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SUNDAY MORNING
(With We of gold upon his coat,
( And powder on hia wavy hair,
A courtly smile upon his lip,
■ He paused beside the scaffold stair.
The headsman waited, cowled aDd grim,
1 With stains of crimson on his sark;
But o’er her slender hand lie bent,
t "Let me go first, the way is dark.”
She wore a filmy kerchief crossed,
A flowered gown of rich brocade;
Her silken slippers, sewn with pearls,
■ By prison floors were soiled and frayed.
When last they met, his ribboned lute
Made music in a moonlit park:
But now their love bad ceme to this,
"Let me go first, the way is dark.”
Why the 'Chief
of Police Resigned
STONE, the city editor, cleared
hie desk and made mental note
of what had been accom
plished, and wlint remained to
'be done. Then he leaned back and
lighted Ills last cigar with a feeling
kin to contentment.
It was that hour of the night when
newspapers reckon time as almost in
■valunblo. Only the occasional entrance
of a boy on some errand disturbed the
nominal quiet of the big room where
the reporters worked as only reporters
■can under high pressure. A few hours
later a heedless public would glance
Over Its papers with little or no thought
of the Immense wear, tear and strain
that had been necessary fo make tills
modern, up-to-date sheet.
But the city editor’s cigar had not
displayed more than a feathery rim of
white ash when, as is sometimes the
case In the tugging hours of early
morning, the unexpected happened.
"Train robbery at Melrose!” shouted
the telephone hoy.
Every man In the room was on his
feet. Melrose was close In and each
reporter was quick to realize that in
order to get a good story for l lie morn
ing’s paper some very brisk hustling
would he necessary.
Stone rushed to the telephone in an
effort to find out from police headquar
ters something more definite concern
ing the robbery. He got little satis
faction. The police had a long stand
ing grudge against the I’ost for criticis
ing the force—which under Chief Bus
ftiy had been palpably lax in Its duties.
Busby's appointment by a partisan Po
lice Board had been against the united
protest of the better clement. Ills ln
competeney was early manifested, but
like runny another vain, weak man, he
believed himself to be an object of per
eecutlon. And so, taking their cue
ifrom Busby, the police had organized
a virtual boycott and were plainly dis
posed to hold out against the Post
.when opportunity offered and to favor
the other papers In the matter of news.
iWith this powerful agency playing In
to their hands, Ilie Call and Bulletin,
opposition papers, had scored more
than once against the Post. This con
dition of affairs did not tend to lessen
the tension between ilie Post and
Bushy’s men.
"The captain says lie's nothing
further to give to the papers,” snapped
the officer at the station, in answer
to Stone’s query.
"Does he kuow anything more?” per
sisted the eliy editor. “Won't he give
us the source of his information and
Sts exact wording? Won't he give us
something to work on?”
“He says he will not; to do so would
(defeat Ills own plans.”
"Defeat his own plans is good,” re
turned Stone sharply. “Toll lilin tills:
We'll print more facts concerning this
robbery in the morning than Kuszy
and his whole force could secure in a
Week,” and Stone jammed the receiver
upon the hook with angry impatience.
He felt in the same second, however,
that he had placed himself in a ded
icate position, and must either make
good or lose prestige. What he had
said was boastful beyond doubt, but he
meant to keep Ills word if there re
mained any reward for determined ac
tion.
. While a good man kept at the tele
phone to obtain info nation from all
possible sources, a rush was made for
the telegraph room. There it was dis
covered that Melrose could not lie
"ralspd.” The telegraph company re
ported many wires cut betweeu the
city and Melrose, evidently the work
of the robbers.
No regular train for Melrose would
leave until 6.10 a. m., aud to wait until
a special was made up meant losing
precious time.
Running back to tbejersfroom the
City editor shouted-Msorders.
"Here, got to make that
* woi .YVilles iu a vehicle of same sort!
Tou go, too, Dickuiau! Never mind the
cost. Get to Melrose under the whip.
It’s now 1.30. Wire particulars if you
can; if not, ride back at a dead run."
