a m— , Pa., November 28, 1913, Temparature of the Body. The heat of the body varies at differ ent ages and different times of the day. Except when you are suffering from fever you are never so hot as when you are born. The temperature of a newborn baby is nbout 102 de- | grees. but during the first day it rap- idly goes down to U7% degrees, rising | again to a little above the average temperature of a grownup person. which is about 98% degrees. The heat | of your body varies as much as two degrees in twenty-four hours. The minimum is reached about 4 o'clock in the morning. when your vitality is at its lowest, and the maximum about 4 Ih the afternoon People who work by night and sleep during the day, | however, are coldest in the afternoon and warmest in the early morning. It is a remarkable fact that we nearly always die If our blood varies more than a few degrees either way, A temperature below 95 degrees or above 106 degrees is generally fatal.—Pear- son's. Criminals and Crime. Is the criminal so because he wants to be 0? No more wicked fallacy was ever foisted upon a credulous world | than this. Nobody at any period of the world ever wished to be criminal. Every one instinctively hates and fears crime. Every ore is honest by nature. It is inherent in the soul. | have never i Mark Twain's Retort. At a hotel in Jericho was an Ameri. | enn who bad accompanied Mark Twain | on his camping trip through. the Holy ' Laud. { “No. sir.” said be in the course of the evening's conversation, “1 cannot re- . call a single instance when the humor- fist was caught napping. Once we thought we Lad him sure. Mr. Twain came late to the dinner table, when we had sat down, and before he ap- peared we had invented a clever trap. I “He was still several courses behind | ®&roen the vest of us were ready for salad. but every one stopped eating un- ! til Mr. Twain caught up. He had start- ed intently on a crisp leaf of lettuce before he noticed that no one else was eating. He paused questioningly. That was our opportunity. **Now, Mr. Twain,’ some one asked, + ‘why are you like Nebuchadnezzar? expecting that the answer would imply that it was because he was eating grass like an ox. Instead. and without fan instant’s hesitation, came the re- met a criminal who did not hate his | crime even more than bis condemners hate it. The apparent exception is when the man does ont cousider his act a crime. He has killed because his victim exasperated him to it. He has robbed society because society made war on him. The offender hates his crime. But he is not ashamed of it? Now, that is true. He Is not asham- ed of it in the current sense. He hates it, he fears it. but it does not fill him with a sense of xin’-H. Fielding Hall in Atlantic Monthly. Why Not Schools For Men? No man ever feels the need of educa- tion so much as the man who sees opportunity for advancement open be- fore him, but who does not dare to take it for fear that he can not rise to it. It is useless to say anything to such & man about neglected op portunities. and It is equally futile to say the same thing to the youth who is neglecting his studies. The first cannot go back and live his boyhood over; the latter cannot comprehend his danger, nor will be believe in his own possibilities, nor can he really study intellizently things for which he is not sufficiently mature. The few who mature early enough in life to go through technical schools or col- leges are provided for. Can we not provide men's schools for those who mature oormally?—American zine. A City That Was a Failure. Of all the seven cities of Asia per- haps Sardi bus the most Interesting and romantic history, and yet. with all its natural advantages. its wenlth, its famous rulers, its wise counselors, its victorious armies, it was the greatest failure of them all, says the Christian Herald The richest man in the world. Croesus, was king of Sardis: the wisest man, Solon. was her guest, and yet through overconfidence and lack of warchfulness. time and again it was surprised. conquered and all but destroyed, until at last the disintegrat- ing rock and soil from its own citadel, loosened by the winter rains and burl ed down by destructive earthquakes, buried the city thirty feet deep from the sight of man. It became a dead city. and it was buried by the forces of nature, Regulating His Sleep. John Wesley recognized the evils of oversleeping and gave a recipe where by one may find out how much sleep he really wants. It was