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Show X5h INDEPENDENT. PRINQVILLB. UTAH '1 "Let us have peace at least till spring." is Russia's latest motto. Persons who are looking for trouble should try to organize a platonlo friendship. y Maybe the Chinese eyes grew that way through the habit of looking askance as-kance at Russia. The humorists are going into politics poli-tics and the politicians are becoming unconscious humorists. "There," says Lou Dillon, 1:68. as she retires for the season, "I guess that'll hold 'em for a while." Capt. HerreshofT is rapidly getting welL He couldn't do anything that would please the people more. Santo Domingo has been inoculated with another revolution and there Is every indication that it is going to take. It is one thing to pay money to hear an old lady of 60 sing, but It is another an-other thing to pay money to hear Pat-tl Pat-tl sing. In Germany there are tile roofs that have been on buildings for 600 years. This must be very discouraging to the roofers. David B. Hill has no cause to feel discouraged over his matrimonial prospects. Next year it will be ladies choice again. Peary announces that there tare three ways of reaching the North Pole. He doesn't explain how he found them, though. Strychnine put in pie for rats tilled a man the other day; at least, the cook claims that it was the strychnine that killed him. It is claimed that the czar has too many advisers, though theoretically the cxar is supposed to know what to do without advice. King Peter must look at the alma nac occasionally and muse to himself that it is getting to be a long time between assassinations. That woman who has just been le gally detached from the same husband for the third time seems to have con tracted the divorce habit. Over In Berlin they are now looping the loop In automobiles. The public generally can find some reason to be happy if it only looks around. A Providence inventor has 'made a baby carriage that is self-propelling. Now if some inventor would only de vise a baby that is self-soothing. The more that shipbuilding trust matter is explained the more appar ent it becomes that there are some very rich scalawags In this country. If complaints continue to accumulate accumu-late against promoter Schwab, the experience ex-perience gajg5aj)y that gentleman In 2f"iii""ftuip5 may " come a handy. Ezekiel Ezekiel was defeated In Massachusetts and Adelard Archam- bault was put to the bad in Rhode Island. Who says there is nothing in a name? Mr. H. B. Marriott Watson, the Eng lish novelist, says American women are degenerates. But he has had a chance to study only those who have married Englishmen. A woman is as old as she looks, a man Is as old as he feels, and a U. S. senator well, we have had two illus trations lately of how young U. S. senators think they are. The girls belonging to the senior class at Smith college have decided that Shakespere's heroines were unlovely. un-lovely. Gentle Will would never say that about the bmith girls. To appreciate the full humor of Punch's sobriquet for the new woman's wom-an's paper, "The Daily Female," you have to remember that London has a "Daily Mail," also run by Mr. Harms-worth. Harms-worth. We might merely remind Russia that it is not the number nor the size of the ships that count In a naval struggle, but the way they are managed man-aged and the number of shots that hit the mark. A Turkish artist who drew a caricature carica-ture of the sultan has been sentenced to 101 years in prison. We have no doubt, however, that he may succeed through good conduct in having It marked down to 99. "America is the greatest coal producer pro-ducer In the world," says a newspaper correspondent triumphantly. And incidentally in-cidentally the American coal consumer con-sumer is something of a producer when it comes to footing the winter bills. There will be a shortage of canned corn the coming winter, but there will be more of that commodity than there was when the pilgrim fathers were chanting the anthems of the free in order that the sounding aisles of the dim woods might ring. Don't be too aggressive even though you are absolutely stre you're right. A man In Wilmington, Del., has had to pay a $15 fine for punching another man who would not accept his solution solu-tion of the Ann-Mary age problem. "Iron Man" McGinity, the star pitcher pitch-er of the New York Giants, got $4,000 this year and wanted $5,000 next. The magnates hesitated, but McGinity announces an-nounces now that he Is going to play In his old position which is bad news for teams having to play doublehead-ers doublehead-ers with the Giants. If all the dressmakers In America were to work twenty-four hours a day for a year, they could supply . only even-eighths of the women of the country Ith one dress each. It is fortunate that dressmakers refuse to work such long hours, for certainly the other eighth would attract a great deal of attention. When the depositors who had their money In the St. Louis banks found they could get it for the asking they deeided they did not want It. Ever the strife for the unattainable!. WHITE MAN'S COUNTRY. The African Plateau Under the Equator Equa-tor Where European