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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-02

When man wins set Of tennis he feels thrill Of
oover and something like OF pregnabty is his
Then somebody beats him; and then somebody beats the
ran who beat him. and Then, muses. the first man,
think Of how unbeatable Wildng 4and Of what happened
. t And the man grows dizzy with the wtongness OF
~. 30 knocks 2 ball into the net.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-02

Alexander. J. ". Ivey. Henry.
Barbour, ". y. Martin. Archer n.
Coxhead. Nellie w. Rowe. Arthur c.
Francis. Mrs. r. A. Se~mans. {. W.
Graham, Hettie ". Trull, William c.
Gregory. Eliot Weaver. Jane S.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-02

and the Cubs holding them to strict accountaOihY'
Under the banner ye fought for grzzed and bent and gray
Last Of loyal legion ye march towrd Nalhala to-day
The Herald
The Herald uses more "quotcs than any other paper III
the country In "owrd" offers an entry Tor the useless
apostrophe
In New York apartment houses the rent is highest on the
top floor What effect one wonders the Zcppcn nav
ing upon London fat rentals?
Speaking-We've spoken Of this once or twice
Wcatherly-Say, wasn't yesterday nice
We are preparing note which may be ready ms week
to send to the imperial government OF the Co
panv One ttr !; promised. the note will resemble the pas
sengcr who writes it.
" W MIN ~ +, 7. A.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-02

David Bellamore. Miss Caryll Nichol
Estcrbrook. Miss Frances Llttletield
and Miss Rhcta lsaacs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-02

L will take a firm stand
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-02

Under the banner ye fought for grizzled and bent and
Last Of a loyal legion, ye march towrd Nahalla to-day
The broad ax., 1915-06-19

II You want to know how many more
years you are likely to hve-according
TO the law Of average, that is-study
the following formula: Take the figure
50. Deduct your present age. Two
thirds of the result win equal the num-
Der OF years you have to look for
ward to.
Let us suppose, for example, that you
are 26. Take &c from so and you have
"A. Two-thirds of 81 equals SO. which
Is the answer.
OF course this formula Is only ap-
proximate. II makes no allowance for
people who are already over SO-and a
man Of so has still five years to bis
credit-nor does 1t differentiate be
tween the sexes. but In comparing Its
results with the actual figures which
have been worked out by statisicians
Il IS very near the mark IN all the ages
between 10 and 20, though the ladies
may take an additional couple Of years,
their expectation OF life averaging two
years more than that OF men.-LOndon
Answers.
The broad ax., 1915-06-19
A..;s.,.., I,v.ntion..

The ancients believed that there was
q certain kind Of mineral substance In
existence by means OF which all the
common metals could be turned into
gold. This supposed substance was
called the philosophers stone, and the
alchemists Of classic times and during
the middle ages spent much time and
labor In search OF this wonderful sub
stance.
OF course, since nothing OF the kind
ever existed, 1t was never found, but II
Is worth remembering that some Of the
most notable inventions were discover
ed In this wide search. 1t was In look
ing for the philosophers stone that the
German chemist, Botticher, stumbled
upon the secret Of making the beauti-
ful Dresden porcelain Roger Bacon.
In the same way. discovered the CON-
position Of gunpowder. Geber found
the properties Of acids; Van Helmont
discovered the nature of gas, and DR..
Glauber found the secret Of making the
salts which now bear his name.-Co-
lumbus Dispatch
The broad ax., 1915-06-19
Rafnrminn q Kim

King Victor Emmanuel OF Italy Is
extremely democratic, and 1t was the
remark OF a workingman that first led
him to be so. Formerly he was very
reserved and was not often to be found
mixing among his people. One day.
however. he granted a private audience
to a prominent workman. His majesty
discussed many subjects with his
guest, including the latter's work in
glass factory.
At last the king limited that he might
visit the factory himself one day, to
which the workman replied:
your people have been a very long
time without seeing your face. sire
except on stamps"
The king did not say anything at the
time. but he thought the mans words
over very carefully, and henceforth no
Italians had cause for complaint that
his majesty kept himself alOOf from
them In the seclusiOn Of his palace.
The broad ax., 1915-06-19
How 70 Be an Orator,

A politician at the end OF a speech
was congratulated for his oratory.
what is your recipe for good ora
tory?' a reporter asked
II am afraid oratOry comes natural," !"
was the reply. There is, though, one
recipe for told Job Walmby's, but It
Is hardly satisfactory. 'Tha wants to
be a public speyker, dos tha, ladT
Job in his Yorkshire dialect would say,
an tha thinks Aw'm the chep to put
tha up to a wrinkle aboot It? Tha's
right; Aw avn Now, bark thai When
tha rises to meek thy speych hit TABLE
an open thy mawth- II nowt comes
TAX q sup o. water an hit TABLE again
Thin oppen thy mawth wider than
afoor. Thin. If nowt comes. TAX thy
sen or an leave public spekin' to such
as me'"-LOndon Tit-Bits.
The broad ax., 1915-06-19

