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THE NORFOLK NEWS : F1UDAY , JULY 17 , HJ03.
Yen , this ia hoi enough for you ami
, < tii find the other people.
A MR Boston shoo firm has failed.
CtToo ninny l > oyB anil glrla going barefoot
In Bnpposod to bo the prlmnl ronaon ,
TV hat's the UBO of going to Colorado
or Minnesota for n good tlnio when the
Bremen meet In Norfolk next week ?
Nebraska will have crops to food the
-world , or all parts thereof that have
xot raised the wherewithal for their
owu BUPI jrt.
It ia really interesting to know to
Hvhat an extent boodlorisui will grow
when it ia given a fair field as has boon
tlono in Missouri.
It in said that Sir Thoman Llpton car-
Tics a rabbit's foot this time , but thin is
TOJO of the times when the rabbit's foot
will not bring luck.
An Ohio dog is nlllioted with the
lunallpox If the disease could bo eon
jttncd to caninefl the people would uu-
-doubtcdly bo well satisflod.
So for as can bo learned the corn
throughout this section of the atato is
standing up for Nebraska right nobly ,
and ( ho longer it stands the tailor it
RrowB.
Sugar boota are putting forth that
growth nnd accumulating the sugar
that should make it a Joyful harvest to
the Bprodnqor , the manufacturer and
iho consumer.
It ia decidedly warm , bnt there will
"bo n real hot t'nio ' in Norfolk week after
next when the dromon and their friends
from all parta of the state arrive to at
tend the tonriianv lit.
"When talking about extravagance
and dissipation it will hardly bo right
to overlook the fact that $100,000,000 ,
worth of candy and confectionery are
sold In the United States each year.
An exchange says : "Never hurry.
A leisurely gait fjlvoa an nlr of pros
perity. " But it ia noticed that those
who acquire more thtm "an air" have
to hustle to bring the genuine nrticlo.
The daughter of Editor MoNolll of
the Wayne Herald , must bo a true
oiowspapor man's daughter. She wanted
to give the newspapers something worth
while when aho got married , aud she
* ditl.
; If the Fremont running team cap-
turca the ohampiouBhlp bolt at Norfolk
thia year the trophy will booonio its per
manent property. The frlouda of the
boys bollovo thov are oompotout to wiu
} Fremont Tribune.
The editors of the atato and nation
arc being royally entertained by the
newspaper people of Omaha , South
Omaha and Council Blufl'a and are in
turn receiving a share of the enjoyment
incident to the meetings.
There nro a whole lot of people who
ellogo that they would have commuted
the Boutouco of Win. Rhea to life im-
3 > rlBonniont , who would have been for
ahootiug him on eight bad his victim
boon a relative or friend of their'a.
The Grand Island Independent re
grets that In this ago of Aksarbeu-a ,
St. Eobrngns-es and Klofron-a , Grand
Island can only apell backward a name
that would give one hay fever to pro
nounce. Nebraska City Tribune.
The corn crop is certainly assured as
far as a anflloionoy of moisture la con-
oerned , but pessimists will continue to
find their opportunity in fearing that
there will be an early frost to catch it
before it has attained development.
f The Grand Island Independent wants
t nn ordinance passed iustanter forbidding -
' ! ding the use of cannon craokera and
other dangerous Fourth of July exploa-
ives durluR future celobratlona. Sent- !
. , ment should bo ripe for such a law
\i' \ r there.
there.With
With the number of national meet
ings and reunions now in session and
coming on during the summer , these
who can find no oxer so for taking a
trip and outing , with rates to
justify the enjoyment , are exceedingly
rare and hard to find.
The Lick obsoivatoiy has discovered
that a now comet recently discovered
is only 20,000,000 miles away from the
earth and still coming. It may bo ex
pooled that there will bo a revival of the
stories as to what may happen if the
planet strikes the earth.
King Edward does not appear to have
boon BO anxious to learn the construe
tion and workings of the American war
! i vessels as was Kaiser William. Some
years ago his ancestors had demon
Btrated to them that American war
ships and fighting men wore 0. K.
