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MAW APPEAR ED 400,00 YEARS AGO Skull Discovered in Trinil, Java, Considered Proof of That. "COPY" EVERYWHERE T-lio sketch tsliows how sclenUsts tlilnk Triull inauâ€" soniotiinoa known by th« more roaouudlu^ litlu of PliJiecanthropus Brectus â€" aud Neanderthal man must bare looked. 8u BCieaitiAts have arrived at Uieee coucluuiona {ram oarefol •tudy ot tbe ikulls and other bones found. "There la oopy lii every man you occasloually jBd turn a new cheeee meet, and, â- Â»â€¢ JoutnalUt on till* ttalr I which had be«n a«nt ni^ from the B»)B, when you do nuiet him you feel country. Of course, he forgot to do tucllned to tear It out ot bim and us« It, but I denounced him on my retuni It yinineU." | for not keeplnK hla solomn promise, "What sort of copy?" anked Bob. ! eo he revenged him8«lf by pubUahlmr •Thuy should write ot the thln^an article entitled 'Rorrlsoti's Oil- Uwy have seen. Newspaper readers ' painting." In tbla It was explained have an Insatitthk; appotlte for know ; that Just before Korrlsoa went off on ln*5 how that part of the world live* ! a holiday h.> got a present of an oil- with whlcii they are not famllhir. They iwintlug. Hememberiug when he had want to know how tiie Norwegians g<}t to I'arU that the jMilntlnK, which cook their dinners and buUd their bad couie to him wet from tlie easel, houses au-d ask each otbor In our- ' hud beeni left lying on his table, he ria«e." : telegraphed to the writer to have It "Ijut I have never been oat of Brl- ; put away out of reach of dw,l and the tain." I cat. The writer prcmi.spd to do bo, "Ntlther was Shakespeare. There ''"^ when UosBison returned he found are thousands ot articles In Scotland tl'« Picture lying JuRt whore he left It. yet. You must know a good deal "« rushed otf to his friend's room to about tlie Scottish weavurs â€" well, upbraid him, and dW it so effectually Uiere are article.s in thoiu. Describe "'ai 'h© friend say.s in his article, 'I the daily life of a Billie: "The ailltej*"' never do a^good turn for Rorrlson at Home' Is a promising title. Were j "^^'u-' you over snowed up in your sawmill? | "^"^ why," asked Rob, "did he turn Whether you were or not, there is a j '••« ohees© Into an oll-paintlng?" Reasonable .subject for January. 'Yule I "Ai. there you have the Joumailwtlo In a Scottish Village' also sounds well, : 'nst-'ict again. You see, a chee^ Is and there Is a safe article In a Hieh- ! l"" plebeian a thing to form th sub- land gaihoriJig." jJ'*''' of an article In the "Scalping "These must have been done before. Knife,' so Slmme made a palotlng of though," said Bob. M*- He has had my Chinese umbrella "Ot course they have," answered i ^^'^ «7«^'"'" Po^^^of ^^<^^^ '« t^r^o Rorrlson; "but do them In your ownl*'"*"^'^^ P^P^"*' ^hen I play on hU way; the public has no memory, and, 1 P'^"*" } P«t «<^'-aps of i«per on the besides, new publics are always i f'*' ^^ ^^^ ""^ ^"<^ ^^ ""^^ "'« springing up " ' ^®® guineas out of that Once I challenged him to write an article on a Seerets of Science. By David Dletz. Man. as we have already sold, emerged the ruler of the earth at tlie close of the great glacial period which closed the Age of Mammals. 9d let us take leave of the geolo- ^ gists and paleontologists now, and Hoe ' ^^'^ ,*""i«- ^he creature l» referred to what those scientists who devote their i'^^ "'« Heidelberg man. But he, too, time to the study of man-the anthro- ' "^^ ""^^^ » '^o'"' «' walking ape-man. pologUU and arohealoglst»â€" have to I ''"''^ ^'•°°« Implemente, however, which tell us about the beginning of the 1 "^^'^ ^^'^^ ^ ^^}^ period, show great human race. The creature is referred to as Trlnll man. but he was only a sort of walk- ing ape-tnaa, anthropologists believe. Triull man lived 400,000 years ago, eclenttots believe. The next fossil is one found In Heidelberg, Germamy. This was a "1 am glad I came to see you," aadd , . ,, ^ ., , , ^ „ Rob, brightening considerably; "I ^^'^^^ '•^* «"=''"'« ^o the sill of my never Uiought ot these things." i window, ajid It was one of the most „„, , I Interesting things he ever did. Then Ot course, yon need not connnejuio,e ,,.