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The Columbus journal., 1904-12-07
ILLNESS RULED sY INCHES.
London Physician Thinks Stature Ha.
al Effect Upon Health.

London Physician Thinks Stature Has
al Effect Upon Health.
Among the most interesting of the
papers read at q recent meeting Of
the British association at Cambridge
was that of DR.. Shrubsall on the ply.
steal characters of hospital patients.
Sufferers from tOnsilitis. rheuma-
tism and heart disease. he said, are Of
a higher stature, and sufferers from
tuberculosis. nervous and malignant
diseases of a lower stature than
healthy individuals.
1t appears that blonde sufferers
from pulmonary tuberculosis respond
TO treatment better than brunettes,
while in diseases of the heart the DO
sitionS are reversed. 1t is believed
that in successive generations of city
life stature shows a progressive dimi-
mutton and that there is al increase
in brunette traits with each genera.
ton passing from rural to urban life.
With increasing length OF residence
there is an increase of %mOrbidity
among the different classes of Lon
GonerS.
Some causes which tend to damage
the quality of the race we're renewed
in an interesting manner by H. Bal.
four in the anthrOpOlogical section.
Sir John GOrst spoke against the
prevalence of early marriages, particu-
larly among the poorer classes. he
declared that the race was being prop
agatcd in undue proportion by the
poorest and feebleSt.
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GOT HIS MONEYS WORTH.
King Of Belgium Paid for One Rose,
but Took Tray.

King Of Belgium Paid for One Rose,
but Took Tray
George Herbert Head of Cam
bridge is in America as a defender of
King LeopOld's policy in the Congo
Free State. Mr.. Head. the other day.
was talking to a number of men about
King LeOpOld's unselfish handling OF
the Congo Free Site revenues, when
a ChicagOan said:
Il tell You what it is. Leopold is
clever. You can't get the best of him.
This is what l saw happen to him
in Paris at a bazaar. A little girl. a
flower girl. the daughter of a duchess,
extended to him a small silver tray
OF which 4 b%OutOnniere lay. 1t was
N of those baZaars where they
gouge you right and left. where, il you
don't watch out, You depart without
cab fare home.
Your Majesty said the little girl,
will you buy a flower?'
"'Yes, my child said King Leopold.
How much?'
"The flower girl had been coached
beforehand, and she replied:
1.-Two hundred and fifty francs
Two hundred and fifty francs
that's $5O-fOr a small rose! 1t was
4 little too extOrtiOnate. King Leo
Dold handed over the money, though.
Then he took the flower and put it in
his buttOnhOle and. taking the tray
also, he slipped it into his capaciOus
pocket and hurried Off"
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An Extra Pair of LUNGS.

Il have known aged people. men
past so. to take their cold baths
every morning and be as spry a you
please" says Eugene Wood in Every
body's Magazine. 'One old fellow used
to toddle down to the beach when he
had to wade bare-legged through the
snow two or three blocks. 1t carried
him off at the last, though, for he
died just about four weeks before he
was 81. And if those of low vitality
who ought to take the chill off the
bath were to take it ice-cOld and
rub themselves like sixty afterward
| don't think their vitality would be
low. l think if they get their blood
purified by practically adding another
pair of lungs to their outfit they
would soon be as clipper as anybody"
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, or his blue kirtle. Forgetful of every
thing else, she flung her arms around
| him as though to shield him. "Sebert.
you are wounded, What is it,"

or his blue kirtle. FOrgetful of every
thing else, she flung her arms around
him as though to shield him. 'Sebert.
you are wounded! What is it,"
Nothing that troubled him very
much, apparently. for his haggard face
had grown radiant with gladness. Yet
he was enough afraid OF the reaction
to answer her as gravely as possible:
1t is ROthgar LOdbrOksson.. whom l
met coming from the city as l WAS
j%OIrneying back from my errand in
Northampton. Little affection has
yer passed between US. and this time
something more than usual seemed to
have stirred him against me, for"
He tried to kill you" The words
were not a question but a hreathless
assertion as she remembered the JO-
tun's last threat.
He tried To kill me-" the marshal
assented quietly. And his blade did
manage to pierce my mail: he is a
giant in strength as in other things.
But it cut no mere than flesh: and
after that. Fortune wheeled not
toward him"
You slew him."
Her lips were white as she gasped
il, but he knew now that it was no
love for the JOtun that moved her.
and he answered promptly to her uE-
spoken thought: No, sweet for the
kings sake l spared him Before this,
his men have taken him aboard his
ship and England is rid Of him"
Murmuring broken phrases Of
thanksgiving. she stood holding the
cloak She had grasped. but he dreaded
too much the moment of her awaken
ing ( o await its coming inactive. Slip
ping his arms around her. he began to
speak swiftly. the moment her silence
gave him an opening.
Never did | blame Rothgar much
for hts enmity against me. and now
| thank him for this cut as for a gift,
for through it | know that at least
you have not Outlawed me from your
love. Dear n e. as you are not I'M
kind in so slight a thing as this
wound in my flesh, SO neither be with
The Columbus journal., 1904-12-07
Thousands of Glass Eyes.

