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When a Hedgehog Awake#.
When n hibernating hedgehog awak
ens it rapidly warms itself up. Whetii
er this is done automatically or wheth
er it is due to the awakening animal
"pulling itself together" seems to be
a moot point. The fact is that the
nnlmal rapidly warms Itself up. The
chemistry of this is a rapid combus
tion of glycogen along with a small 01
moderate quantity of fat. There seems
110 doubt that the important fuel which
so rapidly makes the fire of life burn
up is glycogen; the fat is only sub
sidiary. It must be noticed that in
the hedgehog the awakening and the
warming up are two distinct though
associated processes, for the animal
may be awake at a lower temperature.
, The Waste In Storms.
Many scientists and captains of in
dustry must sigh during a thunder
storm at the vast power running to
waste in the heavens, and at sundry
times attempts have been made to en
trap and utilize the energy of light
ning. So far, however, all these have
had insignificant results. B\ way of
experiment huge rocks have been split
asi nder by attracting the lightning to
them, and in a few isolated cases it
has been claimed that paralysis has
been cured by shocks administered by
lightning, but as yet man's ingenuity
has not devised the harness that will
turn the wild, free agent of the heav
ens into tractable "horsepower."—Lou
don Spectator.
f Just to Oblige.
When u certain jurist made his first
appearance at the bar as a young law
yer he was given charge by the state
solicitor of the prosecution of a man
who was accused of some misde
meanor.
Although there was practically no
evidence against the man, the youthful
attorney did his best, but was aston
ished when the Jury brought in aver- !
diet of "guilty." After the trial one of
the jurors tapped the young lawyer oa
the shoulder. "We didn't think the
man was guilty," he explained, "but
at the same time didn't like to discour
age a young lawyer by acquitting
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' The Liberty Statue.
From time immemorial such great
sentiments as liberty, justice, truth
have been spoken of and when put into
verse, statue or painting have been
represented as being feminine. Just
why this should be so there is no tell
ing, but it Is so. It was in obedience
to this custom that "Liberty Enlight- ;
ening the World" stands in the shape
of a woman.—New York Journal.
Pretty Unhappy.
Sillcus— What's the matter, old maaf
You look unhappy. Cynicus—l am.
I'm almost as unhappy as a woman
with a secret that nobody wants to
know.—Club Fellow.
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ADDING MACHINES.
They Are Not New, as Pascal Invented
One In the Year 1642.
The adding machine is of modern de
yvlopment. but not a modern invention,
a passable out having been invented
In 1642 by Pascal (1G23-16G2), a
brated French geometrician, philoso
pher and writer. Later, in IG7I, the
adding machine was modified to facili
jate multiplication by Gottfried WJ.I
- Leibnitz, a German mathemati
cian of great achievement, and his in
vention was followed by many Im
provements.
A notable experimenter in this line
was Charles Babbage (1792-1871), au
English mathematician, many years
professor of mathematics at Cambridge
university. In order to secure accu
racy In tables of logarithms he con
ceived the idea of doing the work by
machinery and was commissioned by
the British government to superintend
the construe*lon of a machine for the
purpose. Fe spent much time and
money in experimenting and attained
some remarkable results, but died be
fore perfecting his machine.
All calculating machines contain cer
tain features devised by special refer- j
ence to the work to be done, including
circular metallic d'sks, wheels with
teeth, etc., ingenious, but not more
complicated and no more responsive to
human intelligence than many othei
machines. The thinking is all done 1 y
thd operator.—Philadelphia Press.
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Always Leap Year.
A most extraordinary custom pre
vails among the Vizrees, a powerful
tribe occupying an extensive district
In Cabul, among the mountains be
tween Persia and India—a female pre
jogative that has no pa'allel among
juy other people of the earth. The
romen, in fact, choose their husbands
>nd not the husbands their wives. If
! t woman be pleased with a man she
sends the drummer of the camp to pin
a handkerchief to his cap with a pin
she has used to fasten her hair. The
drummer watches his opportunity and
does this in public, naming the wo
man, and the man is obliged to marry
if he can pay the price to her father.
Incongruous.
"How did you get the black eye?"
"1 had an argument about universal
oeace."—Buffalo Express.
Cheerful.
