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In Fairyland. Woodlaad green is all a-quiver, fanned by filmy, fuiry wings; Tiny princesses and warriors, with grave bows and courtseyings, Knights and ladies, smiling jesters, rings of dancers all a-whirl, Float above the dreaming children, blue-eyed boy and brown-eyed girl. -Christopher Valentine, in St. Nicholas. Animals Do Talk. A scientfic observer, who has spent much time in forest and jungle, says that animals certainly talk. Perhaps it is going too far to call it "talking," but they certainly have a way of com municating with each other by sounds made with the mouth. He has seen a herd of moneys hold a conference be fore making some move, and has heard a gorilla distinctly call to its mate when it found some choice berries. He one day saw some gorillas approach a man's field to rob it, and when they found that it had already been stripped of everything that they cared for they laughed and guffawed just as men would do if a joke had been played on them.* Du Chai Hu is the man that saw these things and what he says is worthy of thought-Philadelphia Record. A Winter Itendrzvoas for Crow?. On the western slope of the pictur esque heights on which the suburb.of Clifton is located and within the cor porate limits of Cincinnati is a grovo of quaint oaks and Norway spruce comprising about 25 acres, which has been from time immemorial occupied by myriads of crows as a winter ren dezvous and lodging place, and which is of marked interest to strangers who have never visited such a place. TherJ is a law against shooting or in any way disturbing them; so while the country around them is rapidly grow ing more populous and noisy with thr loud voice of industry they live on from year to year unmolested and evi dently in fearless enjoyment of their undisputed right. The ground is owned by a benevolent man who has provided in his will for the protection of the rookery after he is gone; and further provision has been made fdr them by a noble-hearted woman who died a few years ago, leav ing a permanent fund to supply the rookery with food during the coldest weather* of winter. Every morning at early dawn during the winter the crows leave their home and go north in a long dark stream that spans the whole arch of the sky and is lost in the purple haze of the distant hori zon. After a flight of 20 or 30 miles they begin to scatter and light in the de serted wheat and corn fields of western Ohio and Indiana, where they spend the day foraging for the waste left by the farmers. In the evening they re turn in the same sluggish tide, which becomes more and more compact as they near their place of rest-Chicago Record-Herald. Instinct or Birds. ' While a British brig was gliding smoothly along b* fore a good breeze in the South Pacific, a flock ot small hirds about the size, shape andcolor of paroquets, settled down in the rig ElTl'** ^^d nf^M ft" 'waft? rpgt -nrgT The second mate was so arcttiT? to find out the species to which the visiting strangers belonged that he tried to entrap a specimen, but the birds were too shy to be thus caught, and too spry to be seized by the quick hands, of the sailors. At the end of "Shout an hour the hirds took the brig's course, and disappeared, but toward nightfall they came back and passed the night in the maintop. The next morning the birds flew off again, and when they returned at noon the sailors scattered some food about the decks. By this time the birds had become so tame that they hopped about the decks picking up the crumbs. That afternoon an astonishing thing happened. The flock came flying swift ly toward the brig. Every bird seemed to be piping as if pursued by some in visible enemy on . wings, and they at once huddled down behind a deck house. The superstitious sailors at once called the captain of the brig, who rubbed his eyes and looked at the barometer. A glance showed that something was wrong with the ele ments, and the brig was put in shape to outride a storm. The storm came about 20 minutes after the birds had reached the ves sel. For a few minutes the sky was like the waterless bottom of a lake a vast arch of yellowish mud-and torrents of rain fell. Why it did not blow very hard no one knows; but on reaching port, two days later, they learned that a great tornado had swept across that part of the sea. Our Dumb Animals. A Very Queer Animal. Davie had two beautiful pussies. One was a tortoise shell and the other a maltese. Davie called one Tag and the other Beauty, and each cat knew her own name and would do several little tricks for Davie. Tag would jump over your hands even when you held them very high up, and Beauty for some Japanese stamps. Davie was Tag and Beauty very dearly, for he had no other pets. One day Davie brought home a smah turtle that a boy had traded to him for some Japanese stamps. Davie was very