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calls hand is stayed, and as they meet,
the villain, who would otherwise show
no quarter, salutes with the grave
suavity of courtier. But let that
same traveller become separated from
the Arab guard that he has bribed to
give him safe conduct through his own
bandit infested country, and he be-
comes legitimate prey. He will bc
plundered and perhaps killed, or, worse,
if the robber thinks that cruelty will ex-
tort any secrets of hidden spoil,
tortured or held for ransom, with each
days delay losing a few fingers, which
are forwarded TO the captives friends
to signify that the rascals mean bust
ness.
1.-The party in which this American
was travelling had been entering Syria
from the south, and were progressed
some twelve days from the sacred base
of old Sinai. At place called Br-es-
Sheba, on the regular caravan route TO
and from Mecca from the north, they
heard of some interesting archaeological
treasures Just unearthed some two days
| journey to the east, and, having MADE
the detour, the party snugiy encamped
by the side of a beautiful stream under
| the shadow of the Tubal chain OF noun
| tains.
"The treasures were vastly exagger-
ated, as is the custom with everything
oriental, and they soon determined to
| turn back to the caravan route and
bump on up into Syria-'bumping be-
ing the familiar term for camel riding
and a very expressive word at that
But on the afternoon OF the first rest
ing-day some one suggested jaunt to
a famous old well, where it was said
were some very ancient tumuli. But
knowing the Bedouins to be conscien.
tious liars, and sick of this unrewarded
chase for phantom treasures the Ameri
can begged to be left behind in charge
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Just returning from the wars and still
covered with surgeons plasters. From
this he produced pack of cards and
rendered it to the man who had sug
gested the game.
Certainly, if you will join us; but
what shall we do for a tablet"
"Here is a camp STOOL" said the man
of the world. And in a moment four
men were sitting around it, cutting for
deal, which CHANGED to fall to the
stranger.
The cards were distributed rapidly,
and the dealer was about to turn the
trump when o loud shrek pierced the
mir and q woman opposite suddenly
sank fainting to the floor.
"Don't be alarmed, gentlemen; it is
nothing serious" said the dealer, calm
~. 1.-THE lady simply caught sight of
her own frightened face in the mirror
and the shock caused her to faint. 1t
reminds me of thrilling experience
an American traveller had while bump
ing through Syria. But, pardon me,
the camel"
Once more he made a movement to
turn the trump, when one of the party
exclaimed:
"There can't be better time or place
than this for telling q thrilling expert.
ence."
"Yes," said another; do give us some
other kind of bumpfng than we are
having here. Let's have the story be.
fore we begin the game"
The stranger leaned back, passed his
cigar case, and, having lighted a weed
himself, began:
"It is an unwritten law among the
wild Bedouins east of the Red sea that il
an infidel traveller is attended on hi:
journey by one of the faithful he is saft
from the attacks of Mohammedan rob
bers. AS long rs the Frank as all for
eigners are called, is under the protec
ton of the Star and Crescept. the rag
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THE SWEATER.
A Curious Funeral Rite Which Obtained
In Wales.

A Curious Funeral Rite Which Obtained
In Wales.
The principality of Wales has within
living memory possessed an official
known as the ''sin-eater." 1t was the
practice for a relative-usually wom-
an-to put on the breast of a deceased
person a quantity of bread and cheese
and beer, and the sin-eater was sent for
to consume them and to pronounce the
everlasting rest of the departed. TWAS
believed that in doing this he absolutely
ate and appropriated to himself the sins
symbolized by the viands, and thereby
prevented their disturbing the repose OF
the sinner who had committed them.
Such an arrangement would obviously
leave nothing to be desired on the one
side, but how it worked on the other we
are not told. What was supposed to be
the condition of this spiritual under
taker after the ceremony was con-
cluded? Did his appropriation" of the
dead mans sins imply sort of moral as
sanitation of them, answering to his
physical assimilation of the bread and
cheese? The question would obviously
be one of some importance to sin-eater
in large practice. If the responsible
ties of his profession were as great as
ties of his profession were as great as
hypothesis, he would need to retire
from it early, and to devote consider
able portion of his closing years to re-
pentance and good works.
Again, it is natural to ask what hap
pened at the decease of popular or
fashionable" sin-eater. Would any
one among his professional brethren
undertake to eat his sins, even in the
first flush of satisfaction produced by
stepping into his shoes? If 80, then,
indeed, has the epithet of gallant
been rightly bestowed upon little Wales.
1t is as though one doctor succeeding to
another's practice should consent to as
sumo the moral responsibility for his
late colleagues treatment of all his de-
ceased patients, in addition to his own
similar burdens.
We yield to none in admiration of the
quiet and homely heroism of the medi-
cal profession, but we doubt whether il
would enable them to face such an or.
deal as this. AS to the Welsh practi.
| TONERS to whom we have compared
them, we shrink from pursuing the ap'
alysis further. 1t il evident that, a. in
the schooIboy game Of "conquerors,'
| where stone which can smash the
smasher, of, say, AZ other stones take'
over all its conquests, and becomes II
! self "forty-fourer," SO the responsible
tiles of these unhappy men might &C
cumulate at an alarming rate. Ont
hardly dares to contemplate the inter
nal condition of the sin-eater who had Il
life attended long series OF other sin
eaters. The cheese would be almos
converted into Welsh rabbit before p
had got it down.-London Times;
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WOMEN IN THE PROFESSIONS.