derived from experience. “1 waked every night about 12 und lay awake for some time, and | readily concluded that this arose ' from my being longer in bed than na- | ture required. which waked me next mormng (an bour earlier than | rose the before, vet | lay awake at night. The next morning | rose at 6: notwith- standing. | lay nwake the second night The third morning | rose at 5. never- theless luy awake. The fourth morn Ing 1 rose ut 4, as | have done ever since. and | lay awake no more.” ~Lon- don Chronicle. No Matter Who. A party of women were being escort. ed through the state house the other day by a bowing and scraping guide. The women were of the enthusiastic type and raved over this and that and said. “Oh. =imply too gorgeous.” Fi. nally they were shown the portrait of a former governor. “Oh. superb, isn't it?" sald one of them. “and an excellent likeness too. A portrait of whom did you say it was? — Boston Traveler. a ——— The Fishless Fisherman. “So you tovk a day off from your work and went fishing?" “Yes.” replied the man who insists on being cheerful, “Have uny luck?” “Certainly. A day off fs enough " - Washington Star. A Wafer. “What,” asked the teacher, “is the meaning of the word ‘wafer? * “A wafer.” replied Maurice, aged nine. “is a kid without any father or mother.” Chicago News. tort: “‘Because | am feeding with the brutes.” "—Pearson’s Weekly. Ice Glazed Salmon, Ice jackets have been found to be the best protection for frozen salmon on their long journeys from ihe Pa- cific coast 1 all parts of the world. Thousands of tons of salmon ire now frozen in the great factories of the const for export, because the combina- tion of the ice juckets and the frozen went bas been found to keep the fish from becoming tainted. After the salm- on are bled they are kept at a tem. perature of zero, or near there. for forty-eight hours and are frozen hard. If they were shipped this way, how- ever, the air would get to the fish to some extent and tainting would re- sult, so they are dipped in tanks of water and given another freezing. This puts a thin jacket of ice all over each fish, or glazes him, us it is called. Aft- | er two coats of glazing the salmon are | wrapped in paper. packed in paper | lined boxes and started to the export markets.—Saturday Evening Post, Lucky Lightning Strokes, | To be struck by lightning is still a | most lucky thing for the Greek peas- ant—if he is not killed. “Such a man,” says J. C. Lawson, "may indulge a | taste for idleness for the rest of his live—his neighbors will support him-— aud enjoy at the same time the repu- tation of being something more than human.” This is an inheritance from ancient days. Artemidorus. an author. ity on occult matters who flourished in the times of Marcus Aurelius, com- mented on the fact that while a place struck by lightning had an altar erect ed upon it and was thenceforth both honored and avoided, “no one who has been struck by lightning is excluded ‘from citizenship; indeed, such a one Magn- is honored even as a god.” consulship in 116 B. C. Is attributed to his having been favored thus by the gods.—London Spectator. 1st, 2d and 4th. “Do the letters *st.” *d’ and ‘th’ have to be followed by a period when used thus: Ist. 2d, 4th? What is this com- bination—an abbreviation, contraction or merely a sign?” In the forms 1st, 24, 4th, ete.. we have ordinal numerals in which an Arabic figure is substituted for the spelled out name of the cardinal number from which the ordinal is derived. The let- ters added to the Arabic numeral form the specitic inflection which changes the cardinal to an ordinal numeral. The forms in question, then. are nel- | ther abbreviations nor contractions, nor yet mere signs. They are like a bumorist’s b4 for before, only they are | not whimsical, as they would be if no | one had seen them before and some one should suddenly use them.—Liter- ary Digest. EE —————————— When Juries Mete. Up in Alaska there used to be a district attorney who was long on na- tive oratory. but short on education. Once, while prosecuting a big case. he came to the finish of his argument. and, according to Wilson Mizner. who | was up there at the time, he leaned across the rail and made this plea: “All 1 asts of you. gentlemen of the | procured an alarm. fury, is that you now retire and mete ut 7 out jestice as she deserves to be met!” day | —Saturday Evening Post. EE ————————————— He Made Them Read It. Daughter—Have you found out yet what it was that papa cut out of the paper? Mother—Yes. I bought a copy. | I've read it all through, but to save my life I can't see anything wrong in it. It's an article on the vulgarity and silliness of buying gowns that are be youd one's means The Clock and the Watch, “What pleased me most,” sali the man who had been abroad. “was the wonderful clock at Strassburg.” “Oh, how 1 should like to see it!" replied the ignorant youth. “And did you see the watch on the Rhine too?” —Exchange. or ———————— Called the Bluff. Mrs. X.