AUTOMOBILE MENACE. IT IS DRIVING OUT AN IMPORTANT COUNTRY INDUSTRY. How tlio Livery Stable Keepers Are Af fected—Their Chief Source of Income, tlie Traveling Salesman, Taking to tlio Horseless Carriage lts Advantages. Slowly but surely the automobile is making its way Into the country dis tricts, and is supplanting one of the important industries of every hamlet and village, says the New York Com mercial advertiser. This is true par ticularly in the New England states and in New York, Pennsylvania and Now Jersey. The country livery stables are supported almost entirely by trav eling salesman who sell groceries and provisions and other staple articles, as well as tobacco, cigars and cigar ettes. These men have certain regular routes which they cover at certain in tervals, and usually have a standing order with liverymen in towns that are centrally located to take them out over their routes whenever tuey come to town. Scores of these men, however, have of late taken to the steam car riage as a means of getting about, and have canceled their orders with the liverymen. A representative of a big wholesale grocery house in Rochester was in town inis week looking over the various steam carriages with a view of purchasing one in the spring. "X was going to wait for a while longer," he said, "but I have figured the whole thing over, and I find that I can save quite a little money on a trip, and besides, I can cover my terri tory much quicker, and can lengthen out"my routes. I don't anow as I would get it, though, if my rival who works the same route, had not gotten one some months ago, and I find he is beat ing me out on every trip. The way he works the scheme is to start out on Monday morning and work out to his most distant point, then strike oif across the territory and work back. We used to go out, say, to Newark, N. J., hire a team there and drive south, taking in stores and villages not on the railroad, until we got over along the line of the Auburn road, then work back by another route ana put up at Newark. The next day we started out to the north, going to the R., W. and O. and back. The next day we go on to I .veins, repeat the operation, then to Clyde, and so on. The same liveryman took me every time, and the prices were about the same each time, vary ing between $6 and SB. "With a steam carriage, however, my rival runs east to the end of his route without stopping for orders, then he starts back, running north and south, taking in all of the villages and stopping at the cross-road stores as well, and he gets about much quicker and covers more ground than he did before. We used to divide matters up a bit. He took a certain number of the merchants in out-of-the-way cor ners bf the territory, and I took the others, and in that way we saved our selves considerable expense and a lot of trouble. But of late I find that he has been running among out-of-ihe way dealers, and he has sometimes gotten in ahead of me. The second week we always work the territory to the west in the same way. "If the steam carriage works as well as we figure it will, we will be able, not only to cover our territory much more thorougnly, but we will be able to ex tend our trips. Of course, we can go no further to the north on account of Lake Ontario. But we never have worked that very thoroughly because it has been awkward to get at, hut we will be able to go further south and ect Into the sections now looked after by other firms in Auburn or Syra cuse; so you see we ought to be able to do a great deal more business and save a big bill of expenses. Of course. ' we would have to drop the extra sec tions tn the winter, and I suppose thai; tho liverymen would get back at us by raising their prices, but then we don't do as much in the winter, anyhow, be cause the roads are often drifted up so ■we can't get through." Another salesman, who travels for a firm in this city and who works a route in Pennsylvania, which extends as far as Lancaster, has purchased an automobile and has used It tor four months. He says that he has reduced his expenses considerably as he had been able to reduce his trip by a week or more. He ships his machine to 1 Lan caster by freight, every time he Btart3 out, and goes out on a train. He sets his automobile up as soon as It ar rive?, puts in his samples and starts eastward, running hack and forward and hither and yon, covering all of ' the hamlets and towns in his section. He says the plan works much better than he expected and that the greatest source rf comfort to him is the fact that i— is able to stop his work about sundown every night. "By a little planning," he continued, "I fiud that 1 can reach