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STRANGE SLEEPING PLACES.
Novel Position'' Assumed' by Some People
For a Xap. . .' ;".-'
Probably the strangest sleeping
place recorded was that, of a gentleman
whom a policeman found sleeping on
the top of the sharp spikes of an area
railing:' Before the, magistrate on the
- following ' morning he stated that he
was never more surprised in his life
when -he awoke to find himself where
he was. One of the spikes had entered
the sleeper's clothing without, how
ever,' disturbing his slumbers.
There are several authentic cases of
bicyclists sleeping while riding their
machines, and police constables on
duty have been known to fall asleep-
while. standing on the pavement with
out -support of any kind.. Recently a
inan engaged to pick apples was caught
indulging in a surreptitious nap astride
a branch, and it is quite a common
. practice of the men who bring garden
produce into London for the early
morning markets to fall asleep while
seated cn the shaf t3 of the cart, trust
ing to their horses in order to arrive,
safely at their destination.
A hotel servant once dozed off while
sitting outside cleaning the top row
of windows in a seven-story building.
But tliis feat was eclipsed by a steeple
jack, who found the distance , between
the top pf the church steeple on which
he was at work and the ground below
too far to go for his dinner, so he par
took, cf the meal up aloft, and then
lay down on the solitary plank, face
downward, with his arms hanging in
the air,, and fell asleep.
At Hackney a man slept nightly for
ten years inside a four-wheeled cab. A
fire in winter was, of course, out of the
question, ..but his comforts were few,
and a few sacks did dirty for bedclothes.
while for a pillow he used a piece of
board. '
Struck liv LixiJnlng 20O limes.
A very singular record is attached to
a deserted and ruined house at Dart-"
moor. England. It was built by a
wealthy landowner, with the intention
of making it his country residence;, but
before the building operations were
completed a heavy thunderstorm broke
over Dartmoor, and- the house, was
struck by lightning, the roof being dis
mantled. The damage was repaired
and the house quickly finished. . No
sooner did the. owner take, up his resi
dence in it than another violent storm
struck the house; and destroyed the
chimney-stack, doing, -besides, consid
erable damage. This made the owner
nervous, and he left the house. It was
toon shown that his fears were not
gToundless.for in nearly every thunder-
scorm that passed Gver the district the
Louse has been struck, and a fresh
portion of it destroyed. Altogether it
has been struc!: over 00 times.
Sound Advice to Sermon Maker.
Rousseau's advice for the. Composi
tion of a love letter no preacher should
follow in the composition of his ser
mon: "Begin without knowing, what
you are going to say, and ending with
out knowing what you have said." The
sermon which is made after the Rous
seau pattern will merit nothing better
than Cleopatrals sneer, "He words me,
girls, he words me."
No one i3 mere certain to be impress
ed with tiie limitations of language
than is the preacher.. "A hindrance to
thought, though the necessary instru
ment of it," as Herbert Spencer says.
The Salt Hnhlt.
A medical journal advises against
the excessive use of salt. It is first of
all a perversion of taste, the condi
ment destroying' the flavor of delicate
dishes if too pronounced. Furthermore,
it is asserted that 'an excessive use of
salt seriously overtaxes the kidneys to
remove it, and that many case3 of de
rangement and disease are due to this
excessive use. The salt habit, it is
added, is easily acquired, and persons
indulging theniselve?. tccn -rs.ch a
point where nothing is palatable that
is not stron-gly .'impregnated, with salt.
The.' lyi.'. ercriee." -
This is a baby -It is a g.il -bacy.
How sloppy i(2.iii3sl IIov ied its
eyes.. What-.-. horrid contc; fuzz it-
makea with its Tata. ' Sea howafasely"
it kicks. How The a demon it y ails I'?
Yet in a few short years s.omejnan
will half craved with 'wild suspense, -worshipping
the., very air this being '
breathes, devoutly kneeling at her feet .
and frantically t egging for one word,
one pressure cf the hasd'evan a look,
which will glveTJaim hope; .
Bean the 'f f ind YflUaVB AlY.'aVS Boilgjlt
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USES FORWOOD PULP
THE MODERN WAY OF CONVERTING
TREES INTO USEFUL ARTICLES.
