VOL
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WARRENT()NN;.'CimiDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1906.
NO. 27.
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Z)r. EE. IST. W.mI tors.
Surgeon Dentist,
Warrenton, North Carolina.
Office opvs'te court house in Flemint;
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Dr. 3:lol3. S. Xootli,
Dontisti,
WariKtiton, N jrlh Carolina.
Office 1'hoinr "!).
Resilience I'lioue 5fr4
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Surgeon ID exit is t,
ivenders any services included in the
practice of Dentistry. Croivn mid
bridge work, porcelain inlay, anil cast
fillings according to th methods of
to .lav. Office 'Phono. 2.
27 dm Residence 551.
DR. CHARLES II. PEETE.
Office in Fleming Building.
)' 11 TO 12 A. M.
omcE houhs: to b p. m.
and by appointment.
Telephone Connection.
Dr. F. S. PACKARD,
Physician and Surgeon,
WARRENTON, - - N. C.
Office in Taylor Building, oppo
site The Record office.
Office hours 11 a. m. to 1 p. m.,
and 5 to 6 p. m.
Telephone Conn"ctions.
B. B. WILLIAMS,
Attorney - at - Law,
Warrenton, C.
M.J. Hawkins,
ttulgewuy, N. O.
T. W. lilCKTT,
Louisburg, N. (J.
HAWKINS & BiCKETT,
Attorneys at Law.
Dr. P. J.. M agon,
Physician & Surgeon,
Warrenton, North Carolina.
Calls promptly .attended to. Office
opposite court house.
II. G. Jkeen
II. A. Boyd.
GREEN & BOYD,
Attorneys at Law,
Warrenton, North Carolina.
T O. RODWELL,
Attorney and Counseiler at Law,
Warrenton, IT.- C.
AH business placed in lus hands will
receive prompt attention. Office over
Alleu & Fleming Co's. store.
S. O DANIEL,
Attorney at Law,
LITTLETON, N. C.
Practices in all the courts of the
State. Money to loan on real estate.
Reference Bank of Littleton.
PITTMAN & KERR,
' LAWYERS,
Warrenton, .' North Carolina.
CITWill attend to business.
Warrenton Railroad Co.
Warkenton, N. C, Jai:. 9, 1905.
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FOR CM EWERS.
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LOCAL ADS.
50 bushels Little Red Seed
Wheat, the kind that produces
most on our lands.
J. J. TAR WATER.
Several nice acclimated horses.
Must be sold.
J. J. TARWATER.
Lumber. I am prepared to
furnish, on short notice, the best
quality of pine lumber. It will
pay you to see me before you
buy. CD. TiIarrington,
Shocco, N. C.
Good paper discounted when
secured by real estate. Apply
to JOHN K. MYERS.
Warrenton, N. C.
Chase City Wagons,the best
wagons made for the money.
J. J. TARWATER.
ALL YE who want money come
to see me. B. G. Green, Atty.
Cotton and Cotton Seed
Weigher Wanted.
I wish to employ a competent
man to weigh cotton and cotton
seed. Address . in own hand
writing stating salary expected
for three months.
Post Office Box 17,
Macon, N. C.
Just received another lot of
those light running surries. The
kind you need. Prices are right.
J. J. TARWATER.
Executor's Notice.
Having- qualified as Executors
of D. M. Shearin, deceased, late of
Warren County, N. C, this is to noti
fy all persons having claims against
tiio estate of said, deceased to exhibit
the undersigned on or before the 10th.
dn y of August 1907, or this notice will
be plead in bar of their recovery. All
persons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate payment.
This the 6th. day of August 1900.
W. J. Shsakik, L. W. Shearin.
Executors.
Louisburg, N. C.
Pishes are always heavier when
weighed in their own scales.
