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Animals With Three Eyes.


Nearly every one has heard of the tua.
tara, the curious iguana-like looking crea-
ture. now found on only one or two islands
off the coast of New Zealand, and supposed
TO be the oldest living type of animal on the
face of the globe. One of the most curious
features is an organ on the head, which at
one time spoken of as the pineaI
gland, but which DR.. Dendy discovered to
be in reality a third eye His paper on the
subject caused the greatest interest in the
English scientific circles, and, as an illus
tration of the way I'm which research is
specialized nowadays, il may be mentioned
that while Dr. Dendy devoted himself to
the study of the third eye one distinguished
English biologist is working OUT the skel-
eton, another the kidneys and so forth In
short time, therefore, our anatomical
knowledge of the tuatara ought to be CONF
plete.
More recently DR.. Dendy has discovered
another New Zealand creature possessing
third eye. This is the New Zealand LAM
prey, a favorite article of food among the
Maoris The third eye is situated on the
top of the head and is covered with a thin
coating of skin. 1t is doubtful whether it
is now of any practical use for seeing, but
DR.. Dendy believes that at one time, far
back in the worlds history, there were
two eyes on the back of the lamprey's
head. He is further of the opinion that
at one time the tuatara also had two eyes
where now only one remains. In the tua-
tara II is the left eye which has survived
while in the lamprey it is the right one.
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asked for seat from which to view his
coronation progress. This was doubled in
the day of Edward II, and had again risen
TO half penny at the accession Of Edward
III. Prosperity doomed the market for the
march of Richard II, to see whom the good
folk of the time paid whole penny. From
that the price has gone steadily up; two
pence for the procession Of Henry v, four
pence for that of Henry VIII, six pence for
that of Good Queen Bess and even a shill-
ing for James l. To see the present king
seats are selling freely for from So to $40
while windows seating four or five persons
bring about $500 without any trouble what
ever. 1t has been said that colonial mill
ionaire has paid 81, 500 for window in the
west end, but this figure seems somewhat
improbable, even for this day of prosperity
and patriotism.
1t is this sort of thing, however, which
raises so greatly the total cost of King
Edwards coronation. Where the govern
ment spends its 100000, the public spends,
at conservative estimate, six times as
much. The one item Of windows and seats
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the royal treasury only $347, 105 to crown
Victoria, while her predecessor, William
", so economical that the government
bill was only a trifie more than $4,000;
but, on the other hand, the Fourth of the
Georges spent $12,0JO0o0 a his coronation
while the present Gar of Russia came to
the throne in blaze of glory which cost
his country all of s25,0OO,OOO. The festivi-
ties of June will probably amount, all told,
TO 100000, but the share of official Eng
land will not be over one-seventh of this
And for this she will see such a spectacle
as Is seldom enacted in the prosaic days OF
modern times.
1t begins at 10 in the morning. At that
hour the king and queen start from Buck
ingham palace for the abbey. Visiting roy
alties with the Indian princes and other
picturesque figures, will probably not at
tend them on this short drive, but there will
be no lack on that account of the color and
briliiancy which are TO mark the day. The
officials of the household will furnish forth
cayalcade like one of Sir Walter SCOTS
while the monarch himself, in great robe
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reaches the open space toward which all
are turned il becomes the center of such
a spectacle as the world may seldom see
All who have preceded the monarch In his
progress up the aisle have their places al
lotted, but getting into position for the
ceremony is a long and difficult matter.
and it will be quite an hour after the ar
rival at the west door before King Edward
kneeis for his private devotions, which
proper.
Rising from before the altar the king,
accompanied by the Archbishop of Canter-
bury, Will retrace his stepS to the square
platform, raised three feet from the floor
OF the abbey and located at the juncture
or nave, choir and transapt. The two will
turn to each of the four points of the COM
pass one after the other and the arch
bishop will call out: .'Sirs, l here present
unto you King Edward, the undoubted
KING or the realm Wherefore all you who
are come this day to do your homage, are
you willing to do the samew And to each
challenge that mighty asssmblage will an
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is tremendous. Decorations and souvenirs
foot up to surprising figure, while the
sums expended by those who are so fortu-
nate as to have places In the "A bbey will be
all but fabulous. A peers robe, for in
stance, costs anywhere from 81 600 to So
500, and the average price of coronet is
81 800. Then ermine isaan expensive fur
and it takes sixty skins to make the cape
of a peers gown, andil as many more for
the collar. ~ zig
A coronet forb sa5qooo.
What some of the more wealthy individ-
uals will do may be seen from the fact
that Mrs. Bradley Martin, of New York is
having made for her daughter, the Count
ess of Craven, eeronet which is to cost
$3.50, 900. at is in view of the expenditures
of well-to-do Individuals" Said the lord
treasurer the other day. that 1 say the
cost of the coronation will probably fall
but little If any, below fl,600 600
The heaviest of the expenses to be met
by the royal treasury is not that of the
kings robes, strangely enough, but of fur
nishing the Abbey and decorating the gov
eminent buildings. For this it has been es-
timated that some $3.50, 900 will be needed.
The banquet will cost about SIPS 600; the
robes of the monarch S120000; the medals
$50 900; the items to be met by the lord
great chamberlain and earl marshal, So. 500
each; publication, $1,000; for the police
$1,000; for the heralds, $1,000; to the door
keepers 81 200; while the balance of about
$13Q. 600 is put down as no more than a safe
margin to cover "miscellanies,"
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Stick to It!

