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The young men summering at the
Westiuinster-uu-the-Sound, a hotel
which required references and was not
ed for its distinct air of aristocracy,
were causing a great deal of quiet am
usement to the older guests, amuse
ments which, as time went on, became
more general, affecting even the wait
ers and other servants, who discussed
It among themselves and awaited de
velopments with the same amount of
Interest as the person whom they
served.
Miss Kennedy was a coquette. Every
one hut a few of her intimate friends
would tell you this without hesitation.
This fact, however, should not have in
terested the guests to any great extent.
Coquettes of all ages and degrees of
beauty were not uncommon at the
Westminster. But the trouble was that
Miss Kennedy was different from the
ordinary run of coquettes; so decided
ly different, in fact, that the amuse
* ment furnished by the young men, of
which amusement Miss Kennedy was
the indirect cause, grew into specula
tion as the guests tried to explain her
peculiar actions and the strange in
fluence which she wielded over young
men. Influence she certainly had. Nev
er in the history of the Westminster
had Do many young men fallen so des
perately and uncompromisingly in love
with one girl. It seemed impossible for
them to know her simply as a friend.
Jn fact, platonic friendship seemed
4uite out of the question so far as
Miss Kennedy was concerned.
It was quit# inexplicable. She was
good-looking, of course, but then there
Vere numerous girls in the neighbor
hood, and, indeed, some at the West
minster no less fair, who never in their
careers had caused such general furore
among a gathering of young men.
Her enemies said that her heart, if
she had one, was as cold and as im
pervious as steel. If this were not so
how could she lead man after man
along, keeping his hopes at fever heat?
Her enemies thought this cruel. Her
dear friends, however, thought other
wise. They said that if she really was
as cold as steel then her sweet smiles
and her sincere and winning manners
certainly belied her. If men insisted
on becoming so enamored with her,
was it her fault? And if her sweet and
sympathetic disposition and smiles—
which she bestowed on all alike, were
misconstrued by some ardent though
deluded admirers, would she be cen
sured when, as time went on, it be
came her painful duty to dispel the
hallucination? No; they thought she
was rather to be pitied. One of her
philosophical friends, a young law stu
dent, hit the nail on the head when he
said that beauty was not the essential.
The real thing, he said, that appealed
to men was the knack of appearing
congenial and sympathetic, in short,
to understand a man and have an
adaptability to various natures; to give
weight to one's opinions and to exhibit
other flattering marks of attention and
respect which could not fail to impress
the average man. Some girls feign
this, according to the law student, but
Miss Kennedy was innocence itself, and
her interest and sympathy for her
friends came not from duplicity but
from pure goodness of heart. The law
Btudenu might just as well have keflt
silent, however, as he had already been
voted a great bore, and no one ever
paid any attention to what he said.
At all events so many of the young
men at the Westminster had fallen
prey to Miss Kennedy's charms, only,
to rise sadder and wiser, that it fin
ally got so that whenever a fellow be
gan to avoid the usual evening gath
ering on the veranda,, the boarders
merely nodded wisely and said noth
ing, while the young men hugged one
another in ecstaey, and when, after a
week or two, perhaps longer, perhaps
not so long, he began to mingle in with
the crowd, and with a saddened face to
take up once more tbe old order of
life, the boarders smiled again, while
the young men, most of whom had
been through the same course, welcom
ed him effusively, and he, though sore
and sour, joined them while they
waited for another unfortunate. The
prospective unfortunate was generally
designated as "next."
And so when the depot hack rolled
up the winding driveway one August
afternoon and a rather good-looking
young man alighted and walked up the
steps, a general smile flashed over
the faces of the older guests, while the
young men chuckled joyously.
"Gad, another victim," chuckled a
6tout young man of the name of Jud
son. "All we've got to do is to get
the mintroduced and then watch for the
fun. Eh, boys?"
"That's just the idea," assented Gil
bert Chauncy of Amherst. "Every fel
low must make it his business to see
that they meet as soon as possible
and"—
"Oh, yes. get them together," inter
juptrd Goldthwaite. "You will get hold
of the wrong man or rather the right
man some day, and you won't have
half the fun you expect. He will win
her."
