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eating, persons of a bilious habit
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oftteseplU. W you have been,
DRINKING TOO MUCH,
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SICK HEADACHE
nd nervousnesi which follows, restore
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"gs. Elegantly sugar coated.
Tate No Substitute. "
Schedule
of Passenger Train for Gra-
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Mnce and Guilford counties. ',' '
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people who have heart triable
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Lm ifiT lUflo ad that all earner
not errapJo. are act only
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JJ taarleroa with tbalctloa ei
toj hi the eeurae of time thai
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heart at ell preanaw.
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Humo
of
JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS.
r
HE Democratic
leader of the
house Is one of
the best story tellers
at the national capi
tal. He also has a
rich vein of humor,
but Is rather sparing
of its use in his
speeches. One of the
most famous exam
ples of his irony
was a satirical trib
ute to Admiral Crowlnshield during
the Sampson-Schley inquiry. This de
liclous take-off was done in verse Wil
liams occasionally drops into poetry
and wound up by declaring that
Great Crownlnshield's the bravest tar
That always stayed ashore.
At the time Mr. Williams was men
tioned as a presidential candidate he
had considerable dry fun with the re
porters over the matter. To one news
paper man he said: "My boom Is mak
lug tremendous strides. My private
secretary is unreservedly for me, and
I have hopes of securing the support
of Charley Edwards, the clerk of the
minority room."
To a somewhat young and callow re
porter John Sharp, with exceeding
gravity, said he had quite some hopes
of getting the nomination. Reports
from Mississippi were especially en
couraging.
"Toomsuba, Ofanoma, Noxopater,
Nanachehaw, Toccopola, Tabbvllle and
Grubbs Springs, I am told," be said,
"are already for mew while I have ev
ery reason to believe that I shall have
the undivided support of such places
as Nittayuma, Wahalak, Bolatusha,
Hush'pukena, Ittabena, Pelahatchle,
Mittayuma, Skutch, Clnqupln, Paw-
tlckfaw, Octoc, Leggo, Yellow Babbit,
Chunkey Station, Hambone, Deovo-
lente and Whynot."
Upon being asked to spell the names
he did so with great gravity.
On a latef occasion, when the news
paper men asked him concerning his
candidacy, he said that Mrs. Williams
had objected that with her sick head
aches she never could stand the White
House, so he would have to give up the
presidency.
John Sharp once ran afoul of Tom
Reed. This is the way he tells the
story himself:
,"l met Mr. Reed coming out of the
cloakroom, and he said to me In that
peculiar drawl of his, 'Williams, what
ever makes you such a bitter parti
san?"
"'Well, Mr. Speaker, that's pretty
trood comine from you. isn t it?' I re-
Dlied.
" 'Never mind me. he replied. 'But
whv are you such a bitter partisan?'
"'Well, I'll tell you,' I said. 'You
know I never saw a Republican until
I was thirty-eight years old, and
ran't eet used to them somehow.'
"He looked at me reproachfully and
walked away without another word."
At a Washington banquet Mr. Wll
llnms once nronosed this toast: .
"Here's to President Roosevelt, whom
the world has grossly overestimated
as an author and whom the Democrat
ic party grossly underestimated aa a
politician" .
It was Williams who fastened the
f.irnntir,n nf "kid" congressmen to
new members. Mr. Wharton, a boy
ish lookine recruit from Chicago, in
terrupted and wanted to know what
ha meant bv "kid" congressmen.
"Mr. Sneaker." said Mr. Williams,
with a. waye of his hand toward the
member from Chicago, "with that de
BTee of reverence which the personal
appearance of my interrogator excites
In my mind I shouio say mac w
iwrhnna the last nerson In the house
who ought to ask me quesuou,
at Mr. Wharton subsided.
numeral Grosvenor was designated
by Mr. Williams as "the most exuber
ant and unscrupulous yropuei.
this part of the world ever aw."
The minority leader once had
Dflmrvrfltle caucus called, and the re
porters were wild to find out the rea
son. Williams was very auori
them at first, but finally thawed out
and aaid; .
"Boya, I have decided to connae u
yoa. -1 cailea inat on- "
pose of advocating a return to govern-
ment by consuls, unaer
the Roman republic prospered for a
thousand years."
Nobody bothered him arter mu
Mm Mum was once denouncing the
committee on rules, popularly know
as the boose machine.
-The gentleman bimaeir is
ber of the oommlttee on rule," put In
member. . .
