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MMtWWWiMMII CLEANSES THE SYSTEM EFFECTUALLY; DISPELS COLDS. AND HEADACHES DUE TO CONSTIPATION. BEST FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN-YOUNG AND OLD. TO GET ITS BENEFICIAL EFFECTS -ALWAYS BUY THE GENUINE. MAHUFACTtMED BY. THE SOLD BY "ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS One size only. Regular price 50a Borne Red Squirrel and llroirnf all. If the red squirrel is lnrllncd to de stroy moth nests he can perhaps be made a 'powerful ally In the work. The Record this week secured what seems to be confirmation of this dis covery by a case on High street where two red squirrels have their home. Last year only seven nests were found on the trees in the vicinity of th borne of these squirrels, and this year when the nests are twenty times as thick In other places, only four are found In the same trees. It would be desirable for all who have opportunity to observe the habits of red squirrels to note what they have done In other places In clearing trees of browntail nests. Brunswick Record. CURED OF DROPSY, Another Victor? (or Dona's Kldnar Till. J. M. Houston, 417 So. Fifth St., Hoopeston, 111., says: "I had been in a critical condition for two years. My back was so sore and painful I could not turn In bed. I had chills and hot flashes and became so dizzy I scarcely dare walk. My feet and ankles were so badly swoll en I could not wear my shoes nor leave the house. My kidneys were in very bad shape, and I had great trouble with the secre tions. I thought my time had come. Doan's Kidney Pills, however, cured me and the cure has been perma nent." Remember the name Doan'a. For sale by all dealers. 50 cents a box.' Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. T. "If he's not drowned or kidnaped or devoured by animals, the shock will kill him separated from us all! My Joey, my " and then Mrs. Benson became Incoherent. Indeed, the thought of the agony the four-year-old child must be endur ing was harrowing. Of course, eVery l)dy not actually In hysterica expected the child would be found; but even Uncle Ned was disturbed at the pic ture of that tender little fellow, alone In all these acres of park, lout from all his relatives. Finally, on tho strength of a rumor that a "lost kid" had been carried to the Btation house in the park, Undo Ned hurried there, lit? found little Joey In the most pathetic of all roles, that of the Lost Child. "Where have you hi en all the time?" asked Joey, win u finally lie recognized the existence of hln unci.;. Seated com fortably on tho kneo of a bis polico man, Joey was busy with a plump ' banana. Two mure bin. ' blue-coated mi l), just' reeoverln;; ' from roars of laughter at some remark of the Lost Child; stood ready with more bananas and randy. "What did you get lusted for, mam ma 'n everybody?" demanded Joey, reaching for candy and Kindly sparing time for one mildly rebuking glance at his relative. "If you hadn't got losted 'wfty f'om me, I'd'a" brought you here wlv me, where all the p'llcemana live." Trials eC a Lecturer, K. well known Englishwoman lectur er tells' some stories at her own ej pense. "I was," she says, "on a tour through the provinces, and one night as I ap peared on the platform in a small town the chairman introduced me to my au dience In the following way: 'You have tieard of Mr. Gladstone, the Grand Old Man. Let. mo now Introduce to you the grand old woman.' This was In ttcded as a sincere compliment. 'On another occasion a bluff old farmer who boasted of his ability to look on all sides of a question an nounced me as follows: 'This lady's come here to talk about her rights. She's hired the hall herself, and to aho's got a rl to be here, nnd if any of you don't like what she's got to say you've got an equal right to wall.- cut In t middle on't.' " i . . . . J A Happy Day Follows a breakfast that is p'eusin and healthful. Post Toasties p!t:asin and lua'tliful, brinar smiles of satisfac tion to the whole family, "The Memory Lingers" Popular I'kc- 10c family size, 15c. P.tum Cereal Co., Ltd. ft"t Creek, Mich. n n n n n n THE QUICKENING :by: FRANCIS n u n n Coprrlfbt, 1906, by CHATTER VIII. (Continued.) The limcstono r'ke was the same, nd the creek wns still rushing noisily over the stones In Us bed, as, Tom re marked, gratefully. Hut the heaviest of tho buffets came when the barrier hills were passed nnd the surrey hors.'S mndo no motion to turn In at the gate of the old onk-BbliiKl'd house beyond tho Iron-works. "llol.l on!" nald Tom. "Doesn't tho driver know where wo live?" "That's the superintendent's office and lab'ratory now, son. It was getting to be tolerably noisy down here for your mammy, so nlh to the plant. And we allowed to s'priso you. We've