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NO DEMAND FOR SUFFRAGE Peasant Women on the Northern Coaat of France Are Acknowledged Rulers of Community. On the northern coast of France ths peasant women are more remarkable than the men, and they are far better educated. It is they who drag the boats in and out of the little harbors, and who sell the fish in the markets. They are thus brought into contact with the peo- j pies and civilisations of all countries, and no class of women in Europe Is so emancipated They are strong and robust, and their outdoor life and masculine habits?for they belong to the sea as much as do their menfolk?harden thler bodies, at the same time giving tbem a taste for all masculine pursuits and pleasures. They rarely quarrel with their husbands; indeed, the latter would fare badly did they attempt coercion or Illtreatment in any shape or form, for the women are taller than they are and quite as strong; so the "mere men" of the French coast prefer to keep their skins whole, and treat their wives as "Jolly good fellows." which is exactly what they are. They sine their songs and enjoy their glass of cider with the best of their menfolk. GAIN LIVELIHOOD FROM SEA French Fishermen at Home in All Waters?Have a Brotherhood That Is Worth Emulating. Besides sailing to the uttermost parts of the earth in pursuit of cod, herring and mackerel, the French do a large trade with the flsh in their own waters. Of these there is a great number, including two sorts of skate, mackerel, soles, turbot, brill, plaice, flounders, bream and oysters. There are three classes of flsherfolk In northern Prance. Some of the men have their own boats, and they hire what assistance they require, buy their own nets. And their own bait, etc.; others hire a boat between them and each man gets so much, while the rest goes to the owner; the third class are too poor to do anything but sell their DCI T (CCD. The boats vary in slse from five to fifty tons and generally nine men form a crew. The brotherhood existing among them extends beyond death. The widow of one of their number has a right to send out her nets with the boat to which her husband belonged, and her share of what is caught it scrupulously handed over to her. Aid to Sleep. There are two very simple but ef- j fective remedies for that kind of sleep- j lesaness that comes from overwork or nervous exhaustion, says Nurse. One i is to have the feet very warm. Put them against a rubber bag filled with hot water. A rubber bag is better than an earthen bottle a? it will retain the heat for hours. The second method is much more simple. Discard the pillow, turn over and lie on the stomach with hands clasped under the forehead to lift the head a trifle. This will often send one. to sleep. When you are tired and nervous, a good rubbing all over the body with the lotion here given will be very restful. Lie quietly in bed after the rubbing for half an hour and you will then feel quite equal to taking up the dally tasks again; here is the lotion: Diluted alcohol, six ounces; cologne water, six ounces; tannin, ten grains. Poisoned 8eeds Make Odd Plants. Observations on plant variation from poisoning of seeds have been reported in France by Prof. A. Jungelson. After being placed for one to twenty-four hours in a dilute solution of aill?Oia*A A# ? ? ? - w? .u.|>usm ui wypor ootjuB or maize were planted, and a considerable pro- ; portion yielded abnormal splkea, the percentage of the abnormal plants being greatest among those from seeds that had been deprived of their seed coat or otherwise mutilated before exposure to the copper solution. The mutilation alone produced no change In the character of the plants. The more intimate the contact of tha poison the greater was the tendency of the plant to take on new forms. Appropriately Named. "I tripped over something In the darkness and nearly broke my leg!" I carped the Kansas City drummer who was marooned in Petunia overnight, and had ventured out to a picture show. "Why In torment do you people brag of your White Way when there isn't a street light going In town ?" "Because It ta tollable white when they are going,' replied the landlord of the tavern. "When they ain't, which 1 am compelled to say is every now and again, you turn white yourself tor fear you'll break your neck every step you take."?Kansas City Star. Quits Likely. "You're a swindler," exclaimed Mrs. Qabb as she entered the bird store. "You're worse than a highway robber. You ought to be ashamed of yourself to cheat a poor innocent womnn the way you did. That parrot I bought of you last week Is a fraud. You said it was a fluent talker and you charged me a big price for htm. too. and that bird hasn't said a single word since 1 got him. Not one wr fd. Do you hoar me? Not?one?slnf*#?word!" "Pe.