Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 128, 31 May 1906 — Page 3

The Richmond Palte'cfium, Thursday, May -31 , 1 903.-

THE TEACHERS

HAVE PROTEST Do-not Like School Histories Which Have Been Adopted. SAID NO HEED WAS GIVEN MANY LETTER8 HAVE BEEN THE WRiTTEN DECLARING TEXT BOOK 18 NOT ACCEPTABLE. It is said that some Richmond and Wayne county school, teachers are numbered . among . , the hundreds of teachers in Indiana who have expressed dissatisfaction over the action of the state board of education in adopting Montgomery's history of the United States for another five years. It is asserted that many of the teachers over the state were dissatisfied with the book long before it was readopted by the board, and before the selection was made many letters were written by them to members of the board, protesting against the continuation of the Montgomery book, and asking for the adoption of another book. These letters cams from every part of theN State and voInted out t0 the board what the teachers regarded as defects in the oltf book And the good qualities of the ones they favored. One of the points raised was that the Montgomery book had been used in the schools of. the State tat fifteen years and that it was not an up-to-date text-book. It was urged also that the teaching of history from that booW hail become a monotonous duty for ihe teachers and that new life could be put into this branch of their work by the adoption of a different book. County Superintendents Write. It is said that the county superintendents of eighty-eight out of the ninety-two counties in Indiana wrote letters of this kind and that a majority of the superintendents of schools of the cities and towns of the State did likewise. Copies of these letters were made and bound in book form and a full set was placed in the hands of each member of the State . Board of Education, but the board readopted the Montgomery book for another term of Are years. ' .This dislike of the teachers throughout the State. f6r the Montgomery history Is now . said !q havetdken such deep root that in some schools there Is open revolt. It is even said that in some places there is a plan on foot to refuse to use the Montgomery history, and that a different book will be used. , "Such a course, however, Is declared by Attorney-General Charles W. Miller to be Illegal and a direct violation of the law. He cites Section 50 of the school laws of Indiana on this proposition, which reads as follows: "The '.books hat have been, or may hereafter be adopted by the State of Indiana for use In its common schools by virtue of this act, or the act mentioned In Section 1 hereof, shall be uniformly used in ill the common schools of the State, in teaching the branches of learning treated of in such books, and it shall be the duty 6f the proper school officer and authorities to use In such schools such books for .teaching the subjects treated in them.' ' The 8chool Book Law. The schoolbook law was construed by the Supreme Court of Indiana in the case of State vs. Haworth, 122 Ind., 462. In this case the court says: "The Legislature has the power to require a designated series of books to be used in the public schools, and to require that the books selected shall' be obtained by the school officers from the person to whom the contract for supplying them may be awarded. It may not only prescribe regulations for J using the books designated, but it 'may also declare how the books shall be obtained and distributed." "There can be no question," said Mr. Miller, "but that the law specifically prohibits the use of any other books than those prescribed and adopted by the State Board of Education." What Mr. Cotton Says. An Indianapolis ' dispatch says: When Fassett A. Cotton, State-Superintendent of Public Instruction, was asked about the revolt against the Montgomery history, he said: "I do not believe the demand for a change In histories In theschools is as great as has been ' represented. In fact, I know It is not. It is true these letters were written5 by teachers and superintendents, but' they, were solicited. The rival book house', has 'been collecting these letters 'for-the last two years. It lias sent copies of its history; to each of the teachers and asked for a letter of recommendation; and these letters were given for that reason. "The teachers of the State are very well satisfied with the'Montgomery hisjtory and do not wish a change. I have been over the State and haVe talked with many of '.the teachers in order to get their views on this -subject, and I found their common expression was, 'I am well satisfied with the Montgomery history. We teachers are used to it now and it would 'not bo wise to make a change. That is what they told me. I do not consider these letters as a fair representation of the real feeling of the teachers." Many New Red Men. The Hokendauqua Tribe of Red Men will have between forty and fifty candidates ' for adoption on Friday night of this week. . The initiation will be" gven in the wigwam at corner of Ninth and Main streets and all candidates are requested to be present 'at seven thirty o'clock. This class will Increase the membership of the lodge to about 550, making a gain of over pne hundred since January 1.

