North Carolina Newspapers

ADVERTISING Your iiKuiev Itack.—Ju.licioua advertis ing is the kind that pay* back to y.»u th" money y.w «»ve*t. Space In this p»*> T m-uires yo"i jroaipt return* . . VOL. VII. - NO 30. My Ha Scraggly Do you like it? Then why "be contented with it? Have to be ? Oh, no! Just put on Ayer'a Hair Vigor and have long, thick hair; soft, even hair; beautiful hair, without a tingle gray line In It. Have a little pride. Keep young just at long at you ctn. "I am irt?Mvw T«tn old. ud until re cently my Imlr very iff*? Bat U» a few waaki Ayar'a Hair Vigor rNturtd tba nait .nl oolor to nay »»a»r no now tl»«ir« it nut a irraf hair to be imb " J W. 11 AM to M Bowlder Creek. Cal tea. JM Alee mantUketeeeee ef /I . 1/t » untruui f\uers ss,™™-. KSPOK r OPtItKCUKIIITIuK OF The Bank of Robersonville At Robersonville, N. C In tlio "state of Vortli Carolina, at the cl-i* 1 '»! business \|>ril b, 1906 RK.HOIIRCKS.- Loans anil discount* {>74,887.49 Overdraft* 1,809.10 Furniture and lix-tiires 3,4.16.50 Due froin kmks and bankers 9,6)5. 6j Cash it.'ins 2,868.15 #4 J,606.97 UAMUTIHS. Capital stock * — 1 fi .>,000.00 Surplus fund 3,750.00 Undivided profits 106.41 Time deposits 1,550.00 Depostta mibjerl to check 31,410.61 Cashier'* olietfks outstanding 7 5 9 95 $42,606.97 State of North Carolina I County of Maitin. I 1, J. C. Roliertson cashier of thealmve naineil hank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the l>e*t of my knowledge nml lielief. J. C. RoiikrTson, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 17th day of April, 1906. S. 1/. Ross, Notary Public. Correct—Attest: I. H. Roberson, Jr., A. S. Roliersnn Directors. You have tried the rest now try the Best . AT •/ CRYSTAL Shaving Parlor Dank Building, Smitliwlck St. W. T R HOOKS, Prop.; OUR MOTTO j» Sharp Tools HJI "tKim. >s ur IR» I* 1 *!. WE uiikiH MTCNTBB THAT P*V. lutvrt—• Ifcan tlmrmitftHy. M mu ■ •i.\|xnM, HIMI IH I|. )IIU |l Kiimta. N.4».i uvxj'4, |4w.u. «.r akt'irh for fR(c report I • ■it ».U-MUL.THTY to ft-nr*' {WW-TIRE. SUR-I M&VINQ RCFCRCNCII. Kur frw- UuW# ■ >m ftrofttWffo I'aienln writ* to SOl-sus Seventh Street,! WaSHIWOTOW, P. o. KILL™, COUGH AND CU RE THK LUNCS wn, Dr. King's New Discovery /CONSUMPTION PRIES FOR I OUGHt and 50c k SI.OO Free Trial. THROAT and LUITO TROUB UB, or MONEY BACK. "~lr.tu.fv fez A Jorfl••'•«»« *#H hu"7 I'v.plo *Vi>t t«U I V'K«r. • vAlri - « lion Tl* k 'Uj T ■ tin t fioftit. '} !in t t, *%, ■!, 'V A dose of Pine-ules at tied time wiH usually relieve backache be fore morning. These beautiful little globule* are soft gelatine coated ami when moistened and placed in the month you can't help from swallowing them. Fine tiles contain neither suuar nor alcohol just gums and resin* obtained from our own native pine forests, com bined with other well known blad der, kidney, blood *nd backache remedies. Sold by S. K. Biggs. ODD TIMGB USED AS FGuD Animals Were T rt iv 1 to Make Flesh TVnuvr. WHITE ANTSAS A DAINTY. Baked elephant's Foot S.'i to Ea De , llcioua— A 3atad M» .e of Tr-jj Bark—fcattlesnakea G. d -o i asle Like Chicken—Bh,-rk Fin a F-p ' ular Chinese Dish. | In our own country, while thci.» s.o 'no cltlea given to making a d* >s y |of cookery and epkui*an d Jic 1 i»o lark tongues and other great itsluj of the Lucullian feaats lu old yet there are two cities noi: d 101 .v great variety of dHhe of; ol that can be obtained tvcdlly In a./ other section of the Union. (iermany la eating lu rte. A ten course dinner of Algerian I ton wrs served by a Parisian Tartarian. who I basely bought Instead of hoot If; the I game. Monkey Is said to be r lie t i with a far away flavor or rai>l>h, but in»ny dlameteres more savory. Still, monkey eating Is cannibalism, It our ancivitors really weie arbottul la their habits. A.i English trawler and gin lar ger in Alt lea B\»orc tlian toi.c.l ule ptis'it foot wis s dainty dleh to *• t before a king. Dr. Llvlcig'tono, In sis-: king of a breakfast of elephant's foot cooked