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\ Mechanical Massage Claimed to Be
t Friend of Humanity.
Indigestion is one of the ranI ; :
Weeds that grow up with civilization.
. Who ever heard of a dyspeptic SIlV-
)1- ' ago ? The man of the stone age had a.
digestion that coulll all but assimilate -
late the tough hide of the mammoth.
Liver lllIs null dyspepsia cures would
have had small sales among the
Indians when WIlliam Penn made his
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the lower the digestive apparatus.
Thiststure shows a form of mechan-
Ical massage which not only tales ; : off
superfluous flesh but It is claimed , actually -
I tually rolls away the terrors of .indi-
j gestlon. Many have testified to Its
I ellicacy.-New York Herald.
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: , Hens Used for Hatching Fish.
Chinese use hens for hatching the
spawn of fish. The method is said to
. , Protect the spawn from those accidents -
; dents which very often destroy a large
t ? , portion of it. Fishermen gather from
the margin and the surface of the
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water all those gelatinous masses
I - .3F. which contain the spawn , and after
S they have found sufficient quantity
. , , . they fill the shell of a fresh hen's egg
which they have , Jreviously emptied ,
I stop up the hole , and put it under a
setting hen. After a certain number
of days the shell is broken in water
warmed by the sun. This done , the
young fry are soon hatched , and are
kept in pure fresh water until such
' ' time as they are large enough to put
into the ponds with the older fish.-
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Butterflies , Not Snow.
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On a trip between Chausey and
Granville islands , with a strong wind
blowing seaward white butterfles
were carried out to sea In such numm
hers they appeared mo lIal\Os of
snow.
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Potato Grew Through Coral.
While a farmer near Seaton Croft ,
Macduff , Scotland , was lifting potatoes .
toes the other day in a field near the
Cottonhlll Quarry he unearthed an ex-
# traordinar3' variety of potato. Time
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tuber was imbedded , or rather im-
, paled on a branch of white coral , and
several of the arms were passing
through the potato In different 11Irec.
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DIVED FOR A LOST WHALE.
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After Huge Mammal. .
The schooner Charles Henson , which
left San Francisco last spring , ostensibly
slblr for a whaling cruise , hut really
to trade for furs , etas arrivell.
During her eight months' cruise she
captured only one whale , 'whlch produced -
duced 2,300 pounds oC bone. The furs
gathered hy trading were sent down
SOllle time ago. Another big whale
was killed , hut on account of the Ice
It was lost. The malllmal , which was
the biggest those on board had ever
seen , came up through one of the
holes In the Ice , and the crew ItlllCiI
It. Before It could be fastened it
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The crews of the schooners Olga
and Chat'les Henson , both vessels be-
Ing operated by the same concern
were unwilling to give up such a prize ,
and Chief Engineer Porter of the Olga ,
go down and secure time whalo. He
cqulpped ( In a diving suit , offered to
descendcII to the bottom of the Arctic
ocean twelve limes and fastened looks ] .
to the whale. I
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But when it came to hoisting it to
the surface It was found to he an impossibility . !
posslblllt on account of the Ice. The
civetfound the whale under a shelf
of ice , and the Ice was fort ' -fiv feet
In thlclmoss. The crews exploded GOO
pounds of powder In an effort to break
tllO Ice. After trying for eight days
they were compelled to give up.
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'fhe Moro holomen are expert with
their long spears , 01' bolos , and machetes -
chetes , but they are poor marksmen
with the modern rlfIe.
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Life's Little Ironies.
Jeremiah Hanigan of Hoclcsessln ,
Del. , escaped the clutches of the hangman .
man after the gallows had been erect-
'd upon which he was to Ille. A few
weeks later he died from the effects
of a badly frozen fool.
William P. Steele of Princeton , l\Id. ,
was killed while selling up a nionu-
ment over his wife's grave. The stone
fell upon him , crushing head and
chest.
It was suggested to the authorities
of Seville , Spain , that the city should
do something to help the Society for
tile Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
'rhe idea was enthusiastically adopted
and a monster bullfight held in the
organization's bphalf.
After fruitlessly wandering over the
hills of Utah for years , Patrick Sulli-
van , an old prospector , died of heart
failure upon discovering a rich mine
near Park CIt ' .
A House Built of Paper.
At vlonoroslm , in Russia , is a paper .
per house. It has been built of blocks
of papier-mache , oven the foundation
and roof being made from that ma-
terial. So , too , are the chimneys , although -
though the paper used In their construction -
struction was first mingled with a fireproof .
proof material. The house , which is
of considerable extent , and will , in the
opinion of architects , outlast such ItS
are built of stone and brick } , was
erected at a cost of over 1000.
