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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-06
slow-Goina England.

II the English channel we're on this
side of the Atlantic, it is quite safe
to say that trains would long ago
have been running from London to Par
is and back without breaking bulk"
In France and England they are just
beginning to talk about this obvious
economy and advantage.-New York
Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-06
AN ANTIQUE zLsov.

Teach her to pity,-to divine
Dimly among the shades
How here on earth not one ID mine
OF all the little maids
o Earth. with flowers on her eyes,
Be thou as sweet as she a.,
Be thou as light where now sne hes'
AS she was light on thee!
--.Witter Bynner, in American Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-06

o Mother guard my little maid
Whom now / trust to you,
Comfort her II she seem afraid
or arms and faces new!
"A single year on yesterday
Had ended since she came,
Yet listen to the baby way
She knows me by my name!
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-06

Mrs. John Young, residing near
Overfield, in Barbour county. w, Va.
has learned to read anu write ~ She
age OF 50. She undertook the ~ be-
cause she desired to write u letter to q
daughter.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-06

The average weight of a Greenland
whale is 100 tons, which Is equal to
that of 81 elephants.
The demand is composed of crys-
made by artificial means, but at great
cost.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-06

An old morgue in Covington, KY,
has been converted into a dance hall.
1t will be used exclusively by society
folk.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-06

The fulness of sailors pants from
the knee down is designed to give
freer movement and to permit of their
being rolled up for washing decks,
etc.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-06
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
The average weight of a Greenland
whale is 100 tons, which Is equal to
that of 81 elephants.
The demand is composed of crys-
made by artificial means, but at great
cost
An old morgue in Covington, KY,
has been converted into dance hall.
1t will be used exclusively by society
folk.
The fulness of sailors pants from
the knee down is designed to give
freer movement and to permit of their
being rolled up for washing decks,
etc.
The barometer rock of Finland
composed Of rock salt, inter and clay
turns from gray to black before rain,
a white ef1orescence of salt appearing
in dry weather.
The new Temple Israel at Boston Is
the sole representative In this country
of a type of art which fourished in
the most prosperous period Of the He
brew national history.
Physicians of the Lying-in hospital
of New York City, who visit mothers
in the tenement houses, make sur
pris:ng record with trifle less than
one death In each 1900 cases.
New York City is now growing twice
as fast as London, and 1t is estimated
that the city now contains 1850, 600
persons. In the immediate district de-
pending on the metropolis there are g.
100000 persons.
Many persons in New York City evil
IDENTIFY think that business done in
their proper names is not so well, for
there are in Broadway and Sixth ave-
nue. AZ signs that give fictitious names
of proprietors of stores.
No fewer than twelve million acres
of barren land have been made fruit
full in the Sahara desert, an enterprise
representing the most remarkable ex-
ample of irrigation by means Of arte.
sian wells which can anywhere be
found
1t has been proved that no fewer
than $4,000 beggars are at present
making better living in Vienna than
ordinary workmen. One notorious
family of professional beggars recent
ly gave a grand ball and concert
at local hotel.
It is estimated that nearly $500, 900
is spent each year !u providing hooks
and eyes to keep feminine apparel to-
gether. Every dress that is made now
adays is fastened with these invisible
clasps, and they are seldom used the
second time. Like the old query
about pins, one wonders what becomes
of these millions of hooks and eyes
bought every year.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-06

The barometer rock of Finland
composed Of rock salt, inter and clay
turns from gray to black before rain,
a white efTlorescence of salt appearing
in dry weather.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-06

The new Temple Israel at Boston is
the sole representative in this country
of type of art which flourished in
the most prosperous period of the He
brew national history.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-06

Physicians of the Lying-in hospital
of New York City, who visit mothers
in the tenement houses, make sur
pris;ng record with a trifle less than
one death in each 1900 cases.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-03

outline the general plan under which this money is to be expended, proportoning so much to agriculture. so much to fisheries, so much to manufacturing, so much to mining and snelting, so much to eduea- ton, etc. This will require time, but it would be time well spent. for upon the decision of the commissioners will depend in large measure the success of the un- dertaking. In other words, the proper balancing of the display is as important as the display as a whole.
 One can not say. off hand. which of the various industries within the state should receive the lions share of the appropria- tion. This depends on the point of view. and there are as ,many view points as subjects.
 But 1t is the first thing the commission CTS will have to decide. No one can de- eide this except the body appointed by the governor. for no one else will have any power over the appropriation. The decision of the commissioners may not meet with the hearty approval of all concerned but once having been made it will be our duty to accept it and with one accord to lend our aid toward it's unqualified success.
 The collecting of the exhibit can not be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-03
BY WILLIAM B. PHILLIPS