Buller heard the last order as lie went
out of tlie door. Diekman seized his
coat and ran out with it on his arm.
The police reporter, unable to get any
thing further out of the captain, had
ridden up from the station iu a hack
and now rushed in breathless. I .earn
ing of the plan, out he went after Bul
ler and Diekman. •
Buller caught the first team in sight.
a splendid pair of the wiry broncho
type, hitched to a Post delivery wagon.
Diekman was quickly beside him on
tbe seat, and Harris, the police re
porter. grabbed the end-gate just as
the wagon swung around the corner.
’A second later the horses, frightened
at the sudden demands made upon
them, were running madly east toward
Melrose.
The men were too full of the Import
ant and unexpected mission to talk
much for the first few minutes. After
AT THE SCAFFOLD STAIRS.
She gathered close the kerchief’s fold.
To hide the beating of her heart;
But answered softly as he went,
“ 'Tin hut a moment that wc part.”
The crowd grew dim, and far away
She seemed to hear a morning lari:;
And all his song was set to words—
“ Let. me go first, the way is dark.”
Though both are dust for many a year,
These lovers of a troubled time,
Yet count and lady live to-day
In sweet romance and silver rhyme.
Among the ghosts of blood and death
They shine with love’s undying spark,
His words upon tlie scaffold stair—
" Let me go first, the way is dark.”
leaving the city, Harris told liis com
panions the little lie had been able to
learn at the station. I’rom long duty
at the station and an intimate ac
quaintance with local criminals, he bad
come to possess valuable knowledge
as to their individual capabilities for
meanness. He had formed an idea as
to Hie men engaged in this piece of
work within a minute after hearing of
the crime. “The chances are many to
one that it’s Sim Garrison and his men.
Well prepared alibis have saved him
on two similar occasions.”
Soon the lights of tlie city wore far
behind and the darkness seemed to
settle closely about them, shutting their
vision within an ever narrowing cir
cle. Down they plunged into the val
ley, down into the woods where the
gloom was impenetrable. Then Bullcr
began to feel the danger of their peril
ous race, his inability to see possible
obstructions on a strange road. But
he dared not slacken the pace. They
must get to Melrose under the whip—
those were Stone’s words. Involun
tarily each man braced himself for a
possible crash.
"Let me have the lines, Buller,” said
Harris. “I know every foot of this
road, it's one of my favorite drives, and
I can take a short cut.”
“Willingly,” assented Buller, with a
feeling of relief, climbing hack, while
Harris swung himself into (lie seat
and took the reins.
“Half a mile further we’ll turn to the
right on to a dirt road,” continued
Harris, drawing into tlie lines until
they were taut and the horses bound
ing along under a firm hand.
The reporters did not see, ns they
rushed down a hill, that another ve
hicle was rapidly approaching at right
angles down a liedge-flanked lane. The
single horse was lathered with hard
driving, the frail buggy bounced nud
swayed as If in dogged protest against
the lumpy ground over which it was
being so swiftly drawn.
Just as the buggy got around the cor
ner tlie reporters’ team dashed upon
It with crushing impact, overturning
tile lighter vehivle and spilling its oc
cupants, two men, upon tlie ground
with stunning force.
Then followed a moment of intense
confusion.
Dickmnn was the first cf the news
linuting trio to grasp tlie possible Im
portance of the accident.
“Secure the men!” he shouted to his
companions.
Buller and Harris, accustomed to
seeing things In a twinkling, seized
upon the significance of this advice,
and before the dazed strangers could
recover their wits, they were looking
anxiously into shining rims cf steel,
while Harris deftly secured their l auds
and feet with straps cut from the har
ness of their own horse.
Not until they were placed beyond
the possibility of self-help did tliejcap
tives seem to realize the meaning of
this sudden termination of tlieir cross
country ride. Then struggling des
perately to liis feet the larger of the
men half fell, half threw himself at
Harris, shouting savagely: “What, do
you menu by this infernal outrage?”
