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ish that thing around here. 1 can defend
myself. shouted back Dicky.
The boys were alarmed at this. They
didn't know what the thing was. They
wondered If the landlord was really des-
perate enough to threaten Dicky with a
revolver.
continued Dicky. We've got money. We
can go To a better place, If you don't want
us here This sounded funny TO the boys.
for every one had tried to borrow money
OF the other earlier i'm the evening. \ local
church was 10 pay the hotel bill.
Well said the landlord. II don't mind
little fun, but that fun too lively for
me"
didn't know we were making any noise. We
were quiet as possible OF course we would
have stopped II we had known we were dis
turbing anyone. Shake"
The landlord, Modified. shook hands with
Dicky. and went down stairs. The boys
were sleepy and quietly retired. The next
morning when they asked Dicxy what the
landlord had threatened TO attack him with
Dicky said the big fellow had a six-shooter
in his hand and two others sticking out of
his pockets.
DR. " and Professor Y are both decided
ly Compliant. Each weighs over two hundred
pounds and neither is over five and a half
feet tall. Notwithstanding the fact that
they are very much alike in appearance,
DR.. Y insists that Prof. is very, very
fat. while he himself is Just a little in
clined TO the embOnpOint.
The other day a new student went up TO
Prof. Y and accOsted him:
You are DR.. y, are you not. sir?''
The professor looked at him a moment
and then shouted so that DR.. could hear:
NO. sir / am not DIT. Y. That is Or.
y standing over there by the door. He's
fat"
The freshman listened respectfully. but
as he moved OF, with his back toward the
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professor. broad grin of appreciation was
on his face.
well, fellows" said Gus. as he Joined
the boys who were grouped in a semi-circle
about the CRATE fire." you have always
made fun of me because l talk so fast. but
let me tell you right here that rapid de-
livery OF mine saved my life on that last
glee club trip. 1t was this way: At Blake
City L was entertained by Prof Jones. The
house next door is a twin TO Prof Jones :
residence, but didn't notice the similarity
between the two houses until /: was too
late After the concert | attended a party
given for the boys. and il was after II
O'Clock before L started for Prof Jones's
house"
"Of course | got into the wrong house
Both buildings were similarly constructed
inside. so | unhesitatingly went up to the
room which was located in the same part
of the house as the room which had been
assigned To me in Professor Janes'S resi-
dence. / entered the room and closed the
door and then l heard a bed creak and a
deep bass voice came out of the darkness:
who is that in this room? You'd bet
ter answer mighty quick I'll shoot
you "
And say, fellows. maybe you think
didn't answer mighty quick You think l
talk fast naturally, but you don't know
how fast can talk under pressure. / said !:
I'm Gus Blank. member of X Y GIee
Club-got in the wrong house-want to go
10 Jones's house" 1t didn't take me two
seconds TO say that, tell you. The owner
OF the voice then got out OF bed. told me
that Jones lived next door and lighted me
out of his house. and l wasn't hurt,
either
have heard Daisy Moore David Moore,
nicknamed DaisyD is confirmed stutter-
er congratulate himself the next day on
not having been in my place."
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and therefore unfavorable TO tail formation.
Size Is favorable 10 both, but more TO grav-
itatlon than To light. for IL the diameter
or a particle be doubled. one is increased
eightfold and the other only four So size
favors gravitational attraction Converse
~, or course, smallness favors repulsion
by light. which relatively should get great
er and greater as the particles diminish in
size. At last, then, degree OF smallness
may be reached in which the repulsion by
light will actually be equal 10 the attrac-
ton by gravitation, and such a particle
would remain In space. its motion una feet
ed by our sun. Let the dimunition Of size
commune, ana then the repulsion VIII be in
would with sufficient diminution become
relatively as large as we please.
Inc law, however. does not continue.
