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rA vpie ~the geolo 8tis-,-01 e!ogCal .9 - tpeyy tou& i tS It turned -Awn-W6rd' 4 f his will, but- nor eonpei. tt showed that t- e I own Attfingi~1i resulted from slight nd-idatchae~ for-uncouselou., *lgQs'In tie .iuclintion of his body. the. eftects '6 which were conmiRuIn!. Vat&d through .the arms anti wt-lsts to lle rod. No [novemeut of the rod from causes .outsido the body couli be (I tected. and it soon becaie obviou that the view held by other men of science Is correct, that the operation of the "divining'rod" is generally duo to unconscious movenieitEr of the body or of the-mureles of the barad. The e\. periments u3e show that these move ments happeu most frequently at itlaces where the operator's experience 3as led himU to believe that water may be found. The uselessness of the divining rod Is indleated by the facts that the rod - may be worked at will by the 61jerator that he fails to detect strong currents -of' water running in tunnels and other 'hannels that afford no surface Indica tions of water and that his locations In limestone regions where water flows in well defined channels are rarely more successful than those dependent -on mere gtuesses. In fact, its operators are successful onlyin regions in which ground water occurs In a definite sheet In porous material or In more or less clayey de~oits, such as the pebbly clay or till, In- which, although a few failures occur, wellif would get water -anywhere. Ground water occura under certain 4efinite conditions. (and as in humid regions a stream may be predicted wherever a valley is known, so on6 fa mltar with rocks and ground water .conditions may predict places where ground water can be found. No appli ance either electrical or mechonical has yet been successfully used for de tecting water in places where plain -common sense or mere guessiug would not have shown its presence Just aq well. The only advantage of empidy -ug a "water witch." as the operator of the divining rod- is sometimes call -ed, is that skilled services are obtain. -ed, most men so employed being keen -er an-i better observers of the occur rence au.1 moventibnts of grouid water than the average peraon.-Selentifc American. A Pet Bear. Bears unless hungry or abused ar( good natured animals and make amus Ing pett.. "When I was in tle revenue - service at Alaska," said a lieutenant. "we had a pet bear on the boat, and we called him Wineska. He used to climb to the crosstrees, going up hand S -over hand by the ratlines. One -day, he ventured out on the yardarm. and -there he stayed. We had to get a rope and haul him down. Once henvaulted -over the head of our Chinese cook and went into the lockers, where he helped himself to sugar and butter.~ We had a tacklng made for -him, much the same .as a harness of a pet pug, and we would drop him overboard, with a rope attached, to take his bath. Once he landed in a native boat and nearly frightened the occupants out of their wits. Hie was as playful as a kitten. and, although he sometinies disobeyed. he was neveor treacherous or unkind. When he was lost or hid himself, as he often did, we would look in the 'dark till we saw two little halls of fire. -* These were his eyes and gave him away every time." - She Carried a Parcel. The laugh is on one of the attend-. ants at the Congressional -library at Washington. One of .the rules Is that noone shall be allowed to carry a par eel of any kInd iuto the buling. One ay a tali young womaun'appeared at the-aloor, and when the attendant saw that slie had a pircel under her' arm he told her that it was against the rules for her to take it with her. She demurred' and pronounced the rule absurd. There were certain parcels that people should be allowed to carry with them, and so forth, and so forth. But the man insisted that he must on. force the rule and that she would have to leave the parcel with him until she canme out. That settled~tt. The young wvoman -deliberately- opened the parcel, took from-It three pairs of black stock ings that she evidently had just bought, and, hanging .them over her arm, she gave the attendant the paper * n- which they had been wrapped, say. .ng~ T "th,, pietise keep that until I come out. I -have n~o parcel now."--Chicago Sat Audlenos eliev.. The t suddenly went out during oneS of rl7 foralancea-idi'Waterbury A pau eg A'~~ t, However, -1 shou and gsnemen lemoo; but, "the elephant has gone. It Ulf off the stade. put, of course, #ia; see it., but'that doesn't -nattr, V sure enough, there- was7 boar Vaws sluitifilig sound 'quite appropriate,- 9 though it was made by the fat'.Gstsg manager, who was shuffling acrosstly boards in his slippers. The light ri turned, there was much applause, ant all .was well. The next qay a' mi stopped me 'in the street and said considered that trick the most ibarvel ous he had ever seen and would -I Ix giving it again that nighti -It's t'uel H Uorace Godin in Cassell's Magazine. GLASGOW'S SLUMS. Its Awful -ieeping Quarters and its "Penny Pawns. in the Millgate Monthly there Is I] description of the "Alsatia of Glas gow"-the Cowcaddens-'where. "all thagt is most unsalubrious and repellent -in our modern lif is to be found.' Side by side with all that is demorallz inglive and flourish harpies of varioui kinds and degrees. None is so dan gerous to