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:r^"''"""' —= —* VOL. XL ' » 1 Tutfs Pills After Mtln[, persons at ■ MBoothaHt win derive treat benefit by taklngom of tlieee pin*. If yoa have been DRINKING TOO MUCH, they wW promptly relieve the naaa*a, SICK HEADACHE —. and nerroMneM which follow*. rutar* L^" l &s?t l ,^sr ny lake Mo Substitute* PROFESSIONAL CARDFC>~ J", 3. COOK, Attorney-at- Law, GRAHAM, N. C Office Patterson Building Second Fluor DAMERON & LONG Attorncys-at-LaW 8. W. DAUKHON, J. ADOLPH LONG Pbone MO, 'Phone 1008 Piedmont BulldlDg, Holt-'Nloholgon Bldii. Burlington, N. C. Oralis m, N. O. in;, will s. lo\«, jk . . . DENTIST ..." Graham . - - - Worth Caroline OFFICE IN SJMMONS BUILDINI JACOB A. LONO. J. ELMER LONG LONG & LONG, Attorneys and Counaelpra atL « GRAHAM, N. *\ JOH N H. VERNON Attorney and Counaelor-at-Law PONES—Office 65J Residence 331 BURLINGTON, N. C. Dr. J. J. Barefoot OFFICE OVER HADLKY'S STOBE Leave Messages at Alamance Phar macy 'Phone 97 Residence 'Phone 382 Office Hours 2-4 p. m. and by Appointment. ARE YOU RT UP r TO DATE B 1 It yon are not the NEWS AN OBERVER is. Subscribe for it ai once and it will keep you abreast oi the times. Full Associated Press dispatch ea. * H the news—foreign, do mestic, national, state and local all the time. Daily Newp and Observer s' per year, 3.50 for 6 mos. Weekly North Carolinian $\ per year, 50c lor 6 mos. NEWS & OBSERVER PUB. CO., RALEIGH, N. C. The North Carolinian and THE ALAMANCE GLEANER will be sen' for one year for Two Dollars Cash in advance. Apply at THE GLEANER office. Graham, N. C. Why Are Some Polks Human . Grasshoppers? By MOBS. I , x f*HEY called him A. aQ * "Freight Car Freddy." He was Zaj, alow, but somehow BUre - He not there in his own pecul- Fu 1a r time and route. Freddy was n ot • hobo, but a rising young man in a class all hiaown. They also called him "Freddy, the Human Qraaahopper." You never knew where to And him. Freddy waa the antithesis of himself—if you can get that He was the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of motion. Now yon see him, as slow and deliberate as a freight car, and now you don't, as fast and elusive as a grass hopper. It needed a magician to keep tabs on this very real Freddy. The land of newspaper readers has a few Freddies. One time they start on their trip through the paper and proceed slowly, stopping at every way station. The next time they Jump here and there through it la a way to make the average grasshopper green with envy. Be a freight car If you must, bat don't be a grasshopper. Bet ter, be neither. The sensible newspaper reader Is MODERATE. He's not a plod der or a skipper, but a PICKER. Are you following CONSIST ENTLY the sds. In this paper tbo* appeal to you? Yoa're Hlllsas aad CwUve I Sick headache, sour stomach, bad bieath, furred tongue and indi gestion. mean liver and bowels clogged. Clean up to-night. Oet a Soc bottle of Dr. King's New Life Pills to-day and empty the stom ach and bowels of fermenting, and gaasy foods and waste. A full bowel movement gives a satisfied thankful feeling—makes you feel fine. Effective, yet mild. Dont gripe. 25c at your druggists. Buckien's Arnica Salve for bums. adv. IHE ALAMANCE GLEANER. | The Secret jj I ii' of - i; Lonesome Cove:: t 1 » , , ! :: By ' : • Samuel Hopkins Adams ! . Copyright, 1912, by the Bokbf Merrill ! J | Company ' 1 , mi "No. I missed tti»\ Wbnt wns the feature, specially?*' "The suddenness of the appearance. You knyw, Helmund says tbat"— The stranger wont on at some | ength. He appeared t? be an tnter »ted rather than a lecrned student of , the subject. As he talked, sitting on the step of his car, from which he had . descended, the other studied him, bis quiet but forceful voice, bis severely - handsome face, wltb Its high brows, harsh nose, ahd chiseled outlines, from which the eyes looked forth, thought ful, alert,' yet with the gaze of u man In palp. Presently he remarked very courteously. 