Children Thrive. Between Mount Kenia. the great snow mountain of equatorial Africa, and Victoria Nyanza is a plateau or series of plateaus as large as New York state. Every white man who has ever been there, from Joseph Thomson, who discovered it, to the latest traveler, declares that it is perfectly per-fectly fitted to be colonized by many thousands of the white race. It is directly under the equator, and because it is the only region in equatorial equa-torial Africa that offers a field for set- tlement by north Europeans, it Is worth while to show its exact position on this little map. The area in black on the map is the plateau. It was judicious to 'be sceptical about the fitness of any part of equatorial equa-torial Africa for white colonists; but the unanimity of testimony concerning concern-ing this plateau seems to have settled the question in its favor. BUTTONS OF IVORY MILK. Now Plant That Grows Them Has Been Found in California. In Central America there is a fruit-producing fruit-producing palm which has quite metamorphosed meta-morphosed the button business and formed the nucleus for one of the most important industries in the United States. The seed of this fruit contains a milk that is sweet to the taste and is relished by natives. The milk, when allowed to remain in the nut long enough, becomes indurated, and turns into a substance as brittle and hard as the ivory from the elephant's tusks. The plant which produces these nuts is called the ivory plant. Most of the buttons used in America, whether called ivory, pearl, bone, horn or rubber, rub-ber, come from this ivory plant. The ivory plant is one of the wonders won-ders of the age, and is rewarding its growers with vast fortunes. The nuts are brought to the United States by the shipload and hauled across the continent to the big button factories, from which they issue forth in every conceivable design, color, grade and classification of button. The ivory plant ha3 been recently discovered in California, but the nut it produces in its wild state is of in ferior quality, and will not make good buttons. But it is believed that with proper cultivation the fruit will be-as valuable as that of Central America. If so, the growing of buttons in America would become an Industry of Importance second only to the growing grow-ing of corn, wheat and cotton, for ev eryone wears buttons. New York Herald. The Root. Money, they say, la the root of all evil; For money men cheat and for money men slay; For money we turn from our fathers and mothers. For money we war with our sisters and brothers: But, say. Without this - woe-breeding invention of Satan. What kind of a world would this world be to-day? For money men strangle the souls that God gave them. For money we sigh and for money we pray; For money men crush the weak children who love them, For money forget that the Lord is above them; But, say. Do you know that without this time root of all evil We would still gnaw at loots and run naked to-day? S. E. Kiser in Chicago Record-Herald. Had the Wrong Parcel. Two Taunton men went on a fishing fish-ing trip to Lakeville lately and were so eager for their sport they started. breakfastless, but t'ue wife of one of the pair put up a nice lunch of sandwiches sand-wiches and other good things, wrapping wrap-ping the food in a neat parcel. After tney had rowed and fished for a couple cou-ple of hours, appetite began to assert itself, so they opened the parcel and found it to contain a lot of soiled collars and cuffs, intended for shipment ship-ment to the laundry. There were two bundles at home and the men had taken the wrong one. Boston Globe. Head of the Sultan. Here is an Arabic chart showing the sultan of Turkey's character, phrenologically. It was published in an Arabic journal, and although not actually stated, it is sufficiently Implied Im-plied and generally understood among the Orientals that this chart is intended in-tended to represent truthfully the cranial bumps of Abdul Hamid. They are described in Arabic, of course, and the following is a translation of the chief legends: 1, blindness; - 2, cruelty; 3, pride; 4, -treachery; 5, obstinacy? ob-stinacy? 6, disorder; 7, love of money; 8, center of wickedness; 9, fanati cism; 10, spite; 11, despotism; 12, bloodthirsty ness; 13, fickleness. At the corners of the mouth is the damaging inscription, "False promises," prom-ises," all of which goes to show that the sultan is not popular in certain quarters of his own domain. New York Herald. Women in Sugar Beet Fields. During the summer large numbers of "women come from Poland, Silesia and Galacia to central Germany to work In the sugar beet fields. They jo in gangs, in charge of a male overs and receive thirty-five cents a day and board. t - 1 A FREAK OF NATURE. Pittsburg Pear Tree Has Fruit and Blossoms on the Same Branch. A peculiar freak of nature has been observed during the last week in the Slst ward, in the shape of a pear tree which has produced a second crop of blossoms, which, if they received the proper encouragement from the weather, weath-er, would doubtless develop into fruit. The phenomenon has been the subject of much comment in the hill district and there have