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Roentsen Rays XIII the Hair.
LII

From the Pail Mall Gazette.
I witnessed lately most interesting Sc
ries Of demonstrations A poor woman who
had suffered from that most terrible afflic-
ton, for one OF her sex. well-grown beard
and mustache. was placed on a couch her
eyes and face were covered with a leaden
mask in which was an aperture and the
chest was also protected by metallic COW
ering. There was buzzing noise as the
electric current was turned on, and the
darkened room was lit by the ghostly.
greenish light of the Roentgen rays. For
some fifteen minutes the patient lay Quies-
cent, while the rays played upon the aper-
ture in the mask, Immediately over the
thick tuft Of hair that was to be destroyed.
Then the patient rose from the couch the
operation for that day being complete.
Had you any disagreeable or painful SEN
sations?" 1 asked. None at ALL" was the
reply.
This woman, with a worn-looking, patient
face. which told Of years of work and pos
sible privation. told me that her disfigure-
ment mad been great hindrance to her in
obtaining situation. A great portion Of
the beard on one side Of the face had al
ready disappeared; it had died away like
sun-dried hay. as the doctor said.
For some years 1t had been observed that
those who worked with the Roentgen rays
were apt to lose the hair on the backs of
their hands. This was the first hint of the
therapeutic value of the X-rays Schiff of
Vienna was one of the first to use them In
medicine. but believe that the present in
stallatfon Is the first that has been placed
In any hospital in England for the use Of
the poor for "hirsuties." as 1t Is called.
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A story, apropos of visit Of the Japanese
prince. is being told in Paris about former
Japanese embassy. which came to France
to arrange about three free ports which
were to be opened to trade in Japan and
France respectively. The French minister
for foreign affairs chose Yokohama, Yeddo
and Han-Yang. The Japanese ambassador
smiled and went away. Soon afterward
Japan signified that she had selected the
three French ports of Havre Marseilles
and Southampton. The French foreign
office went into fits of laughter at this
blunder, and pointed out that Southampton
was in England.
We are perfectly aware of It," replied
the japanese ambassador, land Han-Yang
is In Corea. '-Shipping World.
II see lot IN the papers nowadays about
the aristocracy Of wealth and the aristoc-
racy of birth. How Is fellow to distfn-
guish between them?'
1.-The aristocracy of wealth is noted for
its pride Of ancestry and the aristocracy Of
birth lives beyond its means."-Life.
How awfully dull Eve must have been
in Eden with no clothes to wear"
Worse STILL no other woman's clothes
to criticise. "-Br0oklyn Life.
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Some Wonderful Recoverie..

From the London Chronicle.
Sir William MacCormac. in his communi-
cation from the front in Natal in this
weeks Lancet. describes several wonderful
recoveries.
On January % a private soldier was
struck by portion of a shell. receiving a
wound on the right side of the chest, leav-
ing large chasm and exposing the lung.
THE patient states that he lay in
trench on the field from 80 until pm.
before he could be attended to. He was
carried to the hospital at 1870 that night.
On the 31st there was no cough or dysp-
noea and the temperature was normal The
man states that he has suffered very little
indeed from this extensive injury at any
time, and that he had no shortness of
breath OF splitting of blood. and no evil
dence of any shock could be obtained. In
the bottom of the large open wound the
lung Is plainly visible and the parts are
beginning to granulate The man looks ex-
tremely well, and says he has nothing
whatever to complain off,
An officer of the royal army medical
corps was severely wounded in the abdo-
men on the same date near Colenso while
in the act Of dressing wounded man.
With his technical knowledge he did two
things which Infinitely Increased his
chances" He lay his back for twelve
hours and steadily refused to drink water
offered him. On January 81 the officer was
convaescent. having had no abdominal
symptoms throughout.
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Captain Alum. the Norwegian military
attache with the Boer forces. publishes in
today's Pol;tiken a conversation he had
with President Kruger in Pretoria.
When introduced by Mr.. Reitz to the
president he saw that he was very much
aged in appearance. Specially noticeable
was an affection of the eyes. which so
troubled the president that. in spite of his
gray spectacies. he was obliged to keep
his eyes closed during the whole of the in
terview.
Besides this he was very depressed and
silent. When" writes the captain, Mr.
Reitz informed him of my errand. he sud
denly cried out: What are We poor Beers
to do, The English have 100000 here. 40
go there, and 10000 in another place, and
now they are sending 10000 Kaffirs to hit
us In the back.
President Kruger referred to a report
he had just received of a Kaffir invasion by
way of Derdepoort.
Il got the impression continues the
writer, that not only President Kruger
but all the other government officials looked
upon everything but their honor as lost.
but In spite of that had no intention of
giving in"
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TnE QUEENS GQ9D HEALTH.
Rule. About EatissiSSrFollow Your
Instin6fH.,,

