TAKES PAPER OFF WALL. Pteani Rath For Heniflvlng Old lloom Prrora t loua. A paper banker estimating on u job ?which require the removal of old pa front the wall* i* always figuring In (be dark, for the reason thut it 11.ai.es a great deal of difference wheth er he baa one layer of paper to take o!f -or more. In other words. It Is impos sible for him to determine whether the work of removal will require the serv ices of a man for half a day or two days. Steam has ' t ?r? found 'a he w?ll stilt ed for this work, ami by its aid It ts said to be possible to remove the paper -without regard to the thickness of the >ayrr in a manner quicker and more cleanly than heretofore. The appura Tus by which this Is done Is entirely portable, and a complete plant la shown in the accompanying illustrn : n*v fierni In V'fw Orleans. Dr. Arnold PfnfT of the national bu reau of education, who believes that laziness among school children Is caused by a germ, has found speci mens of the germ In school children of New Orleans and Is now looking for a cure for the disease. The blood of schoolboys which was analyzed by Dr. PfnfT was drawn from their cars. lie selected those who seemed chronically disinclined to study. After an analy sis he assured the teachers that the boys were not responsible for their condition, but were the victims of a disease. On this hypothesis the boys were allowed to get off easily on their final examination. Dr. PfnfT had all the boys under treatment and assured their teachers that they would be cured before the next term began. SaccoNKfol Smoke Consumer. A German dim has patented a sys tem for consuming smoke and prevent ing the wasting of coal which has been tested at the experimental station of the Bavarian "Revisions Vereln" in Munich, where it was found that 72 per cent of the combustible value of ?soft coal from the 8??r district can he utilized when this smoke consumer Is used. The director of a rope and cable factory at Frankfort, Germany, where the system has been is use for some time, reports a minimal development ?of smoke only when (Ires are started r>r replenished; at other times no smoke is visible and the saving of coal amounts to more than 2u per cent. Wrnlnjrlflm r*n*fil by Inhalation. (Professor WeltenhofTer. who was sent by the German government to 81 lesia to study the genesis of rereliro spinal meningitis and the best method of treating It, comes to the conclusion that it Is undoubtedly one of the dls eases caused by inhalation, which drst attacks the tonsils and Is conveyed thus through glands to the brain. It only attacks whore the glands have be come weakened. In all the cases ex amined by him the tonsils show hyper trophy and are increase) in size by Inflammat.'ou. Tbe professor Is of the opinion that the root of tbe disease Is to lie found in the Insanitary conditions of dwellings. Fop a National Cooklnv Softool. Congress Is to be asked at its next scslou to make legal provision for a natioual school co f ? i * a ? and serVce, the niovemen; in . - direc tion taking Its st '?? TC - (he mrst.ng if :Ii (r a u -.1 "t wards' I association, at tbe Great Northern ho- I tel. More than 2.000 chefs, stewards. ' restaurant men and hotelkeopars are j Iniaresiod .ft the mom, out. M'.'i ' as , for .la object pure food for the public, , nc' : ?.?*'? ' ? * nd aanl- t Ur; ways ol sort ing food. J i SUSPENSION BRIDGES. I art! by- Man iluuUrriii. of 1 ears Agu Fur ( roNhliig tiirrabu. The towliue 1m doubtless tin* earliest, as it Is Mill) the simplest, application of a rojse for 'he removal of material. Hitched to a floating log. the genesis of all water eraft, eunoe or sledgjj, it was used liefore history learned the art of writing or mankind the art of reading. The towliue was combined with the Hus|MMisiou cable aM a means of cross ing streams in the mountains of Hin dustan at a very remote period. The susiieusiou cable, often several bun tired feet in length, wus made of twist ed libers or slender stalks of climbing vines. This was solidly secured to large trees or masses of rocks on the bunks of the chasms to be crossed. On this cable a wooden block, grooved tut derueath, was placed, suspended from which was a small rude platform or at times a simple loop of rojs' for the passengt r or baggage. The wooden block, with its attached load, was pull-j eel across the chasm in either direction by a towliue