Straight Road
To Health
Is by the way of purifying tho blood.
Germs and Impurities in the cause
disease ami sickness. Expelling these im
purities removes the dlseuse. Hood's Sar-
Biiparllla does this and it does more. It
makes the blood rich by increasing and
vitalizing the red globules and giving it
power to transmit to the organs, nerves
and muscles the nutriment contained in
digested food. Remember
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Is the Best Medicine Money Can liuy.
At a recent sale of seal fur skins in
London extraordinary prices were real
ized.
What Do tlac C hildren Drink 9
Don't give them tea or coffee. Have
you tried the new food drink called
GIUIN-O? It is delicious and nourishing,
aud takes tho place of coffee. The more
GRAIX-0 you give tho chlldron the more
health you distribute through their sys
tems. ORAIN-O is made of pure grains,
and when properly prepared tastes like
the choice gra le9 of coffee, but costs about
us much. All grocers sell It. 15c. and 25c.
Ihe South African winter begins to
ward the end of April and lasts until
September.
What Shall Wo Have For Doeeert?
This question arises In the family daily. Let
us answer it to-duy. Try Joll-O, a delicious
and healthful dessert. Prepared In 2 min. No
bollligl no baking! Simply add a little hot
watordk 9ot to cool. Flavors: Lemon, Orange,
Raspberry and Strawberry. At grocers. 10c.
Eleven millions of men are said to
belong to the great Chinese Society of
Boxers.
Are You Using Allen'* Uoot-Ease
It is the only euro for Swo'len, Smarting,
Tired. Aching, Hot, Sweating Feet, Corns
a'nl Dunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease,
a powder to bo shaken into tho shoes. Cures
while you walk. At ull DruguUts and Shoe
Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address
Allen S. Olmsted, Lelloy, N. 1".
It will require over 52.000 men to
take the 1900 United States census.
Throw 1 hyslc to tho dogs—if you don't
want the dogs: but if IOU want good diges
tion cbew Beemnu's Pepsin Gum.
Smoking tobaco >s practically un
known in Cuba.
Piso's Cure cannot bo too highly spoken ot
as a cough cure.—J. W. O'BUIEX. 322 Third
Ave.. N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. i), 1930.
A Moscow hospital employs 900
nurses.
Carter'* Ink I* Used Exclusively
by the schools of New York. Boston ami many
other places, and they won't use any other.
Switzerland has 60 maccaroni fac
tories.
Mrs. Winslow'sSoi thlngSyrup forehildren
teething, softens the gums, reduces iutla muta
tion. allayspaiii.cures wind colic.2sc a bottle.
On the 110 square miles of London's
area 1,000 tons of soot settle yearly.
To Cure a Cold In One Day.
Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE TABLETS. All
druggists refund the money If it fall* to curs.
B. W. GROVE'S signature Is on each box. 26A,
Sir C. Warren's liath.
There is something extremely Eng
lish in the story of Sir Charles War
ren "doing trimbic3," as Bouncer ex
pressed it, in the open air on the bat
tlefield of Vaal Kranz. Sir Charles,
under no circumstances, Intermits his
morning bath. On the occasion of Bul-
last effort to relieve Ladysmitb
Sir Charles found It impossible to
leave his post, so when day broke on
the battlefield he ordered his servant
to bring his bath with sponge and
towel, and then and there, in the open
air, Sir Charles Warren, commanding
the Fifth division, proceeded to take
his bath, sublimely indifferent to tho
fire of the enemy. The enemy were,
perhaps, too much astonished at the
British eccentricity of bathing at all,
much more of bathing in this extreme
ly public fashion, to attempt any vio
lent interruption.— London Daily
News.
The
Turn
of Life
This is a critical period
in the life of every woman
ami no mistakes should
be made.
The one recognized and
reliable help for women
who are approaching and
passing through this
wonderful change is
That the utmost reliance
oan be placed upon this
great medicine is testi
fied to by an army of
grateful women who have
been hefped by it.
Mrs. Pinkham, who has
the greatest and most
suooessful experience In
'the world to qualify her,
will advise you free of
charge, Her address is
Lynn. Mass. Write to her.
SSBFIMH*
Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use Q
In time. Sold by druggists. CI
EGEBHEQuOsiaegll
PERILS OF THE MINES.
