oi 4 ve thin Chee tetetietebsitosd ua How the World Is Fed. A study of how the world is fed re- wveals many interesting facts. Austra- Ma, the smallest continent, for in- stance, is the largest meat center of them all. Asia, largest continent, on the other hand, is the smallest meat center among them. Africa and South America lean toward vegetarianism, while Europe and North America are large consumers of meat and other an- imal products. Taking the world's sup- ply of cattle, hogs and sheep, writes Harold J. Shepstone in the Millgate Monthly, it appears that mankind at large uses in the neighborhood of 20,- 000,000 tons of meat a year. This would be an average of about thirty- nine pounds per capita throughout the world. In butcher's meat we find the Australian consumes 192 pounds, the American 172 pounds, the Englishman 119 pounds, the German 113 pounds, the Frenchman and Belgian eighty pounds, the Russian fifty pounds.— Manchester Guardian. Activity of the Tongue. Nobody's tongue is still for a moment ~—at all events, in waking hours. The tongue is the most incessantly active of all the body's Woambas, hot the tongue a8 an organ o speech, ut if is also an organ of feeling. When one eats it is constantly feeling about in the mouth and deciding out of its own “mind” what particles of food are small enough or too big to swallow. Yes, indeed, the tongue has a mind of its own—a ganglion or minor brain— that is busy at mealtimes in regulating the supply of food to the stomach. But for its unceasing guardianship we should suffer much oftener than we do from the distresses of indigestion. We think of the finger ends as our most sensitive organs of feeling. They are not such at all. The end of the tongue is incomparably more deli- cate and discriminating.—Philadelphia Ledger. Inviolable Envelopes. The ordinary mucilage with which the flaps of envelopes are gummed is composed of gum arabic or dextrine and is only too amenable to the per- suasiveness of moisture or “steaming” in the hands of the unscrupulous. Per- sons who wish to guard their inclo- sures, whether emotion! op financial, against such pilfering can seal their letters by a method referred to in the Annales des Telegraphes. This con- sists in applying white of egg to the flap of an ungummed envelope, then before it has time to dry of itself seal- ing it by passing a hot iron over it. If the temperature of the latter is from 90 degrees to 100 degrees C. the albumen will be coagulated and the two surfaces of the paper will be sol- idly united and water tight. Watch For Your Chances. “very young man has chances com- his way constantly; it is not a question of having chances, but of rec- ognizing chances when they come,” says President Bedford of the Stand- ard Oil Company of New Jersey. “You sometimes hear a fellow say, ‘I had a Aetna can still boil water over the lava that flowed from the volcano during the eruption of 1910. Lava, according to Walter Woodburn Hyde of the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, writing in the Geographical Review, often reaches a temperature of 2,000 degrees F. Even the ancient poets recorded the heat, and Borelli, describing the great eruption of 1669, says the lava took eight years to cool. It is related that steam was still rising in 1830 from lava ejected in 1787. And this is not astonishing when we remember that the stream of molten lava which reached the sea at Catania on that oc- casion was at least 600 yards in breadth, forty feet deep and contained 8,632,000,000 cubic feet. It banked up against the walls of Catania, which were sixty feet high, until it flowed over the top and destroyed a large part of the city. The huge promontory that acts like a breakwater to the harbor is the remains of that stream of lava that flowed into the sea. I p———————— A Sincere Compliment Lava Is Siow to Cobdl : ! Peasants on the slopes of Mount | — = THE MEYERSDALE COM Seek adc. Unbelievabla America. In the chapter of HWgo Munsterberg’ . unfinished autobiography, published in the Century under the title, “Twenty five Years In America,” the Harvard professor tells some of the amusing misconceptions of America current ir Germany a quarter of a century ago. “The one, however, who brought m¢ ; nearest to America was the historiar tenacity with which lava retains its | Holst,” wrote Professor Munsterberg “In the lecture room his real life worl was silenced. Who would care to stud; American history? But in the drawing room he did not talk of anything else America and America again. Sometimes we had to listen to American storie: through whole dinner parties. I do re member that at my first Freiburg party he reached his climax when he told the fascinated company that he had been it a Bbotel in New York where his room had a private bathroom in which he could have a hot bath at any hour of the night. The lady next to me relieved the dramatic tension by whispering, ‘1 do not believe it’ Well, no one be lieved much of what he heard concern- ing America.” Length of Wireless Waves. 