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court ,rartiaI w,tuesae..

All court martial witnesses who are
Professionals are sworn by laying their
right hand, ungloved, on the Bible,
closed or open, while the oath Is re-
cited. Kissing the book is frequently
required in addition to the laying ON Of
the hand. Raising the right hand and
keeping it raised during the recital of
the oath is also form adopted by
number. There are many who prefer to
affirm rather than to swear, and those
are accommodated by saying: "You do
solemnly affirm, instead of "solemnly
swear" the right hand being raised
or placed on the Bible as before. Form
erly 1t was required to place the right
hand on the open Evangelists.
In swearing Roman Catholics, the
Bible is closed and has marked on the
outer cover cross, generally cut out Of
white paper and pasted on. Sometimes
crucifix Is placed upon it, which the
witness, after the oath is recited, kisses
when there is any suspicion in the mind
Of the president of the court martial, or
in that OF any Of its members. The
witness, IL Roman Catholic, after
kissing the cross, is frequently directed
to cross himself. New York Times.
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FLEET FOOTED zesaAs.
Their Dash of speed When Alarmed by tn,
Whiz of Rifle Ball.

Their Dash of Speed When Alarmed by the
whiz of Rifle Ball.
The rapidity with which the different
zebras have been exterminated, owing
to the advance of civilization in South
Africa, is shown by reference to such
works as that of Sir CORVALLIS Harris,
written i'll 1910, in which the author
tells us that the quagga was at the time
found in "interminable herds, bands
of many hundreds being frequently
seen, while he describes Burchell's re-
bra as congregating in herds of so or
100, and Astounding to great extent,
but now, after the expiration Of but so
years, the one species is extinct or
practically so, while the other has been
driven much farther afield and its num-
bers are yearly being reduced.
| This authors description of the COM
mon zebra is we'll worth repeating. He
says; Seeking the widest and most
sequestered spots, naughty troops are
exceedingly difficult to approach, as
we'll on account of their extreme agility
and heetness of foot as from the abrupt
and inaccessible nature OF their high
land abode. Under the special charge
of a sentinel, so posted on some ada
cent crag as to command view of ey-
cry avenue of approach, the checkered
herd whom painted skins adorn is to
be viewed perambulating some rocky
ledge. on which the rifle ball alone can
reach them. No sooner has the note of
alarm been sounded by the vedette. than.
pricking their long ears, the whole
flock hurry forward to ascertain the ma
ture of the approaching danger, and
having gazed moment at the advanc-
ing hunter, whislsing their brindled
tails aloft, helter SHELTER away they
thunder, down craggy precipices and
over yawning ravines, where no iess
agile foot could dare to follow them.
OF Burchell's zebra he says, Fierce,
strong, feet and surprisingly beautiful,
there is perhaps no quadruped in the
creation, not even excepting the noun
tain zebra, more splendidly attired or
presenting picture of more singularly
attractive beauty" Zebras are by no
means amiable animals, and though
many of the stories told of their feroc-
ity are doubtless much exaggerated they
have SO far not proved themselves
amenable to domestication. Saturday
| Review.
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Old Johns Translation.

Every one in Boston knows of old
John the Orangeman, that picturesque
and almost historical parsonage who
presides over the affections of all Har-
ward men. And every one who knows
John knows also that his life's motto is
that familiar phrase which expresses
briefly and to the point the wish that
Yale may be forever relegated to the re-
gion Of sorrow and perpetual darkness.
One afternoon strangers were walk
ing through the yard at Harvard, and
on every hand they saw the college seal
bearing this motto "Christo ct Eccle-
siR."
Not being on speaking terms with
Cicero, Caesar and the other Romans,
this did nothing but to arouse their Gu
riosity.
Finally they met John.
II sayl" said one of the visitors. II
see these words everywhere. Can you
tell me what they mean?"
John looked carefully at the Latin in
sciption, bit his pipe little harder and
then replied gravely:
.'Oi don't j;st know, fr'nd, but OF
t'ink 1t means To h wild Yale. -
Boston Budget.
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Growth of the Human Heart,

DR.. Benecke of Marburg has made
known his observations on the growth
of the human heart, the fact appearing
that the increase is greatest and most
rapid during the first and second years
of life, its bulk at the end of the second
year being exactly double what it origin
ally was. Between the second and
seventh years it is again doubled in size.
A slower rate Of growth then sets in and
continues during the period Of maturity
of other portions of the body. After the
fifteenth year up to the fiftieth the an
nual growth of the heart is about .061 of
q cubic inch. the increase ceasing about
the fiftieth year.--Leisure Moments.
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SHE Col A BARGAIN.
Better Than That, She Knew How to UAe II
After Getting 1t.