for him In na'lv > fashion and which ho very much enjoyed, said: "It was a royal feast and I found It delicious." The natives of nearly all parts of Africa are exceedingly fond of whlto ants as a dish. When the whlto ants cast off their colony of winged emigrants, a canopy is erected like an umbrella over the ant hill. As soon as nnts fly against the roof they tumble down in a show er. and their wings Instantly become detached from their bodies They are then helpless, and are swept up In baskets to be fried, when they make a very palutable food. Another Englishman—why Is It al ways an Englishman to whom thoß • original and courageous tastes are at tributed? —an Englishman averred that boa constrictor, properly cooked, was better than the best veal, being nenily all brwuit. And yet the boa constrictor has no wrcy on the calf This recalls some curious and cruel customs of our English fcrof".*]v n». who killed animals by slow and terri fying processes, in order that their flesh should l>e made tender le mus cular agony and mental dlstr t: H Is probable that the struggles ot a creature alowly killed by a tort" I soften Its muscles. The flesh of i hunted hare Is more tender tbin-tho flish of a Inn* shot tuna.war ii. Hulls were baited with ui. h s. not so lunch for the b.trbarons p'• is ,e of wMucssing brutal conflicts as for 'hi liitenerbtlon of the l>eef. which would base been less eatable hail the mil in'ls lieen killed quickly with Uur i a. U bludgeon. Whllo bull twitting w.ia st'M sanetlnned in England as a who'e suuie culinary process, our ar. 'St a !nt-nerrted pigs by whipping th n death, a treatment that produced the requisite bodily convulsions and men tal distress In the dying animals. Hence It was usual with the yld Pag llsh to fly a hawk at. barndoor poultry and "crammed birds.'' While the French managers wlli rave over a dozen" snails served In llu shell. the--dainty Japanese will qutatly relish her wishinako and bowl of ehle chic, and the practical German ham .frau trurprises her husband wltli tho Jucieet roaat pork and pickled pip s' feet on the side. Ooulaah with plenty of paprika In th-> Hungarian's delight, while the dark eyed daughters of Italy wlil not. be happy unless they can offer their families a genuine feast. Including salami sausages. olives and extra well checßed spaghetti or rlsetto. A fra grant after dinner cigarette aeemnpan lel liy a very small glu.sS of vodka la the usual Indulgence of tho Russian woman after Thanksgiving dinner. A French woman In New York finds the greatest pleasure In cooltbig he' husband a rabbit thait has been ex posed to the air until It tal«* on a certain gamy odor. To this dellea- y she adds some cocks' combs fried in •weet butter. On ChrbHmm Day "lie will eerve monsieur some real trlj ;■ or a dozen big vineyard snail*. New Or leans Import* snails from France In barrels, protected by wire nesting to prevent this succulent article of diet from creeping out. Rhark fln Is a popular dish with thu Chinese and a few old seamen, flnv ch€«_(shark'i fln, fried or In sou}!) and blrd'a nest soup ase couunon items on a Chinese menu card. " , A dish made of the stomach of a rtlndeer, or seal, and mixed with P"II oil. Is the Rqulmau substitute for Ice cream. The fleeti of the rattler Is also per fectly wholesome and toothsome, hav ing a flavor, like tho flesh of ruo.it snake*, like chicke*i. Travelers In Africa have told how natives communicate Intelligently over vast distances by means of drums, some of the messages in tramtmh-'-loti being almost telegraphic In their a. - curacy. Tho drum also furnishes tha principal Instrument of "music" In te • tain tribe*. Matthew Sawyer, aged 97 years. w>j died the other day In Atchison count-., Kansas, had helped to make the Inai - guratlon auk worn by President An drew Jackson. He hauled corn to Atchison In the early days, receiving ten centa a bushel, and It took an en tire load to purchase a pair of brot la twelve marriages out of