Aunt Sally s | Conscience By CLAUDE PAMAkES i ht I• i //"u ■ < r rague .V-wr w.-.s- tl.. r.• a betb r uatured. ii,..p- <•" -< -ntious won i than Aunt Sully \\ -ri.- r, n !i< r of Joah Warner, who departed this life after a full from tli** roof : hi-- barn. Aunt Sally hail no ehiltU.-u uf her own, l>nt did have half a dozen uleees and nephews, and anions the latter was (lie rollicking, frolic in- Joe Hi- . I 5,,.i. who was i.. v .wars oil i the time the (treat «i«m t) fell bjkmi the bouse of War ner li< feret if is not made to the fall from the roof of tin- barn, but to a ealai; ity that overtook \unt Sally a couwleßiv. On.* di) uephew .Joe. whose parents lived fi\eorsi\ i ;es away, arrived at Aunt Sally's on in errand. She was about <• t out for tli- village of H.-.w ■ vlil • to do some "trading," and Joe volu iteennl togo along as driver of old Bobbin. Aunt Sally had not l>een over that road for a mouth, and she was surprised to see elreus plc tur -s pasted up <>n every bam on the rout. Race ■ hlhlfc 1 she bad had a fninrnn for elreus pictures, but had U-en brought up to iM-lieve that eternal l»uiii-hinei:t awaited I'very one who ],. the <! «>r> of the elreus Itself. During bis lifetime Joab had dlidnrf ed \:«r:.»u- hired men for -'.tyiiuf a day off togo i the circus, and he had re- | fused to deal with certain men who had accepted free tickets for the prlvl- I lege of posting pietur. - on their barns. \s the good aunt and her nephew Jo*_ed hloa : the dusty highway and ohk ■to 1 mi ! >r bant decked out In • - printer's Ink Joe hear<l her hi II didn't stop to ask him self whetl .ct <he w >s Nibbing over the death of I heie ib or the fact that j she couldn t attend * circus promising -o much but he forth-j with pro<*» iled to coin*o<-1 If a single person could cotw : plre It would have I called a eoupntr as ueii as a plan lie made do commit j on tin* bareba< ted riders, on the worn j en Jumping through hoops, on the rhi- 'ing ale the banks of the Atr an t rand the hyena sneaking about In tl Indian thicket. Ho Just nut -till .nd chuckled, and wheu ho WMB't chuckling be was talking about j going to Alaska to dig for gold. When tl. y reftebed town and found j thin_- in > bustle he had to make' some e.\p: . atlon- lie explained thut J an exhibition was to be given that afternoon for the benefit of widows and orphans, but lie didn t say too much \> ; ■ Aunt Sally was making] her pureh st 1 ■ the merehaut might have referred to the "exhi ition" and called It by some other uame If nephew Joe hadn't given bliu the wink. When ten yards of calico, lil'teen of sheeting, t. *e towel . one table cloth and thread, pins and in- dies had been bought Am.' Sail;, suddenly remefli bered something and ttirne<l to Joe and said. "If there !s anything going on for the bencii' of widows and orphans I ought to > Interested, being as lam a widow myself. I it a spelling l>ee or anything of that -ort?" "• »h. tio. They have got a tent and a collection of wild animals, its what you might call a natural history exhibi tion l'id you ever -ee a live lion or titfer. Aunt SallyV" "No. I never did." "Ever see an elephant or a zebra or giraffe V" •'No." "Well, you can see them now and help the widows and orph ins the same time. It's iiU cents apiec , but I've got the money for my ticket." "But I shall pay for both of us," re plied Auut Sa ly as she handed over a dollar • \VI en 1 -et out to do any thing for 112 benefit of charity I'm not one to -<■! uip at it. There won't be any gan. ug or horse racing, will there'?'" •• Merey. in. ill-■ I lis iy there will Is; noth ;i t offend the most fas tidious i otne oil." They h ! ; ■ rter of a mile togo to reach th t i«. and during the walk Aunt 5.,11;. was puzzled that so many I p! sh*e Id I iv.• turned out in the .-alive , rl J If She had had hel ghis-.-s on she (night have read signs on the - iyly painted wagons to arouse i-usp, i. ill ibe p tl Into the tent with th • innocence ... a child of five. It v ■ s the ih'iml • and Nephew Joe elided her a; •! and saw that she missed nothing. It was a real treat to the woman, aud she felt herself growing a bit reekle under the wave of enthusiasm. She ate peanuts and dr ak lemonade, and after taking an other look at the Bengal tiger which had killed seven men and was anxious to tin h off seven more as soon as pos sible she said: "Joe. th.s real nice, and I'm glad we «• ;. What ire the folks going Into that other tent for 7" "Oh, that s p rt of the show, you know There .r • 101 l - who don't care to I at lid 'an .Is, and so they ha > •• r ib 1 tumbling In there for tl; -in." "But why cau't we see it?" "W>- cu, ami It won't coat a cent more." They went In and found seats, and j tie* eireui performance ojM-ned. llow [ was the 'eless AMtit Sally to tell th. t .1 v. > clr. us .