It is wondered if those of Mr. Bryan's
frienda who observed the Fourth a
Fain Jew noted any evidence of tha
fleeting prosperity , of which ho w
wont to speak , thereabout ? Or might I
have been that foieto'd republican ca
lamity that made it postiblo for him to
OBtabllnh that plutocratic country homo
n the outskirts of Lincoln ?
If Dee Hhby had realized what theater
ator Interpretation of "Dilftwood"
would bo ho would probably navor have
cotiBontod to that tltlo for bin book of
)0ouis. Ho will undoubtedly testify
hit there IB no "boodlo" in oounootiou
horowHh--that it ia worth all It ooatH.
If yon need an Invlftorator just take a
ook at the Improvements and repairs
hat are under way In Norfolk and the
rmy of busy mon engaged In the work ,
t will oatiBo the blood of the moat slug
gish to move faster and IB bettor for the
yatora than carloads of blno pills for
> luo pooplo.
This ia a season of hustle in Norfolk
and there in something doing in all parts
of the city. The follows who are not
lUBtliug this year will bo in a year or
wo to keep up with the procession.
Nucra hns dawned where those who
land still or pull back will soon bo un-
vorthy of notice.
Mrs. Josopuino Sohmid owns and rnua
a brewery worth i5COO,000 ? that pro-
lucos AOO.OOO barrels of boor annually.
She is also the oolo owner of ilfty tm-
OOUB. Hero IB evidently a ohauco for
reformers to work , on a wholesale scale ,
with but ouo Individual , and that a
woman , to lullucuoo.
The corn orop could Boarcoly expect
any thing more propitious than this
ian boon and if It don't oatoh up with
tB work of growing it will bo the fault
of BOUIO ono or something besides the
weather man. Ho haa made a faithful
effort to redeem himself and is entitled
to much credit thorofor.
The aauio old story in the same old
way : A fusion shoot has It that the B.
& M. company sought to uiako it im-
posalblo for its employees to attend Mr.
Bryan's colobratiou and hoar Torn John-
aon give his views of what was the matter -
tor with thorn and their employers and
the country in gouornl.
The corn is putting forth tassels and
there rro exceedingly good prospects
that there will soon bo rousting oara and
later on food for the hogs , cattle and
other animals. The required weather
liaa boon furnished and Nebraska haa
redeemed her reputation for doing the
right thing at thu right timo.
The pnblio national debt IB uowfJ14-
541-110 , having boon rodncod more than
ton million dollars' worth during the
mouth of Juno. It is a debt reducing
administration and a few years will
bring the Interest bearing debt down tea
a low point if the people but vote for n
continuance of the present policy.
While the United States ia the young-
oat great nation of the world its flag is
the oldest of any of the national em
blems. Perhaps It IB the ago of the
stars and stripes that secrres for it the
respect of the world It ia qulto human
to respect old ago. And then perhaps
it is the country behind the flag that
onforocs this respect.
It is said that an a * sochxtlon of manu
facturers haa succeeded in raiding a
fund of sJl.CCO.OOO with which to combat -
bat the labor unions. With this
amount of money at their disposal they
can uinko quito a showing but it is
not an Impossibility that the labor
unions can ralso au equal amount and
the light would bo on In oarnoat.
Norfolk la still waiting with BOUIO de
gree of Interest a definite movement
toward the rebuilding of the hospital
for the Insane. Had It boon a private
matter the walls of the institution would
undoubtedly have been well uudor way
by this time , but it is publio business ,
and Rocma to bo tangled up with moro
than the uaual amount of red tapo.
Some eastern paper alleges tlmt Mark
Hauna has outlived the cartoons. It
might bo just as well to wait until the
national campaign is on next year be
fore forming such au opinion , especially
if the senator is to be retained as the
chairman of the republican national
committeo. In which event there will
undoubtedly be a popular revival of the
Mark Hanna cartoons in the demo
cratic shoots.
The race question is not coming up to
Nebraska to any very largo extent.
