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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-05

kHs ~ 10 thA
sMf. T1f sEid ths st yog
would care TO % over. this With me ] think
We may ind aome interesting elphAa and
epec!meri Of st~aphylinns,'
Sharing Ills prlse With > fellow enthusiast
both were o engaged In pok1ng the
carcahe With their torcepe, themes tratA-
ferriha animated spSokS into test tubss.
A shout attracted gsueral sttentscn'
The lover Of pond NE he'd d~ispqyffed sp
exceptionally unNholesone puoal9 ena
eVcited the came gepefppp apirit Of Starring
Il With hi6 associates,
On the readable WA the sweeper, plying
his big net In the newly GROWING ereeAaee
and weeds and at regular Intervals alpPty-
ing a miscs1hNntops lot Of cr4yhnE formP
into a cyanide bottle. Other HeEnbers we're
turning over DAT stones.
The sport continued well through the
day, when at a favorite old tavern the
entomologlsts met to diecpsa thar captures
and ekhibit q hearty GOOD Fellowship, show
ing them 10 be ordinary n1oFtals GfteF all.
And in this assembly were hsvsTal gentlo7
men Who on the morrow would Be In the
midst OF Manhattan's commercial world
In the region that smells Of coffee warehouses
and u dominatsd by the remofseaaaS acker.
A feR professional scienttsta were In the
party, but much In the minority.
II 70 not alone among the en~tonaoloeistN
that queer hobbies are displayed. The
officers Of the Geological Park ~ The Bronx
often come in contact with studonts pry-
ing into eccentric subjects.
A woman teacher Of q Western school
once called at tho reptile house and re-
quested that the tongues be extracted from
snakes dying In the building and the organs
placed In a preserving solution for her
use. Her object was to make tr2neverse
and longitudinal sections Of The tongues
In an eudeayoE TO investigate the nervous
structure.
This request was no more remarkable
than one to save the eyes Of dead snakes.
A young man In q city college asked this
favor. which was granted.
In line with both suggestions yas ono
from a medical Student who vas working
on the cerebellum or rear brain 6f seFpepts.
More difficult to crafty was the desire
Of a young s~clentigt to count the rows Of
scales on each individual In q series Of sev-
eral hundred garter snakes In order TO dis
cover II there was any variation In. the
structure. The operation would have
taken weeks to accomplish,
sse .0Pr,s
lnseryeCeu mSrsay ps'suF u
.nsr tns.oss
esyHnips nghe svwt.
Walk = psane Nlsnout 'tnIH sL,T'
or tumolne troM Ihs eng, cAhtihE pwa-
irogs 70 Jump nfoutn ngTo.es' 49,
any away rom n@sny shcT,s Oh oo.oreu
paper ana Similar teAtA' Inose StuuenIs
have sets Oh Apparatus tAat mlent 80
the . observer 70 2 ny ne
turtles frogs ana enakSe we're Deine sainse
Tor miniature oncusSs-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-05
Eject Of the weather.

From ne Rdnsos CITY JoErnoL
Bishop Sanford olmsted OF Colorado. at q
dinner in Denver. said apropos OF Sabbath
breaking:
, Il was talking 10 an Eastern clergyman
the oths- day about his church attendance.
81 euppoee.' ] ssid. that In your district
sHe smiled. family. fndSSd. yes, he said.
! hardly have q vacant leAt when IL lie too
" vet for rolf OF motorlnR."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-05