- it was her first attendance, and she bad never even bid a pert.' m it.ee described to her. She grinned troi the time the clown appeared and the hurdle Jumping and bnreb- <-k : ling brought "Olis!" and " Vh- "' from her until everybody ar" i 1 ' ! :11■ I She bought lemo'ia.l. 1 p nut every tlms the boy cume aloiijj a; d wl en the perform- j an«*e w. - •' i-r i<- said to her nephew. "Joe. 1 en ild --in Ii a show every .lay in the w«- aud lot see enough. I don't knov wl*. it up for the ben «-fit ..ft-, d orphans, but I'm telling you hew aw a mighty seusl ble feller. If It had Itecn il husking l»»e he wouldn't I • t I.CII ill half tllO money. If y..u hear of any more shows like It th.s umti -r you let me know, and We'll ... *-->• e- • ii al \ id -w had come Into Ai it S IP. - I le and she talked of it ull the w: ' hop .- J.m- let hyr do most of the talking. He was preparing for the Impending calamity. It i ijt.e within t le ii minutes of the.r arr ' d home. Itronson, a 1 1 ■ ■ il f '-t. ■is at th house on an er ratid. and as m<oii as Aunt Sally liegan tod' ii • the si " ' i veil for the l«-n --••tlt <>f the widows a 1 orphans the cat was out of the bag. "I>.>\ -a know \ii t , iu'vc done, Aunt Sally Warner?" (e'.i I the caller lu nerlotis tones "Why I'M had a g<»od time." "V»s you've I al a gfMsl time, and you an : . pay an awful price for it 1 wouldn't ! e ii y >ur sho>n for all the money this side of Jericho." "Itiit v. li t do y.ni mean? Isn't It everybody's duty to help the widow* and orphans?" "Not if it's going to send your soul to the bad place. Aunt Sally, you've been to a circus!" "No, I haven't! I wouldn't goto u circus for a thousand dollars, and you know It." "You're been to a circus—a regular circus -with all its wickedness, and how on earth you sire ever going to get for giveness for it is niore'n 1 can say." Nephew Joe was called In from the barn and the matter put to him, aud he had to acknowledge that he had worked a plot. "I never would have believed It of vou—never!" walled Aunt Sully. To think that one of my own kith and kin would take me to a circus and make tue lose my chance of going to heaven!" "But the animals Interested you." "Yes. they did." "And you liked the peanuts and lem onade." "Alas, but I diil!" "And you thought the clown was funny and the riding good." "Heaven forgive me, but I did!" "Well, I don't see where the kick comes In. I don't believe you ure any wickeder than before." But Aunt Sally could not be com forted. Her conscience was roused and she could eat no supper. She thought of the sacred bull of India and wept hot tears. She thought of the two horn ed rhinoceros and the girl who jumped through hoops, and bid her face. She had an accusing night of It and never shut her eyes, and early the next morn ing she walked over to the house of the village minister and told hlm all. He asked many questions In a kind way, and when he had gut to the root of the matter be said: "Well, Sister Warner, being as your nephew deceived ym and being as there were animals and peanuts and lemonade, and being as there might not be another circus along here for tlve years. I think the I.ord will let you off this time, but if your hired man plays dancing times on his fiddle you watch your feet and don't let them get to shuillitig!" A Famom Duel. One day the famous duelist Pierrot d'lsaac went to see his friend, the Mnr ijuls Merle de Salute-Marie. It should be explained that In French pierrot means sparrow and merle means blaek -1 l.ird. "Marquis," said D'lsaac, "I am a t'onapartlst. and you are a royalist. Moreover, I am the sparrow and you are the blackbird. Doesn't It strike you that there Is one bird of us too many?" i"lt precisely does," said the marquis. "My choice is pistols, and, as Is appro priate for birds of our species, let us i tight In the trees." As If It were not a | sufficiently ridiculous thing that one [ man should challenge another because . his name was Sparrow and the other's i Blackbird, the duel was actually fought from the trees, the seconds standing on the ground below. The pistols were tired at the signal. There was a rus i tling among the leaves of one of the chestnut trees. It was Pierrot d'lsaac, who, wounded severely In one leg. came tumbling to the ground. At this point the marquis began to chirp tri umphantly, Imitating the song of a blackbird. This was a fresh Insult, to be atoned for In only one way, and D'lsaac waited for his wound to re cover to challenge Salute .Marie for the clilrp. This time the duel was fought with swords, aivl Salute-Marie was badly wounded. The sparrow bad avenged himself on ih blackbird. C ulliifiry Art Al«l« The Russian physiologist Pa v lav clearly demonstrated, in his researches on digestion, that the Ingestion of sub stances with a purely nutrient value does not sufficiently satisfy the de mands of the body. Taste and appetite must also be taken into consideration. These are satisfied only by the addi tion to the food of spices aud salt, and It is largely due to the Influence of these condiments that the proper amount of gastric Juice Is liberated by the mucous membrane of the stomach. The action upon the stomach of reflex stimuli is shown by the favorable ef fect on the flow of the gastric secre tions made by mental impressions In duced by the mere sight and odor of a well prepared dish. In this manner Epplen leads up to the broad claim that the proper prep aration of all food, as demanded by the essential requirements of the cu linary art, is not a luxury, but a physio logical necessity, and to develop and disseminate this knowledge Is an act beneficial to the public welfare.