The census returns show that the state
had 780 negroes in 1870 and the number
increased until in 1800 8,9lu negroes
were counted , but the census of 1000
shows that there was a falling off of 3,014
and the number of negro residents was
given at 6,209. If this sort of showing
continues the entire race question
will bo presented toother portions of the
country.
Ouo reason for. the advmcornont o :
northern states over these of the
aouth may be evidenced by the fact tha
while Oregon spends $13 a year per
capita for the education of children
South Carolina spends but $1 ! ! ( ! ; am
while the average expenditure J i 111
inois is $11 , that of Mississippi U $3.00
It is not Impossible that the south wil
continue trailing along in the rent * o
the Lorthoru states ns long as this situ
ation is shown by the tohool stalUtica
Why shouldn't the World Horatd
ho representative of all that IB good
and trno in the constitution and the
loolaration of Independence , and that
peaks no energetically of the tights of
ho people everywhere to life , liberty
nd the pn'soit of hnppiuo B , have a
word to eay about the manner of con-
luctlug the slave bnsluoRB in Alabama
01 brought out in the Fletcher Turner
rial ? It is a point that set ins to have
> eon overlooked by the man who wields
ho pen or manipulates the typo-writer
or that paper.
By order of the town board a census
of Randolph has boon token that shows
a population of 1,200 people , whereas
ho census of 1000 ave it but 000.
3topa have boou taken to place the town
u the list of oitioa of the second class
with two wards , while it la contem
plated annexing a portion of Pierce
county that will give the town 1,500.
f Norfolk is able to ( how a Dko gafn
over the census of 1000 there will bo no
luostiou about the 5,000 people desired
u order to place the olty in the proper
class and warrant the making of con-
omplatod improvements.
The reason for the opposition to cap-
tal punishment at Lincoln is given out
hat the people there are afraid that the
capital city will require an unsavory
reputation thereby and that a visit to
jlucolu will bo looked upon as almost
equivalent to a hanging boo. If this is
ho real reason , perhaps the easiest way
o evade the notoriety would bo to got
rid of the penitentiary. Numerous
, OWIIB would bo willing to rid the second
end olty in the Ptato of the odium at-
aohod to the penitentiary , if the Lincoln
'oltows ' would but agree to its removal
with its scaffold and other gruesome
paraphernalia.
Murderer Rhea has lately taken to
ireaohtug , at least his arguments for
executive clemency Bound very much
( ko thoBo that would bo presented by a
iroaohor. If only his mind had drifted
u that channel before ho entered the
/aim saloon ho would probably not bo
compelled to mnko arguments at this
liuo. Naturally Rhea and Governor
Mickey take different views of religious
thoughts and teachings , as well as ether
people on the same subject , and there is
no court of arbitration to which the
matter may be referred. Rhea stands a
chance of learning what is right from
the highest court at an early date.
While numerous strikes and other
events tending to operate disastrously
to the business world have takou place
dnilng thoxpast year , statistics show
; hat there were but 5,023 foulness
failures in the country , while during
the preceding year there were 0,105
failures and an average of 0,274 for the
eight preceding years. This is a show
ing that should be and is pleasing to the
people of the country as evidence of the
continued prospoilty that prevails. As
eng as the country can puow n mini
mum of failures goueral conditions will
DO favorable for investments and busi
ness ventures , and money will continue
to circulate.
The railroads are becoming interested
n the forestry situation on account of
the ties and timbers aruually used in
their work. Many of thorn will now
undertake to co-oporato with the bureau
of forestry in seasoning timbers and ex
periments toward mrk < ug ties last longer
aud will also establish forest reserves
and grow the timber they require. The
growing scarcity of the timber they use
aud the consequent increase in price
lias aronsod them to the necessity of do-
lug BOiuotHng in this direction. It is
believed that the consequence will bo
renewed interest in the forestry ques
tion and that the country will be
greatly benefited by their co-operation
with the forestry deportment of the
government.
