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The sun., 1909-05-02
POEMS WORTH READING.
Tho work Of tn cir Handa


All. where went those feet whose fugitive pqints
Scarce yet has the ripple erased from the sands,
Aud the work Of tie hands that voro folded long
How long. oh. how long 1t outlssteth those
hands!
The canvas yet blooms with indelIble tintE
IL Its niche the presence In marble yet stands;
The work OF the hands that were folded long since.
How long. oh. how long It outlasteth those
hands!
There hangs the shield with memorial dInts:
There the flower Of an hour In the easement
expands;
But folded last eve or folded long since.
Here are the deeds OF the hands-but the hands,
We yet eat OF their stores, We yet drink Of their
vints;
10, the vines that they pruned: TO- their own
furrowed Iandsi
But, folded last eve or folded long since
Tue work, oh. how long Il outIasteth tho handsi
The toy OF q child. . garment Of ehin,E--
How well such a trne times ruin wIthstands:
The work Of the snds that were folded long since.
All, God how long II outlasteth the hands!
But folded last eve Is folded long since.
The nre when once out how cold are the
brands,
Is there aught that was theirs that can trace them
that hints
Through the work OF the hands where to reach
for the handst
EDITH N. THOMAS.
The sun., 1909-05-02
WEIGHT or THE BRAIN.
Di6erence Between savages and Races
Loug Civilized.
From the London Globe.


Prof. Frederick W. Mott. lecturinG be-
fore the Royal Institution OF Great Britain
on The Brain" said that although in 81
per cent. Of the cases In which the brains
OF great men had been weighed the weight
was above the average, brain weight itself
did not always mean brain quality.
When there was lack OF the functionatne
tissue, tho lecturer explained. the structural
material might receive more than Its normal
share Of nourishment and the extra weight
be due to oversrowth OF brain scanolding,
This accounted for the very large and heavy
br aims sometimes found In congenital
idiots. Pointing out that the brain weight
OF q race long civilized surpassed that OF
aboriaines, the lecturer stated that whereas
the ordinary European hospital patient had
4 heavier brain than savage, the Chinese
coolie laborsr's brain. developed by CEN
tuYies OF use. weighed ~ ounces more than
that Of tho European hospital patient.
Referring TO the relative brain weights
of Caucasian men and women. Prof Mott
ssid that the female brain had q good start.
weighing nearly ih ounces more than the
male brain at birth. In adult life, how
ever, the average mans brain weighe d
about s,S ounces moro than the womans.
Tho average weight Of the European
male brain was pounds is ounces 0
drams to , pounds 10 ounces drams
and OF the female brain pounds 10 ounces
II drame to pounds 10 ounces II drains.
Among savsees there was not this difference
since In the struggle for existence the female
had TO apply her brain Is fully as the male.
hence Il has developed a practically the
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The sun., 1909-05-02
BURGLARS CURIOUS MISTAKE.
How q Package OF Stolen Jeweiry Came
Into the Hands OF the Police.

From the London Evening Sto~ddrd.
Jewelry and gold watches to the value OF
fIoo have been handed in at Scotland Yard
under extraordinary circumstances.
A woman was travelling outside an omnt-
bus from Paddington toward Edgware ross-
carrying with her a brown paper parcel
containing two pounds OF soap. She
alighted at Westborrne grove. taking with
her what abe thought to be the parcel she had
been carrying.
During her journey a well dressed man sat
next to her. also carrying brown paper
parcel. He left the omnibus short time
before she reached her destination, Reach.
ipg home she was astonished to find instead
of the soap the jewelry and watches. which
she conveyed to Scotland inrd.
1t has been ascertained by the police that
the jewelry formed the proceeds Of burg
larry at Mazda Vale week ago, It is be-
Reved that the man was on the way TO ths
receiver ut the time he made the singular
exchange of parcels.
The sun., 1909-05-02
NAMING THE FLOWERS.
Designations OF New Blossoms Source
or Old Fashioned, Popular Names.

