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The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14
The Eve at Work.

A very curious device has been in
vented, BY which it is possible to de-
termine how many times the eye moves
in reading, and how fast the movements
are made. The object of the instrument
is to show in what cases the reading is
hurtful to the eyes, and thus to prevent
shortsightedness and fatigue.
In a test of the instrument recently
made the results were curious. A man
eve was first made insensible to pain
by an application of hoiococaine, and
then a very light shell, with hole IN n
the center, was placed on the eyeoail
and held to it by suction. The shell was
connected with light aluminium levers IN
such way that the eye movements were
traced on a moving sheet OF smoked
paper. Electrical devices caused. the
pointer to record not only the move
ments but the speed of each and I'M
exact time it took.
The tracings showed that the eye doe
not move over a printed line continu
ously, but by quick jerks OF varying
length. The eye returns in an unbroke'
sweep until near the end. when It halt
occasionally, as if to get its bearings
The average number of jerk movement
| in reading a newspaper line is aDou
three. A line slightly less than an inc
in length was read without any move
! ment.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14
Analyzing His Affection

The young lovers sat beside the water
fall. The rapids and the nearby whifi-
pool had strange attraction for the ro-
mantle young girl. She had heard the
story of the unhappy Indian maiden ane
the young brave who had gone to theii
doom ciasped in each others arms, te
the slow music of the swan song. Thai
seemed very beautiful to her.
"Jack." she said, "if you saw me
struggling in the water near the edge
of the falls, would you jump in after
me?"
what would be the use, my dear
when I can't swim?" he answered.
But at least We should perish to
gether," she replied bravely.
"Yes, there would be no doubt o
that" he returned, shuddering at tn
sound of the cruel waters.
"But haven't you often said you woul'
die for me" she asked, piqued at hi
coldness.
mo my dear" replied her practice
lover. If you'll remember. I've alway
! told YOU that | had an undying love to
YOU p'-Ths Smart Set.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14
Danger In Olives.

Eminent physicians prescribe olives
largely for all sorts of nervous disease,
for indigestion and gastritis. They warn
only against poor olives. which are far
from healthful. A perfect olive is of
yelIowish green tinge, hard, and when
bitten the nouthful is entire, not mushy
nor spongy. The stone should have a
pinkish color, and the smell ought to be
fresh and agreeable.
Beware of poor olives as of poison.
Frequently during voyage barrel will
burst or leak and the brine escape. They
reach New York City withered,an dark
colored. Still there is always some
dealer ready for a bargain. The olives
are bought at bargain counter tpriees
picked and pumped in brine or yinegai
and sold.
They may be discovered by, thei'
cheaoness. their odof, like new, wel
sole leather, their softness and. ti,eil
dam haa-GAni nssssksspiKs,
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14
BUYING A COW.

Dairying is something new in this part |
of the country. Few farmers know the
real value of good cow. 1t is generally
considered that cow is worth from $35
TO $40. and if she is a common scrub, she
is clear property at that price, II milk IS
worth ST per 100 and cow cost $40 per
year TO feed, and the manure pays tor the
labor (but it does not), the cow gives
10000 pounds of milk per year, and re-
turns profit of $50. A COW giving 5000
pounds returns a profit of $40, and one
giving 1900 pounds or. less returns moth
ing: labor and stable room about the
same, besides the offspring from the TO-
eoo-pounds cow is worth at least $40 per
wear. and from the 5,Ooo-pounds COW
probably s., and from the scrub nothing.
Counting the lifetime of a cow IL years
the 10000 pound cow gives profit OF
$780, the 5000 pound cow, $I2o, and the
4,ooo-pound cow only the value OF her
calf at birth, and the service fees taken
off that amount.
When buying a COW, we should use the
same Judgment as we do when buying a
horse. A small scrub horse will sell for
| $50 to $50; an ordinary farm or driving
horse will sell for $Ioo to $IIo; but if We
want a good draft horse, or a good
roadster, we pay $3.50 or $500, and a
good horse will readily sell for this
amount because they are bred to per
form the work they are bought for. II
this is true of horse, it is also true of :
COW.
| In my experience small horse can
not perform the same work as large
one. Neither can small cow. Sh'
might do it for few years, but he
constitution will not allow her to do 81
for any length of time. because she ha
not the strength in her body to sustain
her in her work as the larger COW ha:
The large COW will consume more coars
fodder, but the small cow will nee
more grain to do the same work, an
then she can't do it; at least, she neve
! has done it for me.-The Soather
Farmer.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14

