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RECORDED MORTGAGES.

Brogan. Martha and Charles. TO Judson 9 Todd
corner is7,hst and Southern Boulevard.
chsree Harry. 20 New York Realty company.
i,h.,i icss q 'rsa9may: s;so Am suoo
FGrbush. Charles l.. to Th~ophilis A Brouwer.
i2s,h st. 800 n . of 81 av. r............ 1000
Gibbons. Msryarc,ta V. 90 trustee OF Louisa Min
10Th 81 D., Z, " - "a ave- yesrr ' LOO
Cor Mary Il. 70 Joreph se'r. 40 1852 West
Hynes Mary s. +, Julia 81 nowermnn W
hraihurs ,v". II; II : ~ it5th st. years.. 800
non. 'hAi'. 10 sSscu,9rs' &C. 81 Henry u
Jofn-en. John \. and wife to William r white.
same to SANE. - ii2ih ~. u" n ~ 'th ave. -
KIN ys"' M,rfo. and Louis, - c;eo,r. s,ls '''
worth. villa eve. $50 n n - Potter Place.
ripri,, sarah 20 John sulvell. corner Park
ave and l-sih ~. No Isis. loan for life. no $3.50
I>nck samuel a. and wife 10 AddIe N
co,ic. 1881 ~. 1000 IT . OF Alexander ave. ~.
Sane TO same same property years........... $500
Niece. Mary II. to Herman Rnabe ':d-st. $500
" ,ilenhaucr otto and wife 10 Anna and Theo-
dor~ Acrkinrcr. White Plains Road. lot q. -
Norton. william and wife 10 Ann r. buckley
lO7ih-st iGS n ~ ~ ave years. 1000
Poeck John J. ana VIZ, H,, TO Anna E9sss ,mo
scott carrie A. 20 Frederic Mddiebrook
Manhatian-st. 1851 II W of Amsteriam-ave.
smith Edward r. ana vile to Mar, Taylor
ithavc - 10 Z, n Of 55tI st. years. -. 1870
Sn sna IA Wes, ga 81, / year '"...... 10000
s,rousc William w and wife TO the Mutual LIE
Jerome, ave md Elllo, Place I y-ar.....:... 1000
Turner Edward 4. 90 Mary Mackay. W 9 West . 80
Eni-ave s22 II Of 7sthst : years. l2ooo
| Miller g T!nton-ave and lU9th-st =, ~.
years "'"N0
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Gxtnrsions.

nv steamships Of the RED "D" LINE in Con.
~ with those of the
ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY
y,stInr ~ Thomas kits Nevis. Antigua, Montser-
raj; Guadrloupe Dominica Martinique s. Lucia Bar,
c;uayra Caracas Puerto Cabelo and Curacao: Sailing
from New York January "a February "a and March ~
ga re 5000. For descriptive program apply to
HENRY GAZE & SONS. Ltd.
Tourist Agents ii3 BROADWAY NEW YORK.
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DAPAEgaGMlMAa
WHITE STAR LINE.
CU\AHD LINE

CTNAHD LINE.
"A. TO LIVERPOOL. ny orEETsTowT
Umbria Nov a. | =. campania Dec. =. 300 n m
! Nov a m tmhrin. Dec. u. II a m.
FtnIra Nov. q II a. m. I.ucania. Dec ~. p. m
From Pier Rgor FOOT OF GARRISON 1t
For freight and passage apply at the Conpanys once.
~ 4 Rowling Green. Ssv-loik.
~ " VERNON II. RROWN & co. Gencral Agents.
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,,rn "n" line OF STEAMSHIPS.

- ED ID LINE UT d 5N."ST1rf ~
~ For La Guayra, Puerto Cabello Curacao and Mara
S.. vENEzuE1.A:: Saturday Novemher y! ! .. m
So CARACAS .Thursday. December g. y.
FOR MARAcAIBo. VIA ST. THOMAS.
Saturday November 81. I p.
These built expressly for the trade.
have superior accommodations for passengers
POtTT.TON pr.fSS K pALtETT.
General Managers i35 Frortst.
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BUILDING PLANS FILED.

