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mm In the Fire Department In the Fraternal Orders Matt . f t of Ineareet to aed about felto Oramm Doiags la tfco eoer^fraU«aal«saaizafieB. a# In our Uaal depart moot Fr^a-rt - d rloi.it,. by H. B. F. BOWLING TOURNAMENT. STANDING OF THE TEAMS. Hose 1 Won Lost 20 1 P. C. .968 Hose 3 14 4 .778 Truck 1 9 12 .429 Hose 4 8 10 .444 Engine I 6 18 .278 Hose 2 1 17 .063 A domino end euchre will be held under auspices of Progressive Coun cil, Daughters of Liberty, in Fratern ity Hall, on Monday evening, April 6. Franklin G. Hill of Merrick, who was recently elected Exalted Ruler of Freeport Lodge of Elks, will be in stalled this Thursday evening, April 2. Thu-wkl be a big event, and vis itors will be present from all parts of Hose 3 on Monday evening took | the Island, as well as from Manhattan, three straight games from Hose 2, by ; In the absence of the grand exalted -close scores, the first two games both ruler, Mr. Hill and the other officers being lost by 14 pins, as follows: will be installed by Past Exalted Ruler J Hose 3, 715; Hose 2, 701 j J. Huyler Ellison. Hose 3, 702; Hose 2, 688 Hose 3, 781; Hose 2, 677 Regents Night and a Dutch Smoker Hose 1 took the three games from I b> Fraternal Council, R. A.. Truck 1 Thursday evening by the ,ri1 i No. 1962. on Wednesday evening at lowing scores: Hose 1, 771; Truck 1, 630 Hose 1, 734; Truck 1, 671 Hose 1, 729; Truck 1, 625 No. 1962, on Wednesday evening Fraternity Hall, Railroad Avenue. ! Each member invited a friend to enjoy the hospitality of the Council, and about seventy-five were present. A | business meeting was held before the supper, and Major Chnstofei and Mr. Jones were taken in as members by cards. Tne hall was decorated with old Dutch nictures and sawdust cov ered the floor to represent a cafe. Funny stores were told by Brother At the meeting of Hose 3 Tuesday j Covan of Brooklyn and Messrs. Spieg- evening, the following officers were j e*> Raynwre and Cutler favored with nominated: Foreman, Robert A. Pat-1 songs, the company joining in the rick ; 1st assistant, Leslie Bedell and 1 choj-us. Representatives from East Ernest A. Honstrater; 2nd assistant, A small fire was discovered at Pel- ton’s bowling alleys (formerly Gere’s) early Thursday morning, but extin guished before any damage had been done. b Pitman Combs, jr . ; recording secre tary, David C. Pettigrew; financial secretary, Geo’ge Allen; treasurer, Erastus Johnson ; trustees, Forrest De- Mott, Walter S. Downs, Andrew L. Clark ; delegate Nassau County Assn. New York and De Long and New York Councils were present. Watches were presented by Past Regent John Gun ning to the following members for b inging in new members: Regent John Sumner, Past Regent H. A. Ba con, Orator A. P. Brown, Secretary w i m i n , U C I C R U V C . L i a o o n : , \ n o o n . , , . , . „ Maurice Halpin, Chains Rhodes and ! George Harrison, Chaplain J. A. Cavo, Joseph Bedell; N. Y. State Assn. A ! Brother Paul Anderson. L. Clark and Archie Verity: S. N. Y. Assn., Andrew L. Clark. Leslie Bedell and George Allen. Chief Loonam and 1st Asst. Chief Pearsall were endorsed for another year, while ex-Foreman Archie Verity was endorsed for second assistant. j;The Village of Hempstead has con tracted with the Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Company to install an elec trically blown whistle on fire head quarters, taking as part payment thereof the bell strikers now in use. The bells were found not to give near enough noise, and members but a short distance away frequently did not hear the alarms. The cost outside of the bell strikers will be over $800. News of the Churches S u b j e c t bf S e r m o n s , S e r v ices o f th e w e e k an d o t h e r doings in th e ch u r c h e s a n d ch u r c h societies The annual \conference of the M. E. Church is being held at Mt. Vernon this week. The regular meeting of the W. C. T. U. will be held Thursday, April 2, at 3 p. m., at the home of Mrs. J. M. Wiggins, 144 S. Grove Street. The program will be in charge of Mrs. Jere E. Brown, Superintendent of Depart ment of Sunday School Work. A Hoople Drill and Kaffec-Klatsch will be given by the Sunday School of Bethel A. M.'E. Church at the church, Thursday evening, April 30. The af fair will be under charge of Mrs. W. Randall, chairman. t - Past Regent A. Johnson received two watches, one a lady’s, for bring ing in three members. The music was furnished by Howard Spiegel’s orchestra. Refreshments were passed around during the even ing.