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TAe Grart Tho ?j? Elbert Hubbard i T ls not the attainment of knowledge which marks the su perior person-the master man; it is the possession of cer tain qualities. There are three traits of character, o? habits, or per sonal qualities, which, once attained, meaa money in the bank, friends at court, honor and peace Ht home-power, * ? purpose, poise. These qualities are Industry, Concentration and Self-re liance. The man who has these three qualities is in possession of the key that unlocks the coiTers of the world and the libraries of Christendom. All doors fly open at his touch. "Oh, he's a lucky dog," they say-and he is. ; And the strange part of it is, there is no mystery about the acquirement of these three things; no legerdemain . no rites nor ritual; you do not have to memorize this or that nor ride a goat; the secret of these qualities is not locked up in dead languages;, no college can Impart them, ard the university men who fail, fail for Lick of them. On the other hand, no man succeeded beyond the average who did not possess them. And it is an Indictment of our collc6es and universities when we consider the fact that tho men who have these qualities plus, usually ac quired them at "The University ot Hard Knox"-and in npitej of parents, guardians, teachers and next of friends. - -, Let us take three great Americans and see what made them supremely great-Washington, Jefferson, Franklin. Let a certain quality stand for each man. WASHINGTON-SELF-RELIANCE. JEFFERSON-CONCENTRATION. FRANKLIN-INDUSTRY; But each of these men had all three o? these qualities, ard without these qualities the world would never have heard of them, and without these three men America today would not be known as a nation. It was only the Self-reliance of Washington at Valley Foi ge which saved independence from being "a lost hope." Washington was hooted and de nounced for preferring starvation to defeat, but the persistence of the man never faltered. It was a losing fight for most of those long, dragging, dread idne years-a fight against great odds-poverty against wealth, farmers against trained troops, barracks against the wind-swept open. But Washing ton believed in his cause, and, best of all, he believed in himself. "It is only a question of which side gets discouraged first. I know we will outlast them. Give in? Never! This fight ls mine!" You can't whip a man who talks like that And as time went by, George IH had brains enough to sense it, Cornwallis felt it, all England began to ac knowledge it, and, best ot al!, America knew it. It wasn't fighting that won the independence of the Colooles. It was the generalship and the Self-reliance of George Washington. And this Self-reli ance shaped his actions, and finally spread over the land. Our political bless ings, as a people, came to us through the unrelenting, unrelaxing Self-reliance of Washington.-New York American. 4& ?2? 4& t "~~ " fj?****?V*?**ty?* Ey E. Z. Mark ?Wir* st+y^+nt+ft CCORDING to Professor Starr ofthe University of Chicago, woman remains "the eternal savage because the fundamen tal nature of woman is barbaric." Savages as a rule appreciate kindness, and even the mon ,grel dog craves sympathy and respect, yet ia twp years I have been compelled to discharge seven youn;; female sten ographers. In each case, when engaged he: hours were plainly stated to bo from nine to five, I myself seldom ar riving before ten. Being, ot an easy going and kindly disposition, I treat my stenographers -with the utmost courtesy and consideration, never criticise, scold or con demn, yet without exception each and every one, after a few weaks, would re port at about ten minutes after nine, a few weeks later at about twenty min utes after nine and a little later at about*half-past nine, and then when'they lost their jobs they wondered why. And the old crank in the next office, who comes in any time from eight to eleven, who growls, shows his teeth and swears a little, and never smiles, oftem has his clerks in harness before nine. They jump around like mon keys at his beck and call, ever fearful of incurring his displeasure, and' they have the greatsst respect for him, although hardly daring to breathe or smile in his presence. Therefore, I have come to the firm conclusion that the a/erage young woman employe prefers brutality to courtesy in a business sense, and that to treat her kindly is equivalent to feeding raw meat to a very young animal. 