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Nine Years' Weeding."
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'will som seeds of disease of which you
may never get rid. If your blood is even
the least bit impure, do not delay, but
take Hood's Sarsaparilla at once. In f
so doing there is safety; in delay there
is dange. Be sure to get Hood' s Sar-
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REMARKABLE PICTURE.
A Snap Shot That Was Taken at
the Moment of a. Fearful
Fatality.
"The most remarkable snap shot pic
in the world is owned by a friend of
nine in a town in Georgia' said an en
thusiastic amateur photographer. "Its
Etory is extremely curious. It seems
that he went one day to a blacksmith
shop to get a shot at the men at the
forge. The smith was engaged on a
difficult piece of Loa work, and nad two
jelperH. Just behincl idem, on a shelf,
was a pint flask, full of yellowish-white
iquor evidently the corn whisky for
which the native Georgian has a pe
culiar liking. As my friend was prepar
ing to take his picture, one of the help
era caught sight of the bottle and com
municated his discovery by dumb show
to his companion. The smith's back
was turned at the moment, and the first
innn reached stealthily for the prize,
while ray friend, unnoticed in the cor
ner, quickly aimed his camera. It was
a comical scune, and in his mind he had
already named the photo "The Stolen
Drink."
"The helper uncorked the flask and
took a swift gulp, and his comrade
biiatched it and did likewise. Then, for
a brief, breathless instant they looked
at each other, and as they did so their
foolish grin gave way to such a stare of
horror as I never saw before upon a
human face. I know, because it wjs
then that the camera clicked, and the
picture is as clear as crystal. The flask
contained carbolic acid. Within an
hfjnr both men were dead. When my
friend took one print he broke the
negative so as to make the photograph
ubsolutely unique. It shows the for
ward end of the shop, in the foreground
is the anvil, with the smith bending
over bis work. Behind him are he ;o
helpers, one still holding- the flask,
looking at eac'n other. You can see
tragedy In their eyes as plain as print.
It is a frightful and dramatic tableau
that could not be duplicated by unj
sort of art." N. 0. Times-Democrat.
INVENTED FOR THE CYCLIST.
To prevent bicycle wheels from
throwing mud and water on the rider's
back a new device is formed of two arms
pivoted on the rear axle to support a
small roller in a position to take up the
mud before it can be thrown off.
For use in discharging puncture-closing
compounds into bicycle tires a new
receptacle is fitted with a sliding bot
tom, which is pushed in nfler the noz
zle is attached to the valve, thus forc
ing the heavy liquid into the tire.
In a new bicycle chain adjustment
Oe hub is carried by a plate sliding in a
lot in the rear fork, with a screw bolt
headed iii one side of the plate and
j-unning through a fixed lug on the side
of the fork to draw the plate in either
direction.
The lower brace on the chain side of
a new bicycle frame is used as a gear
case, the single tube being replaced by
a flat casing, with channels formed at
the top and bottom to cover the chain
and heads at either end, which sur
round the sprocket wheels.
In a newly designed bicycle lamp the
oil holder is of tubular shape, with
clamps to attach it to the lower tube of
the frame, just back of the head, the
wick tube extending out at right an
gles to carry the burner and reflector,
which can be tilted at any desired an
gle. An improved automatic bicycle
pump is clamped directly to the center
of the hub, with a lever at one end
which engages an adjustable screw at
every revolution of the wheel to oper
ate a piston and force the air into the
tire, the head of the screw being within
reach of the rider without dismount
in?. An Excellent Combination.
The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
Stbup or Fios, manufactured by the
California Fia Syrup Co., illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laxa
tive principles of plants known to be
medicinally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. It
is the one perfect strengthening laxa
tive, cleansing the system effectually,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per
manently. Its perfect freedom from
every objectionable quality and sub
stance, and its acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing figs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from senna and
other -aromatic plants, by a method
known to the California Fio Syrup
Co. only. In order to get its beneficial
effect and to avoid imitations, please
remember the full name of the Company
printed on the front of every package.
