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Show Many Still Have Faith in Miraculous Wells There are numerous wells through-out the British Isles where the passer-h-has but to breathe wish or drop pin or other offering Into the water to obtain what he wants. Krom what won learned of St. Helen'! well near Sefton In Lancashire, young ladies still continue to throw pins Into It to find out whether ' their sweetheart are faithful to them, the dntes of their marriage and other details on which their future happiness hangs, and this they learn from tin turnmg of the pin to the north or to the south, possibly to some other point of the compass. At Totter Kllna-Greln- e or the well of the Sun church, found a century ago In County Cork, when a marsh was drained, a spring, was disclosed where, according to legend, a nymph of the well once lived. This woman had a gift for prophecy, and there was said to be a little wooden Image of her there which would communicate with the people. Naturally, as this report spread, the people of the coun-tryside (locked to the well. Three draught of the water were taken by the pilgrims, three times repeated, and three times they made the rounds on their knees, thus malting a circuit of the well three times. After each round the pilgrim laid a white stone, about the size of a pigeon's egg, on the ancient altar In the circle which was called the Well of the Sun. The revelry, dancing and drinking that fol-lowed led to the discontinuance of the observances, which were an example Wide-- wake Lawyer Court was jammed as usual. One portly man fell victim to n drowsiness. Disregarding the court, be slumbered on. The case of s negro charged with petty theft was called. The assistant district attorney almost finished wltb the first witness when the defendant his face a perfect picture of some-thing wrong, leaned over and asked the deputy sheriff: "Mint uli sheriff, wud y'nll mln' wak-l-up dat man he's man lawyer.'' TV Family Prolific ' Only thirty-seve- n years old. the wife of S laborer at t.'eherlosheltn, Ger- - many, has Just given birth to her eighteenth child. The mother herself Is the eighteenth child of her parents, and her seventeen brothers and sis-ters boast of ninety-seve- n children. Her parents ere still living snd re-cently celebrated their golden wed-ding surrounded by one hundred eight-een children end erordclilldren. Fairs Long Employed as Places of Trading "The fair bus Its origin written in the dim pages of the past, and as an Institution, although not the same as It Is today, hag long existed." Although tt Is not known where the first fair was held, evidence (Milnts to the existence of fairs In western civilisation aa early as the dawn of the Christian era. There Is evidence of fairs In eastern countries long before this, some historians pointing nut that King Ahasuerus held a sis months fair In the year 800 B. (', at which he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom.' This Is the first fair recorded in history. Other probably preceded this, however, as the Scriptures record certain activi-ties as fairs. In the Bonk of Ezeklel, twenty-sevent- chapter, there are ref-erences to numerous fairs that were In existence at that time. There is only one thing of which we are certain concerning these early fairs, that they were commercial In character. Merchants came from dis-tant countries with their native wares for trade with other merchants.'' Africa's Sausage Tree One of Oddest Known A tree which bears fruit apparently only to deceive is the "sau-sage tree" of East Africa, s queer tree If a queer one Is to be found. As the sausage tree Is approached while bearing fruit often reaches a length of two feet, with a most Invit-ing look but a most disappointing re-sult upon Inspection, The exterior seems..to ba edible npon s glance, but the Interior Is hard and weedy pulp, neither tempting to the palate nor edible. ; The tree, which Is member of the catalpa family, has a use, however, and enters Into both the religious and medical life of the natives of the country where It Is found. The negro tribes of Nubia consider ths tree sacred snd hold religious festivals In the moonlight beneath its branches. Poles made from the trees are erected before the houses Of the chiefs and are worshiped by other members of the tribe. The natives cut and roast the sao- - sages and place the cut sides against V parts of their bodies afflicted with rheumatism and similar complaints. Washington Star. First Steam Carriage Met With Disapproval The London Times reprints the fol-lowing from Its Issue of August 5, 1828: A Ouincy's steam carriage ar-rived on Monday,, at the Crunford Bridge Inn, from an experimental tour to and from Bath. The success of this trial much exceeds the most sanguine friends of the Invention. . . . Mr. Gurney, his brother. Colonel Vlney. Captalb Dobbin, and assistants started from Crauford bridge about 4 a. m. They proceeded at a most rapid rate to Maidenhead, which they reached, notwithstanding two or three delays. In about an hour nnd five minutes a distance of nearly fifteen miles. After this proof of their capability of speed, they traveled more leisurely, until .the.y.arrived near Malkshara where they were attacked by some brutal fellows, who, Imagined the; were "come to take the bread out ot their mouths.'' To prevent similar oc-currences. It was thought advisable to draw the carriage the remainder of the way by horses. 