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TESTING THE LEGIBILITY OF SAMPLE DIRECTORY PAGES .
The man seated at right of picture is calling names of subscril>6rB, and the man seated opposite ia looking up telephone numbers, while the girl ia keeping time with a stop-watch.
Tbe Telephone Keview, N. Y.,' fixih- Ilshes a detailed uccount of the steps whicb were taken tu make possible the improvements In the new telephone directory for .New York City. Nearly two years were spent in study and ex¬ periment to determine scientifically what type, method of arrangement, and spacing would be^ facilitate the use of tlie directory. The story of what seemingly minor changes wili aeeomiilish is amazing.
The current l.ssue of the New York City Telepiione Directory saves twen¬ ty-flve hours a day for the telophono users In the mctror>olls. A number can be found In this book in 1.08 seconds less tban was possible in the preceding directory, and this saving on each of tbe 2,0011.(100 daily consultations the book receives adds twenty-flve hours every day to Kew Vork City's valuable time.
The telephone Company not only baa increased the l("-,'iliilily of liu- biggeat book of its kind in tlie world, by more than 10 Jier cent.. Imt at the same time it h&s increased lhe amnunl of infor¬ mation tile (llie<tor.\ i-onialns and yet reduced its wei;:lit li\ iimre than half a pound. There are L'il jut rent, less pages to Illi'll to llllli a name: ;>0 per cent, less ilislaii«-e tor ilie eye lo travel 4n followlni.' a lisiini,' from the begin¬ ning of tiie name Id the leleplioiie num¬ ber, and 'JO i>er <eni. less patres to elec- trotyiH! and print, which means iiuick¬ er delivery of inmiileteil edit inns nfter thc forms close
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The paKcs of tbe present directory 1«B« ^'i" «et in four-column measure
nnd leaded very slightly between tbe lines of type so that there were 11 lines of type to the inch Instead of 12
are arriiiit;ed In four columns aiui print¬ ed with a new tyi>e face. wl»icb is slightly coniiiresscd horizontally rather than vertically. The space between the lines is increased. The book is bound by a lu-w proceaa which permits it to lie perfiH'tly liat no mutter wbere opened, and the "Job" is topi>ed off by a new and nif>re artistic cover design drawn by Mr. T. M. Cleland.
The committee of teleiihone men working on the iiuestion of improving the directory recogiiizetl that the prob¬ lem was pressing- .Between 30,000and 40,0(X) listings are added annually to the New York City directory and by the time Its May, 1915, issue apix-ared, tho book Would not only be large for subscribers to handle but ulso too bulky to be biiiind by wire stitching as formerly.
To reduce the bulk of tiie book, therefore, bei'ame a (juestion either of using thiimer paper or of revising the typograpiiical arrangements so as to accommodnte more listings on encb page. The use of a thinner paper would Ik? a temporary csiiedlent, for even with the thinnest paper practica¬ ble the book would be of the same bulk as the May. i!ll5. Issue at thc end of a throe-year jieriotl.
It was inadvisable to reduce the size of type used, but It was found tliat the type could be compressed horizon¬ tally to afford a very material gain in space. This made possible the four column page.
Tests were then made for legibility, twenty-four "Information" operators tieing used as subjects.
Tests along broader lines were desired, however, and Dr. J. W. Baird, Director of the Psycholog¬ ical Laboratory at Ciark Univer¬ sity. Worceater, .Mass., was called in. Dr. Baird ia an expert on the psychology of optics and printing. He made neariy 4,000 experiments, using 32 men and women as subjects. The.se individuals represented radically dif¬ ferent occupations, different experience in the use of the telephone dlrectoi7 nnd different conditions of eyesight Varying amounts of natural and artill- clal Illumination were included in the tests so as to approximate the actual conditions under which tho directoi-j' is ordinarily consulted. ''
No arrangement of pages profited more than another by the practice ne quired by nny subject during the course of the experiments-
To find a numl)er on a page from the oid directory set in three-column meas¬ ure reqnlred an average time of 10.3(1 seconds. To flnd a number on the four-column page which was flnally selected required 9.28 seconds. Thi:
aa in the old directory.
The gain in legibility is probably greater than the 1.08 seconds per aver¬ age reading or allghtly more than 10 per cent.