Schwarzschild has shown that when the
particles are small enough light does not
ACT upon them In the same way. Owing 10
attraction, the effect OF light is unduly
great FOR certain very small size of par
ticle, while IL fails almost entirely when
the particle Is made much smaller. Thus IL
Is mat the indefinite increase in the repul-
sion by light as compared with the attrac-
tlon oy gravttatiOn with diminuuOn OF size
OF particle Is checked. and when. according
TO theory. with particular density OF par
ucle. the light pressure Is about twenty
further diminutiOn Of size ceases 10 favor
tho action OF light. and IL begins TO fall
on again. The distance OF the particla
from the sun has no influence upon the re-
lation between the two kinds Of forces for
they rise and fall together. Nichols and
Hull therefore. while not DENYING fhaf
other causes may operate. believe that light
pressure is adequate 10 account Tor fhe
phenomena, and that where the material
coming from the head OF comet proDer ia
OF two OF three kinds. whether OF density
of size OF particle. the separation Of tha
two or three tails should naturally follow"
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Substitute names of American authors
for the titles of their books and get a con-
nected story.
The When KnighthoOd was in Flower and
I sat discussing events of the past week.
He was a handsome Hiawatha, but in one
skirmish on the Little Boy Blue he had
been so severely injured that he could walk
only with the Forty Modern Fables of a
cane. He wore a The Blue Flower beard
and always patronzed the most expensive
Hannah ThurstOn in the place Tell me
about your trip into the country" he said
10 me. and / consented
Il think / walked A Guest at the Ludlow
unto ten miles | had decided TO A Knight
of the Nineteenth Century back. but after
that long walk l too tired j rested
under the TanglewOod Tales bushes before
1 started home. for l was almost Mr..
Dooleys Philosophy for The dust in the
stop at a farmhouse and ask for drink
of water. Soon l reached a fine The Filigree
Ball pasture, let down the A Bow of Orange
Ribbon and started toward the house.
noticed some rabbit Birds and Bees as
crossed the lot. l asked the farmer for a
drink of water and he said. Il can't give you
any water for we have a The Vision Of Sir
Launfal, but | can give you some milk that
is ut for a a Wartime Wooing TO drink.
Would you like someg Certainly / said.
After | had finished il he asked me if /
had had enough and offered to pay him,
but he refused TO take money. Well said
l. L can't tell you The Penitentes l have
enjoyed the milk "
Just then / saw my friends head nod and
| knew there was no need for me 10 con-
tinue. So picking up a paper, / began TO
Temple Talks until ne awOke. NJ. r.
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THE COMETS TAIL.
The Mechanical Force of Light May
Explain It's Behavior.
New York Tribune.

New York Tribune.
1.-The persistence with which comets
tail points away from the sun, thus travel
ing in advance of the head when the latter
is travelling outward from the solar sys-
recent meeting OF the British Association
for the Advancement Of Science, is still
mystery. Let me take the most recent ex-
PLANTATION, which was set forth only three
months ago in The Astrophysical Journal
in the United States. Those admirable ex-
perimentaIists, Nichols and Hull, have for
some years been investigating the back
pressure exerted by the action of light upon
bodies on which it falls. In this they have
followed the Russian physicist, Lebedew,
both in minuteness and delicacy Of measure
ment, and in their successful elimination
of disturbances their results are unequalled.
Having now definite and accurate con-
firmation OF the existence Of the force pro-
duced by the action OF light, or rather
radiation, Nichols and Hull proceed 10 ex-
anime the question as 10 how FAR such re-
pulsion may be competent TO overcome the
Sravitative attraction OF the sun and drive
away the matter which pOurs out from the
comet. Ii is interesting 10 note here that
Kepler put forward this very idea. and
that Newton. the inventor OF the corpuscu-
lar theory of light. looked upon the sugges-
ton with some favor.
Coming now TO this recent paper OF
Nichols and Hull, we find first the consider
alton of the relation OF the attraction by
graVitation and the reDulsiOr by light upon
particles of different sizes and densities
Density has no influence on the action OF
light. while IL is favorable TO gravitation
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The clerk seemed very unhappy. "The
fact is. he whispered to the visitor, that
any one possessing two good eyes with
which to read the printed Instructions on
the roll Of paper as 1t unwinds, and two
good feet to pump the wind into the thing.
can play IL perfectly. I've studied the piano
all my hfe-or at least since l was a boy
OF eight-and feel that I am not without
some talent as a pianist, and yet when
this Walter Damrosch comes in here with
his Illustrated lecture he makes me look
like a sheet OF 1o-cent music He has a
way Of running In two three times a
week with some Of his friends. He loves
TO show OF. you know. And he considers
himself a musician in a class far above
me. Some day / fear I'll lose my temper
and go there and push him off the
stool"
Fortunately for all concerned heroic
measures OF this sort were not necessary
upon the present occasion anyway. The
virtuoso concluded his recital with one
more absorbing selection and then took his
departure with the three women. after the
eldest OF them had made arrangements for
having mechanical piano delivered at her
house the following morning. The clerk
remarked that the virtuoso was really Of
great benefit TO the store and that it would
be unwise for him (the clerk to betrav
any disapproval OF such a good producer
OF business.
