The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-01-02
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tV0SIv0t COtVOt8uSs
A New York business man in hi0
suburban home was listening as usual
to his eight-year-old hopeful's account
OF. the events Of the day just before
bedtime
"And say, papa" the youngster con-
cluded, II wish you'd give me 10 cents,
SOL can give 1t to the teacher tomor-
row.
What forT
WELL you see. we've got nice new
desks, all polished fine. and the teacher
she said the only way to keep them
nice was to fine any boy 10 cents for
scratching them"
"But why did you scratch your
desk?"
81 didn't"
Then why do you want the 10
cents"
"Oh, Observation-Disclosures I want
to scratch it tomorrow" said the hope
ful.-New York Globe.
A Thoughtful Dog.
He didn't set himself up to be ma
ture fakir, but he confessed he knew
a story which. if not exactly accurate.
was at all events somewhat brilliant
This happened in the cottage Of a
peasant who had his CULVER full of chill
dren. When the baby was put to sleep
at night every one in the family was
enjoined to be quiet. They were. in
Guiding the dog. One night, however.
the dog fancied the room wasn't as
quiet as it should be. There was an
room, which licked somewhat loudly
with its ponderous pendulum. The
dog, thinking that this ticking might
disturb the baby, went on tiptoe and,
putting his paw against the pendulum,
stopped it. And that's fac
But even the oysters on the counter
CAPPED with astonishment.-New York
Press.
The Bonaparte Medals.
Between Marengo and Waterloo
there were less than sixteen years,
years of no great artistic glory, as
we are apt to think. and yet in that
short space of time more than 400
medals were struck in honor of the
conquering politician and soldier" says
Russell Sturgis in Scribner's Magazine.
"Nor are they despicable or ugly, those
small bronze bas-reliefs! They repre-
sent a grade Of art which is sufficient
for its purposes, very intelligently
organized art of display, and they con-
firm the impression of those who find
that France has risen nearly always
to the task set her. During the wars Of
the revolution the business Of the re-
public under consul or emperor was to
hold Europe at bay in thought as well
as by arms. and the spirit Of the time
is well exemplified in the Bonaparte
medals"
Our Ignorance of Venus.
We know very little about the planet
Venus. The reason of this is the diff
ficulty of observation. In the first
place, since Venus revolves around the
sun in an orbit interior to ours the
time Of it's greatest proximity is when
it passes between the sun and us. Its
illuminated hemisphere is naturally al
ways turned toward the sun. There
result phases analogous to those of the
moon The nearer Venus comes to the
earth the less we see of its surface
The farther it gets away from us the
more we see of it's surface. but the
planet is reduced to its smallest ap-
parent dimension. A second eli cum
stance not less deplorable for tie sue
cess Of our studies is that Venus Is
surrounded by an immense atmos phere.
twice as dense and much higher than
ours. The effect of this is that we
never can be sure Of anything we see
on Venus.
What a Meter Is.
The scientific unit of length is the
meter, and it was originally designed
to be a natural standard to replace the
perfectly arbitrary yard" 1t was In
tended to be exactly one ten-millionth
part Of the earth's quadrant and was
at first accepted as such. More careful
and accurate measurement Of the
quadrant, however, showed that the
meter was not actually this fraction OF
its length. So the meter became as ar
bitrary as the yard. AS Sir David GIL
points out, therefore, the standard OF
length cannot be scientifically describ-
ed otherwise than as "a piece Of metal
whose length at 0 degree G. at the
epoch A. D. 1906 is equal to 1858. 164
times the wave length Of the red line
of the spectrum Of cadmium when the
latter is observed in dry air at the tenn
perature of Is degrees G. of the normal
hydrogen scale at a pressure Of 76O
millimeters Of mercury at 0 degree c."
The Steeplejack.
The work of the steeplejack Is great
ly overrated, and the courage of the
individual is not what 1t is cracked
up to be. An old sailor said: There's
the steeple, on firm foundation, as
steady as a rock and pointing always
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