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1GWNT EA WALLS. Punisypment That Wa Infilcte4 For neglecting Their Repair. W. H. Wheeler in his "Ilistory of the Fens ~bf South Lincolnshire" quotes Harrison as saying, in his preface to Holinshed's "Chrouiele." that "such as, having walls or banks near unto toe sdi, do suffer the same to decay, after convenient admonition, whereby f the water entereth and drowneth up the country, are by a certain ancient custim apprehended, condemned and staked in the breach, where they re- I main forever a parcel of~the new wall t that is to bei made upon them, as I C have heard -eported."-P. 40. C Harrison, so far as I am at present able to make out, is the earliest au- - thority for this, and he only speaks of 5 it as a report. In a paper by the Rev. F. C. J. Spur- t rell in "The Archaeologia Cantiana" re- t lating to Dartford, I find the following, which, though it is by no means a proof r of what Harrison had heard, tends to S make the 2tatement less improbable i than It otherwise would be: t "In early times the Roman way t ,jrossed the marsh untroubled by the 8 tide. Afterward, the tide having ad vanced further inland, the road was raised, becoming a causeway. In. me- r diaeval times this bank was heighten- d ed against the tide, the road running Inside, as at present. During a section made a few years ago through this c road, near Stidolph's house, I saw a human skeleton extended across the f bank about two feet below the pres- t ent surface. This is, of course, a s strange situation; but, looking to the c) fact that It was a tide wall, it is pos- t sible that the once owner of the skele- I ton had the duty of repairing the bank f and, having let the tide through by his E neglect, was placed in'the breach, thus helping to repair it while -suffering punishment S. Smiles has mentioied that such a mode of dealing was a me diaeval custom. However, I know not ' how far the ancient graveyard extend- r ed hereabout, so that the body, which f showed no signs of burial, might yet f have been buried in sacred ground."- a London Notes and Queries. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Don't abuse your rival. Behave bet ter than he does. Every one has an excuse for drink Ing. None of them is good. How many people are you "comfort able" with? Not very many probably. - When it comes to romance, the kind found in books is very superior to the real thing. a It is stated there is an exception to tl every rule, but don't hope you will be b one to the rule of old age. A o a-p ee like little p birds tn a ne. Wien eu praise them r they lie-still with the-r mouth's wide' o open for more. d Engines are very much like people. b The switci engine makes more fuss o around the depot than the engines on the through trains. The cheaper the fi person, the more trouble he causes.- a Atchison Globe. t Beauty and the Beast. tl A well known southern churchman q was recently visiting New York, ae- c companied by his wife, who is as beau- is tiful as her life mate is homely. They a were walking down' Broadway one sun-. e ny afternoon, and the pair attracted b much attention. One of two young "sports," evidently thinking to attract b the favorable attention of the church- ri man's wife, in an audible aside re- 11 marked tliat it was another case of 'T "the beauty and the beast." Quick as f: a wink the husband turnled and, as he a swung his right to the speaker's jaw, a scoring a knockout, said, "I am a man Jb of peace, but I never allow any ''one told call my wife a beast."-New York In Tribune.a Catharine Parr. it Catharine Parr. the sixth wife of the much married Henry VIII., owed more to her Intellectual than to her personal charms. She was not good looking, d but had a pleasanit face and a world nI of tact. So skillfully did she manage s1 her troublesome husband as actuallye to turn him against some of the most y trusted of his own officials. Once an b order was made out for her arrest on si a charge of heresy, but she got news of I the matter and so cleverly flattered o; and soothed Henry as to effect a com- ti plete reconciliation, and when the offi- si eers came to serve the order he drove ~ii them out with curses and threats. cl Brave or Reckles ri When a -young man on a smail sal- ix ary and with#the future very uncer- N tain gets married' we claim he is as reckless as if he jumped into water and couldn't swim. The romantic may c all it courage, but it is pure reckless- ti ness.