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Telephone 1436. STILL A FASHION LEADER. What May Be Eirpected Sartorlalljr From Edward VII. "Will Edward VII coutlnue to set the fashions for men, or will that province descend to his sou, the present Duke of Cornwall and York?" was asked the other evening in a party of gentlemen .who take a more or less vital Interest In matters sartorial. One who is regarded as an authority eaid: "The new king, Edward VII, will be just as much an arbiter of fashion now as he ever was. The dictatorship of styles was never something that at tached peculiarly to the title of Prince of Wales, but it fell naturally to Albert Edward on account of his tempera ment. Irrespective of his royal blood, he was a born society leader, and up to very recent years he has always taken a lively interest in dress. So it goes without saying that the tailors and de signers have looked to him for a lead, and it is a mistake to suppose that he has set the pace along only a compara tively narrow line —merely for gar ments, In other words, suitable to men of his build and bulk. "In waistcoats, hats, canes, gloves, ties and shoes he has practically made the modes for the last quarter century, and whatever he has appeared in has been at once adjusted and adapted to men of all ages and weight. His abso lute supremacy in that field will be ad mitted, I think, by anybody who has ever given the subject any attention. The popular form of high turnover collar, which is worn almost universal ly for business at present, was Intro duced by the then prince several years ago, the link cuff was brought out by him, and every innovation of any im portance is traceable directly to that source. A good illustration of his in genuity, by the way, is the small silk loop by which the lapels of a frock coat may be connected without buttoning, thus giving a stout man a couple of inches extra room, with no loss of enugness. That device was Invented by the king and is merely one detail out of dozens that goto show the at tention and study he gave to the sub ject. "As far as I have heard," continued the spenker, "the Duke of York has never exhibited the slightest interest or talent in matters of dress, and on more than one occasion he has actually excited public comment by the care lessness of his attire. He sat for his portrait recently in a frock coat and tan shoes. So I think it may be safely asserted that Edward VII will contin ue to be monarch of modes, and while he cannot be expected to devote as much thought to the topic as he did in younger years he will still give general direction to all important masculine fashion."—New Orleans Times-Demo crat. I.eft Handed Children. Professor F. W. Smedley of the child study department of the Chicago public schools declares a connection between right and left handedness and intellec tuality in children has been discovered. From experiments he is convinced that handed children are naturally tho brighter. Pupils whose speech Is af fected and who find difficulty in artic ulation are most often left handed. The explanation Is this: The right hand is controlled from the left side of the brain and the left hand from the right side of the brain. Speech is con trolled by the right side of the brain. The overdevelopment of one hand or the other Is thought in this way to af fect speech. Professor Smedley is guarded in his statements, saying that it will take a long time to work out the problem, If It Is solved, of the connection between the hand and the brain. He does not believe that dexterity is directly con nected with intelligence, but that it is noticeable through Its effect upon speech. "I am not sure what we shall be able to do with this knowledge when we are more certain about it," said Pro fessor Smedley. "It should lead to dis coveries of methods lu the training of children which may be beneficial. At present I am inclined to advise parents not to struggle with left handed chil dren to make them right handed. There Is a physical reason why they have a tendency that way."—Chicago Tribune. ,"~w ELECTRIC SPARKS. About 12,000 horsepower is transmitted in the form of electricity from Niagara to Buffalo. Professor Eiihu Thompson says that "electricity Is finally to be one of the most potent agencies in the treatment of disease and the alleviation of human ills." The use of the telephone in Cairo and Alexandria has grown to such proportions that it has been found necessary to con nect the two cities by a telephone trunk line. For Female Complaints, and diseases arising from an impure state of the blood Lichty s Celery Nerve Compound is an invaluable specific Sold by Rossman & Son'a Pharmacy. THE til RL OF NORWAY 6HE IS THE FINEST PHYSICAL SPECI MEN IN THE WORLD. freah Air and Vlfiiiroaa Eiercli* Make Her So Daring Keats lk \\ tiloli She biiuaU aud SuluetlJiiea Dictli the Men. Writing from Christiania, a correspond ent of the Indianapolis Seutinel describe! , what he calls the finest physical speci ' mens of girls to be found in all the world. He says that the most remarkable being in the old world is undoubtedly the Nor wegian