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Afraid Of Becoming Witches.

Major Powell says in his forthcoming
book The life Of an Indian maiden is
blythe and merry for few years, but when
she becomes a wife she is soon broken down
with the pains of motherhood and the
heavy labors which fall to her lot, and she
soon becomes rinkled, grurulous, cross,
scolding, in fact an old hag. Of course
such hags are not pleasant company in
camp, and in the belief of the Numa such
old hags grow nglier and meaner until they
dry up and whirlwinds carry them away,
when they are transformed into witches
and lest such fate should befall old wo-
men, they are taught that it is their duty
to die when no longer needed, and if they
do not die by natural means in a reasonable
time, they must commit suicide. This
they seem willing to do rather than to meet,
that terrible fate of being transformed into
witches and being compelled to live in
snakeskins and wriggle about among the
rocks, their only delight being to repeat
the words of passers-by in mockery. I
once saw three old women thus voluntary
starving themselves. rode up to what
was almost deserted camp, the three old
women only remaining, sitting by the fire
and intently gazing into the embers. They
seemed to heed not my approach, but sat
there mumbling and groaning until they
rose, each dragging up her weight with
staff, and then they joined in sidewise
shutting senile dancing around the fire,
propped by their staffs, and singing dole
full song; having finished which they sat
down again on their heels, and gazing into
the fire, and rode away. On coming to
the new camp of the tribe the next day,
and inquiring of Chui-at-an-umpeak, their
chef, why these women were left behind,
and what they were doing, I was informed
they had determined to commit suicide,
fearing lest they should be transformed into
witches.
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AN ODD TELEaRAPHIc ERRor.--Of all
the freaks of the telegraph, the following is
the most laughable which has come under
our personal knowledge. Not long since a
graduate from one of our eastern theologi-
cal schools was called to the pastoral charge
of church in the extreme Southwest.
When about to start for his new parish he
was unexpectedly detained by his Presby-
terry to ordain him. In order TO explain his
non-arrival at the appointed time, he sent
the following telegram to the deacons of
the church: Presbytery lacked q quorum
to ordain." In the course of its journey
the message got metamorphos and reach
ed the astonished deacon in this shape !:
/" Presbytery tackled worm on to Adam r.
The sober church. officers were greatly dis
composed and mysti6ed, but after grave
consultation concluded it was the minister's
facetious way of announcing that be had
got married, and accordingly proceeded To-
provide lodgings for two instead of one.-
Chicago Intsr- Ocean.
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EVE-ANGELTCAL CORNER.

A Milwaukee Judge has decided that a
man is no relation to his wife.
At Elmira, last Sunday, eight ladies off,
ciated as pail bearers at the funeral of q
friend.
A bridal veil just invented by Russian
gives the bride the appearance Of an angel,
wings and all.
The compositcr who substituted an ssm
for .'w,' in speaking of a lady troubled
swelling of the feet,' accomplished the
worst typographical feet ON record.
"Lemme die now,'' gasped an Ohio
farmer. ''1've lived to see woman Git
thirty-one yards of cloth into one dress,
and I'm ready to pull stakes now"
A Portland, Oregon, man has been fined
$5o for disturbing the funeral of his wife
BY loud-crying. The judge who fined him
has six cross-eyed daughters, all unmar-
ried.
a old sailor of Brewster, Mass, has re.
Gently married a very lovely Yarmouth
belle. He is ninety years of age. but be
reckons he isn't SO old but what he can
haul corset just as taut as he ever could.
The couple married in balloon to ad.
vertise Barhum's show din't live together
thre e weeks. He boxed her ears, the au-
b1rn-haired bride broke his nose, and the
theory of the eastern current is still nm.
solved.
Montana girls are pretty well posted On
things. An eastern chap took a walk the
other day to a saw mill, and when he tried
to get her to walk around among the saws
she only stood back and said: 81 don't
propose to stand in here and have 'em saws
make bear fodder out O. me, I tell Won
now. ."-Mo. Republican.