—Owl. Real Estate Records (From Brooklyn Eagle) Nassau County. Judgments (Name first given, that of judgment debtor.) Albertson, S L—F W Van Wagner $2456.78 Bennett, H M—M Tannebaum $30.32 Belanea, Aeroplane Co—Sloane Aeroplane Co $79.45 Behr, J A —Union Stove Wks $22.75 Behr, C FA -John C Moore Corp $22.14 Burroughi, C E— New Netherland Bk $3,195.64 Chase, H D & .R F—B K Strader $125 19 Cornell, G W & Mary E—S A Wright $89.92 Cassidy, J —Bklyn Daily Times, Inc $143.72 Chappelles, A D—Black, Starr & Frost $76.32 Cotte. W H—N Y Tel Co $27.06 Bates. J H—Seventh Av Garage $107.02 Baxter, E-—Dochterman Express Co $180.58 Chalick, E L— McCreery & Co $171.41 Cuogan, J, jr—G H Reading $139.32 Chebuske, W—W W Farley $572.17 Des Chappelles, A—Black, Starr & Frost $7fi.32 Eastman, H M W et al—Town of a a Seaman av, Freeport $1400 1 Harris, D. M, to lat Natl, Freeport, lot 20, Glover map, Freeport $150 Donaldson, E A, to G S Brown, 40x 90, s ■ Randall av, Freeport $600 Luce, A L, to L A Fink, 100x25, e a Bedford av, Bellmore $3800 Lange, G E T, to L I Ry Co, plot 810, Frederick farms, Bellmore $630 Clukiee, S B, to same, plot 344, same property $780 Baldwin, H Ry Co to M Mieselbacb, lots 33-5, bk 1, Baldwin $1700 Crevoiserat, W, to W G Smith, lOOx 418, adj Sellers, Freeport $500 Furlong, N to L I Ry Co, lots 414, 416, Meserole Park, Freeport $2000 Stevens, C D, to if'Nichols, 50x125, w s of Roosevelt place, Freeport $200 Heger, E R, to E Abrams. Iota 4, 5, Osborn Terrace, Rockville Centre $1000 Parsons, A H, jr, to W S mith, lots 20, 21, blk A, Lake Side Park. Rock ville Centre $2600 Same to South Side Dev Co, same property $800 Magnue, J K, to A D Half, lots 12, 13, Freeport Center $1500 Mead, F E to L Aronson,,lots 30, 31, Woodlawn Park, R’kville C-ntre $2000 West Dean at, Freeport nom Beckman, A E. to M C Tepe. lots 118-82, Central Terrace. East Rocka- wHy nom Emeigh, A, to H A Emeigh, J acre, adj Jonea, Bellmore nom Egner, F, to M E Behr, n a Debe- voise av, 98x46, Roosevelt nom Same to same, 94x54, Roosevelt nom Same to same, s s Wood av, 101x47, Roosevelt nom Bielefeld, E, to S A Williams, adj Starke, Freeport nom Fowler, J E, to B Compton, lots 166, 166, map at East Rockaway nom Hand, A L, to M E R Shober, 50x 178, n a Driscoll av, Rockville Centre nom Matthews, W, to D N Matthews, 440x60, s s Nassau av, Rockville Cen tre nom Conveyances Schwencke Ld Co to D Carleo, plot 685, Bellmore Park nom Davison, E S, to A E Ives, Lewis av, 100x143, Rockville Centre nom Same to same, Lewis av, 100x43, Rockville Centre nom - - - , Simons, G S, to C H Simons, Morris operation on the part of every resident! lively as to be a nuisance to the of Nassau County who is concerned in i foster mother. North Hempstead Eckstein, W G- Rev. W. W. W. Wilson, former pas tor of the Freeport M. E. Church, and for the past six years pastor of the De Kalb Avenue M. E. Church, Brooklyn, has been unanimously invited by the official Board of that church to return for another year. Christian Science Society. Services Sunday morning at 11 a. m .; Sunday School, same hour; Hempstead Bank Building. Subject next Sunday, April 5, “ Unreality.” Wednesday evening services at 8 o’clock. A reading room with Christian Sci ence literature is open at the above address every weekday from 1:30 to 5 p. m. Talk of “Auditorium Freeport, March 80.