Our Curious Brain.
A wonderful piece of self analysis,
worthy of St. Augustine, which oc
curs in one of John Donne's funeral
sermons gives j>oiguunt expression to
what must doubtless have been a com
mon condition of so sensitive a brain:
"I throw myself down in my cham
ber. aud I call in and invite God and
his angels together, nnd when they
■are there I neglect God and his 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 posture of pray
er. eyes lifted up, kuees bowed down,
as though I prayed to God. and if God
should usk me when I last thought of
God in that prayer I cannot tell.
Sometimes I find that I forgot what
1 was about but when I began to for
get it 1 cannot tell. A memory of
yesterday's pleasures, a fear of to
morrow's dangers, a straw under my
knee, a noise in mine ear. a chimera
ID my brain, troubles me in my
prayer."
It Is this brain turned Inward upon
itself and darting out on every side
in purely random excursions that was
re-ponsible, I cannot doubt, for all tbe
contradictions of a career in which
the Inner logic is not at first apparent
Review.
Hospital Efficiency.
A highly developed efficiency system
In saving time and trouble for the staff
Is used In a London hospital. Indica
tors bearing the names of the officials,
bouse 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
of the officials Is in tbe hospital an.l
available for consultation. When each
doctor comes into the building a but
ton is pressed that makes it known
on all the indicators that he has ar
rived; and when he goes out the lndi
cators are made to record that fact
The Indicators also show tbe word
"engaged." which means that the of
flclal or doctor is not to be disturbed
—a push on a button In the official's
room accomplishing this. Thus, in any
part of the hospital, at 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 I'ost.
Gods of Machinery.
The ceremony of propitiating the
gods which nre supposed to reside in
the printing machinery Is annually
performed by the Hindu members of
the Times of Malaya printing staff.
The usually prosaic machine and com
posing rooms are turned into weird
caverns of mystery, dimly lit by can
dles and oil lamps, and odorous with
the heavy sceut of incense nnd per
fumes. Every machine is garlanded,
and has placed before It an offering
of "makan." Rice and bananas and
cakes are the portion of each machine
acording in its size and importance;
even the "stone" comes in for a share
of the gifts. At the appointed time
braziers, containing smoking camphor
and cocoanut oil. are carried round and
held before each machine, while the
power engine, whose god presumably
Is regarded as a particularly aggres
•ive personage. Is "smoked" for a spe
dally long period.— I Times of Malaya.
Von Moltke and His Snuff.
During the Prussian advance in the
Franco-Prussian war Von Moltke con
tlnualiy took pinches of snuff. When
he was toid that MacMahon was
marching northward be exclaimed.
"He Is surely mad!" and forthwith
nearly emptied his snuffbox as hi- ro
tired to his tent to organize the plans
that culminated in the tremendous con
flict of Sedan. At the end of the 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." The great sol
dier paid it without a murmur.
Accounting For Patrick Henry.
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 hereT
"Whereupon an honest native dryly re
marked that the atmosphere, the view
and the mountains had been there fot
ages, but that only one Patrick Henry
had been produced
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Quite a Difference.
1 When a woman winds a towel
around her bead and calls for a bucket
of water it means the beginning of a
big day, but when a man winds a
towel around bis head and calls for
water it means the end of a big night
—Atlanta Constitution.
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Comparisons.
"I like athletics for giris. Too ought
to see how my daughter can run up a
rope."
"And you ought to see how mine can
run up a bill."—Baltimore American.
Woman's Advantage.
It's easy for a woman to clean up.
She can rub a little powder ou her nose
and cheeks, but a man has to take off
his collar and necktie and wash.—De
troit Free Press.
Ths Cutup.
"There goes the village cutup."
"Is he a joker or a surgeon?"— Balt
imore American.
Being Right.
You can't be sure you're right sim
ply because you believe you are.—Al
bany Journal.
Porcupine Quills.
The spines both of the hedgehog and
the porcupine are nothing more than
excessively enlarged hairs, and on the
bodies of these animals every grada
tion between hairs aud spines can be
found.
Photo by American cress Association.
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"Does Miss Yeller sing for money?"
asked the old fogy.
"1 don't know," replied tbe grouch.
"The only time I ever heard her she
seemed to be singing for spite."—Cin
cinnati Enquirer.
STRAW FORTS AS PROTECTION
© 1914, by American Press Association.
French soldiers have discovered that straw is safer thau earthworks, as
It hides them better from tbe enemy.
A Phil May Anecdote.
One winter night an old hawker en
tered the bar of the Old Bell tavern.
Fleet street, and offered tbe customers
sets of three -tuds for a penny. Fliil
May said to liini:
"You are just tbe man 1 want!"
He took only one stud and gave the
hawker a five shilling piece. The bar
maid said to Phil May:
"I believe, Phil, you would give your
coat to the first beggar who asked for
it!"
"Well, miss," replied the artist,
"there would be no harm In that. St.
Martin gave his coat to a beggar, and
he was a better man than Phil May.
I am only a wicked sinner!"— London
Tatler.
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IDLENESS.