Mrs. Rohm, known as the "Fat wornan''
OF Barnum's show, died at her residence in
East Baltimore, few days since, aged
twenty-nine. Her weight was 583 pounds.
height six feet four inches, and span around
the waist seventy-two inches. She was
born in Licking county, Ohio. Her maid.
en- name was Hannah Jane Duck,
The following is given as the costume of
fashionable lady in 1909, per ye latest
ship from ye port of Bristol, England to
His Majesty's plantations in North Ameri-
ca. " A black silk petticoat, with red
and white calico border; cherry colored
stays, trimmed with blue and silver; red
and dove-colored damask gown, lowered
with large trees; yellow satin apron,
trimmed with white Persian; muslin head
cloths, with crawfoot edging; a black silk
fur-belowed scarf. and spotted hood"
The ladies have all got the ne uralgia in
their shoulders from wearing spring clothes
and many new dresses are supplemented
across the back by porous rlasters, and
next to vest front a mustard pcultice is
generally most worn. Young ladies alter
nate between necklace for street wear and
flannel rag for the house. Diamonds are
worn in the ears with much effect abroad,
but lock of cotton and little roast onion
is the usual adornment at home. Pearl
powder is applied to the shoulders for full
dress, but camphorated oil and harrshorn
are considered also very pretty for the suf-
erers. Silk stockings, with colored clock
ings, are the things for low-slashed shoes,
but pals of hot mustard water and warm
bricks are also much worn on the feet
Boston Post.
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MY RIGHTS.
By SUSAN COOLIDGE,

By SUSAN COOLIDGE,
Yes, God has made mo woman,
| And am content to be
! Just what He meant, not reaching
Fer other things, since He
| Who knows the best and loves me best has ordered
this for me-
woman to live my life out
quiet womanly ways,
Hearing the far off battle
Seeing as through haze
Thecrowdins, struggling world of men fight through
their busy ways.
l am not strong or valiant,
| would not join the fight,
Or jostle with the men in highways
Oi stain my garments white;
But have rights as a woman and here / claim NV
right.
The right of rose to bloom
In its own sweet separate way,
With none to question the perfnmed pink
And none to utter anay
That it reaches root or points thorn as even rose
tree nay
The right of the lady birch to grow,
To grow as the Lord shall please,
by never sturdy oak rebuked
Denied nor sun nor breeze:
For all its plant tenderness, kin to the stronger
trees
The right to a life of my own;
Not merely casual bit
Of somebody cse's life flung out,
That. taking hold of it,
may stand a cipher does aftera numeral writ
The right to gather and CLEAN
What food need and can
From the garnered stores of knowledge
Which man has heaped for man,
Taking with free hands freely and after an an order
ed plan
The right-ah! best and sweetest
To stand all undismayed
Wherever pain or sorrow or sin
Call for womans aid
With none to cavll or misconstrue, by never look
gainsayed.
do not beg for ballot
Though very life was at stake;
would beg for the nobler, iuster way
That men, for manhood's sake,
Should give nngrudging, and not withhold till must
fight and take.
The fleet foot and the feeble foot
Both seek the selfsame goal
The weakest soldiers name IS writ
On the mighty army roll
And God, who made mans body strong, made also
the woman's soul.
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WHERE CLOTHES PINS ARE MADE.-
Olean, N. Y, has a clothes pin manufac-
tory, OF which the Olean Times SAYS :
8 Monday of this week they turned out at
this factory fifty-fve bushels of pins. They
measure six hundred to the bushel, making
total of thirty three thousand six hundred
clothes pins in ten hours. Mr.. Latimer
ran six hundred pins through the lathe in
five minutes, and he didn't consider it
much of day for making clothes pins
either. Some may wonder where all these
clothes pins go to and where sold. They
are as saleable as flour. Every pin made
at this factory is shipped to one firm in
New York. They are worth between one
and two cents dozen at wholesale, and
retail throughout the country at five cents
a dozen.