taken in hand until 1t is known. from the decision of the commissioners. just what is to be the scope of the exhibit and how it's different elements are to be propor- tioned.
 A good deal of material is shown at ex- positions which should be in the trash pile at home. So far from meriting a place of honor in a display it should never have left the farm, the factory, the mine. or the school house.
 Juries on awards could unfold a pitiful tale on this subject. spending hours and days inspecting a lot of trash, seeking to define it's relative value for exposition purposes and wearying their brains over the question why 1t should ever have been accepted in the display.
 There should be a jury of acceptance, in the first place, a Jury for deciding what should go and what should not go. what is suitable. perhaps for local fairs but not suitable for an exposition.
 One thing is pretty well assured. iudg- ing from experiences elsewhere and else- when there will not be much good mater ial offered to the commissioners. Some good things will he offered and a lot of things not good at all. In the main the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-03
BRYAN'S ADOPTED SON.
Young Japanese Is Member of Family
 Circle.
From Munsey s Magazine.

From Munseys Magazine.
 The Bryan household of late years since the elder daughta, Ruth, was married-has consisted of MT. and Mrs. Bryan; the son. William J., Jr., daugh- ter, Grace. and an adopted son from the Flowery Empire of the Mkado. The last figure bears eloquent testimony not merely to Mr Bryan's cosmopolitan fame, but to hls good-humored philoso- phy It appears that in Japan an aspir- ing youth can adopt some man of emi- nece as his father and mmemorlal GUS tom compels the person thus honored to take and care for the founding. at least until he comes to the age of self-support. In 1896 the fame of the democratic can didate penetrated to the cherry groves of Japan and fired the ambition of q young student.
 q have chosen you 10 be my father, he wrote in effect 10 the Nebraskan "and will sail at once for the United States"
 The message aroused some natural tre- pidation in the househoud at Lincoln. Fathers-in-law are chosen often enough without their knowledge and consent, but to have the responsibility of parent age suddenly thrust upon one by an un- known youth of alien race is at least disconcerting. Appeals to the collector of the port at San Francisco to avert the yellow peril were unavailing. Japs may rush in where Chinese fear to tread, and to select an American politician for a father does not seem to come within the purview of the statute which pro-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-03
BY J. C. HIDEN, D.D.

versation with a missionary this man heard him mention an approaching eclipse of the sun. Do you know that 1t is coming and when?" said the Siamese. Certainly" was the reply; "the Chris tian nations have known these things for ages" The missionary then mentioned the day and the hour when the eclipse was to occur. Well" said the heather, "my religion has told me that an eclipse is caused by an enormous animal trying to eat up the sun. Now, if you know just when it will come. my religion must have been deceivlng me; so | shall watch for that eclipse. and see if you are right" He watched accordingly saw that the eclipse came on time, abandoned his heathenism. examined, and finally ae- cepted Christianity.
 Now, that heathen's reasoning was as logical as Euclid. He was sure that the missionary was clear on his facts. No- body could tell when the enormous an- imal' would be hungry, and yet here was a man who knew the very hour of the oc- eurrence of the eclipse. These two facts, put together In their logical relations. were enough to upset his whole system of heather philosophy. and he was can did enough to abandon it on the spot
 All the logic of the world, however. will he worse than useless to you, If you reason without the facts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-03
4 LESSON M LOGIC

of Charles the Second, what was then called "the New Philosophy" that is the Baconian system, became all the rage in the highest circles of society in Eng land The king himself took the con tagion, and frivolous idler though he was, spent good deal of tme upon ex- perments in his laboratory
 Some wag of that day, glad of a chance to poke fun at the philosophers pro- posed to them the question: Why Is It that live fish. dropped into vessel per fectly full of water, will not cause the vessel to overfow?" Many highly ingen- ious explanations were given; but at last came a man of practical turn of mind. and he said: Lets try it." vessel was brought, and filled to the brim; live fish was thrown in, when-out splashed the water.
 This story may be apochryphal, but still if Illustrates sound principle. Don't explain your facts till you have them.
 Another principle equally sound is; Don't imagine that you believe any thing without evidence. If this principle were universally followed, what immense masses of prejudice and of superstition would be banished from the world,
 A returned missionary from Siam gives the following account of the first Slam ese convert to Christianity In con
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hibit to be sent from Alabama the com missioners could not do better than to employ some of these exposition experts and follow their advice in the matter of collecting, arranging and caring for the entire display.
 This display is, after all, an advertise ment on a large scale and within limit ed time, appealing to all kinds of people most of whom are out for pleasure jaunt and care very little about Alabama or any other state. Most people who at tend expositions do so for pleasure diversion, a few go for pleasure and in- structon, very few go for any serious purpose.
 Any effective display must cater to all of these people. The man and women who haveN had experience in providing pleasure and instruction at the great ex- positions are naturally the ones to whom we turn for advice and assistance.
 It is practically impossible for one who has had no experience in such matters to cope with one who has taken the third degree, who understands all of the ins and outs of exposition work and knows what to do and how to do it. Let the commissioners be appointed and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-03
THE LOVE OF WOMEN.