From the Nsp Orleans T'mes-Dsmocroi.
What a pity it Is that new varieties
Of flowers cannot be named in the pretty
homely way of their far on ancestors
instead OF by the overpowerins syllables
that are generally bestowed on them, 1t
has been said that. roughly speaking.
all new flowers since the sixteenth CEN
tury are the blossoming advertisements
Of Swedish botanists. German profess
sors, American millionaires and Scottish
gard deners." They always Latinize the
names too. and Latin flower names are
so hard and unsympathetic, a great con-
trast to the Greek, which are always beauti-
full. 1t is a delight merely to say such
words as crocus. anemone. narcissus.
hyacinth. iris. daphne. asphodel
But the best names OF all are those popu-
lar names that were given to common flowers
not only in old England but throughout
Europe, such homely things as are still
allowed to bloom in an ancient garden at
TarrinR, which ia said to have been orig
inally planted by Thomas Beckett. In
the old names the flowers have a personality
OF their own, they are living and beloved
means little darling, meadow
sweet is like a caress. travellers JOY and
speed well are kindly greetings to the way
farer You know that flowers must have
been an intimate part of daily life when
they were named for the things in daily
use-gloves or slippers. mirrors or girdles.
What q charming name Is foIGove. and
the French popular name IL equally de-
liRhtful the blossoms are les Eants de
Notre Dame" or les doigtiers de Notre
Dame
some OF the Old World flowers were
directly personified as in ragged Robin" ="
or sweet william" or sweet Nancy.
others we're fragrant with thoughts OF
sacreA things, as star Of Bethlehem" or
-MaryRold," while others again whisper
Of travel, when travelling was rarity.
= ~Blackanoor's beauty" Is said to date
from the Crusades, and "southernwood
carries with it suggestions OF all the
aromatic spices Of the South. Even
to-day in spite OF the tendency to give
ugly names to exquisite blossoms We some
times find a touch Of pretty sentiment
iu the naming Of flowers. At a hower
shov in Normandy last summer 1 saw some
lovely new varieties Of the iris, and thought
that the spirit Of the entente cordiale must
have been present at their christening.
King OF the Blue Smiling Mary" vii
laee Maid" British Queen" were some
Of the names, in English Of course, and
the most surprising Of them all. Gold Cup
Of Thund srbolt," was doubtless full OF
kind intentions. Nor was the great re-
public Of the West forgotten. for Long
Fellow and Beauty Of America" were
blooming side by side with Mrs. Glad
stones and General Gordon"
The sun., 1909-05-02
Wax FROM a MEXICAN WEED.
The Once Despised Candelliia Now worth
$500 or More an Acre. '.,.

MONTEREY, Mexico, May THE dis
covery by Oscar Pacius OF Monterey Of a
process for extracting wax from The
candelilla weed is causing the establish
ment OF new industry in Mexico snd
Texas. The candeliIla. grows abundantly
uponimany millions OF acres OF seni-arid
land in northern Mexico and parts OF
Texas, Arizona and New Mexico. Land
owners who have this formerly despiseH
weed growing. upon their holdings are
now in fair way to reap fortune.
When it was discovered few years
ago that good grade Of crude rubber
could be manufactured from the guayule
shrub experiments began to be made by
Mr.. Pacius and others with various other
kinds Of wild vegetation to learn II they
possessed commercial properties. Mr..
Pacius found that the cadelilla contained
wax to the amount of 3Ia to AZ per cent.
He gathered a supply of the plants and
began experiments with view OF arriv-
ing at a process of economical extraction
of the wax. He perfected this process a
few months ago and 1t is now in practical
operation.
wax is already on a paying commercial
basis. The dema nd for the product
comes at this time chiefly from Germany.
The present price of the wax in Mexico
is $500 gold a ton. 1t is said that IL takes
about thirty tons of the weed TO make
one ton Of the crude wax. The cost OF
producing a ton of wax is SIS gold:
The land upon which the candelilla
weed grows profusely ia producing a big
revenue in the localities where factories
have been established; It is said that
where land is we'll set in the plant II can
be made to yield profit OF $500 to $500
gold an acre year.
The cancellla wax is said to be harder
than any other wax. This fact has caused
il to be in demand for the manufacture OF
phonorraph records. pharmaceutical ar.
ticles, varnishes, shoe, leather and wood
polishes, insulation in electrical wiring.
gums, candles and many other things.
The fact that the guaynle shrub and
the candelilla plant are nov known 70
has aroused the interest Of the Federal
authorities Of Mexico and it ia said that
a series of chemical experiments ana
tests of the various other desert plants
which cover great stretches Of LAND IN
northern Mexico will be made under the
direction of the Government with the
view of discovering any commercial prop
critics that they may contain One plant
which grows profusely along the Mo
Grande IL called gubernador and 10 being
used extensively for the manuieotare OF
three kinds of shrubs and weeds which
possess cleansing properties almost iden-
tical in effect with washing soap, The roots
OF one Of these shrubs are used by the
native Mexcans to the exclusion OF manu-
featured soap.
The sun., 1909-05-02