The following plans for new buildings and alterations
wer. nled yesterday:
New buildings. main ONCE:
5sih- 81 and i2ii-a, n corner. for STORY
br,-k runproom. by Eastnans Company. New
YORK Of Seth and i2th-ave. owners. $3.50
Alterations main Office;
uth- ave Nos $40 aad sos. to two four story brick
hotels and tenements. ty Mrs Katherine Tewes. 80
81 No SOL West Isrh-st owner .............. 100
Syth- st No G@ West. TO story and base
fnent brick dwelling. by Evelyn Amelia Chand- 49,
Ter OF No 2io West sd st. owner. 300
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CLYDE LINE.
" CHARLESTON. s. C..
the SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST.
JACKSONVILLE AND ALI. FLORIDA POINTS.
From Pier % Z. Il. noot o. Rooseve!tst:l: p; m .
crMINOIE Chas Jacksonville. Friday Nov. u
cIT.ROKEE Chas. & Jacksonville. Monday. Nov ~
AIGONOIIN Chas 4 Jacksonville "Wednesday. Nov Is
Hoc,Os Chaf jacksonville. Friday. Nov. -
Steamers have nrstclass passenger accommodations
~ WM. r. CLYDE CO. General Agents..
Bowling Green. N Y.
81. r.,, and Penn Fast r. q p Line via Jackson villa
rr.o co Freight ana Passenger Line via Charleston
r. a. EGER. General Agent. 3Di Broadway. NJ Y.
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Countrp 1)roprrtp for Sale

NOR SALE OR RENT.-Pok Co.. Florida: sixty acres
II high dry; good for winter vegetables and Cuban to
bacco; cleared and fenced. Address
2032 16h-st Washington. d. c.
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Gcarhc

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
EXPERIENCED TUTOR Yale Srauua,e;; ,s,nass
"A Preparation for toieBe OF Dus,s
Exce-n; city eferences Address Yale Box ~ IrIpun
rNUTOR.-A Everett; Stone tYae) o6i fltn-aVpe. .com
i perenced in college preparatory in:uuetoh 80
Rev DR.. Greer "a conscientious ana Gun"
pttent educator"
WANTED Normal College graduate. with some exneti-
w ence for good school position. NORMAL Mhiho'''
1927 Broadway.
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STEAMSHIP LINES.

MALLORY STEAMSHIP LINES.
Xl O.eway Excursion. Tourists tickets 10 all points
IN Tsrss Colorado Utah, Arizona. California. Mexico.
Georgia Florida. etc. Also Hot Springs, ARK ~
SAILING along the Atlantic Coast 10 brunswick Ca Or
Similar Voyage Crossing the Gulf OF MaSco 20 Calves
ton Tex ARE IDEAL TRIPS FOR WINTER MONTHS.
w rt,e Tor our "a PAGE POCKET GUIDE maled freel.
r. II MALLORY CO.. Gen. Ag's. Pier 70 f r.. N. Y.
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BANANA RAILROAD STEAMSHIP LINE.
THE SEA ROUTE TO SAN FRANCISCO.
IN - ,hs isthrnus for all Vest Ports Of
MEXICO Central and south America . -
Steamers sail from pier foot West 2'th s.. ~ r.
yAIInSnIA NOV 30 noon ADVANCE. Nov. 90 noon
Fnr rsfes appiy at Companys Office. 20 Broadway.
." INV" ~'''' JOHN MUIR Traffic Manager.
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iical estate t11anteo .

