IS :: THE :: SEA :: SERPENT :: A :: MYTH ?
1
DT FROTCSSOR FREDERIC a. LUCAS.
v
Curator of the Division of Comparative
Anatomy at the United States National
Museum, Washington, D. C.
S there a sea serpent? To
this question sclent Hlc men
would unanimously answer
No. Hut If not n veritable
scaly snake, mny there not
lie some KiKiintlc creature whose oceiv
slonal appearance gives rise to report
that the sea serpent has been met
with? While the majority of scien
tific men would nlxo say no to this
question, now and then one- nilKht lie
found who would ndmit that this Is
possible In spite of the fnct-thnt no
naturalist has ever set eyes upon the
animal.
It Is true that the sea 'serpent has an
npRravatlng way of keeping out of
sight of those who ore most desirous
of making his acquaintance, ond
neither bone, tooth, nor scale of the
monster has ever fallen under the eye
of a scientific observer. But while
this Is very much to his discredit, it is
a habit shared by other animals, ond
need not nseessurlly imply that ho has
no existence. It Is not so long bro
that whalemen's stories of giant squids
were generally disbelieved, uud not un
til one or two moderate sized speci
mens were taken on the coast of New
foundland was their authenticity con
sidered ns definitely established.
There is certainly a very consider
able amount of testimony to the occur
rence of some huge, snake-like creat
ure, BUfllclent, as Profes-or Wilson
notes, to establish any ordinary fact in
a court of law. How abundant is this
testimony, and how well entitled to
credence, the reader may easily ascer
tain by referring to The Strand for
August, 1803, where it is published in
considerable detail. It will not do to
say that all these statements are based
nn a misinterpretation of some familiar
thing a whale, a school of porpoises,
a flock of birds, or drifting Uelp for
the nverago ship's oflloer is well ac
quainted with such objects. Moreover,
neither flocks of birds nor kelp occur
In some of the places named, and it is
Impossible to avoid the conclusion that
some animal was seen with which the
observer was quite unfamiliar.
Oudemans, n Dutch naturalist, was
so impressed with the belief that such
on amount of testimony must rest on a
firm foundation of fact that he wrote a
book to show that the animal seen was
an enormous seal-like creature of prim
itive type, which now and again
came within the ken of seafaring men.
That such a creature should be so sel
dom seen is not surprising. One may
be on the ocean for weeks without
catching a glimpse of n sail, and If a
ship with towering masts and spread
lng canvas escapes notice it is small
wonder that on animal which rarely
puts its nose above water should not
be more generally known.
Says Frofessor Andrew Wilson
"Many of the talcs of sea serpents are
amply verified -when judged by the or
dinary rules of evidence, and . . . cer
tain gigantic marine animals, at pres
ent unfamiliar or unknown to science,
do certainly exist." And the late Dr,
G. Brown Goode wrote In the Introduc
tion to "Ocean Ichthyology:" "It can
not be doubted that somewhere in the
sea, at nn unknown depth below the
surface, there are living certain fish
like animals, unknown to science, and
of great size, which come occoslonolly
to the surface and give foundation to
such stories as those of the sea ser
pent."
The hypothesis most commonly nc
eeptcd, and one that fits nduiirobly
with many descriptions of the sea ser
pent. Is that a giant squid has been
seen swimming nt the surface, the pro
jecting tail serving for the head, while
the long tentacles, dragging for nrty
feet behind, constituted the body. Still,
this does not cover all the cases on rec
ord, and It even remains to be proved
that the great squids ever swim in the
manner indicated. A more daring sug
gestion is that some of the extraordi
nary sea monsters that flourished when
the earth was yonng arc still living,
and nt the time of the Hassler expedi
tion, in 1870, no less an authority than
Louis Agasslz intimated that some nul
mals thought to have been long extinct
might still linger in the depths of the
sea. The gar pike, that mailed fresh
water tvranL Is common euough in
parts of the United States to be a nuls
nnee, and we find practically the same
fish in Eocene strata of the Y est. Hie
Tort Jackson shark of Australia traces
his pedigree back to Carboniferous
times. A great plesiosaur, swimming
at the surface, with head raised and
neck outstetched, would liarnionlz:
well with some descriptions of the sea
serpeut. Mosnsaurus and his kindred,
the sea lizards, that abounded In our
Cretaceous sea, are also among the an
imals that have been nominated for the
post of sea serpentship. But truth
compels us to say that the close of the
Cretaceous period, during which these
creatures flourished, was most disas
trous to living things, and scores of
strange species were then blotted out
of existence. Exactly what were the
causes of such widespread destruction
we know not, but Daua calls It "one of
the most noted lu nil geological his
tory." And while "probably not a
tenth part of the animal species of the
world disappeared at the time ... yet
the change was so comprehensive that
no Cretaceous species of vertebrate is
yet known to occur in tho rocks of tho
American Tertiary. . . . Here ended
not only the living species of dinosaurs,
of mosasauri and pterosaurs, but these
tribes of reptiles." There is another
objection to the majority of these ani
mals, which 1 that with the exception
of one or two of the largest pleslosaurs
they were entirely too small to fill the
Position of sea serpent, few among
them reachlng-a length of even twenty
five feet. And here we may, perhaps,
spring a painful surprise on the reader
by saying that no animal has actually
been measured having a length of even
100 feet True, books, nJ among them
scientific books, say that the great ror
qual, the longest species of wbale,
sometimes measures 120 feet from nose
to tat,, but no one bat ever brought
ucb a monster to bag, and the largest
that baa fallen under a tape line
stretched but eighty-nine feet As for
mi
r
. .
those huge reptiles with equally huge
names, brontosaurus, atlantorsaurus
nd their relatives, tho greatest of
thorn Is estimated mark tho word at
eighty foot, but the largest yet secured
measures but sixty feet.