quantity
~ inches = foot
10 feet - 1 decifoot.
10 decifeet = 1 centifoot.
10 centifeet - 1 millifoot
In weight let the pound be the basic
quantity: (.
~ ounces - 1 pound.
10 pounds - l decipound
10 decipounds - 1 centipound.
10 centipounds - 1 milipound.
In capacity let the gallon be the basic
quantity:
IL pints = / gallon.
10 gallons 1 deciRallon.
10 decigallons 1 centigallon.
10 centiRallons - 1 mitigation.
A great failure Of the metric system 10
itb lack OF a common coinage. Eaoh nation
uAinR il has a monetary system OF its own
The traveller going from one country Of
the Latin Union to another must repeatedly
get new money and learn a new money
table.
n Il Is desirable to have a common system
al weights and measures it Is moro dosir-
able still TO have a common monetary
system in which payment can be made
for things weighed and measured. In
dAyising such a system the practical should
Be blended with the IDEAL
In our money table we nave the mill
which is never used and We have not the
quarter which is used extensively. Our
dimes can be divided by 1, 2, s, 10, the Eng
lish shilling by /, 2, 8. 4, Q, IL, "a, ~. We
have ceased TO coin the two cent piece and
the English Che fourpenny bit, gt-
We have therefore. including our quarter,
four coins with which TO conduct ANAL
Exchanges, and the English haveseven. The
EnsIish tsrth!Ds e suIaiier tnan our cent
and the English shilling about the same as
-. quarter. To the soiourner in London
the theoretic advantage OF the shilling WIN
become pleasingly practical.
Taking the shilling az our basic quantity
Npd calling II. for brevity, the shill. we have;
~ pennies = shul.
10 Shills ] dectshili. ..
10 decishills - centishil,
10 centishills - / milllshill.'
We would thus have a monetary system 70
match our system OF weights and measures,
The dream Of Mr.. Blaine OF a monetary sys-
TEN Tor the Western Hemisphere could be
. realized in a more splendid manner for the
entire world.
II America and Great Britain. adopted
8. these tables other nations would adopt them
a. they adopt tables Of latitude and longi-
tlde. The value OF the gold coins being
fxed, all nations could coin them with the
Latin name on one side and the local name
on the other.
Subsidiary international silver coins could
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-05
The Origin Of Livery.

The wearing Of livery by male servants
"a a survival OF the tImes when great lords
kept huge bands of men servants, called
retaintrs, who were bound 10 fight In all the
~quArrels OF their masters. ~ well az perform
occAalpna. Of show. dressed In the livery OF
their lord, became tn reality q miniature
army. ''
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ST. JoHR's REcToRY,
Syracuse, N. Y. April ~.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-15

Madison-The state factory inspec-
tors report for the biennial period
ending Oct 81, 1906, has just been
issued by the bureau Of labor and in
dustrial statistics. The report shows
that there were 4,237 establishments
and 1888 buildings inspected and
that the inspectors reached l99,92i
employees. 1t also shows that it re-
quires 1929 horsepower to run the
entire factory system Of the state.
Estimating this horsepower at cost
in coal at $40 per horsepower, it costs
the factory owners of the state near
~ S10Q00,0O0 in fuel annually to run
their factories. This enormous sum
could be nearly all saved to employ
ers and employees by partially develop
ing WiscOnsin's water powers along
the rivers that are now running to
waste The report also shows that
there is an average of three buildings
to each establishment, that one-half
of these buildings are constructed Of
wood two-fitths Of brick and the re-
mainder of iron stone or steel 1t
further shows that Sc per cent of all
the employees OF the state are males,
IA per cent females, and only about
One-half OF one percent are children
under Is years OF age. This is a rela-
tive decrease of 81 per cent in the
amount OF child labor since 1904.
Nearly 1000 fire escapes were exam
ined by the inspectors also. Besides
the 4.237 factories and workshops in
spected, the inspectors reached 1926
cigar shops, bowling alleys, mercan-
tile establishments, making a total Of
6,7G3 establishments inspected. In ad-
ditiOn TO this the inspectors granted
II, 95S permits to work in factories,
and there were 4,5O0 permits granted
by county judges, making total Of
l6,45S for the biennial period OF
the permits granted, five out of eight
were males and three out of eight
females, five out of six lived with
their parents, one out of ten with the
mother and the remainder with the
father or other person, and in a small
percentage Oh cases was lHe CIllIu ti'
chief support Of the family. About 20
per cent OF the public school children
receiving permits had attended school
nine years, and 80 per cent had at
tended school four or more years. OF
the parochial school children receiy-
ing permits, the average school at,
tendance was seven years, while only
six per cent had attended school more
than eight years, As a whole, the
percentage of parochial school chill
dren asking for permits is much larg-
er than the percentage of public
school children, when the total popu-
lation of these two classes of children
are considered.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-15
INHERITED A FORTUNE