Aa waa to have been expected , Ne
braska ia getting undeserved advertise
ment out of the Rhea hanging , which is
reported in the press dispatches as hav
ing been hurried to prevent judicial interference -
torferonco , when as a matter of fact the
execution waa delayed to give the
frionda of the condemned man every
opportunity to resort to every legal avenue -
nue of escape for him. After the
supreme court of the state had once af
firmed the sentence and then denied the
appeal for a writ of Injunction , no in
ferior court would have auy right to
stop in. If the enforcement of a decree -
creo ordered by the highest tribunal
were to wait for some judge on a lower
bench to undertake to reverse the court
of last resort , we would have anarchy
all the time. Omaha Bee.
Those corporations appear to be more
powerful than anyone would suppose.
Mr. Bryan's Commoner has ascertained
that , besides having the republican par
ty in their grip , It was they who secured -
cured control of the Iowa democratic
convention aud made It do as it did
Really if the people must depend on the
remnant of the democratic party thai
followa Mr. Bryan for their champions
against the trusts and corporations , it
would appear that they might as wel
sui render to the first corporation that
comes along. It yet remains for the
wl Horn democratic leader to discover a
genuto bn known aa "corporation poti
ri'iK" but 1 o in quite capable of digging
up euoh HII Ruiiiml tui'l ' precenting it to
thega/ ofdhe readers of the Commoner
What object the corporations could have
u gaining control of the Iowa domo-
oratio party , which never did amount to
enough to count for any good or bade
o anyone , Mr. Hryan does not explain ,
jut ho probably knows all there ia to
know on that point aa well aa the many
ether points ho has discussed BO learned-
y since bocomlng n national loader.
A lot of democratic editors are very
mum on national Issues , and are putting
n a game of wait for a cno that will bo
reliable and Indicate which line of argu
ment they will bo expected to adopt
loxt yoar. They have no moans of
mowing at proaont whether they will
JO expootod to whoop it up for the free
and unlimited coinage of silver at a'ratlo
of 10 to 1 or for the gold standard. They
don't know whether it will bo safe to
take off their hats and shout for
the people aa against the trusts or
whether they will bo expootod to speak
very low aud softly on the trust ques *
ion. They are in doubt KB to whether
hey will bo oxpootod to endorse abso-
nto frco trade or howl for a tariff for
rovonno only. They rro not absolutely
certain whether they should keep it up
oug and loud for anti-imperialism or
laver a policy of expansion. They
don't absolutely know whether they
should speak up for high prices to please
the farmer or talk for low prices to
pleaao the men who have independent
fortunes or work for day wages. In
fact there la doubt on every subject con
cerning national affairs , and it all depends -
ponds on which faction of the party will
come In control of the national conven
tion. The ouo thing they may do and
feel srfo is to criticise republican
officials and find fault with the policies
of the prrty in power. They know ,
almost absolutely , that whatever iesne
IB favored , and whatever faction may
control , it will bo "fornlnst the govern
ment" and with this assurance some of
them are proceeding with their fault
finding and criticism to fill in the long
wait. It IB really an interesting
oconomio study to observe their tactics
and note with what patience they wait
for the key-note to bo sounded.
HIGH PRICED COFFEE.
Yet the Hotel Steward Ttumiftit Ox ?
Chargv Was Slodera-to ,
"So you think we charge too much
for coffee , do you ? " asked the steward
of one of New York's fashionable ho
tels in response to a mild complaint
from a guest "You paid 33 cents for
a small pot of coffee with cream , didn't
you ? You admit that there was noth
ing the matter with the coffee , but you
cay you didn't use all of the cream.
Maybe you didn't but some other
guest might have wanted more than
you did. The coffeepot pitchers for
hot milk and cream and the sugar bowl
wcro of silver. Your cup and saucer
were of the very best china. It costs
something to make that coffee , and we
have to get some return on our Invest
ment In the silverware and china.
There are two cups of coffee In a small
pot and we would lose money If wo
sold It at 10 cents a cup.
"There Is another thing you must
consider when you go Into a high
class cafe you are given a table by
yourself. No matter how badly wo are
crowded no one la placed at the table
with you. Suppose we Bold coffee at
popular prices. Don't you know that
hundreds of people would l > o dropping
Into the cafe Just for a cup of coffee In
order to sec tlu > crowd ? They would
monopolize all the tables. I > on't say
a word , but one reason why we put up
the price Is to keep the coffee drinkers
out so that you mny have tutolo when
vou want to sit down to champagne
and terrapin. ' * Now York Press.
