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manner is gentle and his voice tinged
with melancholy. He has the respect o.
the entire population of Youngstown.
COrpulence.


A correspondent, who, without an.
known organic or functional trouble, i
greatly incolnmoded by superhuous ia
he wrongly calls it .fesh-requests al
article on the subject.
The condition is known as corpnlence
or obesity. it consists in tendency tt
the formation and deposit of fat. A GER
tain amount OF this deposit is normal. Il
is an element of beauty, rounding out Chi
form. 1t lessons the effect of sudder
changes of temperature. 1t is reserve
of nutriment, to be drawn upon in emer.
gencies, thus saving the muscles and
other tissues.
Some persons inherit tendency to it.
Some races are more liable to it than
others. Women are more SO than men.
Both sexes are more inclined to it after
the age of forty. There are individual
cases of extreme obesity. 4 boy at the
age of three weighed one hundred and
twenty y-four pounds; girl, one hundred
and eighty-two, at twelve. A woman,
who was thin and delicate at eighteen,
died at forty-one with some eight inches
of fat around her body. The famous
Daniel Lambert's maximum weight was
seven hundred and thirty. nine pounds.
Much the largest part Of the body in these
persons was pure fat.
In all cases of obesity, there is de-
fciency of oxygen in the blood, either
absolutely, OF relatively to the amount Of
food. Excess of food tends to produce
it, and yet some are corpulent on spare
diet. Lack of exercise favors it, by less
ening the oxidation of the tissues. 1t is
also produced BY diseases which diminish
the number of the red blood corpuscles.
It is the latter that absorb oxygen from
the inspired air and convey it to the It's"
sues.
According to Quain, very corpulent
people have large hearts and small lungs.
This may help to explain the deficiency
of oxygen. 1t has also quite recently
been proved that women have fewer, by
many millions, of red blood corpuscles
than men. This, too. may be one reason
for their greater tendency to corpulence.
As the muscles become infltrated with
fat, they are weakened. Hence corpu-
lent persons are apt to be indisposed to
active exercise. For the same reason, the
heart is rendered feeble and is easily dis
turbed. The deficiency of oxygen tends
to the formation o; uric acid, and hence
10 the production Of gout. The very
corpulent are specially liable to various
forms OF congestion, and acute diseases
are apt to have IN unfavorable course.
In treating the corpulent, regard must
be had to the fact that the heart is
weak. The main reliance for reducing
the obesity is on diet and exercise The
latter incre lscs the power of the blood to
take up oxygen. The more oxygen one
can receive. the better, if kept we'll
within the persons strength and the ca
pacity of weakened heart. The diet
should contain but little fatty or starchy
food, and much animal food-lean
meats, fish, but not the richer kinds,
also fresh fruits, vegetables, and bread
with only moderate allowance of but
ter. Alkaline water is believed to be
helpful. Youths Companion.
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These concert, are led by large black

These concert, are led by large black
dog with only the lower part of a voice
left. His howl sounds as if it came up
out of a fifty-foot we'll and is like unto
the cry of the offensive partisan. Then
the bird dogs rest their chins up on the
cornice of our three-story postoffice build
ing and howl like a lost soul. Just be-.
fore they stop a job lot of miscellaneous
dogs catch the eye of the moon and break
out into a wild smashup of barks and
confagration of walls. This procession
is followed by private citizens in bedroom
windows carrying double -barreled shot
guns and repeating Winchesters. After
the dust settles the audience is respect
fully requested to remain seated as the
performance will be repeated one block
farther down the street.
Nothing can be more innocent than
one of our dogs the next morning. Dogs
that took leading part in the perform
ance and others, who, perhaps, have not
got the bird-shot which struck them in
the way of applause extracted from their
persons yet, will move about the streets
with bland smile, and even patronizing
air, and present their moist, red tongues
to everyone who offers them hand.
Dogs that split the scared night with
graveyard cries till the moon went down
will be on hand when the sun comes up
chasing your chickens around the front
yard.
Some day the pale, dark-eyed editor of
this journal will be missing from Estel-
line. His friends will rush hither and
thither, but they will not find him. The
police will join in the fruitless search and
his creditors will fall by the wayside in
the long and weary chase. He will be
gone far away-oceans may roll between
him and these self-samc poor, struggling
creditors. And he will never return-no,
never! This will be when the cats be-
come numerous enough to alternate with
the dogs, and give concerts on the dark
nights. He is no hog-he knows when
he has got enough.-EeU.
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Sacred to the Memory
of
John Smith.