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FATAL Practical JoKE.-A practical
joker named Edward Cole, near Penn Yam,
was killed by his brother-in-law, George
Pierce, Thursday night. Cole came home
and knocked at the door, for joke. When
asked, "Who's there ?" he answered,
Your money, or your Ife!" Not being
admitted he went to the rear of the house,
and pulling off his boots he climbed upon
the shed, and effected his entrance through
a window. Mr.. Pierce, who sleeps down
stairs, hearing him, cried out, "Don't
come into this house or / will kill YOU"
Selling butcher knife, he started up
stairs. Mr.. Cole all the time keeping silent
stood at the head of the stairs in the dark
to receive him. Mr.. Pierce Immediately
grappled with the supposed assassin, and
during the encounter cut his throat with
the butcher knife, severing the jugular
vein. The young man exclaimed, "You
have killed Edward Cole! My poor wife
and children" and died. MIR. Pierce is
about thirty eight years of age, and one of
the best citizens Of Yates county. Mr..
Cole, his brother-in-law, was younger, also
from an excellent family, and of the highest
integrity. He and his brother-in-law, have
always been warm, intimate friends, and
have families greatly attached to each
other.
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Velocity and Duration of lightning.

A large flash of lightning, distinctly seen,
often leaves upon the mind an impression
that it has lasted fully second Or more,
but it is proved that such is not the fact,
Its velocity is at the rate of 25s, 900 miles
per second. The utmost duration of a
flash from beginning to end is estimated
not to exceed the sixtieth part of a second,
though retained upon the retina SO much
longer. This may be proved by storm on
perfectly dark night, by setting wheel
to work SO rapidly that in a steady light it's
spokes appear to blend and become individ-
ually invisible. 1t being dark, and the
wheel rapidly revolving as above, when
flash of lightning occurs the wheel will ap-
pear to the eye notionless, every spoke be-
ing distinctly and separately visible and
still. This was first observed by Wheat
stone, and is recorded by him, in conjunc-
ton with other similar experiments, as con-
elusive proof that the duration of the flash
is excessively brief
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To TAKE OUT BRUISES AND TO REMOVE
STAINS FROM FURNITURE.-To take out
bruises, wet the part with warm water
double piaee of brown paper five or six
times, soak it and lay it on the place !;
apply on that hot iron till the moisture is
eYaporated two or three applications will
raise the dent or bruise level with the sur
face. If the bruise be small merely soak
1T in warm water and apply red-hot iron
very near the surface keep it continually
wet, and in few minutes the bruise will
disappear. To remove stains, wash the
surface with stale beer or vinegar; the
stains will be removed by rubbing them
with a rag dipped in spirits of salt. Re-
polish as you would new work. If the
work be not stained, wash with clean
spirits of turpentine and re-polish with
furnitare Oil.
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THE USE OF PAPER.-The following
statistics of the production and consump-
ton Of paper are furnished by Vienna
journal It appears that there are 8, 900
paper manufactures in the world, employ
ing SO, 900 men and 1so, 600 women, besides
the 100000 employed in the rag trade
1900, 0o0, ,0GO pounds Of paper are produced
annually. One-half is used in printing,
sixth in writing. and the other for packing
and other purposes. The United States
averages II pounds per head; an English
man consumes 11a;a German, poands
4 Frenchman, I pounds; an Italian, 81
pounds; . spaniard, Il pounds and
Russian only ] pound annually, on All
average. This would indicate that Amesi-
cans are the most extensive reading people
iii the world.
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AMUSEMENT COMBINED WITH INsTRUc-
TIoN.-A writer in the american Eauea-
tsozal Monthly says in regard to amuse-
ment in the school-room ssIt is easily to
make child happy and contented he has
an eager appetite for the stalest stories, and
you may clinch moral thus if it be not
too long. He will be glad to learn how
North America is bounded, ay, and remem-
Der it too, if You will associate it in his
mind with the icebergs of the North, the
roaring of the Atlantic, the orange and
palm Of the South, and the snow-clad noun
tains and blue sea of the West. Let him
handle a yard stick, nest of measures
and grocer's scales, and he will take hold
of his tables with q zest. Divide your his
tory class into sections let one represent
the valiant Carthaginians, the others the
victorious Romans; let them recount in
rivalry the incidents of that Old World
struggle, and instead of becoming drowsy,
their eyes win flash with animation at the
thought of the recitation. Children are
especially fond Of pictures, and this fond
ness may be most easily gratifed by the
use of the magic lantern. Familiar lectures
ON natural history, physical geography,
natural philosophy, and geology become
vividly fixed in the pupils mind when ac-
companied by enlarged illustrations from
the lantern.'