4P I Visual Size of the By ? Ray Lankester ********** JftS Kt Moon I Hfl artin bas to Choose between scientific truth and "convention" when he ?eta out to paint tho moon. A three-pe.my piece fixed at a distance of lix feet from the eye (say at the end of a horizontal six-foot pele, the other end of which is made to press the lower edge; of the eye? socket) will just cover the disk of either th : sun or the moon hanging in the sky. It ls an absolute f vet that this is true, whether the moon (or the sun) be high in the sky or low clown near the horizon. The real "virual size" of .the moon's disk is no greater when Jt ls iow than when it is hi^h, No one .who reads what I have just written will believe me. Every ono thinks that ?he "knows" that the disk of the harvest moon or of the setting sun occupies ?a larger space in. the sky when "low" than when "high." This ls due to a Judgment or mental process, and is an erroneous one, The eye is not at fa???tr but the curiously untrustworthy mind ls, What, then is the painter to do? He yields to prejudice, and often paints the low moon or low sun of a Bise which compared with scientific fact is ridiculously exaggerated. ? % Ho Child Was Ever Born With a Taste for Tobacco By Dr. Woods Hutchinson UT there is this fundamental difference jetween the crav ing for sugar and that for "sours," acids, vinegar, pickles, etc, alcohol, and for other keen flavors and hlphly attract ive luxuries, that it is a real food of very high food-value and very promptly and readily absorbable, which none of the others are, except in small degree. As we have seen, this violent craving for sugar, leading to excess, largely dis. appears in children when their healthy demand for it ls supplied by a proper mixture with their foods; while no child yet has ever inherited or been born with a taste for alcohol, pickles, tea, coffee, or tobacco,-Success. Revenge in 8lght The druggist danced and chortled till the bottles danced on the shelves. 'What's up?" asked the soda clerk. "Have you been taking something?" "No," gurgled the dope dispenser, ecstatically. "But do you remember when your water pipes were frozen last winter?" "Yes, but what-" "The plumber who fixed them has j just brought a prescription to be tder. Undying Hatred. "I hate, that man." 'Why?" "Because he pities me." "Has he ever been your wife's hus band?" "No, it isn't that. I once got Into an argument with a driver at a street crossing. This man was there and heard what the driver saM to me. It was not until the next day that I thought of the answer I wanted to ma7*?."-Chicago Record-H arald. os? li In the In ' .? .S By G ec eotteatecstseeeaaaeosei "Young man," said my h< employer as we sat together piazza the finit evening of my iu Greenfield, "are you off an mental turn of mind?" "Why, I don't believe ..I stand," I began In surprise. *. tor, of course-" Dr. Leavitt shook the ashes i his pipe and broke in: "Of cou knew your record at the mi school-" "Which I wish now had been ter, sir," I put in virtuously, bul doctor smiled quizzically as he turned : "Well, my young friend, It was because you weren't an honor ; that I got you here. Wilson, do know there is such a thing as be too scientific?" I modestly replied that was an peet of the subject I had not yet se The old doctor did not answer rig away, hue a gleam of merriment sho from his eyes. We smoked a ft minutes in silence. It was that time between the dat and the daylight when people wh can alford it take their breathin spell. The doctor informed me tha it was his custom to smoke a pipi just after dinner and I might beal him company. As I sat on the porch I bad my first opportunity of looking at my new sur roundings, which were most attrac tive. A large white house with u porch faced ours across the street. As I looked a fat blonde woman of about thirty rose from her porch chair, came out through her gate and walked up and down once or twice on her side ot the street. She eyed the docto!.' stonily, but I felt that she was trying to get a view of me without seeming to do sb. Presently she went in and Dr. Lea vitt looked verv_ communicative. "That," he said, "is Miss Margaret Scott. She hasn't spoken to me tor twelve years. She just had to come out this evening to survey the land. Mr. Wilson, that woman caused the biggest split-up in the annals of Rye County. It's because of