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LENGTHENjNo LIFE.

What tho Liberal Use Of Water WIN Do
for Mankind.
DR.. r. H. Dalton says that, although
to suggest that methodlcal use of cold
water as q beverage in the absence of
thirst as a means of augmenting the
chance of longevity may render a man
liable to be dubbed a crank, If not q
lunatic, the idea has a soundly physlo-
logical origin and Is we'll supported by
experience. Solid and dry as the hli.
man body appears, water constitutes
more than one-fourth of Its bulk, and
all the functions Of life are really car
ried on in a water bath, and, although
the sense Of thirst may be trusted to
call fox a draught of water when re-
CURED, the fluid can be imbibed most
advantageously for many reasons be-
sides merely satisfying thirst. In the
latter stage of digestion, when COM
intuition of the mass is incomplete, it
Is much facilitated by q moderate
drau&ht Of water, which disintegrates
and dissolves the contents of tho stom-
ach, fitting it for emulgence and pre-
pairing 1t for assimilation. Hence the
habit of drinking water in moderate
quantities between meals contributes
to health, and indicates the fact that
those who visit health resorts for the
purpose of imbibing the waters OF
mineral springs might profit by staying
at home and drinking more water and
Ass waassay. Water = the uniyssssl
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room, 1e19x14 feet; dining-room, 123<x
16 feet: kitchen, 12x123< feet; and
four chambers, one 12Hx14 feet and
three 1Ox121S feet. The pantry 10
7xs feet, ath-rr,ora 1x7 feet, and all the
rooms have large closets.
There is laundry in the basement
as we'll as coal rooms, fruit rooms and
furnace room. The attic is f1oofcd for
a storage room. The size of the studs
are AKA; floor joist, 2x1o; roof rafters,
Exc; stills, sx1O.
The entire house is sheathed with
matched flooring, with building paper
between sheathing and siding.
The sitting and dining-rooms will
have fireplaces. The parlor and sit
ting-room are divided from the hail by
cased openings, and the sitting-room
and dining-roon are divided by u large
sliding door.
The entire house is piped for gas and
furnace and wired for an electric bell.
The shingles on the root Will be of
the extra Star A Star kind, painted
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TsNaE WITHOUT = WATCH 4

y 1soeeao 1hAA - ae4foeabaaoeen0a0 0oen0]
Actua1 and fspeated sxpst3ansnt4
have shown that the nsstest hoar 81
tho day ~ night may b as4eft91n II
the following curious way:
Make . small running loop 1n = piect
Of sewing thread about . foot IA length
place . shilling in this loop. seo that
thread and then draw the loop tight
up. 20 that the shilling L. firmly slung
ut ONO end Of tho thread. Put ON .
solid table . glass tumbler with .
fairly wide mouth. Rest your right
elbow on the table in a firm and easy
position SO as to avoid any shalkiness In
your hand, hold the other end of the
the ball" of the thumb q. e.. the
heshy top joint Of the thumb) 40 that
che thumb nail is undermost, and d
few inches above the middle of the
mouth of the glass.
Now, it you keep your hand quite
steady. the movement of the coin which
is hanging inside the tumbler will be-
come less and less until the shilling is
motionless. Then, in half a. minute or
SO, very slight and regular vibration
will commence, the coin oscillattng
from side to side like a pendulum, and
gradually Increasing the length OF
movement until it gently strikes the
OA3
In the most regular and automatic
way, first on one side of the glass and
then on the other. until, say, eight
strokes have been struck, the vibra-
lions of the coin then diminish in
length, until the suspendsd shilling
again becomes motionless and hangs
in tho middle of the tumbler. You
look at your watch and find that eight
o'clock is the nearest hour.
have tried this over and over again.
deliberately setting about the expert
ment without bias or any intention o.
influencing the swing Of the coin, and
also being ignorant of the time, and
when my hand has been steady the
right time has invariably been struck.
There is something very curiouA
about this phenomenon. Whether the
thread is Influenced by the pulse in the
''ball' of the thumb, or whether there
is some unconscious transference Of
''intention'' from the brain to tho
thread, I do not know; but in any case
the matter is sufficiently interesting to
be worthy of a-critical test by persons
who will carefully and without bia.
carry out this singular experiment OF
telling the time.-IIondon Tid-Bits.
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A Homemade Barometer.

