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f horse."
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> of mus-
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rea w ritin g ,
sa H m ight
by wrlteris
the bicycle
CAROLANO.
Tbo G o s s m T h a t W e re r t » r » t l a «ha
-B ln M o e o th CewSpvy.
A fte r the advent o f the bouse of H an­
over the favorite games a t court were
"quadrille,** an Improvement o f “om­
bre,** and “eomroerrs." T he gains and
losses o f the kings on 'I queens were, ae
h rale, restricted to IU> guineas, hut oa
T w e lfth Night It was customary tar
thousands to change hands. O a eaa
occasion I-ady Cor. per, a lady la w a it­
ing. refused for the sake o f her chil­
dren to take part In the game, as none
eat dowa to the table w ith leM (baa
£200.
About the year 1740 a rage foe
“whisk," or whist, set In, but a t first
| It was considered too wise a game for
ladles to Join in. Hume, the historian,
never went to bed w ithout his whist,
sad even the great Johnson regretted
that he had not learned to play cards,
la 1743 “ H o rry“ W alpole finds It abso­
lutely necessary to learn “whisk,"
“h a rin g waited in vain for Its M a g
le ft oft." W e find him In another let­
ter threatening to build an a lta r to
■ ra m " to commemorate the escape of
hie charming Duchess of Grafton, who.
It appears, had been playing cania la
Koine whan she ought to h a r t been at
a cardinal's reception, where the finer
fell in and a ll the monslgnores were
precipitated Into the cellar!
Cards were ae very much la evidence
In hie tim e that even Invitations were
frequently Issued and uotea w ritten up­
on the becks o f p la /lu g canto, which
oa th a t account were usually plala.
w ith o u t aay design. The chevalier's
fa rub os order to retreat a t Culloden
was w ritten oa tbs back o f the nine of
hearts.
A fresh attem pt was made la 1739 to
remedy the state of gam bling In Eng-
A ll necessary operations in
writing, billing or statistical work
are accomplished from the key­
board of the ’Eght running, easy
adion Model 10 (Visible)
IF YOU
TOUCH
your tongue to
A LU M
can’t help puckering—-it make» you pucker
to think of tasting it
By the use of to called cheap Baking
Pow ders you lake thia'puckering, injurious Alum
right into your systdn—-you injure digestion,
and ruin your stomach.
You
AVOID ALVM
Ttoyd it made from pure, refined Grape Cream of Tartar—Cost« more
than Alam, but you have the profit of quality, the profit o( good health.
DOCTORS
Nothing has ever equalled it.
Nothing cna ever xnrpzss it.
M O H ’M Ml I Slt)\
A Perfect
Curt :
For All Throat and
Lang Tronbiet
Money t a c t I f It'a lls .
Triet OcWss «we.
A C lev ev TfcleC.
M
Thin Is bow the presence o f mind a nJ
soda city o f a Chicago thief saved him
H o w Ta T l -
from befog locked op: A policeman
F ill a bottle or comme
who recognised hint nnd knew ho won
water ssd 1st It stand t
"w asted" p at him under arrest, w ith
the words, -Y o n a m wanted a t head­
quarters." -Tea. I know,” mpttod tha
thief quickly. - I wan arrested Inst
night and was balled oat this morning.
Yon are too slow." " I t dden look that
yray," said the crestfallen policeman
as be told tbg th ie f be could go, off
which permission tbe tblef lost no
'
the back is also tim e In availing himself. Later, to bis
mnrtncr.g proof thst tha kidneys and blsd- chagrin, the policeman found that the
isr are out of ord-.r
thief hud not been previously arrested.
Wfcst to H e.
i There is M iu fitt In the knowledge to
T h e G lid e d M ao.
I often exprewsd. t'.st Dr. Kilmer's Sv-smp-
At the headwaters o f tbe Orinoco
Root. the great Kidney remedy fulfills every
wish to curing rheumatism, .win to the Spanish traditions located the land of
1 heck, kidneys, liver. I ladder and every part El Dorado, "the glld.-d man.” a («-
sf the urtna-y passage. It corrects tnsblHtv tentnte whose country was so rich In
*0 ii— I-.
, 7 * scalding pain in passing g o ld d u st th a t be had his body anoint­
t, or b id effects .ollowing use of llquar.
ed w ith oil and sprinkled w ith gold ev­
• ; t
- beer, » i t c-rcr—.mss thst ur.pleavant
t
■ y rf ec i j compelled to go often ery morning, so that be shone in the
tm r d a yi| ndtogut up many times sun an though gilded. It In n carious
T -s mild and the extra- fact th a t the country In which tradition
:.i: -i
'x t V f bw nm p-R oot to soon located this marvelous being baa sever
.....
• “L i th* t-h'bsat far its woo- been explored by n w hite b u s .
c I , most atstraasing rims,
■od atae y-,u should have the
to to deny the existence o f tbe great
Den wfljQ have died for their faith and
their country. Xoneenae! T in tbe Inst
plea of a knave and Issues out of the
mouth o f a fool. Tbe sterling strength
o f m an and- w ease n rebukes tt every­
where.—Be hoolmaster.
