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The Springfield herald., 1900-03-02
Giving the Lie In Persia.

The giving OF the lie is no insult In
Persia; among the natives a common
expression is. You are lying" says
DR.. Wills in "The Land of the Lion
and Sum- After a time one learns
mentally to discount the statements
made by the natives. and habit gen
orally enables one to do 1t correctly.
All ranks of society exaggerate and
draw the long bow. A curious in
stance of this occurred in Shiraz. DR..
Wills relates that he was converslng
with the kings son. and large circle
of courtiers and priests filled the room.
The prince narrated his exploits In
hunting the antelope the previous day
and gravely stated that while pursu-
ing q pair OF ahu when riding q very
restive horse his headstall broke.
What should you have done, doctor?"
asked the prince. II should have tried
to stick on as long as the ground was
good, and expecting an accident. have
awaited for it." "Ah. that was be-
cause you were not prince" he said.
81 leant forward, and unclasping my
belt, placed 1t In the horses mouth as
bride, and thus directing him, pur-
sued my game and killed both ante
lope." All the circle applauded. as OF
course they were bound to do. DR..
Wills was silent You don't mean
to say you don't believe that7" said
the prince. Speak out II you don't;
shan't be offended In the least" We'll.
your highness. l don't believe it."
Quite righ. darogh bood" ut was
lie), unblushingly replied his royal
highness, and burst into fit OF laugh
ter quite unabashed; the circle OF
courtiers, Of course. were convulsed.
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to the sovereign who had broken ono
of the fundamental laws of the coun-
try.
1t is also doubtful whether the czar
would give his consent to such y
match or grant the necessary dispensa-
ton. 1t is possible that the young
people may wait until Michael has be-
come czar, when, after he has become
consecrated as the supreme head OF the
Russian church, he could grant him.
self dispensation to marry his beouti-
full cousin.
Any attempt to cross the purposes OF
the domineering princess might result
seriously. The imperial house Of Ho-
ma--off is not accustomed to being de-
MED, and this particular member least
OF all. Only two years ago, when her
governess objected to something she
had done, she hurled cup of scalding
tea at the unoffending woman. and dis
figured her for life. This and other
incidents have taught her parents and
advisers to use great care in the way
they dictate to her.
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chamber. He saw him get out of bed,
secure paper. and compose and write
sermons. On finishing q page, he read
1t aloud. When word displeased him
he wrote correction with great exact
ness. To test whether he used his eyes
the clergyman put card under his
chin 80 as to prevent his seeing the
paper but he continued to write. The
clergyman next took away the paper
at the same time substituting another
piece. and he used it and wrote his
corrections on the places correspond
Ing to those of his own paper. Anoth-
or astonishing feat of this somnam
bulist was piece of music written
with great exactitude. He used can
for ruler. The clefs, the fats and
the sharps were all In their right
places. The notes were all made as
circles. and those requiring 1t were af
forwards blackened with ink. More
than one case Of q somnambulist swim
ming while asleep has been placed on
record. A young girl somnambulist
was in the habit of initiating the vio
lin with her lips, giving the prelimin-
ary tuning and scraping with the ut
most fidelity. When young child she
lived In room adjoining one occupied
by fiddler, who often performed upon
his instrument within her hearing.
The Springfield herald., 1900-03-02
Diving for Water.

What Is believed to be the hottest
region In the world is that part Of the
eastern shore Of the Persian Gulf
which is named after the Bahrein Is
lands that lie near it. On the Bahrein
Island proper. which is the largest Of
the group. the thermometer never falls
below 100 degrees day Or night, and
often rises as high as 140 degrees in
the shade. Only the natives can bear
this enormous heat at all, and even
they suffer terribly at times because
OF the fierceness Of the temperature
varies so little and gives them hardly
respite. To add to the decided diss
comforts of the region. the coast is so
dry that borings have been made as
deep as 1000 feet without striking
water. There is not a drop to be had
except far In the Interior, and the con-
ditaon of water carried for any dis
taAoe in such heat as this may be i'm
aStued. Yet the natives never lack
for water that is not merely fresh. but
actually cool. And they get 1t in
way that is wonderful. They get 1t
by diving into the sea for It. Many
years ago pearl fishers who dived into
the waters of the shores of these Is
lands for pearls. which are plentiful
there, discovered that immense
springs sprouted from the bottom OF
the sea. Accidentally they found that
these springs were OF sweet water.
Ever since then regular industry,
perhaps one of the strangest indus
tries In the world. has been that OF
diving for fresh water. The divers go
out every morning. They take with
them goat skins, and. weighted with
stones to insure a swift descent. they
plunge into the depths At the bottom
they hold the mouths of the skins
over spring, and as soon as 1t is
filled tie it up swiftly and ascend. The
skins are hauled up with lines. As
there are $4,000 persons in that bar
rem group of islands the Industry OF
diving for fresh water is a large one,
and the divers get rich. The water
Is about 20 degrees cooler than Is the
atmosphere on land SO it is boon to
the suffering population; and the
lucky divers who get to land first are
certain OF high prices. In fact. the
fresher the water is the more the
diver earns, and as the submarine
springs are only mile away from
shore the water hardly gets time to
lose any Of It's grateful temperature
before 1t Is landed-if one can say that
water is landed"
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Failing Bullets.

