THE ORDEAL BY FIRE A Hindoo Ceremony That Puzzles the Uninitiated. 4 WALK OVER GLOWING COALS. The Participant* In the Mystifying Spectaole Play With the Fiery Em bars at Children Play With Sand and Emerge Unharmed. \ 1 once witnessed a most remarkable ordeal by tire at Benares, India. It was held on the grounds of a villa on the outskirts of the city,, and among us were some of the most prominent men aud women of official and social life in British India. Army aud navy officers touched elbows with French savants, all more than glad to accept an Invitation that might at least offer opportunity either to catch some clew toward solving the mystery of the In dian fire ordeal or else catch the priest % ly performers In a nice trap at consum mate and age long deception, success fully worked among a superstitious and overcredulous people like the Hin doos. Seats had beeu arranged for our par ty out on the spacious lawn, where a trench had been dug sixteen feet long, ' six feet wide and four feet deep. The fire in the trench wm lighted before noon, but the ordeal Itself was not to come off until after sunset. The trench was filled with kindling wood andlogß and was set afire by the attendants, who kept up a blaze as hot as a blast furnace all day long, until the trench by sunset was filled three feet deep t with a compact, glowing bed of red hot coala. We were escorted to our seats at about tfJO. and we ware not inclined to question the reality of that fire from the moment we sat down within twelve feat of It. Whatever else might be fraud or hypnotism In this Indian fire ordeal, we could not for a moment doubt the realism of that scorching beat that made our eyes smart and grow bloodshot. We, who had come to scoff and doubt, were soon realizing that tb£ managers of the Benares fire ordeal had already gained 7ft points out of 100 Id favor of their honesty and of their power over the mighty element of fire, that figures so largely in orien tal philosophy as one of the three or four primal elements of the physical universe. A great commotion and babel of volcea soon proclaimed the coming of * the procession of priests, headed by the arch priest Brahmapoots, carrying a huge Indian sword, followed by the « two minor priests who were destined to walk unharmed through that yard thick fiery bed. scintillating In the in creasing darkness and lighting up the * dark faces of the hundreds of gaping Hindoos standing behind us. While we Europeans and Americans, always hypercritical aud glveu to scientific re * search, were awaiting the coming of the moment when our 75 per cent of credulity was either to be shattered or rounded out to the fullness of a com pleted and abiding faith In Hindoo ; control and mastery of the devouring element of fire, our Hindoo fellow on lookers, on the other hand, were antici pating the ordeal with all the slmpllc- . lty of credulous children. Ours was an almost terrifying heart tension, and we I almost wished that we were not occi dental skeptics, always bent on doubt ing things of an extraordinary nature. The priests marched about the trench chanting and performing mystic Incan tations, carrying along a glass reliqu ary, or shrine. In which was seen the Image of the god Siva, who, in the Hindoo religious system, Is one of the \ trinity and Is worshiped as the de- ! •troyer, Brahma being the creator and » Vishnu the preserver of the universe. We do not know to this day what those priests said as they perambulated 4 about that fiery trench, but we do i know what soon followed, for, at the end of the Incantation, the two candl- I dates for the ordeal plunged Into the redhot coals and walked ankle deep the whole length of the trench, back * ward aud forward, time aud time again. They played with that scintll- ' latlng, glowing lire as children play with the sands of Coronado beach, kicking It with their feet and stooping down to pick up handfuls of the glow j lug coals, tossing them In the air, to he blown by the rising evening breeze j all over our heads and our easily in- . flammable clothing. We were really ' " afraid. No doubt about those sparks and live, falling coals! When the two priests hail walked up and down alone through that fiery j trench unseathed and unscorched, then the whole Hindoo throng seemed to suddenly catch the spirit of their t priests, and, sure of their conquest over the power of fire, they began plunging I Into the trench. Old men and young children walked through that fiery fur- I nace, forward and backward, and j when they had tired of this- "playing with fire" they came out as they had entered, not a hair or a garment . scorched, not even the soles of their i feet blistered. Only males are allowed to go through the fire ordeal. Never yet has any scientific theory { explained the power of the Siva wor shipers over fire. We ourselves were absolutely convinced that trlckery -was not to be considered as an explanation of what we had witnessed Los Ange- lea Times. A Caddie'* Cadenza. Lady Golfer (to would be caddie) — But what do you know about the game? Can you make a tee, for ln - atnhce? The Would Be ( addle Can ? make— Why, In my young days, lldy. I nsed ter do It that well they called mem the teaca ddy.