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TWO iMAoEs OF AEscuLApIua


 One Represents Him as Youth and the
 Other as Middle-Aged.
 The iconography upon coins and monuments of the Greek god of heal ing Aesculapius, is fairly well known, but when we come down to Roman times we find that their Aesculapius partakes of the attributes of other deities, says the Lancet. This is nota- ply the case with regard to the Ro- mano-Punci Aesculapius, who is assim. Hated with the old Phoenician god Ashmoun. A coin of Septimus Severus gives us a representation of Aescula- pius-Eshmoun youthful and beardless with two serpent supporters and the caduceus, or serpent baton, in his hand. Taken by itself this piece might be considered as representative of Aes- culapius only, but in reality 1t is a type derived from the coins of Aescu- lapius-Eshmoun of Grec,an and Phoenician times-the deity whose sanctuary at Carthage was destroyed in the great siege of 146 B. c.
 This view of the numismatic evi- dence as to Aesculapius- E Eshmoun has recently been confirmed by a coin which gives us tableau of a deity representing much more the attributes of Eshmoun than those of Aesculapius, but at the same time indicating clear ly the alliance or affinity of the two gods. It was struck by the Roman col. only at Beirout, the ancient Berytus, and although dating from the epoch of Elagabamoun of Grecian and Phoen- icia, it presents the form of the ancient Punic concept of Eshmoun to a greater extent than the Roman coins do fur ther west, because their engravers came more under the influence of Hel- lenic ideas.
 The god is depicted as a youth with a short shoulder cloak only, with two ragon-headed serpents. This is very unlike the bearded, somewhat Zeus- looking god of most Greek art, but Is certainly the prototype of the Aescula- plus -EshmOun of the coin of Septimus Severus. His juvenile appearance does not however, prevent us regarding him as the veritable double of the Greek Aesculapius, for the Asclepios adored at Berytus was Juvenile type of god assimilated to Eshmoun, who we know, was mixed up with Tammuz (Adonis).
 In short the usual figure of the god is bearded, wise, benevolent looking and elderly, but this is not the only type; when he is assimilated to Esh- noun he becomes youthful and beard less. This explains statements in the classics that had been accepted with hesitation, for they said that beardless and youthful representations of Aes- culapius had been sculptured by Gala mis for the temples at Sicyon and Philonte, and that Scopas had carved another such form of the young Gortys of Arcadia. We possess types of the young Aesculapius and it is probable that certain extant statues hitherto attributed to other deities appertain to the god of medicine.
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The Real Trouble.

Its useless to worry" remarked the homegrown philosopher. "A man should be satisfied with what he has," "Oh, I'm satisfied with what I have, all right" replied the other party to the dialogue. ."It's what l haven't that causes the most of my .dissatis- faction" s"-- '.- sr'f tt tFf04 "7~ "" 4'
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UnrOn1 anulc.

"If I only knew her heart!'
 The young man stood gazing at the beautiful girl.
 q shall go over and make sure of it."
 No; he did not kiss her.
 He was the insurance examiner and she had just taken out heavy policy. % All Is not romance that seems SO.
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Not Necessary.

She-Do the Russians speak the Jap. anese language?
 He-No, but the Japs don't have any difficulty in, making them understand. Detroit Free Press.
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plateau wherein 10 built a largish
structure. the Volcano House. And
here we halt. not. as we had supposed
at the top Of the mountain. The in
itiated laugh when we tell them we
thought, back there In the States. {"
that the hosiery would be way up al
the summit: that going to the vol
cano" would. OF course. mean ascend.
ing Mauna Loa. Hadn't the Biographies
told us Hawaii contained the largest
active volcano In the world, and hadn't
the Biographies spoken OF Mauna Loa
as an active volcano on the island Of
Hawaii. soutaernmost OF the group OF
islsnds2 Kilauea we thought OF as a
distinct volcano. something quite apart
from Maunt Loa.
We found, when we reached the bit
Of tableland, 1000 feet up Mauna Loa,
that Kilauea was right before us, the
great deep cistern OF place that, a
few rods In front of the inn, dropped
down hundreds Of feet. The cistern's
sides were from 300 to 400 feet deep.
its rim about eight miles around We
went down into its deepness and dark.
ness and mysteries. A more eerie
place could not be imagined. We left
smiling, green-clad earth for what
presently became the bottomless pit.
A steep, rough descent brought US
to the floor of the crater cistern, a
floor Of old lava, walking on which was
like walking on broken states, a sharp.
irregular. gritty, black-gray surface. A
sea of this stretched before us, de.
pressing, sinister, ugly. Here and there
steam rose from the scoria, coming
from cracks that reached down TO
the heart Of things. The sky of to the
far point towards which our faces
were set reflected dancing flames. AS
we followed the guide over a rough
way, along a path marked by little
piles of lava. we now and then jumped
wide cracks which yawned abyss
mally, and by and by our feet halted
| at hot, red-rimmed ones. Now the
smell of sulphur was hot and heavy
in the air. and, yes, we heard great
reports, felt a tremendous something.
And in moment we stood on the
brink of Halemannian, Home of Fire
the bottomless pit. II was the very
hell of childish imaginings; scarlet
pillows battling and leaping and roar.
ing upon other pillows in widest fury,
| fountains of fire spouting a hundred
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-06-24
PAYS FOR HIS TRicKERY.
Tslegrapher Obtained Money Dis.
honestly, But Paid 1t
All Back.

