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in the first presentation Of moral or
social discoveries. They pervert the
old Roman proverb into the notion
that everything that Is new must be
funny. Darwin was despised and re-
jected in England, but II was reserved
for Americans to turn his theory OF
descent OF the primates from remote
common ancestor into the ridiculous
idea that the monkey is the direct
ancestor OF man. After this we need
not be surprised when the first ra-
tlonal theory Of the development OF
the Superman, however imperfectly
conceived and presented, Is greeted
with ribald laughter and perverted to
a scheme OF government OF the world
by oriental soprani. Mark Twain. un-
der stress OF financial need, was a
serious inventor as well as humor.
Gus writer. He was a better Garner
than husband OF money. Doubtful In.
vestments allured him and his roy
alties melted like April SHOWS. Then
his mind turned to inventions like
hfs successful scrap book and abortive
hatpin. The latter was a simple spiral
which could not fall out or be stolen.
and he tried to interest Wall street
In It when he was In financial dim
cuities. In spite OF half days grave
demonstration with n model pin and
an imitation coiffure. the street In.
sisted that he was joking and sent
him back to his creditors with shouts
OF laughter. That Is a common fate
OF discoverers In all times.
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Bushby had many natural advan'
tagss and beauties. but Mrs. Abner
Crane, who was Q brief sojourner In
the place. having been there only .
matter Of ten years or 90. never appre-
ciated Il. "shs was aching to get
back TO .Nashuy the whole enduring
time. said one Of Mrs. Cranes Bushby
nsighbors. "and I was slad to see her
70, feeling a. she did"
what was II she didn't like about
Bushbyr' asked one OF the summer
residents. curiously.
"shs said she didn't get the news o.
the day quick enough 70 suit her. "
quoted the neighbor. with ~ near an
imitation OF Mrs. Cranes air a. she
could manage.
"As I said to my Asy. what on earth
she wanted more than We have In the
way O. nswsspreaders here. ! don't
know.
when you consider that there are
ave telephones In town. . grocery wa
gon driven BY Lucy Grants boy twice
. week, Lucy Grant herself to sew for
everybody In town by the day. and all
taking milk from Jed Kimball. I don't
know how We could be any better
nxsd. call anybody that wants more
news . ths day than Bushby folks 81
q mite too pryins myself
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-06-10

Purchasing records from private In
dividuals. II was ten years In the
making. consisting OF i12 volumes.
A set OF 5000 volumes In the Chi
nese department OF the British mu'
scum constitutes the largest book In
the world. II Is an encyclopedia OF
the literature OF China from 1000 u C.
10 1900 A. d.. period OF twenty-eight
centuries. The work In England was
purchased for $4,000. being one OF the
three copies In existence. II was forty
years In compilation and was ordered
by Emperor Kang-he. who reigned
from 1869 TO i722.
The smallest book In the world. not
much larger than a mans thumb nail
was made In Italy. the text being q
letter. before unpublished. written by
the inventor OF the pendulum clock to
Nine. Christine OF Lorraine In 1865. II
Is four-tenths OF an inch long. a quar-
ter OF an inch wide. contains 20s pages
each with nine lines and from ninety
Ave to one hundred letters. Next
smallest Ia an edition Of Dante's "Di'
vine Comedy" a little less than nm
inch wide. with type 20 small that II
takes q microscope to rerd the letters
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Only 81 per csnt Of the total area
n the world 10 tillabls.
The mines Of Butte, Mont. have .
combined pay roll Of 100000 year.
The Argentine Lsgislaturs II con-
sidering the construction Of under
ground railways for Busnos Ayrss.
Il Il just being realized that the
Transsiberian Railroad was . poor
lob from an engineering standpoint
The observed rate for the sound Of
r" In great" 10 40. and for the
sound Of -" In ma" ITO waves .
sscond.
The telephone and telegraph wires
" the United States would sncircls the
earth 1t the equator more than 600
times.
To prevent the alteration Of checks
Or other valuable papers an inventive
genius has brought out an electric ap-
paratus which burns tiny holes in the
paper - the inscription II written.
Electricity has at last bsen applied
% the Teddy bear. q Maryland man
having patented one that opens its
jaws and nashss lights from its eyes.
nose and mouth. whom . battery In
its interior 10 pressed.
The work on the Jungfrau Railway
II progressing % rapidly that II viii
probably be opened next year 10 Jung
frau Joch. whore . station and hotel
accommodating 200 persons have bssn
hswn out Of the solid rock.