-Yea," drawled vmuanis, """
The hooso recognized the throat with
a rear, bur ine oi" ,7. .
"Ton attend tne meuu
committee," he said.
"I am Invited to the seance, re
turned Williams, "but I mJ,7t
nlted about the spiritualistic appear-
ances."
- nniN,iM Ant ran for coo it eat
bi. opponent was a faina wn htrat
7.Tftoed maca support bf be
Williama baa
oona. but that '
bo done. Buying a
- oat -with the dot.
tin ho scared we th. .c
made a record hoot and eo tbo eiec-
tloai ,
tner,. Value ""Trt .
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lmre.,lran:of the manre.
It baa
, that a toad os aa--
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la ansa! tO
spread m" " . , i nore t-aa
probable that this .tat?rot iri
Tract it la hard t oeresttaa.
. r.-. :- . increase It
riLU aj
T" DT ". "IT. '.ifr -very far-
Wit.
La Kansas Fanner.
The Cause ef This Diieaae and How U
Treat It
inumps Is a result of certain dis
eased conditions lr the system and la
not to be looked upon as a disease
Itself. The cause In practically all
cases Is the character of the feed or
tne way the hogj ore kept or a com
bination of both. It Is usually the re
sult of an unhealthy condition of the
mood, generally caused by n large num
ber of worms In the Intestines caused
by Overfeeding with lack of sufficient
exercise. Rheumatic conditions may
cause It, or the Irritation caused by a
large number of worms lu the Intestlnea
may be the cause. However, the mosl
frequent cause of the disease is feed
ing an excess of corn or other foods
of like character and not enough ni
trogenous foods.
Usually the hogs that suffer from
thumps, are fut, overfed youug hogs,
and a feed composed largely of corn
would produce this condition. I think
the best prevention would be to give
a variety of feed or at least to feed
less corn and to have the pigs where
they could have the run of pasture.
Hotel Mops would be the kind of ma
terial that would produce fut and not
muscle, being in this respect like corn.
it is impractical to secure and
use feeds of a proteld nature, I would
advise feeding less corn to the young
hogs until they are a few months old,
as every hog raiser who has had ex
perience with the trouble knows thai
It is the young fat pigs that are gener
ally troubled with the tbusnps.
If treatment is undertaken at the
beginning of the trouble, It la generally
successful. At the first Indication of
the disease give one or two ounces of
castor oil as a physic and follow this
with tincture of opium and tincture of
digitalis, giving twenty drops of each
at a dose. Give this every two or three
hours, and you can generally relieve
most of the cases In from twelve to
fifteen hours. If the pig Is much ex
hausted, you can combine with the
above one-eighth ounce of aromatic
spirits of ammonia in a little cold wa
ter. Unless the pig Is quite sick and
will refuse feed the best way to give
such medicine as recommended above
is to give it In a small amount of feed,
as milk or wet ground feed. If neces
sary to give the medicine by hand,
take a large spoon and place the medi
cine as far back In the mouth as possi
ble. Xever give medicine to a pig
while It Is struggling or squealing, as 1'
is liable to get it Into the windpipe. -L.
L. Lewis In Oklahoma Farm Jour
nal. Dry Cured Pork.
For each hundred pounds of meat,
weigh out five pounds of salt, two
pounds of granulated sugar and two
ounces of saltpeter and mix tbem thor
oughly. Rub the meat once every three
days with a third of the mixture.
While the meat is curing tn this man
ner it Is best to have it packed In a
barrel or tight box. For the sake of
convenience it Is advisable to have two
barrels and to transfer the meat from
one to the other each time It Is rubbed.
After the last rubbing the meat should
He in the barrel for a week or ten days,
when it will be cured and ready to
smoke To cure nicely it Is desirable
to have a cool and rather moist place
In which to keep It. This recipe should
not be used where the meat must be
kept in a warm and dry place, as the
preservatives will uot penetrate easily
and uniformly. National Provlsioner.
CURIOSITY.
In Its Proper 8phere It la a Noble and
Serviceable Quality.
Upon the higher level curiosity
ia a nnMa and BArvirpflhlft nUalitV.
without which no great thing can
be done in science or literature. It
was intellectual curiosity which bus-
tained a man like Darwin in his
Inner and natient labors. Hewasde-
tennined to find out the how of the
universe, and he had all tho instinct
of a curious person for the gather
ing and arrangement of details. He
was forever observing and tracing
and detecting and overlooking.
