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Over of Infants.

The great principle at the bottom Of
all successful feeding, viz: That an
infant is nourished in proportion to his
power of digesting the food with
which he is supplied. and not in pro-
portion to the quantity of nutritious
ms serial he may be induced to swal.
low, is so obviously true that an apollo.
gy might seem to be required for
stating SO self-evident a fact; but ex.
perience shows that this simple truth
is one which in practice is constantly
lost sight of. That the infant thrives
best who is most largely fed is an arti,
Gle of faith so firmly settled in the
minds Of most persons that it is very
difficult to persuade them to the con,
trary. To them, wasting in an infant
suggests the need Of larger supply Of
food: every cry means hunger, and
must be quieted with additional food.
United St1tes Health Reports. -.
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NO MORE EGG GAMBLERS.
They Arc Egg Testers Now and They
Have Formed q Union.


| Have Formed a Union.
Egg inspectors are organized In Chi
| ago. and members of the local union
| Ire seeking to effect national organi-
.ation.
The men engaged in this business
| we're formerly termed gamblers, namo
,iyen them on account Of using a cam
| lie to ascertain the condition OF the
'gg. but the abandonment Of that glim-
nering light and the application OF
modern appliances has made the name
lot altogether applicable, and that OF
.gg inspector has been adopted as more
appropriate.
Thousands of dozens Of eggs are in
,pected in Chicago daily, and a recent
iisit to the warehouses of South Water
treet merchants disclosed nearly two
hundred men separating the stale from
he fresh article. The inspector oper-
ties in total darkness, and is able TO
,sccrtain the condition of the egg by
he aid OF an electric light, the globe
If which is almost incased in tin, SO
hat only a small ray of light shines
N the egg being tested. He must work
With lightning-like rapidity, in order
O inspect the large number OF eggs
'egarded as a fair days turnout, and
he casual observer, as they pass rapid
V before the light and disappear as il
~ the aid of a conjurer's hand, be-
omes apprehensive Of an accident that
nay change the color OF the inspectors S
.lothing to that hue not appreciated
" public performers who sometimes
appear before unappreciative audi
.nces.
Accidents rarely occur, however, and
% expert do the workmen become that
thousands of eggs will pass through
heir hands without a she'll being
.racked The union has already a
membership of 145. and bids fair to
every inspector in Chicago in
| short time. The men command fair
wages, and the organization is said to
)e an advantage to the merchants,
many of whom do not keep more than
,ne inspector steadily engaged, but
Who, when large assignments are re-
.eiyed, require the services OF extra
lelp, which can be readily furnished by
he business agent Of the union, who IS
to be found in the neighbor-
,ood looking after the interests OF his
At present the merchants and the |
ron,berc of the uniOn are on the best |
Il terms, but should misunderstand-
ng arise in the future dire indeed will |
e the calamity that will fall on strike
idden Chicago, and if, perchance, the
should go on strike, the
ZONES Of its citizens will BE threatened
,;th an invasion Of eggs not altogether
Daily News.
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1hah'a World Clock.

The Shah Of Persia, now In Paris.
Is apparently determined to keep level
with the times. He has just bought q
clock for his private use which will
show him at a glance the time. not
only at Tsheran, but 1T twelve other
places scattered across the world.
When he gets up In the morning he
will be able to tell to second how
the world Is wagging, from Washing
ton to Hekin, from Yokohama to
Berlin, from Rome to Paris, London.
St. Petersburg. Vienna. or Bombay. to
Teheran or Samarcand. The central
dial Of the clock. which shows Teher-
an time, Is surrounded with smaller
dials giving the corresponding hour
in the other cities named. Messrs
Bensons, OF Ludgate, have made this
remarkable timepiece. The dials are
set in richly-sngraysd orrolu. and ths
figures are, Of course. In Persian. But
the case Is ornamental with the rose
thistle, and shamrock, on either side
Of the Prince of Wales feathersl
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WORDS OF WISDOM.

