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Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-05-24

Hood. Pils cure liver ills; the nonirritating and
only cathartic to take With Hoods sarsapeE1lla:
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oVER.WlSE.

Avaunt oh. man of wisdomi Though
your purpose may bc kind,
You Jar our inclinations and YOU irritatc
the mind.
You bid each mortal be as dull and silent
as clam,
Since daughters Just n nervous tNitching
OF the diaphragm;
And tears. much respected as an evil
dence of woe.
Appear because the ducts are IN a state of
overflow;
And the dainty roguish dimple which wc
ardently adore
lis merely depression in a muscle-noth-
ing more.
Her charming bushes--cvcn these the
scientist disdains;
They are simply distcntion of the capil-
liary veins
lie secs no more than pigment in the
color OF her hair;
Each sentiment he strangles in his cyni-
cal despair.
oh, better be toilcr with a heart at
tuned To JOY,
Or a stroller I'M whose bosom earthly
blisscs do not cloy.
Or a savage on AN island where enthusi-
asms start.
Than be the man who yawns and says he
knows 1t all 10y heart.
-Washington Star
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Dangerous DCrcIIcts.

Dcrclicts are far more often a source
of deadly peril than of fortune.
Wrecks that do not sink are usually
timbcr-ladcn. These lie low in the
water, with waves beating over them.
dangerous AZ a reef i'm mid-occan.
Pine or deal is their usual cargo. and
the watcrsoaked stun is not worth
the difiicult task of saving Still it
may bc as well not to rashly pass such
mlks
Five years ago-in 1So5-thc steam
ship Chattahoochcc. after heavy
storm, found lumber vessel. water
logged ana abandoned. off Cape Hat
tcras, and lowed her into Charleston
harbor. Her cargo was choice Hon
duras mahogany. which sold for the
pleasant little sum Of $4,000. - An
swcrs.
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General Chancc. who is i'm command
of the American forces i'm China. bears
the unusual Christian names of Alma
Romanza. Adna Is from the Hebrew.
and signifies pleasure. while bonanza
is derived from the Italian. ana i'm
English is applied, I'm music. TO a ten
der scntiment-a song without words.
ut would hc interesting to know"
says the Philadelphia Record. "how
General Chanc's parents. who were
plain farmer folk. living In prosaic
Central Ohio. came TO give their son
these peculiar names This stern.
mnttcr-offoct man Of action would
seem to have q name quite out of har-
mOny with his character"
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The Fly Family.

Owing to the natural dimdcncc of
flies, says Harvey Sutherland in AIMS
lees. not much is known of their fam
lily arrangements or how long they
live after they get to Ice old enough
to vote 1t is estimated. though that
if papa and mamma of the early
spring could hold out To attend q Fam
lily reunion of their offspring. held In
the latter part of August. upward of
two millions of their own blood and
kin would come 10 the picnic. not
counting maggOts in arms. Fortu-
nately for them, papa and mamma do
not live much more than fortnight
Even q ny's perseverance would he
unequal TO the task Of kccping track
of two millions of descendants. AS
Artemus Ward says. "Thisis 2mutch."
Fortunately for us, flies do not live
much longer than a fortnight. for if
they were long lived and preserved
their fccundity, man would soon lie
forced To look for some place where
things were not quite so crowded.
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bicycles on western Street Cars.