Better Than That, She Knew How to UAe II
After Getting 1t.
A lady surrounded the bargain coun-
ter Of one Of the big retail stores on
Sixth avenue the other day and cap
tured fragment of china silk with
which she wanted to make a screen.
To accomplish this required degree of
strategy and physical exertion sufficient
10 equip a college eleven for active serv-
ice on the gridiron. But she got there.
II spent the whole afternoon, said
she to a friend, land when | got home
figured the whole thing up. l could
have bought the same stuff up stairs at
the regular counter for 80 cents yard,
and l wanted only BIZ yards. Well,
that mean little clerk sold me four yards
for 35 cents-it was remnant, you
know-so / found had been trodden
upon for about two hours and squeezed
black and blue and had lost just cents
by the operation.
But, law, that's nothingl What do
you s'pose7 Why, when examined
. that silk the next day. found hole in
every fold.
Mad? Well, think was madi My
husband laughed at me. He says wom-
en- were born to be fooled, don't you
know--that most of us haven t sense
enough to spread an umbrella when ii
rains.
IS What would you dor asked him.
"sDo, says he, I'D throw that away
and never go back to that store again.
Not much, says I. I'm going to
make them take that back If | die for
1t. Now therel And if you should miss
me when night comes, you'll find my re-
mains at the foot of the china silk coun-
teri
II went back. After another two
hours of shutting and crowding got
chance to confront the young man who
sold me that silk. was prepared to
make him ashamed of himself, now /
tell you. But he merely looked at it and
said in bored sort of way. ooh, yes,
that is the same piece of silk Mrs. Blank
returned last week.
Eyes, was stricken dumb. If there
had been room enough, I'd have drop
ped. But that's nothing. Let me tell
you. While he was making out my re-
bate check another lady glanced at the
silk had just laid down.
That's real pretty, said she. How
many yards?'
-Four, ma am, says he.
How much?'
Forty cents, says he, with the
most unblushing face. 1t s the last piece
of that shade in the house, says he.
"'I'll take it, says she, pulling out
her purse just as he gave me my ticket
for the return of that identical piece.
Well, then knew that young man de-
liberately cheated me and was going to
cheat that lady right before my face. But
Igot my breath quick enough to tell her.
And / did. said: Madam, I've just
this minute brought that back. It's
damaged. Look at these holesl He
knows it's damaged. Here's my ticket
for the rebate for its return
'Well, If you could have seen the
look she gave himl Then she turned on
her heel and went out. Yes, should
say I'm about even with that house
one of the finest stores in town too. -
New York Herald.
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AEALrH BETTER THAN WEALTH.
And You Can't Retain the Former aud Civ.
Exercise the Go BY.