From the New 1Ork SUM- 9ft -
LONDON, May 26IThe queen was
eighty-one years old on Thursday. and is
well and hearty. In spite Of her great age
it is commonplace in medical circles that
her life is even now shelter one from an
insurance point of vie#'ithan that of the
Prince of Wales. 1t is tfue that she looks
old. very old. very white and very bent. No
one who has seen her lately could think for
a moment that she was'younger than her
actual age. Yet her Health is good, her vi
tally is wonderful and her mind as keen
and vigorous as ever. Il OF course, this is
due to a great extent to her naturally SPLEEN
did constitution. Until she was shaken by
the death of the prince consort permanent
good health seemed with the queen to be
matter of course. After that date she gave
ear to the doctors. For many years she
has lived according to a few simple rules
laid down for her by the late Sir William
Jenner. About these rules there is nothing
elaborate. A simple and careful diet. regu-
larity and plenty of open-air life are the
chief essentials. These three rules the
queen has observed strictly. the last one
indeed for time she rather overobserved
Practically no weather could prevent her
from taking her long drives in an open
carriage, and tho royal doctors received
many fright on iler account. At last.
however. she received fright herself a
few years ago, and since then she has
been more careful.
The royal doctors. therefore. have discov-
cred no great secret for the benefit Of their
august patient. Sir Francis Laking. one of
the most eminent of them, when asked for
some rules of life which would be condu-
Give to longevity. answered. do anything
you like, but do nothing to excess" Sir
Samuel Wilks, another of the queens ply
slcians. says:
Every one has a natural temperament
Follow that and avoid excuses. That's all
A quack may tell you you must eat an
ounce of albumen, so much starch. so much
water. and so on, and what should you do?
Go and have nice chop The instincts
OF people are right. Jcnncr would have
said to you: L never walk at all, except
from my house into my carriage. 1 hate
walking. and if 1 could 1 would get my
servants to carry me to bed That was
Sir William Jenner, the queens eminent
physician. and what about exercise then?
In the last three or four centuries We have
done better intellectual work than ever be-
fore. and these have been the times of tea,
coffee, tobacco and alcohol. What can you
make of that? 1t is surprising. Again l
say. follow your instincts"
Thus it would seem from the queens
case that strong will. regular habits and
abstemious living arc the roads to strong
old age.
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EXPENSIVE CIGARS.
Special Brands Made in Havana for
European Courts.