1 remember as a boy hearing the laté Rev. Sam P. Jones tell my father of what he considered to be the most sin- cere compliment he ever r®eived, says | a writer in the Dallas Pitchfork. “I | was holding a meeting in the city of Louisville,” Rev. Sam Jones related, 1 “and spending the nights witb an old Methodist colonel who owned a fine country home. During my first eve- ning at the colonel’s home the old col- ored yard man was instructed to bring out one of the colonel’s finest saddle horses for my review. The aged negro did as he was instructed and led before me a magnificent animal. The horse was a deep bay stallion, and he walked with high, swaggering steps. I said to the old negro, ‘What makes him step so proudly” And he answered without hesitation: ‘Dat hoss has got sense, Brudder Jones. He knows who's look- in’ at im.’ ” Sam Jones sald that was the sin- cerest compliment he ever received. Monster Haystacks. On the first approach to a Roumanian village one is startled by the largest haystack that the American will prob- ably ever have seen. Rod upon rod this monster stretches upon the horizon. The explanation is a simple one. Hay is one of the largest articles of produc- tion in Roumania. Landed proprietors and peasants, one and all, raise it and, depend upon it for their support. When," however, a peasant feels grievances in- tolerable, it is a matter of no great difficulty to set the proprietor’s hay afire—and no peasant in the district would think of assisting in the detec- tion of the incendiary. So the law per- mits the proprietor to force all the peasants in the district to place their hay with his, a record of the weight of each man’s contribution being kept by both sides. In the event of fire—and it now behooves both sides to guard against all this—all contributors suffer in proportion.—HExchange, chance once, but didn’t take it.” Never mind the chance that is past; watch i out for the next one and qualify to be able to seize it. “Success that is worth while is, after all, very largely a matter of plain, everyday morality combined with tre- mendous industry and a deserved rep- utation for integrity and for fairness toward the other fellow.”—B. C. Forbes in Leslie's. Japan’s New Naval Base. Japan’s purchase from Portugal of the little island of Macao, at the mouth of the Canton river, near Hongkong, has given Japan a strong naval base, such as Gibraltar gives to Great Brit- ain and Helgoland gives to Germany. It can be used to menace any Euro- pean power that tries to thwart the ambitions of Japan in China. Mint. Mint occurs only in Matthew xxi, 26, and Luke xi, 42, as one of those herbs the tithe of which the Jews were scrupulously exact in paying. The horse mint is common in Syria. Not Identical. “Time is money,” remarked the pro- verbialist. “And yet the man with millions is the one who seldom seems to have five minutes to spare.”—Washington Star. SEs Ey LLLLLLLL LEE E & PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT. & + Worry In Sickness. #% When an animal is sick it does not worry about it nor about the outcome. Its mental attitude does not hinder nature’s healing processes. It goes into the sun- shine, takes the rest cure and stops eating and recovers. But if we have rheumatism in one joint we expect other joints to be- come affected. We worry about it. It is, of course, well estab- lished that the right mental atti- tude assists in cure, and it is equally important to understand that the wrong mental attitude hinders health restoration. Rea- son, imagination and will power are big factors in the restoration and maintenance of health. Hv- ery one should know the laws of suggestion and apply them in relation to health. Discover what habits of living—exercise, breath- ing, diet, mental habits especial- ly—are conducive to health, live hygienically and expect health, happiness and success. The right mental attitude is vitally impor- tant. Fldbdtebttddbbtttddbbttotodsttbttostss FRR PEREFP es SPELL FET HFEIPE LEE Much Food In Small Bulk. The British soldier when fresh bread is not available is supplied with what he calls “dog biscuit.” It looks like just that, being a thick cracker four inches