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Not All Living Beings See Precisely As Humans Do. SOML ARL ALMOST BLIND Others Can Tell the IH reft Ion of ? KotnVo ol' Light lint N?>(liing Miso -Still Others Capable ol Forming , Largo Nuitihov o? Separate lui ?g< s. Thoso who lia vo gi von no particu lar attention lo tile subject uro apt to ussunio thal all living heilige thal have organs culled "eyes" soo pre cisely a? wt- do, anti aro ublo, as wu are, to roi'm linages of objects di thoir Hold ol' vision. Tins is not th? caso. The eyes of sumo creatures resemble Hie eyes ol' a person in al irosi ii lal bl ind I) UH, in that ttib) lorin no Inniges, but morely distinguish bo twoc? light and darkness, others can tell the direction <>t a source bi light bm nothing else; and ot herb Blifi, the so-called compound of "mosaic" eyes, appear to !>>. ca pu bio of terming a largo number ol sep arate small images whose nus arc still doubtful. Tile lum lions ol' or gans for ibo perception of light hi various creatures have generally been studied by observation ol tho Optical properties. ol those orga:-.:-.. A new ami Interesting mell.od has been devised and used b\ Leon J, Colo, ol tile M use a in ol ! Comparative Zoology at Harvard who bas tried to make the bisects and reptiles answer questions about their own visual abilities, hy means ol their beiiavtOl in thu lace ol cer tain conditions, "Mr. Cole devised ult arrangement by which two sources ol illumlni tion were so placed ns lo cause one Ol' iHher to illuminate tho eyes. Sup pose an animal positive ill Its reac tions lo directive light is so placed as to be md wu y between two bunin ons areas of the same shape, size, ami Intensity, the one acting On i lie right eye and tile other on Hie loft. Thus simultaneously stimulated on each sice, tue animal might go straight ahead vv i ll t o tl t 'arning, bl' In lliighl turn at random toward one light mole than Hie other, and as (bo animal' b positively phoioiioplc ? would continuo to cr.mi toward thin light, Hu as the chance Of rando ni movements iii ono direction is as great as iii Hie other, in a large iiinu bor of ?4*U?I? iv> -i-? >??? > .<. , .... would siill lie in different ii it lind cells sensory to light distributed all over lia skin There heilig no appin a: u- for cou eeiitratihg Hie light, the II mon ni re delved tit any polni ol nie skin o-i 01 th er side would be etina I lo thai received by an> oilier, in un animal having eyes that lorin a good Image tho case ls diff?rent. Says tho v. riler The small light would form an Hie retina an image 11 : t \ i i a very small ar-a, bul Hm light would have considera ide intensity. On the ri ina ol Hie other eye there would !>? an iuiage coVerlntj a larger an a. bin each area would receive a (ver> Binni I) light Intensity, in all pr,, liability wo should expect au nhl mai lo react inore strongly to thal stimulus which fell upon the larger number of visual clements, that an anima) normally positive attracted. With the earthworm (ho Intensity ol thc light is the controlling factor in ifs movements, since ii has no eyes, hut Olli) it skin sensitive IO light. The largest ol tho land p.an arians has sn,all direction eyes, lt turned away from Hie larger lumin ous area more often than frei m the ? smaller. The larva of the meal worm has, two Ol' three ocelli oil each side of thc head, hut Ito lenses. lt treats alike lights of different areas, the responses show ino that ability to form distinctive images <s lacking. T he sew lon; lue a gTOUO Of about thirty ocelli on the sitie ol' the head, but ils response., were oven loss definite than those of the meal worm, tho Its eyes form images bet ter. The cockroach has a well-devel oped compound eyes, anti is keenly sensitive to differences of light and shade, but Mr, Colo tinos not think that the oyes form bettor Images than those already mentioned. Tin mourning-clonk butterfly