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New York Penman Puts 16,250
Words on Common Postal.
Miniature Chlrography of George L.
Reynolds, Enables Him to Perform
Feats Which Are Little Short
of Marvelous.
Auburn, N. Y. The latest achieve
ment of one of the champion ,poumen
was to write the mutter contained in
about a handled pages of a book, or
say 1C columns of a nowBpnpor, on
ono Bldo of an ordinary United States
postal card, the work being done with
such skill tliat every word can bo read
easily, perhaps not by tho naked eye.
but with tho aid of a microscope. This
was done by tho winner of the latest
line writing contest.
Ho wroto a 13-word sentence ad
vertising a certain niako of, fountain
pen 1,250 times on one sldo of a
standard postal card, 8 by 5Vi
inches, or a total of 10,250 words or
62,500 letters. Tho card, when first
Been, appears simply as a gray
smudge, and it is only after caroful
scrutiny that It becomes apparent that
thoro is writing upon It, and very good
writing it proves to bo under tho mag
nifying glass.
Tho feat appears more wonderful
when the observer learns that tho
work was that of a mun In his eighty
tilth year.
Tho now champion Is Georgo L.
Reynolds, nnd his skill comes from a
long llfo of training. He is ono of tho
Inventors of tho Sponcerlan system of
penmanship ami from boyhood ho has
studied all kinds of writing. Ho was
born In New York In April, 1825, and
as a boy went with his father to Spen
cer, Tioga county, this state,
llo became a teacher of penman
ship, and, going to Obcrlln, O., ho
Joined Piatt It. Spencer, tho originator
of the Spencorlan system, and with
Spencer joined tho faculty of Oborlln
college at tho tlmo that Jamos A. Gar
Hold was president of tho institution.
Of his preparation ho says;
"I used to try and see how small I
could write on ovory occasion nnd
mado It a hobby. It was about that
tlmo that I wroto tho Ono hundred and
Nineteenth psalm, four pages of tho
IJIblo, nn a postcard, tho wholo In a
narrow half Inch band across the card.
Then I wroto what 1 call my medley
In small writing."
The export displayed a largo
framed nllegorlcal plcturo showing his
torical x-'veuts In drawing, but instead
of ponllnos the plcturoB on closo ob
servation resolved themselves Into a
cyclopedia of history. There were tens
JBOOK
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Washington. "Dlxlo Is tho jnost popular patriotic Bong In America,
with "Yankee Doodlo". coming next In public faVor. Such Is tho ver-,
diet of O. G. T. Sonncck, chief of tho division of music In tho library
of congress, who has Just Issued an exhnustlvo government report on
famotiB American musical compositions. "Dlxlo" was written by 'Daniel
Decatur Rminott, who died In poverty at Mt. Vernon, O., throo years
ago. In 1858 Emmott was singing with Dan Brynnt'a negro n,instrols on lower
Hroadway In Now York. Tho show had. been dragging, and Bryant thought
ho saw disaster ahead. Ono Saturday he told Emmott thnt ho must havo
a now negro "walk around" by Mondny night. It was n rainy Sunday
and Emmott shut himself up in a room with his violin. When ho camo
out ho brought "Dlxlo" with him. It caught on Instantly, nnd nil Now
York was whistling It within' a week.
Its ndnptatlon nearly two years later as a war song of tho south wns
an nccldent. Mrs. John Wood was appearing at the New Orlenps Varieties
theater In "Pocahontns." On account of tho approaching war a zouave drill
was Introduced Into tho show. Tho orchestra leader tried over several
airs for thq march, and finally hit upon "Dixie."
Tho war cloud hurst tho noxt week, and from Now Orleans "Dlxlo"
spread over all tho south. In tho north Fanny J.' Crosby, tho hymn writer,
wroto a song for "Dlxlo" which wns strongly union in sentiment, but the
othor sldo had pre-empted tho air.