Falling bullets kill many men. even
when they are lying sheltered behind
trenches. If bullet Is fired in the
cir It falls with as much force as It
goes up. But, curiously. there is a
certain limit OF height beyond which
a bullet gains no more falling force;
the reason being that when the mo-
tion Is very rapid the resistance Of the
air balances the attraction OF gravity.
In the siege OF sebastapol-and. in
fact, during every campaign-a great
many men were killed by falling bull
lets. And the terrific force with which
they come down is shown by a case
in which the bullet entered the shoul-
der of a cavalryman, passed down
through his body and penetrated sew
eral inches into his horses back. A
curious instance occurred not long ago
in India. While native was clean
ing boots in the open air he was seen
to drop dead without cry. On ex-
amining him, they found that bullet
had entered the top of his head. No
shot had been heard, and the person
who fired 1t must have been very
long way of.
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y,ra,p,a.s Natural Bridge

The famous natural bridge OF Vir-
ginia is situated in Rockbridge coun-
ty, and spans the mountain chasm IN
which flows the little stream called
Cedar Creek, the bed of which Is more
than two hundred feet below the sur
face of the plain. The middle OF the
arch is forty-five feet in perpendicular
thickness, which increases to sixty feet
at its juncture with the vast aout-
ments, 1t is sixty feet wide, and Its
span is almost ninety feet. Across the
TOP is a public road. For many years
the name of Washington. cut in the
rock forming one Of the abutments
when the Father of his Country was
lad, stood high above all others; but In
1918 a student of Washington College.
Virginia, Piper by name. climbed from
the foot to the top of the rock and
placed his name above that of Wash
ington.
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PRINCESS HELENE OF RUSSIA.

heard by the neighbors, who at first
were not aware of the awful act that
was being enacted. Neighbors passing
the house later saw what was being
done. After coming to realization
that the parents had gone insane and
were In frenzied condition toward all
who attempted to interfere with what
they asserted was special order from
God the spectators organized rescue
party and placed the parents in GUS
tody. The father was ovcrpowered
only after fierce battle. After he had
been taken into the house four mon
were required to hold him. Mr.. Spen-
Ger is q prosperous farmer, and in the
community where he resides has been
considered one of the most prominent
citizens. Both he and his wife were
dsvout church members and of late
have made eccentric affirmations OF
faith. The dead infant is the youngest
of three children.
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Odd Custom

Antiquity, solemnity and hilarity,
says the London Telegraph, were har-
moniously blended in the quaint cere-
mony of weighing in" the mayor OF
High Wycombe, ceremony which has
taken place in that borough annually
ON Nov. for about half a dozen CEN
turtles. The reason Of the custom has
been lost in the mist Of past ages.
Members OF the town council met at
the house of the retiring mayor (Coun-
cillor Deacon) and. accompanied by
the mace bearer and the borough bea-
die in their old world costumes OF
cooked hats, blue coats, knee breeches
and silk stockings, marched to the
guildhall, where Councillor Vernon was
duly elected chief magistrate for the
ensuing year. Then the procession
was reformed, with the new mayor at
its head, and walked to an ante-room.
where the borough's head constable
was in attendance with Weighing
machine, by virtue of his appointment
as inspector of weights and measures.
The mayors weight was accurately as
osrtained, and with no less solemnity
recorded In a big book. After that the
aldermen and councillors were treated
in the same manner.
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Lax.u,t Ln.t.d Over a centur..

