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1? Ii HUB Origins of Shapes of Pretzels, Buns and Cakes. THE SCHWA ANERKUCHEN It Commemorates a Kindly Act of Many Ycsura Ago.?The Curious Birth of the "Hair Monkeys"? Crescent -Shaped Rolls Invented When tins Turks Besieged Vienna. Who wovld think of the pretzel as astronomical symbol or the hot cross ban as a missionary document? Yet & Is said that originally the one was Intended to represent the sun and the four seasons and the other to convert pajran England to Christian ity. The former is declared to have been-first made by the Romana, who called It the annnlus?a word they are said to have formedTout of annus, a year?^by' which they meant a year ring. The year represented the ?un'a annual circuit and the four ?pokes the seasons^. It was tfter waxd known under names ir the more norther^ countries of Europe There are two stories of the origin of the hot cross bun. The Christian missionaries to England are said to fcave discovered that, although they could alter the views of the people on religious matters, they could not Induce them to abandon their time honored pagan customs. One of ?these was the eating of a certain kind of cake in honor of the Goddess of Spring. They decided to put the sign of the cross on the Saxon buns and launch them forth on a mission ary enterprise. The buns accom plished their mission. The other story is that In early times in the observance of Holy Week the Church was more strict in the matter of fasts than now. Only at certain amount of food could be Oaten. This was indicated by two boundary marks made in the dough to show the length and width of the ^dece. The loaves were sold in churches and were carried from place - to place by pilgrims. So th*. cus tom of crossing the bread used on Good. Friday became fixed. These are not the only kiuds of shapes of bread whose origin has been traced to odd circumstances. The crescent shaped rolls which one sees in some parts of the city had a curious birth. On one of the occa sions when the Turks besieged Vien na, Peter Windier and his wife had ?a bakery in that city. This baker's patriotism was tinctured with a sense of humor, and 'possibly a sense of business. At any rate, he con ceived the idea of making rolls in the shape of a crescent, the emblem of the Turks. They found a ready sale, for everybody wanted to devour the half moons typifying the Mahom etans at the outer gate. A great many Americans would not know what Schwaanerkuchen is ?unless they asked a native of the old German city of Rostock. It is to be had only at a certain season of the year, because it commemorates a kindly act of a man years agr. Ros tock was surrounded by an memy. The city gates were closed and the enemy had come close to the wall with clubs, spears, heavy mortar slings and many other oldtime imple ments of war. Once, and ags;n and again they rushed upon the wi. .1 with thunderous noise and clanging weap ons, but the brave burghers as often forced them back. Then, urged forward by threatening famine, the\ latter sallied beyond the gates and drove back the foe until the siege was raised. It was with great joy that they saw the bakers of Schwaan, a village twelve miles down the Riv er Warnow, at the gate as the enemy drew away, bearing heavilj laden fcaskets of cakes. It was such a god send to the famished burghers that they rewarded the Schwaaner bakers by giving them the privilege of com ing to Rostock every year on Maun dy Thursday to offer their cakes for sale. Another German bread, which in shape resembles a capital "W," owes its existence to the siege of the Ger man town of Krailsheim, 1379. It is called th.3 haar-affen, or hair mon keys, a name suggested by the ap pearance of the apparition which raised the seize. The efforts of the besiegers to take tho place had been in vain. They decided to starve the burghers and their families so they sat down before the town. Ther? they sat for several months. By this timo the provisions wero getting short, and starvation ceemed inevi table. One woman had pondered long upon the subject and finally she said to the head of the defend ers: "The people outside the wall are superstitious; let mo masquerade at night before them on the city wall in a peculiar dress." She was permit ted to carry out her plan. When tho fantastic figure was seen upon the wall In the dim light, flitting from point to point climbing nimbly over obstacles, they wero horror stricken. "Haar-affe!" they all exclaimed, pointing at the apparition oa tho wall. "It is an evil spirit." The following night they lied from the town. In remembrance of tho success ot the ruse this peculiar shaped cake was made. Foley's Hoaey aud Tar clears the air passages, stops the irritation in the throat, soothes the inflamed membranes, and the moct obstinate cough disappears. Sore and inflamed lungs are healed and strengthened, and the cold is expelled from the sys tem. Refuse any but the genuine In the yellow package. A. C. Duke.? Lowman Drug Co. The people who have a .