The Material Cost About One-Half the
Price of the Genuine Article IVlegrapU
and Telephone role ami Hr'.ck $oue
of the a liinjii ' ATanufacturcd.
It is wonderful ho extensively paper
is taking the pl.-.ce of such substances
as weed, brick and iron in vari:;r. me
chanical trades. Fc r'lcslJinee, hoards
of all sizes and shaiea i are now manu
factured out of wco'i' pulp.very faithful
ly to resemble the k a:n and test.v.e of
every kind of wood. , The material costs
about one-half the :-ice cf the genuine
article, and is used y carnenters. cabi
net-makers, picti;: e :nme makers and
boat builders for panelling, wainscoting
and decorative wov't generally where
lightness and dai aliiitv are required.
Two excellent q-iriilties that the paper
boarda possess are that they are not
subject to warping nrd dry ret. There
are no bad knots to mar the appearance
of the surface, auti as the materi.U is
smooth and cots ret require planing,
and can be -e.-.s'-y . i t with a fine siw.
there -seams '.eve v reason to be
lieve that ic will in time be used even
moie than it is.
Telegraph, and telephone poles, flag-.
staffs L1 spars for small sailing ves
sels arc the luteal development in the
line of manufacture from paper. They
are made of pili in which a small
amount of borax, tallow, and other in
gredients are mixed, these are cast
in a mould in the form of a hollow rod
of the desired difir-eter and length.
The poles and sp:.: s are claimed to, be
lighter and stronger than wood. They
do not crack cr ci' .lt, and it is said that
when they are varnished" or painted
the weather does not affect them. Be
sides possessing these advantages, the
paper-made article can be made fire
proof by saturating it in a strong" solu
tion of alum water. When thoroughly
dry the ; pane" poles and spars thus
treated will lesist the action of flames.,
The mantfactuje or" enamelled paper
bricks, which .commenced in 1896, ha3
now become a definite industry, as
the material has been used for building
purposes! a.H over the United Stnte3
with very satisfactory results.
The production of these bricks on
the hollow principle is a marked fea
ture in their form, the object being
practically the same as that sought in
the making of hollow forged steel
shafting. Net only is a defective center
removed, but it is possible to put a
mandrel into the hollow, and, by ap
plying pressure the wail3 are operated
upon from both inside and outside.
When a ' solid body is heated the tem
perature of he interior always varies
from that cf the outer portion, at .first
often resulting in the expansion of one
or the other that causes the defects. It
is for these reasons that the plan of
forming the bricks upon the hollow
principle and plugging them after
ward is; of advantage. Sawdust is
found to be a good filler fpr this pur
pose. It is first fireproofed, as is also
the paper pulp used in the bricks, and
then it i3 mixed with cement and press
ed into the hollow of the bricks and
smoothed and Enamelled over.
lh.U SEVERAL TRUSTWORTHY
Eksoxs in this stat. to manage
our business jn their own and nearby
counties. It is mainly olrn ework con
ducted at home. Salary straight 900
a year "and expenses - definite bonafide
no more, no less salary. Mon hly $75.
Kef-rences. h.nclose self addressed
stamped envelope, Heibt-rt K. He-s,
Prevt., Dept M. Chicago.
The Other Man's Move.
Dr. Zukertort, the celebrated chess
player; was walking in the street one
dayfwken an jdea struck him with re
gard to a certain chess opening, and
he began carefully to think it out with
a view to playing it in his, next game
with the equally well known player,
Mr. Steinitz. Lost in thought, he stood
at the corner of a street for a long time,
until a policeman, suspecting him, went
n and told him to move on.
"Beg pardon," replied the little doc
tor, absently, without looking up, "It's
your move!"
A Superstition Man.
An American millionaire whp has a
palace at Venice is more superstitious
than his countrymen usually are. On
Thanksgiving Day he invited a party
of friends, including a Roman prince,
one of the Queen of Italy's maids of
honor, and various sprigs of the Italian
aristocracy. The Roman prince, how
everfailed him at the last moment,
and the host refused to sit down to
dinner on finding that the company
consisted of thirteen persons. He made
various fruitless attempts to secure an
other guest, and at last, in despair, he
announced that he intended to follow
the customs of the Arabs, who always
wait upon their guests, and eat their
own dinners by themselves afterward."
The meal proved a great success.
