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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1915-10-01
Donizetti and Coffee,

Donizetti, composer Of Lucia di
Lammermoor," sought inspiration in
the coffeepot. 1t would be interest
ing to know accurately the total
amount of coffee this erratic genius
managed to consume during his short
career. 1t was his habit to shut him
self up in his room with writing ma
terials and three or four coffeepots
full of steaming coffee. When these
were emptied he ordered in three or
four more and, these disposed of In
their turn. another three or four. His
biographer says that the amount of
coffee he drank was fabulous" and
one can well believe it. The effect on
his once fine constitution was deplor-
able. His face shriveled and turned
yellow, his lips became black, and with
the inevitable breakdown Of his nerv-
Gus system his genius fell rapidly into
premature decay
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1915-10-01
Temperature of the Earth.

1t has been generally believed that
the temperature increased at almost a
constant rate from the earth's surface
toward its center, but this supposition
appears to be incorrect in the light of
recent experiments. In one mine the
average rate of increase in tempera-
ture. carried down to 5000 feet, was
one degree for each $50 feet of de-
scent. Various results have been OBJ
tanned from measurements in other
places. No temperature variations
were shown between depths of 1,4OO
feet and 2300 feet in the Kalgoorlie
mines in Australia. These and other
observations are considered as indi
eating that the increase of tempera-
lures with depth in the earth is not
governed by any general law.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1915-10-01
The voraoious cormorant.

How cormorant dives for sea trout
and gets them is told by a writer: 81
had the cormorant under observation
only for the space of four or five min
utes, and during that short period it
had captured four sea trout, all of con-
siderable size. After being under wa
ter for few seconds the bird would
reappear with a sea trout wriggling in
its bill. But in spite of the victims
desperate efforts to escape it was deft-
ly swallowed. and after few gulps
the corporant would resume its fish
ing operations. One of the sea trout
gave it considerable trouble, however
for the fish struggled violently for
some moments, but was deftly placed
so that it's head pointed down its cap
tors throat, and thus its own strug-
giles assisted the bird to swallow it."
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Jaqaery Sugar.

Though a Tmail poem enumerates
SO0 ways in which the Palmya palm
may be used, one of its most interest.
ing uses is the production of a sugar
called jaggery. This is the result OF
boiling down the fresh juice and is
one of the chief sugars of South India.
Four or five quarts per tree per day
is the yield for four or five months.
Once in every three years the sap
drawing process is omitted, as other
wise the tree would die. The tree be-
gins to yield at fifteen years and con-
tinues for about fifty years. The fe-
male tree yields about twice as much
sap as the male. Three quarts of this
sap make one pound of sugar or jag
gerry. which is the chief sugar used by
the poor classes of India.-Argonaut
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CURIOUS PENALTIES.
Some That Were Inflicted In the Early
Days In New York.


Days In New York.
When New York, or as it was then
called, New Amsterdam, was under
Dutch rule, some peculiar penalties
were enacted. In 1912 a defendant in
an action for SANDER was sentenced
ito throw something in the box for
the poor" In 1914 Thomas Cornell, a
soldier, was tried for desertion and
sentenced Ito be conveyed to the place
of execution, and there fastened to a
stake and a ball fired over his head, as
an example to other evildoers"
In 1647 Jonas Jonassen, a soldier, for
robbing hen roosts and killing a pig
was ordered ito ride a wooden horse
three days, from p. m. to the con-
clusion of the parade. with a fifty
pound weight tied to each foot In
1913 an Englishman found guilty of
dition that he saw frewood for one
year for the West India company.
In the time of the commonwealth, in
England, drunkards at Newcastle-on.
Tyne were sentenced to carry about
tub, with holes in the sides for the
arms to pass through. In 1854, in Scot
land David Leyes, for striking his
father, was compelled to appear before
the congregation at church, ''bairheddit
and bairfuttit," with paper above his
head inscribed with large letters, BE
hold the onnaturall son, punished for
putting hand on his father, and dis.
honoring God in him" -EXehange
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DIDN'T QUITE DODGE.
When the Elder Booth Tried to Escape
a Man Who Bored Him.