woman. Taking her cue from the peasant aud middle classes, she has de voloped her muscular powers to tho finest degree possible. She is a probable devel opment of the extreme dryness and sever ity of the climate here. In England the enervating dampness has helped as much as tho extreme cold in Russia has to make women the slaves of the heated house habit. Here the persistent outdoor exer cise has developed healthy complexions and brilliant eyes In the younger genera tion of women, who are little giantesses compared with the girls of other coun tries. Even tho daughters of the best people in Norway have the walk and gait of the Telemarken peasant child. The sledge is a great vehicle in Nor way in the winter time. In fact, it seems, rather than the train, to reach all the avenues of traffic. The delights of sleigh driving in Norway exceed those of the touring pleasures of any other country during the cold season. All the family tumbles in for a drive, from the biggost to the smallest. The vehicle Is called the spidsslaede and is built more on the style of a boat than a sleigh. Often a big, lively girl stands in front, with her father behind her, holding the reins, and the rest of the family tucked up in the rear end of the vehicle enjoying the tour. The little sturdy pony kicks along through the snow, evidently as pleased to be out as any of the family, for one must always consider the pony a part of the Norwegian household. The rapid turns that are made en route would ruin the nerves of the ordinary society womau, yet it is seldom that accidents occur. Those who do not maintain a sleigh and even mapy who do have a great time ski ing. Ski-ing means getting into a pair of snow-shoes and going wherever you please to the limit of your own locomotive ca paoity. The ground here Is always snow covered during the winter. Ski-ing is en joyed by the women as much as by the men. I have seen these remarkable wom en shoot off a mound and catch their bal ance below with the airy grace of the danseuse. In pace competitions they have not matched the men yet, but in jumping they hold the highest record. This is due to the fact that in their ankles the women have the strength of men, while they are lighter In weight. For competitions the women dress both becomingly and cleverly. Their skirts are short, and warm harmonising colors are used. One of the prettiest combinations of girl and dress was seen recently. Sho was a leading athlete, in height about 5 feet 8 Inches, in form most symmetrical. Her costume was of an olive green wool en material, daintily embroidered in sil ver at collar and girdle. She wore a fur hat ornamented with a blue and silver arrangement, a model of happiness and health, to my thinking. Dressed like this the Norwegian girl is ready for any kind of wholesome sport. The most terrifying outdoor amusement I have ever seen is called kjaelking. It is thrilling to be even a spectator of the sport. The woman who Indulges in kjaelking sits on the sledge in front, straight and immobile. Behind her is tho man, with his feet firmly planted on the runners, but ready to jump out quickly at a sign of danger. Tucked under his right arm is a long pole, pointing out be hind. With this for a rudder he laughs at th# risks ahead. Every one in the sledge is prepared for emergencies. They're off! Bumpety bump goes the sledge, turning curves up and down hills that are so near to precip itous descents as to seem to tempt death. I have been tobogganing In America, but it is child's sport compared to this. It is like comparing a sail on a rapidly flowing river to the descent of Niagara. Some of the hills down which the kjaelkers sweep are so steep that the movement is swift er than that of an express train. Surely tho passengers must be dashed to pieces, for a little farther nothing but a low snowbank intervenes between the track and a sheer descent of thousands of feet. But without such a risk as this the Nor wegians would think the sport a tame one. Life depends upon the quickness and dexterity of the pole wielder. Just as a catastrophe seems certain tho pole sweeps out, and the kjaelk swings aside from the abyss and continues its thrilling career in another direction, faster and faster un til the speed becomes too great for even the Norwegians, and prudence prompts the guide to 6low up and gain control of the flying sledge. Switched Into a ham mock of snow, the kjaeik's speed slackens with a suddenness that nearly throws out the occupants. A severe shaking up, how ever, Is merely an incident, and without the slightest sign of fear or discomposure the occupants of the sledge settle in their seats and resume the giddy flight again, and when tho sledge at last stops on the low ground the ride is over. One such ride in a day is sufficient even for a Nor wegian's taste. As I watched the extraor dinary sight I could not help comparing the Norwegian girl's idea of fun with that of some of our languid society women of America. It is only necessary to look at the cheeks and eyes of the kjaelkers and call to mind the appearance of our deli cate butterflies of fashion at home to de