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CITY HAVING RAPID GROWTH Norfolk Bids Pair to Break all Rec ords at Her Present Rate of Progress. There. Is not it city lin this country, !perhvaps mine lin the world, that h; growing at aI tuore rapid rateo thant Nor -- Tolk." rent!:arlwl (. W. Sizer, mnn ;:'r of oneo 'f the h'1:40111 hotels oft th0 t city, at I':e l Iich, the WashinZen Post 811 . "Th ,4 in olen'is i::nvo the T I)1 ia 411 i o Nl r'l44I k a It t l Lih :70.tiI. T4i4 ny it i is 111:4 in 1 41 11s N r folk i., : ity of 1 1n.' 4. (r In1 r h h: do0 the size it was in tl i0. W:t !n: o pils hiefo hetentb grIwth tI nline i n Ill Ih hk.ist Iw W three ymr. ' tk o sidoraiblo pril. n till, %\' 1Iw 1 '4 W hi' 4':I - ,liveel he-ro Imany yw-!rs. bult lt , I)'*, portin l lurens in hl hl 'f Oil- I .1 I ot t 11H 11 1 with th 4 t of' Norfol, .: If r I eiti s 1 Ire hNuI;' \( hn 141 .. I 1 1' 1n . 4Is : l ' lisi - eiy n h w41r!-l. but Nor:I l l: in Va .4 11 t411. w fE'"ill sio l 114 14144'S I l a t iti(i l it 1 ' li ilid I. 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N)4 bsinEsIs bOFks 4 r1 n Ing pe ofa the residnc P.11 fte tions o theiiffae rhent extetes ar it he Iilyi ng I. tr1 . fIi nture to1Ia como ') lo ''to bin::1 1 - 4 l edi ng'I c14) y in>' jlfw r,4: 1)5 ':) Ill 21 l if 4I5 )14 hi4::-4' th Cal '.4)4 minion.:4l both.'I in p pulti Nf~i'or i4)v1 Skitl iI I l n g . an. eil e i o D iff ire Parts o theI 11-1h DfferIent Tas s.1 hroii pI r .. SIn ( : . r e.n 11n . ! il I)4' P. It(i, i :11 t 1I S 1( I tIfII~ 1),- -4 :~'lCIht'i V4. I1 IIC .I It35 3 'ts )34 r Iolritin. I- - o I . I I .pm11( h Irll1 Vn'r ohr m : it lot-11 -)( ) 'lorw lfitfo (lsti pn- .'iher w e 1)- 1 IPOOd f d nt1tlIr t vill .--11nIi. i.: He hf.vo 1ly itfewil foTr yea ~tes e 'll 'u; It:. o $ till)w 141 tar~ s il o1-h ')flof 1o4n01 : :O5IIi( th It 2) unIt I fod Slf) 114 s!- ;rgv) th) - h11)3 1e bfoe Iziit I thoo 3, on.-e in11.'' nFiine .Fish" rjd. yenon h- M1ienu (')ep,.d i ng lf'rh 'nle : t24'hei '11)Pir::w ctl i n inin4'h Ibt (IIeti t.'li y Iln rr i l ' 1)1' I>: tor 14 ilm IU lil uretil wat er. or'irr p11 hanard": more Upet' hg Noa n the heril 1nten athJ(i. l-' onebno "~l snlsO5 a till 2..: : ed or th r"'in'r toa mi21on. ;'n0V -acisies iofr to ed~ tatoirop, I dofiInl estimate tinyea t$,244.: even buhel ~ ) Inhaste estin o wo pihao ilber ore 8rle. Ohehe onh 'In erid n to ind andiai,1411(. inerent Is ised fao frit maksing b Tvera .sTruly "thorae is no I erent fnor1. ase .n t is reained o edy.h bohr JUST 't'iK 1N*'2ESTED BALL Loss of CarS and Freight Didn't Seem to Amoc'nt to Much to Him at the Moment. "I w: ridIinag onl a ifreight triain thrttgh;:a Ktlinsas," a Il :Ia Fe ollicil rahs. "i wa~ ]p in le elupola of the enbiose. Diownst air's the condue tor 1ami h I' rea'r hrn:ikeman wateled etrIul'l it a )' 11a of IaIS 'wvamAintg over' onl tle old col stove. They watietd only Ite retulrni of the head brakeanaa btefore 'iit1iig atwiay' t heir lulclheoni-s, whileh they were takintj; from their full dinner pails. Tie Ii of beais was it partnershlp dish. I could see the iead brakeman oinin 'g down the train from the engine. Stid denly thero wa at jerk, i shoek, and I saw freight cars begin to pitch from the track and ple 11) inl helps. I hn1ad a hasty vision of tihe liaid brakeanil sailing through the air and lai in a cornfield, clear of the right of way. "'Bill's killed,' I shouted as I clutched wildly to retain my sat 'le's been thrown Clear over into tile field., "As the caboose finally entne to a standstill, about the only car left on the track, the conduictor ad the r'ear blrakeani rushed forward to gailter up1) the rean111.ins of 