OWNERS OF large PARCELS OF acre land In Kings
benefited by consulting JERE. JOHNSON JR. CO.. 100
broadway. N. Y. and $50 Montasue-st.. brooklyn.
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OLYMPIA THEATRE. bway e.,..A
OLYMPIA THEATRE. ana sssn o""~
SANTA MARIA. r,,.<-ea
GREAT SANTA IA Mar MARiAA ;mm. sSSehS'
GREAT CAMILLE DARvILLE. 49,
Marie ya,ton Iuiir Steger Lucille Saunders ana ss
~ T. Powers.
OLYMPIA MUSIC HALL.
OLYMPIA MUSIC HALL.
VAUDEVILLE. ,,, ,.,rn. AiexaanrD
Martens Amann Papinta and the PouskG-
THE PEEELEss CHERRY si yrndsy.
OLYMPIA WINTER GARDEN
0iYWPlA WINTER GARDEN r,.., v.,Aps
vile and BAL cHAMPETRE At Il r; m.
rh...-. and Music Hall audiences Will % ent''sss
free admission TO the Winter Garden
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circle OF Hebrew tradition. But the article has
other merits 1t is skilful In what 1t does not
say, in the parallels which It forces upon the
readers attention without ever suggesting them
even by a word.
The general impression left by the paper is that
founders of new religions like Mr.. Schechters
hero, Israel Baalshem are an habitual by prod.
uct of Judaism in Oriental and semi Oriental re-
gions. The reader looks back and fixes certain
dates in his mind. and as he does so II dawns
upon him that the Talmud precedes merely by
a century or two this series Of more or less OBJ
scure masters who have taken the place of the
ancient prophets He imagnes that II he only
had the sixty or seventy volumes that this body
of literature would make In any modern lam
gua&e in comprehensive form he could
make out the origin Of all Jewish peculiarities.
But Mr.. schechter and Mr.. Abrahams both unite
IN warning him that this is not so. The Jew
was just like his neighbors until he was subjected
20 an oppression that began in Western Europe.
II the Jew is dirty-and Mr.. Abrahams's word
for It, ne often s-it is because OF the Ghetto. II
he talks q leash of languages at once. the Ghetto
Is to blame. Whatever the modern Jew is 1t is
the Ghetto that has made him. The Middle Ages
a. Mr. Abrahams describes them. seem like the
golden age Of Jewry. The Jew was comparative
~ free. He INDUCED himself In all the amenities
Of life. His discourse In the language Of the
country to which he belonged polished and
correct. He was the teacher. the physician. the
benefactor Of his non-Jewish neighbors. All this
II too good to be absolutely true. There Is testi-
mony Of one sort and another to show that this
ideal Jewish life was approached by compare
lively few. and that the enforced seclusion Of
later time was preceded by voluntary seclusion
which was equally efficacious 1t could hardly
be otherwise when the social and domestic life.
ana even the superstitions recorded by Mr.. Abra-
-hasns were-when not distinctly Jewish-those Of
the Orient and not OF Europe. Significant fact
- that when Mendelssohn translated the Hebrew
Bible into German he had to have It printed with
Hebrew characters. That would not be neces-
oary now. This Il only one of the small things
which show that the emancipation Of the modern
Jew. far a. II has gone. has been less from the
0hotto than from his ancestral self. II 10 this
Z 4oet that emphasizes n. Franck's urgent exhor-
6 1Ioo - ~ French translator Of the Tatmud 70
~ r ~ Qe13lfo Wighe6 really 70 under.
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LIGHTHOUSES.

The first lighthouse of which there is
any record in history was built by Ptolemy
Philadelphus about 800 B. C. 1t was a
tower on which wood fires were kept
blazing at night. 1t was built on Pharos,
a small island in the bay of Alexandria,
and was one of the Seven Wonders of
the World. 1t is an interesting fact that
the modern French and Spanish names
for lighthouse-the one being phare, the
other faro-stil preserve the memory of
the island where the first attempt at sea-
coast illumination was located. The
ruined tower in Dover Castle, England,
erected about A. d. A, is claimed by
some authorities to have been built for
a lighthouse, upon which an enormous
wood fire was kept burning.
The lighthouse on the southern end of
the Island of Conanicut, at the mouth of
Narragansett Bay, is said to be the oldest
in the United States. The present rue
ture is comparatively modern, but the
first one was erected in 1850, and for
nearly 100 years previous watch-t tower
with a beacon fire had existed at the
same point.
The lighthouse bears the odd name of
Beaver Tail. The southern portion of
Conanicut Island is shaped something
like beaver, with its tail pointing south.
ward. and in early times it was known
by that name the two extremities being
called head and tail
Previous to 1888 the few lighthouses
existing in the United States were main
tanned by the states in which they were
situated, but from that date the expense
was assumed by the general government,
and in 1871 the first lighthouse under the
new law was erected at Cape Henry.
There are now some $50 lighthouses,
lighted beacons aud lightships on the
coast and waters OF the Unitei States.
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Ancient Eurial Customs.

