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one owned IN Paris Averaged rive
Meals Each Year
During the last few months some of
me gentlemen connected with the Afu-
scum Of Natural History at Paris have
given 70 the world various interesting
results OF their observations.
The learned professor at the mu-
scum. Leon Valiant. describes the diet
OF q serpent more than twenty feet
long, which has been On exhibition at
the Jardin des Plantes since the month
OF August. 1885. Up to the end Of 1895
this reptile has eaten fifty times; that
Is on the average OF five times q year.
The largest number OF times In one
year that the snake took food was In
1856, when he ate seven times.
Nearly always the food consisted Of
the flesh Of goats, old and young.
Three times, however, the repast was
composed OF rabbits and once a goose.
The feeding Of the serpent, which viii
eat nothing but what Is alive, offers an
uncommon spectacle, and many per-
sons request to have notice Of the
AAACS WHICH, TIC CACatuAC ACCdcs ~ %
to witness the feeding. Yet the light
ningiike rapidity with which the rep
tile selves Its prey produces q power
full impression.
Apropos Of the volume which can,
by means Of distension, enter the
stomachs Of serpents, Prof. valiant
relates that French viper was once
put In tho same cage with a horned
viper. As these individuals, although
belonging to different species, were OF
the same size, Ii was supposed that
they would live amicably side by side.
Nevertheless, the horned viper, dur
ing the following night, swallowed his
companion in captivity, and In order
to accommodate this prey so dlspro-
portionate to itself, its body was dis
tended to such a degree that the
scales, instead OF touching each other
laterally, and even overlapping each
other little, as In Its normal condl-
tion, were separated, leaving between
the longitudinal rows Of them a space
equal to their own breadth. All the
same, digestion proceeded regularly.
and the viper did not appear to have
suffered In the least. The case OF the
cobra that swallowed a brother cobra
by mistake at the roo affords another
example of this extraordinary capacity
for the accommodation OF food.-Pit:s-
burg Dispatch.
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why the Doe IIowled-

When Richard Nansfeld's company
WAS In Cincinnati recently Miss Jennie
Fustace, the leading woman. had q
weird experience In q hotel. She car
ries about the country n small, but
valuable dog. She went to leading
e(,Inciunati hotel and was assigned 10
A large and splendidly furnished room.
Her dog was carried TO IL In basket
The door had hardly closed on the
hell boy when the dog was let out or
ffs hasKet. Il BEGAN immediately 10
rry and moan, and made Wild efforts TO
scratch its way through the door.
5-here was no accounting for his be-
i,avior. but Miss Eusface became
alarmed and felt herself growing faint
and nervous. She tried 70 pacify the
dor. Tbs effort was futile She rang
for the bell boy, and asked>to be shown
a. another room. even IL Il were not as
erreeably situated and elegantly fur
nisbed as the one she was IN
AZ soon rs she got the new room the
Ace ceased crying and made almost
amman efforts 20 EXPRESS its JOY at
fhe change. As for herself. her nerv-
ouxness disappeared almost Instantly.
she thought nothing further OF the AZ
fair uufiI q few days later. when she
overheard snme Of the guests Of the
house speaking Of a suicide which had
been committed IA the hotel the pre-
cedinr SUNDAY, the day Of her arrival.
Upon inquiry she learned that q Eeil
known man had killed himself In the
room 10 which she had frst been sent.
aud f1e body had been removed only
e1orf tine rreriops 70 her arrival
I>1zI1I<I1Ii1 tr[Ul<<r. -
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INDIGESTION.
ne Disease WIN Create the nesons sf
Heart Disease. kidney Disease. Ma.
From the standard>Union, Brooklyn.