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Artemus Ward was once lying upon the
sofa enjoying cigar in the little Office Of
his publisher, in New York, when tele-
gram from San Francisco was handed him.
It was from Mr.. McGuire, Of the Opera
house, who inquired, What viii you take
for ten nights in California; Without a
moments reflection or changing his posi-
ton, he Wrate his reply In three words, and
handed II to the messenger, as follows !:
!" Brandy and water-A. Ward. This
was not all he did take, however, for soon
afterWard Mcclure engaged the shoWman
and hc lecturad ii California, with extra
ordinary success. The little episode q
ten dollar joke was published III the San
Francisco papers, and set everybody to
laughing and anticipating the authors
arrival.
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Aztec Mythogy-How the Sun Was
Placed In the Heavens.
From Bancrofts !" Native Races" VOL, III-My-
tboloUv

| From Bancroft's Native Races" VOL, Hi-My-
thology.
Now there had been no sun in existence
for many years so the gods being assembled
in place called Teotihuacan, six leagues
from Mexico, and gathered at the time round
great fire, told their devotees that he of
them who should first cast himself into that
fire, should have the honor of being trans
formed into sun. So one of them called
Observation-Disclosures as most say, out of
pure bravery, Or, as Sahagun relates be-
cause his life had became burden to him
through disease-fung himself into the fire.
Then the gods began TO peer through the
the gloom in all directions for the expected
light and to make bets as to what part of
heaven he should first appear in. And
And some said here, and some there but
when the sun rose they were all proved
wrong, for not one Of them had fixed upon
the east. And in that same hour, though
they new it not, the decree went forth that
they should all die by sacrifice.
The sun had risen indeed, and with
glory of the cruel fire abont him that not
even the eyes of the gods could endure !; but
he moved not. There he laid on the hori-
zon !: and when the deities sent Tlotli, their
messenger, to him, with orders that he
should go on upon his way, his ominous
answer was, that he would never leave that
place till he had destroyed and put an end
to them all. Then a great fear fell upon
some, while others were moved only to
anger; and among the latter was one Citli,
who Immediately strung his bow and adj
vaneed against the glittering enemy. By
quickly lowering his head the sun avoided
the first arrow shot at him but the second
and third had attained his body in quick
succession, when, filled with fury, he seized
the last and launched it back upon his as
saiant. And the brave Citli laid shaft to
string nevermore. for the arrow of the sun
pierced his forehead.
Then all was dismay in the assembly of
the gods, and despair filled their hearts, for
they saw that they could not prevail against
the shining one and they agreed to die and
to cut themselves open through the breast.
Xolotl was appointed Minister, and he kill
ed his companions one by one, and last of
all he slew himself also. So they died like
gods and each left to the sad and wonder
ing men who were his servants, his gar
ments for memorial. And these servants |
made up, each party, bundle of the raj |
ment that had been left to them, binding it |
about stick into which they had bedded |
small green stone to serve as heart. These !
bundles were called 0aqmsmilIogi, and each
bore the name of that god whose memorial
it was and these things were more rever
enced that the ordinary gods of stone and
wood of the country. Fray Andrews de
Olmos found one of these relics in Tlalma-
lalco, wrapped UP in many cloths and half
often with being kept SO long.
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TIE PIG.-The pig was thus written up
by Georgia boy s The pig is about as
big as . sheep, only pigs wool isn't good
for making stockings Of. Why is a pig
Ike tree9 Because he roots that is 4
conundrum. A pig washes himself in the
mud. A pig has four legs, one under each
corner Of bis body. They pickle pigs feet,
but not until after the pig is done using.
EN-. a pig squeals awful when it rains,
also when you pull its tail. A pig has got
. first-rate voice for squealing, and he
grunts when he feels good. You can't
make whistle of pigs tail, COS il IS
crooked. Why il 4 pig like Tommy Grant 4
'eos he's got his nose III everybody'a busi-
ness This il another conundrum, which
y all know about the PIC. !