1 "If you are going back to the hoter, . may I take you along? lam Alexan . der Blair." "Thank you. I'll be glad of a lift My name Is Chester Kent." • "Not the Professor Kent of the Ram say case?" "The same. You know, Mr. Blair, I've always believed tbat you bad more of a band In Ramsay's death than I. Now, If you wish to withdraw your offer of a'lift"— "Not at all. A man who has been so I abused by the newspapers as 1 can stand a little plain speaking. For all that, on my-word, ProfesSor Kent, 1 bad no band In sending Hamsay on that dirty business of his." The scientist considered him thougbt . fully. "Well, I believe you," said he J shortly, ahd got Into the machine. CHAPTER IX. Chsstsr Kent Declines a Job. "t I IHIS meeting is a fortunate chance for uie," said Blair J[ presently. "Chance?" murmured Kent Interrogatively. The car swerved sbarply, but Imme diately resumed tbe middle of the road. "Certainly, chance," said the motor ist. "What else should It be?" "Of course,"-agreed Kent "As you say." "1 said fortunate," continued the oth er, "because you are, I believe, tbe very . man I want. There Is an affair which bas been troubling me a good deal. I boven't been able to look Into it per 1 sonnlly because of the serious Illness of my son, who Is at my place on Sun dayman's creek. But It is In your line, being entomological und perhaps crim inal." ... "What Is It?" asked Kent "An Inexplicable destruction of our stored woolens by the clothes motb. i You may perhaps know tbat I am president of the Klnaelln mills. We've been having a great deal of trouble this spring, and our superintendent be lieves that some enemy Is Introducing ' the pest Into our warehouses. Will you take tbe case?" "When?" "Start tonight for Connecticut" Chester Kent's long lingers went to tbe lobe on his ear. "Give me until 8 o'clock this afternoon to consider Can I reach you by telephone?" "Yes, at Hedgerow house, my place." "Tbat Is how far from here?" "Fourteen miles But you need not come there. I co.ild return to tbe ho tel to conclude arrangements. And I think," be added significantly, "tbat you would find tbe project a profitable , one." "Doubtless. Are you we.J acquainted wltb tbls part of the country, Mr Blair?" . "Yes; I've been coming bere for years." "Is there an army post near by J.' "Not wltbln a hundred miles." "Nor any officers on special detail about?" "None so far as I know." Kent prodnced from bis pocket tbe silver star wltb tbe sbred of clotb "Yes, sir. It was inquired far only ysetarday by Mr. Blair/ 1 hanging to It "This may or may not be important eiew to the carton* death that occurred here three days ago." "It look* like the star from tbe col lar of an officer. | should say positive ly that It waa from an army or navy uniform." "Are yon yourself an expert la wool en fabrics, Mr. Blair?" "I have been." "Could you tell from that tiny frag- •■•—==.„ , _ . > ' . GRAHAM, N. C./THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1914. M pw . Sna n «hnf Mme - Henrietta Calllaux, vtfe of the former prime minister and minister of finance of France, was placed on trial in Paris for «JHap»UUIS slaying Gaston Calmette; editor of Figaro. President Wilson directed Attorney General Mclteynolds to begin civil and crlml- Of (he Week nal actions against the New York. New Haven and Hartford Railroad company, of which James H. Hustls Is president, and some of its present and former directors and officers for violation of the anti-trust act Organized baseball, of which Ban John son is the admitted czar, received a shock when David L. Fultz, president of the Players' fraternity, notified the magnates thot the organised players would quit If Clarence Kraft was returned to Nashville after he bad been drafted by Brooklyn and farmed out to Newark. George R. Median of Boston won tho championship long distance swim from the Battery, New York dty.to, Sandy Hook. theuc vvheuier or not the » hole 'iutn all wool?" Without replying Hlalr gave the steering handle a quick sweep, t aiid the car drew up before a drug store. He took tbe star and was .gone a fen minutes. "Not all wool," ne announced on tils return. "Exit the army or navy nltlcer,"*re marked Kent "Why so?" "Because regulations require all wool garments—and get Idem. What la tbe fabrie'f "A mixture, from tbe very elementary chemical test ! made." "Thank you, Mr. Blair. You've elim inated one troublesome hypothesis for me. I'll telephone you before 3 o'clo k. Good day." From the woolen., manufacturer Chester Kent went direct to the Mar tlndale Center