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THE EMOTIONS
How Wa Are Whirling Around
and Through Space.
THE INFLUENCE OF THE SUN.
Without Its Attraction That Draws the
World Toward It In an Elliptical
Course Our Globe Would Wander on
Forever In a Straight Line.
There nre those who think much of
moving from one point to another of
the earth—travel they call It—and yet
pay little I teed to the wonderful Jour
ney of the earth itself. Many, again,
go to seek a climate while the hurry
ing earth Is bringing to them v no <ll
mate after another in erd'—s mooes .
sion. Those who have hitherto
taken much notice of the ... ,it's prog
ress—who have hot. so to speak, locked
out of their carriage window as the\
nre whirled along—might find anew
Interest In doing so Look, for exam
pie, at the apparent size of the sun
Casual observation shows that it ap
pears larger in tlie winter heavens
And exact measurements tell us that
it is largest on dan 1 and smallest on
duly 2. The size of the sun thus marks
the earths nearest approach and
greatest distance from the sun Accu
rate astronomical measurement of the
sun’s diameter might even determine
the day of the year, for the daily vari
ation in the apparent size of the sun is
some nine-fiftieths of a second of an
gular measurement. And astronomers
profess to measure the second decimal
of seconds.
There are throe ways in which wo
are journeying with the earth. There
Is, first, the daily revolution, which car
ries us through a complete circle in
twenty-four hours at a rate varying
from rather more than a thousand
miles an hour at the equator to noth
ing at the poles, where no one. by the
way, has ever been. Then we are trav
eling around the sun once a year at
the rate of eighteen miles a second
Thirdly, we are journeying through
stellar space, for one of the most re
markable facts which modern astron
omy has brought to light Is that our
solar system, the sun with all its plan
ets, is on a journey toward the con
stellation Lyra at the rate of ten miles
a second.
As we sit in a train and are whirled
along it somet’tries appears as if the
scenery were flying past ns rather
than we past it. So the daily revolu
tion of the earth—a thousand miles an
hour at the equator—makes the sun
rise and set, and our yearly Journey
makes the sun apparently tree el
through the constellations of the zo
diac. if we move round any stationary
object on the earth we see it with a
constantly changing background—now
a windmill, now a cottage, now a
wood, now a church, etc. So ns we
travel round the sun we see it with an
ever changing background of stars—
now those of Aries, now’ of Taurus,
now of Gemini, and so on. The posi
tion of the sun among the stars marks
the stages of the earth’s annual Jour
ney. And as the earth arrives at dif
ferent points of its orbit tbe times of
the risings of certain stars vary. These
Indications of the . earth's progress
have been taken as marks of the sea
sons. Thus when Sirius rose with the
sun it was known that the dog days
had begun. Early astronomers watch
ed carefully for the rising of tlie dog
star. The Egyptian astronomers look
ed for the helical rising of Sothis to
proclaim the new year.
It is the earth’s yearly journey round
the sun which enables us to determine
the distance! of the stars. The method
is precisely that adopted by surveyors
for determining the position of objects
on earth. The direction of the object
whose distance Is to be found is ob
served from two points a known dis
tance apart. The rest is mere calcula
tion. In the case of the stars the direc
tions are observed from two extreme
points in the earth's orbit instead of
from tbe two ends of a base line. The
process is called triangulation when
applied to earth measurements, and
everybody understands what It means
When applied to the stars it is called
parallax and remains a mystery to
most people. Such is the obscuring
power of a word.
The ’’little more” and the “little less"
of Browning are forcibly illustrated In
the direction of the earth’s journey
round the sun. An elliptic course dif
fering very little from a circle, com
bined with a tilt of the axis, gives us
the seasons. But if this difference and
tilt did not exist there wmuld be no
seasons and one climate would rule
the year. If. again, the course were
more elliptic, then for the hemisphere
whose winter occurred at the earth’s
greatest distance from the sun there
might be a glacial period.
“The straight line,” says Miss Helen
Keller, “symbolizes duty. It Is a dull
thought drawn out endlessly.’* And
this seems to be a reflection on what
we had thought was the earth’s path
of duty round the sun. for this path is
the curve known as the ellipse. More
over, the thought makes the sun a
tempter of the earth from the strict
path of duty, for the earth. we learn
from bur* Newton. If left to Itself
would wander on forever through
space In a straight line. It Is the sun
which draws it from this dull course
Into the pleasant curve of subjection
Yet the sun’s victory is only partial,
the earth’s actual path being a combi
nation of Its own straight line of in
clination and obedience to the pull of
the sun. And so instead of the “dull
thought drawn out endlessly’’ we have
the beautiful thought of the changing
seasons, the flowers and fruits of the
earth, with its ever varying weather,
sunshine and storm, boat and cold.
