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Lady Currie, well known to English letters under her pen name of Violet Fane, told Mrs. Maud Howe Elliott, one of kar American friends, an amusâ€" ing incldent of her life in Constantinâ€" ople when her husband, Lord Currie, was ambassador to the Sublime Porte. She was a rapid and omnivorous readâ€" er, and Lord Currie often trusted ber to read and report on books with which otherwise he would have had to make personal acquaintance. Much nrecious time was thus saved for a busy diplomat, and the task was enâ€" tirely congenial to his competent unofâ€" Acial reader. One day he handed her a new bilography of the Sultan, Abdul Hamid, just published in England. A short time afterwards he asked her whether it was interesting. ‘"Yes," she answered, "butâ€"" and Just then some visitors of distinction were announced and she did not finish the sentence. That evening husband and wife dined with the Suitan. Conâ€" versation was more formal than enâ€" tertaining and indeed flagger to a deâ€" The Book He Never Read. the whole throated bass, with its thrice repeated "gluck" of the soul song in its acme of expression and comnleteness. The wonders of science bad transmitted from a moonâ€"lit Sur rey wood many miles away, the song of the nightingale. Thousands of lsâ€" temersâ€"in in London and other large eities heard the song, caught up on a microphone and broadcasted to fasâ€" eimated and enraptured hearers. Sure Broadcasting the Nightingale. ly this was a wondrous thing. It is probably two or more centuries since the song of the wildâ€"nightingale was heard in London City. What next? Many years ago a famed naturalist, thoroughly conversant with bird lanâ€" guage, had written down the notes of the nightingale, but there was none competent to interpret. The nightingale sang in the thicket, and all England beard him over the radio.â€"Dr. F. W. D‘Eyelyn. A French scientist has discovered a means of extracting and hernessing the electricity in trees. He connected a oopper plate sttached to a tree, and gnother plate buried in the mm a galvanometer, a delicate i nt which measures the strength of weak eurrents of olectricity, and obtained a record of the current passing through the tree. 1d & With three trees connected in the same way the power was increased, the experiment, with a like result, beâ€" ing continued until twenty trees were linked up in this fashion. The scientist then placed two copâ€" per plates in the earth, about six feet apart, and with the current thus obâ€" tained lighted a small electric lamp. Whether the idea can be extended to be commercially worth while has vet to be determined. , Treating ‘Em Rough. l Smithâ€""Well, I gave it to that felâ€"| low straight, 1 can tell you. He is twice as big as I am, too, but I told him exactly what I thought of his rasâ€" ye cally conduct, and I called him all the names in the dictionary and a lot ot others as well." "No. he didn‘t; and when he tried to answe~ me back, I just hung up the telophone receiver and walked away." wi.ence 18 are waitiog "fGo ahoead." W A} Jonesâ€""And didn‘t he try L shall have my copy," the polite ador hastened to assure him. r departure from the palace the s words in response to their iking were a reminder: "I will r the book in the morning." i Lady Currie had her husband vith her in the carriage she said between mirth and despair: book you recommend to the opens with this sentence: ‘A Han Light From Trees. be said, "an interesting book eared about yourself!" ie made a frantic effort to Nat 1â€":â€"gaenv, except when you ig for the prospect to say, t under the table, but he Sultan book!" iltan‘s servant called s informed with many pology that the book und. It was sent for, several times afterâ€" und. It was sent for, several times afterâ€" next time the ambassaâ€" ence the Sultlan, clearâ€" ‘ something wrong, reâ€" with duplicity. _ Lord ‘at excuses he could, oduced the book, nor h he probably guessed islastically admired in ‘er learn there existed tal presuming enough i a toad. toad than the Sultan Lord Currie had a & W "I should hit | KEMPSON. | Varlationsâ€"Kemp, Camp. Racial Origirâ€"â€"English. Sourceâ€"An Occupation. Here is a group of family names the origin of which could not be recogâ€" nized without reference to some comâ€" pilation of English words in use about the time the Norman overlords of Engâ€" land ceased to use French as their common tongue, and the Angloâ€"Saxon speech, after two centuries or more of depression ard change, emerged and, under the infuance of Norman proâ€" nunciation, fortmed the foundation of our modern English. "Kemp" was a medieval English word for "soldier." "Walter le Kemp" was simply Walter the soldier," and "Hamo Kempson" was "Hamo the solâ€" dier‘s son." The form Camp is in most instances due simply to a â€"natural cbhange in pronunciation occurring reâ€" gularly in many English words in cerâ€" tain parts of that country and reflectâ€" ed in the changed speiling. We have instances _ of similar changes in the word "Derby." On this continent we pronounce it as spelled. In England they call it "Darby." As often as not the reverse change in pronunciation has taken place in the course of centuries. Thus the name of that famous street in Londopn, Pall Mall, is pronounced "pellt mell." There.is no telling how often since the word "kemp" was in common use. Families bearing itâ€"2s a surname have changed the pronunciation back and forth between "kemp" and "camp" through succeeding generations, But the changes in spelling have been more rare, as they always are. The average country fairground is a fairâ€"ground and nothing else, seryvâ€" ing the public only during fair week. The rest of the year it is wholly idle and deserted and sometimes even unâ€" sightly. Yet the fairâ€"ground is often a pretty natural park with trees and is generally very accessible to both town and country people. If natural picnicing and play places are hard to find, as often is the case in prairle country, why not then make a recreaâ€" tlon centre of the fairâ€"ground? This was the idea that came to the | Fair Association of a county in lowa.! The grounds are within the city limits | of West Unrion and on the mainâ€"traâ€"| veled road from country to town.