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THE • VOL. L.. -.N() 23. HASTINGS. MINN.. SATAWAT ;EBRUARY 29, 1908. F000 TFIATMAY HILL Meals Taken Under Certain Con- ditions Are Dangerous. THEY SIMPLY BREED POISON. One Should Never Eat When Hurried, Excited, Angry, Anxious, Grieved, Worried or Shocked, For at Those Times Digestion Cannot Take Place. A wise man has said, "Circula follows attention" That Is, whene there is need for the activity of function the organ which performs t function receives an increased flow blood. For instance, a man has to a long walk and arrives home tired ravenously hungry. As he enters house he catches the aroma of c ing food. What happens? Why, use a vernacular phrase, "his mo waters." The attention is directed the need of eating, and the organs gaged in eating and digestion at o begin to get a greatly increased sup of blood. It is out of the blood that these gestive organs manufacture their va ons fluids by which each organ acco pltsbes its special part in the work digestion; so when an increased qu thy of blood is poured Into them ea organ begins at once to make lar quantities of its peculiar fluid. The salivary glands are in the mou under the tongue mostly, and when greatly increased quantity of blood sent to them they at once elaborate a pour out into the mouth a portion their contents; so the hungry man w smells the odor of cooking food wate at the mouth. Thus the mind gove the body. Now, the action of the glands of mouth which produce saliva is exact like the action of the glands elsewhe in the body which produce gastri juice, pancreatic juice, bile and oth fluids, through the associated acti of which the process of digestion carried on. When the hungry m smells the aroma of food there Is rush of blood to all the digestive o gaps, mouth, stomach, small fntesti and liver. As a result of this increa of circulation there is suddenly you out more digestive fluid, not only sa liva, bit the others as well. The ga tric Juice begins to flow, the pancrea and liver get ready, and the entire d gestive system is prepared and able t take care of any food which is reaso able in kind and quantity. The point of greatest Importance 1 all this is that these fluids are you out only when the mental condition right -when there is 1n the mind desire for food. If there should be an feeling of disinclination for food, there should be even an lndifferen to food, the food taken under such el cnmstauees would not and could n he properly digested. If there is in the mind any feelin other than desire for food, If just p vious to eating or while eating any Using should occur to disturb or dis t.'act the mind, then there would immediate derangement of the circula tion. Linder these circumstances th blood would be withdrawn from the di gestive organs and the elaboration o the fluids of digestion would cease Then, of course, the body would be 1 no condition to receive or digest food Suppose that our friend returnin from his long walk greeted at the doo by the odors of fragrant viands a fe moments later is handed a telegram in forming him of the sudden death o his only son in a distant city. Wha happens then? At once there is a pr found change in the circulation. Tb blood which a moment previously wa massed at the stomach and other or Sans of digestion, all ready to take care of the meal, is at once switched off to the brain. The man flushes and then pales. His muscles lose their power. He drpps into a chair. Per- haps he weeps. Hunger? It is the thing in his thoughts. "1 cannot" eat he cries. "Oh, my son, my son!" And the same perversion of the cir- culation occurs in anger, anxiety, wor- ry, jealousy, haste, excitement or any other state of mental pain or inquie- tude. All these conditions simply put the digestive organs for the time "out of business." Food taken under such conditions cannot possibly be digested. Instead it will ferment, putrefy in the system and will be the cause of Ms - comfort, of disturbed function, of dis- ease, perhaps of death. Does this seem extreme? Let me tell you a story. A great, strong, big breasted energetic man comes in from a day's fishing. He is delightfully tired. "hungry as a bear." At the ho- tel he finds waiting for him a.telegram. bad news. Be says, "I can't eat" Hifi Mends persuade him. Be eats a hearty meal. In two hours he is dead. It is a true story. I know of a score of such