Tho Great Increase In the United King
dom--Some Statistics.
The advance made by women in the
professions is strikingly brought out by
this new census paper. In the civil
service the number of women officers
and clerks had risen from less than 81
600 in 1871 to s,546 in the last census
year. In the local government of the
country, too, women are much more
freely employed. There was evidently
q return of women doctors in 1871; they
were awaiting their degrees, or had de-
grees which the census did not recog-
nize; in 1881 they were returned as 25
in number, but in 1901 they were 101 in
England and Wales. Women veteti-
nary surgeons appeared for the first
time in the census of 1891. There were
then two of them. Besides over $4,000
sick nurses, there are Ss7 women en-
gagged in Subordinate medical service"
Under the somewhat comprehensive
heading of author, editor, journalist"
we find $50 women in 1891, as compared
with 452 ten years before and 255 in
1871. Women reporters were rare in
1851. Fifteen was the total number for
England and Wales, but in 1891 there
were 127. In the arts the invasion OF
the ladies is most conspicuous. In
1881 there were 1860 of their sex who
returned themselves as painters, en-.
gravers or sculptors; in 1891 the NUM-
her had risen to 3,032. For the first
time in 1891 there were lady architects
on the census. They numbered 10.
Lady musicians and music mistresses
numbered over 10000 in 1891. They
were 1000 ten years before. Instead
of 1853 actresses, as in 1851, there were
in 1891 1906. In the commercial class
the increase of women workers is not
SO striking, the apparently great aug
lnentation of commercial clerks being
explained by the transfer to this class
of hundreds previously described as &C
countants.-London News.
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The Turtles Longevity.

When Mauritius was coded to the
British, in the year 1910, one of the
soldiers, who had a liking for natural
history, discovered q turtle in the mill
itary barracks which competent au-
thorities said was then over 200 years
old. The rcpulsive-loolSing old reptile
is still alive and healthy, and bids fair
TO live to the end of this, or, probably,
the next century. He has enormous
strength and can, with apparent ease
carry two large men on his back.
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FASHIONABLE FOOTWEAR.