a town about 6 o'clock and put up for the night. When 1 had 10 depend on liverymen, I often had to he out until 10 or 11 o'clock, for we always had to get back to the stable, and as i had usually covered all of the route on the way out, It would have been use less to stop at the other end and let the driver go back alone; besides, 1 usually had some of my belongings at the hotel In the town from which we started, and I had to get back before I could go anywhere else. Now I take all of tny stuff with me, and if I get to the other end of the route by nightfall I simply put up for the night, and in the morning, skip across for five miles or so and work my way back by an other route." While only a few of the more ag gressive salesmen seem to have taken to the automobile as a means of work ing thel ' country territory, others in j I the same line will soon be forced to follow their example, or lose a consid erable percentage of their customers. The effect upon the village liveries is apparent. Some towns of 4000 and STOO inhabitants, have four or five stables with ten or a dozen horses each, and their principal customer is the sales man who uses their horses regularly, since the great majority of the inhabit ants of the villages have their own horses and there is little call for so many horses and vehicles. One stable would easily meet all of the demands of the local swains who now and then find it necessary to take their sweet hearts out for a drive in order to get tue better of a rival who is beginning to become dangerous. ADAPTIVE ESKIMOS, Eaae with Which Tlicy Imitate tlis WhlM Man's llablts and Speech. The Alaskan Eskimos are highly In telligent, industrious, moral and hon est according to their standards in such matters, which differ somewhat from our own. They are strictly truthiul, of kindly, cheerful disposition and ex ceedingly gentle, patient and tactful In their manners. In illustration of their Intelligence it was interesting to note that while their language em braced but a few hundred words as against our overwhelming vocabulary, they and not we inauc an the advance, evincing the keenest interest in the acquisition of the white man's tongue. In voicing their proficiency in this direction it tvas not uncommon for some of the more sensitive among us to be shocked upon being saluted by some precocious maiden with a string of oaths, strangely intoned, culled for our edification from tue explosive speech in genoral use among the rep resentatives of a higher moral devel opment. The natives soon learned such tunes and songs as were whistled or sung In their hearing. These they repro duced with considerable accuracy, words and all. The words were, how ever, generally sounds phonetically similar to those heard and were some times, In fact, quite amusing. This sudden musical development seemed remarkable considering that their nat ural attempts include only monotonous dronings, accompanied sometimes by an unmeasured inane thrumming on a sort of tambourine. There are many artists among them whose carvings and etchings on ivory are of high ex cellence. There is a marked difference in the adaptibility to Caucasian customs be tween the men and women of this race. The men are much keener in anticipating what "is likely to meet with white favor, and lose no timo in at least concealing habits and in clinations that are seen to bo objec tionable; while the women make but little progress in this direction. The contrast is best shown at the white man's table, one or two meals suffic ing to prevent any painful exhibition from the men, whereas with the wom en no improvement is to be observed, unselfish solicitude for their absent friends is sure to evince itself in their setting aside the choicest morsels of food to be taken to them, never failing however, to ask leave to do so.—Tho Era. QUAINT AND CURIOUS. A three-wheeled cab lias made Its appearance in London. The third wheel runs in front of the vehicle, and is to save the passenger from acci dent should the horso fall. Sleepy grass is found in New Mexi co, Texas and Siberia. It has a most injurious effect on horses and sheep, being a strong narcotic or sedative, and causing profound sleep or stupor lasting 24 hours to 48 hours. Snow is said to offer surprising re sistance to penetration by rifle bul lets. Experiments made in Norway have shown that a snow wall four feet thick Is absolutely proof against the Norwegian army rifle—a weapon of exceptional piercing power, Samuel Snell, of Hoiyolce, Mass., has a strange hobby. Though 73 years old and wealthy, he devotes all his spare time to the making of stone coffins. During the last 25 years he has made