The studies made by the committee covered not ouly the New York City directory but also the local and divi¬ sion tolephono books which the Com¬ pany issues throughout its territory and in every case where conditions warranted, the results of the experi¬ mental %vork on the Ncw York City di¬ rectory were applied to other booka. The telephone company each yenr pub¬ lishes about 4,000,000 telephone direc¬ tories, and tho beneflt of the improve¬ menta made In the form of supplying telepbone Informntlon is spread out over a wide territory.
Associate telephone companies are making good use of the studies made by tbe Now York Telephone Company and the general comment from tele¬ phone aubserlliers shows that the Company's endeavor to supply them with telephone Information in a more readable and more convenient form is not unappreciated.
ONE WAY OF STARVING.
What is the need for exercise V How does the food we ent actually renew the tissues of the body'/ The nourish¬ ing elementa iu our food are taken out by the digestive organs, nnd the blood, passing through the walls of tiiese or¬ gans, takes up the food eloments.- Then the liiood. thus enriched, courses throughout the flbera nnd tissues of the body, and encb takes whnt it needs of the food supply and oxygen.
The blood cnnnot reach every part of the body, if it isn't giveu nn im¬ pulse by exercise. Tbe heart beats, and gives thc blood a good start, but exercise must auiipleineiit the work of the heart nnd the valves In the arteries. If thc blood is going to do its work of taking food and energy-producing oxy¬ gen, to liruin und hand nnd eye.
It Isn't to improve un nature's plan tbat exercise is neL-essary. Exercise ia a part of the idaii. It is na far from accidental and ns tnily an element in the mechanism provided for the cir¬ culation uf the blood as the heart, or the valves which close automatically to prevent the blood from going the wrong way. The heart and valves are Involuntary, ao we are relieved of re¬ sponsibility for tbem, but exercise Is a means of keeping the blood In prop¬ er circulation wblch rests with us. If we think that eatlug a good meal three times a day means tbat we are proper¬ ly fed, we ought to remember that un¬ less the blood is made to carry nour- Isbment to every corner, the food Is doing only a part of Its work. If we are uot exercising enough, the chances are we are starving!—The Telepbone Review. N. Y.
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JUST DOGS.
The Teiephoue Review, the employ¬ ees piBgnzine of the New York Tele¬ phone Company, In emphasizing the Importance of politeness and courtesy In all dealings, tells the following sto¬ ry, the point of which applies to tele¬ phone users as much as to those who put thc telephone service nt our dis¬ posal :
Two dogs come to our house every day to visit our Irish terrier. He has been trained to stay around the lot. and so when they want his society they have to make the call. One of them is a splendid specimen of English builship, who lords It over the other two. as If by right and never hesitates to appropriate a bone not Intended for bim. His right Is never disputed, be¬ cause it Is backed up by might. The other dog is a cunning little puppy of uncertain iiedlgree, whose chief object seems to Xte to amuse his companions and find the bones which they take from him. When our family have watched this as long as tbey can, they sometimes call In the Ilttle fellow to give him something special. On such occasions the bulldog slinks off, as If conscious of having forfeited his share of the feast, while the ilttle fellow comes up with beaming eyes and a dog-smile on ills face that win for him tbe nicest tidbits.
Now, here's the point of this story: Qood manners make more friends and gain better consideration from people we call the pnbllc than probably any¬ thing elee In the worli. Thla little dog bas given us a flrst-class lesson In how to be happy atid to make others bappy.
THE RESCUE OF THE LO;
T Fr.lENOS.
Tru'ly uo one cau lie completely losL while there Is a letejibonc systi-m at liand. In The Telephone Keview ap¬ pears an account of nu actual exiieri- ence of a party of friends temiwrnrlly lost iu West New York, v.ho found the patience and obliging efforts of the tele[>hone operator, or supervisor, seemlngi}- without limit.
A party of eleven friends recentl.v Jounieyed from Arlln^'ton to Weat New- York to Visit a relative. They under- stixxl tbe address as 417> Palisade Av¬ enue, but found upon tboir arrival iu West New York thut this address w-.d a myth- After a fruitless search of Ihree hours the visiting jiurty were at their wits' end to know what to do next. A more advanced member of the committee of "Ways aud Means" suggested the teleiihone.