-;ood time In this world wouda't If thoy sat down to think about It. CURVATURE OP THE EARTH. Conclusive Testimony Which Gave Rise to a Lawsuit. V A recent discussion in "Science," of ways to demonstrate the curva ture of the earth, called out an in teresting reminiscence from a corres pondent. Less than forty years ago, an Englishman, John Hampden, wag. ered $2,500 that the convexity of any j Inland water surface could not be i proved. The challenge was accepted by a distinguished man of science, Alfred R?ssel Wallace. I He selected for his experiment a six-mile stretch of canal. On one side of a bridge he fastened a sheet, I six feet long and three feet high. In the middle was a horizontal black stripe. The general arrangement ' f though not the exact proportions Is shown In the accompanying drawing. On another bridge (six miles away) was mounted. a small telescope for sighting. This was placed at ex actly the same height as the stripe. Half way between the two was a pole on which were two red disks, four feet apart. The uppermost was adjusted at the same height above the water as the telescope and black stripe. Viewed through the tele scope the disks appeared as they do In the drawing. Well, Mr. Hampden refused to look through the instrument at all, and his referee had the audacity to declare that all three of the points involved in the test were in line! Mr. Wallace's referee reported that the disks were both above the stripe. An umpire chosen to settle the dispute, awarded the money te Mr. Wallace. Thereupon followed a bitter contro versy. Mr. Hampden called Mr. Wallace all kinds of names, and re marked that "no one but a degraded swindler has dared to make a fraud ulent attempt to support the globular theory." Mr. Wallace was unques tionably in the right, and yet the lawsuits which he Instituted to pro tect him from libel proved futile. He spent more than $2,500 in legal ex penses, besides the cost of the experi ment itself. The abuse to which he was subjected extended over a period of fifteen or twenty years. England Has Largest Eggs. "Egg cups are bigger in New York than anywhere else in the world ex cept England," said a globe trotter. "I can't say the same for the eggs, although the hens in this part of the country perform their duty of helping to feed the human race pret ty creditably. Still, they cannot come up to the Engllsn hens. Their contribution to the food products are extraordinary in size, hence, the cor responding capaciousness of the egg ?cups. The further south you go on the Connecticut, the smaller the egg cups grow. In Egypt they dwindle away to the size of the average thim ble. Their diminutive , proportions are commensurate with the size of the eggs, however, which are small est laid by self-respecting hens any place on earth. Place an ordinary Egyptian egg in the British cup and It is absolutely lost. In. order that eggs may be decapitated gracefully the authorities at Alexandra have given orders for the importation of several thousand extra cups to fit the native eggs." The Story Tellers of Naples. The story teller thrives in Naples, as there are so many idlers there. He collects a little crowd around him and proceeds in the most dramatic way, gesticulating wildly and work ing his face into the most excruciat ing expressions, says.the Delineator, to relate stories of adventure or other events, much to the edification of his hearers, who, to show their appreciation, are often betrayed into giving a sou, which might have been better spent for bread or polenta. The public letter writer Is another street dignitary of importance, and in great demand, especially with tim id and buxom maids of all work, who have themselves neglected to learn tho art of writing. . What is "Caudle Power?" In speaking of the brightness of an electric lamp or a particular gas i ftame Is customary to say that it has ) four or six or eight or sixteen "can dle power." As candles vary so much In size, material and brilliancy, one might thin;: that they could not be adopted as a standard of com parison fox other lights. However, if a uniform style is employed, the mat ter becomes more simple. In tho United States and Great Britain com. parison is made with spermaceti candle, burning at tne rate of 120 grains an hour and having a flame 1.76 inches high. France uses a Stearine candle, and Germany one of parafflne. The Unanswered query. What the average newspaper reader would like to know is how ho can build one of those $1,50-0 bunga lows for about $2.500. DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills are unequaled in cases of weak back, back ache, inflammation of the blad der, rheumatism pains, and ail urinary disorders. They are antisep tic and act promptly. Every case of kidney or bladder trouble should be attended to at once, and the aches in the back, rheumatic pains, uri nary disorders, etc., are warning signs. Don't delay, for delays are dangerous. Get DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills. Regula- size 50c. Sold by A.C. Dukes, M. D., and A. C. Doyle & Co. Miss Bellum's Assistant Miss Bellum. pubMc stenographer for the Hyperbole building, would tEve lost her well earned reputatioj fcr asuteness If her latest nvest rent had been made known. It was an assistan.. | Thr.t In itself. I grant you, Is not extraordinary, but this ass:st ant did not really assist, and that does look queer, you see. It came about that Miss Bellum's svdden discovery that she had rnor9 work than she could attend to. and from, the advertisement which she promptly inserted in a morning paper. The result of this ad?one of many results, of course, but the one whlcn concerns us?was little Miss Marjory Holt. Now, Miss Bellum des red a discreet combination of Industry and sedatenes3; she did not approve of flirtation even in a business office. By this you will see that Miss Bellum was no longer young; she was In deed, on the shady side of thirty three, and plump and majestic-look ing besides. But still her heart was tender, and when Marjory appeared, a slender wisp of a girl with a crop of chestnut curls and an air of gen teel starvation, she engaged her on the spot and agreed to pay her the magnificent sum of $6 a week. This performance was the more erratic that Marjory, who had picked up typewriting while copying her father's sermons at home in the par se nage, boasted that she sometimes could do several lines without a mis take, knew nothing whatever of shorthand, and at the ridiculous age cf 19 could*not be expected to even appear sedate. l?ven on 56 a week It is possible cc find enough to eat. and Marjory improved both in looks and ability. It was not until spring, however, that Miss Bellum heard her protege's story. It was late one afternoon, when the work on hand had been fin ished, and in Miss Bellum's office, that was an event worthy of celebra tion. Of course.' there was a very n?ce young man in the story, who raB not only very nice, but also quite rich, and he had wanted to marry little Marjory Holt "Though I never could under stand." said Marjory si.-cerely, "why he should want to. for I am quite, quite ordinary!" "What was the iaatter?didn't you like him?" inquired Miss Bellum briskly. Oh, yeJ, very much. It wa3 only that I was dreadfully tired of being taken care of; I wanted a chance to look out for myself. And to marry means to be taken care of always, you know." Miss Bellum nodded with an oad mixture of wlstfulness and defiance; to the outsider mar riage often means Just that. "The time will come when you would give the world for that one thing, child," she predicted grimly. "I know?it is lonely in the city sometimes." Marjory admitted. "Just ovenlngs." she explained quickly. "Of course, on'.y !n the evenings," assented Miss Bellum. "And Sundays, when it rains," added Marjory honestly. "How about Christmas?" asked Miss Bellum. The girl shivered; the memory was still fresh of that Christ mas evening spent In the hall bed room of a South End lodging house, with only the poor cheer of a re 1 tis sue paper bell hung in the window; for on $6 a week one does not buy holly if one is wise. Marjory re turned