every huadred one of the parties has been ■garrtcd before. SJw (ifnttr^rist. WIIXIAMSTON, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY lis, 190(1 OTILITY OF WABTE MATERIALS Modem Science Conv rte Worthiest Article*J Into Profit. Pot Instance, what substance would Beftn to be more uttarly worthless than the refuse of mines and furnaces —Bias, as It is called. Hut It Is now treated In a variety of ways and verted Into a number of useful things, such aa paving bricks, shin glass. sla:; shlnrles and slag; sand. Bricks are 0110 of its chief iiwxi at present and f r these tliero ts a considerable demand. Mortar for building purposes Is an other method of utilization, simply achieved by grinding the slag sand with about six per cent of slaked lime; artificial stone moulded Into chimney pieces, window headß and sills, wall cojilng and other ornamental work for builders, and the latest use which has been found for It Is lu making wo >1 of silicate oottou, so called from its resemblance to cotton wool. This is suow white In color, and Is chiefly us ed for covering boilers and steam pipes, and, uelng a non-condnetor of heat, is admirably adapted for this purpose. Another troublesome waste has been coal sin l ?. This too Is being utilised for liitlldiug purposes. Tho builders In Lyons. Franco, have tho credit of hiv ing the first to use tho waste which surrounds coal milieu. They wished to Hnd a cheap, dumhle and healthy material tor tho construction of subur ban homes, and coal slag treated as concrete after being mixed with slak ed lime was found to answer the pur pose. The mass hardened rapidly and even after a few days tho walls were found firm enough to support the frsme Jolstlngs. The: strength and ilro resistlng properties of this new compo sltlon hnvo been well ti«ted, and one case is mentioned where a nitre ben zlno factory was burned down, thi great heat even melted the machinery and yet the walls built of coal slag bricks, were not consumed, their sur faces having a glazed appearance, and they sustained without repair the cell ing and roof of the "new building. In every brass manufactory there Is unavoidable waste in tho scoriae of the molting furnaces, in tho rolling mill department.and tho wlro drawing. Whatever d 1 this waste, with tho sweepings, can be gathered up is put Into largo mortars and subjected to ths Impact of pivoted pestles till the whole Is pounded to dust. Then It is floated In a running siroam of wakr through a chute over riffles, which cati h tho heavy metal particles and al low the lighter trash to pass off. The metallic residuum, packed In crucibles with luted covers, gives bock a profit able percentage of rut' \l to t>o re used. Even tho empty tin ran has at last bern found to have a commercial val ue. A number of manufactories are reclaiming tin esna have sprung up recwntly, and the bu?lnt«s Is grow ing. Thousands of tins, more) or less lettered, are collected every week from the city refuse dumps, or from the hotels and largo boaiTllng houses. At Lhc Motory the sold-Ted seams are subjected to an Intense heat In such a way that the solder runs Into a re ceptacle and Is eirerully saved and sold. It brings t\>l /• cents a pound, .'.ml th profits from this source alomi almost, pays the expanse of gatheriu * and handling the cans. The tops and bottoms of the cans are .melted and turned Into window sash weights. The labels on the tin cans are easily re moved after being soaked In water, and tho platen are rolled flat by ma chinery. As tho insido of the plnt.ei are not much discolored by the con tent's of the can, they proKcnt a clean surface and make excellent, cover I net for trunks, the seams being hidden by tho trunk braocs, either t>r wood or sheet Iron, Sawdust has been utilized In many ways. In Nitw York c.lt.y there art about Ave thousand vendors of saw dust, having a capital invested of $200,- 000 and doing an annual business of $2,000,000. Forty years ago :h-'> were glad to