-Atchison Globe. , a All Broke Up. i "She was very much affected, was p she not, at the bad news?" o "I shotmd say so. Her eyes dropped, rt her voice broke, her face fell, and final ly she burst into tears."-Baltimnore s American.s Courtesy to Strangers. d If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers it shows he Is a citizen of the world and that his hea-rt Is no Is land cut off from other lands, but a i continent that joins to them.-Bacon. d A Bunch of per. First Artist - What's~ that you're- d painting, a mediaeval famIly group? Second Artist--Not exactly. That's a portrait of Mrs. Henry VIII.-i .oul ville Courier--Tournal. s Anything to Please. e Mudge* -See here, what did you mean t by saying!I wasn't half' witted? Tabs- 0 ley--What shall I say? That you are half witted? Ii DeWIfts EtSalve J Foe' P~es, Burns, Bores. RED TrO ANYr CEnWER of tobaccc HABITB OF HARES. faking the Toilet In a Longj and Careful ProceMu. A clever observer writes: "A good nany hares find a secur" :-etreat In the and hills during the da.'ime and feed n the marshes in the morning and vening. The hour at which aust of he:a leave the marsh varies, but it is ny time before U o'clock. All the ares, however, do not return, some referring to lietout all day and make heir "forms" in any standing clumps f grass in tle inclosures. I found this t one day while taking shelter among be fir trees from a downpour of rain. LS soon as the rain'gogreally heavy I aw first one and then another hare ppear, as it were,,out of the ground in be middle of the fields and race for be shelter of the sand hills. "On their return to the hills in the iorning many of 'them take up their tation on the sunny side of 'a fir tree. enerally on a slope, and sit there, ei ier among the fir 'needles or'else on ie bare ground or'sand, without any rt of form appm-ently. They like a arm, sunny seat,,out of the wind, or, :ovwet weather, sheltered from the ain. Here they /sit and sleep, unless isturbed, until /an hour or two past iidday. "At some time- between 1:30 and 3 'clock they wake up and begin their ilet, whicb.is long and very care al process. I have seen them roll in ie sand, then get up, shake them elves and finally lick their bodies all ver, for the most part directly with aeir tongues, but those partsof their odies which they cannot reach so ace, back of head, ears and nape of eck-are dressed by-the fore limbs ex ctly in the same way that a cat does "These toilet *operations often take af or three-quarters of an hour. Vhen completeithere is a short time of est, then a long stretch and a yawn, are legs first, then the hind legs; nally, the wbhle body is raised into n arch, aftej 'which the animal be ins to move off for another feed." ANALYZING MILK. heiProcess Is Neither Difficult Nor Complicated. The chemical analysis of milk is-not )mpli-ated nor difficult. First the 1erist weighs a small dish, cup or ue'er and earefully notes down the' sultstin ounces, grains and fractions. grains. Next he pours in some mil-k. be analyzed and again carefully tes diown the result. By subtracting e weight of the dish from that of )th the weight of the nilik is found. ad recended. Next the reoeptaele -Is laced'over a seam ,Jet, whW evapo tes the water of* the milk, leaving 2ly the residue or "solids." Again the' sh and'its 'contents are weighed, and. y a simple calculation, the percentage solids is ascertained. The "solids" of 'the milk have been. und by innumerable analyses to verage- about 13 per cent, and while ie fat varies In milk from different ws the solids~ left after extracting' ie fat are found to be a very constant: mntity, seldom falling below 10 per' mnt or over 14. This gives the chem t a positive basis for his 'calculations ad enables him to state with great. rtainty whether or not the mil& has een watered. The fat or oil in milk is determined. v dissolving it by means of ether, the' sidue remaining after such test be-' ig termed "solids other than fat."' he average fat or oil found In milk: 'om cows is 3 per cent, and any siount less than 3 per cent indicates most to a certainty that the milk has. sen skimmed. If analysis shows a. ecrease of fat It indicates that the' tilk has been watered, while If fZats ad other solids togethior are low you .y infer that the skimmer ha's done' s -worst. An Early Betrothal. In the early days of California