—London Sketch. A Fa mo rot Tenor. Apart from its wide range, the nat ural beauty and sweetness of the voice of Sims Reeves held his audiences spellbound and fully entitled him to be termed the finest English tenor of his day. lie especially excelled in ora- j torio parts, while in opera his success ] was scarcely less pronounced. Per haps It was as a singer of English bal lads that Sims Reeves appealed to the majority, and it will probably be many a long day before we shall hear a more exquisite rendering of "Sally In Our j > Alley" than that of which this great tenor was capable.—London Mail. Neffleotfd "Ininw. * Visiting Britisher But you have nothing to see o\er here—nothing, I mean. In the way of grand old things that have long since fallen into dis use. Gotbamite —We haven't, eh? Walt till you get n copy of the city ordinances.—l.ife t'oiu |»a rln k ><*tra. Bleeker—My wife got the l>est of me In an argument this morning. Meeker —My wife never got the liest of me but once. Bleeker— \\ hen was that? Meeker—When she married me.—Chi cago News. STORIES OF THE CAT. Legends and Facts About the Still but Half Tamed Animal. "There are few tales of eat fidelity, and many of dog, yet one thluks no worse of the cat for this,"says an oh-, server. "His very independence com« pels respect, lie walks 'by his wild lono, waving his wild tail, through the wild woods,' as an inspired modern writer has set forth. All the genera tions have not served to tame him. and the most domestic of the race will revert sooner to a wild life at 'the call , of the blood' than any other friend of 1 man. It is tlins scarcely surprising to find that the most famous cat lovers have been drawn from the ranks of politicians and poets, those whom rea sous of state or h sensitive tempera ment have rendered averse from trust ing their fellow creatures aud who con sequently bestow all their affections upon the 'fireside sphinx.' We are in vited to believe that the most famous of all cats, he who brought fume and fortune to his master. Dick Whlttlng ton, was no four legged animal at all, j but merely the French word 'achat'— to buy and sell at proflt—and that the great merchant made a pet only of his merchandise from the very beginning. Thus In later years do the idols of our youth topple about our heads. | "But other legends— nay, facts—are left us. Cardinal Wolsey, for instance, when acting In his official cupacity aa lord chancellor Is said to have had his favorite cat always seated beside him, and another prince of the church, Rich elieu, found his ouly relaxation In keeping a number of kittens in his pri vate cabinet and watching their garn , hols during his spare moments. We cannot really reckon Richelieu as a i true lover of the race, however, for dl ■ rectly the kittens grew to three months he had thetn sent away and replaced I by others. Lord Chesterfield left in his : will life pensions to his favorite cats and their kittens. Victor Hugo's great cat Chanoine always sat on a large red ottoman in the center of his salon and received his quests Instate, showing marked displeasure if any one failed to caress or praise her. "Tasso wrote a sonnet to his favorite cat, and Petrarch had one he loved aa dearly, we are told, as Laura. No doubt she was the confidant of many of his trials and consoled him for much of the fair lady's disdain, and when pussy died the poet had her embalmed In the Egyptian fashion and carried her mummy about with him everywhere. Baudelaire, the French poet, a very shy man, was always ill at ease In any new house he entered until the family cat was brought up and Introduced to him, after which, with the eat on his knee, he was perfectly happy In his silent poet fashlou. "Traditions respecting cats are, of course, legion. From time immemorial they have been regarded as somewhat uncanny, omens of weal or woe, beings to be either conciliated or crushed. The cat worship of ancient Egypt and, later, the Roman creed that the cat was sacred to Diana speak of the one; the wild charges of witchcraft —or concern in it—rife during the dark ages of Europe will attest the latter. But there Is another popular belief de serving also of mention, that which sets forth the old maid as the