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The Republican., 1896-10-22

WHEN bilious or costive, eat a Cascaret
candy cathartic, cure guaranteed, 10c 25c
The Republican., 1896-10-22

THE MINIsTER-"I suppose, these times, a
man has got to keep his eyes open?' The
Deacon-"Yes, indeed except on Sundays. u
-Yonkers Statesman
The Republican., 1896-10-22

De pussons what sets on de ags oh Dor
rered trouble will at las succeed in hatchin
de geuerwine chickens.-Texas Sitter
The Republican., 1896-10-22

CAsCARETs stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or grippe.
The Republican., 1896-10-22

Iris quite the thing lately for an old girl
to marry a young fellow, and bring him up
the way she wants him.
The Republican., 1896-10-22
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price 75c-

A DIRTY fellow who was selling a ma
chine for driving nails was advised to get
one for cleaning them. Texas Sitter.
The Republican., 1896-10-22

SHE-'It is wonderful how much a wom-
an can go through" He-"Yes, especially
IN the way of pockets or fortunes. '-Truth.
The Republican., 1896-10-22

Get rid of the old cows and the Door
cows. Cows are cheap enough to war;
rant US in having the best.
The Republican., 1896-10-22
POSTAL CARD MAGNET.

OF course you understand the prin-
ciple of the experiment. By rubbing
the card you waken electricity in it,
and it thus becomes a sort of magnet,
with the power to attract light bodies.
Do not try the experiment in damp
weather.-Chicago Record.
The Republican., 1896-10-22

Mrs. A. Z. Rinehart, of Dover, n. Fl
has covered 1862 miles on her bicycle in
zen days.
The Republican., 1896-10-22
POSTAL CARD MAGNET.


A Pretty Experiment Which Must Not Be
Tried in Damp Weather.
No doubt you've all made rubber
comb pick up bits of paper by first rub
bing it briskly on rough coat sleeve,
but did you ever hear of a postal card
that could be turned into a magnet d?
Balance a walking stick on the back
of chair and tell the spectators that
you are going to make it fall without
touching it or the chair.
Having thoroughly dried postal
card, preferably before an open fire,
rub it briskly on your sleeve and then
hold it near one end of the stick. The
stick will Mt once be attracted to the
card, and will follow it as if it were a
magnet. As it moves twill soon lose it's
equilibrium and fall from the chair.
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Collar of Honor.

In France the Society For the Pre-
vention of Cruelty 10 Animals q caratcs
dogs who have distinguished tLsmsei Ives
by deeds OF bravery with tastefully
designed collar of honor" Says "a
Paris letter:
Among the animals already deco
rated i'll this way one Of the most cele-
brated is BacchUs, large bulldog,
whose speciality it is to stop rUnaw.y
horses by jumping up and seIzins them
by the bride. 1t is calculated that tie
intelligent animal has already saved
the lives Of eight persons, if not more,
in this way.
PauTland, another bulldog, received
a collar in 1887 for saving his mistress
from the attack of footpad, ana Turk,
a splendid Newfoundland, has had q
similar honor for saving three young
children from drowning on different &C.
caslOnS.
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a Portraits Eyes.

WollastOu's curious discovery was
that by adding to each pair Of eyes 4
nose directed TO the right or the left the
eyes lose their front direction and look
TO the right or left, according TO the di-
rection of the nose. BY means Of Il flap
representing the lower features in q
different position, IS Dr.. MCllaston ro-
marks. "a lost look of devout abstr3c-
ton in an uplifted countenancc may be
exchanged for an appearance of mquisi-
tive archness In the leer Of Il younger
face turned downward and oDiiquely
toward the opposite side. "
As by changing tEe direction Of the
lower features We change the direction
of the eyes, SD by changing our position
the eye OF the portrait apparently fol-
lows US. II vertical line Le drawn
through the tip of the nose END half
way between the eyes, there viii be
the same breadth of head. Of cheek, Of
chin and Of neck on each side OF this
middle line, and each iris viii toe IN the
middle of the whole eye. If we now
move % one side, the apparent horizon
tai breadth Cf every part OF the head
and face will be diminished, but the
parts on each side Of the middle line
viii be diminished equally, and 1t any
position, however obliqIe, there viii
be the SAME breadth OF face on each side
Of the middle lane, and the iris viii be
III the center Of the whole of the eye
ball, so that, being on fat surface,
the iris Will be- seen III front of the PIC
ture or obliqIeiy. Notes and Queries.
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BEAUTIFUL SEVILLE.

