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IN THE BARBER SHOP. The Cheap Dead Beat Who Goes There for Nothing But a Shave. (Amorlcan Magazine.) "Who's been doing your work?" he asked. This question from a barber, has no reference to one's daily occu pation. It means "Who has been shaving you." "I knew it was best to own up. I'd been In the wrong, and I meant to acknowledge lt with i>orfect frank ness. " 'I've been shaving myself,' I said. | "My barber stood back from me , in contempt. There was a distinct sensation all down the line of bar bers. One of them threw a wot rag in a corner with a thud, and another sent a sudden squirt from an atom izer into his customer's eyes as a mark of disgust. "My barber continued to look at me narrowly. " 'What razor do you use?' he said. " 'A safety razor,' I answered. "The barber had begun to dash soap over my face; but he stopped aghast at what I bad said. "A safety razor to a barber ls like a red rag to a bull. " 'If lt was me,' ho went on, beat ing lather Into me as he spoke, 'I wouldn't let one of them things near my face! No, slr! There ain't no safety In them. They tear the hide elean off you-Just rake the hair right out by the follicles'-as ho said this he was Illustrating his meaning with jabs of his razor-'them things can cut a man's face all to pieces' he jabbed a stick of alum against an open cut that be had made-'and as for cleanliness, for sanitation, for thlB here hygiene, and for germs, I wouldn't have 'em round me for a fortune.' "I' said nothing. I knew I had de served lt, and I kept quiet. "The barber gradually subsided. Under other circumstances he would have told me something of the spring training of the base ball clubs, or at least Items from the Jacksonville track, or any of those things which a cultivated man loves to hear discuss ed between breakfast and business. But I was not worth it. As he near ed the end of the shaving he spoke again, this time In a confidential, al most yearning tone. " 'Massage?' he asked. " 'No, thank you.' " 'Shampoo the scalp?' he whis pered. V 'No, thanks.' " 'Singe the hair?' he coaxed. " 'No, thanks.' "The barber made one more effort. " 'Sa; ' be said In my ear, as a thing concerning himself and me alone, 'your hair's pretty well all fall ing out. You'd better let me just shampoo up the scalp a bit and stop up them follicles, or pretty soon you won't " 'No, thank you,' I said, 'not to day.' "This was all the barber could stand. He saw that I was just one of those miserable deadbeats who come to a barber shop merely for a shave and who carry away tho scalp and follicles and all the barber's per quisites as If they belonged to them." Croup and Cough Bemedy. Croup is a terrible disease. It at tacks children so suddenly they are ve 7 apt to choke unless given the pn per remedy at once. There is noihing better in the world than Dr. Kl ig's New Discovery. Lewis Cham berlain,aof Manchester, Ohio, writes about his children: "Sometimes In severe attacks we were afraid they would die, but since wo proved what a certain remedy Dr. King's New Dis covery is we have no fear. We rely on it for croup, coughs and colds." So can you. 50c. and $1. A bottle should be In every home. At all druggists. H. E. Buck len & Co., Philadelphia and St. Louis. adv. Arrest. May Fellow Savannah Fire. Savannah, Ga., Dec. 22.-Evidence secured by an investigation made by State Fire Marshal W. H. Joyner may result in Indictments being returned against a Savannah merchant whose place was destroyed In the fire of last Tuesday night. / Capt. Joyner got. more than a dozen affidavits that clearly show, ho says, that the lire was of Incendiary origin. He ls positive, from his Inves tigation, that the fire started in the store of s. Bernstein. The facts brought out by his investigation will be turned over to the State Insurance Commission. Prosecution is expect ed to follow. Property valued at over $1:15,000 was destroyed by the fire. The One Who Did tho" Best Job. A certain care'? ss student In a small college suff< from obesity, and it ap|>ear8 that ^.en college pro fessors do not love a fat man. Ono day, after a particularly unsuccessful recitation In mathematics, the In structor said scornfully. "Well, Mr. Blank, you aro better fed than taught." "That's right, professor," sighed the youth, subsiding heavily Into bis chair; "you teach me-I feed my self." Cur?? Old Sorts, Other Remedies Won't Curs. ! The worst canes, no matter of how tong standing, are cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr. Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieves Puiu and Heals at the samt time. 25c, 50c, $1.00 STATISTICS OF KURAL ROUTKS. Post Office Department Reports 42, SOR In Operation. According to the report of the Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, just made public, there were in the United States on March 3 of this year 42,644 rural routes In opera tion, of which 45G had been estab- i lished during tho current fiscal year. ' From that date to June 30, 1913, there were established 163 routes and two were discontinued, making a total of 42,805 in operation at the close of the fiscal year. To serve these routes 42,685 carriers were employed, whose annual salaries aggregated $45,377,442. There was a net increase .of 606 routes, 14,532 miles and 606 carriers. During the year 114 tri-weekly routes were established, while four were discontinued. At the close of the bscnl year there ware 745 tri weekly routes in operation. On June 30, 1913, the total length of rural routes In operation vas 1,038,076 miles; the daily travel 1,028,603 and the annual travel, 315,781,121 miles. The average length of routes was 24 Vi miles, the average cost per mile $43.71. Cast Up Accounts. (Anderson Mall.) The end of tho year will soon be here, and lt ls time to cast up ac counts-to balance the books, so to speak. Those who have money due them will want to collect lt, and those who owe money should try to pay it or maki; some satisfactory disposition of it. No accounts should be left open at the end of the year. This is the time to go over the accounts and see where we stand. There should he a general account ing. Even those who owe money and are unable to pay lt should figure out Just how they stand. They should know just how much they owe and just how near they could come to paying out if forced into liquidation. Time spent in this way during the next week will he time well spent for all of us. If we find that we are In good shape we will be content, perhaps, and if we find that we are in bad shape it may make us work harder and manage more carefully during the year just ahead of us. But by all means have an account ing. Find how you stand with your self and with the world. DoncH of Columbus Through Canal. Washington, Dec. 24.-A plan to remove tho bones of Christopher Columbus from San Domingo I brough the Panama Canal for the Panama-Pacific Exposition received Senatorial backing this week. The Idea is to place the remains on the battleship leading the pageant at the opening of the canal. Senator Ashurst said: "I believe a Senate resolution should invite San Domingo to take part in the naval parade." Kich Borrow Babies for Christmas. Philadelphia, Dec. 22.-Borrowed babies, leased only for the Christ mas season and "warranted to bring smiles, laughter and happiness to childless homes," are being sent to many residences of men and women high in society and financial affairs. The Children's Bureau and other organizations, to whose care several hundred little waifs without homes are entrutsed, are distributing tho little boys and girls. Woman Met Tragic Death. - Spartanburg, Dec. 23.-Mrs. Jas. Goyle. 35 years old, fell into the fire place at her home near Cowpens this morning and was burned to death. There was nobody else in the room at the time. It is supposed she faint ed. The body was badly burned when discovered. Mrs. Coyle leaves a husband and several children. Shot Wife and Self. Tussa, Okla., Dec. 23.-Louis T. Bead, of Carrollton, Maine, shot and probably, fatally injured his wife, Blanche, here early to-day. Mrs. Read came hero from Oklahoma City. Read arrived a few hours later and traced his wife to tho hotel, where the tragedy took place. First Argentina Corn Cargo. Mobile, Ala., Dec. 23.-Thc first cargo of Argentina corn under the new tariff bill, by which it is free of duty, is due here on the British steamer Newlands from Rosario. The cargo amounts to 5,636 bushels. A representative of the United States agricultural department is here to obtain samples of the corn. C. B. Fox, of New Orleans, is the consignee. Circular Saws of Paper. (Scientific American.) Paper ls at present used for all possible purposes in the industries and in all possible forms. It has even been possible, by means of com pression, to give lt a degree of hard ness comparable, with stone, so that it can be used as building material. Tho latest use for paper, however, ls I>erhaps the most peculiar. Accord ing to an European journal a factory is said to exist in England which is manufacturing circular saws from paper. These pai>er saws are used for the manufacturing of flue furni ture, veneer and other thin plates of wood, which must be treated espe cially carefully. Some time ago cir cular saws made from drawing paper were shown in an English exposition. Thc saws were driven by an electric motor and produced fine hoards, which could not have been made bet ter even by the finest steel saw. The veneers made In this way are so smooth that cabinet makers can use them without further planing. Ono on tho Cardinal. (Judge.) ?