QUEER EASTER CUSTOM.,
1 hi Way Filipino ' Penitents Tor
ture Themaelvei.
he of the many curious customs
practiced by souio persons lu tbe Phil
ippine Islands Is the way lu which they
obsvrve the week before Easter. .For
the Thursduy, Friday and Saturday
before Easter the streets or roads on
the outskirts of some villages and
sometimes the tiriucipal streets of the
town Itself are filled with crowds, who
litive come to see the natives lnlllct
self torture.
The willing victims are stripped to
the waist, their faces are covered with
a thick cloth nud around one hand Is a
lieavy hemp rope, with a cluster of
from lift ecu to twenty smaller hempen
.'on!s. To each of these Is fastened a
sniiill piefe of hard wood. The whole
thins; Is just lonjr enouiih so that when
llui:ir oer the shoulder It will uot quite
reach to the waist.
When the penitents are ready to start
I.'lllt.ti,.. ,vhn Into Iti.i.n ill II ml II 1 PI I
Vlll II IIIJM1IW, H IIV ' ...v..
as u sort of overseer, takes the Mesh of
the back between his thumb and first
tinker mul cuts the skin with a Ions;
bolo. This is done all over the back.
He then lies-, "Alia, ' slfilu" ("Go
ahead"). Then the penitent begins to
beat his back by lashing his cluster of
little pieces of wood and cords first
over one shoulder, then over the other,
until th.' back Is so lacerated that It
somewhat resembles raw beef. All the
wlille the onlookers and victims also
nre Iiik!ii.!;, or, rather, chanting, a most
dismal, unearthly funereal chant New
York Tri'iime.
QUICKSILVER MINING.
An Ocrmmllon Thnt Quickly Dnnma
the WorUern.
Hie clilef quicksilver mines In Eu
Tope are iitho Spanish town Almaden,
whie'i Ik : Arabic word, nieaiilng "the
mine o quicksilver." These mines
wore formerly worked by the Iberians
and aft i- tliem by the ancient ltouians.
Hot ween 1:13 and 184U the Spanish
ttovernineut employed galley slaves in
them, an mtipntlon that soon ended In
death. The fumes of the mercury pro
duce! const; ::t salivation, and the sys
tem becomes permeated with the
uietal.
At fl.rt t.'ie victim Is seized with
tremblings r id then the teeth drop out;
imius in the bones follow and then
dentil. The cmmal yield of mercury 1b
i.T-'K'.OCn pr- nils, to produce which
4,000 men are engaged In this unhealthy
employment.
After Alnr.ideu, so far as yield of
quicksilver U concerned, comes Idria,
an Austrian town, twenty-eight miles
frori Triest. These mines also were
once worked by criminals, who, owing
to the terrible qualities of the mineral,
expired after about two years' service.
Tl.cre are now nearly BiK) miners en
gaif'd in the work at Idria. They are
Indrced 10 enter the mines by high
lay. A pension Is allowed when they
areTlisnMod, and provision Is made for
their widows and children. Pearson's.
Onniionder.
The eSploslvo nature of gunpowder,
which I : i.iade of charcoal,-sulphur nud
saltpeter. Is due to the fact that when
fired the charcoal tmd sutphnr nre
burned at the expense of the oxygen
In tiie saltpeter, much heat is devel
oped anil lar.re quantities of gas nre
produce;!. This gas exerts great pres
sure on tin. sides of the gun; hence
its disrupt've or propulsive effects.
Wh u i.-uupowder is flred In a gnu the
explosion is not instantaneous. The
expansive force of the gases produced
acts on 'ie shot all the time It Is mov
ing nlong the barrel and gradually In
creases Its velocity. If tl)e explosion
were po s'idden as to be practically In
stantaneous the greater part of the
forci's would be exerted mainly on the
- i.l a .1... -.1 1 '-X..I..! At--
Blue (H im' eimiMlicr COIUllllllUg U1U
powder and not, as Is actually the ciiBe,
ou the Hhot.