Idleness breeds rust and courts
evil. An unhappy life is an idle
one. Those who are happiest are
the most earnest workers. It is
folly to say that we can find no
labor. Life itself is a stupendous
task. It is cowardly, however, to
shirk labor by feigning not to see
it. Each mortal, if he does his
duty, will have a busy life.
Proof Positiva.
"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.
A Summer of Haze.
Europe and Asia were covered by
fog during the summer of I<S3. Says
Gilbert White (letter 109): "The sum
mer of the year 1753 was an amazing
and a portentous one, * * * for, be
sides the alarming meteors and tre
mendous thunderstorms. • • • the
peculiar haze or smoky fog that pre
vailed for many weeks In this island
(England) and In every part of Europe
and even beyond its limits was a most
extraordinary appearance. The heat
was intense. Calabria and part of the
isle of Sicily were torn and convulsed
with earthquakes." Cow per also re
fers to this phenomenon in speaking of
"nature, with a dim and sickly eye."
BELGIAN SOLDIERS IN CAMP
Small Harold—Papa, won't you please
give me 5 cents? Papa—Not now.
Run a! >ng. I'm very busy. Small
Harold Jholdlng his bauds joined to
gether)— Well. papa, drop a ulekel
In tho slot and see me go - Exchange.
"Does your wife alwn\ -< follow your
advice?" "If she does she never over
takes it."—Boston Transcript.
Champagne is a product of France.
It was invented or discovered there
250 years ago.
His Gift.
"They say he gets $25 for his speech
es!" "Yep. He's pecuniarily gifted."—
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
For real Sabbatarianism we must go
back a little. There was Hannah
More, for instance, who refused to
dine out on the Sabbath and retired to
her own room on the very hint of
music on that day. And more. Ex
pressions like "christening" a ship, the
"salvation" of a country or the "ascen
sion" of a balloon were quite against
her idea of the fitness of the use of
words which had been exalted by their
religious associations.—Loudon Chron
icle.
The Thumb.
The thumb is very powerful. It is
stronger than all the fingers put to
gether.
Dark Eyes.
Only twelve men in a hundred have
dark eyes as compared with twenty
women in a hundred.
Our Language.
"Hello. Kitty! Anything going on
here now?" "Yes—a lot of things com
ing off this week."—Boston Transcript
Not Worth a Rush.
The expression "Not worth a rush"
Is as a popular saying the predeces
sor of the now more common simile
"Not worth a straw." In precarpet
days it was the custom to strew the
floors of dwelling houses. When guests
of rank were entertained fresh rushes
were spread for them, but folk of low
er degree had to be content with rush
es that had already been used, while
| stili humbler persons had none, as not
even being "worth a rush."—London
. Standard.
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BRIDLE THY TONGUE.
Let me no wroni or idle word
Umidoking say.
Set thou a seal upon my lips
Through all today.
—Samuel Wilberforce.
He Got It.
Has Her Own -7ay.
Champagne.
Hannah More's Strictness.
HE PATRIOT
Wind &• ij tiie Sun
Wind does not H wavy ir<> down with
the sun. nut M.Y u..>\\ lO.H ti git to
low after sunset it wind starts to
fill up a low pressure area iefore sun
set it is ivibie to keep pouring in until
it is filled and equilibrium restored
If wind stops exactly at instant of sun
set one may rest assured that the area
of barometrical depression is filled, if
wind blows from sea to land by day it
may stop at sunset and reverse direc
tion. If it does the cause is that at
sunrise the sun's radiant energy heats
the land more than it does the water.
The land warms the air. increases its
rarity, and it rises, producing a lower
pressure area, and cooler air from over
the ocean rushes in to fill it. After
sunset land cools in less time than the
water, and the direction of Bow is re
versed. But tins may not always oc
cur. Local causes, as fog. saturation
of air, electrical conditions and others
may prevent.—New York Journal.
Sometimes Happens So.
The family had gone off for their
holiday in a taxi. Twenty minutes
later the taxi snorted buck up tbe
road.
"Forgotten the tickets?" cried a
neighbor.
"No." said t lie irate householder,
"but my wife's just remembered that
she's left a kettle boiling on the gas
stove."
He dived into the house and came
back tbe next moment with a ghastly
calm on his face.
"All right now?" said the neighbor
cheerily.
"Right! I'd forgotten that I'd turn
ed the gas off at the meter, and now
we've two hours and a half to wait for
the next train."—Glasgow Dispatch.
Quit* Suffi^r.nt.
It was on a long railway journey,
and for six hours he had sat opposite
a /solitary traveling couipaniou, aud
not a word had been spoken, "Excuse
me," was his opening, "but are you au
Englishman?"
"Yes,** rapped out the stranger.
"Oil, then I beg your pardon."
And after that the long journey was
completed in silence.—London Answers.
Irreverent Youth.
Her Father—Young man, young man,
would you take my daughter from me?
Y"ou don't know a father's feelings at
such a time! 1 must suppress them.
Her Lover—Oh, that's all right. If yoti
want to give three cheers, go ahead.—
Topeka Journal.