From Good Housekeeping. q love him, my lover,' the maiden sad With downcast, happy eyes; But the good wife sitting within her door Looked up with a mild surprise The kettle sang on the glowing hearth To the bird in the cage above sNow what do you know of love, my
 child,
 Pray what do you know of love?' s'I love him, my husband.' the good wife
 said. .
 With a smile of contentment sweet, AS she laid the table-and brewed the tea And kept the hearthstone neat; But baby stirred in it's tiny crib And a mother bent above And smiled as she crooned in a tender
 tone.
 "Now what do they know of love?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-03
MALCOLM CLARKES BERLIN GOSSIP

hibts laborers under contract from en- tering our country. So one morning Mr. Bryan answering in person a ring at the door-as Is the simple custom of the family--was confronted by trim Japan ese boy, who remarked with simple direct ness;
 "l have come.
 The statement was ineontrovertible; the situation delicate. TO repulse a home less alien to cast off the fatherless and oppressed seemed impossible. So the lad was made welcome. and has since been literally one of the family, even adopting it's name. He has received the same edu- cation that Mr. Bryans own son has had, and will return to Japan. not only equipped with all that our clvilation can give, but bearing also the story of the broad human sympathes of an eminent American household. With the pleasing international name of Yamaehita Y. Bry an. he has lately been travelling over the United States as private secretary 10 member of the Japanese parliament. who is here studying American industries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-03
TO ONE IN PARADISE,

By Edgar Allan Poe. Thou vast all that to me, love,
 For which my soul did pine A green isle in the sea- love, A fountain and a shrine All wreathd with fairy fruits and flowers And all the flowers were mine. An dream too bright to last,
 An, starry Hope. that didst arise But to be overcast!
 A voice from out the Future cries, "Oni on,"-but OCT the Past
 Dim gulfD my spirit lowering lies Mute, motionless, aghast. For alas, alas, with me
 The light of Life is OCT!
 No moreno more-no more lSuch language holds the solemn sea So the sands upon the shore) Shall bloom the thunder-bl blasted tree, Or the stricken eagle soar. And all my days are frances,
 And all my nightly dreams, Are where thy dark eye glances,
 And where thy footstep gleams- In what ethereal dances,
 By what eternal streams.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-03

A BRIGHT French author comments
 A upon the ingenuity of that class \ of philosophers who give them- selves to "explainng what isn't, and de- nying .what is" In the 29th chapter or the First Book of his Annals" Tacitus, in commenting with indignant brevity upon the conduct of mobs says that their credulity never works by halves; they believe without proof, and soon find the author of what never happened
 It would be a blessed boon to the hu- man race if this sort of thing were con fined to the mob; but unfortunately for the world, 1t not unfrcquently finds place in what is called philosophy"
 John Stuart Mill was a pronounced "agnostic," and yet, in speaking of the Christians hopes of everlasting happi- ness in heaven he distinctly and dogmat- icaIIy pronounces those hopes to be "baseless fancles."
 Now, if agnostcsm be true, nobody knows, or can find out anything about the future life; and the inevitably logical conclusion is that no one can know that such hopes are baseless fancies. And yet Mir. Mill. one of the greatest logcians that ever lived, seems to have been abso- litely unconscious that he was natly con- tradcting his own system.
 The historians tell us that in the reign
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-03

of the roof raled off for the use of him. self and family.
 All foreigners who worked for the so- ciaist cause during the recent election campaign are 10 be expelled from the German empire by an order issued at the personal initiative of the Kaiser. l Hundreds of these undesirable aliens" the greater part of whom are Russian | students with revolutionary views who acted as spellblnders and canvassers for socialist candidates. have received two
 weeks notice to leave the Kaiser's do-
 mains and in case of refusal they will be l forcibly deported across the frontier l By publicly supporting a movement op- l posed to the monarchy the Kaiser thinks
 these foreigners have abused German
 hospitality and should not be allowed to
 remain in the country.
 Another imperial elopement is the sub
 ject of much talk in Emperor Francis
 Josephs capital on the Danube. l One of the youngest and prettiest fe-
 male members of the Emperor's family 1 has Just returned home from Switzerland l after disappearing with lover couple 1 of months ago.
 Some days after the Archduchess had vanished she was traced to Geneva, where she was staying at the Hotel ] Bellerue with Hungarian nobleman who 1 registered as Baron Ferdinand de Szunii The couple were seen everywhere in cafes and restaurants along the shores of Lake Geneva, and they also attended several of the masked balls at the Kur- saal.
 Emperor Francis Joseph in vain sent prominent Vienna lawyer. Herr Stang, to
 the Archduchess, carrying letter in which he implored her to come back and not add another scandal to the many that have dsgraced the Hapsburg family. Stang returned to Vienna alone, and a successful attempt was then made by pr. Joseph Fleischmann. who returned with the Archduchess, who had then tired of her lover, who had gone across the lake to Montrenz. leaving her in the hotel with her trunks and an enormous
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-03
HEAViNG THE LEAD.