; Well Worth Trying. ,
W. 11. Browu, tho popular pension,
attorney, of Pittsfleld, Vt , Pays:
"Next to n pension, thtf best thing to
get iH Dr. King's New Life Pills." He
writes: "They keep my family in
.spieddiil health." Quick cum for
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tfaw? u yog? s? a a
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T!i8 Kind Yoa Have Always Bought
Peers th8
ejgnaturs cf
CURED
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It's a fiiguiSoant fact the strongest
animal of its size, the gorilln, also has
the largest lungs. Powerful lnugs
means powerful creatures. How to
keep the breathing organs right should
be man's clue feet study. Like thus
auda of others, Mrs. Ora A. Stephens,
of Port Williams, O.. has learned how
to do this. She writes: "Three bottles
of Dr. King's New Discovery stopped
my cough of two venrs and cured me
of what my friends thought con sump
tiou. O. it's grand for throut and lung
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Thomas druggist.
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pains or Bwelliug in the stomach, b.tck
oi side, deep-seated kidny cr liver
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advice and circular free by writing to
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Rusting out is not resting.
Cured of Bright's Disease.
Geo. Av Sherman, Lihbon Rd Mills,
Lawrence Co , N. Y , writes: "I had
kidney disease for many years and had
been treated by physicians for twelve
years; had taken a well known kidney
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reeommeuded but got no rebel until I
began using Foley's Kidney Cure.
The first half bottle relieved me and,
four bottles have cured me of this
terrible disease. Bfore I began tak
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minutes, day and night, and passed a
brick dust substance, and sometimes a
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Successful"l)usiness men leave
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ine much pain and worry. I lost flesh
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was recommended aud the first bottle
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the second bottle I was entirely cured."
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o erenaoi ng
Felicia
By OTHO B. SENG A
Copyright, 10004 by-Huby Douglas
"Run : out,-' children; run out and
play," coaxed Felicia, "shooing" them
Along with the skirt of her pretty
Town.
"You come, too, Aunt Fillie," begged
Jimmie. "You' said" you'd play 'tim
buktu' today." . '
"I'm going to be - very - busy this
morning, Jimmie," evaded Felicia.
"Going to try . on'?'' cried Gladys
ecstatically. "Oh, do let me stay!"
"I'm not going to .'try on,' Gladys; it
Isn't the dressmaker who is -coming,"
Felicia smiled happily . - : "
ble opened wider and then narrowed
knowingly "You goin' to have p'tie'lar
comp'nyV" ho demanded.
Felleia's. joyous laugh rang out
sweetly. "Yes, Bobby, very particu
lar company." ,
"I'll bet anything It's Mr. Parker,"
grumbled Jimmie. "I don't, want to go
away if it Is." '
"Oh, let us stay!" cried Gladys, jump
ing up and down. "Mr. Parker'll want
to see us he always does. You know,
Aunt ' Fillie," argnmentatively, "ho
said the other day he was very fond
of children."
"Yes, I know," hurriedly, "he is
fond of children good children, obe
dient children"
"Then we'll thtay," agreed Donald
placidly.
"Of course," assented Gladys and
Jimmie, with one accord, seating them
selves on the steps with cheerful alac
rity. "Come on, Bob," Jimmie added pat
roaisingly. But the adorable one stood aloof,
regarding Felicia with gravely re
proachful eyes. "lias he got somepln'
p'tie'lar to say to you?" frigidly.
Felicia laughed and blushed rosily.
"I think so, Bobby," gently. "Now,
Jimmie," coaxlngly, "you are the oldest
you ought to set the others a good
example. Take them away and have
them play something. I want to talk
with Mr." Parker a little while, and
then perhaps we'll play."
Jimmie rose grandly. "I'm most
nine;" Importantly. "I'll boss the oth
ers. Come on, kids."
He stopped and turned to his pi'etty
aunt with masculine superiority. "But
if you're smart you won't keep Mr.
Parker shut up In that dark parlor
very long. I bet he druther play 'tlm
buktu.' Come on, Bob. "What you
standin' there for?" .
Felicia paused on the steps and looked
back apprehensively. - The "adorable
one stood in the path; his feet planted
wide apart, his hands thrust into the
pockets of the recently acquired
trousers and a faraway look upon his
beautiful face that somehow filled
Felicia's heart with foreboding. Had
she known Bobby better she might
have feared less or more! She ran
down the steps and laid a detaining
hand on Jimmle'a arm.
"Jimmie, dear," she whispered Im
pressively, "remember that Bobby Is
your guest, and you must do every
thing you can to make him happy."
