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GOLD CHAW'' IN MISSOURI.
Made the Real Old s.HOme-
spun Terbaker."

An old Miss0urian from one of the
brush districts of Saline county was
witness in the circuit court in Mar
shall recently. The Index says: While
waiting in an anteroom he pulled from
his pocket chunk of tobacco six inches
long, two inches in diameter and per-
fectly round and smooth, and as hard
almost as flint. After he had cut off
a chew a man who had watched him
asked him what it was. 'Terbaker,"
he answered. Eyes, know, but what
kind is it?" my own kind" "Where
do you buy it?" >"Don't buy it. It's
homespun terbaker. I made it myself"
In response to a good deal of ques-
tioning the old man told his story how
the roll of tobacco was made. "Fust
and fo'most," he said, you must have
good upland homegrown leaf terbaker
and cure it in the sun. Then you stem
it, takin' out all the stalks. When
you're ready in the fall to make up
your years supply of chawin' terbaker,
you saw of hickory log and bore
hole in one end about foot deep with
two-inch auger. You have your leaf
soaked in honey and peach brandy, or,
If you haven't any peach brandy, apple
brandy will do. You put your soaked
terbaker leaves into the two-inch auger
hole in the hickory log and ram it
down tight an keep putin in the leaf
and rammin' it down till the hole is
nearly full. Then you take hickory
plug made to fit the hole and drive it
in as tight as you can with maui. This
mashes the terbaker into solid chunk.
Then you put the green hickory log on
the fire and let it burn slow till it is
heated all through and the sap begins
to sizzle out of the ends. You take the
log off then and put it out of doors to
cool over night. The next morning You
split the log open and there's your
chunk of chawin' terbaker that will
keep as hard as leather in any climate,
but it's the sweetest chaw in the world.
There never was no store terbaker to
hold candle to it for a sweet, juicy,
lastin' chaw."
Several tobacco chewers standing
around sampled the old mans home
made plug and declared that it was the
best they had ever tasted I'm the old
days that's the way the fust settlers in
Missouri made their chawin' terbaker,"
the old man said.
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RUSSIAN SOLDIERS CROSSING A RIVER.

the win of parliament, but the English
navyis a permanent establishment gov
erned by fixed statutes and orders. The
personnel of the navy at the present
time is 11O,640 officers and men. To
give even a general idea of the effect
iveness of the English navy would take
much greater space than can be de-
voted to this article, but some idea of
it may be gathered from the fact
that it is composed of 800 effective
ships of all classes, which does not in
clude the vessels of the old navy, the
subsidized vessels of the merchant ma
rine or the many shallow draught river
gunboats. OF these 800 effective YES
sells IS are battleships of the three
classes; 100 are protected cruisers; II
are armored cruisers, and the remain
der are torpedo boats and torpedo boat
destroyera of the various classes.
Russia il by far the greatest military
nation of Europe and the east so far
as land forces are concerned. In Rus
STA military service is obligatory for
all men from their twenty-first year,
duu luC VAoA AAS q HSoSS W AAoAAA
bering s96, 900 officers and men, which is
considerably larger than the war foot
ing of England. But so effective are
the military laws of Russia that the ma
ton could put into the field within a
few weeks time its entire war
strength, numbering 100000 officers
and men, all of them drilled and
equipped. 1t is hard to even family i'm
agine the possibilities of such a vast
army as this.
But while Russia is strong in land
troops her naval force is comparatively
weak. With peculiar conditions to
contend with which necessitate the
maintenance of four separate fleets,
no two of which could ever operate to-
gether with any degree of certainty,
Russia has put a.total of 70 effective
fighting ships. Of these 70 ships 80 are
comparatively small sizeo gunboats,
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while but IA are battleships of the three

