the idea that eagles are in the babit of attacking large animals, but a contest witnessed by an observer dispels such a theory. The battle, was between an eagle and a stag. The bird singled out from a herd one particular buck, which it succeeded in driving from the rest. It str"ok the | animal with its po’"A~: -1 >• tags a.oek- i ed it down and finally kill. J it. A sti.; more remarkable spectacle is well authenticated. An eagle attacked a fawn in the highlands of Scotland. The cries of the little one were answered by its dam, which sprang upon the eagle and struck it repeatedly with Its forefeet. Fawn, deer and eagle rolled down a declivity, the bird was dislodged from its hold and the fawn rescued. Many traditions are extant as to the carrying off of children by eagles. The most recent case bearing close scrutiny is one which happened in South Africa. A Boer farmer whose stock had been harried by eagles lay in ambush for the robbers And saw' one of them descend and carry off the five year-old child of one of the Kaffir servants. He shqt the bird, which, with the child still clutched in its grip, fell Into a thorn bush. The bird was dead, but the child was little hurt Two eagles will stalk a covert in concert While one conceals Itself the other beats about the bushes with great screaming, driving out its quarry for the hidden eagle to swoop down UH-n. An even more insidious method •ku been observed. An eagle seeing a sheep on the edge of a precipice flew, at it screaming shrilly and with forceful beat of wing hurled it into the valley below, where it could devour it at its leisure. In the light of such records there is good reason for believing the legend of the eagle dropping a tortoise on the bald head of zEschylus, the Greek poet and so causing bis death.

— ■ t : RESTLESS MURO. la Mavar Happy Ualess os * Marasdi«< Bxpaditioa. The Moro is brave to fearlessness, a born pirate and essentially a first class fighting man. He Is never happy unless on a marauding expedition and stealing from his neighbors, friends and foes alike. The chief who Is the most successful thief la the most reapt, ted and the most powerful among chiefs. The Moro trades with his neighbors 'on 'market days in the various coins of the realm and- foreign moneys. At other times be is a free ocean rover, extending his trading voyages as far .north as the islands of Negros and Panay; south-to>tae-<Celel»es'and .Borneo and westerly to the 'Palawan. He is the most successful of smugglers, and a little act of piracy when chance offers goes without mention. The Moro Is the most perfect of aquatic beings, the most skillful small boat sailor or large “prau” navigator extant He can no more drown than can a fish. There is no record of a drowned Moro. He can dive to the bottom of the sea at * depths of from twenty-five to a hundred feet for the valuable mother-of-pearl shell, and his life is largely lived at sea from infancy. Along the coast many of the Moro villages are built over the water.—Colonel Owen J. Sweet, U. 8. A., in Harper’s Weekly. Home Shy Wlvs». The home shy wife is a peculiar product of the time. She rises late and hurries from home the moment she is dressed. To have luncheon, tea or dinner at home appears to her to be intolerable, and she seldom reappears there except to return to bed. “What Is home?” was asked at a west end dinner table recently. “The place where the servants are kept,” was the Immediate answer.—London Truth. Akin. “Do you think that marriage is a failure, Mr. Askin?” said Miss Elder to a young man whom she knew to be engaged. “I haven’t got that far yet.” was the frank reply, “but I’m pretty well convinced that courtship is bankruptcy.”— London Tit-Bits. "KEEP THE LIVER CLEAN/* Don’t Overwork It and Give It a Heat Once In Awhile. A man of common sense and a doctor at that said: “The liver is misunderstood and underestimated in its functions. If it can be kept clean and active there is no reason .why we should ever be ill a day, and we should live to be 150 or 200 years old. It is not necessary to rip this organ all to pieces with ten grains of calomel to get It stirred up. The best thing to do is to shut off your food supply for two or three days, drop your whisky and claret, your tea and coffee, and give your liver a'chance to rest. This should be done once a month.” It is well known, of course, that la olden times the liver was supposed to be the seat of the affections. Friends when they met in the morning did not salute each other with “How’s your health?” but with “How’s your liver?” Men take horseback exercise principal ly for their livers. A good shaking up every morning drives away the cifrhotlcbiliary encroachment. It is an error to assume that whisky alone produces cirrhosis. Overfeeding is more often the cause. If the digestive organs would organize a union apd work only eight hours a day all of us would be healthy and long lived. The trouble is we require the liver, stomach, bowels, heart, brain, muscles, nerves, kidneys, spleen*etc., to work all the time and overtime. Wrong. Give them a rest— New York Tress. CAUSE OF THE DELUGE. Queer Traditional...the Aboriginal Blacks of Australia. The aboriginal blocks of Australia have a quest tradition about the flood. They say that at one time there was no water on the earth at all, except in the body of an Immense frog, where men and women could not get It. There was a great council on the subject,, and it was found out that if the frog could be made to laugh the waters would Hjn out of his mouth and the drought I I'9 •' V 1 -* " k j several animals were made to dance and caper before the frog to induce him to laugh, but he did not even smile, and so the waters remained in his body. Then some one happened to think of the queer contortions into which the eel could twist itself, and it was straightaway brought before the frog. And when the frog saw the wriggling he laughed so loud that the whole earth trembled, and the waters poured out of his mouth in a great flood. In which many people were drowned. The black people were saved from drowning by the pelican. This thoughtful bird made a big canoe and went withat all among the Islands thaLappeared here and there above the surface of the water and gathered in the black people and saved them. .rail k me Mawg. Man has sinned more than any other animal in trifling with nature’s balance. Clover crops and the killing « hawks are apparently unrelated, yet tbo hawks eat the field mice, the flelc mice prey on the immature bees, and the bges fertilize the clover blossoms. The death of a hawk means an overincrease of field mice and a consequent destruction of the bees.—Country Lite Tn America. The Whistle Blows. Bill—Don’t you think this blowing of factory whistles is a nuisance? JillWell, when they blow for quitting time I don’t think so, but when they blow for us to go to work I certainly dol— Yonkers Statesman.