cide which class of women enjoys life most. Character In Hair. To read character in the hair, texture as well as color must be observed. The finer the hair the gentler the birth or the higher the grade of family stock. People with hair as fine as silk are of very re fined tastes, of artistic temperament, but inclined to be moody and changeable. They are upt to be happy one day and depressed the next, but cheerful spirits predominate. They are easily Influenced by those they like. They usnally reach success in art, music or literature —Emer- son and Longfellow, for instance —and are fine managers, because they generally possess energy and adaptability. Curly hair meaus that the owner has inherent grace and poetic ease of the body. The closer the ends of the hair cling together the more latellectiulity doea tho owner possess. ' ( Inflexible Justice. "What kind of a man is Jipps?" "He's this kind: If you invited him to dine with you and he lost his umbrella at your house, he'd make you pay for it." —Chicago Record. In Harneat. He (delightedly)— Have you really and truly never been engaged before? She—Never—that is, not in tho win ter.—New York Weekly. (aOU d Catch. Maud—l don't like to see you throwing yourself at Fred. Elizabeth—Why not? He's a good catch.—Tit-Bits. Tlie Spring Fever is a malady which no one can escape at this season of the year. The vitality is usually overtaxed during the winter laonths, aud spring finds the system all run down The blood is thinned and impure. The kidneys and liver are in active —resulting in a loss of energy and appetite, and a derangement of the nerves. Lichty s Celery Nerve Com pound will purify your blood, tone up your nerves, and leave you feeling fresh and energetic. Sold by Ross man & Son's Pharmacy, HE SLEPT IN SECURITY, Tke Tonic a Small Bur I For Hla Weak Kerlluii There Is a 5-year-old boy In Massa chusetts avenue who Is of the blood of patriots, flia grandfather was In both the Mexican aud civil wars, and his fa ther was also a soldier, consequently the little fellow Las heard much "flag" talk In his short life and has exalted Ideas of Its protective qualities, lie was the baby of the family till very re cently and occupied a crib bod In In* mother's room. When t . • a - baby came, Harold was put to .a u room adjoining his mother's, and as he had never slept alone before his small eoul was filled with nameless feara which he was too proud to tell In full. "It's mighty lonesome In here, mam ma," he called the first night after he had been tucked In his little white bed. "Just remember the angels are near you and earing for you," replied mam ma from the outer room. "But, mamma," he objected, "I ain't acquainted with any angels, and I'd be scared of them If they came rustling round, same as I would of any other stranger." "Now, Ilarold, you must goto sleep quietly. Nothing will hurt you." "Can't 1 have the gas lighted In here?" "No; mamma doesn't think it neces sary, and it is not healthy." There was silence for some time, and then the small voice piped up again. "Oh, mamma!" "Yes, dear." "May I have grandpa's flag?" "Why, what for? 1 want you togo right to sleep." "Please, mamma!" and a small night gowned figure appeared at the door. "Just let me stick the flag up at the head of my bed, and then I'll go right to sleep, Indeed I will! You know the other night grandpa said at the meet ing that 'under the protecting folds of the flag the weakest would be safe,' and I feel mighty weak, mamma." He got the flag, and when his mother looked in on him an hour later he was fast asleep, with a fat little fist under his red cheek, holding fast the end of the "protecting" flag.—Washington Btar. "JES'COMMON OLE MISERY." Why Rufui Snddrnlr Decided Thai lie Didn't Have I'aralyala. The boy's name Is Itufus, and he was busily engaged In polishing the doctor's shoes while he was being shaved. As was his custom, the doctor said, "How are you feeling, Itufus?" "I ain't much. Kindly poohly, thank you, doctab," answered the boy. "Whnfs the matter?" "Paralysis." "What?" "Paralysis." Had the doctor not been so well ac quainted with the negro race, he might have allowed himself to show astonish ment As It was, he determined to see what would result from further In quiries. "Where's your paralysis?" he asked kindly. Rufus was drawing a rag swiftly across the left shoe. "In the right hip, doctah," he an swered. "It's probably rheumatism," suggest ed the physician. "No, Indeed. Ifs paralysis. I reckon I knows rheumatism and I knows paralysis. This Is suttenly paralysis." The doctor drew a good sized pin from the lapel of his coat. "Well, Rufus," he said seriously, "there Is ouly one way to tell. Come here. I'm going to Jab this pin In your hip. If It hurts, then you have rheu matism. If you don't feel It, then you are right, and you have paralysis." The boy did not rise, but drew the rag thoughtfully across the shoe. Finally he said: "Doctah, I reckon you mus' know more about them things than I do. 1 know It ain't nothln but Jes' common ole misery."