Kenan I Diograpuer icua ua
to the last he was still questioning
h universe, still askinir what was
the meaning of things and how they
oema in nass. WltUOUt CUnOBllV uio
scholar would lose half his interest
and the thinker would fall by the
w 1 1 J a: A- V.:,k mora
WAT It IB HUB lnauiici. wuiw
a man wish to get at the bottom of
things. If it be the affairs of. his
.,-ffhhor. it is base: if it be the af
fairs of the world, it is great. When
curiosity dies within a man achieve-
ment Is hopeless ana uayo
Curiosity may be a valuable asset
in the equipment of a professional
man. Without ft the parish clergy
man never will have an intimate
knowledge of the affair, of hu po-
. . P .V lha (ran.
pie, lor no ncr Tu
tie to learn them. What heiatoU
be almost cenainiv wiu
while a touch of curiosity wUl rtOTe
up every piece of irJormatioa sad
-.tot. snrarr TMaeiiif Incident ana
catch hold of rery suggestion In
conversation.
By and bt tne nisxory m tj
man s possession, vi w""i -be
an lVnoble man, then hi knowl
edge will be intolerable: if l be .
sympathetic man, it will be most val
la the same way a physician or S
Uwyer will be great helped by a
legitimate and regulated enrioaity
hi. fellow creature. And it
muit be said that If ctiriosity of one
kind make a man detestable enri
oaity of another kind makes bint
most popular. Ian Maclaren (Bt.
John Watson).
The popular idea that all snake
bias it irtcorrect when naoondaeare
In question, if we may believe s
dose observer of the serpent family.
The found they make is more like
a jrrewl than a his and has been
well described by a traveler aa a
Xowj roaring Boise." Tbr powers
of degiuJHirti ate sufficiently won
derful to make exaggeration nnnec
essary, prcdible witnesses testifying
to the fact that one has been known
to 'swallow "a" horse,' while bullocks
are not infrequently attacked also.
Few nonscicntific readers, by the
way, aro aware that not only do the
jaw hinges of the boa tribe become'
dislocated in the act of swallowing
a largo animal, subsequently resum
ing their proper position by means
of the clastic connecting tendons,
but that the skull bones separate
centrally, so the whole constitutes
a sort of quadrangular orifice with
apparently indelinite powers of ex
pansion. The Tailor Bird.
Sewing seems so ingenious an art
that it must be reserved for the hu
man species alone. Yet the tailor
bird,- the Orthotomua. longicauda,
and other species possess the ele
ments of it. Thev clace their nests
in a large leaf, which they prepare
to this end. With their beaks they
pierce two rows of holes along the
two edges of the leaf. They then
pass a stout thread from one side to
the other alternately. With this
leaf, at first flat, they form a horn,
in which they weave their nest with
cotton or hair. These labors of
weaving and sewing are preceded by
the spinning of the thread. The
bird makes it itself by twisting in
its beak spiders' webs, bits of cot
ton and the little ends of wool.
CLIMBING A CLIFF.
f Moment of Extreme Peril and an Odd
Substitute For a Rope.
Major John W. Powell, whose
right arm was ssliot off during the
tivil war, undertook and brought to
a successful issue one of the most
daring feats of modern times. While
making his explorations of the can
yons of the Colorado river in X869,
says the author of "Tho Masters of
Fate," he was called upon to face
great dangers and toils. His own
account of his explorations gives
some idea of the uinicultics encoun
tered. "I have a baromoter on my back,
which rather impedes my climbing.
The walls of the fissuro are smooth
limestone, offering neither loot nor
hand hold, so I support myself by
pressing my back against one wall
and my knees against tho other, and
in this way lift my body in a shuf
fling manner a few feet at a time
until I have perhaps made twenty
five feet of the distance, when the
crevice widens a little, and I cannot
press my knees against the rocks in
front with sufficient power to give
me support in lifting my body, and
I try to go back. This I cannot do
without falling. So I struggle
along sidewise farther into the crev
ice, where it narrows.
"I find I can get up no farther
and cannot get back, for I dare not
let go with my hand and cannot
reach foothold below. I. call to
Bradley. for help. Ho cannot reach
nie. Then he looks around for some
stick or limb of a tree, but finds
none. The moment is critical.