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SYNOPSIS.
Master Ardick, just reached his majority
and thrown upon his own resources, after
stating his case to one Houthwick, a ship
master, is shipped as second mate on the
Industry, bound for Havana. Mr. Tym,
the supercargo, descries a sail. The strange
vessel gives chase, but is disabled by the
Industry's guns. In the fray one of the
crew Is killed and Houthwick is seen to
fall. The captain Is found to be dead, but
the Industry is Htttle damaged. Selllnger.
first mate takes charge and puts Into Sid
mouth to secure a new mate. Several days
later, when well out to sea, an English
merchantman is met, whose captain has a
letter addressed to Jeremiah Hope, at
Havana. The crew of the vessel tell
strange tales of the buccaneer Morgan,
who Is sailing under the king's commis
sion to take Panama. One night a little
later, the English vessel having proceeded
on her course, a bit of paper Is slipped into
Ardick's hand by one of the sailors. This
is found to be a warning of a mutiny plot
headed by Pradey, the new mate. Ardick
consults Mr. Tym. They resolve to secure
the mate, but Pradey. eavesdropping in
the cabin, makes through the door and
arouses the crew. Capt. Sellinger Joins
Ardick and Tym. The crew break through
the now barricaded door, but are forced to
retire, having lost seven of their number.
Finding themselves now too short-handed
to manage the boat, Pradey decides to scut
tle and desert the vessel, taking his men
off In the only available boat. The captain,
supercargo and second mate soon discover
their plight, but hastily constructing a raft
get away just before their vessel sinks.
The next morning a Spaniard draws near
them. The man in the rigging shouts: "If
you would board us, take to your oars. Be
speedy, or you will fall short." On board
they are sent forward with the crew, be
ing told they will be sold as slaves on reach
ing Panama. The ship's cook they find to
be Mac Ivrach, "frae Clagvarloch," so a
friend. Four days Liter the Spaniard is
overhauled by a buccaneer flying the Eng
lish flag. The three Englishmen and Mac
Ivrach plan to escape to the buccaneer on a
rude raft. Sellinger the last to attempt to
leave the Spaniard, is disabled. Just after
the others put off they see a figure dangling
from the yard arm, whom they suppose is
Capt. Sellinger. Hailing the buccaneer, our
three friends find themselves in the hands
of their old mate, Pradey. He treats them
kindly and offers to do them no harm if
they will but remain quiet concerning the
mutiny he headed. The Black Eagle, Pra-dt-y's
ship, comes to Chagre, Cuba, which
town they find Morgan has taken under the
English flag. From her the Black Eagle
with Morgan's fleet proceeds to Panama.
In the plain before the city Morgan's
force is met by 3.000 horse of the Spanish.
CHAPTER XIII. Continued.
It would be much to my mind if I
ouId describe with clearness and pre
cision what followed. Unfortunately
t is bej'ond my power. It was all a
vhirl and a maze of figures and the
Milling in and breaking of clouds of
iiuoke, and beyond that little but some
.Wittering of swords and guns and
much jostling about. I was not in the
front rank, and could only step this
way and that, as my companions ad
vanced or retreated, and beyond once
discharging my gun did no actual
fighting. It w.n soon over, and 1 saw
that the cnemv had broken.
"After them, and take some prison
ers!" Morgan roared.
I was immediately left in a little
clear space, with only Mr. Tym and
Mac Ivrach near at hand. The others
had made a dash after the flying Span
iards. My two companions, like myself,
were unhurt. In this respect they
were more fortunate than 20 or so of
our mates. Nine or ten of these were
killed outright, and the others were
doubled up with pain or sitting about
blood v and bewildered.
The smoke grarhially thinned out,
and I looked toward the city. I saw
the Spaniards slowly but doggedly re
treating, stopping at intervals to
wheel and fire a desultory volley. Our
advance men were at their heels, but
did not pursue far, for, having taken
five or six prisoners, they let go a part
ing shot or two and returned.