attached to the block. This rude contrivance is the genesis of the most l-etined aerial ropeways of the present day and of the suspension bridge also, which is, of a crude form, of very great antiquity. When the Spaniards lirst visited Pe ru they found suspension bridges which could be traversed by men and bur dents! animals. Some of these bridges were of over 200 feet span and were formed of half a dozen cables of twist ed osiers stretched from bank to bank and passed over wooden supports. These cables were bound together by smaller ropes and were covered with a layer of bamboo, which formed a support for the roadway. THE SOMALI. Thrr Are Habitually Idle and Always Merry?Their l*eeallar lleaddreM. By uuture Somali are alternately iloclle and savage, nearly always mer ry and habitually Idle. Even In busy Aden they work as little as possible and then do 110 manual work, for their inherent pride forbids that. Cab drlv I11K. boat manning and grooming are the general crafts of the Aden Somali. In the Interior of his own country his principal occupations nre plundering . and cattle lifting, at which latter pur suit he is said to be unparalleled In skill. In religion they are all Moham medans. The great peculiarity of the Somali is, however, his hair, for, contrary to the custom of most races professing Islam, he does not shave his head, but allows liis locks to run wild. Nor Is his hair the wool of the negro, for in stead of growing I11 one dense cluster all over his head, as is the case of the Galla, for instance, it tangles into long cords, not unlike those of a poodle, which, parted over his forehead, hangs down on both cheeks, often projecting almost as far as bis shoulders. Not content with the show of huir that nature and neglect insure him, he plasters Ills head with a peculiar light clay, which has the effect of bleaching its blackness to a light red dish hue, and a Somali in a new tobe, as their winding sheet of a garment is culled, and a freshly clayed head is the very acme of dandyism.?Blackwood's Magazine. An KnirliMh Mnntrap. A mantrap has been found in Alford, Lincolnshire, England, which shows the barbarity of a century or so ago. It is probably the largest mantrap in ex istence. it is seventy-six inches in length, and its jaws, with teeth pro truding two inches, will open fully two feet two inches by eighteen inches. Old time landlords who chose to insist upon their rights In their entirety, as they often did, were at liberty to plant these barbarous engines about in the undergrowth of their inclosed luud for the benefit of any trespasser or possible poacher who might chance to set foot near them. Their use was abolished by law in io27. Not ? Lottery. Deacon l>e (iood It won't do; If won't do. We tnnst not bare games of chance at our church fairs. Mrs. I)e (Iood Hut this is not a game j of chance. "You propose to sell tickets and give prizes." "Ob. i : j a are mistaken. We shall sell the Ick rive. There is no chance about i..' York Weekly. I' .V ):iK lllntfN. There s >me heavy old wedding rings at rk Hraddan, in the Isle ot Man, su- as might he handy when the flusteret 1 e legroom loses the ring Is-aning ;g;iust the north wall arc some \ > ancient rings of stone, through ,.b:ch, in days of long ago before I Jewelers' windows glistened with w '. ling rings at all prices, the bride a 1 bridegroom joined hands, it is saiu, .ad were wedded. t'nr Iter Own Protection. "Yes. madam." said the salesman, 'this is the most exquisite dinner set we ever handled. The price is $150." "I'll take it," said Mrs. Hichley, "if you'll agree to mark it 'Imitation; price, SUi.UO.' " "Of course, but?er?that's rather an odd request." "Yes, hut I want to deceive our serv ant girl."?Philadelphia Press. Perfection can only be attained in the ihysicnl bv allowing Nature to nppro iriate and not dissipate her own re lources. Cathartics gri|s?, weaken? lissipate. while DeWitt's Little Early Risers simply expel all putrid matter tnd bile, thus allowing the liver to ns lume normal activity, (iood for the HoM 'tt- T R T li'iotj lij on., Ofug Co. j CLUFFE.D L. _ w i LER. Hiidi* (irvrnit U / m II?