A lawsuit that has lasted over a
century has come to an end in Ire
land. In 1897 Mr.. Robert Smyth, a
brewer OF Smock-alley. Doublin, failed
A dividend was paid, but the assets did
not realise 20s. in the pound. -Four
generations of creditors have in turn
supplied grist to the legal mill. and it
has now been discovered that small
sum invested at the time by the court
as too trifling for distribution has. by
the accumulations of compound inter
est in hundred odd years. developed
into four figures, enough to pay OF all
the debts and leave good sum besides
for law costs. Strange to say. there
is claimant for every penny due In
1897.
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considered that he was not sufficiently
obedient to her behests, nor attentive
to her caprices, and he further suffered
in her eyes by a comparison which she
could not help making between him
and her cousin, the young Grand Duke
Michael.
The latter Is the youngest brother OF
the czar, and in the event Of the pres
ent ruler dying without male issue, ne
will become czar, for his older brotner
George is afflicted with consumption,
and can never ascend to the throne.
Grand Duke Michael is good looking,
full of health and spirits, bright and
witty.
Moreover he returns the affection OF
the Princess Helene. and she, OF course,
prefers to marry brilliant and good
looking young relative, with the Ger
tainty of remaining in Russia, and the
likelihood of becoming the cZarlna,
than to wed a dissipated cavalry oth-
Ger. twenty years her senior. and to
exile herself TO the dreary court OF
Carlsruhe, with only the prospect OF
eventually becoming the grand duchess
of Baden.
So she broke off her engagement to
Prince Max; an action which gave
much satisfaction to the people. CO.
ing still further, this imperial 1ilt or
dered that all photographs of herself
and Prince Max together should be
destroyed. These orders are now be-
ing carried out by the police. despite
the protests of the owners of the pic
lures.
1t is said that Princess Helene OBJ
1ected to marrying Prince Max from
the beginning, but was willing to carry
It out, from Difference to the wishes OF
her mother, the Grand Duchess Vladi-
mir. This is. perhaps, the only In
stance in which the capricious princess
consulted the wishes OF another before
she did her own.
Unfortunately there is an obstacle
which may prevent her marrying
Grand Duke Michael The laws OF
Russia and of the Russian church pro-
hibit the marriage of first cousins.
Even II a special dispensation could be
obtained 1t is doubtful If the Russian
people would show proper allegiance
The Springfield herald., 1900-03-02
A WILLFUL PRINCESS.
HELENE OF RUSSIA DEFlE8
WORKOUT CUSTOMS.
Idol of tho Russian People says She
Will Marry Whom She Likes Best No
Matter What the Royal Family Nay
Say About Her Act

The alleged wilfulness of Princess
Helene OF Russia is again the theme of
discussion in court circles at st. Pc
tersburg and throughout the Russian
empire and in southern Europe as we'll
No princess of the Romanofr dynasty
has been SO persistently headstrong or
been guilty of SO many outbursts OF
temper as this young woman; yet ev-
cry mistake that she makes Is silently
applauded by the masses in Russia, 80
great q fascination has the combina-
tion of comeliness and impetuosity for
them.
A very short time ago the princess
engagement to Prince Max OF Baden
was made public. The announcement
was received with neutrality, for, AL
though the members of the court and
the people did not approve of the pro-
posed match. the young princess was
SO popular that she was not criticised.
Prince Max would hardly have been
q suitable husband for such a fiery
and forty and of strongly formed hab-
It's of dissipation. He regards his rank
and appearance with the utmost COM
placency, and Notwithstanding extreme
narrowness OF mind he thinks that he
is all that a future ruler of Baden
should be.
With these attributes, 1t is natural
that he did not fulfill the expectations
of his fiancee as an ardent lover. She
The Springfield herald., 1900-03-02
IN THE ODD CORNER.
QUEER AND oURIoUs THsNos
AND EVENTS.
Diving for Wator-Stranssst Industry
In the World In the Hottest Region
-Remarksblo somaambulistIo Feat
0iyinE the Lie In Persia.
tn. Meeting of tn. Water.
(Old Eoyorite GeriosN