—Kansas City Btar. THE "REVIEWER. In the last hundred years Turkey has lost about half of its territory. Thl» looks as if somebody had been using the Ottoman to walk on. Philadelphia Times. How times have changed! It is said now that the lazy Indian is a menace. There was a time back in the early six ties when a lazy Indian would have been considered a godsend.—Minneapolis Jour nal. The tight the Boers are now making is hopeless, however heroic it may be, and to prolong It is but to add to the Boer losses without any ground to hope that tho British will ultimately be defeated.— Denver Republican. The Canadians have vainly tried to get a measure of reciprocity, but now they gre getting something almost as valuable from the overflow of surplus American capital in the development of their re sources.—New York Commercial Adver tiser. Of the $208,000,000 deposited in the savings banks during 1900 perhaps fully one-half represents deposits of men of wealth divided among several of these institutions for the purpose of avoiding taxation aud pending investment in some profitable way.—Brooklyn Citizen. The latest cure for excessive fat —the eating of cold food —may confidently be accepted as effective. Habitual cold lunches will put a man under ground as surely as anything, and there is no more certain way of reducing the most corpu lent to a skeleton.—Providence Journal. Commerce is destined to be a great peacemaker. There is a growing impres sion among the wise ones of Europe that the nations of that part of the world must quit shaking their lists at each other aud get down to business or the United States will steal their trade away.—Minneapolis Time 9. While Connecticut is trying to adopt the whipping post method of deterring husbands from heatiug their wives Rhode Island is trying to amend her divorce laws so that wives cannot so easily slip out of the control of their husbands, and thus does the pendulum of reform in New England swing back and forth and make no progress.—San Francisco Call. Much money has been expended In a vain effort to kill out the Canadian this tle. It has now been discovered that the fiber of the same can be used In paper making ajid, for that matter, in the man ufacture of cloth. Instead of trying to eliminate the thistle, why not cultivate it? Possibly then it might disappear, very much to the chagrin of the would be cultivators.—St. Louis Star. K<>llo»lnu the Same Rale. "See here, sir," exclaimed the suc cessful manufacturer to Mr. Adam Upp, his dilatory bookkeeper, "you tire not so attentive to business as you might be. It has been my rule through life to be at my desk early and late, and"— "Me, too," replied Mr. Upp. "Some times I get there early and sometime* late."—Catholic Standard and Times. When You Get A Headache don't waste a minute but goto your druggist and get a box of Kraase's Headache Capsules. They will prevent pain, even though your skull were cracked. They are harmless, too. Reed the guarantee Price 25c. Sold by Rossuiau & SOD'S Pharmacy. THE DOCTOR'S KUS£, HOW HE GOT THE BEST OF HI3 RIVAL. Foi a Time Tblugt Looked Bloc Foe tli« tuuun Fh>alulttu, but With the Aid of u Krlcuil He Turned the lid* and Now la Froipvroua. Whin Sylvanus Craig graduated from the Chicago Medical institute, he wut i. nny aud chose a small Illinois town wherein to swing his shingle. No strug against bitter odds in a big city for him. He preferred country air and a chance for his life. The fact that there was only one other doctor in Blossomville and he aged and decrepit promised a smooth path to competence and glory. That was before Sylvanus went to Blossomville. Three months later he held his head and wondered how it happened. Not a solitary patient had responded to his bright new sign, and old Dr. Gettys ftill drove busily around in his neat little phaeton and held crowded office hours at tending to the invalids of the town. Dr. Gettys had been the standard physician of all Blossomville's families for three generations, and the families sniffed at the latest in medical achievement as rep resented by young Dr. Craig and stuck to their colors. AH a new young man he was popular; as a physician he was blandly ignored. This, as Sylvanus had discovered, did not pay bills. It was distinctly annoy ing, as Dr. Gettys was certainly old enough and rich enough to be willing to give another man a chance. He had no moral right in continuing to risk the health of Blossomville by antique medi cines and remedies discarded by advanc ed practitioners two decades or more ago, and the inhabitants of the town were senseless enough not to see they were casting aside pearls and clinging to dross. It was really very hard. If something did not happen soon, Sylvanus decided he would turn on the gas or goto digging ditches. A couple of weeks later a traveling man at the Main Street hotel, who had just arrived, fell violently ill. He writh ed as the scared bellboy responded to a ring. "Any doctors in this bloomin hole?" queried the sufferer. "Old Dr. Gettys and the new one, Dr. Craig, he's young," said the boy. "Go for the old one!" roared the trav eling man. "No young green fools around me! I'm far too sickl" Dr. Gettys hastened to the hotel and did his