Morgan now harangued us briefly.
saying that victory was assuredly
within our reach, and that we had but
to put forth one more effort to secure
it. This speech being well received, he
left a guard of 200 with the wounded.
and also to act as a reserve, and led
the rest to the attack. Mr. Tym, Mac
Ivrach and myself were included in
this assaulting party.
We marched directly toward the
enemy, and at once received their fire,
losing ten or twelve in killed and sev
eral wounded. Then, of a sudden, Mor
gan sprang to the right, and we, wheel
ing after him, he led us almost at a run
from the road into the meadow. I im
mediately perceived what he would
io, which was to avoid the forts and
:his strong front of the town, and at
tack a weaker place. To effect this he
aad feigned to make an assault, there
oy holding the main force of the ene
ny where it was.
It was soft footing, and we ran
rather heavily, but still we were mak
ing some progress when the foe
trained their cannon on us, and though
we were in loose formation they
brought down well-nigh a score. Their
musketeers also made forward and
fired, and before we had proceeded 20
yards farther it seemed that not fewer
than 100 buccaneers were either slain
or wounded.
This could not last. The enemy was
having it all his own way, and! unless
we could turn upon him soon he would
lay us all dead or drive us off the field.
A man in front of me swung out and
fell sidewise on the grass. A ball
struck the stock of Mac Ivrach's mus
ket, and as I turned my head to make
sure that Mr. Tym was safe I felt a
sharp, spiteful rap on my own head
piece. Paul Cradde was a little way on my
right, and he had begun to swear when
a shout went up from those in front
and with great suddenness the whole
command came to a halt. I saw three
or four of the captains running out
into the field, and in a moment their
several commands were following
them, and now we were wheeled short
and faced toward the city.
A sort of growl of relief and satisfac
tion went round, for at last this play
ing as living targets was over. We
looked to our priming and brought
forward our bandoliers.
"Keep close!" cried Mr. Tym in my
ear. "This will be the most desperate
business of .all." .
"White arms and pieces of eight!"
roared Taul Cradde.
"Aye, aye!" shouted a man near me.
The trumpets sounded a quicker note,
and we broke iato a run.
I could glance between the heads
in front of me and see what sort of place
we were approaching. Five or six little
huts stood out in front, some paddocks
or cattle yards ran along in the rear,
and still back of these was a long, low
stone building. The flat roof of this
was mounted with cannon, and behind
the rails of the paddocks were the
crouching figures of soldiers. A troop
of horse was drawn up at the right
of the long building.
We lowered our heads and made
straight forward. Then the enemy's
discharge broke, and men went crash
ing down on all sides of me. Before the
smoke had lifted we returned the fire
and were immediately among the little
huts. I threw down my gun and drew
my sword, and fetched a glance around
for Mr. Tym. He was not to be seen.
Mac Ivrach was a few paces away, and
through the smoke were some other fa
miliar figures. I hesitated, being filled
with lively anxiety concerning the su
percargo, and while I delaj-ed the last
of my companions passed on. I glanced
hastily about, not really caring to be
abandoned, and at that moment felt
a sudden and strange shock. I per
ceived that I had been hit, and' stag
gered toward a hut and leaned against
it. After a little interval, it seemed to
me that I made out the shape of a
human figure breaking through the
smoke. I could see but dimly, but I
thought the man was Pradev.
CHAPTER XIV.
OF THE CONCLUSION OF MY ADVEN
TURE AND THE FALL OF THE CITY.
LIKEWISE OF THE STRANGE THING
THAT HAPPENED THEREAFTER.
I made a kind of dreamlike effort to
come back to myself, and for an in
stant half succeeded. The advancing
figure came out plainer. I saw the face,
and it was Indeed Pradey's. I struggled
to keep it steadily in view, but it insist
ed on swimming in with the puffs of
smoke, and as my giddiness increased it
lost all shape and outline. I must have
slipped from my position against the
hut at this point, for things gave a
kind of upward flash, in particular, one
object danced out like a bright piece of
steel, and then I was conscious of a
hard jolt and all was blackened out.