—New York Medical Itecord. HORSESHOE NAILS. Thv Way They Arf Turned Out liy Km pert Workmen. Three million separate shoe nails are often cast from a ton of metal. Of the smaller sizes 2,<X»O nails are molded in a single mold, and an expert workman will make eighty molds lu an ordinary working day, thus turning out 100,000 separate nails. When the metal lu a liquid state is poured Into the mold It runs through the sand In passages provided lu the molding process. The whole of tha nails are cast together aud are, when removed from the sand, connected by ; u network of Iron one with another. | In this condition the Iron Is as brittle jar glass, and very little force Is re j quired to separate the nails from the \ network which holds them together. They then have to undergo the proc ess known as annealing. They are mixed up with hematite Iron ore, which is In a powdered state, put Into Iron pots and placed In an annealing fur nace, a sort of kiln. Here they remain for some days, care helng taken to so regulate the heat to which they ure subjected that the iron will not be re ;i;eitc i. but brought very nearly to that | condition. The action of the raw Iron ore upon the brittle casting is marvel ■■ :s Af' •• cooling It can be bent wlth (t r!■ ' i.' bre kin-. and It becomes a eJtil awl sei * Iceabl • article. :.«-r I Way. "Th * - i Is a*i unfortunate Idea 112 re; ice," "Yes," niai '.ered Miss Cnyenne "She ! as an idea that - l e is saying smart things when -he Is merely saying 'linjr I'iat art."- Washington Star ll'. \ . i 1.. > t |> Cai t) 112 11 ; ritii i. ilthy in any country, at nt -ai the year or at any time of ! ■ t> ■ : nti early habitually. The .. .1 . beit»-r rested by lying late, e'en 11 ,t sleep, while the young re quire all 111 seep they can get. In all latitii i' 1: warm weather, the tnorn ii - •r. ailh nigh feeling cool und 112f e■ ii, i-t laden with Ihe pestiferous u . .1...1 In winter the atmosphere be fore .re ii, fit !-; so cold and chilly and scan liing that it fairly shrivels up man and I e:i-t, chilling to Ihe very (nan i.wboii oinetlines; hence the uv < rage duratlnii of human life would be Increased and the amount of sickness largely din 11-hed by late rather than early rising, as all the older nations full well know and practice.—Ex change. The Silence By John Barton Oxford j <"oji|yni/M. I>» .'•>/ .1/e' 'ii" , ni'.';>'/» a i ■■ It bung conspicuously on the south wall the only picture in the llttlo bod room. In the foreground, between two walls of water which reared them selves on either side lu deliance of all natural laws, fat, bearded, complacent, stalked a herculean Moses. Itehind lilin trailed the children of Israel, looking very like a mob of flerman peasants, while on the horizon the Egyptian hosts —sadly out of perspective were threat eucd oil every side by curling waves of gigantic proportions. It had hung there in the same place for years, lint It was only since the day he had been brought in from the barn, his right side useless from a stroke of paralysis, that Daniel Crosbj had giv en the ancient, smoke streaked wood cut more than a passing thought. He had been aware of its existence lu a vaguely familiar way. If it had been taken down he would have missed it. He knew from the title underneath It was simp in- I t i represent the passage of the lied sea by the children of Is rael, but heretofore lie had never taken the tr .iil.' • t.i notice further detail, mi - i'vit it wis yellowed by age and b Ily i ilrche 1 in places by smoke fr in S'i ■ hai .-iit kitchen. .r nov it was different. As he lay j there on the bed practically helpless and the .Inne . ays went by in monoto n,i i; .ie ion. he found himself ex ;:i ii.:; g I'.e picture minutely during the I : wakeful daylight hours when the ; r e-e I'lii , • e l the i hint/, curtains at the windows and the bees droned among the blossoms of the syrings bushes just outside. It came in time to have an uuwhole some fascination for him. He began to wonder Just how many children of Israel were represented in that cut, and to satisfy himself on this point lie tried time and again to count them, begin ning with the two patrlarcliial gentle men just behind Moses, but always at the thirty fourth the heads resolved themselves into a blurred mass that do lled further