-llf\v lie HRd lluulli'm biury. General Juiiu A. Bingham wim a iiu'iuUr of tlie military trihuuul that triej Mrs. Surratl und the Lincoln as ci--dilation conspirators, i After the trial in the subsequent de bate* lit the house General II. F. But ler frequently charged that the com j mission hail arrived at au unjust ver dict aud had convicted uu innocent woman. In u uiemoruble debate he liokily proclaimed that if the contents of a diary which had Ik-en found on the dead body of J. Wilkes Booth were ? ?ver made public It would disclose the fact that It contained the proof of Mrs. Surratt's innocence, which proof had been Infamously suppressed by the ( commission. When General Bingham made a movement us though he would repel such an accusal ion, Butler dra matically drew u memorandum book i from his breast pocket and held it aloft, but did not utter a word. Bint: I ham naturally supi>osod that ltatler ! bad a copy of a diary such as lie had j spoken of. As a mutter of fact the ] book contained nothing but blank leaves. General Butler was just bluff ing. The diary was in possession of Sec retary Stanton, but President Johnson j finally demanded it. It was an" inter esting book, but it threw no light upon j the great conspiracy. Johnson's pri vate secretary was W. W. Warden, who was the correspondent of the Bal timore Sun, and besides was in the em ploy of the New York Tribune bureau to supply it with all the information he consistently could. To him Andrew Johnson intimated that he would not be averse to the publication of Booth's diary and permitted him to make a copy of it. Warden took it after midnight to lames Hanklu Young, the Washington correspondent of tlie Tribune, and the next morning the Tribuue ami the Bal timore Sun had a big beat. Sam Bowles of the Springfield Republican reproached his correspondent for fail ing to get a copy. "Well," said the correspondent, "I am not like Jim Young. I have a home to go to, und don't have to prowl around till daylight." Nobody enjoyed this re tort as inueh as James Rankin Young. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. No ouo likes a man who is everlast ingly saying "Beg pardon." The mau who talks too much, as a rule, does not talk enough at the right time. Two heads are better than one, hut one of tlieni nearly- always does the business. * Most men have the same experi ences. The only difference Is that some men talk and some don't. When you are working very hard take some comfort in this: Those who are Idle don't seem to he having a very good time. We suppose newspapers do annoy their readers a good deal. Still news paper men, as a rule, do the best they eon. It is an annoying business. The word "bomemaker" is working overtime when applied to any rich woman who keeps several servants. The real "honiemakers" work overtime by not keeping any.?Atchison tilobe. Tlit* I'ncomfortable Ilowdnli. The elephant's howdah is that bed of Procrustes in which one can neither sit nor stand with any approach to reasonable ease, and In which a re cumbent attitude Is Impossible. Its ad vantages are, first, that, standing In it, a man can shoot 011 every side of him; second, that It is convenient for the carriage of the occupant's parapher nalia, Ills guns 011 racks on either side, his ammunition in a trough In front, his other requisites in leather pockets here anil there on the sides of the ma chine or, as to {hat, bee blanket on his seat, and, third, that in the hinder com partment nn attendant can sit or stand to hold that monstrous umbrella over his head or, when quick loading is re quired, take from his hand the gun just tired anil recharge it. Those are advantages; otherwise the howdah is an nbonilnntion.?Black wood's Mng azine. Kriwin Bo?>4li an a Smoker. Without n olsrnr Edwin Booth, the tragedian, was scarcely ever seeu. Even while engaged on his professional duties his beloved weed was present In the wings, ready to be snatched from Ills dresser's hand for enjoyment dur ing the sometimes exceedingly brief in tervals between the exits and en trances. Twenty-five cigars a day were at one time his usual allowance, an al lowance. however, not Infrequently ex ceeded. The Ration's 1 imekeeper. Americans get their correct time from a little room In the naval observatory, located on Georgetown heights, In the suburbs of Wasldngtou. The observa tory was originally Intended to detect errors In ship chronometers and to regulate them properly. This work constitutes one department at the In stitution, but perhaps . Its most Im portant function Is that of being the ( nation's timekeeper. For coughs and colds no remedy is equal to Kennedy's Laxative Honey and , Tar. It is different from all others? 