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&C MAAooAMY No..
u oeatsal 40 soztA 49,.
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aea sosth Aasris. -.
nig WaruA
49, nAhogany hunter n the -,
N otta1t and best paid IabOrs- :. -. -
Ssa94 and South American -, -
S - lpon his skin and activity IarrsIr
sspenos The success Of the seHsoD N.
$500. ss ~ not grow In groups. but are
sSeo promlscuously throaVh tho
lorest and hidden in the depss rro,-,S
!. ...lsroEash, vines and ereepers. ana
: IeQuires skillful and experieDced
.oO1'men to ind them. To fsII
.H[se mahogany tree Is one day,1 tasS
~, ~ '"O men. On account OF the Thorn
.lAe spurs which project frorD IN.
u1hk at Its base, scaHolds are erected
- tne Tree cut OF above these pro-
suDel Anees, which leaves a gtump from
ssn % nrteen feet high, thus wasting
ne pest part OF the tree. Aftsr Trim
ming the tree Of its branches a. a
Ll-uieo oy means Of a crude truck. with
oxen as motive power, TO the hank az
me river. There the logs are collected
ana made ready for the foods. ON fhs
,onsest rivers these begin IN June ana
Suiy ana On others In October and No
Femoer. The logs are turned adr,ft
ana when they reach tideyater ar.
caught By means Of booms. From tia
Doom the logs are taken to the "em-
oarcaderO" and prepared for shipment
A Tree makes from two to i've logs.
measuring ten to eighteen feat IN
length and from twenty to twenty-tour
incnes' IN diameter after being hewn.
Ihere is q great range In the value
OF Mahogany timber. The Door Grade
OF snort stock may sell as low as hfty
cents for 1000 feet, while fancy ma
terial, used In the manufacture Of tons
OF counters, may be worth $3.50 for
1'OOO feet, or even higher. Previous
to the war In Cuba much mahoeany
was shipped from the island To the
United States, and the trade has been
reViVing within the last two years.
The finest quality from this source Is
called the San Jago" and is used IN
the manufacture Of fancy furniture and
Tor the interior work Of houses The
price OF this variety, made on an inch
basis, ranges from $40 TO S165 for 1000
feet Fine hard Mexican mahogany.
which Is one Of the most satisfactory
kinds for fine furniture or interior
work, is sold according to the grade.
Il Is q hard wood Of good color, and
finishes well. The "hrsts" and sec
onds" in this class Of stock are sold for
about $50 for 1000 feet, but when It is
selected 1t Is worth from $40 to $500
for 1000 feet. Commons" sell at
from $40 to S145, and "cuIls" lowest
grade) at from $50 to $50. The soft
Mexican mahogany is not desirable,
and, in all grades Is worth from $50 to
SIS for 1000 feet less than the hard
variety.
From being an article Of luxury, and
used onlY for expensive work, mahog-
any Is becoming one Of the staple I'm
ishing and furniture woods of the
United States. II Is not q cheap wood
and undoubtedly never win be, but
even houses Of moderate cost may
contain one or more rooms finished
with It, and as a furniture wood It has
become a standard. 1t Is reported that
one Of the leading furniture factories
Of Michigan viii use this year mahog-
any for so per cent Of its product, and
other furniture makers throughout
the country are making medium-siEed
goods Of this material. Its use IS q
veneering is extensive.
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rbs late FIa7ius JOsephus Cook
,..,-.d qwestpess, generosity, sincerity
the qualities that win mems lasting