'I'lic Olilcnt Prvncriptlon.
x The oldest uiedical prescription lnex
Istovce heirs date or 4000 B. C. It was
disciivc;' -d in an Egyptian tomb, writ
ten on piipyras, iiiwl has been deci
phered by an English professor. It
bonis evidence that It was Intended for
son' l'i'ldhcaded Egyptian and reads
os follows:
Parts.
Pop'.'' tvuv (ruMmisod part) 1
D 1
Dort ... hoofs 1
Boil (lie whole in oil and rub the
"Scalp ('-:; ;!;. with th.- r.:lx!::r; '
10,-iypiiiui history docs not way wheth
er or not. the patient regained his lost
hair.
Hnnheeah. .
i Hasheesh, or the Indian hemp, Is n
resinous substance produced from the
tops of the plant in India. Some au
thorities state thnt It is gathered by
men. who dress themselves In leather
clothing and run to and fro In the
temp fields, afterward scraping off the
resin from their garments, while other
authorities say that It Is gathered by
rubbing the tops In the hands and aft
erward scraping the hands. Its nar
cotic properties nre well known.
Old Shlpa In Norway.
Norwegians have a primitive way of
breaking up old, wornout 'wooden
ships. They take them to exposed
rocky parts of the coast and, after an
choring them, leave tbe breakers of
the next storm to smash them to pieces.
After the storm the floating fragments
are picked up and sold for firewood.
Anxious to Repeat It.
..'Beck (despondently) I said some
thing my wife didn't ' like, and she
hasn't spoken to me for two days.
Peck (eagerly) Can you remember
' what It was you said?
Success Ik like a generous wine which
begins by exciting tho intellectual fac
ultles and ends by plunging us IntQ
a stupid Intoxication. Bougeart
A nrlilae of Crocodiles.
A traveler writes of n port'ln north
western India: "The great'ilght of
Kaiachl Is the sacred croc V! lie pre
serve at Magar Plr, some si - u miles
orf. There nre hot springs here which
i'eed n shallow tank containing nearly
a hundred crocodiles. The story, usu
ally thought to be fictitious, of the Eng
lishman who for a bet crossed the tank
by Jumping successively from the
backs of these crocodiles Is based on
fact The hero of this foolhardy feat
was tt certain Lieutenant Hcresford, a
friend of Sir It. F. Burton. When Bur
ton and his companion were visiting
the crocodiles' tank they noticed that
these reptiles and certain Islets of reeds
happened to make an almost continu
ous bridge across the tnnk. This
prompted tho daring subaltern to haz
ard the feat of crossing by hopping
from one crocodile to another. To tlio
liiinizeinent of tho spectators he suc
ceeded in this apparently mad attempt.
Sir ltlelinrd Burton had nlready suc
cessfully performed an equally daring
feat. Ho managed to muzzle a croco
dile by means of a 'lasso and then
Jumped on the reptile's back and en
joyed a somewhat zigzag ride."
IiiNlde Your Hones.
People usually Imagine that their
bones are of solid mineral construc
tion, without any feeling In them. As
a matter of fact, there are blood ves
sels and nerves inside tho bones just
as there are outside. During amputa
tion of a limb much more pain Is felt
when the bone Is attacked than when
the flesh Is being cut through. Through
the marrow which Is Inside the bones
run the nerves and blood vessels, en
tering the bones from the flesh without
by little holes. Nature adapts the bony
structure of various animals to their
habits In a very Interesting manner.
Sluggish creatures, like the sloth, have
solid bones, wlierens tho bones of. the
Uer and the antelope are comparative
ly light, so that they may run fast, and
the leg bones of the ostrich are hollow.
You will find lu the bones of nny skel
eton the application of mechanical
principles which have only become
known to man through tho processes
of laborious and long considered in
vention. A Flutter Pillory.
The finger pillory Is still preserved
carefully in the parish liurcli of St.