enumeration. Day after day, hour after hour, he counted pa tiently. and steadily his anger at his own helplessness In the matter aud his resentment of the blurred heads grew stronger. Try as he would to divert his mind to other things It always re turned pertinaciously to the picture and the all absorbing question of how many children of Israel there would be if he could once succeed in counting them all. lie grew by slow degrees to hate that picture, yet with this hate the fascination was no whit lessened. In deed, the stronger grew his hate the j more frequent became his countings until at last he realized he could know no peace of mind until the picture was taken from the room. It seemed the simplest of matters to have a picture removed from the walls : of a bedroom, but In Daniel Crosby's case there were complications, and these complications lay In the fact that the only person to whom he could sug gost that the picture be taken down was h.ls wife, and between Crosby and his wife there had existed fourteen years of stubborn, unyielding silence. | It had come as the climax of numer ous petty differences. They had w ran | gled long an I fiercely. At the end of it Abby Crosby had burst into h flood of bitter, rebellious tears. "You can rest assured of one thing. Dan'l Crosby," she had sobbed wretch edly. "1 won't never, never open my mouth to you again 's long's I live!" He had smiled in superior fashion. "So be It." lie had acquiesced. "It'll i suit me perfee'ly. An' I'll see to it you ain't troubled with any remarks from me." And from that bitter day. fourteen years before, they had llve.l together In silence with never much as a word \ passing between them. Not even this paralysis which had stricken him In bis advancing years could shake the i stubborn pride of either of them. He had wondered vaguely that day the | neighbors had borne him Into the house | aud laid hlm on the bed if perchance In the excitement of the moment she ; would forget herself and speak to him, ' and he was rather proud of her self restraint wliyn she bad not. j Silently she prepared his meals and brought them into him: -llently she , massaged him und used the battery as j the doctor had directed. lie watched j her narrowly day by day, all his long ! Ing for companionship in these hours i of his helplessness carefully concealed j beneath a cold exterior. t "If any one speaks first. It'll be her," j he told himself over and over. So day after day as his wife came . j Bileutiy into the room aud went silent ! ! ly out Daniel lay feebly fingering the j sheets with his left hand, striving to j conjure up some scheme which might | rid him of the troublesome Israelites | who refused to be counted above the thirty-fourth. At last lu desperation I he had been counting, counting all day , } long he decided to take the matter Into his own hands. In the early dusk when lie heard Abbv go out the back door to shut up the barn and the hen houses for the night ho managed, by the use of his sound left arm, to slide himself out of the bed onto the floor. Slowly, painfully he contrived to reach the corner where an old cane with a crook handle leaned In the angle of the walls. Then with indomitable pa tience he wormed his way along the floor until hew as beneath the picture After several unsuccessful attempts he i nanaged to hook the handle of the i ane securely onto the frame, and, | rowing hi-* whole w -iglit upon It, he ■ dragged t.'-• | etui crashing to the ' !' ior. lie listen.-d lor moment, I" ilf ex ! pectin : to hear his wife's footsteps on ; the back i' p . but no one came Ho 1 I draggi d himself Int.. the kitchen, push 1 ing the picture before him. The cellar j door was ajar. Thither he made his 1 | painful way and palled It wide open. ' i The minglc-l smells of damp earth aud i last • eason's vegetables greeted his i nostrils. Without a pause lie thrust tl the pi ture flu ugh the doorway and e listened with many delightful chuckles b *s the children of Israel went bump (, ing downward Hallway down the frame stu.-k fa t. That would never ) i!o. lie pulled himself back to the lied i. room to get the cane. With the aid of j the cane he was sure he coi 1 reach 3 down and complete the de , He had scarcely regain. I room when he heard hi- v. I, He lay on the floor, spent an P Ing hard. Perhaps she was going out again, lie would lay low and wait ~ He heard her moving briskly about the H kitchen for a time; then i door squeak ed raucously on its hinge There was only one door in the hot • that creaked in that fashion. It was the cellar doot He heard h, r descending the cellar stairs cautiously, step by step, as if sb \vi*rc jrointc uow 11 in tho (lurk. Goo J Lord! She wis mollis down, and thut picture was lying there on the stairs. In tlu' darkness site would uever set! it. It would send her headlong down more thnu half the flight. Well, whatever happened, be wouldn't speak