THE CREATEST DREAD OF THE
ANTHRACITE COAL REGION.
Deadly Nature of the Cave-lu—Heroic At- 1
tempts to Uescue Entombed Comrade*
—Some Extraordinary Instances ot En
durance—Why Hope Endures So Long.
TV COOUNTS of the terrible ex
/ \ plosion in a Utah coal tuine
have brought to mind forci
bly the precarious existence
that the miner leads beneath the
earth. But of all the accidents which
threaten tli9 life of the anthracite
eoal-miner, none is more feared than
j the deadly cave-in. It is far more
liable to cause death thau explosions
or Hoods, runaway cars, or falls down
the abaft. Dozens and dozens of
men are crushed to death every year
by it, aud the reports of the mine in
spectors show that a large majority of
the fatal accidents of the year are duo
,to it. Witness the great accident at
the twin shaft, Pittston, Penn., a few
years ago, when fifty-nine men were
Bhut in or crushed to death; and the
fall at No. 11, Plymouth, Penn., when
thirteen men were killed. None of
these victims were ever found, nor is
there much probability of any trace of
! them being discovered.
Suddeuly and horribly fatal as they
are, the caves give warning of their
approaoh. A short time ago the
writer was in an affected gangway.
There was a constant and menacing
noise, which is almost irflescrib
able. It was like the distant mur
mur of a thuudor-storm or the deep
rumble of far-awny breakers. For
hundreds of feet above aud around,
the rock aud coal was "working."
BURIED ALIVE.
But with all tho warniug it gives,
the cave too often proves the death
i bed and grave of the miner who is
rash enough to try to save for his
! eompauy what nature is reclaiming as
her own. So it was in the two great
accidents previously mentioned. Val
uable chambers of the mine threat
ened to cave, and thousauds of tons
of coal would he lost. At Pittston
Superintendent Langan started on a
Sunday night with sixty-five meu to
place massive timbers under the af
fected roof, hoping to avert the threat
ened destruction. So awful was the
noise and so near did death appear iu
those trembling passages that seven
men, Superintendent Langan's sou
among them, refused tor work and
went back. The Superintendent and
the fifty-eight labored for an hour or
so, then suddenly many tons of rock
| and coal fell, and in an instant na
| ture had constructed fcr them au im
penetrable sepulchre. Whether they
were instantly crushed to death, shut
iu and suffocated, or slowly starved,
will probably never be known.
For weeks men as brave as the fif
ty-nine labored at the work of rescue,
a great, but unavailing struggle.
Torn, shaken and trembling from the
shock of tho first fall, which dragged
upon tho other portions of the mine
like massive ehaius drawn by a mon
ster, working after working collapsed,
hour after hour, for some days, before
it all settled quietly, and the dangers
of the rescuers wero fully a3 great as
those the entombed meu had confront
ed. There was hut one practicable way
of getting at the victims, aud that was
| down a long slope at the foot of which
it was expected the unfortunates would
he found. Four hondred feet was
clear space; tho romaining four hun
dred was blocked to within a few
inches of the ioof by the fallen masses
of rock. It was through these four
hundred feet that the rescuers had to
force their way. Volunteers were
numerous, the most able miniug ex
perts iu the region directed the opor
! ations, and the work went on day and
: night. At first good progress was
made, and then, as they advanoed
foot by foot, the danger aud the diffi
culties increased. Borne days thoy
would gain twenty or thirty feet, aud
then be driven back some distance,
only to attack the living mass again
with maguificeut courage aud en
! durance.
FUTILE EFFOKTS AT RESCUE.
It was iu the midst of this work
that the writer saw them. Some
ninety feet had been gained through
the fall. The whole slope, some nine
feet in width, had not been cleared,
hut a narrow passage four feet wide
had beeuajriveu through the centre of
it. This was .propped and strength
ened by great timbers, for there was
constant danger of the roof coming
| down. Tho gas was heavy and safety
lamps had to he used, so the light was
dim and uncertain. Tho monuing of
the mine was still to he heard and
| had a most weird effect, as if breasts
and gangways were mourning for their
| victims. The men worked in shifts
| of half-a-dozen each, three hacking
j and pecking at the "face" of the fall
| with their picks and three shoveling
! hack the debris to others behind
them, who passed it out in a line.