while but IA are battleships of the three
classes.
Germany and France are compare
lively equally divided in fighting
strength. While the German navy at
the present time is inferior in lighting
strength to that of France Germany
could muster a land force of nearly
100000 men in excess of the available
French force. The peace footing Of
the German army numbers 562 ,266 rank
and file. In time of war the addition
of the reserves, including the land
strum, would give the empire fight
ing force of close to 100000 officers
and men. OF this vast force the
landstrum is available for service only,
in case of the invasion of the empire.
The German navy of to-day may be
said to be but in its infancy. After
the war of 1901 the entire German
navy was reorganized, and but little
of the old navy remains. While the
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and suggested the pigeon made of a
combination of materials, such as
ashes, tar, etc. This had the breaking
quality we'll developed. The latest in
vention stamped the sport of trap
shooting with success. Thousands
upon thousands of shooters through
out the country now swear by the sport
of trap shooting.
Like golf, trap shooting has so many
economic reasons for it's existence that
the financial figures stagger those who
would attack it. Any sport that will
cause millions of dollars to change
hands in the course of a year and give
employment to thousands of skilled
and unskilled workmen, should be
hailed with delight. Think of one firm
of target manufacturers making and
shipping over 100000 composition
targets this season. These targets cost
money and many are benefited by their
destruction. I have it from a repre-
sentative of powder concern that
one firm will distribute more than TO-
100000 loaded shells among the devo-
tees of trap shooting this year.
Magazine traps are to be had which
will keep the air peppered with the
frangible disks and the expense will be
about $3.50 thousand for the targets.
It is thought that the sport has been
freed of its incubus-the ringer" or
skillful shooter, who will enter tourna-
ments where he is not known, under an
assumed name, and endeavor to "skin''
all the competitors and their friends.
do they care to wager money. The last
Grand American handicap had num-
Der of entries that were relieved of the
charge of dishonesty in shooting under
nom de plumes by the explanation
that their real names and abilities
were perfectly familiar matters to the
men who would compete. Happily the
conditions for tricky methods in shoot
ing contests are so minimized that no
one can be greatly inconvenienced by
losing his money. But in sweepstake
shoots where the money prizes are d.
vided, say 40. 30, 20, and 10, it often hap
pens that shooters who break 10
pigeons have so. many colleagues that
In the division of money they will not
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MYTH practically all the great

WITH practically all the great
w powers of the world question
ing each others motives in
China; with grave possibility of in
ternational war to follow the interna-
tional efforts at squelching the reign
of anarchy in China, it is interesting to
study the war strength of Europe and
Asia.
In the majority of the great Europe
an nations the preparation for war has
grown much more rapidly than has the
pursuit of peace during the closing
years of this century. Europe certain
~ needed greater results than were at
tanned by the cars peace conference,
for when one studies the strength OF
the massive military establishments
which the people are called upon to
support it seems as though Europe had
run military mad.
This is true to less extent of Eng.
- land than of any other great powers OF
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ASYMMETRY OF THE FACE.
4 Common Obstacle In the Way OF
Successful Portrait Pho.
t0HraphY.

Zone of the principal distractions in
the way of successful portrait photog-
raphy," said an old-time local expert,
relates the New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat, lis the asymmetry of the average
human face. The features of ninety
nine people out of hundred are unde-
niably asymmetrical-in other words,
the right and left sides are different
in size, shape and general contour. We
don't notice this variation unless our
attention is attracted to it, but it is
there all the same, and for some reason
that am not able to explain it is gen.
orally emphasized by the camera. MY
goodness! My face is all crooked in
that picture!' is a comment that is fire.
quently heard when ladies examine
proofs. They are generally told that
the effect is due to the lighting in the
print, and that it won't be noticeable
when the photograph is finished. AS
a matter of fact, the retoucher can
work wonders in removing the evi.
dences of asymmetry. He can lift the
corner of an eye, depress the corner OF
a mouth, soften the angle of jaw and
make both sides of the face tolerably
fair mates without losing the like
ness. What say applies, of course, to
full-face pictures only, for when the
head is turned slightly the deviations
are scarcely ever discernible. Nor doe,
this rule hold good invariably, even
with the front faces. Odd as it may
seem, some people owe their charm Of
feature almost altogether to the fact
of asymmetry. One of my patrons is q
bewitchingly pretty little lady. yet the
sides of her face are as different as il
they belonged to total strangers. One
eye is oblique, while the other i.
straight; her nostrils are not at all on
a line, and her mouth has most ex.
traordinary twist. From those details
you would suppose that she was moth
ing short of monstrosity, but the very
combination I have briefly outlined is
the thing that gives her face an ire.
sistible piquancy. Among men! asym.
metry often lends great strength to &
countenance. Bismarck was striking
example of that fact, and so was Glad.
stone. If you are skeptical, take a full.
face picture of either and cover one.
half of it with a card. Then reverse
the process and examine the other side.
You will be surprised. In fact, you
will discover four different men, all
distinct types"
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sells of all classes, of which % are bat
tleships, ISL torpedo boats of all classes
and II submarine boats. The person.
mel consists of about %, 500 men, which
in time of war, under existing laws,
could be increased to about 10000,
including the present reserves and
those raised by CONSUMPTION.
Japan must be taken into account in
whatever, if any, troubles may come
in the settlement of the Chinese ques-
ton. The Japanese peace army num-
bers 125,342 officers and men, but in
time of war this can be increased by
the addition of reserve forces to total
of 100000 officers and men, practically
all of whom are drilled soldiers. The
navy is composed of 81 effective fight
ing ships of all classes, and the per.
sonnet numbers about 10000 officers
and men.
Of other important European ma
tions that will probably have but lit
tie to say in the settlement of the Chi
nese question. Italy can muster total
land force of 1.992,637; Austria-Hun.
gary. 100000; Belgium, 10000 Off
GERS and men; Spain, 1892; Turkey,
100000 officers and men.
DANIEL CLEVERTON.
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PERSONAL r. 4 Il nkpERsoNAL.