..io.e about It, both sent
tbsolutely f-ae by mail,
address Dr. Kilmer fc gam* of a w , a.,v
So., Binghamton. H. Y . Whop writing m a r
ttoa reading this generous «tier In this papas.
K ell—H e wrote a lovely poem to M a­
Ontaatoto F a th e r.
/
Gnlsov tired through tbe most even*, bel.
Belle—I know, b at abe got mad and
ful periods o f modern France. II « won
*
J
»
born la 1787 amid the m attering* o f tha tore It ap.
N e ll-T b e Ideal W h y !
revolution. Galnot’s pit rents were mar­
Belle—lie headed It “Lines on M a­
ried by a proscribed Protestant pastor,
and bis blrtb was never legally regis­ bel's Face."—Philadelphia Becord.
tered. Ills father, who was an advo­
cate, need Itls talent for public spank­
ing In tbe Interests o f tbe persecuted
Protestants nnd became a marked man
A fte r living for several weeks In dan­
ger o f bis life lw was at tost arrested,
unw illingly enough, by a gemíanos wba
knew snd respected him.
“Hhall I let you eers|>eT~ M id tto
'Are yon inurricdT" replied II. Gnk
•
T b s C om ed ian -1 t bought yon and
HIM Poner were to bn married thia
"Yes. 1 hove two children."
“And M tiuve 1,“ replied the prisoner,
“but you weald bare to pay for me.
led as go oa."
They went on, and I I . Gnlxot died on
tbs srsffohl s few days later. A t this
time Francois. Uis future statesman,
who was tbs elder o f the two children,
was six and a h alf years old sod al­
ways preserved tbe rscollection o f go­
ing to see bln father in prison, n r w in»
“You a t always complaining about
m y singing. A rth u r, and claim It makes
you nervous, while dear baby foils
asleep as soon os I begin a song.**
“Ob, h»b> Is sm arter than you th ic k .
H e pretends to be asleep so th a t you
w ill atop singing."— Flieguude Biastter.
at strain to
Dr. L. Manouvrlar, the most famous
(sipped sn-
anthropologist In Francs having ob­
ta t the pre-
served
and
studied
unmistakable
i purely an
marks on prehistoric skulls found Itf '
u, and th a t
cis from a
the region of Paris, boldly declares
Thereupon
that the great twentieth esnt.iry sur­
the second
geon Is merely treading to the wake
of skilled practitioners who. without had a bicycle brain, sad hundreds took
sides
In
the
dlscuuil.m.
A
prominent
anaesthetics or autlnepUcc, with blades
of flint Instead of tampered «teal, per­ bicycle academy Inalructor here is posi­
formed l.OO'i oi l.tWo years ago opsro- tive th a t bo has solved the secret The
tiocs requl’ t'ig thorough knowledge three component p a r sof the expression
be ascribes to the follow ing causes:
and oonsum . ate ability.
T he phenomenon of the wild eyes is
" It Is as-aLIlsbid beyond question."
said Dr. M anouriler. “ that trepanning, acquired while learning the a r t I t is
even to day a delicate operation, was eauaed by s painful uncertainty wheth­
not only known In prehistoric times, er to look for the arrival of the floor in
but was practiced far moie exteusirsiy front, behind, o f one side, and, onee fixed
than nowadays. Before
tre p -a .ilng upon the oountensnee, can never be re­
moved.
„1
surgeons must have known of other
T he strained lines about the mouth
operations, the traces nt which have
are das to anxiety lest the tire should
disappeared, like the wooden tools and explode. Variations in these lines are
arms which preosded store. Amputa­ traooable to tha general use of chewing
tions and hons setting required less gum.
-
tmagl'isUon and certainly no mors
T he general foens of the features la
skill than certain openings in skulls indicative of extreme attention direct­
whose perfection to simply amazing. ed to a spot about tw o yards ahead of
Men able to do such work could not be the fro nt wheel. This attention arises
dlsooncerted by small operations. Ar from a suspicion th a t there is probably
for dressing wounds, they most have a stone, b it of glass, upturned tsclc,
understood the a rt perfectly, for tre­ barrel hoop, or other dangerous article
panning requires complicated dress- lying in w a it there. I t is temporarily
loot when the obstacle is struck and
the bicyclist's face makes furrows tn
the ground, b a t reappears w ith In­
creased Intensity a fte r '«very such ex-
tlms saver end men who sre Ir, the pub­
lic e y r to-day »re neted tor 'hCwsblMty
to make stu'h moment <>wnt when they
era at work, and a vs > when hey s rs n t
piny, prrftddwp- Bt».w v»}t Is said* to
slip Into the pocket of his riding nest
paper and pencil I f during his ride ha
should frame a reply to some difficult
qoMtloc brought to hlssttsotton he Juts
It down immediately and doss sot trust
to his m il. ory «President Let-bet of
France, settle, sume of the momentous
questions of state at his breakfast tabla,
when be Is r-r«4ticclly alone and before
his reasoning powers sre dtilrscted by
small snd petty quesJons. Lord Roth-
schil l commerces his lay'a work In bad.