The lsst great singer sleeps IN Deaths conhns-
To day his Tyre hangs mute. Its strings unwoune
flove and life. Disrupt the link that bound
Our later days to that long lyric line
Whose fame with his the ereenest laurels twine
no more those mighty waves OF stirring sounc
Shall with fresh harmonies mems hearts con
found.
Nor new notes swee,en now Thalassius brine.
Yet. though there be none great enough 70 bear
His fallen mantle. he has made for us
The sea more musical, the earth more fair.
The plant Of nymph and faun less fabulous
And. with the magic Of his golden strain.
Wake eued old gods to walk the world szain'
CHARLOTTE BECKER.
The sun., 1909-05-02
JOAN or ARCS ORI6IN.
Evidence Collected to Show That She BE.
IonKed TO . Noble Italian Family.

Ionged to Noble Italian Family.
ROME. April 1s.-The beatifoation .of
Joan Of Arc has reawakened an interest,"
ing discussion, namely as to whSeasr
the maid Of Orleans was OF French or OF
Italian nationality. 90 '.i' .t-1i
French historians are unanimous In
asserting that Joan was born at Dopnren,y
and that her parents were James and
Isabelle Romeo, humble peasants from
Ceffonds. n Champagne. whose French
nationality Is undoubted.. In the process
OF beatifcation. which lasted from 1904
to 1909, no document was produced re-
ferring to the place Of origin Of Joan's
father, and naturally the Church takAa 1t
for granted that she was French, an igDo-
rant, humble, simple minded peasant
girl whose achievements were truly
miraculous. ~ s."
Until recently the opinion that Joan'of
Arc was Of Italian origin was never
seriously entertained since it merely
rested on traditional evidence unsup-
ported by documentary proofs and dat
ing only from the nineteenth century.
The tradition was that a certain noblemsn
of Bologna named Ferrante Ghisiferl
fed to France in 14O1 and that Joan was
his daughter. - {, I
Several Bolognese writer's. notably,
Pancaldi and Mariana in 1885. Carolina
Bonafede in 1s45 and Crollalarisa several
years later, supported the opinion that
Joan Of Arc was Italian, and Moronf
mentioned the tradition in his eccae-
siastical dictionary. Still historical eyi-
dence was lacking. a
A manuscript record written In lVSf:.
or perhaps earlier, and entitled Lives
OF 227 illustrous members Of the Ghisi,
lieri family famous in sanctity. in learn
ing and in arms. compiled from the most
accredited historians" has Just been dis
covered at Bologna by Signor Amefigo
Scarlatti. This manuscript contains the
si4oi. Ferrante Ghisilieri fed from
Bologna when Giovanni Bentivoglio be-
came master of the city and usutped
power and to escape the anger Of the,
tyrant he went to France, where he had
two children in 1924 5,...-
Nanifestly this sentence Is not slIf-
ficent to prove that Joan Of Arc was one
Scarlatti supplies what is lacking. He
explains that Ferrante settled at DOM
remy with his wife isabelle and thatras
in his family coat Of arms there was. an
arch. 'arco' in Italian. he adopted TINS as
a name for his children, hence Joan was
called dare, while the name Romeo
was merely a nickname as il were. mean
ing that the family was exiled and hence
pilgrims. -..
Signor Scarlatti moreover quotes the
following verses from an old French poem
to prove that the Maid of Orleans was
looked on as an Italian IN France In the
seventeenth century: .,, =. -s.
o gentle nonsin. que de Muese lie bord
VT nai,re de Ferrant ton iiustre uoblesse -
Que lie sang de Ghisiier -
Some years ago fresco representing
a kneeling girl clad in arrnor. OVER which
she wore pilgrims hood. and bearing
a standard with the red cross OF Bologna.
was discovered in the Church Of st.
Petronius. The figure has been iden-
titled as Joan of Arc and it was painted
in Il45. This discovery completes the
evidence that Joan Of Arc was OF Italian
origin. -. fJ4G
The sun., 1909-05-02