Every day he runs over the list of
death notices in the newspapers, selects
the names which promise a rich harvest
in old clothes, and sends them to his
printer. In an hour or two he receives a
bunch of pretty, black-bordered cards,
one sacred to the memory of the late
John Smith, another sacred to the
memory of Bill Jones, and so on. These
cards he mails to relatives of the de-
ceased with his coincidence and eompli-
ments, and enclosing postal card which
the mourners may sign and re-mail, and
thus easily call to their places of abode
the ''sympathizing and honorable mer-
chant who is ready to pay the highest
cash price for tie garments of the be-
loved dead" ....
The ingenious old clothes man is in
vesting his large profits in the South Side
real estate. Chicago Herald. ,i.,
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The Congressman and the Cow.


Ben Lefevre, the member from the
Fifth Ohio district, has managed to re-
tain seat in Congress for the past seven
Or eight years upon the hypothesis of
being farmer. l heard good story on
Ben illustrative of his lack of farming
knowledge. Ben had bargained for q
bIooded COW at the sum of 5000, and as
the drover was driving her to Ben's farm
to deliver and get his money he met q
gentleman who admired the animal and
asked whether she was for SAL. The
drover replied that she had been sold to
General Lefevre for 5000. The gentle
man replied that if any means could be
devised to make Ben rue the bargain he
would give $3.50 for her. Thc drover,
anxious to make $50, cudgclcl his brain,
and, remembering the limited extent of
Lefevre's knowledge of farm animals, hit
upon an exped:ent. He took the cow to
Ben's house, where she was duly and
! admiringly paraded to on asocmblage of
friends gathered for the purpose.
"Come in and get your money" said
Ben.
General" " replied the drover, 81 am
your constituent, and want to deal fairly
by you. The cow is all she is repre-
sented to be, thoroughbred and good
milker, but 1 AM compelled to state that
she is not exactly perfect"
"Why, what is the matter with herr"
quered Lefevre.
"Well, the fact is, replied the drover,
''she has no upper front teeth"
"Great heavens!" calculated the Con-
gresham farmer. mo upper front
teeth! That won't do at all, and don't
want her; in fact, I would not take her
for gift. Still, you shall not lose any
thing. Here's a tive-dollar bill for your
trouble in driving here and back"
Gail right" reptile the drover, as he
pocketed the V. Il don't want to take
advantage of you, General, so good-by."
And away he went and sold the cow to
TIE gentleman, clearing just $50 by the
transaction. This joke was too good to
keep. Imagine Big Bcn's discontinue
when it leaked out, and he learned that
no well-regulated COW ever has any upper
front teeth. -Chic1go Herald.
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An Old Cl0the, Mans Scheme.

Competition is keen among the old
clothes men. They are eager bidders for
stocks and will walk three miles any day
in response to postal card which states
that the writer has some cast-of clothing
to dispose of. The garments of de-
ceased persons are frequently sold to,
these ubiquitous dealers, and, desiring
to cultivate this field to the greatest pos
sible advantage. 2 State street old clothes
man has adopted an ingenious plan. He
had printer set up for him card-form
with 3 heavy black border, like this:
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Waiting.

sit and watch the rain drops fall,
gaze out at the dull gray skies,
I only see the rain clouds pail,
Or watch the ghostly mists that rise.
I do not turn my head to see
The narrow room that holds me here
watch the rain and long to be
Far from my prison room 80 drear.
Why, laughter waits for me out there,
And hearty clasp Of loving hands,
Aud merry songs and faces fair -
Could / but break my prison bands.
But here I pine, as one in ban,
Forbidden by tho fates to roam,
Until that laggard tailor man
Shall send my only trousers home.
-Burdette, in Brooklyn Eagle.
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BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
He Had Capacity-Misunde
the Person-The Congressman
and the Cow-Curious Coin
cidence-Dakota Dogs.