Helen Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Is thus
described: "An ancient and rather sin
gular curiosity Is a finger pillory. This
instrument seems to have been used
for tho punishment of disorderly per
sons during divine service. It consists
of two upright posts about three feet
high, which support a beam of nearly
the same length, In which nre bored
holes of various dimensions, cut first
horizontally, then perpendicularly. In
order that the first joint of the finger
may be Inserted and the finger retained
In an angular form. The culprit Is then
secured by bringing down over the
holes another beam which is attached
by a hinge at tho end to one of the
posts and fastened at the other by a
lock." London Academy.
Holding; the Breath.
It Is a physical impossibility for a
man to kill, himself by holding his
breath. Individuals differ greatly in
the length of time they can hold their
breath, and what practice and deter
mined effort combined with natural
great lung capacity, can do In this di
rection Is shown by the long periods
for which champion divers can remain
under water. If a man succeeded In
continuing to hold his breath in spite
of the physical discomfort iuwbicn be
had placed himself tbe result would
simply be to Induce a state of coma.
.When this state was reached nature
would reassert herself, and the breath
lug functions would again resume full
activity, preventing a fatnl Issue in
spite of their owner's desire..
Mine. Scnrron.
lime, Scarron, afterward the famous
Mine, do Malutcnon, the wife of Louis
XIV., was In her girlhood remarkably
beautiful. She was dark, with piercing
black eyes and wavy hair. In middle
life her gravity of countenance and of
deportment was considered quite ex
traordinary lu that age of gayety. One
of her contemporaries said that she' did
not smile once a year, and yet she was
not gloomy, but only of a sedate habit
of mind.
A Monster God House.
In Mexico are louiul ruins of an
cient Aztec teocallis, or "god houses,"
some of which are thousands of years
old. One of these, near Cholula, Is In
the form of a truncated pyramid.
Each side of the base of this pyramid
Is 1,43 feet, which Is twice the length
of the great pyramid of Egypt The
height of this Mexican wonder Is 177
feet and its base covers an area of
forty-four acres.
Not There.
"Judge," said Mrs. Stnrvem to the
magistrate who had recently come to
board with her, "I'm particularly anx
ious to have you try this chicken soup."
"I have tried it," replied the magis
trate, "and my decision Is that the
chicken has proved an alibi." Phila
delphia Press.
Fired.
Young Mother Do you think baby
looks most like me or his papa? Nurse
Like you, mum. Mr. Jenkins Is a
mighty handsome man.
Advertisement: Wanted A compe
tent and well mannered nurse.
Agreed.
.Wife (wearily) Woman s ' work Is
never done! Husband (Btrr rgllng with
a buttonless shirt collar) That's Just
What I thought!
First say to yourself what you would
be; then do what you have to do. Eplc
tetus. '
FILTH IN KOREA.
the Streets of the Cltr Reek With
Sen-as;e nud Odors.
The streets of Korea are used for
every conceivable and Inconceivable
thing. Down the middle of them or
on either side the city's sewage reeks
along a sluggish course, currying with
It every possible thing but its own hor
rible odor. The houses on the main
streets, or what might for want of a
more descriptive name be . called the
business streets, nre all built with one
side open, as houses are built lu Japan.
There Is little or nothing displayed for
sale In any shops, and there Is seldom
anything to detain a loiterer along the
way. The Korean woman knows abso
lutely nothing about the joys and sor
rows of shopping. She lives her life in
virtuous seclusion, or at least In seclu
sion, and the tradesmen must needs go
to her and thrust their goods respect
fully through a Hinall opening in the
door of her apartments. What she
doesn't want she thrusts out again
and then haggles witli hlin over the
price of what she has selected, with
the thin but uot transparent partition
between them. So there Is little need
for attractive shop windows. Since the
women make all the men's clothes,
they, of course, bny the materials for
them ulso, and I have really never
seen anything purchased In a shop.
But still they aro -built with the use
lessly open side, and one can buy If
one Is so Inclined, as foreigners so of
ten aro. The houses that are not of
this description are not to be seen at
all, being bidden behind expressionless
stone walls cupped with tiles and
pierced with the tiniest possible gate
ways. Leslie's Weekly.
