The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909, February 16, 1906, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextAbsolutely Pure A GRAPE CREAM OF TARTAR BAKING POWDER It makes the most delicious and healthful hot breads, biscuit and cake FREE FROM ALUM, LIME OR PHOSPHATIC ACID JAlum baking powders are unhealthful. Do not use tHem fo raising food under any circumstances. So detrimental are alum baking powders considered, that in most foreign countries their sale is prohibited. In many States in this country the law com pels alum powders to be branded to show that they contain this dangerous acid, while in the District of Columbia, Congress has prohibited the sale of all food that contains alum. Alum baking powders are sold to consumers at from 10 cents a pound to 25 ounces for 25 cents, or 25 cents a pound, : and when not branded may generally be distinguished by ihelc -. price. 4 LITTLE OF "Kid" MoCoy.tho prize tighter, has married a widow with three youug children. This thoroughly disproves -the charge that Mr. McCoy lucks grit. ituBBla exchanged 1,8(50 Japanese prisoners for 04,000 Russians. Japan may not mean it that way, but.it looks a good deal like adding insult to In- . jury. A Pittsburg physician who sued a ' widow for breaob of promise is now married to her. This is a new mothod of goiiig to oourt a wlfo by first tak ing a wife to oourt. Tho proposition to limit salaries ot 810,000 a year would get moro general support if II wore amended to make it a proposition to increase all salaries to 810,000 a year. Only 80,000,000 of the sum Phlladel ' phla's filtration system oosc her was . nnf aolun ult-lHt H. nl I.!..!...... mi.l. is very moderate, considering that the total Bumo was 918,000,000. 'SWe should always, " said the Jail wrangelist, "consider any olroiim stance which adds wolght to the stops wo take " "I dp," murmured the convict, sadly, 'as he oast a casual glanoe at tho ball and ohiiiu. Haiti- . more Amorloan. ' Congressman Longsworth's reoord ' lias boon pretty thoroughly sonrohod since the announcement of his eugago ment co Miss Itoosarolt aud tho most blomlau on it scorns to bo that ho .plays the fiddle. A friend wishes to know what ho can do to mako his hired mnu con tented. It dopouds upon tho Ulan, but ns a general rulo. If yon will do -all tne milking and chores, got a good ooklng hired girl, tho ohauoos aro hat he will bo oolitouted, but If uot you should ilro him aud do It quickly. A KaUBUS womnn. Mrs. A. .1. Ktnnrl ' toy, of Lincoln, has boen awarded a prlzo of $250 by a Boston llnu for tho beet auswor Jto tho question, "What constitutes suocosaf" rolatos tho Kan sas City Star. She worto: "Ho has achlcvod unctions who bus lived well, laughed ofton, nud loved much ; who has gained tho rospoct of intelligent men and tho love of llttlo ohildiuu; who has tilled his niche and nooom pllahod his task; who has loft the CATAM RH Every Catarrh sutterer dreads the return of cold weather, for at the first cold breath of the season this plague of Winter is fanned into life with nil Its miserable symptoms. The nostrils are stopped up, mid n constant dropping- of mucus back into the throat keeps up a continual hawking and spit ting, the patient has dull headaches, riiiRiiijr noises In the cars and a half ick, depressed feeling all the time, livery inner lining and tissue of the hody becomes inflamed, and secretes an unhealthy tnntter which is absorbed into the blood aud distributed to nil parts of the body, and the disease be comes constitutional. The catarrhal poison brings on stomach troubles, affects the Kidncva and Bladder, attacks the soft hmn nf tin. tlnwr .....l head and if not checked leads to Consumption. A disease so deep-seated and dangerous cannot be washed out, neither can it be smoked away. Sprays, washes, inhnlntions, etc., arc useless, because they only reach the membranes and tissues, while the real cause ot the disease is in the blood. S. S. S. cures C.