It Kaiiy.
There Is a 1'ivibyterinn family In
Washington which owns or Is owned
by n masterful boy of wven. The boy's
grandmother came to vlHit them recent
ly and reproached them because the
child had not yet IXMMI barrtized. The
mother protested lamely that she ex
pected to defer that until the boy
should unite with the church. Grand
mother sniffed and said If they waited
till the boy professed religion and
wished to Join the church they'd wait
until the forty-flrst ywir of the millen
nium ; BO It was decided that he should
be baptized at once. Somewhat of the
discussion reached the youngster , and
he marched bravely up to his mother.
"Ilavo I got to be baptized ? " he asked ,
"Yes , dear , " answered the mother.
"All right then , " mid he cheerily. "I
don't care when you have It done. I
had my arm broken , and I had my
shoulder dislocated , and I didn't feel It
a bit when the doctor llxed them. Just
have "era give me a little chloroform ,
and they can baptize me all they want"
Washington Post
To Induce IIumllKx In a I'caeoclc.
If you wish to tike the conceit out of
a peacock pull out his tail feathers , and
as soon as he tinds the glory of his
plumage gone he becomes the hum
blest , most subdued and ashamed lookIng -
Ing bird that ever walked the earth. A
peacock in full feather Is so vain and
conceited as sometimes to bo really
troublesome. Not satisfied with squall
ing at the top of his discordant volcu
and with parading up and down the
walks with expanded plumage , ho will
attack cats , dogs and cron children aud
lias been known to seriously Injure
small boys or girls that were Incau
tious enough to venture within his
reach.
Plucking his tail feathers , however ,
causes all his courage to evaporate.
Ho will sneak around the yard like u
whipped spaniel , will keep out of sight
as much as possible , and you will hear
nothing of him until his plumage has
again grown.
1
MEN'S FIVE SENSES.
CUmOU3 FACT3 ABOUT THEM NOT
GENEUALLY KNOWN.
TI i > Nerve * of Tn to Are 1'arn.lruod
Iir nithnr Vcrr ot or Very ColJ
Uuuld * Tin ; iar In n Wonderful
Orcar * The Uyo Eanllr Deceived.
For some unknown reason dlCtcrcut
parts of the tongue arc assigned for
the perception of different tastes.
With tbo Up wo taste sweet substances
and Baits , with the back we taste bitter
tilings uud with the Bidess we taste
acids. The middle part of the tongue's
surface ban scarcely any sense of taste
at elL
The long named substance parabrom-
benzole sulplilnldo produces u most re
markable effect , for It gives a sense of
sweetness to tbo point of tlie tongue
and of bitterness to the back. Pure
water tastes sweet after sulphate of
magnesia.
Wo can only taste things In polu-
tfonj bcnco If the tongue were perfect
ly dry It would not bo affected by the
strongest flavored substance In a dry
trtato.
The taste nerves are paralyzed by
very hot or very cold liquids. After
drinking very hot or Ice cold water
we could not taste even such a sub
stance as qulnlno. This fact supplies
a useful hint for consumers of 111 fla
vored medicines.
Smell , though the least useful , IB the
most delicate of all our senses. Wo
con smell the throo-aundrcd-mllllonth
part of a grain of musk. No chemical
analysis can detect such mlnuto quan
tities. The most powerful microscope
would not render a particle ten thou
sand times as largo visible. Wo could
not taste It were It many thousand
times as large.
While wo taste liquids , we can smell
only gases. Pill your nostrils with eau
do cologne , and you will experience no
odor whatever. Pine as our sense of
smell Is , it has deteriorated Immensely
Blnco the Urno when our forefathers
were wild men , The Calmucks can
Email an encampment twenty miles
away ; the Peruvians can distinguish
oJl the South American races by their
odor.
