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DANIELS FAVORS FIGHTING MEN Those Who Performed Shore Duty Cut Out by Secretary. Washington, Jan. 7.?Coincident with the appointment tcd*y by C'ha r:nan Page, of the Senate navul committee. of a subcommittee \o ir vcitigate the naval decoration cov.troversy, Secretary Daniels transmitted to Senator Page a complete list of .-ill officers and enlisted men consider ed by the navy's heard of awards for service decorations as recommended by commanding officer?. The list transmitted by Secretary Daniels comprises more than 3.500 names and the charts accompanying it tell a graphic story of the fate of each recommendation as it passed through the hands of the board and finally was acted cn by the secretary. i The documents sent to the ScnaU 1 by Secretary Daniels showed that the list of 144 persons finally approved by Secretary Daniels to receive the distinguished service medal represented a reduction o fnearly 200 from the total recommended by the board. Practically all recommendations for that honor disapproved by the secretary were for officers who performed shore duty, the report showed. Persons designated by the secretary, but not by the board, to receive the distinguished service medal totaled two, these including the commanding officers of naval craft that were attacked by submarines or came in ADOPT WOMAN SUFFRAGE j i I D U V ^ _1 T ' ?wm nouses (ver.^ucn; j Pass Measure. j Frankfort, Ky.-, Jan. 6.?Ratification of Xhe federal woman suffrage ! amendment was completed by the Kentucky Legislature late this after-! noon. The House of Representatives voted 72 to 25 and the Senate 30 to 8 to ratify the amendment. There woe. Kfflo ir? the lower llGUS-3, nuo ntuv -but action in the Senate was not taken until an amendment which , would have submitted the question of ratification to a State-wide referendum was rejected by a vote of 23 to 15. SHIPS TURN SOUTH i " f *1 Cn !spf;:^a?no fart CT uj.vy ? To Practice. i Norfolk, Va., Jan. 7.?Headed by at least seven superdrea.dnaughts and accompanied by more than a score cf smaller craft the Atlantic Hset will turn southward tomorrow afternoon from the Virginia Capes for Guanta-, namo for annual winter maneuvers and target practice. The capital ships off the capes tc-' night are the Olkahoma, which sailed thp Norfolk navv yard today,! the Pennsylvania, flagship of the fleet, - t?rcr Arizona, Nevada, Florida, Utah and Delaware. The smaller sraft. will be composed of destroyers, sup-j ply ship?, submarines and tugs. The final assembling of the fleet; for the southern voyage is scheduled; for tomorrow morning and the* ex-1 pectation is that the Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson in command head-: " A1? <!>?*** fl-va T'onncvtvfin' lllg Hie jirci, uii cji?r jl ^i.noj . . will be able to start the voyage early in the afternoon. Throughout the1 i voyage southward the fleet will en- j gage in steaming maneuvers. Other ships will augment the flotilla as it proceeds. A i ~? MAN 75 YEA^S OF AGE ! BEATS WIFE TO DEATH 1 i Newport News, Va., Jan, 7.?Wilson H. Erokaw, Sr., severuy-nve years of age was place.! unde rarrest here this afternoon charged with having beaten hia wife, fortynve years of age, to death with a hammer. It is charged that the crime was committed at Camp Eutis, near here, where the Brokaws had made their home for the last month, coming here from Chicago to be near their son, Wilson II. Brckaw, Jr., who is a lieutenant in the army stationed at Camp Eustis. It is said that fueling is running high tonight at Camp Eustis and that a strong guard has been placed about the military jail where Brokaw ;e ir>^5>rr?