'Tis time 10 waken at the call OF spring
And roundelays and likewise mstins sing:
'Tis time 10 rise with energy and pride
And cast our nannels seornfully sside.
'ris time to prste Of sweetly budding nouers,
OF sylvan dells and shady woodland eouers:
'ris time 10 rise In "niIhtie." cap and Gown.
And gulp our sulphur and moiasses down.
l. S. wATLAHopsI
The sun., 1909-05-02
Wedding Month In Germany.

From the Rirminohai1 A5s- Herald.
In Germany the month Of April IL the
chosen time for weddings. One must .show-
ever. be careful to select = lucky day for
the event. The lucky days, so say those
WHO know, are the second. fourth, twelfth
and twenty.second.
The unlucky days are the eventb, eighth.
tenth, sixteenth and twenty first.
The sun., 1909-05-02
Progressive Man.

From ne Somsrvlls journal.
How man. though mortal, does progressi
New wonders constantly appear.
And while some marvel sttll Astounds,
some marvel stranger sttll 70 hero.
The steamboat came. the telegraph,
The locomotive, hardly known
Before we had those wonders twin.
The photograph. the telephone.
Man sews and weaves and knits and gina
And prihts, with wonderful machines.
He drives In Autos on the land,
And ploughs the deep In subm srines-
He soais In light asroplAnes
And alrshlpe, climbing toward the stara
He chats by wireless oversess.
And now he wants to talk with Mars!
The sun., 1909-05-02
HARBINGER or SPRING.
Curious superstitions Regarding Cuckoo's
First Call.
From the Pidnst.

First Call.
From the Pidnst
There is q popular belief that whatever
one iss doing whom first one hears the
cuckoo that will be what one will most
frequently do during the com ing year.
In many parts of Scotland and in the
northern counties OF England people turn
their money In their pockets on hearing
the frst call Of the cuckoo. as this they say
insures lucky year. In the counties
bordering on Wales not only do they do
this but they also have a wish at the same
time. this wish being kept secret of course.
To have . gold coin in ones pocket when
the ouckoo's call is frst heard insures
good luck for the rest Of the year. The
German peasants declare that after st.
Johns day the bird changes into sparrow
hawk.
The Danes have a curious legend re-
Rardins this bird. When the village girls
hear its first call they kiss their hands and
repeat, Cuckoo, cuckoo. when shall be
married. As many times as the bird
calls Cuckoo" In answer. so many years
will the MAIDEN have to wait. The old
folk, bent and bowed with rheumatism and
age. ask instead: Cuckoo. cuckoo. when
sh.!! be released from this worlds cares? "
and the answer comes In the same way.
SO occupied is the poor bird In answering
these questions. say the Danes, that she
never has time 10 build her nest hence is
forced to lay her eggs in the pest OF another
bird
Our forefathers looked upon the cuckoo
a. the hsrbinger OF spring. and Its note to
this day is welcomed by country folk as
q sign that winter has At last gone
The Oldest English song which remains
TO US. curiously enough. deals with the
cuckoo. This song is remarkable because
it is accompanied with musical notes. and is
thus the oldest sample OF English secular
music. Translated into modern English. II
runs
Summer Is come In.
loud sing cuckoo:
Grows the seed and blooms the mead.
And sprouts the wood now,
Sing cuckoo.
The eve bleats after the lamb,
The COW lows AFTER the calf,
The bullock leaps. the butS verts,
Merhlly sings cuckoo.
Cuckoo. cuckoo.
Well singest thou. cuckoo:
Cease thou never to sing. cuckoo
In Shropshire, until a few years ago,
when the laborers heard the -cuckoo's first
call they. we're In the habit OF leaving OF
their work and making holiday for the rest
Of the day. drinking what they called
cuckoo ale.
Many people still believe that when the
cuckoo is first heard In the morning, II the
question be put respectfully to it 1t will
by It's call denote the number OF years the
Questioner has to live.
The sun., 1909-05-02

