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INSANITY IN THE NAVY.

Rservstlns Methods 8isn,sd Few the
Large Number u casss.
: A thorough study Of the insane at
the government hospital fos the insane
In Washington. says the Blue1actet.
prompts Passed Asstatant Surgeon
Butts to comment vigorously on the
methods Of accepting recruita.
II In found that nearly one-quarter
Of the Insanity In the navy and M.
rine corps Is furnished By prtvates IN
the latter service. THIS 10 held TO b.
caused by the scant examination nv
en- by civilian physicians hired at ma.
rine recruiting stations.
Even the navy medical o61eers are
cenxurpd for haste In this important
matter. and II In su9gested that some
form Of mental examination b deair-
able as well ~ proba ttonary service
Of sig months 10 determins mental
statns snd aptitude for ssrvice.
II n also dsemed wise 10 inquire
Into family and personal history Of
candidates before accepting them.
II Ia found that among the fossaGn
born the Germans have the best meu'
ia, makeup From January. lS8v. to
June. 1910. there was nearly ~ per
cent Of recoveries and less than per
cent of deaths. Over IS per cent Of
the iasane are between twenty and
thirty years old.
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hl,.sr.s eeautIes.

The famous beauties Of the world are
wise when they leave no portraits OF
themselves. Take Marguerite Of Va
Iols. She was an immoral. dtshonor-
able, criminal. scheming. INSCRIPTIONS
viliainess. but she was lowered with
such charm that there was not jailer
o. an enemy ste could not charm when
she tried. No. nor a wOman--not even
the wives Of her lovers. Men came
from every country. taking year long
Journeys. only to see her mud went
away. after a little GLIMPSE, saying
they had ''seen lovelIness its.lt." Then
one sees her portraits. Too much fore
head, not enough eyebrow. straight
nose and expressive mouth lin one pic
ture lovely mouth)-and that II all.
Mary. queen Of Scota, wus very lovely
three kingdoms hatfield because of
her beauty-and yet her pictures leave
one cold. Fouche said her portrait
showed every trait of the lowest Grim
inal type. That was before he knew
whose picture hs criticissd.-London
Truth.
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n, M.rbI, and ths Pencil.