and disposed of over a hundred of these,asserting that they keep the body in an excellent state of preservation long after burial. It Is said that a foreman stereo typer in a London printing works has had a curious windfall. Going to a sale of musical instruments, he pur chased an old harpsicnoru for 20 shill ings, because, having a hobby for fret work,he fancied the wood in tno front panel. When ho got his purchase home he dissected it- He then discovered that the liarptschord had a double back,and presently between the boards he found very old Bank of England notes, the total face value of which amounted to $150,000. "Rattlesnakes are grateful if you gain their affection," says a corre spondent of the Corsicana (Tex.) News. "My brother 'Jim' found a six foot rattler near town caught under a boulder, and instead of using his advantage he sympathetically re leased. the snake, which thereupon bo came a pet and followed 'Jim' about and guarded him as watchfully as a dog. One night he was awakened and missing the snake in its usual place at the foot of tho bed, he knew something was wrong. He got up and lighted a match to investigate, and found a burglar in the next room In the colls of the snake, which had Its tall nut of tho window rattling for the polios. KEEPING TAB ON TIME. Absolute Accuracy Is Not Knstly Attain, J Even With Grcnt Fntns. "In spite of the genius of modern watch makers, and in spite of the fact that seconds of time have become of vast importance in the affairs of the world," said a New Orleans jeweler, "it cannot be contended that man has been able to keep anything like abso lutely correct tab on time. Tne fact of the business is tnat there are certain variations which the most exacting rules have failed to do away with, and even with railroads where scrupulous accuracy means the preservation of life and the protection of vast prop erty rights, no exact system of keeping time has yet been devised. "Railroads prooably come closet bo unvarying exactitude than the average man or the average business concern. In the first place there are certain nat ural variations which enter into the government's system of keeping time. The work at the observatories where the ball falls when the sun is crossing the meridian at the noon hour, has overcome to some extent these natural variations, but even with this system a second or two will occasionally slip away unawares. But at these places the standard agreed upon is fixed. The railroads are jealous of the seconds, as jealous as the judge who keeps the time o a modern race with a split second watch. Inspectors are employed by some of the larger systems to look after tne watches of conductors and en gineers and others who are required to observe the schedules of the com panies. "But I was thinking more particu larly of the watch of the average man. Very few men know how to treat a watch. They handle this useful article in any sort of way, and then expect it to keep good time. Ninety-nine men out of every hundred wind a watch up at the wrong time. The man who winds his watch up just before going to bed is foolish, in this respect at least. Watches should be wound up in the morning. A man is interested in keeping correct time during the day, when he must catch a train, get to the bank at a certain hour and keep his business engagements generally. If he winds his waich at night the spring begins to lag during the time when he wants to know the exact hour. There are men who wind their watches sev eral times a day. They make a mis take. A watch should be wound once every 24 hours, and no more than once. "The watch should be kept in one position, too. If carried in the vest pocket ,where the stem remains up ward, It should be left in the vest pocket at night, and the vest should be hung up so the watch would re main in exactly the same position in which it is carried. Do not sprawl it out on its side under the pillow or on the dresser. If you do you will inter fere with the balance of its Internal mechanism, and it is likely to vary a tick or two in 24 hours, and when you remember that a watch ticks about 300 times a minute, or about 18,000 times every hour, and 432,000 times every 24 hours, you can see that a fellow might lose a number of ticks in a day's time, and since it takes only five ticks to make a second, according to the stan dard, a fellow might get behind. But if a man will do ihe square thing by his watch he will have no trouble."