—An auditorium is likely to be built here by autumn aa the result of efforts of the recently formed Auditorium Association. It will probably have a capacity of 1000. At the last meeting members of the association said they would be able to raise $6000 on stock subscription by July. Some of those interested in the erec tion of such a building are: R. H. Mayland president of the organiza- V0^ ev v*nbertn- B7 le; i>R?yT £ d Bishep, L W, to M L Gifford, adj J. Miller, Village President Roland M. j Dean Baldwin $3500 Lamb. Edward S. Keogh, Kerry J. , Behr M E_ t0 E M Griffin & ano, .^,y” T : , , i ^ HUym!L® a0n and Sam*! lots 125 and 42. adj Debevoise av! Roosevelt $1800 Mager, P, to M Dilthey, lots 167 and 60, w s Bedell st, Freeport $1400 Same to J Jenkins, w s Bedell sL lots 167 and 60, Freeport • $600 Jenkins, J, to M Dilthey, w s Bedell at, lots 175 and 49, Freeport 1 $400 Forrester, E C, to F S Miller, lot 161-2, Crescent Lawn, Bellmore $1200 Behr, M E, to C C Frye, lots 81 and 27, adj Debevoise av, Roosevelt $1800 Donaldson, E A, to A S Brown, 80x 162, s 1 Pine st, Freeport $800 Roberts, K C, to C V D W Brown, lots 1-5, Roberts map, Hempstead $200 Crowe, G H, to T, G & T Co, 50x 150, e 1 Vincent av, Lynbrook $1000 Greens word, E C, jr, to A B Mc Cord, lots 690-3, So Bay Ests, Bell more $1700 v Buchen, J C, to M Miller, 122x89, w ■ John et, Rockville Centre $1000 Combs, A, to H A Gritman, 50x108, $142.50 Coe-Mortimer Co $22.79 Fidelity-Casualty Co of N Y—W W Farley $572.17 Goriter, C B—Rogers, Peet & Co $234.07 Foulke, T B—Acker, Merral Condit Co $157.10 Fanst, C—J H Remick $70.57 Fullager, W W—P D Combs $38 13 Glen Cove Garage, Inc—W Rosen- stock $380.88 Godesky, F—S Farber $25.71 Gray. B—Loewers & G Brewery $1,540.91 Gibbin, E—J Brendel $349.41 (Name first given, that of judgment debtor.) Hurd, F H—G Busch $267.94 Hunt, J H—C Schmidt $168.04 Hegeman, S —Sulzberger Sons Co $127.83 Hurd, E M—S A Davison $272.50 Hines, J P—R Lenninger $292.83 Hendrickson, R, L. G & A—W Hen drickson & ors $120.20 Same—M Hendrickson ^ $55 Mortgages Chanowsky, A, to J Schneider, lots 1166-7, Freeport Heights $100 Pettit, S P, to L G Powell, lots 74-5, Woodcleft, Freeport * $1500 Bishep, L W, to M av, 50x141, Rockville Centre nom Quigley, T A, to J F Byrnes, lots 687-90, Meserole Park, Freeport nom Ireland Co to E V Ireland, w s Mer rick av, East Meadow nom Davison, B F, to E M Pettit, n I Cottage place, 150x62, Baldwin nom L I Ry Co to N Furlong, lots 414-16, Meserole Park, Freeport nom Same to C V Fenton, lots 70-2, Mer rick Plaza nom Carrollton Ry Co to W H Strong, lots 462-5, Baybampton Park, Mer rick nom Baxter, M, to G MacFarlane, w s West Side av, 100x70, Freeport non*- Colder, W T, to S T Post, lots 310- 12, Bennington Park, Freeport nom Post, S T, to W T Colder, lots 45-6, Randall Park, Freeport nom Kaufman, C, to M Kaufman, lots 374-5, Meserole Park, Freeport nom Rockvilje Center M H Co to L Lenz, lots 1-2, blk 30, Florence Park, Rock ville Centre nom South Side Dev Co , to A H Parsons, lots 20-1, blk A, Lakeside Park, Rock ville Centre nom Taylor, M A, to C A Krey, lots 31-2, blk 4, Rockville Centre Terrace nom Aronson, L, to F E Mead, lots 30-1, Woodland Park, Rockville Centre nom Bates, M T, to C H Tuthill.'S pieces, Rockville Centre nom Delano, S H, to I Southard, s s Vil lage av, 50x114. Rockville Centre nom Davison, O. to I C Davison, 10,200 sq ft, adj Brower, Ea Rockaway nom Foreman, J, to J P Forsman, lots 373 4, Manor Pk, Merrick nom County Association’s Report OYSTER CRABS. They Are e Distinct Specie* and Are Hatched In the Bivalve. Oyster crabs, those tiny, dainty, pink titbits, are a delicacy highly prized and correspondingly expen sive. As the crabs when taken from their homes in oyster shells live but a short time, each day’s catch is blanched at the end of the day’s work unless there are orders for live shipments to adjacent points. ' The partially boiled crab is shipped in glass containers, in which shape it can be had at the stores. It is better so, for small as