Plymouth Tribune, Volume 9, Number 43, Plymouth, Marshall County, 28 July 1910 — Page 3

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By Nellie Cravcy Gilmorc

As long as she lived SyVia would never forget that dizzy walk home from the hospital In the stinging, pouring rain; the savage pleasure she experienced in the cruel way it whipped her hot cheeks and half froze the angry blood curdling fiercely through her rebellious little body. She had been a fool to go there, of course. And she faced the verdict of her own common sense with the keenest sense of humiliation she had ever known. To be refused admittance to the room where her lover presumably lay dying because she could not give en affirmative answer to the attendant's inquiry as to whether she were "anything to the patient," was bitter nough of itself, but to come face to lace with Chalmers's mother and Alline Bester, about to enter where she had been denied, and to be met by a haughty stare of surprise from each, made her young blood boil. As a matter of fact they were everything to each other. Both she and Chalmers knew that far better than any spoken word or circlet of gold could signify, but no formal engagement existed between them, and she could not be the first to proclaim their love. They told her at the hospital that If he lived through the night the chances were he would recover. The following day a paragraph In the paper stated that young Chalmers was pronounced comparatively out of danger. A succeeding item hinted at hi3 approaching betrothal to Alline Bester. And within a week the young fullback was on the rapid road to recovery. The day before Chalmers was discharged from the hospital Sylvia, her mother and father sailed for Japan. 'Listen Dear," he Began Excitedly. Nine weeks later Sylvia sat reading with overbright, indignant eyes the following letter from her lover. -Boston, Mass., December 3. "Dear Little Girl Why did you run away without one word of farewell? 13 it possible that, after everything, you can still be in the dark about how I feel toward you? Have I been mistaken in assuming that you felt the tame? "Jly last conscious thought before that frightful accident was of you; my first on reawakening to the rational world was of you. My very first act on being released from the crucible of nurses and doctors was to hasten to Wildmere, only to find you thousands of miles away and not one word or line of explanation! "The governor and my mater were so cut up about the accident that I have concluded to retire from the gridiron for, the present Thus you see, everything considered, I return to college a very dejected and gloomy soph. Will you not drop me a line from the far off orient that life may seem something less than a blank, dear, and the world a fcabitable place Instead of one vast, aching wilderness? "As always, "Billy." Sylvia read the letter several times Vrith a variety of emotions. Than she crumpled it and tossed it Into the trash basket Afterward, she went over to her writing desk and penned a cloudy polite little note , in reply that effectually shut off any "possible excuse for further correspondence. When the letter was sealed, the little resolute line of her lips relaxed Into quivering and she. broke into a storm, rjf teffrs, ""tarly in the following autumn the Marburys returned to America. It was on a glorious November morning that Sylvia came in, flushed, from a downtown expedition. and hurried straight to the little white sitting room in their new apartments at a fashionable New York hotel. . Without stopping to remove her hat, ehe turned her bag upside down, emptying the contents on a small, onyx table. There were Eeveral new postcards, half a dozen newspaper clippings, a few half-tones of Brown. She opened her , scrapbook and -pasted them all in with painstaking Angers Never had there been a man like Brown on the Yale gridiron. Every day added fresh laurels to his already brilliant record. He was worshiped by hi classmates, idolized by his team and adored by the girls. From the wreck of her shattered hopes, Sylvia had ri3en to join In the universal hero worship. On her man-

Choosing Your Life Work

'Many Da Not Find Their Spheres of Greatest Usefulness Until They Reach Middle Age. This matter of choosing one's life wtrk is one of the severest tasks a .erson has to meet. Many men do not f.:!-l their spheres of greatest use-fulnts-s until middle age, while othernever find them. Education ought t heli one to find his true sphere. The riiffiMiitv with so many young j V?pte is they show an adaptability to tco many things; they become what their fellows or Instructors call versatile. The versatile man sometimes Is the worst handicapped man. He can 3o a dozen things fairly well and he spendä his time between them, scattering hi3 fire, instead of concentrating on one object a single purpose and learning to do that In the aggregate better than he could do each of the eleven. The man who, with a bent 'or music, can play half a dozen in itruments, U not nearly so likely t-