Mare Attention Paid to Comfort and Con-
venicnce Than Formerly.
"Of course, for carriage wear, house
wear. evening wear, the Louis Quinze
heel is all the go-although l do not
advocate women moving about all day
In the house, for instance, with their
feet at the angle those heels enforce.
Whether a woman is walking on the
street or walking in the house her foot
should be properly poised. The low
heel and pointed toe, even an extremely
pointed toe, arc to be preferred to the
broad toe and high heel which prevailed
a dozen or SO years ago."
"And about the prcadiliy toes-are
they vanishing?"
"a rounded toe, neither pointed nor
square, is what we are making now for
walking boots, but slippers still ter
inmate in sharp point, perhaps not AZ
exaggerated as last season.
Buckles have little to do with the
anatomy of the foot" he added, "but 1
want to show you these cut-steel
buckles on the patent-leather slippers"
and he took from the show window a
variety of Cinderella-like footgear
strapped and buckled in novel and
dainty designs. They were pretty
enough for the roseleaf feet of fairies.
"In regard to leggings, subject so
important to the tuniced and gated
Rosalinds who fit through our parks
and along our boulcvards, it is revealed
that shapely and satisfactory Access
series of the kind are being made Of
black leather and pigskin. The ma
iority are buttoned for convenience in
getting into them, but the more ex-
,pensive are laced with delicate preci-
sion and fit like wax.
Undoubtedly people pay much more
attention to their feet, take better care
of them and think more of their COM
fort now than they ever did. And well
they need to do So" quoth the shoe
maker, emphatically. "Many people
are one-sided and their bodies thrown
clear out of plumb simply from always
having balanced themselves on absurd
heels and having worn the wrong shape
of shoe. I know personally an appar
emily sensible woman who weighed
two hundred and twenty-five pounds
and who wore habitually one and one
half shoe with heel three inches high
She fell once or twice and hurt herself
but the fall was never attributed to the
shoes. have another customer, a fine
looking girl of noble proportions, who
invariably orders an A last. 1t is en-
tirely too narrow for her. Among thu
people who come to us to be fitted ART
great many whose feet are totally un
like. They have corn, perhaps, on on
foot, and habitually walk in such wa.
as to ease that foot; that is. throw tn,
pressure off the corn. A different Sc
of muscles is used and the foot enlarge
in a different way from its companion
foot. People invariably favor on
member of the body more than tn
other; in measuring for leggings on
leg is often found much larger than tn
other, and the same is true in regard +
feet. The shoes are made similar, bu
the feet are distinctly differently.
Tribune.
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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Perfumes are now extensively man
ufactured in the United States, and the
native articles are said by experts to
compare favorably with foreign manu-
features.
England manufactures perfumes
on very large scale, importing many OF
the materials from other countries,
but also making large use OF home
grown herbs and flowers.
Many woods have sugar and gum in
their composition, and the presence of
these elements is generally shown by
the attraction the wood seems to have
for many kinds of insects.
The wheat yield in the Genesee
valley, Idaho, this season is immense. W..
y. Glib thrashed 1000 bushels off OF 200
acres. averaging about As bushels to- the
acre. Dan Healy cut and thrashed IA
acres of wheat that went So bushels to
the acre.
"A Missouri rattlesnake at the mu-
scum of comparative zoology at Cam
bridge has been observed to lose his
skin twice year and to add rattle
for every skin. Instead of losing the
rattles as he does the skin, they are re-
tanned by the closing of the inner end
of the old rattle over the knob OF the
new one, and accidents accepted, the
snake bears with him this record Of his
age:
The trade in California sweet wines
is showing gratifying increase. The
total estimated product for this year is
3,OOO, 900 gallons, which is 25 per cent
more than was marketed last year
Heretofore there has been little profi'
in the vintages because of the fierce com
petition of growers, but the producers
have now made arrangements with a
sweet-wine syndicate which will con.
troll the entire product of the state and
give all concerned some share in thu
profit.
in America it has been observed
that bees often bore tubular corollas IL
order to get at the nectar Of flowers, In
stead of entering by the mouth. al
humblebees do in Europe. In essays OF
the crossfertilization of flowers, this
| supposed anomaly has been the subJec
| of much comment. 1t nowappears tina
the humblebees of Europe and Americ'
have identical habits in regard to thu
manner in which visits to flowers ar
made, and that it is the class of insects
known as the carpenter bee, or tn
borer, which works in the outside man
ner indicated.
The question of the influence OF tn
size of seeds upon termination and up
on the size of the plants that sprini
therefrom has recently been studies
anew by Mr.. B. X. Galloway, summar,
of whose conclusions is given by tn
Gardeners Chronicle. The weight AM
size of the seed are of great Importance
A large seed germinatesb etteran NOR
quickly. and with it one can count upo
having at the same moment from IS t
90 per cent. of the total crop,while wit
small seeds the crop reaches maturit
only in successive periods of time, $
that at no moment in gathering tn
crop in toto could we have the sam
proportion of the whole. Besides
where with small seeds four successiv
crops are obtained, we have six wit
large seeds, their evolution occurrin
with greater rapidity.
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A Csreless Tr.veler.