ONE
CARD
of thousands of tiny words hardly vis-
liih. tn the naked eve. all constituting
such documents ns tho Declaration of
Iiulenondence. the constitution, tho In
augural address and pthor Important
spcechoB of Washington, raris oi mu
Lincoln-Douglas dobates, parts of
eolebrated nddressos by Webster,, Pat
rick Henry and Clay appeared there,
and thoro were 13 chapters from the
Bible, with tho Sermon oh tho Mount
and , Lincoln's Gettysburg address. Ah
Mr. Reynolds Is an ardent prohibition
ist there apponred tho platform of that
party, and lastly an original poem by
his wire. This work todk six months
of arduous labor.
"But all tho tfino youinvo devoted
to this work has not profited you?"
was suggested.
"Well, I enjoyed It Immensely as a
hobby. Sponcor and I used to go
swimming at Geneva lake, near Obor
lln, In tho Bummer evenings. Ho used
to take a stick and practice writing
curves In tho sand on tho beach,
whore ho worked out his famous sys
tem. "Ho took nn elliptical stono two
thirds as wldo as it was long and it3ed
that as a basis. Ho got his curvea
from stones wnHhed by tho wnves,
from wheat waving In tho fields, from
spider webs In tho mendows, taking
everything from naturo. It was tho
onlv natural system ever Invented,"
added tho aged penman, romlnlscontly.
Line Leads to Matrimony
Unique Little Railroad Running Along
Tennessee-Virginia Border Line
Most Remarkable.
Louisville, Ky. Charles H. Warner,
the sugar rofluor of Now York, and
Colin H. Livingston of Washington aro
part ownors of n street railway sys
tem which In one respect has no rival.
In fact, Bonjamln R Dulnney, a coal
operator, who owns Blnck Mountain,
Vn., which, aside from its mineral
possibilities, has achloved famo by bo
lng soloctod by John Fox, Jr., ns tho
sceno of two of his novels, assorts thnt
tho railway Is tho most roinnrknblo in
tho world.
Bristol, Tonn., Is where tho road Is
situated, and soma peoplo out thoro
call It tho Matrimonial belt lino. For
a mllo and a quarter tho track ntrad
dlos tho Virginia state lino, bo that a
man may bo riding in two etatoa at
once.
Parson Burroughs, a clergyman,
ownfl n hotel and meets ovory car; nnd
neighbors say that If two straugers of
opposite sexes arrive together tho par
PATRIOTIC SONG
I WISH I WAS IN DIXIE S
LAND
BY DANIEL D. EMMETT. . J
I with I was In de land ob cotton,, ,
Old tlmea dar am not forgotten,
Look away, look away, look away
Dixie Landl
In Dixie land wha'r I Was born In,
Early on one frosty mornln'.
Look .away, look away, look away,
Dixie landl
CHORUS:
Den I wish I was in Dixie
Hooray, hnorayl
In Dixie land I'll took my stan',
To lib an' dlo In Dixie.
Away, away, . '
Away down south In Dixie.
Away, away, ,
Away down south In Dixie. ,
Ole missus marry "Wlll-de-Weaber,"
William was a gay deceber,
Look away, etc.
But when he put his arm around 'er
He smiled as fierce as a forty-pounder,
Look away, etc. (Chorus.)
His face was sharp as a butcher's
cleaber,
But dat did hot seem to orleb 'er,
Look away, etc.
Ole missus acted de foolish part
An' died for a man dat broke her
Look away, etc. (Chorus.)
Now, here's a health to de next ole
mlecus, ,
Ahl all de gals dat want to kiss us,
Look away, etc.
But If you want to drive 'way sorrow
Como an' hear dls song to-morrow,
Look away, etc. (Chorus.)
Dar's buckwheat cakes an' Injun
batter,
Makes you fat, or It little fatter,
Look away, etc.
Den hoe It down and scratch your
grabble,
To Dixie's land I'm bound to trabble,
Look away, etc. (Chorus.)
When asked whether ho .had any
method of doing his own intuuto work
ho said:
"I might sny that I havo' gained by
experience. I havo been at- it.Blncti a
boy, 75 years ago, and I actually find
that I can perform better feats as I
grow older. I expect to mako a better
record llvo years from now, when I am
90, and will do bettor 15 years from
now, for 1 expect to bo a hundred.