Y 1th the Eocene period there camo
Into being hosts of new' creatures to
take the place of those that had recent
ly disappeared, and among them some
of the largest marine animals that
have ever lived. In the seas of that
day swam the greatest of sharks, crea
tures, to judge from their teeth, from
seventy-five to 120 feet long, though
tl.eir bodies were so perishable that
an estimate" Is the best that can bo
given. But even if we conservatively
lop oft" h score or so of feet from this
estimate it still leaves them of goodly
proportions. In company with these
sharks was a wlialeliko animal called
from the shape of the teeth zeuglodon.
oke toothed, though first named basl-
losaurus (king lizard), from n piece of
Its backbone which was supposed to
have belonged to some reptile. Until
recently this animal was not very well
known In spite of the abundance of Its
Mines lu parts of the Foutl.ern States,
but while there are certain points
bout Its structure that we would like
to have cleared up, we have a pretty
good understanding of its skeleton and
appearance.
Now before proceeding to descrl'io
Zcuglodon let us run over a few of the
characteristics ascribed to the sea ser
pent. Naturally it Is always a Ion;?
animal and rather slender; the head is
usually of moderate size, and is often
reared far out of water; the back is
adorned with n mane or fins, and the
body is sometimes said to be clad with
scales; Anally, locomotion is often said
to be by vertical undulations, portions
of the back alternately appearing and
disappearing. To take the last point
first, It may bo said that bupIi n mode
of progression is so extraordinary that
this part of the description is used as
an argument against the existence of
the sea serpent. Sunken swim ns they
crawl, by curving the body from sldo
ti side, and the sea snakes of the In
dian Ocean are even less able than
their fellows of the land to move othi
crwlse, since their bodies are com
pressed, which enables them to git tt
better hold cn the water. Fishes, and
particularly long-bodied fishes, such as
eels nnd ribbon fishes, swim in a simi
lar manner, and so did the great ex
tinct marine reptiles just mentioned.
But Zcuglodon was the one animal
speclully modified for vertical move
ments, and if the sections of ills back
bone be laid out end to end, it will be
found that the complete backbone has
a very decided upward curve In tho
front portion. Moreover, Xcug'odon I
the most slender animal for its size
with which wo aro acquainted, nnd,
while certainly attaining a length ot
fifty to seventy feet, was not more tliarf
six or eight feet in diameter nt the
thickest partand this is far less than
the chest measure of any whale of
equal length. And ns there are giant
among all sorts of animals, Individ
uals that for some reason far exceed
their fellows, so an occasional Zcuglo
don might have run up KM foot, and
this, as Kaa said of himself, would be
n very fair length even for a son ser
pent. The head of this animal was
small in proportion to the body, ns
may be seen by a glance nt the figure
of the skeleton, and was provided with
a fine set' of teeth, well adapted for
seizing nnd cutting. It will be seen
that Zcuglodon was Just the reverse of
the Tom Noddies, who were "nil head
ond no bodies," for by far tho greater
portion of tho creature was tho tail,
And one of the most obvious uses for
such n length and weight of tali would
bo to serve as a eouutcrpolaa for tho
body, and enable Its possessor to reu
the forepart out of tho water, and yet
at tho same tlmo swim M'tadlly for.
ward. Thou there is a ve.-y peculiar
modification of the brenNtbono, which,
taken in connection with the rest oJ
the skeleton, led tho late Professor
Cope to agree with the writer In believ
ing that the forepart of tho body could
easily bo raised ten to twenty feet or.t
of water in order to take a comprehen
sive view of the surroundings.
Among tho picturesque features of
teu ascribed to tho sen serpent ore a
mane, or crest and scales, nnd there
were some things about our Zcuglodon
that might hnve suggested these. As
for scales, one good authority has writ
ten a paper to prove that the animal
was a veritable mall-clad monster in
cased in a cuirass of jointed bones, al
though other scientific men decline to
subscribe to this.
Taken all in nil. some such creature
as Zcuglodon would accord better with
the nverago description of the sea ser
pent than any other known to science,
and if please note this if any nnliiml
of this kind exist, their appearance
would account for some- of the reports
of the occurrence of the sea serpent.
It may be Justly urged against Ze.ig
lodon that uono of tho Eocene mam
mals are known to have living repre
sentatives, but, on the other hand, it is
to bo borne in nlnd that marine oni
mals are less liable to change than the
dwellers upon land, and so conserva
tive. a naturalist ns Dr. Gill wrote that
It was possible, though far from prob
able, that seme relative of Zeuglndou
might still be Jiving. Collier's Weekly.