#>mtpd to safeguard him un til he can be turned over to the civil authorities tomorrow. It is said by people living near the Brokaw home that the man was seen up at an early hour this morning. About 0 o'clock screams were heard and when several men rushed to the scene they found the dead body of Mrs. Brokaw in the house, her head crushed by blows from a hammer and Brokaw in the yard. He appeared to at the time DC uiiiv..vv...v>. and when told of the crime said that some neirrces had been about the place during the day and that they must have been guilty. It is alleged that his hands and clothing were spotted with blood when he was arrested. Lieut. Brokaw was almost prostratr ed when the news v.7S brcl.c-n to hir.\ I and dec!*ire:! tlir-t h? o? m reaj.:i v hy ?vs frthcr sre Id h'-vo <?rr.miited s*j< h a crin:v. The be !y j? ii.e ? ^ J dead woman has been brought to a j local urdcrtaki"jr establishment and wiil be sh^vc to Chicago tomorrow. \ V-"e hear, of aome pleasant events i hocked for ;1". vc-y t j;~; iuiaie, but ! ycujcncw a tvpo'Jcr cor.nol tell all' lit* !? ?V Kvl 44 k V>!:v W.tltV I 4 4 *4> Olll'.ill t i ( o at all. Or. yl :r ci.i i?. I he Jarpc: . Lipler. P. A. II.. will mef t with M \Y. i?. Wallace cn ^ * v * J. ? _ ?..i ?*. ; aacuruay, .jur.uui y u. .*u * o ? Kiixabc-ili Donii.'iifh, * Sovroiary. .Mrs. \V. ?!. Hulit, Regent. i YEAR RIG! i I.M CENTENARIES j Natal Day Celebrations of Many Famous Pecpie Will Take Place During 1919. This your of ;ri-?ice is rich in j centoiinries. To begin with. ii is aj hundred \v:tr>- sinre <J:jeon Victoria ap-; petfood (?n Mother Karih?a eentenary [ concerning \\ i?i?-J> the monthlies will J presently be waxing eloquent, London Tit-Cits states. Another noted centenary of thej present year is that of the famous old! sea-dog. Admiral Rodney, the man in f whom for years the French found so: .1 r> .K'C.lii'illt CO lllllll'llt V fill ' pVi.-MCHTUl .... j adversary. 'Twas way back in 1S19 j that this old gentleman first delighted i his friends with his pretence. Thej centenary of \V. E. Foster, the states-j man, will also be celebrated this year, j Few greater authorities on education; than tins gifted son-in-law of the great Doctor Arnold of Rugby ever breathed. ] Among other worthies whose uanjcsj tnust also be mentioned in this con-| r.ection is that of John Campbell j Sharp, the Wordsworth inn poet and j philosopher: Arthur Hugh dough, the! poet, and Charles Kingsley. the gifted | author of that immortal mrmer,; "Westward lloj" j Scotsmen will presently he doing} h^nor to the memory of another noted: individual w!j?#se centenary also falls? this year?a man worthy of a happier j fate?Donald CarriM, the great cov-j enanter. who. it will he remembered. .1.., i for Unrin.tr i?> oxeonnuTinicsuc im- mus, was exf-enrod nt th<? c?!?I MnrktM" Cross. KdinUnrirh. NVitli<*r must we. forirt'T Kl?of, 11it? nuTlioross of that itn^'r^Meiod romanco, "Adam' j WORKERS NOT ALWAYS BUSY Bustling individual Sometimes Is r?r-vinn Cut 'dens Evolved j ? * V-? W J v M ' + rj ? by Apparent "Loafer," f$< eretary of War Baker was de-| r t*rt:?5n army of!icers who hadj !>een berated as obai?* warmers. "Somemay be." he admitted. "but in most! eases 1 am sure you will find that thtj very person wh?..-e position or work i seems almost a sinecure, is (loins hij?) things, whi'.e often the person who 1:j thoughtlessly given credit is not thei real worker at all. Like the seere-i ni.v'v' nfrw*ulluj* j "'Who is that-l>usy younjr woniun! telling that vising committee where! to get oflT askod tlie stranger. 44 'Oh,' was tue answer, 'she's the" secro: ary's stenographer.' "'What secretary?' "'Tlie secretary of the BlufTville! chamber of commerce. That's him. I _ reading me movie magazine m uu, ?>ack room. He's <he "live wire" you? read so much about in the daily pa ' P.TS.'