Holbrook argus., August 09, 1902, Image 6

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AN ANCIENT FOE
To lienlth and happiness is Scrofula
as ugly as ever since time immemoral.
It causes bunches in the nock, dis
figures the skin, intlames the mucous
membrane, wastes the muscles, weak
ens the bones, reduces the power of
resistance to disease and the capacity
for recovery, and develops into con
sumption. Hood's Sarsaparilla
will rid you of it, 'radically and per
manently, as it has rid thousands.
Ilia Cnlvlnlxed Hat.
"A generation or two ago." said n
Boston clergyman, "old Dr. Ellis was
D well known figure In Koston. being
cno of our famous Unitarian ministers,
a friend of many of the -transcen-dcntullsts.
He used always to wear 11
white pniiainr. hat In summer. The
same hat did ill in season after season,
jet It never seemed to lose any of Its
fiesh whiteness.
"One day a minister of the old per
suasion nnd very pronounced in his
orthodoxy asked Dr. Ellis how ho kept
his hat so white.
"That Is easy,' said the doctor, 'for
it baa been Calvinized.'
"'What'' said the other minister.
'How do you galvanize n hat?'
" 'I said Calvinized.' replied the Uni
tarian. " 'But what do yon mean by that?"
" 'Dipped in brimstone, said Dr. El
lis." New York Tribune.
Hamlin's Wizard Oil is a friend of
the arilicted and an enemy to pain
which it overcomes.
Magistrate Ten dollars and costs!
This is at least the tenth time I've
had to fine you this year, and
Inebriate Well, say, Judge, ouirhtn't
I git wholesale rates? Philadelphia
Press. "
Keep Your Bowels Strong.
Constipation or diarrhoea, when your bowels
flre out of order, Cascarets Candy Cathartic
will make them act naturally. All druggists,
I iX, 25c, 60c.
Little Willie What's a philosopher,
pa?
I'a A philosopher, my son, is a man
who bears with resignation the tooth
ache from which another is suffering
Chicago Xews.
It Cures While You Walk.
Allen's Foot-Ease makes tight and new shoes
feel easy. It Is a certain cure for sweatlnic,
callous and swollen, tired, hot, ahcing feet.
Try It today. At all Druggists, 25c. Trial
package mailed FREE. Address Allen S.
Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.
Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow'e
Soothing Syrup the best remedy to use
for their children during the teething
period.
OLD INDIAN WAR PENSIONS
Congress has just passed a law
granting pensions to the survivors and
to the widows of deceased soldiers of
the Oregon, Washington, and Cali
fornia Indian Wars of 1847 to 1850.
Full information will be sent by
Byington & Wilson, No. 728 Seven
teenth street, Washington, D. C, or
branch office, No. 442 Parrott Building,
San Francisco, Cal. Fees limited by
law.
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. i)B.B.U.KuNi.Ltd..31ArcliSt..Phildelphia,Fa.
Mrs. Spenders That's what I call a
"duck" of a bonnett.
Mr. Spenders Yes? I'd call it a
"pelican."
Mrs. Spenders A "pelican?"
Mr. Spenders Yes, on account of the
size ol the bill. Philadelphia Press. -y
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children,
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature of
HOITPS SCHOOL
Parents desiring home Influences, beautlfu
surroundings, perfect climate, careful super
vision, and thorough mental, moral and phys
ical training for their boys, will find all
these requirements fully met at Holtt's
School, Menlo Park, Ban Mateo County, Cal.
Bend for Catalogue.
Twelfth year begins August 12th.
IRA O. HOITT. Ph. D.. Principal.
STRONG PULSE BEATS.
Cnsesi In Which They Are Perceptible)
la the Eye.
"It Is not such an uncommon thing,"
said a physician, -"to find a person
whose pulse beats can be plainly seen,
and yet I suppose there nre but few
outside of the profession who realize
the fact. In most persons the beat
of the pulse cannot be perceived, but
the mere fact that the beating Is per
ceptible does not mean that the pulse
is other than normal. I have come
across a number of cases where the
throbbing of the wrist could be plainly
seen, and yet the persons rarely gave
evidence of abnormality In teiffpcra
ture. They were rarely feverish and
were In good physical condition gen
erally. Pulses of this kind, from this
view, which Is based upon actual ob
servations of cases, do not Indicate
anything more than an nbnormal phys
ical condition in the formation of the
wrist veins.