been bulldln' us a new house up on the knoll Just this side o' Major palmcy's." It was the crudest of the changes the ono hardest to bear; and It drove the boy back Into the dumb reticence which was a part of his birthright. Had they left him nothing by which to re member the old days days which were already beginning to take on the glamour of unutterable happiness past? Tom saw well-kept lawns, park-like groves and pretentious country villas where he had once trailed Nance Jane through the "dark woods," and his father told him the names and circum stance of the owners ns they drove up the pike. There was Rockwood, the summer home of tho Stanleys, and The Dell, owned, and Inhabited at intervals, by Mr. Young-Dickson, of the South Tredegar potteries. Farther along there was Falrmount, whoso owner was a wealthy cotton-seea ouyer; noun. Hill, which Tom remembered as the ancient roostlnc ground of the migra tory winter crows; and Farnsworth Park, ruralizing the name of its build er. On the most commanding or irie hillsides was a pile of rough-cut Ten nessee marble with turrets and many gables, rejoicing in the classic name of Warwick Lodge. This, Tom was tobl was the country home of Mr. Farley himself, and the house alone had coat a fortune. At the turn In the pike where you lost sight finally of tho Iron-works, there was a new church, a miniature In native stone of good old Stephen Hawker's church of Morwenstow. Tom gasped at the sight of it, and scowled when he saw tho gilded cross on the tower. "Catholic!" he said. "And right here In our valley!" "No," said the father; "It's 'Plscopal lan. Colonel Farley Is one o' the ves tries, or whatever you call 'em, of St Michael's yonder In town. I reckon he wanted to get his own kind o' people round him out here, so he built this church, and they run It as a sort of a side-show to the big church. Your mammy always looks tho other way when we come by." Tom looked the other way, too, watching anxiously for the first sight of the now home. They reached It ,n good time, by a graveled driveway leading up from tho white pike between rows of forest trees; and thero was a second negro waiting to take tho team. when they ullghted nt tho veranda steps. Tho new house was a two-storied brick, ornate and palpably assertive, with no suggestion of the homely coin fort of the old. Yet, when his mother hail wept over him In the wide hall, and thero was tlmu to go about, taking It all In like a cat exploring a strange garret, It wan not no bad. lint thero were coinpeusatlons, and Tom discovered one of them on the first Wednesday evening after his ar rival. The new home was within easy wollvlng distance of l.lttle Zour, and he went with his mother to the prayer nieetlng. The upper end of the pll;e waa un ehMiigrd. and tho little, weather-beaten church stood In Its groving of "piles, tho same yesterday, to-day nnd for ever. Hotter Still, the congregation, the small Wednesday-night gathering at ast, held the familiar faces of the country folk. The minister was a yc oung missionary, zealously earnest, nd lacking as yet the quality of hard- ess and doctrinal precision which had ieen the boy's dally bread and moat at tho sectarian school. What wonder, then, that when when the call for testi mony was made, the old pounding and heart-hammering set in, nnd duty, duty, duty, wrote Itself In flaming let ters on tho dingy walls? Tom set his teeth nnd swallow vl hard, and let a dozen of the others rls-J and speak and sit again, lie could fed the beating of his mother's heart, and he knew' she was praying silently for him, praying that he would not deny his Master. For her sa'ke, then but not yet; there was still time enough after the next hymn after the next testimony when the minister should give another Invitation. He was chain ed to the bench and could not rise; his tongue clave to the roof of his mouth and his lips were llko dry leaves. The silences grew longer; all. or nearly all. hud spoken. He was stifling. Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess alio before my Father which Is In heuven. Hut whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before mv Father which Is In heaven." It was th solemn voice of the yning minister, and Tom staggered to his feet with the lamps whirling In giddy circles. "1 feel to say that the Lord Is pre clous to my soul to-night. Fray for me, that 1 may ever be found fulth fuL- II struggling through the words of the familiar form gaspingly and sat down. A burst of triumphant song arose: "O happy day, that fixed my choice On Thee, my Saviour and my God!" nd the ecstatic aftermath came. Tru ly, It was better to be a doorkeeper In the house of tlod than to dwell In thu tents or wickedness. What bliss was there to be compared with this heart melting, soul-lifting hlcHMing for duty Vone? It went with him a good part of tho way Home, und Martha Gordon respect ed his silence, knowing well what heights and depths were engulfing tin young spirit. Hut afterward -alas and alas; th there should always be an "after ward"! When Tom had kissed hi mother good-night and was alone In bis upper room, tho reuctiou set In What hud he done? Were the word the outpouring of a full heart? 