? Forcing Plants by Light. I To force the growth of plants M; the use of artificial lijjht i* not a new idea, but the system hitherto has beer; 100 expensive in proportion to obtain-j ai>le results. j Jlecentiy a man engaged m nurunir ture discovered ?m efficacious method Or applying light fur this purpose. Ar j ranging in winter quarters his plants! as he wished them to grow, he sup , plies a lamp with mercury vapor fot i fuel and th^ seeds .germinate in les?; than half the ordinary time, wliile the | vigor and intensity of the color of the; flowers is superior to that of tlie prod ' uet grown naturally. i Another curious phenomenon no j ticed in connection with this action or light is an infinite multiplication ot, rho downv substance connuonly founc; on stems. Those jrrown in shadow' have ihe stems relatively |>are. Verj trood practical results have been ob 1 tained by this system. Getting His Mcney's Worth. From the Houston Post. Personally, we rather like the in-* * I come tax as we become accustomed j to it. We obtain .Genuine pleasure' cut of the reflection that for a few; dollars every three months, we can! get out on the thoroughfare and bawl out the government as if we were the sole owner of the whole palpitating U. S. A. Jt is computed that 10,000 threads j of the web of a full-grown spider] are not larger than a single hair of j a man's beard. It has been caleu-j latcd that when v-rang spHers begin; to spin, -100 of threads are not larger than one f*oin a full-r-ized insect. Thus, 4,00).300 webs of a< young spider aie not as large as a 7 7 * ~ J* single o: a ~ ?:v e. c: c; * b ct ' 'v- - - -- ^ NOT HURT BY WARM CLIMATE Write,- Denies That Lift !n trie Trop Ics !s Enervating to Whites DwclKr.o Thc.-c. The opinion is -|?. <>;!<', sr. n^rth orn riirurs ili.ir n mm iiMionsly \\::rn ciin!:ir>'. nn!?r?>k<*n by sii.-u'p :".-i ?<]5< cii;:n','i s. is ?'t:"rvatinir ;ui?l '1' t.-.t nr;i to ihs* v. hitJ- tsi;:n. Tlii> ?> :;i*<'ii i< -sill: l?i- ? ! ,! 1 1 i* 11 * \ > l;: i i; i i;. i( i *\ < i i "n.";'iv > . i . ? . of Kxeepiion. Imw/xcr, i> taker l.y V?i!L'h;in MneOnnuhey. >>vritinir i:i Seie?iee. Is sub-tropical. T!i?* si^nifl cant fner is ?h:;t the "wlii'e" papula ti<?ii iivi's *'Amer?e;>n style." The hours of labor for bu<?n?-s>i men. professional men and laborers are just as lonsx :>s in northern re;:-ons. Tin holidays and vacation periods ::re nr more numerous. The Inneh period is one hour ;Jt noon, ;md there is no siesta. A white Irhorlns: class ^Joes not exist in I!:iwaii. This is^duc. h-rvevf-r, not to Himatic cotidili'??!s. but t" thp eeon-ium* enmneti: ion of ell; ;:]> ori ental labor. It nnist be a ok n owl o?! itd th:?t thp cbnnir<? fr:?:n n northern f<> sub-tropical lieuite <loes not always pirrce with the white women. Some suTer fn>ni poor health and more or loss profound functional derangement. However, tl:;a problem is an open one as to whether this is directly due to climatic mal aunpinrjon, FRENCHMAN'S WORK OF ART Beauvais Cathedral Clock a Remarkable Example of Ingenuity in Its Construction. T!io Hock of Reauvais (Franco) on* thcdrnl is said to bo composed of separate pieces. One sees on the -r?2 flm! plates the hour-the day, the week nnd the month; tlu rising and setting of the sun. phase* of the moon, the fides, the time in the principal capitals of the world, together with a series of t?"T??sirial and astronomical evolutions. Tile framework is carved omIv. oijrht motors by flvo motors. or 20 foot by foot. Whon tho (look strikes n'l the edifice seems in rnovemont. Tho designer wished r<> *lei !ot the Lns-t Judgment. This wonderful work ivm!!s the clock of Sfrnssburg, fi!i? 1 is :?f modern construction. It is tho work of M. V'?iito. who \v:is in tho ?ngimvrlng rl n:< nt of tho Xr>rd railway, end who died In IS.