1 lietter, because It expels all cold from the system by acting as a cathartic on the bowels. Affords immediate relief in Croup, Coughs. Colds, Whooping Cough, etc. Children love It. Sold by .J. R. Ledbetter, Hood Bros.. Benson I Drug Co. 1 The Junior Order increased its 1 membership in North Carolina < bv a thousand last year. Sev en teen new councils were insti lUU'ti. I ? NEWSPAPERS IN SCOTLAND. It U Sometime*ai a \ ?*r> Ditficult Mat ter to liu> Our. Tin* American cust >111 of glancing over tlie morning paper as you sip your Coffee at breakfast goes with you abroad, but it ia uo simple tblug al- | way* to get a morning paper. on com lijg (i >wu to Ireukfust tbe tirst moruiug tu Edinburgh, I found there wag uo paper to be had, but, thinking it was a j simple matter to buy a Scotsman on | the street, I went out ou I'rineea street and walked three blocks without the | sight of a newsboy. "Where can I get ^ the moruiug Scotsman?" I said to a J policeman, lie thought for a moment. \ "Weel," said he, "there's a great news j shop ale Kit tlg'oe blocks up, and ye might tind one there." 1 followed the direction and found myself in a large 1 news distributing depot. There were stacks and stacks of newspapers and magazines all about. "I would like the morning's Scotsman," I said. The man in charge looked bewildered. "I'll see," he said, "if we have one." lie fumbled around a little while, and then went back into the rear of the store for fully three minutes. At last he came back, saying, "We haven't one." "Well," I said, "this is about the strangest thing I have seen. Can't get the morning pa per here in Edinburgh." "No," he said, "ye'll iind it diffeecult." "What do they publish papers here for, anyway?" I rejoined. "Do they want to keep them out of the hands of the people? Don't they want people to read them? Do they print papers to keep the news secret?" He brfdled at once. "I want ye to understand," he said, "that the Scotsman is not published for the general publeek; it's published for the subscreebers." The Scotsman, you know, probably ranks next to the I.oudou Times. "Well," I said, "this is all new to me. In my country publishers waut to have their newspapers read. They want to sell all they can. They don't try to keep them out of the hands of the 'gen eral publeek.' Can you tell me where I can get one, for I want to see the morning paper, though |>echaps I shall have to get a letter of Introduction to buy one?" "Weel," he answered, "there's a woman about a hundred yards from here that takes the Scots man. She might sell you hers." I took the direction carefully, found the wo man who took the Scotsman?she kept a thread and needle store?I bought her copy, and reached the hotel a half hour late for breakfast, which 1 had ordered before going out on the difficult quest of buying a morning paper in the great city of Edinburgh.?Boston Watchman. BUSINESS SENSE. All things come to him who doesn't wait, but hustles. Too many clerks and not enough salesmen?that Is the cry. The sheriff is always making googoo eyes at the store that doesn't advertise. Resolve not to worry so much about your competitor. Take the lead for a change. Many succeed because they advertise correctly and ever so many fail because they don't. If you never do more than you are paid for. you will gever get paid for more than you do. If you have no confidence in your em ployer, for heaven's sake be honest and go in and tell him so. Draw your pay and quit.?Brains. First Ikc of Potatoes In Ireland. In the garden adjoining his house a) Youghal, Italeigh planted the first po tatoes ever grown in Ireland. The veg ctable was brought to him from the little colony which he endeavored to establish in Virginia. The colonists started in April, 1585, and Thomas Harriot, one of their number, wrote a description of the country in 1587. He describes a root which must have been the potato: "Openank are a kind of roots of round form, some of the biguesse of walnuts, some farre greater, which are found in moist & marlsh grounds grow lug many together one by another in ropes, as though they were fastened with a string. Being boiled they are very good meat." The Spaniards first brought potatoes to Kurope, but Raleigh was undoubted ly the first to introduce the plant into Ireland. Ilonnlnl n?