When the Elder Booth Tried to Escape
Man Who Bored Him.
Thomas K. Gould admired the elder
Booth almost to alteration. The most
minute and instructive account that ex-
lists of Booths acting was written by
him-a book called The Tragedian''-
and Gould's marble bust of Booth, no
Bile work of art (made before the come
dian Flynn broke Booths nose with
pewter pot. is the best likeness of that
great actor But Gould's assidious per
sonal attentions to Booth became
wearisome to that eccentric man and
vexed him. Peculiar discretion is
sometimes requisite to those who would
praise and please eminent persons
Booth. when acting in Boston, custom
arily lodged at an old hotel called the
Albion, situated in fremont street. at
the northwest corner of Court street.
zone day." said Edwin, my father
dashed into the bedroom where ! was
sitting and, almost GREATNESS with
haste, exclaimed: Gould! Coming up!
Say I'm out and literally diyed under
meath the bed. | received Mr. Gould,
who seemed surprised not to find my
father q think he had seen him rush
ing UPSTAIRS, and lie talked with me
for several minutes. Then there was
moment of silence. and my father, be-
coming impatient, thrust his head out
from under the bed inquiring as he
did so:
"Is that Internal bore gone yet?
Imagine the effect!'-Collier's Weekly.
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IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.
This Old Time Punishment Was Costly
to the Community.

to the Community.
Imprisonment for debt was abolished
by congress in the United States in
1888. though this measure was not
fully enforced until 1889.
In nearly every country until com
paratively recent times debtors have
been subject to Imprisonment. After
the panic of 1925 101, 900 writs for debt
were issued in England. In 1880 1000
persons were sent to London prisons
for debt, and on Jan. l, 1910, LOO per
sons were held for debt in England and
Wales, 1000 in Ireland and less than
100 in Scotland. From time to time
notifications in the laws governing the
Imprisonment of debtors have been
made so that fewer debtors are i'm
prisoned for this crime each year.
In 1929 there were 5000 debtors in
prison in Massachusetts, 10000 in New
York, 1000 in Pennsylvania. 5000 in
Maryland and like proportion in 9th
err states. Many of these persons were
jailed for debts of 81.
The law providing for the imprison-
ment of men who could not pay their
debts was shown to be impracticable
by statistics taken from Philadelphia,
where in 1928 there were 1885 debtors
imprisoned for debts amounting to $25,
600. The expenses of keeping these
persons in confinement was $362,000
which was paid by the city, and the
amount recovered by this method was
$295. Philadelphia Press.
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Backing Him Out.

Sir Herbert Trees wit is we'll known
among his friends, and they tell some
very good stories ABOUT his funny re
marks at rehearsals.
Once during the rehearsal of a GER
tain play Sir Herbert asked very
young and by no means brilliant ac-
tor who fancied himself greatly to
''step back little" The actor did so,
and Tree went on rehearsing. A little
later the famous manager repeated his
request, and the youth obeyed again.
Shortly afterward Tree once more
asked him to "step a little farther
back"
But if | do" complained the youth
full one ruefully, 81 shall be complete
ly off the stage"
Yes" answered Tree quietly, that's
rightw-London Globe.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1915-10-01
Early History of Rubber.

Rubber is first known to history as a
plaything. 1t was during Columbus
second voyage that Herrera observed
that the inhabitants of Haiti played a
game with balls made of the gum OF
a tree" Even as early as the begin
ming of the seventeenth century how
ever the Sbaniards used rubber to wa
terproof their cloaks, but the fact at
tracted no attention in the old world
and it was not until the eighteenth
century that the rubber industry be-
gan Early writer's mention an oil ex-
trocted from rubber which was taken
incidentally with cocoa.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1915-10-01

Frank lives in Eastern avenue. A
few days ago his companion George
caught his clothing on a picket fence.
He was held fast, his feet a foot OF
two from the ground. He pleaded with
Frank to release him or run for help.
but Frank refused.
"Why dont'y you go and help GeorgeT
his mother inquired from the front
porch.
I'm just too tired" said Frank
Yesterday wanted him to shoe my
dog out of his yard, and he wouldn't
do it cause he said he was tired. I'm
Just as tired as he was."-Indianapolis
News
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WHISTLER AT WEST POINT.
He Loved Truth and Took Punishment
Rather Than Lie.