creeps and flies toward a sou reo of light, and can discriminate botween lights ol different area hut equal intensity The cricket frog distinguishes be tween luminous .'treas of different sizes but e'lual intensity. When In optic nerve la cut, il Still moves to I ward the light, tho without makim; this distinction, so that light must bo perceived by tho skin as well as by the eyes. To quote further: "Mr. Colo concludes: 'A query which Romanes found among Dar win's manuscript notes shown careful observation and puts the question (oj light attraction of insects) very clearly. lt is as follows: "Query, Why (?0 moths and certain glint!! fly Into candle.;, anti why are they not all on their way to the moon nt least when the motin Is on th' horizon? I formerly observed that they fly very much less at camile) on a moonlight night. Let a cloud pass over, mid they are again at tracted to the candi?." CUPID'S BOW AND PRINTER'S INI S cs au Wron/; In Advertising for I Wife. TO LET-Lonely heart. Has boot occupied before, but ls In gooj repul? and will be found wann uud coin fort..hie. May bc leased for lifo b> tho rlfeht imrty. There amy bc piares where Cupid'* olu-feshloned bow and arrows arc still elllcient and the darts reach Ititi r's without iindae delay, but tho sprite knows that sort of ammunition won't do In a town like this. So to cover moro territory Cupid suggested tho want a>l. columns to Rev. .1. Holwell ticer, who offered tho foregoing as a porfei tl y Innocent ex pression of tho needs of the hour. 13ut Dr, (leer was much disturbed because of tho notoriety that befell tiiin whoa he wrote to a newspaper asklug ir they would Insert such un ad .. erl lacmcnl. "lt seems'to me perfectly proper to advertise in tho papers for a wife," he said, "ls ii so unusual? You -?ee I know very few persons In 'his I ty- and If a inna wishes to got mar ried under such circumstances, what ls moie simple than mn king his wishes known through the newspn pers? lt ls no more than asking un acquaintance for an Int rodie lion to a person one would like to mei t. "li ! bad ti toothache and advertised tor . dentist, it would escape notice. So w'ny, li I have a heartache, should I not ad vei l iso for a wife? Why al.ouhl ii seem so strange?" Dr. Geer, who is a very pleasant > person, looked remarkably yo u ne Ill spite o. bis gray bair. Ile bas a ke< ii spense of humor, and a gentle demeanor timi augur well for tho ponce of the woman, whoever sh o may ho, who accepta his name. ll is true Dial I am lonely." he '?ntlnucd, and would like tc? be married. Hein;': poor I would want tho Ind j to have some means. This was said with an engaging simplicity thai belongs perhaps to the clergy man's accept nee of poverty as part of his lifo. "Thc pap'-r referred to my r03> cheeks." continued Dr. Geer. "In view of many causes contributing to such ruddiness in this croat city l thick mine should be classified. I gol H from the Devonshire air." As he spoke the hotel clerk an nounced another reporter and tho doctor looked alarmed, "How long is this likely to last?" he exclaimed. "Why. | can't /rei out IO luncheon. 1 don't understand it. longland reporters would not think ot asking about one's private affairs. Kven In case o murder they would not enter a private house to got news. fair and a "heart interest story," to lise a "trade'' term, hilt I bad to give it up. HQ couldn't soo lt. Dui any. way, he's got his "ad" in t'ne paper nnd ! hope he'll got the wife, ile de serves a good on >, too.