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An Intelligent Seaworm.

THE question of where fnteIlicencs ba-
gins to manifest itself in ,b.. s,..t.,
OF animal life has often been asked r.
seems TO exist even in the lovast
forms peculiar specimen Of The in
'eittrprat.s of the ocean, an exceed
n2lN small! worm-so small thor :,
measures less than four miIlinate,s l.,
Sth-eNhibits movements thai can-
not he explained by anything bun IN
telligent Will al
rms midget seaworm is A construct
Or ne Guilds rampant in the shane
OF a tube, composed of grains of s.,id
ms form shows hanging double lin
Jutting like fieshy precipice over =
great mouth. four black ewes set i, n
front OF his head and two tentacIes
which work necessarily. wrinsinc and
lashIns whatever they can reach II is
with the same apparently nervous ZEN
tacles that the little monster of tba
ueep selzes mis- material. the slisten-
ing sand, of which he constructs his
rampant.
He catches grain Of sand in his ten
tacles and immediately carries il TO
ms mouth. In his mouth nature se-
eretes a strong cement. One grain after
another is covered with cement and
rapidly accumulated in the form of a
tubf Naturally enough when the
builder WORKS so fast, there must he
breaches in the walls. These breaches
are carefully scrutinized by the worm.
filled with grains of sand and covered
with cement When finished. the tube
is very practical and creditable piece
of work
Nothing could he more interesting
than the little workman's management
of his tentacles. Again and again he
tests the solidity of his work by tap
ping the walls in every direction TO
observe the work of this peculiar sea-
pigmy is to be convinced that the tube
like rampant is not built by accident.
In such work there must he the particle
patton of some sort of. mentally.
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German Falls From Zepp
Into English Conservatory

Special Correspondence of The Star.
LONDON. June l6 1916
~ URIOUS things happen in war, but
" there has been nothing more star
Ting than that which happened to a Ger
tain family which lives in a town on the
east coast of England. Some days ago
Zeppelins few over this port which was
nothing unusual The members of this Ger
tain household were Eartaking of a late
evening meal seated around the table in
the dining room They heard bombs eX-
ploding and the fire of anti-aircraft guns
Suddenly there was a tremendous crash
at the back of the house Evidently
something had dropped into the con-
servatory. II was assumed that it was "A
bomb For few minutes the people re-
mained where they We're. fearing a fur
ther explosion. Then they investigated
In the conservatory. most Of the glass
of which was broken, they found a dead
German aviator. He had evidently acci
dentally fallen from Zeppelin or par
haps he was knocked out by well placed
British shell He had fallen from a tre-
mendous height-probab.y no less than
900 feet-and he was naturally badly
mutilated.
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Mndern Rankinr. HN-M723.

Modern Banking. HN-M723.
pcoley. W. II. Vocational Mathematics. LB-
p7o5v.
Richardson A. s. Adventures in Thrift. RY-
Raa6.
Science RZ-r53.t.
Glover. Eiiye H. ''pame cur's"y,s R""k of
Salads. Sandwiches and beverages RZssiNs-
Raymond. ". q. Plan. Surveying. 1914. Re-
vis-d Edition. SA R2lss.'
Miller. II. W. Mechanical Drafting. sAB-
Campbell. II g. Concrete the Farm aud in
the shop. Spt;r-clas.
American School Of t"rresi,ondence, Chicago.
Dams and Wcirs. y SIEM Amaad.
r.7
Edition Revised. res k2ssa
Eishinser. :. IL, aud Hutton. NJ. $. steam
/, Traction Engineering. rp Etiis-
American Schonl of Correspondence. thire 60.
Elements "f Electricity. 3y. TEA Am31-e,
wat>on 4 = IN. corsirqeficn ,,-a' ,,n,.' Of Small
CURTIS r. : simple wir.ir>, Telephones aud
How Mak" Them. TGt',aiis.
Allen, +. !. IN" Shoe Industry. roI,M aa~.
for Hom. and S,l,cl TIL W a;sr
ruimli. w II, Practical Lessons in Archi-
trctural Drawing. wFp-Tssta.
kc9si
Internationni MIL and Timber Company. Par
city Mich The Famous Fif-, and othcr Favor.
itc Homes. wIMlns5.
Bell Il. II, Tho Philosophy of Painting. wr-
pa,ics Randall SIX ccuiaric. Of Painting.
ial4 Wp I,oS:s. Reference
| Ficke. 4. ~ Chats Japanese Pruts. wQv-
Fii3
Frarric. F. Il. How Make Prints IN rolors.