F'irst they called the apartment in .New York from which the party in question had recently moved. A ecn- versation with the superintendent of the ariartment brought no results, as he did not know where the elusive rela¬ tive had moved to. lie suggested tho teiephoue number of an intimate friend. This number was called, but jiroved to be a ''don't answer." Here, the leader of Ihe dejected imrty was al)OUt to give up her efforts when she called the telephone supervisor anil asked help. Tlie su[iervisor -leritic il tlie "don't answer" report she had received on the New York iiumlier anil also the name of (he suliscriUT. It Iiroveil to be a butcher simp, and again hopes of locating the prospective host¬ ess were sliattcred-
It llien cccurrcil 'o the worthy siKiUcsmuii that pnssibiy the hostess tu be. after sucli a iiioiongeil delay in the fiiltillment of liie eleven's social ap Iiointineiit. had called their home in Arliiii-'tiiii to ascertain wlial had caused the delay. The supervisor toid her if this W.'IS the case Ihe lelephone com¬ pany would have a record of siicli a call. The matter wns iiiiniedialely iiivesti^^ated ami tiie call traced In a jiublic telephoiie. The supervisor ia!l- ed the |>ro|irietiir al onco and asUed blm if he ciHiid tell wliere Ihe patron who made tills call resiiieii. lie I'e- plie<l that she lived in tlie same apart- nieiit as he did and lallrMl hrr to the telepliiine.
When tbe Ion;: sought hostess came to tbe te-lephone the supervisor qiies- tionod her regarding an aiitlciiiatol visit froni friends in .\rlingtoii ami she replied in a most anxious tone of voice, "Wiiy: Cnn you lell me where they are'/" Then she was informed that by means of the call she hail made to Arlington the oiieralor had locateii her and that her friemls had Ix'en three hours tryiii',' to lind her. ("onnectlon was then established wilh the cliiilr- mau of the "Lo>it i'riends" and thc re¬ joicing of liiith .•^:eeker .iml sought ex- cello<i the proverliial "lieliirii of tho rrodiual .<on."
ANGlMSEED BRINGS , UP A URGE SQUASH
Had Bean SnM Up In Room by Glltf Dwallors.
1876-1915.
Kroiii lhe ('eiisciinial in riiilndeliiliia tl) the i'ananiall'acilic i'^vposition at San Kraucisco, Is a short distance in time uud a long distam o in certain iines of pi'ogre.sk In Tlje Telephone Ke\lew, .N. V.. fwe Iiud me fuliowini; witiies.s of (lie flight of tlnie and the teleiihdiiic minu-les it hus wroiiglit; -
.U tile Centeilnial iu i'liiii^^iibia in IKTii was n child four J^urs of ni2e. whose young iiluLglnatloii was tired by tlie sjieaUinu' telepiione wliicii wus lirsl exhlliited lliere. Tliis boy hns grown to mnnhoixl. and yet the seciie nt thi' E.xpositioii "is." he writes us. "aiinwig my few vivid niemorios."
Tlie Ihiv is now .Mr. Mdward I'orler. of riiilaileiiihia. wlio sends us tlie fol¬ lowing, wliicli he calls a contriliution to the "<-(j^( ience fund":
HELLO, BELL!
By Edward Porter
l'wO-.\T THE CE.NTENNl.VL
liello, liolll V,li;it ever lias possesa'd you?
They tell iiie you're cliief fakir o' the
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Say, ,\iiii c'.'.n fool ili' Kreenlidina from tli' , cuuntry. Rui niji ili' folks that's city-bred—we
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You're lalUiii' iiiuml th' grounds an' back
f Wilt.SMM?
Vou'll laml ill jail i>r madhouse—jus;, you
v.aii: Whv, next \ouII claim to chat wi' old
Saim I'elcr Risht at 111' eiitraiRC <>' th' Golden Gate!
19i:.~AT Till-: I'A.NA.MA - PACIFIC K.N-
PO.SITIO.N' Mello, Belli You've my name, an' you forset me? Well, I don'l hluinc ,\ou--I was mighty rou.!-'h: 1 us'd h.inl uorils un' swine you'd eet in trouble! Lots did? Foi'Kive 'em all? Ha, Ihat's th' -stuir:
My eoiiKcience bade me make thla call cross-country! You bet It's worth It! Mold th' wire! Wait! I'm not Saint I'tlei -recollect my folly?— Rut here you re speakin' to th' (Ioldcn Cain
Los Angeles.—Rivaling tbe discov¬ ery of the Aztec bean nearly flfteen years ago, seed has been foimd In the prehistoric cliff dwellings of Arizona, along the Verde river, that has been planted and has grown into a huge green, extremely warty squash, which has been named the ".\ztec." The squash was grown from a seed buu- dreds—perhaps a thousand—years old and In the Verde country ia considered a wonder of the age.