The next that I am able to recall is a
great swaying and swinging sensation,
followed by an abrupt pause and then
a little cold shock. I opened my eyes
and found a wet cloth on my forehead,
the ends hanging down on my cheeks.
I put up my hand and drew the cloth
away. As I cleared my eyes a figure
close by stepped forward and I per
ceived with joy that it was Mr. Tym.
He was in his fighting gear, wanting
only the headpiece, and seemed to be
quite unhurt. He smiled as I stared
up at him.
"You are safe, then?" I said.
"To be sure, and you, also. It was
but : little furrow turned along the
skull, but might easily have been seri
ous. Nay, but you had best remain
where you are," he pursued, as I would
have risen. "There is some hea. in your
wound, and in this weather it were easy
to provoke fever."
1 perceived the w isdom of this advice,
and settled back in my place. 1 glanced
I thought it was Pradey.
about, however, and saw that I was
in a shelter made of the rails of one
of the neighboring paddocks covered
with palm thatch. Py the brightness
of the sun that came in at the door and
the oppressive heat I guessed that it
must be nigh noon.
My thoughts seemed now to fall into
their natural order, and I made haste
to question him.
"How does it happen that I am here?"
I said; "and in what manner was I de
livered from Pradey?"
"I killed the villain," he answered,
quietly. "It were best that you did
not talk overmuch now," he went on,
"but to satisfy you I will say that I
missed you and turned back, and found
you wounded, aud with Pradey making
in upon you. I had scant time, but
fired, and was fortunate enough to
send a ball through his head. Then I
dragged you a bit aside, and presently
was able to secure the aid of one of
the men, when we brought you hither."
This was great Mews, to be sure in
especial, the part that related to
Pradey and I was content to remain
silent a moment and reflect upon it.
"Then that villain is gone! Surely
we have reason to rejoice," I said at
last. "But how think you will the
other buccaneers take it? Do they
know the manner of his death?"
"Xay, and "it were best that they
should not," answered Mr. Tym. low
ering his voice. "Let it seem that he
died in action."
"True," said I, "that will be wise.
But now what of the fortunes of the
day? It would seem that we had won,
but in what sort? Have we taken the
city?"
"Well, if you will talk," said he, shak
ing his head, "J. trow you may as well
have the whole story. Aye, we have
beaten the enemy and taken the city.
Nevertheless, Morgan has, for a little,
withdrawn, fearing, as it is said, mines,
poisoned water aad other snares, but
I think in reality not desiring to trust
the men. He will be for waiting till
their blood is a little cooled and he can
be sure of obedience."
"Well," said I, a little wearily, and
withal my head fetching a pang, "tell
me one other thing and I am content.
How has it gone with Mac Ivrach?"
"Xot so much as scratched," he an
swered. "He was here but a little time
ago."
I was glad to give over with this, and
lay for awhile quietly. Mr. Tym sat
down in the door of the hut and began
to care for his arms, and I was on the
verge of falling asleep. Of a sudden
there was a far-off noise of shouting,
followed by a long-drawn, agonized
scream.
"What," I cried, starting up, "has the
fiends' work begun already?"
"It would seem so," he said, with a
sigh. "I conceive they are putting
some poor creature to the torture.
Doubtless Morgan will have an early
word concerning treasure, and also
seek to learn of traps and snares"
"Would that God might blast him and
all his foul crew!" I cried, in fiery in
dignation. Mr. Tym composed his lips, as though
to assent, but did not answer.
"I smell smoke," I said, after a little.
"Will they be burning the town?"
He stepped to the door of the hut and
looked out.
"Xay, I think not, yet a building here
and there is burning. Aye, one of the
cathedrals is ablaze. I will try to
learn what it means."