Buller grasped him strongly by both
shoulders and drew him back to the
earth, while Harris, who had started
at the sound of the fellow's voice, said
coolly: “It’s no use, Sim; alibis won’t
save you this time.”
Garrison, realizing that liis identity
was discovered, gave a mighty roar
and struggled frantically, but vnijjly'at
ids bonds. And then Bute 'and Har
ris, hotli strong, wiry- nton, seized him
and. lifting hts'"\vrithing body high
above wagon-bed, dropped him
PhUVifi upon the floor, where he was
made doubly safe by cross-lashings.
The smaller and apparently mute
bandit was treated in like manner.
The reporters were in a merry humor
over the turn of affairs. It was an un
heard of piece of good tuck. Bullet
and Dickman were eager for the re
turn.
"Hold a minute, boys,” cried Harris;
“let’s get all that belongs to this good
stroke. Wait till 1 search the buggy.
It looks to me as those these fellows
were cutting cross-country to a bury
ing ground.”
“I've got the swag, by Jupiter:”
shouted Harris, after a moment's
search. "This buggy seat is a veri
table Klondike.”
"Wha-at!" shouted Butler and Dir-lt
man in a concert of astonishment.
“Say. Harris, you are the captain of
the expedition: we elect you by accla
mation,” Buller added.
“And all kinds of material for n
story, to say nothing of the necessary
evidence,” continued Harris, appar
ently ignoring the verbal bouquets.
“Masks, lanterns, guns and all of the
paraphernalia for train robbing, in
another hour they’d have had it buried
good and safe.”
Harris quickly set the buggy to rights
and drove up behind the wagon to
THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS
which the horse was made fast by its
halter.
“Now, go ahead, hoys. I’ll ride In
the Pullman. We’ll have something
worth showing up when we get back.”
An hour later there was a hurried
conference in the Post building. Step
ping to the telephone, City Editor Stone
called up the police station.
"I want Chief Busby,” he said.
“Well, what is it?” asked Busby
gruffly. ■
“Any news about the robbers?”’
asked Stone.
“Oh. come now,” said Busby, impa
tiently, "you don't expect us to un
cover this tiling for the papers to
spread on and scare tlie thieves off.”
“I’ll tell you what I’ll do,” returned
Stone, assuming a Jesting tone. “I'll
bring the robbers to you, together with
their booty, in fifteen minutes if you'll
resign.”
The proposition struck Busby as in
tensely' humorous. He laughed sonor
ously.
“I accept,” he said, when lie could
command bis speaking voice.
And that ended the tight against the
Post, and, simultaneously, it ended
the brief and inglorious career of Chief
Dan Busby.—New York Evening Si:a.
TO TRAIN BO_TS_FOR WAR.
Government Will Provide Tor Mililarj
K(l(iction in Schools.
The War Department has issued an
important order providing for military
training in colleges and schools
throughout tlie country. The order
contemplates the co-operation by the
army with all educational institutions
in furnishing military education.
Provision is also made for the detail
ing of army officers as instructors and
tlie free distribution of arms and
equipment. The system of military in
struction will lie similar lo that adopt
ed by the War College Board, and ICO
army officers arc to be apportioned to
colleges and schools in tlie several
States for duty as military instructors.
These officers will lie detailed each ft r
a period of two years, and will make
frequent reports in writing to the Ad
jutant-General of the Army upon the
progress of tlie military instruction.
Each institution, iti order to secure
the services of an army officer, will
have to guarantee that at least 100 pu
pils will he kept under military instruc
tion. The scholars will he organized
into companies and battalions cf infnn
tuy, and will bo trained in all respects
like soldiers of the regular army.
At least 10,000 pupils are expected
to come under the instruction which
the order provides. The
will be divided Into three classes,
schools and colleges, agricultural
schools and military schools, the latter
including those already established by
the Government. Separate courses of
study will be arranged for each, the
instruction at the strictly military
schools being somewhat more elaborate
than that provided for tlie civil institu
tions.