library, where he Inter viewed tbe librarian. "Do you get the agriculture depart ment publications ?" "Yes." "Have you a pamphlet issued by the bureau of entomology, Uelmund on Tbe Swarm Phenomenon In terar " "Yes. sir. it was Inquired for only yesterday by Mr. Blair." * "Ah, yes! He's quite interested in the subject, I believe." "It must be quite recent, then," said the librarian. "We haven't seen'blm bere for a long time until two ago, when he came and put in a morn Ing reading on insects." "So, Mr. Alexander Blair," said Kent, addressing the last fence post on tbe outskirts of the town, after a thought ful walk, "that was a fatal break, on your part, tbat mention of lieliuund Amateurs who have wholly dropped a subject since years back don't usually know publications issued only within three months. That casual meeting with me was well carried out, and you called It chance. A very palpably manufactured chance! But why am I worth so much trouble to know? And why does Alexander Blair leave a desperately 111 son to arrange an er rand for me at tbls particular time? And la Hedgerow bouse, fourteen miles distant and possessing Just such an electric car as a woman would use in driving round the country, per haps tbe place whence came Sedg wick's sweet lady of mystery? Finally, what connection has all this wltb the body lying In Annalnka burying ground?" Eliciting no reply from tbe fence post, Kent returned to tbe Eyrie, call ed up Hedgerow bouse and declined Blair's proposition. Early tbat evening Fraucla Sedg wick came to tbe botet, "Mr. see blm, sir. He Isn't In bis room," aald tbe clerk. "Isn't be about tbe hotelT Tbe clerk beaitated. "1 ongbt not to tell you, air, for It's Mr. Kent's strict orders not to be disturbed, but he'a in his special room. Is It any thing very important? Any new evi nce or something of tbat sort?" "That is what I want Mr. Kent to decide." 11 i "In tbat case I mlgbt tako the re sponsibility. But I think 1 bad bet ter take you to him myself." After the elevator bad carried thein to tbe top of Its run. tbey mounted a flight of stair* and walked to a far corner of tbe building. j "Nobody's been In bere sine# be' took It" explained the clerk a* tbey walked. "Turned all tbe furniture out Special lock on the door. Some kind of scientific experiments. 1 suppose. He's very quiet about it" . Having reached tbe door, be dls creetly tapped No anawer came Somewhat less timidity characterized bis next effort A growl of surpnus ing savagery from within was bis reward. "You see. Mr. Sedgwick." said tbe clerk liaising bis voice be called. "Mr. Kent I've brought"— j "Get away »h! go to tbe devil!" cried a volce from Inside in fury "What do you mean by"- I "If* 1, Kent Sedgwick. I've got to see you." There waa a silence of some seconds "What do you want?" aaked Kent at length. "You told me to come at once if any thing turned up." "So I did," sighed Kent "Well, chass that Infernal beilbojr to tbe stairs, and 111 let you la" With t wry face lb* clerk retired Kent opened the door and bis frleud squeezed through Into a bar* room. Tbe wall* w*n» bung and tbe floor was carpeted with wblte sheets., There waa no furniture of any kind unless s narrow mattreaa In one corner could be ao reckoned. "If* happenedr announced Sedg wick. "Has It?" aald Kent "Lean up aptinst the wall and make yourself at bom*. Mas, you're aha king!" '•"Volfd* sun kv. t"•/. 11 furled i lie art Ist. Ills voice trembling. "No; anger doesn t nlTect me that way. Walt. .Vow, don't tell uie yet If I'm to bine a report It must lie from a sane man, not from one in a blind fury. Take time and cool down What do you think or my room?" "What's the game?" asked Sedg wick. Interested In spite of himself. "It dates back to our college days. Do you remember I tint queer fresh man. Berwtml?" "The mind render? V'es. The, poor chap went Insane afterward " "Yes It was n,wcaK mind, but a siugularly receptive one. You know we used to force iiHinliers or playing cards upon Ids COIISCIOHMICSS by mere ly tlilukiiii: of tlielu "I recollect Ills method was to stand uiizliiii at a blank wall lie said the object we were tlijiikliis of would rise before iilni vlsmlily Hgnlnst the blankness. Hid you ever figure out' how lie managed lo do it?' "Not exactly. ' "Fin years I've Kept a hare white room in in) Washington house to do my hard thinking in When your af fair promised to liccome difficult for me I rigged up this spot. And I'm trying to see things aguitist the walls." "Any particular kind ot things?" Kent produced the silver star from his pocket and told ot its discovery. 