REV. ALGERNON S. CRAPSEY, SUBJECT OF FAMOUS HERESY TRIAL The Crapaey trial, which recently closed at JBata via, N. Y., was .perhaps the most motlentous heresy trial In American church history. The action was based on the statement that Dr. Crapsey bad denied the miraculous birth of Christ and had asserted that the story of the resurrection -is a creation of the primitive Imagination. He has been pastor of St. Andrew's Protestant Episcopal church of Rochester, N. Y., for a quarter of a century.

THE DEATH Of "

Publishers' Tress

Denver, May 30. A dlsprch from Cripple Creek says that Frank Palmer, said to be the original "Deadwood Dick," of dime novel fame, died in the county hospital there, yesterday, of pneumonia. According to the dispatch, Palmer was born at Jackson, 111., a nephew of former Senator John M. Palmer, who claimed relationship to the late Potter Palmer, of Chicago. When seventeen years old Palmer left home and drifted West. He went to Deadwood, S. D., In the early days of that camp, and became a successful gambler. He was known as a square gambler, ;and the sports of the mining camp dubbed him "Deadwood Dick, the Plunger.. DECORATION DAY AT CENTERViLLE Appropriate Exercises Held at Birthplace of Indiana's War Governor. REV. HAWLEY THE; ORATOR VETERANS FORM IN PROCESSION HEADED BY THE BAND AND MARCH TO CROWN HILL CEMETERY. Palladium Special. Centerville, May 30. Memorial Day was a notable event at Centerville. Business of all kinds was suspended and the community in general engaged in the observance of the occasion. Many places of business and homes were tastefully decorated with flags and bunting. The memorial meeting at the town hall in the afternoon was conducted by Frank Bietzell. Post No. 210 G. A. R. where a large crowd assembled. Occupying the stage were Rev. R. E. Hawley, Rev. A. F. Goodwin. Rev. E. 13. Westhafer, Captain Caleb B. Jackson, Enneas Kltterman, Marcellus Bietzell and William H. De Moss. The Invocation was pronounced by the Rev. A. F. Goodwin, who is a veteran of the Mexican war and later served in the union army. Music by Two Quartettes. Excellent music, appropriate to the occasion,' was furnished by a mixed quartette composed of Mrs. D. C. Shalley, Miss Maurice Bowers, D. C. Shalley and E M. Bowers and a men's quartette composed of D. C. Shalley, E. M. Bowers, Luther Zehrlng and Harry Scott, with Miss Mary Beck, pianist. The Rev. R. E. Hawley of Cambridge City, delivered the oration which was an earnest and eloquent effort. He opened his address by saying that' no higher honor could be paid to any one than to be invited to speak on Memorial Day. He esteemed It a great privilege to be permitted to speak at the home of Oliver P. Morton and paid a glowing tribute to the memory of the soldier's friend, the great war governor of Indiana. In concluding his remarks, the Rev. Mr. Hawley eulogized the heroes of the civil war. March to Crown Hill. After music by the quartette the procession was formed to repair to Crown Hill cemetery for the decoration ceremonies. The procession was headed by the Centerville band, followed by the G. A. R. Enneas Kltterman commander, Henry Seymour, color bearer. After the veterans came the children under the escort of Comrade N. Parrott. Following was the speaker and Captain C. B. . Jackson, and others in carriages. ;.At the cemetery the. impressive ceremonies of decoration took place. The children assisted the members of the Post in placing the flowers and flags the graves. - The graves of soldiers at West Grove, Bryan's Chapel ' and ' Abtngton cemeteries were decorated V in the forenoon by. committees of the '-"Post,

DEADWOOD DICK "