player both hold niturals. A bets the player takes
tho next deal. D bets the dealer holds IL.
The manner of playing 10 not stated. but II
II Is tho old style the naturas Offset ono another
and there is no change. 90 the dealer keeps bis
deal. The modern practice 10 for the deal to pro.
gress In regular rotation TO the left. regardless OF
hsturals or anything else. Another way Is 10
agree upon certain number Of deals or rounds
for each banker In turn, and still third way Is
= let tho banker hold his privilege until he has
lost or won . certain sum previously agreed upon.
The sun., 1909-05-02
Mas Root Beer.

A meetIn' up with brother Prank
This nornin'. him a.lookln' blank
And out o. kllter. same as me.
What nrnsl thing s-tack1in yer
Says !. "or Is " what 1 think
You're dytn' daily for drink
Like them that used 10 and the place
And 20 10 work 10 build and brace
Our gizzards into business gear
A buzzin' swie O. mas root beer
Along down In the shank o. May.
With all his seedin' under way,
Don't you remember, Frank. how dad
The same old fashion feelin' had
He'd sort o. SAG back In his chair
Behind the dinner table there.
And sigh. 1 feel like sivln' up
As mother filled his coffee cup.
Then: where's them boys,' he'd sudden ask
Like he was lookin' through mask
At US -waitin' to begin:
Both here. Wul. was wondenn'
About what time It was last year
We tapped that keg o. mas root beer.
Mind how we'd sucker out next day.
And loaf aroun' ill mother'd say:
wy, washington and Franklin. you
Don't seem to have a thing 10 do.
Pike down and tell yer tired paw
To nut you sproutin' tAters-law!
Hunt up the hatchet and hoe,
For como { think guess we'll 90
And see ~ things are up enough
To get batch o breutn' stun.
Sredaddle. while I NJ lunch,
And did we need another hunch''
Did Wash er Frank arise TO state.
or any further IesisiAte''
way down In Hutchin's glen and woods
Is where We went { get the goods
The sun., 1909-05-02
Grabbing in Chesa peake Bay.

Grabbing In Cheapeake nay
De day am new. de cas- am gray.
Come erlong Marcus, Sam:
Well make a right good staht to day
While de crabbln' sroun's am cam.
Drop de bait In de oi' bsteau
An stow dem lines away:
mAwnin' dram an OF We 60.
To crab 10 de Chesapeake BAY!
DE ol hshd crab sm full OBJ spite,
No kick an snap wild all bis might
All iir him In an, goodness knows
All jump three feet TO sabe nah toes,
De white folks lub de fat sor crab
Wild his tissue papeh shell;
But gimme de hahd crab dat can grab
De bait an pull so well.
Deb ain't no fun in de sof' crab ketch.
But deh's lots O. fun In de hahd.
On. watch how he nxht whom Ah try'to fctcl
Dat hshd crab half yshd.
DE sor crabs nat lax be was pressed.
An de peeleh's dess q crab half dressed
> While he sheds his suit he's shy an tame
but dc ol' hahd' crab an always camel
De big steamboat FUN Ba,timo'
Cum glidln' down do bay:
She aimos' swamp de oil bateau
An wash our lines away.
Lux out Marcus, Steady deh. SAM
heah dat whistle blow,
Pass dat jug to keep as cam
Or ovehboahd we'li 20.
Sech q lie de crabbeh lead.
He paddle out wheh do fat crabs feed:
An do steam boat chain up do bay
An almos' wash him clea' away.
Dlpp,u' crabs TN load We rot.
Out In de OIL blue bag.
ben paddle back to shady spot
To eat an loaf all day.
A drifwood blaze on de sandy bah.
4 three laie iron pot.
An de crab soup taste so luscious. sab.
All eat ten bowls red hot.
oh. de OIL hahd crab he kick an bite
In de oi' batcau. an try to nght
but he cyau't do much In de iron pot.
so he dess tahn red to show he's hot
VIcroR A. Hermann.
The sun., 1909-05-02
Youthful Jockeys.
From 9it-B,fs.