'Sedgwick, what was it your visitor •aid ta you about Jupiter?" "She dldn t mention Jupiter." "No, of course not Not by name. But what waa it she said about tbe planet tbat she pointed out over the sea ?" "Ob, was tbat Jupiter? How did you know?" "Looked last night of course," said Kent Impatiently. "There's no other planet conspicuous over the sea «t tbat hour from where you stood. That's not Important at least not now. What did she say?" , - "Oh, some rot about daring to follow ber star and find happiness and that perhaps It might lead me to glory or something." A kind of snort came from Kent "Where have my bruins been?" be cried. He thrust tbe bit of euibrold- j cry back Into Ills pocket. Then wltb an abrupt change of tone: "Well, is your temper tn band?" "For tbe present" ■ "Tell me about It then." "You remember tho—tbe picture* of the face?" said Sedgwick, wltb an ef-, fort "Nobody would easily forget It" "I've been doing another portrait from the sketches. It was on opaque glass, an experimental medium that I've worked on some. Late this after- ; noon 1 went out leaving tbe glass sheet backed against a light board, on my easel. The door was locked wltb a heavy spring. There'* no po*- , sible accesa by tbe window. Yet somebody came In and smashed my picture to fragments. If I can find that man, Kent I'll kill blm!" Kent glanced at the artist's long, strong hands. They were clinched on bis knees. Tbe fingers were bloodless. "1 believe you would," said the (den tist wltb conviction. "You mustn't you know. No luxurie* at present Anything else In your place damaged?" "Not tbat I noticed. But I didn't pay much attention to anything else. I came bere dlred to find you." I 'That's right Well. I'm with you for tbe Nook." | ■kicking bis curious room after him. Kent' led the way lo tb* hotel lobby, where he stopped only long enough tu •end some telegrams, sun was still a few minutes short orlfa setting when he suit bl» comimnlon emerged from the hotel Kent al one* broke Into * trot CHAPTER X. The Invasion. SL'Cn ruin ss bad been wrought lo Sedgwick's studio w«* strict ly localized The easel lay on tbe floor, with lu rear leg cram pled Around It were sen tiered lbs fragment* of tb* glass upon which tb* painter bad set his labor of lova A blgb old fashioned chair faced the wreckage. Ou It* peak was bung s traveling cap. lapping across lbs back sprawled s Norfolk Jacket belong ing to Sedgwick. Chester Kent lifted the coat and after * *wlft *orvey irt It drop. "Did you leave tbat there?" be aaked "1 bunt It scroe* the back of tb* cbair," *o*wered Sedgwick. "North window closed/' "Yea. aa you see It now." "And west one open?" "Nothing has been changed. I tell you, except this Sedgwick's band, outstretched lowsrd tb* destroyed por trait condensed Itself Involuntarily into * knotty list. Sedgwick look tbe Norfolk Jacket from tbe chair. "Why. there's * bole Ibrough It!" he exclslmed. -Exactly. The palli of the Invader " "A bullet!" 1 ; _ • ( "Itiglit again Instead of murdering, i us you pine to do. you've been murder ed. TUut the picture wns destroyed is merely a bit of 111 fortune. That youwweren'l Inside the coat when the bullet went through It nnd cut the prop from your easel Is a bit of the other kind. Hang up the coat, please." Sedgwick obeyed. "There." said Kent, viewing the re sult from the window. "At a distance of. say a quarter of a mile, that ar rangement of coat and cap would look uncommonly like a man sitting In a chair before his work. At least I should thluk so. And yonder thicket on the hillside," be added, looking out of the window agalu. "Is Just about that distance and seems to be the only spot In sight giving a straight runge. Suppose we run up there." Sound as was his condition Sedg wick was panting when he brought up at the spot some yards behind bis long limbed lender. As the scientist bad surmised, the arrangement of coat and cap In the studio presented