There Ia always Something amusing, Pic
to-iaI o. Dramatic to Sc.
The landlord at the Hotel e Paris
was vcEy patient and good LumurCd
with e, though we walked HIN al
over his oy.n house before we chose a
room that opened upon a small, da-l..
woll-lllle court, full of palms and orange
trees and with a fountain. lie seemed
delighted VIXEN he found that we were
satisfied. on know ne told Us. i
always say that strangers who cone 10
Seville IL the s1mmer time must Ee
mad. "
Yet only in the summer time does
one see the true character Of the coau-
try. and more especially Of Seville. The
town was as hot as, if not hotter than,
Cordova. Al its stock amusements were
of for the time. There were no gypsy
dances no ball fights, but nothing could
have been gayer and more animated
than the mere aspect of the place. Its
narrow alleyways. where TIE flower
laden balconies almost met above oar
heads, were lined with hoases, shining
white or pale rose or green or gold IL
the sunlight. The market places were
at all hours crowded with cI2ttering
laughing peasants, while the cir,
=. vas cooled by fountain play
..e center. The shops opened,
% fe~ui:kc, without windows, upon the
j.. .. IS. their wares tumbling oat al
Al. - one'S feet
r3ly green square but had S3u-
little booth al each corner, where
mcn or women sold fresh water and
,sgct iced drinks. No matter in what
iTcc,ion we went there was always
snIaethiug amusing, pictorial or dranat-
&c. Now II was wonderful church or
convent or hospital, with fine hambCy-
ant doorway and romantic associations,
or again 1t was a garden Of palms, q
high mirador, afiame with roses; a dark
lnte:lCr, with oxen in the far shadows;
long arcade, making a frame for the
Moorish wall of the cathedral mosque,
and always il was long train Of males
IL gorgeous trappings. coming and go
ing or resting in narrow street and
Under the shade Of high wall, with. as
like as not, a row Of po;ted flowers on
Its top.-EIzabeth II. Pennell in Cta-
t"-v
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A PLUCKY CONJURER.
us Displayed More Nerve Than Did His
Volunteer Assistant.

AtS Displayed wore Nerve nan DAU MS
Volunteer Assistant.
4 very pleasant anecdOte is told Of
Professor Anderson by Mr. Arthur a
Beckett III his Green Room Rec0llec-
tions. He says the professor IN his
great gun trick used to give one Of the
audience a rife, some powder and
marked bullet The marksman was
then requested TO load and prepare TO
fire.
ThereupOn the professor walked TO
the end Of the stage and invited the n
feman TO shoot him. Then, after the
marksman had fired, he used to produce
the marked bullet, insisting that he
had caught it on a plate. On one occa-
zion friend Of mine, who was an ad-
mirable amateur Conjurer, offered him.
self as an assistant. He took the gun
and the ammunition and duly loaded.
II was the custom Of the professor 10
give the bullet final tap with his
wand to see that it was rammed down
properly, and this final tap, have been
told, extracted the bullet. This my
friend knew, and when the professor
offered his assistance he politely de-
clined Anderson did not insist, but
coolly walked 10 the end Of the stage
and called out, Now, sir. take good
aim at me and fire. -
Ny friend hesitated, as be was well
aware that the gun he was holding was
really loaded Fire, sir, fire-" cried
the professor.
Ny friend lowered the weapon, and.
saying ne could not let it of, returned
II to Anderson. who Immediately, un-
der pretense Of seeing whether 1t had
been properly loaded, extracted the bull
let Then he gave the gun TO some one
else. But before the rife was fred he
addressed the audience Ladies and
gentlemen" said he, ''the person who
has Just resumed his seat knew IEy tIick
and fUiled ii. If he had fired, this prob
ably would have been my last appear
ance before you. But he hada' sufii-
clent nerve 10 shoot me. >
When il dawned upon the house tE9t
Anderson had ris6ed his life rather than
confess himself beaten, the applause
was deafou.nG. NY friend told mc taat
he felt rather small ard regretted his
ponChant for practical joking.
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DICKENS DUMMY BOOKS.
The Most Delicious Satire Was Inscribed
On Their Covers.

