FRICTION.
What Causss It and What Would Hap
part Without It.
AVImt Is friction really caused by?
Why will two tilings In coin m t not
Blip over ench oilier rnsll.v? It Is be
cause every sulmtnnce known to acienco
hns tei'th; nilrroRrnpli', It la tme, but
still teetli. The renult, then, la ob
vious. If we adore n book n cross n
tnlilo the tooib of tliu book Imorlock
with the teeth of the table Jtwt ns cog
wheels do. nnd the push baa to be
strong enough either to bend them
enough or to break them off for the
motion to continue. -
It has nelnally been observed In a
microscope that If the push la only a
Blight one nnd moves tho book only a
short distance, on the pressure of tho
hand being removed tho book actually
Jumps bnck ro Its former position.
This action la a slight bending of the
two sets of teeth, only not far enough
for them to lose their rein live posi
tions, and their elasticity on being ro
lonRcd makes the book tly back.
It has been shown that this friction
Is not so much between different bod
ies as between bodies of the same ma
terial. One Industrial application of
Ibis Is the bearings for steel axles.
They 'are made of brass Instead of
steel.
In aome things we want ns much
friction as possible and In others ns
little. The former Is Illustrated In tho
friction between an engine wheel nnd
tbe track, sand sometimes being pour
ed on the track to Increase the friction.
The latter ease Is Illustrated In all
bearings where rotating metal Is tn
contact with stationary metal, some
times ball bearings being substituted,
tbus lessening the friction.
Many peculiar things would happen
If there was no friction. All screws In
wood would Immediately twist back
ward rapidly nnd shoot out Into the
air; trains could not run save on cog
ged rails, which would probably be
necessary above ns well as below, tbus
having four rails lpsteid.if two: build
ings woulO tumble down, nun new ones
could not br built unless molded In
place like Killsoii's or else riveted to
gether. Teople would have to wear
Rhoes with long spikes In them nnd
Jben have to bo careful, for dirt grains
would slip over one another easily nnd
would net like deep Rnnd. But one
irrent thing would happen mnchlnes
would run at 100 per cent efllclency.
would give out ns much energy as was
put Into them. Lawrence Ilodge lu
New York Tribune.
Poet's Wife Mt hnoHo" rnZ ill.
poem at a public celebration befora
thousands of people. Alas. It was the
last poem he ever wrote. Publlsher-l
Bee. Did they lynch him or shoot hire?
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" ' TRe Ltght of tha Stars,
Various endeavors hnve been made
to estimate the light of the stars. la
the northern hemisphere Argelnnder
has registered ILM.OIH) stars down to
the nine unl a half magnitude, nnd
with the aid of the best photometric
d:itn Agnes M. Clerk's "System of the
Stars" gives ihe sum of the light of
C c m northern stars ns equivalent to
: '.') of full moonlight, while the total
lljjlil of all stars slinihirly enumerated
!'! both hemispheres, to tho number of
;.''iul tMin.itco, is roughly placed at
I IS.) ill ibex lunar brightness. The
scattered llhl of still fainter celestial
I). .'lies is illl'.lctilt io compute. Hy a
I 'tiiloraphlc method Sir William Ab
bey rated the total starlight of both
v uiisiheres at l-lljil of full moonlight,
i. ml Professor Neweomb from visual
observations of all stars at Just 7-H
times that or Capella. or I S!) of the
llt;!)t of the full moon.
It Is not certain, however, that the
ly would be totally dark ir all stars
Were blotted out. Cert. tin processes
make ihe upper atmosphere strongly
luminous at times, and w- cannot be
sine i hat this llln wen hi be totally
absent . I lit rper's W eek ly .
A Dutch Fishing Fleot.