Mrs. Yeast-That Miss Bleachem,
who has been travelling in the west, l
learn, has lost that beautiful golden
hair of hers.
Mr.. Yeast-Tnat only goes to prove
what I've always said-that woman
should always put her name and adj
dress on her packages when travelling.
--Yonkers Statesman.
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The frequency with which young peo-
pie get married secretly, and forget TO
inform their parents until afterwards
lends color to the following:
"What's the news, jimmy" asked .
fond father.
Nothing that know of. O, yes, pa
now that I come to think OF it, l was
married last week. Texas Siftings.
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THE UNTURNED TRUMP.
HE ferry-boat,

HE ferry-boat,
"R a ppahan-'
mock" had an
experience in
the winter of
1873 that Will
never be for
gotten by any
of her passen-
gers.
During one
of her regular
trims between
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-01-04

A Mistake.
"It's a great mistake" said Bobby
1ompkins. ITO say that we Americans
are born free"
"Why, BobbieT"
look at that baby of ours. Was he
born free? guess not. He amt al-
lowed to do nothin' he wants ter."-Har-
per's Round Table.
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Las Number One.

H0 Number One
Now that we are married, Hettie. we
will have no further secrets from each
other"
"Then tell me TRULY, George, how
much did you pay for the ring?"-
Judge.
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--Briggs-'T see you are calling on
tho daughter Of the head Of your firm
now" Griggs-ssYes, she is the only
girl know Of whose father has to work
paehts. Harlem Lie,
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Marked improvement.

: Strawber-Dr. Probe has been treat
ing my rheumatism for the past six
months.
Singerly-Are you any better?
Strawber-I should say Sd. When
he came with his bill yesterday. l was
able to run like q deer.-Harper's
Bazaar.
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Exactly 1t.
"Well, Jack, I suppose you keep your
desk in apple-pie order"
eyes. That's just about It; every.
things all tumbled up together inside
Of it just like the inside of a pie."-Har-
per's Round Table.
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Cruelty.

Jones-Have you heard that Smith is
trying to get a separation from his
wife?
Brown-No. On what grounds?
Cruelty. He says that she
eats crackers in bed.-Boston Globe.
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Tive Ways.

Magistrate-You are charged, sir.
with trying to commit suicide.
Prisoner was driven to it, your
honor-driven to it by a woman.
Magistrate-Hum! Did she refuse
you, or marry YOUTH. Y. Weekly.
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REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES.

\ Republican primary election will be
I held In Ohio County on Saturday, July II,
: 1885, from . o'clock p. m. until o'clock p.
m. for the purpose OF elcctinS six dele
Bgatcs from each district TO the State Nom
ttnatinS Convention Mt ParkcrSburg, July
~. Six delegates from each district-to the
ieFlrst District Congressional Convention,
: and six delegates from cnch district to the
1fOhio County Republican Convex ton. held
Nor the purpose OF nominating fojIIS candi-
6ateS for the House OF Delegates. .sppoint-
tsinG one Senatorial and one Judicial Con-
ferce from each district. Said County
Eonventlon TO be held ut the call OF tho
fEounty Committee. Delegates TO all con-
gcntlOnS 10 select their own altGrnntcg
providing they are unable 10 attend snId
lsconventlons. Each delegate to the State
Aand First District Congressional Convon-
,Stion to have one vote. At the County Con-
skyention each delegate will cast one vote
lfor every 100 and fraction above IN votes
$cast for Hon. L. L. DOvencr for Congress
ssir 1884.
33ss5'NotIng places Will be located in the sew
Hefnl districts rs follows:
DIstrfCt-.VlSIlant Engine
House and Fulton School liorsdsSq
Madison pistrict-Market iallI'hnd Is
q lghd Hose House.
sIClay Distrlct-Lcri Casgcll's Livery Of
& fec.
s3sUnion DIs.rlCt-Pollcn Court Room.
sggCcntrc DlstrIct-llook & Ladder Mouse.
,gHWebstcr Districi--K. OF p. Temple.
,4sssRtchIc--35l7 Jacob street.
81 School House, Town Hall, Elm Grove
aat Glendnln. S!tL
Sand GlGnn's Run School House.
~ Liberty District-SchOOl House. West
Liberty. School House. Potomac and
HSchool House, VALLEY Grove DID,
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POLITICAL.
Official Call for Republican State
Convention,