The way to be nothing Is to do moth
ns.-Howe.
Philosophy is nothing but discretion.
John Selden.
Custom reconciles us to everything.
Edmund Burke.
Admiration is the daughter of ignor-
ance.-Franklin.
No path of flowers leads to glory
J. De La Fontaine.
Every one can master grief but he
that has it.-Shakespeare.
Don't put too fine Il point to your
wit for fear it should get blunted.-
Cervantes.
Experience keeps a dear school, but
fools will learn in no other.-Benja'
min Franklin.
Every great and commanding move
mcnt in the annals of the world is the
triumph of nthusasm.-Emers
Prosperity is not without many fears
md distates, and adversely is not with
out comforts and hopes. s.-Francis Ba-
con.
The worlds great men have not COM
monty been great scholars, nor Its
great scholars great men.-Oliyer Wen
dell Holmes.
Such only can enjoy the country who
are capable of thinking when they are
there; then they are prepared for soil
tude, and in that case solitude is pre-
pared for them.-Dryden.
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A Nervous Horse.

Not long ago Il noble horse, named
PoindeXter, was taken i'll in Boston.
The animals nerves were keyed up
to a high pitch Of excitement, and he
could not be induced to lie down and
go to sleep.
The veterinarians were in despair.
when Poindexter's groom went into
the stall and lay down. The horse
seemed soothed by his presence. BY
degrees he grew calmer, and finally
lying down. laid his delicate head on
the mans shoulder and went to sleep.
The nervousness and apprehension
Of the horse seemed very human. Pos
sibly he was afraid of death, afraid
that the end might come when he
slept, and wished to remain on his
feet. Who knows? Certain it is that
for three nights the horse slept quietly
by his friend, and thus alone passed
safely through the critical stage Of his
disease.-Our Dumb Animals.
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TRUE HOROSCOPE.

People who believe In astrology as
a science on which prophecy may be
based have called attention to what
seems to them to be a remarkable case
OF true prophecy in a horoscope writ
ten by Willis F. Whitehead, loyal
mystic, and published ON July 16 Of
last year. The horoscope IL based on
the juxtapositiou OF the planets main
tanning during the period between Nay
81 and June 21 of this year, and in it
Dor troubles in Chicago and the war
like conditions now prevailing In Chi
ma.
Chief interest in this connection at
taches to what Mr.. Whitehead said in
an interview published in connection
with the horoscope The words, quot
ed from the article printed on that
date, to which reference Is made, a-e
as follows:
ASKED then what was before the
American armies in the far east, he
said:
Il feel a certain sorrow at having to
say, with the assurance that the heav-
ems hold back none of their mysteries
from me, that a worse danger than
war with Spain threatens the United
States in the period mentioned.
"'All these signs point to some
thing happening In the region of the
Philippines. 1t may be that China will
fall apart, but this seems unlikely in
the face Of the understanding between
England and Russia, nor do the stars
point to China as significantly as to
the islands. am, there
fore, forced to the belief that some
thing Infinitely startling will happen
there, and as l do not think 1t will be
such a cataclasm as some OF my pro-
fessional brethren anticipate. it
seems as If 1t must stand for an over
throw Of our armies"
In this the believers in astrology d.
vine prophecy OF the conditions that
actually existed this year between the
dates mentioned. May q to June q,
when the American troops In the Phil
ippines, though not knowing 1t, were
destined to be sent soon to China,
where the fighting Ninth" recently
met with reverses.
Tho planetary conditions ON which
the horoscope was based were the rela-
tive positions OF Venus and the Garth.
Jupiter and Uranus, with malenc ga
turn scowling close at hand, which
make, according to the horoscope.
what the Indians call bad medicine
And as II the troubles in China wore
not enough, 1t Is pointed out also that
the horoscope cast over a year ago
foretold troubles in factory and sales
rooms in Chicago, with possible lock
outs and strikes.
Mr. Whitehead. a heliocentric astrol-
oyer, Is supreme grand vizier Of the
Order of Oriental MaSi, trans
lator of the authoritative edition OF
the works of Cornelius Agrippa. tn.
German mystic, and author of THE
Mystic Thesaurus."
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NEWSPAPERS IN RUSSIA.