A Barometer which is said to be re-.
liable may be made by filing a COM
mon wide-mouthed pickle bottle to
within three inches of the top with
water. An ordinary olive oil bottle is
then inverted and placed within tho
mouth Of the pickle bottle ns far as it
will go. In fine weather the water
will rise into the neck of the flask
higher than the mouth of the pickle
bottle; in wet or windy weather 1t will
fall to within an inch eff the mouth Of
the flask. Before a heavy gale Of wind.
and at least eight hours before the
gale reaches it's height, the water has,
it is said, been seen to leave the fash
altogether.
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BucRromanQulna.

The name in the headline is that Of
q new species of Ahrous mineral re-
Gently discovered by Senior II. Elvoy
Valenzue1a in the United States Of
Colombia. 1t has many of the remark
able properties of asbestos and is per-
fectly transparent Us we'll as incom-
bustib1e. It can be reduced to pulp
and nodded into light fire and water
proof boards and shingles for houses.
The discoverer believes that it is adapte
ed to papermaking, and that it will
also be used in the manufacture of car
pets and clothing.
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A Big shower of Areteorites.

OF the IA huge masses of meteorio
iron which fell on spot less than g.
square miles in area near Fort Duncan,
Mexico, the largest Is Deceived shaped
and is buried i've feet in the soil and
rises four feet above the surface. The
second mass in point of size has been
Washington. 1t weighs over 1000
pounds. The other u pieces weigh
from o71S to $50 pounds. The whole
mass of fragments as mentioned above
are scattered over an area of 81 square
miles, with Fort Duncan at about the
center of the point Of dispersion.
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Too sacrilexlous . Job.

Mr.. Fastley (malking Sunday even
ing call-I understand Miss Kostick,
that you are an expert mind reader.
Won't you please experiment on me?
Miss K.-Excuse me, Mr.. Fastlev.
but don't regard your mind as a
proper subject for Sunday reading
Life
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PRETTY EXPERIMENT..

How TO 1GAke Geo Of hotties whose NeoHs
Have Boon Broken.
Here II IN experiment by which you
may make some use Of q bottle whose
neck II broken. Pour oil into the bot
tie until it reaches the point at which
you wish 1t t2 be cut clean through.
Then place it upon q table and plunge
suddenly into the oil a redhot poker.
You will hear . snap, and then per
oeive that your bottle is cut regularly
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-12-30
Night the Time OF Growth.

scientific writer says that night IL
the time which nature utilities for the
growth Of plants and animals; children
grow more rapidly dtiFing the night.
In the daytime the system is kept busy
aisposing of the wastes consequent on
activity. but while asleep the system is
free to extend it's operations beyond
the mere replacing of worn-out parti-
cles, hence the rapid growth: This is
why in~alids heed SO much rest and
Sleep.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-12-30
Convenient Fashion

Mrs. De Fashion-Did you take the
medicine the doctor ordered?
Small Daughter-Yes. an it was
horrid.
Mrs. De Fashionable you take a
spoonful?
Small Daughter-N-o; tccik a fork.
full. Spoons Is cat OF ia shion, you know,
rnemina.-GOod News
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-12-30
Vegetation and Water,

Experiments have shown that the
common sunflower exhales twelve
ounces of water in twenty-four hours.
Roots of all trees draw large quaint
ties of moisture from the soil, which is
discharged into the air through the
leaves. It Is estimated that an oak
tree with 700, 900 leaves would give of
something like 700 tons of water dur
ing the five months it carries its TO-
iage.
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II Made HIS Mouth water.

Pedestrianating Pat (reading novel;
I visit had tn eyes OF thi. gal vet
I'm readin' about.
Perambulating Pete-Why so?
Pedestsianating Pat About everv
other page 1t says sumthin' about her
eyes bein' liquid.-Truth
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-12-30
Bull DING AND SCIENCE
NEAr coTTAoe HOME.

jsst tAe Ehia1 Hse Levers - Cosy DwslS.
Aeo-1ow - Rsodnoo EnoolleAt 1soulHo
wlth Eweoty.saElaandseA DolInrs-EiaHo
SD s1eeanaesaoas frsDssea ~ GafsDwn
AR0hltooe. --essA7
This vcrypeetty Groom colonial home
can be erected for $4,000 upon = stone
foundation. It's depth, Including tho
veranda, ls 20 feet, the width 81 feet.
The height of the first story L. D}<
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Flattery.

We oft call dattery soft SOAP
And this is the reason why:
We readily detect in each.
The presence OF the lye.
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Weight of the Atmosphere.

The atmosphere weighs about = ton
to every square foot of the earth's sur
face. %, ooo. 900 tons per square mile, or
5000, DOC, OOO, DOC, 900 tons on the total of
200. oOO, 900 square miles.
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PLAN OF SECOND FLOOR,

two coats yellow cehre. The chimneys
are to be OF sellow-pressed brick capped
with smooth Sandstones.
All floors, including veranda and
porch. will be double, with tar thper
between them. No finished floor is to
be laid until all riastering is done. All
doors will have five panels running
across the doors. All glass is to be
American double thick. All windows
will be hung with weights aud pulleys.
The owner will furnish art glass,
shelf hardware, mantels and bathroom
fixtures. GEORGE A. W. KNIT,
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-12-30

through, level with the liquid which
it contains
You will thus transform a broken
bottle into a presentab1e vessel. A
notched glass may thus be trans
formed into . new one. BY removing
each time part Of the oil and by cut
ting the bottle every time in the man
ner shown, you will get a series Of
glass rings curious to behold.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-12-30
SMILES.

81 FORGOT to send you over my new
full Of others comfort you always are.
Mr.. Scribb1er."
"WHY don't you strike the man across
the street for a quarter?" Raggs-''I've
been waitin' two hours to see if he
won't come over this way
s'NSR. LoNGTALK is doing a wonder
full amount of good among the poor
overworlSed people, ''In what way?''
"He breaches sermons long enough for
them to get good refreshing sleep
every tine.'
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-12-30

Wllis-I loaned Brown my new silk
umbrella. Do you think he will lose it?
Wallace-Oh. no; you are the one
who'll lose it.-Brooklyn Life,
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-12-30

said a Welsh 5ud ee to pooS criminal. ''sl3a
hope it may prove q warning to you.''-
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-12-30

Tns COW has been more OF blessing to
| man than the lion.-Ram's Horn.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-12-30

TAKING the stump does not always mea
If matters:
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7@7l L%raI>o,S
feet. second story is feet, Of base
ment feet.
The foundation will be rubb1e stone,
10 inches thick The siding will be
narrow o. g., laid e15 inches to the
weather. The gables will be ornn-
mented with composition carving. and
square butt shingles.
The interior will be finished through
out with hard white plaster, soft wood
floors and trim. The stairway is to
have an ornamental newell post and
balusters. The kitchen and bath
room will be vvainsccted. All of the
interior wood work will have the
grain filed stained to suit owner, and
finished with hard oil. The siding and
shingles will be painted yellow. Trim
mings and composition carving are to
be painted white, three coat work.
All printing must be done just as soon
as the carpenter leaves the work and
all frames must be primed before be-
ing set into their respective places.
The veranda and side porch floors and
ceiling are to be oiled.
The ssizes of tho rooms are as fol-
lows: Parlor, 12x121z feet; sitting
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-12-30

SOMETIMES when q man airs his views hi
raises breeze.-Lowell Courier.
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A CowARDLY dog is always showing hi
toeth.-Ram'S Horn.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-12-30
August
Flower

Eight doctors treated me for Heart
Disease and one for Rheumatism,
but did me no good. T could not
speak aloud. Everything that I took
into the Stomrch distressed me. I
could not sleep. I had taken all
kinds of medicines. Through a
neighbor got one of your books.
I procured bottle of Green's Aug
ust Flower and took it. am to-day
stout, hearty aud strong and enjoy
the best of health. August Flower
saved my life and gave me my health.
Mrs. Sarah 7 Cox Defiance O. %
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AFTER q short season in the blacksmith.
hands many u wagon wheel knows what /
is 10 have that tired feeling. = Burial
Courier.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-12-30

