The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1908-09-25

Animate anc doors.
Writing In Suburban Life, Charles
D. Kellogg, the well known naturalist,
says: THE matter Of odor is an ex-
tremely interesting ore. AOAt 'r,-s-
lures have an Odor which Indicates
friendiiness and another which lndl-
Gates anger. Always holding the
thought OF love toward every living
creature, just as | have tried to instill
1t into the mind Of Don, my dog.
have never hesitated to take up ami
NAL. reptile. bird or sect. My first
thought Of a reptile Odor was that Of
apples. Yet people told me that this
creature gives or a noxious stencil.
Now, this latter odor Is present In any
wild creatures body when II is dis
turbed. The bodies Of human beings
give out odors which are keenly APP
parent to wild creatures and indicate
the feeling which men and women
have for them. whatever II be. love.
fear or hate"
A Night Of Agony.
The most peculiar accident that ever
came to my notice happened to a COM
mercial traveller In Massachusetts. He
had been out late and in returning to
his hotel wandered beyond the town
limits and before he realized Il was
blowing through stubbly fields in inky
darkness. OF a sudden he plunged
over a bank and just managed to throw
his body around sufficiently TO clutch
the edge Of the earth with his fingers.
For hours 1t seemed he hung there.
and let go. He dashed downtown
about six inches and then stopped
He had been hanging all the time with
his feet almost touching the ground
In the morning they pulled him out of
an unfinished well. He was crying
like a baby. and his hair. that had
been raven black the night before, was
white as snow.-BaltimOre American.
The Submarine Cable.
The first cable successfully laid ex-
tended from Valentia island. of the
coast Of Ireland. to Hearts Content
Newfoundland. about 1000 miles The
cable was landed on the American side
on Aug. 8, 1858, but was not ready for
use till Aug. 10. About 100 short mes
sages were sent through IT. but II en-
tirely failed within a month. The fact
was demonstrated. however that direct
communication under the ocean was
possible, although few persons at that
time believed that q submarine tele-
graph could be used for business pur-
poses. Cyrus w. Field, to whose enter
prise was due the laying of the first ca
BILE. thought differently. Not discour-
aged by this and other failures. he con
| tinued the work he had planned. inter
ested London capitalists i'm II. and. in
1866. succeeded I'm establishing subma-
rine communication. which has never
been interrupted.-New York Post.
Ruskin's Long Sentences.
Ruskin. IL is said, has written more
sentences OF inordinate length than
any other classic writer of modern
English prose. Frederic Harrison some
years ago counted the words In q mum,
Der OF typical sentences. finding that i'm
the earlier books ii was no uncommon
thing for Euskin TO run beyond the
page before permitting himself AMI his
readers the relief of full stop. but in
| every case the sense is as clear as day.
| WordSworth'S poem OH the "Charac-
ter OF Happy Warrior" is u notable eX-
ample Uf sustained connections. Apart
| f.O:l tie opening and closing coup!eiS
the poem consists OF two very long
| compound sentences almost entirely
comprised OF adjectival clauses. The
longer OF the two sentences contains
ffty-seven decasyllabic lines. This Is
probably record in English verse
Dundee Advertiser.
Look at Her Teeth.
Young man. before you marry. take
particular notice of the teeth of your
intended wife. Aunt Peggy tells me
that the organs Of lnuStication are GER
tain indicators of a wife's inclination
TO roam or not To roam.
IF you want Il home body" says the
aged high priestess. marry girl
whose teeth grow close together. If
the teeth are distinctly separated, your
wife will go gadding about all the time.
She may love her home but she won't
stay there. She will want 10 be travel
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