Brown? tal was a panel of the invincible Brown; in her bureau drawers were Innumerable likenesses and unlikenesses. She carried his picture In a tiny locket about her neck, and on her desk was a porcelain painting of him. She glanced smilingly at tlie dozen different caricatures each newspaper had proudly named as the "only true likeness" of the mighty one. Then, with a queer little pang at her heart she opened the secret compartment of her desk and drew forth an old photograph of Billy Chalmers. She looked Into the handsome, serious eyes long and earnestly: a little sob caught in her throat. How she had loved him! Could it be really true, she asked herself, that he had changed so much and cared for that other (?), cared enough to marry her, as report said? A sharp rap on her door interrupted the painful train of thought, and Sylvia rose and turned the knob, schooling her face into unconcern. It was a special. In Billy's own handwriting, and she tore open the envelope with crimsoning cheeks: , "Dear Sylvia." it ran. "May I call at four on a matter of importance? Am sailing at daybreak for Germany to take up the study of medicine in Berlin. Please do not refuse me. Billy." For an Instant Sylvia stood holding the sheet between trembling, icy fingers. Should she see him? All the fierce resentment and wounded pride of the past year surged up In her defense; with a swift impulse she seized a pen and dashed down a single word and signed it "Sylvia." The succeeding hours were the longest Sylvia had ever spent In her life, but Chalmers arrived promptly. She greeted him with her most formal little manner, effectually screening wild inward turbulence from his eager penetrating glance. Every attempt he made to lead the conversation Into personal channels was balked by her, and finally Chalmers broke out abruptly: "Look here, Sylvia, the last time I saw you it was an understood thing between us that a3 soon as we both graduated we'd be " "Have you forgotten Alllne?" she Interposed, coldly. "That affair was all my mother's doing. Only recently I learned of the report in the paper which you must have seen. I went at once to Miss Bester and told her the true situation. She is to be married in April to another man. We shook hands and parted friends. On my word of honor, that Is the sum and substance of the whole thing. By George, Sylvia ! who is that fellow?" Chalmers had caught sight of the panel on the mantelshelf, and the color flooded his face. Sylvia blushed, too. and said, foolishly: 'Tsn't he a wonder?" "To Judge by the gushlness of the press he is," was the half-disgusted reply. "You know him well, of course?" she queried, fencing for time. "Oh, after a fashion! Do you?" He gave her a quick, keen look. "Only in this legendary sort of way," and she Indicated the pile of clippings on her desk, her eyes traveling comprehensively from one wall to another where were displayed the more or less ludicrous prints. "I suppose he's a perfect Idol of the girls. Isn't he?" Chalmers grunted. "I happen to know that he doesn't care a fig for but one In the world and tshe won't look -at him." . 1 "Oh," exclaimed Sylvia, "what a stupid she must be!" Chalmers rose and paced the length of the room, then back again. He stopped In front of Sylvia'3 chair; his voice had changed when he spoke. "Is it possible, Sylvia, that this fellow has supplanted me in your estimation has taken the old, 'dear place Sylvia laughed constrainedly. "I you see," she said. "I had to have something to keep up my Interest somebody. It it's a sort of fad. you know " "But If ha should come here today. ! r9A Aeb vstia 4. l.n V. I ...If ou ooa jkjll iu ur: uis w Jitr WUUIU ) UU listen to him?" "I suppose I should." was the very subdued response. Chalmers tit his lip. Suddenly he sat down on the arm of her chair and deliberately drew her head against him. "Listen, dear," he began excited!)'. "I want to tell you a few things about Brown. He had a serious accident last year during one of the big games, and his people didn't want bJm to play football any more. He didn't make any rasa promises, but rather than have them worry, he took an assumed name " Sylvia looked up tentatively, her eyes now wistful, now dancing red lips parted. "Do you think he did wrong in this?" Sylvia shook her head, her black lashes shadowing the pink rim of her cheek. "Sweetheart, I I am Brown." "Oh!" He caught her close to hh heart. morrow, dear, or will It require a "Will ycu cross the ocean with me tolonger time to get accustomed to Brown's identity?" "I knew it all along," she whispered. "I haven't missed a game. And and Billy, pleaso let me talk, I I think It would be something of a distinction, really, to be pointed out as Mrs. Brown." play as well as the man who becomes expert in the use of but one. The versatile man is seldom more than an amateur, being kept out of the professional class simply because lie has never learned to concentrate his full powers on one thing. Young men and women must look out for these pitlä. The only talent that ever acmplished anything worth while is iiiat trained along a certain, definite. fixed line. Pursued by an Apparition. That burglars have a keen sense of humor has often been demonstrated, and a merry thief turned up at Chicago the other day who, running unexpectedly Into a policeman, explained that he was fleeing from an apparition, and was looking for police protection. The apparition in question turned out to be a night-shirted '-ouseholder whose home the fugitive I just robbed!