Standing on my toes, riy muscles
begin to tremble. If I lose mv hold
I shall fall to the bottom and then
perhaps roll over tho bench and
tumble still farther down tho cliff.
"At this instant it occurs to Brad
ley to take off his trousersrwhiehr he
does, und swings them down to me.
I hug dose to the rock, let go with
my nana, seize mo uauguug legs,
and with this assistance I am en
abled to get to the top."
A Game Two Could Play.
A once well known old time Louis
ville gambler on one occasion
thought he had struck a good thing
when a Ftrangcr who looked as if
he had plenty of money came along
and suggested a friendly game of
poker. The game ran along very
smoothly for awhile, and at last,
when the opportune moment came,
that unregenerate native dealt to
the guileless stranger four queen
and gave himself four kings.
Of course the betting became in
teresting right away, and after all
the cah was up and it came to a
show down the Louisville rain lahi
down his four kings and tne stran
ger showed four aces.
Take the money, mister V gasp
ed the astonished Kcnturkian a he
nearly fell in a fit Take it if von
have the heart to do it But 111 be
darned if that was the hand I dealt
your
Central Negleeted Her.
"May I use tour telephone?" a
woman asked the cashier in a res
taurant She wound the coil of the
receiver around her finger and dan-
gled the instrument .
hat do von wins: 01 my nair
she asked, wheeling herself around
for inspection.
. "It cost just" And she whi-
nered the price confidentially. Then
a long conversation followed- The
telephone receiver dangled and
bomped againsi ine cigar caso wm
it bolder ran on about hats. After
several minutes had elapsed the re
ceiver was placed to her ear for tho
first time. .
"Central," she scolded, "I have
been trying to get No. exteen for
ten minute. You girl do not tend
to bosine." Boston Herald.
A Hard Jefcv
The artist was very eager to
please, but the following instruc
tions perpleicd him.
Th.t nM nortrait of BT late
wife was taken forty years ago, and
my daughter agree with me that it
isn't good. We would like yon to
keep the features as they are, but
liven Uiera on nd make them sort
of twitch'y. Sfy wife FaTa nervous
twitch about her nose and mouth
most of the day, and, though I don't
expect you can quite paint her fea
tures twitchy," will you please give
the impression that, they might
uvuen at any moment r'.
And the artist said he would do
his best. London Telegraph.
A Beetle That Cuta Metal.
What do you think of a beetlo
that has the power of cutting metal
with its mandibles? There is one
of that kind in thenorthern part of
O it. A ' ....
ouum America, ana it bears tho
queer namo of Zonherus melicanus.
Its metal cutting power, says tha
Chicago News, was accidentally dis
co verea dj a jew loric naturalist,
Al
10 wnom some one had sent a few
epecimens-of the insect. He Dufr
them temporarily in a glass jar witb
a orass top, and within less than
forty-eight hours they had cut holes
in the metal sufficiently large for
them to get their heads through.
- THlT CADI'S JUSTICE
How He Taught His Sovereign a Valu
able and Lasting Lessen.
The following storv is told of one
of the Arabian caliphs of Cordova:
El Hacchcm, the son and successor
of Abderahman III., desiring to en
large his palace, proposed to pur
chase from a poor woman a piece of
ground that lay contiguous to It,
and when she could not be prevailed
on to part with the inheritance of
her ancestors the caliphs officers
look by force what they could not
otherwise obtain.
The poor woman applied to Ibu
Bechin, the cadi, or chief magis
trate, of Cordova, for justice. The
case was a delicate and dangerous
one to meddle with, but the cadi re
solved, even at the sacrifice of his
life, to recall to his master's recol
lection a truth that the best of
rulers will sometimes forget He
mounted his ass and, taking a large
sack with him, rode to the palace
of the caliph. The prince happened
to be sitting in a pavilion that had
been erected in the poor woman's
garden. '
"Prince of the faithful," sal j Be
chin, prostrating himself, "I have
hconio to ask permission of thee to
hll this sack with the earth upon
which thou standest"
Uacchem, although considerably
surprised at such a request cheer
fully allowed him to nil hi sack.
When this was done the cadi be
sought his sovereign to crown his
goodness by aiding him in loading
his ass with its burden. This ex
traordinary request surprised the
caliph still more, but he yielded to
tho cadi's entreaty and attempted to
raise the sack, it was so heavy,
however, that ho could scarcely lift
it
"How thinkest thou that 1 can
lift such a burden?" asked Hac
chcm, laughing.