Great masses of rock had to ho shat
j tered with drill aud hammer, for it
was uot safe to ÜBe powder, and the
progress was distressingly slow. As
soon as one shift became tired an
| other took its place, aud the work
i went on. Inspectors and foremen
j stood about directing the work and
keeping a careful eye on the danger
ous roof. As the writer watched there
was a cry of warniug, the men came
tumbling hack from the "face," and a
rush was made up the slope. There
was a crash, a roar, we were blown
off our feet and dashed against the
sides of the slope by a concussion
J which extinguished the lights. An
! investigation revealed the fact that
twenty feet, gaiuod by hard work dur
ing tho last twenty-four hours, had
been filled up again.
"We must keep at it, boys," said
one of the foremen cheerily, and at it
they went.
But in the days that followed, falls
came frequently, and the 1 men de*
spaired. Tliey were ready to give np
their seemingly hopeless task, when,
one night, they were cheered by rap
pings. The news was quickly sent
to the surface, and women's eyes
were dry with hope for the first time
since the dreadful tidings were
heard. The rappings continued at
intervals, and everybody was sure
some of the entombed men were alive
—everybody except oile boy of eigh
teen who day and night was in the
slope with the workers. The rap
pings were heard on the iron pipes
through which water had been pumped
from tho bottom of tho slope. It was
evident that some of the entombed
men had reached an open space there
and were hammeriug on the pipes to
encourage the workers. Work went
on with renewed enthusiasm, and
young Laugan, the entombed super
intendent's son, performed as heroio
an act as is recorded in the history of
mining. Between the top of the fall
and the roof was a space of a few
inches, and with wonderful daring he
dragged himself along over the fall.
At any moment he might have been
crushed by the roof, but he returned.
He was gone three hours, and in that
time crawled nearly three hundred
feet and back. His clothes were torn
to shreds, and his body was covered
with blood from soores of cuts and
bruises. He had found no opening
and learned nothing of the entombed.
For three days the rappings contin
ued, aud then one night, in a dark
and obscure corner of tho slope, one
of the foremen came upon a water boy
hammering the pipes with a piece of
rock. It was au awful discovery, the
hope that they had cheered the men
on for three days was dispelled, and
despair replaced it. The poor boy,
when arraigned before the mine of
ficials, confessed that he had been
rapping on the pipes during the three
days, aud he said, in extenuation of
his act: "I've got a father and two
brothers in there, and I was afraid
the men would quit work, so I rapped
to encourage them, because I want
them to find my father and brothers."
The work was kept up for months,
but no trace of the entombed men
was found, and the attempt of rescue
was at last abandoned.
WHY HOPE ENDURES SO LONG.
The accident at Plymouth, Penn.,
was caused in alike manner. As may
well be imagined, the conflict between
hope and rescue and fear of death, in
the hearts of the victims' friends, is
terrible. Hope died slowly at Pitts
ton, and it is the same elsewhere.
This is due to the absolute uncertain
ty. Some argue that the victims may
be hemmed in an open chamber with
a plentiful supply of air and water,
aud quote the well-known cases where,
at Sugar Notch, a number of men lived
two weeks, eating a mule entombed
with them, and were finally rescued;
where at Jeanesville, Penn., rescue
was effected after nineteen days, in
which the meu had nothing to eat
except the leather of their boots—ow
ing to their ignorance the life-sustain
ing fish-oil in their lamps was un
touched—and again, of the two meu
who at Nanticoke were rescued after
sitting astride a log in flooded work
ings tor nine days with nothing to
eat.
Other accidents affect only the mine
and the miners. Caves affect tho sur
face, and many property owners in
this region have cause to regret the
day when tlioy bought land which was
undermined, because it was cheap.
Recently a large section of street at
Wyoming, Penn., weut down, with
several buildings, and instances are
numerous of houses being swallowed
up by the greedy earth, of cattle en
gulfed and suffocated. People are
sometimes caught, but not often, for
the earth generally siuks slowly, and
there is usually plenty of time to es
cape. A peddler was driving slowly
along the road leading to Plains,
Penn., when his horse suddeuly sank,
dragging the front wheels of the wagon
after him. When the driver recovered
from his surprise aud terror, the
wagon body was on the edge of a hole
thirty feet deep. Some time later,
near the same place, au old woman
was sitting near her doorstep shelling
peas. Her husband coming over the
hill saw her suddenly drop out of
sight, ran up and fouud her busy
picking up her scattered peas forty
feet below tho surface. She was un
injured aud was quickly rescued.—P.