At the age of twenty-one Palmer re turned to Illinois and one year later went to Chicago, where he married the sister of a prominent Episcopal minister of that city. One child was born, but family differences arbse and" one year and six months , JLatr the husband and wife separated"; and j Palmer came West again. He "drifted into Cripple Creek nine years. ago. Reverses In fortune came and for eight years he sold chewing gum and candy which he carried around in a shoe box. It is thought that 'Palmers wife arid child still are in Chicago. Undertaker Hunt, who has charge of the body, is trying to find relatives in Illinois. COW III SCHOOL; STUDENTS' PRANK Fifteen Lads at Alexandria Started put to Have Some Fun. JANITOR MADDEST OF MEN SCHOOL BOARD LEARNS NAMES OF. THE OFFENDERS PREPARATORY TO TAKING ACTIONBOYS FEAR.PROSECUEION. Palladium Special.! Alexandria, Ind., May 30. Fifteen young men of this city are on the anxious seat awaiting the decision of the school board, as to whether they will prosecute them in punishment for a most unwarranted prank, akin to vandalism, last night when the party of youths took from a nearby pasture a cow belonging to A. C. Carver, and breaking the doors of the high school building drove the animal into the assembly court, where they left her until she was discovered by the janitor. The condition of the polished floors was indescribable and the ire of the school board was at once aroused at this outrage on decency, and within a short time the officers rounded up thirteen of the fifteen participants who are beginning to realize the enormity of their offense. The other two are known and it is probable that all will be prosecuted. The Janitor is, about the maddest man in the city today. FACTS FROM FRANCE. France -wants anothwr world's fair, but there is much opposition to the project In official circles. Frieadi the Elephant is the title of a society just formed in Paris to combat the gradual extinction of the animal by hunters. It is proposed to hold a laborers' exhibition in Paris in 1009. The object will be to offer a comparison between the life of workmen throughout fhe world today and that of laborers in past centuries. Tests of the strength of wire rope conducted for the French 'government show-that jthe ultimate strength of a round rope? is S3 per cent less than the sum of :the tensile strengths of. its individual wires before being laid. PITH AND-POINT. You will usually find this in jtheoblt? nary of a successful -business man: "He did not mingle in socle'ty The best you can do isn't , going to. help you very much'jinless it Is better than some-other man's best. ' Expecting, a f a vor done in the past to help you any is a good' deal-like relying for assistance upon a ghost. Xatvral PrlTtle It - Is ; a physical impossibility to keep a watering place exclusive." "Why so? "Because there anybody who pleases can be In the swim. Baltimore Amw lca..- 1