If Ihe traveler wants to ft a real
glimpse of pli'turcsipic Holland, a
glimpse w hich shall long be a happy
memory, let him Journey, to the old
Halting village of Schevenlngen. not
tar from The Hague. Its llshlna fleet
Is an Imposing one and is best seen at
night, when the boats are drawn up on
the beach. Kach has a number, and
these are palmed on the sides In such
large figures that they can lie read
nt a considerable distance. At night
when the tlshermen begin to come to
land the women of the village walk
down to the beach Willi their knitting
In their hands to meet them. They
wear their wooden shoes, some of
which are made to look especially
clean by an application of whiting, and
they make a merry clatter as they go
Industry Is characteristic of the wom
en of Holland in all walks of life
They must always be at work of some
kind, and It would seem as II more
knitting needles must be used lu Hub
land than In any other country In the,
world. K. .1. FnrriitKiou in Interior
A Story of Robespierre.
The story is told of Itobespierre that
nt one time when nt the height of his
power a lady called upon him. lie
Reochlng him to spare her husband's
life. He scornfully refused. As she
turned away she happened to tread
upon the paw of his pet dog. He
turned upon her and asked. "Madam,
have you no humanity?"
On tha 8afa Side.
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THE SPEAKER'S MACE.
Anclant Emblem Used In tha Housa
of Representatives.
With all Its dignity, Its senntorlal
courtesy nnd the forms nnd ceremo
nies thnt nlwnys nre observed, the sen
ate Is. far behind the house of repre
sentatives In the matter of one anti
quated piece of furniture. The senate
has no mace. Now, a mace Is not
much lu the wny of furniture. It Is n
sliver englo mounted upon a stnlt
around which lire bands of silver.
This mace is nlwnys an emblem of
the house of representatives. It Is the
duty of one employee to look after It.
Just before a session of the house be
gins he takes it from the office of the
sergennt-at-nrtus Into the house cham
ber, and as soon as the speaker's gavel
falls he Inserts It in a socket In a
stone pillar nt the tight of the speak
er's chair. The mace remains there
While tho house Is In session and Is
taken out and stood beside Its pedes
tal when the house is in committee of
the whole. When the house adjourns
the mace Is carried back to the ofilce
of the sergennt-nt-arms.
ThiH ancient emblem has not a thing
to do with the order of business of the
house, save as one of the old time reg
ulations thnt nre continued. Wheii the
house Is turbulent nn officer seizes the
nince and walks through tbe alslen.
Only once or twice when the speaker
failed to preserve order hnve I Been an
officer seize the mace and walk
through the house, waving It back
ward and forward. Possibly the sight
of It brought members to their senses
nnd they retired to their seats. At nil
events, that is about Hie only real use
for the nince that I ever have observ
ed. Washington Cor. St. Louis Stnr.
Sensitiveness of tha Phone.
Preere lias calculated that nn audi
ble sound is produced in a telephone
by a current of U to 10.13 amperes, and
Pellat has calculated that a sound is
produced by a difference of potential
between the two slnllotis ainou'nllng
to only one two-thousandth volt. These
statements give some Idea of the great
sensitiveness of the modern telephone,
but the sensitiveness of the human
car, which perceives the Invisible vi
bration of tbe telephone diaphragm. Is
no less remarkable. Washington Star.
In No Hurry.
"Too many people," snld a clergy
mnn, "regard their religion as did the
little boy In the Jam closet. Ills moth
er pounced on him suddenly. He stood
on tiptoe, ladling Jam with both hands
from the Jam pot to his mouth.
" 'Oh, Jacky!' his mother cried.
'And only last night you prayed to be
mndo a saint!'
"Ills face, an expressionless mask of
Jam, turned toward her.
" 'Yes, but not till after I'm dead, he
explained."
A Matter of Economy.
Mrs. Nocash Mercy 1 You let your
girl off every afternoon?
Neighbor Yes, Indeed; It is such a
saving. The more she) Is away the
fewer dishes she breaks. Illustrated
Bits.
I Sloth never arrived at the attainment
, of a good wish. Cervantes.
Trouble Ahead.