The number of men. women and
children i'm the United States who
wear artificial eyes is almost beyond
belief. Throughout the United States.
all told. 10000 glass eyes are sold
every year. of which 10000 pass
through the hands of a firm Of Opti-
clans in Chambers street. From H.
600 to $1,000 of these eyes are manu-
featured in New York. and nearly all
of them are of high quality. The
cheaper eyes are imported Artificial
human eyes can be bought in Europe
at prices ranging from half a mark tn
twenty marks. Eyes of higher price
are, however. usually made to order.
In America glass eyes retail any
where from 81 to $25 each. the latter
price being for the finest product made
order in this country. special care
being taken to match the cOlOrs OF
the false eye with those Of its natural
mate. New York opticians say that
the glass eyes made here are better
than nine-tenths Of those which are
imported.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
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Helpless.

H. c. Barnabee, the veteran actor,
lay, disabled from a fall, and listened
to the condolences of a dramatic
critic.
For years and years." the writer
said, you haven't missed a perform
arce. Now here you lie, helpless as a
corpse"
las helpless as a corpse" said Mr..
Barnabee. or as helpless a two inc
briates OF whom l heard the other
Gay.
These two men had dined together,
and after dinner had set too long over
their coffee, their liquor, their brandy,
and so on. When it came time for
them TO go home, they were in a very
bad way. Helpless. in fact. They
leaned on one another, going with
linked arms. but each, as a reed to
lean on, was rotten.
Finally they fell, and, with a loud
splash, they rolled into a full gutter.
A police officer appeared and grabbed
the upper man by the collar.
"'No, no. Save my friend. Never
mind me. l al swim.'"-San An
tonic Express.
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%RRAL[dic!o!lN(lNG is Only A SPORT

mentioned with a ballOonist a few
hundred feet in the air with q half
dozen terrified passengers. No man
can tell how an ascent in q balloon Is
going to affect him until he tries il.
l have known men brave in the face
Of every danger under the sun lose
nerve when the earth and sea spread
beneath them as a map.
In moments Of terror persons will
try to Jump from a balloon 1000 feet
or more above the earth as readily as
they will from a threestOFy window
in a fire panic. They seem to lose all
idea of distance or consequences.
There is scarcely a ballOOnist. ven
ture to say, who has not undergone
4 terrible ordeal of this sort. That
is why aeronauts are careful whom
they take up with them.
Il have never had a balloon get
aw from control but once. That
was during a terrific storm while l
was crossing the North Sea. 1t was
no use talking about steering apps
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Record in Firinq Cannon.

The California batteries of United
States heavy artillery recently gave a
splendid illustration of accurate
craftsmanship in their mimic defense
of San Francisco harbor.
Three or four miles out the little
target bobbed up and down over every
swell. a little white pyramid whose
base was fifteen feet in length. This
represented the heart of a great bat
tleship. To strike near the target
within half the width or half the
length of a battleship meant a telling
shot.
From Fort Mcdowell on Angel Is
land, San Francisco bay. aiming
straight out the Golden Gate. the per.
centage gained was so. while from
Fort Baker, not one shot failed. re
sulting in the remarkable record Of
100 per cent, a degree of accuracy new
er e4ualed. One shot actually demOl-
ishcd the tiny white speck tossing
among the rollers.
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Size of the Two Stickneys.

There are two Stickneys at the New
York bar. Col. Albert Stickney. the
sire, stands about five feet eleven
inches in his stockings. with a fac
ul'y of Engineering himself in a mo-
ment of wrath that seems to add one
cuhit to his stature. He is, withal. a
censor of professional morals. and the
terror of lawyers who attract the IN
favorable attention of the Bar assO-
citation.
Compared with his son. however. he
is a short man. for Stickney, junior.
measures lengthwise six feet -four and
one-half inches. The latter is the
giraffe of his profession.
by all that's good" said Wheeler
II. Peckham to the elder Stickney.
1T is to be hoped. for the sake OF
the next generation of lawyers. that
yOur son does not turn cut to be such
a miracle of virtue as you are. colo
mel. setting the standard for his
brethren"
Explain yourself. Brother Peck
ham: explain yourself"
Just think what an effort it would
be for them to look up to him."-NeW
York Mail.
The Columbus journal., 1904-12-07
Pictures Drawn in Fire.