The discovery was made by Johu (•. Allen of Cherry, Ariz., and in a most novel manner. .Mien 'was flshing alonv one of the tributary creeks of the Verde, and his skill with the rod seem¬ ingly falling him, he decided to see if he could not make his trip a profitable one by hunting tho ruins for pottery left by some prehistoric tribe.
Making hla way Into one of the Iar ger rooms of thc cliff dwellings he no¬ ticed a portion of the wall that ap¬ peared as if some time or other It had been closed up. I""iirther investigation proved that be was right, for he easily broke through the wall at this place nnd discovered a small room or recess whicb contained pottery, corncobs and about a dozen seeds that resembled ordinary squash seed. The room had been sealed so tightly that not even .i mouse could mnke ibS way into it.
it was too late to plant the seeds nt the time of their discovery last year, so they were not planted until enrly Inst spring. Of the twelve seeds but one came up, and the plant from it carried one large squash which weigh.M twenty-flve fotinds.
FLIES KNOW DINNER BELL.
Drummer Told They Stop In Stable Until Summoned.
Kausas City. Mo.—A anlesnian who had been working in a small midwest- em town wished to eateh a train w hi( li pa.ssed through it about half an hour before noon and asked the village land lord to serve him before the regular dinner hour.
Soon he was admitted to tbe dinin;,' room, where n fairly good meal wns spreud before him. But flies were so numerous that the iaudiord had to stand behind his chair and shoo them with a napkin.
"Great Scott," exclaimed the snle.«- man, "I never saw ao many flies!"
"Fiiea!" retorted the landlord scorn¬ fully. "Shucks! This ain't nothin'. If you want to see flies Just wait till I ting the bell for dinner. They're all out In the stable now."
Spring Wash Dresses for Children
WITHOUT FOOD SIX WEEKS.
Farm Handa Discover Emaciated Man In Straw Stacl< In Michigan.
E.scan.ilia, Mich.—'I'hat he had re- malueil more than six weeka in a "Straw .stock without anything to ent was the story told by Charlea Kow- bowskl, who is being nursed back to health ftt the Delta county almshouse.
Emuclated, the mere shadow of a man, Kowliowski wus uncovered liy men who were working on a farm near Gladstoiie.
KowbowskI, who Is of C«rniuu I'ol ish birth, came to this couutry two years ago. ile lias worked in variou.' cities of (he upiivr iieuliisula, but he could not lind stendy employment. When he readied Isabella his shoes were worn out and his feet were sore. He was aiso weak from hunger when be came upon the straw stack, which he decided to make his home, lie does not remember all the details of bis long stay In tbe stack. He says he re¬ members going out three times to get a drink of water, imt that he had noth¬ ing to eat.
Ho lost the power of swallowing, and liquid food had to be given to him by nrtlflcial means. The power to swallow haa now returned and with it strength to tell of his suffering.
Early in January the new things for spring in children's wear are present¬ ed by their designers, and the home sewing is soon under way. Fabrics and styles are at hand for the consid¬ eration of the home dressmaker, and she may anticipate the spring and earn leisure in summer by getting much of the spring sewing out of the way in the middle of winter.
There are many pretty new models in frocks for little girls, including school and play dresses and those for afternoon and little party frocks, that it ia more of a pleaaure than a task to make. A gingham dress, for every day, and a linen suit for dresaup, de¬ signed for the girl of ten years, are shown in the picture given here, and they are weil worth while copying ex¬ actly as they are.
The gingham dress is a small plaid pattern, with tan and soft darker col¬ orings crossed with very narrow bars in black. It is cut with a novel yoke viihich drops at each side of the front and slopes down to the waist line at the sides. The jshape is the same at the back.
The skirt portion is plaited into the yoke at the back and sides and partly across the front. But at the center the fullness is taken up by shirrings.