S. Ridsdale, in New York Post,
Never Admit Defeat.
Never admit dofeat or poverty,
tUouqli you aeem to bo down aud
have uot a eeut. Stoutly assert your
divine right to be a mau, to hold your
head up and look the world IU the
face; step bravely to the frout, what
ever opposes, and tho world will make
way for you. No one will insist on
your rights, while you yourself doubt
that you possess the qualities requis
ite for success. Nover allow yourself
to ho a traitor to your own cause by
undermining your self-confidence.
There never was a time before
when persistent, original force was so
much iu demand as now. The nam
by-pamby, nerveless man has little
show iu the hustling world to-day. In
the twontieth century a man must
either push or he push ed.
Every one admires the man who can
assert his rights, aud has the power
to demand and take them if denied
him. No one oau respect tho mau
who slinks in the rear and apologizes
for being in the world. Negative
virtues are of no use iu winning oue's
way. It is the positive man, the mau
with original energy aud push that
forges to tho frout.—Success.
World'* Oldest Olfy.
Damascus is said to be the oldest
eity iu tho world, dating hack 4000
years. Its present population is
200,000, a tenth being Christians,
mosques are numerous, there being
more than fifty.
CURIOUS FACTS.
At thebattleof Hastings (A. D. 10G6),
the weapons being swotds and battle
axes, 500 fell fatally wounded out of
every 1000 soldiers.
The difference between the tallest
and shortest races in the world is 1
foot 4J inohes, and the average height
is 5 feet 5} inches.
On November 8, 1899, Sydney, iu
the colony of New South Wales, was
for a time overwhelmed with red dust,
and presently a light shower of red
rain fell. Of churse the Government
astronomer was immediately inter
viewed for publication. "In the early
days of Borne," be said, "this red rain
was regarded as a terrible thing. I
find that there are only sixty-nine!
cases of red rain recorded. The first
historic instance occurred fourteen
years after the fouudatiou of Rome, |
iu 738 B. C."
The autopsy held by Coroner's Phy
siciau Morton ou the body of James j
H. Coleman in Philadelphia, revealed I
a most peculiar anatomical construe-1
tion, so far as the internal organs are
concerned, for they are located on the
opposite side from where they are
situated in other human boiug3. Dr.
Morton said that it was a most re- j
markablo case. Coleman's heart isou
the right side, his liver is ou the left,
his spleou is ou the right, aud that
part of his stomach that should be on |
the left side is on the right. The j
organs thus situated on the reverse !
side of where they should be were of
the normal size, the physician said, ex
cept that the liver was somewhat large.
He was thirty-six years old, of medium
height, married, aud the father of a
family.
It may be difficult to belieTe iu the
existence of a lake of sulphuric acid,
but there is such a lake iu the centre
of Sulphur Island, off' New Zealand,
It is fifty acres in extent, about twelve
feet iu depth aud fifteen feet above
the level of the sea. The most re
markable characteristic of this lake,
however, is that the water contains
vast quantities of hydrochloric and
sulphuric acids, hissing aud bubbling
at a temperature of 110 degrees !
Fahrenheit. The dark green colored
water looks particularly uninviting, i
Deuso clouds of sulphuric fumes con
stantly roll off this boiling caldron,
aud care lias to lie exercised iu ap
proaching this luke to avoid the risk
of suffocation.
A rare nervous disease is being in
vestigated by the French Academy of j
Medicine, to which the present case
has been reported by Dr. Marinesco, |
of Bucharest. The patient, a young
Roumanian, is given to what is known
among savants a3 "mirror-writing."
That is, the letters which he naturally
forms with his pen are all written
backward, so that they appear iu their
proper arrangement only when re
flected in a mirror. The hands of the
patient when unoccupied are affected
with a nervous trembling which gen
erally ceases when they are used to a
definite purpose. Tho writing is per
fectly accurate, and it appears iwpos- '
sibie for the sufferer to do any other
kind. Although cases of partial mir
ror-writing have been observed be
fore, the present is said to be by far
the most perfect.
Shooting minus.