been many visitors to the place to witness the strange sight. The tree is one of a -number which stand on the property occupied by C Altenburger at 29 Maple avenue. It is said to be about 12 years old and is about 15 feet in height. The pears which the tree bears are of large size, being of the late variety and the crop of fruit this year amounted to about half a bushel. Some days ago Mr. Altenburger noticed no-ticed that one of his trees was attracting attract-ing an unusual amount of attention from passersby and upon investigation he discovered that the tree was partly part-ly covered with blossoms. The old leaves, which have clung to the branches during the summer, have turned brown since the cold weather came and have begun to fall from the tree. Aided no doubt by the warm weather that prevailed during the early ear-ly portion of the month, the tree has put forth a new crop of green leaves and blossoms and these, with the old leaves and fully developed fruit, produce pro-duce a strange combination. The other pear trees in the yard have shown no signs of producing a second crop and this one seems to be alone in its "freakish" tendencies.-Pittsburg tendencies.-Pittsburg Telegraph. Army Signals. These are the signals used In the French army maneuvers. Rare Treasure Unearthed. A highly interesting find has Just been made at Stige, near Sundswall, in northwest Sweden, where some 3,000 silver coins were dug up with a spade. Most of the coins are of old English origin, dating from the end of the eighth century. Besides these there are Byzantine coins from a later period, coins from the "Ottoman period" pe-riod" of the Holy Roman Empire.' so called because three emperors all named Otto succeeded each other (936-1214). There are also coins of Arabian origin, and coin a with partly Gothic, partly Runic, characters, and square coins, the inscriptions and skillful engravings on which suggest that they may have come from Persia or Hindustan. Hungry Hal's Thoughts on Things. "It's blamed seldom that things go right in this world," said Hungry Hal, the philosopher. "What we want we can't git, and what we don't want we have to take. Last July when I didn't have no use fer an overcoat people left their doors wide open fer anybody to sneak in that wanted to. Now when it's got to a point where I'd like to pick a little fruit from some hall tree they keep the doors all shut. It's the same old trouble. Everything in this world goes dead wrong. In the summer, when a body ain't got no use for haystacks, there's plenty of 'em, but when it's winter and they'd come in handy they're mostly gone. When a man feels as though he'd like to mow a lawn fer his .supper there ain't nothln' to do but shovel snow. There's never any fruit on "the trees except when you feel too tired to pick it, and when you've got an appetite fer pie they're dead sure to hand you out a ham sandwich. When folks want ice they have to pay fer it. When they don't need it they can pick it off'm their whiskers. It's a tough old world any way you look at.it." Too Heavy a Weight. A correspondent writes to the London Lon-don Country Life: "Many years ago one man bet another that he could not move an ordinary brick tied to the end of a cord two or three miles long, I forget which. A straight and level road just outside Chichester was selected for the trial; the brick was not moved and the man lost his bet for a large amount It was stated by some one present that the- brick, although al-though weighing only about seven pounds, would, from a distance of two or three miles, represent a dead weight of nearly a ton." He Might Have Done It. "Do you think it's true that Nebuchadnezzar Ne-buchadnezzar ate grass?" "Why nof? Lots of people eat theso health foods and seem to get along." - Dream That Came True. A curious fulfilment of a. dream is related by George S. Rowell of Wake-eld, Wake-eld, Mass., who is 87 years of age, but strong and vigorous for a man of his years. He dreamed one night recently re-cently of the death of a friend In Gloucester, Glou-cester, the next morning his friend's death was anounced in the Gloucester Glouces-ter papers. L. vfsf IT i A FUNNY '"" Noblest words he not been spoken For the greatejr thronffs to hear. But are breathe"2S accents broken, Into lonely sorYSiWi ear. Noblest thoughts i?ave not been written And embalmed Vr printer's art. But have soothed Ine mind. sor smitten. Are engraved pnttrte sad heart Noblest vlct'ry has hovered Where the gras drank rain of red. But has crowned i mistakes recovered. Or reproachful Words unsaid. t THE LOS'f FORMULA! By CHAR1.E8 v. USTIN HARTXE7 . Copyrighted, 1903, fty ThAthort Publishing Company ll Mark Norris was one of the P'- I but brilliant country editors of reJ great iana or rree press ana ixew speech. At the time this story begins, the goddess of fortune seemed to have a grudge against him, but how he can snap his fingers at the fickle dame. When he made the discovery of his life he was trying to run a little four-page - newspaper down at Cranberry Corners and at the same time keep the poor-house and the sheriff at a comfortable distance. He could not depend on local advertisers and was consequently open to the