A certain philosopher used to thank
his lucky stars when he had the gout
that it was not the toothache, and
when he had the toothache he gave
thanks because he had not both com
plaints at once.
A Moving Reason.
Grannie—Why should I take another
chair, Gerald? Don't you think I'm
comfortable here?
Gerald Yes, gran'ma, but I'm
afraid my little kitten isn't. She's
i that* toss Qttofcna.
Steal Rail Inventor.
The first modern steel rails of the
1 type which made high B|>eed railway
operation possible were designed by
Plimmon Henry Dudley, who was born
at Freedom. 0., In 184.1 He became
civil and metallurgical engineer, amt
after four years as chief engineer of
the city of Akron. 0.. he turned his at
tention to railroading and trausporta
tion problems. His first Invention
the dynagraph, was made in 1874. He
perfected the track indicator in 1880
aDd three years Inter designed the first
five Inch steel rail used In America
; In 1802 he introduced the first six inch
! 100 pound rails. „ Another of his in
! ventions which made the famous
"fliers" of today possible was the
I stremmatograph, an instrument for ob
taining and registering strains in rails
under moving truins.
Bielovitoka Forest, Lithuania.
In the great park Bielovitoka forest,
in Lithuania, which is about 150 miles
in circumference, the primeval forest
still stands, and all the wild animals
native to central European forests are
found there except bears and wolves,
which were exterminated some years
ago. Except for the roads which pass
through it, the forest is unchanged. It
is visited by few people except the
foresters.
MADE THE REPORTER BLUSH.
When the House of Lords Adjourned
at His Suggestion.
There is a good Fleet street story,
says a writer in the London Daily Citi
zen, of how a reporter once adjourned
the house of lords. He bad worked in
the gallery of the house of lords for
about a quarter of a century, and It
may be that familiarity bad dimmed
his sense of reverence. One day there
had been a stodgy little debate with a
dozen members in the house, and the
reporter, with his colleagues perched
in the gallery, was thoroughly sick of
the whole business. His feeling 9 found
outlet in a muttered remark as some
noble lord on tbe cross benches rose to
continue the debate.
"Why don't you move the adjourn
ment?" said the reporter to himself.
He said It louder than be Intended,
and the words reached tbe noble lord
who had just risen. He on his part
believed the words to be a private hint
addressed to him from the lord chan
cellor, and, feeling that be could not
disregard the suggestion, be said, "My
lords, I move the adjournment of the
debate."
Instantly the lord chancellor was on
his feet from the woolsack, and their
lordships' house rose for tbe day.
Hardened as was the reporter, it is
stated that as be went out he wa9
blushing at his achievement
Typhoid and Cocoanut Milk.
An English writer tells of a colored
woman In Trinidad who was dying, be
yond all hope, of typhoid, and pleaded
to be allowed to drink of cocoanut
juice. She was beyond the reach of
good or harm, so she had her cocoanuts
and drank the juice, not of one but of
eight In succession—perhaps a gallon
of liquid, and the orgle indisputably
saved her life.
Hearing Heart Beats.
If you hear your heart beat in one
ear, as many persons do. it Is no proof
of anything wrong with the heart It
Is much more likely to be a local defect
such as chronic catarrh of the middle
ear or stiffness and retraction of the
drum. This on the authority of Dr.
Robert H. Babcock of Chltvgo.
Thanks For His Money.
Weekle— So Slippsy Is a defaulter,
eh? Deekle—So they say. Weekle—
By George, I always wondered why he
said "Thank yon" so pleasantly every
time 1 made a depositl
Leave It In the Inkstand,
When one Is tempted to write a clev
er but harsh thing, though it may be
difficult to restrain It, It is always bet
ter to leave it in the Inkstand.
We shall not find it so difficult to j
love oar enemies if we begin by pity
ing them.
Selfish.
"Bilggins says he cant write on a
typewriter because the noise disturbs
him."
"Yes. If there is any noise going on
Bilggins wants to make it himself." —
Washington Star.
Not Quite the Thing.
Matrimonial Agent—l have found for
you. my friend, a veritable pearl—a
wealthy widow of seventy-five.
The Count—l like the pearl, but I'm
afraid I shan't care for the shell!—
Philadelphia Inquirer.