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London. A baby giraffe, one of the few ever born In captivity, was born the other day In the zoological gardens. When three days old it stood five feet high and toddled about in lively fashion. It has taken to the bottle with avidity though it Is not neglected by its mother, a 13-foot Kordofan giraffe. With the exception of a three-year-old brother of the latest arrival, no giraffe has been born In the zoo for a generation.

KEEPING COW QUIET

Milk Affected Where Animal Is Subject to Excitement. Well Known Physician Cites Instances Where Headaches Have Been Caused, To Be Obliterated by Weak Tea and Lemon. London. "This milk comes from cows that have been kept calm, unexcited and In a good temper," will be the guarantee of the honest dairyman of the future. For milk from excited or Irritated cows is, according to the latest scientific opinion, more immediately, though transiently, harmful than when it contains disease germs. "The reason is this," a well known physician declared recently. "When a man is subjected to unpleasant emotions, such as temper, fear or sulki ness, his blood throws out toxins. Intense excitement has the same effect, and this is the cause of the bitter taste in the mouth after such experiences. "Now, these poisonous bodies are eliminated from the blood by means of the various secretory organs of the body, among which are the salivary glands, and that is why their presence is detected by the taste. "In the case of milch cows a definite percentage of the sum of the toxins caused by fright, bad temper or irritability reaches the milk, and in extreme cases will canse it to go bad much before the normal time. "Patients frequently call upon me and complain that their health, though not radically bad, fluctuates unpleasantly in a way that they can only define as resembling slight, but very unpleasant, liver ailments. "In listening to their descriptions of their symptoms I have been struck by the fact that many complain that very often they come down to breakfast feeling very fit and hungry after a vigorous cold tubbing, but half an hour after that meal are not well. '"There are sensations of headache rather than real headache, unpleasant heart palpitations, sluggishness of thought and a sense of irritability.

Ail-Night Bank Didn't Pay

Little Business Done After Nine O'clock and Directors Decide to Close at Midnight. New York. New York always likes to regard Itself as the busiest city In the world. It takes itself very seriously on this side, however much it may frivol for amusement and recreation. Nothing pleases a New Yorker more than for a visitor to notice the great rush In the streets and to express admiration at the immense concourses of people, and to protest against the terrific congestion on the transportation lines. Indeed, the average New Yorker regards the physical discomfort of dense population as a tribute to his personal sagacity and cleverness. Give him half a chance and he will talk volubly in statistical terms about the tremendous'volume of business done on Manhattan island. A few years ago a banking Institut lion was started that appealed strongly to this peculiar side of the Manhattanite. A bank was opened to run day and night, never to close its doors. So rushed were the people, it was announced, that it was absolutely necessary, in order to enable them to get rid of their surplus cash and put it Into a safe place, that an opportunity should be offered to bank at all hours. Strangers were shown the Night and Day bank as an evidence that New York never sleeps. The DIES LAUGHING AT A JOKE Heart Failure Causes Death of Joiliest Member of Maryland Merry Making Party. Ualtimore, Md. Just one minute after laughing heartily over a joke that was sprung by one of his com panions. Antone Zeitvogel, 48 years ot , age, of SIC South IJentalou street, , gasped slightly and expired. Xeitvogel was visiting his friend, Michael Maximov, on South ttruce street. In the dining-room he, with several other men. was swapping stories. Zeitvobel had just "concluded a side-splitting yarn, and another member had stepped up to narrate a good one. When he finished Zeitvogel roared with laughter. Suddenly his face became discolored and he gasped for breath. Alarmed, the other men jumped up to aid him, but before they could reach him Zeltvogel was dead from heart failure. The stamp of approval is apt to come from those who are well healed