^7. The : ()( ?; crows, ang?ds sound a trumpet .it the four cardinal points. imiratiou of flames api^nrs frnm the openings or stoj?plfs riirhf and loft. A soul, that of t.'x* impenitent thief. apponra before the supremo Judjro. It is condemned. "a 1' onfer." ami a demon armed with a pitchfork seizes it atid casts it into the abyss. Xoxt comes the soul of (ho just. Tho ansrels advance nn<l conduct it to tho realms of day, sacred strains being hoard. Spread Love of Good Music. Tho error.tost factors that exist at the present time in the spreading of music and the Inducement of a love for if, are the music-reproducing ma chinos of all kinds. What these hav* done to promote general musica' knowledge eannot he overestimated. Why, yon meet people who, a few rear? a?o, would not have known th< name of one groat musical composi fion. who now are familiar not only with the composers, hut with thoii foremost interpreters and the ways ir whi>h thosp interpretation have heer conceived. Th<?se people know every note of works they hadn't oven heard i few years ago. It is not enough for a c^tnpositior to great to help the world, appar ently: if must he known to ho jrreat With a man it is a different matter Ho yoiir work well, and yon will bf 1 :f Th/irn irn nlwrivs tllOS( itI'M <>\ 11. i ... who -'nil iuMcro if work is good NAt T judg^,?KxehaTur?\ N Change of Ownership. A poorly clad st ranker had boor saztr.i* f'-r si?f*h a loni: tituo witl fnfor st at a mansion, with its spa f:on?. sialolv cnrriasro drivo and well ^ ? ?s .A f !>, !\<vT>! uronmi'S. umr :l pniirniiim ui ropier irrow suspicion^ ;in<l wft'Uod nj t<> him. '"Xico liou<(\" s=:ii'T tIso ?>*fi iw ?rt?n;;)l!y. wns f!n> roplv '"It's n very nioo hmiso. :i?id it cos nuMK'.v. too." "Tt did tliMt!" snid tli? "(Ki-or. "I built !hnr housp." s;::d ill1 sfr;U!':?*r. Tho oHlcor looked fit" 111 so< ily individi::il rind smiled. "Whn flf.'T v?t do it with." ho <:iid?"a <])p.d fiP'l !lOO?" ropl'iMl tlio ' In- nv s:Uii\*. "'viiii iiiniHM i*-ii inuncle. If" is not exactly as I \vo:il h:i v?? designed it. nor had I see! it !<rf<re " "Yor never <;iw ii fore." said rbr? officer, "and it nin' hist :is you'd like it. lillt j'oii ldiMt i with money loft you l?y your nnele tluit'r- a good joke." "It's nH ime, said the seedy stranger; "the ownt' was my lawyer!" Ersgtand and America. The language and traditions corr mor. to England and America are lik -^.1 < ?;i? . +1^,. ,ir.nv kind re Oilier i ?; mi i \ imini.^ , un ,> ....... together nt the irrenter crises of lif* hut they also occasion at times a Iittl friet ic-?! and fault finding. The jrroum work of the two societies is so simihi that ??fh nation, f^'linc almost a h<?nv <:t': th<? other. may instinctive! re.-cp.r hinders it from fe line a h'j!!i? nitou'^hrr. D" fTe renees will ,'>'1 to i>ni ;iM"m.*!]i(JK; !viv?* slio'vd by mistake and through somebody' fault. r*ch will j'a' * the falser 1* hi: ?i * ?and;:r<!<. nor fe??l!i!if as i the T-'.'St n-v* of f.TO'irner-. t !\a! !: t!'U>! ;ra\*e r:i e'V? ri of in ;iirii::itio : , r Jihnself in jr.iot'i *r v. < -*: I'? ?:['} S ntayin fj k in ark : [ HAS NEW IDEA IN SCULPTURE T'inncsree G;rl Ures Dried Apples to FaJv'on Her Mode's of the Hurr.un Form DIvir.e. : T>i)\\u hi Is !i??xv;Il<?. Tei:n.. Ilvos Miss I j Nahei .'i'i.'io'.i, \\!i ? !i:i^ ci'?'iiIew ;i new ! rw.f1 ilrsf.jK t ;:rt. T<> he brief. h:i i (l?-v;'}n}K''l <ire<! ;'t>'.>!e s<!-;i!'?uue with ! i . . i j ren?irf;;j ?!-? result \ For y< ;irs Miss .MH'ion l.sss been ir> j in ihe vnrlo'.h ty]?es <;{ iinnir' ! f;iin? er.< who ? o:ne down to her f:.* i (Jut's sioro to tr;:d<\ ;ir:istir j :i!i!!ify. slu* rrietl ;\ 1:0011 inrmy t'lriis j to thrir rpiaint I we:sth?