The neck is cut round, with a shal¬ low "V" opening at the front and fin¬ ished with a small sailor collar of plain tan linen. The edges of the col¬ lar and the cuffs that match it are fin¬ ished with buttonhole stitching In heavy linen floss. Deep blue and black are the colors used for the
Saved by Telephone
The teiephoue saved UiO jiei'sons el Chodlkee Lake, N. Y., December -7 from a fale even worse than losing their personal lielnnvings in a flre und having to spend the night in a ehiin-li sleeping in the pews ami on the lloor. .\ hotel and sch'ool building were de¬ stroyed, ¦with a loss wtlmated at $ir>i».- 000. Before the telephone conne«'tlons were broken a call lor help was sent to Highland, sevcu miles distant across the mountains- Sleighs started imme¬ diately. Hiul nliiiut KKI guests of (he ho¬ tel and I'll stv(leiit« of the school were found shivering, knee-deep, iu the suow. clad ill scant attire. Ry mid¬ night the sufferers were brought to the Methodist cburch at ilighlnnd. .No one was Injured, and the lives of all were probably saved wheu the tele¬ pbone call was made.'The Tef.epbone Review, N. Y.
GOOSEBONE PROPHECIES.
Maine Prognosticator Usues Some In¬ teresting Winter Weather Talk.
Pa-ssadunikeag, Me.—Professor C. M. Anderson, Passadumkeag's famous gooseboue meteorologist and prognosti¬ cator, hns completed his Investigations of this year's weather. He aays:
"The winter will be cold and very windy. There wlll be frequent storms of wind and snow, frightful storms along both sea fronts and over many parts of the world. Snow will lie until late In the spring, which wlll be very late. The summer will be hot, with great electrical storms. There will be great earthquakes and volcanic erup¬ tions.
"Tbe disturbances now among the Inhabitants of tbe earth are, as a mat¬ ter of fact, oniy a small depression at present. The real music wlll be In full swing in 1918, when it wlil reach its climax."
Catches Fox With Bare Hands. AtUca. Ind.—Ren Wood, a Richland township trapper, captured a full grown red fox with hia bare hands a few days ngo. The fox was feeding among a drove of hogs, where Wood could not shoot at tt Wood then creeped toward it Tbe noise of the feeding swine pre¬ vented the fox bearing his approach until be was near enough to catcb It by his flowing bmsb.
War and Soc:a! Change*. "Wat," says Emerson, "passes the power of all chemical solvents, break¬ ing up tbe old adhesious and allowing the atoms of society to take a new order." That this was pre-emiueutly true of our own war is tlie opiuinu of Professor I'"red- Lewis I'attee in hla "History of .American Literature Since 1870." "Tbe change wrougiit by the war," he snys, "was far more than a rise of new activities and a slilfdng of population. A totally new .-Vnierica grew from tlie ashes of tbe great con¬ flict. In 18G0 north and south alike were provincial nnd self conscious New York cily wns au enormously overgrown village, und Boston, Phila¬ delphia aud Charleston were almost as individual aud as unlike each other as they had beeu in the days of the ¦^Revolution. There bad been nothing to fuse the sections together and to bring them to a common vision. Until 18(50 there had been no imsslon fierce enough to stir to the very center of their lives nil of the people, to melt them into a homogeneous muss nnd tu pour them forth into the mold of a new individual suul among the na¬ tions."
stitching, and they repeat the blue and black of the fabric.
A girdle of narrow black velvet rib¬ bon is worn with the frock, slipped through narrow straps of the gingham, which are sewed to the dress below the waist line. The girdle is fastened under a small bow at the back and is simply slipped out when the dress is laundered.
The white linen frock has a plaited skirt with a panel at the front and shallow plaits at each side. It is set on to a plain waist of organdie, cut with round neck finished with a nar¬ row band. It fastens down the front with small crochet buttons. The short linen Jacket is scalloped and embroid¬ ered by hand about the edges, and the sailor collar and narrow turned-back cuffs a'-e made to match it. The gir¬ dle is of black velvet, fastening at the back under a small flat bow.
Colored llnCnS as well as white are used for this model, but white is the most satisfactory in the long run.