Aluminum Musical Instruments.
A new use for aluminum is reported
from France, where attempts to con
struct violins, bass-fiddles and other
string instruments of this metal have
been entirely successful. It is stated
that these instruments produce a rich
er sound than those manufactured of
wood, and that this is especially the
case with higher notes.
Why allow yourself to 1- ! wiy tor
tured ;t the stake of dU'-ase ? Chill
and Fever will under:r.M:t;T mvi eventu-
a'lv brt-ak down the ir T.iri-st consti-
tnti u "Tl-RRI C1UKA' (Sweet Chill
Tonic, of Iron) is more effective than
Ouinin- a id bei;i:ir combined with Iron
is an ex-celltnt Tonic and N't rvine Mec!
icine. It is plensant to take, is sold
under positive guarantee to cure or
money refunded. Accept no substi
tutes. The "just as good" kind don't
TURKISH PEASANT .WISDOM
Curious Proverbs Tlmt Embody Bloham- '
me dan Pliilosophy. . -. ?
The Turkish peasants in their orn
country have plenty of homely wit
Thus they say: - ,
"For the team cx there is no knife," "
meaning that the poor, hard-working
peasant is too poor tj be pBrsactcd.
The prcfoiinu ai.d subm:s3ivs piety
of the Tuik f,hows in such giylngs as
It nay .be six or is. may be seven, but
it will be what nun ber Allah ordains,"
and aain, "When Allih gives he doth
not ask whose son thou ai t." Of a like
character -is the say .ng, "The head that
bend3 is never cut off."
Of course the peer, beaten donkey is
the hero of a whole list of proverbs.
"The donkey is little," it is said, "yet
he lead3 camels." "They invited the
donkey to a wedding," says another
mayim, "and he said, 'Is it wood or
water than is wanted.' "
Cf religious pi ovcrbs Koranic litera
ture is as full as Christian. "Do what is
kind and good," says one, "and cast
it into the sea; if the fish do not recog
nize it the Creator will."
Worldly prudence, however, inspires
such maxims as these: "The wound by
the hand heals; the wound by the
tongue is incurable;" "Out of the tripe
seller's caldron ccmeth no silk bro
cade;" "Don't always expect the pep
pery part of the stew;" "They who han
dle money will lick their fingers"
which is more true of Turkey than of
other places, probably. : "The father
gave a vineyard to the son, but the son
never gave a bunch of grapes to the
father," is a sermon of ingratitude.
Short, pithy proverbs are: "A . man
should only listen with one cf his ears,"
and" "there is no friend to a man like
his mother." - .
The Coy Coyote.
"Speaking about smart animals,'' said
the real estate mar., "I want to go on
record as saying that there is ncf ani
mal that can hold a candle to the coyote
for smoothness. When I first went out
to western Kansas 1 had an ambition
to kill enough coyotes to make a lap
robe to send back to my friends in the
east. I tramped all over that country
with a gun, but I never could get nearer
than within a mile of a cojrote. I used
to drive out in my buggy and hide the
gun under the seat, but it didn't make
any difference. Not a coyote ever got
near enough so that he could have been
reached with anything short cf a long
range cannon. . i
"One day I started out in a hurry
and forgot my gun. I hadn't gone a
mile from town before I ran onto a"
group of four coyotes. The critters
didnt even take the trouble to lope off
out of sight. They just walked off
two or three rods from the road and
sat down, and looked at me and yawn
ed. It made me hot to see their in
fernal impudence, and I made a dive
as if I" were going to get the gun cut
from under the seat. I thought sure I
would scare them away. Well, maybe
they wouldn't believe it, but those cuss
ed coyotes never moved. They just
sat. up there and actually grinned.
They said just as plain aa if they had
used the words: 'Oh, you needn't try
to run any bluff on us! We are strictly
onto our job.' How they knew I hadn't
the gun I don't know, but I have had
great respect for the sense of a coyote
ever since."
THE SNEEZING SEASON.
Some Valuable Uints For Warding Off
a Cold. -
A cold, as nearly every intelligent
person knows, is the result of a stop
page somewhere of free circulation of
blood, to which one is first sensitive
through a feeling of chill.
So slight is the chill oftentimes that
not until the preliminary sneeze comes'
is the victim aware he or she has been
in the track of a draught, or that the
temperature has changed.
