The herald., 1912-04-18


talk Of the towne now is whether Lent
shall be kept with the strictnesse of
the kings proclamation. which is
thought cannot be. because Of the
poor who cannot buy fish," He also
says, notwithstanding my resolution.
yet for want of other victualls, l did
eat flesh this Lent" and again, Our
dinner was only sugar sopps and fish.
the only time we have had Lenten
dinner all this Lent"
The Tiny Electron.
A striking description of that incon-
ceivably minute particle the electron.
which within recent years has de-
throned the atom as the ultimate COM
ponent of matter. was given by Presi-
dent E. f. Nichols. Its behavior"
he said. lis that of an atom OF mega
tive electricity pure and simple. Its
form is spherical and not spheroidal.
Its size is probably less than one ten
milliOn-millionth OF an inch. When
revolving briskly enough in an orbit
within the atom IL gives us coiored
light Of highest purity. When violent
ly jostling irregularly about it gives
US white light. Without the electrOn
all light would be impossible.-Ex
change.
Piper Legends.
The Wends. who, We believe, are
the ancestors Of the modern Prussians.
are the center OF many legends. The
Pied Piper Of Hamelin was a Wend.
so also was the piper Of the Harz
mountains. who appeared so many
days year and played unearthly
tunes. and whatsoever heard at once
fell into a frenzy from which there
was no escaping. All these pied and
weird pipers assembled once a year
at the Broken. where there was
general carnival, the arch fend lead
ing the concert on a violin. witches
rolling around and fddling on the
skulls of horses and the pipers adding
to the iendish din the concert of their
unholy instruments.-Chambers' Jour
nal
Censorins Shakespeare.
A masterpiece of censorship was
once performed by the Turkish GEN.
sor, Nischan Effendi, on the occasion
Of the production of Shakespeare's
"Othello" at Constantinople. He cor
rected" the drama so thoroughly as to
leave hardly a trace Of the original.
Among other words, he expunged
Cyprus" giving ingenious reasons for
this correction. Cyprus" he said. lis
Turkish island 1t would be polit-
ically unwise to send Othello to Cy-
prus, because the territorial integrity
Of Turkey is guaranteed by treaties
Why not put, instead Of Cyprus, some
Greek island. such as Corfu?" And
thus it came to pass that from re-
spect to the treaty Of Paris Othello
had to 60 to Corfu.
Condolences of Dates.
Attention has often been called to
the curious fact Of the date Sept. 3
figuring so largely In the history Of
Oliver Cromwell. That very dominat-
ing man was born on Sept 3. 1899:
he won the battle Of Dunbar Sept. 3.
1850; that Of Worcester Sept 3. 1851.
and he died Sept. 3. 1868
The number So had fatal influence
on the Stuarts. Robert H., the first
Stuart king. died in 1888: James ii.
was killed at the siege of Roxburghe
castle. 1888: Mary, queen Of Scots.
was beheaded in Fotheringay, 1888
NEW style); James VII. oil. Of Eng
landD was dethroned in 1888: Bonny
Prince Charlie died in Rome. 17SS. and
with him died the last hopes Of the
Jacobites.
He Fell In Action.
They were talking of war, and the
young man mentioned that one of his
ancestors was killed during the Revo-
luton. HE was a brave man." he
said. land we are all very proud OF
his record"
The young woman looked pensive.
81 had an uncle who was killed In
war. the very first battle he ever went
to-" she ssid. He was only a pri-
vate. so he hadn't made any record"
THAT was hard,' said the young
man. Ito be shot down In his first en-
gagement"
HE wasn't shot down." said the
young woman He fell and broke his
neck when be was running downhill.
think war is awful cruel. don't your
Youths Companion.
Good Guess.
YES" said the man who had made
a good many millions by half wrecking
railroads and then buying in the stock
when he had caused it to drop to al
most nothing. II was mistaken for a
burglar once"
''Is that SOP" replied one who had
bought at so and sold out at IL. 1.-The
fellow who did the mistaking must
have been able to see pretty well in
tie dark."-Chicago Record Herald
Montreal's Cathedral.
The great landmark III Montreal Is
The Cathedral of Notre Dame, which.
lext to the famous cathedral in the
lily OF Mexico, is the largest church
building in America and has a seat
ng capacity of 1900. The church was
quilt in 1929 and is noted for its mag
lificent chimes. one of the bells of
which. called lie Gros Bourbon" is |
me Of the largest suspended bells in |
he world and weighs 24,ISO pounds.