THE BAKER’S DOZEN. ‘I gtery of Its Origin Aneordinff to ths j Datch Lefwt. Sonpe persons, including a few encyclopedists, are inclined to think that the Vaker’s dozyu originated when heavy fines were considered necessary to counterbalance light weights and the bakers, in order to insure full weight, took the precaution to add an additional unit. Some have called it the -devil’s dozen, because thirteen was the number of witches who used .to ride their broomsticks to the “black mass” of Satan. The baker’s great book' in the Astor library has another story of its origin: Jan Pieteysen of Amsterdam was a good churchman, but nevertheless he was afraid of being bewitched. On the last night of 1654 be. not in his bakeshop trying to keep ont the evil spirits by priming himaeff a glass of good spirits. Sales- had -been brisk. There were no customers in the shop for the. moment, apjLJie sat back, meditating on the gains he would make on | the morrow, when the fresh New . Year’s cakes were put on sale. He was • startled by a sudden rap. An ugly woman pushed the door open. “Give me a dozen New Year’s cookies,” she cried in a shrill voice. The shrillness of her voice did not mean anything to his slow Dutch mind. ! It only annoyed him. “Well, then, you needn’t speak so loud,” said Jan. “I’m not deaf.” I “A dozen!” she screamed. “Give mo a dozen. Here are only twelve!” “Well, then, twelve is a dozen.” “One more! I want a dozen.” “Well, then, if you want another, go ,to the devil and get it.” . i The hag left the shop, but from that ' night Jan had trouble. The shop seemed to be bewitched. His cakes were . stolen. Either his bread was so light that it soared up the chimney or so heavy that the supports of the oven gave way beneath the burden. His wife became deaf; his children went ! wild. His trade took wings and set- I tied in the shops of his rivals. Three times the old woman returned, and each time was directed to the devil’s sanctum. At last, in despair, the baker called upon St. Nicholas to assist him. The venerable patron of Dutch feasts delivered a lecture on charity, telling the trembling man to be more generous in the future. Then he vanished, and in his place stood the hag, who repeated her demand for one more cake. Jan acceded, whereupon she exclaimed: “The spell is broken. From this time one dozen is thirteen.” Taking from tiie counter a gingerbread effigy of St. Nicholas, she made the subdued Dutchman lay his hand upon it and swear to give more liberal measure in the future. Since that time thirteen has been called a baker’s dozen.— New York Tribune. ' AfcYBsiKTiAN"APES. They Have Chiefs. Guards and Sentries When on the March. Very similar reports are made from different parts of north Africa in regard tp the monkey tribes that occupy that continent Pom Morocco to Abys- ’ slnia. Just how far tribal relations may have tended to vary the species is a question quite as important as that Os language. Some points of interest ore found in an English book, “A Visit to Abyssinia.” Says our author: “I have mentioned tlrat large num- , bers of monkeys frequent these hills. They move about in organized bands, and their proceedings are arranged in the most orderly and tactical manner. They are difficult to approach Unless it Is gradually and cautiously done, but mounted on a camel I have succeeded In getting within a few yards of them ( when they Were crossing the path , ahead of me, about fifty in single file following their leader and looking with their manes like small lions. “Their movements are full of interest and well repay observation. They have chiefs, sentries and advanced and rear guards on the march. The mothers carry their children on their backs exactly like the larger human creatures tn these countries. They talk and chatter, the females being especially loquacious, quarrelsome and combative These are clearly under the command of the elder males, whose gesture alone Is sufficient to reduce them to obedience. They live in small caverns among the hills, but will most certainly avoid a direct return to their haunts If followed. “They are less timid of men when these are mounted on camels than when on foot, experience having doubtless taught them that the former Is usually traveling to a destination and that his steady, jogging pace is rarely Interrupted by his curiosity. Ou one occasion, seeing a whole family tribe or^the- road home after a foraging excursion, I successfully tempted some of the younger ones to leave their ranks by quietly rolling pieces of bread and sugar at them, but the older members were above such weakness and went on in a stately way up the hill, Zllrtn vsrKzxn 4-L>j~k Izi/ifirn .. Q vVci tuvtvttgt? auu iw proving the youngsters as they retired.” Tiie Cravat. The cravat was once the name of a great military nation, the Croats, or Cravates, of the Balkans. It was their fashion to wrap large shawls or pieces of cloth around their necks and shoulders. About the middle of the reign of Louis XIV. he uniformed several regiments in the Croat fashion, with huge Shawls about their necks. The fashion took, and the shawl diminished in size to the slight strip of cloth we still have with us. Not So Basy. “Dibble, don’t you think a man ought to save at least half the money he makes?” r “Yes, but how can he, with his creditors howling for it all the time?”