her that the Prices and the Snows aren't on bow l"? ? ; .r? T-d th*1 Lords and the San **? was your i'-ought I haven't five years .a, Mr. Wilson, scientific." The doc tes were smiling. "I don't believe I could be accused of that, doctor,"" I modestly asseited. "Would you like to hear about lt? It was this way. In the fall of '96 I wanted an assistant and I sent notice to the Baltimore college, as I did in your case. They recommended a James Stillman, who had done ex cellent work in college, won the Eu ropean fellowship, and was willing to come to thia little one-horse town to make a start." "Yjpur research work in tuberculo sis-" I interrupted. "Had nothing to do with lt," re torted Dr. Leavitt Irritably. '.'Any way, to make a long story short, Jim Stillman; came and had the goods to show. He was quick, bright, genial, and had a medical grounding that was surprising. My wife took to him from the first and he continued to im prove. The girls wera all crazy over him, for you may imagine that a young college man, good looking and smart, who had lived in Paris, Lon don and Vienna, was quite some in this town. The only thing about Jim was that he didn't care a rap about the girls. He'd refuse Invitation af ter Invitation to card parties, dinners and dances to stay home and smoke with me and talk over some of the lats discoveries in the medical jour nals. He had some very original Ideas, too. He came to liva at our house, and if my wife wanted to go to some party or other he'd take her and call for her, hut she used to tell me she scolded him both ways for pot-paying more attention to the rgirls. The Price girls, the Kennedy girl, and tho Lords were all on his trail, and Bessie Price was the pret tiest girl lu town unless it was Susan Lord. But Jim was all for business, and he and I got to be better friends every day. Even when I was called down to Boston for a few days, my wife said he sat and talked with her a while every evening after dinner and then went up to his room and Studied, When Jim had been living with,me for about six months, and doing splendid work, Margaret Scott came home from school. She had always been fairly healthy and we were shocked when her mother brought her home before the end of the term ill. Her mother called me in and asked me what I thought was the trouble with her. I never saw a girl go off so. She was pale and languid and had lost in weight. I tried the tuberculosis test, but nothing there. I suggested every ailment In the al manac, but hers was a brand new dis ease. I called regularly for a month and Margaret was co better. One day at church-I always make it a point to take my assistants to church, Mr. Wilson-I saw Margaret Scott, whose mother made her go to church if she was able to walk, and the poor girl looked as if she could hardly hold her head up; bloodless, weak, shaky, and thin aa a rail. I pointed her out to Stillman and he had a look at ber across the aisle. Next Sunday sh9 was ill in bed and getting paler every day. "One evening I was dlsoussing the cuse with Stillman. I remember tell ing him I thought the girl was fading away before our eyes. He said in his quiet way that he had a theory re garding the case and that if I would let him put it in practice he thought he could cure her. He said he had been studying the external aspect of her case for some time. Sc I told him to sail right io, as I'd tried and failed. He asked that I would not interfere for tv/o weeks. . After that he said I might call every Monday and see how the patient was and if there was co marked progress at tte end et three weeks he would turn HUI HHNHHHHRBB ?ieitce. ? .. ca .e ieeeioft?eeo?es3 hie. J agreed and he it of attention to it I once a day, but at reek he was driving twice a day. I sup e going pretty bad, , failure of the case, as the one to Inter fl anti Margaret was Tm a little better, eered, and she cer n I congratulated mprovement 'Oh, ) replied confident ly when I "ailed never would have vas sitting up at pretty dresslng '. about the girls me she had been lg that morning, tcott accosted me ?nderful, doctor? i tails her to eat vents.' aller sore over isuch a frank, lugs to me. He > experiment of uld be success felng it out for ton for three to see how .ting on Frl ionday. She In an even Df pink stuff at her belt. I positively ng' because the picture t charming, r looks and i lightily. di as she h her smiled a. wc nan is a when you cc ave some th train, but th< ran In my hei jn. If I hac for three das aken the tim' it money now il at our hou: I hooted the i e wasn't his 1 a't there in tl I saw a farm d me on his i hing he said ir. Still man'i . Scott's daug] L; "H for me to sa: opened my r So Jim Stllln in Lord and I n roped In bj clever Jim's ol of a wife. ling on .the v) females again s young friend r gate. Before u came out to , hold ing "out 't true, is it?