the health of tlie community as she who night after night.seeks to make a dishonest penny by overcrowd ing her sliimmy house. Sanitary in spectors find the occupants of over crowded houses, in their attempt to avoid detection, concealed in every conceivable corner-hidden in cup boards, under beds and even on the housetops. Two tiers of people have been found in one bed, one on the boards or mattress, the bed then flung over, and another living tier on the top. What are known as "penny pawns" abound In the district. A broker who keeps one of these can purchase an article of any value from a penny up ward. He is - compelled to keep i for only seven full days. and at the end of that period he may sell it to whomsoever he chooses, and that, too, in all probability, for several hundred !per cent more than he paid for it. Thousands of poor people are. entirely ignorant of the difference between a pawnbroking establishment and a "penny pawn," with the result that in many cases when they go to the latter they lose goods which, if pledged with the former, they might have redeemed in time. A TERRIBLE REWARD. Cromwell's Paymer.t For the Capture of Pembroke Castle. During the struggle. btetween Kini Charles and the parliament Pembrokf castle was so well fortified that Crom well, with all his cannon, could no take it. . After niany' fathres he gave up bli lnttiotion and began to march on fo -Tenby. But before-he had proceedet far a c'ountry shoemaker came up t< Cromwell and asked him whether h4 would reward him If he would tell bla how to get the castle into his posses sion. Cromwell. very glad of this after consented. Then this old shoemaker glad to get some money, as no doubt he was rather poor, told him that ther was a pipe' through .. which they:-o their water and .that if he were to ci the pipe the castle would surrendef. Cromwell said, "I thank you for thc information you have given, me. but at you have turned traitor to your coun trymien the only reward I willi give yoti is that you shall be hange1 on the very next tree that I come to." Cromwell had the shoemaker hanged and cut the pipe he had told him or leading to the castle, which then sur rendered.-London Telegraph. -Made It Clear. When Colonel Edmund Rice was ir command of the Twenty-sixth Infantr3 (mostly volunteers from New England in the Philippines, he organized fron his regiment a company of mountei scouts. To equ Ip theui for this. servict he made requisition on headguorter: for the necessary outfit, in-cludln; eighty nosebags. Some officious clerl In the qua:4ermnaster's offiee in Ma nila returned the requisition to Cole nel Rice with these written re 'marks: "Your report shows but sixt: men in your mounted company, Wh., do you require eighty nosebags?" The colonel's explanation was shor and characteristic. It was: "It is tru I have but sixty men, but I have eight; horses. The nposebags are for thm -horses, not for the men." .inoculation For Smallpox. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu is go:1 erally credited with having introduce< Inoculation into England from Turke3 In 1718 she bad her son Inoeulated a Adrianople with success. She was al lowed to have it tried in England o: seved condemned criminals In 172' Bud In,1?2l we members of the roya family were inoeulated. The practic was bitterly opposed by the ceorgy um til 1700. A Dr. Mead practiced inoci lotion with success up to 1754, and Di Dunsdaie of London inoculated' Catli erine II. of Itussia In 1708. VaccIne it oculatlon was introduced by Dr. Jer ner in 170.-New Yorkz American. - The Moore of Today. Thei hiorS-ot today are the descend ents of thoe whbo eenquered Spaim wigo ,ired pr#tia1 .paramount I Able~so bTt~ ~ to centurie In deed, It is strange #e ~ ositiott of the Mdore ~tis le seet he work of their IjiWnd4!j)pa't Centuies. mnd the only 111n ls the fact that they 614 G13pJeh$'Adapt theinselves to mod iil 6 .lit-Strand Magazine. t Cruohed. "Brudder Jones, If you didn't smol;e, at bnight own a brick house, like what'. doe1." "Look hero, mnn. don't you cone pesterin' wit Ine like dat. You didn't thit dat brick hourxe by -t smokin'. Yon got it .bk borron in' Iah news paper.to rea -an' inah clotbeo to wear a' nnh rIts t0 ent. You may be a fy Anne ' t dat don't gi:) you no, Ilidse- tQ St up fer :1 human Copy book!"-R~aa City Iudependent. Capital. - "Let me Illustrate the difference be tween capital and labor." sald the rich uncle .to - the * impecnious nephew. "Suppose I ghIe you f5" "That's capital." replied'the nephew, extendln# his hand for the money. London Telegraph. A Mctapjhcr V/ith a -ilatory. To "know a e Iwk fromi a herushaw" is a metaphor with a curious history a It Is a comparison d;awn from falcon: J ry. "flernsbaw" is a corruption of I "herouslaw," or yovug heron, a bird A which was a common prey of the fal cons. To know a haw.k from a Iern shaw is therefore to be able to distin guish the-falcon fron Its pwey. A f6r- c ther colloquial torruption crept Into c the phrase. "to know a hawk from a 1 handsaw," a form used by lamlet in a one place. Possibly the distinction be-. tween a hawk and a berushaw was' found not to be strong enough for the i purposes of the proverb.