Mm anil Woman,
A man will run us fast us he can ii
cross a railroad track in front of a
train. Then ha will watch it till it
goes out of aJgut. Then bo will walk
leisurely sway. He seems to be ail
right and probably. Is. That is a man.
A woman in a street cur a ill opn a
tachel and take out a purse, take out
dime and close the purso, open the
satchel, put In tho purse, close the
satchel and lock both ends. Then she
will give the dlmo to the conductor,
who will give her a ulckel back. Then
sue will open the satchel and take out
the purs, put In the nickel, close tbe
purse, open tbe satchel and put in tho
purse, closo tbe satchel and lock both
ends. Then she will feel for tbe buckle
at tbe back of her bel.'.Kansa City
Journal, ,' - - , ., - ,-
EDUCATION IN ,aPAN.
TobHkt In n rnlrlnrritnl CenUemaa
SrntfMl on a C'uliloii.
If you can Imagine n long room in n
ong house with thatched roof, dark
jlastered walls, broad doorways closed
vlth paper covered latticed frame
which slide In grooves, bare floors eov
sred with perfect fitting straw mats,
wine tiny tables, one by two feet In
size nnd eight inches high if you can
luagine this, then you can conceive of
in ancient schoolroom in Japan.
Again, if you can Imagine n patri
archal old gentleman, with sparse
heard, n head half bald, n small twig
it hair turned back on the top of bjs
Head, then seated on n little cushion
behind one of the tiny tables on which
is n flat stone Inkstnud. n niainiHcnlpt
school book and a long bamboo pencil
5t one end of which is a fine pointed
brush for writing; then think of some
tiny children n half dozen probably
the boys' beads shaved, except for a
.ircular bunch of hair exactly at the
.Town, the girls with long tassels of
straight black hair banging In front of
-vioh ear, all dressed In little flowing
garments with sleeves like the wings
f birds these children sitting behind
nther little tables, their brushes In
hand, and writing, from the teacher's
lietatlon, strange shaped characters on
.'oarso copy books Imagine tills, and
rou have an ancient .laiancp selwd
in session, both teacher and pupils
lifting upon the floor.
They never went beyond reading and
counting upon the soro-ban (abacus'.
Things have changed now. Tho old
has utterly passed away. A most effi
cient educational system. Western In
theory and practice. Is now in full
.lperatlon throughout Jnpnn. Commo
dious common schonlbouses. nnd Im
posing college and university buildings
nre dotted all over the country. A
thoroughly graded system operates
from the primary school to tho Im
perial University, which ranks with
the highest American Institutions. The
official or government schools are
worked out to cover the whole field of
education except the religious feature,
nnd this they are endeavoring to sup
ply by an eclectic system of morality,
both Oriental nnd Occidental.
Resides the regular couvse, which ex
tends from tho common school through
the high common school, tho middle
school, the high school, to Iho univer
sity, there nre government technical
schools for every branch of trade and
the professions commercial, army,
navy, agriculture, textile, mechanics,
law, medicine, normal, language, etc.
The government maintains n ncciil
school for tho teaching of every modern
language of Importance English,
French, German. Russian. Spanish,
Italian, Chinese nnd Korean. But tho
English language precedes all other
languages, and it Is making such rapid
progress that It Is destined to become
the spoken language of the nation.
One serious crUt-isin against Japan's
educational system is that It discour
ages private schools. I'upils of prl
vote schools of equal grade and ef
ficiency with the government schools
cannot pass on to the upper official
schools with tho same facility as pu
pils of the government schools. When
wo remember that tho government
schools nre not free schools, and that
many 'excellent private schools sup
ported by foreign capital give stuiV.-nts
an education practically five, this dis
crimination of tho government would
seem, to bo unwise, and It Is likely to
bo corrected In the near future.
The American nation should be espe
cially proud of ,Ti. pan's educational
word, since it is from America that
T.-.p.ni has taken her lessons in West-
learning. Harper s eckiy.
Tiro Kazor n Saw.
"Do you know why we dip n razor
l:i hot water before we begin shaving,
and do you know why sime ignorant
men say a razor is 'tired?' " asked tin
harbor. "Well, this is all due to tin:
fact that a razor Is a saw, not a knife,
and it works like a saw, not like n
knife. Examined under the microscope
ita edge, that luo'.;s so smooth to tfit
naked eye, is soon to have lnnumeralil'.
nnd fine saw-teeth. When these teeth
get clogged with dirt all tho honing
and strapping in the world will do na
good the rar-.or is dull,, and nothing
will sharpen it. Thru Is the time the
Ignorant say It Is 'tired, and stop usin','
it, but tho wise know it is oaly
clogged.
"The wise, though, don't suffer theil
razors to get clogged. They dig then
in unrui water before they use them,
and thus the teeth are kept clean. It
is because a razor is n saw that latheit
is used on the beard. The lathci
doesn't soften the beard, as so mat'?
people think; It stiffens It. so that it
will present u firm nnd resisting ur
face to tho razor." Nt w York World'.