-itarrh because it attacks it through the blood; it goes into the circulation and drives out all unhealthy necumulaf ions and catarrhal iuanwi, auu wnen mis is none every PURELY VEGETABLE. ""'. "inching the blood nud building up the entire system, cures Cntnrrh permanently. II Tu have Catarrh do not waste time with local remedies, but begin S. S. S. nd write for, our book and any medical advice without charge. THE S Win SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, G A. world better than he found it, whetb r by an Improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a resoued soul; who has never laoked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express It; who has always, looked for the best in others and givon the cost he had ; whose life was an Inspiration ; whose memory a benediotlon. Anton Rodonick, of Chioago, left his bed at 3 o'clock in the morning, attired only in a uightrobe, walked barefootod four blooks, broke a plate- glass window in an undertaker's shop, entered nnd.weut to bed in a oolllu. At daylight a policemau discovered the break aud found Rodouiok still asleep. Br. Woodward, president of the Carnegie Institute, declares that as tronomy is the most Important, the most practical aud the' most useful of all the soiences. ''(Jallleo, Newton and La Plaoe did more to ndvanooe the human rane thnujporhnps all other men put together, " suid Professor Woodward the otbor day. "Their servloos to mankind have been the most piaotioal aud the most impor tant of all ohielly because they have sot meu to thinking Btraight. Gener ally our thinking is crooked. Astron omy has put order into the (solar sys tem ; it has largely eliminated super sition from the inlluouoes which con trol the world. If it were uot for as tronomy we would still be cousutling mldwives. Astronomy has partlcally baunlshod superstition and fear In the human raoe. All trade and com- nieroe depeud upon iufoiumtiou .fur nished us by thederolopmut of astron omy. Navigation Is absolutely de pendent upou it. Mothusalawas all right, you bet I' or a good old sold was he, Thoylsay ho would be Uvinii vet. Had ho taken Rocky Mountain Tea nitiKio'surug btoro. The Proper Caper. Tom Ilorel lou'vo stnrted your noto to Burroughs "Dr. Sir." Don't you know that sort of abbreviation Is very slovenly ? Dlek No, sir. "Dr." Is all right In this case. lie owes me money. Philadelphia Tress. Experienced Mnn. Bho Is my hat on straight? He I presumo It Is on tho way you want It. It Is not on horizontal. Somcrvlll Journal. ' A man cannot escape In thought any more Uum he can iu language from tho past nud tho present. Subscribe for The Mail. THE PLAGUE OF WINTER parr oi me system receives a supply of rum, pure mocxt. men me Hummed mem branes and tissues heal, nil discharge censes, the depressed feeling of the body is relieved, and every symptom passes nwny. S. S. S. goes to the very root of the trouble, and by purifvini! Klamath County News. Klamotn Fain Republican U. D. drizzle, the marble dealer, has gone to Lakeview to solicit business. He has boen in Klamath Falls the past live years and all his work has been satisfactory, aud be also guaran tees bis work. He goes well recom mended by the people of Klamath oouuty. . H. Boivlu, a plumber of Ashland, Das oeeu iu tne city tne past week. looking for a looaticn. He has cured accommodation from J. C. Mou gold, who will put up a building for his use on Mam street. Mr. Boivln will ship over about a 4000 stock of plumbing Kooils from Ashland. and ex peoets to be ready fur business about me miauie or Jiurcf. D. D. Griltltb, ohlef engineer of the California Northeastern Railroad, was iu tue city on DUBiuess baturaay. Mr. Griffith stated that tha nermannm survey of the railroad was oompleted to the Klamath Pass, and that the pre liminary work was beinff nushed on toward this ettv as fast as the weather conditions would permit. The euei neeriug crew is uow within ten miles of Klamath f alls and working stead ny. Suoerinten lent H. O. Wilson, of the Klamath reservation, and E, L. Swartztander