I'VE have regular fund, called the
conscience fund" said a man who
sits at a highly polished desk in one
of the local railroad general offices.
reports the Louisville Courier-Journal.
1T is peculiar how the fund grows.
and ii shows the strange workings of
the conscience of man.
Recently we had an extraordinary
case. A young fellow down in Ken
lucky cut the telegraph wires and, be-
Ing an operator. he connected an in
strument and sent a message to the
nearest station. ordering the agent to
give him a ticket to Chicago and ad-
vance him $40. He closed the mes
sage with the name of one of the high
officials OF tbs road. Half an hour
later he walked into the station and
asked II there was a ticket for him.
The agent gave II to him and also paid
him the cash, He took the first train
and was never heard OF again until a
few days ago, when We received a
check for the full amount The wires
were cut three years ago"
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rage, presently to break forth without
bounds.
Madam Pele, you know, is the god
dess of the volcano, in times past
deity properly dreaded by the super
stitious natives. deity to whom offer
ings and prayers were made, deity
that could be appeased by strange
gifts, angered by mere trifles. The
haoles (whites) came and ridiculed,
snatched tresses from Pele's long hair,
and but laughed at her, tabooed plac-
ing gifts on the altar for her; in a
word, removed the madam from the
seats of the mighty.
Relieved that this could be done and
mortal still live, the natives, too, be-
gan to lose faith in the sorceress-be
she god, or be she devil-no longer
brought treasures to throw away at
her feet, no longer waited upon her
every whim. And the security of years
strengthened the Hawaiian in his de-
fiance; he cried aloud. Il fear not
Pele!"
But now what happens? Behold
Pele awakens, and the whole island
trembles. natives and whites see signs
and hear mutterings, such as not be-
fore have disturbed dwellers in Ha-
wall. Fishermen living on the east
coast of the island say Kilauea has
never looked so wonderful as at pres.
ent, the lake Of liquid lava Is con-
stantly agitated, the fires of Pele are
breaking forth.
The fear is not for the lava flows,
comparatively common, but that the
pressure may increase and the upper
Mauna Loa be rent by frightful ex-
plosion that would affect the whole is
land, with its population of almost So
600 people. Let us trust there be no
repetition of the ST. Pierre disaster.
We shall try to give. some idea Of
this great volcano. Picture a large is
land that. from a distance out on the
ocean, shows three distinct mountain
domes. And that is Hawaii, a sea-girt
land, its shores sometimes precipitous,
sometimes deep cut by mysterious val
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LAVA FORMATION.

leys, but, dominating all, three noble
mountains, Hualalia, Mauna Kea and
Mauna Loa. The latter is the noun
tain whose fires in this region of vol
canic origin are not extinct; in fact,
are very fearfully alive.
Do not Jump at the conclusion that
Mauna Loa is a vesuvius-like noun
tain, with cone and flaming issue of
conventional volcanic sort--if one may
use that term. Not at all; during a
sluggish stage, the first and succeed
ing glimpses Of Mauna Loa are of
peaceful exquisite mountain scenery,
a show-topped mountain, rosy when
touched with the sun, cold and frigid
in appearance when sunlight Is want
ing. The base and a side of the noun
tain for thousands of feet up display
no sign of smoldering or eruption;
but are covered with tropical forests
wonderfully green and damp. There
is water everywhere; no fire visible
AT height of 1000 feet up this
high mountain of Mauna Loa, which
nas an altitude of 1866 feet, we come
suddenly to a stopping place. bit OF
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feet in air, falling back to burst forth
again, higher and higher Pele. a
great cauldron was, if l remember
Alright, 800 feet below us, but 1t was
quite near enough. We were afraid to
stay-afraid to go. Any moment the
lava In the Halemanman rim might
fall In, any moment the lake might rise
and overwhelm us. II was most ter
rifying, tremendous manifestation Of
natures power.
(Mayhap Pele stands to the Hawaii.
ans for nature, "the forces or processes
of the material world, conceived of as
an agency intermediary between the
Creator and the world" | wonder)
Although Kilauea, down on the
lent eruption than Mokuaweoweo, the
crater in the summit, there have been
magnificent displays on Mauna Loa's
very top, and very recent ones. In
1895 fires we're seen blazing where us.
ually the cold SHOWS lie, and two expe-
ditions fastened to get close view of
the spectacle of Mokuaweoweo in ac-
tlOn. III is very ulIlculI CiInD 10 tnc
summit, one not unfraught with dan
ger; but the ascent was made, close
view obtained of two fountains OF
fire 300 or 400 feet high, and lava flows
observed. Mokuaweoweo's eruptions
are usually of such short duration par
ties have not time to make the ascent
before the violence subsidies.
Usually, before a new eruption.
either on the side or top of Mauna
Loa, warning is given; an earthquake
shock, as a rule not of great severity.
The lava flows that from time to time
travel down the mountain have been
of such sluggish nature as to allow the
people to make an easy escape. The
inhabitants generally have counted Ha'
wall a reasonably safe place of resi-
dence. have treasured themselves with
repeated reference to the numerous
openings whence the internal forces
may be set free. But the present
threatenings are looked upon as unus-
ually ominous.
KATHERINE POPE.
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CHICKEN cooPs ON Stills
Indians OF Arizona Elevate Them as
Protection Against Floods
and Coyotes.