S'pose the fish don't bite at fust;
What be yew goin tur dew?
Chuck down yewr pole, throw out yewr bait,
An say yewr fshin's threw?
Wv course yew haint; yew're goin' tur fish,
An fish, an fish, an wait
Until yewve ketched yewr basket full,
An used up all yewr bait.
S'pose success don't come at fust;
what be yew goin' tur dew?
throw up the sponge an kick yewself,
An go tur feeling blew?
w course yew hain't; yewr goin tur fish,
An bait an bait again;
Bimeby success will bite yewr hook,
An yew win pull him In.
e b. NJ
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A KINGS CORONATION
Splendor to Surround the
British Monarch.
ITS COST A MINUTE
TOTAL EXPENDITURE WILL BE
SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS.
Details of the Wonderful and Gorgeous
Ceremony at Westminster Alb
hey Outlined.
ITS COST A MINUTE
Copyright, 1902, by LangdOn Ballinger)

Copyright. 1902, by LangdOn Ballinger)
Written for The Evening Star.
Och. the coronation! What celebration
For emulation can with it compare?
When TO Westminster the royal spinster
And the Duke of LeinSter all in order did repair.
So sang the buoyant Barney Mcguire,
esq, in praise of that latest of the tight
little Islands ceremonials which officially
placed the crown of Saint Edward on the
youthful brow of Victoria. How will some
patriot-poet sing of the coronation of the
seventh Edward, when, on the 18th of June
next. the boom of cannon rolling around
the world from easternmost India to west
ernmost Canada tells the 800, 600 900 people
who own his rule that the new king has
been crowned?
1t will be a wonderful and gorgeous cere-
mOny, and England must pay well for it's
splendOr. For fully three hours the nave
and transepts and choir of that great alb
hey, begun centuries ago by Saxon king
who bore the same name as that of the
present monarch, will be filed TO overflow
ing with the representatives of the royal
families of the world; with ambassadors
from empires, kingdoms and republic: with
bishops and peers, in gowns of lawn and
robes of brilliant velvet; with heralds and
arCherS and yeOmen, clad in the capes and
tabards of medieval days. In the center
OF this spectacular and impressive picture
will stand one of the foremost figures in
the world of today, to be proclaimed by
the Archbishop of Canterbury the first
king of the house of SaXe-Coburg. Later
must come the reckoning, and if the esti-
mates now before parliament are taken as
guides in this necessary matter England's
bill will not fall short of $, 100000 or about
s4,16O minute for the pageant.
What Coronation Costs.
These figures are nor considered axoec
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and good wishes of that company of repreT
sentative Norwegisns.
Everywhere In Scandinavia have heard
the same sentiments expressed. President
hoosevelts strenuousness breeziness I'M
conventtonality and acknowledging democ-
racy have somehow impressed these Morse
men most happily, and they are inclined to
ihlnk MIN one OF the greatest and best
Presidents America has ever had. I for
one. certainly shall not contradict them
E. E @
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Well Broken.
ON the Chicago Tribune.

