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Show BRAVE GIRL, WHO SUBMITTED TO AN OLD LANDMARKS GONE HAZARDOUS EXPERIMENT, DIES OF POISON r&moui Tennessee Postoffce Obliterated by the March of Progress Fiun-s-- . i must admit that lit .a qucMiun in the answer irant In otrr cl apel we freqtletr-i.- v ask all these wlio hate hot had tu- tiaccu in their jnmjti s for lV'iv months to ari.,e ami tie oountc-J,v to 6 pt-atetage ,.rus f, on to his Tell Tbe establishment of 300 free rural delivery route In Tennessee and the consequent abolition of from 650 to, TOO postofllee ha wiped from tbe pos-,.tamap the majority oL thijiaitarU ai New and prostown in the state perous towns have sprung up near the village which were notable In the early days of the republic, and they have been selected ns distributing points for the mall. A striking Instance of this process Is Bean elation. Grainger county, whete William Bean In 1769 built the first cabin put up by a white man in Kentucky, Tennessee or western North Carolina,' This office will hereafter be supplied from Tate Spring. Another toted office that become extinct i Nollicbucky where Jacob Brown opened the first store in Tennessee or Kentucky or, la fact, anywhere south of the Ohio River, in 1772, and where it i thought that Russell Bean, the first child born in Tennessee first saw light It was for bravery In a battle with Indian at this point that John Sevier won tbe cognomen, Nollicbucky Jack. A tew hundred yards from this office ia the glgantle beech tree which bears the famous inscription, D. Boon cllled But 4t is a bar in tbs par 1760, thought that tbe pioneer had been In what are now Tenneseee and Kentucky before he carved his name on k ' the tree, - - In North Carolina is tbe battlefield bf Kings Mountain, where John Sevier turned the tide of the Revolution by t ? Brit- postof-fice- w . Selr of- b re - Campbell of Tennessee, Col. Virginia and the South f)es- -' 44 ut-- 1 f (M fight, cannot be found now as a is A free rural delivery rout now supplying tbe town JFarniington, Marshal county, which lacked only one vote of being made the capital of tbe state instead of Nashville, has been abolished on account of rural delivery. A route leading from Jefferson City, Jefferson county, passes and supplies what was formerly Imyton, the place where Davy Crockett met aud won Polly Finley. Mere the first Sunday school in Tennessee was organized, in pioneer days the IjulsviUe, Ky , and Charleston, 8. ., stage coach tine had its main station at tats point. The town which came near being the first capital of the state, Kingsport, Sullivan county, has suffered tbe same fate, owing to a mail route runKingsport ning from Pall Branch. waa once the home of John Sevle-- , and he Is said to have at one time decided to make it tbe capital of tbe stata instead of Jonesboro, and failed to do so owing to the hatred he had for a prominent citizen of the town. A route from Loudon, Tenn., takes in the small office at Old Fort Loudon, where was the first whits fort in tbe Knox state. Campbell's Station, county, tbe birthplace of Admiral Farragut, exists no longer as a mall v post-offic- point CRITICISM OF GOLF Philosopher Complains Because It Has Not Reinforced Our Vocabulary Six days out of a week Jones is n hardbeaded and rather shortspoken business man, out when he gets his feet up on a Sunday ha U something of a philosopher, f give thanks dally for ping, pong, declared he one day when I had hapIt was evident pened to stroll In, that he desired to draw roe out.- x "And yet," said L argumentatively, "the game seems to me to lack significance even distinction." "Obviously," he replied, not a little petulantly, Its spiritual appeal la not Jargn... I was. About to. ay. that I .am grateful to ping pong betttUse It has proved the entering wedge for tennis. This year mark the renaissance of , defeating Gen Ferguson and hia ish hosts Sjcamore Shoals H m So. hae a worjJ of chprt That fnav light the jmUiw drear Of h brother pilgrim htr. Ltt him kno Show him joii appreciate "'WTiarTiiTiMr ami do not taU Till the ht.i li.iitl of Kate I.av him low a thought If our That will brlKlit-- i makr his lot, Th it In ni. r v hii. it not, t!l llllll no If you 3 "Baseball gives us the excellent metphor for an actress, novelist or professional man, wbo has met with popular favor, and who we say ha made a bit That little phrase is a pure gain to the speech of tbe day. Chess has made Its bumble contribution: villains for these many