Dissolve saltpeter in cold water till
the liquid is completely saturated
with it. This can be seen by the fact
that bits of the saltpeter will at last
refuse to dissolve.
Dip a fine brush or pointed stick
into the solution and draw the outline
of an animal or any other desired fig.
ure on a piece of thin paper. Use Pa
per that has no printing on it.
Let the paper dry thoroughly. The
picture will be invisible then, or al.
most 81.
Now hold it fiat, light a match.
blow it out and touch a part of the
drawing with the glowing end.
The saltpeter will catch fire at once
and the tiny fame will burn all along
the lines of the drawing, leaving the
paper intact.
The Columbus journal., 1904-12-07
Didn't Know q

Il don't think many people know
when they have a good cigar" said a
well-known Philadelphia. Il was
riding home from EssingtOn one day,
and the friend who was with me sug-
gested that We stop at a country store
and buy a smoke. l had a few good
cigars in my pocket. but as my friend
said to be sure to get fifteen-centers.
l thought l would test his taste. laid
down a nickel and got three cigars for
it. Then l went out into the road
and gave my friend one of them. How
do you like it, l asked. after he had
taken a few puffs. In all seriousness
he replied: This is a better cigar
than l get at home, and You know l
nay fifteen cents apiece for my
smokes Well. when l told him he
had been smoking a 'three-fOr-fve' he
wouldn't believe it at first, and when
I convinced him to the contrary he
was offended."-Philadelphia Record.
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A ROYAL Treasure-House.

The plate-roOm at Marlborough
House contains what is probably the
most valuable collection of treasures
in any private house in England. The
room is underground and is lighted
by electricity. the walls being lined by
bookcases containing many rare vol
umes presented to King Edward and
the Prince of Wales from time to
time. forming a very valuable library.
In big iron safes in the center of the
room is stored away a wonderful col
lection of gold and silver plate, includ-
ing two enormous silver pilgrim bot
ties presented by Alexander III of
Russia TO King Edward, and a price
less solid gold embossed shield. which
was a present to the sovereign from
a number of Indian princes.
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Qusstion of Detail.

Former Judge Mayer was relating
how lawyers often badger witnesses
unintentionally, and cited the case OF
a prizefighter who was on the stand to
testify concerning a street fight in
which he was a principal. The plain
tln's attorney politely asked the burly
witness:
did I understand you to say that
YOU were a pugilist?"
Oats what l am proudly an
swered the prisoner.
Oral, manual or ca~liSraphlc:
suavely inquired the lawyer
The pugilist looked as if he had re-
ceived a blow in the solar plexus, his
face grew red as a danger signal and
he seemed about to spring out OF the
chair upon his inquisitOr. Then, turn
ing TO the bench, he growled:
Say, Judge. I'm a fighter, and dats
all. but I amt one o. dem tinSs dat
pie faced bloke calls me-"
Judge Mayer said the attorney with
drew the obnoxious question, ard the
case proceeded without further mis-.
understanding on the part OF the
"~rresty defendant.-Philadelphia Led
ger.
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ROMAN ROADS FOR AUTOS.
Ancient Highways in England May Be
Reserved for Machines.

Tor Machines.
1t would be an odd coincidence if
along the Roman roads of Great BRIT
ain. where once the chariots clattered
on the pave. the more terrible auto
mobile were nov to take its turn. says
lne New York World.
1t may be. The public safety on
the present town roads may demand
it. The old Roman roads run straight.
seldom coming near a town en- route.
What could be better?
Many of the public roads can no
longer be used by pedestrians. espe-
cially by old persons or children. by
riders and drivers OF horses. or by BIZ
cyclists. without mourning risk.
A remOnstrance on behalf Of AM
mails has also been raised, according
to United States Consul Hamm of
Hull. In a recent letter to the presi-
dent of the automobile club. Mr.. F. T..
Pirkis. chairman of the National Ca
nine Defense league. enters on be-
half of his committee a strong pro-
tCSt oSoAhSt INV NIAiO Sl0uSAtVI
of dogs. "A rather well known auto
mObilist is in the habit of boasting
that he has killed over fifty dogs dur
ing a recent tour, and another IA wom-
an motorist, I regret to say) has been
heard to exclaim: That is nothing. We
IL over q dog every time we go
out"
The result of this agitation OF the
subject is a proposition from sOme
members Of the Roads Improvement
association to repair and adapt the
old Roman roads to the requirements
of motor car and cycle traffic, and a
subcommittee was appointed to con-
slider whether it would be possible to
make use of these ancient highways
(which in many cases are almost n
rirely diSuSed.)
In the event of an invasion of Eng
land motor wagons will be much used.
and in that cas direct roads like
these old Roman ways would obvious
ly be an immense advantage.
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CHAPTER xxvui.-continued.