A north country coroner Is said tn be '
waiting the suicide of n local poet who :
wrote about clasping "the two treiiiu- j
' lous hands" of his ladylove, but whicli ;
the printer made lo read "the two tn
mentions hands." London Mall.
A Queer Question.
Small Iliiiotil tat the zooi-What Is
that funny tonkins: bird, papa'; I'ap'i
That Is u bald eagle. Harold Sni.lu
Harold - How .ing does an eagle ban
to lie married before he gets p-ild
papa' Chicago News.
j ' Usually Hes To.
"Say. pan mh.ii is n g'iiin?"
"A genius W a inn ii ivtin can !o his
! own wasliluu. -ewing -tnu cookuig. in
' boy " -l.eitlsviiie Conner tonrnai.
i
Weak men never y'eui a Ihe proper
time - Ijitln
Siienr the sheep, but don't flay them.
Spanish Troverb.
Puzzled tns noKir,
The first organized work of women
tn a relief corps-was led by Florence
Nightingale In the Crimean war of
1855. So unaccustomed were people to
that service at the lime that It called
nut some curious comment. Writing
of "Chinese"' fiordoti. )r. Ilutler tells
In Ills book. "Ten Ureal and Omul
Men," how the boys at Cambridge met
the call upon them for hospital stores.
One day a letter rii:uc suddenly from
the war office telling us that any warm
clothes f(i' the Invalids nt Scutari
would be prized by Miss Florence
Nightingale. At on. e In every college
a committee was extemporized of lead
ing undergraduates, charged to collect
presents of tlaniiel Jackels. trousers,
"blazers," rugs, greatcoats, furs, even
sealskins.
..-In a few hours box after box was
filled wl!h these treasures, and all the
boxes were kindly and .rtiliiltoutly
packed for nn by the leading upholster
er of the town, his foreman simply re
marking lo me in a lone wltlch (jencral
(jorilon would hnve enjoyed:
"A nice consignment for it lady, sir."
Causa of Twilight.
Twilight Is a phenomenon caused y
atmospheric refraction. When the sun
gets below the horizon, we are not l.ti
medlately plunged Into the darkness of
night. Although the sun Is below our
horizon, rays of solar light are bent or
refracted by Hie terrestrial atmosphere
nnd continue to furnish some slight
Illumination. The process continues
with diminishing Intensity until the
Bun Is so far below the horizon that
the refracting power of the atmos
phere Is no lunger' able to bend the
rays enough to produce n visible ef
fect. The time after sunset that tho
Rim reaches such a position varies with
the latitude of the place. There Is less
twilight al the tropic zone than at the
temperate or frigid zone. Tills Is duu
to less time taken by the sun's rays to
pass through the at!no:-pl!i ro. at the
tropic zone the .-tin's ray belli,; per
pendicular and at the temperate and
frigid zones obMipie .--Nc ,v York American.
With a Grain of Silt.
The earliest record of the saying
"with a grain of salt" ihit. s back to Ihe
year fi:i H. ('.. when the great Pompey
entered the palace of Mlthridates and
discovered among Ills private papers
the description of an antidote against
poisons of nil sorts, which was com
posed of poinded herbs. These, ac
cording to tho recipe, were to be tnken
with a grain of salt. Whether this
was meant perlonsly or ns a warning
sarcasm Is not known, but thenceforth
It became the custom to say that
doubtful preparations should be taken
with n grain of salt. From this the
meaning got transferred to sayings of
doubtful truth. O'Attlc salt" was a
Greek synonym for wit or penetration,
nnd the Latin word "snl" had some
what of the same meaning. It Is thus
easy, to see how the saying "cum
grano sails" could have come to mean
the necessity of accepting doubtful or
suspicious statements "with a grain of
nit"
Molokai and tha Lepera.