cat's only friend, a legend arising in the mediaeval nunneries overrun with mice, where one or more cats were always kept and were no doubt much | petted by the good nuns." Chicago News. A Hard Burial. Some few winters ago a gang of car riage washers was engaged washing curriages on one of our northern rail ways when one of them remarked to his mate, an old soldier who was fa mous as a long bowist, "It's awful cold this morning, David." "Cold! This is nothing," said David. ! "i remember when I was In Canada In 186— one of our mates died, poor chap. ! And you will have some idea wluit sort of frost It was when I tell yon It froze the body so stiff and the ground so hard that we had to get hammer and chisel, make a nick in the ground and then drive him in with a pile driver. That was the only way we ; could give the poor chap decent burial." —London Answers. EYEGLASSES. Hon to l'ut Tlieni on and Take Tlirtu Off Properly* There is nothing which more com- ; pletely changes the effect of a pair of eyeglasses than the habit of crowding them on the nose with one hand. The best efforts at llttir.g and adjusting are all brought to naught by a person who has acquired that habit. The proper way to take off glasses Is to take hold of Hit* bridge and lift off gently without dragging or pulling out of shape. To take off spectacles take hold of the right temple with the right hand and lift it off the ear. Then turn the head to the right and the left temple will fall off easily. The average wearer of glasses when be Is cleaning them takes hold of the bridge. The consequence is that he gradually works the bridge out of shape, and every rub he gives the lens gives a twist to the bridge, and in course of time the bridge or the lens breaks when he least expects it. There are probably more glasses broken In this way than any other. The correct way to clean them is to take hold of one of the eye pieces where the glass is screwed on the outer edge and clean the lens, and then re verse the glasses, take it by the other end piece and repeat the process on that lens. SOUPS AND BROTHS. They Arr Stimulating Hut Have I.lt tip Nutritive Vnlor. Soups and broths made of the meat pieces alone and without the addition of meat substance, eggs, vegetables or cereals have little nutritive value, al though they do possess stimulating properties. A dog would starve to death In ten days if fed upon beef broth pure anc' simple. Soup interferes with digestion when ever a full meal is eaten. I consider It ns being entirely superfluous aud ad vise it* discontinuance in a substantial dinner menu. Soup, being practically all water, plays an important part in conjunction with the large quantities of other liquids injected during mealtime in de laying and Interfering with digestion i and laying a foundation for stomach trouble. Through it and the other j liquids used the stomach is not only j overfilled and unnecessarily burdened, but the gastric secretions are so weak ened by dilution that they can act but slowly upon the food mass. Here again we have the food remaining In the stomach for too long a period, and there is likeiy to l>e produced all of the symptoms and signs of an iutosicatiou due to the absorption iuto the system of the products of decomposed foods. Soup eaten by itself or with a light meal, as a rule, does not act harmfully. I | Cupid's Bargain \ By LESLIE HOLMES. ) A Copyright, 1907, by C. 11. Sutcliffe. \ "But, my dear" — Interposed Aunt Ella, reaching for her handkerchief. Beth Graham resumed her interrupt ed monologue. "I never saw an advertisement which balanced so tidily with one's qualifica tions—'Wanted, services of a capable young woman for few hours daily. Must be well educated, have pleasant manners, a gift for conversation and make a good appearance. No experi ence necessary, but large acquaintance desirable. Apply to the Interborough Realty Co., Street.' Now, I have the education. Behold my diploma from Mine. Collingwood's select school. Thanks to my bringing up by the best aunt in the world, 1 have the reputa tion of being well mannered. I am considered chatty without being a bore. My new tailored suit gives me the good appearance demanded. Certainly I have no experience, but a lot of ac quaintances." ' Mrs. Graham mopped her eyes dili gently. j "I cannot bear to think of you, a Graham of Graham Center, going iuto business. Now, there are my cameos— cameos are in style again. Beth"— I The girl laid a slender white hand ! over her aunt's trembling lips and spoke with sternness not entirely af fected. ; "Aunty, dear, never again speak in that way of our precious family heir i looms. So long as they are in the safe deposit vault I shall feel that the Gra | ham honor Is