Meg. And from all this what can we learn? We can learn this: We must not 'eat when we are hurried, excited angry, grieved, anxious, worried or shocked, for food at such times will do us only harm -will perhaps send us with in- decorous promptitude to that bourn from which no traveler returns. Food taken under such conditions will not digest, but will promptly begin to de- eompose, forming poisons that will pro- duce any one or more of a numberless multitude of symptoms, ranging from simple headache to death from heart tailors. -W. R. C. Latson, M. D., in New York Tribune, tion ver any hat of ken and the ook- to uth to en- nce Ply di- ri- m- of an - ch ireth, a ie nd of ho rs rns the ly re c er on is an a r- ne se red s - a 0 n- n red is a 7 if ce r- ot g re- bs e n g w f o- e a Experience is the extract of suffer - fag. -A. Helps. Complies with tna pure food laws Of every state CALUMET BAKING POWDER HEALTH Calumet Is •made of the finest materials yea sible to select, and makes tight, essay dlaestsd Bread. Biscuits or Pastry; therefore, it is recom- mended by leading physicians and chemists. .ECONOMY!n usfcg Calumet you aro always assured of a Rood baking; therefore. there is no waste et material or time. Calumet is put up in air-Ngnt curaises; ing It willpower. keep lower than any other Baking Powder on the market and has more s CALUMET isaoearefu ..,— aclr eiecaaypt�pa�aq dear �� the neutralisation of the Ingredients is absolutely ppeewr}e�� Therefore, Calumet leaves Mkeche=e Salts or Alum in the food. It is chemically correct $I,000eoo riven for any substance in- jurious to health found in Never a One Day President. The periodic assertion Is made that on Sunday, March 4, 1849, Senator Da- vld Rice Atchison of Missouri. who was then president pro tem. of the senate. was president of the United States "virtually." He never was, "virtually" or otherwise. In 1793 congress enacted that In event of no president or vice president being ready to succeed the first office should devolve on the president of the senate and next on to the speaker of the house. The succession was changed In 1886. Now, Zachary Tay for and Millard Fillmore were in Wash ington on March 4, 1849. It being Sun. day, they permitted an interregnum tc follow until the next day. Mr. Atchl eon took no oath as president, and without taking such he could not ex- ercise the office. Mr. Taylor could have taken the oath at any second subsequent to noon on March 4. Nc pompons inauguration is demanded. The chief justice need not adminlstet the oath. Arthur took 1t 1n New York before Judge Brady at 2 a. m. and Mr Roosevelt in Buffalo before United States Judge Hazel. The "virtually" of Mr. Atchison 8 visionary unless by some bolt from tilt blue the elected officials had been re moved. -Pittsburg Post. Glory Everywhere. A Methodist minister was much an noyed by one of his hearers trequentl shouting out during the preaching "Glory!" "Praise the Lord!" and th like. Though often reproved. the hap py member persisted In expressin himself. One day the minister invited him to tea and, to take his mind from thoughts of praise, banded him a sci entitle book, full of dry facts and fig urea, to pass the time before tea. Presently the minister was startle° by a sudden outburst of "Glory!' "Halleluiah!" and "Pralze the Lord!" "What Is the matter, man?" asked the minister. "Why, this book says the sea is five miles deep?" "Well, what of that?" "Why, the Bible says my sins have been cast Into the depths of the sea and if It is that deep I need not be afraid of their ever coming up again Glory!" The minister gave up hopes of re- forming him. �a Calumet Whistler's Odd Ways Lord Redesdale pure gave a doer!. tion of 1vhiatler a methods to a meet- ing In I.untluu in support of a memo Hal to the great artist He was paint- ing. he :anbl a portrait of a lady Whistler took up his position at one end of the rou.n with his sitter and the canvas at the other end. For a lona time be stood looking at his model holding In his hand a huge brush full of color. tout -h u brush u a man would use to whltewasb a house. Then be rushed forward and smashed the bruab full of color into the canvas. Then be ran back, nud forty or arty time be repented this. At the end of that time there stood out on the canvas a space which exactly Indicated in de ure. the form and the expreofoe of the sitter. There was a pathetic story attaching to the picture. The bailiff were in the house when the picture was finished. That was quite a cum mon occurrence, and Whistler oil) laughed, but he went round bb 'turtle with a knife and deitberately destroyed all his canvases. Including this picture which was to have been his (Lord RedesdaIe's).