* . "For picked up my _to the " 'Doctor,' said the poor chap, 'I'm In a devil ol. a mess.' " 'I know lt* M 'The deuce you do. It Is already spread over seven counties.' " 'Sit down. Jim.' " 'It was. this way, doctor, I al ways had since I entered college this theory that some people need a heart interest. One' of my cousins was that kind and a fellow who lived In our town, never happy unless he had some girl he was taking' to parties, sending candy! to and who was Inter ested in him,I V-i saw M$a Scott, who, between you and me, j'hasn't any too much sense, moping and pining and thought I'd try my. experiment on her. 11 felt mrry for her case and thought the sure was worth the remedy. I tried :?or a week being very, agreeable and attentive to her and she seemed to improve. Then I took to dropping in : or an afternoon chat also. And the .vay that girl sat up and took notice indicated that she needed the heart Interest all right. Last week I got to the flower-sendlrig stage. '* 'Yesterday I wanted to test her ?itrength, ? I asked her to play tennis with me all morning, lunch with me ft the clubhouse, and go on a tramp In the woods in the afternoon. And, by Jove!, even after all that she was aa fresh as a daisy!' For a moment 8. gleam of professional pride lit up his gloomy face. " 'Look, here,' said I, putting my hand on his shoulder and looking him square In the eye, 'if you made love to that girl-' ; " 'I suppose I was awfully nice to ber,' he said, after a pause. 'But I never proposed. ,1 never did do that, on my honor. Oh, lt's an awful mix up.' " 'Keep cool, Jim, and tell me this -aren't you in love with her?' "'No.' " 'But you certainly were in love with her for the moment' " 'No, I never was-not for one moment* "This astounding statement from Jim Stillman fell like a thunderbolt. And I knew he spoke'the truth. V 'Maybe you lost your head and pi'oposed/ I suggested Inanely. 'That will happen sometimes.' "?Nothing like that for me/ said Jim with fierce conviction. " 'I don't know how it was, doctor, but I felt from her manner at lunch eon that she wanted the people at tie clubhouse to know I was Inter ested, j She was looking as well and healthy as possibly and I determined to let her gently down. For, to tell the truth, I was about sick of spend ing two hours a day on giggles and gurgles. Her little air of proprietor slip made me tired, but somehow I couldn't tell her. On our walk sbo ran on about things and seemed t-o rtake lt so for granted that I Jost couldn't tell her just then, but I shut' up like a clam and resolved to let lt die a slow death so as not to hurt her feelings.' "That was so like Jim that I half smiled. " *WeIl, we got through that walk and I was just shaking hands with her in her hall when her mother ap peared and Margaret excused herself to take off her hat. " 'Mrs. Scott and I were alone. She made some remark about Margie and me being so suited to one an other, or something like that. And the first thing I knew she was lean ing on my shoulder dramatically be seeching, "Oh, doctor, be good to my child-always, always." " 'I don't remember what I said Just then, but ii I ever longed to strangle a human being, it was that purring, clinging old cat. I suppose it waa brutal, but I came out and told her that I had never been in love with her daughter, was not now, and never would be. 14 ' "But your attentions," she hissed, "She never had any other gentleman show her such attentions, buggy riding and violets. Your at tentions-" " ' "Were ' in the interest of sci ence," said I cold-bloodedly. "I cured your daughter. From the sick girl she was less than a month ago she ls now the picture of health. You will admit that." " ? "Yes," she snapped, and I never saw a human being so bottled up with rage. " ' "The case is dismissed, Mis. Scott," said I shortly. "You forced me to this declaration. .Good after noon." "'"Dr. Stillman," she fairly screamed at me, "you're a brute-a horrid brute. I shall ruin your repu tation in Greenfield. I'll publish you as a trifler with my girl's affectlonst and a murderer. I'll have this case taken up. Margie will die and you will be her murderer." " 'Doctor, I was so furious I never thought what I said, and I retorted and left the house. This was my parting shot: "She won't die. That's part of the theory. Pride will bolster her up." I left the house and came home, aad after dinner every one In Greenfield knew ail about it and more too. Isn't it a mess, though?' " 'Romance versus science,' I re marked. " 'Don't joke, doctor,' begged the poor chap. 