Occasionally I'm Salt Lake the street
car companies carry bicycle for a
tired rider. or when the wheel is out
Of whach," but they charge twcnty-hv
cents for thc service. ana that is moth
ing hut right for the wheel occupies
the place of five persons in an open
car Iiut in Denver the thing is TO
be done differently. I'm ordinance
passed recently provided for a fran
chisr for the tramway company there.
and in this franchise il was stipulated
That the cars should carry bicycles
when requested 10 do 50 at five cents
each, the same rs the fare charged for
passengers Many of the cars are
equipped for this service with fold
ing arm attached 10 the rear platform
railing. ana other cars are being mr.
ranged TO receive them. When not in
use the device hangs from the railing
and is about eighteen inches long and
twelve and half inches square. Tie
carmen pronounce il success I'm oper-
alton. Three Of these devices only are
attached to each car, because the com
pauys franchise limits It's obligation
to the transporting of three wheels on
any one trip. Conductors accept
wheels for carriage. when there is
vacant receptacle. upon receipt Of five
cents fare for them from the owner,
who must however. raise the wheel TO
the receiving arm and take It Off Mt
tho desired stopping place. - Dcscrct
Evening News
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Private g. G.. Thompson. Of 4. Con.
pany, first Canadian contingent. who
was reported rs dangerously wounded
at Paardeburg. has arrived nt Wool
witch Hospital. England. lie has Rono
through n severe sclee, Shot through
the shoulder the bullet passed 90
through the back. leaving the outside
casing buried I'm the muscles; nfter
much difficulty this was removed.
Pleurisy set iu ON top Of which came
cnteric fever, and for five weeks he
lay in the hospital n Wynberg. the
doctor despairing OF his recovery.
Thrice he was packed IN ice. a strong
constitution and every care possible
pulled him through sufficiently TO nd.
init Of his removal 10 England Tho
only fear now IS that he viii never
recover the use Of the injured nrrI
and shoulder Ills coso WINS indeed
hard one, and gives some idea or what
many Of our brave boys have endured
Toronto News
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a German scientist, who dcvotcs his
life to- the study Of children. has kept
q minute record of the sayings and
doings or his little daughter. Oscic.
now nine years old. since the day she
was born, says Titbits. His diary Of
his little daughter Is probably the most
complete record of % clild's life ever
made. II fills thirty composition
books some of them containing nearly
2OO pages Of manuscript. I'm these
books are recorded the first words her
infant lips pronounced. even he first
cry she made me moment she was
born. her first indication showing am
ger. tine first time She fell asleep while
playing Tie first indication showing
that she understood what was said
To- her the peculiar manner i'm which
she pronounced the first letters Of the
alphabet. indeed. every emotion
shown during her entire life, With q
careful analysis Of the why's and
whcrcforcs of each. is carefully re-.
corded in these books This scientist
says that women alone can love and
that men can only reason
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The marvellous power of asSimilat-
ing new ideas and new methods en-
trcly foreign To all their national ira
ditions and the practice of centuries
which the Japanese have exhibited
during the last few years is a subject
which has frequently been commented
upon. but only those who have seen
their ships in commission and visited
their dockyard in working hours can
fully realize the significance of the
wonderful strides they have made dur
ing the comparatively short period
which has elapsed since they set TO
work to create and to maintain a mod
crn navy. Their zeal. their earnest
ness, their close attention To small but
essential details, as well as their pow.
or to grasp broad principles, must bc
seen To he appreciated. 1t has been
said that the Japanese are mere imi-
tatOrs; that they can copy European
ideas and methods up to certain
point, but that they have no initiative.
ana that If they over have TO engage
in hostilitics with Western naval
power where unforeseen conditions of
strategy and tactics may arise. they
viii break down under the strain and
prove to be unequal TO the task That
is not the writer's opinion, ana ne
ventures To predict that when any
future disturbances Of the peace shall
occur in the Far East, Japan will not
only have something 10 say I'm the mat
ter. but viii make her voice heard ana
respected Rcar-Admiral Fitz Gerald,
r. ~, iu Casters Magazine.
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lilacs can be turned 10 pink or b,ue
in less time. and even the large doubIo
white camelia can be tinted i'm few
hours. Cyclamens. snowdropS. hya.
cinths. Christmas roses. tulips. solo.
mons seal. daffodils lilies -of-thc-voI.
ley. carnations. camellas. calIas and
similar flowers are Hrtificially colored
by this process. aud placed upon the
market. Even the leaves of plants nh.
sorb and retain the artificial Colors.
Ivy leaves placed in an aniIin, solu.
ton begin To color in Il few hours. and
the veins are made TO stand out like
small lines of red blood. The leaves of
many other plants have been found to
absorb the dyes just'as readily rs the
ivy. and remarkable effects are OBJ
tanned.
Anilinc scarlet dissolved I'm water
produces pink ard scarlet in the flow.
crs. and indigo carminc Yields blue
tints. When the two dyes are com
hinod interesting results are obtained.
In some hGEcrs curious notified effects
are prod, -; in others The blossoms
become pi-A. blue AMI purple in Va.
rious partst and in a few distinct
shades of purple sunusc the petals.
Blue and yellow dyes invariably pro
duce greens in the flowers of the
plants
1t is not quite known yet whether
this coloration is due tn capillary at.
traction, or TO some peculiar force in
herent in all plants. The process is
certainly Interesting. and. while at
present its chief result is i'm enabling
florists To color their flowers Mt Will. IL
may yet have a practical bearing on
horticultural developments 1t IT, said
To he of some value To florists now i'm
distinguishing between tulips that will
he of little real value and those that
are highly priced. Tulips raised from
seed are called breeder tulips" and
it takes six to seven years to tell
whether they will bc Of the "namcd"
or "fcIthCrcd" varieties When 4
grower may wish for the former. il is
a little annoying To find thai MI of his
stock IS Just the opposite al the end of
six years of work. by immcrsing
few stalks of the tulips in anillnc solu.
tons, the grower can i'm six or twelve
hours tell 10y the vcining whether they
are of the fcrthcrcd or famed variety.
In this WY the new process of color
Ing flow, is of some practical impor-
tance.-Ncw York independents
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INC Trenlment of Ncrvous ChII1ren.