—Yes. | tried to make my busband economize in smoking. so I told him if he ever smoked | would never speak to him again. Mrs Y.- What was the result? Mrs. X.—His cigar bill was doubled the next month. hange. — . Light Diet. A Spanish proverb declares that “a papelitos (a: paper cigar), a glass of clear water and a kiss from a pretty girl will sustain a man for a whole day.” It §s well to moor your bark with two tnchors.—Publlus Syrus. The elec- | tion of Quintus Julius Eburnus to the | Analyzing a Mame. When Poincares. the amous mathe- maticlan. was formally received into tie French academy Frederic Musson in welcoming him gave the desirable mathematical tinge to his address by questioning the correctness of the name Geometrically. he said. the po tion of a square point was intolerable. Therefore it was obvious that “point carre” could not have heen the true derivation of the nume. It must have been “pont carre.” The philologists took M. Masson seriously und began poking around in their musty records ! for a better original source than either “point earre” or “pont carve” And they soon found it in the person of | Petrus Pugniquadrati. a student of rec- i ord in the year 1403 Furthermore. in | 1418 nn French namesake of Pugniquad- | rati appeared in the person of one Jehan Poinzquarre. From all of which | it seemed plain that the original Poin- f cares were not square points. but | clenched fists. —New York Post. a — ! Dust In Flour Mills, i It har been many vears since there | has heen an explosion of flonr dust re- | suiting in xerfous loss of life and great | property damage. This is due to the fact that millers have learned mors! about the explosive nature of finely | powdered material. and the former carelessness in providing receptacles | for the dust hax been succeeded hy a | system of dust catching and disposal | which makes an flour mill perfectly sife | from this danger In old fashioned | milling methods tour dust was turned into a room provided for the purpose, | but large quantitie: were allowed to accumniate on the mill oor acd be come distributed over the machinery, | When hese deposits were disturied | the atoms floated about in the ato sphere, creating danger from fire aud | making it dient for workmen to! breathe Asthma frequently resulted | from this condition, and incipient ex plosions were not infrequent.—North- | western Miller I “Bob White” Likes Music. A baby quail was captured and; brought to the house. The large cage | provided for him stood upon a squire of oilcloth, and this was little Bob White's ranch The door of his house was always open, but he seldom wan- dered beyond the limits of his own do- ! main. Owe thing invariably tempted | this little recluse to venture forth. this was the sonnd of music. Like a small boy racing after the band. the mowent the tones of the piano reached his quick ear he started on a run, and the quick pat-patting of his tiny feet an- nounced his approach. He would elr- | cle about the pinno and, with a duff: fluff of his short wings, mount to the | keyboard. © The little square corner at : its end wax his opera chair, where hie | cuddied down coutentedly as long us! the wusic continued. at times expres. | sing his appreciation by a contented | soft, purring sound.—Suburban Life. | Money Value of a Woodpecker, | The slaughter of migratory birds is | surely followed by the increase of de- | structive insects. Among the best of | the farmer's bird friends ure the wood: | peckers, especially the redheaded mem- bers of the species. In proof oue care ful observer says: “A pair of them + nested In a dead cottonwood tree near | my uncle's orchard one year. One day I watched them through a pair of opera glasses. The young birds were about half grown The parents made ninety six trips in one hour, each time with n worm. It is safe to say that they saved ninety-six apples in that hour a box worth, say. $1. If the birds worked ten hours a day they were I worth $10 to my uncle. or in the three | weeks the birds were in the nest $210 | Can a farmer afford to kill a wood pecker?’ —Youth's Companion { How Capital Grows! | Two centuries ago the sum of £5 | was bequeathed for the education of | the children of poor Inhabitants of | | Lytham In course of time the fund | grew to nearly £500, and this sum winx invested by the trustees of the Lytham charities in a plot of land which now forms the center of Blackpool. With. in the last fifty years the corporation | of Blackpool has paid about £100.00 | for the freehold rights of small sec tions of this estate, and it Is believed that in course of time the value of the property owned by the charities will reach £500.000.—London Express Naturally, An American motoring through a small Scotch town was pulled up for excessive speed. “Didn't you see that notice, ‘Dead slow? " inquired the policeman “Course, | did.” returned the Yankee, { “but I thought it referred to your bloomin’ town.”—London Answers Faith, Hope and A “How did that ne'er do well manage to live?" “In hope that if he inspired enough faith he might live on charity.”—Bal- timore American. Game. Mother—Now, children, 1 want you to kiss Miss Lemon goodby. Elder Brother—Come on, Billy, be a sport. It'll be over in a second.—Life, Man, Petty Man, Knicker—There's plenty of room at the top. BRocker— Yes, but your wife lets you have only the bottom bureau drawer.—New York Sun. ——— wr — So She Did. “Jack proposed to me while turning the music for me at the piano." “Ah, | see! You played right into his bands.” By the street of By and By one ar- , Fives at the house of Never ~Cervantes. | she took part in 2,934 square dances, Overspecializing Specialists, A techuicaily trained engineer has voustantly to combat a tendency to- wand narrowness of view point if he desires to cultivate a wide mental hord zon. He bas to avoid a complete ab- { sorption in detail to the exclusion of the larger relations of his work if he { will advance along broad lines, and still he must not neglect details which are essental The man with the ca. pacity to see the unusual and the sig- nificant, the chap with imagination and enterprise enough te look at the rela tions of his own duties to the welfare of the concern as a whole is the one se. lected to go higher when the inevitable changes of industrial life come. Overspecialization often leads to un. due emphasis upon the importance of individual tasks in given departments: to a lack of interest outside immedi ately vital responsibilitfes: to long con- tinued employment at stated compen- sation perhaps, and not seldom to final replacement before middle age is past | by men with less experience in single grooves, but with better comprehen- sion of interdepartmental relations and the ability to make effective use of men with limited idens.— Power. Brazil's Wonderful Tree. most marvelous tree The in the | world is the Carnnhuba palm, which grows in Brazil. Its roots produce the ste medicinal effect as sarsaparilla From parts of the tree wine and vine- gar are made. Its froit is used for feeding eattle. Of the straw. hats. bas- kets. brooms and mats are made. It is also used for thatching houses. The pulp has an agreeable taste. and the nut is sometimes used as a substitute for coffee. Its stems afford strong. light fibers and serve also for Joists, rafters and other building materials. It yields nn saccharine substance, as | well as a starch resembling sago. Of the wood of the stem musical instruo- ments, water tubes and pumps are | made. From the stem a white liquid similar to milk of the cocoanut may be extracted. Moreover, salt is extracted from the tree and likewise an alkali used in the manufacture of common | soap. | Globular Lightning. Professor Thomson says of this rave | phenomenon, the reality of which has | frequently been called in question, | that, after having been for a long | | time in doubt about it, his doubts have disappeared The nearest he has ever come to observing a “lightning ball” | was the hearing of its explosion. The | ball itself was seen by a friend, who | happened to be looking in the right di- rection when Professor Thomson him. ! self was looking another way. No ra. | onal hypothesis, he says, exists to ex- lain such a phenomenon, as there is | nothing in the laboratory which close. | ly resembles it. From descriptions the balls appear to vary from one inch | to one foot in diameter. When they | disappear there Is usually an explo- | sion, generally with slight damage. Some bave been described as entering buildings and going out of a door or window.