And You Can't Retain the Former and Give
Exercise the Go BY,
DR.. A. Symons Eccles has struck the
keynote of radical Improvement in the
general health of city communities
when he says that the most potent fac
Tor of present day ailments is the abey-
ance into which the muscular system is
allowed to fall by jewellers in cities,
who are daily becoming moro and more
dependent on artificial means of loco
motion and labor saving apparatus, un-
til disorders Of digestion and nervous
maladies are now as common among
the comparatively poor as they are
among the wealthy. The rich man en-
deavors to overcome the mischief
wrought by his sedentary life by horse
back exercise or golf, but the poorer
man, who is unable to afford these recre-
atoms, neglects his muscular develop
ment and invariably tumbles into his
train or mounts his street car rather
than waste the time necessary for a
brisk walk or half hour in the gym
nasium.
The popularity of the bicycle has
tended to counterfeit the disuse of mus
Giles engendered in large proportion of
town residents, but there are still num-
bers of persons of both sexes who re-
quire vigorous muscular exercise in or
der to maintain health. Women are
the victims of modern, social and COM
mercial changes almost if not quite as
much as men. The Capitalization of
many domestic industries may have i'm
proved the character of the products
thus manufactured or of the work per-
formed, but when bread was made and
washing was done at home the female
members of many families fairly we'll
off, but not too richly endowed with
this worlds goods, were profitably en-
ployed in kneading the dough and iron
ing the linen. One of the results of
this general Discrimination to take the
amount of exercise essential to health
Is the revival of practice which is re-
corded in the earliest medical papyrus
in the British museum.
The introduction of massage may be
regarded as specific evidence Of the ten
dency in these latter days to the neglect
of muscular exercise, and DIR. Eccles
holds that if it be true that the abey-
ance Of function in certain glands is
productive of diseases which can be
cured by the injection of organic liq-
uids derived from similar source
and modern research has established this
belief-much more is it evidently true
that the failure to employ the great bulk
of muscular tissue, which is so large a
portion Of the human frame, will, and
invariably does, give rise to disordered
function and altered structure i'll the
other organs and tissues of the body,
which are interdependent on the activ-
ity of the muscles and each other. Men
tai and nervous overstrain is rarely
disassociated from muscular disuse and
fiaccidity. The burden of DIR. Eccles'
exhortation is: Even if you make a
little less money, take more exercise.
You will save the difference in doctor &
bills and bring more happiness not only
into Your own life, but into other PEG.
pies. "-Pittsburg Dispatch.
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Some rlmhsr strength rests.

1t would be difficult to convince the
average man, especially the Missouri
pioneer, that fir is stronger wood than
oak, but such has been proved by ac-
tual tests that were made by fair and
impartial committee appointed for the
purpose. The timbers used were each
Q by inches and feet long, both ends
solidly braced and the weight applied
In the middle of the span. Yellow fir
stood a strain of 0, 062 pounds, common
Oregon oak Q, 029 pounds. Fine grained
yellow fir from near the butt stood a
strain of 1886 pounds, and best Michi-
gan oak snapped with strain Of only
2,42s pounds. These tests were made
by the Northern Pacific Railroad COM
pany at Tacoma. Louis Republic.
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THE coLoRs or THE EARTH.


How They Affect the Light That Our
Planet Gives to the Moon.
The wonderful difference between the
same landscape in winter and in summer
is phenomenon familiar to all jewellers
in the temperate zones. The two great
elements Of change are the presence of
snow in winter and of leaves and grass
in summer. If we could look at our
globe from the moon, the variation in
Its aspect due to seasonal changes would
perhaps be even more striking than it
appears to those upon its surface.
In fact, we sometimes lose sight of the
very important part which vegetation
plays in giving color to what might be
called the countenance of the planet.
1t is not the highest forms of plants
that always produce the greatest effect
in this way. Some of the most striking
scenes upon the earth owe their charac-
teristic features to MOSES aud lichens.
The famous ''crimson cliffs" of Green
land, which extend for miles northward
from Cape York, derive their splendid
color from the growth of red lichen
which covers their faces.
The cliffs rise between ZOO and 1000
feet straight from the waters edge, and
being composed Of gray granite their
aspect would be entirely different from
what it is but for the presence of the
lichen.
Coming to less magnificent, but not
less beautiful scenes, the rocky pass
called the Golden Gate in the Yellow
stone National park owes its rich color
and its name TO the yellow ichen cover
ing its lofty walls, and the indescribable
hues of the great hot spring terraces
arise mainly from the presence of minute
plants fourishing in the water that over
flows them.
Considered as a whole, the vegetation
of planet may give it a characteristic
aspect as viewed from space. Many have
thought that the red color Of Mars may
be due to the existence Of red instead Of
green vegetation there.
That its broad expanses of forest and
prairie land cause the earth to reflect q
considerable quantity of green light to
its neighbors is indicated by the fact
that at the time of the new moon Q
greenish tint has been detected over
spreading that part of the lunar surface
which is then illuminated only by light
from the earth. Youths Companion.
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Are You Any Good at Puzzles?