"Prince of believers," replied
Bechin, with impressive gravity,
"this sack, which thou findest to
heavy to bear, contains but a small
part of the ground that you took by
violence from tho rightful owner.
How, then, shall you be able at the
day of judgment to support the
weight of the whole V
The caliph, struck with this ad
dress, embraced the cadi, thanked
him, acknowledged his fault and im
mediately restored to the poor wom
an the field of which she had been
despoiled, together with the pavilion
and everything It contained.
The praiite due to a despotic sov
ereign capable of such action is in
ferior only to that which should be
accorded to the cadi who induced
him to perform it
- Took Pity en Him.
One of New York's wealthiest
settlement workers was recently
touring the city streets on a visit of
inspection when bi attention was
attracted to the strenuous effort of
a ragged little chap trying to scoop
up three or four pieces of wood ly
ing on the sidewalk. They were the
last of a lot he held tightly clasped
in hi thin arms, and in diving for
what was left on the. ground hi
load was in danger of being scatter
ed.
"Wait now." called out the
millionaire, advancing. "I
them up for you.
With a swift upward and down
ward look of sympathy at the plain
ness of the young man' attire, the
small boy decisively shook hi bead.
"Dat's all right, boos," he aaid
commute ratingly, "yon kin keep
'em." New York Time.
Where Cats Are SalerW.
At the government house in Poe
na, India, every cat which may bap
pen to pa out of the front door
after dark is saluted by tho sentry,
who presents arm to tmaay. Tradi
tion relates that in 1838 Sir Robert
Grant, governor of Bombay, died in
the government boose. On the even
ing of the day of hi death s eat
was seen to leave the bowse by the
front door and to walk Bp and down
a particular path where th late
governor bad been in the habit of
strolling after sunset A Hindoo
sentry observed this and told a
priest, who declared that in the eat
was Governor Grant's souL and it
should be saluted. Aa th particu
lar cat could not be idenUaod. by
the sen try, it was decided to present
arm to all th cat.
Tsa't that krreiyr said aa earthost
astie yowag ssaatdaa whew a prisma
dona had aniabad be twlnripaj eon.
Perfectly, charsalagr replleel th
yovag lady address i a. 1 aerrer saw
each a baatlrnl white setta ta say Ufa.
How saach de yew think. It wowltt coat
a yard r Stray gtortoe,
A Nioa Legal Distinction.
A lawyer in the Indian Territory
named McGann was the attorney for a
farmer who had killed a neighbor.
McGann got the man out on ball on the
plea of justifiable homicide or some
thing of the kind, aud the farmer Im
mediately took bis gun and killed the
chief witness against him.'
Naturally this nettled the sheriff and
the judges, and they offered (300 re
ward for the murderous farmer. "Say,1
said McGann to the sheriff, "will you
give me that reward It I get him?"
"Yes," the sheriff replied, and McGann
rode out to the hiding place of his
client
1 The farmer came up, and McGann
shot blm, took the body back to town
and demanded the reward. "How
about this, McGann?" asked another
lawyer. "Do you think It is In accord
ance with the ethics of the legal pro
fession to take advantage of your cli
ent In that manner?" "Ethics be blow-
edr snorted McGann. "I killed him In
another case." Exchange.
Sagaeity of Blind Horses.
The way In which blind horses can
go about without getting into more
difficulties than they ordinarily do la
very remarkable. They rarely, If ever,
bit their beads against a fence, or stone
wall. They will slide off when they
come near one. It appears from care
ful observation that It 1 neither shads
nor shelter which warns them of the
danger. On an absolutely sunless and
windless day . their behavior Is the
same. Their olfactory nerves doubt
less become very sensitive, for, when
driving: them, they will poke their
beada downward In search of water!
fifty yard before they come to a
stream crossing the roadway. It can
not be an abnormally developed sense
of bearing which lead them to do this,
for they will act alike though the wa
ter be a atagnant pool. Men who have
been blind for any great length of time
develop somewhat similar Instinct to
blind horse.
French Similes Fer "Drunk."
The French have some Interesting
similes of their own corresponding to
the English "drunk as a lord" or
"drunk as a wheelbarrow,'' says a
London writer. The most generally
recognised one In the case of "lvre,"
the leas extreme and leas vulgar word
for drunk," 1 "lvre comma une soup"
"soupe" meaning the piece of bread
eaten with soup a well as the soup It
self, and a bouillon soaked piece, of
bread offering a natural simile for sat
uration. When the less delicate "soul"
Is used Instead of "lvre," the French
man may apeak of being as drunk as
an ass, a cow, a Bwla or a thrush.