Though hydrophobia has bssn
stamped out Of Britain. Il 10 still ram.
pant In Germany. whore every year
over $500 dogs and cats afaictsd with
the disease are destroyed.
A patent on q horseshoe designed 10
prevent The stumbling Of horses was
granted In Panama four years 49,.
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THE OLD POISONED ARROW.
~~~~~~~~~~

The famous poisoned arrow OF the
African savage Is not always 80 dead
ly a weapon as Il sounds. In fact. II
may be absolutely harmless. After
having killed an old buhaio bull near
the Ngari Xiii swamp. says 4. H.
Bronson In his recent book. I'm Closed
Territory" he noticed small black
shaft about the diameter OF q slate
pencil standing perpendicularly out OF
the animals right loin. near the spine
and six inches In front OF the hip. One
of the natives said. with a laugh,
"Other hunters have been out long
before you. Bwana. but their resas
(eartrldgel was not as good as yours;
that Is Wanderoboo poisoned arrow
II was true. as We found proved. when
after fve minutes cutting and tugging
the arrowhead was withdraw from the
bulls tough back muscles.
1t was q remarkable example OF the
great power OF the Wanderoboo bow
From Its sharply barbed point to tts
base the arrowhead was ave and Z
u0ii thshtS AohSf aho h0oa e@so ss@s'
inches OF Its length had been driven
through the half-inch hide and on into
the heavy muscles OF the loin.
Since II stood perpendicularly In the
loin. II must have been shot into the
bull while he was passing beneath Z
tree. or when he was drinking directly
below some overhanging bank. both
methods of attack favorites Of tbs
light-armed Wanderobo0.
While the Wanderoboo poison d
deadly to beasts within ave to twenty
minutes when 1t is fresh. applied to ar
row-heads In this dry climate. It cakes
to the hardness of enamel In . few
weeks and becomes harmless Luckily
for the old bull. 1t was evidently such
an old disenvenomed arrow that had
perhaps by mistake. or ~ the last u
the culver. been driven Into him
The poison is made from the bark o.
bush much like q laurel. which 4
boiled down and down until Il Be
comes . thick. summys concentrate<
extract So prepared. Il y tAieki,
smsarsd over the basos1 hsA1 ~
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three or four inches Of the shank OF

three or four inches Of the shank or
shaft.
How the plant is known botanicaily.
or whether II is known at all. ] am
unaware. but II bears purple fruit.
quite. the shape and about the size Of
small olive. which understand
Is not itself poisonous.
SO armed. the wanderoboo tackle
and kill anything. from the tiniest
buck up TO elephant, their favorite tao
ties q silent shot from n brush shelter
built within Ave or ten yards OF q
much.used watering.place. Such prim'
Tive shooting covers one sees daily
above springs and along streams In
mountains and plains Of the wandero'
boo country.
This particular arrowhead the old
bull carried would plainly have gone
much deeper had It not struck rib.
for as found. the thin head was bent
almost to right angles with Its shank
by contact with bone.
That II was q very old wound was
obvious. for not only had II entirely
healed, except local irritation about the
head. but In places where the hard
black enamel-like coating Of the poison
was. worn away the shank was much
ruated
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loss of speed and mobility without losing for Of
tense or defense.
After from ten to twenty years ships as powerful and
impregnable az ever have to be withdrawn from the
nGhtng line because they cannot keep up with newer
models in speed or agility. Yet n these ships could
nght at anchor like the French fleet at the battle Of
the Nile they would be nearly effective ever The
suggestion referred to 10 that they should night
at permanent anchor The strategic position OF Key
West s important that Il should be made an Ameri.
can Gibraltar to guard the Gulf and Caribbean ~
that famous rock guards the Mediterranean. But Key
West s low coral island surrounded by deep lagoons
and coral reefs almost awash. The defenses OF the
main island have little command that outworks are
necessary for complete security.