they arc, like all other shellfish, they should never be eaten unless they are alive when thrown into boiling water. j A general idea is that the oyster crab is a baby soft shell, but she j (for the edible ilyster crab is always a female) is an entirely different | species from the blue chib, which is the soft shell of commerce and The first annual report of the Nas sau County Association, just issued, is after theater suppers. She lives only a clear and comprehensive recital of j jn association with the ovs’tor and the aims and scope of the organ,za- I fiarries her eggs into the ovster tion. The ultimate purpose of the , ,, , , • , / , , Nassau County Association is to secure j s l<> ’ 1<;r •)0UI'^ b‘,|nK balchci better living conditions and the state- tlu‘re and evicted by the oyster only, ment. contains a strong appeal for co- 1 when they become so numerous mid . , , . ^ i . o,n o I compiled prior to the existence of this Lehts, J, to same, lots 342-3. Manor bi„_ hllf npuprth„|paa „ nf Pk, Merrick nom Forsman, J P, to F SoPomon, lots the welfare of that community. j The males then assume a hard The foreword of the report briefly j shell and a dirty brown and shift explains theobjects and purposes of - for themselves as best they can. tne JNaasau Lount.y Association. It is mi r i i * a • * • i as follows: “ To promote the general \ 1C ‘r cra )S’ a t a m^ Pin<\ welfare. This is the purpose of the 1 ish whlte hue> scurr>\ ahout t o c s ' Nassau County Association. In a cape their enemies until they reach Democracy this can be achieved only ! a Broadway r e staurant via the oys- in the measure in which the individual | t e r dealer. citizen shades in the responsibility! This protected life makes the which the purpose involves. Nassau : of the female oyster crab de- County can become the most desirable generate into a mere membrane, uTc f L , T n° V6 ‘A , * 03 ami her legs become- so weak that its citizens feel the needs of the com-, , ■ , tnunity and work together effectively , sho , oannot S e t about or survive for the general welfare. 1 at all away from the friendly com- We trust that you will read care-1 panionship of the oyster, fully the pages of this book which is Whether it is true that she is a the annual report of the Nassau Asso | scavenger for and caterer to t he ciation and decide to unite with the oyster is a question the scientists other members of the association to j ,irp divided ovi-r. At all events she secure the ends for wh.ch the assoc,a-, 1 ) P p o m ( ,s a dn;n t v morsel anlf tion is organized. . , . . . • , . The report contains the departmental' s mnks f 0 , n , t h ,‘ cno,<inP ],roco8PCS work of the association such as the 1 ^ (i°6sn 1 seem as 1 1 you were statement of the Committee on the j getting much for your money when Care of Dependent Mothers and Child-1 you order an omelet, patty br salad r*o and Outdoor Relief for the Poor; of oyster crabs, the statement of the Committee on Sanitation and Eugenics; the state ment of the Nassau County Road Main tenance Committee and the statement of the Nassau County Association Com mittee on Research. No statement of the activity of the association on the appointment of a commission of seven by the Board of Supervisors is contained in this report as the data for the report had been uel T. Raynor.—Times. Social and Personal Mainly About Guests, Visits and Parties Freeporter* and Their Friends Mrs. Daniel Cole of Wellfleet, Mass., is spending several weeks with her son, N. T. Cole, of North Ocean Ave nue. ! Miss Laura Ellison entertained at her home on Bedell Street Thursday evening. Among those present were: Misses Myra Chase. Alice Schneider, May S. Rider, Libby Weyant, Hazel Combs, Lucella Hoffmann of Brooklyn, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Verity, William Tietxsch of Brooklyn, Alvin Van Wick- len, William Raynor, Wilford South ard, Joe Miller, Robert V. Rider, Frank Cotte and Otto Payne,—Times. ; ■ .... 