The usual notion is that by going in
doors, changing to heavier clothing or
retreating from the moist atmosphere
the danger is averted. These precau
tions are all well enough, but the first
and most efficacious measure should be
to restore the quick flow of warmjjlood
through every vein, and so by heat In
stantly counteract the little chill.
One, perhaps the simplest method of
doing this,- has been learned by men
who stand on sentinel duty, who .are
obliged to suffer more or less exposure
in winter, or whoj scorn the comforts
of cold weather, of overcoat and um
brella. I . .
Ti eir 2 method when the temperature
of the body or extremities is lowered,
cr a sudden chill or quick change from
warm to cold atmosphere -is endured,
is to inhale three or four deep breaths,
expand the lungs to their fullest extent,
holding every time the inhaled air as
long as possible and then slowly letting
it forth through the nostrils.
In doing this the inflation of the
lung3 sets the heart into such quick
motion that the blood is driven with
unusual force along its channels and
so runs out into the tiniest veins.
This radiates a glow down to the
tcez ard finger tips and sets up a quick
reactifen against the chill. The whole
effect is to stir the blood and set it in
motion as from rapid exercise.
No Objectionable literature In Russia.
In Russia .many scientific and mis
cellaneous bocks are not allowed to be
sold, simply cn account of a few ob
jectionable lines. But if any one needs
the book he can send a letter, with a
certain fixed sum of money, and get
special pernr'ssicn to order a copy.
"In a minute" one doe of Hart's
Esskncg of Ginger will relk-ve any-
ordinary case of Colic, Cramps or
Nausea. - An unexcelled remedy- for
Diarrboea, Cholera Morbus, Summer
complaints-and all internal pains. Sold
SPONGE FISHING.
THE WAY THEY ARE SIGHTED ANt
BROUGHT TO THE SURFACE.
ome Curlou'. Facta About the Marin
I roduct Which. Are" Not. Generll.
Known They Ar Found in All the
''.a or the Werl
The sponges of- commerce and th
dried specimen of other species are
nt.t I he actual aji!mals, but merely
their Ek'eietcns, or t framework. That
which constitutes their vital parts 13
remov'ed in prepaxit.g them for market.'-
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Sponges do not Lave, the power of
motion possessed by most ; animals;
they are nearly always attached to sub-'
merged objects.- Sixce it is impossible
for them to go in search of food, they
can grow only in" places where there is
plenty of food surti as they require.
They are more ictivevin fresh' than
in still water, and die in a shOrt time
if exposed to the air. The surface of a
living sponge is covered with min-ate
pores, through which water 13 imbibed,
carrying with it tafch the air and the
organic particie3 necessary for the
support of .life.
Sponges are distributed through all
seas, and are classified, chiefly, 1 ac
cording to the structure of the skeleton.
The Mediterranean "and Red Seas -are
the sponging-grcunds of the lOld
World; the grounds of the New World
are the Bahamas, Southern and West-
Indies. .
The best sponge of commerce is
found in the . Mediterranean, and' is
known as Turkey, or Smyrna, sponge.
It is obtained by divers, who go clad in
armor when diving.
Sponges are usually obtained by
fishing for them. When a sponge yes-
sel arrives at the fishing grounds in
the Bahamas, .it ia anchored, and then
crew immediately get ready for work.
The sponge fisher's outfit consists of a
small boat called ' a "dingey," a long
hook and a water-glass. .The sponge
hook 13 a three-pronged" iron fork at
tached to the end of a very long pole;
the water-glass Is simply a wooden
water bucket with a bottom of com
mon window glass. - I
To use it, the glass bottom is thrust
into the water, the fisherman puts the
bail around his neck and then buries
his head deep in the bucket to exclude
the light. There are always two men
to each dingey; one to act as "sculler'
and the other as "hooker." While the
sculler propels the dingey along very
slowly, the hooker, in a kneeling posi
tion, keeps is head in the water. When
"a gobd sponge Is 'sighted, the hooker
gives a signal and the dingey stops.