\ There is a natural grove of oaks on the area and a bright creek meanders’ through it. No other body of water is near. J The Fair Association laid the matâ€" ter of making a playground of the !air} park before the public and found prompt willingness to coâ€"operate, and open pocketbooks offered to carry out the plan. Playground equipment was bought and set up. Picrickers were invited to make free use of the grounds. Then last summer a swimâ€" ming pool was added. It was accomâ€" plished in the the simplest of ways. The creek runs along one side of the fairâ€"grounds and makes a bend down the other side. Water was taken from the creek and carried through tiling to the swimming pool. From the lower end of the artificial pond the water flowed out into other tiling and back into the creek. This gave running water, making the bathing place pure Make the Fairâ€"Ground Work All the Year. RED ROSE Roasted and packed same COFFEE parli::Igr peopleâ€" mf The Empi;e 'Medifi â€"the preparation which has won the confidence of every:¢ountry under the British] Flagâ€"the remedy S\vh!cl_x_b_as brought health ‘and happiness to millions of men : and women in every; partof .the‘_.Empin.-eâ€"l ‘the‘ treatment" which is resorted to everywhereâ€" for"ailments such as Sick Headache, Biliousness; Indigestion and & Constipation."often consideréd Linsignificant. yet" decidedly inconvenientâ€"ailments ‘which have their origin in a dyspeptic condition of ithe"stomach and a torpid action : of â€" the _ liver~ Surnames and Their Origin > day in airtight Variationâ€"Lister. Raclal Originâ€"English. Sourceâ€"An occupation. The family name of Dyer is guite recognizable by the modern Englishâ€" epeaker es having developed from & word denoting an occupation. That is because in this case both the word deâ€" noting the occupation and the name have changed simi{larly from the origâ€" inal form, and have not, as in many cases, drifted apart. Nevertheless the original word would be unrecognizable to the average person toâ€"day. In the Middle Agos it was spelied ; "Deghere" or "Dighstere." But if you will soften that pronunciation of the ‘ "gh" to a barely audible buttural, as, it was pronounced then, you‘ll find it | very easy to slip it a bit further to a| "y" sound. And that is precisely the| manner in which common speech, over the period of several centuries which ‘ have elapsed since the formation of family names began, has softened it into "Dyer," together with the broadâ€" ening of the short "I" or indefinite "e" | into the modern English long "i." | "Lit" was another old English word which meant "dye." In a medieval manuscript there occurs the following passage: "We use no clathis that are littede of dyverse coloures" (We use no clothes that are dyed in diverse colors). The "litster" or the "lister" was simply a dyer. Originally either of these words were used, but in the course of time the pronunciation of the latter . has prevailed as coming more smoothly from the tongue. It has been preserved as a family name, but as an ordinary word it has passed out of use. and sanitary. The pool is 40 x 150 feet, with sloping bottom, and cost about $2,600. Through the summer the pool was the most popular place in town, and summer evenings the fairâ€"ground was the gathering place of town and counâ€" try folks. The grass has been kept mowed and the place given generally the same care as a regular park.â€" Very Shy. "The bride was very shyâ€"yes, she was shy about ten years when it came to giving her age!" "When you found you hadn‘t your fare did the conductor make you get off and walk?" asked the inquisitive man. "Only get off," was the sad reply. "He didn‘t seem to care whether I walked or sat down." Starfish to the number of thousands attacked a German swimmer who was attempting to cross the Frisian Sea. The creatures stung him so severely that he had to relinquish his attempt after many fruitless efforts to beat off his assailants. His Careless Ways. DYER. CA cans w Probably tho most famous of all "mothers" is Mother Hubbard, the old lady whose time scems to have been taken up # attnding to the wants, wishes, and antics of her equally faâ€" mous dog. Although this animal must have been very trying, Mother Hubâ€" bard never appears to have lost her temper for a moment, for the lengthy nursery rhyme ends with a charming couplet:â€" The dame made a curtsy, the dog made a bow, The dame said "Your servant," the dog said "Bowâ€"wow." Which is usualiy what a dog does Mothers Who Made History. say! \_ Mrs, Alfred Tranchemontagne, St. , Michel des Saintes, Que., writes:â€" "Baby‘s Own Tablets are an excellent | medtcine. They saved my baby‘s life and I can highly recommend them to a@ll â€" mothers." Mrs. Tranchemonâ€" tagne‘s