The Most Delicious Satire Was Inscribed
On Their Covers.
Gad's Hill was a merry house, writes
Stephen Fiske in fOndly recalling incl
dents of his visits to Charles D.es,as N
an article telling OF the personal sida Of
the novelist III Ladies Home Journal.
Dickens was a welispring OF mirCh, and
his humOr infected the whole party.
Often when l came down from London
he would walk cut and lean against the
doorpost while 1 was at the gate, and
we would shout with laughter over the
fun that we had had and were going TO
have. When everything else failed, the
library was an unending amusement.
The room was lined with books from
floor 10 ceiling, even the backs of doors
being bookcases, but the books on the
doors and along the floor were bC-cS.
Dummy backs had been lettered with
titles and pasted on the glass, and the
titles had been selected by such wits as
Dickens, Yates, the Collins brothers,
Albert Smith and Mark Lemon Of
Punch.
We used to sit ON the floor to study
this mock library and roll over with de-
light at some clever satire. l remember
THE Virtues of Our Ancestors. " vol
ume so thin that the title had to be
printed lengthwise; Five Minutes In
India, by British Tourist, IN two vol
umes as large as aH unabridged dictioa-
airy; Lives of the Poets, i mere PAM
phlet; Eggs on Bacon" TO match
Coke OH Littleton;" Statues Erected
to the Duke of Wellington, 10 per- y
volumes, and there were dozens Of OtLv-
quiPs and cranks a catalogue Of these
bogus BOOKS should have been preserved,
but nobody thought Of writing II oat ;
nobody realized that Dickens would
ever die
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The CHlLDREN,S TABLE.
Useful Suggestions For the Hygienic Diet
of Children.

of Children.
A few hint az TO what not to give
TO young childres may be helpful TO
mothers, for children are creatures of
habit from earliest infancy, and if they
have formed habits of caring for cake
and sweets and refusing other food
whose fault is il? How many mothers
give a child a slice of bread not only
thickly buttered but covered with lay
er Of sugar or jam besides? Was not the
bread good enough with either alone?
Such mothers when demonstrated with
answer, why, my child would not eat
bread and jam unless it We're buttered
also" That habit was formed in the
child by the mother. Even young chill
dren are very shrewd i'll dealing with
their elders and Will soon discover their
weak points. Perhaps when there are
callers the mother, to avoid scene,
gives piece of cake, and this Is adroit-
" made use of to secure "a like favor at
a subsequent time.
Young mothers, do not allow your
own ease and comfort at the moment TO
cause your child TO form pernicious
habit, be it the candy habit or the cake
habit. Consistent firmness will spare
you a world of trouble and annoyance.
Of course a piece of light spOngccake
will not hurt a well child, but let it be
given as rare treat. Never give any
kind of pastry. You and your child VIII
be happier for it. Neither are rich pud-
dings and pudding sauces allowable.
Tea and coEoe should not be given
under the age OF 81. Old vegetable cr
hearty fruits, such as bananas, sEOu.a
not be given TO children under 6.
A helpful book for mothers is How
TO Feed Children," by Louise Hogan.
The following extracts may well ne
copied in large letters and hung in the
kitchen or pantry wherever children S
food is prepared.
1.-The amount of nutrition required
in every instance must be carefully con-
sidered. One of the most important rea-
sons for this is that energy must not be
wasted in getting rid of sUpertluous ma
terial, as organic disease may result. \
little food thoroughly digcsted Is far
better than much that is half diCgsted.
Many Of the diseases to which children
are liable would disappear undor strict
supervision Of hygiene and diet, espe-
cially the various intestinal disorders,
including many resultant throat, ca
tarrhal and nervous troubles. Nature
reSerts carclessness and is relentless III
her punishments. "
"A legal enactment III France pro-
hibits the giving of any form Ct sold
food to infants under year of age
without authority OF aProsCriptiou from
qualified medical man. The employ
mcnt of the rubber tube for nursing bot
ties is also forbidden. as II Is almost in
possible TO keep 1t clean.
Left overs are decidedly not to be
used in the nursery, if for no other rea-
sen than in many houses cooked and
uncooked foods of various kinds are kept
in uncovered dishes from day to day in
one common refrigerator or closet, alb
sorbing unwholesome germs from sur
roundings that, to say the least, are not
sanitary. "-American Kitchen Maga-
zine.
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Don't be Ahead Of Time.

