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Love and MARRIAGE.

First love is very apt not to be the
lasting love-" said DR.. Antoinette Koni.
kow, speaking at the Boston School of
Social Science.
young lovers try to excuse all the
faults of the loved one because they
are not in love with the individual, but
with love. Hence they may not choose
the partner with whom they will find
their happiness in later years. Many a
man and woman is glad by middle age
that the first love was frustrated.
Marriage should be based on love
alone or it is immoral, and some change
is necessary if marriage is to be saved
from degradation. Real love always
makes people better. Romantic love is
the source of all the best things in life
the foundation Of all the arts. And
individual happiness makes up the hap
piness Of the race."-Boston Post.
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Stockina the National Parks.

The United States is carrying on a
very interesting work In exchanging
the wild animals Of one region for those
of others-transplant elk and deer
and Rocky mountain bighorns from
regions in the United States where
they are plentiful to others where, so
far as known, they have not lived.
Some of the animals are being shipped
long distances, says the Popular Sci
ence Monthly.
Wyoming is full OF elk. The herds
in the Jackson Hole country are the
largest Of any of North American wild
animals since the days of the countless
buffaloes. But the big Yosemite Ma
tional park of California, with its
three-quarters of a million acres, IN
til recently had no elk, or at least only
a very few scattered specimens. But
the elk shipped in from Wyoming have
become very much at home and are
breeding and multiplying rapidly, add
ing to the charm and pictureSqueness
of this popular national playground
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Living lcicIes.

A problem of the zoOlogist is the en-
durance of freezing by many animals.
Collecting the records, Mile. France
and Paul PORTER, entomologists, of
Paris find that fish have survived de-
grees F., frogs 8 degrees below, mol
lusks 1S4 degrees below and bacteria
have come out alive after exposure to
300 degrees below zero. The two
French experimenters froze certain
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES cossus-at a tenn
perature just above zero. They be-
came quite solid and brittle and could
be broken like icicles. On warming,
however, even broken ones returned to
life. Several freezings and thawings
were endured, but recovery became
slower each time and ceased after the
sixth thawing. Other genera showed
like results. There seemed to be some
physiological preparation for the cold.
for caterpillars that survived the win
ter freezing all succumbed to similar
temperatures in the spring.
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The Emerald,

The emerald has been known since
early times both in Europe and in GER
tain parts Of the orient, where its at
tractive color and rarity have endowed
it with the highest rank and a varied
lore. Its name may be traced back to
an old Persian word which appeared
in Greek as ''smaragdos," mentioned
by Theophrastus over 300 years before
the Christian era, and again in Latin
as "smarasdus," seen in the writings
of Pliny, who particularized somewhat
on its properties and supposed me-
dicinal virtues and was even shrewd
enough to suspect its identity with the
much more common beryl, although
eighteen centuries elapsed before this
suspicion was verified by scientific
proof.
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The Little Oyster Grab.

The captain Of a foreign ship, in port
at Baltimore, at an entertainment CIV
en- by friends was delighted with the
oysters which were on the menu. Just
before the ship sailed these friends
sent to it several barrels of these oys-
tiers as present to the captain. When
he made the trip back to this country
his friends asked him how he liked the
oysters. He said: Don't you know.
we had to throw nearly all Of them
overheard. They were no good. Prac-
tically every one of them had a live
insect on the inside, and, knowing they
were not fit to eat, we let the whole
lot go to Davy Jones'" Investigation
showed that the insect was the little
oyster crab, which is great delicacy,
preferred by many to the oysters them
selves, and which the epicure knows
as a sure guarantee Of the quality of
the bivalve. 1t was a good joke on
those sending and the one receiving
the present, at which neither side
laughed very much.-Christian Herald.
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Stsvenson's Wife.