Rather Than Lie.
AT West Point was old Joe. the ne
gro cadet hair cutter He was never
known to smile or to deyiate from
regulations" Once a month cadets
were obliged to have their hair cut by
him. This was Il great worry to Wits
tier who disliked to part with his pref
ty locks. so he would try by cajolery
and tlattery to have Joe let up a little
on the length of his hair But in this
he was never successful Joe would
stop his shears in the midst of a re-
monstrance and say, Mr.. Whistler, do
you want me to cut your hair accord
ing to regulations or not?" OF course
this put an end to the argument, and
Whistler would come back to our
rooms, look in the glass and swear
about Joe.
He loved frankness, truth and honor.
Cards were forbidden in cadet bar
racks, but we had a pack, and one
night long after taps" 90 O'clock we
had been playing, and the cards lay
carelessly aside, when we were sur
prised by the entrance of the inspect
ing officer, who spied the cards. We
knew that the offense was a serious
one against discipline and considered
whether we could properly ask that the
report should read Cards in possess
sion," a lesser offense. instead of
L"Playing cards., as we were not play
'fag when the inspector saw us. Whis-
tier said, mo, we had been playing"
so we faced the music and as punish
ment lost our cadet furloughs for
summer-H. Nj. Lazelle in Century.
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pronf Anainst Wasp stinas.

A Scottish naturalist in a paper on
the habits of wasps tells how black
bird will stand at the side of hang
ing wasps' nest and deliberately tear
it in pieces in order to get at the lar
vac, apparently undisturbed by the
swarm of angry insects, whose vicious
stings instantly put to flight the human
curiosity seeker who ventures near to
watch the demolition.
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Wisdom.

An old Scotchwoman sent her little
boy to the corner grocer's after quar-
ter's worth of corn sirup. She gave
him the money and two jugs, either OF
which would have been ample to carry
the strip.
"Why did you give him two jugs?"
asked a visiting neighbor.
"Weel We see. it's this way. Ii
gle him twa jugs to carry he kinna dip
his wee fingers in the sirup en- route
home" -Pittsburgh Press
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Man Who Fakes His Own Medicine Is
an Optimist

He has absolute faith in his medi-
cine-he knows when he takes it for
certain ailments he gets relief. Peo-
pie who take DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry for an irritating cold are optimists
they know this cough remedy will
penetrate the Innings of the throat, kill
the germs, and open the way for nature
to act. You can't destroy cold by
superficial treatment-you must go to
the cause OF the trouble. Be an opti-
mist. Get bottle OF DR.. Kings New
Discovery today.
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Before marriage he has duck fit II
she sees him with shave and mas
sage that are less than two hours OLD
or the perfect poise of his correct tie
disturbed a hairs breadth, but after
ward he comes to the table with his
sboestrings united, no collar on and a
stubby growth of beard that would
play a tune if you ran 1t through Il
music box.-Judge.
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A Short Christmas.

christmas day is only three hours
long in the Finnish town Of Tornea,"
said traveller. 81 spent last Christ
mas there. At sunrise got up to see
my presents and to read my Christmas
mail, and night had fallen before I got
through breakfast"
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QUESTIONING Grandma.

"Grandma." inquired her little grand
son the day Of her arrival, ana you
sleep on your face last nightF
"Of course not, dear! Why do you
ask that?"
"Cause it's all wrinkled." - Ex-
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Snare For the unwary.

He-Why does old Miss Tittletattle
use an ear trumpet? Is she deaf?
She-Not a bit She employs that In
strument as a bluff and to induce peo-
pie to talk freely in her presence
Richmond Times Dispatch.
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os+ Both Ways.

Did you get in without your, wife
hearing you last night"
mo. and | didn't get In witnou'
hearing her. either."- Houston Post.
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Suitor-I cannot live without your
daughter. Old Richleigh-Oh, yes you
can. Work never killed anybody yet.
Boston Transcript
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The Addition.