A POISON EPISODE.
When a Famous Chemist Was Silenced
In Court by a Judge.
There was a famous poisoning case
in England many years ago in which
tt.e strong point of the defense was to
show that the accused, who was an
expert chemist, would not have used a
poison which could Lx* so easily found
after it had boon taken Into the bn
man system. Sir Hubert C’brfsteson.
professor in Edinburgh university, a
famous expert on toxicology, whose
works are still standard on that sub
ject. was put on the stand to prove
this point. When lie declared that a
chemist would certainly use some pul
son which would leave no trace, tbe
prosecuting attorney asked him if he
menut to say that there were such
poisons.
Sir Robert replied In the affirmative.
The prosecutor asked, "Name them!”
“No!" shouted tlie Judge. "I forbid
you to answer that question!”
In spite of the protests of the prose
cutor the Judge would not allow the
expert publicly to give the name of a
poison which would leave no trace,
and the question remained unan
swered.
Now comes the curious part of tlie
story. During the next two years Sir
Robert received more than 4.0U0 let
ters from all parts of the world ask
ing, begging, offering to buy. the name
of the untraceable poison alluded to In
his testimony. Many of these he kept
as curiosities, showing them to his
friends as evidence of the depravity of
human nature. Some of the excuses
for wanting the name of tlie poison
were very ingenious. One man was
writing a novel based on a poison plot
and wanted to make use of the un
tmoeable P dson Idea. lie did not
want to give Lie name of the poison In
his back, tut just wanted to have it
by him in rise any scientific critic
should deny the possibility of such poi
sons, when In* could send him the
name in a private letter and quote the
“distinguished authority" from whom
it came, etc. Several persons profess
<>d to be stud ing < h mistry and asked
for the informs)! a u toe ground of
1 rcfess.'onal courtesy. To all such Sir
Robert would send the advice to pur
sue their studies and they would soou
know ns much r.b< ut it ns lie did.
Many offered large sums of money for
the secret, usually pretending they
had bet still larger amounts that they
could Cud it out in a given time and
were willing to share their profits lib
erally with Sir Robert.
The thing which most Impressed Sir
Robert was the number of persons ol
over tlie world who seemed desirous
of possessing tbe secret of an agent
that would kill, but leave no trace, and
the amazing falsehoods t<> which they
would subscribe their names in order
to obtain the information. It is said
that whatever poison Sir Robert had
In mind at the trial he never mention
ed it. not even to his classes, so strong
ly was he Impressed with the danger
of letting such a tiling become matter
of public knowledge.
Unfeeling.
A soft air shook the honeysuckle
vine, and puffs of delicate perfume
floated gently to where erotic Blenkin
sop sat spooning with his girl. Not a
leaf stirred. Only the stars and moon
above and the green earth below. All
around was the atmosphere of lee-ove.
Ills tone was reverend and hushed
It was as if this slim and beautiful
maiden were in his eyes a goddess.
“Darling,” he exclaimed, pausing in
his ecstatic osculations, "each time I
kiss you it makes a better man of me!”
They fell to again.
A voice from above broke harshly on
the night:
“What are you by now, then—saint
jr archangel?”
A burst of ribald laughter, the rattle
:>f a closing window and then once
more the holy calm of undisturbed
.night.—London Scraps.
As Good as His Word.
He — I always make it a point to
profit by the mistakes of others.
She—l got weary of George Brixton
because be never seemed to know
when to go home.
He then hade her good night.—Cleve
land Leader.
One Masculine Trait.
Gwilliams— Mrs Bingo always strikes
me as being such a masculine woman.
Mrs. Gwilllama - She is. She can’t
stand the least bit of pain without
making a big fuss over it.—Chicago
Tribune.
Death is a friend of ours, and be
that is net ready to entertain him Is
not at home—Bacon.
OCEAN TRAVEL
Luxury That Greets the Passenger* on
an Atlantic Liner.