best. The case was a difficult one, and the patient after a day or so grew steadily worse. Ho had the only nurse the village afforded, and interest In his illness grew abroad. Dr. Gettys was in despair the fifth day, when the sufferer steadily declined in health. He grew secretly scared at his failure to produce any effect on the ravages of dis ease, and that was why ho did not feel so bad as he might have done when the sick man, who was addicted to violent language, told him his candid opinion of bis skill, peremptorily discharged him and sent for young Dr. Craig. Naturally, as this was his first oppor tunity to show Blossomville what he could do, Dr. Craig bent his best energies on the situation. Well he knew not a family in town was there which was not awaiting the result of his struggle with death which Dr. Gettya had had to give up. In three days Dr. Craig had his pa tient sitting up, and in two more the trav eling man had left town after publicly eulogizing Dr. Craig in the office of the Main Street hotel. Blossomville capitulated. There was a migh'y swerve, and the tide of the sick and afflicted flowed toward the office with the new glittering sign. Dr. Gettys, left stranded, retired on his income aud made a collection of butterflies. A year later Dr. Craig, prosperous and radiant, ran up to Chicayo on business. The first thing h® did was to hunt up his particular old college chum and wring his hand, with tears in hla eyes. "It worked, old boy," he said. The college chum grinned. "I fancy I did do my part pretty well," he respond ed modestly. "I wasn't a star in ama teur theatricals in my salad days for nothing. Wasn't I a dandy drummer, and, oh, wasn't I sick!" And then they celebrated properly.— Chicago News. HorrlbUt Horrible! Su»—Yes, I've had to give him up. Of course it's nice to have money, but one wants something more than that, don't you know? Alice —Dear me! Isn't he refined? Sue—Mercy! Awfully vulgar. We were at the play the other night, and right there before everybody he hissed the vil lain!— Chicago Times-Herald. A RanklisK Inilooatlon. Mrs. Dove—My husband always kisses me when he leaves the house in tho morning. Miss Spiter—Funny how good natured acme men are when they are getting away from home for a whole day.—Bos ton Transcript. Why Did Willie Lose Hla Jobt « 1 i n i I" "■ 1 Willie (answering his employer's wife over the phone)—De boss says he ain't kere,—New York Evening Journal. The Mnn She Wanti to Marry. Mrs. Benham— Not one woman in a thousand murries the man she wants. Benham—She doesn't want to marry the man she wants. She wants to marry the man some other woman wants. — Brooklyn Life. To Be Sore. Mistress—And you say your brother choked to death? What on? Maid —On a chair, ma'am. He was eat t&g dinner.—lndianapolis Sun. That Lovely Gorge. Mr. and Mrs. Dawson held an "at home" at their house in Manchester on the occasion of their return from a win ter tour on the continent. They were very proud of the trip, and Mrs. Dawson was continually asking her husband if he remembered this, that or the other glo rious bit of scenery. "And, oh, the gorge at Andermatt!" she exclaimed. "You haven't forgotten that lovely gorge, have you, Fred?" "The gorge at the Grand hotel?" drawl ed Fred wearily. "By no means. I'll re member that gorge to my dying day. Why, bless me, it was the only square meal we got in Switzerland!"— London Answers. He Is A Wonder. All who see Mr. C. F. Collier, of Cher okee, lowa, as he is now, cheerful, erect, vigorous, without an ache, conM harldy believe he is the same man, who, a short, time ago, had to sit in a chair, propped up by cushions, suffering intensely from an aching back, in agony if he tried to stoop—all caused by chronic kidney trouble, that 110 medicine helped till he used Electric Bitters and was wholly cured by three bottles. Posit ively cures Backache, Nervousness, Loss of Appe tite, all Kidney troubles. Only 50c at Paules & Co's drug store. BITS OF OLD CHINA, IT MAY bE THAT YOU SHELTEH A RAKE PRIZE IN YOUR CUPBOARD. Early Speoinieim of Dresden Ware Are of luiiiieuae Value, and Old (belicu 1 lilun la Toduy Worth More Than lt» Weight In Gold. Old ehiua has a value far beyond its intrinsic worth. Sometimes its possessors are ignorant of what their treasured bits are really worth. The story of how Dres den ware was made first in Europe is in turesting. Eggshells and seushells ground up and buried for a hundred years was the recipe the Chinese gave two centuries ago for making porcelain. It was a trade secret which the Chinese were clever enough to keep to themselves for a thou sand years, aud If it had not been for an enterprising young German named Bott cher it would probably be sealed yet. Bottcher was an apothecary's appren tice in a small Prussian town. His am bitious experiments with chemicals caus ed his townspeople to declare him a wiz ard, so he ran away to Dresden, where the king set him to work to try to make gold. Soon afterward a rich Dresden Ironmaster named Schnoor in riding across his land was bogged in a bed of soft white clay. Thinking it might do for hair powder, he took some