There are more funny things about this
occupation than the uninitiated would i'm
agine." the affat lie clerk went on TO saw
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her inqusitively. she spread open the music
before her on the piano, ratified off the in
PRODUCTION of ragtime effusion, and in an
other moment singing in a clear
soprano voice the beautiful words:
Goodbye. Miss Liza Jane. I'm g'wine TO- TO
leave yo';
You know. when 60 dat 1 de Teller wild
de dough, dough. dough.
I'm & wine 70 to sing little song-travel along,
jest travel along"
At this point she stopped abruptly, flung
the music TO one side with the remark,
"That'I do for one!'' and gave her atten-
ton to a sentimental ballad. playing ard
singing il IL she had known il all her life,
while pretending to be in blissful Ignorance
of the fact that many pairs of eyes were
turned in her direction. These were the
words of the song, and she sang them just
she had sung the words TO the negro
melody-with perfect enunciation, but ap-
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by and not paying any attention to it.
Heretofore winters OF two or three days of
good sleighing have aroused enthusiasm I'M
til the streets would be lined with sleighs.
AT the present time the Jingle of the bells
is heard once in awhile on Capitol avenue,
where a few men who own extraordinarily
good show horses go for little speeding
but aside from this sleighs are seldom seen.
II can't understand what is the matter
with the people of indianapolis this win
ter" said one of the largest dealers. 'In
the past they have taken an interest in the
sport of sleighing that mas not been sur
passed in any city, but this winter, which,
by the way. has been the finest for sleigh
ing that we have had for a good many
years, they do not seem to wake up to the
fact.
1T was just four years ago that our
firm bought two carloads of sleighs, and
during that whole winter we had just two
days sleighing. For this little brush of
weather we sold all of the sleighs we had,
with the exception of about fifteen. These,
of course, we carried over, and during the
next year we had two days more Of sleigh
ing, and that season sold six of the fifteen;
last year, which was not very good for the
cutters, we sold the remainder.
This year when the season opened we
did not have a sleigh, and when the snow
began coming so early we began to look up
a stock of first-class ones, but they were
not to be had We telegraphed all over the
country, but no one had any At last
however we found man UP in the north
ern part of Michigan who had some sleighs
so we bought out his stock which was not
large. and had it shipped here. BY the time
we located him the season was well ad-
Vanced, and We paid expressage on the
ones we bought from him so as TO get them
here by the time the rush came. This was
over a month ago. but far the rush has
not put In its appearance.
you see Indianapolis weather is so
shifty that nobody wants to tie up much
money in sleighs. At present we are carry
ing the only line in the city. and we can't
stock at any time, for you can't sell them
until sleighing, and as rule II fades away
so quickly that "a big stock would mean a
lot of old goods left on our hands at the
end of the winter.
II actually believe that sleighing is a
thing of the past. so far this city is con-
cerned,' he went on. People don't like the
IL were possible 10 sleighride I'm July or
August L think you would find many who
would be quite enthusiastic over It,
LONG SEASON OF SNOW.
Here it is that have had over forty
| five days of good sleighing. and yet per-
| son go to any town in the State that is
not a quarter as large as Indianapolis and
see more sleighs on the street than we do
| here.
1.-The fact is" the dealer continued with
an expression of disgust, ''sleighriding is
too simple and old-fashioned an amuse-
ment for the people of this city. The young
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no Grand Chapters have been established
the General Grand Chapter has jurisdic-
ton similar to territorial government.