years have been checkmated.' "Phrases from cards are the best of English. Ministers will preach against euchre and wbist and use the word discarded fifteen time in their sermon. The gentlest women are indebted to the racetrack and the prize ring - - a - Vacations Not Needed. Although risen to comparative affluence, the bead of a big engineering works, who had once been poor, maintained bis policy of never resting. "I hav a feeling," he said, that It I do not waste a moment Providence will never desert me" Compelled at last to have a fortnights holiday, be pretended to take long walks, but in reality went dally from his hotel to apartments which he had taken near at band, and where he thought out and perfected a new Invention. Doctors find such cases as Ihese very difficult to prescribe for. A man, overworked at an occupation to which he is devoted, may fait into worse health If forced to desist from It The brain then becomes ill as well aa the body. , Just In Tims. Those who heard the manager of a large accident insurance company tell the following story say that he spoke In all seriousness and that no shadow of a smile crossed' his face. Some time ago, he said, a large policyholder in my company was run over by a tramcar and his right leg crushed. He remained conscious after the shock for three minutes, during which time he pulled out his watch and called the attention of the crowd to the fact that it was Just fifteen minutes to twelve. The policy expired at noon. "We received notice of the accident much later, but we paid up ungrudgingly. The man deserved it" v . ......... t n n uls--pa- ta - &!& THOUGHT HE DIDNT GAMBLE is Unsuspecting Stranger Tells Twle of Sol Smith Ruseell to Hi Fa.ther-.in- . Law . The late Sol Smith. Russell married a daughter of William T, Adams, more familiarly knowa to the American public as Oliver Optic." Tbe author waa very fond and very proud of Eugene Field 'hit talented need to tell a story about this feeling on the part of Adams. A Field described It, a modest, quiet and. benev-- man was sltttng one day la the rotunda of tba Palmer house, Chicago, when n stranger seated near son-in-la- olent-looktn- him . made .the .remark. ..that. .ha. believed he would see Sol Smith Russell la the evening. "Excuse me, sir, said the old gentleman to the stranger, but that la a stranger all iply. - m raked In th Sol pot. r Told you? persisted th stranger, ., Who. sift you,?T!,., '. Who am 1? repeated the old gentleman. Why, Im W, T. Adams, Sol'g to-da- y. ' - -- sc! Cat and Dog Story. Everybody knows bow much a dog and cat hate each other, but it is very seldom that their dislikes lead to such serious results as did a difference that lately occurred between a bulldog and a black cat In a fruit store. Tbe owner ef the bulldog used to let him run around in the cellar for exercise, but one morning the dog got tired of his narrow quarters, and went up stairs into a neighboring fruit store, where the black cat lived. Of course, the cat did not like to have any one come into her home without an Invitation, much less one of her old natural enemies the dogs. So aa soon as the dog entered out jumped the cat full upon him, and, of course, a fight followed, which naturally drew into it the owner of tho fruit store and the owner of the dog. The dog, being very lively, soon turned over several baskets of fruit and upset tbe stands of oranges and peanuts, while their masters were vainly trying to settle the row. As there seemed no early settlement In sight, the owner of the cat and fruit stand called in a polcieamn, but in the meantime the dog had virtually gotten the better of the fight, having caught the cat by the neck, and all the eoaxing and pulling would not persuade him to let go. Th owner of the dog pulled and pounded, and the policeman, seeing a way out, put his billy between Bruno's teeth and pried open his jaws, only to find that tbe cat was so badly mangled that lt had to bkiHedi Yt1'.,. the policeman did with two bullets' from hia revolver. Brunos owner settling the difference by paying the damage, they both went out, after having learned once more that cats and dogs have a standing disagreement that In but few Instances la overcome. Chinese Fables. tiger captured r monkey. The monkey begged to b released on the A Sneezing Superstitions. There la a quaint ..old rhyme about sneezing which runs as follows: Sneese on Monday, sneeze for danger. Sneeze on Tuesday, Idas a stranger. Sneeze on Wednesday, have a letter. Sneeze