The llllibon FUli.
Charles F. Holder, tho naturalist, be
lieves that what people see in the
cceau nnd mistake for sea serpents
ore really ribbon fish. This curious
deep-sea fish often grows to a large
size. Dr. Andrew Wilson, of the
University of Glasgow, chronicles that
Lord Norbury, wliilo trawling in tho
Firth of Forth one day hauled up n
ribbon fisli which, when stretched upon
the deck of the ship, which was of
forty tons burden, was longer than the
vessel, or sixty feet in length. Says
Mr. Holder: "Tho fish is literally like
n ribbon. Those handled by the writer
were beautiful diaphanous creatures,
clear and Jellylike. The color was sil
ver tinted wlih blue and splashed with
biael: tlger-llko Mripes. Tho forehead
is vrry high, and from tho top of the
head rise n series of dorsal spines,
eliht lu number, a vivid coral in color,
which when erect resemble pompons
or a red mono, giving the Csu a most
ta :itn st le u ppeora nee."
Til Hard-working Hainan Ilrart.
Some one with an aptitude fur statis
tics hut been doing a little calculating
on the subject of the human heart and
Its activities. Tho normal heart, it ap
pears, beats about seventy-five times
in a minute; so that an hour's record
would be something like 4320 beats.
Supposing that a man lived to be fifty,
his heart would have beaten 1,892,100,
000 times. If a son of this man, room
robust than bis father, should fill out
tho Scriptural allotment of threescore
years and ten, his heart beats would
number 2,040,021,000. It la easy to nil
derstand, after such a computation,
why this bard working servant of tbo
huniou bodies so frequently wean out.
Harper's Wirfcly.
COMMLRCIaL REVItW.
Ococral Trade Condition.
R. G. Dun & Cn.'s "Weekly Review
ef Track" says: Notwithstanding scv
eral unsatisfactory features the volunv
Dl trade continues large, and the dis
tribution of merchandise taxes shippitif
facilities. Announcement of a concert
cd effort to restrict production of pif
iron indicates that supplies have begot
to accumulate. Railway earnings con
tir.uc to show gains, for September thu
far exceeding last year's by 87 per cent
and those of tejot by 17.2 per cent.
Traffic blockades occur to some cx
tent, although the movement of fam
products is still unseasonably small
New labor controversies have begun
but a number of serious troubles havi
been averted, and oil the whole til
number of men idle voluntarily has di
minished. Enforced idleness in the iro:
and steel industry is more than offsc
by resumption of spindles at cotto'
mills.
Bradstrcct's says: Wheat, includini
flour, exports for the week end::!:
September 24 aggregate ,1,050.480 bush
els, against 1,909.08.1 last week, 5.077.07
this week last year. 4.470..152 in iqo
and .1.242.810 in 1900. For twclv
weeks of the cereal year they aggregat
36.214.681 bushels, against 59.000.1.17 ii
1902, 74,127.105 in 1901 and .18.74.1.6ft;
in 1900. Com exports for the wee!
aggregate 779.230 bushels, against 787,
167 last week, 74.952 a year ago, 585. 70
in 1901 and 2,156,171 in 1900. Fa
twelve weeks of the present cereal yea
they aggregate 11,605,251 bushel.'
against 991,827 in 1902, 11,224,692 i
1901, and 38,333,118 in 1900.
LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Flour Spring clear, $.175.1 00; bes
Patent $5.00; choice Family $4 25-
Wheat New York No. 2, 87c; Phil
adclphia No. 2, 82'A : Baltimore No. 2
82c
Corn New York. No. 2. 58c: Phil.t
dclphia No. 2, 56s6; Baltimore No
2, 60c.
Oats New York No. 2, 42c; Tliila
dclphia No. 2, 41', ic; Baltimore No. 2
42c.
Green Fruits and Vegetables. Ap
pics Maryland and Ya., per brl, fane;
jt.oof'i 1.10; do, fair to good, 75c(Ti$i.oo
Cabbage Native, per 100 $.1.0014.50
do, New York State, per ton $i6.ovV'
18.00. Cantaloupes Anne Arunde
Gems, ncr basket $40750. Celery-
New York State, per dozen, 20V140C
Carrots Native, per bunch I'fTi'jc
Corn Native, per dozen, field, 8moc
do, per dozen, sugar 12150. Dam
sons New York, per 10-lb basket 2c
ff.ioc. Eggplants Native, per 100 -S$2.oo.