By Charles Dibdin. For England when with favoring gale Our gallant ship up channel steered, And scudding under easy sail. The high blue western land appeared; To heave the lead the seamon sprung, And to the pilot cheerily sung;
 By the deep-nine.' And bearing mp to gain the port, Some well known object kept in view An abbey tower, harbor fort. Or beacon to the vessel true; While oft the lead the seaman flung, And to the pilot cheeriy sung:
 By the mark-seven. And as the much-loved shore we near, With transport we behold the roof Where dwelt a friend or partner dear, Of faith and love a matchless proof. The lead once more the seaman flung, And to the Altchful pilot sung:
 Quarter less-fve.' Now to her berth the ship draws nigh: We shorten sail--she feels the tide Stand clear the cable is the cry, The anchors gone; We safely ride. The watch is set, and through the night We hear the seamen with delight
 Proclaim 'All's wellp'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-03

ally from loss of memory Those who nave been permitted to see him say that the flesh at the back of the neck is wasted away. and this is regarded as bad sign.
 Mr. Chamberlain is going abroad un'l after Easter. The place has not been ue- cided upon, but it will be very quet spot. His one ambition is 10 recover sul- fciently to meet the colonial premers at the great conference, but his most lh- innate friends sorrowfully declare their belief that he will never be strong enough to appear in public again. Mrs. Chamberlain shows distinct traces of the great strain she has so long borne.
 The Hon. Dr. Ella Scarlett Synge, the plucky daughter of Lady Abinger (nce McGruder, the first American peeress), has settled down at Edmonton, the capital of Alberta, Canada, where she will prac- tice as a physician and surgeon.
 She has written wildly enthusiastic let ters about Canada to her London friends, and even her mother, who is leading Christian Scientist is proud of her daugh- ter enterprise The Hon. Mrs. Synge is astonished at the growth of the railways, the active building work and the marvel ous increase of the Canadian towns.
 She has written to several women in London advising them to make their boys engineers and send them out to Canada, where the immense irrigation works will give openings to hundreds of engineers later on. When Mrs. Synge became estab- lished in her practice she will send for her husband who is now in England with out a billet
 The fuss made recently by members of the German aristocracy in Berlin over the special favors shoWered upon Ameri- cans by the Kaiser has drawn attention to the case of the Countess von Arnim,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-03
[EGHAT TORS COME TO CUPZDS AID

writer, "arose gallantry-a spurious pro- duction. Gallantry taught women to be- lieve they were goddesses who ruled the affairs of men as they pleased and thus by exaggerating their powers beyond all bounds it was in reality lessened and made ridiculous. Hence, the attention and difference which are due to women have degenerated into system of fiattery, hy- pocrisy and seduction.
 It may be safely said that nowhere in the world does woman find more or greater adulation from men than in the United States. Between the average young man and the lap dog competition is keen, to secure most attention from Phyllis, and after little while, if the young man is not below the average, he resigns in favor of the dog. In the course
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-03

proceeds further and states that in the opinion of the petitioners "bachelors are fungus growth on the ship of society,
 impeding it's progress and are of no earth ly use except as pall-bearers." Thus the good ladies of Massachusetts speak; Mas sachusetts, whoe capital city is Boston, the home of baked beans and femenine culture to the highest degree.
 Baked beans may have something to do with the revolt of Adam in Boston, but not so in other states; it must therefore be inferred that the "cultured' woman lis the objection. If there is any one thing in the world man dreads more than another 1t is the "cultured' female the woman who is always able and ever ready to pick a man up before he falls; who gently reproves his errors and mis-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-03

exhibit will have to be collected under the plans of the commission.
 I am not sure that it is good plan to call for gifts or loan of material Tn re- sponse 10 such an invitation one is often placed in an embarrassing position. He knows that such and such things should not form part of the display and yet un- der the call they have been offered and may not be declined.
 A better plan and one that involves much less friction is for the commission to decide what is 10 be taken and what is to be left and then make it's own coliee- tions, under the immediate care of peo- pie wha know what exposition material should he. Take. for instance. the display of the mineral wealth of the state. There is no one and no agency within the state in any wise so well qualified to say what should go in and what should not as tlie geological survey, although my friend, Dr. Smith, may not thank me for even suggesting the imposition of this addi- tional burden upon his alreay overcrowd- cd shoulders. But he is the best man and the best man must serve. We do not care for second rate men until after the first rate men are dead.