Il is proposed to obtain such outworks at . cheap
rate by staopins the old monitors In shallow water on
reefs and imbedded each solidy In earth
work protected by rprappins That will make Of each
useless war vessel stationary fort armed with two or
four 10 12inch guns in turrets II IL further sus
gesed that when older batteshps from the Oregon
class those Just before the Dreadnought class
become obsolete for mobile service at they can be
made cheapy and effectively useful by imbedding them
in artificial islands In shallow water on harbors OF
slow and dcut approach. like those OF New York and
Hampton Roads. This would give TO each long life ~
stationary fort after had outlived It's usefulness ~
mobile battleship-Farmers Dispatch.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-06-10

table envy, general belief that kind Providence had
called people Of this land dwell In pretty good
place. Would English novelist visiting America now
30 writer
Yet II Americans today called on to occupy
the houses that satisfied In 1850 they would deem them
selves Ill used. In New Haven wages are nominally
four times higher than sixty ago. and measure
In purchasing power twice high The average Amer
lean stomach 10 filled with and better food, and
the average American back 10 covered with finer raj
ment-
10 the spirit rather than that with which the spirit
exercises itself which has changed for the worse t
ID almost unfashonable TO praise America, ~ for
mery It deemed unpatriotic to have any doubts
JEFFERSON Brick most ridiculous person. but ~nen
he disappeared something Of great value tended to 80
oat OF American iife.--New York Globe
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RrNDY's WEDDING TRIP.

When Philip Lee married pretty. In
experienced little Isabel Watts. his
mother made noteworthy sacrifice for
their happiness by transferring to the
kitchen Of the young couple Aunt
Rindy, who had prepared the Lee food
for a generation. But possibly even
discerning Mrs. Leo did not then
know the full value of the treasure
she relinquished.
| Aunt Rindy at once took them
chilluns'" affairs into her motherly
black hands. Even when an autumnal
happiness entered her own life. she
did not overlook Miss Belle" and
"Mistah Phil': she put endless tender
forethought into her preparations for
their comfort during the week OF her
own absence on her wedding trip.
when her young mistress was to make
her flrst attempt at housekeeping.
After putting the whole house In
exquisite order Aunt Rindy late In the
day the evening OF which was to sec
| her welded to "Uncle jerry" depart.
ed. tired but happy. carefully carrying
her wedding gown. a gift from them
chilluns." done up In a clean sheet.
On the following morning young
Mrs. Lee. descending to the kitchen.
| started back In dismay.
"why. Aunt Rindyi" she gasped.
Didn't you get married to Uncle
Jerryy'
"Decd I did. Miss Belief" Rindy
turned a beaming face from the cof'
fee. I'VE jes' had tho gran'est we'd
| dingl"
"But your wedding trip"
"Now don yoh say nothing mo.
honey, My. when I gotter thinking
bout yoh burning yore little fingers
roun' the hot stove. an Mistah Phil
eating mos anything or nothing. Z
all foh q whole week. an me gala.
wanting roun'--wy. jes' couldn't
do II.
"Cose. Jerry I'm was sot on that triL,
an he made a. fuss. But ! says. La.
Jerry. honey. here's that snap shot
Mistah Phil took er me on the back
verandy. peelin taters-yoh kin jes'
take that erlong, an folks In yore ole
town'il know jes' how Rindy looks
80 I packed up his clo'es all nice.
honey. an he went early this morning.
happy's n jay.bird. on the wedding
trip. When yoh done come In now.
Miss Belle.'-Rindy's face snemed act
ually transhgured-''l was jes' kinder
imagining Jerry setting up In the
cabs, looking out the winder.
Ia. honey. seems LAX I'm getting
mos too much happiness. enjoying
that there honeymoon erlong with
Jerry. an staying righ. here all time,
taking keer o. yoh.all. same LAX I've
aliahs done. Youths Companion.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-06-10

After the Ice is once broken any
body Is free 10 jump In. The question
of large or a small family was once
regarded by many as a personal con-
cern; but since our late chief executive
opened the subject everybody has foit
free 10 pursue II. Among recert han.
dlsrs OF the topic Is Mrs, Catherine
Waugh Mcculloch OF Evanston. III.
Mvs. Mcculloch voices growing SEN
timent In declaring that the careless
rearing OF large family Is less to be
desired than the careful rearing OF a
small one. Fewer ana better children
would be her idea. She would well
come forethonght and reasonable APP
prehension OF the general conditions
governing our day. This argument
doubtless has validity within the
bounds OF any single country. sep
arately considered, But the modern
world Is composed largely OF some
eight or ten dominant national units
which are in competition with one an
other. In such circumstances mum
bers count. The brute force derived
from bulk and mass Is prime ele.
ment In national success, A people OF
forty millions. however happy at home,
cannot successfully Withstand \ popu-
lation OF sixty millions. however the
latter may be embarrassed by over
population and discomfort. A patriot.
ic population will endeavor to null
tiply itself. Its members. taking a
hint from Anatole France. will not
be unwilling TO contribute through
their private misery to the public
good. One exception may be made:
A country which enjoys the hearty CO.
operation OF multitudinous newcomers.