blandishments of the patent medicine advertiser who occasionally contracted con-tracted for ten dollars worth of space at five dollars, "payable in merchandise." merchan-dise." " One Saturday afternoon Norris sat disconsolately in his little, dingy office. of-fice. He had just three dollars in his pocket, his help to pay off, a draft to meet for blank paper, and a few bottles bot-tles of patent medicines stored on top of his desk. The latter he did not regard re-gard as materially adding to his assets, as-sets, and at that moment the future looked pretty dark to the "struggling molder of public opinion. While deeply absorbed in thought he took down the bottles and placed them side by side on his desk. He did this mechanically, - without a thought of the result. He took the cork out of one of the bottles, and tasted the preparation: it was bitter. The second had a sort of sweetish taste, with a disposition to linger. The third was sharp and fiery. But what had happened? The instant he had tasted the contents con-tents of the third bottle, he was a changed man! He arose to his feet feeling that some great change had taken place in him. He put on his hat, -walked boldly down street and made straight for the - bank. He walked in without hesitation. The banker reached for the usually much-dreaded much-dreaded draft the instant Norris entered, en-tered, but paused with hand in midair mid-air when he caught s'ight of the face of the usually cringing editor. Norris Nor-ris walked up to the counter, saying: "111 take five hundred dollars in cash now, and pay you when my shl comes In, or when my subscribers butcher, or sell their tobacco. You may pay that draft and charge it to my account-to-be." He actually laughed when he said this. The banker looked Norris in the eye for a few seconds, counted out the five hundred dollars and handed the roll of bills through the wicket with an apparently free will. Norris thrust the money into his pocket, turned on his heel, and passed out. He returned to his office; the medicine medi-cine bottles were where he had left them, but he did not heed them. He strode into the compoFing-room and nearly caused his foreman to have an attack of apoplexy by displaying the roll of bills and paying that faithful employe in full to date. He then walked back to his office, cleared the desk of the bottles, after labeling them "1, 2. 3" in the order in which he had broken the seals. He did thi3 without any forethought of the future. It was his habit to mark articles when putting them away. Then he went to work with a vigor he had not known for years. At clos-ing-up time he started for home, ordering or-dering a generous supply of provisions at the nearest grocery store. . His order or-der was filled with alacrity after the groceryman had caught one gleam of his eye. The order was. paid for in cold cash.- The next week was an eventful one in the office of the Clarion. Cleaners, carpenters and palmers renovated the place. The way Norris added to his subscription sub-scription list and advertising patron- Sat disconsolately in his little, dingy ' " office, age would have made a competitor turn green with envy, had there been one at Cranberry Corners. He met Lowenstein, the clothier, and asked for a page of advertising. The old man made a move to protest, but caught a glint from the eye of the thriving editor, and immediately changed his attitude. He invited him Into his store, wrote out a check for a quarter's advertising in advance, besides be-sides presenting him with a necktie and a pair of suspenders. It seemed that when Norf is wanted want-ed anything, all that he had to do was to ask for it A half day's pleasure ride into the country added a hundred hun-dred subscribers to his list. Matters went on this way for a year. Norris paid tack the money he had secured on the day of his transformation, trans-formation, an 1 w;s" getting ready to 1 rARD. O Arthur Chapman. move the Clarion into an imposing brick structure. The morning the moving, cdmmenced he came to his office In a carriage, and stood about, deeply interested in the removal of his old associates. By and by, the workmen carried out a box of patent medicine bottles which had been stored away at the time of the renovation, reno-vation, a year before. That wonderful wonder-ful eye of Norris' fell on three of the bottles, the seals of which were brok-'en. brok-'en. He picked them out of the rubbish rub-bish pile and looked them over carefully. care-fully. They still held part of the liquids they had contained when he first investigated them. He looked at the labels and it then dawned on his mind for the first time that the admixture of the drugs had wrought the great change in hi? financial condition con-dition and material happiness. He shuddered to think what might have been the' result had he by accident Reversed Re-versed the order of taking, or 'had not-tampered with the bottles at all. Clearly, it was a case of the greatest luck. His first impulse was to have the contents of each bottle analyzed by different chemists, secretly ascertaining ascertain-ing the ingredients of each, and go Turned on his heel, and passed out. down in history renowned as