(Old Favorite Series)
1.-THE Meeting of the Waters (the un-
ion Of the rivers Avon and Avoca) forms
. part of that beautiful scenery which
lies between Rathdrum nnd Arkow, in
the County of Wicklow. and these lines
were suggested to the author. Thomas
Moore. by visit to this romantic spot In
the summer Of the year 1901
There IL not in the wide world valley
so sweet,
As that vale in whose bosom the bright
waters meet;
Oh! tho last rays of feeling and life must
depart.
Ere the bloom of that valley shall fade
from my heart.
Yet 1t was not that Nature had shed o'er
the scene
Her purest of crystal and brightest of
green;
Twas not her soft magic of streamIet or
hill
oh! no-it was something more exquisite
still.
Twas that friends. the beloved of my
bosom, were near,
Who made every dear scene of enchant-
ment more dear,
And who felt how the best charms of Ma
ture improve,
When We see them reflected from looks
that we love.
Sweet vale of Avoca! how calm could I
rest
In thy bosom of shade, with the friends
love best.
Where the storms that we feel in this
cold world should cease.
And our hearts. like the waters, be min
gled In peace.
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PARENTS FREEZE THEIR CHILD
Infant Is Sacrificed In the Bolief That
the Almighty Commanded.

Crazed by religion, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Spencer. residing six miles
northwest of Lovilia. Monroe county,
Iowa, sacrificed their infant child the
other day in the fanatic belief that
they had been called upon by God to
make this demonstration Of their piety
All the clothing was removed from the
infant, and thus in its denuded condi-
ton 1t was held out of doors until
death ensued from the extreme cold
The father held the child in his arms
and during the time which he re-
mained thus exposed to the elements
his own hands and feet were frozen.
The screams of the little one wero
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An Unusual Feat.

Kaiser Wilhelm presented to the Zie-
then Hussars as New Years gift a
copy of the Dutch naval flag taken by
the regiment in 1887. 1t then accom-
plished the unsual feat for a cavalry
regiment of capturing a man-of-war.
A ten-gun Dutch brig ran ashore In
trying to break down the dikes and the
Hussars managed to board her,-New
Yo< Sua,
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An E.trsordin.rx IslAnd

In the Bay OF Plenty, New Zealand.
is one of the most extraordinary is-
lands in the world. 1t is called White
Island, and consists mainly OF sulphur
mixed with gypsum and few other
minerals. Over this island, which Is
about three miles in circumference,
and which rises about 500 feet and soo
feet above the sea, floats continually
an immense cloud of vapor attaining
an elevation 10000 feet. In the center
is boiling lake of acid charged water,
covering fifty acres, and surrounded
with blow-holes from which steam and
sulphurous fumes are emitted with
Kreat force and noise. With care, a
boat can be navigated on the lake. The
sulphur from White Island is very
pure, but little effort has yet been
made to procure 1t systematically
III. .h
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a.m.rL.bl. somn.npul,.tIo Feat.

One of the most remarkable SOM
nambulistic feats ever performed by a
somnam bulist is that of writing SER
mons and pieces OF music. The SOM
nambulist who did so is a young man
at q theological college, the facts being
vouohed for by clergyman who. wish
ing to personally witness the feats.
wsut nightly to the young mans
The Springfield herald., 1900-03-02
MilIions of Women Use Cu1icura SOAP


he
andn 0
y
purifying beauuyins the skin hair hands No other foreign
o
pAhy espin the eword,
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Relief Came Promptly

"DEAB Mrs. PINKHAM:-1 had been
under treatment with the doctors for
four years, and seemed to get no better,
l thought would try your medicine.
My trouble was change of life, and 1
must say that I never had anything
help me SO much us Lydia L. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. Relief
came almost Immediately. L have
better health now than | ever had. l
feel like u new woman, perfectly
strong. / give Lydia Il. Pinkham's
Compound all the CT edit, and would
not do without her medicine for any
thing. / have recommended it to
several of my friends. There is no
need of women suffering SO much for
Mrs. Pinl1ham's remedies are sure
cure" - MAuALA BUTLER, Bridge
water, III.
Another Woman Helped
"DEAR Mrs. PINKIIAM:-I took Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
during change of life nnd derived great
benefit from its usc."-MARy Il. JAMES,
LAG Coydon St, Bradford, Pa.
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FOR MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN.