at that dis tance an excellent simulacrum of the rear view of a man lounging In a chair. Bidding the artist stay outride the copser' Kent entered ou hands and kuees nnd made exieudetl exploration. After a few moments the sound of low lugubrious whistling was heard from the trees, and presently the musician emerged leading himself by the lobe of his ear. "Evldeutly you've found something," cornmeuteji Sodgwlik "I'm satisfied that some one tired a shot from here. The marksman—a good oue-saw you. as he supposed. Jerk to the shot as If with a bullet through you and went away satisfied." "Leaving no trace behind him." add ed Sedgwick 'Ko trace that Is tangible. Therein lies the evidence." "Of course yon don't expect rue to follow that." "Why not ; NmR-nt the ground In the thicket." "What Is there to bo seen there, since you've said there are no mnrk«7" "The soil Is very soft." "Ye*; there's a spring )ust tinek of its " "Vet there's .not u footprint discerni ble on It " "I've E"l that part of the lesson by heart. I think " "(Jse your brain nn It. then Some tino designing to mako you till target has been in this thicket; been and gone tud left the place trackless. That some one was a keen, soft footed woodama'n. | Tutting It In words of oue syllable. 1 j should say he probably bad the racial Instinct of the hunt. Does that flush any Idea from your brain?" "Racial Instinct? Gannett Jim!" wild Sedgwick. | "Exactly. If I bad found track* all over the place, I should have known It wasn't he. Finding nothing, 1 was naturally pleased." I "That's more than I am," retorted the other. "I suppose he's likely to re sume his gunnery at any time." "Unless we can discourage him. as I expect we can." j "By having him arrested?" "Difficulties might be put In our way. Sheriff Ivcn Sclilsger and the half breed "are In some sort of loose partnership in "Footprint too small," grunted Qaneett Jim. this affair, as you koow. Osnsett Jim honestly thinks tbat yon bad a hand , In tb* l/jneaomo COT* murder, as be believes It to be. It Isn't Impossible that the ebertff baa subtly egged blm on to kill yon In revenge. You're tbe suspect, and If yon were put out of tbe way every one would believe yon tbe murderer. There would be a perfnnc 1 tory Investigation.""file wlToie " thing would lie hushed up and the body In Annalnka churchyard would reat In peace—presumably a profitable peace for the sheriff." "Flat out, Kent do you know who tbe dead woman Is?" "Flat out. I don't But I've a shrewd guess Unit I'll find out before long." "From Gnnsett Jim?" "No hope there. He's an Indlaa What I'iu going to see him shout now Is your safety." "Now? Where do you expect to flod him?" "In the village. I hope It wouldn't do for you to conie there. But 1 want you to go to the spot where you met tbe drcus wagon man and wait until 1 bring Jim." It was a long wait for tbe worried artist lu the deep forest that bounded tbe lonely road along Hawklll heights. Ten o'clock had chimed across tbe bill 1 from tbe distant village when be beard I footsteps and at a call from Kent atep- I ped out Into the clear, holding tb* lan tern above blm. Tbe light abowed a strange spectacle. Kent watchful, keen, ready as a cat to spring, stood wltb bis eyes fixed upon tbe distorted face of tiie half breed. Terror, rage, I overmastering amazement and tb* I soul panic of the supernatural glared from the blue white eyeball* of tbe ( negro, but the Jaw and chin were let Arm In the stolclvn of tbe Indian. In that strauge radar conflict of emotions the fiercer strain won. Gansett Jim's j frame relaxed. He grunted. "Good boy, Jim!" Chester Kent's voice at t|ie half breed's ear was the voice of one who soothe* an affrighted horse. "1 didn't know whether you could stand It or not You see, you didn't shoot Mr. Sedgwick after all." "Dunno what you mean," grunted Gansett Jim. "And you mustn't shoot st blm sny more," continued tbe scientist The tone was soft aa a woman's, but Sedg wick felt lo It the tensity of a man ready for any extreme. Perhaps tbe half breed, too, felt the peril of that determination, for he hung bis bead. "I've brought you here to show you why. Pay good heedi*now. A man traveling In a wagon was met bere. aa be says, by a woman-you understand —who