NEWCOMER AT THE

- -rt? FEEDING The BABY GIRAFFE even of pronounced, but irrational, apprehension. "This wears off and passes away after lunch, especially if light wine or a beverage containing lemon juice is drunk with it "I got ihe clew to the causip of these symptoms the other week from a farmer I know, who sends a large quantity of milk to London. "Milk warm from the cow is an excellent nerve tonic, and I went out In the early morning to obtain a glass of it from the milkers, my farmer friend coming with me. "A large cow was being milked, and I asked for a drink to be given me from the pail. " 'You'd better not have any of her milk this morning,' he said. 'One of the cowmen has Just told me that she was chased by a dog in the night. If you dilnk her milk it may upset you.' "Thrn I remembered the toxins throw'i out by the blood under such

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COTTON SEED FLOUR

Wholesome Substitute for Meat, Says State Chemist of Texas. As Manufactured In Lbn-s Star State Can Be Used as Human Food, Is Professional and Scientific Opinion of Dr. Fraps. College Station, Tex. That cotton seed flour, as manufactured by the cotton oil mills of Texas, can be used na a human food is the professional and scientific opinion of Dr. G. S. Fraps, state chemist of Texas. Ia explaining wbat cotton seed flour is. Dr. Fraps states that it is cotton seed meal which bas been especially! treated so as to remove the hulls as thoroughly as possible. It is finely ground, of a bright yellow color and with pleasant odor and sweetish taste. According to the Investigation made by the Btate chemist, the following lights burning within the institution were regarded almost as reverently as altar flanips. The niidn'.ght tellers were considered as the highest typo of metropolitan enterprise and progress. But lately the directors -of the Night and Day bank have noticed that while the lights burn brightly and the institution Is pointed out with pride by New Yorkers escorting rural cousins about th? city, and loudly proclaimed by the orators on the sight-seeing automobiles, little business was done after six o'clock. So having more regard for dividends than for furnishing an object of tourist interest, the directors have decreed that hereafter the bank will open at eight o'clock in the morning and close at midnight. Topless Potatoes. L.ewisown, Pa. Parks Murtlff, proprietor of the St. Charles hciel, owns a farm in the vicinity of Durnham park, and his farmer called him over and Informed him that he was growing topless potatoes. An Investigation proved that two rows, supposed to have been early rose seed, were absolutely without sign of stalks; yet there are roots with potatoes the size of large shelibarks In the rows. The farmer says it's a good thing, as it will fool the bugs.

Starts an Electrical Farm

Former New York Judge Improves on German Idea and His Plants Rush Season. New York. The newest thing in scientific soil tilling is the "electric farm." Ex-Judge Thomas II. William:; n Brooklyn Is making the experiment ile has' purchased a two-acre plot Mast Northport, I I., on winch he trying to grow crops with the aid electricity. While the general scheme is not entirely new, Mr. Williams thinks he lias improved on the methods employed by experimenters near Dresden, Germany. There the electric currents were passed through atmosphere surrounding young plants. It was found that, while the growth was accelerated to a slight extent, it was not enough to warrant the expense of the electrical equipment. Mr. Williams has strung Wires on poles about a dozen feet above the ground in which seeds are planted