-Dundee Advertiser. Th. Gentle Nebrtl. "inlnteasttrable are the rebuffs tical the helpers of the poor, the seeken after charity for their suffering broth es undergo." said a New York cherIW iorganization omcial. "A friend o1 mine. a Methodist minister in a small t western town, told me the other day e : of his last rebuff, a not unkind nae Entering the office of the local weekly j the minister said to the editor: "'1 am soliciting aid for a ',animas of refinement and intelligence who Is in dire need of a little ready money ,but who Is far too proud a man tc make his sufferings known.' "'Why,' exclaimed the editor, push- ing up his eyeshade, 'rm the only char in the village who answers that de- scription. What's this gentleman's name?" "'I regret.' said the minister, 'that 1 am not at liberty to disclose it.' "'Why, ft must be me,' said the ed ltor. 'It is me. It's ms, sure. taeavec prosper you. parson. to your good work.'" A Daring Eicape. The annals of Sing Sing are full of daring escapee. A typical case was that of Pallister and Rohl!, two con• victed murderers, By frequent appeals they had headed off the day of their execution, and tet length decided on escape at any cdet-even that of life itself. Late one night Pallister called for a drink of milk, and as the official on duty opened the cell door to give it him he was seized, dragged In and overpowered. The desperado then locked the officer in the cell and, after securing his keys, released his com- rade Rohlf, when they in turn over- came and disarmed the second night watchman. This done, they offered re- lease to three more prisoners with whom they had made friends. These declined the doubtful benefit, however, whereupon the two murderers climbed the skylight, reached the boundary wall and dropped to liberty by the broad Hudson, which they crossed in a small boat -New York Tribune. Up Two Stumps. Little Johnny was in the habit of wanting more victuals put upon his plate than he could eat. His papa de- cided to break him of the habit. One day as Johnny insisted upon being served until his plate was well filled his papa said, "Johnny, If I give you this you will have to eat every bit of it or I will punish you." Johnny prom- ised that he would, and bravely did the little fellow try to do sok but in vain. It was too much for histt. He would try again and again and then look sorrowfully at bis papa. Finally, laying down his fork, he said: "Papa, if you was me which would you rather do, get a licking or bust?' The Secret of Content If men today actually possessed the acres on which they toll, they would be in no hurry to leave them; they would be effectively chained to the soli by the sense of independence and proprietorship, as is the case among the rayl population of France, who do not rent but own the land. -W. J. Damien An Unburied Picture Rossetti secured permission In 181I to reopen the coon of his wife In order to secure the manuscripts of solus poems which he had buried with bet seven years before. Some such Incident might have oc carred In connection with J. M. W Turner if his desire to be burled are:, ped up In his own painting of "('fir tbage" had been carried out. Tberr was some difficulty In selling the paint Ing, and the artist kept the cagvar It him. He always said be would f. wrapped In it when he was burled an even went so far as to ask Cbaiirt,; as his executor be would fulfill it' wishes on that point. "No doubt," answered the settip,.., "1 shall bury you rolled up In yott.