Grapes Concords, per 5-lb
basket I i 12c; do, Niagara, do, l.V"
14c; do, Delaware, do, i.yii 14c. Let
tuce Native, per bushel box 40501
Lima beans Native, per bushel box
poc(j($i.oo. Onions Maryland an'
Pennsylvania, per bu 5.V0 '65c. Peaches
New York, per 2-basket carrier Si.oc
fri.50; do, Western, per carrier, $l.jc
JT2.50; do, nearby pie fruit, per b :
f t.oorti 1.25. Pears Eastern Shore
Bartlctt, per basket 5C6oc; do, pci
box75Vi$i.oo:do, Eastern Shore, Dntc'i
ess, per basket 20fr,1oc. Plums New
York, per 10-lb basket lafi 25c. Pump
kins Native, each s'idije. Quinces
Eastern Shore, Maryland, per basket
5o(i70c. String beans Anne Arundel
per bu, green, 20(11.250. Tomatoes
Anne Arundel, per -Vi-basket l.'i.if
Jo, measured bu 30(,15. Watermelon'
Anne Arundel, per 100, selects $15.0.
gi6.oo; do, prime, $8.00 10.00.
"Potatoes. White Eastern Shore
Maryland, per brl. No. I, $i.5CT 2.00:
do, seconds, 75c(fl.oo; do, native, pel
bushel box 60C070C ; do, Maryland am'
Pennsylvania, prime, per bu 6yrri7n?
Sweets Yellows, Maryland and Vir
ginia, per brl $ 1 .Sofri; 1 .85 ; do, per flout
barrel $2.oo(7i2.in-. do, red, per brl $1.2;
'1. 50. Yams Virginia, per brl $1.50''!
175; do, Potomac, Maryland, per brl
$l.50(al-75.
Provisions and Hog Products. Bulk
dear rib sides, qie; bulk clear sides.
p?4c; bulk shoulders, 9c; bulk backs. I?
lbs and under, 8c; sugar-cured Califor
nia hams, H'Ac: canvased and uncan
vased hams, 12 lbs and over, 15c; refin
ed lard, half-barrels and new tubs, g'Ac:
tierces, lard, 9c.
Live Poultry. Chickens Hens
heavy to medium. Cn l,v, do, o!c
roosters, each 253oe; do, young, largf
2 lbs and over, (n 15c; do, do, small
I?4 to Ijlbs, (ffisc; do, do, undet
l!4 lbs, Cfti.sc. Ducks Young, 3 lbs
nd over, li(U2c; do, fancy, large, old
white, Ii(?i,i2c; do, do, small, (fftoc;
do, Muscovy and mongrels, ir?i.iic.
Geese Western, each . Guinea
towl, each i5fT20c.
Eggs. Western Maryland and Penn
sylvania, loss off, per dozen i?22c;
Eastern Shore (Maryland and Vir
ginia), loss off, per dozen zf"22c; Vir
ginia, loss off, per dozen 2lc: West
Virginia, loss off. per dozen, 2tc.
Butter Separator 2ii(T22c; Gathered
Cream igSioc: Imitations 'or.
Llvi Stacic
ChicaKO. Cattle Good to prime
jteers I3.50O16.10; oor to niediun
j.oo775.25; stockers and feeders $J.;c
S4.20; cows and heifers Slovoi,
:anncrs $1. 4012.57; bulls $2.001-460.
ralves $3.50(03.75: Texas steers $285
I.25; Western steers $j.oovi 4 43. lf-ig;
Receipts today 18,000 head; tomor
row 18,000. Choice steady; others low
:r; mixed and butchers' $5-65'''' 6.35;
good to choice, heavy, $5856.20;
rough, heavv, $5.405.80; light $-75f"
5.37: bulk 'of sales $5 756.05. Sheep
Receipts 22,000 head. Market steady
to ioc lower; good to choice wether?
3.40(04.35; fair to choice mixed $2.2;
'a.l.40; native lambs $3.505.65.
Herrs Island. Cattle steady; choice
f.S-.1o(j5.5o; prime $5-iofir5.25; fair $3 7'
574.25. Hogs active: prime, heavy $4 4c
S4.60: medium $6.65??6.7o; heavy York
trs $6.60(06.65; light do $6.40(n6.3o;
pigs $6.00616.25; roughs $4.oor(75.75.
Sheep steady ; best wethers $3.85$! 4 00;
rulls ami common $1.50672.00; choice
lambs $5.5o$75.75- Veal calves $7.00
7-50.
INDUSTRIAL AND SCIENTIFIC NOTES,
The Southern States raise 75 per cent
f the world's cotton.
T!u trusts number 180, which con
trol nbout 2000 active plants.
Railway earnings are $1,000,000 a
week greater this year than last.
Forty-three per cent of the inhabit
ants of Cincinnati are of German
blood.
A plague of white ants is devouring
the wooden houses in New Orleans.
The profit to the government on pen
nies pays the entire expenses ot the
mint.
All Pennsylvania Railway passenger
cart are to be lighted by electricity
from storage batteries.
Mexico is buying abroad about $75.
000,000 worth (gold) a year and selling
broad over $195,000,000 worth.
There Is in the United States Treas
ury cash and bonds to the amount, in
round figures, of $ 1,080,000,00a
During last year electrical railway
companies ran their c?ri eleven times
the distance from the earth to the sun,
killed 1218 persons, and injured 47.429.
The Germans are opecial lover of
the cilies. In the nineteen cities of
above 200,000 populitio-v 36 per cent,
of ad the German in Uie country live
Trouble Brewing for Abel.