VRR Fstsh
SNOW. y. T.. and Froelylte II, r. Industrial
Art Text Bnnk>. '. "a WS.SuS
Bcrgling !. NJ. hri Mon"grams and Lettering
Sth Edition. VISA B457a /.
Clifford. =. Il. Jecturn TIPS decorations.
WISH tSl3 l.
Hickman. Flora. ed. Artistic rr"chr'. 1914.
WI \ k,is-iH.
Nallos. .. NJ. First STEPS in collecting. 1914
WV .iSf.
G"oser'y, 7, T. Practical Forging and Art
Smithing. wy N-'iiiI5p.
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INSECTS DANGEROUS TO MAN

sects is said by most entomoioglsts 10
be the mosquito, and the species Whicn
is the e-chief carrier of malaria is iouno
very widely distributed throughout the
world AS a rule individuals do not
wander far on their own account. put
they can be blown considerable distances
by wind. and they have haplt OF
travelling about in trains and ships. Inc
female hibernates throughout the WIN
ter. and. it is reported. has been fouho
under the frozen SHOWS of Siberia. MIN
gled with the moss and snow.
In a large percentage OF the blting
insects the piercing organ consists OF
tube, or gutter. in the hollow of which
lie certain rods. with saWlke edges.
and the outer gutter incloses an inner
gutter facing the other Nway. up which
ultimately the blood the mosquito SUCKS
will flow. In the mosquito there ls also
a median structure. like a double edged
sword. the prolongation of the lower
lip This is traversed by the duct from
which flows the so-called saliva Of the
insect This saliva carries with 1t the
miscroscopic. unicellular animals which
cause malaria. a writer on the danger
of the mosquito has said that. down
this minute, microscopic duct has
flowed the fluid which has altered the
fate of continents and played a con-
spicous part in destroying civilizations
Of Greece and Rome and that malaria
is "a disease which has probably played
a bigger part in the history of the world
than that conveyed by any other in
sect.
Some historian physicians have salts
fed themselves, and many other men
who have followed their line of argu-
ment that the black DEATH, which
swept England and other countries was
what the world now knows to be bu-
bonic plague, "A disease that has been
traced to rats and the fleas that infest
rats. 3! 1t was only few years ago that
the great discovery was made that there
is association between bubonic plague.
rats and rat heas. 1t has been shown
that the commonest rat f1eas in all trop-
ical and subtropical countries infest
man. and if they should have fed upon q
plague-infested rat and subsequently
bite man, their bites communicate bu-
bonic plague.
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is long time: it is very brave of you
10 stay so long. Good-bye'
1T is funny Notwithstanding a
king visit you. Both Miss Chisholm
and ! realized afterward that We hadn't
treated him a bit like a king, but more
like a friendly visitor
The Independent organization neces-
states the raising Of funds in England
for the work. 1t takes only sixty
pounds a month to carry on the work
these women are doing. They are not
only officially recognized by the Bel
eian government. but are attached to
the Sd Division of the Belgian army.
They have been in England for their
first respite recently and have spent
the entire time making appeals for
their work. Their fame has gone out
to many lands and contributors have
come from far but still they need
much.
In recent letter to Washington
woman Mrs. Eva Moore Esmond says:
-. is owing to other people that !
have been able to do what ! have. !
have sent out thousands of comforts of
every sort. war supply depots nave
sent boxes of bandages and supplies OF
various kinds. In money ! have banked
in all about fI55 81 .2OOb. Have Just
succeeded in getting grant OF 10
"A month toward the sixty that must
come in every month
In "A later letter she writes: our
friends have been moved from Pervyse
to a place | may not name. but where
the work will be more dangerous; 100
IA day is the record of wounded and
killed. They have been hoping to be
able from this visit in England to get
three rest tents or huts, where the
men of the Sd Division, 10000 of
them, get forty eight hours out OF the
trenches. II is new side to lnefr
work. but so much needed. Until this
rest. the men of the Sd Division have
not had any rest at all since Lle2e.
One thing | should like impressed
upon the public is the gratitude OF The
belgian soldiers. AS proof of this
they nave sent me. who have never
seen one of them. wonderful gift.
made in the trenches OF Pervyse-an
inkstand. the base Il piece of shell, A
thick cruel piece; into this is set. cut
by hand into the she'll brass head, re-
movable from the base 80 that IL is all
intact. the head opens and the base OF
the pot is a British penny. The pen
holder consists of aeroplane hechers as
crown pieces and the uprights are Ger
man. French and> British bullets set in
the base.
Also they are sending a parchm ent
testimonial and, believe me. it is a
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Fiction.

Reach. Il. +. The Crimson Gsrdcnia
Rrady. g. I. and &. r.. IT. " Oh NJ St-ei
Rramst"n. Mary. The Failure of Hero
Bryce. Mrs. Charles. The Ashiel Mister
Chittendeu Gerald. Tho Anti Of Chanrr
totb. |. :. Old Judge Priest.
Cooper, Mrs. Z. II, nrusills with Million
crrssw"ll. g. VI. Tn" Making aud Breaking ~
AlmauSur.
Dell, T.. NJ The Burs NJ Iron.
Dwyer. J. L. Breath of the jungle.
F"rman. ]. NJ Tho Twin Sisters
t;arand. Hamlin. They ~ the High Trails
Gilman. II. f. Th" Bloom of Youth,
Gordon, Samuel. Gods Remnants
Grey. Zanr. The Rordcr Legion
Hopkins y. N. Tho Strange Casps NJ Mason
BrHnt
Hopkins W. ]. Those Gillrspics
Hnwells. W u. The Daughter Of the Storage
Hudson. W. II. Green Mansions.
kcllcrman. BERNARD. Tn" Tunnel.
k"rr. Sophie. Love nj Large.
Locke. sumner. Samaritan MARY.
Lockhart. caroline. The Man From the Bitter
Roots.
Mackenzie. Cameron. Mr.. and Mrs. Pierre.
Maher Il. 4. The shepherd Of the North
Miller. 4. u. Come out Of the Kitchen
Mof"tt. Cleveland. The Conquest of America
Moulton. l.. H.. ed. Short Stories
Nicholson. Meredith. The Proof Of tho Pud-
ding.
oImsiesd. Florence. Father Rcrnard's Parish.
IarH. Jaries. The Talk Of the Town
Porter. 7. II. A Maid Of the MnlveruS
Sawyer. Ruth. Seven Miles 10 Arden
Nazoff. Ivan. Under the l"ke.
Ward, Mrs. HGsaphry. \ Great Succrss
Warner. Anne. Susan cl"gg and Her Love
Affairs
Warwick. Anne. pseud. The Tnpreteud.ts
Whitman. :. +. children Of Hop
Wilde. Oscar Lord Arthur Sayile's Crime and
other Stories.
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buying and handling rattlesnakes for
twent. years, and during that period
L have sold annually about 2o,unU
pounds of live reptiles
snake King has been operating a
large snake farm near Brownsville.
on the Mexican border. for many years
He is said to handle more live snakes
than any man in the world. Up to the
beginning of the war the larger part
of his shipments We're to European
counties. He supplies museums,
shows. zoological gardens. scientists
and institutions and individuals all
over the world with reptiles. Kings
chief source Of supply is Mexico. Dur
ing the revolutionary period IN that
country his wife has bt-en securing the
iungles of the tropical coast region all
the way from Tampico to the Isthmus
of Tehuantepec for live snakes. When
ever she collects carload of the rep
tiles she has il hitched to a train and
accompanies il to Matamoros, where
the shipment is unloaded and trans
ferred to the farm" on this side of
the river in wagons. In the lowlands
of the coastal country of MEXICO are
found two species of the boa. .constrictor
thai are especially desirable from a
MAI ketable standpoint. King handles
many of these snakes. Mrs. King is
not only an adept when il comes to
organizing and conducting snake hunts
but she is an expert in capturing and
handling reptiles.
When SNAKE" King arrived here the
other day to bid on the collection of
snakes that had been gathered in from
the surrounding country, he looked
them over much the same as hog
buyer inspects a lot of porkers.
Most of these snakes are in poor
condition." he remarked. You see, il
is this way with me. If | buy a lot of
thin snakes. I've got to keep 'em may
be year to fatten 'em up so they will
bring a good price. Now, down in
Mexico. all the snakes are fat and /
am able to send them to market right
away If l take this lot l will have to
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REVIEWS OF BOOKS
OF EARLY SUMMER

post is set off against the squalid
disease-r ridden existence of the native
villages. On the one hand is the clear
English type. On the other is the
Indian Between the two. deSpiSed of
the first. and hated by the second. are
the half-breeds sons of English faith
ers and native mothers. The action
of the story follows the lead Of iris
tram Sahib. the English doctor. her
nit" ny virtue of the fact that he holds
himself away from the post in order
to wage an unremitting war against
the dirt and disease of the natives
That is mana big. roomy person.
ality-whose love for all living things
is a beautiful. protective brotherins.
\ bluff. ungainly fellow. a fine and
dependable man. The plot is somewhat
involved. SO the love story. that of the
doctor and the young English dancer
come over to India. eliminates only
after his marriage to the command
ants daughter. after the dancers near
marriage. after a native uprising and
real trouble at the post. There is
mystery in this tale. a sense of things
felt that can neither be seen nor heard.