ne Widows cf former Presidents
aRent and GARFIELD enjoy the same
ayiyilsre q senator's and represents
Tves in regard to the free use Of the
mails. All mali matter sent BY Mrs.
fucrstta 4. Garleld and Mrs. Julia D.
Grant. under their respective written
au1oSraphic signatures, and all mail
snatter sent TO these two ladies. will
r. carried free during their lives. NO
6isnafure or marks are necessary 70
a. free carrisss Of mail matter TO
Iather Of these ladies, the address Dc
- suf,cient. Mrs. GARFIELD has en-
ioyed the privilege since 1881 ana Mrs
Grant since 1885.
While the river was up in ParKers-
hurr ". Va, recently several large
nsh we're scene swimming around on
Iovsr Arm street, where the wafer
v.a f,ye or six feet deep, and sctine
IN = most peculiar manner. they wsi'
...r asveraI times there. and the plAcs
..smsd to have some peculiar attrae.
tson Tor them. When the water nAe
scna down Mr.. John Dowd. saloon
Keeper on Lower Ann street. oiscos
cred on going into his saloon tnat TN
water had caused the slaves OF twsiH
barrels to spring,
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14
CUT HAY EARLY.

Practical feeders have all noted that
farm animals are less likely to make
satisfactory gain during the spring
months. Sometimes they will even lose
flesh unless given the very best OF care.
They often refuse to eat the usual
amount of forage l have found that by
saving nv best forage until last that l
can keep the animals from losing hesn
and in a great many cases can make
them gain. For this reason | find 1t de-
sirable to have on hand little supply
of early cut hay or corn fodder. with
mich cows this early cut forage makes
it possible to keep up fairly good flow
of milk until the cows are turned to
grass.
Not only do the animals do better
when the best forage is retained for
spring months, but the animals seem to
be in better condition for making salts
factory gains when turned onto pasture
| This is reasonable, for this kind OF for
age is similar in composition to grass
consequently when the change from win
ter to spring feed comes, there is bu'
| sIight difference in the character OF ths
food.
Early in the winter animals are in bet
ter condition to consume and make us'
of the more mature fodder crops. Ih
is due partially to the appetite beini
keener during cold, crisp weather, AM
the digestive organs being in NOR
healthy condition. Where larg
amount of hay is to be put UP, it is, Q
course, difficult to cut it all when i
bloom, but every effort should be mad
to harvest as much as possible at tina
stage.-L. o. Folio, in NeaU Eng!dn
Homestead.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14
THE RUDE CHINEE.

VI
II in the little house where you
Keep dolls of every size and hue,
You chance to have quaint Chinee'
oh never ask him out to tea
The dolls of Holland, France and Spain,
These YOU may ask and ask again.
They know (and this one always feels)
How gentle folk behave at meals.
A Chinaman will never take
Buns, bread and butter, jam or cake.
His temper rises in trica
If you omit to give him rice.
And should you grant it, as a boom
He will not eat it with spoon.
Chopsticks must by his plate be set,
And these you're certain to forget.
And, furthermore, he thinks that he
Knows more than you concerning tea
Whether you make it weak or strong,
He's sure to say you've made it wrong
And so, no matter who is present,
He always makes himself unpleasant,
And somehow generally ends
By shocking yoA and your friends.
-LoHdon Ktng.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14
rl..h and Blood Matthias.

A remarkable incident is reported from
the Tyroi. A well-to-do peasant OF Be-
herwien has just died, leaving his known
fortune Of about $500 florins to the par
ish priest of Ehrwald to build church.
In his will was a curious codicie pro-
yiding that ''in the event OF any resi-
duary property being discovered IT should
20 to the cure of Beherwien, Tor pnl-
poses known to himself. In conse-
ouence of this provision the dead man
house was thoroughly starched, ana IN
the cellar was discovered.a a sum OF 100,
600 forms, which nothing in the dead
mans family relationships, Individual
circumstances, or business operations
had even led his neighbors to suppose
that he possessed. II. is now recalled
that some twelve years ago a weai,ns
merchant was robbed and murdered be-
tween Beherwien and Ehrwald without
ANYBODY even being made amenable foi
the crime and people are beginning te
ask whether here. at last, is the clue tt
a mystery not unsimilar in some OF it
details to the romance OF ihe Fohsl
Iew"-PoH Mall Gazette.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14