LONDON ZOO

conditions as the cow had been subjected to, and I thought of my patients who felt upset after breakfast. "Since then I have advised my patients to drink weak tea with a little lemon juice in it instead of milk, and the results have been good. "Unfortunately, boiling the milk Is not of much use, for these toxins are not germs, but definitely poisonciw secretions, very little, if at all, affected by heat. i "The remedy is to keep cbws calm and to drive them very quietly to the milking place. "If one is at all sensitive to alimentary irregularities milk should never be taken unless it is certain that the cow from which it comes was not unduly disturbed for a least eight hours before she was milked. "Milk from a cow that has been In a violent temper, or has been thoroughly frightened, might easily have a serious effect upon a child throw hi3 blood out of order and upset his nerves for a day or two. In extreme cases it might produce pronounced gastric trouble, very difficult to diagnose and to treat." facts regarding the cotton seed flout have been deduced: Cotton seed flour rtsembles meat more closely in Its chemical composition than it does wheat flour. It Is quite different in character from wheat our; It contains loss crude fiber than cotton seed meal, in that it contains less hulls. The flour contains more than twice as much protein as the meats, which is due to the water in the meat, but whatever the cause of the difference, the cotton seed flour contains over twice as much flesh forming (not fat) materials (protein) as anyu of the meats. A portion of cotton seed and meals contains over four times as much protein as eggs, and about the same quantity of fat. It contains over four :es as much protein as wheat Hour, .'heat flour, however, contains considerably more nitrogen free extract, consisting chiefly of sugars and starches. Thus wheat flour is a different kind of food from cotton seed meal. Cotton seed flour Is a meat substitute. It is not a flour substitute, being low in sugars and "starches In which flour is so rich. Protein Is the chief constituent of meals and Is generally considered as the most expensive nutrient of our foods. The bakery products which were ex amlhed had a yellow or brown color and a pleasant taste. Ihe color ia not noticed in ginger snr.ps and gingerbread. I Doctor Fraps advises against bleaching the cotton seed flour believing that as It is different in nutritive value from ordinary bread, It is well that its color should call at tentlon to the fact. Doctor Fraps says: "There Is no question that cotton seed flour will be wholesome, but experience and experiment most determine the quantltj that man should eat. "It is very rich and it would b an easy matter to eat too much. For that reason I don't think that it ought tc be used except as a mixture with .ether flour, not less than four parts of other flour to one of cotton seed flour." Cheap Dresses Make Hit. New York. Twenty-seven of the 213 girls who were graduated from the Washington Irving high school the other night received their diplomas wearing dresses some of which cost as little as 72 cents and none more than one dollar. Among the other 21C, some had on dresses' that cost as high as $73. More than 1,000 persons were present, but not one person was found who was able to pick out one of the 27 girls whose dress had been made complete for les3 than one dollar. and low voltage. Windmills are used ' to generate the electricity. Part ol the current is run into. the storage batteries , for use when there i3 nc wind to work the mills. Mr. Wil liams trie! the Schorns firet nn n snull ot at Central Slip, L. I. ne is said ! have advanced the growth of his ants three weeks. He is now ex perinienting on a larger scale. Rat Steals Hen's Eggs. Petersburg, Ind. A sitting hen al Charles Berridge's, just west or town, has been losing the eggs placed under her, unui oniy one remained. Berridge kept close watch on the hen and saw a large rat sneak to the nest, go under the hen. and soon appear with the egg which It rolled into, a hole near the poultry house. An excavation was mal nnfi ivm shells of 15 eggs, all that had been j placed under the tn, were found in ' rne rai 1101