*?j horiici !?v the eonventional meTli ! oils of s<-u!pnm\ but tliM results did no! satisfy her. <>n<> <?voiiin5T. while ' | rvilin:: apf.Vs to dry ihem for iIn- fu' i ture. sli" pifliffl up ;i piece <:f par; ! tially dried apple and noted its sfrik* i inji r< st tiihlMnee to tJi* wrinkled faee ' of i lit* usual ehJorly mountaineers, ; whom she was endeavoring to porJ iwy. j Tsikinir np n sharp knife, she did a I ittle Iii.tr so as to fashion ?he j wrinkled apple into a hitman face. The i wreome v.:is must successful: she saw ! possibilities in tiiis newly discovered j art: iiml she set to work experitnent ir?ir in *Ir!o?l apple sculpture. Little i by little she became quite expert in making dolls whose heads are simply j dried apples, cleverly cut before (hey ! are dried. Miss Million has found a.satisfac; torv preservative with which she varnishes the dried apple heads when they j have reached the desired state of dry-, S ness. The costumes and accessories ! are carefully copied from life; irij deed. Miss Million always has some 1 particular person in mind when she I evolves a little doll with a dried ap; pie face.?Scientilic American. i I HOWE OF FAMOUS ORATORS ! Eminent Men Who Have Occupied thd ! - . -r_u._ Klilpil. or "opurgeon-5 i ausr nacle," London, England. i Commenting on Dr. A. C. Dixon's resignation of th<> pastorate of rhe , Metropolitan tabernacle. London, which will p/ob:il>ly be known to the einl of time :is "Spnrgeon's tabernacle," a writer in the London Christian World f --p 1.1.~ tvVir? reiers to soujc oi jih* finmnu m^u >? have occupied that pulpit in the past? IJen.iamin Keach, John (Jill. John Ilippon. and others?and gives the following interest irvjr in-'ridont: "doming to more recent day*. it is ju<t thirty years aero sine" a trustee of the tabernacle spoke to Spurgeon about an American preacher named Dixon, who had spoken at .the world's Sunday-school convention. Spurgeon at once invited him to speak at ihe tabernacle. It is interesting to recail the fact that they might easily have been associated long before. Dr. Dixon's father, who sustained a pastorate of nearly GO years j in a church in a wood, in front of ?*- * 1 : -1 cmircronn . wnicii ue umini, iihiu^h ici'm^w: v,'!^ the greatest preacher since Paul. He longed for his son to have a course , , of study at Spurgeon's college. Young ! - Dixon sent in his application. Spur-, * geon's reply was: "My dear sir, you ! J. can find institutions in your own coun' try better adapted to your case. Please j accept this as final." Of course, it was r In that way that the great preacher ' tested the persistence of h?% candidates. ", A. C. Dixon took him at his word, and | never applied ajrain. He was. however, j +/% mniM thnn fulfil! llis fa ; wrr.-^i 11 it 11 M; iuvjx . ..,,4. I flier's desires. nnd following men I'k* II Spurgeon, an?l A. G. Brown. he has rv thoroughly maintained ihe tabernacle's 1 great tradition?" | | 1 ; Use of Metals in the War. " 1 A German expert has been eompll i Ing some statistics of the use of metals : In the war. He says that if the iron : and steel used by Germany alone in > .1" of war were forged into a ? rins which went round the equator, each motor would wei^h 30 hundred i i weight. If the mass of metal were made into a ws.il along the battle i' fronts?or 2..~00 mil^s?a yard hhrh i and a yard thick, each yard would -; weigh 200 hundredweight. Germany .! sent to the front every week more srnns than were used in the whole of -> the Franco-Prussian war. Twenty-font -J hours consumed more than did ihe j whole of the earlier war. /I'he moral 11 he draws is ih:it such things were onlj (i j possible because Germany had been j wise enough before the war to con-. f? 1 quer the world's markets^nd oust her t; enemies. e j n' Microbes in Our Clothes. v ! Apropos of tin* liability of ilomolv (1 i ilized soldiers to contract colds as t ! soon a- ihey get into "civies'' a corv. J respondent suggests that probably the - * U..4 U 't civilian domes are uie (- him-, vnirnit or they ho warmer th;m Him uniforms or not. Sir Ernest Sha^kleton had " i something to say about this matter ,r on his return from the antarctic. Notwithstanding the intensely low temperatures and almost incessant blizzards experienced, colds were quite unknown ( until si hale of clothing brought from e England was opened. The next <lay there was an epidemic of colds in the party, and Sir Ernest's explanation was that the trouble was caused by microbes that had been hibernating, as It were, in-the closely packed clothing'. Longest British Strike. '] The lor.z-st strike which I'riraln has f, e.xpt'ricncoil was that which biuice out | nr I. : <! IVnrhyifs shHo junrrics at c -S'la In ()cto???