Squire Bunker-"Professor, my son
has been at your institoot for some time.
What do you think he is capable off,"
Professor Simpson-"What calling or
profession do you wish him to follow2"
Squire Bunker-''Well, you see, I'm
well fixed. All I've got will be his, an
I'm not expectin' him to do anything"
Professor Simpson-''From what |
have seen of your son, Squire, I would
say that he has capacity enough for that. "
-SVtings.
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Between New York and the Gulf OF
Mexico there are only four natural en-.
frances to harbors where the depth at
mean low water is over sixteen feet,
while the largest ships draw from TWEEN
ty-six to twenty. eight and half feet.
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BARRIERS near Mono Lake, Cal, whose
water is heavy with salts of sodium and
borax, use it as a natural shampooing
water, to the satisfaction Of their Gus
TONERS.
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tie foot on his throat and pinned him to
the floor, till could pull out the ak and
stun him with blow from the handle.
She turned him over on his face, and
tied his hands behind him with towel.
Then, for the first time, she screamed,
threw herself into a chair, covered her
face with her hands, and began to cry.
want you to keep in mind, boys, the
picture looked at as 1 lay helpless on
that lounge. The lamp was bright and
I saw it all. One man with his still face
one mass of blood and horror, the other
fiat on his face muttering and cursing in
drunken stupidity, and that girl sob6ing
as though her heart went out with every
sob. How do you suppose felt when l
thought that it was that miserable whisky
that had done it alll Do you wonder
that I would sooner sleep with mad
dog in the house than to know that a
companion of mine had that which
changed my friends into murdcrers2
Raymond paused. The moonlight still
streamcd in over him. His face was hard
and stern, as though he had lived again
that dreadful night We could say no.
thing in reply. Frank broke the silence
at last.
aThat was a mighty plucky girl,
though; l wonder what became of her. "
Raymond's face grew lighter. Il guess
1 can tell you about her." he said, with
his old laugh. "You see the company
made up their minds that needed watch
ing, and as Mary wanted a job, she took
me in charge for life. l don't know
which makes me hate whisky the most
the memory of that fight or the promise
I made her just before her father and
mother came back in the morning. -
Herbert W. Collingwood.
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LABOR UNION WITH A MEMORY.