Two Letters from Women Helped Through
the "Change of Life" by Lydia 10. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
"DEAR Mrs. PINKuAM When first
wrote to you was in very bad con-
dition. ! was passing through the
change of life, and the doctors said
had bladder and liver trouble. l had
suffered for nine years. Doctors failed
to do me any good. Since have taken
Lydia E. Pinleham's Vegetable Com
pound, my health has improved very
much. will gladly recommend yonr
medicine to others and am sure that it
will prove as great blessing to them
us it has to me. "-MRs. GEO. II. JUNE,
00l DeKalb Ave, Brooklyn, N. Y.
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Eight years ago. got sore hands commencing with burning sensation
see little white pmpes felt like twisting fingers of their sockets
had cold cis
was tired out Nights had to walk the floor until fell asleep My
hands peeled nails
out and wherever there little pmpe there the burning fire
happened at blacksmith
soeng and would not shut up the shop for anybody but was hard
water from my hands ran through the bandge on to the floor My
of something athe hands went to another
think,
paper and got the CurIcURA remedies As as used them began
small entirely
would not take fifty dollars could
would whole
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Complete External and Internal Treatment for Every Humor,

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Apples supply the highest nerve aaa
muscle food, but do not give stay
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Sore Hands 8 Years Cured .

Pain So Intense Would Nearly Fingers Sockets Hands
Pufed Up Like Toad. Water Ran Through Bandages
Floor Had Walk the Floor Until Would Fall
Asleep. Fingers Would Peel Like Onion.
Doctors Could Not
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Soak the hands on retiring in strong, hot,
creamy 1ather of CUTICURA SOAP. Dry,
and anoint freely with CUTICURA, the great
skin cure and purest of erno1lients. Wear, during
the night, old, loose kid gloves, with the finger
ends cut off and air holes cut In the palms. For
red, rough, chapped hands, dry, fissured, itching,
feverish palms, with shape1ess nails and painful
finger ends, this treatment is simply wonderful,
and points to speedy cure of the most distress
ing cases when physicians and all else fail.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-07-05
IN REMOTE PLACES.

Travellers say the hotels OF Cairo,
Egypt, are the best in the world.
Scandlnayians are numerous In New
Zealand, and Germans in South Aus.
tfGiiA.
In Bolivia the Indians bring natural
Ice from the mountains, and the prod.
uct ~ cheap.
At Whakarewarewa, New Zealand,
there are geysers. hot springs, boiling
pools, mud volcanoes and hot water
falls.
An automobile service has been start.
ed between the Senegal and the Niger.
The automobiles are run by French.
men and are Of French make.
a west Australian exploring party
that recently arrived at oodnadata re.
ported that there had not been drop
Of rain for two years in the region ira
verSed.
The crack Of the sjamhok. the favor
lie whip of the South Africans. sounds
like a pistol shot. This implement OF
punishment Is made from rhinoceros
moe, ana its enecte are as severe ~
those OF cat.o'-nine-talla.
Prof. Rolle, of Berlin. declares that
n large portion OF South Africa Is very
healthy. and would be very suitable for
phthisical patients II trees were more
plentiful. Water, however, Ia very
scarce. 30 that the rain water has 20 be
collected and stored In reservoirs. and
better methods OF filtration are re.
auired
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-07-05
ROYAL ECUNOYfIEs.

Emperor william of Germany win
lot spend q penny more than be can
help on walking Etieks--in fact. he
picks out the cheapest be can And And
~ for umbrellas. he never possessed
0ne--ihey are bis pet aversion.
Princess Beatrice is always very
careful never TO waste . biz Of paint
'sving every scrap carefully on paper.
Which abe places In a bowl Of water,
when IL Is ready for use the next time
abe ats down to her easel
Hollands girl queen is economical,
almost to parsimony. in the matter OF
headgcar. When one thinks that she
.oald order bonncts by che score II she
chose, other women have q feeling al.
most akin 10 pity for her, that she does
not fully appreciate her privileges.
Her royal highness. PrincenA Mary
Adelaide, duchess of Teck. cultivated
habits Of small economy which chung
10 her from childhood 10 old age and
were not In the least incompatible with
her extreme generosity. Her half
sheets of note papers were always kept.
no envelopes were ever destroyed, and
every little bit of string put on one side
for future use.
The queens eldest daughter. Dow.
ager Empress Frederick of Germany,
guards the fruit in her gardens with
jealous eye, nVt allowing even the
wind falls" TO be thrown away. Her
fruit and vegetables are often sold and
the tbalers thus acquired asded--not
TO her pin money, but TO her charity
fund. She has large and beautiful
fruit garden nj Friedrlehshof. Quite
u httle commotion and considerable
amusement was caused not long ago
when II became known that the fruit
supplied for banquet breakfast given
TO the emperor by one Of the small
regiments of the guard had been pur.
chased from Empress Frederlck's head
gardener, and perhaps from the EN-.
press heTSelf.--Golden Penny.