Together the sculler and hooker
thrust the sponge-hook down through
the water and run it under the sponge;
the roots are thus pulled loose from
the rocks, and soon the game is in the
dingey. Thus the work" gees on until
a boatload is obtained, and then they
are taken ashore and placed In crawls
to be cured. The crawls are built by
sticking pieces of brush or stakes into
the - sand just out of the water, or
where it is very shallow.
Detection of the Rogoei.
The executors of the law in Europe
have been swift to seize upon discover-
ies in science to help them to run down
criminals, A curious use was recently
made of the microscope in Prussia. A
barrel of specie sent from the frontier
to Berlin was robbed and filled with
sand. This was supposed to have been
done on the way to Berlin. The eminent
chemist, Prof. Ehvenbargh, obtained
samples of all the sand near the sta
tions through which the barrel passed,
and, by means of the blowpipe and mi
croscope, found sand of the station at
which it had been emptied and filled.
The thief was afterward discovered and
arrested.
In France noted rogues are not only
photographed but weighed and meas
ured carefully, and forced to speak and
sing into a phonographic instrument
before their discharge from prison.
that they may be identified afterward
in attempted crime.
It has also been noted for the Identi
fication of criminals that one part of
the human body which is never dupli-
cated in man or woman is the markings
on the skin of the thumb. ; The face
and figure may be altered at will, but
the lines on the thumb never! For
the detection of criminals an impres
sion of the thumb is stamped upon pa
per.
Altogether Too Common.
A Kansas boy writes home from
Manila: "There are many queer cus
toms to be seen herer The native wo
men do not hold up their skirts when
crossing the streets. They have no
skirts to hold up. But that isn't the
stranze custom. The men do not
look." - '
How DynUs Settle Disputes.
When the Dyaks.of Borneo have to
decide which of two parties is in the
right, they have two lumps of salt of
equal size given them to drop into wa
ter, and he whose lump first dissolves is
deemed to be in the wrong.
French Searchlights.
Acetylene is ; used in a new French
naval searchlight, which is designed to
have the generating apparatus mount
?d below the flees witn a pipe run
aing up by ...be ?!!; .! to the burner.
I)itr--lKg toumcii liT.
Permanently .cured by. the masterly
powers of South American Nervine
Tonic. Invalids need suff-rno longer
biause this srreat remeov can cwr
th -tn a'l. It is a cire for tin- whole
Wvsr!d"of stomach weakness and indi
eesiion. The cur.- begins with the first
dose. The relief it' brings - is marvel
lous an'1 surprising. t makes no fail-
tire; never, ois.ippomts. .no matter
how long ybtj.have sutTt re!,- your cure I aperient!?, without any of the woody and .observers, with delicate instru
is certain jrtder the use of thiv great or fibrous material whatever, is the ments. have affirmed that it was not
health glfmg force
Pleasant and aU
wavs safe. ;
S'olcT by E. F. Nad-'
Dru'r'HSt,'
THE VALIANT MAHDISTS.
Fanatical Bravery of the Denrbb.es as
Displayed at Ozndnrnianj, '
The fanatical bravery of ; the Der
vishes in tee face cf hopeless odds was
a dramatic feature cf the historic bat
tle of Omdurman. Again and again
the. Bervish hordes hurled themselves
against the British line. Following
the Dei ti&a custom, they would ad
vance, take up a position, plant their
standard and, rallying around it, shout
defiantly. Where they planted the
standard they stood ready to die.
In the forefront of the Khalifa's bat
tle line was a body of ti3 troops sur1
rounding the Khalifa's standard. The
valiant Mahdists, foot and horse, surg
ed forward around this black banner
of the Khalifa" and gathered an im
petus which, if if had not been for the
opportune arrival of the Lfncclns in
support, would have carried thein on
to the.bayonet3 of the Eritish van
guard. .
As it was, although decimated at
every yard by the continuous stream
of lead from front and fiank, they fal
tered on till only a mere handful of
dismounted men remained to plant the
black banner in the sand and die
around it. It may bs sad that lound
this banner Mahdism died. , -
Within a few moments the dead
bodies of the Dervishes were heaped
up around the now tern and battered
flag. Finally not more than three of
its intrepid defenders were left,! and
they linked arms that they. might d'e
together fighting. Two of the three
were shot, whereupon the one survi
vor, flourishing his spear, advanced
against a thousand rifles,. It was an
inspiring spectacle. To the credit of
the British officers be it aard they for
bade any one to fire upon the solitary
warrior.