The guest who is ahead of time is al
ways an insufierable bore to, the host.
The business man who is ahead Oi
time loses many a bargain. The
youth who pops the question ahead OF
time seldom wins bride. The wo-
man who is ahead Of time votes and
wrinkles before she is thirty. The
clock that is ahead of time is despised.
The cook who is ahead of time spoils
the breakfast. The troops that fire
ahead of time waste ammunition.
The bicycle girl who is ahead of
time is arrested for scorching. The
boy who is nominated for President
ahead Of time wrecks himself and his
party. If the sun were to rise ahead
of time the world would be warped
out Of all shape. If the tide were to
come in ahead of time we would lose
all our shipping. If the ice man de
livers his chunk ahead of time YOU
have nothing but water on the brain.
If you get up ahead of time you spend
a miserable day. Ifyou go to bed
ahead of time you pitch and toss all
night. If Weather-man Dunn fore
casts ahead of time we suffer all the
agonies of surprised missionaries roast
ed alive on Il skewer.
Don't he ahead of time.
Don't be late.
BE on time. N. Y. Press.
"My husbands sight was poor before
/ married him"
Il supposed so."-Life.
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! al sorry, remarked Mr. Blykins'
wife, Ito Sc that you are Of such an
irritable disposition.
4 guess that most men have their
moods" be replied, a little dofiantly.
Men are all liable to lose their ten
Fcrs ~ sC-Gc time.
Think Of the philosophers! Tfiuk of
now Socrates even jCCk the cU0 4 roi-
son without q uurmu:, .,..-s ,c.:sve
ne cvor lost his tenIor.
"EUmpA, Ic Glln't lave tie NOD
sTD facilities. I'll wager 4. s--'. l...: that
Il Socrates lad cy,s Es;;u s,ytu r..5.,s
from home and focrd tl.i g., l.,i. t.re
had a. Iuuc'Ure T.. 3; md '..at scmClcav
had stolen ms .orair hit. I,'sl -,c saic
Things HAT ke vouidn't lave Esd iIs
publishers know alcCt fIr t.,---s -
Washington star
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Mr.. TUCKER OF MARTINIQUE
Ris Important share In President Disx's
Adventures

DIE Important share In President DlSLs
Adventures.
Il sheltered President Diaz Of Mexico
Some wears ago when he was a refugee
from his own land, " said Captain J. q.
Tucker, United States consul to Mar
Unique, al the Ebbitt.
He had been at the head Of a revolu
ti0nary movement that had failed and
escaped across the Rio Grande TO
Brownsville. Invited him TO my house,
and he was my guest for about four
months. During that time he impressed
me as a man Of extraordinary ability
and force Of character, and between us
there sVrang up a fraternal attachment.
DiaZ thought that he could rely on
friends In Brownsville TO furnish him
means whereby he could renew the fight
on the national forces, but when the
time came they did not make good their
promises
-OIc evening on going home | found
him pacing the hallway with restless
stride and evidently in a very agitated
frame Il mind asked what the trouble
was. and he answered: L am in the
1os, le-rorate situation, without dol
Ia- rr friend IN the world. / know
1o- ---i-ca way 10 turn
You iaav be without a dollar, but
never without a friend as long as l
law. general. said l, and then talked
with -.a til lac got in a calmer mood.
Tlel j r.-t him Of something / had re-
solved ,n doing weeks before, which
was % Jet him have a good round sum
of MONEY Tor the purchase Of arms and
ammunition. In those days | had some
pretty fat government contracts, and
few thousand dollars didn't matter
much Diaz was the happiest and most
grateful mortal | ever saw. In the
plCntitUdc If al the power he has since
wiclded. ] Coubt whether he has ever
felt the JOY that possessed him that
night whom he learned that he could
have ali the money needed for his imme-
diatc uso lie actually shed tears Of de
light, and on that l felt rewarded, not
caring whether l ever got my money
back or not.
ITS too long . story TO tell in detail
of how / went On TO New York and got
the rflps and ammunition, AID what a
tirne Wo had in Clud.ng both the Mcxi-
c.u and American officials and getting
tie ar..s across the river. But the thing
was r..r god. and 1t gave D;@z the stlrt
fC~ al..-,. g. r.---i-n that O2doc IN his
coI-..-. that was con-
Ss---..la.... '..-.r --eI through
an .v...-. .-.-. -..-. .fF..a "A rh8utpr
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THE SEA OF SAND.
Marco Polo's Account of the Great Desert
os Gobi.