before she -poke to him. lie thumped the lloor lustily with his list. ; Undoubtedly she would come back, | thinking he wanted something. He listened breathlessly. ('reak, creak! Sh • was still : r olng down. She must be ( ■id upon tluit cursed picture. IIIH !ist was clinched; he bit his lips Rut v ouldn't speak tir-t, not il she went low" a thou-aml flights of stairs. In IN I KIIJ ol su p'iise lie thumped the, floor ilit. and in his excitement he lid net notice that this time he used j Sis ri--.it hand. A y. Abhy! Come here, quick!" | The v,. i Is broke from liis lips almost | invohn l.irily. II" heard her coming, i fi,in ' .ring np the stairs in her liaste, | and 1 sank Into a huddled heap, relief and iiame struggling for the mastery of him. A' came running Into the little bedroom. Her eyes fell first on the em]' bed, then on the huddled tlgure on the lloor. "lather, father," she cried, sinking to her knees beside ldm, "what has happened?" •A! ■ " he said severely, "do you know you're a-talkin' tome 7" • I don't care. I'm glad of It," she cont'e el recklessly. "Von spoke to i me. F.i«! 'r. Vou called me." Kb* t ".-ii and lifted liis head to her lap. tr 'n-r it tenderly as if he had been a child. "How came you to j be out here';" sl.e asked. lie niiied up at her sheepishly. "I tool, a notion i<» git that picture of the chi.<!: n of I-ra'l out of the room." ho j explain I. "It' , b ill' red me a good deal of late, ■ I yanked it down with the cane V slid ti down the cellar >T ji-s 'l'iicn ; 011 come In an' started to j; . down them iairs, an' 1 hollered toy u. I was; afraid you'll break your neck over it." Ten i.:inu:. - ago I shouldn't 'a* cared i i; I ha I broke my neck," she iid, "but now" Mi.* drew him to her hungrily. Some thln_r war:ii ;,;• d wet splashed on his fort-':. Ii niel c-iiighed huskily. "1 gue .oii' l belter git ihe children of I-r t'l oil" the cellar stairs an' hang 'cm <>•• I ih wall again " he said. , ,; . .. [ if i «>ould stan' 'em now" i;.c V».»r«l "Dollar." Accordii: . io one authority, the word 1 "dollar" is a corruption of th** German word "thal. r," the form in iuiteh be in All tb:•>!' diiTerent forms W»'l i **ri .it ■ ' .'o. chilli's Thai, a H'the: ii to n. when* the Count of s -hi A. I • 1.'.15, ' ne.i •.>'!:<• excel It- - :n ,i ol' an ounce ill v., !r ' I'roMi then;; ■of the town i came Joachim's thaler, applied to the I above ii: •. • «••• .s a-- well «s that of Schi "ii tlia' , hence Joachim's thal er pieces \ first contracted Into Joachim' t' ale: aa ! then Into thai .•r - ■• ■ . i"d such a reputa ■c in.- a pattern, so i that • i: ,'S < the :l! :' kind, though Iliac ■ . ot' • ' pi. c took the name, I the v • ; u ing teren* spelling 111r. : ' ! C< intries. reaching Spa . ."Ii - ai:■ 1 through its prov ince- t u ■ :* i tli western heml sp! i' app '1 to coins prior ■ ; dop'i iof the federal cur- I rency. in coinage, the word 'dollar* Is j a fa- Hind under various speili i i aliii" si e\eiv part of the globe" Siiric*T>- In tin* Miil-lli* %K«*n. In ii..- n i • ■»i the twelfth century pric-ts H • only ih . tors. By an edict of the council of Tours surgery was sep te.l from medicine and the practice • l tl former forbidden to the clerg. T " ' a- then empl-iyed their barbers ' > p<*; 'orin surgical operations. This ar .se frum the t.ct »112 the monks having lie ir heads shared frequently tinii obscr\ g the dexterity acquired by tlie barbers In the use of edge tools. The knights of the razor from cupping j and bice :li n*_r pa - l on t < tooth draw ing :*•:•! finally to other operations re quirii ' skill and deftness, if not much knowledge. They knew practically noth ing of anatomy. It is said surgery was denied to the clergy by a canon of the church wh'eh forbade them to shed bio. 1. Th' - coii-dilereil the dark age of inc .1 somber, indeed, it must li;i\ • ■ t.i the worthy citoyen who, p ; s. placing himself in tb? hands ~112 hi ' 'crf >r relief might r.t the MI- ' t!:.- lie was getting rid of a tumor al- i part company with Li* . head. FRANKING. Tli«- Way (li«- l*rlvili'»e«' Has Been Mi lined In KUKIUIIII. American legislators are not the only ones who abuse tl lr franking privi leges Kceeiil history in Kugland has caused the Ixmdon ( hronlele to. say: "Franking had its birth, honestly enough, in ltjiiO, in the desire to relieve members o: parliament of the expense incurred in the discharge of their na tional duties, but the practice rapidly widened until it !