• p; tore If It is one of the condition:, your will, but 1 would take yeti , next day and nnroll your" The Master's Title. Professor Key when hexad meter o a large London school was our sof tht most genial gentlemen that ever fillet; that position. He was fond of tuwour aging fun in his boys and was not un willing to recount occasionally dttrinie class time when anything promjlted it the manners and customs of countries he had visited. On one occasion be was telling his clap about Spain and said: "Do you know, boys, that when a man attains to eminence there be is not called 'sir,' but is gives lbs eftle of 'don?'" One of tbe boys hen called out: "Then, I suppose, sir, they woad call you Don Key?" The gravity of the class was eosl- pietely upset for the resealedot et the afternoon. -Strand Magaatne. Benjamin Cenatant. Benjamin Constant, having shod with Napoleon during the hundred days, felt the need of justifying self when Louis XVIII. returned''* power. He wrote the king • Wei with that end In view uld eall.d upon Mme. Recamler to discuss lbs Mihfaeh She asked him quietly: "Have you finished year WWI' "Yea." "Are you satisfied edit ter "Entirely satisfied. I have afoot namoaded atyedt." FREAKS OF CLOCKS. tleetrlo StormsThem and May Alert Them. "A watch my laced cleaning when It le not dirty all," said a watch- maker. quoted in Le Washington Post. "This sometimes�eccoouats for a great deal of misnnd.z ad1ng between the etwner of a new Inch and the watch- maker to whom 1r" brougbt for ex- amination. Fu rmore, a watch which bas never been worn may need cleaning. "A common reason L that on in a watch may have dried up around the pivot and become sticky, thus caning a watch to go very slowly or stop en- tirely, in which c*se of course it needs not only cleaning, but the addition of teeth *IL 'Tbe oil whki is considered best ter watches 111 made from the porpoise or blackflsh jawbone. These oils have • Most disagreeable odor and have to be treated chemleally before being used. "The skeleton of the fish, with only the head left on, L hong in the hot sun tor several days and the oil al- lowed to ooze out slowly. A11 the volatile parts of the oil are naturally asutraltsed in this manner, and the ell collected is said to remain fluid and dear when It comm in contact with metal for as long as ten yeas. "Makers of chronometer" are espe- cially scrupulous th the preparation of oOa, owing to the accuracy which is demanded of these delicate timepieces. and often prepare their own oil by mixing porpoise, sperm, olive and aatstoot and a small quantity of mineral oil. When these oils are mixed, it L customary to keep thew la an uncorked bottle exposed to the sun. This le done to allow all foreign and coloring substances to tall to the bottom, after whlc l the oil U filtered through a mixture of charcoal dust std animal charcoal. "Clocks sometimes stop running for fie apparent reams. During an elec- tric storm it is not pncommon for them to stop abruptly, only to resume their regular functions frith as much accu- racy as ever after a certain interval et time. This interval may be only for a few moments or It may be for yeas. "On the other hand, electric storms ban been known to be responsible for the starting of old clocks which have remained mute and inactive for yeas. Imagine the utter amazement of the aeembers of the bpusebold upon sud- denly hearing the solemn tick -tack of a stately old hall clock whicb from all appearance had long age retired from sellMit service." The Serious Breton. The Breton to stalwart in stature and stern and serious in dlapoeltion. He has hewed his life out amid the serious things and along the rocky roads. His bronzed face looks austere, but beneath bis blue blouse heats a heart warm and true. The primitive simplicity of his life and the intenseness of his religion glue the Breton short view of the fri- volities of exigence. He carries his religion into his dally life and work, and along all the roads are gaudy era - dazes, which the peasants never pass without kneeling and crossing them- selves. It L characteristic of all these Brittany folk that they mind their own business. I don't know what the result would be If you were to try a joke on them. I should be afraid to undertake it Life is a serious problem to the Breton. It is homespun for him even though the rest of France may be ar- rayed In silks. He has worked out au existence against great odds, and It has given him a character and physique which make him notable among his fellow countrymen. -Frank Preebrey In Oeting Magazine. Ne Flattery Necessary. 