Journals Arc Permitted to Print Only
News Authorized by tho Censor.
The Russian government has gone
into the business of publishing news
itself, has established a regular press
bureau for the circulation OF news and
supplies all home newspapers now
wltn foreign news. State Councillor
Naratoff Is the editor-in-chief OF
news on questions of current politics.
Should a Russian newspaper dare
to handle" news in manner
different from that in which it Is
furnished the censor takes hold
at once. And II Is a pretty hard
case for which the censor can
not find handle. as was shown by
Count Uvaroff when he found an ex-
cuse for warning an editor enemy by
citing his eulogy of Pushkin. The edi-
tor had said nothing against the gov
ernment implying disrespect or critI-
cism of the government In his article.
but Uvaroff found that Pushkin had
no position in the government service,
was neither captain nor q head OF
department and was only a verse
writer" So the editor was warned"
and warning is a serious thing, for
1t means that the next offense may be
punished summarily by the suppress
sion of the paper. Thus one paper, the
Gazeta Gatzuka, was warned once and
then suppressed for want OF respect
for the nobility" The motive of a
minister's refusal to authorize a new
publication are sometimes curious
enough. For instance, not more than
three years ago the permission to pub
lish a private newspaper in Tamboy
was refused on the ground that the
necessity for such a publication there
has not ripened yet," and that "the
local official paper is quite efficient for
the place" Sometimes a refusal Is
based on the fact that the local censor,
having various other official duties has
work enough without new paper
New York Press.
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To Entertain AmerlcanA

The London Chronicle says that the
Lord Chief Justice, Justices Kennedy
and Philimore, Sir Edward Carson, @.
c.. and Joseph Walton, @. c.. are con-
sidsring how best to welcome those
members OF the American bench and
oar who are likely to visit England
during the season. In recognition Of
the cordial manner in which the mem
bers OF the English bench and bar
were entertained in America last year
on the occasion OF the visit OF the In
ternational Law society, as well as
on previous occasions
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Al originally laid out hy William

Az originally laid out By William
Penn, the city WAS two miles long
and one mile wide. Township after
township was annexed till at last the
city boundaries coincided with those
of county twenty-five miles long
Boston overraR the old county lines
and took in ave outlying towns.
Greater New York and Chicago now
exceed in area ana population some
European principalities. In each case
consolidation has been accomplished
by the joint action OF tho city and
suburbs. with legislative authoriza-
tiOp
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Hiram Oatbin-'Them people liz
big cities Is gittln' SO alfred enterss-
in that they're bound to have clg
skies above 'em ev'ry day" Ike S.A
bles-"IIOw O. we make that ouE
Hiram Oatbiu-'Look at the fog g
they are payin' out fer them sky.1 !,
ers."-Up to Date. Il
IAN author" said the practical :,
terateur, "ought to know severc =. -
guages." "Of course he oughr,5:.>.7 j
piled his fellow era aftsman. THE fje)
has been so we'll worked that there
no longer any use of reading OLD En-:
l1sh books In search Of original IDEAS
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Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as tRoy cannot roach the
diseased portion OF the ear. There Is only one
way to cnre deafness, and that Is by consttu-
tion.l remedies ID afne.s Is caused by an n
famed eondttion Of the mucous lining OF the
RustachiAn Tube. Whom this tube gets In
4 med you have rumbling sound or imper-
feet hearing, and when it is entirely closed
Deafness l. the result, and unless the infiam-
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to its normal condition, hearing Will be
destroy for.v Nine cases out Q. ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing but sn in
famed condition Of Che mucous eurfaces.
ca,e Of Deafnes, (caused by eatArrh) that can.
not be cured by Halls Caterrh Cure. Send
for circulars. free.
=. J. CnBxKY 4 Co, Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the bcst
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The bishop Of London told a quaint
story the other day at q meeting at
the speakers house, Westminster. A
little east end girl was being examln-
ed upon the question Of the prodigal
and his eating Of the husks. when she
inquired: What else could he have
done?" The child replied: HE could
have pawned his little girls boots"
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Hest For the Bowels.

No matter what ails you, headache to a
cancer, you will never get we'll until your
bowels nre put right. CA,cAHETs help ma
ture, cure you without grippe or pain, pro-
duce easy natural movements. cost you Just
10 cents TO start getting your health lack.
CAscARErs Candy Cathartic, tho genuine.
put up in metal boxes, eve.y tablet has c. c.
C., stamped on 1t. Beware Of limitations.
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Expensive Toy Road.