>r. 100-'?. aw! lasted J untii iro:?. I i, rJircv v -urs :: ->!V (hail on.-' . :lt- if ,, !. V?"iiS ? -*! !?i ViK'OS ftmv* at ;"ic bvy inn ii:: si a!n hspotted no slate, at the end t j " 'Al- : iOI'?: iii; 11 1 * * '* * ptl ** i ' i ^ \*l^\ iv i7.ii * J _T . ^ o .*e PAYING HOMAGE TO DEVILS Recccr.iz^d Method by Which Chinese insure Against Dire Work of Evil SDirits. Onco a yenr durhit: the first 1 f days of the seventh Chinese ti;?>n:h. ihe ?*urions (M-reiumy of Yu-Xan-Whei is eelehratrd. In ii?". >:i fm-t, the pnyiiii; of homage to the !::^1 ami sen d-vils. says New York Herald. Sevi 11 priests carry <>nt ceremony ??y ?>IT -i-inir up various fonns of prayer and making ?in nn??*?rfhlv ni>i<i< liv tuvMinV gongs. Anyone wishing to show his respect to t1i<? devils can do so by a payment of ('<;<> rash?about 22 cents?to o:H*h of the priests, for whirl) amount t-hey will continue their perform:)net* f?>r 12 hours?a truly modest remuneration for men engaged in the ardent occupation of propitiating evil spirits. For an extra payment of 2,(KU) cash n number of small rod paper boats, about six inches long; with lights inside, will be sent floating down the river with the current. These lights are for the benefit of the sea devils, in order that they may be able to see their way about on dark nights?a little attention which ft is hoped these maritime demons appreciate. Having finished this perfetrminfP Hir? npr<on on whose behalf it has been carried out goes away happy in the conviction that he will not lose any of his family throughout the year, either by sickness or drowning, so that the whole ceremony may be looked upon as an insurance policy. CRADLES OF GREAT EDITORS Many Editorial Giants Got Their Early Training on Village Newspapers of New England. T?n ?vlonrl rill fl <ro nPWS* x jie uiu v>> i>u^<uuu i?>?ev - ?papers nourished a race of journalistic giants. It was from a little Connecticut office, that of the Connecticut Mirror, that a keen Yankee, named George D. Prentice, went forth to prepare the way for that great light of Southern journalism, Ilenry Watterson. The dingy little printing shops of Vermont trained in the service of the types many men who afterward became eminent in metropolitan and western journalism. I5ut the case of Greeley was an epic in itself. No more nncouth and miserable little wretch ?ver sought employment. But he brightened up the Northern Spectator with his youiniui writings, uunn ?t-.c then, as over after, his very own. and not mere imitation Addisoniauisins. From the shop in East I'oultney he went forth to an illustrious career; and, whether it liked him or not, the country had to listen to him.' Ilis brain not infrequently?so his countrymen would now express it?slipped a cog. There were strange lapse3 in his intellectual and moral achievement, but none?in his honesty or his good ?.(11 kin /lAlintPV'llV'n >? 