In ancient times the custom pre-
vailed in England of planting hour
glasses in collins. A writer in IT'S
says that in passing through one OF the
English church yards he stopped to
see a grave digger at work. A coffin
was soon exposed. the wood of which
was rotten and fell to pieces. In clear
ing away the rotten pieces an hour
glass was discovered just to the left
S,le of the skull. The writer subse-
quently ascertained from some of his
antiquarian friends that what he had
seen was the proof of All ancient GUS
tom in England. Until lately in parts
of Sweden a mans pipe. tobacco pouch
and few pieces of silver coin were
buried. In other parts of the world
similar customs have at some time or
other prevailed. :
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ScarecroW for Mosquitoes.

The mosquito scarecrow is the latest
development in the march Of progress.
1t is we'll known to students of natura!
history that the dragon fly is deadly
foe to the audacious mosquito. and, in
fact, subsists largely upon gnats and
mosquitoes The scheme is to secure
some dragon flies and suspend them
from the ceiling by a fine silk thread.
This has been tried and has been
found to work like a charm. The
mosquito is as wise as he is vicious,
and positively refuses to show himself
in the presence of his stronger foe.
Nor is it necessary to employ the SER
vices of live dragon flies. A couple of
dead ones suspended over the bed
will effectually frighten away the buz-
Zing little pests aud insure good
nights sleep. safe from the attacks
of the dimnutive vampires. The pro-
prietor of the summer hotel who knows
his business should lose no time in sup
plying himself with an able corps OF
,lras son tiies.--Ncw York Advertiser.
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The Position of the Bed,

A. G. Ditton, writing to the London
Globe. draws attention to the fact that
many persons can only sleep well when
lying north and south, and others
lying east and west. Mr.. Ditton dis
covered some years ago that he could
sleep much better when he lay east
and west, especially with his head to
the west. A well-known French CEN
tenaran. on the other hand. ascribed
his longevity to sleeping in the north
and south direction. Recent expert
ments by Mr.. Kennelley and others in
Edison's laboratory and elsewhere
would seem to discredit the hypothesis
that the earth's magnetism has to do
with the unquestionable influence Of
position in sleep. Nor is it easy to see
how the earth's rotation can affect a
sleeper 1t may be that Mr.. Ditton is
right in regarding it as a result of tenn
permanent, and, perhaps, also Of habit.
In any case, persons who are troubled
with insomnia or who cannot sleep in
strange beds" would do well to in
! vestigate the matter, and see whether
! the direction in which they lie is not to
blame. Mr.. Ditton carries pocket
! compass, which enables him in hotels
! to choose a bed which lies in the right
direction, or else to get one shifted
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HOW BOYS EARN MONEY.