For BRONCHIAL and Pulmonary Com
plants .Br0.cn's Bronchial 7roclscs'' have
great curative properties. IN bozes. IS cts.
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COMING events cost their shadows whether
they ever come or not-Young Mems Era.
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benan." Mert aeo a5nS 1d iisrb psr
sistent a summer acquaintance can beP'-
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Allowed 10 Go Out.

Caller-Is Mrs. Meek at homer
Kitchen Goddess-No. mum. It'e hes
e4teTnooh o8.-N, Y. Weekly.
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come my son-in-law9' Mr.. Harduppe
eyes, sir; if you can afford it."-Brookl
Life.
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A MAN is much like q razor, because you
can't tell how sharp he can be until he Is
completely strapped.-Siftfngs.
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WE forget the sunlight when we mott
the shadow.-Ram's Horn.
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TEE OwNER.-Stranger--.'V owns this
store2" Office Boy-''The boss says do
but on't."-Detroit Free Press.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-12-30

ACTIONS speak louder than words. They
| have to IN order to be- heard above the
| NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Globe:
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THE saloon bar Is not necessarily bar {
music because it abounds in 1arks.-Rinf
henton Republican,:
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PROBABLY few people take so much int
est in their business rs the pawnbroket
Boston Bulletin.
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TEMfTINa child to do wrong is as much
. sin os shooting at q man with gun.
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THE piclzpoclket's motto:s ntouch and CO. {"
| -PhiaHe1Nhta Record.
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| EVERY sensible man you meet will admit
l. that he was q fool last week,
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A CURE for nearly all the common ills
Take Beecham's Fills. For sale by all
druggists. IS cents.
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3ssj $50
81 - Agge II ~ nl1&lld: -
n I1n9 ~ 6D4Iyi19E Sg3o1I 3 - D44Gt G4eoHnach
~ -, u fo6 49, -, No. th0 unlDod1-
SO 100 sN11V - oyG9o9d 1e5ght' q. uieease eaA
~ ~ = TT No. u. which both thaY aaa ma
N nEo luipeeilled. Eho 0lt1eHe 1r0 Q
sstD10m40c4 RoGn0dH, 10e Eheun1aact neufalRtC
4 - Aver tr0ub13 1ly0r Cumplaint, dySpop.
i - ooaetspat3on 49, malaria
- 1EiB the restaurant keeper who conducts
lgslnaaono 0n - hand mouth basis.-L0Well
!, In Oldoa 1Innss
3eeple overlooked the Importance OF per-
lnanently beneficial ELECTS and were aati1-
4 I'D With transient ection, but now thatit e
6ornanently cure. .hahieaa! constipation,
u vvell-anf0rmed people will not buy other Lag.
Ative., which act tor = time, but finally In.
jure tho system.
crackeri, Poll with dignity) --;sI decline to
be NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
WE will give 800 reward for any case Of
catarrh that cannot be cured with Hall's
z Catarrh Cure. Taken internally.
+. J. CHENEY & Co Proprs., Toledo, o.
TH1meaner use man intends to make Of
his money, the meaner things he will stoop
: 70 in getting it.-Young Men'a Era
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HALE's Honey of Horehound and Tar re-
Nevcs whooping cough.
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''THs last thing Fred did was to kiss
me.0 II should think 1t would be t''-Life.
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WHILE, as q rule, our agriculturists are
not as potent in politics as they might be,
there the ,s no as5yin snaf ~. the or
Buffalo Courier.
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Have You Asthma9

DR. r. Schinmann, st. Paul, Mimi, will
mail q trial package Of ..8chi6man's Asth-
ma Cure'' free to any sufferer. He advertiscs
by giving 1t away. Never fails to give i'm
slant relief in worst cases and cures where
others fail. Name this paper and send ad-
dress for free trial package.
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Eprroa Ito parrot ..Polly want .
crackore" Poll with dignity az decline to
be interviewed. Truth.
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THDumeaner use a man intends to make of
mis- money, the meaner things he will stcop
20 in getting 1t.-Young Men'a Era.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-12
WOLVES IN INDIA.
Tho Voracious Animals Show Almost
Human Cunning.