'Tea needn't begin jollying me," said the gruff matt to the man who bad land to sell. "I'm not a man that can be affected by flattery. Wben 1"- "Tb.t'. just what I said to my boss," interrupted the agent. "I told him wben be suggested your name to me that It wu a relief to call on a man wbo did not expect to be praised and datteeed to his face all the time. I tell yen, Mr. Grump, this city has mighty bus mss such u you. Nine men out Of 1sa are simply dying to have some NO tell them how great they as, but yes are above such weakness. Any one can see that at a glance. Pm glad et It ICs helpful to me to meet a man who rises superior to the petty tactics rat the average solicitor. It's a tial and lasting benefit and an instruc- tive experience." Ten minutes later, after a few more Mich comments on the part of the !goat the man wbo could not be flat- tered into slgnlag the contract was asking which line his name should be wttitten upon.-8nccess Magazine. Standard. of Measure, The Institution of Mining and Metal- lurgy of London has suggested and encoamended the adoption of the fol- lowing definitions: That the ton be a weight of 2,000 pounds avoirdupois; tier the miner's inch be a flow of 1.5 ethic feet per minute; that the gallon be the felon of ten pounds; that all t.mperaturee be expressed to degrees e.utigrade; that gold and sliver re- turns be stated in teems of fine metal and not as bullion; that the gold con- tents of ere be expressed in the troy Mace of One gold, worth 1{20.67, or 85 Thauaga. !Poet. are God's arguments. We elefeid be careful never to Meander - steed or pervert them.-VAwarda. Main'has leng ee— S Pronew ne verb. ,r_, arilioi ea Old 1 • ala' 0,11,04.C.roit i•eip Fe4B♦ 110 44. es IV" •tote el+ (,{ w1ed'A�f0'y4 wtir•,* 71 ♦ *at •,Wg• b% • r. t 7a 0, t. r• • , ON.r es ••' ®le do 5 4 4. w 141St • va / es••lb1) t1 • •`••� • 4011 e♦ OVAL Baking Powder The oily Bi park ince with Reyol by of Tartu --fie from grans -- Insures healthful and delicious food for every home—every day Safcpsr g your fssd Oat ohm lul to of am ti GPO Order of the Golden Horseshoe. How many persons have ever beard of the Order of the Golden Horseshoe, the fist order founded In America? In 1724, when N'Irg1nfa extended from the Atlantic into the unknown west, few of her colonists had crossed the Blue Ridge or the Alleghenies. So full of dangers from savages and wild beasts and so full of natural difficul- ties was the passage of these terrible heights that Governor Spotswood, set- ting out to discover a par, looked eau the expedition as so hazardous that be took with him a guard of "soldiers, gentlemen and pioneers," armed and carrying provisions. Thee scaled the pass with great battleships and perlls and returned etheLikegovernor had cut the name of VW George in the rocks on the highest peak. He theil constituted: the society, or order, of tbe Golden Horseshoe. Each man who hed scaled this high par was made a member of it, and to each one he presented a golden horseshoe. On the side was inscribed In Latin, "So It Pleases Him to Cross Mountains." Any man thereafter who could prove that be had read with his own eyes the name of the king on the height was en- titled to become a member of this or- des.-Chkago Record -Herald. A Dangerous net. For a feat of dexterity and nerve ft would be difficult to surpass that of the Bosjesman of South Africa, who walks quietly up to a puff adder and deliberately sets his bare foot on its neck. In Its struggles. to escape and attempts to bite its assailant the poi - SOD gland secretes a large amount of the venom. This la just what the Bosjesman wants. Billing the snake, he eats the body and uses the poison for his arrows. One of Three Things Fred Jones, a man of no small di- mensions, was a popular conductor on the Boston and Maine railroad, making daily trips between Boston and Plym- outh. One day aeveral years ago while collecting fares he encountered a man under the influence of liquor who would not show a ticket. After reason- ing in vain with this passenger Mr. Jones said, "Now, see here, you'll have to do one of three things -_give me a ticket, pay your tare or get off and walk." "You've (hie) got to do one of three things," was the reply -"eat ler (hie), hoop yeself (hie) or bust." His Nerve. Speaking of a Wall street operator, a broker said: "The man's nerve is amaz- ing. It shocks me. It reminds me of a money lender to whom a Mend of mine, a great rider to bounds, once re- sorted. "'Yes,' said the money lender to my embarrassed friend, 'I wi11 renew your note, but only on one condition, sir - namely, that during he next paper chase at Lenox you scatter from your bag these 5,000 pink slips bearing my name and the words, "Money advanced au easy terms." le It a go, sirs" The Atternative. ♦ Frenchman applied to a local offi- cial for a passport to visit Klatter• wingschen, to Bwitserland. TDe func- tionary, who was not a fellow of any geographical society, studied in vain with the spelling of the place's name. Then, unwilling to confess bis difficul- ty, he blandly asked, "Would you as lief visit some other town?" Hopeful Gleets, Mrs. Becky -Dear, oh, dear, my mold's getting worse and worse! 