Samuel L. Clemens used 70 relate
on the lecture platform a comedy Of
courtship that might wen have served
to Illustrate his dictum that there are
three kinds Of funny stories-the witty
story, which is French; the comic
story, which Is English, and the hu-
morous story. which is American-and
that the latter is the only hard kind
to tell. He recounted how a young
swain was rejected simply because of
his embarrassing impcdiment Of speech.
and how a friend counseled his taking
the whistling cure-whenever he felt
a disposition to stutter just whistle.
He tried 1t, and with such surprising
success that In a very few weeks he
sought his lady to announce his COM
plete recovery. Unfortunately the ex-
citement OF the occasion proved too
much, and those who have heard Marx
Twain viii recall how he would stand
trembling on the platform, earnestly
suffering out Of one side OF his mouth
and conscientiously whistling out Of
the other, until his audience fairly
groveled in NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Star.
The broad ax., 1915-06-19
Aps the Three Monkeys.

In Japan almost every house has a
statue Of three monkeys. The hands
Of one are over his eyes, those OF an
other are over his ears, and those of
the third are over his mouth. See no
evil, hear no evil. speak no evil, Is the
Interpretation Of them
There are great men in the world.
but there are few great men who talk
much. When they do talk they do not
utter idle words. hence little eyil creeps
into their speech. There are loved men
in the world. generous and pitying,
but they have no time TO listen to gos-
sip and evil communications There
are other men who see evil. not through
morbid curiosity. but with an eye to
fits correction: nor do they impute evil
and view with suspicion ell human ac-
lions except their own
Evil communications, seeing evil.
hearing evil. speaking evil, corrupt hui
manity. There are many who can af-
ford to ape the three monkeys--Phila-
delphia Ledger.
The broad ax., 1915-06-19
Husk, of the ProdinaI Son.

It appears that the "husks" (siliquoe
In Latiny which were fed to swine In
the east and to which the prodigal son
was finally reduced were nothing more
nor less than the large, podlike fruit of
the carob tree. whose botanical name
Is Ceratonia siliQua. This plant per-
tains to the pea family, and the husks
are sometimes nearly foot In length
These husks contain very hard seeds
resembling beans, which may be eaten
with relish. although one would soon
tire of them as a sole article Of diet.
Occasionally these husks are to be
found in England and this country in
confectioners' shops, where they are
known as "St. Johns bread"
In the east in the old days the plant
was regarded with disfavor, not be-
cause it was thought to be unpalatable,
but because OF its association with
swine. Together with the acorns OF a
species Of oak called Quercus aegilOps,
1t served as the principal food OF pigs
and hogs.-Every Week
The broad ax., 1915-06-19

There are degrees Of pain, as de-
grees o. faultfulness, which are alto
gether conquerable and which seem to
be merely forms Of wholesome trial or
discipline Your fingers tingle when
you so out on a frosty morning and
are all the warmer afterward; your
limbs are weary with wholesome work
and lie down in the pleasanter rest;
you are tried for little while by hav-
ing TO wait for some promised good.
and it is all the sweeter when it comes.
But you cannot carry the trial past a
certain point Let the cold fasten on
your hand in an extreme degree, and
your fingers viii molder from their
sockets. Fatigue yourself but once to
utter exhaustion, and TO the end Of
life you shall not recover the former
vigor Of your frame. Let heartsick-
ness pass beyond a certain bitter point
and the heart loses its life forever
Ruskin-
The broad ax., 1915-06-19
Voieas Of AnimaIs-

There is a chapter in the natural his
tory Of animals that has hardly been
touched upon as yet and that viii be
especially interesting with reference TO
families. The voices Of animals have
a family character not to be mis-
taken All the canidae bark and howl
the fox, the wolf, the dog-have the
same kind Of utterances, though on a
somewhat different pitch. All the
bears growl, from the white bear to
the small black bear Of the Andes.
All the cats meow, from our quiet fire
side companion to the lions and tigers
and panthers OF the forest and jungle.
This last may seem a strange asser-
tion, but to any one who has listened
critically to their sounds and analyzed
their voices the roar OF the lion is but
gigantic meow, bearing about the
same proportion to that Of a cat as its
stately and majestic form does TO the
smaller, softer, more peaceful aspect
OF the cat-Agassiz
The broad ax., 1915-06-19
Tall Hata of the Past.