- l ~
Work upon handsome residence
that was being built on. X street, just
opposite the White House, In Wash-
tngton City, has been suspended under
peculiar circumstances. The house
was being erected for Mr.. B. II. War
der, of Springfield o., the millionaire
who has been investing largely In real
estate here. Some years ago Mr.. Wars
der was a manufactures In Ohio, and
was "boy.cotted.,,' Having plenty Of
money Mr.. Warder stood firm, and
the boycott was never raised. He sold
his mills and settled'down to live on
his means. Coming to Washington he
was 80 pleased with the city that he
bought largely, and then decided to
build a private residence here costing
$3.50, 900. The house was above the
foundations when the Bricklayers'
Union heard of the old boycott III
Ohio, aud they Immediately stopped
work and placed boycott on the bull
ding.
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The following very simple remedy
for the cure of poisonous stings or bites
is so simple and harmless to use that
no ono should hesitate to give 1t trial
If occasion offers:
A "Plain. Farmer" writes 10 one OF
our exchanges as follows: SIT Is now
twenty years since learned that sweet
oil would cure tho bite Of u rattle
snake, not knowing 1t would euro
other kinds Of poison. Practice, OBJ
servation and experience have tangh
me that il will cure poison of any
kind, both on man or beast. Th'
patient must take spoonful OF 1t inter
nally and bathe the wound for cure
To cure l.orsc ii requires eight times
as much as for man. One of th'
most extreme cases of snake bit
occurred eleven years ago. 1t hat
been thirty days standing, and thu
patient had been given up by his ply
sician. / gave him spoonful OF tn
oil, which effected a cure. 1t will cur
bloat in cattle caused by fresh clover
1t. will cure tho sting Of bees, spiders
or other insects, and persons who hav
been poisoned by low running vim
called ivy"
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The strikers cannot we'll afford to
come in conflict with the troops, but
they can have some fun with them and
thus get revenge. Al Texarkana the
other night, while the troops were
standing guard, a striker placed
dozen or more torpedoes on the rail
road track and a freight train passing
exploded them. rhe spiteful crack OF
the torpedo sounded 80 much like tht
report OF a rifle, and the firing was Sc
rapid that the troops concluded it was
wise TO seek tall timber, and the,
picked up their legs and tied.-N. O
| States.
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Mr.. Joseph Pulitzer, editor OF the
New York World, and representative
to Congress from the Ninth District OF
New York, has sent his resignation TO
the Secretary of State, stating that IL
was impossible to perform the duties
pertaining TO that position without
neglectiug his newspaper. PnlliIzer
thinks more OF the World than he does
of Congress, and, perhaps, he can dc
more good in the editorial sanctum OF
the World than he can accomplish in
the halls of Congress.
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We were shown a few days ago
letter from the mal...,.s.er Of tho Arkan-
sas road with which It Is proposed 10
connect the Louisiana North u South
road, to Mr.. A. j. Hammett, presl.
dent Of the latter road, In which he
stated that he had made arrangements
with New York capitalists to furnish
the money for the completion Of both
the roads, and that the agreement be-
tween him and these parties was In
writing. The writer Of the letter had
been previously authorized to reprc-
| sent the Louisiana road in negotiating
with the capitalists; and we think,
from Information we have from res
liable source, that the two companies
will very probably be consolidated,
and tho work OK construction be put
through rapidly from ono end OF the
line to the Other, there being only a
short gup TO complete In Arkansas. -
Rienriiie Ne,c Era.
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The following clipped from the
Times Democrat Of Sunday throws
additional light on a matter of great
interest to our people. Two hundred
thousand dollars is big pile and will
go long way;
The oil mill spoken of few days
ago in which several Of the Ouachita
river. captains would be considerably
interested, also Capt. John Ii. Hanna
and L. Conery, Sr., is now an assures
auccess The capital stock, it Is said
will be placed at 100000, of which
Capt. John Ii. Hanna the "grain king
will take % per cent. The mill vii
be situated at Monroe, La.
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In the Louisiana Gazette OF Febru-
ary 90, 1920, appears the following ad-
yertisement For Monroevilie and
Ouachita, steamboat James Monroe,
now ready 10 receive cargo, and will
leave on Sunday, the Goth inst.
NoTE-This probably the first steam
boat that navigated the Ouachita from
the port of New Orleans. She wa'
built in 1918.
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Those fond Of piscatorial sport will
no doubt read with interest the follows
ing clipped from the New Orleans
Picayune of Saturday last:
There was yesterday exhibited inthe
French Market IA large fish caught in
the iulf of Mexico, on the snapper
banks, somewhere of the Jetties, by
Mr.. Geo. ID. Ossood, a fisherman for
Fusich 4 Co. 1t is Of the yarlety
known among fishermen As a SeW fish,
but belongs to the family Of groupers.
Its technical name is Pr0nic,Ops
Gu0s0. TIE W fish is Llack grounds
per, Epinephelus Nigritus. 1t is usu.
ally found associating with snappers,
on which il feeds, and has often been
caught on a line which hadjust hook
ed snapper. This indeed was the
way the fish caught by Mr.. Osgood
Was taken. The fish was y feet long,
feet in diameter and weighed 500
pounds. 1t was the largest brought to
this city. The writer has seen several
Of them caught near Galveston.
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ALONG THE OuACHITA.