proud of that turtle. He took it around to show it to all the family. He found a little old foot tub and in it made a nice pond for the new pet, with great stones for the turtle to rest on. , Davie played with his turtle so much that Tag and Beauty got quite jealous. Sometimes he forgot to give them any dinner, he was so busy with the tur tle. Tag and Beauty made up their minds to just see what that funny ani mal was like. It must be a new kind of cat, Tag thought, but Beauty be lieved it was something different So one day Beauty put his paws on the edge of the tub and looked in. Where was the new pet? Beauty could pee something that looked Ukc a speckled stone resting on top of the other stones. He leaned over to see it closer, but Beauty was heavy and over went the tub. The poor turtle was terribly scared and Mr. Beauty got a fine bath. Davie used to take the turtle out sometimes to play with it, and so Tag watched for his chance. One day Davie left the turtle on the floor in the warm sunlight, and the two cats crept up close. Tr.g put out his paw gently and patted the turtle's shell. The poor little animal drew in its head very quickly, you may be sure of that Tag patted the shell again, but the turtle never moved? The two cats looked at one another. It was a veJfr funny animal, they thought. The/ sat and watched it for a long while. By and by the turtle stuck out its head and looked around. The minute lt did that Tag got up, walked over to the queer animal and-sat down on it. I'm sure I don't know what would have been the end of that turtle if Molly hadn't seen the whole thing. She clapped her hands and that scared Mr. Tag. Up he jumped in a hurry, and dashed out of the room, while Beauty blinked and winked at the sunlight, making believe he never thought of the turtle. "I wonder if Tag thought your turtle was a sofa pillow?" said Molly, whea she told Davie the story. "You'd bet ter be more careful of it after this." Brooklyn Eagle. A Ride with a ! hark. Among the "Queer Steeds" of which C. F. Holder tells in the St. Nicholas, perhaps thc queerest is a "nurse'' shark, captured at sea, and impounded in a tide water aquarium in Florida. With no little difficulty we caught, the nurse, towed it to the aquarium, which was an inclosed moat half i mile long, 50 feet wide, and from six to eight feet deep. It required a dozen or more men to haul the fish, which was ll feet in length, over the little tide gate. Just before it was released a rope bridle was passed over it-a loop that" fitted over the head .and was tightened just behind the fins, so that It remained in place, a perfect saddle girth. To this a rope about 10 feet long was attached, and in turn made fast to a float. All this was prepared in advance, and it did not require much time to attach it, though thc plunges of the shark knocked several men from their feet Finally all was ready, and the shark was rolled over into the moat, where it went dashing away, the telltale float following at the surface. For some time we had been engaged in building a boat which was to be the carriage of this steed. The masons had given us the fnime of a great brick arch upon which they were working. This resembled a scow wita square ends. It was a perfect skiff, except that the planks were an inch apart; but we filled these crevices anil calked it with oakum. The day be fore the shark was caught the boat was launched and tested, and it was found that it would hold three boys, two on a lower seat, and one on the box seat of the coach. The shark ride was looked forward to with the great est interest. Finally the day arrived, and very early, while thc great tropical sun was creeping up through the vermillion clouds, we made our way around the wall and to our marine carriage. Being the originator of the scheme, the priv ilege of the box seat was awarded to me. Literally, this seat was a box a discarded cracker box. My two com panions sat upon a board in the stern to balance the skiff. We were soon in place, and sitting on the box I Cire fully paddled the little craft ont from the tide gate, and began the searcli for our steed. I paddled down one side'of the great wali, keeping perfectly quiet, as every quick movement threatened us with a capsize. Presently we saw the float lying mo tionless on the water near the wall. Thc shark was undoubtedly asleep, lit tle suspecting the rude awakening that was in store for him. .1 now handed the paddle to one of the boys behind me, and t^uk in hand, ur painter. The latter is the rope fastened to the boat, and it v/as my intention to secure this to the float and to arouse the shark. _.