in the Federation OF Women's Cluta
and is 4 very talented woman. I may
safely say thar my trip to Green Bay
was the luckiest I ever MADE, not
even excepting this last visit to New
York.
II remained two years in Green
Bay, where | was roundhouse fore.
man, and ! returned to Milwaukee as
chief draughtsman in the drawing of,
fee. Then | was sent to Mason CITY,
Ia, where | was trainmaster for five
years. The final shift was to Aber-
deem, S. D., where | remained two
years and half which brings us
down TO the present time | can tell
you that the job in Aberdeen was no
snecure. The Pacific coast extension
was right off the end Of my division
and we had a tremendous lot OF work
to do, The contrast between the life
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-15

there and here in the city is startling
II Gas one continual grind, but some
hos | loved the life.
Il always planned my course so as
to stand on my own feet, and | think
without any egotism | may say | did
that pretty successfully. thought
perhaps | might one day get some
thing, for my sister, my brother and
| got 100 $1,000 Chicago, Milwaukee L
St Paul bonds under the will of the
late George Smith, but never in my
widest dreams did | imagine any.
thing like this.
80 little did | anticipate 1t THAI
when | came east applied for only an
indefinite leave of absence / did not
resign, for | fully expected to return.
! didn't even close up my house, but
now ! shall have to stop here year
at least and Mrs. Mason has returned
west to wind up our affairs in Aber.
deem.
George Grant Mason, latest recruit
to the ranks of millionaires, gives one
the impression that he is going to be-
a distinct acquisition to that order.
though as a wel-known railroad mar
said, a first-class trainman has been
spoiled in the process.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-15
CHIEF HEIR OF "SlLENT" SMITH
"JOLTEO" BY NEWS.
George Grant Mason, Nephew Of De.
ceased Millionaire, Tells Of Him.
seIf-Enuaged in RailroadIns
Since He Left Yale.

Chicago.-Do you think you could
be calm if you woke up and found
yourself possessed of $4,000 600?
Do you think you'd get up just as
early In the morning and drill down
to work in the same old way when
100000 awaited you in the bank
to cut up any tricks your checkbook
might order?
That's what George Grant Mason,
heir to the vast fortune of Silent
Smith, is doing-being calm and hold
ing on to the job which supported him
before his eccentric uncle died sud
DENY while on q tour Of Japan and
made the South Dakota trainman a
millionaire
Mr.. Mason, who was recently In
Chicago attending a family reunion
In Evanston and incidentally on bust
ness connected with the settlement Of
the Smith estate, frankly SAYS that
the news that he was to inherit the
greater part of the Smith millions
gave him a jolt for the time being
It was so unexpected. Then, having
recovered from the blissful shock, he
Slid back into the monotonous routine
of railroad life which had been his be
fore the sudden acquisition of wealth
In many ways does this tall, we'll
set, bluc-eyed. athletic man differ from
the kinsman who was famed for his
tacituu!ty much more than for his
riches. in the first place Mr. Mason
not only is willing to talk about him.
self in a modest way, but he does il
In an exceedingly entertaining man
nor
Tell you something about myself?'
he repeated with smile. Well. what
is there I can say? | was an old Yale
'S8 man. both my brother and | were
there together. We were prepared at
Hlackall near Lynne, Conn, and then
after year we went to college, where
my brother and | attended the Shelf
field Scientific school
Il was always fond Of athletics; in
my senior year | was substitute both
on the baseball and football teams,
and ! have not lost my love for either.
when we left Yale we attended the
Stevens institute for a year and, Of
course, went in strongly for athletics
there, my brother having been cap
tain of the baseball team.
In 1889 my brother and | entered
the mechanical department of the
Chicago, Milwaukee q St Paul rail
road and remained in Milwaukee for
Ave years. My next move was most
important one for me. | was sent to
Green Bay Wis. and it was there
met my wife. She was a Miss Marion
Peak the daughter of Mrs. Neville,
who, by the way. Ia very well known
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-15
SETTLES FOR LARGE SUM,
North Wisconsin Lumber Company
Gives Ole Odegard $1,000

HAYWARD. With Judge SilveTthorn
on the bench ready to call a jury the
five year legal battle between Ole ode
gard and the North Wisconsin Lum-
Der company came to an end by set
Element Odegard was injured in the
company's mill in 1902 on a runaway
log carriage Twice his case was
thrown out of court, and the third
time his case seemed so hopeless that
he asked the company to give him
$500 in fun settlement. The company
refused to do this, and he tried the
case and a jury in this county gave
him $500. On appeal to the supreme
court this was reversed, and the Case
came back for a now trial Odegard
moved the case for trial for the fourth
time at this term OF the court, and
after the trial had opened, but be
fore the jury was drawn, the company
aCccdod TO the demands Of Odcgard S
counsel and settled the case for
s. coo.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-15