The women of the Eastern Star have
given an impetus to the work of the Ma
sonic fraternity. and the women's order
has been of great help in the building OF
Masonic homes in a number Of States. The
order is not a benefit order in the usual
sense; there is no tax on the members for
relief or any other purpose. But there are
mutual benefits in freewill offerings, and
the auxiliaries, which are attached to many
of the chapters. assist in earning money
for various purposes, either beneficial 10
their order or to others outside. OF the two
chapters in this city the Queen Esther Aux
iliary has furnished one of the rooms In
the Flower Mission Hospital, and the
Naomi Auxiliary has, within the past year.
given nearly $50 toward the building of
Masonic home.
The two chapters of the Eastern Star es-
tablished in this city are both in hourishing
condition. The chapters hold their meet
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SI2.=Churade.

1 read one day a sweet. pathetic story
OF one, an artist. failing day by day.
iii paint WHOLE" he said, Ito bring
me glory
Before | pass away
He chose his subject, twas the Crucifixion;
But he. a scoffer, knew not Gods dear
Son.
He bought the Scriptures, read, as one
reads fiction,
The Gospels one by one.
The cross he painted. then the form ex-
tended;
But he could not paint the PRIMAL'S
face.
In search of models long the streets he
wendell,
While enfeebled grew his pace.
He found "A face, and then each perfect
feature
Upon his canvas he portrayed with SKILL
His model was a wretched sinful creature,
His TWO was lacking still.
He slept and dreamed while moonlight
bathed the city;
He saw the Cross and ONE upon it hung;
The face was full of love divine and pity,
And yet with anguish wrung.
He woke, and filled with awe, his dream
recalling,
The face repainted of the Crucified:
His task was done-before his TOTAL
falling,
1.-THE Christi" he said, and died.
e. j.. c.
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The Important Order
Of the Eastern Star
Unlike Most Womens ~
Societies, 1t Admits y
Men to Membership.
and Sometimes Even
Elects Them to Office

ings in the Masonic Temple. the Queen
Esther Chapter on the second and fourth
Fridays OF each month; the Naomi Chap
ter on the first and third. Both chapters
have recently elected new officers who are;
Naomi Chapter-Worthy matron, Mrs. Rose
Jeffries: worthy patron. Mr.. Calvin
Prather; associate matron, Miss Fannie
Maginnis: secretary Miss Lizzie Smyth;
treasurer. Miss Olive Jefrries; conductress,
Sarah Rowland; associate conductress.
Florence Hendricks: chaplain. Ella Halter;
marshal. Lillian Rother; Adah. Ortha
Maze; Ruth. Cora Bokelo: Martha, Ella
Watts; Electa, Bessie Rowe; warder,
Lucy Clifton: sentinel, Fannie McQuiston:
organist Daisy Webster. Queen Esther
Chapter. No. 3-Worthy matron. Mrs. Jen-
ME B. Clapp; worthy patron. Mr.. Jacob ].
Winter; associate matron. Mrs. Ella ID.
linn: secretary. Mrs. Nettie Ransford:
treasurer Miss Martha Metcalf; conduc-
tress. Miss Jessie Moore: associate con-
ductress. Mrs. Martha Daily; chaplain,
Miss Minnie b. Cowan; marshal. Mrs
Mabel Evans; organist. Miss Goldie
FassaII Adah Miss Pearl r. Fatout;
Ruth Mrs Della A Wise; Esther. Mrs.
Evelyn c. Griswold; Martha, Mrs. Louise
Lntty: Electa. Mrs. Maria B. Daugherty;
warder. Mrs. Katherine Manning; sentinel.
Mrs Sarah Burns.
Mrs. Nettie Ransford, who is secretary Of
Queen Esther Chapter. is also the grand
secretary of the Grand Chapter of Indiana.
and has also been the presiding officer Of
the State. and of the General Grand Chap
ters Mrs. Ransford is the only Indiana
woman who has ever held the last named
office. She is one of the most earnest and
prominent workers in the order, and its
welfare is one of the deepest interests OF
her life. Mrs. Ransford is the publisher OF
THE Eastern Star" one Of the three pub
locations which are devoted TO the interests
Of the order. The paper goes all over the
United States. and also 10 subscribers in
Scotland and the Hawaiian islands.
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F'TER the Glee Clubs entertain
Il "a ment was over, the boys attended
party given in their honor by
i&&82I the Girls Club. of Bradford, and
- then the boys went TO the Blank
House where they were To spend the night.