Here I heard some people hurrying
past, and Mr. Tym, going a little far
ther out, hailed them.
I could not distinguish what they
said, but in a moment he returned.
"There are no orders for burning,
so it is claimed, yet four or five consid
erable buildings, including one cathe
dral, are in flames. Morgan has or
dered the people of the town to fight
the fire, and some of the buccaneers
have been detailed to lend aid."
"The smoke smells wondrous
strong," I observed.
"I think that comes from the burn
ing of a few outlying huts," he an
swered. "They are but a short space
from here. Nay, they are nigh where
I found you."
"I might have been roasted, as well,
had you not searched me out," I said,
with a long breath. "Yet tell me how
near adjacent to the city are we?"
"It is the space where the paddocks
stood." he answered. "The men have
pulled the rails down and converted
them, as you see, into frames for huts.
Phibbert and the man I told you of
helped me build this one."
"Phibbert is no bad fellow," I said,
gratefully. "And as for you truly,
how am I indebted to you!"
"Speak not of it," he said, lightly. "I
am indebted to you also."
We were silent a moment, and in the
interval I could hear the confused
noises and cries from the town,
though, to my vast relief, no more
shrieks.
"Do -we quarter in the place to
night?" I finally asked.
"Morgan says no," he answered. "He
will wait till the morrow. Alas! and I
dread that time!"
"And how long will their hell's work
last?" I said, despondently.
He heaved a sigh and began to pace
mi and down, which showed how deep
ly he was moved, though his judgment
told him it was to no purpose. I sighed
in response and fell silent, my spirits
not a little depressed.
It seemed that Morgan continued to
his resolution to withdraw his forces
from the city till the next day, thisex
cepting only two or three companies
that should search for any concealed
fighting men, and should also seize and
man the few ships in the harbor. The
rest of his command he meant to place
about the landward part of the city,
guarding it that none should escape.
All this, I may say in a word, was
done. Little resistance was offered to
our searching party, and indeed it was
soon found that the governor and
those of his captains who were unhurt
as well as many of the soldiers had in
continently fled. So my vengeance and
that of my companions on the haughty
Don Perez de Guzman must at least be
put off.
I remained in the hut during the
day. Indeed the heat was terrible, and
it would have been a bid for a fever for
me to have ventured out. Xow and
then I went to the hut door, and thence
could see the men extend their lines so
as to engirdle the city, but such was
the fervor of the sun that the move
ment was performed slowly, and with
a general mien of listlessness. At last
it was completed, and then a little com
pany was to be seen at short intervals,
with guards walking between, and at
one point Morgan's headquarters, with
a" body of two or three score in attend
ance. Mac Ivrach had been summoned
to take his place wi th the other guards,
leaving Mr. Tym and me together.
Why this latter arrangement was
made we did not then learn.
About nightfall Mac Ivrach re
turned, having been relieved, and then
we were told that Phibbert had been
chosen captain in place of Pradey, and
that it was to his good nature that we
owed Mr. Tym's exemption from guard
duty.
Night finally drew on and the watch
fires of the guards were lighted. The
moon had not yet risen, and the mount
ing flames, driven presently by a wind
from the sea, flared up with a land
ward slant, and partially obscured
with clouds of smoke the white wall
of the outlying houses. In the direc
tion of the harbor there was a pale
radiance, showing where the ships, and
doubtless the quays, had been set off
with prudent lights. The city itself
was nearly quiet. Xow and then a dog
barked or a horse could be heard gal
loping along a hard street, and once a
bell rang and we heard the faint, sweet
sounds of a chant, as it might be the
priests were tunefully askingmercy of
God, but there were few other soundf
through the night than these.
TO BH CONTINUED.
Tratmplasr (or Fun.