SCIENCE I If AND. W4t

SCIENTIFIC NOTES. Violet tinted potatoes are said to stand highest in nutritive value. As a general rule, a man's hair türm? gray five years earlier than a woman's. Infants' foods form a considerable item of importation, $41,000 worth in 1908. : During the year 1909 the London degcatchers caught 44,900 and dispatched 21,253. So powerful are the jaws of a wasp that the insect ha3 been known to puncture a sea shell. In strong contrast to the many hot .water geysers of Yellowstone park, a new one ejects ice cold water. To gather a pound of honey, scientists have figured that bees make nearly 23,000 trips from their hive. Banana oil, applied with a soft brush to any metal surface after polishing Is a good preventive of rust. Balloons are usually yellow, because that color protects the rubber used as outer sheath against the, disintegrating effects of light. In certain parts of Mexico the natives hang the nests of a large species of spifler In their houses to entrap flies and other small insects. A single cylinder engine of 5,000 horsepower, weighing close to 750.000 pounds, recently was built in Ohio for use in a steel rolling mill. To deal cards from a pack without danger of misdeals or turning them over is the idea of a machine recent ly patented by a New York man. A baseball with a cork core instead of one of solid rubber, the invention of a Philadelphlan has been officially adopted by one of the Dig leagues. A French aeronaut has patented a balloon which, when deflated, can be packed in its basket and the entire equipment carried on a man's back. As a space saver for small houses a Kansas man has invented folding stairs, operated on the lazy tongs principle by a hand wheel and gearingPROPER POSITION FOR HANDS Device Intended to Start Beginner on Piano In Right Way Corrects Bad Habit. Ono of the most serious things that the piano teacher has to contend with in her pupils, especially the very young ones, is the tendency to hold .the hands at a point on a level with the keyboard or a little below It. It la essential for good playing that this should be corrected, and the sooner the better, for if this slovenly habit gets the hold of one. it is very difficult to change. A little device designed to correct this trouble automatically ha3 been recently introduced, and it is shown in the accompanying cut. Two brackets secured to the instrument hold a stiff wire In front and a little above Position for Pianist's Hands. t?.v keys, so that It is necssarr for tt.e performer to hold the' wrists high In order to reach the ivories. Whenever a lapse is made from the correct position, the player is reminded of the error by the wrist coining In contact with the wire. When once the correct habit Is acquired, the device may be removed. Volcano at Matavanu. The volcano of Matavanu, In Savall, one ot the German Satnoan islands, was formed by an explosive eruption In 1905. Describing it to the London Geographical society, Dr. TVAndeison states that the discharge of fluid basic ! lava his run by a devioua course of about fen miles to the sea. depositing fields of both slaggy and clndery lava, filling & valley to a depth of 400 feet, and covering the most fertile land. Like Kllanea, the crater contains a lake of incandescent lava. This i3 s.) fluid that it beats in waves on the walls, rises in fountains of liquid ba.' salt, and tumbles in a cataract Into a subterranean channel, by which it reaches the sea, causing explosions. ' :th showers of mud and hot fran::ents, and the emission of clouds of bteam. j Seismologies! Service in Chile. Chile recently joined the countries having a seismologlcal service, which now Include Japan, Italy, Austria, Germany, France, Russia and the United States. Stations for observing earthquakes have been established from Taona to the South Sea Islands, along a meridian nearly 3,000 miles long, an I 550 observers note the shocks at " different localities. In six months 7 different earthquakes have been r corded, making Chile a rival of Jap-: as the most shaken country. A novo. Instrument at Santiago, the first of its kind, is one by P. Macclonl that is claimed to give warDlng of approaching earthquakes by its response to electromagnetic waves set up in advance of the shocks. Ticket Gives Fare Due. A taximeter for use on public vehicles, now being tested by the London authorities, issues a ticket at tho ltd of the journey stating the amouqt f fare due. Dmitri ntnn Mannetlsm. The magnetism with which Prof. S. P. Thomson lately showed a perceptible effect on the senses was produced by a powerful alternating current in a nine Inch coil of 32 turns of copper wire. With his head in the coil, the observer in the dark perceived a flickering bluish light, and in broad daylight the flickering persisted. An Otioan has patented a devise to turn attomobile lamps with the wheels to illuminate the road In rounder z corners.