The man who runs the elevator nt a
terminal railway station was accosted
n a dull time of day, not long ago. by
i tall countrywoman with an expression
.m her face compounded of friirht and
determination.
"Could I ride up high as you go?"
she asked, in a husky tone.
"Sure, rcst'rant top floor," said the
.-levator man. and after facilitating her
entrance with a judicious shove he
slammed the door and started his car.
At the top floor he thing open the door
and attempted to assist his passenger
out.
She waved off his hand, however, and
shook her head with great decision.
"I thought I'd need something to cat
after it." she said briskly, "but 'tisn't
what I'd been led to expect, and now
all I want is to get downstairs again,
take the four o'clock train for Tratt's
Corner and tell Abel Jowders what I
think of liiri.
"He's been holding it over nie for
the last six months ever since stock
holders' day that he'd rid in an eleva
tor and I never had. He's got one
share of stock in the railroad, and what
with that and his talk about the way his
hair rose and his suspenders bust with
the tremendous speed in the elevator,
and how folk that stayed at home had
no notion of the gimp it took to ride
in one, there's been no living with him.
Hut you just let me get home! I left
him housed with a grippy cold so I
know he'll be there."
The Chinese Carpenter.
"Did you ever get a Chinese carpen
ter to stop up a hole in the floor?"
asked one flat dweller of another. The
other had to admit that he harf not.
Then the first proceeded to tell his
wonderful tale, which the listener would
not believe until he tried an Oriental
for the same purpose the next month.
"There was a worn place in the floor
that needed patching, and I thought I'd
how my wife what a carpenter I was,
o I sawed a square section of the
planks out. But I cut my hand the
frst minute, and had to send for the
Chinaman who has a shop right around
the corner. When he got to the door
he grunted something that sounded as
if it might mean 'Where?' nnd I point
ed to the square hole over in a dark
corner.
"'Wow,' he said as he squinted at it
a minute. Then he turned around and
walked out. I thought well. I didn't
know what to think, I was so amazed.
I couldn't understand his giving up
such a simple job. I was still puzzling
over it half an hour later when I heard
a kuock. He said 'Wow.' or some
other word like it, and held up a square
board. Then he walked over to the
dark comer of the room and what do
you think? He put the square in. and
it fitted just as if it had grown there.
And he had just taken a peep at the
hole from where he was standing in
the door."
The flat dweller's tale is no fairy
story. That's the way a Chinese car
penter stops a hole in the floor.
The Bureau of Forestry.
It is interesting to note the evolution
of what was formerly tho Division, but
now the Bureau of Forestry. The work
has enlarged its scope immensely in
the last few years, until now it em
braces a much wider area of interests
than one would suppose belonged to
the noble science of forestry.
Besides the work expected to come
from it as a matter of course, sir.-h
as the conserving of national parks
and government timber lands, there an
a host of other specialized branches o
this interesting profession. It in
clinks the chemical investignion of
tanning extracts from native woods
and barks; the production of turpentine
bv "orcharding." a new system which
bids fair to revolutionize the whole in
dustry pertaining to that hou-cr.old
remedy; then there are the testing and
classification of timber in regard to
strength and durability; the best way to
stop sand drifting by tree planting.
antl many others ot a similar nature.
The report of the lorcstcr f ;r 1002
is particularly cni'ourtiging in one point
that which records in brief the chang
ing attitude of private owners of large
forest reserves. They are coming
more each year to look to the Bureau
for advice on the management of their
property. This is given free by Uncle
Sam on condition that the owner pay
the bare expenses of an expedition to
the forests to be looked over and ad
vised upon. The owners are often quite
willing to do this, for it means a more
profitable management d their wood
lands and money is a most cloeptuit
persuader.
Adding to ll.'s Vocabulary.
A North Baltimore youngster just
five years edd whose curiosity i.-; far
advanced, caught the word "disappear
ed" a few days ago and asked its
meaning. It was explained to his great
satisfaction. Not long after he called
to sec relatives and dropped em; of
sight under a table.
"What's that for?" he was asked.
"I'm 'just pearing' for a little while."
ALL TIRED OUT.
The weary, worn
out, till - tired feel
ings come to every
body who tuxes tins
kidneys. When thu
kidneys ore over
worked they fall to
perfurm tho duties
nature has provided
for them to do.
When the kidneys
fail dangerous dis
eases quickly fol
low, ih-lnnry disor
ders, diabetes, drop
sy. rheumatism.
Urlght's dlHense. Uoan r Kidney rum
euro nil kidney mid bladder ills. Iteud
the following cuso:
Veteran Joshua Heller, of TOO South
Walnut ctreet. I'rhnim, 111., Kiiyn:
"In tbe fall of ISM) after getting
I loan's Kidney Tills at Cunningham
Hros drug store In Champaign ami
taking a course of treatment I told thu
readers of the paper that they had re
lieved uxo ot kidney trouble, dlfpoxcd
of a Innio back with pain neross my
loins ond beneath the shoulder blades.
During tbe Interral which hud eluped
I have had occasion to resort to 1 loan's
Kidney Pills when I noticed warnings
of attack. On each tnd every occasion
the results obtained were Just ns satis
factory as when tho pill were first
brought to my notice. I just as em
phatically indorse the preparation to-
aa as I did over two years ago."