The Australian emu is described as
a yellowish brown bird, seven feet iu
height, with wings so rudimentary
that it makes no use of them for flight.
It is so swift of foot, however, that
only the very fleetest horse can over
take it. Like the ostrich, the emu
feeds upon whatever comes under its
beak. Wood, pebbles, scraps of iron,
or anythiug elso that it cau swallow, |
will auswer its purpose, although it j
shows a marked preference for bread
ard cooked meat. A French explorer
describes his experience iu shooting
one of those birds. He was accom
panied by a white companion, aud by
a native who acted as guide.
"I am going to bring them up," said
our savage companion. "You will ;
have to shoot while they are ou the
run, but take your time aud aim well.
They won't get off this time."
So saying he began to whistle as if
he were calling a dog.
The emus lifted their heads, listened
for au instant, then started to run. It
is strange that this was not to get
away, but rather to circle about t
without stopping, all the time uarrow
iug the oircle so as gradually to ap
proach us.
When they were not more than forty
yards distant, still running with in
credible swiftness, we brought them
into line aud fired. One foil with a
ballet iu his heart. The others tied, j
all the time in single file, and present
ly they disappeared.
In reply to a question, our guide
told tis that the emus always acted in
this way whenever they heard a whist
ling, and that one cau call them by
this means from far away.
"I think." he added, "it is because
they believe their little ones are call
ing them."
As tho little emus do uot whistle,
this explanation doe 3 uot seem to me
conclusive. But who will suggest a
better one?
Knclarnnco of Japanese Miners.
Four miners were entombed for
twelve days in the Matsuyasu colliery
lately. Thoy did without food all the
time, and for most of the time without
light, aud were uoue the worse when
dug out. One of ihe nieu said that J
for some time after the oil was ex
hausted they felt a bit low spirited, i
but that in a few days they became
accustomed to the darkness aud were
able to get along pretty well. The in
cident exhibits in a striking manner j
the powers off endurance possessed by •
the tittle Jap.—Tokyo'Coi'Vespondeuce I
iu Chicago Record. <
BORROWING THE BABY.
"Good mornio'. My ma seat me
To ast you how you wa9,
An' hope you're well—you know if
Th' way she alius does.
My ma—she 9ez, you're strangers,
But then she kind o' thought
Bhe'd like to borry th' baby
'At you folkses 'as got.
My ma sets by th' winder
Au' watches you and 'im,
An' kind o' smiles an' crie3 tc wunst,
'Cause he's like baby Jim.
Who's Jim? He was our baby
We named him after pa.
Say, c'u we borry your baby
A little while fer ma?
"My ma 9he sez she wouldn't
Mind If your baby cried.
She sez't'd be like music—
Since little Jim has died.
She sez she'll be good to him,
An' she'd like a whole lot,
If we c'u borry the baby
'At you folksee 'as got."
—Josh Wink, iu Baltimore American.
PITH AND POINT.
] Blobbs—"I understand tbat don
j tists now not only extract teeth but
j insert them." Slobb3 "Humph!
| My dog can do that."
j "Have you and your neighbors
| called on each other yet?" "No; but
I heard our cooks calling each other
I names over the back feuce."
"Did you have any trouble select
j iug a uauie for the baby?" "None at
j all; there's only one rich uncle in the
i family."—Richmond Dispatch,
j "I haven't seen yon out lately,"
j said the walking stick. "No," 10-
' plied the umbrella, "I am stilt keep
ing lent."—Philadelphia Bulletin,
j Two souls that to a single thought give
birth.
Ah! How they ho agree.
She thinks lie's nil thorn Is on earth.
Alas! aud so does he.
—Philadelphia Tress,
j Poeticus—"There are no geniuses
in attics nowadays." Cyuieus—"No,
most of them soem to have got down
to business and are running eleva
tors."
Tommy—"Dad, I have smashed a
French plate window. Will you foot
the damages?" Dad—"You young
scamp! I will begiu by footing the
damager."
"Jerry Pontoon, tell U3 something
about Oliver Cromwell." "Which
j version, ma'am?" "I don't under
stand." "Magazine or history?"—
] Chicago New 3.
J Jack—"There must be something
| terrible about a paint-box." Ida—
"Why so?" Jack —"Because it 13
\ the only thing that will make some
j girls turn red."