From the New Orleans Times Democrat
Speaking of expensive CIGARS" said
gentleman who lately returned from visit
to Cuba, II was shown part of a boxful
in Havana that were made for General
Grant, but belonged to consignment that
was stopped by wire directly after the old
soldier lost his fortune through the failure
of Grant & Ward. The cigars were manu-
featured at the Alveraz factory. and cost
GO cents apiece in quantities of 500. 1t
seems that when the general visited Ha-
vana after his second term he sampled this
special brand. and liked it so well that he
left a standing order, upon which ship
ments were made at intervals until the
Wall street smash. For little while after
that catastrophe he smoked a cheap do
nestle cigar. but the cancerous throat
trouble which caused his death soon set In
and he thereupon abandoned the weed Tor
ever. The cigars that were shown me IN
Havana were very dark and rather rough
~ finished, but they were made from the
finest tobacco obtainable, and each one was
carefully wrapped in silver foil. l also saw
box of much more costly weeds, which
are put up regularly for the Car of Rus
STA. or rather for the Russian court circle.
for the car himself smokes nothing but
cigarettes. They We're lighter than the
Grant cigar-I would call them about colo
radO mauuro-dnu were cOfSlueTdDly ldi Sci
They are shipped in lots of 1000. and for
each consignment the makers receive
draft on the Earrings for 81, 80 in gold. The
agent who exhibited these treasures told
me that the Russian royal household has
been getting that special make of cigar
for the last forty years. The Spanish
American war. which brought the manu-
facture of all commercial brands to
standstll, did not affect this luxurious out
put, for the reason that several years sup
ply of the extra fine leaf is always kept in
storage to provide against possible crop
failure. Nearly all the royal families of
Europe have standing orders in Havana for
special cigars, but very few of them go
over 80 cents apiece"
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Bananas as Food.
From the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
Banana lovers will be delighted to know
that their favorite fruit contains y per
cent of water. PA per cent of heterogeneous
matter and % per cent of saccharine sub
stances. 1t Is the % per cent Of Sweets"
in the banana which makes it a nutritious
food Mexican chemist has been COM
pairing bananas with wheat and potatoes
for food and has arrived at the conclusion
that for the same space and under the
same conditions of cultivation the produc-
ton of bananas Is forty times that of po-
tatoes and 100 times that of wheat He has
figured out that an area of land which will
raise enough wheat to feed six men will
produce enough bananas to feed $50 men.
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From tn. London Mail.
In America. where the tall stories come
from. cunsumptive seems to have re-
gained his health by scorching 1900 miles
on 4 bicycle AT least. that is what the
cable said yesterday. AS this is a most
m"ment"us question. Daily Mail reporter,
ANXIOUS To serve mankind. interviewed DR.
+. T. Turner. who. besides being a physi-
Clan. * Cyclist of note. The notion that
established consumption can be cured by
long-dtstance riding and racing is PERM
CiOus folly said DIR. Turner The con-
sunptivc who tried it would find his dis
ease greatly increased. You would be put
ting IL WORKOUT machine to do work that
taxes healthy frame to the utmost 1t
ought to receive an emphatic contradiction
Consumptives as a rule are ready to try
everything that promises them the least
cure. Some of them will take to scorching
all over the country. and will hurry them
selys To their graves
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PRESENTATION.
Men. Monkeys and Horses Have the
Most Use for This Function.

Most Use for This Function.
From the Youths Companion.
Precipitation Is almost peculiar to men.
monkeys and horses. Horses sweat all
over the body and so do human beings. but
monkeys. it Is said, sweat only on the
hands. feet and face. The use of per-
spiration is mainly to cool the body by
its evaporation, although it is generally be-
lieved that waste materials are also ex-
creted through the sweat glands when the
action of the kidneys is interfered with.
In animals that perspire but little. the
cooling Of the body is effected by evapora-
ton from the lungs. we see In the case
of painting dog.
The amount Of perspiration varies great
ly. according to the temperature of the
degree Of exercise taken, the amount of
fluids imbbed etc. The average amount
OF perspiration is thought to be about two
pints day, but this is, of course, much in
creased in hot weather.
In damp weather evaporation from the
skin Is lessened and seems to per-
spire more profuSely than in dry weather:
but this is only apparent. for really tran
Sp1ration is leSsened when the atmosphere
is charged with moisture.
Hyperhidrosis is the medical term used to
denote an abnormal increase in perspira-
ton. This increase may be general from
tfcular part, as the face, the hands or the
feet Profuse sweating is very common In
cases of debility and in excessively stout
persons. 1t occurs also in connection with
various diseases, such consumption
n1ght sweats), pneumonia. infiammatory
rheumatism and certain nervous disorders.
Sudden emotion may cause increased per-
spiration
The opposite condition. a great diminu-
ton or absence of sweating (anhidrosis). is
much rarer, and occurs usually in connec-
ton with some disease of the skin. Some
times the character of the secretion is
changed, and cases of black, blue, gray,
yellow or red sweating have been de-
Scribed.
The treatment of profuse perspiration de-
ponds upon the cause TONES. cold or cool
bathing, especially salt bathing, temperate
exercise, and rubbing of the skin are use
full in cases dependent upon general de-
bility or obesity. Spraying or sponging the
body with brandy and water. vinegar and
water. or a solution of tannin or of boric
acid Is useful.
Certain drugs which have a tendency to
diminish perspiration sometimes en-
ployed to reduce the night sweats of con-
sumption, when these are so excessive as
to weaken the already debilitated patient
and to prevent much needed sleep.
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Origin of ..setting the River ON Fire..