A London paper has discovered Chi
nese picture that represents-or is sup
posed to represent-Noah's ark resting
on the top of Mount Ararat. The PIC
ture is of great antiquity. As is well
known. the religious literature OF almosi
every nation and race contains an ac-
count of deluge, but a Chinese manti.
script, recently unearthed, follows very
closely the story as recorded IN th'
Bible.
It is particularly interesting in tha
the roof of the Chinese ark Is OF tn
rable variety associated with the Moan
ark. which prove such entertaining toy
for our youngsters The Chinese pic
ture. however, shows double-storie'
vessel, and so far from there being oni
one window in the roof, there are WIN
dows in every possible space.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14
butt AND TIP KERNELS FOR
SEED

Professor Shamel, instructor in farm
crops at the Illinois College of Agricul;;
ture, says that 1t is good plan to shell
off and discard both the tips and butts
of the corn ears selected for seed. That
was what we were taught to do when
Young, and we thought 1t the proper
way until we saw the results of a trial
made by the late DIR. E. Lewis Sturte-
want. while Director of the New York
Experiment Station at Geneva. He
planted several rows of corn, placing
the kernels in the drills just as they
srew in order on the cob, also strips in
which one had seed from eight butt ker;
nels in each row, another from eight tif
kernels in the rows, and the third eigh,'
kernels from each row as near the mid
die of the ear as possible. We think If
every test the kernels from the tip gav'
earliest ripening corn, and in more that
half also produced larger yield thar
| those nearer the middle of the ear. II
every case the yield was at the rate o
several bushels less per acre from thos
kernels near the middle of the ear.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14
TWO KINDS OF COURAGE.

The smallest child sat down and began
to cry. Her tumbled yellow curls had
pushed to one side her white nurses
cap and in spite of the red cross sewn
UPON her sleeve, she was as scared and
miserable as little five-year-old girl
could be.
"Oh. / hate war! / hate war; she
walled, while the commander in chief,
Julius Wellington, aged ten, stood ana
looked at her in scorn. -.
"I wouldn't be such baby, Madge !
he cried sharply; but Madge sobbed On,
until grandma came out on the piazza.
"Now, Julius" she said, tell me
what you were doing to make your little
cousin cry So.
"Why. grandma" Julius answered
promptly, I'VE were just charging up
San Juan Hill, and BERTHE was wounded
severely wounded. So / told Gertie
and Madge-they're the Red Cross
nurses. you know-that he couldn't live
more'n a minute or two, cause ne had
both legs and both arms shot off, and
bullet hole somewhere else in his body
and then Madge began to cry and say
she didn't want Berthe to die. She's
little 'fraid-catF !.
| "Julius Wellingtonl I'm not 'fraid
cat 'tallr cried Madge, in eager de
| fense. "Only / didn't want to pla!
Brother Bertie was beaded, and I hat
to see blood"
"But that's not being brave, is II
lurandma BERTHE asked. Julius say
it's an honor to die for your country
and besides, was going to have mill
ltary funeral tomorrow, so she needn'
lhaye felt so bad, after all"
81 don't think girls ought to pla
hey're army nurses if they get scared,
added Lieut.. Louie.
mo, they oughtn't," said the CON
mander in chief firmly. We've got
practise up for tomorrow, and If Made
lcan't play right she needn't play at all
The tears were gathering once MOI
lin Mades'v syss when grandma Spok
rhu I'D isdy hsd hsea ieeitlne eeyen
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14
BILLY THE PARROT.

We've got big red and green parrot
and we call him Billy. The man we
bought him from told us he was Span
ish parrot and knew great many words
of Spanish, but couldn't speak any Eng
lish. So we've tried to teach him and
now he knows great many English
words, He has forgotten good deal OF
the Spanish he used to know, but some
times we hear him talking to himself,
and when we don't understand what he
says we think it must be Spanish. He
| knows some swear words in Spanish,
! and when he gets angry, my, you Just
ought to hear him. Papa says it's q
good thing We don't understand him.
| Billy is fond of music. Whenever
| Maud starts to play on the piano she
puts his cage on a chair near by. While
she plays Billy listens, calling: Thank
you, thank you," all the time, and nod
ding his head in time with the music.
It's great fun to see him.
! We keep Billy in his cage most OF
the time, but when he is let out then
we have to look out for the bric-a-brac
You see, being shut UP SO much, he:
forgotten how to fly, and when he tries
he can't fly straight. He blunder:
around and smashes into the chairs
looking glass and ornaments.
He's been hurt that way so often tha
now he's afraid to fly, and when h
wants to cross the room he waddie
along the floor just as fast as he can 60
One day Maud got right in his way
holding open a dolls petticoat. Bill.
was stumbling along so fast that h
hadn't time to turn aside, but went righ
through the petticoat, taking it with hin
But when he tried to walk he got mix
ed up in it and fell over himself, bitin
and clawing and screaming and swear
ing in Spanish Maud and | just roll
4, ed around the floor laughing at him.
4 Rex, our collie, doesn't like Billy an
}. Billy loves to tease Rex. Several time
4 day Billy will call out, Here. Re-
Rex, old boy" and give long whistl
And wherever Rex is he will come tea
Q ing into the room, thinking that pal
has come home. He goes hunting b
hind chairs and under tables to find
master, while Billy watches him Wi
If one eye shut. And when Rex finds n
:. body, you would laugh to see the funl
n puzzled look come over that dogs fae
3 Then Billy calls out, Good boy, Re
p Ha. ha, ha.' And Rex knows he's be-
" fooled and sinks out of the room wi
tail dropping. You'd think Rex wou
D, know Billy's trick after while, but Z
he gets fooled every time.-Brookl
of Eagle.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14
DUST AND DAMPNESS.