Dentist (telling story)—l tell yon,
when I got to that point of danger I
lost my nerve. Patient—Well, you've
got mine, haven't you? Baltimore
American.
Great Combination.
"She lias a very keen perception."
"l'es, and a sharp tongue."—Buffalo
Express.
Flight of the Housefly.
Dr. Hindle of London finds that
housefiiec tend to travel either against
or across the wind. This direction
may be directly determined by the ac
tion of the wind, or indirectly, owing to
the flies being attracted by odors
borne by the wind. Fine weather and
warmth favor dispersal, and flies
travel further in the open country than
in towns—probably because the houses
offer food and shelter. In thickly
housed localities the usual maximum
flight is about a quarter of a mile, but
in one case a single fly was recovered
at a distance of 770 yards—partly over
open fenlaied. When set free in the
afternoon flies do not scatter so well
as in the morning. Liberated flies of
ten mount almost vertically to a height
of forty-five feet or more.
Switzerland's President.
There is one highly civilized country
In which not one person in four could
give their ruler's name. That country
is Switzerland. One reason why the
president is almost unknown either by
name or by sight is that he is not a
public figure at aIL He has no privi
leges as president and no official uni
form—not even of the army. Switzer
land has a fresh president evSry year.
He has no personal authority as presi
dent and is practically only the speak
er of Switzerland's unassuming little
parliament It is recorded that at a
meeting of Swiss business men no one
could recall the name of the president
The waiter was asked. He happened
to know, because the president was
his uncle.— Philadelphia Times.
r.jmponsat'on.
EANKUIU o^mNlbALi.
A Belgian Kongo Savage Tribe That
Cannot Ce Subdued.
Tbe cannibal Baukutus of Belgian
Kongo make a practice of. removing
the upper incisors. Their dress con
sists of a plaited skirt, which does not
quite meet on the right thigh But the
women of the south wear a hide girdle
with a deep fringe of palm fiber string
Among this tribe the slaves are com
pellcd to wear a sjecial dress, which
is. in fact, the ordinary costume of
the Akela, to which tribe most of them
belong. The Banket us are great canni
bals as far as the male members of
the tribe are concerned, and the vic
tims are always staves. In fact, all
slaves are ultimately eaten, since it is
believed that if a slave were buried
his ghost would kill his master
Their chief weapon is tbe bow. poison
being used on the arrows. Shields arc
now obsolete. One of their most inter
esting points is their use of a conven
tional throwing knife as currency. The
Bankutus are almost the only tribe of
this region who have been successful
In resisting the advance of the white
man. This fact is due to their skill (n
forest warfare. The way leading to
their village is defended by poisoned
spikes hidden by leaves They us
bows and arrows set like traps in tin
form of primitive spring guns and are
quite ready If a white man is expected
to bait such traps with a live baby
being sure that the European will l>e
unable to resist the temptation to pick
up an apparently abandoned child. The
poison they use is absolutely deadly.
THE CHANGING TIDES.
Causes That Contribute So the Rise
and Fall of the Ocea<n.
Many people regard the rise and fall
of the ocean as a profound and baffling
mystery.
The mystery really is not very bard
to understand. As we all know, the
surface of the ocean rises and falls
twice in every lunar day, this rise np
pearing along a coast to be a horizon
tal motion—always ebbing or flowing.
Now, the lunar day consists of about
twenty-five hours. Thus, of course, the
"time" of the tides varies each day.
The tides, moreover, do not always rise
to the same height Every fortnight
with the new and full moon, they rise
very much higher than at other times.
These high tides are called "spring"
tides, the alternating low tides being
termed "neap," When the moon is
nearest to the earth the rise dnd fall
of the ocean are markedly increased.
Thus the spring tides are greatest at
the equinoxes—i. e.. at the end of March
and the end of September.
Yep, you say, but what has the moos
to do with it at all? Surely it is the
sun which attracts the earth.
That is so. But, although the sun's
attraction on the earth is far greater
than the moon's, the moon is so very
much nearer to the earth that the dif
ference between its attraction at the
center and on tbe surface is three
times as great as the sun's. And it is
this difference which causes tides.—
London Answers.
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Harvard's Psychologist Re
signs Chair
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jHUC-3 MUEttSTERBER6j
Because of criticism against him !■
connection with his utterances abou*
the war, Professor Muensterberg hat
resigned. The Harvard corporation
has not yet acted on the resignatioa
Burns' Cottage.
The Burns cottage at Ayr Is under
the charge of trustees, who purchased
it in ISSI from the Ayr Shoemakers'
incorporation for the sum of £4,000.
The birthplace of the poet had up tilt
that time been in use as a public
house. The trustees abandoned tho
license and after a time removed a
hall and other extraneous buildings
which had been added to tlie premises
and restored the cottage buildings as
nearly as possible to the state they
may have been in in Burns' time. A
new museum was built at the north
east corner of the grounds. Most of
the relics were removed to the muse
um, which now contains a priceless
collection—a first or Kilmarnock edi
tion of the poet's work, for which £l,
000 was paid, and Burns' family Bi
ble, acquired at a cost of £l,7oo.—Lon
don Answer*