-Li.pa," so?gsited the bird faooiar mildly. >s dftda't give bias * FIND RICH ALUM DEPOSITS Discovery That Will Materially Add to the Wealth of a Section of Australia. The Myall rirer in the state of South TTslcs debouches into the bav at Port Steoherrs. \fhich is 35 / i ' ? miles north of Newcastle. Upon a recent trip up the river there wa? noticed on the wharf at a landing some six miles from Port Stephens a pile of what appeared to be lumps cf mar hie. On investigation it was found, however, that the white stone was alunite, and there were about sixty tons of it in the pile. Vessels of moderate draft can proceed up the Myall river as far as the landing mentioned, but beyond that point freight can only be carried on barges. Thirty miles north of Port Stephens is a small village called Bullahflf?l?h aifimtorl plnao fn wliaf id l-nnivn ns the Alum mountain. This mountain is composed entirely of alunite, and it is the only known deposit in Australia. The stone yields on an average 80 per cent of alum. According to the statistics for the mining industry of New South Wales, the output of alum from the years 1850 to 1008 was valued at $450,000 and for 1008 to the end of 1913, $100,000. Since the year 1908 about 1,200 tons of the rock have been taken out annually and shipped to England for treatment, where the alum is extracted much more cheaply than is possible here.?Consul Lucien X. Sullivan. Newcastle, New South Wales. WAS BARRED i ^ ~.e art Monk?What's up, Zebe? Wouldn't they enter you for the races? Zebe?Nope. Told me I was barred. PROPER DEFINITION. T1 IJ - < Jl i" ' i ur uiu 1nu.11 mine iiuo xue uiiniyliglited parlor just in time to catch the young man in the act of kissing his daughter. "Sir," said the stern parent, "what do you mean by that kind of business ?" "Pardon me/' rejoined the y. m., calmly, "but it isn't business at all; it's the pleasantest kind of pleasure. I assure you." MORE LIKE THE FOOT. Canvasser?Sir, you are the head of the house, I presume? Peckem?Your presumption is quite natural, but you have another guess coming. Canvasser?Beg pardon, but I don't quite catch your drift? Peckem?Well, my wife says I'm always kicking, and aa I have to foot the bills, you can draw your own conclusion. A RELIEF. "Charley does scold a great deal around the house," sa'd young Mrs. Torkins. "But in a wav it's a relief." "A relief?" "Yea. When he's croas he isn't trying to tell funny stories and kecj>ing me guessing as to when I ought to laugh." TOO MUCH FOR THE PROF. "Is it possible to square a circle?" asked the youthful student. "Not if it is a sewing circle," replied the old professor, as his mind reverted to an afternoon when he had remained at home to help his wife entertain one, only to be silenced by the verbal display of numerous family skeletons in the neighborhood. THE NATURAL RESULT. "Was there much mourning in society among the girls when the catch of the season was engaged ?" "Well, all the belles were told." MISINTERPRETED. She?The new shoes are going 4o be higher. He?Then, ay dear, you'll have to get your old omm patched THE FORT MILL TIMES, FOI HAS EARNED ITS POPULARITY Turkey Welcomed In Every Country Where the People Appreciate Good Thlnga to Eat. | In every corner of the globe almost. . at least where civilization has spread ; ' its epicurean tastes, may be found the 1 domesticated turkey?mot, however,-of , his own volition. Never would he, in his wild state, have sought to crovs | { the stormy seas to find gr**? Helds ! and pastures new. He is net so constricted. He is not bold or adventurous of disposition. j On the contrary, he is timid and much ; afraid of things he does not under-! stand, and when undisturbed is prone { to let well enough alone and get along | with his accustomed feeding grounds, j Again, as a filer the turkey is not a pronounced success. He flies pon-, derously, almost painfully, and with great effort and only when much frightened His flight can he sustained for only a short distance, but what the wild turkey lacks as an aviator he fully makes up as a sprinter. He can outrun a race horse, especially In his own native forest, where : undergrowth and bushes seem but to add to his speed. But he could not i have flown over the ocean even if he { had had that unnatural desire. He was taken over by the hand of ) man, first to Spain, then to other Medl- 1 terranean countries, to northern Eu rope. 10 me rar isast, until now he la well-nigh omnipresent. And this ' spreading out of his kind even unto the ends of the earth Is all due to the < entrancing