"Ho, ho, Goldy's getting nervous,"
Jeered several "He is afraid of his
cbanccs. Never mind, Goldy; a man
with your figure need never fear a
rival."
Stout, goad-naturcd Goldthwaite on
ly Bmiled. He was, in fact, an enigma
to most of the boys. He had early fal
len prey to Miss Kennedy's charms
and. strange to sav. he still remained
ta her good graces. Some one from
another hotel said he had known her
in New York. Goldthwaite was very
close mouthed and would not talk of
his affairs. He still clung tenaciously
to Miss Kennedy, and although he had
witnessed the downfall of many he had
never been in a position where he
could experience their sensations. His
friends unkindly said that this was he
cause Goldthwaite did not know when
he was rebuffed or squelched. How
ever that may have been, he seemed
perfectly happy and said nothing.
Some time after the arrival of the
newcomer a number of the boys were
lying in hammocks enjoying the cool
ing breezes from the Sound and dis
cussing plans for bringing the "next"
to his fate, when the sound of merry
laughter in the direction of the hotel
caused them to look up. What they
raw caused involuntary ejaculations of
astonishment to escape the lips of the
young men in the hammocks, for there
coming down the steps togelher, were
the prospective victim and the very
young woman they wanted him to
meet. They appeared to be on excel
lent term for so short an acquaintance,
and this fact struck Chauncy so forci
bly that he rose in his hammock and
gazed at them with curiosity.
"Humph!" he grunted. "Some one
seems to have got ahead of us. How
ever, it's just as well. And now," he
added, slapping a companion on the
back, "all we've got to do is to push
things along gently and watch."
That evening at dvuner the hoys all
met him, and found, among other
things, that he was a lawyer, and that
he lived in New Y'ork City, Miss Ken
nedy lived in that city; so did Goldth
waite. He was a very interesting, self
reliant sort of a man, and he was pro
nounced a very promrsing victim. His
name was Lawrence.
By the end of the week things were
progressing splendidly. Lawrence had
paid attentions to Miss Kennedy in
away that exceeded the wildest
dreams of the hopeful, and he had
surely become entangled in the meshes
that had captured so many youthful
hearts. In the morning he accompanied
her to the beach or sat under some
shady tree while she read, and in the
afternoon they went driving. Of ever
ings they took long walks in the moon
light or sat together on the porch.
Goldthwaite managed to get in an oc
casional tete-a-tete or a moonlight
stroll. In short, he played a very ex
cellent second violin with a complais
ance that dumfounded his comrades.
"The best part of it is," said Curtis
one night, "we did not have to do a
stroke of work in getting them togeth
er. He seemed to take to her as soon
as ho saw her and now they are as
thick as thieves."
"Who introduced them?" asked
Goldthwaite. "I have been trying to
find how it occurred and the circum
stances for a good while, but no on#
seems to know anything about it"
"That's so," said another. "Come to
think, it does seem a trifle strange that
they should- be soen hobnobbing so
thickly an hour after he arrived."
"Well," said young Dwight, "how
ever they may have become acquainted
or whoever introduced them, one thing
is certain, they know each other now.
So let's not worry about sucli a trif
ling matter, but look forward to that
glorious Cay when the Hon. John
Lawrence will go around with a face
as dark as a November landscape and
vainly wavering between the pistol,
arsenic or a foreign clime."
"Just as Charley Dwight did," inter
rupted Chauncy, with a grin.
"Oh, there were others," retorted
Dwight. "At any rate, I give him an
other week before he lands on his back
on the cold, cold world with a lildoous
realization that life is not what it
seems."
"Hear, hear!" cried several, and
then, as the strains of dance music
reached their ears, they adjoined to
the music room so fully assured that
the end was near that even the most
sceptical could not hut smile gleefully
as Lawrence and Miss Kennedy glided
by to the tune of the latest popular
waltz.