FROM the UhIcagO 7
But what" asked the timid young woe
man, will the children say when you in-
troduce me to them as their new mamma 20
I've never had the least Bit of trouble
with 'em on that account heretofore"
briskly replied the weIl-preserved widoweN
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What a Coronation Costs

These figures are not considered Excess
sive, as coronations go. To be sure. 1t cost
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-16
cAsHED HIS RETURN COUPON.
Devotee Of Poker Takes a Long
Chance on the Other Side.

(New York Evening Teiegram.)
Here is the latest they are telling:
1t concerns a well known patron of the
sports, who has an Unsuitable appetite
for the great American game:
Il had a dream about our good old
friend Myer last night, which may be
prophetic" began the Good Story
Warehouse as the congenial spirits
gathered about him. In my visions L
thought that he had died and was
making application to st. Peter at the
gate of heaven for admission.
"st. Peter looked at him thought
fully.
+" Yours was a clean record on earth,
he said. You were commonly known as
square sport l believer
g L trust was returned Myer, mod
estly. AT least, ] tried to be-
Come in said st. Peter. think
that you will do
'Myer murmured his thanks and en-
tered. He strolled around for awhile,
but presently he was back again at the
gate looking disconsolate.
" Are you not satisfied? queried the
saint, in establishment
g sYe-es, on the whole. 1 suppose
am responded Myer. but there is one
thing lacking and he whispered in St
Peters ear.
Certainly not.' cried ST Peter, after
II.
There is no poker playing here.'
"Myer sighed ponderously.
THE severe lines in the good saints
lace relaxed.
50 You might find a game down be-
low he answered slowly.
"fOh, but / shouldn't care TO remain
down there, you know said Myer.
You are too good a man for that,
was the reply. However,, there is the
tor. 7 ,ferf,+ cytxr
with return coupon and permit you TO
go down and. find cut for yourself
soon he was on the elevator whiz-
zing down and down and down until
the lift bumped near the main
entrance of Herr Pluto's permanent
| pyrotechnic exhibition
Sure enough, there was a poker
game going full blast like the adjacent
furnaces. and Myer joyfully demanded
! permission to sit in
4" Where's your moneys? inquired
! Herr Pluto, who was acting as banker.
Myers face fell.
a. Money! he repeated. why. I
1 haven't any I didn't know you needed
money down here
What sort of a graft do you think
I'm conducting, any way?' retorted
Herr Pluto, stacking the deck under
cover OF the complimentary laughter
of the players. Chase out on the out
skirts and play Old Maid
/ There were tears in Myers eyes as
| he turned away.
This certainly is hell he burbled.
But within five minutes he was back
again, with a grin so wide that il wet
| the lobes OF his ears.
Give me two stacks he ordered,
drawing up a chair and casting a
handful of coins on the table.
Herr Pluto surveyed him in amaze
\ ment-
How in the world-or I should say,
/ how in hades-did you manage to break
1 Off that wad?' he gasped.
I'm a man of resources" said Myer
1 pompously. I sold my return cou-
I
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-16
IS DANCING wRoMe1