Provision will be made for issuing
arms for the use of students, who arc
to be supplied with rifles similar t<:
those used by the cadets at West
Point. A liberal allowance, also, will
he made for ammunition. Including
projectiles for (lie field pieces of artil
lery. A complete record of all students
taking (his military instruction is to be
kept at the War Department, and in
the selection of officers preference will
he given to the graduates of those
schools who have taken advantage ot
the military instruction.
At those institutions which grade the
department of military science and tac
tics equally with the other important
branches of instruction, and which
make proficiency in that department a
requisite for securing a diploma the
names of the most distinguished three
students in the military department,
upon graduation, are to lie inserted iu
the United States Army Register.
It Was Something to Get, Anyway.
There is a large office in this big city
of ours in which are employed many
clerks of many degrees of authority
and many messenger boys of many de
grees of .vexing power. Among the
clerks is one of considerable station
and not much visible authority. His
orders to the boys Garry little weight.
Moreover, he hr notoriously penurious,
and is constantly striving to save him
self-The expenditure of small sums by
requesting service of tlie messenger
lads, who are quite aware of his
schemes. Though lie exercises much
ingenuity aud often no little humor in
phrasing his requests, mixing flattery
with them, the boys are in rebellion
and have agreed among themselves to
do none of his personal errands. But
the other day lie prevailed on one. on
whom he poured out the grossest flat
tery as to the lad's efficiency nud quick
ness to carry his traveling bag to the
railroad station and have it checked.
The lad was "called down” by his asso
ciates for weakly yielding to the "jolly”
of the clerk.
“Well,” said the lad in defense, “it's
something to get a jolly from him.”—
Brooklyn Eagle.
An Automatic lifeboat.
Two inventors who live in Stirling,
Scotland, have invented a lifeboat
which is intended to become automatic
ally inflated when it is immersed in
water, says the Chicago News. A
spring is employed which is kept in a
state of tension or compression by
means of a strip or roil of paper, the
tensile strength of which, as long as
it is dry. is sufficient to maintain the
spring iu a state of compression, but
which, whdfl it becomes wet by im
mersion iu water, immediately loses
its strength to such an extent that it
is ruptured by the energy stored in
the spring. The release of the spring
causes the production of a volume 'of
gas from materials sufficient in quan
tity to inflate the beat.
An award of SSOOO has been made by
the curators of the jubilee foundation
of German Industry to Brtdessor Siabv
to enable him to his studies in
connection with wireless telegraphy.
A South African inventor has com
hined the bicycle and the sailboat, and
in trips across tljg country he makes
use of this machine. With favorable
winds he lias sailed many miies with
out the .use of pedals.
/
Prat hiss or G. M. Hathaway lias in
vented anew explosive, said to be more
powerful than either dynamite, max
iffiile or lyddite, which may be used
commercially with absolute safety. It
was tested by hammering it on an anvil
till sparks fiew, by throwing it upon a
burning tire, and by placing it in a tin
box and firing rifle bullets through if.
Explosion can take place only when a
powerful percussion cap is used.
Submarine photography is not likely
to become a popular pastime, lint there
are several persons who are now mak
ing interesting explorations >f the sea
bottom by means of the camera. If.
Lewis Bouton lias been especially ac
tive in this line of Investigation. He
uses a hand camera, inclosed in a tight
copper box, having a plate glass win
dow, or mounted on a east iron tripod.
Suitable mechanism is provided for
the exposure and change of the plates
under water.
Experiments have been held in Ger
many with the view of ascertaining
the best preservative for mining tim
liers. Lime, tar and carboliuemn were
used, and lime proved the least valua
ble. Wood, coated with coal tar. ap
peared to remain perfectly sound, but
Jt. was found that this applied only to
the outer surfaces, the interior of the
timbers having in every instance rotted
completely. Carbolineum gave very
good results. Before coating timbers
with material the wood should lie
barked and well dried.
Anew form of ice tauk has been re
cently invented by A. H. Tyler, of
Heterboro, England, who is an author
ity on matters of refrigeration. In
stead of circulating brine around cans
in the tanks immersed in the tank's
bottom, plates are suspended in the
tanks of water and are provided with
connections and pipes so arranged that
(he cold brine may be circulated
through them, the layer of iee forming
evenly on the outer surface of the
plates. When Hie supply of brine ceases
the plate automatically empties.