373-4, Manor Pk, Merrick nom L I Ry Co to J W Macy, lot 348, Frederick Farms, Bellmore nom Guttenberg, F D, to A Miller, 50x 175, Atlantic av, Freeport nom McCord, A B, to E C Greenwood, jr, lots 690-3, may at Bellmore nom Pettit, S P, to C A Pregiosi, lots 262-4, Woodcleft, Freeport nom McCord, A B, to M C Delite, lots 509-11. map Bellmore nom R V C Dev Co, to G Maier, lots 20-1, bk 9, Rockville Centre nom Percy, C G, to M M Miller, lots 141- 2, bk 10, Lynbrook Ld Co nom St James M E Church to M Fatsch- er, lol 20, bk 9 / Pearsall map, Lyn brook nom Walker, T K, to A Walker, 150x 394, e I Long Beach rd, Oceanside nom Woodill, H M, to I G Olsen, 5 acres, adj Smith, Smithville South nom Smith, W, to F W Fox, 50x107, n s Randall av, Freeport nom Mergenthaler Co to A N Johnson, 60x125, n s Russell Place, Freeport nom R V C Holding Co to E J Murphy, lots 5 6, bk 23, Florence Pk, Rockville Centre nom Same to F Palamara, lots 9-10, bk 23, Rockville Centre nom Same to P Neinburg, lots 19-20, bk 26, Rockville Centre nom Marion Pk Co to W Park, lots 376-8, Marion Park, Rockville Centre nom Inga, A, to E P Merritt, lots 661-2, Crescent Lawn, Bellmore nom Gildersleeve, P, to J J Tristram, 7x 200, e 1 Lee av, Rockville Centre nom Windsor L & I Co to C M Fulling, lots 34-5, bk 17, Rockville Centre Ter race nom Rockville C Villa Co to Windsor L & I Co, lots 84-5, bk 17, Rockville Centre Ter nom Runcie, W H, to A S Reynolds, lots 1-2, Greenview Terrace, Freeport nom Potter & D Ry Co to F R Smith, lots 539, 540, Florence Park, Rockville Centre nonf Rockville Centre H & H Co to J J Purcell, lots 6-11, blk 6, Rockville Centre Terrace nom Same to H M Alfke, lots 33, 34. blk 5, Rockville Centre Terrace nom O’Haire, N A, to A D Marino, 120x 45, s s East Milton st, Freeport nom Rockville Centre Dev Co to G Kat- tenhorn, lots 47, 48, blk 1, Rockville Centre nom Seaford Land Co to M J Kenny, lot 225, blk 6, Seaford nom Post, J. to D Washburn, 121x150. s s Lincoln pi, Freeport nom Gallagher, W F, to I Sperling, lots 12. 13, Gallagher map,- Rockville Cen tre nom Nichols, W M, to H W Haff, 60x150, n 1 Pine st, Freeport / nom Haff, H W. to WM Nichols, 75x145. n s Porterfield pi, Freeport nom Miller, W G, to P O Smith. 120x75, n w West Dean st, Freeport nom Same to G I Boynton, 120x16, n 1 but nevertheless a committee of the Nassau County Association ap peared before the Legislative Commit tee of Internal Affairs at Albany and urged the passage of the bill. This commission will make a searching in vestigation of governmental conditions in the county and its members will be appointed by the Board of Supervisors with a view of recommending changes in the form of government which will be referred to the people of the county who will be called upon to approve or disapprove by their votes the proposed changes. The Nassau County Association was organized in March, 1913, ea the result of a movement started earlier in the winter to assist the Town and County officials in caring for dependents, espe cially mothers and children. In co operation with the State Charities As sociation, Miss Malcolm, a trained worker in philanthropic endeavor, who had much experience in Nassau County, was given charge of that department under the direction of John A. Albert son, while Dr. Charles B. Davenport of Cold Spring Harbor Experiment Station with Miss L. G. Field as field worker, took charge of the eugenics and sanitation department. The report contains a short survey of the work accomplished by the Com mittee on Research under,the direction of Willard D. Straight and the Nassau County Committee on Road Mainten ance under the chairmanship of former Congressman William W. Cocks. Most residents are familiar with the en deavors of the latter organization while the announcement that the books of the Town of Hempstead were en tirely revised at the suggestion of the expert employed by the former com mittee is too recent to require any greater explanation at this time. The work