IWI1ISTALK MUCH OVER WIRE

This State has More Telephone Systems Than any Other Except Illinois. ARE 28,190 RURAL PHONES IN ONE YEAR THE TALK8 THROUGH THE TRANSMITTERS TOTALED 294,657,565 A GREAT RECORD. The census -Bureau at Washington has compiled figures on the telephone business in Indiana. This state with the 'exception of Illinois has more telephone systems than any other stati in the union. That the telephone business in Indiana is profitable is shown by the fact that in the year 1902 (for which the statistics just issued were compiled) only six, other states reported greater net surplus from the telephone businessafter deducting all expenses, than Indiana. The exceptions were Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, New York, Ohio and Texas. Most of the states which exceed Indiana in the amount of money made from the telephone business contain large cities and far outclass the Hoosier state In population. Interesting 'Phone Figures. The, total , revenue derived from all telephone .companies in Indiana during the year mentioned was $2,816,509. In diana ranked seventh among the states in this regard, being exceeded by California with total revenue of $4,091,076; Illinois, $7,308,885 ; Massachusetts, $6,127,452; New York, $16,362,193; Ohio, $6,192,640; Pennsylvania, $8,083,896. The total number , of talks over In diana telephones during the year were 294,657,565, of which 290,579,503 were local messages and the remainder were long distance or toll messages. Indiana -had, 209,599 miles of telephone 5yire. and 129835 telephone subscri bers; 650. switch, boards, 476 salaried officials, fclerks,' etc,, who drew salaries amounting tto $230,339; 2,860 wage earners who drew wages amounting to $858,711. Hooslers Great Talkers. In operating the Indiana telephone systems 1,962. girls were employed and they received wages amounting to $394,462, or a fraction over $201 a year. The number of male operators employ ed was 96. They received $20,785, or an average of about $214 a year. Of the 366 telephone systems in op eration in Indiana 261 are commercial systems, operated by corporations, individuals or firms for revenue, and 103 are mutual systems, operated through a mutual arrangement amopg persons benefited by the service. That the telephones is a great ve hicle of communication in Indiana is shown by the fact that the average number of messages per capita was 114. The only state eclipsing' Indiana in this respect were California with 116 message per capita, Washington, with 116 and Ohio with 131. The average number of messages per capita in the United States as a whole was 65. The average gross annual revenue per single telephone in Indiana is reported at $21.2, and the average operating expense per single telephone at $13.54. Leads in Rural Systems. The number of rural telephones in Indiana is "reported to be 28,190, of which 14,428 are operateu by commercial companies, 9,690 by mutual companies. Indiana ranks second among the states of the union in the number of rural telephone lines, being exceeded only by Illinois with its much larger area and population. Indiana has 621 public exchanges, of which 91 are operated by the Bell company and 530 by Independent companies. In regard to the independent companies which have flourished in Indiana as in few other states the census bureau says: "At first these made their appearances only in places that, under the exclusive Bell, regime, had not enjoyed the . benefit of telephonis service, but the independent movement soon assumed formidable proportions and its pfomoters invaded the larger cities, so that independent exchanges are found in successful operation in such places as Chicago, Cleveland, St. Louis Philadelphia and Indianapolis. The independent movement has not only created a vast net work of exchanges and interconnecting lines but has called into being a large number of manufacturers and a great variety of apparatus, so that, while a few years ago the telephonic art in the United States has attained a high degree of standardization it is once more taken, in some degree, by the confusion and heterogeneity that characterized its earlier years. Such conditions are always associated with rapid growth and in the field of telephony they constitute at the present time a remarkably interesting problem with many sociological, industrial and mechanical aspects." Silk Culturists. HJallaiUum.Speelal-l Centertllle, May 30. Several, young ladies In, Centerrille have become am ateur silk culturists. Among them are FrancisJPeelle, Norine Means and Marie Jackson. The United States Department of Agriculture furnishes , the silk worm. eggs and also sent quite a number of . seedling Russian Mulberry trees. The worms have attained a size when they require a frequent sup ply of food. They are being fed on the leaves' of ithe native Mulberry-and osaxe'oraage. Watcaea. The first . watch ever made ,by ma chfnery la the'tUnited States was made at Eoxbnry; Mass, JaJLS,

THE SOLAR SYSTEM.

