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YEQGMEN SERVE "SOUP." 1
Its Quht Rscipo Is In Possession of;
ths Secret Service. j
Hert la a recipe for soup served only
after nightfall, preferably In the early
morniug hours.
"First take about ten or a dozen
impwrl hz xug, crumble It tip tine and
put it in a pan or washbowl, then pour
over it enough uswhohs (either chhx or
laky) to cover it well. Stir it up with
your hands, being careful to break all
the lumps; leave it set a few minutes;
then get a few yards of cheesecloth J
and tear it in pieces and strain the
'mixture through the cloth into another
vessel, wring the sawdust dry and
throw it away. The remains will be '
the lhal ugx uswhohs mixed. Next '
take the same amount of water as you
used of uswhohs and pour it^; leave 1
the whole set for a few minutes."
This is the "soup" employed by 1
yeggmen, and a single portion of it Is
guaranteed to open the door of the
stoutest safe, provided an aperture
can be made sufficiently large to pour
In the stuff. The names of the Ingredients
are written In a crude sort
of cipher commonly used for preserving
such secrets. This and dozens
more of the same' transparency of
meaning are in the possession of the
United States secret service men, the
police, detective agencies and others
who deal with the cooks of such
dishes. By a substitution of letter for
letter?the first six for the last six of
the alphabet, the second six for the
third six. with G and N taken out of
turn and made interchangeable?the
cipher is easily read. "Impwrt hz
'* xug." translated, is "sticks of dan"
<sbort for dynamite). "Uswhohs. either
chhx or laky"?alcohol, either wood or
pure?may be used.
The directions for serving this soup
-? require considerable attention and the *
best of trained service. After the
"gay cat," or advance agent of the *
TESnd, has learned all that can be found *
out aDout tne wink. store or post- c
office, its lighting, protection and the n
means of escape by freight train, ve- ?
hide or on foot, bis companion or com- c
panlons come on, avoiding notice as *
far as possible. "Stickups," or look- 1
onts. guard the place while the 'inside
men" break into the safe. Sealing
the cracks about the safe or vault
door with soap, the yeggmen pour in j g
the soup through a small hole left.
open at the top. The liquid flows i
down by locks, hinges and bolts and! n
is set off by fuse or detonator. Blan-1 ^
kets and covers of any kind are used a
to muffle the sound of the explosion i
and the fall of the door. Ferbaps the)
"stickups" arc forced'to create a di-j h
version outside and to frighten the clt-( 5l
l^.cns or mislead then while the "inside
men" pick out the valuable papers c
escape. Who pays the chtrrk for the ^
?oup then depends upon the ingennity gj
?of dorstives.?New York Post u
"YE STRAIN.
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It tic-. Many Symptoms and May Af- tl
feet tho Whole System. b
Chief among the symptoms of eye p
atrain are watering of the eye. a glu- *1
ing together of the eyelids on awaken- ?
ing in the morning, headache, the posi- sl
tion and character of which vary with c
each Individual. It may be neuralgic 81
or it may be deeply seated, as was the J
case with Wagner, the musician, who
was complaining constantly of "the j
nerves of his eyes." ^
The headache is often replaced by : 1
an inflammation of the eyelid3. especially
In young and healthy persons. .
who also have a little conjunctivitis,
with a feeling of tension or fullness in
the eyes which may become real pain
of a dull aching character, the eyeballs *n
being very tender on pressure. "
Sometimes there are vertigo and ^
sickness, with dyspepsia, palpitation g
and even difficulty in brerffchinir.
Sleeplessness Is a very freqnent symp- r
torn, ?lue In part to the excessive flow
of blood to the brain and in part to tbe
low tone of the whole nervous system.
The symptoms of eye strain appear 0
sooner In those who lead a confined Q
and sedentary life, who follow oecupa- a
Hons which need a constant nse of the (
eyes in bad or unsuitable light and in [
those who are debilitated from any
cause. The symptoms appear later In j
those of coarser fiber, who pass much
of their Hme in the open air or who (
follow occupaUons which do not need 8
a prolonged, use of the eyes for close
work.?London Lancet j
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Odd Bargain of Dumas.
The library or Carpentras possesses i
among Its treasures a curious collection
of autographs. One Is tbe signature
of Alexandre Dumas pere to an
old bargain .which he proposed and |
which was accepted. This strange con- 3
tract was that the author should pre- (
sent to the library of Cavalllon copies |
of all his works, those already puby
. Halted and others which he might ,
write In return for a supply of melons t
to be sent to him as long as he lived?
Westminster Gazette. (
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The Sperm Whale's Oil Tank.
Professor B. C. Andrews believes
that the oil tank In the bead of the
perm whale is a provision of natnre ]
to save the monster from starvation \
when food is scarce. He says that his ]
experiments show that the oil from 1
the tank la absorbed by the whale's 1
body at times when adequate food is <
unobtainable.?London Telegraph.