Phoenix, Ariz-In the driest deserts
of Arizona dwell the Papago Indians.
They are very good Indians and quite
civilized. living in mud houses and do
Ing their cooking In outdoor kitchens in
circular Enclosures protected from the
wind by grass mats fastened to stakes
and with fire in the middle.
One popularity of these Indians (who
by the way are such formidable warri-
ors that even the Apaches are afraid of
them) is that they elevate many things
upon stills. Their mail boxes are on
stills TO keep them out of the reach OF
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SAILED FOR GERMANY.
Messrs. Harold Bender and George

Messrs. Harold Bender and George
III. Light Started on Their Tour.
Mr.. Harold Bender, son of Mr.. and
MRS. /. L. Bender. of South Raleigh
street. a student at John Hopkins.
and Mr.. George H. Light. professor
Of mathematics IN the George School
of Technology. who has been visiting
bis brother Mr.. Charles P. Light, on
West King street. sailed Thursday for
Bonn, Germany. Both will take a
course in the German languages dur
ing the summer, returning to this
country in time to resume their work
IN the schools at the opening of the
fall term. The gentlemen left this
city Wednesday. The trip will be
taken for pleasure as we'll as for in.
struction.
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tourists to journey thitber 10 be in
when the great spectacle was at its
height.
Hawaii, like Switzerland. 10 jealous
to make capital of her natural beau.
ties and wonders, and as a rule re-
joices when the volcano puts OF slug.
gishness and becomes anew a great
lake of fire; now, however, the folk
that dwell on the island where is stu
ated the volcano are less interested
in tourists dollars than apprehensive
of threatening danger, for Madam
Pele Ia sending forth warnings of great
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Consulted Architect

Rev. I. X. Cromer, pastor of Gen.
tinary Reformed oh1rch, Winchester,
was in this city Wednesday in consul.
tation with architect Whitson, regard.
ng the new church bu ilding.
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Enpeck-My wife told me to buy her
a good broom.
Dealer-Well here's one with a hick-
DRY handle-warranted not to break.
Great Scott. Do you think my
skull is made of cast ?''-Kansas
City Independent.
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II IdNNu Oh Suns as ITUItNEIUW ITOM
Marauding Coyotes)
has been handled by human beings, and
also because OF the annual floods. II
rains in that region only about once q
year. but then-how ii does pourl The
heavens seem actually to open, and i'm
mense areas are temporarily converted
into lakes.
To keep them out of reach OF the
floods and the coyotes the Papago chick
en- coops are elevated high in the air
Is or 20 feet-and at night. when ii ID
time to go to roost, the fowls fly up and
nnd perfect safety in their lofty eyries
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Seasonable

Bill-Do you have seasonable dishes
al your boarding house?
Jll-Do we? Why, we had snow
pudding nearly every Sunday last win
teT!-Yonkers Statesman.
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OR some months past Ha-
wall has been sending
forth word TO tourists that
her changeful attraction.
Kilauea, was again show
ing signs Of renewal Of &C.
tivity, and inviting the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-03
Friday Evening,
tors problem the teaching Of teachers
to teach the new education.-

tors problem teaching Of teachers
to teach the new education.
While we are chatting over the degra-
dalton of the three r Is, let us not over
look the fact that the old ungraded
school was intolerably dull and drove
more boys away to the cities than fall
blowing. It was made up Of pupils
from to "a years of age. 1t had a
teacher who was only a half a lap ahead
Of the nearest pupil and who wrestled
alternately with Davies university
arithmetic and the alphabet. He was in
doubt which. was the more damnable to
teach, and the school doubted with him.
The education consisted in mumbling
tslessons',' and taking two pages
for the next day and :" four for
review Reading was taught by
measure, a short pause for comma and
a longer one for period. All things 1ngs
could be taught by memory except
grammar, and that could be mastered
only with a switch. Some geniuses sur
vived the old education. Some will be
nurtured into more genial warmth by
the new. ..F st.. 1G. ~ U.s.. .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-03
Police Sick Lists.