^3 the box of old clothes and Write on politics If Ij^her odds and ends that he promised to store for mo when 1 changed my yourself to them. ^ Thomas Hardy, norellet and poet", who has Just completed hU &Mt ye at hla home, Maxgate, Dorchester, England. The King's Understudy. Owing to tlje number of public and social engagements . the King has to keep, it often becomes neoeeeary for him to be represented by a deputy. The man who represents the King, be he prince, peer, or coninionor, he- comes for the moment Invested with kingly rank. He mu8.t be addressed as "Sir," no one must sit down in hie you yourself think; rather tell, for In-I oomg. He sold the lot to a hawker ' l>'"esence, and he takes precedence eunce, what 18 tho political situation for a pair of flowerpots, aud wrote an " ' in the coiintry parts known to you. article on the transacOon. Subse- The record of the beginning of nuui l« unfortunately moet obscure. It is not surpriFlng to And it so. Fossils are found In sedimentary rocks. These rocks. It will be remem- bered, were forinc<l under water. That should be more Intoreslng and valuable than your indivlduol views. But 1 may tell you that If you have the â„¢.. „„.„ .„ ..„, ^„.,_, „..„„ ,._. Jauruallstlo faculty you wm always be | article out of' thai ppogreee over the Implements ot the] ^^_'^.lJ*>°_^°^^_ f«/_.P°«f"j'e articles. I ..j suppose he reads a great deair quently he had another article on the flower-pots; and when I appeared to claim my belongings he got a third day of Trlnll man. Progress was be- ing; made. Tbe third fossil was found in Pllt down, Sussex, Bnglaod. Plltdown man datee back 100,000 years ago. Then 60,000 years ago, a more paa«' Consequently tln-y are rich in foesils I able creature made hia appearance. He of sea life and fossils of amphibians | was the so-callid Neanderthal man. and reptilee which lived In marshes. Fosslle <'f mammals which lived In dry regions are scarce. Naturally there would hi' few fossil remains of man. The earliest record of man consists ot stouc and flin't implements found In layers of rock which were formed at the start of the loe age which closed Uie Ago of .Manunr.ls. There is evidence tliat he lived In tribes or families throughout much ot Europe. Xeanderthal man, however, prob- ably ffiuld not walk erect or hold his head entirely erect He had a brutish appearance and a. most underdevelop- ed chin. 1 The man on thl» stair I have mention- ' ed to you would have had an article I out of you before he had talked with I said Rob. "He seldom opens a book," answer , , , , ed Korrlson; "Indeed, when he re- you as long as I >^ve done. You must : q^res to consult a work ot reference have heard of Noble SImms?" j^e goes to the Strand and does his "Yes I know his novel," said Bcb; "I reading at a book-stall. I don't think should like Immensely to meet him." "I must leave you an introduction to him," said Rorrlson; "he wakens he was ever in the British Museum." Rob laughed. "At the same time." he said, "I most people up, though you would don't think Mr. Noble Slmme could scarcely tlilnk It to look at him. . . i get any copy out of me." â€" Prom When I went off for my holidays last ; "WTien a Man's Single." by Sir James summer I asked him to look in here M. Barrle. These are roughly hewn hanunem 1 ""'• •** ""^'^ *" '^^**' un^«rstood or hat.hels. .so shaped as to be held in ""' """^ "' "''''• '""'''' ^'""* ''"'^ viooden 'An Order of Finnan Haddie, ! "'"'8 whatever worth while in nuj Please. busy and critical world. Why Is a smoked haddock a "flnnan _ haddie?" Lots of people have wonder- the hand by their "tops. 3clMUst8"hav6 '"^'ruments. and built traps to ailch | ed wliy, and not many of them have named I hem eoliths. over all others et whatever function he may attend on behalf of King George. Searching the Sea Bed for Broken Cable. A marine cable undergoes many pro* cesses of preservation before it Is laid on the ocean floor, yet a break does occur sora&tlmes, with the result that trans-Atlantic communication Is lat«r> rupted. It la at such a time as tbte that wfaait might be oaJled the "cabla amboIonoA" dashes off at full speed to leader flrftt aid. I>ellcale Instruments quickly locatt the position of the brealc, and the r«' \ A good deal of ceremony Is gone j pair ship comes to anchor. Then huge through In appointing a person to re-j grappling hooks, some of them capabls present the King. In the first place, 'of sinking to a depth ot over three the chosen perfion Is Informed by the ' miles, are lowered to the ocean bed. I»rd Chamberlain that It Is the King's desire that he shall represent him at such a place at a speclfled date and hour, and the representative â€" unless he happens to be a member of the lloyal Familyâ€" Is given a printed form, slgnod by^ the Lord Chamberlain, auth- orizing hira to represent the King at that particular time. At all public functions attended by At the same time buoys are posted to mark the ends of the cable. Th coming of night Is not allowed to Interfere with the repair work, for brllllRnt lamps illuminate the sea for a considerable distance around. Both skill and patience are required when lifting the slimy cable from the acan bottom. Sometimes, Just as the cable is being hauled on to the decks It breaks aud drops back Into the the King, a reception coniniltlee must be appointed to receive hira. and the ' jeptjig same ceremony must be accorded to j The crow of the repair ship ri.sk the King's representative. their Uvm a score ot times. 