the' a~ugh~ters of the Lugos were sought in. arriage by the best families of the' ate. It was a boast that they were ren courted In the cradle, as when the ung officer Colonel Ignacio Vallejo, eng in San Luis Obispo on the occa on of the birth of a daughter to the - ugos, asked her father for the hand 'the day old baby, provided when the me came to fulfill the contract the bnorita should be wiliing. This seem gly absurd betrothal took place. The' ilid grew up to be an Intelligent as. eli as attractive young woman, mar ed her betrothed and became the' other of many children, among them. :ari~ano Guadalupe Vallejo. Binding a Bargain. In the book of Ruth a shoe is men oned as being handed over to ratify' bargain, and the custom In a. sense' iems to have been repeated later, for' the year 1002 certain bishops were' t Into possession of their sees by re lving a glove. These may have been . chly jeweled gloves, for such formed art of the episcopal habit, and when. yme abbots thought fit to array them-* lves in similar hand covering pecul-' r only to bishops they 7ere forbid-' en their use by the council. Proof. Prospective Purchaser-You say 'tihfr Sa healthy place, yet the man neti oor is confined to his bed. How 4bts ou account for'.that? Real Estcas .gent-Oh, he's a doctor and is sloufE: ying of starvation.-Chicago News.. Treachery. Deliberate treachery entails pumilkl ent upon the traitor. There is no pos bility of escaping it, even in the hi'gh it rank to which the consent of socle. rcan exalt the meanest and the worst: men.-Junius. Destiny has turned many a man: own while he was waiting for some lg to turn up.-Success Magazine. [.o1.I Dyspepsia'Durs Digests what you Oeat. ---TO THE M1 who will cut out and mail us th THE FIRST L0OMOTIVE. It Was Built by Oliver Evans, Who Couldn't Lay Up Money. The reallinventor of the locomotive never realized a cent from his iaven- d tion. t3 His name was Oliver Evans. He was born in Delaware in 1756 an'd spent all his life perfecting iuventions whieh were destined t briLg him nothing but b] more poverty., He was tb- originalin- bi ventor of the high pressure engine used in locomotives, the only kind that could be employed to advantage In this form of tra-nsportation, but realized nothing : for his idea. His application of the notion to both* land and water power wvas somewhat d novel. In 1804 the municipagty of Philadel- i phia called for bids for the dredging of d the rhier and the bleanlng of the docks. b Evans put In a bid lowerthan any of V his competitors and when -it was ac- p cepted determined to build a steam boat to do the work. ci He fitted out a scow with a steam engine, builing both the engine and s the scow in his own workshop., When the boat was ready to be launched Evans determined to give the h people of Philadelphia an object lesson s( in mechanics, so he put the boat on t, wheels; fitted up a push" wheel behind. p set his engine to work and propelled o the boat -hrough the streets to the riv- e er In the midst of an open mouthed ei throng, not a f6w of whom had a dim C idea that he- ought to be arrested for si wite raft. ti WheM the boat reached the bank of Ic the river, the wheels ind axles were t taken off, the craft was launched, fitted ti out with other wheels all made to do tj the work of dredging the harbor. si So far as the Invention of mechani- a: cal devices went Evans had a splendid v genius, but when dollars and cents came up for- consideration he was a ti mere child, -nd even allowed himself oi to be cheated out of the money that s< vas due him ifor cheaning the Philadel- x phia harbor with his new fangled o: steamboat tl d TH-E PUEBLO INDIANS. Their Religion Is In a Way a Species 1 of Water Worship. I Eagle feathers are much used in the 0 ceremonrials of the Pueblo Indians, and ' In-order to make sure-of a supply the a Zuni keep the birds In-cages, plucking a a few feathers whenever they happen ' to want them. On the other hand, the h IMoki hrve eagles' nests-located at va- T rious spots within thirty or forty miles e of their towns, which are considered 11 the property of different clans among b them. The eagle lays its eggs in the same nest year. after year,. and the 1 as imherit r4ghts to certain nests s geaeradon to'ge The -eagles6 are 'not kl.1 b t ,the h new fledged young en e t en from the nest-that is to say, all but t1 one or two, which mist be left. To 0: remind the eagle god