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Prkr. 11S Mansion St., Pilliburgk, Pa., tmyt: "l lJly mom. mead Doan's Pill. Mjr kidney were not actios normally. Tb Kcracioo. w.r very irregular and burned in paninf. i would eet up in the morning tired and etiSaa over. I had .constant baeaacheatutlieudaciioaaaaoyedrae. incuainc (Joan. PiU. I have beeo ia good ihape,"- Doan?s Pills A Stimulant Diuretic to the Kidneys Why We Behave Like Human Beings Br GIORGE DORSiY. to 0. IX. D. Emergencies and How We Meet Them. EVKIlT living being has an Inborn emergency equipment. For count-les- s beings the equipment Is Inad-equate ; they go down like Dies before new foes, new diseases, new situations. A large percentage of all the human beings ever born died before maturity i the emergency may have been a rusty nail, a venturesome spirit, a backward disposition. Anything which threatens life or disturbs Its peace of mind or upsets the system Is sn emergency. Emergencies cannot be listed; they are too numerous. Nor can they be de-scribed In general terms; they are In-dividually discrete. Half a loaf Is al-ways better than no bread, but there sre times when a half-loa- f Is ths dy-namic equivalent of a human life, when half a minute spells victory or defeat, or life or death. There are few of us whose life at one time or another baa not hung by a thread. What do we do; what la our re-sponse to crises T Fight or flee? It depends. The cry of "Women first 1" on the Titanic was enough to keep the men from fighting for the boats; life was not worth fighting for when the loser was a woman. Nor worth saving when s spar would only support one; s man let go of a spar that a woman might live I This Is human behavior at Its highest Possible because our Inborn emergency equipment can be trained, conditioned, educated, mnde to obey ths orders of our head. But It Is so well organized and so power-ful that few can turn Its command over to the cortex, fewer still who can conquer It Greater Is he who h self than be who tuketb seven cities! Greater, because la the first law of nnture; and the high-er we climb in nature's scale, the better organized life becomes for self-- preservation. Man has more means st his command for than any other animal, largely because he has more ways of destroying his en-emies. Cities and the "taking of cities" arose In response to man's desire to anticipate emergencies. The difference between and la the differ- - ence between all gorillas and some men. If man used only his Inborn emergency equipment In a fight with a gorilla, lie would lose or die of fright before the gorilla could lay hands on hlmi Fighting Instinct yes; and fleeing Instinct also. But a worm will turn. A rat will run for its life; cornered, It will fight for Its life. There Is another kind of response, the kind we keep on making during our unconquered-sel- f lives.- - We are dressing, already late for dinner. We break a shoestring; we cannot find a certain shirt stud; and then that crowning insult, we drop the collar button and It rolls under the bureau. Now we are mad. We roar like a caged Hon ; we say words, stump the floor, kick a chair, yank out the bu-reau. Battles have been lost on ac-count of such trifias. What happened? Almost everything. Cpset literally. I.ost his head; that Is true also. Also lost his appetite. The wife Is so disgusted she loses her temper nnd culls him "brute." It Is a brute reaction. It Is a bio-logic reaction; It requires neither learning nor headpiece. Out of our inborn emergency equipment we bnlld up our attitudes, fight windmills and straw men, and rip and roar up and down the world, or tremble like a leaf at every breath. e "Every little movement has a mean-ing of Its own," as the old song de-clared; It Is also true that every movement moves something. We are never more physiologically correct than when we sny, "That moves me." Be-tween birth snd death many are "moved" enough to dig a Panama canal, yet they never move them-selves up out of the cellar of life. The difference between being moved to disgust at the sight of s dead cat I and moving to remove the cat Is one of life's little jokes that make bum an ' life so Interesting. We are moved with onstrlped or visceral muscle. We move with striped or skeletal muscles. To make a gesture Is to make an excuse for moving. We are moved with less effort than we move; our unstrlped muscles func-tion without the cortex. They - run themselves, and If we are not In charge the; run us. In mobs and panics they run riot Emotions vary, tn Individuals, com-munities, nations, races; sre under different degrees of control; are aroused by varying situations. Emo-tions are older than the human race; but outside the boman race put to no such sublime or ridiculous ends. We do not begin life with speclflc loves, hates, and fears. Some can go through life without set hates and loves. They can look people and things over and decide whether they ars worth, lov-ing or hating, and