of the stuff home and dried it and sent it to the king. The king handed it over to his new chemist, who burned some aud then found, to his amazement, that the stuff was real kaolin, or china clay. When the king saw the value of the discovery, he shut up Bottcher iu the fortress of Konigstein to continue his ex periments. The clay was carried to him in barrels under the royal seal, the work men sworn to secrecy and a notice hung in every room, "Be secret unto death." Four years later, in 1719, a workman uamed Stohzel escaped to Vienna and started a china factory there, and from that town the secret was carried to Eng land. Early specimens of this Dresden china are of immense value. A little clock, dated 1727, was bought by one of the Rothschilds some years ago for S6OO and is worth today $1,250. A pair of candle sticks were sold at the same time to the Marquis of Bath for $1,155. Genuine Dresden work can easily be told by the "hall mark" It bears of a couple of cross ed electoral swords. The prices mentioned are nothing com pared with those paid for good English porcelain made at Chelsea. A set of seven vases sold for $15,000. A dessert service specially made for the Duke of Mecklenburg in 1703 cost s'>,ooo at the factory. If any of it is still in existence, It will be cheap at SI,OOO a plate. There ie a good deal of old Chelsea china in private hands. Owing to the fact that the making of it ceased In 1705, it is worth more than its weight in rrold. It is deep blue—often a little wavy flnret red, canary yellow or sea gmu. and the gilding is specially heavy. Each piece bears underneath the regular Chelsea mark, an anchor in red or gold. Stratford, England, once hi:.l a famous china factory. Bow china, as 1: is ea!l< d. is second only to Chelsea in value. Tin re is a painted bowl of Bow china in the British museum worth over SI,OOO. A ■ingle triangle, or sometimes two tri angles in a circle. Is the usual ma.fc of Bow china. But some specimens have no marks underneath, but have instead .i bee modeled or painted on some part of the upper surface. These are specially val uable. Another wsy of tilling both Chelsea and Bow china Is by its ex quisite whiteness. The letter D crossed by an anchor on any old cup or saucer is the mark on the ware turned out by another long extinct factory, the Chelsea Derby. Dr. John son saj-s of the china produced in 1777 that "it was beautiful aud dear as solid silver." It would be gold today. The most important china works in England today are those in Worcester. Specimens of its early output are as valuable as almost any old china in ex istence. Early Worcester china, made by Dr. Wall, who founded the works, is, most of it, blue and white, like Chinese ware. It can easily be identified by the heavy, irregular black orescent at the bottom of each piece. All the saucers have this mark, but the cups have sometimes only a tiny letter "b." Worcester of a few years later has an oddly shaped "W" upon it. Bits of Worcester china of 1780 and a little later may be told by a mazelike square. Thin is always valuable. A din ner service, even though imperfect, fetch ed $2,300 recently. The mark is always in blue or red. Flight, Barr & Barr were the next owaers of the Worcester works. Their name sometimes appears in full on the bottom of their exquisite plates and saucers, but more often simply the ini tials "F., B. & B." The painting on this china is some of the finest in existence. Two plates noticed by a cyclist in a cot tage near Pershore, in Worcestershire, realized for their owner, who was un aware of their value, $45 upiece. A shield with "K. B." on the top means that the piece of china which bears it was made by Kerr & Binns, who owned the Worcester works In the middle of the last century. They were specially commissioned once to make a dinner serv ice for Queen Victoria. If the crown, with crossed swords tin derneath and the letter "D" below them, Is marked in violet on the bottom of any plate, it is real Crown Derby, of which there is still a good deal in existence. Early specimens are very valuable, some fetching more than four times their weight in gold.—London Standard. In Hla Hand. In a courtroom in a western city, says an exchange, a tramp stood charged with stealing a watch. lie stoutly denied the Impeachment aud brought u counter charge against his accuser for assault committed with a frying pan. Tho judge was inclined to take a com mon sense view of the caso aud regard ing the prisoner said: Why did you allow the prosecutor, who is a smaller man than yourself, to assault you without resistance? Had you nothing in your hand with which to defend yourself?" "Bedad, your honor," answered the tramp, "I had his watch, but what was that against a frying pan?"— Youth's Companion. The art of dentistry was Introduced in to New York by John Greenwood in 1788. He is said to have made the first artificial teeth ever manufactured in this country. A Storv Killer. Brlggs—There's one thing I will say for Dumleigh—lie's honest. When he quotes one of your bright sayings, he in variably gives you credit. Griggs—Aud I wish he wouldn't. He Invariably spoils my joke.