the discoverer dis-coverer of the "Wine of Wealth," a medicine which would make millionaires million-aires of men in a day. On second thought he concluded that he would consider the matter further before acting, whereupon he thrust the three bottles into his pocket and went out for an hour's pleasure with his auto. That hour was spent in debating the question of whether or not he would go into the manufacture of the "Wine of Wealth" as a business, busi-ness, and make this a land of millionaires, million-aires, or keep the secret to himself. The decision was against making millionaires of the populace. On a little eminence overlooking Cranberry Cran-berry Corners, Mr. Norris stopped his auto, took the bottles from his pocket pock-et and carefully selected No. 1. He drank the liquid to the very dregs, then flung the empty bottle over the precipice, where the broken glass rattled rat-tled among the boulders as the pieces scattered. The contents of No. 2 followed fol-lowed the first. The empty bottle clattered down the side of the hill in an opposite direction. The third was quickly disposed of In the manner of its predecessors. No one had the secret se-cret of the "Wine of Wealth" now, and he did not need it, as hi3 system had been surcharged for a lifetime. He went slowly back to town, and the next day sold out his newspaper interests to an aspiring young man who had just inherited a fortune, and who thought that the public awaited with feverish anxiety his advent Into the newspaper arena. He immediately, moved east and took up the business of forming trusts and corners as a sort of recreation. recre-ation. -With all his wealth, however, Mr. Norris still has a warm spot in his heart for the patent medicine advertiser. ad-vertiser. You will not find the name of Mark Norris spelled just that way in the directory. The "Wine of Wealth" and the solicitation of his wife have changed that so much that an old friend would hardly recognize it. It is now Marcus Norrisse. . A few years ago at a dinner party Mr. Norisse told the story of his discovery dis-covery and the loss of the formula of the "Wine of Wealth." - Although tons of patent medicines have been consumed since Mr. Norrisse Nor-risse tossed the three empty bottles over the cliff, no one has been able to re-discover the coveted ... formula: Those searching for the great reju-venator reju-venator do not take the right preparations; prepar-ations; take them backwards, if they do hit the right ones; begin In the middle, or effect some other comblna tion that fails. - When Trees Were Valued. Harry C. Piercy, member of the Republican Club House Committee, overheard an amusing conversation at the ladies' reception in the new club house last week. A very pretty girl was talking to an elderly man. They were standing by the window in the lounging room facing Bryant Park. "Oh, Colonel," said the. young lady, "just look at those trees! Aren't they beautiful?" "Yes, to some extent," replied the old warrior; "but " "Why, don't you like trees?" interrupted inter-rupted the girl. "Indeed I do! There were times when I positively loved them during the war." New York Times. On Year Ago. I was standing by your slda Just one year ago to-night. -It was ere the moon waa shining All about looked gay and, bright. With buttercups of golden yellow . daily were the meadows decked. And above us, heaven's canopy. The sky, all with soft clouds flecked. Tender leaves on trees, unfolding, - Birds their songs In branches sang. Still we stood there in the moonlight Till the strokes of the old clock rang. "Only nine" we need not Hasten. Let us linger while we may. Time gos swiftly, who knows dear one, What may happen in a day? Let us linger 'cross the meadows, .- Rustling thro' the willow trees, (Never minding lights or shadows). Comes a sweet, refreshing breese. Oh this spot! How I do love It! Memory s voice now culls to me, i "Ccme again, and dream and linger 'Neath the drooping willow tree." Clara BelL The Mystery of Memory. Amnesia, or loss of memory, Is chiefly interesting to the psychologist as throwing some light on the nature of memory itself. A perfect act of memory consists of three distinct acts preservation or fixation of certain states of the nerve cells, reproduction of these and, perhaps most remarkable remark-able of all, recognition of them as reproductions In their relations Morbid Mor-bid states of the memory may refer to any of these phases of an act which is as marvelous as anythingin nature. There are about three thousand million mil-lion nerve cells In the surface of the human brain; they never die In health and they are never replaced or added to. This is memory's machine. Triumph of American Engineer. In constructing the power transmission transmis-sion line from the Cauvery falls to the Kolar gold mines, in Mysore, India, the American engineers employed to do the work had to deal with some uncommon un-common problems. The line, ninety-two ninety-two miles long, is carried on lofty poles through the Jungle. Here the depredations of white ants and wild elephants had to be prevented. The ants attacked the poles and the elephants ele-phants pulled at the wires. Iron sockets sock-ets