questioned blm and then went on. ne followed the trail through tbe brush and found the signs of n fight Tbe fight took place before tbe death. Here's the lantern Tnke his trail from hero." t Without li word the half breed snatched the light and plunged Into a bypath. After a few minutes of swllt going bo pulled up short In nn open cops* of ash and set tbo lantern on the ground. Houndlike he nosed about the trodden earth. Suddenly be caught up the lantern, which had rolled from bis hand, and threw Its light upon Sedg wick** foot Then he turned away. Kent whistled softly. The whistle bad ■ purring quality of content "Not the same as tho footprint, ell?" b* remarked "Foot too smoli," grun'-sd Gan lett Jim. "How many people two?" •Three." "Three, of course. I had forgottan (the circus wagon msn. He came later. |But, Jim, you see It wssn't Mr. Sedg wick." ! "What be follow for?" demanded tb* rber savagely, "No evil purpose. You can take bis jtrall from the circus wagon and fol low that, If fou want to satisfy your self further that be wasn't here. I'll let you have the lantern. Only, re member, now! No more allotting at tbe wrong man!" ' Tbe half breed made no reply. "And you, Sedgwick. Here's tbe de stroyer. Do you still Want to kill blm?" "1 suppose not," replied tbe artist lifelessly. "Since bis design was only against your life and not against your pic ture," commented Kent wltb a smile. "Well, our night's work Is done." Lift ing the Isntern, he held It In the face of fbe half breed. "Jim!" "Hub!" "When you really wast to k'pow who made those footprints come aud tell me who tbo body In Annalaka burying ground I*. A trade for a trade. You understand?" ' Tbe eye* stared, Immovable. Tlie chin did not quiver. Reaching for tb* lantern, Gansett Jim, now nln* of In dian to one of negro; turned away from them to the pathway. "No," be aald •tolldly. A* the,flicker of radiance danced and disappeared In the foreat Sedgwick apoke. "Well, do you consider tbat we're made * friend?" "No," anawered Chester Kent, "but we've done wbat'a a* good. We"r* quaahed an enmity." • • • s • • s Answer* to tb* telegram* Chester Kent bad dispatched arrived In tb* form of night letters, bringing fnfor mstion regarding the Blalrs of Hedge row houte. not sufficient informa tion to satisfy tbe seeker, however. Therefore, baring digested their con "" , NO. 24 [tents' ac ureaFraSt, rue scientist can about bim to supply the deficiency. Tbe feet of bope led bim to the shop of Elder Ira Dennett. 1 Besides being an able plumber and tinker. Elder Dennett performed, by 'rocatlon, tbe pleasurable duties of un prlnted Journallsm-tbat Is to say, be was tbe semiofficial town gossip. There was Joy In tbe plumber-tinker's heart over the visit Unhappily it ap peared that Kent was there strictly on business. lie did not wlsb to talk of the mystery of I.oiiesome Cove. He wished his acetylene lamp filed—at once. If Elder Dennett pleased. Glum WHS the the elder as he examined tbe lamp', which needed very little attention. It lightened when his visitor observed: "I've been thlnklhg a little of get ting an electric cur to run about here In. There was a neat little one In town yesterday." "Old Blair's." replied Dennett. "I seen yon in It Know Mr. Blair longT" "Ho offered me a lift Into town very kindly. He was a stranger to me," said Kent truthfully nnd with intent to deceive. "Who did you say be was?" "Gosh sakes! Don't you know who Aleck Bluir Is?" "Blair? Blair?" said Kent Innocent ly. "Is be the author of Blair's 'Studies of Neuropterae?'" Elder Dennett snorted. "He's a mll . Ilonalrc, thut's what tie la. Ain't you read about him in tbe fabric trust In vestigations?" ! "Ob. that Blair!. Tea. I believe 1 have." ~ I Kent Jfawned. It was a well con ceived TTt of strategy and met with deserved success. (TO ma oomnn.] I CONTRARY FORCES. Problem of a Bullet Fired From the Rear of a Moving Train. Replying to the question, "Supposing, to use nu overdrawn Illustration, tbat a railroad train waa going forward at the rate of 10U miles per minute and a gun was fired from the rear of tho train In the opposite direction. If tbe velocity of the bullet aa it left tbe gun would also have been 100 miles per minute had the gun lieen discharged by a person standing