on Thursday, something bet- Yes," replied the cat. Then said the tiger, you are of no further use, and so I shall eat Sneeze on Friday, aneeze for sorrow. tricks. CapL Wester, who formerly wi Swedish military attache at Wash Ington and waa with the America army la Cuba as aa onlooker, probably will be forced to give up hia u mission because be challenged William Casper, an American resident ta Stockholm, to fight a duel and then failed to appear at the appointed place. Diamonds on Horseshoe. Absolutely novel and delightfully perfect Is th latest in chain bracelet It constats of a simple gold chain, something like an eight of an Inch Is thickness, with a diamond set plab inum horseshoe pendant at one end. The wonderful part of this horseshoe Is that it la double two faces, that is, and each as perfect aa the other. So whichever way it hangs R Is "face diamonds front It take thirty-sitoda thU-r- i gk teen tOTrTrtde.- - The designer has reason to be proud of it. President Needs New Physician. Surgeon John F. Urie, attending physician to President Roosevelt and bis family, has been detached from tbe naval dispensary and ordered to duty as assistant to the chief of the A sneeze on Sunday x bureau Of medicine and surgery,' relieving Surgeon G D. Gatewood, who been ordered to theLancaster. Under his new deta.l Surgeon Url will be almost constantly occupied ts the navy department and therefor ill be obliged ts dUcondni his pro fessioual attendance on the president its The cat, however, hprang lightly Into the branches of a tree find smiled at the tigers disappointment. She had not taught the tiger all her - - Do Animals Help One Another? InYes, a thousand times yes. stances of In the animal world are to be counted by the hundred. From the days of old Aesop, when the mouse helped the lion, and, indeed, long before his time, one assist another. Thomas Edwards, thw working Scotch naturalist, once wounded a seagull and saw two others lift the, stricken bird by its wings and fly with It out of range Tbe kindness of rats to their old and blind and feeble Is almost proverbial. Fanny Kemble mentions a lady who observed a 'cow actually pumping water from a well for another cow. foster-motherhoo- d Tbe creature raised the handle between her horns and pumped whilst the other drank. sneezes. Sneezing was considered very healthful and for thia reason snuff became a Morbid Sensitiveness. fashion. . which grew to be harmful, Tbe surest way to conquer morbid as snuff takers found It hard to break sensitiveness la to mingle with people away from the custom. . as freely as possible, and, whtl appraising your own ability as yon would As to User of Tobaeco, those of a friend or acquaintance, to Nine years ago we commenced .to forget yourself. Unless you can bekeep a record on this subject. says come unconscious of self yon will Dr. Fish, an emtnent eastern educa- never either appear at your best or do tor, and we have found that the boy the best of which you are capable. It who falls usually uses tobacco. requires will, power and an unbendWhen asked to sign our pledge the ing determination to conquer this arch pupil usually answers that he doe not enemy to success, but what has been use very much, but w find that be done can be done, and many who were continues to fail In hi studies. One held down by It for years by of th questions submitted In our rec- their own efforts, outgrown have, it and ord Wank Js whether or not tlje pupil risen to commanding positions. thinks the we of tobacco la necessary -- Thirty-- ! you. love- - meant a visit from the parson the next day, and a good old English housewife set everything In order against his coming. The sneeze has certain unfailing traditions attached to It, especially among the early English peasant, and. handed down to our day, they have become superstitions. The number of times any one sneeze was always noticed, and the meaning proclaimed with a serious or cheerful face, as th case might be, according to th number of aneezes. Nowadays even tbe least superstitions will Bay Bless you," or pat. you on tbs back three times or four or five times, according to the number of " .' . - score of his insignificance, and promised to show the tiger where he might find a more valuable prey. The 'tiger and the monkey conducting complied, exist him to a hillside where an ass was horse-power Tbe unit was estab- feeding an animal' which the tiger lished by James Watt about a century had never before seen. ago, and the figures