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Wizard Burbank, CT California, de
clares that it is quite within. the
range of possibility that Massachu
sets farmers will soon lay out ban
ana groves, as before long he will
have perfected a species of hardy but
luscious pIaintain that will come tc
perfect fruition anywhere in New
England
The woman who remains single all
her life because the only man she
ever loved died in the flower of his
youth is regarded as a heroine, to the
Chicago Recorl-Herald. The man
who remains a bachelor because the
darling of his heart Went to an early
grave is generally supposed to be
fool.
The airship is coming and the Jap,
inese, with their skill in using BAN
boo and other light and tough mate
rials, will lead the world in its con
struction when the right pattern has
been evolved, allies the Christian
Register But a feet Of airships would
hardly be as dangerous and destruc.
tive as a flight of grasshoppers.
Says the Boston Herald: The
most dangerous foes of the tubercu
losis bacilli are pure air. sunlight.
nutritious food and rest from work
and undue exercise. And. while the
records of rapidly multiplying sana
,oria private and State. show that
patient makes his fight best with
the aid of experts supervision, it is
by no means necessary.
The man in the street leaves no
one in doubt as to his love for the
picture page. notes the Process En-,
graTers' Monthly. Even the few
staid. respectable old-fashioned, in.
fluent!al papers that may be thought
to regard LECTURES as mira dig in the
editorial columns are being convinc-
ed that the advertising man knows
their value
1t was not long after our national.
ity was established when the English
dictionaries failed to be adequate
guides in our use OF language. Even
a hundred years ago, recalls the BOs.
ton Transcript. new terms and idioms
were coming into authorized use here
that We're strange to English eyes and
ears and unknown to their compen.
diums of the language, and this de.
round rate ever since. There is com.
ing to be an American language which
is an modification of the mother
+ongne. Noah Webster made for US
a new declaration of independence,
and we have been building upon his
ever since. His name for
a century has been execrated by chill
dren and honored by men and WON
en-. By the test Of usefulness it
stands among the highest of Amer
lean educators.
If you would come to a relaxation
of the ignorance of the average man
and woman, gather together 100 and
ask a few simple questions, suggests
the New York Press, something like
these: How many ribs has man?
How many ribs has woman? How
many joints are in a baby's spine?
How many joints are in a mans
spine2 Is a mans spine longer than
a woman's? On which side is the
liver? Where is the spleen? How
large is the stomach? How long are
the intestines? There are two lungs.
one on the right, the other on the
left: one has two lobes; how many
has the other? How many bones are
in your hand? Are you bones solid
Or hollow? Do the bones of a bird
contain marrow? How many toes has
4 dog? Does a COW have teeth? Can
l horse breathe through his mouth?
Why does a dog pant with his tongue
,ut? Why do most perching birds
-oost on one leg when asleep? Why
loes a fox-terrier run on three legs?
What makes a cat nurr?