NEW YORK'S RECORDER.
The Olty's Most Ancient Oflli-llll Next
to the Mayor.
' Next to the mayor the recorder Is the
most ancient public oliicial lu the city.
His olllce dates buck to the Doiigon
charter, given with the authority of
King James II. to the city of New
York In April, NISI I. The governing
body of the city were tbe mayor, the
recorder and the uldcrmeu.
From the recorder sprang, in 1821.
the old court of common pleas, which
later became the supreme court. Orig
inally the mayor and the recorder held
all the court in New York, both civil
and criminal, the aldermen sitting nlso
to aid iu disposing of petty cases. The
recorder wns a member of the board
of aldermen. One of bis Important du
ties was to pass on competency for citi
zenship. The first recorder was James (ira
ham, uppoluted by charter. Ills duties
included taose of the present recorder
and many more. (Jruiliiully as the
court business increased the recorder
ceased to act as an alderman, and in
the subdivision of court work the
criminal cases, which, as affecting the
life nud liberty of citizens, were then
regarded as of the graver Importance,
were retained by him, and the civil
cascB were transferred to newer courts.
Thus the olllco of the recorder Is
traditionally the primary safeguard
over the principles of the old common
law on which New York's modern
criminal jurisprudence Is founded.
New York World.
The Salamander.
In Andrews' "Anecdotes Ancient and
Modern" (178!)) one rends, "Should a
Kluss bouse tire be kept up without ex
tinction for a longer term than seven
years there Is no doubt but that a
salamander would be generated In the
cinders." This probably accounts for
the popular idea that a salamander
lives hi the fire, a fallacy so far remov
ed from the truth that the curious
lizard-like henst so called cannot en
dure eren the bent of the sun, but
skulks away under stones to avoid it.
It will never lose Its reputation for
fire eating, though, which lingers still
In tho heating utensil that is named
after It.
An Old Irish Tnne.
"The Girl I Left Behind Me" is on
Irish tune, known to have been In ex
istence lu 1770. The author of the
words Is unknown, though claims have
been made for several Irish nnd Eng
lish poets. For over 100 years It has
been the parting tune of the British
army nnd nnvy nnd Is played when
cvw n rtvsin'.ont Is leaving a town
where It has been stationed or a man-of-war
Is weighing anchor to sail from
a port.
8talr Yourself.
In order to Judge of the Inside of oth
ers study your own, for men In gen
eral are very much alike, nnd though
one has one prevailing passion and an
other has another yet their operations
nre much the same, and whatever en
gages or disgusts, pleases or offends
you In others will engage, disgust,
please or offend others in you. Ches
terfield. A Dlspoted Question. "'
On one occasion a Scotch minister
knocked at the door of a house where
a husband nnd wife were quarreling.
When admitted he inquired, "Wha's
the head of this house?" The man
quietly replied: "Sit yersel' doon, mon;
Bit yersel' doon. We're Just trying to
Bottle that the noo."
Habit.
Boss Seo here, every time you see a
6 you call ft a 2. What's the matter
with you nearsighted? Stenographer
No, sir; It's a matter of habit. I
tised to clerk in a ladles' shoe store.
Cleveland Leader.
Two Views of It.
Farson Do you take this woman for
better or for worse? Bridegroom-'
Well, I can't exactly say. Her people
think it's for better, but mine think
it's for worse. Life.
THE DESERT MIRAGE.
Aa Explanation of This PeeuHnr
Freak of Nnture.
Oue of nature's true wonders one
upon which much has been written,
but which Is yet not understood when
Its varied phenouienn are considered
Is the desert mirage. Travelers In the
arid regions of the western nud south
western United States tell wondrous'
tales concerning the spectral pictures
which the desert mirage haa presented
for their Inspection. Cool sheets of wa
ter and waving trees and grussy
swards appear where nil is known to
be parched earth nnd burning sands.