pay for having tho saw■ dust carted away. Twenty-flve years ago It could be bought for fifty cent* a load. Now It brings $3.50 a lo Ml from tho mill. It is used at hotels, eating houses, groceries and othft places. It Is wet and spread over tha floors In order to make the ttwecpln ; cleaner work. Plumbers use a grent deal of It between walls and floors to deaden tho sound. Soda water men and packers of glass and breakable! use It In large quantities, and dolls are stuffed with It. Yellow pine makes tha best sawdust, aa It Is tho least dusty, and has a pungent and healthy smell. Amother extemslvh Held Is the util ization of animal waste. In pig kllllrg establishments In tills country, anil »imi> In Kngland anil Ireland, nothing Is lost. Whether borsc flesh will ever become an article of food In this eoum. try It Is difficult to say, but In I'arlg thorp la a society for the promotion ofjthe use of horsn flesh, which claims lo hivo provided Paris between IMS and 1 SKI with nearly nlxty-elght.mil lion pounds of meat. Robert flarborongh Shernrd, author of "Twenty Years In Paris'," tells tlmt Gtiy' do Maupassant despised litem* litre as a profession, and gave to al most any other tr>plc of conversation the preference over books. "There TIT* S I many other things of so much grnr er interest to talk aix>ut»" the novel! t would say. Of yachts and the sea ht could talk delightfully, and he Wrj rather proud pf the fact that snir* time previously ho had rescued frori the waves at Btretat the English pet Swinburne, who, Byron-like, a mac nlflcent swimmer, had for onco out swum his Btrongth. To such an extent does religion pre* vail at Gonoatoa, In the South Seas, (bat every man, woman and child 03 that Inland who does not go to chitrcii at least threo times a week Is liable to be arrested and fined, the fine going to the King. MODERN B IK Natives of Capjxulocia Arc m All Intents I 1 CAVE ABODLS.j Are at Least Fifty Thouc.-" I and Some Have Nine Stories • Many Are M ire Shells Honey combed With Chambers—Sam Rooms in Darkness Year Around. T. R. Stilllngton Sterrett has «ril ttn an instructive article for the il lustrated Loudon News on the «v. »•' dwellers of Oappadiacla. From tin American standpoint, the article 11 Interesting boeaui.e of the fact tint there Is an organi/ation In thin coa.i try known ns the Colorado Cliff Dwell ings Associaton, whose object is tt» protect and preserve the historical ctitT dwellings In Colorado, It is in Cappndocia, Asia Minor, Mr. Sterrett says, tliat the real twen tieth century Troglodytes leave dwellers) are to be found. The wbol.i cave dwelling region of Cappadocia, lu. says, Is of volcanic formation, com posed of a deep layer of pumice stone, tufa or peperlnn, overlaid In some places by tugged lava Holds. Tin! pumice or tufa Is of Ineredlblu thickness, but tho overlaid layer of luva Is comparatively thin, and wi soft that It can bo dug away w*4-H-_Ujo thumb null. The caves are formed lu cones, cxy tending lu height from 50 to 300 feet' Many of them are in process of din integration, and In some the exter ior walls have been worn away to such an extent that the inner, cham bers are visible from the outside. Hoeh exposed chambers, if they lin fairly toward tho sun. am used fir drjing grapes and other fruits. There are easily 50,000 of thesu cone caves in Cappadocia. The caved wero bored out with comparatively little trouble. One chamber. 