] Stella —"I was awfully nervous
' when Jack proposad." Maude—
j "Was it such a surprise?" Stella—
| "No; I was afraid some one would
I come in aud interrupt him."—Chicago
News.
"That woman is a shoplifter," said
the floorwalker to the detective; "she
| will take anythiug she sees." "I
spotted her the other day," re
sponded the detective; "I saw her
take the elevator."
"My wife doesn't seem to bo pro
gressing, doctor," remarked the anx
ious husband. "No," retained the
physician. "When she gains a little
strength she uses it all up telliug
people what's the matter with her."
"I want to marry your daughter,"
said Foxey." "Have you spoken to
her yet?" asked the father. "No,"
j replied the suitor. "You see, I
want to get your refusal, so that I
will have somethiug to work ou."—
Philadelphia North Amoricau.
Hobo—"Hev yer got any kind of a
job you want done, lady?" House
keeper—"l'm sorry, poor man, to
have to disappoint you." "Dat's all
right, lady. I jest wanted ter find
out if I could take a sleep iu de next
lot here widout beiu' worrid by offers
of work."
Penance For UiHcourtesy.
Nicholas I, Czar of r.ussia, was tho
type of au absolute aristocrat. The
succession of terrible wars which
clouded his reign did not teud to
soften his disposition or to render
liim le3s imperious. But, rough aud
harsh as he was, Nicholas had a meas
j ura of chivalry iu his disposition.
He would not tolerate, under auy
| circumstances, au insult offered to a
woman.
As the Czar was driving through
the streets of St. Petersburg he caught
sight of au officer of bis household
iu the act of upsetting an old beggar
woman, whose hands were raised iu a
j prayer for alms.
Tha official was quito uumiudful of
the august wituess of his act, aud
was rather pleased when, a few hours
later, ha was summoned to the impe
rial presence.
Nicholas soon undeceived him, aud
in the presence of a dozen courtiers
j cut him to the quick with hi 3 iadig
| nant reproof.
"Euough!" said Nicholas finally.
"You will walk up aii'd down that cor
lidor all night, aud every time you
taru you will say, in a loud voice, 'I
jsm a puppy! I am a puppy!'"—
j Youth's Companion.
SRprifglaises.
Strange to say the sandglass is still
used to measure varying periods of
j time. Tha size depends upon the
purposes to which they are to bs put.
The hour glass is still iu uso iu the
sick-room and iu tho music-room, in
both places affording a sure aud eileut
' judication of tho progress of time,
] Half-hour glasses are used in schools,
aud fifteen-miuute glasses are used
for medical purposes, aud tho sand
glass also goes into tho kitclieu as au
j aid to exact cookiug. There' Kfe
also teu-miuuto glosses, Uvo-myUitid
glasses aud three-minute glassed,- thd
two latter being used to time tbo boil;
ing period ol eggs. The throe-mibnto
sandglass is called an "ogg boiled."
j Sandglasses arc'also used for scientific
purposes and off shipboard', being'
I more Convenient thamliolfliilg a'watch;
I
BARRIE IN POLITICS.
James Matthew Barric, whose repu
| tation as the author of "The Little
I Minister" has become world-wide in
: extent, is a candidate for election to
parliament as the representative of
j Edinburgh and St. Andrew's universi
j ties. Though Mr. Barrio is chicfiy
JAMES M. BARRIE.
: known through the work of his pen
in the field of letters, he is not without
| peculiar gifts which specially qualify
; him for participation iu public affairs.
He began his career as political editor
I and leader man on a Nottingham
paper. Then he became a London
| journalist, and was a keen student of
I politics and parliamentary activity for
some years, trumpeting his views on
I political economy and legislation
! through the columns of St. James
I Gazette, the National Observer, the
; British Weekly and the Speaker. He
j wrote his first book in 1887, and that
j was not a novel, but a satire on Lon
don life, entitled "Better Dead." The
creator of "The Little Minister" is not
j a tyro in politics. Besides, he is said
j to be very popular with the university
I commons. Of late Mr. Barrie's repu
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hammedan whiskers, such as I had
seen worn by some Turks at Sallee,
for the Moors did not wear such,
though the Turks did; of the mustach
ios, or whiskers, I will not say they
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men members wore whiskers upon
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