0?.ly a The reception committee is instruct-^ few months ago, when the Ihilsljin- ed by the Lord Cliamberlain ihat Hla [touches wore being put to a cable un- Majesty will be represented by So and- ,ier repair, a furious storm broke out so, and a reauest is made that "all ar- ; The ship was tossed about madly rangeineuts s:ultable for the reception The wireless aerial was torn from the A little girl, grieved because her i "f the SovereiBu will ho properly car- masts unrl Hung into the sea, where It ^i 'Heaven Help Those," etc. the big beasts of the time by digging, ever loarned the answer to the ques- , brother had set a trap in the garden ''ed oirt." Alter the ceremony, the " became entwined In the propellers. But no foBsIl r: iiialns of their users ' t''®"'^li*'s ""'' covering them over with ! tlon. "Finnan haddie " has all the ear j for sparrows, prayed that none should have ever been found. ! brush. | marks of a Scotch phrase, and so, to ; be caught. Next morning, however. The oldest fossil was found In Trlnll,' Then about 25,000 years ago. as the ! b" "'""e, it is. All the liunan hiuldiea i there was one in the trap. Her faith Uva. The lop of a ukuil, some teeth great ice age came to an end, true man | orlKinally came from KIndon, a little j was sorely tried, but she continued to and a thigh bone were found. I emerged. The Button Box. Three Irish Bulls. That form of howkr known as the i call It my Jewel box Irish bull baa never been really pe- 1 ip„r jg u not llllcd witli gems rarer curing fish, principally haddock. The onllar to Ireland, but there ha« been no j t,i,au those of All Baba's caves. People of PIndon â€" which Is pro- other historic maker of such blunders ' Or fruiting on Aladdin's under-ground ' 'i^^unced "Finnan" by the Scotch folk li.'jlilng village In Kincardine, Scotland,' pray. Still sparrows were caught, not far from Aberdeen. The village Is | Night ofter night she went to bed hop- so small that you cannot Ihid It on ing that the sparrosvs would escape, most maps, but it has long carried on Each morning she was moved to t"ar8 a thriving business In catching and 1 as she saw other birds imprisoned. Then one night, after oCfcring her usual petlClon, she looked up at her trees? There are tiny diamond crystals to great turquoise clasps; Onyx, emerald, chrysoprase. Ivory, amber and amethyst, Pori>hyry pearl and Jade, Heaped in profusion, contusion. I dip in my hands And sieve the bright stream through my fingers. Their value Is more subtle than that of precious stones, Returning a wealth ot bright mem- ories From the duety coffers of the past. This sea-green Jewel hold the cuff whoae renown equals tliat ot the Irish- man, Sir Boyle Roche. It was he who during a i'arllainentary debate made probably the moat famous bull of all bulls, when he asked In all seriousness, "Why should we put ourselves out of our way to do anything for posterity, for what has posterity ever done tor Us?" When Uio question was greeted by a ncKir of laughter, he thought hs must have becjn misunderstood and wont on to explain, "I assure the House that by posterity I do not mean our ancestors, but those who are to come immediately after them" â€" ^an ex- planation which did not restore the gravity of his colleagues. In the course of later debate he awierted Of a gown that was silvery satin, earnestly: I This smooth rosy oblong of coral "It wxjuld surely be better, Mr. | HriKhtenod a soft summer smock. Speaker, to give up not only a part but I These tiny pearl seeds tiv)m the waist If necessary even the whole of our of ijHtle Boy Blueâ€" ooustitutlon to preserve the remain- ' Ixtng, long ago! •J'r." j Those rubies shone bravo on the vest It U not commonly known that this ' Of Prlnoe Charming at the Govern- fsmous Irish blunderer was in his ' ment Hall, earlier life an offlrer In the British J These cat's eyes In sockets of silver array orid fought In America against I Watched from the top of a bonnet, the colonies during Mi« Revolution. An ' Victoria keeping her Jubilee, Aniorioan. In looking ovnr an old scrap ' -^nd here they are tumbled together book re<:ently found a bull attributed 1 'n sweet domorratta dlsordf r, to him antedating his better-known Holding the glow of the past Parliamentary achlovementa. It Is a 'n tiielr undying embers, characteristic utterance, giving ex- pression to his wrath at Ike American ' My button box is an heirloom. rebflle. He denounced them an "these i A Ji>wel case of laughter and tear*, of the east coast â€"early learned how to salt and smoke flsh rather better than their neighbors and came to have a mother asked. mother