In spite Of statements made to the
contrary. tall hats were invented long
before 1913. A Mr.. loft OF Tottenham.
who died In 1767, left ESQ to the gov
ernors Of the Tottenham free grammar
school, the interest Of which was to be
devoted to the purchase Of three tail
hats as prizes for the three best boys.
The hats used to be purchased from
a halter In BishOpsgate street named
Greenway for "a shiIlings. But In 1911
he informed the governor that duty
Of 1 shilling each had been imposed
and the cost raised to q shillings. The
duty was again raised TO 2 shillings
each and in 1913 to 2s. Cd The duty
was afterward repealed. but by that
time the governors were purchasing
Bibles instead Of hats for the boys
Pan Mall Gazette.
The broad ax., 1915-06-19
The Amateur as eOO,n.L

- SSoNnaker
In the early days when ToIstor.,
ed manual labor as a religions 5'1, auOpt'
took lessons in bootmakinp 70 11's ou ne
him during the long winter oro,,py oeSupy
he was at work diligently bamn,a-s a,usS'
the wooden pegs into the red soIe lIe''nS
art he had just mastered saU" e' an
"Reminiscences Of Tolstoy," bv s Sis .l 'ne
when Prince Obolenski came IN 40 SOn'
Look, isn't that grand?r said ~
ther exultantly, nothing out bis vra-, -,
for the visitor to see. "O'A
1T doesn't seem so very di#,.,,.u
said obolenski, half in Joke.
well, you tryr
Right you arer'
very good, but on one cord,,,,
every peg you drive in I'll p,v ror .
rouble' and every one you break vo,,,H
pay me 10 cOpecks. AgreedY' "
Obolenski took the boot awr 49,,
hammer and broke eight pegs. ono oss
er the other; then he laughed vfrb ~,
good humored laugh and amid pano-a1
hilarity paid so copecks. which Wont -
the shoemaker.
The broad ax., 1915-06-19
Our Schools and Our Flag.

The national pledge for our nag was
recommended by the American Flag
Day association. The pupils, standing
with right hand uplifted, palm upward,
to a line with the forehead, in the atti-
tude Of salute. repeat the pledge In
these words: II pledge allegiance to
my flag and to the republic for which
It stands. One nation, indivisible, with
liberty and justice for all" At the
words ito my flag" each one extends
the right hand gracefully, palm up
ward, toward the flag until the end Of
the pledge; then the hand is dropped
to the side
Children in the primary grades are
taught to repeat a shorter pledge in
these words: II give my head and my
heart to God and my country. One
country, one language, one fiag."-Phn-
adelphia Press.
The broad ax., 1915-06-19

-The average human being does not
want to live hygienicany" exclaims
the editor of Clinical Medicine And
ne backs up his assertion with the fol-
lowing:
-once we published an account OF q
case Ct diabetes we had treated with
some success. A distinguished retired
army officer read It and as a conse-
quence called upon Us We began to
explain the regimen necessary when
he interrupted 90 say: 'I7don't want
any diet want you 20 give me
treatment that win allow me 70 eat
anything want. in any quantityP We
resigned.
@Mr. Man doesn't want TO stop drink
ing or smoking or working or playing
too much. What he wants Of us is the
means to keep on as be has been liv-
ing. Madam does not relish our advice
10 cut down her bridge parties, loosen
her corsets and quit gorging. She
wants medicine to restore her youth.
take on her fat and enable her to keep
It up until she has had enough
sThey all come to US, not for reform,
but to be enabled to go on SHINING"
The broad ax., 1915-06-19
Mnnn Sinns.

The moon plays an important part In
sign telling. | know several old ladies'
who regulate all their household af-
fairs, and even the conduct OF life, by
this luminary. All kinds OF weather
hang upon the changes Of the moon
As a matter OF fact you and l rather
ike to see the new moon over the right
shoulder. TO be sure. we have no faith
IN the baneful influence OF this sign
Still, it is just as well to be cautious
about offending her ladyship. Farmers
study the shape Of the new moon to
determine IL the month is to be wet or
dry. The Indians used to say that
II you could hang a powder horn upon
the curve OF the new moon the month
would be generally pleasant A circle
about the moon means a storm ap-
preaching. The number Of stars with
in the circle tell the number OF days
which will elapse before the storm be
gins. Farmers tell about planting corn
in the old OF the mOOn.-Margaret
Woodward in Countryside Magazine.
The broad ax., 1915-06-19
Sidsstepoino a Query.