experience is that of thousands of other mothers who have tested the vorth of Baby‘s Own Tablets. The | Tablets are a sure and safe medicine | for little ones and never fail to reguâ€" late the bowels and stomach, thus reâ€" lieving all the minor ills from which children suffer. They are sold by modiâ€" cine dealers or by mail at 25 cts. a box from The Dr. Williams‘ Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. # Another famous "mother" is Mother Goose. Unlike MNother Hubbard, she was a real person, and under her name an enormous &mount of childâ€"literaâ€" ture has been published, of which she is responsible for only a small porâ€" tion. Hor daughter married Thomas Fleet, a famous American printer, and they had a little son. The grandmothâ€" erâ€" used to make rhymes and sing them to this little fellow, and her sonâ€" inâ€"law printed them as "Mother Goose‘s Nursery Rhymes." Mother Carey is an English way of saying Mater Cara, and she is famous for her "chickens," which are the sea birds known to sailors as stormy petâ€" rels, because they always seem to scream arcund ships during a storm. Mother Carey‘s geese are the great black petrels or fulmars seen in the Pacific, and the saying has arisen that when snow falls Mother Carey is plucking her geese. Mother Shipton is another famous "mother." She lived in the reign of Henry VIIL, and, as everybody knows, is famous for her prophecies. In a vague way he foretold the ago of avia tion, steam, and petrol, as well as the death of Cardinal Wolsey. Smith was a freshman, older than most of his class. He was tall, lanky and slow. His mind, like his body, worked slowly, and the nervous proâ€" fessor in mathematics, after a long and careful explanation, was wont to say: "Well, Smith, if you will go over that explanation carefully and medtâ€" tate on it, I think you will understand. Meditate, Smith, meditate." So Smith became "Meditate" Smith to his fellow students. One evening a party of students gathered in the room of one of their number, and Smith was one of them. The meeting wes for fun and perhaps mischief, and such a meeting was an infringement of rules. When the jollity was at its height a warning came that the professor was coming to investigate. The room was cleared at once. Smith as usual was the last, and, hearing steps apâ€" proaching, he crawled under the bed, seeing no other way of escape. Here he sat doubled up like a jackknifeo awaiting the event with no little apâ€" prehension. When Smith‘s Mind Worked. The professor entered, looked about him, saw that the room was empty, then turned to depart. As he closed the door, a thought seemed to strike him; he reâ€"entered the room and lookâ€" ed under the bed. "Hey, Smith, what are you doing there?" he cried. Smith turned his head with difficulty. "Meditating, professor." The professor withdrew. SAVED BABY‘S LIFE ; All He Wanted. Through the doorway of the milâ€" liner‘s shop walked a smartlyâ€"dressed man â€" who approached the manager, and said: "I see you have a sign in your winâ€" dow 1 ling: ‘We will gladly remove any hat from the window.‘" "That is correct, sir," said the manâ€" ager, with a beaming, expectant smile. "Very well," went on the visitor, "would you object to bringing out that large hat in the middle of the window? I mean the one with the purple ribbon and pink feathers." "Not at all, sir, not at all," the manâ€" ager assured him, and hastened to comply. 7 s ow "Thank you so much," exclaimed the visitor, when the manager once more approached, hat in hand. 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There | were so many things to do and so | many pleasures to keep me occupled. | Everything I loved was right at my elbowâ€"friends, money, health,"â€"her | volce faltered a littleâ€""my life was | fullâ€"too full, I think. He found the owner of the voice reâ€" clining in her big chair by the window with an open letter in her hand. She turned to smile at him as he advanced. "I‘ve thought of you often eince the cool weather set in," he began. . "I meant to eall -ooner’ut our special meetings and one thing or another deâ€" tained me. I was afraid you would find it rather cheerless when you bad to go indoors. I know how you loved the big, sunny porch." "Well, do you know, Dr. Forsythe, I am beginning to think it a good thing to be an iuvalid; it gives us such & good chance to find compensations all about us. I did dread the thought of the fall and winter. I knew how much I should miss the flowers and the leaves. But," she added brightly, "now that the foliage is gone I find that I oan see a great deal farther and live in a much larger world than I could before. : In the folds of this old qulit : There‘s a warmth of love that lingers | Like the touch of tender fingers. "But now that the dootor says I may never walk again I‘m beginning to live in a much learger world. Before it was like looking out of this window in summerâ€"all fowers and trees. They filled my view so completely I couldn‘t see very far. Now I‘m seeing more than I ever saw before in my life. I am finding a lot of folks to help and pray for that once on & time were so far beyond my horizon I didn‘t even know they existed. I‘ve just reâ€" ceived a letter from one of them this morping"â€"she smiled as she touched the envelope on the teble beside her,â€" "@nd it‘s brightened the whole day for me. No. I don‘t mind it a bit that the leaves are gone. Every season has its compensations." 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