! Tho Voracious Animals Show Almost
Human Cunning.
One strongly marked characteristic
common to dogs and wolves is their
skill in trailing and running down
game in couples or packs. Such d
wolf hunt in India is described by an
| English traveller in Pearson's Weekly,
who, while with his telescope watch
ing herd of antelope feeding in a
large field, observed six wolves evil
IDENTITY concerting how best to secure
their breakfast.
Having decided on their plans Of
campaign they separated, leaving one
stationary. -Four crept stealthily round
the outer edge of the field. and one lay
in ambush at each corner, while the
sixth crept through furrow in the
middle of the field, and there lay down
unobserved.
When all were thus posted, the first
wolf suddenly showed himself. and,
charging the antelopes, drove them
right across the great field, where they
were headed by another wolf, who
chased them in fresh direction, while
the first hunter lay down to rest. No
sooner had the frightened herd reached
the further end of the plain than up
sprang a fresh wolf, who again turned
them and took up the pursuit, leaving
his painting accomplish to take breath
preparat tory to another chase.
Thus the luckless. terrified antelopes
were driven from corner to corner of
the great plain, till stupefied and ex-
hausted they crowd together, galloping
in ever-lessening circles around the
center of the field, where the sixth
wolf lay hidden. evidently waiting I'M
til they should be so effectually tired
out as to fall an easy prey.
His calculations were, however. at
fault, not having reckoned on the hui
man presence. and just as he was prepar-
ing for the fatal spring weli-directed
shot proved fatal to the nearest wolf,
whereupon all the confederates took
the hint and scurried off with all pos
sible speed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-12

| cessful solution of which would tend
to a better understanding of the two
| sections of this great nation. The
negro was held in bondage in all the
colonies save one before the adoption
of the federal constitution, and
whether or not he was the prime
cause of the greatest war of modern
| times. it is unquestionably true that
he regards his liberation as the result
OF that struggle. Prior to the war
there was a large number of negro
mechanics in the southern states.
Many of them were expert black
smiths, wheelwrights, wagonmakers,
brickmasons, carpenters, plasterers,
painters and shoemakers. They be-
came masters of their respective
trades by reason of sufficiently long
service under the control and direction
of expert white mechanics. During
the existence of slavery the contract
fer qualifying the negro as mechanic
was made between his owner and the
master workman. Now the negro, be-
ing. in his own words, free man."
viii not consent to restraints. He can
not divest himself of the idea that ap-
premiership in its most modified form
is species of slavery for term of
years. He may be assured of the rela
ton of master and apprentice as it ex-
lists in almost every civilized country;
still he is slow to embrace it. He APP
preciates the advantages of superior
skill. yet his teachings of liberty are
to his mind inconsistent with the ex-
ercise of absolute and continued
authority over him,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-12
A Great SwaIiower.

In the geological gardens at BresIau
recently a South American boa con-
strictor contended for rabbit with a
large python from ives: Africa It
did not succeed, however, the python
being the stronger Of the two. and it
Withdrew. About two hours later the
keeper found the same snakes fighting
for another rabbit As the keeper
supposed that the boa, which was the
weaker of the two. would again give
up its prey, he left them 10 themselves
and went home The next morning he
was horror-stricken TO ird tha. the
boa had not let go its hold and had
been swallowed by the python as q
pendant 20 the rabbit The boa was
nearly seven feet long and correspond
ingly tk:c,z- The python had already
Syv2llcvci one rabbit before the one
which provcl fatal 10 the boa It's
circ1f--fcrS11e throughout its length
was from twcnty-three 70 twenty eight
inches. and is skin was e..pa aded TO
double It's size The superstition that
the snake might, perhaps, not be a5,e
70 digest the boa proved false. Digcs-
ton only proceeded somewhat more
slowly .aaa usual