1"m getting so I can't talk. li wander what Pd better do? Mr. Becky (absently) --For goodas's' sake, don't do anything! -- Cleveland Leader. Sons men dnies Ilse their collar butt ass Dseft �tlsu WW1 DANTE'S HUMOR. M le of the Wholly Unoonsetous Kind and Woefully Grim. The humorous side of Dante is ana- lysed In the Westminster Review by George Trobridge, who is a great ad- mirer of the famous poet and who has in previous writings expressed his ap- preciation of Dante as a nature poet and as a novelist Although Dante's great poem Is a "comedy," in the sense of being a drama working to a happy ending, we do not look for rldicnlons situations in it, such as we usually associate with the idea of comedy. Ridiculous situa- tions occur nevertheless, and there le no lack of humor even In the pestlukk, acrfption of the suflertnp of the lest Dante's humor, however, is of the un- conscious kind arising from a total lack of perception of the ludicrous. It is said that be was never awn to smile, and we can quite believe it, skip be never forsakes sober seriousness in ha writings, and it L his deadly earnest- ness that betrays him into occasional comicality. The sinners in hell, the poet tells us, are relegated to their proper quarters on the judgment of Minos, who indi- cates the partiettlar circle to which the culprit is oonalgned by wrapping bis tail so many times around his bestial body. Fancy the trembling sinner waiting to count the coils that be May know his fate! It is a horrible punishment which le assigned to those guilty of simony. te be buried head downward in a circular pit, with only the ley and feet pro- trading, while flickering dames glide over the solea of lbs latter, inflicting exquisite torture, yet oar sense of hu- mor is provoked by the description of Dante standing over one of these boles and holding a conversation with its oc- eupant, "recent, sad u a stake driven in the sod," while numberless lop hwe in continual mottos around Fish Spearing by Firelight, In the sonny south in the bine Wa- tes of the Mediterranean one may fles- quently behold the strange sight of fishermen reaping a rich barrot with the aid of a long forklike instrument, which le used in place of a net. Tore the ancient "poche aux gambeaax," a mar custom of Ssirktg at night by lightthe hundred, a biasing dice, stilt exists, enabling hardy tonere of the deepM b a ti►etlbooQ -W1de World One Gee? Tweet rte Third Floor Tenant -8o bare! I'm ass of a committee of men in this apartment, and rye called to ask you o sell your flute. Second Floor Ten- ant -Delighted to see you. I'm one of another committee sled was about to go up and ask you if 7oe'd sell our baby,-Lippincott's, t 7 Temkin,. "Not a mut," replied the dell lean oddly. "Money 1s not good for the " respesisd the .pptleaat, 'just pretend that yon have • grudge against ma" -Philadelphia ledger. OMieing Misr. Mayer -Winn are les gal gt Vn- Vge Coaababis-Tho three tramps I feat lacked up want te ply whist, sad-' I'm looking for a feud. -T ainiatlan. Ifs Taos. The New Yeileer. 'Tin New Tobin deal Mau to know anything about the rest et the country," said tbe "*Mot "The net or the eeeslttyl" St New Zsehye "Where that" - Philadelphia Woe ilstribly so be dellt. bet at Mow poem est e1iiM't It SI per Year la Advaaee. THE 'THEE PIK Its Pamir of Changing Cofer For Self Protection. The tree frog Is found throughout the eastern United States, ranging west to Kansan and Texas and north into Canada. It inhabits woods and or- chards and is fouud on trees, stoue walla, fencer and houses. The eggs, which are deposited early in May, are attached singly or in small groups to grass or dead stems at the surface of the water. Early in July the young have passed through the tadpole stage and leave the water. They are green at first, but soon turn to gray or gray and green. The tree frog is largely nocturnal in habits and feeds on in- sects. It Is notable for Its many color ehanges and varies from almost white be green or dark