111 lUHill II 1113 icily" VVUUll Jiuvm Eucalyptus-Oil Industry. The pioneer of the Australian eucalyptus-oil industry was John White, "Surgeon General to the Settlement." who came to Sydney with the first fleet, says the Sydney Bulletin. The following passage occurs in his "Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales," published in London in 171)0: The name of peppermint tree has been givt.n to thi<- plant by Mr. Whit* on account of the very great reseruVlance between the essential oil drawn from its leaves and that obtained fron) the peppermint (Mentha piperita) which grows in England. This oil was found by Mr. White to be much more efficacious in removing all cholicky complaints th:in (hat of the English peppermint, which h? attrib, nies to its being less pim^vnt and : more aromatic, ' White not only used t*ie oil in N. S. Wales, but sent some to England. He ! got it from a tree which lis called Eucalyptus piperita, but which was afterwards renamed E. capitellata. I Red L?g!it Aids Plants. The attention of botanists has lately * ' ?"in/In ot been recaneu ro experiment .Tuvisy, near Paris, by M. Flammarlon on the effect of exposing the seedlings of sensitive plants to lights of different colors. Having placed four pairs of mimosa seedlings in four separate pots in a hothouse, he covered one I pair with a bell of blue glass, another : with a bell of green glass, a third with a boll of red glass, whiie the fourth was exposed to ordinary white light. At the end of two months the plants subjected to blue li^rht were only one inch high, having hardly grown at all. Those exposed to white light were four inches high, those that had grown in green light were five inches high. . while those whose light had been red : wpro no less than 16 inches high. i Experiments with other kinds of : plants gave various results, J)ut In every instance blue light impeded growth and development. i j "Bookies" on Strike. j "No Betting Today" was the araaa ; ing notice issued on a famous race rri,? : course snortiy oeiore uie wiu. xne ! "bookies" had gone on strike, savs a writer in London Answers. The stew' nrds had relegated them to a new position at the sides of the approach to tiie grandstand and the complaint was that there was not room for the number of pencilers. and also insufficient . accommodation for the public who wis*>ed t .> "put a bit on." The bookies took vp a position of tb^ir o"*n from wbirh the police tried to eject i their.- r*na!!.v a c< mr-om:<- >ras rffc :ed alu Ci:e bcokies were Iup?>y I ejain. - S ?5 ESS95 ? , . ! MARCH'S TWO BIHTHSTDNES I j Persons Born in Thrt Month Ma> Have Choice cf the Clooci^tcne or the / qt .nnr*i?'.e. j Tho month of M;?iv'j h:is two Mrt'i ! Stoiirs. '!'!: * ?:n?* sjtricfI'V -t trmlifion is !:h? bfcw.-lsrono. A*; ?n j ( ?ni:;5i' !! !' Is tr:v?i* in iii? lis! of h:r!2iS!on<^ ;t<!up:o?! I.v , ho N.-i i :jon: I Jrwdi ts" nss >< i.-liou. Tho hlootl I ; > ..I.. 1 ? .! .?! j >!*?*!< .> il '' i til. H I'M *, * i ; 11 irn-cn v.-J:!i !>?<n -l-rcl >pt>is. It ! timos heliotrope. The priiu-ipul i tilings are ?n Im!!n. tho?v.:Ii it i>* fmitri i in F5i:i/.!1. rniminv ???i AusI t::il;a. Il \v;ss su!>mosc<I in o!<i time.-* I * * j f<> ll.MVO llie'.'Ilpeillle vilMII;'S Mm! Wfl.+ ! used rspechiily to cure hei?i?:*rli:::rej? | :iit<! i5t(!:ii>mi :t?>ry <ii<e:?ses. i'.er:?us?? } of this finu'ic'I curative value if was j worn <*!!t in ;!u> form of n heart in .Mexico til the 0;>YS S!!CCCt'<?I!)X lite conquest by Spaniards and Indians. ! The stone is srill believed by the su5 perstitioas to he an amulet brinjrir.c j pood luck. An ancient Kuyptian parehI ment ?uys: "If anyone have thi> ston<-r I \vi?ii him he will he given whoever h<* j aslcs for and whatever the wearer says J will he believed." 