But as the time went on, things be
came serious. The week allotted for
the downfall of Lawrence passed, and
still another week elapsed. The young
men began to get worried.
"Say, Jack," growled Dwight to
Chauncy one Sunday night, "this thing
does not seem to go off as smoothly
as some of us have been pleased to
think it would. Here's two weeks
passed and no change. Mcreover.from
all appearances there does not seem to
be any likelihood of any change ex
cept for the worse —worse for us," he
added.
That young Dwight voiced the senti
• ments of the entire crowd was very
evident. His sentiments were accepted
as disagreeable facts by every one. The
I guests smiled significantly.
"We have got to smash things some
' how," said Grey one evening, as Law
i rence and Miss Kennedy strolled
down the driveway. "This game is too
' one-sided. I fail to see where our fun
i comes in at oil. It is time to make
i some on our hook. We've got to
i make him ridiculous, make a fool of
him by some practical joke. I tell you,
. fellows, we've got to do something.
1 We can't let one man beat a dozen of
. us, can we?"
i "All right," grinned Goldthwaite.
1 "You bright bo; s get together and do
i your prettiest and I'll look on and ap
plaud. As for me, I am done with the
whole business."
The boys got their heads together
and from that time forth Mr. Law
rence's life became unbearable. One
night, when he came in late, he found
his doors and windows nailed,shut and
was compelled to sleep in Goldth
waite's room. He was subjected to
many other annoyances. One evening
when ho attended a dance at a hotel
at North West Hampton ho found that
his dancing pumps had been stolen
from his satchel and replaced by a
pair of dusty goloshes. Lawrence,
however, bore these indignities v.ith
the stoicism of an Indian chief.
The end of the three weeks brought
with it the time of Lawrence's de
parture, but strange to say there was
little happiness among the young men
over that fact. They had come to
the conclusion that Lawrence had won
out.
"We accomplished absolutely no
thing," said Chauncy.
"Nothing," said Grey. "Yes, we
have; we have succeeded in bringing
Ihem closer together. If we had kept
on much longer we would have had
them engaged. That is, if they are not
engaged already."
"Oh, don't let that worry you," said
Dwight, who became angry when any
one spoke of Miss Kennedy being en
gaged.
The hoys were all seated in the sum
mer-house near the winding pathway.
Lawrence was to leave on the 10 o'clock
train, and it was already 9 o'clock.
Miss Kennedy and Lawrence had not
been seen for some time and Gold
thwaite was also missing. There was
no moon and it was quit dark. Chaun
cy and his companions sat silently in
the summer-house, every man puffing
gloomily upon a pipo. There came a
sound of laughter from the porch and
a second later three persons came
strolling down the driveway. One
was Miss Kennedy, the other two
were Goldthwaite and Lawrence. One
was walking very near Miss Kennedy.
Ho was Ooldthwaite. Lawrence seem
ed content to fall into the background.
He carried a dress-suit case in either
hand. As they reached the summer
house, Goldthwaite looked back at
Lawrence and said:
"Say, Jack, it was blamed fine of
you to turn in and help Edith and me
out the way you did. The boys would
liavo killed me had they known that
I was engaged to her before she came
here, hut we were not quite ready to
announce it at first and did not dare
to afterward. You'r a good actor,
Lawrence, and I see no harm in your
flirting with a #frl even if she is your
| sister-in-law. You came at the right
time; I could not have kept the secret
much longer. We will follow you to
the day after tomorrow."
Then they passed on to the depot.
The summer-house remained as
dark and as quite as the abode of the
dead. Far into the night shone the
glow of the embers In a dozen bull
dog pipes, and when the damp mid
night breeze began to set in from the
Sound a line of ghostlike figures stole
silently and sullenly from the summer"
house and went to bed. —New York
Evening Sun.
THE RATTLESNAKE.
' A Gallant Gentleman Who Always Chal
lenges l!<fore He Fights.
The rattlesnake, probably the most
deadly American snako, is really a
gentleman, as snakes go. He never
eats his own friends, as most other
snakes do, and he always plays fair
and gives warning before he strikes.