The genius who invented the eff
teen" Puzzle, "Pigs in Clover" and
many others has invented a brand
new one, which is going to be the
greatest ON record. There is fun,
instruction and entertainment in it.
The old and learned will find as
much mystery in it as the young and
unsophisticated. This great puzzle
is the property OF the New YORK
PRESS CLUB, for whom it was in
vented by Samuel Lloyd, the great
puzzlist, to be sold for the benefit of
the movement to erect a great home
for news paper workers in New
York. Generous friends have CIV
en- $4,000 in prizes for the success
full puzzle solvers. TEN CENTS
seat to "PREss CLUE BUILDING
AND CHARITY FUND" Temple
Court, New York City will get you
the new mystery by return mail.
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An indignant mother who saw her TO-
year-old daughter clad in gorgeous
tights practicing somersault has noti-
fed. the police of q peculiar state Of
things. She says not only her daughter
but number of other girls of that age
have been engaged to form q theatrical
combination. These damsels, it APP
pears, meet for rehearsals in barns and
are under the instruction of couple Of
men. They intend to make tour Of
the small towns Of the state. All wear
tights, it seems, and this one girls man.
ma was shocked at her daughters APP
pearance. The police are looking for
the men who are training the tender
maidens to feel at home in the skirtless
costume. Reading (Pa.) Dispatch.
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HOW Coral Grows.

Corals increase by eggs, spontaneous di-
vision and termination. The rate of growth
has not been fully determined. Professor
Agassix indicates the growth Of reefs at Key
West at the rate of six inches in 100 years
and adds that II we doubled that amount
it would require 1000 years to form the
reefs In that place and hundreds of thou
sands of years for the growth of Florida
Fire and Water.
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MAKE
MO
MISTAKEN

How often it is said: ooh my !!
it is SO easy to make mistakes"
For that very reason we would
tell you very distinctly that "The
Peoples Store" is the large one
directly on the cor. of Union and
Church Sts.; two doors opening on
Union St. and one on Church St.
The extremely handsome windows
on Union st. in which we display
samples of goods to lie found inside
are glazing way-marks which none
can mistake. In the window on
Church st. is seen Shoes, neatly ar
ranged and .attractively handsome.
Any articles seen in our windows
are merely small slice off the
many handsome goods 10 be found
inside. The quality of everything
we keep is the very best for the
money asked. 1t is our pleasure to
show you anything mot in any dark
corner) whether you come to pur-
chase or only to rest and enjoy
friendly chat.
OUR MILLINERY
this season is exceptionally stylish
and handsome, pleasing the most
fastidious taste. We do not palm
anything off on our customers, but
study their individual style, form,
feature and age.
Have you seen the DRESS
GOODS shown at The Peoples
Store?" is heard all over town.
They are indeed popular and still
remain far ahead. We never make
special sales of old goods, for we.
never have eny-we keep good
qualities at low prices, and off they
go in gift. {.
If you want
WINTER COAT OR WRAP
and allow your chance at "The
Peoples Store" to slip, it will be
an all-season's regret, as they are
selling unusually fast.
Fair hands quickly seek our beau
tiful and shapely GLOVES.
OUR BLANKETS AND COM
FORTABLES
are marvelously heavy and cheap.
All sorts of bedding TO be had here.
The merits and cheapness of our
CARPETS AND FURNITURE
should be printed in the largest
type, "That they who run may
read" If you need such things, buy
now, as no one can afford to lose
the chance. We cannot tell you in
this way of the many things to be
had of us. Step inside, and we feel
sure you can get anything you may
inquire for.
We can deck yourselves and chill
drcn out like Princes, at a price to
be reached by all.
Again / invite you to look close
ly for the large store on the corner,
and failure 10 find will be impossi-
BILE.
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sure Preventive Of disease.

The Duchess of Edinburgh is the hap
by possessor- from the Russian and SUI
perstitious point Of view-of two gepu-
inc bezoar stones. one Of which was left
to her by her imperial father and the
other by her aunt. The bezoar stone is
cut from very rare animal and Is re-
garded as sure preserver Of health and
happiness, Exchange.
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An English Decision.