^One qfjTP^-ennina n ini juu^^gaitt^ ly, a^TheTflat botto*ned boat slowly drifted on. Leaning forward,T picked ' tip the float and quickly ran thc paint er through a hole that had been left In the float for the purpose, and fas tened* it with a bowline knot in a very seamanlike manner. When tr&t was done, I hauled in the slack and gently pulled the rein, while one of the boys "clucked" at the shark and the other said "Gedap!" No response. Tb*?n I gave another jerk at the line, and the sharp woke up. I have often read of boys who wake at sunrise and bound out of bed with a single leap, and have always thought that such sudden awakening could be true only in books. But that was ex actly how this shark woke. It fairly leaped out of a sound sleep, and jerked the skiff ahead so violently that tho box seat upset and I fell backward upon my companions. The upset was certainly not a very dignified begin ning, and I. heard a roar of laughter from some fun-loving lookers-on. The shark, now feeling the rope, dashed along at a rapid pace, making it extremely difficult for us to retain our places; but my companions aided me, Carefully raising me, they righted the box. I secured thc painter and held the single rein in triumph. It was a signal success. We had har nessed the shark, and were moving at a rate that was wildly exciting. The speed was so great that the boat was pulled almost bow under, and a wave of foam preceded us. The boys held on tightly, but occasionally raised ono hand and waved their hats and cheered when a head appeared at a porthole of the fort DOR f-ovpil n I.I fe. With a dog hanging by his teeth to the bridle rein, a runaway horse waa brought to a standstill within a few feet of C. D. Keener, who lay uncon scious on the road near here. Keener had fallen from his bicycle. The dog was JIf, beloved by all the Lehigh university students, a mascot of their alma mater and the particular prop erty of the man whose life he saved. Jif is the most wonderful dog in all the Bethlehems. He is a trick fox terrier, and always accompanies his master on his bicycle trips. When Keener's wheel struck a stone and he was thrown, Jif stood guard over his prostrate form. He saw the runaway he .-se when it was half a mile away, and started up the road at the top of his speed. Leaping into the air as he ran beside the frightened horse. Jif grabbed the bridle rein and hung on as though his life depended on his grip. Slowly the dog's weight upon its mouth brought the horse to a standstill. It stopped when Keener's head was within a few feet of its hoofs. The occuparc of the team, whose fright had prevented him from checking the horse's speed, resusci tated Keener.-South Bethlehem Cor respondent, Philadelphia North Ameri can. A Gaelic Typewriter. The most recent evidence of the development of the Irish language movement, under the stimllus of the Gaelic league, is the production by a Dublin firm of a typewriter which writes In beautiful neat Irish charac ters. It is not an uncommon thing now in Dublin to hear in government offices conversation carried on in Irish. In many parts of Europe river and canal routes are legally regarded a? highways. CAUSES OF NIGHTMARE. ESPECIALLY DISTINGUISHED FROM DREAMS BY DEPRESSION. Why Nightmare 1? Orten Hereditary ("murd by Gruesome Tale? or Wofnl Speojaclen - Affecta Highly Kmotloniil People- Tho Treatment of the Tronblo. The nightmare has nothing to do with horses, although they occasion ally have it; the word mare really means, in this connection, a spectre, explains the Indianapolis Journal. Ac cording to the Bavarian popular belief the nightmare is a woman who ap pears in the morning asking to borrow something. To keep her away at night they promise her the three white gifts if she will come for them the next morning, and when she does come, as she surely will, she is given a handful of flour, a handful of salt and an egg. In Morocco it is customary to place a dagger under the pillow at night to ward off the nightmare, and in Greece a black-handled knife is supposed to have the same effect. The ancient Germans believed that nightmare was due to a demon, who, during sleep, seated himself upon the chest of the sleeper and oppressed his breathing. The symptoms of nightmare are j variable, though they may be always extremely disagreeable. It may be a realisitc sensation of falling from a high place, such as the summit of a steep precipice; or one may suffer all the horrors of a flood, or Arc, or a struggle with enemies superior in force and number. Frantic animals may attack or spring upon the sleeper, and with all these visions there is an. inexpressible anguish and pain, with a sense of imminent danger, escape or defense seeming impossible, while the vict'm is unable to cry out for assistance or in the always present struggle at last utters a groan or two which may awake him. Nightmare is especially distinguish able from dreams by tho sensation of depression and suffocation. It is, in fact, a true temporary, miniature de lirium. Sometimes, long after awaken ing, it leaves the subject a prey to nervous anxiety, violent palpitation and