Th World’ll Commerce In 11101.
The import and export commerce of
nil the countries in the world amounted
in 1001. according to German returns,
approximately to $23.800,000.000, and
was divided among the leading com
mercial nations ns shown below, in
round numbers:
Country. i Value.
Great Britain .$ 4.105.000.000
British colonies, total... ‘1.018.000,000.
Germany 2,408.0c0.ihki
■ United States *2.118,200,000
France 1.018.400.000
. Holland 1.232.800,000
Austria-Hungary 85(1.800,000
Belgium 780.400.000
; Russia aud Siberia 0t2.000.00d
Italy r. 71,200,000
' Switzerland 380,800.000
: Spain 282,400,000
| China 300.000.000
! Sweden 270.000.000
I Argentina 280.000,000
fapnn 238.000.000
i Brazil 235.000.000
VII other countries 4,024.340000
Total $23,800,000,000
•According to United States 'i'i'w.’s
I ury returns. $2,340,000,000. %
Increase it;
Cremation, is one of the oldest forms
| of disposal of the dead, yet it is a form
j that lapsed from use for centuries. It
i appears to he in process of restoration.
■ says the Brooklyn Eagle. True, it lias
made but little head against the eus
j tom of burial, yet there is an increase
, every year iu such proportion that we
| may look for a wide adoption of it
j within the next quarter century. There
I are in this country but twenty-six cre
; matories. yet this Is against but two
i eighteen years ago, and tlie number of
! cremations is 2500 or more a year.
! When statistics were first collected on
i the subject, eighteen years ago. tin* au
j nual cremations numbered sixteen. It
is because they are common and have
so ceased to be an occasion of comment
that an impression may have been
created which is contrary to this fact
of growth, but the truth that about 14.-
| 000 incinerations have occurred iu the
United .States, which added to the large
j number in Europe, certainly indicates
j an Increase.
Ffsh Flour in Norway.
A great deal is done in Norway to
improve and preserve the provisions
produced in the country and to procure
a market for them abroad. The fisher
ies represent one of Norway's chief in
dustries. aud quantities of fish are sold
j at very low rates, particularly during
j summer. One way in which these are
j utilized is by means of an invention
| which quickly dries and pulverizes the
! flesh of fresh fish. The resulting pro
| duct called fish flour is easy to trans
j port from one place to another, aud has
! great nutritive value. Anew and prof
j itnble branch of industry might be es
| tablished in America by utilizing fish
; in this way.
Better Than Never.
A Harrisburg (Pa.) man on his death
j bed recently directed the payment of a
1 board till of thirty years’ standing.
THE EXPRESS TRAIN of
the MARVELOUS FUTURE
u New Steam Locomotives That Will Reel
|] Off Seventy-five Miles an Hour Without
l Stopping For Water or Fuel ii : ii
In a report published in April last,
summing up concisely the practical re
sults cf the experiments in high-speed
electrical traction made last autumn
on the specially prepared military rail
way line between Berlin and Zossen,
the fact was noted that as a more or
less direct <*<KpHary to those tests, the
German .Society of Mechanical Engi
neers had offered a series of prizes for
the best design and specifications for a
steam locomotive and group of cars
which would collectively form •en ex
press train capable of carrying ltd
passengers and their baggage with per
sonal comfort aud at a speed of sev
enty-five miles an hour. Tlie purpose
of this competition, as was then stated,
is to provide a unit of the equipment
for the attainment of greatly acceler
ated speed in railway travel, which
can be adapted to the present State
railways of Prussia without tlie tear
ing up and relaying of tracks with
heavier ties and rails that would be
required for rapid electrical service.
An interesting forecast of the pend
ing competition lias been given by Mr.