The marble trick In - old a. the days
Of Aristotle. Cross tbs middle and
fore fingers and roll . marble between
them. The marble will TED like two.
bscauss II b helng felt h ~ unaecub-
tsnsd way. 4s, psneii Il drawA H.,
tMSsn H. erdssd lnSsst ~ 30 -
cil viii Eel lie parallel bAtA Ths
same Illusion may b worked b. plac-
Ing tbs pencil between the lips and
then moving the under lip to one side.
causing the pencil to feel like two.
More curious than any Of these b the
one where the fore6nger ID crossed
over the little finger behind the other
two and then applied to the end OF the
nose. Not only can you feel two noses.
but one Of them seems to be about an
Inch longer than the other. This last
sensation is caused by the fact that
we do not ordinarily feel the edge Of
any object with these two nngers at
the same time unless the part felt with
the little finger projects beyond the
part felt by the forennger.-St. Louis
Republic.
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A horss was standing along Chestnut
street the other day anchored by IN
Iron weight. The horse. not knowing
what else to do to pass away the time.
was Enthusiastically chewing the strap.
A newsboy happened along. and after
watching the animal for awhile b
grinned q cluster Of srins and turned
to man who was standing near.
Don't say a word" he gleefully r.
marked. 'Old Umpire here Il going to
have the surprise Of his life in few
minutes."
What Il the matter with himr' ask
Cd the man. giancing FIRST at the lid
and then at the horse.
''Nothin' d the matter with him"
was TIA happy rs5oinder Of the news
boy. ale may eat the strap all right,
but when be gets down to that weight
he will think he has struck q boardin'
use"-Philsdelphia Telegraph.
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In the morning l was generally the
one to wnken first and would either
start the alcohol lamp myself or call
Astrup for that purpose. Our morning
meal consisted Of lump Of pemmi-
can. six biscuits, two ounces Of butter
and two cups of tea each. As soon a.
this was finished everything was re-
packed on the sledge. then read the
odometer. aneroid and thermometer
and. taking the guidOn. which had
waved and fiuttered over the kitchen
throughout our hours of rest. from its
place. stepped forward and the next
march was commenced. After from
four to six hours Of marching We
would halt for half an hour to eat our
simple lunch Of pemhrican and give
the dogs rest and then after four to
DIX hours Of travelling halt again and
repeat the aiready described route
Robert r. Peary. The Great White
yoarney.'' H.
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Very often the collar Of coat he
gins to iook shnbby when the coat
itself Is in good order. and II ia won
derfui what a difference Thorough
cleaning will make. First take
piece Of clean cloth and dip II in spir-
its of turpentiue and rub the collar
thoroughly with It. Leave II for ten
minutes. then rub It agnin with the
turppntine md scr1pe II carefully TO
remove any loose dirt Next sponge
the collar with little alcohol and
keep wiping II until IT is dry Hang
1t up In an airy place for an hour or
two and 1t will look as good as new
Boston Herald
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"Thosc who care for the beginnings
Of things may be glad that die quill
pen survives to remind us that the
original pen was plucked from = bird. =
observes q writer. "Germans and
Frenchmen arc in no danger Of for
getting that. thanks to their rcspec-
tive words FEEDER and plume but the
English pen suggests feather only
when one chooses to think about 1t
and recall the Latin .penna.' Almost
all our writing materials arc no longer
what etymologically they profess to
be. Paper is no longer made Of pa
pyrus; a pencil ID not little tail
'penicillus.' like q camel's hair brush:
the lead Of lead pencil il not lead.
and the india rubber with which We
erase its marks does not and never
did come from India. Even of parch-
ment there II probably not fragment
In the country. except. perhaps. in .
museum and coming from Persamum.
In Asia. "-Chicago News.
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000NtVVs
People often speak of chimneys
-drawing." We also speak Of the sue
ton Of . pump. There - not 70 much
harm in these expressions. except that
they are liable to lead % away from
tho true state affairs. But in truth
there = no sueh thing - suction. Sue
ton IL merely partial or entire absence
Of pressure In one place which enables
the greater pressure Of air or fluid In
another place to rush in. In the case
Of the chimney the heated air In Il
dogs not weigh 70 much ~ an equal
volsme Of cold ali. and II the air In
the chimney. the air in the room and
the outside air were all the same tenn
peraturs there would be no tendency
to any motion. But when the air In
the chimney Il hot 1t does not press
downword 70 much ~ the colder sur.
rounding abr presses upward. Conse-
QDsntly an upward current y started
aad, win continue II the air In the
chimney II Kept hot.-A. 3. 3. Alderman
in London .Expresa
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Making rhlnss Hum IL Mems.

Making Thin0s Hum In Hems.
The Romans had three recognized
eihOds Ut applnuding-tbe bombus.
the imbrice~ and the te~tae. The word
bombua did not carry any ailusion to
explosives On the contrary. this form
of applause WINS the most decorous. In.
aamuch rs It consisted merely of
bumming or buxzing noise. Thus In
way the Romans were the 6rst Ito
make things hmm" in a public assem-
bly,. The bombus was not the chief
feature the Romans had to offer in the
way Of applause. The Imbrices meant
a demonstration made with the hollow
Of the hands. The teatae meant the
striking together Of the fat portions of
the hands. From this We may con-
"lude that the Romans clapped. but
there in no certainty on this point
New York Herald
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To Prevent Railway Collisions.

10 prevent NSuWay Sosueso"e.
A sucye~sftll Demonstration has been
made Mt sydney. Australia. Of . de.
vice for preventing railway collisions.
. An. engine In entering mn already &C.
cupiet: section automatically whistles,
and " the engine driver falls an stec.
tric controller automatically applies
the brnkes. The invention undoubted
~ prevents collisions between trains
going either in the sams or In opposite
directions and whether on single or 90
double lines The inventor claims
that the controller also deals With 10
railments At points or curves and com
piereiy eliminates the human factor
from Academia.
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TIL. Kaiser. New Opera.

Elaborate preparations are being
made. according to the Muncbensr
Neuesten Nachrichten. for the pro-
dnctIon at Berlin +early next spring
Of an operetta entitled der l.iebe
sfrHum." for which 1.-THE hest talent in
Europe has been engaged The nainss
of the composer and iibrettint are not
given. but the knowing ones say that
the Crown FRINGE Frederick william
composed the M.Ore and that the iibret-
TO WINS written by the emperor. The
setting will ctyst shout l.OOO.OO marks.
but this anIn will not rome out OF the
impertSa parsa. as did the stage e1-
prnse~ for ''sardanagaIus," but will
be privately contributed
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cemmi..len Plan q Homo.