and M. F. Loosley, were own irom tne Agenoy Sunday. Mr. Wilson was called to Washington and left the first of the week. He will probably be absent about a month. While be did not know the nature of the business on whiob he was called to Wasnington, it is probable iu oou nection with the bill introduced iu the senate by Mr. 1' ultou for the set tlemeut with the Indiana for the land grant to the Oregon & California Road Company. An elfort will he made bv the Water users' association to nave tne ruani ath nrojeot carried forward as ranidlv as possinie, instead or constructing it slower seotion by seotlon, Chief En gineer Newell, when here, stated that tne worn on tne lilauiatn project would oo oonstruotea just as slowly or as raat as would meet with the con venieuoe of the land owners. On ao oount of the large amount of excess land whioh would nave to be disposed of before a water riant would be grantd, It was deoided that It would be neoessarv to ao slow with the work. As muoh of this excess land has af ready been disDosd of. the association is of the belief that there Is no farther ocoaBion for delay. That the business houses of this oitv are Keeping paoe wito tne ramd growtn ana improvement ox toe town and oounty is being proven every day. One of the latest evidences of this faot was the aotion of the Klamath County Bank, the oldest banking in stitution la the oity, whiob inoreased its capital stock from 50.000 to 8100 - 000, all fully paid up. for the coti venieneo and aooommodation of their extensive patronage in the southern part of the oounty it has also been deoided to open a branch bank at the towu of Merrill. Arrangements are already being made for this purpose and In a very short time, the growing town of Merrill will be able to boaBt of a bank with unlimited capital buck or it. roin Klamath Kxprtm At the last meeting of the countv high sohool board it was deoided to take steps to add a thorough commer cial course to tne nlgn school. Ao ooidlngly Prof. T. C. Rawley has beeu em ploy d to take oharge of that de partment, rie aouies trom Minneap olis, lie will probably teaoh book keeping, mathematics aud nennian- sblp. This will relieve tne other tenobers of extra work tbev have beeu compelled to do , aud will also allow tne organization or other elasses. He Is a graduate of the advanced oourse of tne btate Normal School of Iowa, On Tuesday of last week Hank O'Brien, Pat and Jimmv Colahan and Johnuio Anrleson loft the Cnlahnn ranoh for the reservation, on snow suoes, on tno nunt ror Horses, each taKiug a blanket, ropes, ote., aud pro visions ror tnree davs. 'inev louruev- ed to the head of Trout oreek oa'nvou. theuoo dowu toward Spraguo river anu uortnwest toward the region known as Coum Cauui, below Saddle niountulu. Tnoy had somo fuuuy ex periences. The snow was to 5 feet deep aud the surfaoo was very unoven. Somotlmos soft nud In other plaoes hard. on tho surfaoe, causing the trav eler to take frequent "headers." At one place O'lirlen crossed a big log, which was Dart of a fannn. nn n hill. side. He climbed tho log or fallen tree aud thou pltchod head tirst down tho other side. One of the heels of his snow shoo oaught on the stump of a limn sticking nbovo the log and left him suspended, boels up. nud head in tho snow. He snys he worked there unit an noui ueroro ho could set his knife out, raise himsolf up high enough to out the lonthor that held his foot to tho shoe. Nuno of tho others of tho party woro nenr to help him out' of his trouble Tho party returned to" Cola ban's Thursday evening, bringiug elghtoeu horses with them all pretty well worn dowu nud exhausted. Tho horses found had their niuues aud tails eulon otf. Tho horses were wild, but not hard to oatoh, booaiiBo thev could not travel muoh in the deep suuw. rat ana iiitnmy uoiuiinn,jaiiu nie Anderson, Ross Sutton and nnotu nr'mnn have gone again (to tho Coum uiinni oountry to iiuiko n more thor ough eearoh for stray horses. Last Monday night n number of por sons Interested Iu tho horticultural development of Klamath oounty met, at the court house and organized themselves Into the "Klamath Countv Horticultural Society." A. O.Stenrns was eleoted president aud;E, 1. Applo ante, secretary. 