Arthur Klrehhoff. editor of a technical
publication in Berlin devoted to engi
neering find machinery, in which a de
scription is given of certain features
of the new locomotives, which are to
•be tested over the Berlin-Zossen line
next year. The specifications require
that this express engine and train of
the future shall be able to maintain
for three consecutive hours a speed of
120 kilometers (74.5) miles) an hour,
without stopping for water or fuel, and
at a minimum expenditure of motive
power. Mr. KircUhoff’s outline of how
this is to be done will have a definite
interest to American engineers.
During the experiments of last au
tumn an attempt was made to deter
mine as accurately as possible the
waste of power entailed by the friction
and resistance of air to railway trains
at different rates of speed. It was
found that while at a speed of eighty
kilometers (fifty miles) per hour this
resistance on a still day was about
thirty-two kilogram's (C 7.2 pounds) pier
square meter of the surface of the
front end of the ear. the rate increased
very rapidly with the augmentation of
speed, so that a pace of 150 kilome
ters <03.7 miles) the resistance rose to
seventy-five kilograms (157.5 pounds*
per square meter of impinging sur
face. Every projecting part, every
window, door or other indentation
which could form a pocket to catch the
wind created by such high velocities,
increased the resistance to be over
come, so that in all future experiments
the economy of rapid transit will re
quire that the factor of air resistance
shall tie taken into earefffl account.
This, according to Mr. Klrehhoff. is
to he done by enveloping the engine
and train, from pilot to rear platform,
in a shell of sheet steel, jointed so as
to secure flexibility in passing curves,
and so constructed as to inclose the lo
comotive and ears in a continuous
tube, untform throughout in size and
presenting no projecting irregularity
which shall catch the resisting air.
The front of the engine will be pointed
or wedge-shaped, the sheath will in
close as far as possible the running
gear of the ears, and even the wheels
of both engine and cars will be eiie-cd
disks of metal instead qL asnow,
spoked wheels withjjpMi'ings to catch
the air. _^--
It will bp remembered that in the re
cent -'experiments ou the Zossen line
'flhe electric motors, conductors aud
transformers worked to the entire sat
isfaction of the experts in charge, and
that the maximum practicable speed
and the consequent success of the
trials were limited only by the track,
which gave way rapidly when a speed
exceeding seventy miles an hour was
attained. This was indeed the unex
pected and most important fact
brought out by the trials, viz., that an
electric motor, as at present construct
ed. exerts at high speed a greater strain
upon the roadbed than a steam loco
motive. It had previously been
claimed, with apparent reason, that,
being a rotary motor, without the re
ciprocating motiou of pistons and con
necting rods, the electric locomotive
would avoid the pounding of the track
caused by the imbalanced parts and
oscillating strain of the steam locomo
tive. It was therefore a surprisejß
find that above a certain speed the
straitf exerted on the rails by the elec
tric engines was even greater nud
more fatal. This is now explained by
the fact that the centre of gravity in
i the electric engine hangs much lower
. than iu the steam machine, and. what
i is still more important, the whoJe
weight of the steam boilers, cylinders,
j pilot, etc. is carried on springs, while in
the electric engines used at the trials
the motors and all the heavier work
ing parts were hung directly upon the
axles, thus adding a crushing weight
to the blow delivered by the wheels
upon the end of each rail. Attempts
have since been made to devise a sys
: tern of springs to avoid or lighten this
: defect, hut. so far as can be learned,
with only very limited st^eess.
The new steam locomotive, we are
i assured, will be specially constructed
i to meet this difficulty. It will rest on
! twelve wheels, viz., two pairs cf driv
ers located at the middle of the ma
j chine with a four-wheeled pivot truck
in front and rear. Upon these three
j points of support the boiler and super
j structure will be hung upon springs,
carefully adjusted to take up as far as
1 practicable the inevitable vibration
and oscillation. The engine will be of
the compound type, with three cylin
ders, and in order to secure the most
perfect practical balance of working
parts two of these will be connected
outside, as in an ordinary locomotive,
while the third, or high-pressure cylin
der. will be hung at the centre and con
nected inside, working upon a mid
axle crank, set at ninety degrees from
the crunk pin of the two outside cylin
ders, which are set opposite each other.