Xot long ago three shabby tramp
musicians played on the terrace of
a hotel in a fashionable watering place
in Germany, after, which one of .them
took up a collection in his hat. A
famous physician who was present
recognized in one of the shabby-looking
fellows a former comrade, who
had served with him in thesame regi
ment 30 years ago. Astonished and
pained, he approached the poor fel
low, full of sympathy, Vut soon he
burst into laughter. Th three men
turned out to be a high Berlin police
official, a sculptor and a doctor, who
had conceived the original ?dea of
traveling as Bohemian musicians
through all the watering places, to
earn money for a monument to
Brahms, the composer, in Berlin.
They slept for three of four pfennigs
per night in lodgings of doubtful char
acter, and had many amusing adxen
tures. Several times they .were ar
rested on suspicion, but the Berlin of
ficial alwan got them free. X. Y.Sun.
"SWIPES" CAME BACK.
.'be Remarkable Return of aDog t
His Master front Denver to
St. Lonii.
A certain St. Louis merchant who
was at the time of the incident herein
I elated engaged to be married to a lady
dving in Denver had a large, handsome
Dandie Dinmond setter, named, for that
inscrutable reason by which many men
will degrade some of the noblest of
easts with belittling titles, "Swipes."
The lady of his future heart and home,
having seen and formed an ardent at
tachment for the dog on a visit to St.
Louis, the merchant, in the goodness of
his heart and the warmth of his affec
tion, determined to take her the dog as
a present, perhaps that the faithful ani
mal might keep him in her mind until
such time as his affairs would allow him
to bring her to the home he had bought
in his native city. He therefore boxed
up "Swipes" and put him on a train
bound for Denver.
He waited two days in great anxiety
for some acknowledgment of the gift,
but no word came. Three days passed,
and four, and finally a week rolled by
without a word of thanks from his lady
love. The merchant then grew wroth
and sat down to write such a letter as
would speedily bring my lady to her
senses. As he was arranging his pens
and papers for the mighty struggle,
however, he heard a faint scratching
on his door, and, arising, admitted the
dog himself. Swipes was lean and dirty
and sheepish-looking generally. He ap
proached his master with the general
air of a setter who expects to be
whipped, and, crouching himself at his
feet, looked tearfully up into his face.
The merchant felt his heart go out to
his former pet. He stooped and gave
him a pat, at which, after the manner
of his kind, the dog went wild with
joy. Swipes had had adventures, the
merchant saw, but he had never
reached the lady off in Denver.
Investigation proved that his sur
mises had been correct. The express
company, on Deing charged with non
delivery, traced the dog and his box to
that driver who had been ordered to
convey him to the tagged destination.
The driver, after considerable cross-
questioning, admitted he had forged
the receipt check and that Swipes had
never been delivered. He had broken
out of the box in the middle of the citv
and leaped off the wagon into the
crowd, disappearing almost instantly
The driver had never heard of him
again. How the dog got back to St
Louis is a mystery, but he trot there
His master, in the joj- of recovering
him at all, concluded to wait until after
theceremony to share him with the lad v
at Denver, much the more so because
he firmly believes that if Swipes were
to be conveyed to the north pole he
would manage to get back to the man
whom his dumb dog love deems the
finest thing a-going. It is not every
day, the merchant knows, that such
constancy is to be found. Cincinnati
Enquirer.
A LADYLIKE DETECTIVE.
THe Clever War in Which a Aen
York "Fly Cop'' Trapped a
Woman Hotel Thief.
It has been a long time since the
detective force of the city had a man
who was able to go about in the garb
of a woman and obtain evidence against
persons which could not be got in or
dinary ways. Hut now the force has
one, and, as a result of that fact, Eliz
abeth Barry was held in Yorkville court
on a charge of having robbed the Hotel
Brunswick, Twenty-seventh street and
Fourth avenue.
For some time Henry Crozier, the pro
prietor of the hotel, has had complaints
from guests that their rooms have been
entered and articles of value stolen. He
complained to the police, and Detec
tives an Delft and O'Rourke were as
signed to the case. A peculiarity of
the thefts, the detectives discovered,
was the fact that the articles stolen
as a rule were from the. rooms of
women. Their suspicions rested on the
Barry woman, who was a quiet, unas
suming employe in whom every one hud
confidence.