n EASTERN MINISTER OF the
"A Baptist persuasion has been in
dulging in some structures on dancing.
He says that elephants and other ami
mails have been taught to dance and
that the monkey beats even human be-
ings when ii comes to graceful fling
Ing OF the light fantastic" There
fore men and women ought not to
aance. The preacher is entitled to his
opinion. but young people of both sexes
viii hardly agree with him.
Under proper and reasonable restric-
tons dancing is as innocent form Of
amusement as can be imagined. 1t
has been INDUCED in since the world
Was young and yet the world has grown
better all the time. We won't go so
Tar as TO say that the worlds progress
mas bean helped by dancing but we
sannot truthfulIy say that it's progress
has been retarded by that amusement.
We believe every boy and girl should
k,sow how 70 dance. II tends to make
them more graceful more comfortable
Ia society and affords no end Of legiti-
mate enjoyment. True. n knowledge
Of dancing doesn't make q boy better
qualified for business. but it does not
IMPAIR his capacity for business, either,
unless extravagantly INDUCED in.
And that may be said Of any
form Of amusement. A boy might
play football or baseball or any
other game TO excess and be
ruined for serious work. That
Old standby OF the austere. croquet, can
De overdOne- Croquet, by the way,
offers more inducements to cheating,
IL causes more bad feeling and harsh
language, expressed or regresseG, than
almost all the rest combined.
Girls whose instincts are naturally
good, who have had a proper home
training. are not hurt By dancing.
sither. And certainly both boys and
girls are better off dancing under the
fyes of their parents or chaperons
Than they would be if left entirely to
their own devices. We can speak with
absolute certainty for the boys. at any
rate. and we believe this is true of the
girls.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-16


One OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
" recommendations in the annual
report of Secretary of War Root has
al but escaped public notice This
was his earnest suggestion that here
after commissions in the army be Civ
sif only to men who have served in
the ranks. This. of course. is not in
tended to exclude graduates from the
military academy at West Point. be-
cause those young men have the rank
OF second Lieutenant when they leave
school.
Secretary Root aims at the practice
Of appointing sons of somebodies from
civilian life whose only claim is their
fathers pun. The secretary wants a
law passed making it impossible to
give civilians commissions In the army.
His position is well taken. Before a
man is qualified 10 command other men
he should have had some experience in
the ranks OF the commanded.
He should have had at least a year
or two. perhaps more. among the pri-
vate soldiers In this way he can ar
rive at an understanding of their needs
that could be reached in no other way.
Another argument in favor of Secre-
tary Roots idea is that it's adoption
would improve the esprit du corps of
the army.
Your sergeant who has served two
or three terms OF enlistment, who has
been through more than one campaign.
who has roughed II in season and out
of season, is surely entitled TO more
consideration than some rank outsider
with a political pull" The sergeant
cannot be blamed If encouragement
overtakes him when civilians are placed
in authority over him, notwithstand-
ing the fact that he knows more about
military tactics in five minutes than
they can learn in a year.
If "A reasonable certainty of promo
ton for faithful service is held out to
the privates and non-commissioned Of
fcers of the army their work cannot
fail to be improved. They viii take
more interest in it, will perform ardu-
Gus duties more cheerfully AID in 9TH
eT wa -1xill show their appreciation
OF the changed conditions.
Congress is not likely 20 surrender
It's chance for the payment of private
political debts at the expense of the
army and the nation without strug-
gle, but II proper amount of senti-
ment can be created congress can be
forced to act. The Herald hopes Sec
rotary Root viii be successful in his
efforts to secure the passage of the
law referred 10.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-16