-St. Louie ! Chronicle. Razorback in His Lair. Tho wild hog ls s till to be found In the Choctaw Nation in Oklahoma. W. A. DandrldgO, a citizen of thai tribe, says tin; land owners there count on these hoi;* and try to koop tab on Ihem just as , ney .I'd many years ago, before any good hogs wen; raised there. Ile says that farmers are rais ing good breeds of bous, but they still own some wild hogs which run in ibo open country in tho heavily timbered districts. As many of there hog as can bo caught when they are small, are marked on ibo ears, and some are branded. Then they are turned loose and allowed to run v ild willi the other hogs until they grow up. "The round-up," says Mr. Dun d rid ge, "is exciting sport. There In no use trying io round up these hogs on foot, or even on horseback, They Can outrun a horse through the tim ber, and be c an get clear out of sight la a few mlnu'es. Wo go on horesback and on foot, but use dogs to do most of the work. Tho dogs go into tho be vy brush after them, and bring them out, and in that way WO tidally corral (bein. 'I be- they are kept in a strong enclosure for a few weeks Where they are fed on corn, till they gol 1 '. enough to bu tc*..or. They aro tu nally leggy .md thin with long bris tles. They live on acroas and grass and seem to be free from all kinds of disease which destroy so many of Hie tame hogs, The round-up sme son is In the fall when the wild hogs ure at their best."-Chickashn (Okla.) KA press. Vow Method of Watch Advertising. A watch, fro/en into a cake ot Ice for twelve hours, during which tillie it recorded accurately the duet ing seconds and minutes, is one < ( the latest wrinkles in jewelry ?uiver Using. (innis in Divio. In Dixie almost every third young ster owns a goat, and many have pairs of them, "t is a common sight, In any of tho fashionable streets, even of large cities, to seo W0ll< groomed billies drawing miniature carriages With juvenile drivers. Many of th? goats owned by Southern children are handsome- animais. The greatest cathedral at Cologno, although complet* d but a few years ago, has so deteriorated from factory umoke that the body of the church will have to bo renovated throughout A PA HI OP KOOL* Obtained Money linder Pulse Preten? sinus and Hlew It AH In. A young white man by tho mano of Zeb Vaughn was arrested in this city ami cnrried tu Newberry by Sher ill' M. N. Mnl'ord of Unit county lo stand trial for misappropriating funds entrusted to him hy a colton mill in Newberry. Vaughn is charged With securing forty dollars from the mill lo luke certain of bis relatives front Orangehurg to Newberry io work in Hie mill. Instead of usin:^ Hu- money in this way Vaughn is charged with using it for Himself. Deputy Sherill' imkes returned from Newberry on Tuesday with a yoting white man named Willie Ponoll, who is charged with doing in Orangehurg whal Vaughn is charg ed with doing in Newberry. Mrs. Vaughn, the mother-in-law of Vaughn, the mother-in-law of Vau ghn, charges that she gol fort; dol lars from the Orangehurg Manufac turing Company mid ont rusted it to Pencil lo go lo Newberry and ship some of her furniture from 'hal piuco to Orangehurg and arrange some other mailors up lhere, Instead ol' doini: as directed Ponoll ls charg ed with appropriating the money in trusted to him i?y his mother-in-law to his own .iso. Ponoll ami Vaughn are brothers in-law, and it semins Ilia) they were using the same family of people to gel money on from the mills. These young men have been committed lo i ii to await trial. This is a sad case, and these young men will lind this way ?if raising money will not pay. They will lind hard labor more hon orable and prolltalile in ibo end. WAS TKMPOItAltiLY IN SA NR. Chicago Woman Cast Her Two Chil dren Out ?if Window. While temporarily insane, Mrs. Kinma Lo fl grell, 2Fi years old. of :'.::7 Nol l h Albany avenue, Chicago throw her baby girl and lier three-year obi boy, Arthur, from the second story window ol' her home at 10:15 o'clock last night. Doth children probably witl die. The ci'a'/.od woman was pre vented from jumping from Ibo win dow herself by ncr husband, who ran into tin- room in answer to the boy's cries ol' help. Petal Implosion. Al (Juan. I'la.. Tuesday W. T. Mc Donald was seriously injured and his nine year obi son was instantly killed Yoting (?iri Shot rallier. At Duhurqne. Iowa, defending her miller with a rill?. Miss M nd 110 Klohl hlg, lit) years obi, shot ll Ol' father. .Moni Kibbling, in the hoad. D'' is liol expected to I lye, Fleming, a" cording io ile' yollllg woman's state ment lo the police, was about lo ai lack her motlier when .