saved. I intend to an j gwer that advertisement." An hour later the secretary of the | Interborough Realty company looked with relief into the fresh, high bred face of the last of the Graham Center Grahams, who, thanks to the collapse of the bank, was looking for a po sition in which experience was not de manded. The secretary of the com pany, like all men of his class, ques tioned the girl so cleverly that she had told the story of her Inexperience and needs long before he unfolded the re quirements of the position. Then he leaned back in his chair and remarked: "I think you'll do, Miss Graham. We have plotted ninety on the Ches ter turnpike, and we're going to boom the site as the Hollingworth Terrace. We've got the Transit Construction company interested in the deal, and they will build houses on the Install ment plan. We have some wide awako chaps on the ground, but we are plan ning a series of excursions, and we think a bright woman with the gift of saying the right thing at the right minute could put through many a sale, particularly with men. Now, such work Is generally done on a commission basis, but you re rather tif against It. and we'll pay you fifteen a week and expenses and give you a month to make good." He touched an electric button and said to the answering boy: "Send in Mr. Laughorne. He's the working head of the Trauteit Construc tion company and a promising young man. You'll probably have considera ble dealing with him. Langhorne, this is Miss Graham. She's going to help us out al Hollingworth Terrace." And thus, with a sweeping gesture, did the secretary of the Interborough Realty company settle Beth Graham's entrance into the business world. Fifteen dollars a week! Why. «*ey would have to let even Emma, ihe cook. go. She would probably wear out many shoes, too, tramping over Hollingworth Terrace. And then a mel low masculine voice broke in upon her reflections, and she found a very good looking young mail, with Irish blue eyes that smiled right Into hers, standing at attention, some pamphlets In his hand. "Perhaps you would like to look over some of our literature before you Join us on the first excursion tomorrow?" "Tomorrow ?" echoed Beth. It seem ed so dreadfully near, this earning of daily bread for herself and Aunt Ellen. But she smiled and accepted the books. Half an hour later it seemed to her as If Hollingworth Terrace must be a sort of paradise for small sal aried people and that she. In selling homes to them, would bfc a veritable angel of mercy. The next day she felt differently. The first excursion was not exactly a success. The air was heavy with mist, and Hollingworth Terrace seemed a wilderness of surveyors, steam rollers, sewer pipes and tired teams, dragging great loads of building materials through unfinished streets. In one of the half finished houses a colored man served hot coffee and sandwiches to the few excursionists who had braved the elements, but no deals were consummated. After the tms had taken the few visitors back to the station B' th, seated on a plaster er's horses, studied critically the tiny reception hali, while Langhorne, perch ed on a window seat, studied the girl and wondered why some women looked smart and trig even in a era ■ •oat and a soft felt hat. "These early spring days are so un certain," she was saying. "1 wish there was a fireplace in that corner. You could just ns well build one, for the chimney runs up there from the parlor. Theu we'd have a snapping, sparkling fire that would make the whole house seem charming. I believe we'd make a sale, rain or shine." "But the fireplaces would atld to the cost of the bouses." said Langhorne doubtfully. "And make prospective customers overlook some other Oefccts In youi houses. I noticed you have no back stairs. Now, every suburban house wife likes separate stairs for her one servant. She is much more punctilious in such matters than the city house keeper." "Eh—what?" exclaimed Langhorne curiously. "Yes, and you should have utilized that wasted space for a closet for rub ber coats, umbrellas, overshoes, etc. A woman will fall for a couple of con venient closets when stained glass win dows and artistic tiling are lost upon her." Langhorne was all attention now. "I didn't suppose that a city girl would notice things so closely." "I began life in a village." said Beth quietly. "Besides, If I am to help you sell these places I must believe In them, and 1 cannot believe in them unless they are right." pf'fore the next excursion day rolled around Belli bad examined every house under way, aud her suggestions for small alterations that would appeal to the feminine mind were received with respect. Furthermore, all plans for new houses were brought to her be foreJJLte work was commenced. 