The general Idea of the leper settle
ment on the Island of Molokai Is
wrong, says a writer In Harper
Weekly. Instead of the entire Island
being used for the leper colony the et
tlcinent comprises only eight square
miles out of n total urea of 'Jill square
miles. It occupies a tongue of bind on
the northern side of Molokai. The
north, east and west shores of this
tiny spit are washed by the I'licltic.
while on the south side rise precipitous
cliffs of from 1.S00 to 4.0(H) feet, which
muke tho isolation seem even more
hopeless than the beautiful deep bine
waters of the sen ever could. The
most difficult and dnngerous frail, con
stantly manned by government guards,
Yolls escape, if It were ever contem
plated, by the bind side.
Stupid Husband of a Noted Singer.
Catalnni's husband, a handsome
Frenchman, was even more unlntel
lectual than his wife he was stupid.
Once, having found the pitch of the
piano too high, she ijiild after the re
hearsal to her husband: "The piano la
too hiiih. Will you see thot It Is tnttilo
lower before the concert?!' When the
evening came Catalan! was annoyed
to And that the pluno hnd not beeu
altered. Her husband sent for the car
penter, who declared that be bad saw
ed off two Inches from each leg. as
he had been ordered to do. "Surely it
can't be too high now. my dear." said
tbe stupid husband soothingly
Through tha Cracks.
When the celebrated divine Edward
Irving was on a preachlug tour n
Scotland two Dumfries men of decid
ed opinions went to hear him. When
they left the hall one said to tbe other:
"Well. Willie, what do you think?'
"Oh," said the other contemptuously,
"the man's cracked!"
The first speaker laid a quiet band
on his shoulder.
"Will," said he. "you'll often see a
light peeping through a crack."
A Poor Player.
Griggs So yon got home from the
club at midnight Well, I suppose yon
told wlfle you had to work late at tbe
ofilce. Hayed upon her sympathies,
eh? Briggs Well er yes, but either
her sympathies were ont of tune or
I'm a darned poor Instrumentalist
Boston Transcript
Good and Sufficient Reason.
Editor But my good fellow, why do
you bring this poem to me? Impecnnl
ons One Well, sir, because I hadn't a
tamp, sir. London Tatler.
. Opportunity seldom cornea with
letter of Introduction. , ,
. Tha Last of tha Ruffs. '
In 1702 the rage for ruffs, such as are
seen on many monumental etflglcs, be
gan to decline A writer In the Lon
don Chronicle of that year says of gen
tlemen's dress, "Their cuffs entirely
cover their wrists, and only the edges
of (heir rullles are to be seen." It Is
said that a distaste for ruffs was first
created so far back as 1013, when a
woman named Turner wore them on
her trial for tho murder by poison of
Rlr Thomas Overbury. The French
revolution of J78!) much Influenced
British fashion, and tho picturesque
cocked hot and rullles then gave way
generally to round hats nnd small
cuffs. The period of their final disuse
cannot be easily determined, as men
of old fashioned or eccentric habits
have worn milled shirt fronts within
quite recent memory similar to those
which, according to I'luuclie's "His
tory of British Costume," originated
In the seventeenth century.
Tha Conductor'a Baton.
According to the Investigations of a
Frenchman, the credit of Inventing the
conductor's baton belongs to Lully, the
composer, who eventually lis-.d causa to
regret his Invention. Before he adopt
ed tho baton conductors wero In the
habit of pounding on tho floor with
their feet or clapping their hands to
mark the time. Lully found It weurl
somo to keep bis foot constantly In mo
tion and so used a stick to strike tbe
floor and beat time. He used n pole
six feet long. One day he brought
down the polo with such force that It
struck bis foot and made a deep
wound. He paid no attention to tbo
matter. Tbo wound grew worse nnd
ultimately caused his death. After
his time conductors tried more and
more to Improve tho baton, and It was
ultimately brought to Its present form.
In tha Swim.
"Congratulations, old chap! You are
seen every whore with Lord Bunk
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son." Louisville Courier-Journal.
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