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A wonderful ple*e of self analysis,
worthy of St. Augnstlne. which oc
curs In one of John Donne's foneral
Bertuous gives poignant expression to
what must doubtless have leen a com
mon condition of so senslthe a brain:
"I throw myself down lit ry cham
ber. aDd I call in and invite God and
his angels together, and wf*** they
are there I neglect God and Ms angels
for the noise of a fly. for the rattling
of a coach, for the whining of a dog.
1 talk on in the same [>osture of pray
er. eyes lifted up. knees bowed' cfcrrar*.
as though 1 prayed to God. and'if (iod
should ask cue when I last thought of
God in that prayer i enunor re*l
Sometimes I And that I forgi* what
I was a bom. but when I began to for
get It 1 cannot telL A. memory of
yesterday's pleasures, a fcHr of r*
morrow's dangers, a straw under mj
knee, a noise In mine ear. a chimera
In my brsia, troubles me In my
prayer."
It is this> brain turned toward upon
Itself and darting ont on erery Hide
In purely random excursion* that was
responsible, 1 cannot doubt, for all the
contra dictions of a career In which
the Inner logic la not at first apparent
—Fortnightly Review.
Beepttal Efflci ency.
A highly der4ofH<l pfticlPiiry system
he soring time- trouble for the staff
is used is a London hospital. Indies
tow bearing tbe names of the officials,
house doctors and some of the staff
doctors are located In many rooms and
hallways, and these Indicators show
at all times whether or not any one
af the officials Is in the hospital an.l
available for consultation. When each
doctor comes Into the building a but
ton is pressed that makes It known
on all tbe indicators that he has ar
rived; and when be goes out the lndi
cators are made to record that fact
The indicators also show the word
"engaged." which means that the of
llcial or doctor Is not to be disturbed
—a push on a button In tbe official's
room accomplishing this. Thus. In any
part of tbe hospital, nt any time, each
doctor knows and each nurse knows
when the various officials and doctors
may be asked to give attention to any
matter.—Saturday Evening Post.
Gods of Machinery.
The ceremony of propitiating the
gods which are supposed to reside in
the printing machinery is annually
performed by the Hindu members or
tbe Times of Malaya printing staff
The usually prosaic machine and com
posing rooms are turned into weird
caverns of mystery, dimly lit by can
dies and oil lamps, and odorous with
tbe beavy scent of incense and per
fumes. Every machine is garlanded,
and has placed before it an offering
of "makan." Rice and bananas and
cakes are tbe portion of each machine
acording in its size and importance;
even the "stone" comes In for a share
of tbe gifts. At tbe appointed time
braziers, containing smoking camphor
and cocoanut oil, are carried roundiand
held before each machine, while the
power engine, whose god presumably
Is regarded as a particularly aggres
live personage, is "smoked" for a spe
dally long period.—Times of Malaya.
Von Moltke and Hi> Snuff.
During tbe Prussian advance in the
Franco-Prussian war Von Moltke con
tinually took pinches of snuff. When
he was told that MacMahon was
marching northward be exclaimed.
"He Is surely mad!" and forthwith
nearly emptied his snuffbox as he re
tired to bis tent to organize tbe plan 9
that culminated in tbe tremendous con
flict of Sedan. At tbe end of tbe war
Von Moltke received a bill from the
military stores with this item: "For
one pound of snuff supplied to General
Von Moltke, 1 thaler." Tbe great sol
dier paid It without a murmur.
Accounting For Patrick Honry.
It is related that Chief Justice Sal
mon P. Chase on stopping at the birth
place of Patrick Henry in Virginia ex
claimed: "What an atmosphere! What
a view! What glorious mountains! No
wonder Patrick Henry grew here!"
Whereupon an honest native dryly re
marked that the atmosphere, the view
and the mountains had been there for
ages, but that only one Patrick Henry
had been produced.
Quite a Difference.
When a woman winds a towel
around her head and calls for a backet
of water it means tbe beginning of a
big day, bnt when a man winds a
towel around his bead and calls for
water It means the end of a big night
—Atlanta Constitution.
"I tike athletics for girls. lon ought
to see now my daughter can run up a
rope."
"And you ought to see bow mine can
run op a bill."—Baltimore American,
Woman's Advantage.
It's easy for a woman to clean up.