A Fbkc Trial of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr. Heller will
be mailed en application to any part
of the flitted States. Medical advice
free; strictly confidential. Address Van-tr-Mllburn
Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For
sale by all druggists, price 60 cents
per box.
A Haiden't Troubles.
Helen Gertrude lay awake almost
the whole night last nig!it worrying.
Clifford What was she worrying
nbo'.it?
"Oh, she's afraid the man she is go
ing to marry may love her more for
her money than for herself."
"Why, Gertrude hasn't any money
to speak of."
"I know, but she has a rich relative
somewhere in the old country, and she
thinks he may leave her something."
"But does her fiance know of this
rich relative?"
"Oh, she hasn't any fiance yet: she's
thinking of the time when she will have
one."
Clara r.a. George says he isn't halt
good tnoufjli to be my husband.
Pa Humph! He talked to me as
if he was plenty good enough to have
me for a fathcr-in-Iaw.
FITSpormanrntlyonrPcI. No fit" nr n rvo:ifi
ni's after first itiiy's u.o of Pr. Klin (ir -a:
NervcHpstor(!r.?2trial liottlcnml tnntl-iofroo
Lr.K.lI. KLiXB,I.td.,l'l Areh St., l'hil-i.. V..
Sawdust nnd otlur null waste is now
used in paper nuking in Tcxno,
Mr.Vin."!nw KnnthlngSyrnp for children
tc "tiling, softi'U tin-gu in, reduce Mnflnmran
tlun,uil:iy pain, cup's wlncloollc. 2je. n bottle
A ftock of Indian rorn ucs lip thirty
one pounds of water during its season.
riso's Cur for Consumption Is nn lnfulllbl
mdloln for cousttn and colds. N'. W.
hAMi'KL, Ocean drove, N. J Feh, 17, 1KJJ.
Prance spends thirty-five per cent, of
her lenources on military preparation.
Pvtnam J'Anr.t.Ess IJves produce the
brightest nnd f.itest colors.
BunkinK institutions have no use for t!ie
"no account" man.
Catarrh Cured et Home. Three prppnrBttons
In ime pnekuye-. Ask ytmr de-nli-r fur "lr.
Iliiruev or en l Kiiut'U.v." lie mireyoii ge-l it.
Fall In tliil'i r.ntc.
The best calculation that can be
made shows that the a vera go number
of children In the' white native family
a century ago In the Vnitcil States
was more than six; In lS.'M it hnel
fallen to less than five? In !'' to loss
than four; In 1-ST'J to less than three; in
I'.iiKi, among tho "upper classes'' In
lietstuu, to less than two.
Ilnw'n Tlii?
We offer One Hundred Do'.l'irs rtctrar
liny case of t'nturrh that cannot bo cured 0
hull's t'nturrh Cure.
1". J. t'sr.Nr.v Co., To ;o. 0.
Ve, the undersigned, have known F. .T.Che
rev forthe la.-t 15 years, nnd be-lievc htm per
tectly honorable in nil business tr.iusin-tiout
nnd financially nblo to curry out uny obltifA
tlous mnde by their firm.
Vt rsr A TBUAX,Ynole8iileDrugKlsts,'roleD,
Ohio.
WAi.nixa.KixsAXitMAnvix, Wholesale Dru?-
pists, Xolcd , llllin.
Hall's Cat'irrul.'u re ! taken Internally.
lng directly upon tliu blood ami inueoussur
fnece of tho sy.-ito p. 'lestitnonlnls si-ut free.
Price, 73c. per bottle, hold by ull LTUjJfc'i.st-.
Hull's t umily 1'llls nro tho best
AVealth or I.nnguiiKcs.
Tho Pnglish language, according to n
fJcrinan statistician who has nindo n
study of the comparative wealth of
languages', head the list with the
enormous vocabulary of 'joo.ooo words;
German comos next, with so.ihiO
words; then Italian, with T.'.omi;
French, with r.o.oon; Turkish, with ll,
r.U0, and Squish, with 1XI0(J.
The trusts number lSj, which con
trol about 2CIC.0 active plants.
Bilious?
Dizzy? Headache? Pain
back of your cyce? It's your
liver! Use Ayer's Pills.
Gently laxative: all vegetable.
Sold for 60 years.
1.0W6 J , A AM.
j Want your moustache cr beard
(a beautiful brown or rich black? Use
OUGKIHDHArM'
ASTHMA
TAYLOR'S ASTIIVU RtVE Y wll cu-e any
cose of Asthma bv persistant use. Regu
lar size box, by mail, 33c; th-ee lor 51.00.
T. Taylor & Co., Green Coys Springs. Fin.
ATEN TS,
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Aru uii liitcreNti'tlf
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fcli-U t.. ;IV -.it.L'H. IN Ji-.tr-. il-.li tl.-v.
1-or I iiliTttumua -i.i'l h'-r.tl'.i;e, l-'uKK. wr.t i
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gj rC W 3 quek r. Ir nd urM art
Mni D xik ot tMlimoB'. ind IO ilnys' lrtmnl
Vre- Dr- """ lust. Sues. Hull, O.