qualities his meat takes on when properly baked or roasted. Ate Meat at Death's Door. Ruskin, when at death's door, enJoyed food well-nigh indigestible. During a visit to Matlock in 1871 he was seized with an attack of internal inflaflfihation, which nearly carried him off. Mrs. Arthur Severn, who nursed him, records that at the crisis of his illness, "he hungered?to our horror? for a slice of cold roast beef. It was | late at nlglit. tbero was none in the hotel, and Albert Goodwin went off to get some, anywhere he could. "At last, at an eating house in Matlock Bath, he discovered some, and came back triumphant with it, wrapped in paper. Mr. Ruskin enjoyed his late j supper thoroughly. Though we anxiously waited till the morning for a result, it had done no harm, and to everybody's surprise, he recovered." Two Sorts. One man burns his nouse for the in! surance. Another applies the torch to his home because he has been promised a nice long visit from the fol, lowing relatives, to-wit: His second cousin, Mrs. Oliver Stallings-Spongeways, who possesses more double chins than the laws of physical prosody prescribe; her five children, all of whom have musical, elocutionary or histrionic talent, except the third one, who steals everything he can lay his hands on; and her old maid lALQMEL WHEN Bll MAXES YOU SICI i "Dodson's Liver Tons" Is Harmless To Clean Your Sluggish Liver and Bowels. TTglt! Calomel makes you nick. It's horrible! Take n dose of the dangerous drug tonight and tomorrow jou may lose u day's work. Calomel is mercury or quicksilver which causes necrosis of the ls>ne?. j Calomel, when it comes into contact with sour bile crashes into it, breaking it up. This is when you feel that awful nausea and cramping, if you are . biggish and "all knocked out." it your liver is torpid and bowels constipated . . ' ! | tongue, if breath is bail Of stomacli sour, i H just try a spoonful of harmless Dodsoa'sl I Liver Tone tonight on my guarantee. I 1 BbBWTW UHBBHiHWBB ^Liil Wm^M 11 * 11 r?J A! iTjil Wo h ive the exclusive sellinv riarhts for this rrrent luxative. Tri/1 sire. 10 cents i ARDREVS DRUG STORE THE REX ALL STORE , - 4. , " ' * .* - gr : * ~ -it* w " -- *'~^aL j- fi' " IT MILL, SOUTH CAROLINA sfsterT who has bMn hurrying to' tho gr&ve for 36 year* from a mysterious malady, which make* it necessary for all her whims to be catered to promptly or she will have one of her spells and probably Burst something.?Kansas City Star. Care of Qoldfith. A globe o( two or throe goldfish with a bit of green seaweed makes-a pretty oenterplece. and they are Inexpensive and easily cared for. They should be . .placed at some distance from store and register and not In the rars of the sun. Thur miinn ?*. Hero's mv guarantee?Go to any drug -tore and get a "?o cent bottle of Godson's Liver Tone. Take a spoonful and if it doesn't straighten you right up nnd make you feel line and vigorous I want yoti to go back to the store and pet your money. Godson's Liver Tone is destroying the sale of ealontel because it is real li.cr medicine: entirely vegetable, therefore it can not salivate or make you sick. I guarantee that one spoonful of Dorian's Liver Tone will put your sluggish liter to work and clean your bowels ? bat sour bile and constipated waste wl ieh is clogging vonr avstem and itiiiie g ? . ii fool ii j ,'r.iblo. I guarantee ('.a* 1 a ; * 1 t * hIm'Ii Liv?-r l one wi t .rii vo* ? iou:*v faeiilv f.vi'ng ? i rci*1'' ?;*ve it to your children. It laru.'. -n: doesn't if>e and ti: -> 'i x i t: ^1 f v\ tremes of cold rather than heat. In the bottom of the globe place some small atones, a bit of sand, a little charcoal and a spray of cabomba, a fine water plant. Feed them a little at a time. Once In two weeks remove them to a pall of muddy water for an hour, clean the globe, replace the shells, stones, etc., and refill with clear, cold water. EXTENSIVE CHANGES. "Many changes in your apartment house this month?'* "Yes. Seven graphophones moved out and one pianola." SAME WORK. "A good theater press agent is like a good housekeeper." "In what way?" "He keeps his house in print." THEIR 8TYLE. "What kind would you make those forest illustrations?" "I think the most appropriate style would he wood cuts." Rubbing Eases Pain Rubbing sends the liniment tingling through the flesh and quickly rftops pain. Demand a liniment that you can rub with. The be& rubbing liniment is MUSTANG LINIMENT C\ | Good for the Ailments of I Horses, Mules, Cattle, Etc. Good for your own A chcs. Pains, Rheumatism, Sprains, Cuts, Burns, Etc. 25c. 50c. $1. At all Dealers. JOUS? NO! STOP! ( AND SALIVATES Grand Spri of U. S. 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