On Friday Van Delft went iu the
hotel and engaged a room, lie was
made up as a woman, wearing a large
hat and an expensive gown, with gloves
and boots to match. After being shown
to a room. O'Rourke was placed in a
room adjoining it and a hole was made
through the door that O'Rourke might
watch the interior of the room of the
bogus woman.
When V an Delft went to the dinini
room in the hotel he left a poeketbook
containing a marked bill on the dresser.
From his position in the other room
die other detective watched the room.
In a short time he saw the Barry woman
.'ome in, look around and then take the
poeketbook. She went direct to her
oom and put the poeketbook contain
ing the marked bill in her trunk. She
ivas arrested a little later.
In court yesterday she confessed that
she had robbed the room, and a dozen
jr more articles found in her trunks
were identified as having been stolen
from the hotel. She broke down and
jried and looked at the detective who
had dressed in women's clothes.
"Was it you that rented that room?"
she asked.
'Yes," replied the detective; "I was
the woman."
'MM never have believed it; you were
so ladylike and nice." said the sobbing
prisoner, who was held for trial. X
Y. Press.
Rapidity of Thoight.
The human brain, according to sci
entists, is composed of millions of cells,
each of which has stored up in it the
memory of some experience of the past
When, for instance, a man meets on
the street a friend whom he has not
seen for years and tries to recall where
he last saw him, the "thought current"
runs through his brain for an instant
until the proper cell is located, and may
in a second, according to the calcula
tion of some scientists, travel 1,500
vanls, or nearly a mile, so minute and
at the same time so complex are the
ramifications of the brain cells. A num
ber of English scientists are at pres
ent devoting all their time to a study of
the brain and the rapidity with which
it works. Chicago Tribune.
Had Applied the Teat.
The Wife My husband has ceased to
ove me.
The Maid How do you know?
"It is impossible for me to make him
miserable any more." N. Y. "World.
A Profane Silence.
A story is going the rounds of a golf match
between Rev. Dr. Sterret and Justice Har
lan of the United States supreme court. The
incident . occurred at Chevy Cha? Golf i
club, one ot tbe prominent orgamzations
near Washington, during a meeting be
twen these two ardent golfers. The doctor
discovered that bis ball teed up in tempting
style for a fine brassie shot, and, with the
utmost deliberation, he went through with
the preliminary "waggle9," and with a su
preme effort missed the ball. For fully a
minute he gazed at the tantalizing sphere
without uttering a word. At length Jus
tice Harlan remarked solemnly: "Doctor,
that was" the most profane silence I ever
listened to." Pittsburgh Dispatch.
What It Meak...
In one of the the suburbs of Philadelphia
there is a school principal who is a very
kindly man. He is noted particularly for his
love of animals, and he never neglects an op
portunity to lecture his young charges on
his pet hobbv.
The other day he told them all about vivi
seetion and how, in the name of science,
it entailed untold suffering upon dumb ani
mals. At the end of his discussion, in orrlpr
to make sure that his words had been fully
unuerstooo, ne aeKea:
"Now tell me what vivisection means."
"Please, sir?" answered one of tbe bovs,
it means trying it on the dog." Judge.
Brain Work and Exercise.
Tt has been declared that three hours of
Drain work will destroy more brain tissue
than a whole day of physical exerc-ise.
America is filled with men and women who
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An Optimistic View.
"The lies the blamed newspapers publish
about us," said one politician to another, "is
enough to drive a man to drink."
"es, that's so," replied the other, "but
still we have no cause for compiaint."
"Why not?" asked the first, in surprise.
"Well, it might be much worse," was the
reply. "They might publish the truth."
Chicago Evening News.
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In five minutes a woman can clean up a
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To Care a Cold la One Day
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Do you want to be unique? Learn to
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The English language is not a dead lan
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