In an article OH Might Terrors" DR..
Leonard Guthrie. of London. strongly
condemns the common disregard of
the agony Of fear experienced by many
children when left alone TO IA asleep
in dark room. and speaks plainly
Of the senselcssness and cruelty of Ig-
noring the mental torture which dark
ness inficts on an imaginative child.
He tells Of little child who. when
assured that she need not be afraid
Of the dark, because God would take
care Of her" replied. as he puts IT..
with innocent profanity, 81 wish you'd
take God away and leave the candle"
Dr. Guthrie thinks the irritating ef-
fccts Of injudiclous treatment at homo
are quite as important as the effects
Of school life on nervous children. and
cites the case Of an emotional child
whose life was made miserable by tho
tyranny Of an ignorant and vulgar
nurse, although the parents regarded
the woman as perfect treasure.
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She stood at Arapahoc and Fifteenth
streets. anXiously watching as car ar
ter car few around the curve. Occa-
sionally she dartcd toward the middle
OF the street cXcitcdly. then returned
and resumed her anxious watching.
Finally big. kind. clever policeman
caught her by the arm just as n car
passed. and literally carried her across
with rush Then She looked mp into
his comtcu1ucc. which was rosy with
th" consciousness Of noble act pcr-
formed. and said.
"Now viii you bindly take me b1ck
againf ! wanted TO- catch that car"
UrnNor OOH Timna.
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EVANSVILLE. W. VA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER l6 1900.

| behind the door as they came in, and
just as the young man dropped his
| sledge stood erect. brought both pls.
tolls 10 bear upon the villains. and ut.
| tered stentorian yell
n thunderbolt out of clear sky at
MONDAY could not have terrified and
unnervcd them more. The elder of
the two fell across the box. completely
stupefied. The younger partially
turned and made feeble attempt to
clutch the sledgc, but the cleaning
steel of the pistol barrels held him
fast. and I'm a moment afterward he
sank upon his knees and began to beg
for his life
Hearing the tunult and not fully un.
derstanding It's nature. the old crone
came up the stairs. and pecrcd eau
tiously into the room.
Turning one OF my rcvolvers on her.
and keeping the two men we'll covered
with the other, I ordered her to come
i'm. hut she was so astonishcd ut tho
scene that it was ut least two fun
minutes before she could obey.
l then directed the two men to stand
mp side 10y side. ana compelled the old
woman. on pain of death. to cut the
rope attached to the chain of the muir
dcrous box, and bind the wrists of the
men securely together.
When this had been done | seated
myself in a chair. determined that as
soon MS day broke | would compel the
entire party to walk To Golden: but.
before the sun had risen. the sound of
horses galloping along the road sent
another thrill of horror through me,
and rs the horses halted | was again
seized with Il nervous trembling.
Perhaps the men before me were
only part of Il gang of marauders who
had been out on murdcrous crrands
and were just returning. If so. my
life must certainly be sacrificed. There
was Il tramping of heavy boots below,
and then clcar-ringing voice shouted:
what ho. there, Is there any one
in this hOusc!'
1t was the voice of Joe Tracer. the
bravcst man in our service.
Yes yCS.' | shouted. Como up
here" and as the brave fellow entered
the room had barely strength enough
left To calculate the words, prison
crs! MURDER" and sank unconscious
upon the floor.
When consciousness was next re-
stored TO me | was i'm a room in the
hotel at Golden, with the Chief of
Service bending over me and holding
my hand.
DO you know me-" he said, eager
ly.
yes" l replied; you are the chief.
Where am L"
Heaven he praised" he replied you
are right ut last! Keep quiet, and say
not another word"
1t appeared that the chief. having
missed me at Golden. had ordered Ira
Ger and two others of the squad out
ut carly dawn to hunt me up and
hence their timely arrival ut the scene
of my terrible experiences.
1t was not until | had fully rccov-
cred that anything could he known as
to the crime the prisoners were guilty
of; and the number of those who had
doubtless fallen victims To their ma
chinations could never he arrived at.
My evidence could only convict them
of an attempt to murder; but in the
search for something more the town
authorities demolished the old rookery
i'm which they had lived and sufficient
was then found to insure their con
viction. and they were sentenced TO
imprsonmcntfor lifc.-Saturday Night.
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There arc several rules which one
should keep iu mind with regard TO
bathing in the ocean.
a strong and vigorous person may
battle carly i'm the morning before
breakfast but young children and
those not strong should not battle UNI
Oh more than two hours after eating.
People whose hands and feet nave
feeling of numbncss and cold after
being boo the water % short time should
not battle iu the open air.
Leave the water Immediately IF the
slightest feeling Of chilllncss is oh.
served
Avoid bathing whcn the body is
cooling after porspiraIon
DO not battle when tired. -PhIadcI-
phia Record
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PlTH AND POINT.