Such fortunate land may properly AS
pire to quality as well as quantity and
reasonably hope to compass both. We
trust Mrs. McCulloch and MIR. Roose-
Welt viii find here good ground for a
compromise.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-06-10

At similar price There IL expectation Of buying
the stock or Of selling II; but the forms Of such eg
mate business transactions observed and innocent
people who desire to invest their money are thereby
duped into doing business with such places They usu
ally lose all the money they invest.
The Attorney General has lately secured indictments
sgaiust n group Of who have maintained $50 such
rambling in various parts Of the country and he
has announced his purpose TO prosecute them to the
full extent OF the law II s confidently expected that
he will succeed in stopping their business 40 hs predc
cofsors under other laws stopped the Louisiana lot
terry When the power Of the national government Ia
directed against any tsich evil these 10 much
effective than when single State or single city At
tempts to purge itself Of offenders against the law.
The extent to which the bucketshop business has
been developed 10 almost incredible and the machinery
devised for entfapping the unwary 10 shrewdly con-
structed Not only did the bucketshop operators do
their business. nominay stock brokers' but they
maintained an organized stock exchange. on which
enough legitimate business done to make showing
Of honesty and fair dealing.
But the chief patrons Of these places nothing
but Gsmblsrs They did not want TO buy or sell any.
thing any than does the man who bets on which
lump Of sugar q ny will next light The propretors Of
the places allowed their patrons TO win only enough TO
keep them Interested. but by system Of secret wires
secured advance information from ths legitimate stock
exchanges which enabled them TO prevent customer
from forcing them To ioss-Youth's Companion.
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A REAL COMPLIMENT.

II is not often that an author may
listen TO a perfectly sincere tribute to
his work. one which he may be sure
is not Influenced either by friendship
or courtesy. w. u. Woodgate. how.
ever, In his "Reminiscences OF an Old
Sportsman" tells how he paid such a
compliment at q dinner at the Garrick
Club In London.
The company were all comparing
notes as to leading dramatic and 1T
erary feats. and my opinion as to nov
els was asked.
As nearly as I can remember. I said.
"You will laugh II ] mention q novel
that probably none Of you ever read.
and by a man named Jeaffreson. whom
perhaps you never heard OF. but which
20 my untutored mind has always
struck me as head and shoulders over
ninety.nine out OF a hundred: a book
called, Live IL Down The third vol
,lme especially Is to my mind unsur-
passed for denouement OF plot and
sketch OF character"
Such was my speech. delivered slow.
iy and deliberately;
There was q strained silence In the
room as ! concluded. Then some one
asked, soiemnly and pointedly.
lis that meant for jest. Mr.. Wood
gateY"
Jest, whyy Not at all. I read the
book In my Oxford days. but have
never forgotten and have more than
once reread II. and hold to what ! say.
though | do not claim TO be Judge
OF such matters.
Perhaps you are not aware. then.
that Mr.. Jeaffreson Is sitting beside
you?"
was taken aback. and looked at
my right-hand neighbor.
"The other side" was instructed;
and faced the left'hand guest. with
whom ! had been having much inter
esting conversation.
Cordy Jeaffreson smiled benignly as
I stammered apologies for my person
ality In defining him as probably an
writer OF that name had written
"The Real Lord Byron" and had a
high literary status. but had no idea
that he was Identical with the author
OF the novel In question.
He took the episode spontaneously,
and vowed that II was genuine com
pliment to him. He had written the
novel, he said, In his youth, and then
had settled to more serious literature
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rious company Of autograph collectors Wrote James
when at New Haven
In passing through this land one sees no poverty
no sauaiid wretchedness novels and old huts Great
good humor too is visible everywhere among the peo
pe; each man to feel that BY industry he can
set on N well as another There 10 little OF that Jealous
rivalry none OF irritable that In older
lands where we are all struggling for that bread which
N not sufncient for the whole"
Here IL an echo OF the old America. Great good hu
NOR prevalent minimum Of jealous rivalry and irrt
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A Duck Hard 20 KIN.

The screaming walloon is Q hard
duck TO kill. Its hide Is very tough
and Is thickly covered with feathers
and down. Besides. the bird Is q
great diver. one of the kind that used
to "dive at the fash" when hunted
with the old arm that flashed when
fired. II Is Of very little value for
table use. being so tough. The only
way to manage II at all is TO skin II
and parboil II in big pot with plenty
of water. The negroes make caps Of
walloon skins.
"They are great ducks for diving"
says a we'll known Tired Avon river
progger, They can dive quicker. 90
down deeper. remain under water long
or and come up farther away than
any other duck that frequents our
waters. I remember once I succeeded
in killing walloon. and. being short
of game for the table. determined to
cook my bird. got negro to skin 1t.
giving him the hide for his trouble.
After being cleaned we put It In Q
great pot full of water and under II
kindled a hot hre. After awhile !
wanted TO see how the cooking Of my
duck progressed and lifted the top Oh
the boiling pot, but there was 20 much
steam escaping ! could not see into
the pot and struck match over Il.
The blamed walloon. sir. dived at the
fiash OF the match. II disappeared and
has never been seen since.
Sum
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-06-10

Nothing daunts the enthusiastic nat
uralist. and no one else has such
sharp eyes as he. A New Yorker who
has little time to go TO the country TO
SEQ the wild life states that even stay
athome can md enough TO talk about.
within the city limits the following
animals have been observed; hermit
thrush. a heron. an eagle. a screech'
owl. n fox. a white.tailed deer and a
mink. This was. Il should be added.
exclusive OF the Central Park me-
nagerie.
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A pathetic story OF Mark Twain's
life points the familiar moral that
the American sense OF humor Is over
developed. AS people We are SO
afraid OF losing the point Of joke
that We hasten to laugh at grave or
even tragic things when presented In
Q new aspect. II Is a story as old
a. history that discoverers In science
or prophets In religion are received
ct nrst with neglect and mockery.
Americans 20 = step farther and pro-
- 70 and food for the comic spirit
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Inebriated one-Shay, mishter. did
you she me beat out that friend Of
mine? Stranger saw you running
down the street. but l didn't observe
any competitor. Inebriated one-You
didu't? Why. went by that lamp
post back there's II It was standing
still!-Puek.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-06-10

The law against eXpectoration In
public places should W impartialiy
and steadily enforced. The present
fight against the white death" has
brought its dangers fully to the public
understanding. and those who win not
give up their unsanitary and offensive
habit OF their own will should be
made TO do ~ for the benefit OF 9TH
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-06-10

II q working man. while intoxicated
suffers injury In workshop in
France he may not recover damages
from his employer. The French courts
hold that drunkenness Is inexcusable
and constitutes contributory negli'
gence. Such IN Interpretation OF tho
law produces good results.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-06-10

An matter OF fact man Is not In
rebellion against buttoning up his
wifc's waist In the back. He likes
anything that proves he is q con.
venience about tho house.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-06-10
INTERESTING VOLUMES.
The Largest, the Smallest snd the
Nnsl ExnensiNe Hook Puhltsked.

Chc Largest, the Smallest snd the
Most Expensive Hook Pabstshed.
The largest bound book ever made
was owned by Queen Victoria, says
the New York Sun. II weighs sixty
three pounds and Is eighteen inches
thick.
For the Hebraic bible In the Vatican
In 1919 the Jews offered Pope Julius
II. It's weight In sold-sloo.ooo; but
the pore would not part with It.
More expensive even. II not more
valuable, Ia the offcial history OF the
war Of the rebellion issued by the
United States government at cost OF
nearly s3.0o0.0oo. Nearly one'half OF
this amount was paid for printing
and binding and the rest for salaries,
rent. stationery and such sxpsasss ~
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The Duke OF Manchester says the
suffragette movement In England Ia n
"nzzle." lust walt TIL some OF the ro-
bust ones get after his Grace and see
what happens TO him.
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Noehtng New.

~Has your wife found house yetr
.No. You see. we've moved 50 often
In the last ten years that it's almost
impossible sor her to hnd . place with
come Improvement that We haven't had
at one time or another."-Detroit Free
Press A
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Gl.aa..,.s M. Heart.

Dear papa" wrote the little girl as
the summer resort. Il have gained sss
ounces In weight since We came mere
Mamma sends her love Please write
to us tomorrow. Send your love ana
all the money you can spare."-chica-
70 Tribune.