Same Facta ,Wate!i Give am Idea of It laanaenaltr. ; In, all the, hear ens, with the exception of passing meteors or meteorites,, hot one body occupies a position closer to earth than the moon, which' is some 240,060 miles away very far, of course, side by side with any earthly distances, but a mere fraction side by side with other astronomical distances. Next to the moon our nearest occasional neighbor is Venus, end then Mars. Both Venus and Mars, however, are often farther away from ' us than the sun, which remains always at somewhere about the same distance, roughly at from 00,000,000 to 93,000,000 miles. This dividing space between sun and earth is of great importance in thinking about the stars, and. it should be clearly impressed upon the mind. Next to the sun in point of nearness come the more distant planets Jupiter, which is about five times as far from the sun as our earth Is; Saturn, nearly twice as far as Jupiter; Uranus, nearly twice as far as Saturn, and Neptune, nearly three times as far as Saturn. All these planets belong to our sun, all are members of his family, all are part of the solar system. The size of the solar system as . a whole, consisting thus of the sun and his planets, including our earth, may be fairly well grasped by any one taking the trouble to master two simple facts. They are these, that our earth Is roughly about 92,000,000 miles away from thd sun and that Neptune, the outermost planet of the solar system. Is nearly thirty times as far distant from tbe sun as our earth is. Chambers' Journal. AN ODD BIRD. The Kiwi .Nt Zealand H Some Remarkable Peculiarities. That queer bird, the kiwi, Is a native of New Zealand. " Its remarkable peculiarities are," first, tt apparent absence, of wings, as the plumage 60 covers ( the . small, rudimentary, stick like appendage of . a wing that none whatever v is ',arparent. The situation of the noa'trils at the bill's extremity Is a' second , peculiar feature. While hunting v for earthworms it probes the soft ground, making a continual snuff Ing sound. Thus the scent is evidently of great helpt In finding food and the reason for -the 'position of the nostrils quite apparent. A third peculiarity is the very disproportionate size of the egg in comparison to the bird, it being a little less"1 than one-fourth the bird's own weight, One . kiwi's , egg . found weighed four teen and one-half ounces, while the bird weighed just under four pounds (sixty-four ounces) and was about the size of an ordinary hen. The plumage of the kiwi is. a dull brown streaked with light gray, and the body resembles a miniature hay shock, rather badly hacked off at the rear part, as nature has not provided the kiwi with such, decoration as a tall. The absence' of wings .is compensated for by Its swiftness of foot, and the large, clumsy looking legs, which are sometimes used as weapons, are placed far back on the oddly shaped body. St, Nicholas. Taat Wm All. A young girl who is always trying some new thing was present once when the doctor set a neighbor's broken arm. She was sure that 6he knew exaetly how it was done and rather anxious to put her new knowledge Into practice. Some time later a hen out In the chicken, yard broke Its leg. The girl directly announced that she meant to set it "and make it as good as new." Accordingly It was put Into a plaster cast and left for the proper length of time to knit When the day came to take off the cast the girl ran out to the henhouse in great eagerness to see the result. Presently there was a scream that brought every member of the family to her side. The chicken was jumping miserably over the ground sidewise instead of directly forward You know a hen's leg has a crook. Well, 6he had crooked it the wrong way, that was all. Aliens In Old London. Here is a curious report of the aliens in London In the year 1567: "There being a great increase of foreigners in the city, her majesty ordered the lord mayor to take the name, quality and profession of all strangers residing within the city of London." The list was headed by the item, "Scots, 40. Other nations were represented by "French, 428; Spaniards and Portu guese, 45; Italians, 140; Dutch, 2,030 Burgundlans, 44; Danes, 2; Liegeois, 1. Sb ark's Tall For Lack. Attached to the extreme end of the bowsprit of a sailing vessel there may sometimes be seen a piece of some ma terial that looks remarkably like leath er. This seeming piece of leather is really a shark's tail. It Is placed there because the sailors think that it augurs good luck, believing that pleasant voy a&es will be their lot while It remains there. Instead of "the bowsprit the tail is at times nailed to the top of one of the masts. London King. Different. "Why don't you elope with her?" "But, good gracious, man. If you are perfectly willing for me to marry your daughter I cannot see any object to be attained by our eloping." "Can't you? How will !t be if I of fer you half of what I save on the wed ding?' Houston Post. Tbe Main Point. "What do you think? That boss poll tician says he has divorced himself from politics." "Then I'll bet he secured alimony." Baltimore American. Common sense in an uncommon decree Is what the world calls wisdom. Coleridge. "A Bare Bodkin. "Bare" means "mere" as well as "naked." and I cannot doubt that by "bare bodkin" Shakespeare meant "mere bodkin,' the point of the passage being with bow contemptibly small an lnstrumeat jwe could, if we chose, put an end .to life and all its bother.1 "Bare" J probably w.as used instead of "mere' i f or the., sake; of effective' alliteration. MCf. with Hamlefs "bare bodkin:' ; t(.i.mk4 'tt "ii.i ..in ttt n taa UIUUUUIU. O yiU) AAA, For "hare" in the sense of "mere" needcItetonly "bare imagination of a lea st ' ixmaon isotes-ana queries.

Mo Liability m fcan rranao or anywhere in Califonua, leavene German FireJ cf Indiana, vts'flncially sound as ever. Insnrli a . home company. Richmond Insurance Agency, Hans N; Koll, Mgr 11 South 7th St. Telephone' No.-41.

(MM

Being a holiday our store will be

me oaiance ot ine peopie,,iree xovpayrespccn. , Our store will be opened. on vTueaday,eventng, ant

with our wagons until what ordersyoujhavemaderfyour 'Decoration Day ' dinners are. filled. ComeiasearlyIaspoasblesojitotglveutafchancelto"

get the goods out. xStoretwIlltbedpenecr Saturday until business : is (completed.