The allusion tn the last case la to the
fondness of thrushes for grapes, which
are said at vintage time to make them
unsteady In their flight.
Weree Inside Than Out
"If you should visit a Japanese
bouse," said an oriental, "you would be
obliged to remove your shoes at the
doorway. Japanese floor are very
beautifully kept I know of some
bouses where thirty or forty servant
have no other duty than the polishing
of th floor. A young Japanese stu
dent studying In London, bad the mis
fortune to live In an apartment house
where the Janitor did not keep the ball
In very good condition. It was a
great change to blm, and he felt It
keenly. On the approach of whiter the
Janitor put up In tbe entrance the no
tice. Tleeae wipe your feet The
young Japanese, the first night be ob
served this notice, took out a pencil
and added to It 'On going out'"-
Mlnnea polls Journal.
A Tale ef Red Tape.
Among the tale of red tap the fol
lowing ahould bold a high place: M.
Roger Cavallhon, a yonng French gen
tleman rider, who bad won his hun
dredth steeplechase, was drawn for
tbe conscription and bad to serve for
a year. He asked to be placed. In the
cavalry, explaining with doe modesty
that be wa not unknown a a horse
man. The military council of revision
refused tbe request on tbe ground that
as hi period of service was only on
year be would not have time to learn
to ride. -
A Strang Usees n.
Tbe bookkeeper of sportsmen's
publication received a letter on day
from aa old suuscriber eta Una that be
bad long read it with Interest and was
aware that It waa tune to renew bla
swbscrlptlon, but did not wish to do
so, aa be would not need it In tbe fo
tur. It was not noticed that th post
mark wa that of a town la which a
state prison Is located, but the post-
script waa eloquent It said, "P. B
I am to be benged next week."
In a Studio.
"I ordered jo to paint nn
eow m a stable. I see the stable, but
Where are tbe eowsf
1 "They are bs the eta Me."
"Bo I year pay for this pertar. To
bed bettor bring both ewt'-eeeta.
Ceeiufal Pleasantry.
V Mrs. Benbaas Tbe good book ten a
that we most not covet oar awlgbbotw
wives. Benbaas Well, I goes there
tsnt aanch com mend ment breaking en
year aeeownt Kww York Preaa.
i On of the mysteries of th world It
that which leads a man to tackle a eee
a4 cigar after tbe agonising expert-
tbe first eeav-MOwauke
Whet Lacy Meeee,
what
t Bobby Lazy mesne always to
want year BrU slater to get It for yon,
Kataral sbUrtlas can almost com pea
seta tor th want ef every kind ct rl-
In aa OaJe town the Afrleaa Met
CM aascseel cbarch mt that dtetrlel
held a esaferrara, and for a week the
town we nn4 with colored paiptt era-
A few oar after th eotfrreee
Its sisalna eee mt tne leading
of tbo town drove eet to re
Rldg to perches chicken ef aw eld
masaniy who had sppUed th family
for rear. At Hannah, coming to
the" gate. ald: Tss sorry. Miss Allle.
I alnt got a chirks left Deyallaea
ss tar 4 saiadetry.
A Queer Shaving Contest
Probably the most curious shaving
competition which ever took place wa
that conducted at a local hall In the
north of London a number of years
ago. The skill of a certain barber
having been disputed, he offered to
shave ten men with ten penknives In
quicker time than any other tonsorlal
artist could perform the same feat with
razors. Tbe challenge was taken up,
and on tbe night of the contest ten
men, each with a three days' growth
of beard, were arranged down either
side of the platform. Assistants lath
ered each man in turn, while the bar
bers performed the shaving operations.
The man with the penknife proved so
dexterous that be finished his ten men,
with but three cuts among them, in six
and a half minutes, the other man not
only taking half a minute longer, but
also cutting five of his victims. ton.
don Telegraph.
Warm Galea of Switzerland.