OF course, out Of twenty fellows there were
some who weren't sleepy. although it was
nearly l. o'clock. So, while "A few of them
retired. the majority cOngregated in the
hall. told stories. sang songs. two-stepped
TO the music of four or five mandolins and
guitars. gave all the college yells they
knew and were having a hilarious time in
general when the landlords voice was
heard at the fcOt of the stairs:
cant you fellows keep quiet up there
You are not the only ones in this house
want 10 get little sleep tonight"
The boys We're silent for about a minute
then one fellow who has a high tenor voice
gave a wild. piercing, unearthly yell which
would have done credit To an ADserhe brave
The boys heard the next day that the yell
was heard at the depot, four blocks from
the hotel An Indian dance, punctuated
by fierce war-whOOps, followed then the
boys marched up and down the hall in dou-
But this was the end OF the hilarity for
step was heard on the stairs and the boys
fed madly for their rooms. locking the
doors quickly as possible In the wild
scramble Dicky Brown was locked out He
rushed from door To door. always hoping
that the next one would be unlocked, until
n reached the head OF the stairs. and there
stood the landlord, "A tall muscular man,
with a huge monkey wrench in his hand.
The boys. locked In their rooms couldn't see
Dicky or the landlord. but they listened
brea thlessly for the conversation.
young fellow. shouted the landlord. do
you know what 1 have notion 70 do q?
I've notion 10 lick"
look out. there, Mister. Don't you -four
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hhsFt Mu5c

board continues to put on so much neaVy-
weight musicianship."
The three women were not sharing the
clerks view of the matter. They were gaz-
ing down upon their male escort with ad-
miring eyes as he rolled his head about
on his shoulders in time TO the music and
pulled out and thrust back-as the Inter-
probation" demanded-the stops" that
were ranged in a row over the ivories.
while anybody can play one Of 'em,"
the eldest woman of the party remarked
TO her companions. lit is only a person Of
rare artistic temperament who can play
like that. Notice what expression he puts
into the music? That's because he knows
how TO handle the stops correctly. If
thought that 1 could learn to play so beau
tifully I'd not hesitate any longer about
buying one of EN-"
I'll teach you" said the young man.
with a patronizing SMILE as she pulled out
the ''fortissimo stop" during a passage in
the composition that was supposed TO rep
resent a gentle summer morning.
The elderly lady was charmed, and said
so. She declared that she would have one
OF the instruments sent 10 the house
the next day and would look forward with
pleasure TO lessons which she was to re-
ceive from the accomplished performer.
The younger women suggested that it would
be nice IL they, too, were permitted to take
lessons once in a while-on their friend S
property, Of course-and the virtuoso, quite
calamity replied that he would teach them
all; that 1t was nothing to him to give in
structions; that playing the instrument was
second nature to him. and that it would be
delightful TO aid others in arriving at GER
tain degree of efficiency.
OF course, he explained. they must not
expect TO become perfect masters of the
instrumental required a gift from heaven
to become a master of music. Musicians
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S41.-Geographical Suggestions.

ANSWERS partly by sound)
What counties in New York State do the
following suggest?
l. Two consOnants. p What the Scotch
man said TO the boatman. 3. The man who
doesn't read the newspaper. 4. What the
darby said when he saw the Cyclops. 5.
Stony Arabia 6. Comfortable in a blizzard.
Z. What the cockney said to his horse when
they started. 8. Nero's tutor 9. What, if
he had been a Roman, the patriarch Abra-
ham might have said TO his wire when he
was dressing. 10. The appearance of
donkey. II. The nineteenth letter in the
German alphabet. II. When new makes
clean sweep. 10. Good motto for a coal
dealer. IA. Bunnys home. LEX.
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S39.-PALINDROME.
The Postomce Scandal.

II was very discouraging to learn that so
many in high position in the Postoffice De-
partment, who were supposed to be strictly
honest had for years been using their OPP
portunities for plumber TO rob the govern
ment and enrich themselves. 1t is, how
that Bristow, Knox and $OsA*A*T* T*A* A
%O% now and then that we may reason
ably hope that all the rascals will soon be
turned out and punished and the depart
ment business be put into honest as well as
efficient hands. L. III.