-he (ired. She was arrested bm released on her own recognizance, The sympathy of nie community is with the young woman. Soldier Han Amuck. A telegram received by i he adjie Unit general from Manila Tuesday ate nuanced that Private Mike Beacham, of i he Kl rsl cavalry, ran amuck, kill ing three and wounding three ol' his comrades, one mortally. All the kill ed ami wounded were member;; of troop I-', Kl rsl cavalry. Details of lin' tragedy are lacking, but it is presum ed thal Henchman wa- insane. Don't lie afraid to change a man's opinion, bul bei, careful how you do it. Beware the geese when the fox procches. Winn you seo a mau advertising his virtues it is to keep your attention off his real character. Tin <. will tell; but gossipers man age to ?ell it first. Tin: Repub-k'a n leaders in Con gross profess to he anxious to lay hare the immaculate record of |th Repu, ??cans on campaign fund con tribu? ?ons and expenditures, but they refuse to allow the bill for publicity to come to a vote, so that the public might inspect the "dough bags." PKICHIDKNT Roosevelt is a humor ous. He says the real malefactors of great wealth have been pilloried. Which one Mr. President?, Even that "practical man" I larriman him not been indicted let alone pilloried. Ti it: President has assured the Prosperity Association that nothing serious will happen to the railroads before tim election. Mr. Harriman may now proceed to raise another 250,000-dollar corruption fund for the (?. O. I?. He and Teddy are prctical men. Tm-: petition of all the Democrat ic members of ('(ingress and Mr. Parker, of South Dakota, a Repub lican, to Speaker Cannon, asking for conideration of the bill to put wood pulp and print paper on the free list, will receive ahoni <?" ?>m/>h attention as other refori have received. ' ?ii-' . . ? I . ; 'i,i) i ' ; ! row President Hm ris Call Upon the Purin- ) ers to Sc mid Kirai. Pr?sident Harris, nf tin; ?tate Fanners' Union Friday gave ou; a ] statement in Which lie says: "lt is because trade conditions uro helter ur a cu use of necessity. Futures eau 1 not bo spun and woven Into cloth; if ? I hoy could, cotton won Ll nol lu. vc 1 made this advance. Do not let a lillie ad vane? ii. pi ?co. inlluonce you to -.a il. liol'; on undi 1 Ibo minimum ls reached. Kern.nullor Ibo colton broker bas sob! your coi- ' ton lo Hie mills; now make him give 1 Hie minimum before be gets ii io 1 deliver lo Hie maiifiicturors. They 1 are calling him lor collen i.-, why ii ' luis advanced. : "NOW, boys, Irec/.e (o j|. an) |||e 1 price will gol righi. 'I he -.pol cot- 1 lon is in your hands, and il is yours. 1 The other fellow is beginning '<; wnnl il badly now. Ilcmcmher, '1,500,00') 1 bales short means something and lin ' short ago is all in your favor. .' We all Know (hal crop conditions are bad, not only Hast ol' tho Mlssiu- I sippl, but wesl abo. The cotton crop is ai least I bree weeks late and bsd 1 stands, and Ibo cold weal her has caused much replanting, livery day will have to he an Ideal day from now ? until the crop is made for us to dupli cate i he I '.n>7 crop. "Tho ICnroponn mills will need I , uno,uno bales more of American cot ton this year than I hey have been us iiiii. The lOgyplhui and India crop is 2,000,000 . bab s short and I hey have been getting nie t ol' thal col ton." , , * IO ATI Nt; AWAY HOADS. Kvpcrlnients IM'OVO (hal Automobiles Are Very Destructive. Automobiles are road destroyers. This is the conclu.don roached bj tho oxperlS ol' the good roads depart ment ol' the National Department of Agriculture ami ol' highway experts in practically every country of tue