A half caste sailor once said, ~
Stevenson is good to me, like my a.
ther, and his wife is the same kind &
man."
King Tembinoke said Of Mrs. Steven
son, "She good; look pretty plenty
chench" (sense).
Perhaps they both meant what the
poet Edmund Gosse so well expressed
when he wrote Of her as being 80
dark and rich hearted, like some Won,
derful wine-red jewel"
But the best tribute in Mrs SteyeR.
sons praise came from the pen Of Der
husband.-Critic.
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Free Speech,

An old negro woman had lived with
a certain family in the south for many
years. One day her mistress had occa-
sion to reprimand her quite sharply for
something that had gone wrong. The
negress said nothing at the time, but
a little later her voice could be heard
in the kitchen in shriIl vituperation of
everything and everybody. with a rat
ting accompaniment of pans and ket-
ties. So loud became the clamor and
so vindictive the ordinations that
Mrs. G. went hurriedly down to the
kitchen.
"Why, Liza" she began in amaze
ment, 'who on earth are you talking
to-"
81 amt talkin' to nobody" the old
negress replied, ''but 1 don't keer who
in dis house hyars me."-Harper's Mag
aZine.
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Well Balanced Diet,

One Of the most common faults OF
the diet is the eating of too much pro-
tein foods. In excess this is hard fol
the body to eXcrete and is likely to de.
compose in the intestines with the
formation of poisonous waste products
Green vegetables and raw fruit are
important elements of the diet. There
is little energy in these foods, but they
supply mineral salts which the body
needs and curious substances called
vitamins, which are easily destroyed
by cooking.
One food expert has suggested a rule
for securing a well balanced diet. 1t
is: An ordinary family should spend
about as much for milk, vegetables
and fruits as for meats. fish and eggs
and as much for milk and eggs as for
meat and fish.
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Grass on the I a,.a

Grass seeds terminate in fror e..
teen to eighteen days. \ quart Of a -Oaf'
is sufficient to cover 800 SQUARE f tesuS
10 by 20 feet. Five to six bushoIs 's.-
required per acre. - a'e
Do not sow grass seeds in bo. l.
weather. particularly in july or ~
gust. NO'
Poa trivalis is good for shady Inn
under trees.
Festuca rubra is most suitable f..
hard wear and for dry or sandy soil,
Sharp sea sand applied lightly o~,,
lawns in the autumn-that is O..
lawns on clay or lOam-encoursgos a
growth Of fine grasses.
Lawns that are frequently wata,.,
need more fertilizers than those tb..
are not, as the water washes aV,T
much plant foOd.-New York SIM
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The MAGNETIC Needle.

There are two places on the earth's
surface where the magnetic needle
must point due south. They are not
easy places to reach. One is in the
arctic regions north of the northern
magnetic pole on the line between that
pole and the geographical north pole.
The other is in the antarctic regions,
south Of the southern magnetic pole.
on the line between that spot and the
geographical south pole. In the first
case the point Of the needle is attract
ed to the northern magnetic pole. In
the second case the other end Of the
needle is attracted to the southern
magnetic pole.
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Misprints and Maxim Guns.

The late Sir Hiram Maxim says in
his autobiography that when he organ.
iZed the United States Electric Light.
ing company the printer sent home its
stationery with the heading, THE
United States Electric Lightning {om.
pany." When he established his hew
gun company in England he told of
this mistake in order to emphasize the
importance Of getting the stationery
printed correctly. When the first
sheets were brought to him, however,
he found that the English printers had
made his concern appear as "The Max
i'm Gum company"
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Use of Bacon Drippings.

Bacon drippings make splendid short
ening for light. flaky pie crust. 1t
takes just a little less of the drippings
than of ordinary lard or vegetable
shortening. Use it for shortening in
spice cake, gingerbread or any dark
cake and note the delicious flavor.
Spread rye bread with a thin layer
Of the pure drippings and sprinkle a
little salt on it. Add to this thin
slice of any salt meat and you will
have a delicious and highly nutritious
sandwich. The European housewife
has long made use of such sandwiches
for the between meal snack for grow
ing boys and girls.
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Glenqarry's Treason

How startling was the difference IN
the customs of the English and n.
Scots even less than a century sgo i,
shown in the story of the way in which
the famous highland chief, Alastt
Macdonell, Of Glengarry frightened
George ". out of his wits. In 1S9
Glengarry was one of a party of Scot.
fish mobiles and gentlemen who ban.
quoted ''the first gentleman of EurOUe"
in Hollywood palace. Colonel MacdODeD
was the last chief to wear the fuu
highland costume, and when the com.
pany sat down to dinner he, according
to custom, placed a brace of loaded
pistols by his plate. The king started
up in alarm and was persuaded to re-
main in the room only on the assurance
that Glengarry meant no treaSOn.-LOn.
don Spectator.
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The UItim.,.