The boiler will have an interior heat
ing surface of 200 square meters, more
than double that cf a standard German
express locomotive as now constructed '
Throughout the entire train, sup* ” n
ous dead weight will be c: 4Ste
avoided. Instead of carrying
of water the new tender will be built
(o take only half that amount, but wiii
be rigged to take up wajer en route, as
lias been successfully done on some
American lines. As now planned the
new engine will have, theoretically, a
coal consumption of 1.12 kilograms
(2.352 pounds), per effective horse pow
er hour, ns against 1.25 kilograms
(2.625 pounds!, which is the standard
of economic efficiency in the best loco
motives of the present German type.
It wiil be interesting to compare this
forecast of theoretical efficiency with
the actual results which may bo at
tained when tlie new engine is tested,
which will probably be done during
the course of next year.
Where We Are Goins,
Miss Agues M. Clerke. writing re
cently on the surds movement through
space, says; ‘'Must at present tlie solar
flotilla seems to be heading for the
milky way. If steered straight it might
arrive there within some two million
years and the star traffic iu that
crowded thoroughfare is evidently sub
ject to accidents. But our path is like
ly to lie otherwise directed. Suns can
scarcely move from point to poiut as
the crow flies.
“Before we can attempt to pronounce
how the stars are moving among them
selves we must be in a position to say
how tve are moving ’among them.
Their flitting cannot even begin to be
Intelligible until they have been re
duced. so to speak, to a fixed sun.
Hence the zeal with which tlie move
ments of the sun are studied by as
tronomers.
“The speed of the solar system, in
cluding, of course, tlie earth, is 12.4
miles per second, as worked out in tlie
hands of Campbell by the spectroscopic
method; so that we explore a belt of
space nearly 400,000,000 miles iu width
each year.
"Our traveling is like that of clouds,
irrevocable. Shall wc find ourselves in
an ampler ether as we proceed? Or
will the wreckage of our little planet
help ta stock the void with meteorites?
It may be that the gulls will wash us
down.
It may be we shall touch the Happy
Isles.
"Even the poets scarcely knew for
certain which fate overtook' UlyssES
whoa he ‘sailed beyfiatTt'he sunset’ into
a newer world.”
Belief FronAt’itin,
A Paris doctor of the highest reputa
tion. whose methods are not in the
least irregular, because he has sub
mitted all the details to the Academy of
Medicine.declares that he has found a
sure cure for boils and carbuncles. He
has used it on many patients, and says
confidently' that by the injection of a
certain solution, the composition of
which he has laid before the fellow
members of his profession, keeping
nothing back, he can stop the pain of
the worst boils and carbuncles in a
few hours, and can bring about a com
plete cure within a reasonable time.
What a benefactor to suffering hu
manity this doctor will be. provided his
discovery is found to be effective i:i a
wide range of tests and among the
average of the afflicted in many lands
and nations! This announcement
seems to be almost too good to be true.
It was hard luck for Job that this
Paris doctor was not practicing in tlie
land of Uz in the time of Eliphaz the
Temanite.—New York Tribune.
A Safe Age.
The insuring of one’s life is one of
those things which one is most apt to
put off. There are few, however, who
postpone what ought to be the inevit
able until so late a period in life as did
the tough old smack-owner of Grimsby.
When he presented himself at the in
surance office he was naturally asked
his age. His reply was “Ninety-four.”
“Why, my good man, we cannot insure
you,” said the company. “Why not?"
he demanded. “Why. ycu are ninety
four years of age.” “What of that?”
the old map cried. “Look at statistics
and they will tell you that fewer men
die at ninety-four than at any othet
age.”—London Business Illustrated.
The Cool Summer of 1810.
Speaking cf cool summers, a corres
pondent of the Boston Herald notes
that in the summer of ISIO planting
■and harvesting all over New England
went almost to naught, and there was
great suffering for want of sufficient
food. Snor -and ice in various parts
of New England were reported dursng
June and July. The year ISIG was
called “the year without a summer,”
and also “Eighteen-hundriand
starve-to-deatb.” . _ ,
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