From the Ladies' Home Journal.
In old English times, when each family
was obliged to sift its own flour, it some
times happened that an energetic man
would turn his sieve so rapidly as to cause
1t to catch fire. The style of sieve used
in those days was called ''temse," and
1t became a customary saying that a lazy
man would never set the tense on fire
Now 1t happens that the name of the river
Thames Is pronounced like the name of this
old flour sieve. and after many years, when
the old-fashioned tense was forgotten, it
was thought that setting the tense on fire
meant setting the river on fire, and that
is why today we say that stupid person
will never set the river on fire.
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From the Den :er News.

Y thS AIch Il <C"o'
The graduates are going forth
God b!eS' them. every one!-
To run his hard and stubborn world
Just 1t should be run:
But much l fear they'll find that facts
Don't always track with dreams;
And runn.ng this old earth is not
As easy as 1t seems.
As seniors we are prone to think
Our wisdom Is complete.
We've but to ask-'he world will lay
Its trophies at our feet.
But sch 'oIds:s done and work begun,
We learn t. our regret
The College of Experience
We have not mastered yet.
Ambition beckons on to us
And eagerly we press
Toward distant, cleaning goal,
The Temple II Success.
1t seems pleasant journey at
The dawning of life's day;
But as we stumble on 1t grows
A long and weary way.
The world has garlands and applause
AT z. aduating time:
And then forgets us the next day,
When we attempt 10 climb.
Life is battle where each one
Must seek and hold his own.
He who would rise above the crowd
Must scale the heights alone.
This is the rule Of life today,
As II has ever been:
The world beStows Its smiles on those
Who have the strength To win.
Beneath all outward semblances
II lo-pks for merit true.
1t little cares bow much you know,
But asks. what can you do!
When you have left your college halle
You're barely at the start.
For VISIONS height is infinite
And long the ways Of Art.
You'll find that in the school Of life
Acts count TO more than dreams;
And running this old earth Is not
As easy as II seems.
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was the earliest form-was replaced in the
fourteenth century by the large roweled
spur.
Horseshoes are of uncertain date. and
have caused some discussion among mill
tary historians. Nailed shoes were not
known by the Greeks. for Xenophon gives
minute instructions for hardening the hoof.
Nor did the Romans use them. Nero had
mules shod with plate of silver fastened
by crossed thongs to the hoof. With Pop
paea, his later wife. it is said these plates
We're of gold. The earliest positive evil
dence of nailed shoes is furnished by the
skeleton of horse found in the tomb Of
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Stirrups. Spurs and HorseshOes.

FTUfn NNIts aIlu VltFItS
Stirrups are about 200 years later than
saddles the first mention being by the
Emperor Nautilus toward the end Of the
sixth century. In earlier times the Greeks
mounted by means of cramp iron at
tached 10 the lance while the young Ro-
mans leaped, spear In hand, from either
side of the horse. The younger Gracious
adopted the Greek method OF placing large
stones at intervals along the roads to as
siSt horsemen to mount.
Spurs were probably little earlier than the
FIRST feudal times. The great Importance
OF the spur In the days of chivalry seems
to point to Its having been late invention
The barbarous goad-a single spike which
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mails were the great ground sloths. some
what like the little tree sloths which now
inhabit the forests of Brazil. but of gi-
gantic size and massive proportions. the
headquarters and tail being especially stout
and heavy. They had great digging claws
and pulling down trees in order to feed on
their foliage. There were many different
species. varying from the size of an OK to
that of the largest elephant Two complete
skeletons suitable for mounting. besides
many less perfect specimens. represent. in
the American Museum of Natural History.
the ground sloths in the Cope Pempean col
lection
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The Census Man.