-Manchester i Gtuardian. II N Death Penalty. Ituropenui countries which inflict no death penalty, however brutal or pre meditated the crime, are Italy. Hol land, Norway, Switzerland, Portugal and Rtussia. salve where the lives of: the emperor. the empress or the heir: to the throne are concerned. The can ton of Zug. In Switzerland. imposes the lowest minimum penalty Ia the world-threq years' imprisonment for willful homicide. the maximum punish nient being. imprisonment for life. London Chronicle. An Inconsiderate System. t "Why don't we take an express train?" asked the sweet young thing 4 or her escort Ait a subway station. . "This isn't an express station," es-" Plained her escort kindly. "How tiresome!" exclained the. s y.- t. "They ought to have exDress trains at every -statonI"-New York Press. Jl M~Iay.C Rice U Making F Ai ;-This season's goods to Nice lii Car'! t Still Wat< contlim I am ever g beginti t 0 IProp rietc n SUR NARGES.& 04 Iethod by N ' 'a said, .-the Fees tc Are e.loat, tc Frequently layao. *ho have had oe. asion, to settle the bills Of su*eons ipon whom they have called in ex. d :remities to use tle knife Are beard t< o complain against what they- call B ,the exorbitant charges of surgeons." si A skilled surgeo may charge $250 Oor 4 simple appendletig, operation. re rho patient, who never thinks of com- m Ilatning until he Is convalescent, ob- to [octs oftentimes to paying the bill. e le says, ."It is outrigeous for a sur ;eon to charge $250 for half an hours ca vork." Ili The question of surgeons' fees often Ia )uzzles a patient. He knows of one 11 pan upon whom a surgeon of wide ar 'eputation has operated and charged M, mly $75. He may know of another rho has )ald $1,000 for the same op- Si Iration. He cannot figure it out. SC Yet surgeons of known ability and A kational, perhaps International, tame Cl ave a general plan in charging for iperations. Their prices range from Ck iothlng to $,000. They will operate Ot vithout any question of willingness or tb tbility to pay in any case where the to iltuation is imperative. Afterward Aj hey will present the bill. The general ublic does not understand how a sur ;eon will charge one man $50, another at 1250 and another $5,000. ha Surgeons have a Oxed price scheme. ge rhey aim to charge the patient about pa me month's Income. They figure that th iny person who Is In such bad condi- do Ion as to be forced to submit to a urgical operation surely can afford to el ive one mouth's income. They ascer- 'th aln roughly what a man makes per nonth and send In a bill for that imount. The man whose hIcome 1 )ut $50.a month pays $50. The man hi who gets $5,000 is asked to pay $5,000 -sv -and generally objects, even though 'al ie should know that his life is worth is much p'oportionately as that of his p oorer fellow.--Chicago Tribune. rr THE SHIPS OF TYRE. rypes of These Vessels Still in Use In the Far East. Away back. even when Solomon was king in Israel, the ships of Tyre. nanned by brave Phoenician sailors, went through the prehistorie canal where the Suez channel is now and navigated from China clear around to I England. Their ships were the models for. Oreece and Rome and later for.Seulce. I the Spaniards -and the Portuguese. Only the Englishrman Improved on shipbuilding. sinid from him all mod ePr models4 have dated. In the old Tr.e moodels the waist of the slyilp w:s I,!w. to the oars co-ld IV nie, Panics M BUT oes on Foi rices to Meet all Com; go nowv; while you need them. Call to Shoes from 10 to 25 per cent. los oad of Roller King to go at a price selling Shells at 75c for 2 boxes. ~h this space and keep posted on ti ously offering. now buying Fai.11 Goods, and wi >ods are on hand ojf present sto< 0 come in. D. RIG >r Norris Bargairn NORRIS, S. C. give ob provide " ariners. As wind nist grow sappeared. S caravel, fi0n ritish sbiwl hi ips of Tyve. But in theiate alned ne b h sa akera oft,, a4 nd~ ~ the old p ode t day. t roday i 11ithe-slpQUhf~.~1Il' era still'haveto t * ud and stesr by staxe an6d e wind on.cloddy nigt ound Trnidad and carry oil ecca. rhese veusels, on which.th ieba miht, have traieled to I lomon; alte timed by native ft~ k rabs and' by the . poop. of o ilna. Dn board -the captain, busW rgoes, pilgrims and Aeep, ber live Otock live in a. at would.stir an American'. immediate rebellion. - nerican. T Seatless. Lu English hostess was entariz out 800 people at a reception d provided only about sevent st4 ,In despair she said to a00on triot: "Oh, I am so distressed Not ree-fourths of these people wnr "Bless my soul, madamI" le kimed. "What's the matter- with em?". The Martial Splrt. "When you go into battle," said the iman analyst, "do you feel your heart irge with hostility toward the foe or iything like that?" "Yes," answered the military ex rt. "In time of war we feel even ore resentful toward the foe than e feel toward our rival assocat* In* mne of peace."-Washington Star. A Study In Dimensions. "Jimmy, how large a piece' of cake you want?" "I want a big piece, but don't gihane much that III have to divide It Ith sister." Ready For Business. A trngedian playing Richard 111. In smtall town was waited on after the how by an honest farmer, who said hat "if the genTm who wanted a lorse was still of the samo mind he rould like to do business with him." No better masters than poverty and raut.-Dutch Proverb. ) etition cos, fast colors, 5c. 3 than elsewhere. to move it fast. Le bargains we are II slaughter what ~k when fall goods House