La Crosse After an absence OF
four days during which distracted rel
atiycs and the county authorities
secured the bluffs and surrounding
territory east OF the city for traces OF
the girl. Mabel Subey aged lG, was
found by her mother, Mrs William
Suhcy. hiding under the front porch
Of their residence The girl offered nc
explanation of her long absence, seem
inE sill to harbor the halluCinatior
under which she left home that hel
parents intended her harm.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-15
SEEKS TO DIE; WINS AT LAST.
Milwaukee Man, Fined for One At
tempt, Is Finally Successful.

Milwaukee. Albert Krensko was
fined in the district court five dollars
aud costs June ! for attempting sui
eide after he had been trapped by a
drug clerk who gave him a harmless
mixture for Carbolic acid instead OF
the real thing and then informed the
police june 6, after a quarrel with
his wife, Krcnsko disappeared He
returned later aud knocked on the
door When his wife opened it
Krcnskc fcll dying at her feet with a
bottle Of carbolic acid in his hand.
Krenskc was a laborer and had served
several terms in the workhouse once
Tor heAlnE his wife
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-15

Grand Rapids The u.a aa "a.
liers OF Wood county rcy n,A
ized in this city for thy. mutual o.#.
1T and Advancement ana viii -,yl.
charter from the state kura' I..t..
Carriers association
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-15

was born in London in 1868, his IA
Their having been then secretary Of the
Spanish embassy to the court of st.
James He is descended from al
Irish family who emigrated to Spain
at the end of the seventeenth cen
turv
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-15
CARDINAL TO VISIT AMERICA.
Merry Del Val Plans Trip to Western
States.

New YORK. Cardinal Rafael Merry
del Val who has announced that in
the nsar future he will visit the mid
die and western states, is pontifical
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-15
Old saying Rev ised

r.,pay Nha, is bred The bona
WI never ,onc oat Of tho dess
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1907-06-29
Only a Word.

All. me! These terrible tongues Ct
ours.
Are we half aware of their mighty
powers?
Do we ever trouble our heads at all
Where the jest may strike or the hint
may fall?
The latest chirr Of that little bird"
That spicy STORY you may have heard
We jerk them away in our gossip rash
And somebody's glass. of course. goes
smash,2
What flames have been blasted and
broken:
What restilent sinks have been stirred
BY a word in lightness spoken.
BY only an Idle word.
A sheer. shrug. a whisper low
They are. poison shafts from an am.
pushed blow.
Shot by the coward, the fool. the
knave:
They pierce the mail of the great and
brave.
Vain is the buckler Of wisdom and
pride
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1907-06-29
PROBATE NOTICE.

State Of Minnesota. County Of Hennepin.
Probate Court
In the Matter Of the Estate Of Frank B.
Morgan Deceased
Letters of administration on the estate
of Frank B: Morgan. deceased. late of
the county of Hennepin and state Of Min
nesota, being granted to Martin Hand
ley of said county and state.
1t is ordered. That six months be and
the same is hereby allowed from and af-
ter the date Of this order. in which all
persons having claims or demands against
the said deceased are required to file the
for examination and allowance, or be for
ever barred.
1t is further ordered. That the first
Monday in January. 1908. at 10 O'Clock
a. M, at general term of said probate
court. to be held at the court house in
the city of Minneapolis, in said county
be and the same is hereby appointed as
the time and place when and where the
said probate court will examine and ad-
Just said claims and demands.
And it is further ordered. That no.
itors and persons interested in said es-
tate by forthwith publishing this order
once in each week for three successive
weeks in the Irish Standard news
paper printed and published in said
county.
Dated at Minneapolis. this 18th day Of
June. 1907.
BY the Court: a
Judge Of Probate.
Attorney for Administrator,
GAS Security Bank Bid
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1907-06-29
Wish to Be Beloved?