But smell la a sense highly suscep
tible of cultivation even by the modem
white man. Dealers In tea , spices , per-
fumea and drugs , In consequence of
their training , can distinguish the
faintest differences in odors.
The organ of hearing is one of the
most marvelous pieces of mechanism
In the body. In animals the external
ear acts as a trumpet to collect the
Bound waves ; In man it Is little more
than an ornament , but the internal ear
b alike In both. So wonderful Is Its
construction that we can distinguish
sounds varying from forty to 4,000 vi
brations per second. This feat is per
formed by a portion of the ear called
the organ of Corti , What a wonderful
organ that Is may be understood from
the fact that It consists of 5,000 pieces
of apparatus , each piece being made
up of two rods , one inner hair cell and
four outer hair cells that is , 85,000
separate parts. In some mysterious
manner the rods , with other things , are
tuned to different notes , and when they
vibrate they cause the hairs to trans
mit an Impulse to the nerve of hearing.
To be musical , therefore , la to have a
good organ of Cortl.
Why Is It that scratching a piece of
glass with metal causes such an un
pleasant sound ? Because It Is what Is
called the fundamental tone of the ear ,
which Is very high. What the funda
mental tone exactly Is would take too
much space to explain , but If you blow
across the mouth of a bottle , a hollow
glebe , etc. , you get its fundamental
tone.
The ear is a deceptive organ , and it
Is often a matter of guesswork to tell
whence a sound comes. Indeed , If you
place the open hands In front of your
ears and curve them backward sounds
produced In front will appear to come
from behind.
Human beings and monkeys sec most
things with both eyes. Our whole field
of vision extends over 180 degrees or
half a circle. The middle half of this
wo see with both eyes together , but
the quarter at each side is seen only
with one eye.
All other animals see most things
with one eye only. Scarcely ever can
they fix both eyes on anything at the
same time. But there are considerable
variations. A bulldog , for Instance ,
somewhat closely approaches the con
dition of a monkey. The larger the pu
pil the greater the quantity o ? light
which enters the eye. Largo puplled
people , therefore , see the world in n
brighter and more cheerful state than
those with small pupils. They can see
things better in the dusk or at night
As every one knows from the optical
Illusion pictures , the eyes are easily
deceived. A white square on a black
ground appears larger than a black
square of tbo same size on a white
ground. Red near green looks redder ;
blue near yellow looks bluer ; white
near black looks whiter.
Touch really Includes several senses.
Thus there are spots on the skin which
feel boat only , spots which feel only
cold , spots which feel oily pain , spots
which feel only pressure and spots
which feel tickling. These spots are
supplied with nerves capable of doing
only one particular duty. The sensa
tions of the skin are grouped by physiologists
elegists Into throe kinds touch , pain
and temperature. The akin which cov
ers n scar has only one kind of sensa-
tiou. It can fwl neither pressure ( touch
proper ) uor temperature , but perceives
pain very acutely. The tongue Is the
most sensitive of all parts to touch , tbo
forohcad and elbow to heat or cold.
Wo onJy dream Bights nnd sounds.
Wu never dream tnstes or srnells. it
wo dream of a flower garden , wo see
the llowore , but Oo not smell them. If
wo dr ioof a dinner , we see the dish
es , but do not tuste them.
GONTIMUE
Thosa who are gaining flesh
and stroriBth by regular treat
ment with
Scott's Emulsion
should continue the treatment
In hot woathon smaller .doso
and n little cool milk with It will
do nway with any objection
which Is attached to fatty pro
ducts during the heated
soason. . , , ,
Send ( or free sample.
SCOTT & IIOWNE , ChemUtj.rt
407-415 Pearl Street , New Jfork.
5JC. and fi.ooall \ druggbu.
FAITHFUL DAD.
Den/Hi to You | You've Go * Your-
PanlU , Tmt V JUro All night.