New Neckwear. One of the unuaual new atocks la made with the outalde cut deep enough to turn down quite on the ahouiders. It could be made of batiste or linen, silk or any material approved, so it is kept soft. Tbe turnover part natu¬ rally turna away at the throat from the stock proper and it wrinkles a bit, which Is part of ita charm.
pedltlon againsl Cartagena lu 1741 The property passed into (he hands of George after (lie lieadi of Lawrence In 1702. and the house was later lm provcHl and enlarged. V'hen Mrs WashiiiKton died In 1.S02 .Mount Ver non iiecnnie. in uccorilance with Wnsh ington's will, the properly of his neph¬ ew. Biishrod Washington, who lu turn bei)iientlied it to his nepiiew. .Iohn Au¬ gustine Wasliingion, from whom it passed to a son of lhe s.mie name, and !u IS-'iM it was purchased from bhn by the .Mount \'ernoii l.,adiea' associa tiun
The Better Judge.
Some years ago the Oldham ama¬ teurs were producing one of Handel's oratorios, under the personal tuition and couductorsbip of the iate Sir Charles Halle. Among the orchestra was the famous aud gigantic bassoon player, George Seel of Asbton-under- Lyne. At the flrst rehearsal Halle went to George and, indicating sevenil bars for tibe bassoon, told bim not tu play tbem on the night of the per formance. George wns Inwardly boil¬ ing with Indignation, but said nothing. On fhe night of the performance George played tbe banned music.
When the affair was over Halle went up to Seel in a great rage and. pointing to the notes, said. "I toid you to leaw them out didn't I ?"
"Aye. you did," said George, "but Handel towd me to put them in. an' he were a better Judge tban you."—Lon¬ don Answers.
Two Distant Sunt.
The nearest star to the earth Is, as far ns known at present, .\l|iha Cen tauri, in the soniliern hemisphere. It is a (loiilile star, consisting of two suns, oach about tis massive us our sun and slightly brighter, revolving around each otber iu n period somewliat more than eighty years at a mean distance apart of about l.iKM) million miles.
But the orlilt is so eccentric thut at one poiut in the revolution the two suns are not fartlier apart than the dlalnuce between .luplier und our sun, while nt the opposite point tliey are nearly us far apart ns the distance of Uranus from the sun. Thus the two suns In Alpha Centaiiri rush around their common center of grnvKy. now' sweeping nearer to each other nnd now fartbel- apart, all tlieir evolutions be¬ ing performed witliin a circuit much smaller than thnt of the solar system. —New York JuurnaL
Washington's Home. Mount Vernon, historically tbe most Interesting of all American man¬ sions, was erected In 1743 for I>aw- rence Wasfaington, the half brother of Oeorge, and so named In honor of Ad¬ miral Edward Vernon. R. N., tmder whoee command Lawrence Wasblng- ton bad served durlny tbe British ex-
His Caller.
Soiue time ugo Bruwn said to Smith: 'I envy yuu. You come In coijiact with all kinds of men. Yuu actually know nnd talk to burglars aud other criminals. All I know atxiut them Is what I read or imagine ubout them. Now. the next time you meet a good burglar I want you to send him to rae. (*lve him a card to me and tell him I will pay bia carfare aud expenses. I want to talk to blm nnd see how crim¬ inals differ from other men."
Smith promised to send along the next good six^imen of a burglar tbat' came his way and forgot all about the matter until some weeks later he re¬ ceived this letter from Brown:
"Y'our friend came, but I bad not ex¬ pected blm firofesslonally. If yon wUl tell blm to bring back tbe family plate and Mrs. Brown's Jewels yoa and I will resume social reiadons."—New Tork Globe.
"TIPPERARY" SUNG IN UTIN IN NEW YORU
NiElit Pupils and Profassor GiillaboratB on Songs. •
New York.—You can't keep a good song down. When It has been trans¬ lated into 'all the iiving languages it takes up tbe dead.
If whoever wrote "Tlpperary" will visit the New York evening school tn De Witt Clinton high school, Tentb aveuue and Hftyuinth street, he will hear tbere almost any night this lyric iiit—ami wonder what has happened '.o the darling of his bruin:
Longii viil ad Tlpperarium,
Lonua via ibo; Longa ^ ia aU Tlpperarium. AU puelluin <iuam cognosco.
Vule 1'it.iUilium.
Vale Leicester Koruiii Lonca via est ad Tlpperarium
Ibi fit cor meum.
Also, if he listens longer, he will hear "1 Didn't Katse My Boy to Be a Soldier" tiiid (he other songs of the mo¬ meiil done iilio Ihe purest Latin of Manhaltan.