Young Pop-"l've answered many
call To arms" Bjoncs-" Soldier. eh?'
Young Pop-"No, father of twins,
~ woman doesn't always have the
last word. does shc?" "Oh. no. Some
times she is talking to another WON
an."-Lifc.
Joe. how's your new hat?" ITS So
crowded that my wife and / have to
hold the same opinions on all subjects"
Chicago Record.
Married life is not all sunshine"
announced the pcsslmistlc individual.
No said Henpcck sadly, "the great
or part of it is reign"
Kccper-"Thls poor fellow used to he
a famous musician" Nisitor-"Ah!
and now he's a Wandering MINSTREL
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
Ono little simple song we sing,
To brides but newly we'd:
just make the best OF everything
Especially of bread.
Detroit Free Press
The Frog wish l was a lady's
pet" The Dog-"You lady's pet?
Absurd The Frog-"Whats the mat.
ter? Don't you think I'm ugly
oughi'-puck
Cyril aged Gyc)-"I shall never get
married, mammal" Mamma-"But 1
thought YOU were so fond of Ethel?"
Cyril-"Ycs. but she believes in fairies.
and don't."-Punch.
One circumstance dcudcs the throne
And hIndcrs earth's delight
a man talks louder when he's wrong
han when he's IN the right.
Washington Star.
Mrs. GotrOcisnot-"Only think, Quin-
cy! That Ncwlywcd family have only
got three ancestors" Mr. Gotrocksnot
oh well Penelope, they are Just
starting out in life, you know
Judge.
so there" said Mrs. Henpecl, CON
Guiding her remarks ~ word TO the
wise is sufficient" yes, my dear" re-
piled Hcnpeck; land to the average
married man n word I'm cdgewise is
Observation-Disclosures Press.
But is your uncle very mean. Ber-
ticf' Mean. Why, hang IT all! he's
left orders that when he dies his door
plate is TO bc taken off his front door
and screwed on his coffin TO save buy
Ing one from the undcrtakcr."-AlIy
Sloper
Ncll-"Aliss Passay was uclsled to
death to-day, although she pretended
to be indignant Mr. Jackson kept
winking at her in the street car"
Bellc-"Why. he wInks at everybody.
It's nervous affection he can't help"
Ncll-"Ycs, but she doesn't know It,"
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CInver to - ~ IL.