But making daylight is not the only
service that dust renders us. If it were
not for dust it would be impossible tor
anything on the earth's surface to be
dry. Our houses, our carpets, our fnr,
niture, our bedding, Our clothing, would
all be saturated with water, and no
means of drying them could be found.
The reason for this is very simple ;
the air always contains moisture; that is
to say, the earth is surrounded with
watery vapor. which is sure to lind some
thing on which to condense, and IT moth
ing interposed to protect us it would
condense on us and on everything around
us. But something does interpose to
protect us-those infnitesinal dust
notes, every one of which gathers mois-
ture on itself, and thus becomes little
water particle, too light to fall to tht
earth, but able, nevertheless, to save Us
indescribable discomfort 1t may b'
| remarked, by the way, that fog is merel.
condensation of watcry vapor on dus
Philadelphia Record.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14
dI1IrIA HELD IN READINESS.

Atlanta, Ga --Adjutant General
Robertson ordered Major Barker to
mt himself in command of three
companies which would be detailed
from the fifth infantry and the nrs'
cavalry and report with them at o
O'Clock Tuesday morning to the sner-
IN of Cherokee county, at the Fulton
county Jail in Atlanta. The miii'ia
will accompany Raymond Hoss' q ne
gro to Canton, Ga, where he VIII oe
tried for an alleged assault Oh L
white woman.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14

Ths North Carolina Supreme coul'
hos settled the Snow will case In ac-
.ordance with the cold facts. The tes-
tator was Ice Snow of Surrey, anu wv, ."U
of the parties in interest were nan
snow and Rain snod. North carohhs
.aoms 10 abound in odd names, LOT d
newspaper chronicler of the courts @ ae-
cts,on mentions as instances OF TINS
nscuIiarity DR.. Wisconsin Illinois
povster and Early Dawn OF Raleigh.
sharp Blunt of Newborne, SINK 9ulcs
Of Richmond county and proi. Dreo
Peacock OF Greenboro.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward TOT
.ny case of Catarrh that cannot be cured py
Halls Catarrh Cure.
~. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, D.
We, the undersigned, have known r; :.
Cheney for the last Is years. ana oeheve nun
nerfectlv honorable in all business transac-
tions and financially able to carry out any
obligation made by their firm.
WEST & TRuAx Wholesale Druggists, Toledo
Ohio.
WALplNG. K1NxAS & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act-
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent IIee'
prize 7bo. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14

A movement Ia now on foot ~ srscs
. monument In Rome to the memory
Of Nicholas Breakspeare. Pope Adrian
w, the only Engiishman who svsE
eat upon the papal throne. The fund
for the monument Ii to be raised amone
UuElish Catholics. Pope Adrnin was
born In HOO at Langley. near D. Az
bans. England. His parents wsrs poor
and the future pontiK was dsnisd so-
mittanes to one Of the English monas-
tories. He then went abroad snd rose
from honor to honor. at the ago OF %
he was elected to the chair OF Sers-
tar.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14
WHEN THE ORCHARD GIVES a
PROFIT.

Time is required before an orchard
may begin to give a profit. One cannon
exnect returns from an orchard in a
wear, as with animals, hence the sooner
IL. trees begin to bear the less the loss
of time, land and capital. 1t is import
ant therefore, that the best of care be
given young trees from the start:
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14
A FORTUNE to he afven Away.