on solid ground, would the bullet leave tbe gun at all. I and If so, at what rate of speed?" Ed gar Uideti Lurklu In the New York American says: "The bullet would leave tbe mutile of tbe gun with a speed of 100 miles per minute; the force of the explosive In the gun Is the cause of tbe motion of tbe bullet, not that of tbe train. At tbe exact end of one minute the rear > of tbe trnlu and tbe. bnllet would be 200 miles apart. Before the gun la fired tbe bullet Is moving with the | train; at time of firing tbe bullet la j at rest during an Infinitesimal of time I or a differential of time. The time In > between the stopping ot tbe motion of the bullet with the train and beginning - - of motion from the train la mathemat ically called a consecutive state and is sucb an lm|>ortnnt element of bnman knowledge that the blgheat branch of matbematica, the differential calculus, only is able to completely explore Its wonderful properties." KAFFIR "BOY" SERVANTS. They Baths and Oil Themselves and Then Oen Filthy Clothes. Most of the "domestic" work in South Africa is done by the Kafflre, who aro called "boys," no matter what ithelr age may be. Wbeu the Kofilr boys come from tbe kraals no one ever uses their native names. As upon as they are brought into contact with tbe whitea they take a "white" name. Thla produces re sults not lacking In tbe elements of humor. Among tbe bouse boys "Knife," "Kork" nnd "Spoon" are common names. "Tablp," "Chair," "Carriage," "Watch" and "Matchbox" are others more infrequently used. There is of record one boy who took the utilita rian name of "Ham and Egga." Tiie Kaffirs are very fond of rice whrfn they learn to eat It among tbe whites, and one stable boy thought be hail found the finest name In tbe world In "Itlce." In some rroqiects the Kaffir* are tbe cleanest people In the world. They are forever scrubbing themselves In hot water and aimlntlng themselves with oil afterward. But tbe habit does not extend to their clothe*. Tbey will take an elaborate bath and then don .' clothes that never saw tbe Washington Htnr. Old Book Advertisement. Tho advertising of children's book* does not seem to have advanced In ta geuulty since the time of old John Kewliery. Ilere is a specimen of his art from tlic Morning Chronicle la De cemlwr. 17U7: "Thla day was published 'Nurse Truelove's New Year's Gift, or the Book of Booka For Children.' j adorned with cuts and designed aa a present for every little boy who would become a great man and ride upon a fine horse and to every little girl who would become a great woman and rids In a lord mayor's gilt coacb. Printed for tbe author, who has ordered these books to be given gratia to all little t boys and glrla at tbe Bible and Snn In It Paul's churchyard, tbey paying for the binding, which la only twopence i each book."—bondon Chronicle. \_. w- I Strict About Ouns. I Any one who handles a gun in Ger many la held to more strict accounta ' biilty than In America. A member of ' a bunting party In Prnaalan Saxony asked permission of a comrade to ex -1 amine bis gun. The owner handed It 1 over, and while the man waa examin ing It the gun waa discharged, inatant ' ly killing a young woman standing ; near by. Tbe owner of tbe gun was sentenced to one year's Imprisonment, while tbe man who waa handling the gun bas to serve only a six months' 1 term. Tbe court held that tbe owner waa criminally negligent In not with drawing tbe cartridge. Tbe man who held the w««poQ waa treated mot* 1 leniently because be waa an Inexperi enced banter. Itch relieved in 20 minutes by Woodford's Banltary Lotion. Never falls. Bold by Graham Drag Co, - v v ■ ' ' " 1 Indigestion Dyspepsia •Kodol When your stomeeh cannot proper!* digest food, of ttself, It needs a little assistance —and this assistance is rea* lly supplied by Kodol. Kodol aaslts the stomach, by temporarily digesting all of tbe food in the stomach, so that thj stomach may rest and recuperate. Our Guarantee. /•s are not benefited—tbe druggist »m M MO* return roar money. Don't hesitate: a at trusstot will sen joa Kodol on these terms the doner bottle contains tines as araoi as «be Me bottle. Kodol le prepared »t the Eketeteriee el JL O. DeWltt * Co.. 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