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DECOY DUCK IS COLLAPSIBLE

Invention Will Be Found Convenient to Hunters Folded Into Srr.cll Space. A collapsible decoy duck that will be found very convenient by hunters has been invented by an Illinois man. When not in use it can be folded into . a. smaii compass ana tucked away anywhere. An oval base has two legs hinged to the bottom so that the decoy can either be floated on the water or stuck in the mud. Hinged Collapsible Decoy. to the back of the base, on top. is a curved wire that serves as a tail sup-: port and in front is another curved wire, terminating at the bottom In &' spring, that holds the head. This wire is turned to one side when laid back' against the base so the head will lie flat. A collapsible body with thin wire ribs is stretched over these wire supports so that when they are opened up the body Is stretched out In semblance of the form of a duck. Hunters who have lugged along the bulky old style ducks on their trips will ap-t predate the advantage of one of this kind that can be adjusted in a jiffy and is light and practically Indestructible. LONE SUBMARINE RESCUE SHIP Germany, Alone of All Nations, Pos sesses Vessel Capable of Dealing With Accidents. The French navy's lack of adequate means to rescue the submerged Pluvlose, which was run down recently In the English channel by the Calais-; Dover mall steamer,, calls attention to the fact that Germany alone of all nations possesses a vessel capable of dealing with 6uch accidents. Although Germany has only eight completed underwater boats, compared with Great Germany's Submarine Resoue Ship. Britain's 63, Prance's 56. Russia' 30 and 18 of the United States, Teutonic thoroughness has already provided a rescue ship, illustrated in the accompanying sketch plan. She is named the Vulcan and was launched at Kiel in 1907. The vessel, which has a length of 230 feet, con sists of two separate hulls, marked AA and BB In the sketch. These are fitted with engines which give a speed of 12 knots. -GO are the funnels. At either end the separate hulls are connected by a deck, marked - D, so that viewed from forward or aft the ship presents the structure of a tunnel. A large space, F, sufficient to allow the largest German submarine yet de: signed to pass through. Is left cleai; between the two hulls, and over this are erected two steel girder brldgesj with two others connecting them. They are marked EE. These bridges are fitted with a powerful electric crane, capable of lifting a weight of 500 tons, and when a submarine has thus been raised it can bo rested upon movable girders which can be placed beneath it. The ship Itself Is more or less a floating workshop. With the exception of the- men' directly concerned in the navigation of the ship all on board are skilled engineers and a number of divers are carried, so that operations can be commenced as soon as the vessel arrives on the scene of an accident. STUDYING AIR OVER LONDON British Scientist for Several Years Industriously Explored Atmosphere , ' Above City. With the aid of a balloon a British scientist has for several years Industrlout j explored the atmosphere ovet London, and the results of hi3 Investigations afford a strange picture of the 6kyward extension of the world's greatest city. Somewhat fanciful and yet with a certain degree of truth, London might be said to be six thousand feet high, or deep, for up to about that level the air over the vast town Is unmistakably London air. Between three thousand nd five thousand feet above the housetops is a eglon where dust resembling chaff, filaments and woolen fiber, euch as o;ild arise from tho: oughf ares and : ' orn the sweeping of houses, seems specially to accumulate. At least there is more there than nearer the ground. In calm weather aerial London becomes to a certain exterit stratified. From about six thousand feet one can often look down upon the surface of the haze, as if it had a definite limit Transformation of Cat's Fur, Remarkable transformation of a ".ii V fur by temperature has been rerted by Prof. A. C. Geddes of the lin Royal College of Surgeons. An 'ack cat was accidentally shut up he refrigerating chamber of r ..i steamer In Sydney harbor, an;! was not discovered until about thirtytwo Juys later, when the ship was off Aden, The cat was hardly recognizable, the. fur having become long and thick, changing nearly to white on tha back. Brought out into the Intense Äeat of the Red sea, the heavy white coat rapidly fell out, and the black cat was itself again before London waa reached. Indi; and Ceylon produce seven eighths of the world's tea. Electricity From Jordan River. It may seem sacrilegious but nevertheless a company is being formed to build a light and power plant at the falls of the Jordan between Meron and Lake Galilee. The river at this point makes a descent of 700 feet and it is planned to build the plant large enough to supply all of the large towns of Palestine. An apparatus has been patented to convey concrete through pipes by air pressure from a tank to the place wher n is to be used.