Some children Of Macon. Ga. are to
have an expensive but highly instruc-
tive toy In the shape OF a complete
miniature trolley line about a mile
long. Each car will accommodate
eight passengers. and Is complete in
all details, including electric lights.
The railway is to be located in q prj-
vate park.
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tits contended that the accepted speed of
a ship should be sea sp, which can be
maintained during period of sixty hours.
a that at the end Of tha9 time the ship
should no be in any way fxtigued, but should
be in all material and personal respects able
to continue the speed In fighting order.
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Sweat and fruit acids will not diacolor
Roods dyed with PUTNAM FADELnss DYES.
Sold by all druggists.
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Train butchers" report that there 10
years ago at this date campaign litera-
ture formed the bulk of the train boys
trade,
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Immense Orange ynAustrv

Queensland is being converted into
a large orange orchard. The Austral-
Ian orange ripens at q time when
other countries canot provide the
fruit
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FITS manently cured. No Ats or nervousness
after first days ute Of Dr. kline's Great Nerve
Restorer. s. trial bottle and treatise free DIR. r.
II. KLINE, Ltd, 93l Arch ST., Phila., Pa
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If a man thinks he is wronged and tells
you his tronbles, don't aay there is another
aide to the story. or he will think you are q
fool.-Atchison Globe.
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The Tennessee woman who killed her son
because he smoked cigarettes, says the De
troit News. could have faced much trouble
BIZ allowing the habit to take Its course.
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Mr. Dunham. Y have called. sir. to

Mr.. Dunham: IT have called. sir, to
tell you that your dAghter, Miss Fan
ME, and l love each crf-very dearly.
l want to ask you for FRI" Old Mil
lyuns-"Well. you'll n..,s to wait
awhile. There's no vacancy in tho
store now that could put you into
Cleveland Leader.
"One time" said the travelled board.
err, Il got showed In on the Rocky
Mountains. and the only thing seven OF
as had for two days to sustain life was
a half barrel of picked pigs feet"
"YOu were. indeed" said the cheerful
IDIOT reduced to eXtremitieS. IN
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No Doubt Of it-"So there was a real fash
ionable audience at the musicale? 'Oh, yes,
they kept right on talking through all tho
Bulletin.
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Old Party-"Do you enjoy going to school.
my dear?" Up-to-Date Kid-"Pretty well,
but enjoy coming home fromSschool good
deal better."--Somerville Journal.
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An Ohio genius has invented An automatic
fishing rod scale for Weighing the big fi.h
th It get away. Itoughtts make things much
easier for the recording angel.
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Jones wife left him because he stole a
kiss "She must be particular" ''She is.
He stole 1t from the cook. Cleveland
Press,
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Wanted

A travelling ealeeman ia each Southern State
$50 to $50 rer month and travelling expenses;
? perenc nos absolutely necessary. Address
PENICKs TOpACCO WORKS Co, Penicks, Va.
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1t is the easiest thing in the world to
gee that wealth is a curse-so long a. the
other fellow monopolize it. hicago Daily
NeWS.
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
ton, allays pain. cures wind collie. 25c a bottle
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Prince Inkathar. Of Cambodia. has had to
pawn hi jewels for ready money. This In
dicatss that the prince IS already married :
o. therwise he would have come over with his
ieMelS on and married an American girl.
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The Chinese Almanac.

There is no work In the world OF which
so many copies are printed annually as OF
the Chinese almanac. 1t predicts the wealth
er, and notes the days which are considered
lu Ky or otherwise for commend cling any un-
dertakiug. for marrying. buryinE, or for
applying remedies to diseases. 4 lucky day
Is not necessary when Hestetter's Stomach
Bitters IL taken for constipation, indiKes-
ton. dyspepsia, biileusness. liver or kidney
troubles. It will cure all OF these disorders.
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Good Position.