StImata
He-Do you know wbat
to say to you? Drop it, an suh,
Nju-Drop what?
He-Everything-hapnino.
and work and God knows Ss ana love
1t is all so provincial. Even o mnat else
Let them be what they win C -" dreams
cial-yes, even our sufferings prOVa,
Nju-And what is tborS
provincial? mat iSpt
He-What! Art and death, "
is too! Only death. No; an
Nju-Yes; 1 understand
He-You don't love me Min
Nju-I love you Very mnch
1 do love you, only there is heslg
that is more than love-somoth;e tAAs
higher. hs Stl
He-What's that-life?
Eju-I don't know.
He-Or-or death?
Nju-No; there is somotb,n
higher. SIN
He-Than life, death and love,
Nju-Than all combined tn.
surely be something; OtherwiSa !
whole thing would be so meanin e Qe
From the Russian Play Mn y SieSS
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The Pygmy Hippopotamus.

One Of the animals least known to
the outside world is the pygmy hippo
potamus of West Africa.
This animal is just what its name
implies, a pygmy hippopotamus. 1t is
much smaller than the common hippo
potamus, being no larger than an ordi-
nary or fair sized hog. 1t differs some
what from the common hippo in the
character of its teeth, and instead of
spending its time in the rivers and
lakes in large herds it wanders about
through the jungles singly or in pairs,
much after the manner of swine in
search Of mast.-London Spectator.
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FoIIies of Science.

The history of science has seven
problems which men in all ages more
or less have tried to solve, but which
have finally been given up by all To
day they are called follies.
The usual list comprises the follow.
ing: First, squaring the circle; second
duplication of the cube; third, frisco.
ton of an angle; fourth, perpetual mo.
ton; fifth, transmutation of metals;
sixth, fxation of mercury; seventh,
elixir of life. Some lists put the phi
losopher's stone for the last three and
then add astrology and magic to make
the seven.
The broad ax., 1917-05-19
How David Garrick Made His Fortune

If David Garrick had had no more
than his salary as an actor he would
have had little to leave at his death.
He made his fortune as joint proprie-
tor, and for a time as sole proprietor,
Of Drury Lane theater, so that the
amount set down to himself as salary
was practically nominal When he re-
tired from the stage in 1776 he sold
half his share in the theater for f35,-
900. He was probably the only actor
who consistently made Shakespeare
pay, and, like Shakespeare, he was
actor, author and proprietor.
1t may be recalled that Garrick, who
had no enemies outside his own pro-
fession, was the grandson Of French
man exiled at the revocation of the
edict of Nantes and that his father
was a captain in the army.-London
Standard.
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o o 0 o o o o 0 O o
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Neuralgia.

o Neuralgia means nerve pain. {
o Neuritis means Inflammation Of {
o the nerve. In neuralgia the pain {
o comes and goes. In neuritis the {
o ache is steady and sticks closely {
o to the affected nerve. If the. {
o nerve could be taken out and ex- {
o amined we could find nothing {
o abnormal in the case of neural {
o gia. In neuritis the nerve would {
o be found to be inflamed. The {
o question Of what Is behind the {
o pain Of neuralgia is more impor- {
o tant than the answer to the cry {
o for relief. 1t must be remem- {
o bered that neuralgia is merely a c
o symptom, not a disease. Some c
o times malaria is the underlying c
o cause. Other times it may be {
o due to alcoholism, diabetes, lead G
o poisoning, govt, rheumatism or G
o Bright's disease. A diseased Q
o tooth or a diseased oyary may Q
o be responsible. In every case Q
o treatment must include treat Q
o ment Of the underlying cause. Q
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His Hard Luck.

A small boy whose record for de-
pertinent at school had always stood
at 100 came home one day recently
with his standing reduced to 9S
d what have you been doing, my
SOM" asked his doting mother.
Been doing?" replied the young
hopeful Been doing just as 1 have
been doing all along, only the teacher
caught me this time" Philadelphia
Inquirer.
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Where Is the Proht2

Il understand they sold their house
for $1,000 more than they paid for II. :"
How luckyr'
Lucky nothing! After they'd sold
it they discovered that they've got to
pay $1,000 more than they received
for their house for another home to
live in."-Detroit Free Press.
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Easy Generosity.