During vacation time public-school
boys find that they have more spare time j.,
on their hands than spare nickels in their
pockets. The average boy seldom is the
proud possessor of much ready cash, for
the average father Of the average boy
gets small salary and has a good-sized
family.
This condition of affairs causes the
vacation boy to look around for opportu-
mites which will permit him to earn the
large round silver dollar which is raising
such rumpus now. An effort was
made the other day to find out what the
Chicago boy did when he wanted some
spending money, and these are some Of
the business enterprises in which he is
actively interested:
Making and selling kites, value cent
to II cents each.
Making and selling pinwheels, cent
each.
selling lemonade, 8 cents glass, in
front of the boys home. =
Cleaning and oiling bicycles, cents
bicycle.
Pumping up bicycle tires for lazy
wheelnen, cent tire.
Cleaning windows
Cleaning and securing stone steps and
carriage blocks.
Cutting grass for neighbors.
Gathering sweet clover and selling 1t
for 5 cents a large bunch.
Selling perch caught in the lake.
Delivering on bicycle invitations for
a reception.
Cleaning neighbors' back yards.
Sharpening kitchen knives.
Selling and exchanging postage stamps.
Polishing hardwood floors.
Mending dolls and broken toys.
Putting in electric bells and cleaning
and filling batteries.
Buying the sweepings of flour and feed
stores and selling them for chicken feed.
And last, but not least, to quote one of
the boys, Pushing baby carriages
through the park at cents push"
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FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.
WHO LIKES THE RAIN

WHO LIKES THE RAIN?
~" said the duck. Il call it fun.
For have my little red rubbers on;
They make cunning three toed track
In the soft, cool mud, Quack! Quack!
81" cried the dandelion, al.
My roots are thirsty, my buds are dry"
And she lifted her little yellow head
Out of her green and grassy bed.
Il hope twill pour! hope twill pour! "
Croaked the tree toad at his gray bark
door:
'For, with broad leaf for a roof,
/ am perfectly weather-proof.
Sang the brook, 81 laugh at every drop,
And wish they never need to stop
Till a big river grow to be,
And could find my way to the sea-"
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Odd English Customs.

England can boast of more quaint
customs and ceremonies. that have
been handed down from century to
century than any other civilized ma
ton. The sounding Of the mayors
horn. at Ripon, is one of the most
ancient customs in the kingdom. 1t
formerly announced the setting Of the
watch, but it has now lapsed into the
formality of three blasts given at 9
O'Clock every evening at the mayors
residence, by his official horn blower,
and three more at the market cross.
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An Enormous Crew,


In Nelson's day the stately Foudroy-
ant carried 700 or 800 men. but with
the aid of a couple Of donkey engines.
kept out Of sight as much as possible,
Mr.. Cobb hopes to be able to navigate
her with about fifty. When she is quite
finished she will sail to the principal
seaports of Great Britain, and after
that cross the Atlantic to be shown to
our American cousins. AS many of the
crew as possible are old man-of-war's
men who have served in wooden ships.
and when all is ready they will wear
the uniform of Nelson's day. from the
white trousers, on which they them
selves sewed vertical strips Of canvas
to make them look smart. to the stee-
ple-crowned bowlers of shiny tarpau-
lin. which they call 'sky-scrapers."
All who wish to see what ships looked
like in the day when Nelson swept the
seas should take this opportunity Of
visiting the Foudroyant. 1t was in the
FOudrOyant that Nelson had the salts
faction, in direct defiance Of his COM
mander-in-chiefs Iord Keith's) or
ders, of capturing the Genereux, the
French ship of the line which had cap
tured Captain Berry in his fifty-gun
ship. as he was carrying home the news
of the victory of the Nile. The French
very magnanlmously released Captain
Berry on parole. And the Foudroyant
is consecrated to Englishmen not only
as Nelson's flag ship. for in her cap
tain's cabin expired the gallant Sir
Ralph Abercrombie after winning the
land battle Of AbOukir
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Curing KIe2tomania by Hypnotism.