The land is conspiracy of strange un-
intellisible' whiSperings. The Ganges
is living. self-directing power. Re
ligion is fanatical force driving the
people helpless before it. 1t is. as a
whole. thrilling. poetic story worked
out in the full atmosphere of the east.
author of THE Official Chaperou"
etc. Illustrated by charles L. .Wrenn.
New York: u. Appleton & Co.
Miss Lincoln's energetic new mystery
story concerns itself with the activities
of a group of German spies operating
in the city of Washington. The OBJ
jective of this group is to gain posses
sion of certain important official Sc
crets of the government. and, besides
this to acquire new American inven-
tion whose use in warfare promises to
excel immeasurab1y anything hitherto
achieved in military mechanics. Under
the cover of social life at the capital
the plan works out in surprising lines
of entanglement. which become only
more hopefeSSly involved by the mur-
der of a well known lawyer of the city.
by the uneXplainable conduct of more
than one of the members of official and
social life and in particular by the con-
tradictionS and oppositionS and most
curious behavior of single family
around which the bewildering action of
this novel centers. In this confusion
of plot and counter-plot a love story
makes its viciSsitous way. Taken all
in all this is a very stirring matter
that keeps one quite on the edge of
conjecture TO its very close and gives
him any number of thrills all along
the way to its climax and finally tran
quill ending.
THE NEXT STEP IN DEMOCRACY. BY
K. W. Seliars. Pm. D.. author Of
Critical Realism. New York: The
Macmillan Company.
The next step in democracy is. ac-
cording to pr Sellars, the recognition
and adoption of the principles and pro-
gram of modern socialism. In order to
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CAPTURING RATTLESN4kE.

dians. They have been engaged in the
snake capturing business all their
lives. Pete Padier, the head of the
family. handles the venomous rattlers
without the slightest indication that
he fears their poisonous fangs. He
has been bitten many times. His eldest
daughter. Eva Padier, as well as his
wife and younger children. are all ex-
more profitable business than ordinary
kinds of labor. 1t Is not unusual for
the family to capture a dozen big rat
tlesnakes in a single day. Inasmuch
as each snake weighs from three to
eight pounds. and the prevailing price
is about 20 cents per pound il will
be seen that the reptiles quickly run
into money.
In the motley crowd that gathered
''sna Ike day" were cowboys Mexicans
and other elements of citizenship from
the adjacent ranches. men and boys
from the farms. business men from the
towns and visitors from the more re-
mote cities of the state
The snakes We're placed on view all
through the day. Most of them kept
up constant shaking of their rattles.
and the concert which this noise made
ing brass band Many of the snakes
were of enormous size. During the
day exhibitions of handling and cap
turing the reptiles were given. Mrs.
Learn gave most thrilling display
of this kind. during which she was
bitten on the hand by rattler. She
paid no attention to the accident, as
though nothing had happened.
IF l had fve-cent piece for every
time rattlesnake has bitten me. 1
would be riding in my own automo-
bile she said
Her hands and arms We're covered
with the scars inflicted by venomous
fangs
Two years ago my system became so
filled with the poison of the snakes
that lost my eyesight and it was sew
eral months before l recovered it, she
continued Unless a snake injects an
large quantity of poison in
to me when it strikes I pay no atten-
tion to the bite II l find that the
poison is beginning to give me trouble
! take some remedy to counteract its
l have been in the business of
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THE WAY OF ALI. FLESH. BY SAM
uel Butler. author of "Erewhon.
etc. Introduction by William Lyon
Phelps. professor of English htera-
ture at Yale. New York: f. T. Dut-
ton & Co.
RNOLD BENNETT declares this
n to he zone of the great novels
~ of the world" Bernard Shaw,
Il ~ too. points to this "extraordi-
nary study of English life"
as the source and support of some of
his own radical views. complaining at
the same time of the general indif-
ference toward The Way of All Flesh
aud adding pIaintive1y that Really, the
English do not deserve to have great
men" And William Lyon Phelps in
his introduction here. after touching
upon the main facts in the life of But
Ter and giving in outline the history
of this posthumous novel joins in the
praise by prohouncine it book of
constant intellectual delight Mr.
Phelps adds. however. that it is
"diabolical" book. And SO it is, In
substance it is the life story of a finely
respectable English family for three
generations In effect il is an exposure
OF the bringing up to which the average
parent subjects his children. The body
of oue-$ided rules and eXactionS, the
muItitudinous ''oughts'' and ought
uotS' that press so desperately upon
children. while permitting fathers and
mothers to go scot free. come out in
both their sinister and absurd aspects
under this adroit diaboliSm. Nothing
escapes his keen sight and insight.