0. A. Stenrns.U. W, V bite and Robt. Casey were named as tho exeeutivo committee. The nros- ent oojeot ot tne society Is to clean up tho fruit trees iu nud about Klam ath L' tills, gradually enlarging its seopo of territory nud usefulness. A letter was ronil from A. 11. Carson, horticultural commissioner for the i bird district. He etronulv advised that tho county court be petitioned to nppolni n oounty horticultural in spector. This and other matters of Importance will be taken up bv the oxeuutlve committee. Thooa preseut at. tho mooting express themselves as Doing determined to ncoomnllah somo thing. While nearly every mnu who cwns a fruit tree iu Klamath I'allp has expressed himself ns being heartily in favor of a niovomeut of this kind, mighty few of them have shown their Interest by coming out to the meet ings. It is nil right with most of them as long ns tho other fellow does the work. What rew fruit tree wo have ought to bo inado to show what they can do. liot each man do his part nud the tlilug is done. Thero will be an other meeting next Tuesday evening nt the oourt house nt which tlmo the committee on spraying will submit their report on probable cost of spray ing material and pumps. Subscribe for Tub Mail. Massacre of Foreigners Planned. CHICAGO, Keb. 12. A dlspatoh to the Inter Ocean from Cincinnati says Wong Foug, former secretary of the Six Companies In San Francisco, who is visiting In this city, Bays be thinks the Boxer trouble in China Is about to culminate in the greatest massacre of modern times. He issued the lol- lov 1 ig wtra'uii to several Americau friends last night, telegrapbiug it to Pac fl: eoi 8 oitiet: "The blow is about to full. Cable waruiugs'to friends to leave China at once, Tell tnetu to seek protection of Germany temporarily, aud to got out of country before February21th. Foug is visiting Ah Lo Wal, the wealthiest of the local Chinese res! dents, and after the messages were sent, explained their purport as fnl lows: - "I received word yesterday that the order had beeu sent out to the subordinate eirole of the Chinese Reform Association, to throw off all the foreign elements in our oountry, starting Febiuary 24th. The assoeia tion is ostensibly patriotic. " Have Armed Constabulary, PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 12.-Uuder authority of a measure euaoted at tne last session ot the Pennsylvania legis lature, an organization known as the state constabulary has been periected, In antloipation of trouble that may ensue on April 1 when tbo ooal min ers are expected to inauguurate the greatest labor struggle of modern times. When this big walkout of laborers is made co militia will be called out and no Pinkertou men will be em plyed, as in former troubles in this state, but in their place will be con etabulary, composed of craek horse men and good shots who have been pioked for the place they oocupy. )eej)s s jo opts- qmos aqi ?B eoAO em uo mjod b o) jSijs -qijou )90is H JO )ooj arri'uicui 2ui pua)xe 03AO eq) jo dJis jooj-Xiju B Supajquia puB ssojou Avu. jo )q3J v amepuoo O) jns c pou 'jftredraoo eqi aoj osunoo pueueS puu )aopsejd-eoA 'weujeg; f ueqAi . 'peujaouoo B omemuions jo ujo;seAt oq? om Ximo sb JU; os 'uovu3tii s? po-reo ipui A'treUuioo pjojubu oupBd UJ31B3AV aqj, g qaj o;uoanuoBS 'jeijdeo u sueid 3Ul3ed UJ9)S3AA SI Jeqopo 'jCep-iniug o '9 jeqopo 'Xepjn-jas jeq?9 oq tM ;np &n puu 'aaej ?se eqi uj su 'sorun XsivmXOJdde oq eomnqp qj. 