of the association will be pursued with even greater energy than heretofore and Rev. Oscar Maddaus, the executive secretary, announces that he will be glad to confer with those who are interested in the work at the association’s offices at Mineola. “ The business of Nassau County is the business of everyone who lives in the county. Better roads, better schools, better health, better results from the labor and money invested in our farms, better administration and these things concern you as they con cern the rest of us” is the postscript attached to the report, a fitting climax to the remarkable statement of an as sociation the only object of which is happier and better living conditions. But what you do get is a sub limated reminder of the daintiest shrimp you ever ate, with about the same relationship in flavor that a mushroom has to a brussels sprout.—Buffalo Express. * Advice. \Take my advice—never ask ques tions. Be content to make a fool of yourself once or twice, but don’t ask questione. ’Don’t answer questions, either. That’s worse But, after all, now I'm and worst of anything Is listening to other people’s advice.”—From “Sinis ter Street,’’ by Compton Mackenzie. .v Told of Turner. Turner, the English painter, was blunt spoken and often gruff, but on occasion lie unbent enough to jest—occasionally at his own ex pense. His famous picture, “The Slave Ship”—that wonderful combina tion of flaming and gorgeous colors —was once described by an exas perated critic as “a cat having a fit in a dish of tomato salad.” Tur ner had never heard the phrase, but once when a salad was passed to him at a dinner he put on a critical and 6onsidering air as he regarded it and remarked to his neighbor: “Nice, cool green, that lettuceT isritt it? And the beetroot a pretty red. not quite strong enough, and the dressing, delicate tint of yel low, that! Add some mustard and then you have one of my pictures!” The M ighty Dead. The relations between man and man cease not with life. The dead leave behind them their memory, their example and the effects of their actions. Their influence still abides with us: their names and character dwell in our thoughts and hearts. We live and commune with them in their writings; we enjoy the benefits of their labors. Our institu tions have been founded by them. We are surrounded by the works of the dead. Our knowledge and mu arts are the fruits of their toil; our minds have been formed by their instructions. We are most intimate ly connected with them by a thou- aand dependencies.—Andrews Nor ton. Care of Silk Umbrella. When coming in with a wet um brella stand it handle down to dry, then wipe off the handle and fer rule and furl the silk sections. If the silk gets a spot on it. remove it with a silk rag, warm water and soap. Clean a gold or silver han dle with whiting, wash a chi ha handle in warm soapsuds, rub up a wooden handle with a very slightly oily rag. A good way to mend a silk umbrella is to wet a piece of black court plaster and fasten it to the silk just under the tear and let it dry.—New York Press. MEASUfflNQ THE EARTH. ' The Pel* Star Is the Quids to the So lution of the Problem. As the earth is a sphere, its mag nitude will depend on the length of its diameter or its circumference. But how can the length of either be ascertained ? We cannot follow a lihe through the center of the earth to the antipodes, nor can we even travel around the surface of the earth in a great circle to meas ure the circumference, nor is it necessary to attempt either. As the circumference of the earth, like the circumference of every circle, is conceived to he divided into 3(>0 equal parts or degrees, it is evi dent that if we can ascertain the length of any one of these parts we have only to multiply it by 360 to find the length of the circumfer ence. And if wp divide the circum ference by 3 1-7 we get the diam eter. To illustrate: The latitude of Philadelphia is 39 degrees 57 minutes north. This