—Loundon Spectator. | Famed For Her Dancing. : Countess Lambsdorff, who in her | youth was an enthusiastic dancer, states in her memoirs that prior to her marriage she attended 225 balls, and after her wedding 557 more, At the different dances she received eight- een offers of marriage This was be fore her marriage. Afterward 272 men sent her love letters, and a hundred of her admirers threatened to shoot them. selves in their despair. The number of dances which the countess takes to her credit is stupendous. Altogether 4,500 waltzes and 600 polkas, her part: ners numbering 1.700, Of the latter she describes 1,200 as stupid. 300 bore. some, 120 offensive, 22 nice and 3 wit- | ty. Countess Lambsdorff estimates | the total distance danced by her at not | less than 16,000 miles. | Safe Assumption. Apropos of a marriage that threat ened to turn out badly, a society wo man uttered an appropriate and very | true epigram. ! “So Mr. Blanc,” she said, “is saying at the club that he's sorry he ever married.” Then she smiled and added: “Well, when a man tells his friends he's sorry he married it's safe to as sume that his wife is sorry too.” —New York Tribune. —— ——— Particular, “How do you want your eggs?’ ask ed the walter, “Soft boiled,” replied the man. who dislikes the cold storage system. “And see that I get 'em that way. Those you served me yesterday morning were merely thawed." —Washington Star, a ——————————— Just as She Said. Grouchy Parent—No, sir, my daugh. ter shall not marry you. Suitor—But your daughter wishes to marry me, sir, and she told me just now that you would deny ber nothing. Grouchy Par. ent—That, sir, {s precisely what I am 4 .~—Boston Transcript. The Test. “That man surely is a philosopher.” “Been giving you some goed advice?" “No. He's in great trouble himself and he's actually trying to grin and bear it." —Detroit Free Press. —— Badly Expressed. Old Aunt (despondently)—Well, | shall not be a nuisance to you much longer, Nephew (reassuraingly)—Don't talk lke that, aunt; you know you will.—Boston Transcript. Experience teaches us again and again that there is nothing men have ‘ess command over than thelr ‘ongues ; not life; Blood is life. —~S8pinoza. “Stomach trouble” it is only necessary to observe the number and variety of tab- | lets, powders, and other preparations of- fered as a cure for disorders of the stom. ach. To obtain an idea as to the fatali- | ty of stomach diseases it is only necessa- | ry to realize that with a “weak stomach” | a man has a greatly reduced chance of | recovery from any disease. Medicine is Medicines hold | disease in check while Nature strength- | ens the body through blood, made from the food received into the stomach. If the stomach is “weak” Nature works in i vain. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis- covery must not be classed with the pills, i powders and potions, which have at best | a palliative value. The “Discovery” is a medicine which absolutely cures diseases of the organs of digestion and nutrition. It purifies the blood, and by increasing the activity of the blood-making glands increases the blood supply. Itis a tem- petance medicine and contains no alco- ol, neither opium, cocaine, nor other narcotics. To get an idea of the prevalence of | ‘The World. —T. W. Hosterman has been reap- pointed postmaster at Coburn, an office he has filled the past twenty years. Hood's Sarsaparilla. : hin, , without sustain. ing sirens HOODS SARA ANIA gave me the appetite needed, restored strength, gave me natural, healthful Sleep.” Mrs. C. K. Tyler, Burlington, “MY BLOOD was in bad condition, I had erysipelas on my hands, the left one sobadl had itin a 3 months. | be- lieve Hood's rilla saved my hand, for when | used 5 bottles it was all healed up and I felt better every way." Mrs. Alice Stockwell, Worchester, “1 tell any friends who are beset with dark-brown feelings that Hood's p rilla will set them up and make them full of life and health. I always feel like 21 after aking acourse of this medicine.” ic . D. Gates, business man, 510 SoPstnecy, Shicage business man. 310 The Thrice-a-Week Edition of Practically a Daily at the Price of a “* NEW YORK WORLD Weekly. No other Newspaper in the world gives so much at so low a price. This is a time of great events, and promptly. 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