"During tho Inst year thoritmosphoro
hos been filled with n wave of flno
writing demonstrations throughout tho
country. After 12 exports had como
forth with challenges and records I
came forth with mino, viz.: Tho
Lord's Prayer 20 times repeated In a
circle tho slzo of a five-cent nickel.
That Is going some, slnco I wroto tho
Lord's Prayer on n six-penny plc,co as
a boy of ten years, but I wroto that
with a quill l'on. No Btcel perls In
thoso days, k .uw.,
"All these years I havo been improv
ing my faculties. In my work I uso
a stationary microscope eo adjusted
that I can writo uuder It. I chemically
preparo tho surfaco of my paper, so
that when rolled down under great
pressuro of hot rollers tho surface Is
about as smooth and hard us glass.
"Then I take a No. 170 steel pen and
file nnd grind tho point down so Bharp
that It can scarcoly bo seen undor my
microscope. Tho, rent that Is required
is keen sight and artistic skill,
"1 see thoro does como with old
age Its advantages. In my case It is
clear sight and steady norvo. Novor
In my youngest days were both so
good as now."
son promptly asks them If thoy wish
to get married. Frequently thoy do,
so tho parson gets Into tho car with
them and conducts them to his hotel
though not infrequently tho coremony
takes placo In tho open, tho bride
standing In ono state and tho bride
groom In both, whllo tho officiating
clergyman straddles tho lino. Parson
Burroughs ndmlts having Joined mora
than 3,000 couples In wedlock.
One may drink on tho Virginia side
of tho lino, but not In Tennosgco, nnd
It often hnppons that ono sldo of n
street car Is parching with thirst, while
tho othor is very wot indeed.
Hunter Alms with Glass Eye,
Saxvlllo, N. Y. Raymond Stryker, a
youthful luintor at Sayvlllo, with n
rocontly-lnstnlled glass eye, whllo rab
bit hunting Bhut his true oyo whon
pointing his gun, but ltlllod tho rah
bit Just tho samo.
Now tho local hunters nro discuss
Ing tho vlrtuo of a glass oyo which
does duty when tho true eyo takes t
nap.
Uncle Sam Gets
WASHINGTON. Tho comprohon.
slvo economies in tho executive
departments of tho government which
tho administration is seeking to ap
ply, will penotrnto to tho rcmoUilt
sections of tho country. Not oi-Jy
is tho work of tho departments in
Washington being nnnlyzcd, but ovory
public ofllco in ovory state will recelvo
tha same troatmout. This will InclucJe
'every mint, especially tho big min,t it
Philadelphia, tjvory cuBtom houso, ev
ery Intcrnnl rovonuo ofllco, every posi
ofTico and all other offices whero th
public monoy Is expended. Tho prom
Uo was niado by Senator Aldrlch, dur
ing tho tariff debates, that a snvlnrj
of from 25 to -10 per cent. 1b possible
and the administration Is aiming to
reach thoso flgureB.
This means that preparations aro
bolng made to mako many consolida
tions whero work horotoforo has been
duplicated. In fact, tsomo of those
consolidations are accomplished al
ready. Also It menus that tho busi
ness of oach borough and office Is be
ing Bcanned, nil with a view of in
creasing their efficiency nnd at tho
samo tlmo reducing tho cost. Tho ad
ministration hns gono Jnr enough to
know that this can bo dono. ,
Tho work of Investigation Is undor
Mince Pie Story
DR. HARVEY W. WILEY, govern
ment chomlst, was greatly Inter
ested In tho Btory whldi has reached
Washington, of a Polish coal minor In
Ohio, who, biting onto a slab of Pitts
burg mince plo, struck a rivet and
broke off seven teeth; but, being ox
trcmely hungry nnd having no monoy
to buy actual food, kept at' his grim
task. A mlnuto later ho struck a stick
of, dynainlto In tho coro of tho samo
pie and was burlod from his Into res
idence tho next day, leaving a wlfo
In Polnnd and nnothor In Ohio.
Thus Uvea aro wiped out and homes
nro mado desolato by tho ordinary
mlnco plo of comraorco a dubious
and sinister victual, in whoso dark
depths a million dangers lurk.
