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
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Wm^M
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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. ,
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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
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