Marco Polo's Account of the Great Desert
OF GObi-
Lop Is a large town at the edge OF
the desert which is called the desert
of Lon and is situated between east
and northeast 1t belongs 10 the great
khan. and the people worship Moham-
med. Now, such persons as propose 10
cross the desert take weeks rest IN
this town to refresh themselves aud
their cattle, and then they make ready
for the journey, taking with them a
months supply for man and beast. On
uniting this city they enter the desert
The length Of this desert Is so great
that it is said 1t would take year ana
more TO ride from one end of II TO the
other. And here, where its breadth Is
least. it takes a month To cross II. lis
all composed Of hills and valleys OF
sand. and not a thing to eat Is to be
found on il. But after riding for DAY
and a night yUa find fresh water,
enough mayh3p for some 80 or 100 per-
sons with their beasts, but not for more.
And all across the desert yOu VIII IND
water in like manner-that Is 10 say, III
some 2S places altogether you VIII lnd
good water, bat IN no great quantity
and in four places also YOU find brack-
ish water.
Beasts there are none, for there Is
naught for them 70 eat. But there Is a
marvellous thin. related Of this desert
which Is that when travellers are on the
move bv night and one of them chances
TO lac behind or TO fall asleep or the
like. when be tries to gain his company
again, be viii hear spirits talking and
will suuuose them to be his comrades
Sometimes the spirits will call him by
name. and thus shall traveller oftumes
be led astray, so that he never finds has
party. And in this way many have per
ished. Sometimes the stray travellers
will hear, as ii were, the tramp and hum
Of a great cavalcade Of people away
from the real line Of road, and, taking
this TO be their own company, they VIII
follow the sound, and when day breaks
they find that "A cheat has been put on
them and that they are IN an III plight
Even IN the daytime one hears those
spirirs talking. And sometimes you
shall hear the sound Of a variety Of
musical instruments and still more
commonly the sound Of drums. Hence
IN making this journey 1t is customary
for travellers 20 keep close together. All
the animals, too, have bells at their
nccks. so that they cannot easily get
astray. A-d at sleeping time 4 signal
Is put no TO show the direction Of the
next march.
So thus II Is that the desert Is cross
ed.-.'The Story Of Marco Polo, . by
Noah Brooks, in St Nicholas.
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THE COLOR OF THE EYES.
Dark Eyes Said to BE More General
Among Women Than Among Men.

Among Women Than Among Men.
Into the realm of sentiment, with
heavy football, like bull i'll a china
shop or an elephant among porcelain,
the sedate and matter of fact statistician
obtrudes himself, intent On dealing,
through percentages, with matters
which one might tixnk would be oX-
empt from such prosic consideration.
The latest subjects of statistical inquiry
are light and dark eyes, and as the re-
suit of sundry responses to questions
propounded III various countries and
duly authenticated it has been discov
ered-and lot merely discovered, but
also proved-th :, taking the average of
Europe and Al rica, A. q Is the per-
centage of men having light eyes, in
cluding blue and gray. The proportion
of girls and women having blue or gray
eyes is by the same computation 34.2
per cent. In other words, blue eyes are
decidedly rarer amon,S women than
among men, and it is for this reason
perhaps that blue eyes, especially in
combination with blond hair, are es-
teemed so highly as feature Of femi-
nine beauty.
Men have light eyes oftener than
women, bat in the intermediate grade
of color between light and dark the
percentage of the two sexes is very
nearly though not quite the same. In
this intermediate category are brown
and hazel eyes-neither pure light nor
genuine black. The percentage OF these
among men is 43. l and among women
40. l. The percentage of dark. or, more
properly, black, eyes is larger among
women. being 30. per cent Of the Wkoie
number, while among men it is 1a.3 3.
Perhaps it is the relative rarity of dark
eyes among men which establishes the
rule that dark eyed men are esteemed
by women 10 be more fortunate in the
color Of their eyes than blue eyed men.
The figures upon which these percent
ages are based are the result of ILqDlr-
les not prosecuted IN one or more OF the
countries Of Europe or one or more
states of the United States, for, as is
well known, in southern European coGn-
tries dark eyes both among men ard
women predOminate, while light eyes
are to be found in just as high proper
tiOn III northern countries. New York
sun.
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If your children are subject
to Group watch for the first symp-
tom of the disease-hoarseuess II
Chamberlaic's Cough Remedy Is given
n soon as the child becomes hoarse it
will prevent an attack. Even after the
croupy cough has appeared the attack
can always be prevented by giving
this remedy. 1t is also invaluable for
colds and whooping cough. For sale
by Benford's Pharmacy.
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Couldn't Afford il.

Mrs. Cobwigger-''i know it would
do me the world of good 10 go away
for the summer, but l couldn't thin:,
of letting you stay in the city"
Cobwigger-"Are you afraid OF sun
stroke?"
Mrs. Cobwigger-'Not at all.p
Cobwigger-'It can't be possible
that you Are jealous"
Mrs. Cobwigger-"Of you? The
ideau'
CObwigger-"Then what in the
world can it ben
MFs. CoDwigger-"To tell you frank
ly, my dear, don't think we can az
ford it. Just think what it means for
q man 10 stay in town aIl summer who
plays such . poor game Of poker IS
you. New York World