"All right," gruffly, still with a sense
of being defrauded. "Come, Bobby."
"Go with the others, Bobby," coaxed
Felicia alluringly; "they will show you
their pets."
He brought his heaven turned eyes
down to her face.
"Some day," he breathed sweetly, "I
shall give you a Sarah Nade."
"So you shall, Bobby," gratefully,
"whenever you wish."
Bobby skipped away, and Felicia ran
singing up the steps.
"Isn't It sweet of him?" she thought.
"I never heard him sing,, except that
once at All Saints'. I don't wonder they
call him the adorable one! Such a
lively thought, to give me a serenade!"
"This is my dorg," Introduced Jim
mie proudly. "IBs name 13 Bunch o'
Brightness, but Ave call him Bunch for
every day. Get your cat. Gad. Glad's
cat is a blue ribboner!"
The big, fluffy Persian was brought
out for the admiration of the guest,
who regarded It with coldly critical
eyes.
"Where's Don's pot?"
"It'3 a parrot," explained Gladys.
"He's in the hon.ee in a cage. When
we got Fluff we had to shut the parrot
up, 'cause he wanted to pick Fluff's
eyes out."
"You orter hear the parrot talk!"
cried Jimmie, "He can say 'Now's the
time,' 'Go it. old boy,' and 'I'll bet on
you,' plain as I ' can," .
"Let's bring him out," tempted the
adorable one, "and look at all three
together and see which is the nicer
est" "Oh, we can't!" cried Gladys hastily.
"If they should fight, Aunt Fillie would
be most scart to death."
The back of the adorab.'s one is
turned squarely upon, the timorous
Gladys. "Girls," wltheringly, "are al
ways scart!"
. "J gue3s we'd better, Glad," said Jira-i
mie slowly. "She said do everything
we could to make Bobby happy."
. "We'll make everybody happy," an
swered Bobby serenely. "We'll give
her a Sarah Nude!"
"What's p.- Sarah Nade?"
"He rneis lemonade." "interposed
Gladys, anxious for reinstatement
"I'll help make it."
' "No, it's a Sarah Nade sluglng and
and bringing gifts. You make
p'cecsion and have your pets for gifts,
end .we'll-all sing.'! "
"Can't vfo dress up?" .The girl never
wanders fur frem hor wardrobe,
for Giiiidrsni ccfe, tr. Jl optat
"Niw!" in concert from the three
masculines.. .
"Oh, I mean play dress up," pleaded
Gladys. "I'll put on one of mamma's
dress skirts, and Jimmie can put on
papa's coat." s
"Has it got tails?" The possibilities
of. the proposal appeal to the adorable
one. '" ' -'
"I can find one with tails," eagerly
"two tails."
"All right. Can't you put a skirt on,
'Don? Then there'll be two ladies and
two gentlemens in the Sarah Nade."
. Don objected, but his minority vote
was not recorded, and twenty minutes
later the procession stole noiselessly
up the steps and opened the door into
the cojl, dark hall. - .
Don, bearing the bellicose parrot,
staggered patiently up "the front of his
mother's new tailored skirt; Gladys,
with Fluff's claws digging wildly -into
her bare arms, sw itched the train of a
pale blue foulard; Jimmie held his
hand over the quivering jaws of the
anxious Bunch and divided his atten
tion between the trailing silk draper-.
.Ies iS front :of JUni .and the? two- tails,
that dragged ""the ground at his rear.
The adorable one, walking somewhat
remotely, bore no indication . of ' any
participation in the proceedings.
Don pushed aside the portiere at the
parlor door.
"In a Sarah Nade," the manager had
explained before starting, "every one
sings the things he likes best. Just as
quick as we reach the curtains all be
gin!" Don was like the heroes at Balaklava
not his to question why. He poked
himself Into the dim, sweet smelling
room and opened his mouth in a dole
ful howl. Gladys pushed In close be
hind him, nhrilly yelling; Jimmie plant
ed both feet firmly on the blue foulard
and gruffly vociferated in an Imitation
bass.