Anecdotes.
What is an anecdotal
An anecdote Is a story of extremely
uncertain age that is founded on fiction
and embellished by fancy.
After lying donpanf for years It is
dug up and credited to an entirely Innocent
and unsuspecting United States
senator.?Cleveland plain Dealer.
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MYSTERIOUS MEKRAN.
A D?so!?te Land.^Desiccat^d by Natur
and Shunned by Man.
"A u'.yateriou* veil bus always "buuj
over the land of Mekrau." says th?
Tini.w "Mekrau is the uami
given tu the long rutlStai regioi
stretching aim.-st from tbe Indus U
the entrance to tbe Persian gulf. Sail
ors have coasted along Its white short*
from time Immemorial, but few 12
modern days have ever peuetrated th.
runges of bills which lie beyond. Tht
greater part of Meklan Is desolate ant
forsaken, a land desiccated by naturt
and shunned by man. The few tribe.4
which linger there are the Jetsam ol
history. stray wreckage which ha;
drifted Into this obscure comer of th<
world In the backwash of great events
It is even believed that tbe Pravidlant
passed through Mekran on their wa}
to southern India aud left stragglers
whose descendants have dwelt thert
aver since. There are patches of Mon
itols from the days of Jenghiz Khan;
colonels of half breed Arabs from tbe
time when an Arab dynasty held Slnd
jnmistakable Rajputs, who were there
>efore Alexander; African negroes, the
jfTshoots of medieval slavery, ant!
traces of ?tlll older peoples wboet
>rli.::;s are Lat In the mists of time.
"Yet Mekran cannot always have
t>een either so dry or so deserted
Ma; y of its hills are closely covered
iritii liitle stone bouses, mostly square
it f j ! * <-, nam?wlag upward Hke
trun.atcJ pyramids, and with dome
tbaped Interiors. .They aretcmibe, and
imong tbe rubbish found within them
ire fragments of light green pottery
?f flue quality,, which no one seems
ible to identify. Then there are vast
nasonry dams, obviously built to catch
he water in the hills. Just as engileers
are making dams in the Indian
rhauts to-day.
"Sometimes the bills are terraced
'or cultivation, after the fashion of
lills in south -rn Japan and elsewhere,
nly in Mekran tbe* terraces are dry
ind bare, and not even a blade of
ppmnins Tito ,-nimhlinfT ym\r\a
f whole cities, the very names of
vhich are forgotten, lie concealed beweeu
the serrated ridges.'*
rEATHIT1ED POLICE.
lirds Do a Wondarful Amount of
Work Tor the Farmer.
Birds work more in conjunction with
aan to help him than does any other
orm of outdoor life, according to an
rtlcle In Success Magazine. They
olice the earth and air. and without
Heir .services the farmer would be
el p less. Larks, wrens and thrushes
Kirch the ground for grubs and lnec'ts.
The food of the meadow lark
insists of 73 per cent of injurious
iseets and 12 per cent of weed seed,
hewing it to bo a bird of great ecoomic
value. Sparrows, finches and
ur.il eat a large amount of weed seed.
Practically all the food of the tree
parrow consists of seed. Examlnaious
by Professor F. E. L. Beal of the
iological survey of the department of
griculture show that a single tree
parrow will eat a quarter of an ounce
f weed seed dally. In a state the
Ize of Iowa tree sparrows alone will
onsumc more than S00 tons of weed
eed annually. This, with the work
f other seed eating birds, saves the
irmcr an Immense amount of work.
Nuthatches and chickadees scan
very part of the trunks and limbe of
rocs for Insect eggs, in a day's time
chickadee Ins been known to eat
undreds of insect eggs and worms
hat are very harmful to our trees
nd vegetables. Warblers and vlreos
not the leaves and buds for moths
nd millers. Flycatchers, swallows and
ight hawks are bnsy day and night
atching flies that bother man and
east. Hawks and owls are working
ueuLijr iu uuyugur ana aaruness xo
atcb voles, mice, gophers and squired*.
Insulted.
A traveler relates a story 11 lustra tire
f life in Spain. Alighting at the door
f a:i inn. a nan extended his hand,
ind. naturally supposing him to be a
ortcr, the traveler offered him his value.
The man stepped back, tossed his
lead and frowned scornfully.
"Do you take me for a porter?" be
lemandeJ. "I would have you under?tar.d
that 1 am no porter."
"Indeed.*" said the traveler apologetcally.
"Then may I ask. senor, what
ran are?"
"I am a beggar, sir. and asked jrou
'or alms!"
Making 8ure.
An electric wire had fallen under its
leavy weight of snow. The linemen
'onnd a crowd aronnd the grounded
ropper and an - lnqnlsiflVe Irishman
ifting one end from the ground.