A great body of white clad footmen.
screaming hoarsely the name of Allah
and brandishing huge spears, ran at
full speed across the open ground for
no other purpose apparently than to
die with their leader. Rifle and Maxim
fire and shell from field guns swept
through the mass and mowed them
down, and net one man out of ten
reached Yakub's standard. There they
stood with the few surviving horse
men still shouting fierce defiance until
not one man was left standing. So far
from asking quarter they simply hug
ged death.
Diseases of ills EJooil cncl I7crvrc.
!No one need suffer tvith ncurdyli. This'
disease is quickly and perrnaseiiV-y ..cmv.d
r.y Browns' Iron Bitters. Every ;Tl3".sft of
the blood, nerves an-l .jtotnacVchrniie
.-r omerwise, succuraus to lirowos' li a
l;Uer3. Known and iis'hi fjr ivvviv u
inarter of a century, it stands to- ft.-.-nost
anions our most va; r ;"
Browns' Iron Bitters is sola L ,.,-.-
Spiders Help Mnkc Ralloons.
In the professional school at Chalis-
Meudon, the. spiders have now to spin
for the benefit of the balloons, which
are used for scientific and military re
searches. The spiders are grouped in
dozens before a reel, which withdraws
the delicate threads. One spider can
give a thread from 20 to 40 yards
In length, after which performance it is
released. The threads are of a pink
ish hue, and are washed to remove the
sticky surface layer. Eight threads
have to be combined. The resulting
texture is much lighter than ordinary
silk of the same bulk, and strong cords
for military balloons' can no doubt be
obtained in this way.
Settled an Old Grndse.
An old man-of-war's man took a seat
in a passenger car one day, attracting
considerable attention by his dress and
manner. An indiscreet neighbor ven
tured the question, "In the navy.
eh?" .
The sailor nodded affirmatively.
"Well," went on the other man, "I
am not exactly in the navy myself;. I
am a contractor that is, I furnish
cheese to the navy." I
"Oh, you are, are ye?" said the sailor.
'You are just the chap I've been look
ing forv" and accordingly he knocked
the aspirant for naval honors over the
car seat, and added . as he' looked
around, "now show me the son-of-a-gun
that furnishes the butter."
Flesh Food and Vegetarianism.
Some one has estimated that twenty-
two acres of land is needed to sustain a
man on flesh.while that amount of land
: sown with wheat will feed forty-two
persons; sowed to oats, eighty -eight;
to potatoes Indian corn or rice, 176
persons, and planted with the bread
fruit tree over 6,000 people would be
fed.
Might Mention the Fact.
"Suppose I should call you any hard
names, asued the literary cnap from
the East, who was down in' Mexico,,
studying human nature, "what would
you do?" :"
"Oh, kinder mention the fact to the
coroner the first time I met him," care
lessly replied the gringo.
Keeps Pencil in Poctrt.
Pencils can be securely held' in an
ordinary pocket by a handy new de
vice formed of a wire clip to grip the
edge of the flap at one side, with a
loop to receive' the pencil.
A Danish School Rc.aI;ition.
Pupils in the public schools cf Copen
hagen are requiitd to take three baths
a week in the public school bnilding,
and while they are bathing their clothes
are sterilized in a steam oven. The
Danes object to the regulation cn the
ground that it makes the children dis
contented with their Lome surround
ings. New York Tribune.
Ayer's Pills, being composed of the
essential vi: tut s of the -best vegetable
reason why they are so much more,
effective and valuable than snv ether
.COST OF ELEPHANTS
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Mcch Used in the Siamese Malay States
. . as Deasts of Dnrdeu.
It isi somewhat interesting to com
pare the Weights carried by elephants
in the tin-producing districts of the
Malay peninsula with those used in
the long journeys and mountainous
country of the Lao states. In the pe
ninsula the distances are seldom more
than at most three or four days
.march, and the elephant is expected to
carry as much a3 S30 to 1,000 pounds,
besides his raakcu. and howda. The
latter Is often a mers brace of panniers,
slung toii Her so ' as jto rest one on
each side c: the backbone, and covered
sometimes with a light barrel roof of
bark: A good tusker which will car
ry pfiii pounds will fetch about. 56,
and the female wliich can bear 800
rovrus is. worth about 45. In the
L?.c states, where journeys of ten days
or tliiee weeks are frequent, the aver
age weight hardly exceeds 3C0 pounds',
"or cne-third of what is usual in the
peninsula. The prices in various parts
of the -country vary considerably.