Pursuant to the Instructions OF the State
Republican Central Committee, state
convention OF delegated representatives
OF the Republican party OF West Virginia
in the county OF Wood. on Wednesday.
the twenty-second day OF July. 1896. Mt II
o'clock Il. m. for the purpose OF nomi-
mating candidates for tho following offices,
10 be voted for at the general election TO
be held on the third day OF November. In
said year. to-wit: y.
Governor. Auditor, Treasurer, Superin-
tendent OF Schools, Attorney General.
Judge OF the Supreme Court Of Appeals,
and two Candidates for Electors!at-Large
OF President and Vice PresIdentjof the
United States. The delegates from each
senatorial district will also nominate 10
the convention one person for member OF
the State Republican Central Committee.
The delegates from each senatorial dis
trict are requested TO hold n meeting and
organize by electing Il chairman and sec
rotary OF each county delegations and
chairman and secretary OF the
senatorial district delegation: and also
TO select from the delegates In the
several counties OF each senatorial
district one member 10 serve on each OF
the following committees: Rules and
Organization. Basis OF Representation.
and Resolutions. to be announced to tho
convention ut the forenoon session. =
Each county. chairman Will forward to
committee, by the 18th day OF July, list
OF the delegates elected from his county,
attested by the secretary OF the county
committee; and all cases OF contest must
be flied by said date. with 4 full statement
Of each case, with the evidence therein
(printed or type-written), and any such
contest Will be heard and considered by
the State Central Committee ut 4 meeting
thereof hereby called to meet at tho Blen-
nerhassett Hotel. In ParkersburS, at p.
m. on July q. -
II Is recommended that the basis OF rep
rescntation In said state convention be
one vote for each 100 votes. and fraction
thereof greater than fifty. cast for tho
Republican nominee for Congress In 1921.
Each county will choose as many dele
gates to said convention rs will equal the
number OF votes II will be entitled to cast
therein: and the chairman OF each Repub-
lican county committee will take proper
steps to have called conventions or other
proper meetings In his county. to choose
delegates to the state convention; In which
conventions or meetings the cooperation
OF nil persons Is invited who purpose here
after 10 act with the Republican party in
its efforts TO promote protection. 10 Ameri-
can worktnSmen. American agriculture
and American Industries: system OF reel
procity, sound money, n return OF pros
perlty, and reform and economy In tho
VIM NJ. o. DAWSON.
Chairman.
Secretary.
Tfncryood W Va JlIno Is 1901
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FIFTEEN THOUSAND PHONES
In the Newly Organized Interstate Asso.
elntion- Meeting OF the wnysand Means
Committee nj plttsburrh

In the Newly Organized Interstate Assoc
Misunderstanding OF the wnysa and Means
Committee ut Pittsburgh.
Mr.. L. Ellsworth Robinson, OF the
Peoples Telephone Company returned
yesterday from Pittsburgh. where he at
tended n meeting of the Why's and means
committee OF the Interstate Local Tel
ephonc Association. Tho association
now includes In its membership a net
work OF exchanges In West Virginia.
eastern Ohio and western Pennsylva-
MIA. twenty-five In number, with about
1900 Instruments and subscribers.
These towns have been admitted to
membership: Youngstown. o.; Sisters
Vile, ". Va: Richmond, Va; Indiana,
Pa; Steubenvi,le,< o.; Greensburg. Pa;
Apollo. Pa; GAINESVILLE. o.: Altoona,
Pa; Mckeesport, Pa: Carnegie, Pa;
Braddock, Pa; Jamestown. Pa: La
trobe, Pa: Blalrsville. Pa: Mercer, Pa:
Wheeling; Newark, o.; GAINESVILLE. o.;
Bellalre, O.: Fairmont, w. Va; Man
nington, W. Nn.; Grafton, w. Va;
Wellsburg, w. Va: Martins Ferry. O.;
Bridgeport. O.: Pittsburgh. Pa; ALLIE
gheny, Pa.
The meeting was well attended und all
the members OF the committee were en-
thusiastIc for SUCCESS. The meeting nd
journed with all In accord. pulling to-
gether WITHOUT hitch. The Mckees-
port company. says Mr.. Robinson. has
been In operation since 1890. has made n
50 per cent cut In the rates that pre-.
vailed before, and Is paying a dividend
OF 20 per cent On Wednesday, the
Youngstown company oydered 900 addi-
tlonal telephones; 1t Will make 4 Il per
cent reduction In existing rates In tho
Ohio town, and expects TO be able to
pay % per cent dividend. The indie.
pendent company organizing In Pitts
burGh expects TO start with 600 phones.