seven feet high were found to be effective against the ants, and after careful measurements of the highest reach of the elephants' trunks the wire s were strung at a safe elevation. Queer Street Names. ' Many British towns have distinctive and interesting names for their streets. London's Cheapslde and Ald-wych Ald-wych are more than matched by oddities oddi-ties many times stranger. Bootham is a street In York, and Botchergate in Carlisle. Norwich is assertive of class distinction in Gentleman's Walk, and Shrewsbury may stand almost at the head of a list of peculiarities with its street labeled Dogpole, which may or may not be related to Newcastle's Dogleap Stairs; but then Newcastle has Pudding Chare, and what may that signify? , $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this panar will be p'eiaed to learn that there Is at least one dreaded dieeaeo that science has been able to cure in all It stKes, and that la Catarrh. Hall's Catarrn Cure Is the only positive cure now known to tbe medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional constitu-tional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Care is taken Internally, In-ternally, acting directly upon tbe Mood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and glTlnif the patient strength by building up the constitution and satiating nature In doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in Its curative powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Addreis F. J. CUEKBT A CO., Toledo, O. 6old by druggists, 75c . Hall's Family puis are the beat. The Talmud on Wine. There is a Talmud parable to this effect: After Noah had established his vineyard and got on an occasional spree he was visited by Satan, who drank with him. His majesty of Hades slew a lamb, a lion, a pig and an ape to teach Noah that man, before wine is In him' is a lamb; when he drinks moderately he is a lion; when he drinks like a sot he is a swine, and any excess after reaching that stage makes him an ape that senselessly chatters and jabbers. I fail to see where man or wine has changed in 4,000 years. We have the lamb, lion, pig and ape with us every day. New York Press." Precocious Musicians. Mozart, the great composer, showed most extraordinary precocity. In his case there is no possible mistake as to aates, for people at the time took precautions not to be deceived. At three years of age he would amuse himself for hours together in picking out thirds on the piano with his wonderful won-derful ear; at four years he learned minuets, and before six played some of his own compositions, actually starting on a concert tour with his sister at that age. I do not believe Plso's Cure for Consumption has an equal for coughs and colds. Johs F Botbh, Trinity Springs, lad., Feb. 15, 1900. Gladstone's Souvenir. Gladstone's biography tells of a royal party at Windsor in Queen Victoria's Vic-toria's reign which, after dining, instantly in-stantly took to cards. The sums involved in-volved were not, however, enormous. T found," writes Gladstone, for once a gambler, "I had won two shillings twopence, at the end of which eight pence was paid me by the prince. 1 mean to keep the twopenny piece (the sixpence I cannot identify) accordingly." according-ly." This unique souvenir of his gambling prowess one would scarcely expect to be prized by a serious statesman. states-man. Our Girl Graduates. The beauty that reigns in our high schools now will probably be the bride of next year. She will also .be the .mother of the following year.- And that's why we are lenient with her now. Some of her ideals will be annihilated an-nihilated before she is many years older, old-er, and, of course, we are sorry for that. But we have not the slightest fear that she won't discharge the serious duties of life when she is actually confronted with them. Philadelphia Inquirer. Water Is Indispensable. Whatever else we can do without, we must have water, and no substi tute will answer. Although all foods, animal and vegetable contain a certain cer-tain amount of liquid nourishment, they do not assuage thirst sufficiently to dispense with water, and therefore continued existence is Impossible for mankind where water cannot be obtained. St. Jacc&G AN ANECDOTE OF GLADSTONE. Demonstrating His Concern for the Amenities of Life. In his life of Gladstone Mr. Morley quoted a quaint letter written by the premier to Lord Granville In 1886 after- the former's Irish home rule policy had alienated most of the peers of England. There was to be a dinner din-ner in honor of the queen's birthday, and the Prince of Wales was to come and to bring Prince Albert Victor with him. "But," wrote Mr. Gladstone, "his position would be very awkward If he comes and witnesses a great nakedness naked-ness of the land." Could Lord Granville Gran-ville "help by persuading dissentient peers to put in an appearance for this occasion only? Mr. Morley, with perhaps per-haps the suspicion of a smile between the lines, records that "the prince was unable to be present and so the great nakedness was by him unseen." The Prayers of Children. "The two nicest children of my acquaintance ac-quaintance have a way of resuming the day's quarrels in their evening prayers," says a writer In an English magazine. " 'God forgive Frances,' prays one of them, 'for pushing me Into the fountain to-day while 1 was standing on the edge and then daring to say that I fell in.' It is not etiquette, eti-quette, of course, to Interrupt a praying pray-ing companion, so Frances reserves her answer for her own prayers. 