—Boston Tran script. One of Mnny. "He has gone in for politics, I hear." "Well, he certainly Is interested in the situation in Washington." "How do you mean? What situation?" "Auy old situation they care to give him there."—Philadelphia Press. Fought For His Life. ''My father and sister both died of Consumption," writes J. T. Weather wax, of Wyandotte, Mich., "aud I was saved from the sam? frightful fate only by Dr. King's New Discovery. An at tack of Pneumonia left, an obstinate cough and very severe lung trouble, which an excellent doctor could not help, but a few months' use of this won derful medicine made me as well as ever and I gained much in weight." In fallible for Coughs, Colds and all Throat and Lung trouble. Guaranteed bottles 50c and $1 -00 at Panles & Co's drug store. Trial bottles free. AL'-Ah AND AMERICA. A Persian Legend About the rica fur'a Vi«lt to Kui'th. In Persia, on a morning after the ver min had been particularly vigorous, I Baid something caustic about getting ba'-k to God's country. An Armenian who had reposed hi utter comfort in the same caravansary heard it and smiled. Being an Armenian, he hated 1 the Persians, probably, incidentally the Persian reciprocates. Well, this Armenian, rubbing his hands and with his head skewed over on one side, said: "The Persians have a legend for everything. They have a legend lor what you said just now. It is this: "Allah—that is God once said to his angel, 'I will see this world which 1 made.' "And so Allah and the angel descend ed invisible in a cloud to the earth, und the lirst place at which they ar rived was France —that is, in Feren ghlstan. And there they saw the rail roads, and the tramways, and the the aters, and the great picture galleries. An.l Allah looked in disappointment and said: 'Alas, no! This Is not the world which 1 made. I made none of these things.' "So they journeyed to Inglezistan— that Is, England and there were mighty ships in tlie harbors and huge mills which make all sorts of things and food In plenty. And again Allah said: 'Alas, no! This is not the world which I made.' And everywhere they traveled in the cloud Allah looked upon the land and said. 'No; this is not it.' "At last, in despair, the angel led the way to Persia, and Allah sat himself down upon a very high mountain, and, looking far on every side, he saw nei ther railroads nor tramways nor thea ters nor picture galleries nor ships nor mills nor schoolhouses nor plenty to eat. "And Allah said: 'Yes, at last. This Is the world which I made. Not a thing is changed. The people whom 1 put there have done nothing.'" "Why didn't he come to America?" 1 asked. "Sir," answer* d the Armenian, "in Persia they had not even heard of America."— Ilurper's Weekly. Wlira I Pole* MnLce. I A good story is told about a certain professor whose t-islness it was to lec ture to a number of students on sur veying. During one of the lectures, the professor said that in his opinion tho pole was of little or no value. To the astonishment of those present a Polish gentleman arose and.after accusing the professor of insulting his country men. denin..,;ed an apology, i The prof.-s..or thereupon explained | that the pole to v.hich he referred was | merely a term of measurement. The Polish gentleman, seeing his mistake, asked the professor to forgive his ap parent rudeness. To this the professor smartly replied: "You could uot be rude, sir, even if you tried, for it takes 40 poles to make one rood!" Quite Fit. "Mr. L'pner," said the prosecuting at -1 torney, "this is an action in which the plaintiff seeks to recover damages for I alleged injuries received at the hands I of White Caps. Have you heard any- I thing about the case?" "No. sir," replied the talesman. "We'll take him. your honor." j "Mr. l'pner," asked the attorney for the def •use. "do you know what a 'whitecap' is?" "Yes. sir. It's a wave that's got foam on top of it." "We'll take him, your honor."—Chica go Tribune. The first step toward clearing the com plexion is to see that the health is good, ; and this can only be when all the func tions of the body act freely and properly. The liver is the most important factor in keeping the skin in good order, but its activity should not be produced by drugs. The action of the liver is best encouraged by the free use of acid fruits, such as oranges, lemons, grapes and apples. Grapes may be safely eaten in abundance I if the skins and seeds are rejected. Lem on juice and hot water taken at night will correct any bilious tendency aud purify the skin. The woman who strives after a clear complexion will not eat pastry, fried or greasy food of any description or nuts. When the face lacks color, eat plenty of underdone beef and take a small dose of iron after each meal. When the face is too highly colored, these things should of course be especially avoided. EDISON'S PHONOGRAPH Better than a Piano, Organ, or Music Box, for it sings and talks as well as plays, and don'Wcost as much. It reproduces themusicof any instrument —band ororchestra—tells stories and sings—t lie old familiar hymns as well as the popular songs—it