unusual debility. In fact, it Las a marked analogy with insanity, and if it is constantly recurring it may be of serious portent, pointing to some affection of the brain or mind. Not that nightmare causes nervous disease or insanity, but that nervous disease pre-existing causes, on the contrary, j Chis special disposition of the brain I to temporary delirium. From this it can be understood why nightmare is often hereditary, just as j abnormal nervous impressionability may bc inherited. The child. too, sen sitive lo the slightest impression, a j living bundle of nerves, is more es I pecially subject to night terrors, even j while awake, owing to thc power of , the mind to project idea? into space i and with the eye to sec them as ac j tualities imbued with life. Next in susceptibility are women and some men whose brains have remained in the infantile state properly called simple-minded. Anaemia, fever, dis turbance of the circulation, caused by j diseases of the heart or the large I blood vessels, disturbed respiration, due to asthma or a full stomach, are the most frequent predisposing causes, and are as powerful as nervous dis turbances, such as hysteria and hy pochondria, In causing nightmare. I Sometimes nightmare is due to pro longed wakefulness, a radical change in diet, or faulty position of the.body, such as lying upon the back or face. -J3.0raeJLimesJl-J^-djiajto, some meehan!--. cal .interference, such as "aTnaneurism or even swollen tonsils. West has re ' ported a case in which, in spite of all hygienic treatment, nightmare con . tinued every night for a long period, due, as was discovered after careful 1 consideration, to a prolonged uvula, j which, during sleep, in the prone po sition hindered free respiration. Cut ting off the point of this mischievous j uvula caused thc permanent discon tiuuance of the visits of the night I mare. In nervous persons emotional in 1 character nightmare may be caused by gruesome tales or woful spectacles, grief, discouragement, hatred, anger, ? etc. In fact, the most intense night mare is due to exaltations of passion, due to the loss of dearly loved rela tives or friends, sudden and extreme reverse of fortune, disappointed ambi tion, the fear of disease, or even a shock of one's sell love and esteem, which, as has been aptly said, slays more victims than love. The treatment of nightmare con sists in awakening thc subject, and, if there is perturbation of mind, giv ing some mildly sedative potion, such as warm water sweetened with syrup of lettuce. Following this, care should be taken to remove the supposed cause, to prevent recurrence of the nightmare. In the case of children intense moral impressions, weird stories and gruesome tales should be avoided, especially before bedtime. Thc child should be put to bed carly to avoid the exciting environ ment of the social circle, of animated conversation and convivial jollity. The evening meal should bc a light one, both as to quantity and quality of food and drink, avoiding highly spiced relishes and stimulating drinks. The chamber should be spacious and well ventilated, the bed not too soft and without too much bed clothing. Per fect muscular relaxation, avoidance of false positions and perfect freedom, all compression interfering with res piration or circulation must be avoid ed. T feet ought to be warm and lower than the head. The body should be extended and not cuddled up into a ball. When the bed is in an alcove or surrounded by. heavy curtains night mare is sure to lurk within, for they prevent the free circulation of air, and the brain is stupefied, as it were, by laughing gas produced by the sleeper, the air vitiated by him be ing breathed over and over a?ain. Thc bed ought to be slightly in clined from head to foot, but thc prop er elevation of the head varies ac cording to temperament. Anaemic people need to have the head quite low. but full-blooded people rest easier if the head is higher. An excitable, congested brain may be relieved by warm baths, tonics and antispasmod ics like the bromides and valerian. If there is a tendency to palpitation the person should lie upon the right side; if the liver is disordered by chronic digestive troubles, the person should lie on the left side. The stom ach should be in good condition, es pecially If there is flatulence due to gastric torpidity, leading to fermen tation of food, and dilation of the stomach should bc energetically treated. In Bacon's "Natural History," which is quaintly worded and based on very crude knowledge of natural history, as it is understood today, the author says, with a grain of truth, "mush rooms cause the incubus of mare in the stomach." The same might be said of Welsh rarebits and similar In digestible delicacies eaten just before retiring; these lie hard or ach and cause more horrfl in those not hardened to. mandfsm. But it is equally r to go to the opposite exjrei hibit all food before retir?a ten a light repast is a mot1 nightcap, and the pleasa: safest remedy against ins* . in fact, against nightmar- . empty stomach may cause much as an overloaded one Not less important in the of nightmare is an endeav tralize, as far as possible, a moral causes. This ls of a matter of good counsel a against the dangers of pp and excess of passion. 