Heart Disease. Kidney Disease, Ete.
From the standardNUnion. Brooklyn.
N. Y.
Few women have had a more mis-
cradle existence and lived 70 ten ths
tale than Mrs. Anna L. Smith Of ~
PULASKI Avenue. Brooklyn. with an
the comforts that money affords, with
all the happiness that many loving
friends can give. the Joy OF Mrs.
Smiths life was blasted for years by
the terrible ravages OF sickness The
story Is most interesting a. told 20 Q
reporter:
Il was an invalid for years. suffering
FIRST with one complaint and then with
another. The thing which caused me
the most discomfort and made me Of
fensive TO my family was the worst
case OF Indigestion imaginable. I had
the best physician We could find, and
occasionally his prescriptions relieved
me temporarily. But the pains and
misery would all soon return again.
i became desperate. and started In to
try remedies OF which ! read. Among
them were the Pink Pills. took the
pills and foil owed out the direc-
tons 70 the letter, and before
many days began to feel Ike q differ
ent woman. For six weeks took the
pills regularly, and I can truthfuiiy
add after that 1 was as wen any one
In the family. This change for the bet
ter In my condition has caused my
relatives and friends to take the pills.
We buy them from the drug store Of
John Duryea. at the corner Of DeKalb
and Sumner Avenues.
Il assure you Il was impossible for
me to oversee my household for three
years Now / visit my kitchen every
day. do my own marketing and shop
ping; In a word. look after everything
connected with my home and family.
"Oh. yes. I still keep taking the pills.
I take one daily after dinner. Proven
ton. you know, Is better and cheaper
than cure. ! verify believe one half
or the women who are suffering from
the Ills which our sex are heir to would
be up and well IL they could be in
duced to give the Pink Pills fair trial
certainly recommend them heartily
and and feel grateful to the physician
who put them on the market
Mrs Smith Is a woman OF some
means and standing In the community
and. therefore. her testimony will be
accepted without question by all
thoughtful people.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain all
the elements necessary to give new life
and richness to the blood and restore
shattered nerves. They may be had
OF all druggists or direct by mail from
the DR.. Williams Med. Co., Schenecta-
dy, N. Y, at so cents per box, or six
boxes for $3.50.
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WISE WOMEN MARRY LATE.

In America the Sex Has Gained Ad-
-vantages, But Not I'm MatrimOny.
The strides which the movement
among American women to secure for
themselves an independent livelihood
has made during fae last two or three
decades are simply astounding. Moth
ing can illustrate this better than tie
following figures, which have refer
ence to the number OF women In the
United States IN each profession in
1890. the figures In parenthesis being
the corresponding sgures for 1870: In
1880 there were AIS female doctors
GID; 3ST female dentists CA; 30 ie-
male lawyers 60; $50 female engin-
eurs and land surveyors tnone); 70 fe-
male architects o.; 1000 lady paint
ers and sculptors (i12I; 5000 female
authors Q5W: SSS female journalists
cS-1; 34.51S female musicians (5,1SS;
1919 actresses (C92l; GA female theat.
rical managers goo; 21,1S5 shorthand
writer's ca; 65!O4S clerks, secretaries
ETC.. S.1O6l, 27.777 female bookkeep
efs (nonc).
Last year 1.Slo women visftea tne
universities, Of whom "a left them as
fully trained doctors. and about n doz-
en-, respectively, as lawyers, preachers
and journalists. OF the above l,Soo
Students, 81 per cent have married.
American women. however, do not, as
a rule, marry until they have compiet-
cd their twentieth year, and OF these
1,SO5 rs many as SS7 were still under
twenty years OF age. OF women who
hold diplomas as doctors, between
twenty-five and thirty years, only ~
per cent marry; OF those between
thirty and thirty-five years, the per-
centage of those who marry has rtsef
to 4S.7 per cent; Of those between thlr-
ty-five and forty, to 40 per cent; and Of
those above forty years. to 54.o per
cent. From this II becomes evident
that Of women who have frequented
universities, at least In America, mar
nv much later than others. 1t IL, per-
haps, q natural result OF this circum-
stance that divorces are virtually q
ching unknown among these lafe-mar-
rying women students.-New York
Press.
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BIGGEST PLow ON EARTH.
10 Takes Fifty Horses to Draw This
Gigantic Implement.