Tho nverago mlnco plo manufactur
er, wo havo no doubt whntover, starts
out in business with high ldeala and
a real lovo for his art. It 1b1 his firm
intent to dovlso only tho best and
purest plus and to Use In them noth
ing but genuine fruit, honest soup
ment, choice brands of fourth-rnto
Hour, clean bacon rinds and chemical
ly puro plucoso, magnesia and nnltlno
dyes.
But as ho goes on and tho mnd
Prosperity Shown
PROSPERTY hns returned, accord
ing to import nnd export records
for 1900, published recently by tho bu
reau of statistics of tho department of
commerce nnd labor. The surest In
dication of ready monoy, officials de
dure, Is tho diamond mnrkot, and dur
ing the first 11 months of 1009 this
has boomed, tho Importation, of cut
diamonds nmouutlng to $25,211,541,
thrco times as much as during tho cor
responding period last year, and nonr
ly G,500,000 moro than during that
tlmo In 1907.
Importa of cut diamonds this year,
with Doccmbor omitted, amounted to
more than $1,000,000 nbovo thoso In
tho 12 months of 1907, this bannor
year In the Importation of cut gems.
On theso diamonds tho government
Woman Makes Bugs
ICPVMMNT 1
BUG0LOCT
MAKING modcla of bugs for Undo
Sam'a uso In teaching agricultur
ists and "bugology" students how to
distinguish botwuon lnioctn thnt are
harmful and thoso that aro useful Js
the novol occupation of Mrs. Otto Hul
dnmann, wull known ns a sculptor In
Washington.
it is no onay task that Mrs. Heldo
mann has. All tho Bklll of tho sculp
tor 1b necessary in tho dcxtorouu
fashioning of tho queor looking mod
ols, for although they are mado on n
T-i .
rr v i TTr V,
After the Loafers
charge of Charley D. Norton, assist
ant secretary of tho trcnaury, who
handles the annual .estimates for all
departments, and ho had not yet ex
amined n slnglo public otneo without
finding faults to bo curod and tho ox
l)enso to bo cut off. Tho troublo lies
largely In nn unnecessary number of
employes and a consequent system of
loafing nnd shirking that would not
bo toloratcd In any prlvato business.
Much of tho investigation do far
mado has been tho personal work of
Mr. Norton. Thus in nn ofllco under
tho treasurer of tho United States he
found tho work far bohlnd and an ap
plication for more employes on filo.
Mr. Norton went to this office at nlno
In tho morning, whon buslnona la sup
posed to begin, and found it empty.
Presently a fow of tho clerkn arrived,
but It was ten o'clock boforo all of
thorn wore thero and at work. At
11:30 Bomo of thorn went out to lunch,
and it was 1:30 befcro all of them
tvofo again at their desks. Shortly
aftor four thoy begin to leavo tho
place, although tho day's work Is not
supposed to bo over until 4:30. At
that hour not a soul remained in the
ofllco.
After antlsfylng himself this was the
dally routine in tho ofllco Mr. Nortuu
sont for Ohnrlea II. Treaty then treas
urer, and exploded his bomb. He or
dorcd that Instead of increasing tho
force in thnt olfico It was, to bo re
duced. This was dono and tho ofllco
has so Increased In efficiency thnt It is
doing moro work than it cvor did be
fore, nnd Is fast catching up on Its
back business.
Interests Dr. Wiley
thirst for opulence seizes him tho
temptation to sophisticate his product
becomes Irresistible. His first false
step may seem harmless It may bo
nothing worso, Indeed, .than tho addi
tion of Bomo sterilized wood pulp to
his plo filling but that first falso stop
Is fatal. Ero long ho la launched upon
a dizzy career of chicanery nnd sub
torfugo. Abandoning apples and
ponchos entirely, ho beglnB to fill his
pica with carrots and turnips. Instead
of flour, ho tries plaster of parls; in
stead of soup meat, cat meat; Inatcnd
of sugar. Now Orleans molasses; In
stead of magnesia, manganese. Final
ly, Instond of baking his pies, ho mero-
ly vnrnlshos them with shellac
No wonder tho ordinary mlnco plo
of our hostolrloB and eating houses,
our publlo banquets nnd our cook
Btands bears an ovll nnmo. No wondor
It Is avoided as a pcstlloneo, even by
Bhoo drummers. And yot mluco plo,
por so, 1b not nefarious. Made at
homo, anil without too grent a dopend
onco upon left-overs nnd other culln
nry dobrla, It may be both nourishing
and palatablo a Bound and even de
lightful viand, with something of lob
sler salad's hoarty solidarity and
something of tho wlonor schnltzol'n
haunting mystery. Mado upon tho cast
em shoro of Maryland, whero pleology
Is an art as noblo na piano playing or
thorapoutlcH, It may rlso oven high
er than thnt. bocomlng n truo victual
of tho llrRt-clnss ami rnnklng with
Smlthfiold hnm salad and fried
smelts.