Here Ia an explanation Of the famous
initiative. referendum and recall ab0ui
which We are hearing 40 mucb theas
days. Mr. Man goes home and 40
nounces that be il going downtowo
after supper to meet a msn. That's
the initiative. The lady Of the houss
says. Are youf' 10 that ascending
Voice which seema to walk over sbs
tops NJ his nerves That's the refer.
endum- Then Mr Man sits down and
reada his paper. That's tAs recall.
Rockford Qll.D Star.
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That Carlyle could contemplate with
equanimity being unpraised. unmoney-
ed and neglected all his life. that he
required neither the worlds pudding
nor its breath and could be happy
without them. was pardonable and Rer-
haps commendable. That he should
expect another person to share this
unmoneyed. puddingless and rather
foriorn condition was scarcely CON-
aistent with such lofty principles. Men
may sacrifice themselves. II they please.
to imagined high duties and ambitions.
but they have no right to marry wives
and sacrifice them.-Exchange.
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shs said % Anyway.

The young man, who was endea vor-
Ing to win the favor Of Bobby's pretty
sister met the boy on the street one
morning and greeted him with much
cordially. si.E
EDO you think your sister was
pleased to know had called the other
dayY' he was at last forced to ask.
biuntly. after several efforts to guide
Bobby's conversation 10 that direction.
"Sure!' said Bobby. With gratifying
promptness. II know she wa1.
heard her say 80.
when she came home mothsT said,
Mr.. Brown called while you we're OUT
and she said: He did7 Well. I'm glad
o. thatr "-Youth's Companion.
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Tn. sp..d'.r Way.

INV 0PWS0svs
He simply couldn't help It he was
born iazy.
As rule. II nor TOO sleepy. be could
get through shave In about thirty
five minutes. Hut today. after only
fourteen hours sleep. he appeared even
more sluggish than ever. Az he ap-
piled the lather TO his customers
beard his brush fingered haitingiy. AZ
though ,oath TO leave the stubby chin
10 which II waa being applied.
His customer was patient man and
stood this for considerable while.
But at last his patience begnn to OOze.
and he interrupted forty winks' IN.
fervai with cough.
"Sere. lad" he suggested. -Aa've an
idea Hold your hand. keep tina brush
STILL mn aali wag ma bead for ye:"
london Anxwers.
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Substitute For eIastine.

!. A. new method Of mining IL being
practiced in European coal shafts that
does away witb dangerous biaattu2.
while also avoiding much Of the fisk Of
spontaneous explosion Of coal dust.
Deep holes are bored In the cssai body.
AZ fer. shots. but water n introduced
into them by pipes under heavy pres.
sure The winter finds its why through
the coal assures and opens them %
until the mass II ioosened. when II b
readily removed while wet without
any dust or the use Of any tools otbes
than light pick and shovel.
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CENTER OF POPULATION.
rhs spst 10 i~ Washington Township
Oessn County, Ind.

Ths epst 10 IN Washington tss~nsh'p'
A.. Ors~a County. Ind.
I An uneven nsld Of rocks and scfass
~ trees partly covered With snow. .
deserted water power mill beside Q
frozen creek. . quarter Of mile away
q farmhouse Of hewn logs. DOT Q sign
Of life except . thin trail OF SMOKE
tasuing from the chimney Of the iog
cabin-a desolaie steDe. made mors %
BY lowering clouds aud bitter uOrt
wind which whistled through the trsss
such 10 the picture Of the center OF
population Of the Omitted States. 10
Washington township. Brown county,
Ind A two hour drive due west fr0m
Columbus, Ind. on the county Pile
brought the writer to the spot. u
was easy to dDd. for II was scsrrssy
q stones throw from where the rnad
CRUISES q little creek At the county
line.
Brown county b the widest and
least known part Of the Hoosser efate.
Until three yeara ago no railrOao
crossed Its borders. and even nov INK
Indiana eouthern cuts OF only ons
small corner Of this barren tract Yet
here II the center OF populatioo OF thu
United Statea.
( The center Of population 10 1870 wai
10 Bartholomew county. about hvs
miles southeast Of Coipmbus. Ind. Ths
great Increases in population Of some
Of the southwestern states a. shown
by the census Of 1910 caused the cen
ter to move westward about twenty
miles. bringing II inst over the hns
into Brown county. which adjotna
Rartholemew county on the west. Tbs
censna depa rsment has located the
center m cio~s ~ forty acr~ plot.
and In conrse Of time the exact point
will M. determined By astronomical
experts. who viii visit the tract and
take observations and In all pcoha b'''
ity II will ne married with = sf"ne
monument. anch a. marka the apns
where fhe center of population vas IN
l0O0. Kari X. Kitchen In New Yoea
World.
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For ink spots on leather chairs wash
the spots With milk. renewing tie milk
till It 10 NO longer stained and the
spot on the leather has disappeared.
Then wash the leather with warm va.
tRf. and when dry polish II with = very
little iinseed oil and vinegar mixed IN
equal parts. The ink stain should BE-
removed as quickly as possible. toe "
allowed to dry and harden 1t u doobt-
fui whether you will ever b sbss %
entirely remove 1t.
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she was city bride who had never
before taken a hand In housekeeping
and knew but little about things IN the
kitchen. A few mornings ago she got
after the mllkmnn.
"whnt's the matter with your milk r
she said. with great vehemence.
ri don't know" he replied. "What do
you find wrong with itr'
"well." she said. every morning It
10 covered with n nasty yellow scum. !"
"And what do you do with the
scum?"
why, skim 1t on. Of course. and
throw It in the garbage can."-Farm-
err Guide.
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WATERING the STOCK.