1)1 they really mean anything to him, or to those who heard them? He grasped despairingly at the Ust-fudlng glories n n n n n n m n n n u LYNDE Frincli Lynda of the vision, dropping on his knees at the bedside. "O God, let me see Thee and touch Thee, and bo sure, sure!" he prayed, over and over again; and so finally sleep found him still on his knees with his face burled in the bed clothes. CHATTER IX. For the first few vacation days Tom rose with the sun and lived with the Industries, marking all tho later expan sive strides nnd sorrowing keenly that he had not been present to see them taken In detail. One morning he ran plump Into tho Major, stalking grandly along the tile-paved walk and smoking a war time cheroot of preposterous length. The despot of Taradlse, despot now only by the courtesy of the triumphant genius of modernity, put on his eye glasses and stared Thomas Into re spectful rigidity. Why, bless my soul! If it isn't Cap tain Gordon's boy! Well, well, you young limb! If you didn't faveh youh good fatheh In eve'y line and lineament of youh face, I should neveh have known you you've grown so.. Bhake hands, suh!" Tom did It awkwardly. It is a gift to be able to Bhake hands easily; a gift withheld from most girls and ill boys up to tho soulful age. But there was worse to follow. Ardea was some where on the peopled verandas, and the Major, more terrible in his hospitality than he had ever appeared in the old- time rage-fits, dragged his hapless vic tim up and down and around and about In search of her. "Not say 'Howdy' to Ardea? Why, you young cub, where are youh mannchs, suh?" Thus the Major, when the victim would have broken away. It was a fiery trial for Tom a way picking anions; red-hot plowshares of embarrassment. How the well-bred folk smiled, and the grand ladles drew their Immaculate skirts asldo to make passing-room for his dusty feot! How one of them wondered, quite audibly. where In tho world Major Dabney had unearthed that young native! Tom was conscious of every fleck of dust on his clothes and shoes; of the skllless knot In his necktie; of the school-desk droop in his shoulders; of the utter Buperfluousness of his big hands. And when, at the long last, Ardea was discovered sitting beside a gor geously attired Queen of Sheba, who also smiled and examined him minute ly through a pair of eye-glasses fas tened on the end of a gold-mounted stick, the place of torment, wherever and whatever It might be, held no deeper pit for him. What he had climbed the mountain to find was a little girl In a school frock, who had sat on the yellowing grass with one arm around the neck of a great dog, tooklng fearlessly up at him and tell ing him she was sorry he was golnj away. What ho had found was a very stuttircsque llttlo lady, clad In fluffy summer white, with the other Ardca'H slate-bluo eyes und soft voice, to be sure, but with no other reminder of the lost avatar. From llrst to last, from the moment she made room for him, dusty cloth. .a nnd nil, on the settee between herself and the Queen of heba, Tom was con scious of but one tii aiiy-dollue 1 thought an overmastering desire to fj;et away to no tree nt any cost. . i: I the way of escape would not dk-aio:i--Itself, :o he sat in stammering ml.s-ry, answering Arden'a questions about th-.' sectarian school in, bluntest monosyl lables, and heating with his other ear terrible Major tell the Queen oi' Hlie i all about tho rnilroad invasion, and ow lie loin i iornon nan run to find punk match to tire a cannon in tli-j 1 labncy cause. lie escaped finally from till) entan- lenicnts of Major Dabney'a hospital ity. On the way down tho cliff path tho fire burned nnd the revival zeal was Indled anew. There had been times, In the, last year, especially, when he had thought coldly of tho fllsciplo'3 ailing and wns minded to break away nd be a skilled craftsman, like Ills fallier. Now ho was ngliast to think that he had ever been so near the brink f apostasy. With the river of the Water of Llfa springing crystal clear t his feet, should ho turn away and drink from the bitter pools in the wll derness of this world? With prophet ic eye he saw himself as another Hoan- rges, lifting, with all the lnsplrln loquence of tho son of thunder, the Baptist's soul-shaking cry. Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven Is at hand! The thought thrilled him, and tho fierce glow of enthusiasm became an Intoxicating ecstasy. The tinkling drip if falling water broke Into the noonday silence of the forest like tho low-voiced all of a sacred bell. For tho first time since leaving the mountain top he took note or his surrounuings. lie was standing beside the great, cubical boul der under the cedars the high altar In nature's mountain tabernacle. Thomas Jefferson had the deep peace of the fully committed when he rose from his knees and went to drink t.t the spouting rock Up. It was decided now, this thing he hud been holding half-heartedly in abeyance. There would be no more dallying with temo- tatlon, no more rebellion, no more lr reverent stumblings In the dark valley of doubtful questions. More especially he would be vigilant to guard against those backslldlngs that came so swiftly on the heels of each spiritual quicken ing. Ills heart was fixed, so lrrevoca bly, so surely, that he could almost wish that Satan would try him there ind then. But the enemy of souls waa nowhere to be seen In the leafy arches of the wood, and Tom bent again to take a second draft at the spouting rock Up. , Ho was bending over the sunken bar rel A shadow, not his own, blurred the water mirror. Ho looked up quickly "Nan!" he cried. She was standing on the opposite side of the barrel basin, looking down on htm with good-natured mockery la the dark eyes. I 'lowed maybe you wouldn't have such a back load of religion after you'd been off to the school a spell,' she said pointedly. And then: "lines It always make you right dry an' thirsty to say your prayers, Tommy-Jerry. Tom sat tack on his heels and re garded her thoughtfully. His first Im pulse was out of the natural heart, rasjeful, wounded vanity spurring It on, It was like her heathenism lmprtl nence to look on at such a time, and then to taunt him about It afterward. Ttut slowly ss he looked s curious Toange runio over him. She was the same Nan T.ryerson, bareheaded, bare legged, with the same tousled mat of dark hair, and the same childish In difference to a whole frock. And yet she was not tho same. The subtle dif ference, whatever It was, made him get up and offer to shake hands with her and he thought It wns the newly-made vows constraining him, and took cred it therefor. "You can revile me as much as you like now, Nan," he said, with prldetul humility. "You can't make me mad any more, like you used to. I'm older now, and and better, I hope. I shall never forget that you have a precious soul to save." ' Her response to thin was a scoffing laugh, shrill and challenging. Yet he could not help thinking that It made her look prettier than before. "You can laugh as much as you want to; but I mean It," he insisted. "And, besides, Nan of all the things that I've been wanting to come back to, you're the only one that Isn't changed." And again he thought it was righteous guile that was making him kind to her. "D'ye reckon you shorely mean that, Tom Gordon?" she said; and the lips which lent themselves so easily to scorn were tremulous. She was Just his age, nnd womanhood was only a step across the threshold for her. "Of course I do. Let me carry your bucket for you." She had hung the little wooden plg gln under the drip of the spring and It was full and running over. But when he had lifted It out for her, she rinsed and emptied It. "I Just set It there to cool some," she explained. "I'm goln up to Sunday Hock afte' huckleberries. Come and go 'long with me, Tom." He assented with a willingness as eager as It was unaccountable. If she bad asked him to do a much less rea sonable thing, he was not sure that he could have refused. And as they went together through the wood, spicy with the June fra grances, questions like those of the boyhood time thronged on him, and he welcomed them as a return of at least one of the vanished thrills and was grateful to her. When they were fairly under iho overhanging cliff face of Sunday Rock, she darted away, laughing at him over her shoulder, and daring him to follow her along a dizzy shelf half-way up the crag; a narrow ledge, perilous for a mountain goat. This, as he remembered later, wns the turning-point In he mood. In Im agination he saw her try It and full; saw her lithe, shapely beauty lying broken and mangled at the cliff's foot; and In three bounds he had her fast locked In his restraining arms. Shu strove with him at first, like a wres-. tllng boy, laughing and taunting him with being afraid for himself. Then Tom Gordon, clean-hearted as yet, did not know precisely what happened. Suddenly she stopped struggling ani lay panting In his arms, and quite as suddenly he released her. "Nan!" he said. In a swiftly sub merging wave