7 should especially endeavor T and render cheerful those beings who have a morbid sease (nosophobia, as it is : called), to discourage the! and encourage them not i . to despair. Unfortunately li cian of today too often sci . : gleets this animisolatio, tl - mind, which is none the \ lt superior to and more el the most potent drugs. ORIGIN OF FAMILIAR Well-Known Expressions 7 ?cd in the Most Null) . To feel in apple-pie order (s a phrase which dates back to Puritan* times-to a certain Hepzibah Merton.* It seems that every Saturday she was accus tomed to bake two or thr?? dozen ap ple pies, which were to lasx her fam ily through the coming w?ek.~ These she placed carefully on her. pantry shelves, labelled for each way in the week, so that Tuesday's pies might not be confused with Thursday's, nor those presumably large or intended for washing and sweeping'days eaten when household labors were lighter. Aunt Hepzibah's "apple-pie order" settlement, and originated the well known saying. It was once customary in France, when a guest had outstayed his wel come, for the host to serve a cold shoulder of mutton instead of a hot roast. This was the origin of the phrase "To give the cold shoulder." "None shall wear a feather but he who has killed a Turk", was an old Hungarian saying, and the number of feathers in his cap indicated how maDy Turks the man; had ~ killed. Hence the origin of the saying with refernce to a feather in one's cap. In one of the battles, between the Russians and Tartars a private soldier of thc former cried out: "Captain, I've caught a Tartar!" "Bring him along, then," answered the' officer. "I can't for he won't let me," was the response. Upon investigation it was apparent that the captured had the captor by the arm and would not release him. So, "catching a Tartarus applicable to one who has found an antagonist too powerful for him. , That far from an elegant expres sion, "To kick the bucket," ii. believed to have originated ianthe time of Queen Elizabeth, wherjfta shoemaker named Hawkins committed suicide by placing a bucket on a table in order to raise himself high enough to reach a rafter above, then kicking away the bucket or whirh he stpod. The term coroner is derived from the word "corph-connor," which . means corpse inspector. "He's a brick," meaning a good fel low, originated with ?a/ king of Sparta -Agesilaus-about the.iourth century B. C. A visitor at the Lacedaemonian capital was surprit?e^:*oofind the city _Wjtb<ail* Timlin SlCiy: ^frxnccliK^ and asked his joyal host'what they would do in case. of an invasion by a foreign power. "Do?" replied the he roic king. "Why;' Sparta has 50,000 soldiers, and each man is a brick." When the Horse guarus parade in St James' park, London, there is al ways a lot of boys on hand to black the boots of the soldiers or do other menial work. The boys, from their constant attendance about the time of guard mounting, were nicknamed "the black guards," hence the name "black guard." Deadhead, as . denoting one who has free entrance to places of amusement, comes from Pompeii, where the checks for free admission were small ivory death's heads. Speci mens of these are in the museum at Naples. Bridegroom linns the Gauntlet. "The custom of throwing an old shoe after the wedded ? couple for luck is a remarkably Widespread one, but it is not always as pleasant a feature of the ceremony as one has come to imagine," began a young lawyer who has a penchant for folk lore. "The other day I ran across a curious custom which is said to pre vail to some extent even yet in vil lages of southern France. "It's this way; after the ceremony the bride is escorted to her new home by her girl friends and left alone; the young husband, also in the hands of his friends', ls next led to a point a couple of. hundred feet from thc dwelling, where a halt is made. There the girl's, rejected suit or, if there bc such a one, arms him self with an old sabot,..or wooden shoe, while the groom;- ducking his head, makes a dash for, the house. The disgruntled suitor throws as hard and true as possible, and the crowd cheers or derides ^according to the success of the shot;-'A wooden shoe is a formidable missile in thc hands of an angry swain, and a hus band is justified in-having:some mis givings as he sees his defeated rival practising up in anticipation of the wedding day. Just think, though, how great a relief lt would be even in this country to take a crack at the fellow who had done you out of your best girl without having, the police step in. Over there the custom has a wider meaning. It signifies that the last ill feeting ls thus thrown away, and it is the depth ot disgrace for the man who has thrown the shoe to harbor any further malice against the young couple."