Occasionally a mountain range will ap
pear on what Is known to he u bound
less stretch of level plain, or a herd of
deer, cattle or other animals will be
seen apparently coiitcnteuly grazing
on the glassy surface of the atmos
phere. Cities are oeeaf loually seen
hundreds of miles from tivlllzallon,
and phantom ships have been known
to loom up against the sky mid appear
ns real vessels to persons who lived
so far away from the waters that they
hail never taken the trouble to visit the
seacoast and who had never seen a
real ship.
Tbe explanation of the mirage, ns
usually given, is as follows:
The sand, being Intensely hot, causes
the layers of air which rest upon It to
become greatly rarefied, and under cer
tain eln'Umslances this layer Is quite
distinct from the denser idratum u few
indies or feet above It Juat as If it
were a sheet of water upon which oil
rested. It Is this rarefied stratum of
air which acts as a reflector and pic
tore.; to the eye those curiuus Inverted
linages.
IllfTercut Mfilli Inr.
Mr. Courtney (tlatt. r.ii. i., i I had the
Miles when 1 caii-.e here tonight. Miss
Fisher. In it they are all gone now.
You are as good as medicine. Miss
Fisher's Little Ilrotli.tr-Yos. father
himself says she'll tie n ('.rug lu the
market If she doesn't catch on to some
fellow soon. .
MnkliiK u .loll of It.
The flreine:i continued their exer
tions until niter o'clock, by which
aour all the damage that ciiii be done
wns at an end. Newcastle (Englaud)
Chronicle.
No. 3
Straight Talks on
Patent Medicines
The "Rexall" Remedies deserve confidence.
As all these remedies are grouped under one name, they must suc
ceed or fail together. There must be no weak links in this chaia One
unworthy remedy would mean disaster to the entire plaa If you,
for example, purchased the "Rexall" Cough Cure and were not cured
by it, how could we expect you to place any faith thereafter in the
"Rexall" Dyspepsia Cure or any other member of the "Rexall"
family?
You can understand, therefore, why such anxious care was given
to finding and choosing the remedies to which the name " Rexall" was
givea We have admitted none to this circle until our committee of
experts had been convinced by investigation and test that it was the
best remedy known to medical science for the ailment it aimed
to relieve.
Who, should know better than the leading thousand druggists of
this country what are, and what are not, efficient medicines ?
Remember, the success of our enterprise depends on the merit of
each individual remedy. Our reputation, which is our very business
existence is at stake. Can you doubt, that in buying a "Rexall" Remedy,
you are buying the best that science arid experience can give you ?
Here are three prominent members of the " Rexall " family :
REXALL "93" HAIR TONIC
The famous Rexall "93'' Hair The remarkable success o
Tonic is composed in chief of Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets is
Resorcin, Beta Naphtho. and a
iilocarpm. wherchv the well known croD-
Kesorcin is one of the latest ertics of Bismuth Subnitrate
and most effective germ-killers and Pepsin have been combined
discovered by a science, and in with carminitives and other
connection with Beta Naphthol, agents.
which is both germicidal and . Bismuth Subnitrate and Pep
antiseptic, a combination is ?.re, recognized by the entire
r ji-i. medical profession as specifics
formed which not only destroys of indigestion or hr0nic
the germs which rob the hair of jySpepSia
its nutriment, but creates a The Pepsin used Is manufac
clean and healthy condition of red under a new process
the scalp, which prevents the which develoDs its greatest ef-
lodgment and development of fluency. Pepsin not only sup-
npnr orprmo nlics to the digestive machinery
. . ... one of the m6st important ele- and. reintorce tne others.
Pilocarpin is a well-known ments of the digestive fluid, but The pathological properties
agent for res onng the hair to itseemsto exert a tonic influ- 0f each Ineredient does itsomi
its natural color, where the loss ence upon the glands which ot eacn lngreaient aoes its otrn
of color has been due to a dis- supply all the other elements. particular work m easing the In
case of the scalp. It is not a The carminitives add prop- flamed membranes, loosening
coloring matter or dye it pro- erties which promptly relieve the phlegm and setting op 4
duces its effect by stimulating pains caused by undigested food, condition of health in the bron-
the scalp and hair follicles to The combination of the whole
health and active life.