10 Takes Fifty Horses to Draw This
Gigantic Implement.
J. Thompson is q ranch foreman Of
California, says the New York World.
He is the man who designed ard had
manufactured q plow which 1t took
fifty horses or seventy-fiye oxen to
draw and four men at the handles to
guide along a furrow. This agricul-
tural monster is the largest pillow In the
world and Is at present on one OF the
ranches Of the Kern County Land COM
psny, near Bakersfield.
At the time that the possibility OF
this affair dawned upon Mr.. Thompson
he was weary Of cultivating with q
two-horse plow the 5000 acre wheat
field Of which he had charge. The top
of the pillow was FIVE feet above the
ground; the beam was foot thick. the
handles ten feet long and the whole
thing was mounted on two eight-foot
wheels to facilitate turning 1t at the
end of the burrows. The drivers seat
was on the axle of these Cheels.
At the first trial ten horses were
hitched to the concern, but as soon as
the share caught the earth they were
unable TO move II. More horses were
brought and still more, until there were
fifty in all. Even then II moved very
slowly. However. horses were cheap
and their feed cost absolutely nothing.
and, after the secret OF managing It had
been mastered, It effected little saw
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Willie Washington was gazing INTO space
with q look Of intense anguish.
nHhat II the matter, WiIlle7" said enc
Of his friendA Have yoa been having
sYa-a-x I'm afraid tAat I've gone and
made myself verwy unpopular with Van
Diggies and his wife. don't you know"
s1n what wayr
cycle"
sYes" 80
~In costume"
Certainly"
passed me one aftah the othah-"
aAnd didn't you speak 20 themr
sYa-a-G I with i hadn't fob. do yOu
know, every time I think the mattah oyah
bowed to Van DIggies and said Hello. old
man. 70 his wife."-Washington Star.
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captains cabin, trheb searched there,
Mrs Meiharst's diamonds. Mr.. Car
ters cigarette case aEd rings and
miscellaneous collection Of other yalu-
abies were found upon him. |usls
stateroom we discovered g peri ee$ n
box, apparently intended for Il,
OF the monkey, who was eyA sdy
quite ss accomplished fT IFS
rcaster.-Cassell's Journal. ~
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sneexing.

The sneeze Is without its advantages,
says N. Sober. In some foreign coun-
tries sneezing is considered the height
et iii manners. and yet how prevalent
was the use Of snuff in England in the
reign Of the Georges. A sneez Il an
alarm clock, and gives notice that the
body Is losing its heat too rapidly and
needs protection A sneeza may an
nounee the approach Of cod. While
q sneeze may not be hoisss-ous. II
should not be suppressed
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cut rhs Aavsrtissnent oat
x.s shs nixh. color.

Arabian women. when they are
Obliged to 60 into mourning. not only
stain their hands and feet with indigo
for eight days. but drink no milk dur
lag the sams period, on the ground that
its hro does not harmonic With their
mental g'ocn-
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Gladness, Comes

INTith a better understanding Of the
w transient nature of the many phys
ical ills, which vanish before proper ef-
forts-gentle efforts-pleasant efforts
rightly directed. There Is comfort in
the knowledge, that so many forms OF
sickness are not due 10 any actual dis
ease, but simply to constipated condi-
ton of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs. prompt
ly removes That is why il Is the only
remedy with millions of families, anflis
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that it Is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without facilitating the
organs ON which it acts Il is therefore
ali important, in order to get its bene--
fetal effects, to note when You pur-
chase, that you have TIE genuine arti-
Gle, which is manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by
all reputable druggists
II in the enjoyment of good health,
and the system Is regular, laxatives or
other remedies are then not needed IL
afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commendedto the most slkillful
physicians, but IL IN need of a laxative,
one should have the best, and with the
well-informed everywhere, Syrup OF
Figs stands highest and Is most largely
used and gives most general satisfaction
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FlTe-An Flo Stopg,e,I free sy Or.KHne's Greas
Nerve lsektorrr. NJ Pts amer the ursL dayS usa.
Marvellous TrratSe AMI s. trial bottle frct -
sncaseA bend % Dr. Kline, 81 Arch 81, PLli, Ia.
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Mrs MuSicus-Dld you have much trouhl
In learning to sing 50 beautifully7 Mis
Frankly Yes; especially with the nelghbors
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..You don't see sprins signs In this city
rfuch. do youY' e0h. yes, crowds get big
err every dag IN front u bicycle show win
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'sTaik may be cheap" says the Manayunk
Philosopher "but the man who retains q
lawyer knows differently"
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Piso's Cure for Consumption Is the only
couch medicine used In my housed. O. Al
bright. MllInburg. Ia, Dec. II. 1905.
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Perkins Ito JenkiEsl-I heard this morn
has he donel Jenkins-Everybody.
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FL. CHENEY 4 CO., Toledo. o., Proprs
OF Halls Catarrh CURE. ofer 500 reward for
taking Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for tesd-
monIals free. Sold By druggists. 75c.
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ArAnity o. Evils