1 nomngworrn .terrace became tne cen ter around which everything moved, and A nut Ellen studied plans and of fered suggestions to young Lnnghorne, who had taken to bringing drawings to the cozy Graham flat. So far simple cottages costing $5,000 or less had been erected. Now they were planning more ambitious residences and plotting the most valuable site of their holdings, a broad knoll that overlooked the river and surrounding country Here in the heart of a cluster of pines was to be a house of old English design, with high gables, sloping roof and quaint interior finish. Beth watch ed those plans grow with Jealous care. She selected the timbers for finishing the celling of the reception hall, living room and dining room. The fireplaces she and Langhorne designed from pic tures of English country houses. The excursions were heavily patron ized now. Sales were made while Beth's back was turned. Holllngworth Terrace was booming beyond the fond est hopes of its founders. Beth often came in from her calls on prospective customers to ask anxiously. "Has The Lodge been taken?" They had named the house of their own planning The Lodge, nothing more, and somehow she felt that she should hate the man who bought it. One night when Langhorne dropped Into call he did not look her In the eye. lie talked about any and every subject ; but Holllngworth Terrace, and Beth knew that The Lodge had been sold. "You might as well fess up," she said, with pretended gayety. He nodded his head. "Yes. We withdrew, The Lodge from tile market at 4 this afternoon"— '•Who bought it.and, oh. do you think they will dare to put Turkish rugs in that old English living room?" "Oh, no. I assure you he'll have nothing but hand woven rugs, just as you suggested"— "Well, that Is some comfort," the girl murmured. "If he has taste I can forgive him. What sort of a man is he. married or single?" "Single, but he bought it hoping that a certain jrlrl would share it with him." "Was she with him? Is she a nice girl? Fx. you think she will appreciate it?" demanded Beth breathlessly. "You know I simply love that firephu-e In the hali!" « Langhorne rose abruptly and paced the floor. Suddenly he paused before her chair, his lips firm, his blue eyes ablaze with a light she bad never seen there before. "Do you think—could you make up your mind—to sit beside that fireplace always—with me?" She looked up at him, her breath coming in short, nervous gasps, her eyes wide and startled. "Oh, I know it's no end of cheeky In me. but when that bloated barrel of a Hopkins (you remember you disliked him soi otTi red me $8,500 today for The L>dge I told him it was sold. I simply had to buy It myself and take chances on you. You're the certain girl." 'Oh. Teddy! Teddy Langhorne!" said Berk, with a glad little cry. "We'll have hlekoiy logs to burn in the fire places—and yes, yes. I love you! Of course It isn't all the house, silly, but it does count some. Yon know, we built it together." ******* "But to refuse $8,500 for it! Oh, Teddy! That was downright reck less!" she murmured later. "Oh, I don't know," replied Lang horne, regaining possession of her hand. "Personally, I think I got a pretty good bargain." Moore and Morocco. Moor and Morocco are words un known to the people of that troubled land. These people know themselves as Arabs uud descendants of those val iant upholders of the prophet's green standard who swept like a flood across north Africa at the time of the beglra. The Morocco of the present day they found possessed by a sturdy race who claimed descent from the people who were cast out of Canaan by Joshua, the son of Nun. Their country, so far as Its plains were concerned, was tak en from them by the Arabs, and their fighting strength was made to serve the Arab cause in the conquest of Spain. They themselves gradually took to the mountains, to the great Atlas. Here they have remained ever since, speaking their own language, main taining their own customs and racial attributes and obstinately refusing to be absorbed by the Arab dwellers on the plains. These people are the Ber bers. Their tongue is called Shilhah. Literature they have none, In the or dinary sense of the word, but they have a rich store of oral tradition, Ihyth, legend and folklore Growth of Rocks. Rocks do not grow in the sense that a plant grows. They may Increase by accretion, and they may undergo chem ical change. The old sea bed, being lifted up. becomes sandstone and lime stone. The volcanic ash and lava strewn over the plains become tufa, hard enough for building stone. The pebbly shore of a river becomes con glomerate. The simple mineral does grow, however, when It takes a crystal form. The