brown or various com- binations of green and gray. While the tree frog Is common throughout the eastern United States, its purring trill is far more familiar than the frog itself, owing to its retir- ing habits and powers of resembling In color the object on which It rests. The tree frog Is thus one of the best as well as one of the most familiar exam- ples of what is called protective colora- tion, a resemblance in color between any animal and its surroundings that raiders It inconspicuous and enables it to elude the eyes of animals. Miss Mary Dickerson in "The Frog Book" says: "The color varies greaUy at different times and In different con- ditions. In bright light and high tem- perature it may be yellowish white with no markings. In a dark, moist or cool place it may be deep stoue gray or brown. When the background of color is green his characteristic mark- ings may or may not appear. The changes of color are not rapid, an hour at least seeming necessary to create any radical difference. But it is usual- ly true that the given dress harmonizes so perfectly with the surroundings that fbe tree frog is as invisible as though be were Perseus in his charmed hel- met." First Aid. Mr. Figglns, the head of the family, observing that the eaves over his kitchen had become clogged by au- tumn leaves, climbed a tree standing near the house, with the tntentiou of removing the obstruction. Just as he was about to scoop out a handful of the leaves the dead limb ou which he was standing gave way, and he start- ed to fall. Instinctively grasping at other limbs and managing to get his lugss-reead the track of the tree, be checked his fail and hung there, head downward, holding on with all his might "Sophia!" he yelled. "Come out here, quickr Ms. trigging, terribly alarmed came hurrying out. "Oh, Arthur," she exclaimed, "bow did that happen?" "Never mind bow it happened!" he shouted. "Get a chair!" The chair was brought. "Now stand up on it." "Arthur, I'm not strong enough to help yoa down r "I'll get down all right," he panted, "as soon as I can get right end up- ward. What I want you to do is to take this fountain pen out of the hold- er in my vest pocket. It's leaking like anything." -Youth's Companion. Origin of "Robin Adair." Those who have a leaning to the sen- timental side of history will accept the version that the hero of the ballad was a young and handsome Irish surgeon, who, finding his way into London soci- ety about the middle of the eighteenth century, was fortunate enough to se- cure the affections of Lady Caroline Keppel, daughter of William, second earl of Albemarle, and his wife, Lady Anne Lennox, daughter of Charles, drat duke of Richmond. The match was naturally looked on with disfavor by the family of the young lady, and it wu during a period of temporary separation that Lady Caroline is said to have written the words of "Robin Adair" and net them to the old Irlah tune of "Eileen Aroon," which she had learned from her lover. At length, however, love triumphed, and the pair were united on Feb. 22, 1758. Within a few days Adair was appointed in- spector general of the military hos- pitals end, subsequently becoming a favorite of the king, was made sur- geon general, king's sergeant surgeon and surgeon of Chelsea hospital. He died In 1790, leaving an only son, who entered the diplomatic service and be- came the Right Hon. Sir Robert Adair, G. C. B. -London Notes and Queries. The Chinese Language. The Chinese language bas no alpha- bet. Instead of being formed from an alphabet, its words are either symbols Wended to represent images or are formed by a combination of lines or of two or more such symbols. The lan- guage 1s monosyllabic. Every word is a toot, and every root L a word, and ancient tradition makes It out that the fissnder of the written language of Ohba was one Tsang Ke, wbo lived seine 8,000 years B. C. According to the account, Tsang Ke, while wander - tag one day in the fields, found a tor- tebsr and, observing its shell distinctly and beantitally marked, he took ft home and thus formed the idea of rep- resenting lbs objects around him. Leaking upward, be carefully observed the gore• presented by the stars, att- er which lte attentively consldnted the fermiseft bbris, mountains, rivers, etc., lied hose them at length originated the indite" ciataetsn. At any rats, the alien kneels es written, 10 sim- 4•.— w_-art