when dat uppity collid man tried 70
staht a 'spute wild me-" stated old
Brother Cuddyhump. by AKIN II De
world is round. like some folks say
''tis, why de dOose don't de people Oh
de yudder side drap of, says to NM
Putt 1t In writin'. sab: dess putt II ID
writin', and I'll consider 20 disten-
tion.' And dat sho' took de gas Outn
his bIoonl Uck. dat ignunt Niger
kain't write. and KANT read II ne
could II he could write and eouiu
read wouldn't uh instigated MN U
putt it in writin'. uhkaze don't kno"
de answer no mo- dan be doe!
burgh Press
The broad ax., 1915-06-19
M.rL r,.,.in nn Camden

Our ability to personify a sea ship by
using the pronoun 'she" and to keep
the Zeppelin in place as at" brings out
one strong point Of our language. 1t is
impossible TO be so subtle In French.
which has no neuter, or In German,
with it's arbitrary scattering Of gen.
ders. Marx Twain gaEe as a typical
instance OF good German: Wilhelm.
where is the turnipT' ''She has gone
TO the kitchen" Where is the accom-
plished and beautiful English maiden?''
at has gone to the opera" Mark went
on to observe that in Germany a tree
is male, its buds female. its leaves
neuter; horses are sexless. dogs male.
cats female; including tomcats- by
some oversight Of the inventor Of the
language a woman is q female. but a
wife (weib) is not-"-London Mail
The broad ax., 1915-06-19
Photo EnIaraina Idea.

A simple enlarging machine may be
made OF an oak board seven-eighths Of
an inch thick. and a little wider than
the camera with which IT is to be
used. A box is built on one end Of
the board, with an opening the size
Of the camera in that side OF the box
which faces the other end Of the board.
A thirty-two candle power bulb backed
with a reflector is mounted In the box
behind the opening. A slot is made In
the Dashboard, running from the box
to the other end, and a moving up
right, with a block and set screw run
ming in the slot. is provided TO hold the
printing paper on which the enlarge
ment is to be made. In order to make
an enlargement OF negative the plate
Tor film inclosed between two pieces
Of glass; is mounted In the usual place
In the camera, the lens is opened and
the Light turned on.-Technical World
The broad ax., 1915-06-19
Sea Water Salt.

The salt industry Of San Francisco
bay is one Of faneaching Importance,
and the method Of production is sim
pie In its operations since the finished
article Is the result Of evaporating the
sea water. Claim is made that more
salt is thus made here than anywhere
else In the world Water Is collected
In prepared shallow ponds, where, aft
er evaporation has been completed, the
salt Is shoveled into small railway
cars, taken to the refining works, re-
melted and crystallized out In vacuum
pans. It is washed and cleaned
About a year elapses from the time the
sea water goes into the ponds until
the product is ready for the market,
because the evaporation from the sur
face Of the ponds is only about twenty
eight inches a year, over and above
the natural rainfall The process usu-
ally starts in May or June Of each
yesr, 50 as to take as much advantage
as possible Of the warm period OF the
summer.-Argonaut-
The broad ax., 1915-06-19
Printsr. and Hiah Hats.

In no trade, writes a correspondent,
has the fall from favor OF the top hat
been more marked than among print
ers. The old time compositor-the
''case' hand" as he is now termed TO
distinguish him from the linotype op-
erator-never forgot that he was the
aristocrat Of the labor world, entitled.
as he proudly claimed, alone among
old time craftsmen to wear a sword,
the mark of the gentleman a quarter
OF a century back top hats were com
mon wear in printing Offices. They
are found still In quiet backwaters of
the trade. But what would happen II
the linotype operator came to his
''mangle" nowadays wearing one1 BE
would probably be pelted to death with
"slugs." II he owns one he keeps IT for
funerals, christenings and weddings.
One hat / know Of has already com
mitted polygamy, having been freely
loaned to briderooms whose wardrobe
was minus the hat Of state.-LOndon
Chronicle.
The broad ax., 1915-06-19
The Caqed Emperor.