Mother Ito small son)-Bobby, dear
1 hoped you would be unselfish enough
to give little sister the largest piece OF
candy. Why, see, even our old hen
gives all the nice big dainties to the
little chicks and only keeps an occa-
sional tiny one for herself.
Bobby thoughtfully watched the hen
and chickens for a time and then said,
"Well, mamma, 1 would, too. If it was
worms. Times.
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Not That Bill.

'I can't tell canvasback duck from
a barnyard specimen"
Experts say you can tell by the
bill"
How so? The bill for one is al
ways as high as the bill for the other.
That's what I'm kicking about.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
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All Wrono

NOW, look here, Alice, know every
thing. You've been carrying on with
another man. 1 even know that his
name is Rupert"
How ridiculous you are! First of
all, l haven't f1irted with any one and
secondly his name isn't Rupert."-Pass-
ing Show.
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Too Pushing.

81 had an idea I'd grow up anu O"u
this business some day." said the uT
charged Office boy. ~
'That's just why you were nleu -,
said the boss. ever since you S'Ai'I !,
to work here you've been acnng a. :
you already owned the business
Birmingham Age-Herald.
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PRACTICAL HEALTH INV
Diet Fer the Aged.

EaNlNn
o The aged should nave . and
o frequent intervals-htlie -foOd
o often should be the RUE The
o every three or four no .l al age
o appetite is not as keen II II t tSe d.
o as it is in youth, nor Is 'D
o gestion so good. - needed
o Fresh vegetables arc ,orsous
O and relished by elderly pddition
o and they are a valuable "a, ss trOu-
o to the dietary If tney A .s they
o bled with constipation, which
o contain fibrous tissue, ISSUE. n the
o gives bulk to the cOntsn' supplies
o intestinal canal anu in..stines to
o something for the in.s s ar raw
o contract upon. Steve, As yes .
o fruits are useful, as wen ne Other .
o etables, and one o. or three !.
o should be eaten two - .
o times q day. "A
c,.ooooooo
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Our Coal Supply.

The United States coal supply is nsii
ly one-half that of the entire WOfA
Estimates put the available coal Supp
Of the United States at 3,5SS.5OO,ONw
tons out of a world total estimated u
1897, $50, 100000 tons. China ranks neH
to the United States in available sup
ply. estimated at 1,5OOOOO,OOO!OO tons
Great Britain, 1S0,000,OOOOOO; Oei,
many, 164,OOO,OOO,OOO. and CanaG'
1OO,OOO,OOO,OO tons.
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Books In Brazil.

In Brazil, as throughout South Amer
lea, French is almost universally read.
Editions Of the classics are found in
most homes, and bookstores are filed
with modern French writer's of prose
or verse, sometimes in translation and
as frequently in the original.
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lust 9 Chance In Words,

Young Clerk-Do you like to stand
in front of the store and see the crowds
go by? Old Merchant-No, but / like
to stand in the back Of our store and
see the crowds come buy.-Exchange
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Went Further.

Didn't / tell yoC that when you
met a man in hard luck you ought to
greet him with a smile?' said the wise
and good counselor.
"Yes," replied the fiinty souled per-
son. Il went even further than that.
gave him the grand laugh"
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A Generation.

In the long lived patriarchal age a
generation seems to have been COM
puted at 100 years Genesis XIV, u.
Subsequently the reckoning was the
same that has been more recently
adopted-that is, from thirty to forty
years Job xiii, 16).
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Too Much For Him.

81 thought he was going to marry
that grip
"Well he did think of it. But it
seems when he called the other night
she threw him down."
"Well, if she's as good as that at
wrestling 1 don't blame him for quit
ting."-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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Profitable Wrif;n1

My writings bring in lot of money
every month"
That so? 1 didn't know Won waro
an author"
m not I'm the man that makes
out the bills for our firm.nLDetroit
Free Press. '''
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Just the Time

mo, have never played bridge be-
fore"
so l should surmise," said the dis
gusted partner. But how came YOU
to enter an important tournament like
this?'
"Oh, 1 thought it would be a good
time to learn '-Louisville Courier.
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lnconqruous.

Little Alick-What is an incongruity,
uncle? Uncle William-An incongruity,
child, is a divorce lawyer humming a
wedding march.
The broad ax., 1917-05-19

The mission fathers brought the
olive and the date from the Mediter-
ranean regions and gave California one
Of it's most important crops.
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Forgiveness.