'puaisi Suori uj -)noj0 ncssax 4U.1 J3A0 eq itjAL 31 .reoA puooes oqi J '9061 u Ajjunoo sjqy u ooa(d '-W eona dna iqJaPmiA oqj jboX faiqj eqi joj oi 'qej 3N eoey omv Bjg ess l eoH9iuv Glattone. . The old feudal lords of England were the biggest bogs on earth. Their life was made up ot the chase, gluttony and drunkenness. Tho habit of glut tony was handed down to them. It came directly from Lucullus and his Imitators. There is no doubt that Lu cullus, held up before us as the table saint, ate himself to death. It was not only the quantity of food be ate, but Its quality as well, that put 80 mis erable an end to him. Fielding proved mnny years ago that there was a large amount of fudge about Lucullus. On general principles he was, from a cu linary point of view, a fraud. A single supper at which Cicero and Pompey were guests Is said to have cost blm EO.OOO dennrl (about S8.SO0), but he probably served his guests a feast of barbecued sow, topped off with cher ries. He was excessively vain of his cherries, and, ns for his sow, she was always served high. London Spectator. The Onion. Onions aro really sweeteners of the breath after the local effects have pass ed away," snys one learned doctor. This statement Is not In accordance with our own experience; therefore wo avoid onions. We nre still further Informed by the same nuthority thnt onions cor rect stomach disorders aud carry off tho accumulated poisons of tho sys tem. They provide a blood purifier that all may freely use. Eaten raw an onion will often check a cold lu the hend. One small onion eaten every night before retiring Is this well known doctor's prescription for numerous af fections of tho head and Is highly rec ommended for sleeplessness. Person ally, wo nre never troubled with any of these complaints nud therefore still look upou this strange vegetable as something to avoid. Vegetarian. Alarket Report This list will be changed each week as prices change: Wholesale Ft ice Retail price Flour. . if 114 per ton J2.00 per 100 lbs llrnn . . $20 per ton $1 .10 per 100 lbs Middlings S25 per ton. $1.40 nor 100 lbs R Hnrlev 2t! per ton. ..$160 per 100 lbs HKTAII. PRICE. Wheal 5Sc Hats 40 Hurley SI. 10 per 100 lbs otntocs si.uuper It'll Ir t'.ggs, nor aoz illller, per to 'S-ic Mentis, white dry, ;l.!Hi per 100 Ibi Hcnns, red dry, per lb ,'le Onions $1.25 per 100 lbs Itiicon, per lb 11c Hams, tier lb ... -12c Shoulders, per lb lie .aru. per lb 10c Hogs, live, per lb 4 lof Heel, llvo, nor lb sro H! Mutton, per lb 4c Chickens, spring $2.00 to $3 00 Chickens, old $4.00 lo $450 Hiiy lulled, grain 10.00 HOLUSTEfl'S Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets & buif Mrdlolne rer tfn;y reople. Brtngl Oolln Health and Renewed Viror. A HtwH-lllc for Cenitlpition. livHcfwtton. I.lve Bleed, H,f fresttl. Pi mar-it-. M'pnvi. iuniir h nowv's Hoft.tnW-.f mul Itiu-ktlolie. It'sK.vkvMo'iiitrtlnTV:! 'n tan 1ft fonn. S.1 ivr:, n tv-T. f'-nieine mmle b tlnuusmn !s-.i Cosiiu-y, l:,.Utt. Wu. C0LDEN NP.15ETS F0 SM '.0W PEOPLF Dr. Hinkc, Central Pnint,0re Middle Asee Perfnmers. The great perfumers of the middle Iges were, it appears, the Arabs. The fashion of using perfumery came Into west Europe through the crusades. Italians were the great dealers lu It and often sold disguised subtle poisons In their perfumes. Catherine de' Modi cl, llko many of her ancestors, gained her private and public endB through vois6uous perfumes. Cardlnnl Riche lieu first saw what a business could be treated by distilling the field and or ange grove flowers of Provence. Anne of Austria, the wire of Louis XIII., could uot go a moment without her scent bottle and liked to have her liueu scented. Vc!:nlre spoke of the per fuufed bath us the luxury of luxuries. The sunny hills of the Vnr became n mine of wealth and remain so to this day, for the scent distilled from flow ers hus a subtle delicacy which still gives It the primacy. The Empress Josephine gave another great stimulus to the scent Industry. She constantly held before her mouth dainty lace bor dered lawn pocket handkerchiefs, on which she had sprinkled some delicious perfume. London News. Blamarek and the Ambassador. One day tho Austrian ambassador to the federal diet, Count Kechberg, received a dispatch instructing him to vote with Prussia for a certain Impor tant measure, accompanied with a con tldentlal letter directing him to induce the