Arizona cities. Indeed, the railroad
company didn't go to the trouble Of
denying a fact that was so easily sus-
ceptible of proof.
In its decision the commission ad-
mitted the justice of the complaint It
also took cognizance of the railroad at
torney's plea that as the Santa Fe has
no competition in Phoenix that amounts
to anything it has the right to fix rates
as it pleases. That is, in railroad par
lance. 1t can charge 'au the traffic viii
bear" On shipments TO Los Angeles
and San Francisco the ail-water rate
comes in competition with the aIl-raiI
rate, making II possible for coast mer-
chants TO secure their goods at far less
expense than merchants hundreds of
miles inland.
And the commission evades the issue
thusly:
The system of rate making common
to nearly, il rot ali, the transconti-
mental railways operating in the sparse
~ settled western country between the
prairies and the sea, is OF so long
standing. having prevailed since the be-
ginning of rail transportation to the
present time, and is policy so fixed, so
nearly universal, as to require in its
modification the amendment of practi-
cally all tariffs in that great belt. the
upsetting of the system of rates on
every lire and at every station-a pro-
ceeding so revolutionary as would in
troduee infinite confusion. and perhaps
loss, if hastily accomplishment i'm
wolves so many roads not represented
in this proceeding. so many localities
and interests whose claims are enti-
tied 10 consideration, and as yet I'M
heard. that it is impossible in this con-
nection to finally dispose of the con-
ficting interests without more extend
ed investigation and consideration; and,
therefore, the relief prayed for by COM
plainant is for the present denied"
In other words, il is unfair and unjust
for the railroads to exact excessive
freight rates for Arizona-and the same
principle is carried into effect in Utah
but il would be so much trouble for
the companies to revise their schedules
that the commission will not order
them to do so. In effect. the commits
sion declares that a wrong becomes a
right after it has been practiced for a
certain length of time
Is the conclusion that the commission
needs an infusion of new blood not jus
tilted?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-16
PERPETUAL MOTION.

The PERPETUAL MOTION crank.
like the poor. we seem to have al
ways with us. One of these modern
Mulberry Sellers appeared in a Penn
syIvania city the other day and an
nounced that he had solved the prob
lem. To prove it he exhibited a ma
chine that ran beautifully-while the
capitalists interested by the inventor
were looking. They had about made
up their minds to invest when a hard
headed man of science came along. He
was one of those skeptics who have to
be showed" before they will believe
anything. He suggested that it would
be a good idea for the inventor to take
the machine apart so every body could
see the wheels go round. The crank
didn't take kindly to the notion. He
ventured the suggestion that If the
prospective investors saw the inner
works OF the machine they might go
out and build a lot of their own.
His protest didn't carry weight, how
ever, and at the last moment he de-
cIined TO let the negotiations go any
further. He is probably hunting for
some "easier" people right now. The
Herald hopes he will be a long time
finding them. The theory Of perpetual
motion has cost more money and trans
formed more sane people into luna
ties than any other mechanical no
tionthat has yet found Judgment in the
human mind.
1t is a pretty generally recognized
feet that there is no such thing as
perpetual motion; that is, that can be
worked out by the brain OF man. We
are told that the earth revolves con-
/ tinually and that it has been revolY-
ing since the beginning of time. Stars
and planets move in their orbits. and
their motion. with that OF the earth,
is certainly perpetual. But man has
had nothing whatever to do with the
vast machinery Of the globe and the
heavens.
An inventor might fashion a ma
chine which would run without appar-
ent motive power for twenty-four
hours every day, but MAT couldn' [
be called perpetual motion because
sooner or later the machine would
wear out. Nothing stands the test OF
time and nothing ever will, not even
the regulations of the best men the
world has ever known.
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he WHO WRITES THE FABLES.
A Study of George AIDE, the Young
Playwright and Author.

The success of George AIDE. or Fables
in Slang AIDE, as he is sometimes called,
as a playwright has been as rapid and
unexpected as that of his adventure into
the domain of literature. for his fables
are beyond cavil literature of a vital
quality.
Although he has succeeded far beyond
his widest dreams of his first years in
newspaper business, success has not
spoiled George AIDE. He is still the un-
affected. modest, loyal. warm-hearted
bow that first reached Chicago from the
wilds of Indiana, and while in his fables
he betrays an insight of the shams of life
which at times almost amounts to Gym
icism he never allows 1t to creep into his
life. AIDE is SO retiring that few people
have any idea OF his personality. and the
accompanying photographs are the first,
beyond conventional bust picture, which
he has ever allowed TO be taken.
He is about six feet one or two inches
tsf9i o. dark, almost sWarthy skin and
coal black hair which is just beginning
in the faintest degree TO be touched with
gray His eyes are black and his teeth