— New Orleans Times-Democrat. Mr. Howell* on New York Society. In the "Easy Chair," in Harper's, Mr. Howells comments on Senator Depew's recent comparison of New York and London society and narrates the "fol lowing instance of what happened when Mr. Curtis attempted to unite intellectual and millionaire society: "It is by no means a new discovery which Mr. Depew has made in regard to our plutocratic society, though the fact docs not impugn his originality in proclaiming it. The present tenant of the Easy Chair remembers hearing his famous predecessor, who so wished all manner of men and women well, and was always trying to make life more interesting and edifying, tell of a cer tain experience of his, apropos of the very situation which Mr. Depew re grets. This presented itself so deplor ably to the eminent humanist that he took counsel with a certain Great Lady, a lady really great enough to imagine his motive and aim. for the amelioration of exclusive society by an infusion of the best company. If the memory of the witness serves him rightly, the humanist provided the Great Lady with a li3t of delightful as well as distinguished people, whom, as one of the most delightful and dis tinguished among them, though yet a man of society, he was in the habit of meeting on their own ground, on those lofty levels where they did their high thinking and possibly joking; and the Great Lady asked them to her house. They came; but they did not come again; and she was thereafter shut up to her fellow-millionaires, and the best company kept itself to itself, as far as she knew." Ilor Not a IVitppv One. The life of the English Channel stewardess is not a happy one. She is forever occupied in damping the hopes of those who have been hiisled as to the state of the sea by the alluring telegrams posted up in the London ter mini or printed in the morning paper. But, occasionally, she happens upon an optimist, as clic did last Friday morn ing. "What sort of crossing shall we ! have?" inquired the lady, cheerfully. I "Very windy, mum," returned the ' stewardess for the twentieth time, gloomily. "Oh!" smiled the lady, in a tone of relief, "only windy—not rough? I'm so glad!" The emigration from Germany.wnich for some time used to average 220,000 i year, sank last year to 22,000. Old Joe, the Night Watchman. (From the Pall Mall Gazette, London.) How often on returning home late on t dreary winter's night has our sympathy gone out to the poor old night watchman as he eat huddled up over his cage fire, overlooking the excavations which our City Council in their wisdom, or otherwise, allow the different water companies to make so frequently in our congested streets. In all weathers, and under all cli matic conditions, the poor old night watch man is obliged to keep watch over the companies' property, and to see that the red lights are kept burning. What a life, to be sure; what privations and hardships; they have aches and pains, which nothing but St. Jacobs Oil can alleviate. "Old Joe" is in the employ of the Lam beth Water Works, and is well and favour bly known. He has been a night watch man for many years, in the course of which he has undergone many expe riences. What with wet and cold, he con tracted rheumatism and sciatica, which fair ly doubled him up, and it began to look a serious matter for old Joe whether he would much longer be able to perform his duties, on which his good wife and himself depended for a livelihood, but as it hap pened a pQ3ser-by, who had for some nights noticed Old Joe's painful condition, presented him with a bottle of St. Jacobs Oil, and told him to use it. Old Joe followed the advice given; he crawled home the next morning and bade his wife rub his aching back with the St. Jacobs Oil "a gentleman gave him," and undoubt edly his wife did rub, for when Old Joe went on duty at night he met his friend and benefactor, to whom he romarked: "Them oils you gave me, Guv'nor, did give me a doing; they wuz like pins and needles for a time, but look at mo new," and Old Joe began to run and jump about like a young colt. All pain, stiffness and soreness had gone; he had been telling everybody he met what St. Jacobs Oil had done for him. Old Joe says now he has but one ambition in life, and that is to always to be able to keep a bottle of St. Jacobs Oil by him, for he says there is nothing like it in the world. St. Jacobs Oil serves the rich and the poor, high and low, the same way. It has conquered pain for fifty years, and it will do the same to the end of time. It has no equal, consequently no competitor; it has many cheap imitations, but simple facts like the above tell an honest tale .with which nothing on earth can compete. Denmark leads tue world in per capita interest in agriculture. Eacli inhabitant has on an average a capital of S/iSS invest ed in farming. Brooklyn, N.Y., Jan. 20th.