In the early pioneer days, west of the
I Rockies, rattlers wero frequently eaten
by hard-pressed travelers, and their
I ilesh is said to be as good as chicken.
| Great skill must bo oxereised in catch
ing this snake, if he is to be eaten, as
he has a trick of biting himself when
1 cornored and so committing suicide,
| and in this case his flesh is as deadly
| as his bite.
The maligned pig, who is known by
those who properly understand him to
i be a really brave and intelligent little
| licaat, regards rattlesnakes as the
| greatest luxury and attacks and kills
, them with absolute fearlessness. On
a California ranch a certain field was
so overrun with rattlers that it was
practically useless. It was fenced in
! and a pair of young pigs turned into
i iit. The pigs grew fat and sleek, and
in a shout time they had gobbled up
J every last rattler. Piggiwig has been
known to attack the largest and most
deadly snakes and corao off victor In
the fight.
Apropos of the well known fact that
a rattler will bite himeself and com
mit suicide raitlier titan fall into the
hands of hi 3 enemies, the tale is told
by hundreds in the far west that a
I little bird, a native of the Rockies, is
extremely interested in the extermin
■ ation of the rattler. So far as is
known, this bird does not feed upon
the snake, but is actuated solely by
motives of benevolence in ridding the
; world of these dangerous reptiles.
Seeing a rattler asleep or sunning him
self on a stone, ithis thoughtful and
energetic little body flies off and re
turns with bits of very prickly cactus,
which the bird places in a little circle
around him. When the circle is quite
complete the enterprising bird, eager
to see the results of tts toil, swoops
down and runs his bill into the sleep
ing snake, which starts to move away,
| only to encounter the cactus, over
' which he cannot crawl. He turns
j about and strikes the cactus again.
I Finding himself unable to escape, he
j bites himself and dies by his own
deadly weapon. - St. Louis Globe-
Democrat.
A Oncer Horn.
The Italian peasantry have a horn
called the serpentine, which is made
of wood and loather and has six finger
, holes.
A SEA-RIOUS STORY.
From Panama to San Francisco Bay,
An overcrowded steamship sailed away.
The third day out, a husky minor came
Up to the clerk, and, calling him by name.
He said- "Your ship is crowded, sir, a heap
Too much for me; ilnd me a place to sleep."
The clerk responded, with n stately smile:
"Sleep where you've been a-sleeping all the
while."
"It kayn't be did," the miner answered
quick.
"I slept upon a deckhand who was sick;
He's convalesced, and now, since he Is
stronger,
He swears he won't enduro it any longer."
—The Argonuut.
HUMOROUS.
Hoax—l'm going to take a walk.
Joax —Well, be careful to put It back
when you are through.
"Experience is -a dear teacher."
"Yes, and she never lets your dad
pay the tuition either."
"I have only the most distant rela
tives." "Has the family run out?"
"No; they have all become rich."
Nell—l saw Maud Newrich today.
She was dressed to kill. Belle —Then,
I suppose, that's the reason she cut
me dead.
Blobbs—Wigwak is always going to
law about something. Slobbs —That's
right. He's even going to marry a
girl named Sue.
"But why did you encourage him
if you didn't want him to propose?"
"Because just at that time there
wasn't any one else to encourage."
Tailor (to mother who is buying a
suit for her boy)—Do you want the
shoulders padded- Little Boy—No,
mamma; tell him to pad the knicker
bockers.
Helen—l have just refused to marry
Mr. Gingerley. Edith—Oh! Did he
propose? Helen —Well, I can't say
positively, but that is how I con
strued his incoherent remarks.
A little boy was asked by his Sun
day school teacher why a certain part
of the church was called the altar.
"Because it is where people change
their names," he promptly answered.
Mother—Your schoolmaster can't be
such a mean man as you make out. 1
noticed his son has all the toys he can
possibly want. "Why those are what
his father takes away from the other
boys.'"
Tess —Don't you really believe in
dreams? Jess —No, indeed, it's super
stitious to believe in dreams, and, be
sides, it's a had sign when you be
lieve in them, for it usually brings
you bad luck.