etse In Wst stessG ~ n ssss ~
csesis n1asssseD. tss
watse = the only thing b ths nas.
kssing Of i've stsck thst dgurss clear
post Fed corn 1t u. pr busbsi. hay
go ton. tbs charges mads ~ stock.
CARDS co0paniss Tor yardaes an1 ~
charge for selling made b. conaniasioe
companies tend 70 rsduce the shippers
prv0t. but whsn hs ssss his bunch -
cattle propsely yar6eA. ~ aud quast.
y drinking ct ~ watsr truughs -
Knows The amount Of watss the eattis
drink VIII eost hin pothiug ss1 Wth
ss,l At - much per pound ~ the
weight gained b. sxpsnslvs fseding.
II cattle 1t the big anartsts WEN
yardsd and sold without . chance to
get waess Il woah oeas iarxs los
10 Shipper ysasiy.
The average stsss a. COW viii drink
twenty % efty possds Of wates q The
narkst1ag point according 10 the d.
tancs II has bsso hauled and the
length Of dine without water The
bog being much smaller and capsrity
for drink iimitsd. the wafer Ill sei.
dom exceeds 0vs pousds PIT eead
Sheep drink httls VISITOR at ssArkets.
bot to get the propsr OIL dus them tbs
big sbespusa wbe cover severst Inns
dred miles With shipments bill their
sheep to some feeding statioa osas ~
market. bold them on feed and wafer
several days and at the proper tims ~
sume The Journey.
Dsalsrs in I've stock At the Kaneas
City yards say that weight eainrd b.
the use. Of water 1t tn Kansas CITY
stockyards In 1910 amounted to -
o00,000- Kansas City Star.
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Why No wspt.