in Diamond Imports
HiIr yean" collected $2,500,000 In duties.
Belgium nnd the Netherlands aro tho
countries Belling most of the stones to
the United States.
More than $!0.00(v-""0 worth of dia
monds and other prr clous stones wero
Imported the first 11 months of 1909.
Those aro tho correct figures and rep
renent an lnereaso of $28,000,000 over
tho total of 1908 and moro than
$3,000,000 over 1907, this country's
record year for Imports ot Jewels.
During tho calendar year tho for
eign commorco of tho United States
exceeded In valuo that of any earlier
year with tho exception of 1907. I in
ports wero larger than In nny previous
12 months, hut exports will fall some
what bolow thoso of 190(5 and 1907.
A subject of Interest In tho report In
tho statement that exportation of food
stuffs, both raw and manufactured,
has fallen lower thnn nny other tlmo
for n decade. This glvos rise to ap
prehension, especially as It Is accom
panied by tho statement thnt, whllo
other countrlos nro selling to tho Unit
ed fltntcs, this nation's trade with oth
er lands has suffered.
for the Government
gigantic scale in comparison to tho
life bIzo IiiBoetB, a closo microscopic
btudy ot tho subject and tho ability
to shapo tho different parts on Iden
tical Hues aro details of .Mrs. Hcldu
mnnn's work thut muat be followed
each tltuu sho molds u reproduction.
Mrs. Heldemaim as a aculptor has
produced busts of somu of tho colon
rltlea of the day, but alio Hays her art
has never been moro sovorely taxed
than it is through her employment for
tho bureau of entomology of the do
partmont ot ugriculturu. Tho models!
of Insects cover virtually every known
form of life In the world of bugs.
Tho modols aro n truo reproduction,
funt&stlc In some cnaes and hideous In
othor., and thoy furnish exceptional
moana for pornona Interested In agri
culture to study both tho Insects that
destroy crops and tho others that pro
cone agricultural productu,
Why does Great Britain buy Its
oatmeal of us7
Cortalnly it Booms liko carrying
:oals to Nnwcastlo to speak of export
ing oatmeal to Scotland and yot, every
rear tho Quaker Oats Company Bends
hundreds of thousands of cases ot
Quaker Oats to Great Britain and
Europe.
Tho reason is simple; whllo tho
English and Scotch havo for conturies
taten oatmeal in quantities and with a
regularity that has made thorn the
most rugged physically, and active
montally'of all peoplo, the American
has been eating oatmeal and trying all
tho tlmo to improvo tho methods ot
manufacture bo that ho might get that
desirable foreign trado.
How well ho has succeeded would
bo scon at a glance at tho export re
ports' of Quaker Oats. This brand la
recognized as without a rival in clean
llnosi and delicious flavor. 81
"too lateT
Thief What's the time, pleasol
Victim Much too lato for you. Youi
pal Just got my watch,
EPIDEMIC OF ITCH IN WELSH
VILLAGE
"In Dowlals, South Wales, about fif
teen yoars ago, families woro stride
en wholesale by a disease known as
the itch. Bollovo mo, it la the most
torrlblo disease of its kind 'that 1
know of, as It itches all through your
body and makes your llfo an inferno.
Sleep is out of the question and you
feel as if a million mosquitoes wero
attacking you at tho samo time. 1
know a dozon families that woro so
affected.