to her story quickly. "Well, Rudolph said he wou'd take good care of me, and I wanted?oh. so much?to take care of myseif. for I never bad. So I took a year to make up my mind, and he persuaded father to let me come up to the city." "Have you seen him lately?" The girl sbook her head. "Not since then. I think he must I have forgotten; or perhaps"?her ' breath caught?"he may have stop ped caring." Miss Bellum's heart must have been hard after all. for she was actually p'.easod to observe that the girl's chin quivered slightly; she thought it .a very good sign. "Now, I'm sure it will come out all right," she observed cheerful y. and proved a better prophet than she knew, for hard upon her words there came a knock upon the docv and a young man entered?a young man who looked as though he might be very nice lndeerl, and also quite rich. "Is Miss Holt-" he began. Mar jory turned. "Rudolph!" she breathed. . "I've got come telephoning to do." said Miss Bellum hurriedly, and "ten. ping into the booth ma.~ sure that the double door was latched behind rer. With a comprehending glance 3! Miss Bellum's broad back. Just vlsi b.e between the curtains, the younij man was at Marjory's side In an In stant. He studied her face for a long <;me bet?re inquired v< ry gently: "How is It. 1'ttV girl?are you ready to come and?take nir.j of me?" Marjory's face ligtm d. "Let's take card ot each other. ' sre oiTered it: 1 hy amendment. ;'h : typewriter table which she inter posed soon afterward would not bare proved an effectua barrier if Miss Bellum had not, after premonitory (.licking of the latcn emerged from tne booth, s?? surveyed in: l*o t?eat satisfaction. No explanutioa was necessary. "It looks to me," she remarKed genially, "as though I should have :o advertise for another assistant!' And for the second lime that day rer yrophecy came true. Bo false to no one; then you will aver be faithful to yours?If. Pleasant, sure, easy, safe little liver Pills, are DeWltfs Little Early Ris ers. They are easy to take and act gently. We sell and recommend them. For sale by A. C. Dukes, M. D., and A. C. Doyle & Co. Some people will take anything in reach except good advice. "Had dyspepsia or indigestion fpr years. No appetite, and when I did eat distressed me terribly. Burdock Blood Bitters cured me."?J. it. Walker, Sunbury, Ohio. WHAT CHINESE DO FOR HAWAII. They Produce Practically All the Vegetables Grown on the Islands. Wherever there Is a rice field of any size water buffaloes are to be found. Their owners take excellent care of them and are usually proud of their condition.. On "one planta tion I fouad a stable in which six of these animals were feeding The buffalo whose chief delight Is wad ing through mud seems to have aa Instinctive dislike for the whlt?-> race, and often refuses to work under their control, and In one or two in stances white men have been obliged to seek safety in flight from the re bellious disposition of these beasts. They seem to understand the Chi nese language, and know instantly when Chinamen are holding the reins, and under their guidance are perfectly gentle and obedient to every command. I saw an example of their antipathy for our race, when a Chinaman allowed a white boy to make an attempt to drive one of his animals. The buffalo at first re fused to move, and then, stamping his foot he started off In the wrorg ? direction and was wholly unmanasc able. A few moments later his mas ter took up the reintj and he became as docile as a pet dog. These animals are healthy and strong and one working well before the plow is worth $200. Birds are a pest In rice culture, and all sorts- of means are adepted to keep them off the fields. A China man's idea of a scarecrow, is a pole with & white flag on the top, and hundreds of these are planted in the fields. Another mode or getting rid of these pests is by beating on tin cans to frighten them away and often men will shoot and eat them out of sheer revenge. The grass hopper fci also an enemy to be dealt with, ae It attacks the crop while yet In flower. Every 'plantation has a large concrete floor in the open air, on which to dry the crop. After thrashing the rice from tho straw it is gathered into rows and dried while still In the hull, and here the water buffalo is used again, by be ing hitched to a wooden shovel and ?riven about the floor until the rice Ie piled up ready for bagging. At