Most people have 'beard of theFoehn
wind of Switzerland that warm, dry
gale which come over the mountains
and In spring will melt two feet of
show in a day. It cause 1 most pe
culiar. The Foehn comes from the
south. As It strikes the Alp It la wet
like most gales which have crossed the
sea,. but the south face of tbe moun
tains receive It rains, and a It
crosses the summits It la dry. Tbe
jmovlng air current la also compressed
ana inererore aynamcniiy neaiea. a
It falls Into tbe northern valleys In a
cataract of air It gains beat at the rate
of half a degree for every hundred feet
of descent It usually blows for two
or three days, causing great suffering
by Its dry heat and oppression. While
It lasts the temperature Is about 80
degrees above the average. 'Chicago
Newa.
Old Style European Elevator.
The old style elevators In continental
hotels are attached to solid steel shafts
which move to and fro In hollow cyl
inders like pistons. These' "lifts" are
operated by hydraulic pressure and,
though slow, are absolutely safe. They
are Intended to carry passengers only
upward, the presumption being that
guests can easily descend tbe stair
case. A guest therefore enter tbe
car on, tbe ground floor, telling the at
tendant which story is hi destination.
On arrival the car stops, the doors
slide open, and an Iron gate also opens,
giving access to that floor, tbe several
movements being automatic. Tbe pas
senger closes tbe Iron gate, which sig
nals tbe operator below, who reverses
the movement of the "lift" whereby It
returns to tbe ground floor. Tbe newer
bote) have elevators like ours that
carry passengers both ways with ra
pidity. Traml Magaslns. .
The Camel.
"Although long a captive, and for
ages perhaps, tbe moat serviceable of
all tbe creatures which man ha won
from the wiTus, the camel Is still only
partly domesticated, having never ac
quired even tbe amall measure of af
fection for bla master which w And
In the other herbivorous animals
which have been won to the aervlce
of man. The obedlonce which be ren
ders Is but a dull submission to in
evitable toll. Tbo Intelligence which
be shows is very, limited, and so far
ss can bo Judged front tbe cdrounts of
those who have observed blm there Is
but little variation In lit mental qual
ities. As a whole', the creaturo ap
pears to he Innately the dullest and
lesst Improvable of all our servitors,
Th RSoh Are Poorer Than Beggars.
Tm cl v tho wUe ic.tn will not admire
himself o'-eu If mr.ny rich men admire
blm, f r bo knows th.it they differ In
tto respect from beggnra-nay. are even
more wretched than tbey, for beggars
want but a little, whereas rich men
want a groat deal. Boneca.
The spider has tho greatest appetite.
A gentleman fond of scientific experi
ments captured a spider and 'by meana
of weighing ft and then confining it hi
a cage found that It at four time Its
weight for breakfast nine tune its
weight for dinner and thirteen times
Its weight for aupper. .
A Crlaalaal i Attack
on an l.-rrffeoeive cititen is frequent
ly mad in that apparently useless
little tub called tbe "appendix."
It's generally thr result of protract
ad corwtlDtlon. following liver tor-
ir. Dr. King 'a New Life Pills
resulate the liver, prevent appendi
cki. and establish regular habit of
lb bowel. 25o. at Graham Drug
Co. . .
Professor Brander Mattbw once
told about an undergraduate student
of acWnce who wa asked. "What
would happen If aa Irresistible fore
met aa Immovable body?" Tbe youth
hesitated a moment and then respond
ed. "The resalt would be eom very In
teracting byproducts."
1 can do very well with absent'
minded people." said Kane to bis mat,
la my younger day I was errand
boy to a gentleman who was so ab-
entmtnded that be dismissed i
three time I one week and paid me
my full week's wage each time."
Boston JonraaL
Tbe sen Is a vast fomace of highly
vaporised Detank It glvs out 20tM0
000 times more beat than tm received
by all IU planets, ladodlng the earth.
It as ale a bog electro magnet Pre
cisely bow much electricity It gener-
a tea wo do not knoww York
World. ' L
DeWilt's Cerbolised Witch Usxel
gal ye Is good for little burns and
big burns, small scratches or bruises
and big ooes. II u healing ana
nothing. Good for piles. Sold by
Graham Drug Co.
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For the
Children
To succeed these days you
must have plenty of grit, cour
age, strength. How Is it with
the children? Are they thin,
pale, delicate? Do not forget
Ayer's Sarsaparilla. You
know it makes the blood pure
and rich, and builds up the
general health in every way.
The hllilreneniiotpofIWf linVerno health
nnlM the boweU are m proper rotulttfou. Uor-
... ..Mn.llnslliin b. tftvitt. .mall lunttve
doue of Ajrer'e rills. AJi Tueuble.nar-aaMed.
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