.,5 ~ IN a preacher. He carried
- audience Of nOn-thinksrs By storm.
-, IRE scholars distrusted him For
-, S-' yaSrs be was the thundering cham
- - orthodoxy. He rode down
D. - and discussed Dramatically, N
. a,--' all things in heaven ana
.s-tb. As Barrett Wendell put =:
~: ~ :. said things with a bang Tia, Ihat
= 80 lIsslong characteristics. Walking
,b- - the college yard with the ,I pres
- seized his astOnished eomp-l -
IN by the arm, giared At an. nm ~ !,
-. .rDo you see thar BLADE o.
SyoSsf miracle "-uhAiO N
mercial.
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nlt Maelean SIN retaining his pre-
oolinant influences.
ne Moorish commander-fn-chief'
vhoss full name @ Harry Aubry de
FEe Aaclean, is q c. ~. O., and Il 81
Jan Of age. He Is married and has
Afes daughters and one son living
A Fez and Marakesh the family live
2 palaces Of Oriental msgnihcence.
ne army over which this intrepid
scotsman Il the commander-in-chief
surprises about 5000 men, and IL
saapped with European riaes.
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-. commander-in-chief Of the
,,.--ish army is 9 young Scotsman
- MSclean, q member Of q High
- elan. Entering the British army
49, years ago Maelean saw some &C
=. sFhting. When MulAi Hassan, the
s-,,,n of Morocco, decided to reor-
-,i,s his army, he applied 70 England
driIl master, ana Maciean re-
- the disappointment. Soon after
=, arrival among the Moors he won
=, suItan's condolences and became not
~ the eommander-in-ehief OF the
SHsrsssn army, but the trusted ad-
- Of the late ruler. he rsoFganized
4, army, and his daring deeds In bat
:, impressed the natives 20 much that
!. prScticaIly held the nomination to
=. throne on the death Of Mulai Has
IN although the-grGnd WIDER. Ahmed
~ MusSa, also possessed much IN
lsEnes.
n sultan's brother vas ready to
-, the throne, but. Is Maclean and
- Nussa were the only persons pres
"a when the sultan died within two
S,vF march Of Marakesh. they had the
boay conveyed secretly to that city,
Uhgrs they announced the death and
"a Mulai Hassan's son. Abel-AXiE,
reclaimed in his stead. and q slight
sutbrsak was quickly suppressed By
EsslsGn's admirably disciplined sol
EGG
ne new sultan being only Is years
4 ere, q regent was necessary, and
Bua Mussa was appointed. with Mac
lunS influence, power and hand BE-
IND him. An ineiplent opposition
witch broke out was suppressed with
4 strong hand, as all rlsings OF tribes
hive been, notably that Of the MisfWa
hibs q few years ago. To prevent II
posibls the recurrence Of such Incl
tutS the heads Of hfty prominent
NEhEa tribesmen figure on spikes
VTF the city gates Of the port Of Ra-
bst and q similar number adorned the
uts at Fez. Maelean always leads
ths punitive expeditions himself, and
les thus seen much tribal lighting. On
hs death Of Ben Mussa last year the
Sultan took Ep the reins of govern
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San. Of the English tenures are es-
.-Ss1riy curiOuG A farm near 49, =, =
-. -. q Yortshirs pays annually e
=. :. ,--siord 4 SNOWFALL IN midsuIa1,el
" - - rose at Christmas ne
. - FostOn Is held BY 2 re1.-i s
- 49,, srrovs ana loaf q bread. -, - = q.
t.o 80. >. - north Of england Is held p
-. - - = before > court go -.
&c - - ~ = certain vase owned p
=. = s.~lly. another n suholk 2
. - rental Of two white dove
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An Ansisas rMhisa