square and weighing three ‘ounces. Of whole wheat flour pressed solid, it might be described as a con- densed loaf of bread. } { The French have a ‘war bread” somewhat similar, which when put into hot water or soup swells up like a sponge. The famous German ‘pea sausage’ is composed of pea meal, bacon and fat. It was the invention of a Berlin cook, who discovered a process where- by pea meal could be made proof against deterioration. One sausage eight inches long yields twelve plates of nutritious soup. Both Cheating Themselves. You as a manufacturer are helping to keep prices up because you have not fully realized that men can do in six to seven hours what they are now doing in nine or ten. As workers you are helping to keep prices up because you are not doing all you can in the hours that you work. You are both cheating yourselves.—Industrial Man- agement. State Forests. State forests, with a total of over 3,600,000 acres, have been established in thirteen states. Of these New York has the largest forests, which comprise 1,826,000 acres; Pennsylvania is sec- ond, with 1,008,000 acres, and Wiscon- sin third, with 400,000 acres. Potted Foods. There is much probability in the sug- gestion that we owe our system of potted foods to the North American Indians, who for many years have dried venison, pounded it into a paste and pressed it into cakes for winter food. Had No Hills. “Going to plant potatoes in that five acre lot you've rented in Suburbus?” “Like to, but it’s level fleld and my book on farming says that potatoes should be in hills.”—Buffalo Express. Why He Didn't Save. “Do you save your money?” “Mister, if 1 saved my money I'd have to cheat the grocer and the coal man.”—Detroit Free Press. Inquisitive. “That fellow is a positive joke.” “Relative of your wife’s or holding a better job than you?’—Detroit Free Press. dream— Cooper. Riches have wings, and grandeur is i In ‘articles on wireless telegraphy such expressions as 200 meter wave lengths, 600 meter wave lengths, 15,000 meter wave lengths are constantly used. In reply to a correspondent who asks how the length of the waves is measured the Scientific Ameriean gives the following simple explanation: “The length of an electric Wave 1 determined by a wave meter, The nat ural wave length of an aerial is fom times its linear length, just as the wave length of a note of a closed organ pipe is four times the length of the pipe, and the wave length of the note of a tuning fork is four times the length of the box which is resonant with the note. However, other consid- erations make it difficult to measure the wave length by a rule, and the wave meter gives a more correct result than can be found by measuring the length of the wire.” Eo Through Customer's Glasses. “How much experience have yom had behind the counter?’ asked an electric shop manager of a young man who had Just applied for a job as a retail clerk. “None,” admitted the applicant, “but I’ve had a heap of experience a8 a cus- tomer.” 3 : : The ability to put on the emstomer’s glasses and see windows, cases and prices from the buying side of the coun- ter is an asset that cannot be too highly ‘valued. ' Every electric store salesman is also a buyer. He must purchase clothing, neckties and shoes. The elec- trical man who can remember how oth- er salesmen and clerks showed him their merchandise in a way that invited his interest and encouraged him to buy own everyday selling is the man who will contribute to the building of a clientele of satisfied patrons for his store—Electrical Merchandising. Fragrant Wild Flowers. Readers of the American Botanist have been trying to decide which is the most fragrant American wild flow- er, and their opinions on the subject exhibit remarkable diversity. In New England tke majority give tirst choice to the pink azalea, with the white wa ter lily second. There are niauy voto. for the trailin: arbutus; it. as the editor sucuests, its fragrance is doubt- less overestimited owing lo the fac! that it is the earliest fragrant wild flower of spring. Other candidates for the first place are the par{ridze berry, the common locust, horned bladderwort (of which John Burroughs says, “In a warm moist atmosphere the odor is al- most too strong”), yellow jessamine, spotted wintergreen and some of the magnolias. Village Life In China. Chinese village life is essentially democratic, almost communisite. There are not today—have not been for cen- turies—feudal lords or even great land- lords. It is a country of peasant pro- prietors, clan government, with practi- cally all the men of middle age and over in a community having equal voice and authority in local affairs, with land split up smaller and more equally than in any other country in the world. Revising an Old Saying. The old saying that where there's a will there's a way still holds good, with certain restrictions, but the mod- ern way of doing things demands both will and skill. The individual who pos- sesses both these virtues will find the road to success comparatively thorn- less.