to encourage the b laying of more eggs by the birds an e egg carved out of wood Is 'placed -where the divinity will be sure to see It; also, after being plucked, the ea glets are carefully burled In a certain ~ cleft in the rocks, which Is the eagle cemetery. Here the eagles have been ~ Interred for centuries, and the place Is ~ Svery sacred. jj The Pueblo Indians have a tradition ~ If he noo, and they say thatthe tur key Is marked in commemoration of t that event, Its tall being black at the ( end where it was dragged througli the l mud after the water had subsided. I The duck Is another sacred bird, be- ~ ring associated with water. From the ~ Pueblo point of view, anything that is I jrelated to the all precious water In any t way Is an object of worship. Their re- d lgion is made up to a great extent of fi aquatic divinities and might be called U a species of water worship. How to Clean Old Book Plates. C To restore old book plates that have ~ been injured by age and damp proceed as follows: Place upon a'fiat surface a sheet of white paper somewhat -lar ger than the print to be cleaned. Care-c fully dampen, ,the print on both sides with a soft, wet sponge and then satu- P rate It with~a mixture of- chloride of lime and oxalic acid dissolved In about equal proportions In a pint of cold water. - You can tell when the mixture Is right by its turning magenta color.0 Continue to apply It until every stain or spot has disappeared aind then wIth0 a clean .sponge wash the print freely with cold water. 1 Few Chances. "You must try to love your pspa ass much as he loves you," said the visitor. "Oh, I love him more!" replied Tom-e my. "Indeed? Doesn't your papa love you very muh? "Not much. He says he only loves me when I'm good."-Philadelphiar He Set the Pace. -"You seem boud and determined to live right up to my salary." "I'm merely trying to live up to the diaondandthings you gave me wvhen eweeengaged, dear." - Houston Post A Poor Sort of a Golfer. e Sandy. having been asked If Mr. Meadoweroft'iwas a golfer. replied: a "Weel, no; not a real one. He mnissed ~ a game to be at home when his second 8 child was born."-Chicago Record-Her- e ad. - Her Happiness. HeIshall be just, miserabie when I have to go away and -leave you. "Oh, Jack, It I were sure of that I'd feel so h'appy !"-Llfe. Oh, that you could turn your eyes to ward the napes of your necks and make but an interior survey of your t Igood selves!-Shakespeare. THE ORIGINEAL LAXATIVE COUGH SYRUP iKENNEDY'S LAXATIVE HONEY-iTAR ti ed Ciover Biossom and Honey Bee on Every Battle, l ERCHANT : If you haven't R~ We give you our m ade of better tobi Lity thnanyote Write ame and address;p ..~sadvmtsment, we will mail him a A HEROIG BATTLE. he Enemy Wan the Sea, and the Colored Troops Won. No engagement of the civil war was trried on with more heroism and en tirance than that fought by the For --ninth Unizod States colored troops ItEr hostilities were over. The Maga nE of American History cant:lins an :count of the tussle in which the ack soldiers bore thumsClves so ravely. The steamer Merrimac, load I with cotton, left New Orleans for ew York carrying. besides her reg lar passengers, thirty officers and 000 lored privates. For several days all went well. Then te vessel sprung aleak, fires were impened and the alarmi spread. It ,as found that the iron supply p!Pe trough which the water for the con mser was taken from * : sea was reken,' and the place of leanage could At be reached. The p)sseugers were inic stricken. One small, fat German -ent about wringing his hands and 'ying: "Ach, we are at the bottom of the a! If we gets pack to New Orreans ill dey gif me pack my m6nish" The water gained fast. The only pe lay In keeping afloat until a ves .1 could be sigt.ted. The colored -oops were pressed into service and roved themselves the heroes of the casion. A line of men was establish I from the hold to the deck, and buck :s were passed as rapidly 'as hands uld move. OrL deck another line :epped back and forth with well -ained military 'tread. The work be >w was most exhausting. The men at ie bottom could not hold their posi on more than three minutes at a me. They were blinded and half trangled by the swashing sea water ad bruised by the lumps of coal -hic dashed about. But no one faltered, and high above ie noise rose the clear, sweet voices F the workers, now singing an army yng, now- a cheery'nggro melody. The iusic brought new iope to the hearts r the passengers. Hour after hour ie men worked and sang, and the sea Id not gain on them. Two days passed, and the drinking rater gave out. Then they could no inger sing, and their parched throats ere eased only by a scanty supply f oranges and lemons, but still they orked. On the third day the lights of steamer were seen only half a mile way. ' Rockets were sent up, and ith great difficulty, on account of er wet ammunition, a gun was fired. 'o the dismay of all, the steamer pass I on. Quickly the. soldiers formed a ne once more, and the wearisome la or began again. After sixty-five hours of bucket pass ig a steamer was ighted Athi,'h re pndedo bthe fo'lielpan4 the aterfegget Merrimas wee'towed lito arbor. The men who had sung so cheerily in ie iidst of hard labor and in the face f death were thoroughly exhausted, ut they had not lost their light heart gayety. * Gladstone's Early Joys. When Mr. Gladstone was quite an id man it chanced that he and Mr. |haplin were staying at the same coun ry house together on a visit. One ight after dinner the Grand Old Man sked Mr. Chaplin whether his grand other had not lived in a c'rtain treet in Mayfair. Mr. Chaplin replied iat'she had done so. "Well," said Mr. lladstone, "I remember it distinctly. I ved next door to her for a'while when was a child. She used 'to give even ig partiestWlien the carriages were ssembled to take up, my brother and used to creep out of bed-it was in de summer time-softly open the win ow, get out our squirts and discreetly e away at the coachmen on the oxes. I remember the intense delight r'ith which' we used to see them look p to the slky and call out to ask each ther whether it wasn't beginning to Wonderful Miniature Book. The smallest bound book in the great llection of miniature books owned by te New York Library society Is a cam ag document issued In 1852. It ears not only the distinction of being de smallest vo:lume In, the great col ction referred to, but has been pro ounced by experts in booklore to be ne of the tiniest lboks in existence. contains but fourteen leaves, each C which is closely printed on both ides in microscopic -type. Each leaf Sone and onae-half Inches in length nd seven-eighths of an inch in width. he title page bears the following in 3ription: "Life and Public Services of ~eneral Pierce. Respectfully Dedicat di to General Lewis Cass. Concord ress, 1854." A cheerful View. Walter's mamma was very sick with deumatism, and he was rubbing her rms when 'he said, "Walter, it is too ad that mamma is such a trouble to Walter replied cheerfully: "Never ,ind, mamma. If you are only just ive we don't care how much you suf Used to Degging. Graspit (angrily)-What' More mon y? If you keep on you'll bankrupt ie. Then, after I'm dead, you will be beggar. Mrs. Graspit (calmly)-Oh, !eHi, I'd~be a great deal better off than me.poor..womnan who never had any sper-fece In that 14ne. The Yarne Fooled 'Tirn. "Are you fond of smelts?" "Never tasted it." "Eh! Smelts are fishes." "Fishes! I thoug.ht they were some nd of cheese."-Clevelanld Plain ealer. A lie always has a certain amount of eight wi those who wish to believe .-Rce. WSee me about the Woven rire Fencing that lasts for a life ne and is cheaper than wood ncs R. Y. Turner. ed Meat Tobacco in stock, TO THE CONSUMER absolute guarantee that each 10< acco and contains rnore good soli< -10c plug of any weight offered o lainly here: Ad which wil entitle him to oz THREE MONTHS FREE "THE NEWS and HERALD for Only Fifty Cents to July 1, 1906. Think of it: your county paper for seven months for only fifty cents. the regu lar price for tour months. Old Subscribers Too. Every old subscriber who will come forward now and pay all arrears and pay one year in advance will have their subscription- moved orward three months be ond the time paid for. NOW IS THE TIME. Grove's Tasteless Chili Tonic hs stood the test 25 years. AveragaAnnual Sales over One and a alf KUlOS b-ottles Does this ord of t toyou? No Cur; Noly. 0sc. Enclosed with every botte is aTf~~t package of Qoves No*c Mob LijverP. The new Laxative C r that does not gripe *** and or nauseate. trouble and. Pleasant to tae. Laxative fruit Syrup Chronic Constipation. DYSPEPSIA CGURE .- E. C. DeWITT & COMPANY, CHICAGO. II.L. write t actory-we will supply yondirept Le~, 5c cu fRdA Mat Tobacco F REE at any store handling this brand. 1 etSlsC. , iso3ae.Ne