"I have met with one case which
was possibly n little extraordinary Id
that it was plainer and much more dis
tinct than any I had ever seen before.
It could almost be heard. The artery
would rise to a point almost ns large
is the ball of the little linger of a
child and would change from the white
of the skin to a blood purple with each
beat of the pulse. I found it easy to
count the pulse beats without touching
the patient's wrist. I could see plainly
enough to keep the record, and In order
not to err In my calculation I tested It
In several ways and found It was cor
rect and that there was no mistake In
my counting with the naked eye."
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Orlxln of the Rattleajnnke Fins.
One of the most common devices
used on the American flags during the
early part of the Uevolutioimry strug
gle was an embroidered rattlesnako
above or below the legend "Don't tread
on me!"
The origin of this design has been
traced to a remark made by Ben
Franklin. At the time the flag was
adopted, or immediately before, Eng
land was shipping her criminals to
America nnd turning them loose on
the defenseless colonists. After sev
eral munders hud been committed by
these unwelcome immigrants Ben
Franklin (some say in u joking spirit)
suggested that the colonists retaliate
by sending a cargo of rattlesnakes to
the mother country and turning then)
out in the gardens of the nobles.
SCIENCE SIFTINGS.
The amount of blood in the human
body is one-thirteenth of the body
weight.
Sound moves 1,142 feet per second,
light 102.000 miles a second and elec
tricity 283,000. miles a second.
The rotation of a waterspout ot the
surface of tbe sea has been estimated
as 354 miles an hour.' or nearly six
miles a minute.
The sun's light is equal to 5,503 wax
candles at one foot from the eye. It
would take 800,000 full moons to equal
cloudless sunshine.
It is probable that the temperature
of the moon's surface at its midday is
750 degrees F. The drop at night is
probably 1,000 degrees, to 250 degrees
below.
Vesta is the only one of the smaller
planets which can be seen with the na
ked eye. Its diameter is only 300 miles
and its whole surface but one-ninth
that of Europe.
Crystallized nitrogen is one of the
greatest cbemlcal curiosities. By cool
ing nitrogen gas down to 3C7 degrees
below the freezing point and then al
lowing It to expand solid, snowlika
crystals are formed.
(Cut her Airy.
"There is an acquaintance or mine,"
remarked the doctor, "who gives him
self airs because he was given up to
die thirty years ago and has kept him
self alive till now by taking oxygen."
"How old Is he now?" asked the pro
fessor. "Over eighty."
"He's what you would call an osyge
narian, Is he?" said the professor, look
ing at him with half shut eyes. Chica
go Trlbuue. '' '
HORSEHAIR SNAKES.
Peculiar llaliits of These Threadlike
I.lttle Serpents).)
The "horsehair snakes" are small,
flesh colored mites which live princi
pally In stagnant water. After going
through various transformations they
come to the surface of the water In the
shape of very slender, purplish looking
threads. When they reach this hist
stage, they leave the water and work
their way up tbe stalks and leaves of
aquatic plants, When opportunity af
fords, they ai.taeh themselves to the
feet, legs, wings nnd other parts of
larger Insects, often, r.s one authority
States, creeping under tho wing case
of beetles. In tho case of tho cricket,
katydfd, grasshopper and other Insects
of that ilk, whose legs are hollow, tho
tiny horsehair takes the advantage and
creeps up the hollows into tho very
vitals.
Tills accounts for the fat and cluniiiy
couditlou of some Individuals of the
above named species, single specimens
of the cricket having been caught with
over two dozen of these threadllko
"snakes" attached to nnd Inside of
their bodies. After henvy rains, which
frequently drown crickets and katydid
which are weighted down by these
parasites, tho "horsehair snake"
emerges from the carcass of the insect
a full hedged miniature serpent. In this
mature state he is .the delight of the
curiosity seeker and a mine of study to
those who delight to delve in nature's
bypaths. Those which have been for
tunate enough not to have been carried
very far from water by the insects
which they encumbered during life
make their way back to tho ponds to
lay their eggs. They then wrap them
selves around the eggs, which soon
hatch Into tho little flesh colored mites
mentioned In the opening. About this
time the parent "snake" dies to make
room for its progeny.