—Bakers’ Weekly. Doing Your Duty. Those who do it always weuld as soon think of being conceited of eating their dinner as of ‘doing their duty. What honest boy would pride himself on not picking a pocket? A thief who was trying to reform would.—George Macdonald. ’ Contradictory. ‘What did Blank say about me?’ “That you owed him $10.” . “Why, the lying scoundrel! Well, he can just whistle for his money now. I won't pay him one cent till I get good and ready.—Boston Transcript. A Household Jewel. “Is your new maid competent?’ “Very. She can even fool agents and peddlers into believing that she’s mistress of the house.” — Pittsburgh Press. January Wheat Crops. Only two countries, Chile and New Zealand, usually harvest their wheat erops in January. Life doesn’t consist in playing a good | dnd, but in playing a pose hand well. and who can apply these methods in hig pr SONG OF THE BOOTS. The Melody That 8pelled Merit to the Thrifty Chinaman. John Chinaman often has peculiar ideas about the wearing apparel that he buys in America. For one thing he always wants boots that are several sizes too large, for he believes that in that way he gets more value for his money. In addition to excessive size. boots may have to possess other pe- culiar characteristics before they meet his full approval, as the following story indicates: A California merchant offered a pair of fine boots that he had long kept in stock to a Chinese for $3. The orien- tal finally took them, but two days later he brought them back. “What's the trouble, John?” inquired the merchant. “Him good boots.” “Him no good,” declared John. “Him no singsong boot. Velly soon wear out. Me likee singsong boot or me catchee back t'ree dolla’.” “Singsong boot!” exclaimed the mer- chant, “Me no sabe.” “Me t'ink you sabe, all lite,” replied John. “Wha’ fo’ him boot no singee squeak, . squeak, when Chinaman walkee, alle same good boot?” When the merchant bad given him in exchange for the fine boots a pair of coarse, cheap ones that squeaked loudly John Chindman departecC. highly satisfied.—Youth’s Companion. OUR ORGAN OF BALANCE. When It Becomes Affected It Produces an Attack of Vertigo. When any one feels dizzy and per- haps almost about to faint his brain cannot properly control the working of his eyes. They may move round from side to side, perhaps independently in- stead of together, and so it may look as if things were spinning arouad. Another reason for dizziness has to do with a wonderful part of the body near the ear and without which none of us could sit upright, much less stand, though few people have ever heard of it. This organ, which used to be thought to have something to do with hearing, really controls our bal- ance. In some people it is affected by’ disease, and these people constantly suffer from dizziness and a feeling that everything is spinning round and round. As every one knows, we can make ourselves dizzy and so think every- thing is spinning round by whirling around ourselves several times in one direction. This disturbs the organ of balance, and this disturbance gives us the feeling. If you turn round the other way you put things right by re- storing the original state of affairs within the balancing organ. The name for the feeling that things are spinning round is vertigo, and ‘vert” simply means “turn.”—Kansas City Star. A Mediterranean Phenomenon. Mirages are common in many parts of the world, such phenomena being familiar to travelers in the tropics as well as in the arctic regions and on deserts just the same as upon the wa- ters of lakes, seas and oceans. The most peculiar of the whole list of at- -mospheric illusions is that species of mirage called the fata morgana, which is peculiar to that portion of the Medi- terranean sea which lies off the coast of Calabria between Italy and Sicily. Exhibitions of the fata morgana are the most fantastic spectacles imagina- ble. If a city is presented to view some of the buildings are seen stand- ing in their natural positions, while those adjoining may be standing at every conceivable angle or are com- pletely inverted. The morgana has been known since before the time of Christ and has always been viewed with awe by superstitious people. Entirely By. A seven-year-old in a town down south was asked by his teacher at the primary school to produce a composi- tion upon the subject of his favorite literary work. The youngster went into executive session with himself and turned out the following succinct criticism of a well known and popular classic: “The Book I like best is called Pil- grim’s Progress. My mother reads this Book to me every Night before I go to Bed. I love to hear about The Pil- grim. He had a hard time, but he got by!”