I ' FISHEB ARE SENSITIVE. | And’ Yet,, Asvereatly, They Are Not Capable of Sefferia* Paia. AB fishes have nerves, and in somt respects fishes are extremely sensitive A fish that has buried itself in sand ot mud so completely that only the tip of its tail fin is above the bottom will feel even the slightest touch and instantly dart out of its sandy bed. A fish is very sensitive to movements in the water surrounding it A shadow jailing upon the water will startie a fish into flight. But, sensitive as fishes are in some respects, it is probable that they do not suffer pain from injuries received. Fishes are extremely sensitive at the nose. A fish that had in pursuit of prey run its nose against a rock might shake its head violently, perhaps in pain, but fishes sustain serious injuries from actual wounds without showing any indication of pain. In fact, the indications tend to show that they do not suffer. A fish that has been hooked by an angler, but has escaped, perhaps carry- • Ing off a hook in its mouth, may, a few minutes afterward bite again at another hook. Such instances are not infrequent. In such cases the hook would probably be concealed by the bait and the fish would not be likely to see It, ! but the fact that it is ready to take the | bait shows that it is continuing to feed, which It would scarcely be likely I to do If It were suffering great pain. A shark from whose body all the viscera had been removed has continued to feed. I Sensitive a# fishes ate about the nose, many of them use the nose in pushing i stones and'gravel about In building a ' nest for the female to spawn in. .The ' salmon notoriously often wears its . snout down to the bone in excavating a cavity for a nest, and often it wears off its tail to a mere stub in brushing out stones and gravel. Yet such fishes frequently recover from their injuries I and return to the ocean, I Timid and sensitive as fishes are to some respects, they fight one another vigorously. In such figuts they may receive injuries that might be described ad terrible. To these injuries they may pay so little attention that after the fight is over they go on with their feeding or with whatever occupation they had been engaged in. Injuries which would throw a human being into a state of helplessness do not interrupt the current of fish life. The fish may afterward die from its injuries, but apparently it does not suffer pain from them. Fishes sometimes survive injuries of a remarkable character. The stomach of a captured codfish was found to be pierced by a spine of a flounder which it had swallowed. The sharp, thornlike spine projected about half an inch beyond the outer wall of the stomach into the fish's bpdy- ; Apparently the codfish had suffered no inconvenience from this. The wound caused by the spine had healed around it. and the codfish ' was fat and in good condition generally. The Rusaian Translator of Dlckena. Irinarch Ivansvich Vredensky was ' the son of a poor but intelligent village pope or priest who tilled his glebe to feed and clothe his large family of daughters and this only son, to whom he still found time to Impart the rudiments of education. Irinarch was a sickly and lonesome boy, cut off from . all playfellows by his ascetic though well meantag father, and he grew up to manhood In bitter poverty, having sometimes literally nowhere to lay his head. Jet, in spite of all obstacles, fie became a distinguished scholar, a versatile linguist and a beloved pedagogue in the military schools at St. Pe- ( tersburg. He was growing in fame and . favor with the authorities and had been called upon to undertake educational work of the Highest importance when bis blindness and premature death cut short his brave career. His translations of Dickens, Thackeray, Fenimore Cooper, etc., are classical and laid the foundation of the wonderful popularity which their works still enjoy in Russia.—Notes and Queries. Without Counting'. Archbishop Temple was noted for his mathematical ability. A peculiarity of his power, not in computation or analysis, but in the ability to see a definite number of objects without actually counting them in the ordinary sense, is mentioned in Mr. Sandford’s memoirs of the archbishop. Everybody sees three objects, not as one and one and one, but as three. Most people can see four; some see five and even six. Many of those who think they simply see six would discover if they observed the process carefully that they really make a quick count. But Dr. Temple certainly saw higher numbers. I tested him quite suddenly more than once. “How many sheep in that field?” Instantly came the answer, “Nine.” Once he saw thirteen. I think these were birds flying in a group. It was the same process with him to see nine or ten volumes in a bookshelf as it was_gi.tb._me to see even five. Given time, without counting, he saw larger numbers. Derivation of “Whit” Sunday. A perennial problem is that about the etymology of Whit Bunday, and the supporters of Whitsunday could speak more confidently with their adversaries If they remembered that the Welsh call the anniversary “Sulgwyn,” which means “W’hite Sun.” This title preserves the Druidic tradition that the sun about this time turns white. No dolbt the old British belief arose from the peculiar white glare of the sunlight reflected from the hawthorn blossoms, which, must have been far more frappant when south Britain was one vast forest and a thorn fence formed the •fortification of every village. The pagan festival of the White Sun possibly; developed into the “Whitsun Alaa.* , Westminster Gazette. i - - - . .