representatives of tho other Ger man states to vote against the measure nud thus defeat It. In his baste he handed the wrong paper to Bismarck, who read and returned It, with the re mark: "There must bo some mistake here." Rechberg saw his blunder and grew pale and excited. "Don't be disturbed," said Bismarck. "You did not Intend to give me this document, and there fore you have not given It to me, and I am wholly Ignorant of Its contents." In fact, be made no mention of It In his official reports and thus won Rech bergs gratitude, besides having blm henceforth "on the hip." Mineral In Food. Minerals In our food form an impor tant ingredient as regards our nutri tion. They seem to assist the digestion of our foods and are needed to complete the composition of many fluids of the body. Thus the salt In tears Is poetic and proverbial both, and salt Is also necessary for the perfection of the gas tric Juice of the stomach. The phos phate of lime (In which oatmeal, by the way, Is rich) Is needed for building bones, and there is not a fluid of the body, from the blood to the saliva, for which certain minerals are not neces sary. Too much mineral matter, taken, for example, In overhard water, Is In jurious. Therefore all hard water should be softened before use. . Such wa ter produces constipation and dyspepsia and Is apt to cause kidney troubles. 'Rosaettl'e Use For an Elephant. Gabriel Rossettl bad a penchant for wild animals. He was with difficulty prevented at one time from purchasing for a very large sum a young elephant Browning said to him, "what on earth will you do with him, Gabriel?" and Rossettl replied: "I mean to teach him to clean the windows. Then when some one passes by the house he will see the elephant cleaning the windows and will sny, 'Who lives In that house?' and peo ple will tell him, 'Oh, that's a painter called Rossettl,' and ho will say, 'I think I should like to buy one of that man's pictures.' So he will ring to come In, and I shall sell him a picture." Ueelea Bxpenae. An old couplo fell 111 of old age to gether. The husband died, but the wife had more vitality. On the day follow ing her husband's death she was bet ter, and the doctor was congratulating himself on the success of his treat ment But the woman's point of view was different. She complained bitter ly, for, as she forcibly pointed out "Ef ee'd lat me alone one funeral 'ud a done for us two, an' look what It'll cost now berrying two of us separately!" A Proline Writer. While I was writing "Gladys Fane" I was doing my full work for the Leeds Mercury and was not only editing the paper, but wns writing for It an aver age of twelve columns a week. "Gladys Fane" Is a long story, containing 1G0, 000 words. I wrote it during my scanty leisure iu exactly sixteen weeks, or at tho rate of 10,000 words n week. Auto biography of Sir Weiuyss Reid. Door Keyn In Sweden. A door key bung outside n house In Sweden Is n sign the family are not at home. The custom is more courteous to callers than tho American practice of allowing tho visitor to "find out by as certaining" through futile bell ringing or button punching, but It requires a greater confidence In your fellow man, Justifiable perhaps In Sweden. Sympathy. It may Indeed be said that sympathy exists In nil minds, ns Faraday has discovered that magnetism exists In all metals, but a certain temperature is required to develop the hidden proper ty, whether In the metal or the mind. Bulwer. A Mean Question. Weddcrly Today Is the tenth anni versary of my marriage. Singleton Well, what do you expect? Wedderly Which do I expect? Singleton Yes, congratulations or sympathy? nnash on the Men. Mrs; Iloyle 1 believe that my hus band Is lending n double life. Mrs. Doyle You ought to be satisfied thero days If he Isu't leading a triple life. Flying kites may be brought bock by pulling In the string, but flying words have ao strings to them. Drenil Cpon the Waters. When Victor Hugo wns In exile In Brussels ho asked llochefort to stnnd godfather to