"What is tile original idea in this
novel of yours?" asked the publisher.
"My hero and heroine hate each other
so heartily," said the long-haired and
wistful-eyed young author, "that they
marry for revenge and make eath oth
er miserable for life."
Thavuoo —Hello, Bleeclcerstreet!
Have you any engagement for this
•evening? Bleeckerstreet —No. Thav
noo—Then come over and join us in
a select little luncheon we are going
to give to Jocko, the most entertain
ing crganoutang you ever met,
MODERN AIDS TO NOVELISTS.
Manner in Which tlie I'opular Writers
Collect llieir Mnlerial.
Just as rapidly as the public de
mands anything in large quantities
nature supplies the mechanism which
will gratify the want. At the present
time there is an insatiable market for
historical novels of all sorts and kinds.
When, therefore, the historical novel
ist sketches out a plot, he would, if
left to himself, require several months
of hard study in some large library in
order to obtain accurate material and
local color. Creative genius does not
enjoy research and investigation.
What he does, therefore, is to make
a plot or scenario of his story and a
requisition for material. This will in
clude a description of the towns and
cities and the times wherein the story
is placed, pen pictures and anecdotes
of any historical characters introduced
into the piece, and a brief collection
of the sayings, jokes, poems and pop
ular songs of the period. He then goes
to the libraries and interviews several
professional hookworms, who have
lately developed this work into a rec
ognized industry. These patient pur
veyors of information are known in
the libraries as "the shadows of the
novelists," who employ them. Their
work is pleasant, but monotonous.
Long practice has made them familiar
with the books, so that they know ex
actly where to turn, which is nine
tenths of the battle.
One of them, a middle-aged but
bright-eyed Daughter of the Revolu
tion, who has become a specialist in
this field of work and calls heioelf "A
Searcher for Novelists."showed me her
order book and chatted with me about
her work. "Mr. X , who is run
ning a serial story in Barker's Month
ly, wants ten jokes about General
Israel Putnam. I sent him 15. irom
which he will select 10. If I had not
done this, he would have growled and
declared that any schoolboy could
have gotten these from a Fifth Read
er."—New York Post.
]|ow lie Ronfralned A jtplnuaA.
Among the puns treasured in the
minds of Harvard men is one made
by Edward Cummings, formerly a pro
fessor at Cambridge, and now associ
ate pastor in Dr. Edward Everett
Hale's church, in Boston. At the
close of one of his lectures Professor
Cummings was roundly applauded.
Presently the stamping and shuffling
of feet were added to the other ex
pressions of approval, and the tiooor
of the old Massachusetts hall shook
noticeably.
"Gentlemen! gentlemen!" exclaimed
Professor Cummings In a tone of mock
anxiety, "I fear these premises will not
boar out your conclusions."
VWli -■
Cleaning Jewelry.
Jewelry can be beautifully cleaned
1 by washing in soapsuds iu which a few
, drops of spirits of ammonia are
; stirred, shaking off the water and
| laying in a box of dry sawdust. This
j method leaves no marks or scratches.
Unique Color Scheme.
A unique color scheme in furnish
ings was carried out by a bride who
wished her kitchen to he different
from the ordinary type. She had the
walls of the tiny apartment, for it
formed part of a flat, tinted a light
blue and then bought all her utensils,
of enameled ware in a color to match.
Ten Loavpi Are Useful.
Tea leaves should never be thrown
away. They are excellent cleansers
of woolen fabrics, especially carpets.
Sprinkle them over the carpets just
before sweeping. They can also be
put to other uses. When a few days
old pour boiling water over them and
leave until nearly cold; strain and use
the water for washing paint. White
paint may be easily cleaned by rub
bing it with flannel that has been
dipped into whiting.
A VTnter Softener.
A delightful water softener for the
bath is made by mixing together two
and a half pounds of fine oatmeal,
four ounces of powdered castile soap
and eight ounces of powdered orris
root. A yard of butter muslin should
bo formed into bags four inches
square, and then be filled with the
ingredients mentioned. One of them
put into the bath and used as a sponge
will greatly improve the complexion
and texture of the skin.