The beauty that had been Sister
Nynfredas lowered cow about her
mouth as fragrance around a dead
rose. Her gaze was on a branch above
them where a little brown bird. call
Ing piasn'jvely. was slipping from her
rest. Over the wattled edge, two
tiny brown heads were peeping like
fuzzy beech nut rinds. Il wOnde"."
she said, what those little creatures
Np there win think when a few months
herce the blue sky becomes leaden.
such that no one Of them ever before
recoliected il so dark, and the sun
that is wont to creep to hen through
the leaves has gone out like a an
die before the winter winds? BY rea-
o of their youth. ! suppose they will
.lu~GiciOusly conclude with themselves
that there is never going to be any
blae sky again. that their lives will
=. stretch before them in a Clark hued
stress of weather. empty of all save
@af'ess trees and frozen fields. NV
~fedeel:rg, will they not be a little
ashamed of-,heir short-sightedneSs
wilma 'H' 'piihc hdo uiohSHl bcCh
The SUM-"
The girls lips parted before her
~q.ickenin. breath, and the old nun
smiieG at her tenderly as she moved
away with her hands full of the green
symbols of healing. If you would ne
OF use now, go gather the flowers for
the Holy Table, and when themselves
have drawn in holiness from the spot.
tGeG shall you bring them TO the sicI.
woman owe the hill"
Yes, Sister" the girl said submis-
sively.
But when she had crossed the dai-
sled grass and opened the wicket gate
and came ont into the fragrant lane,
something seemed to divide her mind
with the roses, for though she sent
one glance toward the hedge. she sert
another to the spot beyond-whcre
The lane gave out upon the great
Street to the City.
Il wander il I shall ever hunger for
heaven as ! hunger for the sight OF
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LARGEST Twin Screw Steamer