k! . n.A.A kl.t.iB... ..j1!l..iR!ntfcv.iM.llm..iiM'

icvv ruiMiocs, lien rcn aiiuwieciii

Fine home grown 'Jettuce perJb.ytOjfs. . gi v

Greenronlons, RadisHesJandPlerlnttZjkbunchesjorvSctfcX

Nice : Large FancyiPlnefApplesJcts'and'IScta eachi" ,

Bananas per:doz15ctsT Sweet 'Sugar .Cured iHams W&tfrn California! Hamsfnicei a'nd country Bacon u pounai pound. Navy Beans mquarts Hoods Leadef - Vffee

e;bJest;forWeImceypeffI

Hoods! Fancy! lenithV23(tamR25cyaH

Fresh Fresh Santa Swifts Pride 9kbrlf oV25.t;, Willi VT MlVkV to $2.60,: 50 Jardlnl See the Pictorial Review Patterns. HOOD'S Trading , Stamps twith 1070: OlatP.non Saturday.' ,. Tme Aetmsr. " The old time actor bad; peculiar anfl primitive views as to elocution" and Its uses. I remember, a. certain1 old friend of mine viho, when he recited 'the open lag Bpeech In "Richard III." and arrived at the line, "In the. deep' bosom of the ocean buried," suggested'lhe; deep bosom of the oeean'by sending his voice into his.bbots. Yet these were fine actors, to whom certain young k gentlemen who never' saw them constantly refer. The methods of the. stage have completely . changed and with them the tastes of the people. The probability Is that some of the.oldactors of .only a few years ago would , excite, much merriment in their. delineation. of ;trag edy. , A very great tragedian of apast generation was wont in the tent scene In "Richard III." to bold a piece ol soap in his mouth,. so that, after the appearance of the, ghosts, the lather and froth might dribble down bis chin, and he employed . moreover a .trick sword which rattled hideously, and, what with his foam flecked face, his rolling eyes, his inarticulate groans and his rattling blade, the small ' boy in the gallery was scared Into a frenzy of vociferoui delight! Richard Mansfield in Atlantic Proficient. When western Iowa was newly set tled the farmers in an isolated section banded themselves together as a school district and proceeded to choose one of their number committeeman. A log schoolhouse : was - erected, and soon a young woman came that way seeking a chance. to teach. The committeeman was designated to ascertain her fitness. When the time for the ordeal arrived the public, official was at his wlfs end He had been examined himself often enough,-but that was when he was at tending district school fifty years before. The very thought, of conducting an examination himself, and for a teacher at that,, stnggered him. He could not think of a question to ask. The young woman i sat waiting, and the old ' man teetered ' nervously on hit tiptoes. "Well, now, .Miss Burden," he, said cautiously at : last, "kin -you say " the alpbabeback'afdsr' Miss Burden could, and did. "Fine!". cried the committeeman "I'll Just Indorse your certificate." , ,He wrote It thus: "Fully prdfeesbunt." A Great . Stamp Foro-ery. The most colossal stamp forgery 01 record entailed - the. successful swindling of collectors .throughout Europe In 1889. One day ; the French paperi announced- that King-, Marie of Sedang, an Island' in the viclnity.'of China, was coming to" Paris. As it hap pened, this self created monarch wai an ei-offlcer of the French navy, and his appearance In Paris created con siderable sensation. As soon as hli majesty had been duly "advertised' sets of seven different postage stampt marked "Sedang" and bearing three half moons appeared, and so great wai the demand for them that in less than a month they realized 1,000 franc each. Not until the king and his min isters had reaped fat fortunes in thie manner was it discovered that the whole thing, was a hoax and the stampi consequently worthless. " 'Aneleat Rofci. Flinders Petrie, the archaeologist, while excavating among some ancient Egyptian tombs, found a wreath of roses which had been bound into a garland and buried with the dead thousands of years ago. M. Crepin, the botanist andmicroscoplst, made a careful examination of this queer find and prepared a paper on it which he read before the Royal society of Belgium. From this paper it appears that In places where the flowers were matted together they still retained their color as well as a very faint odor. The species to which they belong Is now extinct, bat a rose . resembling them in several particulars ' is still grown In Egypt and Abyssinia. , -.