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"-ri-nr uuu CRIME AND DRINK IN CANADA Statistics Show That Conviction Du to Liquor Has Increased Considerably, Criminal statistics for the year end-' d September, 1905, have Just been Issued by the census bureau at Ottawa. They look somewhat antiquated now, but as they are the latest available, some of the facts given are still of Interest. The figures deal separably with Indictable offences an4 summary convictions, the latter referring to cases disposed of by Justices of the peace. British Columbia, Manitoba and Ontario show a crime record remarkable figures relate to the maritime provinces, where the Scott act Is in force in most counties, but especially Prince Edward island, the only province in the dominion with provincial prohibition. Ontario's crirnö ratio for 10.000 of the population shows a gradual increase: 1897-1900 12.94:1900-1905, 13.38; 1905. 15.S9. Of the total number of persons con victed during the five-year period end lng with 1905 there was an average of BS per cent, who used liquor moderately and 8S per cent, who were itamoderate drinkers. For the second period ending with 1905 there waa &q average t 60 per cent, moderate and 28 immoderate drinkers, as compared! with 57 per cent, moderate and 23 per cent moderat drinkers for 1906. Th balance of the 100 In each period wer either nondrinkers or not tiven. Dealing with summary convictions, which are for offences such as assaults, breaches of the peace, infractions of various laws, such as' liquor license act, etc., and such other of fences as vagrancy, drunkenness, and disorderly conduct, the report states that the number of summary convictions has increased considerably throughout the several provinces durlnr the last five years. Luring the years ending with 1903, drunkenness represented about 35 per cent, of the total summary convictions, as compared with 40 per cent for the yoar 1906. Out of the total number of persons convicted for drunkenness, female offecders represented S.S7 per cent, for the ten years ending with 1905, as against 5.10 per cent, for the year 190G. Taking tne year 1906, the following table shows the percentage of convictions for drunkenness of each province, with the percentage of population of the provinces: Percentage Perot centage Convictions of for PopulaProvinces. Drunkenness, tion, Prince Edward island 0.48 1.69 N'ova Hcotia 1162 7.76 New Brunswick .. 7.34 5.62 Quebec 19.12 29.08 Ontario 29.71 37.10 Manitoba IS 55 6.11 British Columbia 6.76 4.09The territories 9.42 8.55. The following table shows the con-. vlctions for drunkenness in each province, with the convictions per 1,000 of population: Per 1,000 Num- InhabiProvinces. ber. tants. Prince Edward island .. 120 1.19 Nova Scotia 2.919 6J8 New Brunswick 1,843 5.48 Quebec 4.S02 2.76 Ontario 7,459 3.36 Manitoba 3,905 10.6S British Columbia L697 6 93 The territories 2,365 4.62 Canada 25.110 ' 4.20 LESS LIQUOR IM SCOTLAND Citizens of Edinburgh Congratulate Themselves on Satisfactory Report of Chief Constable. Edinburgh people axe congratulating themselves on x the satisfactory nature of the report Just issued by the chief constable for the city for the year 1909. It shows that during that year arrests for drunkenness. crime and disorders of all kinds were fewer than they have been since reliable statistics pt this kind have been kept by the authorities. The total number of persons arrested for all kinds of offenses, drunkenness Included, was. 13,411 In 1909. as compared with 15.279 In 190S, a decrease of 1,868. That the poorer people in Edinburgh seem to be getting more sober is shown by the fact that whereas in 1903 tho number of persons arrested for be ins drunk and incapable, drunk and disorderly, or drunk In charge of children or vehicles was 7,331, the number last year fell to 5,521, a decrease of 1.810. Much speculation has been Indulged In as to the causes which have led to this welcome decrease of drunkenness In Edinburgh and It may be said that the same decrease has been noted in other large towns In the country. The extra duty on cplxlts imposed by the budget was undoubtedly, as the chancellor of ihe exchequer now knows to his cost, followed by an almost Immediate decrease In the consumption of whisky. Blame Drink for Epilepsy. 'There are 2,000 epileptics In Philadelphia, and of this number at least 1.600 cases were preventable deMared Dr. Matthew Woods as an Intro.nicn to his lecture on "Instruments Precision In Their Relatlonto the fce of Alcohol" before the Society ot College Settlement Workers at Philadelphia the other day. .Dr. Woods explained that 40 per. cent, of the cap.es of epilepsy were due to the fact that one or i;? other of th9 parents of the victims were addicted; to the use, moderately or otherwise, of intoxicants. Alcohol with meals he also condemned, but favored the moderate use. of water. Two or three glasses of good water at the meals. Dr. Woods said, would be beneficial. The use cf alcohol In cases of Indigestion, h -esplalncd, was positively harmful. "Poor Man's Club." Tho saloon is the "poor man'a club," but the saloon keeper Is the one who wields It. Better Use for Brains. 'Edison, when asked If he ever drank, replied: "No; I have a better use for my brains." Two Kinds of Whisky. There are Just two kinds of whisky: the one Is bad: the other is worse. It Is always easier to talk of the dV vine plans than It is to do then. ,