The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-16

Robert, on his arrival in New York, de-
cides to visit his brother and sister in
washington. There again he sees her
to be near whom he had come to America.
But Fate seems inclined to have some
run at the young. mans expense, and so
| inspires him with, a desire to play a
prank on his charming, sister. To carry
out the plan OF, his joke, he plays the
jehu, taking charge of his sisters car
riage home from a ball at the British en-
/ bassy. All goes well until he answers the
wrong call, and, instead Of his sister and
his brothers wife, two other women en-
ter his carriage. He drives to his home,
| opens the carriage door and, as the
younger woman steps out, plants a kiss
upon her cheek. The consequences-well,
there is the story, and it's a yarn that
| will entertain, was intimated rather
broadly above. Let it be said, however,
that the joke is on the ioker-at first at
1 least
What about the girl that came over
on the steamer? Oh, well, Mr.. McGrath
! will tell you.
| 1t may add to the interest of the reader
of this notice to know that Chuck Hen
derson, who IS represented as telling the
story, is in love with himself, so he tells
of Roberts experiences with fullest SYM
pathy. He adds incidentally in one place
the following, which will show his own
| frame of mind:
For my part believe that the glory lies not
in being loved. but in loving.
| The BobbsMerrill Co., Indianapolis.
! Byron Poem, Discovered In an EpItaph.
I Ye sons of Flora, oft at Springs return,
| Adorn with honours due her Votary's
T. His social temper, far away from>strife, /
/ With pleasing humoui much embellished life.
Nor can he die. Even now survives his name
Immortalized by Friendship. Love and Fame. :
EnitaDh On tho of
l.. Widdowson, at Papplewick Church, in Not
tihghamshire, near Newstead Abbey.
Miss Halle Erminie Rives, the author
who chose Lord Byron as the hero of her
|.recently- published novel, The Castaway,
believes that the above lines were writ
ten by Lord Byron.
The Byron society, New York, is calling
special attention to the credit given Lord
Byron by Miss Rives for the lines.
!, New Play by Barre.-SJ. NJ. Barrie pro-
poses to write, a new play around a char
acter in A. E. w. Mason's new novel, The
Truant-the character Of Nudge, a whim-
steal, pathetic creation, such as Mr.. Bar
RE himself might have originated. Nudge
has risen from poverty to affuence, but
his is a lonely success, and he hungers
for the old days when he suffered and
/ dreamed. So he keeps worn suit of
clothes locked up, and when his loneliness
old clothes, creeps out Of the big house,
4 and goes back to former haunts to revive
4 the hopes and dreams of youth.
Researches of the nithsonian lnstltu-
ton.-The annual report of the Smthso-
MAN Institution for 1908 has just been
issued. tits work of wide interest from
a scientific standpoint. and from that Of
the layman interested in scientific sub
jects.s Interesting to note is Professor
| S. p Langley's report as secretary, in
! which he says that he has made some
progress toward the solution of the prob
lem of mechanical flight. Speaking Of
1.-The work of the metaphysical observa
tory, he calls attention to the fact that
! it has been. shown. so far as it can be
observed at the institution, that the
4 earth's atmosphere was more opaque than
usual in 1908. so much so as to reduce the
direct radiation of the sun at the earth's
surfa ce by about 10 per cent. We Won
der if that is what made it so cold last
winter, and whether the same conditions
prevail this fall !. The opacity ought to
| be washed. A new determination Of the
| temperature of the yields result Of
$500 degrees centigrade, more than 10000
| Fahrenheit. -. &c.. $50
| Smithsonian Institution. WASHINGTON