Cawker-rve had another addition
TO my family since saw you last;
Cumso-You don't say Boy or giriF
Cawker- Son-in-law. -Puck'
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Half of success is in seeing the sig
nifcance of little things. Henry F.
Cope.
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difficult judge, ~ Berenson, has com
pared 10 the work OF the best Floren-
tines, | recalled TApotheose de Sainte-
katherine of Luini'
But Will they understand in France
that here one has tried 10 add To the
subject, The gayetl.s, tha fun of a child.
20 Cd word tan English word for a turn
% Sp!r, that We scarcely approh nd,
this American humOr, which makes him
SIT i'm Garden of Venus where a
nymph that one could imagine to he
Girardun g. is emerging from a fountain,
Farnesian Hercules by the side Of an
upulent and much groomed Omphale
who makes the healthy Suzanne, n n ar
neighbor shine by contrast? or this
Temptation Of Saint Anthony with dia-
bolc apparHion of the Virgin before
the hermit and with this monkey shad-
ing the delicate blond beauty beneath
an Incompatible parusol?
1T is the personal note, the original
strange perfume. How could We accuse
of irrcyerence or bad taste this young
stcr from the new world who tells with
such charm our old stories?"
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thrown such new aspects upon the
course Of French painting. As host, the
artist is anable and kind, with his subtle
smil, partly hidden in the beard that is
becoming gray.
"Rodin, the great Rodin. Is among the
guests Of the evening. He has Just in
stalled himself in Rome for the winter,
trying 10 find the quetude that is
necessary for his work. You know the
man; robust and harry, white haired
and strong: stlll young AZ heart and Il
charming talker. At table Mime Bcs-
nard seated me at her right, wishing
to show. even with Rudn there, that
the place OF honor must be given that
night AZ least to Belgium.
The talk naturally was al 81 the war
Nine. Besnard was worried about her
son, who was In the army and was
thought to have fallen prisoner 10 the
enemy. Each OF Us had our private
reasons for distress ana all of us were
openly concerned for the fate Of the
works Of art and .,rcpLC,l1.e mona
ments OF the past that were IN the
theatre of the war. Besrard aud Ro-
din both comm. uted warmly upon Mae
terllncks call 10 artists and of the ne
ccssIty to protect against the horror
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after some Of the most persistent inter-
viewing upon record that much Of his
inspiration had come to him in the
museum itself, where the art Of the
primitives has recently gained a con-
siderable fOothOld. He even says that
lie has sometimes copied little saints
and hermits, since they cannot be
studied from real life any LONGER. and
painted them into his pictures. This
statement Is Of the greatest importance
and should be taken note of by our art
experts, for II these Burroughs pictures
are to attain a vogue, which seems more
than likely, 1t will save lots of trouble
and future quarrelling To- have these
quotations Identified and labelled now.
Actual data OF this kind in regard to
Burroughs's works are OF the greatest
rarity. While we are upon Uhis subject
IL might he stated that we have learned
That the figure OF Hercules In the pic
ture called lie Jdrdin de Venus" In the
French catalogue was posed for by Mr..
Durr Friedly 81 the museums stan The
resemblance is not. however, the most
successful portion Of the work.
For these pictures have recently been
exhibited IN Paris, and after running the
gauntlet OF the great war have been
returned to America and are on view
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ART NEWS AND COMMENT