'This morning I made my calls and the Kennedys sent their maid down with a note from Mrs. Kennedy, saying she didn't need my services any longer. Half the people I bowed to cut me dead. The Joneses, the Wllcoxes and the Lords all passed me by-no, not all of them, either,' he finished. 'Miss Susan Lord came up and spoke in a very friendly way.' The poor boy said it gratefully, with out one glint of humor." Dr. Leavitt paused and puffed his pipe. "How did it tum out?" I enquired. "Well, Dr. Wilson, it's a queer world. Science isn't as popular as ro mance. Will you believe it, Still mans practice fell off and people were cutting him on al! sides. All Greenfield was lined up in one faction or another and things got so hot I ad vised: him to leave-go somewhere else-and he did. lunated to loas him, for he was a medical genius, thoroughly scientific. I believed his story and do to this day. My wife sides with the Scotts." "And the cure?" I asked. "Was that permanent?" "As you see. Margaret Scott dropped for about ten days, then de cided pride was the best shoulder brace, and has never been ill since. She has put on flesh steadily.. Now you know the greatest event in Green field history, But," concluded Dr, Leavitt, ''I always regretted that fell low Jim Stillman, Ho was, as I said, a medical genius, And now } must get to work." About a .month later Doctor Lea? vltt came Into the dining roon) with a letter in his hand, ?.Letter from. Jim Stillman," hg cried excitedly, "Humph I" And Mrs. Leavitt stopped pouring tho tea. MI hope it ls something to his credit this time." The doctor scanned the CIQEO writ* ten page. "He's married." "I hope," remarked Mrs. Leavltt with a malice of which I never thought her capable, "she's a widow with a past, with ten children for him to support." "Listen to this!" There was tri-? umph in the doctor's tone. " 'You may be interested to know that I was married last week to Miss Regina Elizabeth Quackenbusb, head of the department of science at Wellesmere College. Misa Quaokenbush recent ly secured her Fh.D for her exhaus tive treatise on "The Absorptive Spectrum of Chlorine and the Poly basic Acids of Mesitylene." She ls a thoroughly scientific woman who-* " and here followed three-quarters of a page expounding her virtues. "Perhaps," observed Mrs. Leavltt acidly, "a real scientific woman can get along with Jim, but all the same I wish she had been a ballet dancer!" -San Francisco Argonaut. Bluebirds Nest in Mail Box. When Customs Inspector Fred Mid dleton a few days ago reached his hand in the rural mail box in front of his residence at the Cliffs, in Brandy wine Hundred, he was surprised to find a bird's nest in the box and in the nest three eggs. Upon examina tion it was found that they were blue bird eggs, and in a short time after leaving the box a bluebird was seen to enter. After making sure that the bird was in the box Mr. Middleton took the bird out, stroked it affectionately and returned it to the nest from which he had taken it. The bird did not appear to be frightened, but rath er enjoyed the attention and content edly remained on the eggs.-Wilmlpg. ton Every Evening. Humane Principles. ."Why do you begrudge me the pleasure of a little sociability?" said Mrs. Corntossel. "You seem to hate to have company." "Well," an swered the farmer, "you see, I'm a member of the S. P. C. A. and I bate to have the chickens killed."-Wash ington Star. . "~" A BUMBLE BIRD BALLAD. Come, children, leave your spade and pail, Here's Bumble ready for a sail. He's learned to paddle, swim and float And makes a lovely bombie boat. So all aboard and off you go! You do not even have to row, For Bumble does it with his feet, And isn't such a sail a treat? And now we're almost at the beach Why do you splatter, scream and screech? It is so Billy and so wrong You know that's iust the Bumble song. -Frederick White, in the DeUneatpr. CONUMDRUMS. When are eyes like oil shafts? Ans.