is the altitude of the nostftv'pnte of the celestial sphere. Now, the polar *tar is not at the north pole of the heavens, but near it. The pole star is 1 1-4 degrees from the pole and describes a small circle around it. Such stars are called circum polar. The pole star is selected to find the precise position of the north pole of the heavens. Its up per and lower culminations (highest and lowest points) are accurately noted. The point midway between these two positions of the star is the pole of the heavens. Knowing the altitude of the pole, not of the pole star, if we travel due north or south till we find that the pole has increased or decreased a degree in altitude, it is evident from what has been said that we have traveled a degree on the earth’s surface, and if we measure the distance in miles traveled over, making due allowance for elevated ground, etc., we have the length of a degree, and if we multiply this length by 360 we have the entire circumference, and if we divided this circumference by 3 1-7 we get the diameter. The length of a de gree of latitude ou the earth’s sur face is found by actual measure ment to be 69 1-10 miles, which, multiplied by 300, gives 24,876 miles in the circumference of the earth, and which distance, divided by 3 1-7, gives about 8,000 miles di ameter. The exact student would divide by 3.1416. The mean diam eter of the earth is nearly 7,956 miles.—Philadelphia Telegraph. , --------------------- , W eary W idowhood. The death of the husband not only blights the life of a Bengali widow, but makes the rest of her existence a state of unmitigated misery and privations. She is re quired to fast on every eleventh day of the moon, when she is de barred from all sorts of food and drink for twenty-four hours. Her sufferings from thirst on hot days of summer are extremely painful, hut she must go through them. The widow must live on one meal a day and eschew meat and fish. She must renounce ornaments and all sorts of luxuries. The idea of such a state of misery of his widow keeps a man from hazardous enterprises, not because he is afraid to die, but because his death means so much miscrv to his wife.—East Indian Mirror. ■ , The T h a n k ful Spirit. .Cultivate the thankful spirit! It will be to thee a perpetual feast. There is, or ought to be, with us no such thing as small mercies; all t h a n n a l r ln tr a l e ^ e a t > b e c a u s e t h e l e a s t BTC IIU- glving advice, 1 deserved. Indeed, a really thank ful heart will extract motive for itude from everything, making most even of scanty blessings. R. Macduff. Caustic W h istler. Whistler was once taken by a friend to the home of a newly rich millionaire who had been gathering a collection of dubious paintings supposedly by old masters. After Whistler viewed the collection his friend said: “Now, Whistler, Mr. Blank wants :o make provision in his will to be queath these paintings, and he would like a suggestion from you as to which institution to give them.” Promptly came the answer, “The East End Institution For the Blind.” Queer Idea of the Oil In the E a rth. % Employment of oil as fuel for the navy would have met with the whole hearted disapproval -of an American who figures in Sir John Robinson’s reminiscences. This farseeing per son petitioned congress that “a stop might be put to the irreverent and irreligious proceedings of various citizens in drawing petroleum from the earth, .thus cheeking the de signs of the Almighty, who stored it there for the future destruction of the world.” The Word ‘‘C h a r latan.’’ “Charlatan,” says a writer in the London Chronicle, “is companion to ‘quack* in our vocabulary, and of this word the origin ip certainly Italian. It is ‘ciarlatano,’ merely a chatterer, and describes the trav eling doctor in his cart who used to offer in an overwhelming torrent. of talk his pills to villagers in the market place. * He was a dentist as well aa a physician and wrenched out the tooth in public.” f .