If they are, possess them or do their best to clear the earth of them. But as we are, not one In ten can love a Hindu or s Jap or the other political party. And much of thinking and talking Is in temw of hates and fears and loves. We rnnr-de-r at least something, If not some-body, every day. And lovethere are quite as many things to be loved as people. In fact, there. Is nothlns. It seems, that cannot come within range of our love, except our enemies. ( by George A. Dor.y.) Stone That Floats There Is no other Instance In nature of the fusing of quarts In the absence of a flux, except by the action of light, nlng striking sand or a mountain top. Science has named this product ful-gurite glass. At the crater there are many wonderful specimens of sand-stone seemingly so fused. In soma cases the quarts Is fused Into lumps of opalescent material, but more fre-quently the sandstone has been puffed up and distorted, owing to the steam produced by the water which was In the stone at the time the outer and very highly heated part of the advanc-ing meteoric mass was In close con-tact with the rock. Innumerable water- -tight cavities, as In pnmlce, were formed by the steam, so that largo and small masses of this peculiar and moat Interesting sandstone will Boat like a cork. Medical Confem'on A young medical graduate was still In the stage when the scientific Inter-est In the case concerned him far more than the welfare of the patient A nurse told him one duy that one of his patients had died. "That is terrible perfectly terrible," sighed the doctor. "Was he s friend of yours, doctor?" asked ths nurse. "Oh, no," said ths physician. "But I gave him two prescriptions, and now how shall I ever know which was the wrong oneJ" Roman Faith in Power : Conferred by Sardonyx The Romans, who greatly preferred precious stones which took kindly to engraving or carving, were devoted to the sard, In which they carved and . wore the figures of Greek heroes and gods. Mars and Hercules they wore for courage and victory ;' Mercury for political acumen and legal skill; Ju-piter for success, and Venus for love. It was believed that a sard, hung around the neck, would allay pain, and give attract friends, and Insure conjugul happiness. Its power as marriage charm Is told In the Jingle ' ej Weir sardonyx, or for thee No conjugal felicity. It was also claimed that this stone sharpened the wits of Its wearer, mu i-cing him fearless and victorious, so that In Kome It was very highly re-garded as a talisman for lawyers. Pliny tells of an Impecunious attorney who hired s surdonyx ring to wear In court while defending a young widow.. He won both his case and his' client, at the same time, thus greatly en-hancing his belief in the power of his blrtlistone. Bora oa Fait Train A railway conductor, officials of the line, snd the doctor In attendance es-tablished Huntingdon as the birth-place of a baby born on the Flying Scotsman traveling sixty miles an hour on Its nonstop run from London to Edinburgh. Thoeo Dear Clrlt Eone Florida girls read In a paper that If girls wished to have small mouths they should repeat frequently and rapidly, "Fanny Flnrb fried five flounder fish for Francis Fowler's fa-ther." They have formed societies and ars now repeating the quotation In con-cert. They hops to get their mouths small enough to be kissed. Florida Times Union. Meteor Caa.es Alarm A meteor burst with tremendous oolse In the city of Itlblnsk, Itussla, spitting Ore In all directions. Luckily no damage was caused and no person Injured. The asl.es have been sent to Leningrad for analysis. Loet Hit Partner "Ma'am, I used to be an organist." explained the tramp, "but the monkey dlcd."rnthflnder. Always a Way "She refuses me a lock of her hair." "That's easily remedied these days. Bee her barber." In a dog fight, you might sympathize with the under-do- g if he wouldn't yell so. How Did He Mean It? floss Mike, I'm going to make you s present of this pig. Mike Sure, an' 'tis Just like you. sort Fraternal Lots Reporter There were eight marines and a sailor killed. . Old Salt The poor guy. ; Simple Remedy Her Husband My arm Is lame from reaching In my pocket for money for you. Mrs. Spendlt Ton poor dear I Tm sorry, Why don't you leave your money at home so I can help myself 1 Boston Globe. , Her Choice Julia I've won the $500 prize for the best article on the cruelty of trap-ping wild animals. Jane Is that sot What ars you going to do with It? Julia Well, I think I will get a new fur coat Sweet are the uses of adversity. Il makes good luck, when It does come, look so golden. One can know so much that nothing seems worth while. Beware of ever discouraging a boy In his first Job. That's when his char- - acter Is being made. It Isn't necessary to be a pmde In order to be prudent Honor la Defeat The privilege of going out with the honors of war Is very generally ac-corded to a garrison surrendering after a brave defense. It permits the sol-diers to carry away their arms and In some cases to march out with drums beating and colors flying. But We Do Need It Money alone can't make people hap-py, but It usually Is what Is needed to complete the Job. 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