-When sunken.. Why are dudes like sponges? Ans. -They are great on the swell. Why ls a stick of candy like a race horse? Ans.-Because the more you lick lt the faster it goes. Why does a duck come out of the water? Ans.-For sun-dry reasons. Why ls a pug dog's face like an ill fitting dress? Ans. - Because both are badly wrinkled. What animal skin did Adam wear? Ans.-A bear skin. - Washington Star. INSECT OGRES. THE ICHNEUMON. Sweet pleasure is my portion, No work for me or mirlo. Mv babes I give to other tolk To rear as they incline. Look! See that great green worm feebly crawling up the trunk of the oak tree. There, she has lost her hold and tumbled to the ground. What a strange looking creature she ls! Her back and sides seem to be covered with grains of rice, all stand ing on end. Each grain is really a tiny cocoon. See, some of them are empty and their little lids hang half open. A few weeks ago this great potato worm was as healthy and fat a green caterpillar as could be, exploring the garden, tasting this plant and that, or resting beneath the shade of the old apple tree. One day as she was tak ing her noonday siesta along came a stranger with a curious weapon, a slender sword in a sheath, attached to the hinder part of her body. No soon er did she shy Miss Green than she unsheathecLj?hls fearful weapon and proceeded/{b^.plerce^tjie fat sleeper again aJpd agata? and^n every hole she drolpped ari egg, as\e withdrew her swd |rd. . pooy?gj^n, having no wea'poitaa "wii^??SP^to defend her self, couldo?ty throw back her head in anger and alarm and try to fright en off her enemy. As the days passed Miss Green felt more and more uncomfortable. Her appetite failed, her steps grew slow and feeble, and as the summer waxed she felt that her interest in life was growing le3S and less. When the sev enty little worms which had emerged from the ichneumon's eggs had fairly sapped the life of the unfortunate cat terplllar, each made its way out to her back and spun Its little cocoon, which looked exactly like a grain of rice. Out of this it in time emerged a pertest Ichneumon ogre, ready to start off in search pf some other poor potato worm Jn which to deposit Its tm A FISHHSTW, Nearly every Saturday morning at 5,80 o'clock I am awake and dressed, ready to get some fresh fish, I go to the beach where the fish boats land and get the size I would Mks to buy. There are many varieties, such as the bluefish, weakfish, porgies, butterfish, kingfish, horse mackerel and drum fish, Fen and ink fish and sea rob ins are no good to eat, There ls a queer thing about a pea and ink fish, which I will tell you, When he is swimming in thewater and sees some thing that dees not take his eye he will pour a black substance from two sacks on the side of his body into the water, which does not clear for two or three hours, The pen is the back bone of the fish, which can be pulled out easy when the fish ls dead, and which looks like a quill. And that is where the floh gets its name. A sea robin has a pair of wings in front of his fins, which makes the fish travel very swiftly through the water. Horse mackerel are of a large size, weighing 600 pounds apiece. Drumfish weigh 200 or 300 pounds. The fishermen are all Swedish, and are very strong. They go out to sea twice a day, 4 in the morning and 1 in the afternoon. -Woodruff Crane, in the Newark Call. ON THE DEAD SEA. "Many false and foolish reports about the Dead Sea-that strange and interesting lake - have been circu lated," said Abraham S. Abrahams, of Jerusalem and London, who ls on a tour of this country, according to the Washington Herald. "Much has appeared from time tc time lu papers and periodicals abo -t steamboats navigating the Dead Se*,* continued the banker. "This, too, ic a fabrication. The only boat on thc Dead Sea ls a small sailing boat about twenty feet long. "This vessel makes trios as the wind allows from the north end of the ses to the bay on the eastern side of tht tongue that divides the water neal the middle. At this terminus some Jev/s are located. The whole concert Is, In fact, in the hands of Jews, who at a low rate, buy wheat and bar?es from the Arabs to be delivered on th< seashore. From there it ls shipped to tbs Jericho side and carried oz donkeys to Jerusalem, where it finds ready sale at a good price. "When adverse winds blow the lit tle