=, Senator McComas. 81 Maryland, il an
enthusiastic golf playes and much the
best in the upper house Of the national
legislature. ~,
Sir John Tenniel, who is affection
ately known among his associates -
the "GraAdz Old Man sof Punch" has
been on the star, of that paper FOX 80
years. Over 1000 cartoons have come
from his pencil, and an exhibition Of
the original drawings j. now being held
in London. s..
"A statistician figured out, not long
ago, that the average woman. took
enough steps inithe average waltz to
carry her half q mile. The amount of
exercise which a girl might get from
an evenings dancing, according to this
estimate, ought to be enough to satisfy
q prize' fighter during his most active
training.
- Abbas Hilma H., the young khedive
OF: Egypt, has recently had a new spa.
cious summer palace erected on the
shores of the Mediterranean, near
Alexandria. The palace built by his
father has. become too small to accom-
modate the khedive's numerous reti.
nue., as he never travels without the es-
cort of a'small army of officers, officials
and attendants, numbering more than
200.
Capital skating is generally to be had
In Teheran, Persia, at Christmas time
Il hD1f 4 ho porci or ho1 TO- ro 1>o
ly to the amusement. When the late
shah was alive he was so delighted with
the performance of English residents
on ice that he got some skates for the
ministers, who were too fearful Of los
ing their heads to disobey his com
mands to put them on. Their antics on
the ice amused Nas-ed-Din to such an
extent that he nearly had an apoplec'
tic fit.
A Washington optician is exhibiting
In his window curiosity in the shape
of a horn-rimmed monocle, with cord
attached, which was worn by Lord
Cardigan when he led the charge OF
the light brigade at Balaklava. That
morning Lord Cardigan had broken the
glass-rimmed monocle he usually car
*ried and he took the other with him
as substitute. It was secured by his
military servant, who gave it to rela.
tive. Upon the death of the latter the
eyeglass was sold with his effects.
A Philadelphia dealer in jewels says
that pearls are in particularly good
health this summer. '"These gems are
particularly liable to disease" he says
"Commercially, the health of a pearl
refers to its luster, and when it be.
comes dull, you may know that it is
sick. Salt water is the only tonic
that is known to be eficacious in such
cases, and after being immersed in
brine for several days, the gems will
be found to be restored to their usual
health. The summer months are usu,
ally hard on pearls, but this year, fol
some reason, there is very little illness
among them"
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- BPITE the discouraging fea-
y lures of manufacturers of pow
x1ars naffinn a hold on the snort