25 feet long, 13 feet broad and 10 feet high, was excavated b- a single workman In the short space of thirty days. On entering the doorway of any of these cone- dwellings, he says, lint visitor find himself within a spacious chamber, about the walls of wuleli shelves and niches for the rdora-u of small household effects have been cut Into the sttme. The stnlrwnvs leading to the upper stories are like wells or rounded chimneys, and thu ascent from lower to tho upper stories Is made by means ol' ladder holes cut Into tho rock. The floors between the stories ant usually thick enough to sustain any weight that might be put upon them, but occasionally tho excavators ml - calculated the thlckne-SH of a stun i floor, with the result that they bad to cut out one lofty chamber whero they had Intended to make two. As many as nine stories are to I>i found In n single cone, lint the u: nil umiibor Is two, three or four stoi ie:,. The number of stories can always ho Indicated by the windows. Tho cavu dwellers utlllKe their windows as dovu cotes for pigeons, hosts of which lloek to tho place; pMvlded for them. Thi natives est tho eggs and flevli d i he birds. They are to all Intents and purposes Troglodytes, but If we leave out of consideration the fact that. !h»ir dwellings are at least partially under ground, they differ in habits and cms toins In no whit from the ordinary Turkish villagers with ordinary hum. drum surroundings." "Sometimes the front of the homo Is built of bl'icks 'if pumice stone, while nil the rest of the abo le la subterranean, the cone of cliff Icie:; used an an annex; but in most ens s a l Odcrn dwelling is excavated, not in .t cone, but In the face of tlin Diliil and thus becomes a cliff dwell ing. properly so called. Tills is lruo of tin- business street of the lowti of Ui;;ub„ where the front or facade opining on tbe street ift the only room in the dwelling Into which Ihe light, c* , iea The other rooms are in iiibj nig.it darkness all year remind. Tbe owner of such an abode can " teiH his dwelling Indefinitely into t!m bow Is of the earth and no one need kno.v aught of his enlarged residence, a ieaturo which is not without lis ad vantages In a land where the wlso man conceals iho fact that, he is v lilhy. The interior chambers, am ".!•.« d chiefly ftir granerlos ami storage. Kwn their -chuff, which In lit afco'the plnri> of our hay, In palely stowed away in these rtrj find dar's >,niHhrr«. In passing along the main j»lrr-t t «if r'rgub tho superficial oba rv r will not detect tho slightest In'li •■Ul ,n that bo Is In the presence of lr. K ;oriyto dwellings, though ho may Hile!, ly convince himself that such IS the (act. The upland or plateau lcv I if this region abounds In bummocl; s lillU'and lofty pinnacles anil they r-i il iißefl as tho background as tin t •,vh!eb rnn«|ern dwellings are built. It. a\ eveii happen, as in the caso of ,e 4>allM or castle of IJdJ, (hat tho ion; nf the owner of a vineyard is tHilly beneath tho vineyard itself. I he date of tbfc origin of tho cave .wettings of ''appaulocia Is in dottle, i'ney aro ancient enough for Cicero to have made mention of them anu it haa been assorted that tho cimo enves of {Jappadocla wero inhabited is early as I'JOO B. C. Apropos o I a statement that "coal would appear a strange article of ■ tut." a corresi»J»ndent writes to the Westminster Oazettc, saying "that Is is not only children .and cats who ro ■:ard It as a luxury, as be has an Irish "water spaniel which makes away with a number of lumps a day unleas th* coal la kopt out of hi* VALUE OF BODY AFTER DKATH J Importance Laid Upon This by Many j People. ' Men differ to a vast degree In the any they regard the value of their bodies after death. Some in their v ills ask that their flesh be embalm ed v.ith tho most costly essences, preserved as far as possible, from tho 1 1 \.l of lime,' and niadtMto attract tin nolice of future generations by I • entombed under some Imposing nu amnion!. Thomas P. Kynn, so in- inent at present in tho insurance v li. has T'rovliled In Ills wlll that lie oc huried In a cathedral at itieii thond. Vs., which ho is now building. .Tor i.v Hentham, who Is generally ri ir-.ed as thu founder of the school ■ of 1 lilli.u Inuisin, uskod that his IhhI; li not only preserved, but also that 1:. Jo'ii in the fesllvities of his friends, lie i!l(t not object to having his body disserted, so long ns the surgeons, aft er rutting It up; put it together again, II . aimed I' unit it in his or illi. ii> clothes. This done, he