-New Orleans Times-Democrat Trnfflc or the Seine. Every one knows that Paris is on the Seine, but very few people know, or perhaps care to know, the amount of traffic along its waters. The traffic is much more than people imagine. The minister of public works has pub lished some statistics which show that during 1900 no less than 50,048 boats of various sizes were at work on the Seine. The boats carried" 10,000,000 tons of merchandise, of which 649,037 tons were used in Paris. But what of thc little passenger steamers that are seen gliding from pier to pier? Well, they number 131. They can each carry from 225 to 400 passengers, and last year they conveyed more than 27,000, 000 passengers.-Paris Messenger. Buffalo's system of public schools, numbering 60 separate school build ings, ls said to compare favorably with any school system In the United StateB. ICE AND INDUSTRY. . ipt is being made to prevail nightingale to favor Norway presence in the nesting sea lbers have been imported gary, but the experiment is ., to prove a faiure. W, Gridley describes in the of the American Museum of History a new species of fossil his species was one of the last ries of American horses which " nth the four-toed hyracothere ze of a dog. The present speci . I a head about the size of an ' horse, but resembled a pony , .'ct of height and weight, its ions are similar to those of tho or quagga. ngs of the wind's force are ?n ;ted electrically to a distance w French instrument. The carrying the revolving cups of lary anemometer also carries a ramme ring, winch revolves in i of a strong permanent mag . 1 connection is made between . s of thc ring and a special form . meter, whose graduation? are d to correspond to spesds of the 3 measured by the anemometer. scovery of much interest to g?ol ug*r~ has recently been made ibout the Yellowstone river. It seems to have been established beyond doubt that Yellowstone lake, now tne head of the river, once flowed off southward into Snake river. At that time a co.'flpara tively small stream followed the course of the Yellowstone canyon, which had then nothing like its present great depth. The head of this stream grad ually ate its way back until it cut the divide that inclosed the basin of the lake, and by thus diverting the waters of thc latter formed the Yel lowstone river. Thc sensation of hunger has not been easy to exp'ain. The new theory of a German physician is that it is due to emptiness of the blood vessels of the stomach, and it is poii.w">d out that hunger is appeased wich the r sh of blood to the stomach following fie taking of food and beginning of dbies tion. In many anemic patients, who have no appetite when the stomach is empty, the blood vessels of the stom ach are really congested instead of be ing empty. Lack of blood in the stom ach, in health, acts on a special nerve, which is a branch nf the same nerve of the mouth and tongue. A stimulus applied to the tongue as by a spice, thus incrx-ases appetite. There are more kinds of dark clouds than are dreamed of in most people-s philosophy, but they are on!y modifi cations and combinations of those al ready mentioned. The "nimbus," or rain cloud proper, is a thick layer of dark cloud, shapeless, with ragged edges. The cumulo-nimbus is the thunder cloud or shower cloud. Thia sort of cloud is formed in heavy mass es, which assume weird shapes, sug gesting to the imaginative eye castles, giants, ordinary animals, etc. The strato-cumulus is the typical storm cloud, almost always seen in advance of a storm. The altostratus is a thick sheet of gray or bluish cloud, with a brilliant patch near the sun or moon. The alto-cumulus consists of large globular masses of white or grayish cloud, arranged in groups of lines. The cirro-stratus is a thin whitish sheet covering the sky, through which the sun or moon is seen surrounded by a New Idea In Street Sprinklers. A valuable improvement has been made in street sprinklers for opera tion on trolley lines by providing mo tors and pumps to distribute the water, instead of depending entirely upon gravity to accomplish that ob ject. When working under gravity alone, a sprinkler will throw a vol ume of water over a space about eight feet on each sid? of the car, but in operating on boulevards and wide streets the discharge can bc made to cover, by means of the power pump, a 40-foot street. By adjustment of the discharge pipe if is possible to adapt the sprinkling to a street of any size up to the limit. The substitution of a power pump to effect the sprinkling, in place of ajustable extension sprinkling