Tlio De.k S.L
In the evolution and constantly in
creasing charm of desk sets, a particu
larly attractive one has appeared. The
corners of the blotter and the cover
ing of the paper holder, boxes and
hand blotter are all of gray sea Hon
leather trimmed with oxidized silver.
The inkstand is of cut glass and sil
ver. The paper holder is rather broad
er than the usual kind, and is round
ed in front. Plain and oxidized brass
increases in popularity for desk sets,
and can bo had at more reasonable
prices than formerly.—New York Tri
bune.
Ideal Itpd Covering.
The bed covering of the ideal bed
must be as light and warm as possi
ble. The less weight there is in the
bedclothes, and the greater their
warmth, the more desirable they are.
Heavy cotton filled comfortables and
old-fasliionod quilts represent so much
weight in proportion to their actual
warmth that they must be discarded
for blankets of wool. Blankets are
becoming less expensive, and are with
in the reach of almost every one. The
lighter, simpler and more easily
reached by air and sunlight every ar
ticle of bedroom'furniture is, the bet
ter It is for the health of the occu
pant of the room.
KEC/PzS
Batter Bread —Half a cupful of fold
boiled hominy, half a cupful of white
Indian meal, two eggs, one cupful of
milk, one teaspoonful of salt, two lev
el teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one
fourth cupful of melted butter; pour
in a buttered earthen dish and bake
half an hour.
Cucumber Salad —Peel two or three
cucumbers, place in cold water to be
come freshened and crisp. Omit salt,
as it wilts and makes them indiges
tible. Cut the cucumbers in two
lengthwise and lay them flat side
down on the dish on which they are
to be served. Slice them without
changing the shape and pour on them
a French dressing. Serve with fish.
Orange Cake—Boat two eggs with
out separating until foamy, add one
teacupful of sugar, one tablespoonful
of melted butter, half a teacupful of
milk, two teaspoonfuls of yeast powder
and one and one-half teacupfuls of
flour sifted into the other ingredients;
lastly, the juice of an orange, or, if
you perfer it, the juice of one lemon;
hake in gem pans about 35 minutes
in a moderate oven.
Preserved Apricots—Peel neatly
some ripe apricots cut in half; remove
the stone and weigh the fruit; allow
for six pounds of fruit four pounds
sugar and one quart water. Place su
gar and water over the fire; stir a few
moments to partly molt the sugar scum
that rises. Put in the fruit; cook 10
minutes, or till a straw will penetrate
them easily. Fill the fruit and syrup
into four quart jars or into eight pint
jars; close at once and set them in a
cool, dry place.
Beefsteak Farcied —Take a two
pound sirloin steak and spread It with
one cupful of bread crumbs, two table
spoonfuls of melted butter, a slight
sprinkling of chopped onion and pars
ley, and seasoned well with salt and
pepper. Roll up and tie closely to keep
the forcemeat in place, lay it in a
baking sheet with half a cupful of
stock, and bake one hour, basting of
ten. To serve, cut the string, then
cut the roll in thick ( slices; a sauce
one be used if desired, but it is not
necessary. Any brown sauce, with a
daft'S of catsup Is suitable.
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
Records for 30 years show that 43
percent of the storms of the British
Isles approach from some point be
tween south and southwest. Not 1
percent move westward.
Obesity is regarded by Dr. Gabrie
Leven, a French physician, as a ner
vous disorder. It is not a disease, but
a symptom arising from various con- T
ditions, with some disturbance of nu
trition—usually a kind of dyspepsia—
as the foundation. Treatment is di
rected to the dyspepsia.
An astonishing decrease in the tin
sile strength and ductility of bronze
at temperatures above 400 degrees
Fahrenheit has been reported by Prof.