Experiments made by DR.. Bertillon
have proved that kleptomania is easily
cured by hypnotic suggestion Accord
ing to recent statement by the emf
nent French physician. the most strik-
ing characteristic of the disease in
children is the automatOn-like way
they steal, and the fact that when
questioned as to why they did it, in
varably the reply is: 81 don't know;
| couldn't help it, 1t appears as if
the power of will to resist the impulse
was totally absent. and for this reason
coercive measures are nearly always
useless. the impulse returning as soon
rs the coercion is removed. One Of DR..
Bertillon's recent patients was youth
of fifteen. belonging to an aristocratic
family, who was in the habit of steal
ing on every possible occasion. The
case was a particularly difficult one,
but DIR. Bertillon began by rendering
the lads arm rigid (by hypnotism) so
that he was unable to take hold Of the
objects he wished to steal. Subse-
quently the usual course of suggestion
was gone through. and complete cure
was effected. Similar success had at
! tended the treatment of other cases of
young kleptomaniacs. The system en-
ployed is one Of mental gymnastics
equivalent in way to physical exer-
| cises. One Of Dr. Bertillon's most sue
cessful plans with children who steal
money is thus described by himself:
The child being sufficiently under the
! hypnotic influence | make him ap-
!. proach table on which is lying a piece
! of money You see this coinT l say.
You want to take it: Well. take 1t II
YOU like and put it in your pocket He
, does so. Then l add: That is what
you always do, but you shall put back
! the coin where you took it from, and
in future you shall always do the same.
If it happens that you give way to
temptation you shall feel ashamed at
having stolen. and you shall put back
the stolen object in its place After a
few repetitions of this mental gym
nastics, executed under the influence
Of hypnotic suggestion, the child is
cured forever of his bad habit. Pail
Mall Gazette.
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SOME FAMOUS ANIMALS.

Baby and Kitty are two midget horses,
owned and driven by little Roderick Nc
Alpin, the son of General McAlpin, of
Albany, N. Y. They are such tiny ami
mails that Roderick, who is but four years
old, can look over their backs while
standing on the sidewalk. so he has no
trouble in mounting either of them when
he wishes to take ride
This team of ponies once was owned
by General Tom Thumb, one of the
most famous dwarfs who ever lived. He
travelled all over this country with Bar
NUNS circus for years, and when he was
% years old. in 1868, he was but 81
inches tall His wife, who was Lavinia
Warren, was but 80 inches tall when she
was 21 years of age.
General Tom Thumb and his tiny wife
had to have team of horses which they
could drive, and Baby and Kitty were
bought for them. That was "a years
ago, so that young McAlpin's midget
horses are over "a years old
1t is seldom that horses grow that old,
for horse is said to be very old when it
is 25 years of age, so that the little dwarf
ponies in Albany are doubly notable.
A boy in Mil waukee writes that he has
a dog that is 90 years old, and girl in
Iowa writes that her brother has tive
rabbits that are Is years old
Scientific men say that rabbits and
guinea pigs live 7 years; squirrels and
hares, s; cats, 8 and 10; dogs 10 to 12
foxes, IA to Is; cattle, 15 TO Is: bear:
auH xrO1ryao %. tho rbirnoornl OK
mules and horses, 25 to 30; the lion, 81
to 40, and the camel, 40.
1t is known that elephants live ovel
100 years, and some naturalists say tina
elephants have lived 400 years. Wher
Alexander the Great conquered an Indiar
monarch, he consecrated to the sun
huge elephant that had fought for tn,
Indian king, and, giving him the name o
Ajax, attached an inscription to one O
Its tusks and set him at liberty. Tb
elephant was over 80 years old at tina
time, and it was captured in the iungl
$50 years after, so that it had lived 4O
years.
Fish live a very long time, especiall
the large kind. Eels reach go years, an
carp have been known to live $50 years
Dolphins, surgeons and sharks live NOR
than century. and attain huge size
Pixies have been seen weighing 100
pounds. which indicates very long life
A large pike was caught in Germany
1897 which was . feet long and weigh he
$50 pounds. 1t bore in its gills coppe
ring on which was an inscription ths
showed the ring had been placed thel
o61 years before.
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HOW SALT WAS FORMERLY MADE.

The art of making salt was known in
very early times to the Gauls and the
Germans. The process was very simple.
for they did nothing more than~throw the
saltwater on burning wood, where it
evaporated, and left the salt adhering to
the ashes or charcoal The ancient Brit
ons probab y extracted the salt by the
same method, for in the Cheshire salt
springs pieces of half burned wood have
been frequently dug up. The Romans
made salt source of revenue $40 years
B. G.. Part of the pay OF the Roman
soldiers was made in salt, which was thu
called salarium, whence we derive the
word "salary."