8 W. Foley. Jr., In Bismarck Tribune.
Are you ready for the census,
Have you read the almanac2
Have you studied your ancestors
For u dozen cycles back?
Have you counted up your freckles?
Have you figured up your sins?
For you know you'll have to tell 'em
When the census man begins.
Have you added up the chlldren2
Have you figured up your cash7
Did you ever find q button
In dish Of corn beef hash?
Are you deaf or blind or ugly,
DO you toe out or toe in?
All Of this you'll have TO answer
When the census man begins.
Do you lisp or squirt or stammer?
Ever have the whooping cough1
Are you handy with the hammer?
Ever do stunt at golf?
Are you fond Of checkered necktiesf
Ever fall and bark your shins?
Did you swear? You'll have to tell IL
When the census man begins.
II your partner gave trump signal
Would you lead him back the deuces
Ever wear porous plaster?
Was IL hard to get 1t loose?
Are you fond of picked onions?
Do you smoke or chew or swear?
Have you any cOrns or bunions?
What the size Of shoe you wear?
Oh. you might as well look pleasant,
For you know you'll have to tell.
Would you use bit more sugar
When the Jelly doesn't jell?
What the nature of your labors?
Do you sugar your baked beans?
Are you friendly with the neighbors?
Do you live beyond your means?
Are you lean or stout or medium
Do you suit yourself that way?
Did your vaccination take we'll?
Did you move the first Of May?
II a bob-tailed flush called aces.
Gould you tell me which one wins?
Oh. you'll have to come to center
When the census man begins.
Are the children we'll this summer7
Are they troubled with the hives?
Don't you think pink teas are tiresome
Did you ever play high hves7
Didn't see you at the party1
Don't you 60 out any moraf
Well. good morning! Can you tell M
Who the family u next dOoef
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The Puzzled Census Taker.

Got any boys?' the marshal said
To lady from over the Rhine
And the lady shook her naxen head
And civilly answered, ''Nein"
Got any girls?' the marshal said
To the lady from over the Rhine;
And again the lady shook her head
And civilly answered, "Nein."
But some dead?" the marshal said
To the lady from over the Rhine:
And again the lady shook her head
And ciyilly answered, "Nein.
Husband, OF course?" the marshal said
To the lady from over the Rhine;
And again she shook her naxen head
And civilly answered, 'Nein.'
THE devil you have!'' the marshal said
To the lady from over the Rhine;
And again the lady shook her head
And civilly answered, 'Nen.'
Now, what do you mean by shaking your head
And ALWAYS answering, Miner"
"Ich kann nicht Englsch,' civilly said
The lady from over the Rhine
JOHN G.. SAKE
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From the Americana Museum Journal.
The fossils Of the Pempean formation be-
long to the most recent geological period,
when man had perhaps already appeared
upon the earth. South America was at
that time inhabited by animals of the most
size, and most of them unlike any creatures
now living. OF these extinct animals there
are several hundred specimens in this col
Of as many different species. besides skulls
and incomplete skeletons of many more
The largest Of these South American ami.
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Let Me Forget.

Theodosia Pickering Garrison in the Cosmopolitan.
Love, who hath granted many prayers and set
My Maynard feet into thy happy ways,
Behold, l send thee suppiication yet
Let me forget my wasted yesterdays.
l wrought SO many foliies in thy name,
So many frail, false affairs did l raise,
Too weak to hold thee-nay. for very shame,
Let me forget my wasted yesterdays.
See, blot out my SHINING with my tears
And every cry my prayer with this my praise,
For sake Of all the coming, happier years
Let me forget my wasted yesserdays
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A Castle.

Clinton Scollard in the New England Magazine.
Her heart Is a moated castle
Battlement, bastion wall
But never yet-no never yet,
Has she let the drawbridge fall.
But one shall come with trumpet,
And hearing the sound thereof
She shall lower the bridge at the tender peal,
And welcome the leaguer-Love!
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Why He Objects.

From the Indianapolis Sun,
Every good. true woman has right to
expect that some man will marry her,"
said the dear creature
Yes, answered Grouchnan land that's
one reason why l am so unalterably op-
posed to Woman's rights"
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An Old Miniature.

B. Findlay in the Century.
For this plumed and powdered head
Swords have crossed and hearts have bled
And for one glance Of those eyes
Men turned fools who once were wise.
Time would pick and steal among
All the charms the hards bad sung;
Death drew her aside and kissed her,
30 the pilfeK1ng nngefs missed her.
30 she Sttll II youlG.