And these findings of parental human
nature he turns inside out with swift
thrustS of Wit and a Sardonic disregard
OF the indignitieS that he is putting
upou tradition and usage. Nothing in
particular happens here. That is. there
is nothing in the way of adventure,
save the adventure of daily living. The
pages are packed, however. with obser-
vation. thought. reflection and the bold
handling OF a theme about which there
is a practical conspiracy of silence on
the part of adults. The manner of the
man is altogether one of lure and Sc
ductiou. Slow in getting started. with
twelve years, OF and ON. put INTO its
writing. and fourteen since its first
publication THE Way of All Flesh
cannot fail of general and enthusiastic
admiration. despite its iconoclastic
treatment of an exalted theme.
THE HERMIT DOCTOR OF GAYA: \
Love story of Modern India. BY |. |
\. K. Wylie, author of The Native
Born" etc. New York: q. P. Put
mans Sons.
The English post at Gaya in south
ern India. the native villages stretch
ing in long trails of desolation away
from this point. and the intricate and
perplexing web of Anglo Indian life.
form the near and remoter setting of
this authors new romance of India. |
II is a vivid story. clean-cut in outline, |
sharply defined in incident. scene and
character The social life of the army
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TOWN .

he at the expense of feeding them for
perhaps a year
wv hat do YOU feed them" he was
asked.
Rats and rabbits"
He said that a snake feeds once in
every six weeks. and that his supply If
rats and ra bolts is brought iu to him
by Mexican boys from the surrounding
country
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certainty that nothing in connection
with this great character can be looked
upon as unimportant The effect of
this attitude is to give an inclusive and
most intimate picture of Lincoln in
the early days of his. career. 1t is
not possible to overestimate the pc
culiar quality and value of Mr.. Ran
kin's contribution to the literature of
Lincoln. -
THE IRISH ORATORS: A History of
Ireland's Fight for Freedom. BY
Claude G. Bowers. Illustrated. In
dianapolis: The Bobbs-MerriH Com
pany.
Henry Flood. Henry Grattan. John
Curran, Lord Plunkett. Robert Emmett
Daniel O'Connell. Thomas Meagher
Isaac Butt and Charles Parnell are the
1rishmen through whose personal his
tories this writer sketches the chief
points in the perpetual struggle of
Ireland for political ari religious free
dom The story begins with the close
OF the eighteenth century and extends
these studies that an Irish patriot and
an irish orator are one and the same
person. 1t is a highly picturesque
group whose fire and ferNor. whose
sayings and doings. give a stirring
report of Irish urge toward national
ism and an equally Irish inadequacy
70 achleve its purpose. Hardly history
thiS-rather tracts of historic event to
winch the reader must add both ma
terlal and combinations. Fascinating
as the brilliant chapters are. and in
forming, too, as they are. they expose
but one side of big shield of events,
whose two sides are required for
falr Judgment. however captivating the
one side may be as a disclosure of the
nigh ideal and ardent temperament of
the body of Irish patriot-orators.
ALCOHOL: 1t. Influence on Mind and
BODY. BY Edwin F. Bowers. NJ u.
New York: Edward j. Clode.
In vigorous and popular statement
Dr. Bowers here summarizes the con
illusions that have been reached
through scientific investigation con-
corning the effects of alcohol on the
human system. This writer seeks to
do away effectually with the comfort
able and commonly prevalent notion
that drop of alcohol now and then
not only does no harm, but, on the
contrary, serves to overcome fatigue.
TO restore lost tone for the time being
and. in slight degree. to take tn.
place of food in the economy of the
body. DIR. Bowers. by specific reference
to this and that authority, makes the
sweeping claim that alcohol is neither
stimu1ant, medicine nor food and that
its use, even in the smallest amounts.
works definite. measurable harm to
mind and body" One Illuminating chan
ter describes in clear and simple terms
the physiological effect of alcohol on
the cells of the body. This leads to a
discussion of the relation of alcohol
to general efficiency. a discussion in
which the writer cites abundant testi-
mony from industry itself as to the
manifold disqualifcations that its use
produces. An interesting chapter de-
scrfbes the various methods that have
been used with fair success for the
purpose of breaking the alcohol
shackles." This is an earnest sincere,
many-sided study of subject whose
importance is at present most strik-
inSly shown by the position taken
toward the use of alcohol by the war
ring countries of Europe. The book
is sturdy and emphatic protest which