—For many years Garfield Tea, The Herb Cure, has been earn ing a reputation that is rare—it is t tnioersally praised ! This remedy presents unusual at tractions to thoso In search of health; it Is made of herbs that euro in Nature's way—by removing tho oauso of disease ;it is pure; it cleanses tho system, purifies the blood and es tablishes a perfect action of tho digeetivo organs; it is equally good for young and old. It is estimated that of the whole popu lation of the globe about 90,000 dio every day. Many School Children Are Sickly, Mother G ray's Sweet Powdefs for Children, usod by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children's Home, New York, break up Cold 9 in 24 hours, cure Fovorishness, Hoadaoho, Slwnach Troubles, Teething Disorders and Destroy Worms. At all druggists', 250. Sample mulled free. Address Allen 8. Olmstod, Le Boy, N.Y. The practice of punishing pupils by de ducting credits for scholarship has been forbidden in tlie San Francisco schools. FlTflpcrmanentlvcured.No fits ornervous nes3 after first dayV use of Dr. Kline's Great Nervoßestorer.©2 trial bottle andtreatlso freo Dr. B. H. Kliwk, Ltd., 931 Arch St. Phlla.,Pa. Sir Thomas Lipton soys there are "no girls like American girls. I The Distinctive Value of Syrup of Figs is due to its pleasant form and perfect freedom from every objectionable quality or substance and to the fact that it acts gently and truly as a laxative, without in any way disturbing the natural functions. The requisite knowledge of what a laxative should be and of the best means for its production enable the California Fig Syrup Co. to supply the general demand for a laxative, simple and wholesome in its nature and truly beneficial in its . , effects; a laxative which acts pleasantly and leaves the internal organs in a ' naturally healthy condition and which does not weaken them. To assist nature, when nature needs assistance, it is all important that the medicinal agents used should be of the best quality and of known value and Syrup Sp | of Figs possesses this great advantage over all other remedies, that it does not Kp I weaken the organs on which it acts and therefore it promotes a healthful con !H | dition of the bowels and assists one in forming regular habits. Among its many I] excellent qualities may be mentioned its perfect safety, in all cases requiring a J laxative, even for the babe, or its mother, the maiden, or the wife, the invalid, or the robust man. Syrup of Figs is well known to be a combination of the laxative principles of plants, which act most beneficially, with pleasant aromatic liquids and the I juice of figs, agreeable and refreshing to the taste and acceptable to the system, | when its gentle cleansing is desired. The quality of Syrup of Figs is due not •fgsi I only to the excellence of the combination, but also to the original method of Sgp | manufacture which ensures perfect purity and uniformity of product and it is jlpl i therefore all important, in buying, in order to get its beneficial effects, to note HP | the full name of the Company—California Fig Syrup Co. —printed on the front jj: i f eve yr package. fSan Fromcisco. Ca.. y/!!fjjjjfl| ; Louisville, Ky. Now y o rk. N. V. A'ijjjlj WHEN RUSSIANS EAT. No Fixed Meal Time—Many Peculiar ities at Table. Tlie Russian has no fixed meal time. He eats when he Is hungry, which Is often. ,He has about six square meals a day. He has at least a doz en lunches, a little bit of salt fish or some caviare, or a piece of bread and cheese, washed down with a nip of fiery vodki. He never passes a station without a glass of tea —marvel- ous tea, with a thin slice of lemon floating in it. You get a fondness for Russian tea, and forswear bemllked decoctions forever. The table man ners of the Russian—such as you see In hotels and buffets—are not pleas ing. Ho sprawls with outstretched elbow on the table, and gets his mouth down to his food rather than raise the food to his mouth. He makes objectionable noises in his throat. He has a finger bowl, and rinses his mouth as the rest of us do when cleaning our teeth in our bathrooms. Then he squirts the wa ter back Into the bowl. Thackeray's House. The house which Thackeray built for himself in Kensington has recent ly been sold by the son of the auc tioneer who sold it for the first time 37 years years ago. When the great novelist decided to build, many people thought he was putting too great a strain on his pen, but events have shown that the speculation wa3 a sound one, for last week this house went for $75,000. It is a red brick mansion, screened from the road, and the lease has 41 years to run. 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