Their entrance was evidently not
happily timed. An athletic young man
sprang to his feet with a smothered
exclamation, and Felicia was silent
from sheer consternation.
Don's next step, gasping "Where the
love in your eyes I could seo," was
inimical to renewals of any sort Be
ing born under Cancer, his movements
were usually sldewise and crablike,
and the clinging broadcloth skirt add
ed to his uncertainty of balance, ne
fell heavily, and his chubby foot and
legs- upset the shrieking Gladys and
bowled the valiant rag and bone
vender on top of his suffering sister.
Gladys in falling grasped despairingly
at the ' legs of the astounded Parker
and brought him to his knees on the
howling heap.
Toll escaped from Don's clutches
and Instituted a severe Investigation
of every log, arm or body within reach
of her vicious beak, clamoring Inces
santly. "Go it, old boy! Now's the
time! I'll bet on you!" Bunch o'
Brightness showed his fighting blood
in violent attacks on Poll and the
yowling Persian. i
- The man disentangled himself an
grily and turned to the now hysterical
girl. "I suppose you call this funny,
Miss Austin, but I must confess my
Idea of n joke fails to coincide with
yours."
He stepped grimly over the strug
gling mass, kicked Bunch not gently
and with apparent relish cuffed the
squeaking parrot.
"Glad tidings of great joy I bring,"
cang a seraphic voice as Parker strode
into the hall. The adorable one was
standing in his most admired Sunday
pose, his hands loosely clasped before
him and his beautiful face turned up
ward. He smiled beatifically Into Par
ker's face and completed hl3 carol.
"Did she like it?" with sweet solici
tude. "Did she like the Sarah Nade?"
"Bobby," sternly, "who put up this
Job and what is It for?"
"Me," proudly. "We wanted to Sa
rah Nade her."
From the parlor came a pitiful sob
and then a shrill, insistent, childish
voice, "Did he say, Aunt Fillie did he
say that p'tie'lar thing he came to
say?"
Farker went back.
"I didn't, Gladys, but I'm going to
now. I won't be driven olf so easily."
And, to the astonishment of the sere
naders, he took Aunt Fillie in his arms,
whispering swift, passionate words
that brought back the sweet flush to
her cheeks' and a tremulous, happy
smile to her lips.
Onions.
Onions arc an excellent cure for
sleeplessness. They act as a kind of
soporific if taken iu small quantities
before retiring. They will be found to
be more appetizing if finely chopped
up and laid between two thin wafers
or biscuits. Eaten In this way, they
are also easily digested. The reason
so, many people complain of onions
disagreeing with them is that they cat
too much of the homely vegetable.
Onions are not intended to be eaten
en masse. When they are taken raw
they should bo thoroughly masticated,
or, better still, the juice of the onion
should be pressed out and taken on
bread or as a sauce. Jn this form the
onion is splendid for liver complaints
end acts in consequence a3 a purifier
for a dark and muddy complexion.
Salssioii SoEietlzaes Cacgrlit at Sca.
The palmon is" one of the auadromous
fishes, of which the shad and sturgeon
are other examines, anadr-omons Eshcs
being those hat come from the sea and
ascend' fresh water streams to spawn
and return to the sea again after
spawning. It is not known of the shad
whether it remains in deep water In
the ocean not very far away from the
river whence it came or whether it goes
south, but it seems certain" that some
salmon at least spend their sea life not
far away from their rivers, for salmon
have been caught at sea in northern
waters off the New England coast on,
hooks baited for pod, haddpe and haU
Ibut,
"49 sa
Ilovr Plate Glass Is Made.
The cast plate glass of which mirrors,
shop windows and such things are
.made is prepared from the whitest
sand, broken plate glass, soda, a small
amount of manganese and . cobalt
oxides. The glass when perfectly
melted is poured upon an Iron table
of the size required, and the thickness
is regulated by a strip of iron placed
down each of the four, sides of the
table; Immediately after it is poured
out the molten substance Is flattene'd
iown by an iron roller, which lowers
the glass to the thickness of the strips
at the side3. It is then annealed or
tempered for several days, after which
it is ground perfectly level and polished
to transparent brilliancy. The first
plate glas3 was made in 1GSS at St.