were fixed in a My good brother," said the ass to curious way. Watt found that the the monkey, hitherto you have alaverage horse of kits district could ways brought me two tigers. How Is raise 22,000 pounds one foot per min- it that you have brought me only one ute. At that time Watt was em? ployed in the manufacture of engines, The tiger fled for his life. Thus a -- and customers were so bard to find ready wit wards off danger. that all kinds of artificial inducements The principle of the next fable the wj?Taaecessary to Induce power jtfers Chinese always apptytothe European-- ' to buy steam engines. As a method Instructors in the art of war. of encouraging them Watt offered to A tiger, finding a cat very prolific In sell engines reckoning 33,000 foot devices for catching game, placed r. And thus himself under her instruction. pounds to a horse-poweAt he was the means of giving a false length he was told there was nothing unit to one of the most Important more to be learned. measurements In the world. Have you taught me all your Sneeze on-- Saturday, see true .....-..,- Beauty of American Building. If the people of England knew how beautiful th public buildings In thi United States are and how aupertoi American hotels are the amount ol travel' to this country would be many times aa great as It is at present." said a Londoner to an interviewer in Washington the other day. I am on a tour of the world. When t landed In New York I did not expect to find much of Interest to me. That city waa a series of surprises. Its modern buildings, with perfect elevator service and every convenience, made a great Impression on me. 1 did not expect to find any buildings ta this country which would compare with those of the old world In architecture,, but a rid through the streets of Washington was enough to convince me last?" that my ideas of America were er"In. Milwaukee said the etranger, roneous. The capttol. congressional and he waa Bitting behind three of and other government buildings the biggest Jacks ever laid down," are as beautifut as any buildings la ! dont believe that I quite catch the wond. and their Interiors surprise year meaning, murmured tbe old all Europeans. It takes the Yankee ta gentleman. "What was tbe play?" equip a building with every possible "Three of a kind. was the laconic convenience. answer. "It was a very good play, , too. There Is a lot of unconscious humor Comedy?" tatted the old gentle- concealed in the explanations of base-man. ball managers as to why their clubs ' . .. "It was tresed y" answered. fan to make good ' r? ter. cards. Mr. Russell Is wise determination. the greatest comedian we have on the He possesses remarkstag able histrionic talents. "So?" Interrogated the stranger with a smile. "He does Indeed" replied the old gentleman warmly, "and what la more, I assure yon that he is as clever personally as he Is professionally, in fact, yon would not take Mr. Russell for aa actor, as he ts entirely tree from those habits that are not Infrequently the result of . the, exciting life behind the footlights. He does not play cards and Is exceedingly temperate ia all things. You hav seen him act. I euppoaer Oh, yes," replied the stranger. "May I ask where you saw hia What la a Horee-PoweWhen men - first- - begtn-t- o become familiar with the methods of measuring mechanical power, they often speculate oq where the breed of horses Is to be found 'that can keep at work raising 33,000 pounds one foot per minute, or the equivalent, which Is more familiar to some mechanics, of raising 330 pounds 100 feet per minute. Since 33,000 pounds raise one foot" per minute Is called one horsepower It fa natural that people should think the engineers who established that unit of measurement based it on what horses could really do. The horse that can do this work does not - th 1 Pu-tritie- tricks? exclaimed the old don't moan to tell mt that Sol waa playing card? Yob catch my drift, replied th stranger, but what has that to do with you, anyway Why, It has everything to do with mer Soltotd me that be never played "Horror! father-in-law- Clever Card Trick. Card tricks which are not difficult to perform are often mystifying, nevertheless Here are directions how to place four kings In different parts of the pack and then cut them together: Take the four kings and exhibit them fscewise, but secretly place behind the second one two other court cards of any description, which, being thus hidden behind the king, will not be visible. The spectators being satisfied that the four cards are really tbe four kings, and none other, fold them together and place them at the top of the pack. Draw attention to the fact, that you are about to distribute the four kings in different parts of the pack. Take up the top card, which, being really a king, you may exhibit without apparent intention, and place It at the bottom.