least five thousand Chinese are employed In the production of rice in Hawaii. They also control the taro patotiee from which pol, the principal Hawaiian food Is made. Many Chinese-are engaged in raising ducks, while the sole occupation of others is the raising of chickens. As eggs retail from twenty-five to sixty cents per u>zen, and live chickens from ten to twelve dollars per dozen, this business should be profitable: but there Is sometimes considerable loss due to the ravages of a peculiar tropical disease, which Is fatal to young chickens. The Chinese pro duce practically all of the vegeta bles grown in the Islands and sell them from door to door. The Chinese are by far the best workers In the cane fields, are quiet and peaceable in manner and atten tive to duty, giving the overseers lit tle or no trouble. Less than two thousands, however, are to be found on the sugar plantations at present, as the Chinese Exclusion act settled coolie immigration. A number of the "native born" have become steno graphers and ..re employed by Amer icans. A professional man of Hono lulu told me that his secretary, a Chi nese youth whom he paid thirtyfive dollars per month, was "simply per fect."?Mrs. C. R. Miller in Leslie's Weekly. AU the Same. s The bachelor uncle had been left In charge of his little niece and. al though he had accepted the charge in an easy, off hand manner, he soon realized that he had a contract on his hands. The first drink of water he car ried up to her with the evening pa per In his other- hand and bis pipe in his mouth. On the third trip he laid his paper down with a sigh and he also put his pipe aside thinking that the smoke might be the cause of such loud infantile distress. He sang dirges, laughed bitterly, pulled faces and performed all the antics that occur to bachelor uncles In such emergencies, but whenever he was in the room hie little niece cried for him to go out, and whonever he went out she cried for him to come In. "Hang them anyway!" he was heard to grumble as he fretfully played this exhausting game of peek a-boo. "One or forty-one; they're all alike!" As to Fiction. Theres no doubt, of course, as to the superiority of fiction which pic tures life as it should be uver fic tion which merely pictures life as it is. The rub comes in the unfor tunate circumstance of thero beini; bc few of us vho really know what life should be?too few, indeed, to fill up the chinks in the advertising pages, not to mention the body o? the magazine. A Conditional Gift. The gods knew what they were about when they made health a con ditional gift to mankind. For if it were absolute and inalienable, human folly would have a distin guished opportunity the less, and by that much be hampered In its ai> polnted work of fostering and pro moting tnde and industry. The man who ran sculpture a stumbling block into a stepping stone has Jore more than most sculp tors_ever accomplish. A Sure-enough Knocker. J. C. Goodwin, of Rcidsville, N. C, says: "Bucklen's Arnica Salve is a sure-enough knocker for ulcer*. A bad one came on my leg last sum mer, but that wonderful salve knock ed it out in a few rounds. Not even a scar remained." Guaranteed for piles, sores, bu-ns, etc. 2Sc at J. G. Wannamaker Mfg. Co.'s drug store. The n?le that works both ways is the exception. Eczema Began When a Tiny Baby and Lasted 7 Years?Tore Crusts from Face Till It was All Raw Screamed with Pain and Could not Sleep?Though Specialists Failed CUTICURA EFFECTED A WONDERFUL CURE "When my little boy ^as six -weeks old ;an eruption broke out on his face. I took him to a doc tor and got ointments and medicines but his face kept on getting worse until it got so bad that no one could i look at him. His whole face was one crust and must have been very painful. He scratched day and night until his faco sometimes looked like a raw piece of meat. I was ? nearly insane with his scratching day and night. Then I took him to all (.ho best specialists in skin diseases but they could not do much for him. He sometimes screamed with pain when I put on the salve they gave me. "When b* was two years old the eczema go? on his arms and legs so thai; I had to keep them bandaged up and I made gloves for his hands so the nails could not poison him worse. We could not get a night s sleep in months and my husband and I were all broken up. Then my mother asked why I did not give up the doctors