An English court has decided that u cook,
male or female, is not bound to give an en-
ployer notice before leaving, nor on tho
other hand is the employer required to noti-
fy the cook before discharging her. The
reason given ia that II the cook was forced
to remain against her will she might re-
venge herself ON the members Of the family,
or, in case of club, on her employers pa
irons. New York Times..
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THE FACT

That AYERS Sarsaparilla CURES
OTHERS of Scrofulous Diseases,
Eruptions, Boils, Eczema, Liver and
Kidney Diseases, Dyspepsia, Rheu-
matism, and Catarrh should be con-
vincing that the same course of
treatment WILL CURE YOU. All
that has been said of the wonderful
cures effected by the use of
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Not obsoure Enough.

"You intend this novel for the Bos-
ton public, do your" said the publish
or, leaning back in his chair.
"Yes, SIR" said the novelist.
well, Mr.. Pensling," said the pub
Usher. the work has Its merit. 1t is
pointed, interesting, and the style can
be readily read and understood, and !
think, !" he continued as the novelist's
face broke into a smile Of hope, II
think therefore that you should give up
all effort to get Boston people interest
ed in it. Chicago Record.
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An Hourxl.ss In the Comm.

1t was an ancient practice to put an hour
glass into the coffin before burial as an en-
blem of the sand Of life being run out.
Some antiquarians are Of opinion that lit
tie hourglasses were anciently given at fu-
nerals, like rosemary, and by the friends OF
the deceased either put into the coffin or
thrown into the grave.-W Westminster Ca
kette.
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proxinr enc Prnnosition.

When man writes to another chal-
longing him to fight a duel because that
other has called him fool, the chal-
longing party betrays lamentable igno-
rance as to popular understanding in
regard to what a fool Is. Buffalo Com
mercial.
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Now that the great Kanawha is both
slack water and toll free the coal operators
there are quietly at work preparing to mine
and ship by river about 90 per cent more
coal than has ever come out before. They
are not publishing the fact to river shippers
on other streams, however.
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AYERS
SarsapariIla

during the past SO years, truthfully
applies to-day. Its, in every sense.
The Superior Medicine. Its cura-
tive properties. strength, effect, and
flavor are always the same; and for
whatever blood diseases AYERS
Sarsaparilla is taken. they yield to
this treatment. When you ask for
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ON The FRONTIER
Two giant minds have stamped The mental
world

1H171IN'ss IIs0fN otttHllI1oi THO IIIVIIEHI
world,
Instructors OF our times and times to be;
Toiling to bring mank TO harmony,
Smoke from each study on the frontier curled.
They searched more for flnality than growth,
Not for the footprint but the thought of God
They worshiped wisdom in the Christening
rod
That scars transgressors, and yet both
Felt beauty as she moves through cycles vast,
And knew the hopefulness that cheers us
here
In our promotion toward the perfect sphere;
They loved the future and esteemed the past.
Revere their lives, o man, Cor meier again
VIII this old world contain two loveier men!
Edward S. Creamer in New York Sun.
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The FIower Language,

Mrs. Murray Hill-There was time
when you called me daisy, sweet VI
olet and a lily of the valley.
Mr.. Murray Hill-Yes, that was be-
fore you began jawing me every night.
Now, the only flower wish you were
is -four o'clock" That shuts mp
sometimes. Texas Siftings.
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A Thrirlinr Tale.

A little girl was trying to tell her moth
er how beautiful certain lady could trill
In singing and said: "Oh, mammal You
ought to hear her garglel She does 1t 20
sweetly. n-Texas Eiftings
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A western geologist states after care
full observation that rich beds Of gold,
copper, coal, cement, marble, aluminium
and silicate clay abound in large guam
titles in Wyoming.
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AYERS
SarsapariIla

don't be induced to purchase any OF
the worthless substitutes, which are
mostly mixtures of the cheapest in
gradients, contain no sarsaparilla,
have no uniform standard of APP
pearance. flavor, or effect. are blood
purifiers in name only, and are Of
fered to you because there is more
profit in selling them. Take