civilized world., 1 Tho net results of (he conclusion eventually will be that ev?ry owner of an automobile will have5 lo pay a lax on his machine, lifo proceeds 1 of which shall go lo ile r? pairing of damages ?lone to roads hj the horse less vehicles. Tho Mood roads depart molli is COU (Iacting a series of experiments to determine just what amount of dam age is done to highways by automo biles. The experiments are being made nedor the direction of !.. w. Major J, C. Ilemphill Calls tin- Ne vada Down. A dispatch finn Washington to The Stat-- s ys Maj. .1. C. Ilemphill. editor of Pho News and Courier, in H.e drainage conference Tuesday af ternoon reproved Senator Newlands of Nevada for criticising the South. : Senator Newlands hail declared that the South before the war, because of slavery, was strict in .construction ot 1 the constitution and a habit of mind had descended to tins day, which un fortunately kept the South from be- i big prominent in the grout reclama tion measures. Maj. Ilemphill sa i il that Hie Southern people were will ing at any proper time to discuss with Senator Newlands their bal.it ol' mind towards Hie const ruc! ion but thal th*' drainage conlon nee was not the place for a discussion either of thal ques tion or for the resurrection of the j slavery issue. Ile therefore deplored ; tho remarks from the senator from i Nevada. , LOST I1I0H WAY ? And Died From lO.Vposui'C and linn- , ger in Kona. Mrs. T. Snow Miller, sisie rof Hm < Countess Roberts, wife of tho British i Hold marshal, died hu ?I week ol ex posure and hunger in the fores! of Kona, on the WOSl side of th'' island of Hawaii. Mrs. Miller, who was eld- I orly, had hoon visiting on the shore nf the Kinlskokua Bay, near Hie place where Captain Cook was in ur de red, She started out for a walk - and lost her way. lier body was \ lound on a trail only a SllOll distance . from ibo house, . * . BRYAN CALLS ON TILLMAN. tho Nebraskan Confers With South , Carolina Senator in Washington. t The Washington correspondent of \ l'he News and Courier says Hon. Win. 1 I. ?rynn called on Senator Tillman on Tuesday in that city and speni some lime With him discussing national politics and ibo outlook for the for- ? mer to receive the Presidential nomi- j. talion at Denver in July. This is , ligniflcanl by reason of the fad that , it was almost the only call made by Mr. Bryan upon any ?nie since he cai bed Washington. ? j They Will Swing. At New . cans on Ticsday deal li i IOUtencOB vere pronounced on tal i ward and I: ck Pierre, negroes, con ( neted of murder. They ave members i if a soct of nogro fanatics who last i f:ill barricaded themselves In a house < several > killed. ,[i WA UN I X< j TO POSTMASTERS. Merchants Resort to Tricks to Have / Their Packages Delivered. Information having readied the Postofllce Department of certain 1 methods by which the postal laws in v . gard to the mallabie and unmull- ? iblo merchandise on rural routes n ?lave boen evaded, Fourth Assistant t Postmaster Degraw luis taken steps *' to provont futuro evasions. Kural carriers aro permitted to do- g liver as ox pr ess matter for biro, for (. [mirons of their routes, unmallnble ( merchandise and packagos of mull- (, ride merchandise weighing In excess " tl four pounds, An example of tho " reuse of this prlviloge is that of a merchant who sent out by rural ear- i, lier as extra matter a pair of shoes % Lo which he added a bag of ?alt to j uiahe tho package overweight and , Lo avoid paving postage so that tho , .airier might carry tho package for , hire. ( In view of such abuses. Mr. De grilW has issued the following state- . ment: "All packages of merchan ilise to be sent out by rural Carriers by merchants of the town should bo presented ut postofllce for inspection ! ind in case it is found thal extraneous matter not ordered by tho patrons has been added to any mallabie mat ter or package for tho purpose of making stich package matter illumin able, postulasteis should refuse to permit the carrier to carry any such matter or package for hire outside of the mails, and rural carriers should not re?oive any mail matter from patrons OK uaniailnble matter for hire which they suspect has been made unmallablo by such devices as adopied b\ the merchant, referred to to. ENDS 11 IS OWN ld FE. 15ecau.se Mis Daughter Was Not Al lowed to See Him. lleca usc his visits to his lon-year old daughter wore stopped by his di vorced wife, Rudolph W ine, a book keep.!