The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1908-08-28


Another problem was as follows: A
rope Ia hung over a wheel fixed to the
roof Of building. At one end of the
rope a weight Il fixed, which exactly
counterbalances a monkey which Is
hanging on the other end. Suppose
that the monkey begins to climb the
rope. What win be the result? It Is
very curious the different views taken
by good mathematicians. One says
the weight goes up with increasing We
locity. others say that 1t goes up at
the same rate as the monkey. while
another says It goes down.
LssaIized Theft.
We are told that the young Spartans
were taught to steal by the authori-
ties for the purpose. presumably, Of
making them good foragers in war
time. In Egypt professional thieves
gave In their names to the chief Of the
robbers and agreed that he should be
informed Of everything they might
steal. The owner OF lost goods APP
piled to the chief for their recovery.
and on payment Of one-quarter of their
value they were restored in full. The
chief robber was salaried by the gov
eminent.
He Supports the Proposition.
Mrs. Blickens-The president Of our
club IL going to lecture next Tuesday
y evening on Conversation as a Lost
Art"
Mr.. Dickens (yawningl-That so?
Mrs. Blickens-Well, why don't you
60 on and make some sarcastic COM
ment about the impOssibility Of con-
versation being q lost art while women
remain on earth7 OF course that is
what you think.
Mr.. Blickens-No; agree with your
Ipresident Conversation IL a lost art.
When only one side can be heard 1t Is
merely talk.-Chicago News.
Our Real Army.
No nation ever can or ever did main
tain at all times a standing army suf-
Hciently great to defend itself against
all other powers. The strength and
the dependence Of eNe cry government
are in her citizen soldiers and are In
exact proportion to their bravery and
effectiveness. The state militia or ma
tional guard In our own country, the
auxiliary reserve In England, the land
wehr and the landsturm In Germany,
stand behind and form the great mill
tary reserve Of the regular armies OF
these nations.-Army and Navy Life.
Two Points Of View.
The country school mistress sent
word to the school that, owing to an
attack Of illness, she would be com.
PEELED to dismiss the classes for the
day.
Toward evening she was pleased to
receive a large bouquet OF wild fow-
ers from the class and was giving
vent to graceful speech for this
} thoughtful manifestation Of sympathy
: while she undid the wrapper, when
/. this note fell from IL:
Teacher, stay Ill tomorrow, too, and
| Il
2 ViviSsetien.
e Experiments on living animals were
1 Greek Alexandrian school and were
: regarded as a valuable source OF
}, knowledge until the breakup OF the
!, Roman empire. In modern times vivi
section may be said to have begur
y with the experiments OF DR.. William
Harvey Q65S and DR.. John Hunter
4 Q750. VlvisectiOn has been more Of
e less generally practiced since the be
ginning OF the nineteenth century
though very often under protest OF the
various societies for the prevention Of
e cruelty to animals.
Salmon In the Hudson.
That salmon were plentiful In thu
D Hudson 500 years ago is attested by
: an entry in the log book Of Juct. thu
mate of Hudson in the Half Moon
J. which sailed up the North river oil
: Sept. 10. 1900. The record says:
THE morning was misty until til,
sun arose: then it cleared. So W,
weighed anchor with the wind at sOutl
X and ran up the river twenty leagues
passing by high mountains. We haC
a very good depth, as six, seven
twelve and thirteen fathoms and grea
store OF salmon In the river"
Very Polite.
; Two miners were returning from
lecture at the village institute whe
U one of them after a thoughtful paus
remarked: