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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-04-27
A MoUSE'S PULSE.
The difficulties of a Scientist In
Counting It.

Counting 1t.
HOW many know whether a mouse's
pulse beats fast or slow? How many
know that 1t beats ten times as fast
as mans; in other words that Il
makes ten pulsations while mans is
making one? Owing TO the difficulty
OF registering such rapid beats the
exact rate has only recently been as.
certained, but 1t was known in general
that the smaller the creature, the
more rapid its heart throbs, and, con
sequently the higher its pulse. Says a
writer in Cosmos (Paris):
There have been noted, for instance
30 pulsations per minute In the ele-
phant, 40 in the horse, so in the ass
and mule, 70 in man, 80 in the dog, and
l5O to 200 in the rabbit.
THE difficulty of counting the pull
sations of the heart when their num-
Der exceeds $50 to 200, and the almost
insurmountable difficulty of recording
such beats with apparatus in current
use, In very small animals, have pre-
vented Psychologists from making ex.
periments on these latter. This lacl,
OF data, however, has just been filled
by Mr. T. Buchanan. This author
had been led by theoretical considera-
tlons to suppose that in the mouse the
number of pulse beats could not be
less than 500 per minute. To verify
the eXactitude of his deductions, he
took the electrogram of this animal;
that is, the electric variation produced
in 1t by the cardiac contractions. He
did this easily by dipping the fore
and hind legs of the mouse, which was
suspended by an abdomino-dorsal
Dandage, respectively in solutions play.
ing the parts of unpolarizable elec.
trodes, and connected with an electro
meter. The latter, we suppose, was
the capillary electrometer of Lippmann
or some other inventor, in which the
difference of potential is measured by
deformations of a meniscus Of mercury
terminating in a very fine glass point
dipping into sulfuric acid. The oscilla-
tionS OF the meniScuS were photograph
ed on a band of paper moving regular.
ly with a known velocity.
His results were as follows: In
three mice Weighing 29 to 35 grams,
the heart beats were $40 to 675 min
ute. In two comparatively young
mice (about eight weeks) Weighing II
and 21 grams, the contractions were
72O, 7S0; and, finally, in an albino
(white) mouse weighing Is grams,
there were $50 contractions. The aver
gives 670 beats per minute.
THE respiration of the mouse is
equally rapid; Buchanan has noted 14O
to 160 per minute. The ratio of the
number of the heart beats to the num-
Der of respirations is thus about four,
as In man and most mammals. Thus
the mouse's heart beats four times as
fast as the rabbits and ten times as
fast as a mans. s."-Translation in the
Literary Digest.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-04-27
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Perhaps the most noticeable thing
the matter with our civilization is
that 1t isn't civilized
Bad habits are not necessarily ones
that give us pain; sometimes they
only pain other people.
One OF the delights of cold weather
Is the purely negative Joy of having
no song and dance from mosquitoes.
When the aeroplane industry gets
fairly on its wings some enterprising
man will be starting summer resort
in Mars.
We can't be too careful of our po-
liticians. If something grave should
happen to them we might all die of
sheer joy.
Some men make calculations and
plans SO smooth and slick that they
slip up on them and get the smash Of
their lives.
1t Is all right to have great plans
for tomorrow, but the essential thing
Is to have fine plans for today that
are in brisk operation.
Plenty of persons would like to be
good II 1t did not entail some self
sacrifice and wise If it did not coun-
sci giving up of foolishness.
Waiting for something to turn up
Isn't very exhilarating, and the wait
ers would doubtless be wildly sur
prised should the expected happen.
The selfish individual doesn't con-
slider himself well equipped in any
line until he feels assured that he can
get the best Of other people every
time.
No matter to what town you 60 you
are certain to find there the superla-
tive OF one thing or another and some
times Of both.-From Pert Para
graphs" in the Trenton True Ameri-
can.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-04-27
Gratitude for Refusal.

One of the most singular wills ever
recorded was that of British sailor,
who requested his executors to give
his wife shilling to buy hazelnuts,
as she had always preferred cracking
them to mending his stockings. More
subtle, however, was the sarcasm of a
will proved In 1880, in which a wife
received $500, but was only to enjoy
1t after her death in order that "sha
might be buried suitably as my wild
ow." A French merchant bequeathed
q large fortune to woman of his ac-
quaintance to show his gratitude for
her refusal to marry him twenty
years before.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-04-27
Point Of View.

Senator Beveridge, apropos of the
oldfashioned snowy winter, said the
other day:
Snow, of course. has its disadvan-
tages from some points of view.
Snow is beautiful in its season."
Solomon said that. But know an old
Indianapolis man who, on hearing
this remark of Solomon, grumbled:
"'Oh, yes, no doubt it was beautiful
to You sittin' with all the wives and
lasses of Jerusalem beside you; but
if you'd been a poor stonecutter you'd
never have said any such thing" ~
Detroit Free Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-04-27
COMMISSIONS GALORE.
wallace Is Glad to obIige His Neigh.
bors.

pors.
"Hey!" shouted Mr.. Wallace's neigh.
Dor as Mr.. Wallace hastened past his
house on the way to catch the sub
urban train. I'm not going in town
today, Wallace; will you bring me
half a dozen big screw hooks big
enough to swing a hammock WITH"
Sure, Nike" said Mr.. Wallace,
pleasantly. Anything else?"
mot a thing" said his neighbor;
unless you'll stop by Miller's and
see If he's got my trousers cleaned.
If he has, bring 'em with you."
Mr.. Wallace wended his way to-
ward the station. AS he passed Mrs.
Pitkin's home that worthy lady
caught sight of him and ran toward
him gladly.
"Oh, Mr.. Wallace! Mr.. Wallace!"
she cried won't you bring me out
a nice watermelon? I've tried to get
one here, but there are none to be
had Get nice big one for about 20
cents"
Mr. wallace continued his walk to-
ward the station, revolving things in
his mind. He did not like to carry
watermelons.
On the way he was stopped half a
dozen times by as many people. One
wanted half dozen cigars; another
wanted some washers for his garden
hose. Still another desired greatly
and above all things half gallon can
of green paint.
Then MIRA. Wallace quit When he
came home that night 1t was with set
jaws that he marched to his home
To all who reproached him for his
neglect he replied firmly:
'I'm sorry, you know; but fourteen
people gave me commissions to exe-
cute and I forgot yours
But he did not explain that he had
forgotten all the fourteen-deliberate
ly and designedly forgotten them.
That was a matter he considered
strictly his own Galveston
News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-04-27
ALL ABOUT THE HELLO GIRLS
LABOR COMMISSIONER NELL OBSERVES THEM
He Says There No Use for Short Girls That the Companies Wan
Girls Who Can Reach-SOme Require Girls With
Calm, Clear Eye and Good Appetite

um parties under the supervision of a
competent teacher.
This uplift feature of the report
particularly the theatre party sugges-
tion, has made hit with the telephone
girls In this city, and the companies
that haven't got onto this wrinkle yet
are sure to be Informed Of it.
Some of the hello girls also may
want to know of their employers why
they aren't furnished with roof gardens
for loungtng places. The Commission
er finds that some companies have such
gardens and he recommends that more
of them be established The Commits
sioner hands out this compliment to
the girls: "The loyalty and esprit de
corps among telephone girls is greater
than In any other industry In the
country"
Mr.. Neill takes the part of the tele-
phone girls against a peevish public.
He says that the average switchboard
girl has a hundred telephone call sig
nails to watch. AS each call comes in
light flashes on a Signal cap. Many
signal lights glow simultaneously and
there is a clicking sound in the oper-
ators ear every time the receiver Is
moved up and down. With all this
confusion In front of her the hello girl
has to contend too with a supervisor
who stands behind her and calls out
the numbers to other operators when
she falls behind in her work. She Is In
fear also of the monitor cutting In a..
any minute and reprimanding her.
Under the rules of the companies she
is allowed to say only Number,
please" no matter how much she Is
abused. When the peevish party be-
gins to scold and asks why In thunder
alton he hasn't got his number, he ia
delaying her with the other calls that
are coming in, and Is not only LESSEN
Ing his own chance of getting quick
service, but Is delaying other people
and making 1t hard for the switch
board girl.
The Commissioner adds that If the
people who put off their morning tele-
phoning until 11.30 and their afternoon
telephoning until would only remem-
Der that these are the heaviest hours
of the day, the peaks Of the load"
they would get better service and make
life easier for the girls.
Some of the hello girls may be sur
prised to know shat spasms Of rush"
that last for only few minutes are
regarded as fun by them.
They really enjoy the excitement
and exhilaration," says the Commits
sioner.
The Commissioner regards 225 calls
an hour as the breaking point Of efflo-
iency for girl, although she handles
sometimes as many as GOO calls an
hour.
The Commissioner has found that
927 percent of the hello girls are un-
married or "conjugal condition un-
KNOWN" percent are married and 2.7
percent are widows.-New York Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-04-27
THE MILLENNIUM,

The happy time Is coming
When well all ride In the air;
Change our motors for new airships
And have plenty space to spare,
When Wen have no labor troubles
And when capital will cease
From piling up Its riches,
But both pass the kiss of peace.
Yes. the time is surely coming
When all living will be cheap,
Meats and eggs be fresh as springtims.
No cold storage crop to- reap.
When the poor but honest people
Will be happy without fail,
With a law that's most impartial,
And trust magnates go to jail.
There's no doubt the time Is coming
When cen school boards are at rest,
When no one will swear off taxes,
But just pay what they're assessed.
Nay in this wondrous time that's com
ing,
Where no noxlous germs will lurk,
The people will see likely
Legislatures do real work.
Baltimore American.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-04-27
QUAINT AND CURIOUS,

Sterhen Phillips. the poet, was once
an actor.
Grote, the historian, was, by profess
sion, banker.
William Makepeace Thackeray was
born in Calcutta, India.
Swift, Byron, Lamb and Cowper all
lived in dread of becoming insane.
A baby born amid the floods at Al
fortvilel, Paris, has been named Mo-
SeS
The author, Frank Dandy, in pri-
vate life is Mrs. Julia Frankau, well
known as an art critic.
Bulwer-Lytton began work every
day at sunrise, and 1t was nearly noon
before he would see any one.
There are more visitors to the BIRTH
place of Burns than to that of Shakes
peare, the register books show.
1t Is expected that aluminium coins
of low value will be In circulation in
France by the end of this year.
The American system of Office tow
ell service has caught on in several
English cities, including London.
George Washington is not thought
of as an author, yet his writings fill
more than twelve octave volumes.
An electric driven screwdriver. an
electric portable hammer and an cleo
trio window washer have been in
vented.
The Rev. Hamuel Skrene, vicar OF
Laneham. Nortinghamshire, has seven
sons and they are all priests Of the
church.
Stanley Weyman. the novelist, IS SIS
years old. His first novel was '.The
House of the Wolf" published twenty
years ago.
In his novel "Lourdes," Emile Zola
makes the statement that the deaf
ard dumb recovered their hearing
and sight.
Attached to tombstone in a Her-
leston (England) undertaker's shop is
a card which reads: you may tsle-
phone from here"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-04-27
Rios Dock system.

Rio Janeiro proposes to construct
the greatest dock system in South
America, If not in the whole western
hemisphere. The plans call for about
ten miles of docks, in addition to the
two miles already provided for. The
idea is that the additional docks
shall consist at first of three great
piers built at distance of LIS feet
from each other. Completed, these
docks will have a frontage of $500
feet, or about twelve miles. The ad-
ditions planned will cost about Sl9,-
100000.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-04-27
NO SMALL CHANGE IN ALASKA.
Its Use, They Say, Means Smaller
Wages-Why Robbers Are CAUGHT.

Its Use, They Say, Means Smaller
Wages-Why Robbers Are Caught.
mo pennies, nickels and dimes go
IN Alaska said John Hoover of Fair.
banks. When l first went to that
country | saw bartenders look curious.
ly at a dime that some tenderfoot had
tossed on the bar and then sweep it
off on the floor with their hands. I
wondered at this contempt for real
money and asked some questions
about 1t, discovering that no one ever
took nickels or dimes and that moth
Ing could be bought in the Klondike
for less than 25 cents.
Take the ordinary sack of tobacco
for instance, which we get here for a
nickel. There they cannot sell it for
quarter hardly, so they make it two
for quarter but will not sell one for
15 cents.
1T is common cause among those
people up there. They do not want
nickels and dimes introduced, for in.
PRODUCTION of small change would
mean lower wages and lower prices.
Ordinary shovellers get 81 or IS a
day now and other labor is paid in
proportion. They do not want to re-
ceive lower wages.
"Of course 1t Is true that they make
money on the side, almost every work
er does. There Is tendency in min
ing to follow the rule that nuggets
belong to the man who uncovers them
even IL they are found on the claim
Of the employer. I have seen men
pick up nuggets worth from, an insig-
niflcant sum to $10S in value. The
game UP there Is worth playing. I
have had this bag half filled with gold
dust several timesa-nd lost It; but
expect to keep right on till I make a
strike"
MIR. Hoover has with him one of the
leather bags that the dust is carried
in in Alaska 1t is about twelve inches
in length and fat and is about four
inches across. It ties with a thong.
This looks as IL an elephant had step
PSu oh ~, DuI IL heto letu tllt
dust in 1t up in the Klondike all right.
There are mighty few robbers in
Alaska. 1t doesn't take more than four
years to try criminal and give him
proper punishment up there; and be-
sides, he can be caught. There Is only
one way out and that is guarded. Be
sides, gold dust is as easily identified
as different kinds of cloth or cattle. An
essayer or banker in Seattle, for in
stance, will tell you whether your gold
is from one creek or another. There Is
sometimes 10 per cent. difference in
the value Of the gold from streams
running parallel on different sides of
the same mountain. A holdup man who
acquires gold dust would have to ac-
count for it when he went out, and 1t
could be traced easily. From the
Des Moines Register and Leader.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-04-27

Prof. Herdman, lecturing at the
British Royal institution, and describ-
ing how to tell the age of fish, said
the lines on the scales OF the herring
are lines OF annual growth. The NUM-
Der Of lines on the bones are another
indication.
While leaf of gold is 80 thin that
1t is impossible to measure its thick
ness, scales have been made which
weigh 1t accurately. One leaf weighs
one-fifth of grain. 1t Is SO light
that breath will blow 1t away. Held
to the light, 1t Is translucent and
greenish.
Swelling ground cannot be held by
timber; means must be provided Tor
relieving the pressure Of the ground
from time to time. 1t will cause little
trouble II spaces are left between the
tagging, through which the pressure
may be eased at intervals by remov-
ing some of the material Expedients
such as packing with straw are va!ua-
BILE only until the swelling becomes
sufficient to pack tightly the cushions
ing substance. When this becomes
packed solldly 1t transmits the pres
sure to the timbers.-Scientifi Ameri-
can.
The first Edison medal Of the Amer
lean Institute of Electrical Engineers
was awarded to Prof. Elihu Thomson
for his achievements in electricity, on
the occasion of the anniversary din
ner OF the Institute. This medal was
founded by friends of Mr.. Edison, and
Is intended to commemorate his work.
Scientific American.
The blue rays emitted by the mer-
curry vapor lamps have bacterical
properties which are being expert
mented with for the purpose of maxi
ing use of them in the sterilization of
drinking water. 1t has been demon
strated that a lamp of nine amperes
and 1S5 volts, suspended in an ordi-
nary cask was very effective IN puri-
flying the water. All bacteria (inctud-
ing the coil bacillus and Eberth's
bacillus) within IL inches Of the lamp
were killed in two minutes. A long
series of experiments proved conclu-
sively that one minute suffices for
complete sterilization in ordinary
cases, and two minutes when the wa
ter is very greatly contaminated, eth
er naturally or artifcially. The water,
however, must be clear, in order that
the rays may pass through it. The ~
ovation Of temperature is only frac-
ton Of a degree and the water, after
treatment, is harmless to plants and
animals. Hence 1t appears practicable
to sterilize the water supply of a city
(after clarifcation, If necessary by
distributing powerful quartz mercury
yapor lamps In the reservoirs or the
mains In such manner that every
particle Of water shall remain two
minutes within a few inches of the
lamp.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-04-27
: Losing His Nerve.

Bus Driver-Ain't We satisfied with
runnin' over people? Yer wants to
run over the 'osses now?
Taxi Driver Indignantly haven't
run over anybody for long time.
Bus Driver-What! Are ye gettin'
nervous?-London Opinion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-04-27

Attached to tombstone in a Har-
lesion (England) undertaker's shop is
card which reads: "You may tele-
phone from here"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-04-27

Sterhen Phillips, the poet, was ono,
an actor
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-04-30