BIIIousness. sIck headache and irregularity
Of the bowels accompany each other. To the
removal OF this trinity Of evils Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters is specially adapted II
also cures dyspepsia, rheumatism, malarial
complaints biIiousness. seriousness and
constipation. The most satisfactory results
follow q fair trial Use IT daily.
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aOh, eau recommend him to you. he Is
oblIging, he knows his work. he IL honest !"
"But be stole my watchI" "Yours. tool
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Fogg says that TO borrow ten dollars from
friend must be considered an X-ralse ex-
pertinent.
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n the Baby II Cusffos Teeth,
e and use tia. old snd vsll-tried remedy. MA
TusLow's Soorfuso sTRuP for Children Tsethlng.
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ming run TIT against the chief stew
ard who was standing at the bottom.
ssyuts!'' I cried, without giving him
fine TO recover from his surprise.
ResIIv he looked ut me with suen
,,tter CONSERVATION verify believe ne
~. convinced 1 had taken leave OF
ssrlo Won hearYs I went on excite0y.
oct me handful Of nuts-quick!
when he brought them, l hurried
49, IN deck. The Brazilian had
,,.cTed away a little toward the stern.
T lent close up. stood right In front OF
him and then began deliberately 70
y ne rerarded me with a plying sort
- lcolr' but paid little Afternoon 70
s,,e T was watching that cloak or
No presently ] saw q corner OF tee
.. n drawn aside and beheld pair
of small cleaning eyes hxed sreeoiis
uP p me me enough. Ny suspIcIons were
.sv,aed I dung the rest OF the nuts
80 fle sea. and walking straishL W
- ne Castro said a.
- IT nust ask ron to accompany me "
-, rsrfaIn's cabinT
ssvot you meansr he cried' On" s
D1ek. aetermined to stand no non-
-. and sfraighfway took nm ~
-. shoniders. The momen. = 49, eS
100 ~ mon him heard . fieio.s - -.
.-z.- ne cane It Was puAee
- ..l5e and out dcu . monHss .,,,s,,
y RE little brute went AZ ,,.sSe
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- n the Brazliian - - =, $3.50 re
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eyes ps Ne length upon the deck
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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-04-04
THE STAGE

Often a theatrical attraction is
measured by the emotions it induces.
"A Partisan Romance" 10 a morbid, dis
agreeable play. and the effect on the
audience is anything but pleasing.
Hence many Of the persons who appear
ed in their good clothes and beamed
benignantly at the Funke Saturday
night, have declared with evident sin
cerity that they did not like Mansfield
as Baron Chevrial."
"A Partisan Romance" has none of
the odor of sweet lavender. 1t
breathes not the incense Of
purity. The play is built on
approved French lines. and it glides
smoothly along in Partisan slime. Par
taking SON ewhat Of the elements intro
duced to Us by Dumas and Oscar
Wilde. it presents a gaudy, glittering
gauze that but family covers a wide
expanse OF filth. The creatures that
move in it are brilliant blossoms, frail
and frivolous.
But discussions of morals are decid-
eddy malspropos in this age when mixed
audiences bestow clamorous approval on
prurient plays. with free and easy
method Of handling delicate subjects.
and an spparaling Of feminity that is
at once frank an6 con6ding, il nothing
more. So, as the man said when he
chopped of the head Of Mary. Queen
of Scots. We will "let it 60 at that"
The character Of the Baron Chevrial is
strongly drawn. 1t is not less strong
than the dual role Of DR. Jekyll and Mr..
Hyde, and it may bs sand to be in some
respects, greater creation than Beau
Brummell. Indeed there is similarity
between the beau and the last. miser-
able days Of the decrepit old roue, the
baron. Mr.. Mansfield 10 under
obligations to the baron for q large
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-04-04