Wo happened In a bomo the other
night and over tbo parlor door saw the-
legcnd worked In letters of red , "What
la Ilomo Without a Mother * " Across ,
the room \raa another brief , "God Bless-
Our Homer
Now , whafs the matter with "God
Bless Our Dad ? " Ho gets up early ,
lights the flro , boila on egg , grabs his
dinner pall and wipes off the dow of
the dawn with his boots while many a
mother is sleeping. Ho makes tho-
weekly liandout for the butcher , the-
grocer , the milkman and baker , and"
his little pile Is badly worn before he
has been home an hour. Ho stands ouT
the bailiff and keeps tbo rent paid up.
If there Is a nolso during tbo nlghU-
dad la kicked in the back and made to
go downstairs to flnd the burglar and
kill him. Mother darns the socks , but
dad bought the socks In the flrat place-
and the needles and the yarn after
ward. Mother docs up the fruit ; well ,
dad bought it all , and jars uud sugar
cost like the mischief.
Dad buys chickens for the Sunday-
dinner , carves them himself and draws ?
the nock from the ruins after every
one else Is served. "What Is homo
without a mother ? " Yes , that is alF
right but what is home without a fa
ther ? Ten clianees to one It Is a board-
bug house , father is under a slab and
the landlady Is a widow. Dad , here's
to you ! You've got your faults you :
may have lots of them but you're all-
right and we will miss you when ,
you'ro gone. Stevens County Reveille. .
Denver.
The beaver Is really a sort of porta
ble pulp mill , grinding up almost any-
kind of wood that comes his way , soya
a writer. I once measured a white-
birch tree twenty-two inches through
cut down by a beaver. A single bea
ver generally , If not always , amputates
the tree , and when it comes down the
whole family fall to and have a regu
lar frolic with the bark and branches ,
A big beaver will bring down a fair
sized sapling say three Inches through/
in about two minutes and a large-
tree In about an hour. Tbo ability of
u beaver to remain under water for a
long time Is not really so tough u prob
lem us It looks. When the lake or
pond la frozen over , a beaver will comate
to the under surface of the Ice and ex
pel his breath BO that It will form a
wide. Hut bubble. The air , coming In- ft
contact with the leo and water , Is purl-
fled , and the beaver breathes It again.
This operation ho can repeat several
times. The otter and muskrat do the
same thing.
Uattlcxaakcs Seldom Attaclr.
Of rattlesnakes there are at least s
dozen , probably llfteen , different kinds ,
all inhabitants of America exclusive
ly , where they range from the north
ern United States down to PatagonlaL V
The common , or banded , rattlesnake
extends from Maine to Texas. Once
generally abundant It is happily now a
rare animal save in the more thinly In
habited districts of the southern and
western states. It may attain a length ;
of flve feet with a largo triangular and
flattened head. It feeds on rabbits ,
rats and squirrels and Is for the most
part a slow and sluggish animal , wait
ing quietly till some prey approaches
It This sluggishness makes It the
more dangerous , us It may bo stepped
upon unawares , with a most fatal re-
eult But It never either atacks spon
taneously or pursues a retreating ene
my.
Idea Capacity.
"I read somewhere the other day , *
said Mr. Henpcck , "that one of the big-
mercantile corporations pays a certain
man $1,000 for each idea ho furnishes.
George , I'd like to have a chance of
that kind ! "
"Wretch ! " exclaimed Mrs. Ilenpeclu
"Do you want your Innocent wife and
child to starve ? " Chicago Uecord-Her-
nld.
Long Hair
" About a year ago my hair was
coming out very fast , so I bought *
a bottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor. It
stopped the falling and made my
hair grow \fcry rapidly , until now it
is 451nches in length. " Mrs. A.
Boydston , Atchison , Kans.
There's another hunger
than that of the stomach.
Hair hunger , for instance.
Hungry hairneeds food ,
needs hair vigor Ayer's.
This is why we say that
Ayer's Hair Vigor always
restores color , and makes
the hair grow long and
heavy , ji.oo bom .
If your ilrupRlat cannot smmly you7
nlift VJ ? U'"ar ' . , aml wo in MpreM
u * ttle' " 0 BX" U aml ' tl10
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of - .
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j-onr nearest UXPI..M . otiVro. Aililrwn ,
J . f. A Vl-.U CO. , Lowell , Mas * .