She can rub a little powder on her nose
and cheeks, bnt a man has to take off
his collar and necktie and wash.—De
troit Free Press.
The Plaoe For AM.
"Nothing," says Robert Herrlck, "ir
ritates the thinking woman more than
to be told that woman's place is in the
home. She knows it It is the man's
place also, and she knows that"—Bos
ton Globe,
She—Do you remember that thirty
years ago you proposed to me and that
I refused you?
He —Oh, yes. That's one of the most
treasured recollections of my youth.—
Exchange.
Our Curious Brain.
Comparisons.
A Mean Reply.
PUBLIC NOTICE OF APPLICA
TION FOR CHARTER
In the Court cf Common Pleas for
the County of Indiana.
No. 214 September Term. 1914
Notice is liefeby given that an
application willi be made to the
said Court on Monday, September
(21, 1914. at 1:30 'clock P. M. un
der 4 'An Act to provide for the
incorporation and regulation of
certain Corporations" approved
April 29, 1874, and! its supple
ments, by D. L. Trunao, James A
Bianco, Gaspero Cardamone, A.
K. Formica, Salvatore- Pizzafer
rata, William F. GattE Abraham
Hallow. Louis Pecora. D<wiato Sta
i bHe, Joe Biggi, Pietro l lannuzzi
ami Domenico Marrone for the
Charter of an intended! Corpora
tin to be called "CILSISTO
PEFER COLUMBUS MiUTUAI
AID SOCIETY OF ITALIANS
OF HOMER CITY, PA." fDelh
Sbeieta Italiana Christoforo> Co
lom?bm> di Mutuo Soceorso d 5 Ho
mer City, Pa.), the character and
object of which is to furnish aid
help- and assistance to the mem
bera ©f the society in ease of sfck
ness, death or distress, to elevaft
their civil, moral and social staml
ing and to disseminate genera'
knowledge among them, and fin
these purposes to have, possess
and enjoy all the rights, benefits
and privileges conferred by the
said Act and its supplements
thereof.
The proposed Charter is on file
at the Prothonotary's Ofiiee.
PEELOR & FEIT,
Solicitors
Proof Positive.
"Is Professor Doderswell really so
nearsighted?"
"Fearfully. Why, I saw him at. the
zoo the other day looking at the ele
phant through a magnifying glass-"
New York Post.
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Confused.
"Too must pardon me!" exclaimed
the golfer. "Tbe trouble Is that I bava
been so perplexed about naval matte*®
that I got confused.'*
"What's that got to do with the
game?*'
"You didn't hear vaj warning. I
said 'Aft!' when I should have
'Fore!***—Washington Star.
Genial Greeting.
He—You were getting ready to go
out. and I'm afraid my call Is inop
portune! She—Really and truly, I
would much rather stay here and talk
with you than keep nay engagement
Jhis afternoon! He—l an* delighted!
But can the engagement he broken
without inconvenience? Site*—Oh, yes!
The dentist won't mind!
Why H* Loved Spain.
Cfonchlno Rossini, who was a great
jteater, was once seen embracing a
Spaniard with great .effusion;. Asked
the reason, he replied. "Becwtwe with
out Spain we would be the ferat ua
tfaaiT
A Preud Boast.
A teachers' meeting was in ppwtgresa,
and it was decided that the- mora
difficult subjects should come la the
morning and those that required less
application later In the day. History
was fetst on the list and Miss Wheeler,
the young teacher, protested.
"But it certainly Is easier than
science or mathematics." the principal
Insisted.
"As I leach it." replied the young
teacher, "no subject could be more
difficult and confusing."—Llppincott's.
Flattering.
Very Stout Farmer's Wife (to little
rustic, her protege)— Well, Sum, your
master uud 1 are going to the cattle
show. Cowboy—Oh. I'm sure I hope
you'll take the fust prize, 'ui—that I
do.—London Tit-Bits.
Fiction and Fact.
In the novels the husband strolls Into
the conservatory for a little smoke be
fore dinner. In real life he strolls Into
the kitchen and raises blue blazes with
the light of his life because dinner
isn't ready.—Cincinnati Enquirer.
Good Guess.
First Passenger—l understand that
your city has the rottenest political
ring in the country. Second Passenger
—That's right. But how did you know
where I'm from? First Passenger—l
don't.—Life. 3