People ion the country who arc an.
noycd by flies should remember that
clusters Of the red clover. IL hung IN
the room md loft to dry and shed its
faint fragrant perfume through tho
DIR, viii drive away moro dies than
sticky saucers Of molasses and other
fly traps and 0y papers can ever col.
lect.
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RANEL1NG ( In @
road from Car
rollton TO Golden,
some years ago,
l found myself
ovcrtakcn b V
night in Il lonely
part of the route,
with n bowling
storm coming up
from the west
that rendered fhr
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China has still The old-fashioncd
system of private letter carrying Let
ter shops arc TO Doe found in every
town. II inc has q letter to send. tho
Chinamon goes To- letter shop and
bargains with the Keeper thereof lie
pays two-thirds of the cost. leaving
The receiver to pay the rest ON deliv-
cry.
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Truth is bird of beauty rare
That ne,er hath been by mortal caught
And tho 1t sings a noble song.
But few can hear its heavenly note.
a dreamer may amid the throne.
Above the clamor family hear
y iew sweet sweet notes that thrill his soul
And till with melody his ear;
And, p9using, may bid others pause
And listen TO the yvondrous sonp
But ah! the din of earth is great.
And all ,nheeding is the throng.
Alex. We .ker, in Philadelphia Record
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nns.lr,. MIND rcr.nns.

There are moro than twice as many
blind persons in RUSSIA as iu tine whole
of the rest of Europe They number
10000, which is equivalent TO two in
every 1000 Of Che population. In
France ond England tine proportion
is not quite one per 1000
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81 say. Willie" said Gvc.ycar-old
johnny to n little playmate. you pre-
tend to- hit me and I'll howl, then
mamma viii give me SOME cake ana
Ill divide it with you" - Pearsou's
WeoklY.
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TRUTH SEEKING.

Hhnk not, o seeker after Truth.
Thy path with roses strewn will he;
That friends shall smiling, grasp thy
hand,
J. And cheer thee by their sympathy.
That souls are eager as thine own
! with Joy shall hail Truth thou mayst
find,
And bid long cherished error flee.
And loose the chains of creed that bind
Hay, nerve thy soul TO meet rebuHs.
To lonely plod thy weary way:
TO bear the scorn and bitter sneers,
And II that tries mans constancy
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tconth century. Dr. Mario Barrata
finds. less than forty earthquakes have
destroyed moro than 10000 persons
in Italy alone.
one of the bulletins of the Depart
ment of Agriculture mentions Il sim
pie Australian remedy for cockroaches.
1t consists I'm feeding the insects upon
mixture of Hour and plaster of Paris
which. it is said. they greedily de-
YOUR. The plaster of Paris sets" af-
ter they have swallowed IL, and that
Is the end Of them.
In the German Annalen der Physill.
an interesting experiment with
vacuum tube is described 10y ]. Stark.
When continuous electric current Is
sent through such Il tube. matters be-
Ing SO adjusted that the current IS
only just able TO pass the current be
comes periodic. ana the cathode. being
set into vibration. gives forth mus
ical note, The vibrations are ascribcd
10 the periodical attractions exercised
by the electric charges on the walls
of the tube.
In Mexico and our Southwestern
States the dreaded tarantuln has a re-
lentlcss enemy i'm the form of large
wasp, called the "tarantula hawk"
Swooping down upon the huge spider
the wasp paralyzcs him with n single
puucturc from its stngand then drags
It's helpless victim OF To bc buried.
and 10 serve us food for Il new gen
Grafton Of waSpS The wasp will even
open the trnp-door of tarantulas
nest and Stay its enemy in his den.
In winter months tornadocs occur
only in the Gulf States, but in summer
they occur in the North, in Nebraska.
South Dakota. Iowa ana Minnesota.
The average is twenty-five year.
They are simple examples Of vortex
motion. n mass of air rotating mt
low level runs into a vortex. and
tube is projected downward The
velocity of the lower end of the tube
may reach two hundred miles an
hour. and it is the partial vacuum
caused 10y the whirl and the sudden
inrush of the outside air that causes
the disastrous explosive effects.
Professor Rowland, Of the Johns
Hopkins University, who is accepted
as the highest authority on matters
relating To the solar spectrum, has
published n list of thirty-siX of the So
called elements" that are shown by
their spectrum lines To he present
among the gases which surmount the
solar photosphCrc. forming the "chro-
mosphcrc," which appears rs a rose
colorcd ring of light around the sun
mt the time of the solar eclipse. The
most important of these solar elements
are iron, nickel, manganese. carbon.
ca!-'Gm, magnesium. sodium. silicon,
hydrogen, aluminium, zinc. copper sill
YER tin, lead and potassium