craft ls In danger of being swamped, for the so-called Dead Sea becomes a living mass of waves. Not long ago I spent four nights such as never will be forgotten on. th ese wat ers, and the smartness of the old man at the helm saved us from being wrecked again and again. A charge of one mejedle, which Is about eighty cents, a trip ls made for each passen ger, and for i, unique voyage lt ls not exorbitant. "There is some talk about a small steam tug being put on the sea, but the authorities are loath to grant per mission. It will be a great boon when it does arrive, as It will bring the east and west sides of the Jordan nearer io each other for communlca? tlon and trading purposes. " . A PHILOSOPHICAL INVALID. Teddy had a very sore throat, so he had to take some medicine every two hours, y.t did not taste bad at all, but still it was medicine, so Ted dy thought he must make a face whenever he took lt, and mamma must give him a lump of sugar, and pity him a great deal besides. But once when mamma gave him the med icine Teddy did not make a face or ask for any sugar. "You aro getting used to it, aren't you, Teddy," said mamma. "Well, not 'zactly," said Teddy, "but I've been thinking. You see. Jack an' me used to go to the nastur tium bed and eat the seeds. My! they 'most bit my tongue off! But we just ate 'em for fun. Then we used to go down by the brook and eat wild grapes. They were so sour they made my teeth feel just like the crazy-bone in your elbow when you hit it, but I thought it was fun to have 'em feel so. Then we used to eat acorns. Oh! ain't they bitter! But we ate 'em for fun. So I make believe that I'm tak ing this medicine for fun, and then it tastes all right." Mamma kissed the philosophical little invalid, and said he should have the sugar all the same. - Christian Register. A BALLOON ASCENSION. A large auction sale of property was held in oui village this week. In order to draw a crowd there was a balloon ascension every evening at 6 o'clock. The first two evenings were successful. The balloonist would as cend about 500, and when a pistol sh. was beard a parachute attached to the balloon would open and tba balloonist would descend. The third night, the regular balloonist being ill, an amateur volunteered to take his place. The balloon ascended about 200 feet, and then started to coma down, and the balloonist, fearing he would strike a near-by house, cut the rope. The parachute failed to workv and so the man fell to the ground. When the crowd reached him he was unconscious. Quickly calling au am bulance, he was taken to the South Shore Hospital, where the doctors found that he had broken his arm and received severe Internal injuries. . It made me feel so bad that I don't think I will ever attend another bal loon ascension.-Elspeth M. Taylor, in the New York Tribune. SCIENCE AND' H INDUSTRY It ls said that silicide and.borlda of titanium, products of the electric furnace, are as bard as the diamond. The resistance to traction in dry weather is ema.lest on brick pave ments and ia wet weather on Litu Utblc pavements. , Horm with adjustable hells, which control tho vo'.ume of sound and throw it In any desired direction, are a novelty in tho musical instrument line, i A deposit of utrontlum near Bris tol, England, has become the chief source of the world's supply of that mineral, so largoly used to impart ;* red color to pyro technics. i The first bacteria ever seen by man were discovered by a Dutch philoso pher who was examining under his microscope scrapings from his own teeth. i In overhauling the seven subma rine cables between Italy and Messina several of them were found to bo badly damaged by heat, tho sheath ing and layers of rubberbelng burned and in some cases the copper conduc tors fused. Owing to a great change in the "floor" of the strait of Messina one of the cables wa3 so deeply bur? led that lt was necessary to abandon it. The asteroid Eros, which ls ode? brated for the eccentricity of its or bit, and its occasional near approaches to the earth, is again attracting th? attention of astronomers, but this time a long while In advance of the performance that is expected of it. In 1900 Eros came within about 31, 000,000 miles of the earth, but in 1931 it will approach us within about 15,500,000 miles. This will afford a unique opportunity to determine with greater exactness the solar parallax, the mass of the moon and the mass of the earth.