Frank wootton, the sixteen-yesr-old
Jockey. who has begun the nat racing sea-
son so brilliantly at lincoln. has had many
famous predecessors almost AZ precocious
as himself. although he has now been riding
Ave years.
at 10 by winning two races on consecutive
days, and In HE third year had twenty -five
Winning nnonnts; George Fordham won his
IS: Marry Crstance scored his first win
on Ada o. tho age OF IL. and Tom Cannon
had his drst mount ct II. -
The sun., 1909-05-02
Evening".

! crossed the hill and did not know,
50 thronged was life for me:
And on the downward slope I go
Content, though wcarily.
Now this full Joy my spirit hath,
Although no height Is won.
No shadow falis upon my path
journey with the sun.
PuTRR NcARrHpR.
The sun., 1909-05-02


cutttnr cards. J. J. N. and others have kindly
called attention to the fact that in the answer
TO W. W. c. last week allowance should have been
made for the simultaneous occurrence Of fail.
ures, because any favorable cut would a. once
terminate the SERIES the player not binding him
self to cut three times II the nrst second settled
matters This being the case. the odds, although
stiil In favor OF the one betting 70 get picture
card In one OF three cuts. that b In the hrst the
second or the third cut would not be a. great ~
"a to I. but would be about TO 8, the exact frAc.
ton being i.is7 chances out OF 2is7.
Poker R. .:y, The dsals, s Sives srNr sye
but deal. si n a. rsrS % 2 tSe y, ,n S o1
misdeai. n B bets II Il not.
The rule reads that Il 10 . misdeal II the dealer
eives SIX cards 70 more than one player" That
IT, II he gives sx cards 70 only one it's not mis-
deal To 70 TO the trouble Of gathering, shufniug
and dealing again for hve or six pisyers Just be.
cause the dealer alipped one card Oh the pack
when that card created no confusion and did not
alter the run OF the cards in any, way. nor give
any player any adyantsge over another, 10 q
waste Of valuable time, 20 tho rule has always
been that the deal stands, and In the case stated
r wins, a. II 10 not misdeal.
FINK. says: 4 and 3 are the only ones left
twice more, and then B proposes 70 divide the
pot, saying, "rl call you and divide OF III raise
y and os sss1Ss SEs- y st Hns s.Ic. ~
and proceed 10 count the chips In the pool. C
bets that the hands must Be shown 10 the board.
even II the pot 10 divided bets that suoh propo.
siton 10 ridiculous. ~ II 10 just TO syosd showing
what he bad that B proposed 70 divide
Cis right. Both hands must Be shown. a.
called A. what they agreed 70 do With the chips
In the pool does not interest the other players.
but the hands do.
f. NJ @. ssys: A asks fer one Gard A. the
dealer 10 abeut 70 give II 70 him A catches hght
OF lis face and nays he does not Ant II. and that
Il Is an exposed card. Dealer bets he must accept
II.
Unless the card 10 turned face up on the table
by acoiden, or oarelsssness II 10 not an exposed
card, and the nero fact that got peep At IL
q fraction Of . second too soon docs no, entue
him 10 refuse Il.
Pinochje, Z, J. r. says: In four hand player
lays down the round wip IN kings and quesns, the
ace, Jack snd ten OF tIumps and IN extra queen.
what 10 this meld WORTHY
SEQ points, II the fourth queen vss used 10
meld sixty queens instead Of . marriage and The
NTH queen 10 duppsstc OF that queen. this hfSh
queen 10 good for the marriage.
vinst-et-un. ., ". II. says: Tbs dealer and