> me possible for members to transmit their household goods at tl c pu lie i-harge, as the fol lowing extract from old postotllce rec ords testifies; fifteen couple of hounds going to the king of Itoinans with a free pass, two maidservants going as luindresse to my Lord Ambassador Methuen I>r. Cricliton, carrying with him a >o\ an 1 divers necessaries; three suits of clothes for some noble man's lady at the court of Portugal, two bales of stockings for the use of the ambas-ador to the crown of Portu gal, a deal case with four Hitches of bacon for Mr I'ennlngton of Hotter ilam.' "This form of abuse died when the post office stable underwent a purifica tion, but it speedih gave place to an other variety. Members signed packets of letters wholesale, gave them away to their fricn is and sometimes paid their servants' wages in franked en velopes. pi fact, they became a valua ble form ■ currency, subject to the art of tl fot er. who did a roaring trade. lii 1715 MI worth of free corre spondence pa» -'i 1 through the fice. "I" tv at- later th • nation was f,ta -'led In c>\ r tl at the amount had inci i t.i . •<», and strin gent laws were 11 ; ■■' ed to mitigate the Immoral b* uleucies of the houses ot parliament. But all was In -tain until ! Sir b'ov ' Hill managed in 1X39 to tiijf-. it le'.'cs altogether " II lieu inn I ism iind 'lnn. The discover.* of a remedy for rheu mat,-in by it • :*ns of tan was aeel •I* nt illy ■ ' v a tanner of Ulm iii "i 1 - he fell into one ats. M.i as no one wai I to remain in the tanning liquid ('• over half an hour. When re-. tied •• found, it is said, that hlfl then; had entirely left lilin lie then turned doctor and treated bj means . called electrotauno tlicrapia THE GYPSIES. They Arc n Si'iiiiriitf I'eojile, n Tribe <lulfe l>> Tlii'iuaeht-n, "Such as wake on the night and sleep on the day and haunt taverns and alo houses and no m tn wot from whence ; they come nor whither they go." So , quaint!.'. >ie rib in" <ild Knglish stat i tile against the gyjisies. Kver since the j year l'.'tii. s;;.\s a writer in the London Standard. Creal Britain has tried to get * iiii of this trang • people without api j preciabl succci- livery year or so , : some count;, is up in arms against i lliem, yet Ihe\ persist In returning and ippari ,v thrive under persecution. The gypsies are popularly supposed * to come or.: itiaily from ligyjit, tis their i name Indicates, but their origin Is trac ' ed farther east than the land of tho i I Nile Wherever they come from, they, 1 are a separate people, a tribe quite by | themselves. They appeared In England about anil twenty six years later Henry VIII. ordered them to leave the coun try In sixteen days, taking all their good:; with them. "An outlandish peo ple," he called them. The act was in effectual, and In 1502 Elizabeth framed a still more stringent law, and man; were hanged. "But what numbers were executed," j says one old writer, "yet notwith- j standing, all would not prevaile, but they wandered as before, uppe and downe." They got Into Scotland and became an intolerable nuisance. Both In that country and i:i England legisla tlon prov d quite Ineffectual. Tlie acts gradually fell Into desuetude. Under George IV. all that was left of the ban against the gypsies was the mild law that any pers m "telling fortunes shall be deemed a rogue and a vagabond." "Gypsies are no longer a proscribed class," says a recent writer. "Probably the modern gypsy does little evil be yond begging and petty theft, but his determination not to work Is sis strong as ever, and it seems curious that an Industrial people like ours continues to tolerate a I •• de of professional Idlers." How numer >us the horde Is may bo gathered from the fact that the number who wintered in Surrey one year was es:it ated at 10,000. The langi; ige as well as the life of the gypsy tribe has a tenacity of Its own. Many of their words have taken firm hold in a half slang, half permis sibly way Shaver is tho gypsy word for child. Pa! is pure gypsy. Codgei means a man. Cutting up Is gj'psy for quarreling, and cove stands for "that fellow." "TEMSE" AND "THAMES." ifriuiii til' tlir SnyitiK About Srtiinif tli r !iiv<»r on Fire. SoiiiHimt > when a person wants to xnake an unplrn ant remark in a pleas- Miit sort of way about a dull boy he will say. "That boy will never set the river i.n lire." Now, that is all very (rue, for even the smartest man In the world could never set a stream of wa ter on fire, and perhaps many of ymi who have heard this expression have wondered what is meant by set ting the river on lire. In l'ug! mil many, many years ago, before th * miller- had machinery for sifting tl iiir, each family was obliged t» -i: tit own flour. I'or doing this It was n ec.-ary to use a sieve, called a tciir e. whi< li was so fixed that It could be tic i;. d round and round in the top of a l in. I If it was turned t'.o fast the fri ti HI would sometimes cause il to catch lire, and as it was onl.. die > • irt. hardworking boys who could make it ? o so fast the people get into the way of pointing out a lazy boy by saying that he would never set the ten"eon lire. After awhile these sieves went out of use, but as there were still i lenty of --tupid boys In the w irld p. kept on saj ing that they would never M*t the temsf on fire. Now, the name of the river Thames is pronounced exactly like the word t me. and » after many years those per- - who had never seen or heard of the old i hi' ll d sieve thought that "set: iig the letuse on fire" meant set tii.'