- - Take the next card, which the spectators suppose to he also a king, and place it about half way down the pack, and the next in like manner a little higher. Take up the fourth card, which, being actually a king, you show carelessly, and replace at the top of the pack. You have now really three kings at the top and one at the bottom of the pack, though the onlookers imagine they have seen them distributed In different parts of the pack, and are proportionately surprised when the cards are cut to find all the kings are again together. It is best to use knaves or queens for the two extra cards, as being less distinguishable from the kings, should a spectator catch a chance glimpse of their faces. . Miss Emma H. King of Brooklyn, In a small New Jersey town from arN. Y., who submitted to tbe Inocula- senical poisoning. - While the arsenic tion of tuberculosis from a cow to ess it Is not betest Dr. Kochs theory and waa said lieved she intentionally took an to have developed tuberculosis, died was The Student and while ie tooh f t tobacco In any form nail a tt.uhiiv to dull the mind if the pupiL he Ktid that he was um-p- t lied to admit that the ctgaietlt form wts tie m t.L objectionable and the most irji.iiou-- t He mowed b r tak n at the unireciting Bttt the last nine ears t,hat versity dur-nthe student a Idic'ed to the cigarette habit made a mt eh lower average ia his class poicentuges than those who were not glvtn to the use of the Uttle i paper cylinders Hi and it e the Walt not till jour ft nil - dent Kre jtmr .in swlii. For thr Kptrlt that has 0- d. If It know Dni-to spooil It on not it has gone Our poor praise, wh-nLove a eternal. golden ilawn Is aglow Rut unto our brother lure That laa.r praise Is urj tltar. If you if ant word of i liner Tell him so Center News - - Jauttor formf-foBr'Years.- " f V large pprrntage 'of their' vocaHetty Green Enjoys Vacation.-- . HenrJ Martin, the distinguished bulary Hetty Green and her daughter Janitor of the University of Virginia, I. of "And the point It all, said Sylvia have been enjoying a wa.it mint a .a most gracious acknowl- "Why, I've Just been out watcbjng vacation at Oyster Bay, L. I., but of the gift of a suit of gemt-ntennis." them play golf. They were diessed place was so taken up with the Roose- tlotbes from the board f visitors, "Then you play," said I. in brave scarlet, and I was hoping velt party that the two ladles esllenry Is an institution of the uni"No, he replied, "but I believe in that here, too, we had a sport that caped recognition and therefore had a versity, having held the position fifty-fou- r tennis, because, like ail other Anglo-Saxo- would strengthen and enrich speech, most enjoyable time. Even the secret years. games, it has reinforced our vo- but I come home and buy a book of service men who swarm in the neighRockefellers Immense Wealth. cabulary, Sports should be the feeders golf terms, and what do I find? Nib- borhood paid no attention to them. foursome- - for of language. It la tie test of the true lick. 'bunker and John D. Rockefeller is credited by Senator Hales Bathtub. a friend with having said recently virility of an amusement that It lends pure weakness that last word Is tht Benator Hale has Just placed mag- that he could not guess within worst of the lot; but the whole list something to popular parlance." nificent bathtub in the Capitol at Instance briefly," suggested I. lacks n apical column. There Isn't the exact amount of his that diet Washington for his personal nsa wealth. "Why, take tennis." said he, the phrase of the thirty-sevegame has probably furnished ns with for recognition; not one of them would the word stroke, So, we say n man help a man to sava himself. They has made n good stroke In business. 1 have no personality or atmosphere SWEDISH MILITARY MAN IN DISGRACE Golf Is the one game with a highly will admit thnt It Is n matter of whether it was tennis or cricket specialized vocabulary that hasnt FOR FAILURE TO FIGHT ARRANGED DUEL Ia either dona a tbfhg for Idiom. Golf technl , that first gnve the word. case my point is made, calitles are a dead language. m n r.t N. |