measure OF the fame which has come to
him in the last ten years His "Chev
RIAL" as much any other character
ization has won for him distinction a.
the foremost American actor, q dis
tinction achieved in spite of many IN
favorable circumstances. Mr.. Mans
fields greatness is real power. 1t is not
a popularity seduced from sentimental
audiences.
The banquet scene is one Of the most
complete ana effective bits Of theatrical
presentation on the contemporary stage
Realism is carried to the point Of reality.
The fact that some hl-conditioned per-
sons in theaudiencetittered and smoker.
ed as the baron gave the famous toast
to material things, holding aloft the
shaking glass, was no reflection on the
art Of the actor. 1t may have been an
indication OF stupidity on the part Of
the auditors.
Mr.. Mansfield's support was extraor
binary, This actor is one Of the few
stars who does not surround himself
with straw dummies and stalking
horses. When the baron disappeared
from view the audience still retained
it's interest in the play. Mr.. Mansfield
did not appear in the last act. and yet
interest was sustained.
In the last act "Marcelle," the poor
outcast, poverty stricken wife, makes
her appearance in a long drab cloak
and hood. Probably no poor female
castaway on the stage ever ventured
to stray so far from precedent as to
aspear without the long cloak. Gener-
ally she seeks the middle OF the stage
and gets under the falling snow while
the orchestra plays slow music. One
would imagine that the first thing a
woman does upon being turned out OF
doors or rendered penniless is to pur-
chase a nice new long cloak and hood.
Only nobody ever saw one Of these
cloaks anywhere accept on the stage.
Irreverent persons in the audience
Saturday night were amused at the
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plays English grand opera. 1t is I'M
necessary to state what splendid voices
they have because the people have heard
them before.
The Congregational church announces
a concert OF little people dressed in the
style Of their great. great ancestors on
Friday night
The Strange Adventures OF Miss
Brown" as given by Eddie Foy and com
pany. failed to meet the expectations
Of those who are familiar with the rec
ord of this farce abroad and in this
country. Female impersonstiou is very
much overdone. Charley e Aunt" and
"l492' and dozen other more or less
recent productions have exhausted the
possibilities Of this role. Eddie Foy has
nothing new to present. He has all the
coarseness and vulgarity OF most Of the
actors who impersonate women. and he
lacks the wit OF some Of them. There
is no attempt to make Miss Brown
look or act like woman, and the farce
is 30 broad that there is no humor in it,
Whatever may be Foy forte it is GER
tainly not a character like that OF Miss
Brown" Miss Lark, who was "Euphe-
mia Schwartz was one OF q very few
members Of the company who demon
strated any real capacity. Harry Brown
as the Major helped to push the farce
along.
The very best OF everything in the
drug. stationery and notion line. loves
prices, at Roy's.
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sound OF Narcotics breaking heart
She was hidden from view. There was
q sound q Of sixteen story building
topping over. Henry" and his
mother and the doctor investigate and
they find that "Marcelie" had sudden
ly broken her heart.
Stewart Allen. Sol Smith Russell's
stage manager. has written some lines
on Mr.. Russel's performance OF Mr..
Valentines Christmas" az follows:
The old man sat by the bright log
fire,
Dreaming long dead past.
The sparks flew merrily higher and
higher
As he dreamed Of his first love. and
last.
His faithful old servitor, bowed down
with age.
Stood by his old fashioned chair.
As he turns DER the leaves Of his life
page by page
To the wondering mental there.
Chloe and Francis. Inez and Joan,
Dead loves to his memory dear,
But Agnes. the dearest. stood out there
alone,
Like a star in the armament clear!
Far away though she was on this Christ
mas eve,
He feels the sweet touch OF her hand.
Each heartstring Of memory attuned to
receive,
Like the tone OF melody grand!
The sudden heart failure. the faltering
voice,
The knowledge Of sins all forgiven.
The Christmas chimes ring. the angels
rejoice
Ger the bachelors Christmas in
Heaven!
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The very best OF everything in the
drug. stationery and notion line. loves
prices, at Roy's.
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The Marie Tavari Grand Opera com
pany will play at the Funke next Thurs-
day night. 1t is only by lucky chance
that % large company. seventy five
people, stop in Lincoln at this time. 1t
10 the only con- pany in the country that