] Waiter-Beg pardon, sir, but-anem =,
the gents here usually rememDei -. ~
services. Guest pOcketlns al :.
change)-Do they? They ought u "
more charitable and forget them!
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Trials of Autbors

lou DO not know" Saint-Beuye
wrote to George Sand, what II Is to
.emam a whole day with your head
~ your hands, squeezing your unfortu.
nate brain to find a word"
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About the Sane Thino.

Scribbler-Can you suggest a smile
for giving advice? Scrawler-How
would pouring water on q ducks back
ao?-Philadelphia Record.
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A Sticker.

Howell-Rowen is a man Of tenacity.
Powell-Yes. If he were a dog and got
a grip on your trousers you would be
perfectly safe in ordering q new pair.
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Best Way of TAKING Iron

When anemic persons have to take
iron the best form In which to admin
lister 1t is spinach, cabbage, green chic
DRY, asparagus, lentils, carrots and
peas, all of which contain much iron.
The broad ax., 1917-05-19
cIeuer Sheen Shearers.

Averaging everything, from !, we! OTss
wethers, which are hard TO OH t,,T,
which are easy, experts IN Auo' d,r
will shear about 90 or 100 sheep -
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Pistols.

Pistols were invented at Pistoja,
Italy, and were first used by English
cavalrymen In 1874.
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Silent Hero..

.s,,sn stn S asked =. Tommy. what are
LA arrieo men, my boy" replied the
fstner:-London Telegraph.
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Let Us teach people as much as we
can to enjoy, and they viii learn for
themselves to OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
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Gold, like the sun, which melts wax
and hardens clay, expands great souls
and contracts bad hearts.-Rivarol.
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Veuetation In Polar REGIONS.

The rapid growth of vegetation in
the polar regions is attributed to the
electric currents in the atmosphere.
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ceive In the dark. " 10
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, O O O O O O 90 100000
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-02-15
he Pampas.

Only few miles from Buenos Ayers
one comes upon the pampas. This
sweep of level plain covers roughly
100000 square miles, making range
of territory nine times the size Of
England and double the extent of Mex
leo. There are unbroken ranges of
2000 miles of absolutely flat land,
across which the traveller may pass
for hundreds of miles and hardly see a
town worthy of the name. The own
ers of the big farms live in Buenos
Ayers or in Europe. and the vast UNI
occupied pampas still await needed
immigration from other lands to be-
come productive, As rule. the old
families of wealth live together In
their large palatial homes, keeping
much to themselves. They carry along
the traditions of their clan, but are
not especially interested in the reform
of Argentine life or in the extensive
opening up of new fields of service and
opportunity.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-02-15
Ancient Custom Survives.

Most of the ancient Spanish customs
nave long since died out, but one is
till maintained in the village of Los
Arenas, near Bilboa. The custom con
sists Of the serenos might policemen
calling out the hours and state of the
weather every night, commencing at
and finishing at five o'clock
a. m. One is aroused by one of these
loud-voiced policeman singing ont be-
meath the bedroom window, LAS doce,
sereno!" ("Twelve o'clock, fine wealth.
cry BY four o'clock the weather has
probably changed and it may be rain
ing and blowing regular hurricane, a
state of things in itself enough to wake
any man up Yet you are cheerfully
informed of the fact by the policeman
shouting. Las cuatro,, iloviendo!"
{"Four o'clock, raining.") Many in
habitants have tried in vain to get this
stopped, for no useful purpose what
ever is served by the custom,
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-02-15
THE GOVERNOR OF GREENLAND.
Never Heard the Hymn That Tells of
Icy Mountains, Etc.

The famous hymn, From Green
lands Icy Mountains" was the subject
of official discussion this week in the
prize court, says a London dispatch
The witness on the stand was Jen
Dangaard lmsen, governor of Green
land, who was supporting the Danish
governments claim to a cargo of fish
seized by the British government as a
prize of war.
The presiding judge asked the wit
ness: Are the physical charac teris-
tics Of your island truly described in
the hymn"
The witness replied that he had
never heard of the hymn in question.
whereupon one of the learned counsel
interposed: 81 believe it was written
by John Wesley"
"No,H said the Judge, "it was written
by an East Indian bishop"
The governor of Greenland remark
ed that he was very much interested
and would like to see a copy of the
hymn. At this point the court ad-
journed and the governor and chief at
torney for the British government
went off arm in arm in search of a
Lyman book.