-, shot himself through the le ad in a hotel in lirookiyn. His wife obtained u divorce years ago and se- 1 lined tho custody of their daughter ' i o len. Witto was permitted lo see : Iiis daughter al bis former wile's : home undi recently when she mar- I ried again. Pleadings and letters were ' disregarded by the former ?Mrs Witte. 1 ll was said thal tho father became heart broken. He went 16 the hotel and told his Story lo a friend. Theil li r I real in? nt. Niuo children and a colored nurse' w< ie 11 i i 11 -11 hi Greenville oil Thurs day liy a mad dog, end they have been sent lo Albinia lor treatment. The hoad oi tho dog was soli! to the Pasteur Institute at Atlanta and ii was pronounced thai of a mad dog. Several weeks ugo another child was bitten and as a result of (ho exami nai ion the offending dog was declar ed rabid, The (bibi was Healed at ibo Pasteur Institute and no ill ef fect-. haVO appeared. Tho doc. I bat did (he luting was apparently a harmless little Collie puppy. ? * INSTRUCTS I OU HUYAN. Wyoming .loins (he Triumphal Pro cession of Stales. The Wyoming Democratic state Convention Thursday selected dele sates to thc national convention in structed for William J. llryan. Res olutions were adopted favoring tho .lei lion of United States senators by t (Hied Vote of the people. faVOl'lllg in amendment to the Sherman anti trust law. excepting labor unions rroih tho offed of its provisions and opposing the forest reserve policy >t tho present national administra tion. , * Kl 1.1.CD HIS N EUI II HO H lu a Dispute Over I so ol' .Mule Has fatal Result. Al l?dlson, Calhoun county, Ca.. Thursday afternoon, Clarence C. \Venvoi*, a well-known citizen, shot md killed Renjainlii Duke, a farmer, rho tragedy occurred on Duke's farm md followed a (lifllctllty over a mule .donging to Weaver, which, it is al leged, Duke took without Hie own .rs permission. The il ?ad a ' leaves i w idow and iour child rep ad W'eav 11* is also a man of fain y. Duke ,\as about 00 years lt is said ie drew a knife il' n . caver. Hydro; s ,i Increasing. 11 is iv . ! hal hj tiro phobia is ncreni i: :i mingly In tho United Jtntc is the conclusion reneh >d h errimenl experts, who have ? I the subject. They say the . . is not confined to any parlic .ir section of the United States but generally prevalent throughout the ountry. The report on tho subject dlongly recommends that all dogs bo Mizzled, sind tho declaration is made hat thc disease cannot be stamped ?nt until the dogs are muzzled for a ICI iud of several years. Tho expor onco of some European countries is .Red to show that only by the mu// ?ling of dogs cnn the disease bo ab? .ohitely eradicated. PINK I ? VVKLIN CASE, in Appeal Token (o the Knited States Tho State says the ease of fink ?Tank Mri, the negro lr I oil and coll ided ol' murder, will he taken to he United States Court. Tuesday loorer and Adams, the negro attor leys representing the defendant, ob alned from Col. U. It. Brooks, tho Jerk of the supscmo court, the cortl ied copies in the case and the hear 11 g means that the suffrage laws of louth Karolina will he tested. It is lulmed hy the attorneys fer thc do endant that Franklin was not grant d a fair trial and Ilia! the selection I jurors was in violation of Hie con tinuion of tile Knited Slates. Franklin was charged with (ho billing of a constable and ou tirai Vits convicted