wislo'd tliat lie should ho seated In an old tu-icliilll'. and placed at the banquet table of his friends and disciples \\hvne\er "they met on any great oc casions of philosophy or ph.lcui thi.ipy." lib. direct lons were follow ed out lu detail. At the dinners of bin friends lie appeared locked up In u mahogany ease with a plate glass front, -wearing his customary suit of gray and his broad brimmed list, and grasping in one hand bis hazel walk ing stick Dapple. As his features were sliruiUt they were covered with n wax mask. At last, when the rav 'agejj of lime overcame every effort to resist theiu, the body was t.'ken to tho University College, where it rests at tho present time. t>n die other hand, there are men who appear to have a contempt for all thai Is earthly In them after thu spirit has lied. They seem to reason that the body Is so far Inferior to the soul that, when the two aro separated, tho body should not even have the chance of assuming any of the credit of whnt tho soul bad achieved. Such persons want their bodies cremated, for ex ample, and the ashes scattered to tho winds of mixed with the great deep. The Teutonic race bus a special prono hess toward this sort of soir-uuninil- UtUIII. * Many on thu upproach of death Jiavo a special horror that they will bo burled before they huvo actually taken their departure from this life. John Hloulit Price, of Islington, Eng land, for example, stated in his will that four days after he was said to be dead two sttrgeons should ope rat a on his body, and should do their tasM no thoroughly that they would Burely kill him If ho sllll lived. Each sur geon was to receive $25 for thus In suring death. Actuufed by tho same fyars, tho Vis count do Carrer Lima "directed Unit his body should be watched by bit heirs until decomposition set In. Aipiin, ttaoro uro mow who seem to tlilnk that In tin- iK-xt world they will enjoy a joko as mucli UII in this, ami can look ilown ami have many a laugh nt beholding their poor bones made sport of: old graduates oC Harvard jilill 101 l of a Mr. Hun born, of Medford, M ami., who, on dying In 1871, bo i|i!i illiri| III!) body to The"university, ami "especially to tho manipulation:) or Oliver Wendell HolnioH and Douia A«:iKKb," In his will ho asked that bis skin bo inailii into two driirtlbouda, witl«*li should become the property of Warren Simpson, leatloC "of tho tlrtitti corps, of CohttHHet, on tho condition that on Hunker Mill on on Juno 17 of every year ho should play an accompaniment, to "Yankeo Doo dlo" on the drum: tuf one drumhead should bo In scribed "Pope's Universal Prayer," anil on tho other tbe "Declaration of Independence." "The remainder of my body," said Mr Sanborn In Ills will, "unless used for nnalomlcal (im poses, | desire to bj composted for a fertilizer, to contri bute to the growth of an American elm, to bo planted In Honm rural thor oughfare, that tho wayfarer may rest and innocent, children play beneath Its unbrageotiß branches rendered lux urious by iny remains. Only t but part of the will relating to "anatomical purposes" was com plied with. The First Society Newspaper, In theso days of many society pa per:' II is Interesting to ruKi.ll tho genesis of tho first one of the raco which wns produced in Kfanctj in tho Ijeginning of tho eighteenth century. It was called Nouvelleg a la Main or Hand to Hand Nows In those days an i the Inventor was a lady named Mme. Doublet. Mini), Doublet received all the best society of Paris and botb she and hup giieuts loved scandal. To ca ter for their taste a hook was Kepi Into which every visitor wrote what lie or slii! had picked up in the way of news or gossip since his or her last vlalt and these news Items were ttfi« rward copied" on to sheets of white paper and taken around to the houses of thos»o of Mmo. Doublet's friends who had not called that day. Event-j ually tho thing developed into a com merclaf enterprise and the Hairii to Hand News was sold to all who want