!r:"ii!.'Tiiio7uIyiWa!r
' iT MiiftS WMtrlt ALL ilat UiL6. LM
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Pj In timr. mIi hr tlrrgtf
ST FOR TKE B0WE
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GUARANTEED CURK for ftll bowl trouble. aprndicit.. blliousoM, bad brtMtk. bo4
Dia, w.,iy on mi nomicn, niofttea ooweii, ioui mourn, prtaicni, inotfwiwi pan
pain ftr crtm. liver trouble. mIIbw akin and dlisinMe. Whon vnur faawili ataa't
rtfuterly you ere ick. Constipation kills
eisrxe enronic ailment end long year ol eunertnj. ro matter what ail yu, eiarx
CASCARETft today, for you will never get well end ate y well until yam f ywl
riant Take our advice, at art with Caacareta today undmr ah in fa smaraatee) to e
money reiusseo. mm genuine tablet etampea bti, never eeld in owls
booklet free. Addreea Htrrtlng Kmedy Company, Chicago or New York.
Bromo-Seltizeir
Promptly cures, all
No Hair?
"My hair was falling oat very
fast and I was greatly alarmed. I
then tried Ayer's Hair Vigor and
my hair stopped falling ' ones."
Mrs. G.A. McVay, Alexandria, O.
The trouble Js your hair
does not have life enough.
Ac2 'cniptly. Save your
ha.i. Feed it with Ayer's
Hair Vigor. If the gray
h .trs are beginning to
show, Ayer's Hair Vigor
will restore color every
time, si.ot twtn. ah msw.
If your drueclit cannot opply ywi.
cnd us rmc dollar nnd wft will expre
vr.ti a liotrlc. Ho fttiru nnd fire tbs daw
ol your uesrest CTi-ros ortice. Addroat
J. c:. A Vl:U CO., Lowell, Hum.
WEATHERWISE
IS THE MAN WHO WEARS
SLICKERS
Y A reputation extending over
( sixty-six yew ond our
' i ouarani.ee are dock, or
1 v every garment betrirtgth
N ci.m cic. tt-i. r.ic.i-f
There we many imitations.
Do sure or ine name .
x i uolk on ui puiiena.
N ON SALE EVtfiYTTHEtt
A .1 TflWH CO BOSTON. MASS-U.
TOWER CANADIAN CO. LmA4. TOdONTft CAM
Straighten Your Hair
T:ilt tli rnrh out of U. mV It toil and H
by ii tin
Carpenter's OX MARROW P0S43H
0EWtftE nT IM.rATIOi.
Ter n MM i n-V 'tat f" that rw
the lY'SLi.rn. M Ii.it' ifTunr. too.
PS1CE. 25 CENTS.
Biylt ff your t!pirri nend ns U pric
vitrei, CAPENlUi & CO.,
Louisville, K.
W. L, DOUGLAS
?3.12&$3SHOESffi
You can lave from $3 to $5 yctrly by
wearing W. L. Douguu $3.50 or $3 chocs.
1 lu-y equal tlinso
tli.it luivo been eit
iu yu from 4.iO
to .s.'i.iio. The i tn
l!ieiit s;il eif W. I..
IfcumhiH sIhh-s pi'iivc
tlieir superiority over
ull otln-r make".
So'nl by retail shoo
dealers everywhere.
I k for name uti'i
pri :i Ultimo.
Tluit IKiuirln iim-ii I'or.
onalult iruvf Itii-n I.
taint in iicitiirm. iIum-.
(ru-iinn U the hlirln-tt
irruili- I'nt . I.i -t ht-r iimiti-. 5
On' S4 Oilt Eltqe Line r-aniwt be or untied a' nr prte:
Mini-, hr mall. -J.'i i-m! rxlrn. Illu.tratml
(alalnv fn-e. H. L. lull (.l is. Hmtinw. Km.
ItlpansTabnleonr
the best dyspepsia
medicine ever mmlo.
A hundred millions)
o them bare len
sold In the Cuited
States In a single
year. Every llliieae.
arising from a disordered stomach Is
relieved or cuied by tlnlr kse. So
common Is it that diseases originate
from the stomach It may be safely as
serted there la no coiidltlou of U)
health th't will not I benefited or
cured by the occiislii:nl ii?e of III puna
Tubules, rhysklaus know ihcm and
speak highly of them. All druggist
sell them. The live-cent package
etiouph for nn ordinary occasion, and
the Family llottlc. sixty cent, contains
a fcoitM-hoM supply for n year. One
fteneially liives relief within twt-uty
uiir.utes.
ADVERTISE
-rU I lilt if Aft
IT PAYS
f H Pi, :
The Effervesces!
Stomach Cleanser
pre-Ti-nu beartarhM.
bilioUftUiae, citilipfclloa.
At brugf mi. tor. 01.
01 ly Iiumi
Ttsstsr ro.
I Jar lrl. m Twa
I'l lit .Vnr.lrtn
nwe people then ell other dleeee tacetleac.