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=-----THE Darming Act of Steeplejack The attention of thousands of persons in City Hall Park, New York, re cently was attracted by a steeple Jack and a small boy, who were suspended from the top of the highest flagpole on the city hall tower. The boy is Ed ward Hughes, seven years old, son of Samuel H. Hughes, one of the best known steeplejacks In the country. With the help of his father the youngster dlmbed the staff, the top of which is 175 feet above the ground, where the two entertained the crowd with their acrobatic work for almost an hour. One of the feats that caused the crowd to gasp was performed when Hughes, .apended head down, grasped the boy by his hands and swung him free from the pole. EE IN HIS WINDOW BO, .4 S (LLD DS. ®. (i'f 0t persons love trees, but few their love of them to their - of business, as has J. J. Auster a dentist of Kansas City. In a oSW box on a ledge of his office the second story grows a hardy GOod tree, eight feet high. Mr. Ier5 planted the sapling two 8 ago and his watering and care given him a flower box that is ., Not only do the leaves cast ool shade over the window, but fresh greenness has a quieting on patients, the dentist be S PURSE AND WINS BET Sovery of $400, lost the other day, . P. March, a Chicago con - a like amount in bets at At City. When he lost his wallet members of the Chicago Build bange made made up a purse of as a bet that he would never see money again. They figured they S00,000 to 1 chance on the hon at that number of visitors at c .ity. arch took the long chance and led his money. The wallet was Up by Robert H. Clutch, of ephia and returned. I RESTORED BY SHO CK the testimony of expert alien .that Prank Teeling, a patient in e hospital at Overbrook, had cUred of insanity by the shock lision between an automobile Dlison van in which he was be - sferred, the court of special at Newark, N. J., prdered 8 release from custody. Teel ing developed symptoms of violent Insanity while in jail on a drunken ness sentence and was ordered re moved to the asylum. While he was being transported the prison wagon was run into by an automobile. After the collision Teeling appeared per fectly sane. Alienists declared that the physical and psychic shock clear ed his brain. They believe further that Teeling will be strong-minded enough to resist the temptation to overindulge in alcoholic drinks. RIVAL TEACHERS HOLD FORT Each insisting she is the regularly appointed teacher, Miss Alice Corn and Miss Catherine Kirby are holding sway in the same room at the school at Frederick, Colo. Each has a desk. The pupils have been apportioned be tween the two. Miss Corn holds a contract signed by two members of the school board, and Miss Kirby one signed by the remaining member. The arrangement will I old dntil the courts decide which is entitled to the salary. SWORDFISH RAMS A DORY An exciting affair occurred near Boston recently when a monster sword fish rammed its sword into a dory sent out from Capt. Richard Noonan's Dor cas, breaking the dory to splinters and hurling into the sea two fisher men who were rescued with great dif ficulty by three of their mates off Block island. Just as they were sink ing in water probably a quarter mile deep, Captain Noonan and another man plunged into the sea and rescued Coracle-Men of Carmarthen owy, using a survival of the oldest form of water craft known. Coracles at Carmarthen, Wales, was the appearance of the coracie men on the river were in use in the time of the ancient Britons 2,000 years ago. The boats are made of sticks cut from the ash and beech trees, and have an average weight of 25 pounds. The framework is covered with a sheet of strong canvas sat urated with tar and pitch. them. All four 1ere liable at any tim4 to be rammed and killed by the mac sea monster. With the seamen safelh aboard the fishing vessel the fighi with the swordfish was renewed. The fish was weakened by the first ll iron thrust deep into its side, and ono of the fishermen put out in another dory and again speared the fish. Thbi time it succumbed and yielded to the rope which hauled it in. INTERVIEW IN THE SEINE People tave been interviewed in the strangest ways and in the strangest places. The climax, perhaps, has been reached by the reporter of a Persian paper. He plunged into the Seine aft. er his victim and interviewed her while swimming. The reporter's prey was Juliette Cure, a plucky little girl of twelve, who swam against the champions of the world and finished fourth. When it was known that, with an allowance of some 1,500 yards, the the little girl had plunged into the Seine at the same time as the other champions started at Ivry, all eyes Were turned toward Juliette Cure. A reporter could not help plunging in after her as she reached the Point Royal. He swam up to her side. There was no time to present a card. Just one word, anything that she said then and there would do for an in terview. She was too busy striking out with her hands and feet. The re porter insisted. "Surely you must feel tired," he said. "No," was the curt reply. "I'm going to finish." That was all he could obtain for his trouble, but it was enough. He had scored a point over his colleagues. SOUTH SEA WAVES We all remember with what fro quency in the old narratives of experi. ences in the South Seas reference is made to the heavy swells of the ocean, which impressed the navigators with the idea of their remoteness from land. The great size of the set waves in high southern latitudes has been explained by the fact that south of the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn there is neither windward nor leeward shore, and the prevailing wind in all longitudes is westerly. Thus when a west wind springs up it finds a long westerly swell, the effect of a previ ous wind, still running. The newborn wind increases the steepness of this swell and so forms majestic storm waves which sometimes attain a length of 1,200 feet from crest to crest. The average height attained by sea waves in feet is about half the velocity of the wind in miles an hour. 1,000-YEAR-OLD JOURNAL The "Tching-Pao," the official ga zette of Peking, is the oldest newspa. per in the world; it is now celebrat ing its thousandth year. A copy of each number-from the, first to the most recent-is preserved with great care in the palace. The "Tching-Pao" has changed in form on several occa sions. The photograph shows its Ssent appearance. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - :------ - --r;· trW 7'; ~7 q97 > 15Z , p~sent appearance. I t O D CTORS know that Oxidine is a most dependable sys tem-cleansing tonic. Most useful in stirring up lazy livers, sluggish bowels and kidneys, weak stomachs. Its ef fects are quick, safe, sure and permanent. OXIDIN E -a bottle proves. The specific for Malaria, Chills and Fever and all diseases due to disorders of liver, stomach, bowels and kidneys. 8Oc. At Your Druggists THE BSIERNS DaRG 00., Waco, Texas. HIGHLY AMUSED. , , A S Hiram Greene--What did your sis ter say when you told her I was going to make a speech in the town hall tonight? Willie-She didn't say nothin'; she just laughed until she had hysterics. "ECZEMA ITCHED SO BADLY I COULDN'T STAND IT." "I suffered with eczema on my neck for about six months, beginning by lit tle pimples breaking out. I kept scratching till the blood came. It kept getting worse, I couldn't sleep' nights any more. It kept itching for about a month, then I went to a doctor and got some liquid to take. It seemed as if I was going to get better. The itching stopped for about three days, but when it started again, was even worse than before. The eczema itched so badly I couldn't stand it any more. "I went to a doctor and he gave me some medicine, but didn't do any good. We have been having Cuticura Rem edies in the house, so I decided to try them. I had been using Cuticura Soap, so I got me a box of Cuticura Ointment, and washed off the affected part with Cuticura Soap three times a day,' and then put the Cuticura Oint ment on. The first day I put it on, it relieved me of itching so I could sleep all that night. It took about a week, then I could see the scab come off. I kept the treatment up for three weeks, and my eczema was cured. "My brother got his face burned with gun-powder, and he used Cuticura Soap and Ointment. The people all thought he would have scars, but you can't see that he ever had his face burned. It was simply awful to look at before the Cuticura Remedies (Soap and Ointment) cured it." (Si d) Miss Elizabeth Gehrki, For res lFity, Ark., Oct. 16, 1910. Althougl4 Cuticura Soap and Ointment are sold by druggists and dealers everywhere, a sample of each, with 32-page book, will be mailed free on application to "Cuticura," Dept. 17 L, Boston. Swiss Woman Preacher. Miss Gertrude von Petzold will prob ably be the first woman preacher in Switzerland, now that the synod of the cantons has decided that women may preach. She was formerly min ister of the Free Christian church in Leicester, England, where she was born. She has also preached in this country. A Truth Spec alist. "Biggins says he is for the plain truth." "Yes," replied the :rank philoso pher; "but so many per ale think they are standing up for ti e truth when Ihey are merely stand ig out for a difference of opinion." When a man has a ci ar conscience he doesn't care if p Vple do see through him. HEALTH AS AN INVESTMENT Fraternal Orders, Labor Unions and Insurance Companies Erect Tuberculosis Sanitoria. As an Investment in the health of their members, four large fraternal orders, two international labor unions and one of the largest insutance com panies in the United States have es lished sanitoria for the treatment of tuberculosis, according to a state ment issued by the National Associa tion for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. The Royal League, the first fraternal order to establish a sanatorium, conducts a hospital for its tuberculosis members at Black Mountain. The Modern Woodmen of America conduct one at Colorado Springs; the Workmen's Circle, one at Liberty, N. Y., and the Independent Order of Foresters have one at Rain bow Lake, N. Y., and will soon open a second one at San Francisco, Cal. The International Typographical union has since 1898 conducted a sanatorium at Colorado Springs, and the Interna tional Printing Pressmen and Assist. ants' Union of America has recently opened a new institution at Rogers ville, Tenn. A leading life insurance company is now erecting a sanator ium at Mt. McGregor, N. Y., which will be the first of its kind established by an "old line" insurance company. Lawn Economics. "I note," says the sage, "that you al low a sprinkler to spray water upon your lawn almost continuously." "Yes," said the native. "We do that to make the grass grow." "But the other day I saw a man pushing a clicker contrivance over the lawn and-" "Oh, yes; that was a lawn mower?" "And what is its purpose?" "Why, it cuts the grass." "Then why do you put water on it to make it grow if you simply cut it down as fast as it comes up?"-Judge. DON'T BE MISLEAD by the claims of unknown makers or the testimonials of unknown people about the "wonderful" merit of some untried medicine. Get Positive Proof. Write us for a free sample of Bond's Pills, a genuine and gentle Liver Stimulant. One of them will promptly relieve Headache, Bilious ness, Constipation, Indigestion and Torpid Liver. State where you saw this offer and give us the name of a reliable dealer. Bond's Pharmacy Co,, Little Rock, Ark. Wise Uncle Joshua. "Be you the elevator conductor?" asked Uncle Joshua, who had strayed intotown out of the sweet rusticity of a comic paper. "Yes, sir," grinned the boy. "Well, I come ter this Village ter see the high buildin'. Haow high up d' ye go?" "To the top-twenty-first floor." "Take me up to th' 'leventh. Sho! What's th' use o' riskin' my life an' goin' all the hull way when the folks to home '11 never believe I went any higher than ten stories, no matter what 1 tell 'em?" Keeping Busy. We are told that at New York's com ing municipal budget exhibit bells will be rung and lights flashed to show a birth every four minutes, a death ev ery eleven minutes. Just what sort of demonstration is made every time a cafe bottle pops, or a bellboy is tipped, we are not told. WIRE FENCING Pittsburg Electric Welded fencing for cattle, hogs, poultry, garden and lawn. 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