ed It for six francs monthly or a pound a year, But the pound In those days wns, it must be remembered, worth a good deal more than it is now. In 1758 when Mme. Doublet >vai quite an old lady, an attempt' wae made to stop tho circulation of her Nouvellcs a la Main, lint they had gained RO great a hold upon tho pub lic tasto that the police were pow ericas to do so. listening to a acandal about people you never beard of la a waste of tima. in SOLDIERS' Governments Test to Econo mize Size and Weight. IHE ALUMINUM CANTEEN Pack of Other Countriea Compared U Oui^s—The English Water Bottil la of Glatf*—During the Civil War Each Soldier Carried 40 Pound) of Ammunition. With a view of lightening thn "pack" carried by" aoldioi'H, tlio War Ufpartniout has been malting u stiul> of the loads borne In the field by ttiu lighting uh>ii of foreign vmlee. It hna decided to adopn xirtaln oxpmlientß for cutting down the weight of the burden which our boyii In khaki (luring a campaign arc obliged to traiiH|H>rt. lty this iuohiui their will be augiiiented, iiiaHiuui'h as the troops will be rendored more mobile—a most. InipoiMint point wher» military oper ations are concerned. To begin, the canteen, which today- Is. of tinned Iron, Is to be made of aluminum. The latter metal weighs only about one-fourth as much as lion. But It wits necessary that iiio ■ water ve.-isol sliould bu muuldcd in »nu piece, without seam or joining, and this problem for a while presented ditlicultieH which bade fair to prove luHurmountable. One advantage of such a o&ntean Is that W cannot possibly leak. A second Is that It Is rust proof. A third Is that it is clean. When the receptacle of tlnnod iron has bagun to loso Its coating of tin It Is not easily k»pt clean. Tlie name remark applies, of course, to other articles of the name material which go to make up the soldlor's "meim kit." Tho all Important point, however, is fos lightness. Five thousand alumi num cups have juat l>een ordenul, ai a Hint batch for our troo|m, to take the placo of the tinned Irun onus now In use. Tliey will have Iron handles, however, because that metal does not retain ItR heat so long as aluminum. To the lattor this has been an import ant objection, Inasmuch ns the sol dier doea not want to burn his fin gers at mewls. There Is still a quert: lon whether the cup when filled with cof fee will not bo tix> hat to drink out of, but hope Is entertalnod that such will not prove to be tho ease. The Boldler'B klfo Is to have an aluminum handle, but his fork aim spoon aro to be mailo, as at present, of steel, because of the superior strength of that metal. As for the all Important "mean can"—a small frying pan In which tho man In khaki cooka his bacon—lt is also to bo of aluuil num. Tho cover of tho meat can serves as a plate, and Its handle turns down over tho cover, gripping thn edge of tho pan and making It tight as a re ceiwael" for ready cooked provisions. It Is obvious that for sunli a utensil aluminum, whleh Is not affected by acldu, posw'sses exoeptlonal ad van I.ig se. in studying out tho probUifo of les sening tho soldlsr's load the XVnr De partment has collected many daila in regard to the eijuipments of tho light ing uum of foreign armiea. As ijylil bo i'\p«'ti>d. there are many and mark ed differences in such matters, so far ns details aro concerned, though es ncntial* aro mneh aloke. Thus, for exautplo, in every army Che soldier carries a canteen, hut in ICngland tlw Indispensable water bottle Is of glass, in Italy It is of wood, and In Spain it is of goat 11 kin. In our army, again, thcro Is little Individual cooking, lint. In ICuropo each soldier commonly pre- P'ino his own meals, carrying on that account a much bulkier and man elaborate culinary outfit. During our civil war each soldier carried forty rounds of ammunition, but. thanks to tho development or tho rifle, the soldier of today rarriVri one hundred cartridges In hi 1 beirrin other words, hto reduction in lie size of the bullet and In the quantity of powder to throw It gives hlni more than t.wico the killing power tint lie hail a generation ago. Our soldiers, like those of mist of the armies of Ruro]M\ are provided with stoekings. In Prance, however,, Ihe inen in the field are obliged to fur nish their own stockings. If they choose to woar any. and the snme It true of the Italians and who are suppH'*! with pieces of linen >'o covnr tholr feet. The Oermnns have stockings, but carry foot linen to sup plement them. Toilet necessaries, including brush, comb nnd piece of srwii. are provided In Ruropean armies, but not in our own. the American soldlt r being ex pected to buy them for hlinaelf. The French soldier has a towel in peace, birt not In while the German his no towel at any s he fur nishes It at his own cost. Other Ru ropean nations supply their men with towels at all times, taking It lr,r gient"-- ed that they will wash the;ii.s"h'eH at least occasionally, and considering thn! in large assemblages of m-n the elementary rules of hygiene ou;ht to be most, carefully observed. Origin of Prepaid Letters. Tho Idea of a prepaid envelope orig inated In Franoe early In Ihe r-lgn of Louis XIV., with M. do VaU; r, who, In 1653, under roi'nl con sent, a private penny post, placing boxea at tho corners of the streeis for tho reception of letters wrapped In en velopes bought at offices established for that purpose. Remarkable Balt Beds. Are found extending for thirty miles along tho Virginia river In Nevada. Tho salt forms mountains of crystal, and is so pare and rlear that fine print an b* rood through a foot of It, __ I AD VERT ISIJSGT » money Wk.—Judicious advertis § "IK «s the kind that pays back to you * tile money you invest. Space in this f paper assures you prompt returns *. WHOLE NO, 330 Women as Well as Men Are Made Miserable by Kidney Trouble. ... Kidney trouble preys upon the mind. dte courage:! and lessenr, amb;iion; beauty, vigor .-v li-sr. 1 «, and cheerfulness soon '■ltJ- disappear when the kid ney° are ou t of order -Wmt, Kidney trouble has - n ' >ecorn ' s so prevalent |j 'hat it is not uncommon for a child l,> •*> born ! / -n afflicted with weak kid -{Jf #ieyn. If the child urin ——ates too often, if the urine scalds the flesh or if. when the child reaches an ago when it should be able to control the passage. It Is yet afflicted with bed-wetting, depend upon It. the cause of the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first step should be towards the treatment of these important organe. Thta unpleasant trouble is iue to a diseased condition of the kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as mont people suppose. Women as well as men are made mis erable with kidney and bladder trouble, and both need the same great remedy. The mild and the Immediate effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It is sold rru ' onc " free. Also pamphlet tell- Homo of Swamp-Root, ing all about it, including many of the thou jands of testlmonlai letters received 'rn-i sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer & Co.. Binghainton. N. Y., be sure and mention this paper. Don't make any mistake, but remember the name, Swamftfftoot. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and ihe address, Binghamton, N. Y„ on every bottle. IsKHWAKKEE ft" LODGE No. 90, A. F. &A. M. /\^/\ lIIRKC't'ORV I-'OR 11)115, II \V\ Stulilis, M. \V.; W.C. Maiming, . U.S. ltrowii, J. \V.;.V. I'. Taylor, -v 1' . \V S. lVt'l, J I).; Sj K. Biggs, Vi rt-larj ; l'. 11. Cartlarpbfii, Tre.isurer; II I'. Tax lor ami J It Howeti, Stewards; T W Th-unax, Tyler. STANDIM, COMMITTKKS: Ciiaritv II \V. Stnlilis, w. C. Man ning ami s. S. Ilmwn, FINANCR K J. Perl. Mil'. Taylor ami Kli • urgatills. RHHKRKM'K W. 11. K l\vards, 11, D. Tavlor alitl W M. ('•tec 11. Vsyi.t M \V. Mount, u. K Cow ill" Mill I' 1". K. liodg-S. MAKSIIAtt. — I. II llafton. Professional Cards. i)R. J. A. 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