of tenderness, "I didn't go to hurt you!" She sank down on a stone at nls feet and covered her face with her hands. But she was up again and turning from him with eyes downcast before be could comfort her. (To be continued.) THE FAT MAN. Mcena lletter a n tl la More Cheerful Than Lena Brother. Despite the fact that Julius Caesar, through his authoritative spokesman, Shakespeare, expressed a preference for men of flesh, "sleek-headed men, and such na sleep o' nights," succeed ing degenerate ages have showx a dis position to admire the lean and poke un at the fat man. Women are not to be considered. Forever inscrutable, while the prevail ing fashion of 1 heir dress would serin to indicate their admiration of Men- moss in their own sex, il by no nouns follows that they are attracted to the beanpole type of man. Simi larly, when sex is considered, man himself Is of various taste; a Turki. h woman who I.-! not absolutely fat is a Turkish woman drsti'utc of charm. Tho subject is a broad one, w ith m:;ny md historical aspects, from the time when Prslnnun, :is we read in Deuter onomy, "waxed fat and kicked." Just now It is given n serious and very Interest In- discussion by Dr. George M. Niles, In the Journal of tho American Medical Association. Every ono is awaro of the value of fat as a source of energy for the development of heat. That phase of the fat man's condition may be passed by. Another one ; of larger Importance. Says Dr, Mies: "It has been commonly known from the earliest antiquity that fat people are more contented, more optimistic, than lean ones, and that their view point of life In general Is largely gov erned by this prosaic attribute. Now, I might compare the supply of fat to the ample bank account of a busy and provident man. That he possesses this surplus does not prevent him from diligently following his usual avoca tion (sic), but the knowledge of its presence lends a mental satisfaction that would he absent were he living right up to his dally income." This may be true; who can say? It Is so easy to generalize and, as a mat ter of fact, so Impossible to be certain about such things. One might particu larize through a column or two and arrive at no definite conclusion. Napo leon was a fat little man nnd Infinitely greater than the lean Wellington; Dr. Johnson and Gibbon were grossly fat, but Emerson and Carlyle were bare to the bone. Asd so forth. One thing, at least, seems clear; the fat man may not be as spry on hts feet as his lean brother; ho may not, as a rule, be as agile of mind, but ho eats a better meal and enjoys a sounder sleep. He is more cheerful; his laugh Is heartier. In fact, some of him have laughed and grown fat. And then, again and finally, it is prob ably easier to be fat and get lean thnn to be lean and get fat. Philadelphia Press. t'hanllt'lrrlaut la (inngsnsn.p. Hank Stubbs Stme Hadley tar moved all bis henhouses an' chicken coops Into his front yard an' onto his front plazzy. Uige Miller Yes. Slmo thought ei how it would make a great hit with folks looking for summer board. Bos ton Herald. A IMnTrrene. Patience What reason had she for marrying him? Patrice Why, he had money . "That is not a reason; that is an i cuss.'' Gateway Magaxlne. QDffitSflRP Neptune takes moro than 160 years to make the complete revolution round the sun. More than 400,000 persons emigrated from this country during tho year 1907. This Is a much smaller number than shown by the previous year. The Union Taclflc Railroad Company Is conducting extensive experiments with the hope of making wireless teleg raphy available for the operation of rains. From estimates and actual figures it Is computed that in the history of thla country the total number of foreign ers arriving on our shores amounts to ,111,850. Wine production in Chile Is Increas ing. The acreage in vineyards is 14.", Sf'4, of which 47,103 acres are Irrigated. There is great demand for American oak Btavcs. xThe Siamese language Is a great mixture of nearly nil the dialects and languages of the far east, namely, Chi nese, Malay, Mon, Cambodian, Sanskrit, Pali, and others. It is announced in the French press that the historic house occupied by Napoleon on the Isle of Elba, known as the Villa San Martlno a Porto Fer- rajo, is to be sold at auction. With the house are to go the furniture and oth er souvenirs of the Emperor. The newspapers urge that the friends and admirers of Napoleon take steps to prevent the dispersal of the historic objects. A subway amusement pier, consist ing of an under-water chamber, with collapsible entrance and exit tubes, is proposed for one of the Atlantic ooast resorts. The amusement seekers will enter the chamber through the tube leading from the shore, and leave it through th tube rising to