Don't rudely contradict people. even
If you're sure you are right.
Don't be inquisitive about the af-
fairs of even your most intimate
friend
Don't underrate anything because
you don't possess it.
Don't believe that everybody else in
the world is happier than you.
Don't conclude that you have never
had any opportunities in life.
. Don't believe all the evil you hear.
Don't repeat gossip, even if it does
interest crowd.
Don't go untidy on the plea that
everybody knows you.
Don't be rude to your interiors in
social position.
Don't overdress or underdress.
Don't jeer at anybody's religious be-
lief
Learn to hide your aches and pains
under pleasant smile. No one cares
whether YOU have the ear-ache. head
ache or rheumatism.
Learn to attend to your own BUSH
Mesa very important point.
Don't try to be anything else but a
gentleman or gentlewoman, and that
means one who has consideration for
the whole world. and whose life is
governed by the Golden Rule: do
unto others as YOU would be done by
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1907-06-29
Facts About Coffee.

Coffee originally came from the
Island of Mocha. whence in the year
1916 coffee trees were transported to
Holland. This article of diet was first
scientifically cultivated at Surinam by
the Dutch in. Ills.
Though coffee was not known either
to the Greeks or Romans. it was used
as a beverage by the Persians in early
times. The first coffee house of which
there is any record was opened in Con-
stantinople in 1911: and coffee was
first brought to France in 1862 by The
venet, the famous traveller.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1907-06-29
SUM MONS,
State Of Minnesota, County Of Henne
njr,-Distrirt Court Fourth Tndio;t

State Of Minnesota, County of Henne-
pin-District Court. Fourth Judicial
Mary +. Cole, Plaintiff. VS.. Marvin B.
Pool Defendant.
State of Minnesota to the Above Named
Defendant:
You are hereby summoned and requir-
ed to answer the complaint of the plain
tiff in the above entitled action, which
complaint has been filed in the Office OF
the clerk Of said District Court in the
pin: and State of Minnesota and serve
City of Minneapolis, County Of Henne-
pin, and State Of Minnesota. within
twenty days after the, service Of this
summons upon you exclusive of the day
of such service; and if you fail to serve
your answer to the said complaint within
will apply to the Court for the relief de-
manded in the said complaint, together
with the plaintiffs costs and disburse-
ments herein.
Dated June IS, 1907.
JAMES F. o'BRIEN,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
93S Security Bank Bldg,
Minnea polls, MINI.
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To turn the pitiless point aside.
The lip may curl with careless smile,
But the heart drips blood-drips blood
the while.
All. me! What hearts have been
broken!
What rivers of blood have been stirred!
BY word in malice spoken
BY only bitter word.
A kindly word and a tender tone
Only to God is their virtue known.
They can lift from the dust the abb
ject head;
They can turn a foe to a friend in
stead.
The heart, close barred by passion and
pride.
Will fling at their knocks its portals
And the hate that blights and the
scorn that sears
Will melt in a fountain Of childlike
What icebound griefs have broken!
What penitent throbs have been
stirred!
BY word of kindness spoken
BY only a gentle word.
Selected.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1907-06-29

q Discovers a Resemblance.
Is Is Ny dear" mildly demonstrated her
husband, speaking of this new idea Of
railway motor car construction, 1 wish
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1907-06-29
The Critic,

no Vflttc.
A mud-turtle sat on a stone in the
sun,
And blinked in slow, stupid way;
a vain little fly
Came lettering by.
He stopped on that same rock to
you're the ugliest creature that ever
saw;
You are clumsy, and stupid, and
slow,
And just how you manage a living at
all,
Is thing should much like to
know"
But the little mud-turtle spoke never
a word
AS he sat in the sun on the stone;
He YEARLY blinked,
He thought as he winked
That a wise fly would let him alone.
But the fly had grown proud of his
power to torment
And he buzzed at the mud-turtle's
head
Till the turtle at last gave one short
little snap,
And the critical insect was dead.
1t is really too bad that the fly never
That the turtle was wiser than he;
For creature that thinks
AS it winks and it blinks,
May a dangerous enemy be,
And because one can chatter, and buzz.
and annoy
'Tis no proof he is clever or wise.
He may do no more good than to serve
as the food
For the one whom he feigns to de-
spise. .......
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c. P. Preston & Co., insurance and
rentale, 311 Nicollet. Mrs. G. p. Pres
ton. Mgr.