Picardy, France, where the process
was found out by an accident, as so
many other important, methods in
manufacture have ' been discovered.
y,'h ere there were eyes to see the acci
dents and minds to apply them or the
lessons they taught to the' advance of
art or Industry, l r
The Irish Et:11 In Journalism.
Of a well known "reporter of a past
generation many . curiosities of style
are still repeated with zest by Dublin
Journalists. It was- thl3 man who ex
plained, describing a case of drown
ing off Dalkey, "The body was washed
ashore by a receding wave." Of xi fu
gitive from Justice he wrote: "The
burglar was surrounded on all sides by
the police. Escape was impossible.
Suddenly he made his way down a
cul-de-sac and disappeared through a
side street." The most popular story
of this Impressionist . writer, however,
relates to Mr. Gladstone. On the
Grand Old Man's one and only visit to
Dublin he was interviewed by the ec
centric press man. Mr. Gladstone, at
the conclusion of a somewhat amusing
array of questions, very-courteously
expressed his pleasure at meeting the
Interviewer." The latter, in a high state
of delight, said with enthusiasm, "The
pleasure is mutual, Mr. Gladstone, but
is all on my side." London Tribune.
The Oldest Sense of Humor,
The oldest idea of humor 13 surprise
This the child exhibits (for that which
is oldest we shall find In the youngest)
when it hide3 and cries "Boo!" both
surprising and frightening Its senior, be
tills senior father, mother, brother, sis
ter or friend. One may find this primal
sense of humor distributed through the
modern short story. Frequently the
turn in the plot, if not in its develop
ment, h!nge3 upon this child humor of
surprise. Even some grownup folk
will pull a ehafr from under one, thus
showing themselves still children iu
their sense of fun. The verbal conceit
found in much of the verse In the
pages of modern comic papers Is of
this same class of humor and furnishes
conclusive evidence that a number of
men and women are at child's play in
literature. Poem3 which end contrary
to their foreshadowings are of this sort
New York Herald. '
A Curious Custom.
In certain parts of India In families
where there are several daughters the
youngest sisters may only marry after
the older sister Is married. Of CDurse
It frequently happens that no suitor
appears for the elder, in which case
she is got out of the way by a very
neat expedient. She is wedded to a
tree or a large flower, and then the
younger sister may marry. The elder
sister must be 'careful, however, to
choose a plum, apple or apricot tree,
from which she can get a divorce, for
if she married an elm, pine or poplar
these are sacred trees and must not be
trifled with.
His XVlg In Ilia Pooket.
Benjamin Franklin once wore his
wig in his pocket at the court of Ver
sailles. When ho was about to present
himself at. the court for the first time
ho was informed, that a wig was essen
tial. Franklin's head was so large that
no ordinary wig would begin to fit it.
However, one was found sufficiently
large to pas3 him through the ante
chambers, after which he was permit
ted to remove the ridiculous conven
tional appendage and place it in his
ample pocket. '
Hard to Flense.
Mr. Snagg3 was accosted on the street
the other day by a beggar who was
covered with a very remarkable mass
of patched and ragged garments and
who said:
"Mister, haven't you some old clothes
you could give a fellow?"
Suaggs surveyed the beggar from
head to foot and then asked:
"Are not the clothes you have on
old enough for you?"
pJcr!i!jntlLi3.
A thoughtful hostess gave a chil
dren's party and decided it would be
healthier to serve only mineral waters.
One little girl tasted of her carbonic
and laid the glass down.
"What's the matter, dear? Ton'tyou
like charged water?"
"No, ma'am. Please may 1 have
some water that you've paid for?"
Life. '
Worry Makea Disease.
A roan who keep3 worrying about
the state of hi3 liver will almost be
sure to have trouble with St eventually.
Indigestion can be brought on in the
same way and a long list of other ail
mentsA Physician in World's Yv'ork.
SIoe Superstitions.