—Saturday Evening Post. Growing Cotton. The yield of cotton is dependent upon the number of flowers we are able to induce the plant to form, and root space is necessary to flowering. The cotton plant’s normal rooting may oc- ‘cupy two square yards of earth, which is several times more than given it in practice, and the yield may often be reduced by this fact, as the roots mus interlap.—Los Angeles Times. A Mixup. “Madam, try and induce your daugh- ter not to get her gymnasium and her musical exercises mixed.” “What do you mean. professor?” “I mean that she is inclined to mis- take the piano for a punching bag.”— Baltimore American. Strategy. 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Hogs—Prime heavy, $16.25; heavy mixed and mediums, $16.16@16.20; heavy Yorkers, $16@16.16; light York- ers, $1460@15; pigs, $14@14.25; roughs, $14.60@16.26; stags, $13@ 18.50. Cleveland, June 5. Cattle—Choice fat steers, $11.26@ 12; good to choice steers, $10.26@ 11.50; fair to goed steers and com- mon light steers, $8.60@10.50; good to choice and fair to good light heif- ers, $8.60@11; choice fat butcher bulls, $9@10.26; fair to good and bologna bulls, $7.60@9; good to choice ‘heavy and fat cows, $8.76@10; fair to good cows, canners and cutters, $5.75@8.26. Calves — Choice, $14@14.50; good mixed, $13.76@14; heavy, $11@12.50. Hogs—Choice heavy, $16.10; good mixed, $15.90; Yorkers, $15.85; pigs and lights, $14; roughs, $14.25; stags, $12.75. Clipped Sheep and Lambs—Choice spring, $16@18; choice yearlings, $15 @15.50; fair to good, $13@13.60; culls and common, $9@10; good to choice wethers, $11.50@12; good to choice ewes, $11.50@12; fair to good, $8.50 Chicago, June 6. Hogs — Bulk, $15.60@15.95; light, $14.86@16.85; mixed, $15.30@15.95: heavy, $15.25@16.05; roughs, $15.25@ 15.40; pigs, $10.50@14.75. Cattle—Native beef cattle, $9.15@ 18.60; stockers and feeders, $7.35@ 1050; cows and heifers, $6:20@11.70; calves, $9.50@14. Sheep and Lambs—Wethers, $9.76@ | s, $10.756@14.80; springs, | 12.70; | amd harden MOTION PICTURES IN CHINA. There Were Lively Times For the Man Who Introduced Them. At the end of the Russo-Japanese war, says the Los Anjeles Times, Mr. Brodsky, a native of Odessa, Russia, came to San Irancisco. After the great San Francisco fire he left the city with an old motion picture ma- chine and forty or fifty reels of “junk” film. With that he sailed for the orient, The motion picture was un- known in China when he reached there with his paraphernalia, and he ran Into many dangers in showing his wares. To the natives his camera and projecting machine was a “magic box.” He bad to pay his first audi- ences to enter his theater, which, by the way, was only a tent. In that way he finally won the crowds. Matters were progressing well when Brodsky one eay put on a wild west film in which a band of cowboys ap- peared on the screen, charging straight at the spectators and firing revolvers. The moment the audience saw those shooting eowboys bearing down upon them they rushed, panic stricken, from the tent theater, cutting their way out with knives. After that the eautlous natives were slow to come back. But finally Brod- sky hit upon the plan of having a few ese come and examine the ap- paratus, pass their hands over the blank sheet that was the screen and assure themselves that thers was noth- ing to hurt them. i Gradually he established’ picture the- aters throughout the country until now there are eighty of them. A Once he was thrown into a Chinese Jail, but finally made his escape after getting the whole populace into the Jail to view his motion pictures. At another place he was to have been ex- ecuted as a “devil” but he frightened the people and made them change thelr minds by telling them that he could easily put them on the screen and make them work there foreves. Pistols. | Pistols were invented at Pistoja, Italy, and were first used by English cavalrymen in 1544. @old, lke the sun, which melts wax ay, expands great souls vad hearts.—Rivareol ACLS
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