.r the riv.-r Thames on lire. This expre ion became very popular and traveled far and wide until the peoplS living near other streams did not see why It was any harder for a slothful boy to set the Thames on fire than any other river, and so the name of the river was dropped, and everybody after that simply said "the river." meaning the river of his particular city or town, and that is how it is that people today talk of setting the river on fire. S|iriiKii;K "112 \ii«'cMry. Mr. Chuse has such an exaggerated respect for the blue blood of Boston which runs in his veins that his man i tier is slightly patronizing, lie was lately Introduced to a Syrian of good birth and education who lives in tills - country. * "And may I inquire," he said blandly : In the course of the conversation, "If you are of the Christian religion?" "Sly family was converted to Christ's i teaching at the time of John's second visit to Lebanon," quietly replied the Syrian. Youth's Companion. 1 YN MIII —in II I |kTIL the COUCH] J AND CURB TH« LUNCBI ' Urn Discovery jj _ /Consumption Price a r FAR I OUGHSnnd U Freo Trial. | 112 B Surest and Quickest Cure for all « - g THROAT and LUNG TROUB- ;j E LES, or MONEY HACK. * LJ.J iiitinii «i urn —III I r m IHI'RR *A ~ t A. Flollabl© TIN SHOP ' Tor atl kind of Tin Roofing, Spoutlne and Genera! Job Work. | Stoves. Keatere, Rans(«s, Furnaces, etc. , PRMSTHEIMT! QLILITV THE BEST! 8 9 :o: i) JOHN SIIXSO.N j NO. 116 E. FRONT ST. i I OIL PAINTINGS. Willi 11 l.lllli- I urc 'l'hejr liar Easily ll«- < leaned. Many a uo i I | icture that has looked j dark iii y lor years from having | been <• ,-o-oil to the dust can easily be I clc 1 :" and ire hen i in a very sim- I [.!" i i«• jiicture should Ije taken fr<• its lr in- :iml dusted carefully wr.ii ; ol't el ' it. I'eei a large potato :;:id cut it i.i hall', j;o over the whole ! picii.. v itii a sponge that has been Ii Pi t pid water, then with the ■of ie potato rub the surfaco • p with a light circular 1 careful not to press I > lly '> . I'. ■ canvas. Tho potato o i b* into loosen the dirt and i c • . nnil nieath will begin to • When all the stains' i; li.iie been removed the jde- I I•. ■ ■ ulii :.i oil), e I again In warm 1 \.i cr. i • • 1" ig taken to wash off [ : 11 L it may have been left j fl-e. I , e p., 1t... ti piciiir is badly cracked ,i li, !' w. ier as j.i.ssible should be L it is a; t to ooze under the 1,1 do some injury. ? ti." . I ]-ilutiiigs are Injured by the | damj - from the walls on which tii y Ing. The dampness Is apt to •• * the earn* is to decay, and there hi • few c.inva.-es made to resist To prevent this particular fo ... ' i.i .ty the back of the canvas should b* painted when perfectly dry with wiiiie 1 ad. ll.iri 1 tiell niul l!:e lleer Man. M.ii liicheli, i! • I .nious astrono mer, was olio* directed by her phy sician to r-e lager beer as a tonic. On the w i.v !•> visit her sister, Mrs. Joshua Kendall of Cambridge, Mass., she stop pel at a saloon anil purchased a bottle of beer and afterward asked her broth er in-law to ( pen it for her. The Mitch e'l family, ae oni ::g t i the Boston Her ai.l, s'-.'kc among themselves after the Q iiker cast. :.i. "Where did thee get it, Maria?" question 1 her sister. "At tlie saloon on r.e e irner," replied Miss Mitchell serenely. "Why, Maria! Doesn't thee know respectable women don"' g> into such places?" "Oh," said Miss Mitchell, in the manner of one who Ii: S done all that could be requir ed, "I told the ii.an he ought to be thoroughly ashamed .\>f bis traffic."— New York Tribune. CARE OF THE EAR. Never put anything in the ear for the relief of toothache. Never wear cotton in the ears if they are discharging. Never apply a poultice to the inside of the canal of the ear. Never drop anything into the ear un less it has been prevlousl^varmed. Never use anything but a syringe and i warm water for cleansing the ears. Never strike or box a child's ears, j This iias been known to rupture the ; drumhead and cause Incurable deaf- ! iiess. Never wet the hair if you have any tendency to deafness. Wear an oiled silk cap when bathing and refrain from diving. Nc..*t* cratch the ears with anything int. t!: • a i" if they itch. Do not use the he ici pi .1, hairpins, pencil tips or anything of that nature. Never meddle with the ear If a for ei -n bi.