COMMUNICATED.
1t was the writer's good fortune to
be present at one of the most pleasant
it was ever his good
luck TO participate in, given at the
hospi,able home of Mr.. j. b. Colvin,
Is miles below Monroe, on Friday
evening the 9th inst. The entcrtain-
ment was given in honor OF four
charming young ladies, cousins OF the
hostess. At about 6:30 O'Clock the
guests began TO arrive, until the
spacious porlors were well filed. Dane
ing was the chief amusement OF the
evening, and was indulged in by the
lovers of the art until the tive sma''
hours of the appl oaching day. AT II
O'Clock supper was announced and such
IA supper fit for a King. The writer
who has IA foudness for the good things
of this life can, in his imagination see
the bouu,ious repast. The tables was
elegantly ornamcnted with flowers
etc.
Any attempt to describe tht
costu mes worn by the fair sex would
be failure, for the writer has very
limited knowledge in such matters
suffice to say that in his estimation a
to style and elegance, they where pa
erceleRce, Mr.. and Mrs. Colvin viii
ever be kindly remembered by thos
whose good fortune it was to be pre-
sent. The writer will always remem
Der with pleasure that he was
| A GUEST
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Judge II. d. Clayton, of Alabama,
Judge of the Third judicial Circuit,
has rendered his resignation to Gov.
O'Neal and announces himself an out.
and. out candidate for the Office OF
| Governor OF that state.
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Father Scully, q apopuiar and phllan-i
Hthropic Catholic priest, Of CAmhrldge,t 8
Mass, has managed, chiefly BY his own
indcfa,igable iabors, to secure the
erection In that city, at . cost Of s60.~
900, Of one OF the finest gymnaslums
Ia the country.
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The Statcs rays that the average
New Orleans dudes winter overcoAt,
now that spring Is here, have heen de-
posted with "Uncle Moses" tho pawn
broker until winter shall come around
again. s
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A Cincinnati paper proposes to make
lemonade the national drink. The
novelty Of the demand II considerably
heightened by the fact that 4 comes
from Cincinnati, whose nose ihas long
been notorious as the reddest In tho
country.
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A report is current at Shreveport
that the machine shops Of the Texas
and Pacific railroad company Will bo
moved from Marshall, Tex, TO that
city.
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The sanitary condition Of the Treas
sury building al Washington Is said TO
be very bad.
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Joe Howard is to deliver q lecture al
Wai.ack's Theatre 10 raise funds for
the Improvement Of tho newspaper
,nan's lot in Cypress Hit. Cemetery.
This indicates that the newspaper
mans lot in New York is not happy
one.-N. 0. Ifcdytme.
The slot" OF the average newspaper
nan ia not happy one, especially
when he is annoyed by the office
.'devil." But. he has the assurance
that when he "casts his lot" ia u ceme-
terry his earthly mise-eries are over
and IL he runs across his "satanic
majesty" there'll be ticklish old
time and Il parley with ssO!d Nick''
aud the compliments of the newspaper
man to the Devil will convince the
latter that he, (the newspaper man,
has already suffered enough at the
hands of his nanesakes in the printing
business.
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John d,ynn Sr., a prominent citizen
and politician of New Orleans died
last Sunday.
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Secretary Manning, It is stated, will
retire from public life very soon.
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Burning ofslrs. Bennct's storcl,o,'se

Hurning of Mrs. lsennct's St0rcIiOi'se
The burning III Mrs. Benefits store
mention of which was made In the
DAILY, was the work Of incind'ery.
The facts as we learned from Mr.. w.
II. McLain are as follows: Mr.. Me-
Lain In company with Capt. Mcleod,
manager aud Mr.. Bailey, clerk, had
remained in the store until asout 10
o'clock he with Mr.. Bailey retired
To their room In the rear OF the store.
At about 3 o'clock Mr.. McLain wns
awakened by the roar of tho flames;
on opcuiug his room which lod into
the Office he found the entire north
side OF tho building in flames. Hasti-
" awakeing Mr.. Bailey, no rushed for
the books and succeeded In saveing all
except those belonging toSthe postofiice
department. The fire was started near
where the books was kept with the In
teu,ion Of des,roying them, All iigh's
had been extinguished and no fire had
!, been used that day. -. ~ >
The total value of stock and building
> is $4,000 insured for $4,000.
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cards Of a personal chet'ytacs-wheh :ai-
u,;ssihle--wili be charged double o.f fei"-
sli.,r 81, yertising rates. -
e,,itaary and Marriage notices VII, 'o
8 ct,ar.ea ..s advertisements.
NV nerson sen,ling us five now cash sub-
,,..;,,ars at the same post-oiiice, will be en-
titled to n copy OF TIE TisLEaEArs sr''''s
or one, year. -u.-...sy.zsxS-~~~.
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aWhat is that kerfiumidoodlo thot
you have on your hat, Mary Ann,"
said father to his would be fashions
able daughter.
"oh, that is an imitation OF straw
berry, father"
mThe divil take the styles - said the
old nen, "you'Il be wearing imitation
cabbages yet"
awe have nearly arrived at 1hecah1
bage point already" replied the Miss.
"And how near have you got?"
awe wear little turned up on the
side now."-7fEx.