pipes, not only results in a better distribution of the water, but it enables streets to be sprinkled that could not ordinarily be done, owing to their obstruction by horses and wagons. A Remedy for KMIIOMIIOM. Here is a new idea for curing the children's restlessness. A restless, peevish, imaginative youngster, who seems equally unable to become in terested in studies or pleasures, is a constant trial both in school and at home. Here is an original cure that will often prove helpful. Said a teach er thc other day: "When I find a pupil restless and out of temper, with flushed face and generally heated look, I send out to let cold water run on his wrists. In a few minutes he comes back cool and calm. The cir culation is quickly affected by an ap plication to the wrists. In a chill a nurse will put hot compresses at the pulse with excellent, results or bathe the wrist with comphor to revive from a fainting fit; and this gave me the Idea of reducing the temperature of i restless, irritable pupil."-Pittsburg Dispatch. New Kaub. I on In Vira K*cnpnn. A new idea in fire escapes is being carried out on the construction of sev eral new houses on Fifth avenue. In stead of the conventional ladder on the outside of the building, this plan calls for a staircase right in the middle of the house. The passageway is walled in with iron half an inch thick. The steps are of iron. On each floor there is a door leading to me staircase. The door is covered with iron on the stair way side, so that when the doors are closed the stairway is absolutely fire proof. The exit is through the base ment, which has a fire-proof hallway leading to the street, there being an other stairway at the sidewalk.-New York Times. Acetylene Search Light* in Sweden. Sweden is one of the countries in which thc application of acetylene as an illuminant has already acquired considerable importance. Yet acety lene searchlights arc being employed on tho fleet of small steamers, which ply between thc numerous small Islands with which the Swedish coast of the Baltic is dotted. During the trial runs it resulted that objects could easily be examined at a distance of 1640 to 1802 feet when the acetylene beam was thrown on them, and tho manipulations of thc lanterns caused no difficulties. The saloons and cabins of some of these steamers are also lighted with acetylene. Railroad bridge 1 Hilders are adopt ing thc- f?r timber ot the North Pacific coast for bridge building because of ita remarkable strength. The Chief Justice Apologized. Even chief justices are betrayed into slang occasionally. Sir John Madden, the chief justice and lieutenant gover I nor of Victoria, angry at the absence of all the barristers in a libel case that was down for hearing, characterized the pro ceeding as a "fake." This is a piece of pugilistic slang and is understood to mean a make-believi fight, both boxers having previously agreed as to the final issue. London and New York have wit nessed many such "fakes." Next morn ing the three leading barristers concern ed appeared in court, explained their ab sence and indignantly repudiated any idea of a "fake." The chief justice then apologized, expressing his regret that he had permitted himself to use such a word, and adding that the bar would un derstand how such expressions some times slipped out without due regard to the surrounding circumstances. A bland assurance of his belief that the parties in the case were animated by the "fullest litigant animosity" raised a laugh and agreeably closed the incident. -London Chronicle. White Blood Corpuscles. Physiologists have long been puzzled over the white corpuscles of thc blood. It was onlv recently that thc nature and function of these were determined. It was startling to the scientist as v/ell as to the layman to discover that these corpuscles are reilly living organ isms, moving about independently of thc red blood corpuscles and behaving like thc amoba? found in stagnant water. The?e corpuscles, it was found, arc pro duced by the spleen, and their function is one of absolutely vital importance namely, to destroy the bacteria and dis ease germs which lead to disorder and death. These curious organisms are called leucocyte. Their manner of dealing death to germs is extremely interesting to watch under the microscope, but it is ' likely that there is much more to learn I about them.