*'?*lng his visit in his churchly capacity t no. gb Southern Maryland, Cardinal QI o hons was entertained by the Order of Jesuits at Leonardtown. That part of the State is famed for its diamond-back terrapin, canvas back duck, oysters, crabs and fish, and a sumptous tablo was spread be fore the cardinal. During the repast, the cardinal turned to a priest near him and said, with a twinkle In his eye: "So this is the way the Jesuits dine?" "No, your eminence," replied t*.e priest, "this is the way the cp.uinal dines! " Part of Presen* Day System. (Cnlcago Tribune.) Opposition to night work is as fu tile to-day as was the opposition to the introduction of machinery a hun dred years ago. Night work is part and parcel of the present-day indus trial system. Abolish night work and the Industry and commerce of the country is sure to become demor alized to a great extent. Think, for instance, of stopping all trains at night. lt is a different matter, however, to advocate the UBe of discrimination in choosing night workers. The Bu reau of Labor Statistics at Washing ton, in a recent report, has come out strongly against the employment of women and males under age at night. Women are to be mothers of the na tion, the bureau arguer,. Their health should be safeguarded. Night work, even under the best conditions, means a physical hardship upon wo man. The same is also true of the your . man under twenty-one, who is no- 'tilly developed. Thu. far, the report says, Massa chusetts is the only State which pre vents night work by persons under twenty-one. California sets the limit at eighteen, while Illinois and the majority of other States set the limit at sixteen. No State, however, seems to place any legal restriction against night work for women. Hoke Smith's Daughter ti) Wed. Miss Lucy Hoke Smith, daughter of Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia, will he a Yuletide bride. She will be ?'arried on December ?10, at the residence of her parents, to Ensign Alston R. Simpson, U. S. N. In the meantime, despite the many "dove" parties being given for her, she is a very lonesome young woman. Her fiance, one of the officers of the United States government ship Dol phin, is with his vessel in Santo Do mingo, where the American govern ment is keeping an eye on the Domi nican elections. Not the Return Trip. ( Llpplncott's. ) The Southern darkey's love of put ting off till next spring or later what should be done on the spot ls as well known as it is vexatious. One day Major Jackson, a contractor in a Georgia quarry, told Zeb, the general utility man, to go to the balcksmith shop across the road and bring hack a drill that, was to be sharpened About half an hour later the major saw Zeb como poking around the cor ner of the office. "Here!" he shout ed, "where have you been?" "I ain't been, boss," responded Zeb, cheerfully, "I's gwine." Where the Bi va h Occurred. Birmingham News.) With bated breath the mother rushed across the foot, ball field to the emergency hospital. "What tid ings," she faltered, "of my son?" They looked ti|>on her with com passion, 'Well, you see," explained the capta n of thc team, "he lost his head when ho tried the flying wedge." Shrieking wildly, she sank to the floor. "They told me lt was only a broken arm." Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Cure? Colds, Croup aid Whooping Cough. Story of "Crossing; the Bar." ( Birmingham Lodger.) Ag Tennyson's nurse was sitting I one day at his bedside, sharing to a I degree the general anxiety about the I patient, she said to him suddenly. "You have written a great many poems, sir, but I have never heard anybody say that thero is a hymn among them all. I wish, slr, you would write a hymn while you are lying on your sick bed. It might help and comfort many a poor suf ferer." The* next morning, when tho nurse had taken her quiet place at. the bed side^' thc poet handed her a scrap of paijejr, saylngr "Here is the hymn you wished mo to write." She took lt from his hands with expressions of grateful thanks. lt proved to be "Crossing the Bar," the poem that was sung in Westminster Abbey at Tennyson's funeral, and which bas touched so many hearts. Constipation Poisons You. If you are constipated your entire system is poisoned by the waBte mat ter kept In the body-serious results often follow. Use Dr. King's Now Life Pills and you will soon get rid of constipation, headache and other troubles. 25c. at druggists or by mail. H. E. Bucklen & Co., Philadel phia and St. Louis. adv. Commemorate Gettysburg Bennion. 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