A man who was walking Though Q
train Inadvertently left the door of one
OF the cars open. A big man sitting In
q seat In the middle Of the car yelled:
SHUT the door. you fool! Were you
raised In barn.
The nun who had left the door open
closed II and then. dropping into a
seat. buried bis face In bis hands and
began TO weep. The big man looked
som~whai uncomfortable. and. risinz.
finally walked up to the weeper and
tapped him on the shoulder.
'.siy friend" be said. II didn't intend
to hurt your feelings. just wanted
you to close the door,"
The man who was weeping raised
bia head and grinned. .'Old man." he
said. "l'm not crying because you hurt
my feelings. but beca use you asked me
II waa raised In barn. The sad
fact Ia that was raixed In barn. and
every time I hear an ass bray II makes
me b0mesick. "-Louisvills Times.
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It is estimated that the avefags
duration of human life Is thirty-thres
years. A quarter Of the people die dur
ing the seventh. year and half before
the seventeenth. OF every 1000 per-
sons one only reaches 100 years, six in
100 get to 85 and one In 600 to 80. 1t
Il further estimated that throughout
the world $4,000. 900 die annually, 1881
600 day. nearly 5000 an hour, 90 q
minute. or three in every two seconds.
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A sas~s q Ahs Charity ossasr Flrs.
Jean Georges. . Partisan cab drivss
who receivsd ths Lesion 81 Hons
modal for his hsrutsm at the charity
bazaar nrs on May Is. 1897. swhea -
saved the Mvss Of fifteen women. lost
his iife By drowning rrceutiy 'esar
Bordeaux. For aoaDe years after ~
exploit b. and bis carriage wess In
constant demand IN The boasevarda Ut
rariA especially By English and Amss-
ican touriats. but the sdvent Of ths
automobile attfmatsiy eoered him sat
He then came TO this country to seek
his fortune, bat failed utterly. his ~.
surs home being paid for him By ~.
vsse Subscription. Georges took %
his Old trads in, Doedsaux amer inst
and bscams Isst 10 SIGHT uatlI III
traEsc dsafh. Witch was purely aeci.
dsusai f.gS's - -
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At Broadmoor and Perth. England.
tie crimital 1unatiz nave free sup
ply Of tho most sxquisits pipe tobacco.
cigars and cigarsttss In fact. they
smoke far finer stu6 tkaA the average
rich man. Yet all thu good tobacco
costs the govsrnhsnt soothing. Tia
ssuuggiers o. England pay for n
smoking Of the criminal insaDe. It =
from h&r. ,cpnAscatsd smuggisd tohaees
that nngiand ais ths tobacco bexag q
Perth and Broadmoos. li
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Wife (whose. husband, zshe local
mayor. has just been knightedGH avs
you heard FROM the man who offered
to trace our psdisreef Husband-Yes:
he has found ont more than enough.
sNjfe -Whst dst .:s0rf pay Aima. Hns>
band = Fifty pounds - to hold his
touxusf-London Opinion.
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''she's very wealthyr'
very"
money left to herr
mo She Is the author OF hook
entitled Hints to beautiful Women
II presume all the beautiful women
In the country purchased ur'
mo; but all the plain women did!''-
New YORK Herald.
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"GeorEe. what do you have to do
when you draw some money out Of q
bankT asked an innocent young Wife
You have to put some money in the
hank beforehand" replied the hus-
hand. That's always been my s1
parience!"
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p,,,,v.r end IL. .,.hli...

The dahiia ID flower that Ii almost
sacred to scandinav ians- When the
late Senator Dolliver was speaking TO
. swedish settlement from the rear
end of a Pullman car bunch Of dahliaa
was handed to him. and be bowed his
thanks. while the crowd rnared Its APP
plause for the orator and for the bou
quet
"Wbat kind of 6owers arc thexe7'
INQUIRED Senator Dollivef Of Senator
Clapp Of Minnesota
american Beauties, guess" replied
Senator Clapp.
Dolliver knew better than that. 30
he heartily thanked the people for
their attention. applause and splendid
flowers.
when they met In Washington after
the campaign Senator Dolliver said to
the Minpesota man: "Clapp. You would
have had me mobbed II l hadn't been
prudent II i had called those dahiias
American Beauties those Swedes
would have been for killing me-"
.Yes." said Senator Clapp. 'they are
good people and generally do the right
thing."-Ainneapolis Journal 81
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a ee...,r A,uther,tx,

Young Husband-My dear Jemaisss I
must say that this pudding tastss very
bad Wife-All your lima ginattoa. Asar.
The cookery book says that Il tnsoss
exceIlent!-London Telegraph.
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4 Ritz and /. Wrong.

Marriage" remarked the professor.
was rite practiced BY the an
cients"-
"And bacheiorhood." interrupted q
maiden Of forty. rs a wrong practiced
BY the modern. Boston Transcript
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Mixed.

.Why. Harkins. where have you
beenf You look like wreck"
II know It. My twin brother aud I
had quarrel. and I hired bruiser 10
lick him. The fellow mixed MS up.
and here ! am."-London It'll
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my husband always il the severest
critic Of the gowns I wear"
swell. judging from what I have
beard. he has to 70 some II Ne la
Chicago Record-Herald.
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It In happiness TO he nobiy descend
ed; It Ia not is,.'s to have 40 much mer.
II that nobody inquiries whether ~
are % or not-La Bruysse.
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Conosjtsd,

conesitsd.
There are lot Of girls who don't
ever intend to get married"
"Aow do you known
''lve proW,sed to severai."-Cleve'
land Leader.
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II money didn't tan. some pssels
would never b. heard ss.-PAiisesahil
Telegraph.
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Prejudice. which sees what 1t pleasea,
:annot go what h plain.-Aubrey u
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. According 10 Chinese law, q wife
~ = 10 taIkativs may b divorced.