sparkling prism of quarta Increases from an atom to a crystal as large as a forearm by a process of uddltion and assimilation, wonderfully slow but beautifully regular, exactly as crystals of ice form on the window pane. Why Bulls Hate a Red Flag. In the first place, says an English writer, red is a color to which cattlo are unaccustomed, so tfiat they ma/ naturally be supposed to be startled by Its very novelty. Scientists show the sensation of red to be the comple ment of that of green, being induced by exactly opposite affections of the retina, if the eyes of cattle are con structed on a similar principle to our own the continual contemplation of green, as in trees and herbage, must produce a state of retinal fatigue, pre disposing a violent excitement of the retina Immediately a red substance Is presented to view. I mperati ve. An infantry soldier pained Scbeibev died on the last day of his leave In hta home in a little village In upper Aus tria. The village burgomaster, himself an old soldier, rememltered that the commanding officer of Scheiber's regi ment should be notified of the death, and ho proceeded to do so In the fol lowing letter: "The undersigned village burgomas ter requests on behalf of the soldier Kcheiber two days' more leave, as oth erwise his Interment cannot take place."— Vienna Press. Remarkable Vision. An old woman who had been in the infirmary with sore eyes told a neigh bor that the doctor took out her eyes and scraped (hem with lances. Non sense, woman," replied the other. "1 e shouldn't believe all ye hear. Jhe doc tors would only be slufflug ye. Oh, but ye know it's no use saying that, for I awakened up out of the chloro form and saw both of my eyes lying I ' BURNING IN EFFIGY. 1 A Custom Born of tin* Superstition oI the Ancient*. Tho burning of people in effigy has come from a foolish superstition of tho ancients, who believed that by burn ing a likeness of a person they were Inflicting pain upon the Individual him self. Theocritus tells us that the Greek I sorcerers killed their enemies by magic rites performed over the effigy of the person who had offended them, and Virgil also makes mention of this. In the days of witchcraft and perse cution one of the most common charges against witches was that they made waxen images of their enemies which they melted before a fire and thus caused the dissolution of the originals. The Japanese still regard the efflgy as a means of punishment of faithless lovers, and in France to the time of the first revolution execution by effigy was a legal rite. In the Netherlands the same illogical custom prevailed, and the different religions burned the effigies of each other's leaders with zeal. In England the burning of ef figies was also practiced, as it was later in America. Xo doubt from the ancient custom of burning the effigy arose the idea of placing the wax figures of eminent men in Westminster abbey. In olden times upon the death of a celebrity a waxen figure representing him fully dressed as in life was made and carried in the rear of the funeral procession. After the service the effigy was set up In the church as a temporary monument, and during the time It was on exhibition It was customary to paste or pin pieces of paper containing complimentary epitaphs upon It. The royal figures In Westminster abbey date back to the fourteenth century.—New York Trib une. Too Deep. The story Is told of a lank, disconso late looking farmer who one day dur ing the progress of a political meeting in Cooper institute stood on the steps with the air of one who has been sur feited with a feast of some sort. "Do you know who's talking in there now?" demanded a stranger briskly, pausing for a moment beside the dis consolate farmer, "or are you Just go ing in?" "Xo, sir. I've just come out," said the farmer decidedly. "Mr. Evarts is talking in there." "What about?" asked the stranger. "Well, he didn't say," the farmer answered, passing a knotted hand across his forehead. A Pet Tlieer. Out of a river bed where it had tum bled when Its dam was put to flight some hunters in India fished a tiger cub. In two days it was as tame as a kitten and grew up the playmate of the camp terriers. It was very fond of them and the terriers worshiped the tigress. To allay the fears of a woman visitor the tigress was one night chain ed up. Xext morning the animal was found with a man under her. She had not hurt him. He was a thief and, not knowing of her existence, had come within the area which her length of chain enabled her to command. She sprang upon him. lay on him and kept him prisoner until guards came to re lease him. VEGETABLES AS MEDICINE. Asparagus stimulates the kidneys. Water cress Is an excellent blood pu