-iy . ,ters it. Leave It absolute ly alone and have a physician attend to it. All III' \ei*(lP(l. A number of Wall street men at luncheon one day were discussing the remarkable ability of a certain opera tor in th * street to weather any finan cial storm. "Why," said one of the financiers, "that chap's a wonder. I don't know how many times they've had him against the wall, yet he always con trives to get away." "I have heard it said," observed an other, "that I think is resourceful enough to make a living on a desert island." "Ye- he could do that, too." affirmed the first speaker, "if there were an other a in oa the islan i" Harper's Weekly. I .. .. ■n«8?tl of Danville. ! j Of course you read i! : I M J MM I : ij IflL I— UliiO. ii? ! l * ill I I I \\\ THE [\EOPLE S | ~ POPULAR I A PER, I Everybody R« ids It. j Publisheu livery Mor j :. r, Hxcept Sunday ;>'■ No. ii h Mah; nq St. ! Subscr.ption 6 cei r Week. I WORK FOR YOURSELF. Thru l uu W ill Hint- a lhaiice to Ue vt-Your Individual It?. It in well kuowu that long continued employment In the service of others of ten triples originality and individual ity. 'l'liat resourcefulness and inventive ness which come from perpetual I stretching of the mind to meet emer- I geneics or from adjustment of means I to ends is seldom developed to Its ut- 1 most in those who work for others There Is not the same compelling mo tive In expand, to reach out, to take risks into plan for oneself when the . programme* is made for him by another. On/ s If made men. who refusal to remain employees or subordinates, ara j the backbone of the nation. They are the sinews of our country's life. They got their power as the northern oak gets its strength, by fighting every Inch of its wuj up from the acorn with - storm and tempest. It is the hard schooling that the stlf made man gets in ids struggles to elevate and make a place for himself In the world that de~ | velops him. Some employees have a pride in i working for a great institution. Their Identity with It pleas-' them. Hut isn't even a small busin -s of your own, which g! es you freedom and scope to develop your Individuality and to be yourself, better than being a perpetual clerk In a large institution, where you are merely one cog In a wheel of a vast machine? The sense of personal responsibility is lu Itself a great educator, a powerful schoolmaster. Sometimes young wom en who have been brought up in luxury and who have known nothing of work when suddenly thrown upon their own resources by the loss of property o; compelled even to support their oiu-u wealthy parents develop remarkable stri'iigm and personal -power. Young men. 100, sometimes surprise every body when suddenly left to carry on their father's business unaided. They develop force and power which no one dreamed they possessed. We never know what we can do un til we are put to the test by some great emergency or tremendous responsibili ty When we feel that we are cut off from outside resources and must de pend absolutely upon ourselves we can fight with "11 the f'-ree of desperation. The trouble with working for others is the crumping of the individuality— the lack of opportunity to expand along original and progressive lines —because fear of making a mistake and appre hension lest we take tyo great risks are < constantly he im i .'ring the executive, the creative, the original faculties.—Suc cess. THE MACHINIST. Ill* Wjrk llasiK'eM From a Noedle to j "There is, perhaps. } > other trade ' and very few prose, sions," writes Wil : liani Iladdow in the Technical World j Magazine, "that require the high order ! of intelligence, the study, the applica tion, the real hard headed comison sense, tin* surgeon's delicacy of touch. | for instance, in fitting of fine work, that the machinist's trade demands to give the excellent work and the inter- ; changeability of parts found iu the modern rille or sewing machine. Tho rauge of his work Is from a needle to ; a buttleehlp; from automatic machin ery that 'would talk French had it one more movement' to measuring ma- ! chines guaranteed not to vary more j than the fifty-thousandth part of an ; Inch from the absolute. This precision I will perhaps be better appreciated when ! It is remembered that 150 times this limit of variation Is only equal to the diameter of the average human hair. Standard plug and ring gauges, to take a specific example, are so accurately fitted to each other than the expansion due to the warmth of the hand, If the plug be held In it for a few moments, will make It impossible to Insert the plug In the ring, while If the ring be expanded In the same way the plug will drop clear through It. "When lie machinist has become skillful enough to fulfill the above re quirements he mny receive from $2.50 per day up to whatever he can make himself worth and prove it." Ml ill J IIJIL We vant 13 So all Ms of teli 11 I An i J iMD ; I HHi ll'S Mi. ; II 111 18. ii's is* | I 1 If A well prr tasty, Bill «• \I / ter Head, h)Z Ticket, V.';:' y*v Program, ' |!>l ment or Car (y) an advertisemen for your br siiv . .- satisfaction to vo- New Tfffi, lew Presses, Best Paper, * Skilled Wort Promptness \ll you can ask A trial will make you our customer We respect l u ll l ' asi that trial. Tijr VM iI Hp "•» , im No. 11 P.. Mahoning St.
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