'Il1.' But as they ran to hiam 'Bill' pleked himslf ip In a dazed sort of way and was brush Ing tle dirt from his eyes ti(] hIls clothes when they reatled him11. "There was at least $75,000 worth of cars aid freiight piled ial there lin Hint wreek, probably $100,000--a total loss. But the question 'Bill' nisked as his rescuers reached himl was: "'Boys, how's them hoanus bNIck there?'" LIFE OF A DEPOT AGENT His Duties Are Manifold and He Is Envied by Few, According to.Tis. The life of at railway ngent I.,; one of roses nnd ('tinlers flir, the most part. Some folks think it hat abat :all he has to do is to .sl tIckets anaid keep athe x tra c'ant when he lanalwits 4dd hagi . but tlier are othaer thimwos iaa the life of a rf. ailway agnt besdes framing! your filn( ina a tiakwt oflie. wvinadow~ aatl openin: 1 ta unney1'a' awer~'a %\Iv Ia . 1 i at 'lata'hae I I -.! I i aill iaay r: I'ai( wvit (doorbe ll it, andl \nilN-1when tho ftlks :ask hima1 what flinae t'h 5:03 train wvIll be lere it' it's ()an time. VFr11m v.1r-1y inl (he mornwingli whenl he t1t 2lie day4h hy loOkin into tha col hinl lit theo ('nd )f thw p!nltforrnl tl o o htow. maui litminiiious hasa bte'n sttolean alurt tha night. uintil sidown1a, whent lie starts out to in:a druaag storesigns oat the s\t\1ch posts. he Is anai extrmItly busy aman, says the Walker' ( Mina.) I'llot. Boetweean viltheking ovar fr'eiglht reeipts atat al raig e li' haIy pre's for the ('anrh1on copies of waanybills. It's no wonltr he lasn't ime (to buildi a fir' In tle vaaiting room11 o11a Ir araah off Inai weeak's trainl schtdall' fr I It llack hoard, bvealse he is a busy mana. lie listaans to compiintia -s with oie ear aind the telegralhla keys withI the tothr. and has beet kiowi Ito aInstwer tlt, jhlone, se11 at steasli ip ticket alnd put a bucket of (oal In ltle sltove fall at lat' saie time, lit order to get his woark doane withain the eIght-loiura schdulle. About tiae olly ones to eivy att agent his job aart' the gils In the town, anad t hat's heca use lit hast surlh a good ehanuace tt get actquraintetd with the bakemaean (on all thle freights. Long Ride Before Him. A ey'llst whao sttopped ait a villaage inn b)oasted( abloutt his ablilities as a rider to such an extent that1 thie land lord v'enturedl to maake a wvager with~ hinm. "Look here, mister" saidit the han keeper, "youa cain't ride UP and1( downt this roatd till the chuiarchI clock strikes six." "Done," said tho eyclist. "It's jaust close' on five now ;" aind the taext aaina uate he waas speedIing tdowan the road. After about an hour's r'itdig the cyclist shouwtetd to ont' of the b~y standers, of whom many had assem bled: "I say, hase thle chuiirch clock struck six yet?" "No, you idiot," was the blunt re ply. "Our' churcht clock ne'ver strikes. at all."-Lonidoni Tit-Blis. American Girls Who Marry Young. Tl:he ceansusa bureaua flads that hun dlretds of Amaerleain gIrls ian a'very twelve motnths are mnarrie'd at fIfteean. Thou .'anads aannually are mataari aut sixteen. Out of every 100 womaean in this coun try eleven haive matrried1 before pass ig ninteteen. In New Enaglanad (ate cordaiung to thie censuas dantto only one wvomtana in fifteen gets an acceptale pr'oposaal betforeC she-'is t weanty. In. the souat h, the (lesirablefanta offters hanseatlf to one out of fiye -or (4ne out of six girls of nineteen or41under. It'is shown by the census that. a younag woman's chance of offera is decidedly better in a rural community than angwhere else. Hottest Heat. V The highest temperattme- ever reached by man is 9,4005 llegrees Fahrenheit. This was produ 'ed by two English experimienters, Sir Andrew Noble and Sir F. Abel, ass~ert1 a scien tist. This was donei by extphling cor' dite In a *trable steel cylit er. This' was duo to the suddenness/6f the reac-, tion, and, alithough of momentary dlur ation, it was an interesting scientific - achievement, nevertheless. Withi th-p 'aid of cordite Sir Willitimt Crookes was 'able to mnke small '11amonds. Profes :sor Maoissan, who hais produaced dia ;mond1s, can heat his electric furnace to o6soo dorrees. . . I SURELY A WONDERFUL WORM Remarkable intelligence Displayed by incect Owned by Col. Harta Beetem. "I hal i tritined worm once," began Col. liart Hleetemi't, refleetively, ac cording to Ilte )etroit Free Press. "I don't wonder that you cliais look sur prised-ius far as I know It's the only ease of a trained worm oi record. Inw! Yawss! "I was digging for bat on the far biak of thea Gainges and I noticed that one of tilie worims5 had a particularly large head. Well, nlow. my fivorlie motto is, '1 ,arge head, sming In it.' I started to educatte the little devil. and lin two months he was tile imiarvel of the entire countryside. INully! "Here's (le way lie w olId help mno flih: hle'd wind his little tall nromil the end of the hook and wave his body about till a snaupping potlie. or per haps a blue-nose shad, would make a dive for him. Quick as a w'ink S11 rs -liat's whalt I called lin--would coil himself up Into a ball and roll oti of the fish's jaws just as they -losed on the hook. Clevali, whiat ! Oh i-ah and I forgot to mention,. wvlenever' lie saw a fish coming he. would send t'hrce little bubbles up to tie surface and put mte on my guard. Then, nfter I'd hinded tle fish Silvers would stick his head out of the walter ad wait for the hook again. "Ile died, fiuially, of soie sort of cerebral trouble-brailn fever, perhaps. Gad ! boys. I was sorry to lose that worm! If any of you ever get over that way just look up his little tomb stone. It's right outside a little town called Goodab-any of the natives'll show you. In w !1" DESCRIBES CURE FOR GROUCH! Doctor Finds Uneasiness and Crank iness Are Both Diseases rhat Can Be Groped With. Take comfort, all ye who "fly to pieces" at the slightest provo('1liton or are judged fhlgety or eranky or irri table. Yourl friends, and more eqpvecil ly Your einimies, Iiny say it Is Just 9.pur1 (1S.40 ness.'' i .vtn worse. But Dr. Ileyer Solomon brings word to ;uIcII sIfI'e0ers that. they are vic01itim 1f a disease vIlih t ay be cured. In the New York Medieal .Journal he has an article dealing with Ilt sub ject in plin l:ho1guige -.o1l llling siam [ie systeais and s1iiple reei'les. "Inl cominonm fori's," IDcor Solo monit says. "there Is nothing more than i1 condition of itl tsi ness or ut nrtest. The person Is flidgety, ill at eas, (-fitt nIot Colicn rato t)It the task before hin itid is so generally disturbed lie does not know what to dio with lhimself. It is hit naitural that whlile in this con Ilition tie person is irritable and Is alit to be e1rain tky. grouchy. (asily antgered faid hot at till h! riselfI, as lit- WIll tell you. I venture to state in this sitiple form the state mccurs now find then in all huitman beligs, but for lilt most 1f us the-se periis aro reoItively In frequen't . fn "Many may fid relier by going to a "tnaitisi nt Ill, playi ng golf, lennis, or the IIke; going to i baseball gamlue, joining A enr'd gaate ; yes, evena goltig to a prize light, a wrestling match and similar Mlethods of alnusitiint. Others may fin their peace in intelect-ui pur -uits-rein g a novel, a sientific hook or article, resorting to one of their hobbles." Popular Superstitions. Tro be born on the first dhay of a new rnloon means that the childt wvill have a htulppy life and he rIch. A child born an the second (lay will growv rapidly. A. short life Is piredicted for a child born on the third or the sIxth (lay. A rhIld born on the fifth day will be die 'eiltfuil and prtoud. Blirth on thte seventh day means that nt child boarn wIll live long, but have many troutbles. The nlith day prom ises that a child horn then shall have riches and honors. A child born on the tenth (lay will live long and be a great traveler. A birth on the elevenith day means that the child w~Ill be healthy and handsomte, and if a girl, remarkable for wisdlom. A child born on the twelfth dany of the moon w'lhl he der.i ly loved, butt have a~ bad( temper. Watch His Laugh. The leopard cannot change hIs spots, nor the laugher his laugh. It Is as charnieaterlstle as hits nose or theO color' of his eyes. No polish or educn t ional v'eneer enn alter' the laiugh maucht In (qual11Ity anad tone, allthoutgh it may soft en It. Yet, even then, In an un guardtld tmoment the (old1 lugh rings or enek'llesi, or explodles, and the show is giveni away. A mntan to lbe nyoIded, to be patssed by on the ether side, Is the man who laughs without smalIng. The tan who laughs like a mask or a vent riloqulst's puppmet. Ills face wrInkles, lie makes a noIse. But ho Isa smilelessq as a rooster when cackling. Take It from me, that man In hard, relentless, cruel, malignant. The Unspeakable Turk. ThIs expression came into general use tduring the Bulgarian~ ngitation of 1876, on its appen'rance in a publIshed letter of Carlyle's to George Iloward, M. P., dated November 24: "The un xpemgkable Turk should ho Immediately struckc out of the question, and the country left to honest European guid once." It was not the first time, howv ever, that Carlyle hadl made use of it. In 1831, nearly fifty years befor'e, in "The Westminster Rhevlew," No. 29, in on article on the "Nibelungen Lied," he makes mention of "that unspeak nhln Ttc Kinn, Manhabol." New York ind Quebec. Quebec City is older than New York, It was founded in 1008 by samuel de Chainiplain, whereas the earliest date that vin be set for the founding of New York is 1610. New York Bay and the ludson river were discovered by Verraz/ino in 1524, untd the discovery was followed by occasional visits of trailing awil exploring vessels until the arrival f4 Henry Hudson In 1009, one year after Champilan had built his fort and chateau on the slope leading II to the heights of Quebec. Beglu nli,: with 1010 Dutch merchants dits-I patched several vessels to engage in the fur trade with the Indians, and in 1014 at shill) commander Adrilan Block, having lost his vessel, built the'On rust" or "Restless" on the shores of the upper harbor of New York. About tI samie time a few huts were built tsi I he south end of Manhattan Island. In 102:1 the country was erected Into a province by the Dutch, and the seat <of government wv established on Man hathtuin island,,on part of the site of tile present city of New York. Dutch rule comInenced, and Continued until 8eptembher 8, 100-1. almost one hundred years before the British acquired Now France or01 Canida. Oil From Melon Seeds. A genulne Aimerlean lInvention orig inIIted at Rocky Ford, where a1 melon grow' named Burrill, with the fac ulty of Inductive reasoning, found out tlt a clear, rich oil can be expressed fron the seeds of cantaloupes. notes the Chicago Tribune. Ile submitted samples to goernment chemists at WN'ashington, who notitled him that their tgts lndleed a ngw tilld oif of tie 110 i' dnd c'lr 4 li oal v oIl, one whiiih needed i Mining process. 'ihere is wide signific e. 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