rifier. Parsnips possess the same virtues as sarsaparilla. Carrots are good for those having e tendency to gout. Celery contains sulphur and helps to ward off rheumatism. Celery Is a nerve tonic; onions also are a tonic for the nerves. Tomatoes are good for a torpid liver, but should be avoided by gouty people Beets are fattening and good for peo pie who want to put on flesh; so are potatoes. Lettuce has a soothing effect on the nerves and is excellent for sufferers from insomnia. Spinach has great aperient qualities and is far better tliau medicine for suf ferers from constipation. Hatching; EKRH In tbe Mouth. Some curious examples of the egg laying habits of certain frogs are re lated by naturalists. The female of one species, a species which was re centiy exhibited at a meeting of the Zoological society, carries the eggn about in her mouth until they are hatched. When the young emerge they ure tadpoles, but fully formed, though, of course, diminutive frogs. An Amer ican tree frog, again, has a pouch along the whole extent of Its back, In which the eggs are carried until hatch ed. It Is the Xototrema marsupiatum of zoologists, the name referring to this curious habit. The case of the Surinam toad is equally curious. In this species the male places the eggs, one by one. In hollows in the loose skin on the back of the female, where they are developed.—London Globe. fin LL "h COUCH AND CU RE THE LUNGS w '™ Dr. King's New Discovery ___ /Consumption Price FOR I OUGHS and 50c & SI.OO Free Trial. Surest ana Quickest Cure for all THROAT and LUNG TROUB LES, or MONEY BACK. mm! A. 3FLe»ll«/fc>lei TIN SHOP Tor all kind of Tin Roofing, Spouting and General Job Work. Stoyes. Heaters. Ranges, Furnacd#, eto. PRIDES THE LOWEST! QUALITY Till! BEST! ■■ ©»■ JOHN HIXSON NO. 118 £. FRONT BT. THE BOMBMAKER. He Makes an Apparently Harmless Letter a Deadly Machine. So expert are bombmakers nowadays that an apparently harmless letter may kill any person who trie* to open It A piece of cardboard Is cut to a size which, when folded over, will fit Into an ordinary envelope. The four cor ners of this are slit Into narrow strips. Fulminate of mercury Is spread over three of the slits, and the sheet Is folded and fastened together. Projecting from each side of the folded sheet Is a little metal strip, or detonator, glued to the cardboard lu such a manner that the envelope cannot be without striking one of them. I'pon meeting this slight resistance the hand moving the paper cutter instinctively pushes harder, and the result Is an explosion that either kills or maims. The easiest bomb to construct Is set lu operation by simply turning it up "slde down. It is usually a good sized cracker box, iin<'d with paper and half filled with a mixture of chlorate of potassium and ordinary sugar. Into this a bottle of a powerful acid is In troduced. The remainder of the space in the box is filled with scraps of metal. Then the lid is soldered on. All that is then necessary Is to place the box upside down at the spot in which it is to explode. The acid eats quickly through the cork of the bottle and comes la contact with tbe chlorate of potassium. Asa result of the chem ical combination which takes piaco there is a terrific explosion.—Chicago News. THE ESPOUSAL Ancient Ceremony of the Mutual Promise of Marriage. The first part of the matrimonial of fice was anciently termed the espousal, which took place some time prior to the actual celebration of marriage. These espousals consisted in a mutual promise of marriage, which was made by the man and woman before the bishop or presbyter and several wit nesses. After them the articles of agreement of marriage, called tabuloe matrimo niaies, which are mentioned by Augus tine, were signed by both persons. Aft er this the man delivered to the wom an the ring and other gifts, an action which was termed subarrhation. In the latter ages the espousals have al ways been performed at the same time as the office of matrimony In all the churches abroad. auiWt has long been customary for the ring to be delivered to the woman after the contract has been made, which has always been !o the actual office of matrimony. The ring Is a special token of spous age. In some of the old manuals fof the use of foreign' cathedrals before the minister proceeds to the marriage he is directed to ask the woman's dowry—viz, the tokens of spousage and by these tokens of spousage are to be understood rings or money or some other things to be given to the woman by the man, which giving is called wedding or covenanting, espe cially when it Is done by the giving of a rlng.~New York Tribune. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. A just complaint is an accommoda tion. Talk happiness. People get tired of hearing of your woes. The things you don't say cause you less grief In this life than almost any thing else. Ever think how foolish it is to bear a grudge? Unkind feelings have no market value. If you spend your time in growling about an imaginary wrong, you are apt to neglect your own shortcomings. Every child Is doomed to disappoint ment. All children imagine that as soon as they are twenty-one they will "do as they please." State your views on any subject, and if your listener says he hasn't made up his mind it means he disagrees with you and hates to say so. Atchison Globe. -Km. i I ' I ; The Borne Paper of Danville. ! i Of course yon read ; iii Jl li 1 • THE nEOPLE'S I POPULAR I APER. I I « Everybody i . CaS It* ! j I I Publisher I: very .Vior Except I Sunday No. ii h. j /\:' nsrSt. I il Subscription 6 .• Week. « • - J EARLY FIRE IMPLEMENTS. A|t|>Hnn<**" I'tcd In Tbla Coanlrr Im »h«- SeTtateenth Oatnrr. Undoubtedly the first Are company organized In this country was formed In .New York In 1(558. It was called the Prowlers nnd was composed of eight :nen, with 250 buckets, hooks and BmaJl ladders. Where the buckets were ob tained and whether or not they were In addition to those owned by the town the records fall to state. In 1679 Salem purchased two or three dozen cedar buckets, besides hooks and other im plements; also the selectmen and two others were authorized to take com mand at flre» and to blow up and pull down buildings when ouch action was necessary. This practice appears to have been much more common before the use of engines than afterward. Boston ou Sept. 9, 1679, ordered that everj <juarter of the town should be provided with twenty swobes, two Bcoopes and six axes. The Bwobes, or swabs, as they are now called, were long handled mops that could be used to put out roof fires. The general use of swabs has long since disappeared, but when a slight blaze Is beyond the reach of a pail of water and more Im proved apparatus Is not at hgjid a long handled mop Is today the meat ef ficient article to be used. In Japan these swabs may be seen on many roof tops. In 1090 New York ordered that five ladders and also hooks be made. In Philadelphia no mention Is made of public precaution against Are until 1C96, when a law was passed forbid ding the firing of chimneys or allowing the same to become foul. Each bouse was to have a swab, bucket or pall. Another act was passed In 1700 order ing every household to have two leath er buckets. In the following year six or eight hooks for tbe purpose of tear ing down houses were ordered to be made. a i omrary nag. If ever there was anything in the world that went by contraries, It is the Chinese Hag. It will be recalled that It Is one of the gayest of national standards. The body of the banner la of a pale yellow. In the upper left hand corner Is a small red sun, and looking at It is a fierce Chinese dragon. About 1.000 years ago, so the story runs, the Chinese made war upon the Japanese. They prepared for a great Invasion. As a prophecy of victory they adopted a standard which It that of the present time. They took the sun of Japan and made it very small. This they putin front of the dragon's mouth to express the idea that the Chinese dragon would devour the Jap anese. It happened, however, that the Chinese fleet, conveying an army of 100,000 men, was wrecked on its way to Japan by a great storm, and all but three of the 100.000 perished. The re sult of recent events has not been any more convincing than the first affair that the Chinese flag has been cor rectly conceived Musical Note* and Explosive*. Some singular facts have been de veloped in regard to the influence of musical notes upon explosives. When, an "intense" explosive Is approaching the ' critical'' stage and Its molecules therefore are In a condition of very unstable equilibrium, the sudden emis sion of a musical note will frequently bring matters to a climax and induce detonation. It has been found that of certain samples of dry fulminate of mercury the lowest temperature at which It would explode was 842 de grees F., and portions exposed to a heat of 835 degrees for some time, al lowed to cool and again heated to that degree, these alterations being several times repeated, remained without change. Yet particles of the same ful minate placed, as before, on an Iron plate, but at a temperature of 310 de grees to 320 degrees only, would gen erally explode sharply when certain notes were sounded near upon a vio lin string or a cornet. With the hu man voice it was much more difficult to obtain an effect of this kind, but oc casionally such an experiment would succeed. 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