'God forgive Majorie for daring to say that I pushed her into the fountain, when she truthfully knows she fell In her own self.' " A Remarkable Woman. Kokomo, Ind., Nov. 23. Mrs. Anna M. Willis of this place, a charming old lady of 74 years, has given for publication publi-cation a very interesting letter. Mrs. Willis is widely known and highly respected and the recommendation recommenda-tion she gives is well worth the consideration con-sideration of anyone who may be interested. in-terested. Mrs. Willis address is R. R. No. 6, Kokomo. Her letter read3 as follows: "I have been troubled with Kidney trouble for 20 years. It was so bad chat It affected my heart and my back. It hurt so that I could not get up when down, and I began to think that 1 would be past doing anything. I was recommended to get Dodd's Kidney Kid-ney Pills and purchased some at -the arug store of Mr. G. E. Meek. After using several boxes I was completely restored. I feel 20 years younger, and I am able to do all the usual work in the house and garden which a person per-son who lives on the farm has to do, although I am 74 years of age." Why Hood Left Nashville. An old pleasantry worth repeating relates to the experience of Gen. Hood, who in great haste left Nashville Nash-ville on one side of the city just as the Federal troops were entering upon the others- His colored servant being captured, was asked why Gen. Hood left in such a hurry. "Ah," he aid, "Massa Hood didn't think he Dould do hisself justice in this city." Boston Christian Register. Influence of Transportation. A recent remarkable illustration of the influence of railway transportation transporta-tion on commerce is given by the opening of the western section of the Transsiberian railway. There were only 140 dairies in Siberia in 1893, which produced for export about 5,000,000 pound3 of butter. In 1902 there were 2,500 dairies, producing upward up-ward of 90,000,000 pounds. Indians Fear the Dead. .; The idea of immortality is very prevalent among the Mexican Indians, but they are afraid of their" dead, who, they say, feeling lonely In the spirit world and desirous of having their friends and relatives join them, come back and make them ill. The dead also envy tbe heirs all the good things they have left behind. To pacify the departed the surviving members ol the family make a number of feasts for him in the course of the first year after his dMtb. Old Sofas, Backs of Chairs, etc., can be dyed with PUTNAM FADELESS DYES. Relic of Ancient Times. By the clearance of the old Temple site at "Abydos, Egypt, over several acres, no less than ten successive temples, tem-ples, ranging in age from 5,000 to 500 B. C. were brought to light in a depth of twenty feet. A great hearth oi burnt offering has been found full oi votive clay substitutes for sacrifices, which exactly agrees with the account of Herodutus that Cheops closed the temples and forbade sacrifices. Tuning Fork in Surgery. It appears that the human bones are ready conductors of sound, and a knowledge of this character now receives re-ceives practical attention by the employment em-ployment of the tuning fork to determine deter-mine the extent and nature of fractures. frac-tures. If there is no fracture, then the bell of the stethoscope distinctly conveys the note from the fork; if there is fracture, then the continuity is broken and the sound is not beard at all. One on the Lawyer. Counsel (to witness) How can you prove that the prisoner stole six of your handkerchiefs? "Why, because they were my handkerchiefs that were found on him. Look at them for yourself. They are exactly the same as mine." "That proves nothing. noth-ing. I have some handkerchiefs like tnose." "That's quite possible," replied re-plied the witness, "several more of mine" are missing." A Strange View. Curious, is it not, how politicians, In speaking of one another, say: "He has worked for the party so long that he deserves the office," as If an opportunity oppor-tunity to work hard in the public service ser-vice were a prize to be rewarded. Yet is it equally curious that those who hold this view always remain petty politicians and never become statesmen states-men even after they are dead. Youth's Companion. A Confirmed Pessimist. Uncle John: "Well, Mary, my dear, what a long time it Is since I saw you! And so you have a little sister nowl I suppose she cries sometimes?" Little Mary: "Cries? I should think she does! I never knew anyone who seemed to look on the dark side of things as she does!" Tbe never ending cures of arid ISTJ11 C5B Stamp it the perfect remedy QUICK RESULTS. W. J. HHL Justice of the Peace, Concord, Con-cord, N. G says: "Doan'a Kidney Pills proved a very efficient remedy rem-edy In my case. I used them for disordered dis-ordered kidneys kid-neys and backache, back-ache, from which I had experienced a great eal of trouble and pain. The kidney secretions se-cretions were very irregular, dark colored and full of sedimenL The Pills cleared it all up and I have not had an ache in my back since taking the last dose. My health generally is improved a great deal." Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by ail dealers, price 50 cents per box. Pat Turns the Tables. A man who boasts that "he knows a glass of wine" invited a few select friends to dinner.. 'In the midst of the meal his Irish servant brought up a very old-looking bottle of wine. "Ah, John," said the master, "you forgot to take the cobwebs off this bottle before you brought it up." To his surprise ana discomfort Jobn replied: "Sure, sir, I thought ye didn't want 'em taken off, after putting 'em on so careful!" -Spare Moments. Society of the DIUettantl. An interesting old organization which formerly existed in London the DIUettantl society originated with certain gentlemen who, having traveled In Italy, tried to encourage at home what they had enjoyed abroad. This society of lovers of the fine arts lasted 130 years. Walpole does not seem to have looked upon it with a very favorable eye, for he says: "The nominal qualification was to have been to Italy, the real one was being drunk," Lord Salisbury. ' Lord Salisbury when in the House of Commons wa3 not much stouter than his son, Lord Hugh CeciL He used to sit on the front bench below the gangway and had a habit of gradually grad-ually forging on to the floor of the house. Between each phrase, or sarcasm sar-casm for he dealt greatly with the latter he would make a pause, and twirl some ornament attached to a chain." Mirrors Cause Women to Strike. . Strange to say, a lot of girls employed em-ployed in a New York factory lately went on a strike because they were too many looking glasses in the room in which they work. But the glasses were not for their use; they were so arranged around the desk of the foreman fore-man that he could keep a watch eye on them. Sin. WInalow'B Soothing tsyrnp.1 For children teething, softens tbe gums, reduces to. flammatlon, allays pain, cures wind colic. 2oc a botU. Truly Marvelous Feat. Pliny states that Cicero once saw the entire Iliad of Homer contained In the shelly covering of a specimen of the forest fruit. By many this was long believed to be a fiction. They declared it was Impossible; but that Jt could be done was proved conclusively conclu-sively by Bishop Huel of Avrancbes, France, in the presence of the French Dauphin and a royal company. An Old-Time Legend. When King Edward II. of Engl was among his torturers who hurried him to and fro that no man should know where he was they set him down upon a bank and the more to disguise his face shaved him and washed him with cold water from a ditch. The king said, "Well, yet will I have warm water for my beard," and so shed abundance of tears. A Good Lung Exercise. Hold the head up, the shoulders back and chest out; Inflate the lungs slowly through the nose until they are -quite full ; hold until you have counted ten without opening the Hps, then exhale ex-hale quickly till the lungs are as empty of the bad air as it is possible to get them. Repeat this exercise until you can county twenty, when the lungs are full. Revive Old Customs. Swell mothers In New York have taken to dressing their little boys In fancy costumes Prince Charlies, L'Aiglons and what not. The Little Lord Fauntleroy idea has gone out Not a few little swashbucklers with leather leggings and belts may be seen toddling along with their nurses. Some Gigantic Insects. , The largest insect of antiquity was a species of dragon fly, which measured measur-ed more than two feet across the ex' panded wings. It flourished during the Carboniferous period. In the Mesozoic age representatives of the older groups of insects were numerous numer-ous and often of gigantic size. Objected to Tombstone Paving. Tombstones are not so infrequently employed in different parts of Not-tihghamshlre, Not-tihghamshlre, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire Lincoln-shire and Leicestershire, England, for the purpose of paving; and a year or so back the inhabitants of the Vale of Belvoir raised a vehement protest against their being used for a pathway path-way leading to the parish church. Woman's Best Characteristics. The readers of one of the French newspapers were set to enumerate the qualities which their ideal woman should nossess. Placed, as they say , in examinations, "in order of merit," these characteristics are, first, economy; econo-my; second, fidelity and modesty; third, kindliness: fourth, maternal love; fifth, cleanliness and patience. One as Good as Another. A wife wanted her husband to sympathize sym-pathize with her in a feminino quarrel, quar-rel, but he refused, saying: "I've lived long enough to know that one woman Is as good as another, if not better." "And I," retorted the exasperated wifa, "have lived long enough to loarn that one man is just as bad as another, if not worse!" American Sewing Machines. American sewing machines find large sale in British India, all other parts of Asia and In the Islands of the Pacific. If, U J,S-X ?J |