Trustworthy men wanted to travel. Expert
ence not absolutely necessary. For particular rs
address Peerless Tob. Works, Bedford City, Va
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Have you ever experienced the joyful sem
eation Of a good appetite? You will If you
chew Adams Pepsin Tutti Frutti.
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Shaft No, Of the Tamareck mine Hough-
ton, Micb., will be completed about the end
OF this year and will then be full mile In
depth-the deepest In the world. The shaft
was begun In August 1895
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H. H. Green's Sons Of Atlanta. Ga. are tho
oulv successful Dropsy Spe ialists In th
world. See tn ir liberal offer in advertise
rlc,t in an0 :. er column OF this pap.r.
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The Best Prescription for ChiIls
and Fever Is a bottle OF GROVES TAsrBLKss
GRILL Tonic. 1t is simply iron and quinine in
= tasteless form. No curo-no pay. Prtco Soc
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4 story first heard at a mothers knee is
seldom torgott n and the same may be said
of other thiags received at "A mothers knee
which will readily recur to the reader.
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piso'- Cure cannot be too highly spoken of
rs a cough cure.--J. w. O'BRIEN. b. Third
Ave. n, Minneapolis. Mimi. jan. 4, 1910.
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To Cure /. Cold in One Day.

Take LAXATIVE BRoHo QuInINB TABLETS. All
druygi.ss refund the money II 1t falls TO cure.
T. w. GROVI'S Signature is on each box 35c
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Twenty years ago the city of Toronto On
tario. begah the erection of city hall.
whicf: was to cost $4,000 by the original esti-
mate The outl y on it to date as been 81
.;!juOG, and it is not yet finished.
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on previous occasion:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-15
"20Df IN THE ICE Eek"
Was Henry wilkins Way CT Announcing His
Suicide 10 First Conner.

New York, oct. 14.-Henry Wiikens
a Nassau street saloon keeper, killed
himself, today. He was respondent
over continued i'll health.
Wilkens left his home IN Brooklyn Ia
The morning after kissing his wife sew
cral times. When he got TO his saloon
in this city he telephoned an under
takeT, telling him a friend OF his was
dead and the undertaken would probl-
bly, get the job Of burying him. At
noon. he sent a bootblack with a note
to Mrs. wilkins and followed this with
another BY a second bootblack to the
undertaken. The two notes announced
his suicide ana brought the wife and
undertaken to the saloon. Not being
able 70 get in the police We're brought
and broke down the door On the bar
was a note which read Body in the
ice box"
Wilkens was found dead IT'D the BIG
ice box in the cellar. The door Of it
Was shut tight and gas fumes filled ill.,
The body hung by piece cf cIothesline
from two hooks driven into a jOist
overhead A 4J-calbre revolver was
tied about his chest ana a rubbe: hose
fastened 70 the gas fixture, hung at his
SIDE The arrangement of tn revolver
showed great care and pains. 1t was
fastened with a piece If ciothesline,
the strands W which had been UNI
wound and 50 fastened 10 the weapon
as ID make it point almost directly to-
wards thu mans heart. a yard of
Irvine. fastened To the trigger, had a
HOOD i'll the other END HI il. SD a. To
make III possible for Wilkens to step
his f,ot into it and pull the trigger in
that way
H. had evidently stood an a half bar
r,l nearby, adjusted the rope and the
revolver ANA had turned on the gas ana
put The end II the tube in his moth.
HI had then stepped off thr half far-
tcl. There was u ballet wound in his
chest and tWo cartridges in III rav.l-
yrr had been discharged.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-15
BETTER WAGES
Being Paid Average Laborer Than Ever getoIe
in County's History.

Washington. oct. 14-Hon. Carroll y.
Wright. commissioner Of labor, has is
sued a bulletin giving summary If
data in d previous publication on
Trusts and Industrial Commissions
showing the rate OF wages in various
occupations for 4 period extending
back in most cases from the present
year to 1891. The data was secured di-
rtclly from the pay rolls of establish
ments in all sections of the cou-tly.
The information contained pertains t.
l4> establishments, representing g in
dustries ana To- occupations. Those
items from which data for the whole
period was not given We're exclude
from consideration III the summary.
All the data Included. except those f1r
mining. relate t. thu manufacturing
industries. the data relative tp steam
railroads and street railways having
btea excluded from the summary.
The bulletin says that while the data
NJ viii h the tab e Of wages WAS PEE
pared do not afford the basis for a
strictly scientific calculation Of Ieia-
tive wages. a careful examination of
thc figures leads to tile belief that they
ave hardly representative and un3CUh.-
edly approximate very closeIy thu act
ual conditions for the whole country.
The summary shows as follows. the sV-
eragc Of wages for 1891 being taken a.
4 basis ana representing 100: