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/ 1M THE PI GROVER C CREEPERS FOR THE AUTO. cvicc designed to Prevent S lprlnJ? of tbc Wheels. An account of the "side-slip" contest which was held a few weeks ugo hy the Automobile Club dc Saluc-ot-Olse was given in these columns, and we are enabled to present some views of the winning device. The "anti skid DKTACHCD. der" wliiAh woi the prize Is known ns I-oinporetfiV As will the neon from the two iilustrillions iJ consists of u nuiijber of teol plntAs, connected nt tlioir extreiulties by two encircling clmlns. The pistes uyc corrugated on their Inner biiii aeon iji pp;i rmi: iy will) I in? oujepT or preventing any "creeping" un'/h' the cover. It is <'lniiue(l for tlin ilcvlee that it. cannot leave the tire; that it ANTI-S lit)I)Hi IN PI.ACZ. ennnot heat, unil may in; removed or itflxed In a f'\v minutes. When not In use it eon he rolled up In'to a very small compass, and therefore takes up very little room on the ear. It is said to udd considerably to the life of the tires, and to constitute an absolute protection against puncture and side without ri'ilin iuu the rest! Henry of t tie tlr?. TIHhTA C/iV^LK V. ITrn of the Fore; Which blocked th. or.ioh March to Lhas a.] $ JBLICEYE tB m- ^QC&JJn BHStk t* A H ^raBggHgBwBWUBMflBBKWilB^^ B?^K96e^'^v (* j*m5& -EVELAND. TO MINIMIZE FOREST FIRES. New Dc\l;es For Suppression of Smoke and Spark Aulsancc. Anion# tile numerous euuses of for; est tires probably the most prolitic j moans of all Is the shower of sparks which arc thrown high in the air from locomotives. Various remedies for this daiig;*r have been suggested. I.egul pressure lias brought into tlie tieid iiu- i merotis spark-arresters, notably in the Adirondacks; but great damage was | done before these were finally put Into anything like general use. An- f other arrester lias recently been suggested, which is now in use on some of the Western railroads, although for a different purpose. Tills device is siin* j pie in construction, Inexpensive and adaptable to any style of locomotive. It consists chiefly of a specially eon- ( structed hood, which is extended above tbe top of the stack, at the height of about two feet, and Interferes but little, if at all, with the draught. Its motive consists solely In deflecting tbe spurks downward, so that they fail harmlessly on the roadbed. ICven in ease of a high wind the cinders are so effectually delleeted downward that imm ^=^^=4 WH-KTORl I I F?R I-OCPMOTIV/E^J ^ jiij they will scatter only u very short distance. When not in use tills device Is released from its upright position, where it is held by a spring, and then ' it reclines to the side of the stack.? I'llilndolphin Hceord. ('unstllnn Itlaon. The woods of northern British Anier. leu are still Infested with a queer species of hlsou, known ns the "woods buffalo." It is much larger tliun llio , bison of the plains. / ^ \ JOSEPH F. SMITH. President of tbe Mormon Church, j A i'lirlinm Troplrul f'hriiomr non. A curious phenomenon Iiiih boon noticed in the tropica Unit can never ho aeon at higher altitudes. A mining shaft lit Honiberete, Max., la almost ex- ! uctly on the treplc of Cafccer, and at noon on .Inno 121 tlio aun shines to tlio iMittoin. lighting up the well for a vet-- , tlcal depth of 1100 fgot or more. B. Phillips Oppcnhclm, a popular , Kngllsh novelist, Is visiting this eoun- 1 try. Ho la not a stranger here, as he 1 married a Boston girl several years ago. I 7 A LEAF FROM THE PAST. (Tltra a TOw Straw Hat Wm a Noval ar<1 Trcamrcil FoHeMlon. In the early pnrt of tbe Inst century tbero were fewer fnctorles In this country than now, unci many thing* were luntle by band which to-day are the work of mucblnory. This waa especially true of tbe braid toy straw bats. Rye straw was commonly used, although wheat waa also In demand. But the rye straw bad longer stems and was more easily bandied. In driving along country roads. In Massachusetts particularly, late In the summer, one would see great bundles of tbe straw banging on the feuces t<i dry. When tbe sun and wind bad done their share of tbe \^ork. It was placed in casks .where sulphur was burning until It was blenched to a pnle yellow, Then It wns split Into narrow widtlit suitable for braiding. The daughters of farmers did nol have many pennies of their own in those days, and all were eager to earn money by braiding straw. Kvery lit tie wlilie men would pass through the villages cnlllnir from lintiai* in Imn.i and buying the straw hrnid. Thej paid two cents a ynr<l for it. "District school" was in session onlj six months of the year?the rest of tin time the children helped their mothen with lite house work. When that waf done tliey took up tlielr braids foi amusement and occupation. So tnueli a day every girl expected to do as hei daily "stint." She would enrry it down by the brook or up in the apple tree when the summer days were long: 01 during the stormy hours of winter she would go with it to the old attic where the swing hung from the cobwebbH rafters. But all the time her fingermust work busily, lest the men shouh! call for the braids and find them un finished. The fnetories where the straw wo? sewed were in the large towns. The simplest hats were of the braids alone More elaborate ones had a fancy cord also of plaited straw, sowed on th< edge of the hrnid. Tills straw wa? made by tlie old ladles. Grandmother? ami greataunts whose eyes were ton dim to sew would take their balls pi straw witli them 011 neighborhood <-alls. Willie they chatted together, their hands would lie weaving tin yeiiow strands in and out, fashioning the dainty cord. The price paid for the cord was only half a cent a yard, but this was better than nothing to those dames of a by gone generation. A poor country girl would begin tn think of her bat from the time ot seed-sowing. All summer she would watch the billowy grain. When it was gathered and only the empty stalks were left, she would tie them Into bundles and hang thein in some sheltered nook to dry. Bleaching, split, ting nnd braiding?these she dhl her Self. When the braids were finished and sent to the factory, how Impatient she waited! Perhaps grandma contrlb uted some of the cord she had madu hist winter thnt the hew hat mfirltt he more beautiful. At last tho hat caine home, and then what tryings on there were before the old gilt-framed mirror in tbe parlor! How lovingly lis owner bandied it as she plaeed it this way or that on her curly head, oh, a new straw hat was. indeed a thing well worth having In those duy* of the long ago.?Adele H. Baldwin, in Sit. Nicholas*. Miiiptr Kiprrtinrnt to I'rovo Kiirth Ilnnml Although it was demonstrated more than liOUO yours ago that the earth is globular in form, there are certain per. hoiih who maintain that It is Hat, About thirty years ago a controversy on tli" subject waxed so hot that il was determined to put the matter to direct experiment In order to settle the question one? for all. The place chosen was near Bedford, England. where there is a straight six mile stretch of water. At both ends and in the middle of this water posts were erected, each of the same detinile height above the water level. Upon looking with a telescope along the top.* of these three posts it was clearly seen that the centre one overtopped the others by about six feet, owing to the curvatc.ro of the surface of tho earth. These experiments were rocntly repeated In a more scientific manner by II. Yut" Oldham, who read n (taper on the subj 'ct before the tilnsgow meeting of the British Association. The same re/ults were obtained, with the important difference that by the employment of a tele-photographic lem< nml enrii'.P'i ?li<* ? ? - ?... v . ? oia iv/ui |?n/niiijru' r of the middle post wn* recorded la nn unmls'.nkublc i inuncr.?Philadelphia It coord. (Irnn'nn nnd Imltullon I'crfuiaes. "I'orftuuoM are becoming i ioro puptv l.ir every year," said A. It. Mitchell, the representative of a Detroit. Mich., perfumery concern. "Ten year* ago the use of these scents vras exceedingly restricted, and the use n >w Is tnucli luorp general. Ac a result our sales are much turgor than they were in those days. "It may seem peculiar, but perfrrnes are adulterated and imitated Just as baking jw>wd and other things are. For instance, we have n high grade carnation pin!; pprfumo from the flowers themselves. This, of course. Is ostly, but the perfume retains Its odor, and n handkerchief that has Imon scented with it will retain the perfume oven nfter It is washed. A hot Iron will bring out the odor again. Now, u perfume that is Just as good to all appearances, and, that for ten minutes will have tb.? same effect, can be made out of the oil of cloves mixed with alcohol. At the end of ten minutes the odor will be gone."?Milwaukee Sentinel r ^ LITTLE WOMEN : ARE I MIGHTY ATOMS I ^ J i i wm \u^iS the tall young woman f ante red tbe dining rooui [ JX with her Mend, a little ?. woman who was one of a Par,y at a *?*>lo near the i uoor ettitcu out admiringly: "Ob. Miss Prlnder, every time I eee yo come into the room I wish I were tall. I doso envy you your lieitbt!" , The tall young woman ncLDOwlcdgcd the tribute gracefully, then algbcd as , alio settled Into n chair at licr own , table. "I>o you know," she Laid to her . friend, "that that little woman over there la oue of my greatest griev. nnces." > "Why, 1 thought sh? seemed very i pleasant!" replied the friend. t "I suppose you thought she really meant whnt she said Just now, and i that she showed u sweet, generous un ture In making that remnrk. Well, i she didn't mean it at all. She merely > wanted to call attention again to her own dlmlnutlvencss, which she eon> slders much more fetching than my ? height." I "Ob,- is that the trouble?" laughed i the friend. "Well, she Is a dainty little 1 thing." "Of course she Is." said the tall young woman, whose totje now bor-. i dered upon asperity, "but she need not make invidious' comparisons at my expense in order to call tbe fact to people's attention." "This isn't her tlrst offence, then?" 1 "No, indeed; it's a habit of hers, i Nature provides nil small women 1 with this method of attack to enable them to get the better of their larger I sisters. They usually prejend to nd mire, In order to omphnsizo by contrast tho more attractive qunllty tbey I themselves possess. "That is their Indirect method. The direct is more effective and usually consists in railing attention to their shoes. Sometimes it Is gloves and belts, but usually It is shoes. Just | this morning, when we were nil out on the piazza, and there were enough men around to be worth the effort, that same little Mrs. Grimston over there, apparently casually regnrded lier feet and then suddenly laughed her pretty little Inugh. " 'What do you think of these new shoes of mine?" she demanded engagingly. 'Aren't they perfectly huge? But you know I thought that for on:;e I would get shoes that wouldn't scuff out the first time I wore ' them, so i bought them in the boys' department.' Tho stout neat little shoes she displayed were nt most No. ks and 1 os I wear No. and had 0:1 n short skirt you may imagine how pleased I felt. "You know I am five feet eight and weigh 150, and my waist meusures twenty-five. I had never been aensi1 tlvc about any of these statistjes, or 1 given tlmm any particular thought until Mrs. Grimston began to empbnslze them. Nearly every day now she says 1 Bornethlns like this. *I)o you know i that I have Ruined ton pounds since I i came to this hotel? I sot on the scales to day and was perfectly utuazed to see thorn bo up to 11T? for I have never welshed more than 10-1 before! And, : my dear, I nm ashamed to confess It, t but I houBht a row belt to-dny and had * to ask for size twenty-two" "Another universal trick of little r.?)inen Is to assume the helpless, dependent role, which, of course, appeals i to all mankind. They have to have 1 someone check their hnssu*" and buy > their tickets for them. They coni tlnunlly find It necessary to be helped i down from hlsb places or up steep placer, or across mud puddles, over 1 which you have stepped without stop> plnif to consider. They never fall to > call attention to this t>y sayinB, ns they smile gratefully up nt their pro tertlng male escort. 'How I do wish I were ns self-reliant and Independent i as you are. Miss Prlnder! It's dreadful - always to he a trouble to one'a friends, ' This causes the protecting mnle escort i to reflect with Brn'lflcat.on what a fine ' thins It is to aid her '.villi his >nun!y i strength. ' "Invariably, tco, the smaller the 1 woman the crealer is hop n^/Oni ? - surnncp. All rny llfo I have wcnderIngly watched little women, who. with the most serene compotr.ro and selfeonfldcnce, preside orer women's clubs, star In amateur theatricals, or respond to dinner toasts. Ac for ne, if I nn conscious than rioro than tliree , persons ore listening I am overcome with trepidation at the sound of tiy own voice, so I never even tiiinU of ati temp tin a platform efforts. "Of course no little wounn r/i'.l cTor admit a Inch of timidity. OI* 1:0, Indeed! I have watched them rfor.n 1 with the nest amazing coolness and seif-ponsosalon and actual enjoyment cf ho centre of the stage, receiving the plaudits of an audience with sweet composure, and then have beard then cay In private, 'Oh. my dear, I bad such a dreadful Bingo fright that I was simply 111. I would give anything to have yotir self confidence!*" The tall young jvoman clghed again before she proceeded with her dinner. "There's a good deal of stuff written nowadays," she concluded, "about the tall woman's reign and the advantages of Inches, but there's nothing In-It. j The little women have the better of uf I every tine."?Chicago News. I THE MODERN GENTLEMAN, ni 1i, After All, MM Mmtero, Bw* Bm A1w?j? sdjtcd, In some of oto earliest Immigration records the more favored arrivals were designated as "gentlemen." For Instance, one cargo of colonists com* i prised a score of "gentlemen" and seyeral hundred laboring men and handicraftsmen. It Is true that historians have added a descriptive word to the selected class and called tbem "gentlemen adventurers," but the Idea of superiority still endures; and In this age of genealogical research a familiar tragedy Is the experience of a proud son or a haughty dame going back through the centuries and striking as a lineal ancestor a plain handicraftsman Instead of a duly authenticated "gentleman." There Is no cover for that kind of disappointment ex-cept a coat of arms?which need not be historical If It be safe. In these days the designation of "gentleman" is formally used In Great Britain, but In America tbere has been a gradual disappearance of its ancient employment. The other day the scion of a family that had won wealth and kept It was on the witness stand. He gave his occupation or "gentleman." It was understood, of course, but the uttorney for the other side was no respecter of terms or of persons. He asked bluntly what ttio witness meant by "gentlemau." Tbero was an awkward quarter of on hour and in the end tbo witness, by that time rc<l with dlscomtlture, declared that a gentleman was a person of education who did not have to work for a living. Nothing kills so swiftly as ridicule or absurdity. This accounts for the gradual elimination of "gentleman" as n definition for directories or official certificates. And?shall we call It the sarcasm of fate??the word that takes the place of "gentleman" In these practical but unromantlc chronicles Is "capitalist." But while we smile let us remember that wo bnvo net removed the gentleman from our social category, ltatber have we given to the word a better significance. We can even surmise that there were more real gentlemen among the hand! .-raftsmen than among the favored twenty who alone bore the appellation. Certainly history lins shown who been mo the freemen I and who did the groat work of liberty and nation building. After all, tboro Is really no now Idea of the gentleman. It is ns ancient as the hills. "Though all the honors of thy line bedeck thy halls, believe me, virtue nlono is true nobility," snld old Juvenal. "Ob, give me inborn worth! If thou really merit the character of blameless integrity. of stanch love, of justice, both in words and deeds, then I recognize thy right to ho esteemed a gentleman."? Philadelphia Post. Pot Hear Joined In thn Cerrinony. Brulnskl, the pet bear of the Columbia's Jaeklcs, was not sent to the "Zoo" because he tried to eat the captain's dog, says an officer of the sblp, hut because he turned a solemn ceremony into a farce. Every day after dinner, Brulnskl and Ills particular friends indulged in a nap. Brulnskl stretched himself out on the deck, and his chums spread themselves around him, using him ns n pillow. Just dfter Captain Wilde enmo to take command of the yard he sent word that he was going to visit the ship at u certnlu hour. ? The men were mustered as quickly ns possible, to receive him with all tlie honors. Bruinskl's friends with the others responded to the bo's'n's call, | but Brulnskl slumbered OU, until after the men were all lined up on deck. Then he roused, and. missing his friends, went to seek them. He mounted to the deck where the men were lined up and, erect on his bind feet, passed slowly down the long line until he came to the group of his associates. Then ho turned, and, backing slowly, wedged hims"lf into the line. Ills solemn visage and rcndulous paws were too much for the commandant as well as the other olllcors. The ceremony 1 was cut short and Brulnskl hustled below. The captain of the ship thought the presence of the hear could bo dispensed with after that, and he was given permanent shore leave.?Philadelphia Press.. Might Hits Bma Twins. "I was trying to impress on one of my classes the other day the greatness of the Southern Confederacy, and nt the same time to let It kuow how wonderful n nan was George Washington," said J. L. Pembroke, a professor In a primary school In PaCucah, IZy., at Heelhach's last night. '"If the Confederacy had succeeded,' I asked, 'what would Washington have been the father of?* " 'Twins,' was the prompt reply of one of tho boys. "At another time," said Mr. Pen* orouc, "i was trying 10 ingress ou Liy class tbe fact that Anthony Wnyno | had led tho cbargo up Stony Polut." j " 'Who led tho charge up Stony Point?' I asked. 'Will cccio of tho smaller boys answer?' "No reply came. " 'Cau no one tell no?* I repeated, sternly. 'Little boy on that scat next to tho olale. who led tho chargo up Stony Point?' " 'I?I don't knew,' replied the llttlo fellow, frightened. 'I?I don't know. It wasn't me. I?I just corned here Inst mouth from Texas.'"?Louisville Herald. A,Xrr*mfc BteyeU Tmt. According to an official statement just published, 1.310,223 bicycles were taxed In France In 1008, being 103,841 more than In 1902. The Department of tbe Seine (Parhg had the largest number (244,386) and Corsicn tbe smallest (387). Tbe number of motor cycles was 19.81<w and of automobiles 19,886. TOUTUR'NC RAIN. If This MTsa'a MalTWrlnr" TToulfl H?f*, MM Mm; r*r*on, MM* Umni'i ' cm?(J rn IMMI M A. O. Bpratfuo. stock Aeiucr. of >formot. IU., writMJ "For two wbolCvftr* I uroi dnlftar nothing but bujlos (*ediJHSBwmJ ever * offered as 1 did and lltrod. bad that ( could a. c. iruiini. not rldp a find eoinptlmss wn* nimble even to-flde In a cnr. My condition was critical when I sent for Doun's Kldiipy-Pllls. I used three boxes nnd they curfd'tne. Now 1 can go anywhere himI id* aa much as anybody. 1 sleep wetttimd feel no discomfort nt nil." A TRIAL FREE?Ad 'rose PtiifterMllburii Co.. Buffalo. N. Y. For sale by all dealers. Price, 00 eta. f A Cruel Creed. "Our Puritan ancestors bad a Tollgion," said an artist, "that eras black and cruoL > "In the garret of my farm* last v week, I found a lot of religious postry that pleased our ancestors 200 yaars ago. "Here from tho collection is a asm* pie stanza of Michael Wlgglowwrth'a religious poem, 'The Day of Doom/ written In 1CG2," and the artist road: They wring their hands, their catlff hands, And gnash their teeth in terrou*| They cry, they rear, In anguish ton* And gnaw their tongues for horror; But get away, without delay, > Christ pities not your cry: Depart to Hell; thore yon may ytll And war eternally. AN EXCEPTION. "My Fon, don't forget tbat there is always room at the top." but think ot what tappens when there's a Are."?Chkago Journal. . ????? ^ One of the largest and moat noticeable / business signs seen anywhere Is that of the National Casket Co. on their mammoth new factory at Nashville, Tenn., made on a wire frame with a'uminum letters six feet high and one hundred fee*, long, which can be read from a long dlsianue by day, nnd when reproduo si in < I -trie llgh's, can lx? read even further at night. This Is the concern that la called on to furnish Casket* for thejnost prominent people everywhere. Including among Its reo*nt orders. Citakcts for Presidents Wllllmn MvKlnl?y, ll?njau)iu Harrison and the lute lamented Gen. John B. Gordon, and yet whose goods can ho had tbrougli the smallest undertaker lu every town. From tho lad that they are culled on to furnish Caskets for the fx st citl/.ous everywhere, there must Ih? some merit in their claim that their goods urn tho lest, and the Houth should 1st proud to have a branch of suo'i a high class rsinblUiicicut jT Within hur borders. IN KENTUCKY. ** Frlond?Ilavo you called In Judg3 Bludso to holp you? 1 hear ho haj been talking. | Attoiney for the Dcfonio?Called him In? No, 1 have cat ed him out. jtftttttntttmnttttmti inn n botanic I* ; ] DiDiDi BLOOD BALM I \ < The Graat Tetted Remtdy for the tpestiy > 4 i and permanent cur* of Scrofula, Rheum*. < ? 4i ti?tn, Catarrh, Ulceri, Ecrema, Sorer. Krup- < > 4 1 tiont, Woaknraa, Nerruumcn, and all o {; BLOOD AND SKIN DISEASES. J , ( It (a by far th* beat building tip Tonic ar.il ., , , Blood Purifier ever offered to the world. It . , makee new. rich blood, icpaitt renewed vi . . ( , tality, and poeteeeea almoat miraculous . . , , healing properties Writ* for Bt>Ok Cf Won- , , , , derful Curat, tent freo on application. . 4 , If not kept by your local druggist, tend , . , , fi.ooforalarga bottle, or Syoofor atx bottles, . . , , and niedicinr will ba seat, freight paid, by , . 4 i BLOOD BALM CO.. Atlanta. OA. i i n>A^cyAa?.. CURED CS^ Bi opsy Bii JefcK y Rtmorra all nwclllcg In Mo* / days; cITrcta n permanent euro Aaw> A iii jo to to da ya. Trial treatment gi?en free. Nothiacc-tn be falter ?Wg?jUH5;T?' write Dr. H. N. tireen'a Sana, J.Snnollllotft, 0?* B flllonlo, 4*. FREE 8AMPLE or "TBI STOAT or VT um AJTD TOBK," By Booker T. TVaeUlng ton. a Sand no year nam* and addraaa. fft want yon to have a oepy of thia oatoMemphy o tr?a graataet Wring Macro for the purpoaa of In* | troductrig It In your ' community. It to a 5. remarkable aallar, big S* proflt; aganto ara pakSL <xf from S4 to Sid par Hrj. owrs aattias ua an a?mtT *' ?*?* for jTlTttOMOLS * CO* Atlanta, Oa. Ratlin* Frloa B1 .#0. *15 AuatsU Duildla*. WORLD'S DA1B ST. LOUIS, bosfarrllla and Naahrtlta Railroad. If yoo at* cola* So Ska World* Date 70a VBBS tba bate roaia. Tha L. A K. Utia v I sSiilul, qnlokaat and beat llna. Thraa Mai dally. Through Pullman R1 raping Oaaa and IHsltf Oari. Law Rata Askat* aold dally. Oat rataa fram your laaal afanS and ask for ttokata via tba LSI. All tends of Information furnish ad on appUaatDn to J. O. HOLLKNBXCX. Plat. Paaa. A#ant, Atlanta, Oa. THE MACHINE'S CANDIDATE. "Nurttch expect* to got Che nomination (or Ooyernor," "Indeed? Whet dooe be bene bis hope on? "Well, be's n o'fmade man, and"? "Bat the successful Gubernatorial nominee Is usually machine-made."?. * ./AiUMphla Pros*. '* 'jj y' * * y .? ' t1 -jr( /; ' J* ; * * !a > !' / < , ?lZi *'* V ' V f ? 'v> fc Jr fc#1'/ ^ *6'- /-y