G. Bach of Stuttgart. With an alloy
of 91 percent of copper, four of zinc
and five of tin, these properties were
reduced about 6 percent at 400 de
grees, but about 50 percent at COO de
grees. This discovery suggests cau
tion in the use of bronze for engine
parts in contact with superheated
steam. ™
As tho north-northeast wind blows <
quite constantly over the central Sa-
hara from October to April, a French r
aeronaut, M. Les Desburaux, believes
that it should be easy to cross the des
ert by baloon from Tunis to the Niger.
He proposes trying the experiment
with a small unmanned baloon of about.
4000 cubic yards. This would carry a
guide-rope of considerable weight, and
an automatic discharger of water bal
last, and will be expected to keep
affoat for 12 days. In case of wreck
on the way, the chances favor the re
covery of the registering apparatus
with very valuable scientific data.
Oils of chamomile, rosemary, cumin,
illicum anisatum and rose arc found
by Dubois to phosphoresce in the cold J
on agitation with an alcoholic solu- j
tion of potassium hydrate. The differ- j
ent behaviour of oils of geranium and /
pelargonium gives an easy means of
recognizing substitutions of these oils J
for oil of rose. Turpentine oil does f
not phorphoresce when fresh, but
sometimes does so when old. The
most brilliant effect is shown by aeseu
lin, a glucoside of horse chestnut bark.
In the cold alcoholic solution of potas
sium hydrate this substance sparkles
for hours, brihtening up with every
movement of the liquid, and giving an
intensity of light in direct proportion
to the purity of the aesculin. In no
case, however, is this phosphorescence
equal to that of cultures of marine
photo-bacteria.
Foucault's famous demonstration of
the earth's diurnal rotation by means
of a pendulum, made at the Pantheon,
in Paris, in 1851, is to be repeated un
der the supervision of M. Berget, as
sistant to M. Poimcare. Workmen are -4
now busy, says a correspondent of Na- A
ture, making the necessary prepara
tions. The pendulum itself is a ball of
lead weighing about 60 pounds. It
was used in 1869 by M. Maumenee for
observations in the Cathedral of
Rheims. The demonstration consists
in the fact that the heavy pendulum
ball, once sot in motion, will continue
to swing for several hours, and that
while the plane in which it swings
remains constantly the same the
earth's movement of rotation causes
an apparent twist of this plane so that
the direction of the swing slowly
changes with reference to the points
of the compass.
Grnftcrp,
"Speaking of chauges in the En
glish language," said a gentleman whe
keeps up with the new meaning of
words, "what is the matter with the /
new significance given to the words 1
grafting and grafter? If you do not *
believe that some change has taken
place suppose you stop a friend on
the street and introduce him to an
other friend as an expert. Suppose
you put it in this way: 'Mr. Slow, this
is Mr. Swift, one of the greatest graf
ters in the country. If you should
get off with your life you would be
doing remarkably well. No man
wants to be called a grafter now. Yet
In the old English meaning of the
word there is nothing offensive. The
fact is, that in the purer meaning of
the word grafter thero is no particular
offence. It simply means one who
grafts. Grafting is not a dishonest
business in this sense of the word. So
far as the dictionaries go there is no
thing of an offensive nature to be
found in even the most delicate shad
ings of the word. Y'et in the common
understanding, probably I should say T
the current understanding, it is a
serious thing to call a man a
grafter. It means that he pan
handles; that he gets money
wherever and whenever he can; that
he gets it legitimately if he can, but
that he gets it; that he uses his pres
tige and his power to pick up the
crumbs along the way; that be is a
parasite, in short, and a sponge who
takes all he can get. Grafting in this
last meaning of the word is not the
good old honest business of crossing
trees and plants, not the square busi
ness of improving one species by mak
ing it draw a heavier per cent- of its
sustenance from some stronger and
more vigorous kind of growth; but it
consists chiefly In getting something
for nothing, and is practised by para
sitical growths which suck the means fe
of existence from forms of life more 1
useful and more industrious. We have
in this a rather apt illustration of the
rapidity with which our language
changes, and after all the new mean
ing of the word, and its application to
a certain class of men, is not such a
broad stretch of Its original meaning."
—New Orleana Times-Democrat.