Morris tribune., 1907-04-20
Prisons and Clothes.


clothes fitted him when he got out OF
prison." said jailer. He may come
into my custody wearing suit that is
a model of the tailor's art but when
he goes out those clothes hang all
askew Sometimes the prisoner grows
fat, sometimes he grows lean. but if
he neither takes on nor loses flesh he
seems to undergo so many physical
changes during confinement that the
clothes he wore are decided misft.
1t is the same way with hospital pa
TENTS Not all persons leave hos
pital In a state of emaciation by any
means. yet they and their clothes seem
to sever friendship during illness, and
the old suit never fits we'll again.
New York Sun
Accidents.
The wind whirled mans hat high
in air, and in his frantic leap for it he
butted into another man, and the two
together banged into fine plate glass
window, cracking it from top to bot
tom. The plate glass insurance com
pany, after making good the damage,
demanded payment of the two men
who had broken the window. But
these two men consulted lawyer and
learned that since the mishap had been
an accident pure and simple, they
were not liable in any way.
People often pay for such acct
Dents" the lawyer said, but they are
very foolish to do so. There is no law
in the world to make them pay cent"
st. Louis Globe Remocrat.
The Long Polar Night.
Generally speaking we figure Europe
as being wholly within the temperate
zone, but when we come to investigate
matters we find that North cape, the
most northerly point Of Norway, is in
the shadow of the north pole. At that
point you can see the midnight sun"
in all it's ghastliness, that great lumi-
nary being constantly above the hOri-
zon from May to Aug. 6, or just one
day over three months. But the long
wintry night makes up for this 100
days of constant sunshine. 1t begins
on Sept % and constantly increases
In length until Nov. 6, when the polar
night commences in earnest, the sun
never appearing above the horizon
from the last mentioned date until
Feb. 5. one day less than three months
Why We Study.
"While it is, of course, platitude to
say that wise teacher learns by in
structing others,' recently observed an
instructor in a preparatory school in
Brooklyn, ut is permissible to remark
that he frequently picks up some c,l-
rious information in this way. I once
asked boy to explain, if he could, the
difference between animal instinct and
human intelligence. 1t was a pretty
hard question, but the lad was equal
to it,
eff we had instinct he said, we
should know everything we needed to
know without learning it. But we've
got reason, and so we have to study
ourselves most blind or be fool -
Harpers Weekly.
SilkWorm Romance.
The king of khotan. in central Asia,
made overrlres for the hand of the
daughter of the emperor Of China, and
bis suit was favorably entertained. But
there was something from China which
he coveted even more than the fair
princess and which ,be4had failed to-
win by war So he induced his bride
elect to secrete in the long tre@ses of
her hair a number Of silkworm eggs
and seeds of the mulberry plant when
she came to him, and in that romantic
fashion was it that the culture OF the
silkworm and the manufacture Of silk
took their first step westward.
Why Iron Ships Float.
A battleship floats for the same rea-
son that a cork does-that is, because
it is lighter than water. This may
seem odd at first. since the battleship
Is built of steel plates, heavily armored
with steel and heavily loaded with big
guns. But battleship, like all other
ships, is hollow. and. with all its
weight. it is lighter than the bulk Of
the water it displaces. Every boat
sinks just far enough in the water to
displace weight of water exactly
equal to it's own weight.-St. Louis Re-
public.
The Largest Book.
The largest book yet printed Is
colossal atlas of engraved ancient
Dutch maps. 1t takes three men to
move it from the giant bookcase in
which it is stored in the library of the
British museum. This monster book
Is bound in leather magnifcently deco
rated and is fastened with clasps of
solid silver richly gilt. 1t is unlikely
to be stolen, however. for it is nearly
seven feet high and weighs 500 pounds.
This, the largest book in the world,
was presented to King Charles II. be-
fore leaving Holland in 1660.-London
Standard.
Fair Warning.
To brother, noted for length and
drought, who was to preach an official
sermon in his pulpit, Henry Ward
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