and try Cuticura. So I got a set and he felt relieved the first time I used them, the Cuticura Ointment felt so cool. He used to wake up and ask for Cuti cura to be put on when he itched so badlv that he could not Bleep, aud he would say, 'Ohl Mama, that makes my sores feel so goodl' I gavo the Cuticura Remedies a good trial and gradually the eczema healed all up and now he is as well as any other chil dren. He is now seven years old and the cure has lasted two months, so I think it will ne.ver return. I can't tell you how glad I am that Cuticura did such wonderful work in our case and I shall recommend it everywhere. Mm. John G. Klumpp, 80 Niagara St., Newark, N. J., Oct. 17 and 22, 1907." A alnglc sot or Cuticura Remedies, consisting of Cuticura Soap (36c.). Ointment (50c.).. and Resol vent. (Wie.), or Pills (25c. per vial of 60). Is often fnifllrlent to cure. Sold throughout the world. Potter ~)rul <fc Chcm. Corp.. Sole Props.. Boston. Miuw. car Mailed Free, Cuticura Book on Skin Diseases Buy Cadet Hoisery And Siop Darning ONE PUCE FOR ALL KINDS Women or Children 25 cenis a Pair Several months ago we ac cepted the agency and began selling in a quiet way this splendid stocking. Up to today we have never even mentioned them in the newspapers. And why? Simply because we did not want to begin our adver tising campaign until we were absolutely convinced of tho? genuine worth of the CADET HOSE. Now, thajt we have given them a thorough test we know them to be the B?ST 25 cent Stocking we have ever sold during a business experience of about 40 years: E TAKE ALL THE RISK if after trying a pair, you feel thai you have not gotten your money's worth, return them to us and we will give you another pair or your money back, jasc as you preferr [OUTS EMP?RIU? COirTAEKS H?HET AND TAR Rellavee Colds by working >hest out of 11: a system through & copious and taaiihy i,ction of the bowels. Relieves Coughs by cieanabtg the mucous membranes of the throat, chc~: ! c.-.d brcachial tubes. "As pleasant to tbo ttaeto as Maplo Sogar" Children Like It For BACKACHE?WEAK KJBtfEYS Try BsHtfg Bfaf and Gladder HhHtei ?tri 8tft Never try to make a man feel at home if you know him to be hea nockod. To the many who patronized the Big i Bargain Sale: I know you found everything as represented and are pleased. I wish to say I will be found at the same old stand with a new and up-to-date line of Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes and Hats, in fact everything that is to be found at a first class Dry Goods Store. Yours a little cheaper than any other merchant. Geo. V. Zeigler. WE ARE TRYING TO MERIT YOUR TRADE THIS FALL THE BEST VALUES POSSIBLE Of course when we do that we very many times sacrifice profit, but that is nothing compared to the satis faction we get thro'the medium of our many satisfied customers. We are preparing to give during November many special sales and it will pay you to drop in when in the city trading. A lot of Plaid Dross Goods that sold at 50c, we arc closing these goods at 35c. Many extra fine values in tiie lot. 120 pieces of Mixed Cotton Dress Goods, in plaid and stripes and polka dots, worth 25c; we will make a low price of J3c on this entire lot. Ladles' Black Saline Skirts at prices cheaper almost (hau the ma terial cost, at 75c, $1.00, $1.23 and up. How about Underwear??Our line is now very complete. We can fit from infants to extra size, in Men's and Ladies'. Prices run from 25c to $1.50 a garment. Wc will put on sale on next Monday one case of the best 10 cent Chnmbray, in solid and fancy colors. These goods v.e bad on sale last year. Von know just what they are; so conic in and get your share. We only have tf,.~00 yards; they won't last long at the price of 7 cents. We will also make the prieo on Amoskeag or Lancaster Gingham 10 yards for one dollar; absolute!} fast colors, no better made. We have just replenished our Cloak stock and if you need one why l)e certain to try for it at Moseley's. We give you style and quality at just a bit cheaper than elsewhere. How about Clothing??You can't afford to overlook us if you need a Suit or Ovcrconl. We can. gh'a you great values. Onr .styles are up-to-the-minute, all the latest shapes in tan, brown mid grays. SHOES?Wo are ready with every style for Men, Ladies and Children. j Shop with ns during H?0S anJ wc aro certain the new goods will bring you much satisfaction. LEY'S