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HIeHwAyMEN IN MEx1co.-The works
on Mexico which I read on the voyage
between New Orleans and Vera Cruz i'm
pressed me with the idea that Mexico was
filled with rascals who rivaled Richard
Turpin and Robin Hood. Itwas asserted
that "the country is full of robbers. Stage
coaches are rifed on every road. The
Government is powerless to protect life or
property" and there were brave stories of
warlike preparations to meet these banditti.
But have seen neither robbers nor fears
of robbers. We came up over the railroad
without either guard or weapons, and
am told here that the apprehensiens of
brigands had no foundation except in the
imagination of the writer's. And so of the
" Alameda or public park here. 1t is
gravely asserted in the last written and
most interesting book ON Mexico, in speak
ing of this park, that "one cannot walk
there in midday without peril" Yet the
American Minister tells me that he sends
his children there almost daily to play,
and tonight, about ten o'clock, friend
took me to walk there. We wore our
watch chains and breast pins, and carried
no weapons-not even sticks-but no one
troubled US. Hundreds were promenading
under the trees in perfect security, and I
returned to write this letter. with my faith
in the stories of Mexican brigandage terri
bly, shaken.-Perley, in Boston Journal.
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ROTATION IN THRoNEs.-An ingenious
scheme, it is stated, has been invented by
an italian for the regeneration of Europe.
He proposes that there should in each coun-
try be an annual succession of Kings (the
title of Emperor to be abolished altogether
An international Commission is to decide
among the existing Kings and Emperors
and claimants to thrones who among the
occupants and candidates really are en-
titled to be monarchs. 4 correct list of
these is to be made out, and each candidate
is to occupy the throne of European King
dom for one year in turn until every can
didate on the list has governed all the King
doms in Europe, when he is to wait till his
turn comes round again. I'm the event of
Republican form of government being
adopted by revolution in any of the King
oms on the list, and the number being re-
duced accordingly, tine deposed monarch is
to have his turn over again for the unex-
pired portion of his reign before the other
candidates on the list. The families of
decapitated monarchs are to be provided
for ont of general fund, to which each
monarch will be expected to contribute.
1t is urged that this scheme will not only
foster international feelings, but put an
end to warfare altogether; for no King
would wage war against another King
whose throne he might be called upon to
occupy, perhaps before the war he had
commenced was concluded, in which case
he would be compelled to take the field
against an army he had himself created.
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Newspaper Postage.
Washinptnn Star


The Postmaster General has issued the
following order amending section 1O3 of
the regulations of the Post-office Depart
ment by striking out the words, "And the
subscription must be for not less than three
MONTHS" in the seventh and eighth lines,
so as to read as follows: "Section 103. A
regular subscriber is person who has
actually paid, or undertaken to pay, a SUBJ
scription price to newspaper, magazine
or other periodical, Or for whom such pay
ment has been made or undertaken to be
made by some other person. But in the
latter case such payment must have been
made or undertaken with the consent, or
at the previous request OF the person to
whom such newspaper, magazine or peri
odical is sent. A person to whom any such
publication is sent without his consent OF
request is not a regular subscriber within
the meaning of the law, and double tran
sient rates of postage must be charged and
collected on such publications before deliy-
ery." In foot note addressed to post
masters the Postmaster General says
]" Postmasters will observe that by this
amendment of the 103d section of the regu-
lations persons who are subscribers to
newspapers or periodicals, as defined in
regulations, are to be regarded as regular
subscribers within the intendment Of the
postal laws, without regard to the length
of time of their subscription, y
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l. ANY who takes paper regularly from the Poss
oiee whether directed to his name another's or
whether he has subscribed not-s responsible for the
payment.
II person orders his paper discontinued he must
pay all arearages the publisher will continue to send
until payment made, and collect the whole amount
whether the paper Ia taken from the office or not
The courts have decided that refusing 10 lake the
newspapers or periodicals from the pnstoce or reuaos.
Ing and leaving them uncalled for pro aea evidences
of intentional fraud
Papers ordered to address be changed TO anosh.
er address at the optien Of the subscriber.
Remitances by draft check money order or registered
letter, be sent at risk Ali postnsters ara re.
quired to register letters application.
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