is al ways ready. See that Mr. Edison's signature is on every machine. Cata logues of all dealers, or NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CO., 135 Fifth Ave., New York. PLANING MILL? HOOVER BROTHERS MANUFACTURERS OF Doors, Sash, Shutters, Verandas, Brackets, Frames and Turned Work of all Kinds. Also Shingles, Roofing Slate, Planed and Rough Lumber. RIVERSIDE. NORT'D COUNTY. —■■— 1 » ■ 11 FOR FIRST W WORE IT 00 FO Danville Steam Laundry, No. 20 Cana St Lore and Kase, Pro! OLD DUTCH WERE CHOLERIC 1 They Culled Each Other "Snappert- ! Je* ( " Hud Even Wui»e. What a contentious crowd the In habitants of the village, then known as Breuckelen, now part of Brooklyn, was! The early records are filled with reports of inquiries into the cause of rioting and disturbances of the peace. The early court records consist largely of actions brought for slander and as sault. It is recorded that a man was | arrested for calling an otlicial a "snap- i pertje," another was putin Jail, charg ed with having called his neighbor a I "dick beeste" and still another was clapped into jail for having called a certain official a "bloodsucker." Some of tlie old Dutch records make intei est ing reading. And the court meted out justice in all these cases with a regard for common sense and a disregard for statute law that one cannot help but admire, one Instance of curious adjustment of penalties may be cited: The village tavern keeper and a con tentious woman both appeared before the court, asking justice. They had quarreled. The woman had accused tlie Innkeeper of watering his brandy, and he in turn had applied an opprobrious epithet to the woman. The court after hearing the evidence adjudged both to be guilty. With rare discrimination in making the punishment fit the crime the man was fined G gulden and the woman, who had impugned the quality of the brandy, was fined 20 gulden. With hundreds of times the popula tion today, the courts of Brooklyn do not have one-tenth the slander or as sault cases that they had some 200 years ago, and, as for a riot, there lias not been one of any magnitude even threatened in more than a score of years.—Brooklyn Eagle. The French Academy, M. Jules Verne when asked by a friend to apply to the members of the French academy replied: "1 have just completed my seventy-third year and do not at such an age aspire to the academy. Dumas, the younger, asked me 28 years ago. I declined, and since then 59 academicians have died. They may be immortals, but they have not been rendered immortal." It Is hard to see why any French man of letters should be anxious to belong to a socie ty of which Moliere and Daudet were not considered worthy of membership. Besides, the famous epitaph will never be forgotten, "He was nothing, not even an academician."—New York Times." Volne of Farm Crops, 1000. The January bulletin of the depart ment of agriculture gives the value of the principal farm crops of the United j States grown last year. The figures are as follows: Corn 5751,220,034 ! Wheat 823,515,177 Oats 206,069,233 i Barley 24,075,271 ' Rye 12,295,417 Buckwheat 6,341,413 ; Potatoes 90,811,167 Hay 445,538,870 ! It appears that next to the corn crop hay is the most valuable of the north ' ern grown farm products. Mesdlir. Always mend table linen before send ing it to wash. Provide yourself with flourishing cotton in different sizes, ac cording to the fineness or coarseness of your linen. Paste a piece of stiff paper i over the hole on the right side, and then I darn very carefully with the flourishing 1 thread on the wrong side. The darn should reach half an inch beyond the tear on all sides, and the crossing must be very neatly and accurately done. It ! is really more satisfactory to mend these places before they reach the hole stage, and it takes far less time. New to Her. He—l saw our old neighbor, Mr. Skin ner, today. 1 She—Did you? What is he doing now? He—He's interested in one of these wildcat mining companies. She—The idea! I never knew you had to mine for wildcats. Philadelphia Press. . After the Honeymoon. Old Curmudgeon (married at last) — Well, that's my wife. What do you think of her? Confidential Crony—Don't like her at all. Old Curmudgeon—Neither do L —Fun. HHJI PRINT! j!... le vam to ilo all Ms of Printing L. f\ r * di ■i! ITS 11. II 111 Ist. Il's Rsoiit. ? A well printed, tasty, Bill or Let \f / ter Head, Poster A) A Ticket, Circular, v«v Program, Staie ment or Card is (y ) an advertisement for your business, a satisfaction to you. i Hew Type, NeiPresses, ~ Best Paper, Skilled M, " ProiDtness- All you can ask. A trial will mate 1 1 you our customer. We' respectfully ask that trial. r I ill Ml No. li E.i Mahoning SI., 1 IT-OLE:. _ _ .3 The Beauties of our Easter Millinery. The question nearest every femine heart just now isiEaster Millinery. We are ready for every demand with a showing far excelling every previous ef fort and wider and better facilities that point to perfection than ever. Score ripon scores of the most exquisit trim med hats await your choosing. iKiiir, 122 Mjill Street.
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