and said. "I know my prayers will be answered to-night." • "Why are you so sure, dear the special reputation for their product. So "Finnan haddie," which was origin- ally just a haddock, smoked and cured at Findon, has come to be the name of that kind of fish wherever produceil. "Because I smashed the trap before I came in to bed," was the reply. Japan's Need of Silk. Japan's need tor large quantities ot King's representative must send in a The masts were snapped off like twiga written report to the Ivord Chamber- and to all intents and purposes, the lain, stating If he was received In a ; ship was doomed. proD'T nianupr. and the luiinos of the j a few hours later, however the persons who received him. | ^torm abali^d, and the gallant crew set When ailendins any ceremony In | about getting their ship in order, then London, the Kings' represtmlatlvo is ' retiirueil to couipleto the task ot re- provide<l with one of Uio Royal car- pairing the cable rlage^B, hut no outriders are sent. Nor 1 Is he evpj- aecorapaiiied by a military guard, unless he is a member of the Royal Family. ii Pa Knows. "Pa. what is selectivity?" "Taking what yop get and bragging about it, son." used for clothing , of men as well women. It is a great compliment to the little | silk Is due to the tact that It is widely Scottish lishing hamlet. The PIndon ' folk learned to do one thing better than anyone else, arid their fame has gone abroad through the world. That Is the true road to fame, whether you paint pictures, or make automobiles, or build shii)8, or cure flsh, or do any- The Danube flows through countries in which fity-two languages and dia- lects are spoken, it is 2,000 miles in length. Watch Made of Wood. A watch that keeps accurate time has been made by a Kussian entirely of wood except the spring. If >-ou wash new silk stockinffs in c.o'd water (no soap) before you wear them, and each tim. you take them off, they wi'.l wear twice as long. ADAMSON'S ADVENTURES angrateful cubs, aweil«d with presump t«ous easemee* to fly Uie parent nest, who snarl with bared fangs and elaver- Ing Jaws at that mother country wlth- oot whose shelteiiDx wing they must have perl»hed In their Infancy!" Brave gleams years. from the paKoant of Lloyd Roberts. The Calf Has Hie Day. The OtiU-- "I hear th* prodJiai'* re- turned. Ain't you soared?" The Patted Cal^â€" "Not m*. Th« btifip turned mo loose and I buttod the prodigal off the premlMab" What b Pathology? I<ogos Is really the Qreek for a word or dls<;ourse, and so came to ntand for science, and all- our "ologies" are sciences of something or other. In the same language, "pathos" stood for suffering and so. In. time, tor disease; thus pathology really means the study of nclencn ot disease. In one way, therefore, wo can say that since every doctor la Intorented In disoase, he must be a pathologlRtâ€" and Indeed as a student he had |n take his coures In the subject but aotnally the term hts become narroirod down to certain aspects of dUets*. It has, for liwtanas. In praottoe nothinc io do with the cure of dlMwts or with Its treatment, but conflBM Itsolf purely to th« setontlflo «fl«a(«. Tho pathot oglat ic, la (Ml, tko resesroh worksr of (U»«mmn, | _^C»Hrr<tli»;J«KJ;r_rh« BtO iyij cm. t»; ) With More Than a Grain of Salt. Sunday School Teacher â€" "Liot's wIXsl evidently didn't believe she'd be pun- ished if she looked back." Advance Pupil â€" "No, s'he mustliave taken the warning with xaorv than a grain ot salt" - " Leather from the Sea. Sharks are of some use In the world.j aftor all! Their value is In their hide, fron»j which many every-day articles are made. Some of the thiugs we get from thlsj I deadly Hah Include shoes, wallets.) j bookblndrnga, and fancy articles.' Shoos made from shark leather give i quite as good service as those pio- jduoe<l from other 'leathers. Shark leather I.1 also useful for up- â-  hiilstering motor-fars. ruul for maklnf vjtlraollve handbags. \ So useful. In fact. Is tt;» dreaded »«a monster that only n short while lago ii eompnr.y wao formed. Us object ! being tu obtain sharks for their great commercial vaiup (__Not only will the sharH be made to j serve a pnriH)ri> in the manufacture of leather nrtiili's, and the oiher things meiillontHl aliovp; from him the com-. I pany hopes also to produce oil, animal : fhdder. glue, dyes-tuffs, polishing m»r Itoricls. and even tertiliTers. I Moon and Sun. •On the way home I The setting sun. orarvP-goM, Hangs, a splendid sphere, Above the Jagged «lg« Of the purple nsountafns. High in the poiiid east .•\ disc like polished platinum Drifts toward th-- .--pith. jWl-at If the day lis wi»«terlng on the slope,-- If thoughts and fancies /\ud sliver raiol'ectloni Hang high and dr.;:xllng i^tl â-  HedoiM M. B. M&vktw %