After Elba Napoleon became bogey
to the whole world as we'll as to the
British government. which had the
guarding of him. Lord Bathurst be-
lieved." says Norwood Young in 'Na-
poleon In Exile: St Helena QS1J
1S2D," that Napoleon spent his time
in concocting plans for escape" But.
said the outlaw to O'Meara, Where
could l go TO. allowing that got out
Of the island? Every place I could
arrive at / would find enemies to seize
me-" This panicky dread Of NapO-
Icons escape from st. Helena led to
EngIand's annexation Of the uninhab-
ited island of Ascension, 100 miles dis
tant- The even more distant island
Of Tristan dAcunha was similarly
taken possession Of the following year,
because it was thought to be too dan
gerously near the NapoleOnic inhu-
ence.
The broad ax., 1915-06-19
Ho,, plants Breathe,

Plants have two experiences common
70 all living things, although they have
none Of the senses possessed by ami
mails. They breathe the air and per-
spire. The. leaves and stems OF plants
correspond to the respiratory organs Of
animals, and it is by this means the
plants take In the afr. Plants are
chiefly water absorbed from the earth.
OF the 25 per cent solid matter the
principal constituent is carbon, nearly
all Of which is absorbed from the at
mosphere by the action Of minute bod
ies contained In the green leaves.
Plants also absorb oxygen, hydrogen
and nitrogen from the atmosphere
through their leaves and also through
their roots. All contribute to building
I'D the organic structure OF the plant.
Used up moisture is given or by plants
through their leaves, Just as animals
perspire through the pores Of their
skins. Calculations made as to the
amount OF water thus perspired by
plants show that the sunhower, only
three and one-half feet high, gives or
as much moisture as q man.
The broad ax., 1915-06-19
Swiss Have Mercantile Navy.

Long before Germany was TO be reck-
oned with as sen power Switzerland
possessed a fieet equipped for warfare
Eight hundred years aGo on all the
larger Swiss lakes armed galleys were
maintained by the rival cantOns
Skilled shipwrigh:S had to be import
ed from Genoa for the construction Of
these vessels. some OF which carried
crews OF 500 men. The largest Swiss
fotilla was maintained on the lake Of
Geneva when the inhabitants Of Ge-
neva were at war with Savoy Since
the neutrality OF Switzerland has been
guaranteed by the powers there has
been no need for warships on the lakes
The Swiss, however. possess mercan-
tile navy. which carries a considerable
amount OF trade over the 342 miles Of
navigable waterways in the republic
London Spectator.
The broad ax., 1915-06-19
Thrifty Turks.

The Turk is invariably a brave man
when he Is in a subordinate capacity.
Directly, however. he becomes one haT-
ing authority he turns to peculauOn
There is a true story Of Turkish war
ship which had a wooden propeller
shaft. her captain having sold the orig
inaI shaft at scrap iron prices. There
Is also the story. equally true, OF bat
itleship laid down many years ago
which. when nearly ready for launch
ing, had her construction suspended
for lack OF funds. A few years later
the kaiser. in his capacity OF the friend
Of Islam. having arranged a German
loan. 1t vas decided to complete the
ship. But when they came to LOOK Tor
her no trace remained Everything
had been stolen.-LOndOn Mirror.
The broad ax., 1915-06-19
sombax,s HUG. Road Mirror.

Road mirrors are not rare in Eng
land, where they are set at dangerous
turns or crossings to warn drivers Of
vehicles or pedestrians Just around the
corner. Their success was immediate,
and some American cities are showing
an interest in the device. Bombay,
however, has led the world with the
largest road mirror on record as well
as the first In India 1t Is set at the
corner OF Gamdevi road and Hughes
road, a dangerous point, and measures
8 by 10 feet, which Is seven times as
large as the average English road mir
ror.-New York Independent
The broad ax., 1915-06-19
What She Had SHE'D Hold.

1t was the happiest moment Of their
lives. he had just proposed. and she
had grab-er-accepted him
Then he took tiny leather case from
his pocket and slipped a sparkling cir
clet on her finger. while she beamed
with pride.
I'm afraid it's rather loose. darling"
he murmured. Shall / take 1t back
and have it made smallerY
The damsel shook her head decid-
edly.
"No, Rupert" she said calmly. "An
engagement ring Is an engagement
ring, even II have to wear 1t around
my neck."-LOndon Telegraph
The broad ax., 1915-06-19
Lawrence Barretts Ro-..

Irving contributed to the rovatr =.
q supper a story about Lawrence Ror
rett One night Barrett and his oI1
friend, Edwin Booth, met at their cIr5
In New York. Barrett, after n br;og
greeting, hustled toward the door with
every appearance of rememberipp ,
pressing engagement.
'HallOaI Where are you of tor
Booth asked.
''To a rehearsal" said Barrett
whats the play?"
Barrett said it was Romeo and In.
het."
"And what part do you take?" Booth
asked in sudden access Of interest
There is only one part for me in the
play" Barrett said, drawing himself
up in lofty indignation.
"Oh. ali. yes" said Booth; Il know
the nurser'
The angered tragedian stood forth in
naughty silence and did not speak to
Booth for two days.-Strand Magazine.