When we were cn the Me Kawng and
in the Muf.i3 Naa in 1893, a good
tuiv-.er could ie- h? d for 32 and a fe
male fcr 21; at Chieng Mai,-where
good teak-hauling elephants are in
great demand, a tusker may fetch
150, and a female anything from 50
to 100, according to her strength and
ability. ' : ,
In the Siamese Malay states there
are probably about 1,000 domesticated
elephants, all told, and in the Lao
country probably over 2,500 animals
are working at the present moment.
That these animals breed in captivity
in Siam is due to the fact that a large
number of them spend the greater part
of their time holiday making in the
jungle. When there is no work for
the beast, the mahout takes him out
to a nice, cool, green bit of forest and
leave's him there to enjoy himself.
Thsre is no expense connected wlth-his
upkeep, for he looks after himself. He
has ahobble of rattan round his feet
to dis-sT r.da him from wandering too
far, and a wooden 'bell round his neck,
by the tone of which the mahout or his.
little boy can always find him, when
they go out once a month to look him:
up and give him some bananas.
Horses Have II amor.
HorseJ may have no souls, but they
have humor, whjch for the practical
purposes of the world is sometimes
quite good, and let no one doubt they
enjoy it. Somet Ime ago a fine horse
that had been sold to a second-hand
furniture man was coming down the
street with a load when the signal
gong rang in the engine-house it just
happened to pass.. The old horse had
been going at the pace of a nag that
works by the day. But there' was a
change.- The driver picked himself up
to see his steed disappearing around
the corner at a breakneck speed, with
bureau drawers and chairs flying out
behind and littering the street. Away
it went, like a. meteor, ahead of the
flying fire brigade, to the fire, picked
out a hydrant and" backe'd what was
left of the wagon up against it. Only
then did it stop. But if any doubter
could have seen the grin on the horse's
facfe .as it eyed the driver who came
panting up to claim it, he would have
doubted no longer.
Every Citizen Postmaster.
The. people of St. Kilda never have
anjf trouble with their post office de
partment. Every man is his own post
master and letter carrier.
He makes his own mail boat, which
is a sheep's bladder fastened to a tiny,
roughly hewn boat, with a cavity for
the can containing the . Letter and a
DISPATCHING THE MAIL.
small coin. The document is thrown
Into the sea,and, according to the wind,
comes up near the coast of the He
bridge or Norway. Here the rudely
carved "Please open" Is obeyed and
the letter properly mailed. Four out
of six letters reach their destinations
in-this curious manner.
Itarest Bird. '
To find the rarest bird in existence
you must go to the mountains between
Annam and Loas, where there is a cer
tain kind of pheasant. For many years
its existence was known only by the
fact that it3 longest and most splendid
plume was in much request by manda
rins for their headgear. A single skin
is worth $400, and the bird living would
be priceless, for it scon dies In captiv
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Kneed of Electricity.
The speed cf electricity is so. great
that Its passage from point to point
along a cenducting wire may be re-
carded as nrarticallv instantaneous.
I v , oua, att emDt s have been made to
measure the rate at which it travels.
less than 114,000 milea per second, and
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Cruel Knife!
- It is absolutely useless to expect a
Buxgical operation to core cancer, or
any other blood disease. The cruelty
of such treatment is illustrated in the
alarming number of deaths Vfhich re-,
suit from it. The disease - is in the
blood,, and henco can not bo cut out.
Nine times out cf ten the Eurgeon'8
knife only hastens death.
.My son bad a most malignant Cancer, fot
Which the doctors sail an operation -waa the
only hope. The oper
ation was a severe
one, as It was cecrs
Bary to cut down to
the jawbone and
scrape It. Before a
great while the Can
cer returned, and be
gan to grow rapidly,
we pave him many
remedies without re
lief, and finally,
apn the advice of a
friend, decided to
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ry cs. o. o. ifwnis v-J
the second bottle he
began to improve. After twenty bottles had
been taken, the Careor disappeared entirely,
and he was cured. The cure was a permanent c
one. for held now seventeen years old, and has
never had a sign of the dreadful disease to re
turn. J. N. MtlKDOCH,
79 Enodcns St., Dallas, Texas.
Absolutely the only hope for Cancer
is Swift's Specific, ; r ;
as it is the only remedy which goes
to the very bottom of the blood and
forces out every trace of the disease.