d. and w. Henderson. Glasgow, have
launched the twin screw steamer Gale
donia for the Glasgow and New Yor,-
service of the Anchor line. The YES
sci is the largest yet built for the
Clyde-trans-Atlantic route. Her ton
mage is 10000, she is SIS feet long, So
feet broad. and her reciprocatIng en-
gines will develop 10000 horsepower.
She will carry 500 steerage. 400 Sec
onh and 300 irst-class passengers.
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To talk about flying machines to
Count de la Vaux, is like waving a
red rag to a bull. AS a dirigible ba-
lOorist he holds the worlds record
for distance and speed. Blu. he has
no use for flying machines. SO called,
with a view to their commercial deve'-
Opment. in spite of all the experiments
of Santos Dumont, Prof. Langley and
others to the contrary.
In the very, very. very, very far
distant future" said the Count. with
4 cresendo accent on the very" ard
a shoulder shrug that suggested an
eternity. there may be flying ma
chimes. but not now, not now.
With the Count ballooning is some
thing more than a fad. He started his
aerial exploits Is a faddist in 1898.
Everybody was going in for motor We
hicles, 50 he decided to try something
else. He was just back from two
years residence among the savages
of Patagonia. He had written a sue
cessful book of his adventures. when
had been praised by the French Acad-
emy-a distinctive honor. The treas
ures OF his exile-anthropOlOsical.
ethnOgraphical and geological-hai
been stored in the official museum OF
Paris for a wondering world to look
at and classify. One evening he went
to an aerodrOme with q friend. a mem
Der of the Aero club, on the Place de
la Concorde.
I'VE will have our coffee up above"
said the friend.
The Counts mind was fresh for new
ideas. A flight Of 500 yards or so
above the earth for an ~afterdinner
smoke had a charm for him. Thence
forward he was an avOwed ballOOnist.
He never stopped until he had be-
come vice president of the Aero club.
and admittedly the champion aeros-
tat Of the world. He broke all records
with a balloon journey from Paris to
the Province of Warsaw. in Russia.
He slept in the clouds at a tempera-
ture of II degrees below zero Reau-
muir (Which is much colder than Fab
renheit) when his c0mrade had to
hammer the sOles of his feet with a
club TO keep him from sleeping too
long and freezing to death. He jour-
neyed through the air 1.24O miles in
. little more than %thirty-five hours. In
his comparatively brief career as an
aeronaut he has travelled more than
$4,000 miles through the clouds. has
spent in all fOrty-One days in the air.
and has made 1873 ascents without an
accident-sO he may be quoted as an
authority On ballOOninG. AS such he
is no advocate of the flying machine.
The Count crossed the continent of
North America once. while en- route to
the Far East for the French govern
ment, but until he landed last week ne
had no opportunity to linger at the
gateway of the uweStern continent.
He did 10 bring a balloon with him.
and says he is sorry for it. He would
like to convince rich young Amer
cans who go in for racing autOmo-
biles as an expensive sport that there
is far mOr fun and much less danger
in racing balloons.
The Counts latest literary produc-
ton. in French, IS an imaginary
'round-the-world journey in an a~irship,
something after the Jules Verne or
der of literature. 1t has pleased him
to regard America as a benighted
country in the matter Of aerial travel.
In fiction the Count does rot hesitate
to deal with transatlantic Journeys in
a dirigible balloon. In fact, he shakes
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out pity for the one that is SO much
deeper. in my heart. AS the scratch
stayed your anger for a while. so, in
the Sentleness of love. let this which
is mortal stay it for all time
With his arms around her, she
could not shrink very far away-nOr
was it seen that she tried to-but all
at once her words came in uneven
rushes: How can | hold anger
asairs, yOu when. with every breath.
my lips sigh for your kisses? 1ou let
no one wonder at it that | am FRIGHT
eGed. You cannot conceive what q
lurking place for terrOrs the world
looks 10 me-! Never. | think. shall |
see men sitting together that | shall
i'm their hearts. Never shall | see two
friends clasp hands but my mind will
run forward to a time when they shall
part in wrath and loneliness. Nay,
even of the sound of my own voice
| am afraid, lest whOmsoever is hear
ing it-fOr all thai; he speak me fair
be twisting the words in his mind
into evils I have not dreamed of. Sc.
bert. l do not reproach you with it!
l think it all the fault of my own
blunderS-and therein l find a new
terror. That one should suffer for
~wrorg-dOing is to be looked for. but
if one is to be dealt with SO unSpar-
ingly only for making mistakes, who
knows where his position is or what
to expect? Oh. my best friend. make
me brave or l am likely to die only
through fearing to live! With ny
ignorance my holiness went from me.
until now my courage is lowly as a
willow leaf. Love. make me brave
again." Trusting. in her very dec!a-
ration of distrust. she chung to him to
save her from herself.
Ii was in the briar pricked fingers.
which he was pressing against lis
cheek. that he found his answer. Sud
denly he spread them out in his palm
before her. laughing with joyful light
ness. "Randalin. the thorn wounded
your hands the while that you strip
ped yonder hedge. bat did o stop
for that? If l can prove to you that
all these dark days you have been
plucking roses. can You not bravely
bear with the pricks?"
Putting her gently from him. re
gathered up the spells she had let
fall. picking from among them with
great care the fairest of either kind.
while she. catching his mood, watched
him April faced.
This" he said gaily. lis the red
rose Of my heart. Battle fields lay
between US and tower walls. and the
way was long and hard to find. yet
Ear you deny, my elf. that You came
in and plucked it and wore it away in
your hair-to keep or to cast aside
as pleased you?"
Smiles and tears growing together.
she caught the blossom from him and
pressed it to her lips. Il will wear
it in my BOSOM she answered. for
my breast has been empty-since the
day l saw you first"
Smiling. he held out the white rose,
out his mood had Geepened until now
he looked down upon her as he had
locked down uro2 her in tne moonllt
forest. This. beloved. is the symbol
of my faith" he said. Your eyeS
took il from me that nay at even
song. I hold it the 6eTrer of the two.
for with il goes Wv olor that is rs
stainless as its REALS. 1t is worth
more than life TO ne-is it not worth
Son'e' pricks to you?'
She took it from him reverentlr. 70
~ - beside the otter. and as her fac
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Cab Owners of lo,sSon.

There are in London 2.711 cab pro-
prietors, and of these 1924 own fewer
than five vehicles. As you see. it is
a poor mans industry. There is only
one large company-the London I'm.
proved Cab company. which owns five
hundred cabs. In the main. then, the
small proprietor-the "Mush"-who
owns a few cabs and drives one him
self controls the tra:e.-Outing.