Fortune 10 he ufvcn Away.
4 noted philanthropiss has decided 70 give
away his fortune 70 charitis: ana no aoues =
much good will be accomplished. There
.rothe1 agency that has also accomplished
much GOOD. namely, Hrtetter's Stomach BIT
ters. tie medicine with fifty year. OF eurSs
Dsst,on DsOa cures dyspepsia, regulates the liver
ssnS Seeps the bowels regular, also prs.snss,
beichine, heartburn or iatpisney. Don't 'aa
a. trv h. but be sure You get the genuise.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14

po,an;c Blood Balm (B. 3. b. cures blood
ID lin bumors Iiko ulcers, eating sores,
eczema, a itching skin, aching bones and lointSs'
boiIs L scrofnla, blood poison, cancer, etc. =;
y p cures all malignant blood troubles, olo
aeep-sessed cases. heals every sore, manes oe
the blood pure and rich. Druggists. Stu
Treatment free and prepaid BY describing
your trouble and writing DIR. Gillian, IL MIL
Sbell St., Atlanta, Ga.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14
GREEN MANURIAL CROPS.

Green manuriai crops are now con-
sidered essential to good farming for
several reasons, the principle being that
certain kinds draw nitrogen from the at
mosphere and thus add to she fertility Of
the land. The iAA Of the rear ID ususlls
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot.
Ease, q powder for the feet. It makes tight
or new shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweat,
ing, aching feet, ingrowing nails, CORN sna
bunions. AT all druggists and shoe stores.
2bc. Trial package FREE by mail. Address
Allen s. Olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14
The March Of Progress.

Time was when only one man bore
~. earth. and his name was Atlas.
Ms..davs Ma their name Is legion who bers
.hs earsh,--PAAssslbhis Pvsssi
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14

In order to encourage and stimulate
.ha cotton industry a London firm is
making arrangements with Its New
orleans house to send an expedition
., arnerts to West Africa, in order
"a teach the natives how to plant ana
crow cotton. The idea Is to send two
exnerts from the southern states to
each of the principal West African
colonies. viz, Lagos, Sierra Leone,
bathurst and Cape Coast Castle, and 1t
Is anticipating that this will be the
means of creating a new and fmpor-
tant Industry in that part of the world
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14

A horse eats nine times its weight u
food in a year, sheep six times.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14
Sc. adyt. of sM1rnDrAL's BUSINESS coILEe'

The refining Of sugar was invented
Antwerp in the sixteenth century.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14

Kafirs own nine-tenths Of the i2,oV'ooo
acres of Natal, South Africa.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14

All goods are alike to PUTNAM FApEnxsa
DYES. as they color all fbers at ono ponins'
Rold by all draggjsts.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14

FITS permanently cured. No FITS or nervous.
ness after first days use OF DR.. Klines Great
Nerve Restorer. 81 trial bottle and treatise frSs
Dir. r.. H. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch st., Phiia. III
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14

The United StawA pays II Loo 600 4
week for the coffee its people con-
sumea
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, soften the gums, reduces lnnamms-
tion, allays pain, cures wind coIc. zoc po'''"
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14

The worlds consumption OF sugar mas
doubled within the last fifteen years.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14

OF the 5000 bicycles used IN bansk1hk, h
Siam, about four-ffths were maoe In 'ne
United States.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14

Tho best ginseng comes fror, Pennsyi-
yania, New York, Minnesota and Canada.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14

rh,re are thirsy-nine miles Of books
IL shs ilbfart b the British MnseiiA-
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14

The population OF Ireland now Is about
half of what it was in lS4l.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14

Pisos Cure cannot be too highly spoken o en- .,
a. cough cure.-J. W OBRlhS, oAz t ,aao
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14

Western Australia has never attempted
70 number its aborigines.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14

The authors train of thought is con-
struction train.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14
u..t For thc Bowels.

The largest locomotive works IN tne
world are in Philadelphia.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14
ladies can Wear shoes

Recent observations seem to indicate
that the incubation period OF malaria 's
about eighteen days.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14

Ginseng has been an important article
of export from the United States since
I7ie
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14

New York City has $4,000 telephone
stations.
The Banner-Democrat., 1901-09-14

Hest For the Bowels.
No matter what ails You, headache TO
cancer. you will never get well until your
cure Won without a grippe or pain, produce
easy natural movements, cost you Just ~
cents 10 start getting your health back. Cas-
cApErs Candy Cathartic, the genuine. put up
in metal boxes. every tablet has &C. o.
stamped on it, Beware OF limitations.
On all the Chinese stamps ia o dragon,
the national emblem of royalty.
Smear EXISTS in the sap OF leaves OF
resrfy 900 different kinds Of trees.