"Man, alive, don't you know what
t risk you're taking? That might be
l live wire!" he ejaculated.
"8nre an' 01 thought of that meeelf,
in' Ol flit of the wtre good before Oi
picked it up at all."?Everybody's.
Making Him Happy.
Marks? I know your wife didn't llk<
it because you took me tbome unexpectedly
to dinner last night. Parks?
N'onsense! Why. you hadn't been
gone two initiate* before she remarked
that she was glad It. was no one
else but you.--Boston Transcript.
A Of tad Bsrbar.
"The barber t>ld me a very Interest
ing story as he shaved me."
"Indeed?"
"Yea, and also Illustrated it wltl
cuts."?Washington Herald.
The usual fortune of complaint la U
excite conUanpt more than pity.Johnson.
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Mioses Maude Turner and Hetties;
* IVwfl), nf N?'. fuik, visited Mi??[|
Fanrti** \V il?Min the | a?t w*-*-k.
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a Mm. i'rs Ijniiihu -u'l d*iigh".*-r% i?t ,
9 i Rocky >loivu?t \ imt? ! Mips Kurlaj?
j Sheurin ihe pant week.
"i Jerry 1\?k e.i and wife, of Nor-h
. foik, are visitiiti* J S Wilson. (
& 11. 1). huurll .:?? ! wife delight- j |
. full> eni. r aine-1 :* number of friend* M
j ( m< iheir l?-autiful couuiry home one jj
' [ iiiulit the ;>a?t ue. k in honor uf Mr. i
Man 1 Mrs. rowel I. of Norfolk.
> j Krn* si W*r?1, wife Mini little j
* child, of Rocky Mount, visited at J. (
. K. 6hehritiV? the Last week. 1
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Tim many friends of -Mrs. Martha I
' Moslev, w ho h is been siek for some j
; tune, will l?e g!nd to know that si e J
* was able to speud l ist 5>m?dav with i
. her son, A. M. Moseley. j
> Sale of Land. J
I'nder ani by virtue of an order of J
! resale made by the Superior court of 1
> Frank lin^eouiity, on August 10, 1^11^. J
t in that s>peciat pioceedipgs entitled R. J
r T. Williams et al ys G. E. Gupton et at C
the undersigned commissioner will, on 1
Monday, the 2nd day of October, 1911, j
it being the first Hondfcay in October, at C
about the hour of at the court J
house door, in Ixmisbarg, offer for sale j r
to the highest bidUef.\ior eash, that 3
certain tract of land described and de- 3
fined as follows: AJjoininfK. the lands J
of Lawrence GuptoD, Wesley Burnett, C
William Evans anA others, lying on V
Mill stone creek, A being part of the C
David Gupton land known as the school e
house tract, containing 20 acres more or J
less. This Sept. 1st 1911 3
IN. H. Yarborough, Jr.
Wm. H. Ruffin,
Commissioners.
E!te6trlc|i
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HTtfade A Nc (v iw\n Of Him. I /
3 "I was suffer) igfrOc*\pain in my I r
g r.omacb, Load ird b".ck\ writes H.I I
b Alston, Ral -igh, N. Cw'and nv 9 Jt
" iirernndkidnc ps did not work right p J
p but four bottls s < i Electric Bitter j a ! g
j made mo fee lUe a new man." 5 [ J
3 price bo crs. At all drug stores. ? j ?
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WtWtcr's NEW INTONATION AL Dictteaary, {LtC.
brim Co., SpriaffuM, Him.)
j surpasses tke el4 latoraataeaal as mack #s tkat j
I bask eif did its frridicinsr. Oa the oU e
foanUtiao a aev sapm street are kas kcea hailt. J
The recoastractioa k u beca carried oa threafh
i | mmaj years by a lar| ; ferce ef trailed workers, i
| | uader the ptnui m of Dr. W. T. Harris, I
former Uaitcd Stat i Ci?iniioi r of Eisu- J
| tioa, aid rseafarca by duoj emmeai special- |
ists. The defmsiioe i hare been rssraisd tad 1 i
sasplifyd. Tke oa eber of terms defmed kas I
been mars tkaa d+b!e<L Tke etymelofy, \
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where goodlSange and killing
power are ddiired, with safety
! to the neighborhood;
, The Btar/k, .25-20 < a light, quickhandling,
finely-balanced repeater,. i
with the solid top, closed-in breech I
and side ejection featares-whkfh make \
Mm&i guns safe and ifcreeable to I
use and certain in action. *
' .h?en?a4a to use the powerful new high I
velocity smokeless load* with jacketed I
bullets ae well as the welt-known black \
Ppw^e? end '?w pre** are smoke lees cart- rtd*ee.
sad le tbe Id ealrlflsfcr target wort,
for wosd^iecka, cease, 1
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