The luxury of ocean travel has
reached such a state of perfection that
laud bred and timid passengers may
almost delude themselves into think
ing that they nre still on shore when
they are in the middle of the ocean.
When the luncheou bugle sounds yon
go in to tidy your hair. The sun is
shining In through your window or at
least one of the windows, for there
nre two In your drawl..g room, one in
the bathroom and one In the bedroom
beyond. Your drawing room— which
might be In the Winter palace, Nice.
for all the resemblance It bears to a
ship’s cabin—ls furnished In old gold
and white. A soft carpet of old gold,
a sofa piled luxuriantly with cushions,
several chairs, a table, a wonderfully
equipped desk, on which rests a drop
light, are at your disposal. You stop a
moment to ndmlre the panels nrul
etchings and the hangings, which are
embroidered with drooping wistaria in
faint green. An electric grate fire,
with a genuine mantel, lends an air of
spaciousness to the room. You notice
that your gowns have been hung In
one closet and your blouses in another
and that shoes, slippers, umbrella, etc.,
have been carefully stowed away In
places provided for them.
The third day out. If the weather Is
fine, is the social height of the trip.
The ship’s types are by tills time all
fully developed. The bridge fiends
have become known to each other, and
they never leave their game except for
meals. There Is the usual contingent
that each morning comes around to
tell you how early they were ou deck.
You have stood at tlie prow and
watched the schools of dolphins jump
ing straight for the ship, you have
rushed excitedly to the rail to watch a
passing steamer with which your ves
sel exchanges salutes by running up
innumerable little flags, and you have
marveled at the land birds that al
ways follow the ship per
haps you ask the steward to sot cut
some fresh water and a plate of
crumbs for them.
If you enjoy spontaneous vaudeville
the hour lu the ship’s gymnasium will
be your regular rendezvous every
morning, and aside from the fun which
yen will have in watching the others
perform unaccustomed stunts on the
frisky camel, the spirited horse or with
the vibrators you will receive direct
benefit from the exercises, which are
the best thing to be rccommcuded for
the maintenance of sea legs.—Harriet
Qulmby In Leslie’s Weekly
ALDEN’S NAPLES STORY.
A Glass of Capri Wine and a Statu®
That Nodded.
The late W. L. Alden. the humorist,
was one of. the most abstemious of
men—in fact, he was pretty near" be
ing a teetotaler. I dc>’t know that l
ever saw him take wine or spirits In
all the years 1 knew him except a
glass of claret at the midday and even
ing meals during his last Illness.
During the later years of his life he
spent the winter abroad, sometimes in
Genoa, sometimes In Naples and once,
I think, in Cairo, and usually his four
or five months’ residence ou the shores
of the Mediterranean would not cost
him more than £SO.
Once ou his return from Naples i
remember his telling me this story; ,
“L., a brother novelist, was In Na
ples also and asked me one night to
dine with him at one of the big hotels
on tbe water front just outside Na
ples-one of those hotels along that
massive stone embankment against
which the waves of the sea 1 often
break In showers of spray thirty or
forty feet hl^b.
“After dinner- we went for a walk
along the embankment, and we got
pretty well drenched with the spray.
Soon we reached a statue, and, 10, it
nodded gravely toward us!
"‘Did you see that statue ucd?’ said
L. to me.
" ‘J certainly did,’ said 1.
“ ’Well,’ said he. Tin going back to
the hotel and to I **<l before I get run
in. It’s that confounded Capri wine.’
"So, ashamed of ourselves, back we
went and sneaked up to bed. But at
breakfast table next morning both of
us seemed to be amazingly fresh con
sidering our dissipation of the night
before, and we could not understand
why we had such good appetites until
the waiter said:
" ‘Did the gentlemen feel last
uigbt’s slight earthquake? ’’—Pear
son’s Weekly.
A Modest Art Student.
An art student In Berlin wrote to a
brewing concern In Bohemia offering
to paint for tne brewers "pictures suit
able for advertising purposes—artistic,
appropriate, attractive and cheap.” He
went on to say: “Sir John Millais was
not above taking 40,000 marks from a
goapmaker for one of his paintings to
be used as an advertisement. Nor did
he hesitate to offer other pictures for
tbe same purpose at the same price.
Why should not I, who owe my tailor
and who fears to look my landlady In
the face, not do the same? Stay! I
shall do better. Am willing to take
less than 40,000 marks for iny best
work.”