ESPlIE the dlscOuraglng 1ea-
~ lures of manufacturers of pow
ders getting a hold on the sport,
trap shooting is here to stay. The pro-
fessionalism of a comparative few will
not mar the sport of the many. To
the enthusiastic follower of the traps,
all other forms of sport pale into in
Significance when compared to shoot
ing. It has been said that Americans
are lovers of guns. The whole world
admits that our people are marksmen.
The late war in which so many VOL
unteers distinguished themselves and
the fighting of the volunteers in the
Philippinesdemonstratedbey beyond doubt
that the civilian is as expert with the
gun as the regularly trained soldier.
OF course shotguns are not used in the
army, but the principle of marksman-
ship holds good with the rifle as we'll as
with the large caliber weapon used in
destroying clay pigeons, live birds and
glass balls.
The days of long travels to spots that
are not generally visited by Nimrods
in search of game are nearly over.
None but the wealthy can afford to 60
on extended trips for big game. The
sport of wading through swamps after
few snipe or duck is sport only to
the intrepid, duck-clad fellows who
would not recognize pneumonia germ
if they met one face to face. If the
American cannot bring the mountain
to his, back yard, he can at least take
his back yard to the m0untain-in 9TH
er words he can have his sport of shoot
ing at the club grounds, at a small ex-
penditure. The uncertainty of hunt
ing expeditions, no matter how well
they may be conducted, or how far
into the wilderness they may penetrate,
has the tendency to send the devotee
of the gun to the shooting clubs.
Look at a paper devoted to the
shooters and gather an idea of the
startling number of shooting clubs in
the U nited States and you will wonder
how it was brought about. The solu-
ton is easy. Less than score of years
ago the gun clubs were scarce because
the shooters had to use live birds for
targets or else confine themselves to
firing at inanimate targets provided
with the regulation concentric circles.
By the invention of genius from ILL
nois it was discovered that glass balls
could be used in lieu of pigeons and
that the shot from the gun would break
the balls so that spectators might see
pieces of the material fly through the
air. Clubs for promoting the novelty
of breaking glass balls soon appeared
in. all parts of the country.
But the glass ball craze died. Sub
sequeptly another genius discovered
that he could make a pigeon of clay,
thin and wellsbaked in a kiln, that
could sail away from trap with all
the earmarks Of a. live pigeons action
when released from a trap. The clay
pigeon had one fault that the marks
men complained Oft would not break
readily enough. Not to be daunted, an
other inventor stepped into the field
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SAVED BY ANIMALS.
~: tHH-, I7t
lnstaAees In which They Raves
-,'..i known to Avert Serious
- Accidents.

Accidents have occasionally been
caused by animals. Here, however, are
some striking instances in which ca.
tastrophes have been prevented and
lives spared by the action of faithful
animals, says the Cincinnati Enquirer:
In New York, about two years ago,
the little three-year-old daughter of
merchant was left by her nurse near
an open window three stories high.
Through this window she crept, and
would have fallen on to the pavement
below but for the intervention of de.
voted dog, who seized her dress in his
teeth a nd held her tightly until aid ar.
rived. -
! During the autumn of last year q
Bristol family was saved from an aw-
full deat tn through the action of faith
full cat. In the early hours of the mem
orable morning in question the master
Of the house was awakened by the cats
paw gently patting his cheek. He
pushed the animal away, but pussy per.
sisted with her odd alarm until the
gentleman rose. Then he discovered
that the house was on fire, and the in
timation came only just in time to- en-
able him and his family to effect their
hurried escape from the fiery doom.
The exodus of colony of rats from
= certain ship in dock led an observant
captain to have his vessel overhauled,
when it was discovered that the ships
bottom had sustained an injury which
must have resulted in her laundering
at sea had not the accident been indi-
rectly averted by the action of the
alarmed rodents.
The shrill screaming of pet parrot
one winters morning awakened fam
lily in Holland in the nick of time to save
them from the threatening flood which
was sweeping down their street from
dam which had burst in the town
above them.
From another disastrous flood in In
dia some years ago the broad back of
an elephant offered ample sanctuary
to an imperiled family. The animal
heard his masters call and came
through the rising waters to the open
window where the family was assem-
bled. From thence the devoted ele-
plant conveyed his precious burden to
place of safety.
In cage of performing animals at
an itinerant menagerie the tanner was
putting the huge beasts through their
tricks, when the sudden temper of an
old lion would. doubtless have resulted
in the death of the tanner but for the
opportune aid rendered by a pet puma,
who sprang at the throat of the vi.
cious lion and diverted his attention
until the tanner had time to assert his
authority and restore order.
A French gentleman was in peril OF
his life at the hands of surprised and
desperate burglar, when the burly' body
of pet bear interviewed between the
householder and his would-be assail.
ant and spared him an encounter out
of which he must have come second
best.
The pet dog of a British scout by a
timely bark prevented a patrol from
entering Boer ambuscade, and So
saved a dozen men from imminent
death.
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WATER WHEELS OF THE PAST,
Service Before Steam Came
Into Use.