ThlS Combination
auiiciiii& lium uysutuaia nv , .. r -
atives mixed with alcohol as a not oni;a remedy, tut a curt rarily stop the cough. OnebO
stimulant, perfects the most ef- which works by gradimlly re- 'm work . cure Ili3eI,
fective remedy for hair and building and stimulating t h e Uew.lU , , a C"?. "
Scalp troubles known to-day. glands which perform the di- ceedingly pleasant to the taste-
f Per Bottle, 50c. gestive functions. Package, 23c. children like it. Per Bottle, 23c
- ' n
Look for this Hexall Guarantee on each package: "This
preparation is guaranteed to give satisfaction. If it does not, come
back and get your money. It belongs- to you, and we want you to
have it." v
Stoke & Feicht Drug Co., Druggists
The ?tfetta Store
Aa Ancient Traveler's Oatat.
A small "Traveler's Guide," dated
1780, contains a good deal of advice as
to the luggage which should be carried.
"Take," says the book, "two suits of
clothes, oue coffee colored and oue
blue; a chest flannel, a pair Of leather
breeches, a sleeping suit three pairs of
stockings, two pairs of gloves, two wigs,
oue hair bag (?), two caps, two hats, two
pairs of shoes, one pair of slippers, six
'undershirts,' four 'overshlrts,' six neck
ties, six collars, six handkerchiefs, four
pairs of cuffs, three cravats, two pairs
ef cotton hose, two pairs of socks."
But this Is not nil, us Is shown by tbe
following Items: "Take a Bible, a
book of sermons, n 'Traveler's Guide,'
two albums, a diary, a quire of white
fin per, quills and Ink, an almanac, a
mirror, a silver watch, a silver snuff
box, a silver spoon, a pair of sliver
shoe buckles, a silver tie pin, three sil
ver studs, a gold seal ring, a knife and
fork with silver handles, a sewing
case, an opera glass, u compass, a wax
light and a tinder box, a toothbrush, n
sliver V'othplck, a sword, a silver
mounted enne, n padlock with which to
fasten your door at night Inside, a
clothes brush, a box of medicine."
I'nll Mall Gazette.
Finite Tlmt tfiuiifit Swim.
More 4 1 in ii one species of lish Is met
with which cannot swim, the most sln
.gular of which perhaps Is the maltha,
a Brazilian fish, whose organs of loco
motion only enable It to crawl or walk
or hop after the manner of a toad, to
which animal this' fish to some extent
bears a resemblance, nnd It Is provided
with a long upturned snout. The ante
rior (pectoral) fins of the maltha, which
nre quite small, are not capable of act
ing on the water, but can only move
backward and forward, having truly
the form of thin paws. Both these and
the ventral and ami! fins are very dif
ferent from the similar fins In other
fishes nud could uot serve for swim
ming at all. Other examples of-non-swlininiug
fishes Include the sen horse,
another most peculiarly shaped Inhab
itant of the sen, which resembles tho
knight In n set of chessmen, nnd the
starfish, of which there nre many spec
imens, which mostly wnlk nnd crawl
on the shore or rocks, both being uu
i)lu to swim.
The Ood w.io gnve us life gave us
liberty at tbe same time. Jefferson.
REXALL DYSPEPSIA TABLETS
makes a remedy absolutely in-
Ot CUr- . - ' J.
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CHERRY JUICE COUGH SYRUP
A new idea in Cough Syrups.
This preparation owes its ef-
fidency to the presence of Wild
Cherry, Vinegar Squills, Bone-
set, Horehound and Syrup.
All of these have been known
for a hundred years as remedies
for coughs and hoarseness.
In Rexall Cherry Juice Cough
Syrup, all of these remedies
have been combined by a pro-,
.cess of manufacture that has
blended them Into a perfect me
dicinal harmony whereby the
characteristics 0f eacn support
... .. . "
chial and nasal passages. .
One spoonful will relieve the,
inflamed mpmhranpsand tpmnn.