the pier above the chamber. Portholes around the sides of the chamber will give a view of the bottom of the sea. Mrs. Margaiet Stlmson has just com pleted her forty-fifth year of service at the Institute of Technology, Boston She was appointed in 1865 by Presl dent Rogers to take charge of the chemical apparatus used by students Is still in active service and is said to remember the names and personality f more men who have attended class es in the Institute of Technology than any other person connected with the Institution. In 1993 India rubber sold for 88 rents a pound. Recent special cable dispatches told how London Is going mad in gambling in stocks of rubber companies, the stuff itself having risen In price to $3.08 a pound. This in crease gives additional interest to the processes of regeneration of waste rub ber and of the manufacture of substi tutes. The regeneration of vulcanized India rubber consists in removing the aulphur, which was added in the proc ess of vulcanization. CLOTHES OF ODD MATERIALS. b luer nt I llaiiientonv Stone, Iron Cloth and I.luieatone Wool. The Russians manufacture a fabric from the libre of a filamentous Btone from the Siberian mines, which is said to be of so durable a nature that it is practically imiistrtictible, liarpe Weekly say 3. The material Is soft to tho touch and pliable in the extreme and when soiled has only to lie placed in a lire to bj made absolutely dean liou doth Is laiyely used to-day by la'.iuis everywhere lor the purpose of iiKilxiiiii the collars of coats set proi (iiy. This cloth is manufactured li'oii sieci wool aim nas uie appeal auce o having been woven from horsehair. nuui iiul i no prouuet oi siu cp is :ie ins utilized abroad for tho making o men s ciuining. 11113 id Known as "limrstono wool" and is made in an electric furnace. Powdered limeston mixed with certain chemicals. throwu into the furnace and after puss Ing through a furious air blast it is tossed out as fluffy white wool. When It comes from the furnace the wool I dyed and made into lengths like cloth A pair of trousers or a coat made o this material cannot, it is claimed, be burned or damaged by grease, and 1 as flexible as cloth made of sheep wool. An English manufacturer has suc ceeded in making a fabric from old ropes. He obtained A quantity of old rope and cordage, unraveled it and wove it by a secret process Into a kind of rough cloth. The resultant mate rial he dyed a dark brown. A suit of clothes made from this queer stuff was worn by the manufacturer him self, and it is said that he has a large trade In this line in the British col onies. A novelty In dress material for wom en Is spun-glass cloth, which, it Is said, can be had in white, green, lilac, pink and yellow shades. The inventor of this fabric was an Austrian, and his invention is said to have resulted In the production of a material as bright and flexible as silk. The first lady to wear a gown of this material was of royal rank. It was of a very delicate shade of pale lavender shot with pink, and its peculiar sheen rt Utlnded her admirers of the sparkle of diamond dust. Paper clothes were worn by the Jap anese troops, who found them very serviceable and much warmer than those of cloth. Paper dressing gowns, bathrobes and similar articles of at tire are now being turned out by me carload in England, France, Germany and other European countries. The paper whereof they are made Is of the "blotting" variety, and after being treated by a new process is dyed in va rious colors or printed with a pretty floral design. Even gloves are made of paper these days, the principal claim of advantage being that they are susceptible of be ing cleaned many times. THE COMETS. Goaalp A boat These Eoeenlrle Waa drrera la Npaee. Halley's comet Is only one of many. So far astronomers have located 200 of these in our solar system and they come and go at irregular Intervals. As early as Caesar's death, 44 B. C, a comet waa seen that came nearer the sun than any other save one and which was the most brilliant of any ever discovered. It reappeared in the reign of Justinian, 053 A. D., and again in 1105. It was again located by Newton In 1680. The comet of 1843 was the only one which got closer to the sun than tho one Newton tracked. Cevnets differ from planets In travel ing through space. The planets re volve In a zone of no great breadth on either side of the ecliptic; but tho paths of the comets cut the ecliptic In every direction. The orbits of the former nre nearly circular; those of the comets are of varying degrees of eccentricity. Halley's, in K,82, affirmed that the striking comet which appeared that year was identical with those which had been seen in 1607, 1531 and 1456, and that It traveled around the sun in period