his son Chnrles. lloche fort accepted and In looking for a suit able present saw In a curiosity shop window a silver table ornament which nttrncted him aud which he bought, though tho price wns So.OOO francs. Wheu nfter 1S70 llochefort wos sent to New Caledonia and his property confiscated Victor Hugo sold the ornn ment for the benoflt of Kochefort's family. It turned ont thnt It was the work of Benvetiuto Cellini, and It brought In 200,000 francs. Sour Stomach Mo appetite, loss of strength, ntmaf ness, headache, constipation, bad breath, (enetai debility, sour risings, and catarrh ef the stomach are all due to Indigestion. Kedol cures Indigestion. This new dijeovory repre sents the natural Julcea of digestion as Uitr exist In a healthy alomach, combined vita Iho grealesl known tonic and reconstructive properties. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure does not only cure Indigestion and dyspepsia, but thla famous remedy curea all stomach treublu iy cleansing, purifying, sweetening and itrengthenlng the mucous membranes llaln the stomach. Mr. S. S. Bill, of Rmniwood. W. Vl., sejrti I was troubled with sour Monuch lor twsntr jeers Koeol cured nt and ws are now mint H to nu for biby." Kodol Digest What You Eat Bottles oolr. J 1 .00 Site holdlnt 2H tlmei Ike trie) size, which telle tor SO cents, ('repass, by I. O. OsWITT OO,, OHItUM For Sale by Chas. Strang . Thnckcrar's Portrnlt. The following story furnishes nn ex ample of the manner lu which Thack eray did uot hesitate to trent what he considered vanity In others. After long pleading his family Induced the famous novelist to sit for his portrait, and Lawrence, tho painter, gladly under took the task. Soon nfter the picture was completed Thackeray chanced to be dining at his club when a pompous officer of the guards stopped beside the table and snld: "Haw, Thackeray, old boy, I hear Lawrence has been painting yer por trait!" "So be hns," was the reply. "Full length ?" "No; full length portraits are for sol diers, that we may see their spurs, but the other end of the man Is the princi pal thing with authors," said Thack eray. Can Talk Without Tonstne. "There seentB to be a mistaken Im pression abroad," remarked a doctor the other day In speaking of the case of a man who had his tongue cut out lu un effort to cure a case of cancer of that member, "that when a man Is unfortunate enough to lose bis tongue thenceforth all power of speech 1b denied him. This 1b not so. While it Is true that not many men survive this operation for nny great length of time, It Is equally true that they can speak so long as they live and with only a comparatively slight Impediment In their utterances. If you will hold a pencil crossways between your teeth and speak while It remains In that po sition you can get Just the effect it has on human speech when the tongue Is entirely removed." Sea or Desert t If It be true, as conjectured by the latest explorers, thnt Lake Chad Is rap- Idly drying up, the process will proba bly be regarded by the geologists as simply a continuation of one which has been going on for ages In northern Af rica. The whole of the Sahara was certainly once either an arm of tho sea or a vast lake, and Lake Chad is probably only the final remnant of thnt huge sheet of water. The Sahara sea must always have been very shallow, fact which made Its evaporation easy, and Lake Chad Is reported to be little more titan n morass over the greater portion of Its area. Giving Them Fits. Some years ago George F. Haley of Blddeford was trying his first criminal case before the supreme Judicial court of Maine, with Chief Justice John A. Teters on the beuch. Mr. Haley was In the middle of his plea when a man In the audience fell over In a convulsion. The young lawyer stopped, disconcert ed. "Go on, sir; go on," said the chief jus tice. "You're giving them fits!" An Honest Thief. On leaving a Paris theater a German gentleman felt for his watch. It wns gone. 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