"Tho doctors did their best, but
their remcdlos wero of no avail what,
over. Then tho families tried a drug,
gist who was noted far and wide foi
his remarkable cures. People cams
to him from all parts ot tho country
for trcntmont, but his medicine mado
matters still worse, as a last resort
they woro advised by a friend to uso
tho Cutlcura Remedies. I am glad to
tell you thnt aftor a tovr days' treat
ment with Cutlcura Soap, Ointment
and Resolvent, tho effect was wonder
tul and tho result was a "perfoct curs
in all cases. '
"I may add that my thrco brothers,
thrco sisters, mysolf and all our fam
ilies havo been users of tho Cutlcura
Remodlos for fifteen years. Thomas
Hugh, 1650 West Huron SL, Chicago,
111., Juno 29, 1909."
He Asked Too Much.
They had been engaged for exactly
47 seconds by tho cuckoo clock.
"Clara, dear," queried the happy
youth, who had a streak of romanct
running up nnd down his person, "will
you promise to lovo mo foro0?"
"I'd llko to, Georgo," replied ths
practical maid, "but I really don't ex.
pect to llvo bo long."
$100 Reward, $100.
i
Tbt mttn ct tbU paper it ill b pltaied to Inn
that thfro Is at lean one dreaded dUranatbat iclrnrt
baa bt-ea abld to cure In all It) atacta. and that H
Catarrh. Haifa Catarrh Cure la tba onlf poaltlra
cura now anown to tba roadlral fraternity. Catarrk
being a conatltutlonal dlscaM, requlrei a constitu
tional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cura la taken In
ternally actlne dlrrctlr upon tbe blood and mucoui
rurtacca oi tha intern, thereby deatrurtnr tba
foundation ot tha dbieaae, and Hiring; tlin patient
lUenKth by bulldlnc up tha constitution and aaaUV
ln( nature In Doing ta work. Tha proprletora ban
o much faith In Ita curatlr powra that they oOct
One Hundred Dollara for any caa that IV falla to
cure. Send for llat of teatlmonlala.
Addreaa P. J. CIIKNEV 4 CO., ToleflO, a
Bold by all Dructrlata. He
Tax UaU'a Family 1'lUa for constipation.
Limited Belief.
"Do yon believe In a future pun
ishmcnt ot everlasting fire and brim
Btono?" naked tho man with the ques
tion habit.
"Only for my neighbors," replied ths
party of tho egotistical part.
Important to Mothers.
Examine carofully oyery bottle of
CASTOIUA, a Bftfo and suro remedy for
Infanta and children, and seo that 11
Signature of ZTSk
In Use For Over 30 Tears.
The Kind You Havo Always Bought.
-The Usual Way.
Smith Did tho lawyer got anything
out of your uncle's estate?
Jones Got anything? He got It all.
i-rco xo uur neaacrs.
Writs Murine ICyo Remedy Co., Chics
to, (or iS-p&kq Illustrated Eyo Hook Fro.
Write all about Your Kyo Trouble and
they will atlvlao aa to tho Proper Appli
cation of tha Murine Eyo Homedlea In
Your Special Case. Your DrusgUt will
tell you that Murine Ilellovea Sore Eyea,
Strengthens Weak ISyea, Doein't Smart,
Bootlies Eyo Pain, 'and sella for 50c. Try
It In Your Eyes and In Haby'i Eyea tot
Scaly Eyelids and Granulation.
The world delights in sunny people,
Tho old aro hungering tor love mora
than for bread. Druniinond.
Davis PAiNitt r,i,i:n
noBlrl betaken nltboutdelar when aora Chen a4
llckllri throat warn you tbat mi annoying rol4
tba auna. At all drurlitnln l&c.Hoo aad wo botUea.
One fisherman ought to believe the
stories of another, but ho seldom does.
TO CDTIK A COLD IN ONE DAT
Take jaXATIVM UllOalO (Julnlu. TaMata.
DrofilittrAtund money II )t falla to ante. M. Vf.
UUOYUStlk-natureUaaaaehbox. ZJ.
Occasionally tho human race is run
over the course of true love.
Lewia' Single Hinder made of extra qual
ity tobacco, coats more than other fa
ciarg. Tell the desler you want them.'
Cheap notoriety often turns out tm
so an expensive luxury.
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