He rooelves his ccnfldeailsl men not
only In bed. but while hats dressing sad
breskfM tlcg.
When he lcs-ss his
country house for town he is ready to
bear about other people’s affairs, bat bs-
fore that time he has dona what many
man wou>u rsgnrd as a «ood day's work
for himself . D r Ingram, bishop nf Lon­
don Is obliged :o travel a great deni,
and be has a special kind of electric
rending lamp flits« Into tfic lustJs of
bis carriage so thst while lbs Is being
whirled through the streets of London
In the evening ho one keep^p his lltsr-
REMARKABLE LUNG CURE.
New Yorkers who have been advised
by their physicians to seek out-door
work In tho country, and who lack
either mesas or opportunity for mak­
ing the ll.s g iv ln g change need not
despair says :be Harald
Wonderful
out-door cure« are being worked right
In the h.-art of tbs city. A most rs-
jn a r k a ^ f i ase to that of a young cler-
'’ v i n an
ir t w
h f i for
f n r fh
ta I (not
ah * m
iw h t or
nr n
ln n
'iym
who
the
sight
ulna
iionthi has been le>-torlng on a sight
-salug osch
Lost M m m er he w ent
o Oxford college England, for a aps­
is! ccur.s of «tody, dating which his
health gave way. and he relumed to
(merles with fnndi exhausted sad tha
rerdlct of nervous prostration snd tu ­
berculosis hanging over his head. His
New York physician told him to seek
out-door employment at .once, snd the
young man secured bis present posi­
tion as lecturer to sightseers A t first
his voice almost tsDsd him, but as be
became accustomed to talking la tha
cold s ir the cough stopped and hie
tones bo-sms d ea r and firm. All win­
ter tong ha mads bis daily trip. Alow
"the spot’’ on bis lung has faded, and
In n d d ltlo rto his weekday Work ' In
Naw York ba c o m to, Trenton, N J ,
each Bunday to conduct mission ser­
vices. He tntecds to remain oa tbs
coneb s n til foil, oy wblnk time bis pby-
a lits - promlsM th a t the ears wilt be
“ Jt is a singular fact,” said an elec­
trician o f this city, “th a t the human
body is capable of becoming mors or
less inured to shocks from live wires.
1 suppose the average scientist would
scout the idea, but whet I say is horn-
out by every-day experience. The em­
ployes of a big electric lig h t works,
for Instance, sre continually rscelvin,;
shocks th a t would disable an ordinary
man, but are apparently none the worse
fo r the experience. I rfrr.oir.ber some
time ago tt couple of young fellows
came in contact accidentally w ith a live
w ire and both received exactly the same
current. One of them was a helper
around a dynamo nnd had met w ith
mishaps of thst sort before. He was
knocked off his feet a ad m om entarily
stunned, but was all rig ht In less than
tw o minutes. The other man, who was
s stranger, fell over as- If struck )iy
lightning, and It wr.s fully h a lf an hour
before he showed the least signs of re.
turning conscicusness. Ha was laid up
fo r several days and, oddly enough,
was much more powerful, physically,
o f the pair. I have known several cases
p f prnrtically the tame sort, 'd ie mo,
tormen on the street cars frequently
•get the current,’ ns they call It, ra­
pe« ¡ally in rainy weather, when wet
wood becomes a conductor. They tell
ase th ry don’t mind It much n ite r the
first few times. It Is c rrtalu ly difficult
to understand bow repeated shocks can
fo rtify tbe system against the myste­
rious fluid, but the fact to as I state.
I ’ll leave the explanation to somebody
BIGGEST VASE IN WORLD.
Giant Haca ofs Cut Glass from fit.
Louis b p o sitio n Is aa I b o v
la Pittsburg.
Pittsburg, Pa.— The largest piece of
eat gloss ever exhibited In the United
States Is on display in a local dcpsrt-
i man I store, where It douLtlero w ill be
visited by thousands ol ndtntrers of bo«
crystal. The mammoth exhibit has ar­
rived from the B t. Louts exposiLon and
w ltt remain in Pittsburg.
I The piece was maevrsetnred by n
glass company of Philadelphia, n.id wnn
awarded a special prise by the w orld«
. fa ir Judges. A fter M n g displayed In
the leading cities la the <»iuntryit w ill.
, be taken bock to Philadelphia and w ill
be placed In vne of tbe state builjtogs
J In Fairm ont park. The glass la cut la
the form of n gigantic vase, live feet
seven Inches In bright, and weighs MU
pounds. I t to Afiusu st gl.tob.
■ A ll tbs colors of tbs prism are reflect­
ed la the gorgeous figures which have
I bean cut from the great crystal column.
Tbs c u ttln r -equlrsd over f .UOu stork­
ing hours f t lac men. nnd all the stock
pattern? w ilk tbs naw "Louisiana Pnr-
sknae' star, combine to make tfin work
one of no ephemeral beauty