1 The aquamarine is a transparent vaj riet.v of beryl, charaeteHsth-aily of a i bluish green color. Its name, transj Inted, means "sea water." :ind it look* j like the green-blue water of the ocean I frozen into a flashing crystal. Largo i aquamarines are especially beautiful as brooches or necklace pendants. ? WALK MUCH AND LIVE LONG ? N A L.I ?: TU^ I uvcrwnciming tviucn^a w??trianism Is by Long Odds the Best Form of Exercise. "Walk, walk, walk, every day, and! while walking pve the anns fnl! play. By so (loin? the hones, h' muscles, nerves afcri brain w u j kept in healthy activity. Mor .o\ | never mind the weather. Take ' < i exercise, he the day wet or fim. ! ?t j or cokl. Above all. avoid sitting over j a fire. Nothing is more conducive I to senility." This is the prescription ! of Sir Herman Weber, the eminent ! European physician, who died at the | age of ninety-five years. Certainly ; there could be no better recommenda tion of the virtues of walking than the life of Sir Herman. i Walking is soinething*fhnt eannot ! ho overdone, and :it the same tint* ; nnif'h ont of fashion at the present ! time. In this day of automobiles the ! man who walks is the exception, and t | while the man in the motorcar dej rives a vast amount ,of heneftt from j his trips into the eountiy and j through getting 1ifs lungs pumped ! full of fresh air, he does not obtain ! fhe great variety of health-giving Cea! tures that come with walking. ? Many Glacial Periods. i One often hears of "the glacia? j period' or "the i^e age" of the earth, j hut, strictly speaking, this expression , Is not correct. It is now established | beyond all reasonable doubt that tWs i planet has experienced not one but aj creat many glacial periods. Evidence | has been found which proves that the I latest or Pleistocene glacial epoch, has i several important subdivisions, and i that all of the present continents have ! experienced glacial epochs at different ages. Great ice sheets were formed at different periods back to the Pro- % i te^ozoic age: that is. the age of the-. oldest known sedimentary rocks, a great many million years ago. On? 9 of the most recent discoveries of the old glacial deposits was made by Pro{ fessor XV. W. At wood, of the United States geological survey, near Rldgj way. in southwestern Colorado. These deposits were found beneath tertiary lavas of the Snn Juan mountains, and refiner upon upper- cetaceous beds. " They have, it is believed, been formed in early Eocene times. ft i ! Time and Watch on Shipboard. I j tS'w. .V ? ?+ V--' * The bell on shipboard is struck ev- ; I ery half-hour. In th<* morning one ; J bell sounds at 12:3c a. in. and ev? i } ery half-hour increases until eight j j bells at 4 p. m.; then one bell again * i nt 4:30 a. in. to eight bells at S am.;! . | one bell again at S:30 a. m.; and ] eight hells at noon. In the afternoon j one hell sounds at 12:30 p. m.. and eight helis at 4 p. m., after which is the first dog watch (one bell 4:30, two bells 5, three hells 5:30. four bells 6), ! and the second dog watch (one bell i 6:30, two bells 7. three bells 7:30, j eijrht bells 8), and then one bell at,i j S:30 to eight bells at midnight. j The day is divided into seven i watches, as.follows: Afternoon vvntcu, , noon to 4 p. m.; first dug watch, 4 p. m. j to 6 p. m.; second dog watch, G p. m. h to S p. in.: first watch S p. m. to mid- j I night; middle watch, midnight to 4 j | a. m.; morning watch, 4 a. m. to 8 a J j m.; forenoon watch, S a. m. to noctu ^ "Swan" Is Really Goose. ^ The Chinese "swan" is not really j a swan, but a goose. It has achieved ! a vicarious reputation as a swan mere-1 ly because of an extremely long neck, I not properly belonging to a goose, but j altogether swanlike. sj The lady swan, instead of pursuing I the bfrdlike motherly habit of sitting on her eggs In order to transform them from mere eggs into haby swans, carefully covers them up with a mound of sticks and tilings. * fj Tho Chinese swan is known in highbrow circles as a Cygnopsis cygnoides. Tt is a most peculiar l>ircl with a large wart on its hill, which is as yellow I as the royal dragon of China. Tt has j a disy a*5 rr?Hd a> /.r ; Chinos? if.cio.. its* *f, i ' t> - rrot : d;n*- "r;~ y, bus a ! . *r.d ' is orirr-'ie. ' ^-c *;? >? ' :*e, !i restrained, Cliinjc.* n n - J g ^