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IN MEMORY OF PATRIOT. -
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Quaint Monument Over Grave of Sol
dler of Washington.
In the old burying ground surrounding .
ing the Memorial library at Foxboro ,
Mass" , amid old slabs of slate which
mark the graves of known and un-
known heroes of more than one war ,
is an ancient and quaint monument
that arouses the curiosity of strang-
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It Is Imown as the Howe monument
and according to the Inscriptions upon
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Howe Monument.
It was erected to the memory of Zu'
dock Howe by his friend , Dr. N. Mil'
ler.
adocJc Howe was a revolutionary ;
soldier ' \110 \ ' went out from Foxboro '
and who waR said to have been on the
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hOlly guard of Gen. 1ashington. I
Little hits been preserved of his per- I
sonal record , hut that he was a gal.
lant fighter for his country is gener-
ally cJalmed.
'rhe monument Is also inscribed ,
"To those who view before you're
gone , be pleased to lint the cover on. " I
The cover referred to Is an urn which I
surmounts the stone and which , fastened -
ened by long , cumbersome hooks ,
swings open , and discloses a slate tab-
let inscribed , 'rho grave Is wailing
for your body , and Christ is waiting
for your soul ; 0 may this be your
cheerful study to be prepared when
death do call. "
'rhe granite capstone was wrought
by 1\11' Howe In 1810. lIe died In
1819. ! ) It was repaired by his son , Dr.
Z. Howe , in 1841 , and the whole aC-
fair was repaired br the town's centennial .
tennlal cOllunlUce In 1878.
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Divide this into four purls oC the
same shape and size In such a war :
that there , 'ill be In the first part a
black doll and table , in the second a
white doll and . table , in the third a
white horse wand ball , and in the
fourth a black horse and ball.
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Pheasant Visits Chickens.
A pheasant was recently seen among
the chlclcens on a Great Barrington
farm. On being approached the bird
flew to the woods iu the near vicinity
and has not been seen ! since.
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PROTECTION AGAINST A WITCti.
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Law Invoked to Keep Woman From
Supernatural Detective Work.
Once or twice a year some extraordinary
dlnary piece of evidence finds its way
into the papers oC the survival of the
most primitive forms or witchcraft ,
and of time belief in time same , lu parts
of IJ'olnnd.
As a rule these cases transpire when
the law 1M bl'ol\On by persons 111.trent
lug the supposed witch , as when last
yett1 ' an unfortunate woman was held
on the fire to drive un evil spirit out
of her.
limit the last few ( lays have shown a
novel case , In which time protection of
the law was Involcel1 to protect certain
persons against a witch.
An old Irish peasant woman had suffered .
ferell from the theft or a small sum
of money. Being unnblo to discover
the thief 01' thieves , she had made a
straw image , dressed it up , stuck It
full of pins , and placed it on a bier ,
anl1 proceeded to hold a. "waIte" or
funeral party over it. She then declared -
clared that her Intention was to bury
this image , with suitable invocations ,
with the certain result that ns the
straw of which It was made decayed
away so would the body of the thief
waste and dwindle.
Certain or the neighbors ( possibly
with guilty consciences ) asked that the
police might stop this experiment In
witchcraft , as it gave them great un-
easiness.
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time natural size.
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Lost Calf Found With Wild Deer.
An odd story comes UI from Great
Island , In Portland harbor , In connec
Linn with the leer flltuallun down
there. Last fall a calf belonging to
Frank Stevens strayed away and , although -
though efforts were made to find it ,
could not be located.
Recently , however , some gunners
who were out hunting saw the long
lost calf In company with a deer , and
since that time the two have been
seen together on several occasions ,
sometimes the calf being with several
deer. It is evident that the little ani-
mal has been adopted by the deer or
Great Island and has now become one
of their numbel' It has become as
shy as a deer and in fact lives and
acts just as they do.-Kennebec Jour-
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Mirror That Tells the Truth.
The latest mirror has a tiny electric
battery attached at time back and n
row at incandescent lights extending
nIl the way arol1nd the trame. It Is
being made for an actress who wants
to see herself as others will see her
when she Is standing In the full glare
of the Cootllghts. It is not a bad Idea ,
for the girl who dresses In the dim ,
religious light or a modern apartment
and goeR forth into the searching light
of tiny knows not what a problem she
presents to the eyes oC the world.