and sentenced to ho lung, lie was captured shortly aftor lie homicide and was carried direct o the penitentiary i the Fooling in lu- neighborhood being such thal a ytlching was feared. ile was taken back to Orangchui'g it the convening of the September erm td' sessions court, and '.hero II aced on nial for murder. Meeter & Adams defending him and mar: Ibo ame pleas upon which th?! ca* ow goos lo the United States sup "ino .ourt, but were overruled by tl. - u t?uit Judge presiding; but Fran .lin was convicted and was seilten .! to be hanged October 25, 1 HOT (His wife, by the way. was tried with 'ulm, but acquitted.) Monier and Adams then appealed to the Statt? supreme court, and this appeal ol' course stayed the execu tion. The supreme court affirmod the decision ol' the lower court hand ing down ils der ision March I "th last, but Chief .lustice Kopi' on March ?uih staved tue remiltilur, upon no nce n oni Franklin's attorneys that a wt it ol error lo the I nltcd Slates su preme coori was in Course of prepa ra I ion. 'lite slay ol' remiititur of coursa operated to prevent Franklin's being rosen fenced and executed. The pa pers In the (ase were Thursday I rn na in 1 lied lo the court In Washington, as before stated, and tho case; will now rem: in as it ls until the hearing tomes on al Washington on the writ .if error. Al this hearing Moorer ind Adams will represent tra uk Un md the Stale will prob,eil> be re presented by Solicitor P. T llllde irand, who is the State :, attorney of record, WHERE IX) THE OLD PIANOS COT iu>..? %.. When They ?^ OKI .rs announce sales of used piano*. Ml dealers havo large stocks of them nt h.ind constantly. Quo piano [inn has on exhibition an old fash ioned square piano which was n?tido H least half a century ago. Tho (llano boara a placard to the effect ?hat any one who will pay tho cart ;igo may hnve it for the asking. No ino has accepted tho offer. Suppose no ono ever takes that piano off tba hands of tho dealers who want to i;et rid of it. What will tho deal pis do with it? Obviously with rents as high as tiley aro it wouldn't pay to store a plano you can't give away. So the question remains.:! What, In the last staue of undo?irft l?llty, becomes ol all the chi piaooit -N. V. Son. ? Pilling Many Wains. One of (he mos I useful trees tn. the world ls u species of palm which ?rows lu Brazil. It might safely bo .ailed a vegetable emporium, for lt fields everything from medicine to ?attie food. From the roots ls ob tained a very valuable medicine A bie a is used for purifying the blood n springtime. Its timber takes a very, ligll polish, and is much sought li ter by cabinet make: s for Hue work. Tlie sap becomes wino or. .dooga r, according to the treatment t receives. From Hie pap, starch ind sugar are also obtained. Tho fruit of the tree ls given to catth) 'or food; the nut, Mound o powder, oakes a good substitute for coffee, md tb.e pith becomes bettlo corks. Birds That Pigh' Windows. "The mating season of Hie birds ipproaehes," said a nature student, and, if you live in a good bird coun ty your windows will kill off many i malo. Malo birds in tho mating tens?n become extraordinarily bold iud Ilen e. Houses have no' terrors 'or them. Approaching, they soft their own reflections in the glass o? tho windows, and mistaking thes? mages for rival males, they dart in lomitably upon tho glass, to falL lack stunned, or bleeding, or broken tVillged. f have a south window that I can always rely on In the spring to KU me two birds a week. I grill theta ni tonst." CONGRESSMAN Hammond, of Min nesota, who is the only Democratic nemher o? Congress from the West vho favors thc nomination of John ion for President, says (len." Milea vould make au ideal running mate !or Johnsen, This shows how much he so-called Democrats of Minne iota feel for Southern people. JOHNSON and Miles could not get he elector ial vote of South .'.Caro ma. Court. heal