JULES DESTREE, the Belgian. de-
sCribCs I'm Lc MdtiH a dinner at
y the Villa MCdicis. the French
Academy in Rome.
Mime. Besnard had asked me to a
dinner in the villa Medicis. All FrenCh
artists know the famous yellow and rose
palace that arises upon the heights of
Rome amid splendid trees It's an APP
pealing bit Of France, especially at this
hour. After mounting the steps of the
Place d'Espagne. | fingered an instant
drinking IN tn serenity of the quiet
evening. Below the flower merchants
fiutUored about the bouquets they had
installed upon the lower steps. In the
centre the boat-fountam murmured It's
unceasing water song, Farther on, the
pedestrians the carriages, streets and
houses half hidden, and in the distance
the solemn dome of ST. Peters and the
fine silhouette OF the Garibaldi statue.
Everything Is calm and magnificent,
charged with humane activity and
| souvenirs. The hour is sounded from
the towers that respond in turn to each
other. Everything is now hushed save
the sob OF the fountain beneath the
| clipped trees in front of the Academy /.
but from below comes the sound of a
| popular waltz, oh, so melancholy,
that blind beggar rhymes upon a
fiute to an accompanies upon the
guitar by a companion. It's n normal,
peaceful evening. over there, they say,
there are long and bloody battles Rome
scarcely seems to question il in her
majestic tranquility.
"The courtyard Of the palace opens
upon an admirable garden, and once
more | was struck by the astonishing
beauty OF the Roman trees. The great
drawing room of the Villa Medicis il
hung with the elegant and fastidous
tapestries of the Esther series the
others Of which may be seen at Com
picgnc. II is altogether a sumptuous
and artistic interior which is natural
enough since il Is the residence OF the
| great painter albert Besnard) who Nas
IN,
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scum, where he admired his science.
his knowledge and his love for the mas
ters who dwell in our memories and
whom he knows well. lie would rot
speak Of his own work. which | desired
to see upon the advice Of a friend. .
Some days later he was revealed to m"
as an artist, during q long and charming
morning I'm his studio. Most OF the
works IN this exhibition then passed
before me. This time. as ! urged him
specially, he told me a litlc Of himself
~ composer above ALL" NJ. Dezarrols
continues. che speaks the eternal Ian
,uage with "a new accent. Had he given
US only his four panels of tho Divine
Chassercsse' j. would have been SUI
icicnt proof. What "a new and charm
ing relation Of the death Of this shep-
herd. the graceful and slender body, the
dcspalr.ug love and mother kisses n
the goddess. and behind her the two fig
Grrs of infinite lament.
But even more pathetic Is this vcr-
SON OF .he funeral upon the side of
hill IN Flesoie with the ;ragic mien OF
the mistress suffering here the greatest
Of mortal trials and falling Imply into
the arms or her attendants. Before this
little composition. which great and
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DGINCES and potentates, warrior,
and statesmen, men Of high dis
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TOLERANT NEW YORK.
sI-AKE my word for IT," said the
New Yorker by adoption. this


New Yorker by adoption. this
is the best place in the coun-
try for a man to go broke in.
IF you are hlt so hard that you
have to put up for a night or two at
;he Municipal Lodging House or make
stay at the now euphemistically
styled Metropolitan Hospital on Black
wells Island. you can s;ill come out
ana make another try without being a
marked man. There are hundred
agencies to help you stand on your
own feet once more and then wipe out
he accounting. There is sometime
about this town big. open hearted and
tolerant, Just as there is about a fat
man beim.nE knd,iness and indulgence
toward his fellows.
But get down to hard pan in the
town of thirty or forty thousand and
every man in it has figured out down
I" the mill his share I'm the dole you
received. For 'hr rest OF your days
you are held up subject for JUS
reprobation II S., -quander n MCKEE
on cigar or .,llss Of beer. Be
cause YOU have tasted the bitterness of
'nhrtN bread once you must know the
after taste FOR the rest of your DAYS.
no, Stree, # were down to my last
copper rather than ~ back TO my home
town I'd take the river"
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HOWARD ELLI0TT'S FAV0RITE
VERSES.
Nrom lhe saturdo, Gossip


nRINCES and potentates, warriors
and statesmen, men Of high dis
tinction in every cline have
some little bit OF verse which they like
to repeat and think about. Washing
ton, Bonaparte, Wellington, Gladstone.
other times had their poetic strain and
slogans for peace and war. These bits
of poesy were in n certain sense literary
amulets and could be used as guides
and mentors. The homelier the phrase,
the more practical the illustration, the
better We're the lessons taught by these
little verses.
Howard Elliott, president Of the New
York New Haven and Hartford Rail-
road Company, has his favorite lines
They teach courage to the young man
They are help in THE strife of life.
They are ~ practical value To those in
the workaday world. Here they are;
IT CAN BE DONE.
somebody said that It couldn't be done
But ne. with a chuckle. replied
That maybe # couldn't" but he would
who wouldn't say so tnl he tried.
SO he buckIed right in, with the trace OF a
ON his face. II he worried he hid IT,
H,s-stlrtcd 10 sing as he tackled the thing
THAT couldn't be done--and he did g.
There are thousands to tell you It csnnc,
There are thousands TO prophecy failure.
rhcrc are thousands to point out to you,
The dangers that walt to asaail you