.Country utr per JMiBcts'ZiHiforiaacxsi;. CourttVyJ Clause i o L.enox9oan8bars!f or?25cta. i i

stanWsiwItMelfthUne , .

ers'Fancy;As0rtm?itnbi2;an,ke?1

'fiewTLoQTJardlnlfcrVand'tO-stamDs6t5r?' "

;

i

i

closedall.day as I.h .to.be with Fvve nyr day evening fsameTas; on 'mallymeaure15c'tsf peVpk. I Id leurwf perj pound.! 1 ftsWl. -

nce,ar!d;SugarJcuredbythetH1Ctiej

''EtlaaettajATawaVtForastjRaa-ht. J fi WhileSta'tHe f oreetvreservei Iff.wolllS ,w'ehuiledtI4met:8e'ferltof)tlierit ranger , au or itnemf intelligent men,' flomevwlth college education.') men (who! rseem'ed 4 peculiarly ' adapted, to ltbeir callingAwho rknewltheimouatalnsithoH oughlyAhandyth-aniaxtand'gunJandt ;fullef resources. A , degree of . ethics obtained among the. sportsmen, j guides,) trappers: and forest rangers that ' was! xuicreturag. v'ncu;Buy-oueKoesrio a. deserted cabin, inmost f.wblchi would! be foand food,: bedding, a stove, etc.. It . is proper form for him-to stay a)l, night,, eat all he can. put -away under his belt,, if In dire'need'dlvlde any -sup ply of tobacco and matches he may find, but he must take, away, nothing; else, since to carry off. an article of lit-' tie value, such. as hammer, hatchet.1 pinchers, snow " glasses, screw driver,' fish hook, ' , pipe or other .similar article might inconyenience: the owner greatly when 'be happened along and wanted them and was forty miles or more from a source of supply. If. a belated wanderer fails to wash the dishes and' leave a supply of dry wood sufficient to build a fire and. cook a meal'he is at once' tabooed and his companionship Is not sought - after. Northwestern ? Sports1 man. . . t -9 The Blae of the. San. j The sun, ciovifledt we measure totdyj the disk seen, with the smoked) glass, jii 866,000 miles in diameter J.-e., 108 earths could be comfortably ranged side by, side across ithe, 'disk. Tocover the surface would , require many thousands. ,. To flfl j the interior iw 1 shonld need l,30u,OOO. '.Onja smaller , scalev we might represent the, sun ibjra balHtwo feet mtdiaetefaekl fthetearthbVTa good slzed.gTilafBh'ot.-DetV,the?eun be . hollowed i out, ' then , nlace fthe .earth at' Its center and let thetmooneyolve about it , atUtsireall discMoft246.tt miies. There'wottld ;ytealttnearl3j 200,000' miles of space Deteen the moon'sorbit.andUheMELclokimStahUof; the sun. Indeed to ; Journey from one side of the; suhitotheiothFf.vttfouim the center.wonld take one ofjourjswlft! expfstralMiIeafly7twoad!alha1ft yearsSovristia gtoifiuttjheavy.l SihceJitstdenAity is t only , o'rfe'quarterl that' of sti e$rth tit Xony i eignsa mucuasu (earth's, orJtwo 1 octUllexirot:tonTheattracentof on Jteiiglrfi'cet would cauaeiLa'inaa whosweit.walbO-pounds' to' weigh two tons. ; ' tlMmM IaFranee. 5 Therefe everaljdistrictsn)Ftancr where the Qveryjl ancient stonfues 'still survive, fiajque I Is 48okentabdut lOd.'OOO persons, y who;1 are naturally, proud; of t a j language that is their ' ex-j elusive -possession, for it'ls'tttlllke ev-; ery other spoken -tongue, and the assertion is commonly made that , to understand it one must have learnedHt in! the cradle. This peculiar property; gives In the mind of the'Basque people support to their belief that it was the language of Adam and Eve. .The same' claim is advanced, .though, for Breton.? The Romans when they conquered Gaul compared Breton to croaking off ravens. About a million people speak Breton. Then ' there are Flemish, still -spoken by a comparatively small number in northeastern France, Catalan In the Pyrenees-Orientales and Languedoc and Provencal, whose gradual extinction has been delayed mainly by the efforts of a few literary enthusi asts. It has gone' out of fashion to boast of never reading ads. Those who do not novadays are inclined to keep quiet about it, as they would about any other personal shortcoming..