The e-xpiauution. if be asks one. ia tliat Professor iioraco C. Walt, teacher uf Latin in both ix> Witt Clintou higli and the eveuing sciiool, haa discovered the way to interest hlsiimpiis is Xi* liriiig Latin up to date. Uf course. I'aesar's ie;;iuns may have sung the same song ns they realized how far it Vias from Loudon town to Ireland, but cM'n so, thinks Professor \\"ait, to put ¦'Tipperar.v ¦ into ilnracea tongue liriiigs the Jiast more iu line with tin jiiesent.
I'or several sessions lately the boy* and the piiilessor have collaborated on lhe translations of popular songs aii<i llien haw siinj; them to detect ImiHT fictions in ilie ilivilim. Tiiey will coii- liii'K? lo ailiipt Urnaiiway's best singing son^s to tile .Vppian Way na long »s> Hie solids and the l.atin verbs hoid out
As for "TipiK'niry," even the Gerniut\ lads in llie class join iu (>n the ".-Vil jincilnni qiiiiiu cognosco."
SUICIDE CHANGED MIND.
Taste of Carbolic Acid Showed Smith He Didn't Want to Die.
Indianapolis. l-lihvard <!. Smith, ajied twent.\-tlve. of l'h"i2 .North .leffci son nvenue. decided to commit suicide, Imt quickly clianged his mind after he liad lasted n siinill quantity of car liolie a*, id.
Tiy" "Usioinary fat'fiii note, in which' he nttrilnitcd liis ilesponileucy to a qimrrel with his wife, wns found In hxn pocket.
Smith sla.v,'ed his attempt at suicide In a drug store at lllinoisi and Wash Ington streets. .Vfter the clerk hnil sold him (lie licid hi> turned around and held tho nptiirned bottle to his lips .V moment later lie gave out a shriek, liirew the hoitle ami reniolning liK of mid at the derk nml then fell againsl the comiter. .\ii nmbiihince took hiin to (he I'Ky hosjiKnl.
PhyslciniiH n( the bospltnl snid thai Smith's (oiigne was slightly burned, but thnt he had not swnllowetl any of the ncid. " ,
ONE LOOK WAS ENOUGH.
Farmer Flees When He Sees Bride by Mail Get Off Train.
Kansas (ily. \Vhen 'i'imothy Rile.T, faimi-r, gol one looii nt his liride to be liie romaii.e won "luisled." Itlley drove ills brand new farm wagon u|i In fnmt of the rniiiii station, hitched the team and llien slood guard at the exit door.
He wore a red cariinlloii, by whieli si;;n (lie liride (o lie was to know hlni, all (he love making having been done' liy mull. The bride, who wns to bnv« conie from Nevada, wus to wear a I'alm itench suit.
.V few momenta later n Palm Bencb suit, garnished wllli numerous boxef*- and liiindl^s. hove In si;;hf. Klley tiKik one look, siiatclied (he carnation from his buKoiihoie and fled. The bride to lie aiiiicared to be fully twenty years older thun be, which probably was the e.vciise for his hnsty flight.
GIVES ADVICE IN WILL.
Among Many Items Testator Admon¬ ishes Children to Be Upright.
Winchester, ind.—Tbe will of James Toblii, n Union City resident, wbo dletl recenlly, lias been tiled bere for pro linte in the i-lrcult court. Among the many items the testator admonisheH his children lo walk uprightly and says:
"In making this last will and testa¬ ment und 111 makiug tbia disposition of my properly I beg to leave this advice and udmunltion to my children and tu each of thoui:
"First.—Love, honor aud obey your mother.
"Second.- Be faithful to your religion..
"Third.—Love one another.
"Fourth. lie honest, upright and truthful."
Eighty Chickens In Pie. Pomona. Cal.—In order to feed 800 memliers uf the Loyal 'Men's Bible class of the First Cbristian cburcb at a banquet Itev. tl. R, Hudson had s local restaurant l»ake eighty hens In • chicken pie four feet wide, one faets deep nnd eleven feet long.
Paid 12,000 In BountiM. Salem, Ore.-For 20,000 gopher and mole scalps, which were brought Into tbe offlce of County Clerk Gehlhar reeklents of Marlon coanty reoelvsd- 12,000.