Never place a pair of new shoes
higher than your head, says an old
superstition, or 'you'll have bad luclf
wearing them, and never black one
before putting the ether on for a simi
lar reasqu,
The secret of being tiresome Is in
telling everything. Voltaire. ,
RSak&s Kidneys and Bladder Right
NO CURE FOR THIS DISEASE
"Medical science has not yet pen-,
ctratcd the secret of spotted fever,"
said Dr. W. W. King, passed assist
ant surgeon in themblic health and
marine hospital service. '
Dr. King has just returned from
a several months' study of the dis
ease in the Bitter Root valley , of '
Montana.
"There are many baffling charac
teristics about spotted fever," said
lie: "In the first place, the disease
4 only known in a few valleys in the
Vest. It is exceedingly dangerous,
j&ut not even prevalent where it oc
curs. For instance, in the Bitter
Root valley there were ten cases this
year, with eight deaths.'
"A peculiarity of the disease is .
that it appears only oh the cast side
of the Bitter Root valley. People
on the west slope have never been
affected. ; '
-rf'Many theories have -been - ad--vahecd
regarding the transmission
of spotted fever, none of which has
been proved. For instance, some of .
the people 'maintain that the wood
tick spreads the disease in the same
manner as the mosquito does yel
low fever. Others believe that it is
caused by .drinking water contami
nated by the refuse of sawmills."
Washington Post.
The Big Locks at the Soo
Thc greatest attraction at Said t
Ste. Mario is the locks which raise
the vessels from the level of Lake
Huron to that-of Lake Superior.
Fifty years ago the first lock was
opened. It was a small affair com
pared with the present canals. On
the American side two locks are in
operation. ( The larger of these is
800 feet long, 100 feet wide, deep
enough to permit the passage of
vessels drawing twenty-one feet of
water and big enough to permit four
large vessels to pass through at once.
On the Canadian side there is also
a lock, greater in length, but of
lecs width, and of sufficient dimen
sions to allow three vessels to bo
raised or lowered at once. All the
shipping from the upper to the
lower lakes must go through these
three locks. The commerce passing
through these canals is by far the
greatest in the world. In 1904 the
Suez canal passed approximately
12,000,000 tons of shipping. In the
same year the canals at Sault Ste.
Marie carried 31,516,106 tons. Yet
all the business in the "Soo" must
be done in seven months, while the
Suez canal is in operation all the
year round. Four Track News. 1
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A Valuable Invention.
A poor man went about In Ne
braska looking for work. lie ob
tained a job in a village sawing
wood. The sawyer interested his
employer and finally confessed the
reason of his poverty.- He was an
inventor and had spent his sub
stance on a device to keep horses
off barbed wire fences. The idea
seemed promising to the Nebras
kan, and he finally paid $2,000 for
the right to sell the device in his
state. The sample was sent later.
It was a signboard to be hung on
the fence and read as follows:
NOTICE TO HORSES.
Dangerous Keep Away!
With the signboard came a pair of
spectacles for the use of nearsight
ed horses. '
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Scarcity of Hickory Wood.
Hickory, one of if not the 'most
valuable of our native woods, has
become so scarce that many substi
tutes have of necessity been found'
for it. The wonderful increase in
the demand for buggies and car
riages of tho finer class had much to
do with the virtual exhaustion of the
great American hickory forests.
England, Germany,' China, Aus
tralia, South Africa and the South
American countries made strong
requisitions on the American sup
ply. Years ago the supply of this
fine wood north of the Ohio river
had been exhausted. Despite sub-,
etitutes and changed conditions,
hickory remains one of the most
valuable of American woods. Bal
timore Herald. "!
Good Form ct Girls Colleges. ' -
The college girl is kept as rigidly
away from the opposite sex as
though she were to take the veil
instead of a degree. In college
girls who smile prettily, dress their
hair becomingly and try to be at
tractive are called "barmaid'." A
self assertive, sexless, knock-you-dovn-if-you-look-at-me
demeanor is
considered good form. From the
World and His Wife, London. ;
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Training a Donkey.
The donkey-Caruso hadon 'tho
London opera ?tage one, time re
cently in tho "Jongleur de Notre
Damo?.nts lent by a-nobleman for
the occasion. The owner fitted up
in the donkey's stablo a phonograph
with a Caruso record in order thai
tho donkey .might become accustom
ed to the music before making the
debut.
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