The development of the power o.
water through water wheels is about
four centuries old. No exact date car
be given for the first device of thi.
kind, the earliest authentic record
that we have, being a description by
Bishop Ely of the water wheels which
he saw at Lyons in 1855, says the Bos.
ton Journal.
Probably the oldest wheel of all in
this country was that built near the
Orange IN. j. waterworks dam. II
was an overshot wheel, with arms OF
wood placed edgewise, and was used
as grist mill during the revolution.
airy war. This grist mill, dating back
to 1870, or perhaps even earlier, is
without doubt older than any Of
which we have a record.
There was established at Athena
N. j., in 1874, an old mill seat which
was known as Westervelt's Mill. The
records of this mill have been care
fully traced, and the researches have
shown that it was used both as q
grist and saw mill.
There is another old overshot wa
ter wheel at Ringwood, N. J. It was
used in connection with iron FORCES
as early as ITO, and in the latter days
of it's existence, only few years ago
the same wheel was being operated
to churn milk.
Wyckoff, N. j., has more elaborate
mill, which dates back to about ITO
It is of the overshot type, with arms
rim, shafts and bearings of wood, the
ends of the shaft being bound with
iron. A rather unique contrivance anc
one more elaborate than others of thu
period was used in the place of thu
separate "1utter" wheel to give thu
high speed to the saw blades.
A wheel which has had a long life
of usefulness is the one which wa.
built at the Wyndham forge, Stock
holm, N. j., some time between. 177{
and 1776.
The name was originally Wingdam
but has been corrupted to its pres
ent form. This forge is said to have
been founded by Capt. Winans and tt
have been operated later by John o
Ford. For long time it worked ore.
in the Ogden mines, which have since
been q field of Thomas A. Edison'a
labors. Its work has ranged from
miscellaneous forgings and iro1
bloomings to anchor making.
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Strong Reasons.

She-The Chinese honor their guests
by placing before them the oldest eggs
ohtainable, which are considered their
greatest deicacy. = 81
He-I should say guest would have
very strong reasons for remembering
the host--Yonkers Statesman. =
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Worthless Pun.

"Your dog bit me-" said the 'irate
victim, "and want to know what you
are going to do about it,
"Do!" cried the owner. "Shoot the
dog! I won't have an animal about
me who shows such poor taste."-
Philadelphia North American.
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No Came for Alarm:

"The other side," observed the can
didate, in much apprehension, "are
putting some damaging reports in cir
culation!"
But no money to speak off," rejoined
the chairman of the campaign commit
tee, complacently.-Chicago Democrat.
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Ambiguous.

She-The man I marry must have
done something of Importance.
He-Then I am the very man you re-
quire.
She-You? Why, what important
thing did you ever do?
He-I fell in love with you at sight,
Chicago Daily News.
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The Blessings Of Monarchy.

The unconscious humor of the Irish
man still lives. Last week friend OF
mine was sitting in Phoenix park
when to: him appeared a ragged old
chap, most gloriously intoxicated.
"God save the queen, sor!'... said he to
my friend. Certainly" was: the re.
ply. "God save Queen .Victoria!" re-
iterated the old. fellow. by all
means. Send her, victorious, happy
and glorious!" THAT'S right, sor! /
wish she'd come to Dublin every year,
every month, every day, sor! Think
of what she's done for the country;
think of all the good she:does to peo-
pie. Why, look at me; here am I,
as drunk as hi, and never paid a
penny for it."-London Daily News.