-New York World. Queer Tongue Tripping ' w(Jurt. I Lawyers oflen make ,uecr slips of the tongue. The othei day one in the Supreme Court said to a witness: | "Now, consecrate your mind on that." , Of course he meant concentrate, and the witness understood him and tried to do as he was requested. Another lawyer in asking a witness as to a certain dance said: "Did you pi-rutc?" After some explanation the witness . learned that he meant "pirouette." Still another lawyer in all earnest ness told the Court that he would have to ask an adjournment of his case "be cause my client is suffering from bival vular fracture of thc heart." The Court thought this disease suffi cient cause for granting the applicatioa -New York Times. Fish Bite a Cable. A Melbourne special runs: The fault in the New Zealand submarine cable, which was repaired some days ago by the steamer Recorder, is stated to have been caused by thc bite of a fish. It was almost bitten through, a broken tooth, half an inch long and apparently I belonging to a fish of large size, being found embedded in the strands, which rested 330 fathoms below the surface. Experienced cable workers* say that this is a very unusual depth for a mis hap of this nature. Sponge Cure For Stubbornness. A mule in a pack train which was usually loaded with salt discovered that -vy. rylng-Ucnvn when' fonding a certain stream and allowing thc salt to dissolve, he could lighten his burden. The mule teer once loaded him with sponges in stead, which absorbed water when he lay down in the stream and made his burden four-fold heavier. The mule was cured of his smartness.-San Fran cisco Argonaut. An Appropriate Suggestion. "What is the remedy for poverty?" demanded the lecturer in thunder tons. He paused for a reply, and during the pause a man in the rear of the hall cried out: "You might try the gold cure."-De troit Free Press. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, soften the gums, reduces inflamma tion,allays pain, cures wind colic. 25o a bottle It seems queer that bad habits grow strongest on the weakest man. Piso's Curo is the best medicino WO ever used for all affections of throat and lungs.-Wsi. 0. ENDSLEY, Vanburcn, Ind., Feb. 10,1900. France bought $800,200 worth of toys of Germany in 1000. Hov. H. P. Carson, Scotland, Dnk., eny. : "Two bottles of Hall's Catarrh Cure complete- . ly curedniy little girl." Sold by Druggie, 75c. j No one has invented any summer milli- j nery for the automobile. j S0Z0D0HT for the TEETH 25c ? LUXUF Hamlet by Signs. Very useful work is done by the Adult Deaf and Dumb Institute in Manchester, eays the Lancet, in keeping up a link of association and interest among deaf mutes scattered over a large area. Some travel great distances to take part in a reunion in Manchester that has now be come an annual event. This year it took place at the Hulmc Town Hall, where a tea party in the evening was followed by a performance of "Hamlet" by deaf mutes. Probably the feeling for dra matic representation is as strong in them as in others, but to those who can hear and speak it is difficult to imagine that it can be fully satisfied with signs and gestures, more especially when they are tramelcd with the rapid and complicated movements of thc finger language. The performance was, however, a great suc cess. Last year the same "actors" gave "Romeo and Juliet," so that the suc cess was not altogether due to novelty. The dressing of the play was effective, the scenery was good, and there was spirit in the acting and the audience, judged by their attention, felt a real concern in the development and the in cidents of the play. Automobiles as Transport Wagons? Experimenta in Franco have proved con vincing, and the Fronch believe they are cer tain to play a role of much importance ,in modern warfare. It is odd to note tho differ ent uses to which nature and science aro put. On tho battlefield they fight for tho destruc tion of lifo, whllo throughout tho country Hostetter'B Stomach Bitters fights to preservo it. For fifty years tho BitterB has been curing dyspepsia, indigestion, constipation and bil iousness, lt'w?lalso prevent malaria, fever and ague. In Sweden purchase of medicines from abroad by individuals is forbidden by law. It requires no experience to dye with PUT NAM FADELESS DTES. Simply boiling your goods in tho dyo is all that is necessary. Sold by all druggists. Thc man who reduces salaries is a 6ort of revenue cutter. From a cliff 1000 feet high one with clear vision can see a ship at ? distance of fortv-two miles. Lad irs can Wear Shoes One size smaller after using Allen's Foot Ease, a powder for tho feet. It makes tight or new shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweat ing, aching feet, ingrowing nails, corns and bunions. At all druggists and shoo stores, 25c. Trial package FKEE by mail. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Boy, N. Y. A sugar-coated compliment is often hard to swallow. Jfest For lite Bowels. No matter what alls you, headache to a cancer, you will never got well until your bowels aro put right. CABCAIIETB help nature, euro you without a gripo or pain, produce easy natural movements, cost you just 10 cents to start getting your health back. CAS CARETS Candy Cathartic, the genuino, put up in inotal boxes, every tablot has C. C. C. stamped on it. 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