Superintendent Doyle has been tip
ping off police habits to the mayor, and
the mayor has issued an order regard
ing soldering on the force.
One Of the most remarkable things
about police force is the rapidity with
which the members degenerate physi-
cally. Appoint 100 healthy men to the
police force today and year from to-
day so per cent of them will have their
names on the sick tab.
The work Of a policeman ought to
keep him in the pink Of condition.
Starting with healthy men, the police
force ought to have higher percentage
Of men ON duty than any other public
department, but it does not. It has the
lowest. There is some mystery in it,
but not much, because whenever the
city has a chief Of police who is awake,
the sick list grows beautifully less.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-03
Light and Heavy Seed Wheat.


10 the Editor Of the Journal.
: I have been much interested in the re-
cent discussion on seed wheat, and It
seems to me that the test made Of heavy
and lightweight seed by the Jewell Muir
sery company, in the greenhouse, does
not throw much light on the subject
Neither does the test made by Mr.. Bull
of terminating heavy and lightweight
seed in sterilized sand mean great deal
in this connection The only reasonable
way in which we can arrive at a definite
conclusion in the matter is to examine the
results Of actual field trials. In bulletin
No. II Of the Nebraska Agricultural Elk
pertinent station are given the average
yields for heavy, ordinary and light
weight seed Of two varieties Of winter
wheat for two years. The heavy seed
yielded 27.9, the ordinary 1858 and the
light 22.9 bushels an acre. The Kansas
State Agricultural college bulletin, No. 50
gives the average yield for five years as
follows: Yield an acre from heavy seed.
20. Q bushels; from ordinary Seed 20 bush
els, and from light seed, 27.6 bushels
| These actual field trials are without excep-
ton in favor Of heavy seed, and we have
no reason to believe that actual field trials
in Minnesota will show different results.
-. A. Hpmmel,
Assistant Chemist, Minnesota Agricultural
Experiment Station
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-03

!. Including yesterdays session, 282 bills
have been presented for. the consideration
of the legislature, Of which only three or
four have been passed or killed. The mass
Of work that awaits the completion Of
the revised code seems appalling at first
sight, but when the record Is compared
with former sessions it does not seem re-
markable. At the 1903 session there were
Late bills introduced, and some idea as
to the fate Of the 2s2 now on hand may be
gathered from the fact that the 1903
legislature enacted just 412 bills into law,
or % per cent Of those introduced. When
the committee mills begin to grind the
freak bills and the multitude of overlap
ping ideas will soon disappear. -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-03
The Panama Canal.

To dig or talk about the Panama
canal, that seems to be the question.
The engineer is inclined to- dig, while
the commission is credited In some
quarters with a policy Of mastery IN
activity.
To be sure there are other questions
besides the one Of digging. There IS
the question of lock or sea-level
canal, and there is the sproblem OF the
Chagres river. This little stream,
which in ordinary circumstances would
not. engage the attention Of board OF
aldermen, is stamping the whole United
States congress-, besides the engineer OF
two hemispheres. It is a gentle tropical
stream, which has been known to go
as dry as Maine for months, and then
accumulate head Of twenty-six feet
in six hours. So it has to be consld-
cred, especially as it meanders thru the
canal right-of-way. ~
The first American plan: was for
lock canal. In this plan the Chagres
was to be impounded with q. dam and
made into lake thru which the ships
would lazily float on their short route
to the Pacific. The engineers OF this
plan also thought Of sea-level ditch,
and then they believed they would have
to make it big enough to receive the
flow of the river. Now the engineers
think a sea-level canal can be built ano
the river turned off thru fve-mile
tunnel into the Pacific ocean. If this
is to be done the great problem is to
find solid bottom for dam to shut the
river from it's natural course.
These are some Of the things that are
being considered, and which are caus
ing the delay in work. But there is
something doing. The course Of the
canal contains one piece Of high grounc
known as the Culebra cut. There is {
vast mass of solid material to be take1
out here and forwarded to the sea by
rail. It is estimated that it will TAKE
4 two years longer to do this excavation
. than to finish all the rest of the canal
: So while the commission celebrates tn
coolies are digging in Culebra and thu
work may come out even after all.
The commission will probably be re
duced in numbers and increased in eff
ficiency by the present congress. TIL
engineer will then have a freer han(
and business will be booming on tn
Isthmus.