came, bachelor. A local investigator
has succeeded in compiling the full
anne of the famous Englishman,
which runs to such length that no
istting card could contain it. From
he American point of view about the
trSt duty of a citizen Is to be able to
tate his own name. But whether
eneral Kitchener could meet this re-
uirement is doubtful. However there
good reason for such inability for
horn of all frills and furbelows the
ecent visitor was merely General Wis
cunt Kitchener of Khartum, Field
1arshal Horatio Herbert, First Wis.,
CUNT GU. K.) G. c. B. (Mil 1899. o.
VI. (l902) G. G. S. /. (1s09) G. C. M
J. C1901; K c. M. G. 1S9D, C. G. 1.
9. Gs0S) Hon. IL. D. and d. c. L.,
Colonel Commandant r. E. Egyptian
Pasha, Late Sirdar of the Army, Vice
Consul in Anatolia, Governor of
Suakin, Governor General of the Sudan
and commander of the sudan exposi-
ton; chief of staff to forces in South
Africa and later commanders in chief;
commander in chief in India, com
mander in chief and high commits
sioner in the Mediterranean, colonel of
the seventh Gurkha Rifles. Honorary
colonel of Third Lancashire Fusiliersm
Knight of Grace St John of Jeru-
Salem; high steward of Ipswich, A. d.
c. to the late Queen Victoria.
LONGACRE.
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BURKE At Y. M. c. A.
Governor Accepts Invitation TO At.
tend Annual Banquet of
the Association.

The fiscal year of the Y. M. @. A.
classes today and as customary the SEN
Tor members will hold a banquet which
VIII close the seasons work. This is
one of the most important features
OF the years programme. The presi-
dent of the board OF directors. w. G.
Macfadden, who is acting for the COM
mittee in charge of the banquet has
received the following letter:
Bismarck, April 26, 1910.
w G. Macfadden, Fargo, N. d.
Dear Mr.. Macfadden: Your kind in
vitation to attend the BANQUET given
by the Y. M. C. A in Fargo duly re-
ceived. 1t gives me great pleasure to
accept this invitation. I viii be on
hand unless something now unforeseen
prevents. Very truly yours,
John Burke,
Governors Office, North Dakota.
Enthusiasm is running high around
the building and the question upper
most in the minds of the COMMITTEES is
whether or not they win be able to
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fore been heard and which it is be-
lieved will be audible for one hundred
miles. Already there is a shortage of
tugs and excursion steamers to ac-
.commodate the crowd which clamors
for place in the trlumphal process
sion and craft from other ports are
being requisitioned for the day. Prices
of accommodations are twice as high
as for the Hudson Fulton and Dewey
naval parades and some Of the skip
pers and owners are holding out for
even higher figures. Ten dollars a.
head for the capacity Of the craft 10
the price today for tugs and it is ex-
pected to go higher. Far out to sea
the tugs and larger boats will go,
though only the fastest. equipped with
wireless apparatus are available for
the trip, since they must first find the
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New York April 3O.-P4rgons who
in the past have been wont to refer
to ex-President Roosevelt as Theodore
/ will find in the welcome which is
planned for his return in June good
cause for the use of the imperial term.
He will be given a triumph which will
far exceed any ever known by a Roman
Emperor, and the naval pageant which
will meet him far out at sea and es-
cort him into port viii outshine that
by which any king has ever been hon
pred. When the harbor is reached by
the liner Of the returning ex-President,
the ship channel will be lined soIidly
ON either side with craft all the way
from Sandy Hook to the pier, form
ing lane nearly ten miles in length
through which he will steam to such
footing of whistles as has never be-
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NOISY WELCOME PLANNED -.
FOR ROOSEVELT RETURN

Greeting that Awaits exPresden His
that Accorded
Worth Vessels Will Unite Breaking for
the Taking Result Suggestion Leads
Chandelier crazs-Most Departs Bachelor
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everyday occurrence. Indeed, accord
ing to the recent statement Of an Of.
hclal of the Hamburg American line
the number of Americans now crossirp
the ocean annually is twice as great
as q decade ago. Not only on the
beaten tracks OF regular sailings. but
by means Of special cruises to all
parts of the world the number OF
oceangoers has Increased by leaps and
and bounds. One liner alone, the
cleveland, carried 1,400 citizens OF the
United States on a trip around the
world during the past winter. one
reason why Americans are becoming
such great travellers Is undoubtedly
due to the fact that they have more
money to spend. Ten years ago for
nve people to spend $4,000 on a fort
nights trip, as did the record break
ing party. Ia itself would have been a
record. But nowadays there is moth
ing remarkable about it, With steam
ers equipped with every luxury that
can beSfound on shore, and. as a re-
suit Of wireless, never out of touch Of
land, ocean travel is calling to Amer
leans as never before.
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ship bearing Roosevelt and then keep
pace with II to the harbor and up the
river. Wireless is being installed
temporarily on many tugs. On shore
the demonstration is expected to be
even greater, and the great banquet in
the evening will complete welcome
such as no man has ever enjoyed be-
Tore, ana calculated to render insight
lcant by comparison the Roman
trfumphal returns Of ancient days