S. S. S. is guaranteed purely vegetable,
and contains no potash, mercury, or -other
mineral.
Books on Cancer w ill be mailed free
to any address by the Swift Specific
Co., Atlanta, Ga.
DO CROWS
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Canning Birds That Seem to Have Means
of. Communication,
Ttiere is tsome reasonfor calling an ...
owl the bird of wisdom; and yet, there
is cause for wondering if the crow is
not mentally his superior. Crows are'
not disheartened by the gloom of late
autumm If thefosr is, too dense to.
fly through it, They rise above it or
trot about the ground, discussing the
situation with their fellows. Is thia
speaking too' positively? I have long
been familiar with an observing man
who has lived all hi3 days within sight
and hearing of crows. He claims to
understand their language, and can re
peat the "words" thut make up their
vocabulary. Certainly crows seem to
talk; but do thy? Does a certain,
sound made by thvni have always the
one- significance? Year after year, I
have listened and watched, watch and
listened, and wondered if my friend
was right. He believed it, I believed it
almost. Are there limitations to orni
thological interpretations? And is this
an instance where truth is. unattain
able? We know that crews are cunning
and by their mother wit have with
stood the persecutions of mankind; we
know that they ha e a wide range of
utterances, and no one is put forth
merely to gratify he ear, as in the
case of a thi .sh's song; yet jve hesitate
to say plainly that crow talketh unto
crow and that they tke counsel togeth
er.There is no physical or metaphysical
reason why this should not be the case;
there is abundant evidence pointing
in that direction, but no actual demon
stration sastisfying every cne, . has
taken place. Were we less theory
ridden and more observant, the ques
tion would have been settled before
this. In such a case, the opinion of the
farmer is worth more -than that of
the professional ornithologist.
Ilailroad Cars.
An ordinary passenger car cn a
steam railroad costs from $4,000 to $5,
000 and weighs 2S,000 pounds, or 1$
tons. A mail car, which costs from $2,
000 to J2.500 and ia shorter by about
one-quarter than the ordinary coach,
weighs 32,000 pounds, or 16 tons. A
baggape car, without the baggage in
it, weighs S,000 pounds, or 14 tons,
and cost3 about as mu-h an a mail car.
A sleeping tar, with observatory at
tachment, literary am ex and culinary'
department, costs any ..here from $10.
000 to $12,0001 The average weight of
a sleeping car is from 20 to 22 tons.
A full train in motion, as a little
figuring will show, is no light affair.
The ordinary weight of the railroad
locomotive for passenger service, in
clusive of tender, but not of fuel in the
tender, is 40 tcn3. One baggage car
weighs 14 tonsl and one mail car 16
tons, bringing up the weights of the
locomotive and the baggage and mail
cars to 70 tons., Sin passenger cars at
an overage of 19 tons, weight of bag
gage, cf fuel carried, weight of a train
made up of u locomotive and eight cars
would be 1S4 tens, or 268,000 'pounds,
exclusive of the passengers and mail
matter. ' '
Bury the Dead In the House. -
In certain parts of Africa'' it is con
sidered a-mark cf disrespect to bury
out-of-dcers z-t all. Only slaves are
treated in shch unceremonious fashion.
The hencreij! dead are buried under the
floor of the house.
taii-.t Clofi!..i Policy.
Spain ia s-viii C A 0,000 amontn
by doing ncti.iag fcr v
ver,: a novel way to -Louis
Globe-iVa;Ax;-.
CV. 15 13, BOW-
a colony. St
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Distres- :ng Kidney a id Bladder dis
ease relie ve.' in' six hoursby "New
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Ct RE." It .isa great surprise on ac
count of it exceeding promptness in
rchVvHg pai ; in bladder, kidney and
back, in ro.il or femal. Relieves re
tention of water almost immediately.
Iryoa want quick relief and cure this
!5 the remedy. . .....
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