The Doe and the Jackdaw.
In Suvernuke forest I once witnessed
a very pretty little scene. I noticed a
doe lying down by herself in a grassy
hollow, and as I passed her at a dis
tance of about fifty yards it struck me
ns singular that she kept her head so
low down that I could only see the top
of it on a level with her back. Walk
lng round to get a better sight, I saw
a Jackdaw standing on the turf before
her, very busily pocking nt her face.
With my glass I was able to watch her
movements very closely. He pecked
round her eyes, then her nostrils, her
threat and In act every part of her
face, and, just as a man when being
shaved turns his face this way and
that under the gentle, guiding touch of
the barber's fingers nnd lifts up his
chin to allow tho razor to pass beneath
it, so did the doe raise and lowjr nnd
turn her face about to enable the bird
to examine and reach every part with
his bill. Finally the daw left the face
and, moving round. Jumped on the
deer's shoulders and began a minute
search in that part. Having finished
this, he Jumped on to the head nnd
pocked ut the forehead and round the
bases of the ears. The pocking done,
ho remained for some seconds sitting
perfectly still, looking very pretty with
the graceful red head for a stand, the
doe's long ears thrust out on either
side of him. Birds and Man!
"Sweet heart Ins" In Chnrch.
Speaking of the custom which wai
once widely spread of making men s!:
in a different part of the church from
the women, an English minister v.t.s
told the following nueedote by I.
Gloucestershire rector: "I remembei
when I was a boj a young couple com
ing into the ehuivh here on a Sunday
afternoon and seating themselves to
gether on the women's side. The man
was soon turned out of his seat by the
verger, with tho remark, uttered in an
audible voice, 'We don't have no sweet
hearting here.' "London Tit-Bits.
Not That Kind.
The impecunious artist was speaking
of a new model he had secured for r.
great work hewas preparing.
"Does she lend herself to the sub
ject?" inquired a dilettante who loved
nrt for art's sake.
"I should say not," replied the artist,
who had got his start as a sign painter.
"She charges $2 an hour."-
Coughing
"I was given up to die with
quick consumption. I then began
to use Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. I
Improved at once, and am now in
perfect health." Chas. E. Hart
man, Cibbstown, N. Y.
It's too risky, playing
with your cough.
The first thing you
know it will be down
deep in .your lungs and
the play will be over. Be
gin early with Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral and stop
the cough.
Three sizes: ZV., enough for nn orfllnsry
cold; M)e., Just right tor bronchitis. ImHr.e.
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A Mean Thrust.
"Ten thousand dollars for a dog!" he
exclaimed as he looked up from bis
newspaper. "Do you believe any one
ever paid any such price, Maria?"
"I'm sure I don't know, James," she
returned, without stopping her needle
work even for a moment. "Does the
paper say that much was paid?"
"Yes. There's an article on valuable
dogs, and It's speaking of one that was
sold for $10,000. I don't believe it."
"It may be true, James," she said
quietly. "Some of those high bred an
imals bring fancy prices, and there's
no pnrtlculnr reason why the paper
should lie about it."
"I know that, Marin, but Just think
of it. Just try to grasp the magnitude
of that sum in your weak feminine
mind. You don't seem to realize it
510,000 for a dog! Why, hung it, Maria,
that's more than I'm worth!"
"I know that, James, but some are
ft-orth more than others."
She went on calmly with her sewing
while he fumed nnd spluttered for a
moment and then dropped the subject,
especially the weak feminine part of it
Two Clears For a Quarter.
Iloax What do you mean by glvlnj
me a cigar like this'' What did you
pay for it?
Joa.x Two for a quarter.
Hoax I'll bet you kept the twenty
cent one. riilladelphla Becord.
ABSOLUTE
SECURITY.
Genuine
Carter's
Little Liver Pills.
Must Bear Signature of
See Facsimile Wrapper Below.
Tery small and a easy
. to take as suffar.
CARTER'S
IFOR HEADACHE.
FOR DIZZINESS.
FOR BILIOUSNESS.
FOR TORPID LIVER.
FOR CONSTIPATION.
FOR SALLOW SKIN.
FOR THE COMPLEXION
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