occupying some 76 years. IMela's comet, discovered In 1826, re volved around the sun in six years and three-quarters. It returned promptly In 1832, 1839, 1845 and 1852, since when It has not been seen. Lexall's comet In 1770 was traveling In an elliptical orb round the sun, taking about five and a half years for the en circling. Again In 1876 it circled the sun and then went out Into space and disappeared. This Is known as tho lost comet, though several have d'.s appeared since scientific observations have been In vogue. Donatl's comet, visible In 1858, was noted for Its brilliancy. Its distance from the sun being 15 billion miles. The comet Is something of a travel cr. This one which Is due this month has been rushing through space at BOO miles a minute and by May 18 will be going at 2,000 miles a minute. Jun3 3 It wjll be nearest the earth. Some astronomers believe it will touch the ground. The tall of the comet Is worth eon slderlng. It Is of vast size, more than the mind can ccmprehend. Some of them are 400,000,000 miles long and are composed of gaseous matter. Com' ets are supposed to consist of vapor ized carbon or hydro-carbon gases. While a manufacturer was creosot ing blocks pursuant to a contract, an Inspector was appointed by the pur chaser, whose duty was to examine and inspect the process. The Inspector and the engineer In charge were fre quently Involved in broils bordering on blows. Hearing of this, the man ager forbade the bellicose persons to enter the vat rooms unless accompa nied by a third party. Eventually an encounter transpired in wheh guns fig ured freely. The inspector was struck with a pistol on the head and his up raised arms, his assailant assuring him that his conduct was due to his anxie ty to get even on old scores mora than anything else, and that it was an ex clusively personal transaction. In Cressy vs. Rep. Cr. Co., 122 Northwest ern Reporter, 484, the Minnesota Su preme Court allowed a recovery from the manufacturer for damages arising from the chastisement, remarking thai when the master, as In this case, hai notice of the proclivity of the servan to do harm, ho Is responsible. The Alabama Constitution providoi that when a prisoner is taken froir jail and killed, owing to the neglect of the sheriff, the officer may be; im peached. A ticio confined In a jail fur murder waa quietly taken out and killed by a few masked men, who over came tho deputies on guard. For L'C yours tho sheriff had been an officer of unusual bravery and devotion tc duty. The excitement which usually precedes u lynching was absent. Ie State vs. Cazalas, 50 Southern Report er, 36, the Alabama Supremo Court held that tho sheriff's conduct merited his removal from office. Ho could not presume that those who desire to in vado tho premises will inform him ol the fact, or make such a demonstra tion on the streets as to advertise their intentions. When a crime of pe culiar enormity has been committed, exciting public indignation, and sug gestions are made that the prisoner be lynched, it is a sheriff's duty to take precautions that will effectually thwart an unauthorized entry of the Jail. A Mnvulnr Marriage Custom, The Kurds have a very curious and somewhat dangerous marriage cus tom, which one would think would be more honored in the breach than in the observance. The husband, sur rounded by a bodyguard of twenty or thirty young men, carries his wife home on his back in a scarlet cloth and Is desperately assaulted the whole way by a number of girls. Sticks and stones are hurled at the bridegroom, who in the coming home with hid bride can hardly be considered a very happy man, for the Irate amazous often lnfllst on him marks which he carries to the grave. It may bo that among the lady pursuers are some of the bridegroom's former "flames," who turn the mock attack Into down right earnest to avenge slighted love. Sot a Modern Custom. in a certain church In Phldadelphla the custom has prevailed of presenting to each scholar cf the Sunday school an egg during the exercises at the cele bration of Easter. On an occasion of the kind the assistant clergyman arose and made this announcement, "Hymn 419, 'Begin, My Soul. th? Exalted Lay," after which the eggs will bo dlstrib uted." Llpplncott's. Politic. Mrs. Xocash Mercy! You lee your girl off every afternoon! Neighbor Yes, Indeed, it is sucli a saving. The more she is away the fewer dishes she breaks Illustrated Bits. Matrd Ilia Life. "Don't chide me for carrying a ie volvur. This little gun saved my life once." "How exciting! Tell me about it." "I was starving, and I pawned it." Cleveland Leader. Talk wtUt any little man ions enough, and ht will remind you that Napoleon was of small stature. 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