: L generally known that ths fash-
= q pretty girdlas fr0m which de-
~ chains supporting knicklnacks
80 back to Louis knit n those
!. - there were gfrdias known g
ai-eent," which rsaehed fabuloas
- From them huag gold chain1,
SS,l-nGndled scissors snd sold-purses.
!. - Hose which ans e 60 uuch favor
~ and snail. rounf mirrors, for
80. salea women have dlEfllayod 1uch rare
y. although their form has been
-shtly varies
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waruuiS DaignaH

ne marquis q Ripon. VIC recently
e.'sbratsd his golden Weddlng. has
- = dairymzn for yearA IN and
shout fhs picturesque town Of RiDon,
Yell,rtirs. nay Be seen NM wagons
ts,rinr HIS formal title. The most
-sbis -. marquis Of RiDon-r BE alao
- Mn storo n L.oadon. EhsrS
r5untry dairy products are sold
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Dc MoREs WIRE FENCE
Harquis Tells Wsstsasr Hs1I sheet m
"a sseoad ofonsa.

HaTquiI Tells WsstsnsF HSu Sheet M
"a Bsooad oEonsa
When the Marquis De Morss took
possession Of his 10000 acres In the
Bad Lands he proceeded to put up
barbed wire fences says @. W. Ogden
in EVerybOdy's Magazine. One Of the
FIRST to meet this innovation In the
Bad Lands was q hunter named Frank
ODonnelL He was heading IN for the
river one day and almost fen from bis
horse IN establishment when he saw
the new fence. So great was his sur
prise he could not call to bis mind ap-
propriEte caths. he cut the wire and
rode on toward Medora IN silence.
They told him there who vas respon-
sible for the breach Of Bad Lands eti-
quetts and he called on ths marquis.
Say, pardner, what In the - do you
mean BY putting up that fenceT' he
demanded, with an injured air. DE-
Mores replied that he was merely feno-
ing his own property, as was custom
Gry In civilized lands. well, I Just
cut q gap IN the blankety-blank thing
up yonder on the HILL" said the hun
ter dehantly; that's the way I'll
treat your fence whenever II comes IN
my way" "The next time you cut my
fence" De Mores said, without chang
ing color or showing the least sign Of
anger, I'm shoot you on sight" o'Don-
nsIlh Jaw fell, and he looked In amaze
msnt from one b another Of the men
who stood around. Then he mounted
his horse and rode away.
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M a5ISIg & R20gF FROM SANDWICH !As' : y.lSs
Cured of Catarrh of the Stomach
by Pe-ru-Tla.

people Who are suffering from catarrh
Of the stomach who are wasting preci-
Gus time, and enduring needless guner-
ing. The remedies they try only tenn
porarily palliate the distress, but never
effect q cure. Remedies for dyspepsia
have multiplied 80 rapidly that they
are becoming as numerous a. the leaves
% the forest, and yet dyspepsia con-
tinues to flourish IN spite Of them all
This Is due 70 the fact that the cause Of
dyspepsia is not recognized as eatarrh.
IL there Is a remedy In the whole
range OF medicinal preparations that II
In every particular adapted 70 dyspep-
STA, that remedy Is Peruna. This rem
edy Is well nigh inVineible In these
cases.
DR.. Hartman, President Of The Hart
man Sanitarium. Columbus. D., says:
In my large practice and eorrespon-
dence l have yet TO learn Of q single
case Of atomic dyspepsia which has not
either been greatly benefited or cured
by Peruna."
No one suffering with catarrh OF the
stomach or dyspepsia, however slight,
can be Well or happy. Il Is the cause
Of so many distressing symptoms that
Il Is q most dreaded disease. PerunR
acts Immediately on the seat Of the
trouble, the infamed mucous mem
branes lining the stomach and q last
Ing cure Is effected.
II you do not derive prompt and sat-
isfactory results from the use Of Pc
runa, write at once to DR.. Hartman,
giving a full statement Of your case
and he win be pleased to give you his
valuable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President oe
The Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus. o.
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srEr TRAPs ron TIoERs.
uass aaA sur. nstAoa e csSs.rlaE ths
H,-u... A. s-u.tr..

BFue11 - eumoffa
Capturing tigers By novel methods
- now being adopted IN Sumatra and
e proving almost invariably success
fuL Az soon a. q tigers lair has been
found natives are employed 70 con-
struct a wooden fence nine feet long
and four feet wide q short distance
away from Il, and IN this Enclosure Is
then placed a. a bait q dog. which h
tied to one OF the fence posts. A mar
row entrance leads into the Enclosure
and there, deftly concealed undsF
earth, leaves and boughs OF trees, Is
placed a strong steel trap. which IL 30
designed that any animal that places
It's foot on Il - certain to be held cap
tive. This trap Is Of recent invention
and consists OF strong steel plates and
equally strong springs. When Il Is set
the plates form q sort Of platform, and
as soon as the tiger which has been
lured thither by the dog sets his foot
thereon the springs are released and
the cruel steel grips the leg and holds
II fast. Powerful as a tiger is, he can
not free himself from such bondage,
and as those who have set the trap are
never far away he is In a short time
either killed or securely Gagged. At the
same time the dog Il released. and, In
deed, he could not be removed from
the Enclosure as long as the trap was
set, since this instrument. strong as It
r., nevertheless is 80 delicate that the
pressure even Of q dogs foot would
release the springs and cause the ami
malls leg TO be crushed in a twinkling.
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HALF RATES

Wisconsin and Michigan Resorts,
August lst to 10th, the Chicago, Nil
Waukee & st. Paul Railway win sell
excursion tickets from Chicago to the
Summer Resorts of Wisconsin and Mich
igan at rate of one fare Minimum rate
5000 for round trip, limit October 31st
The list Ofres0rts includes MilWau-
kee, Waukesha, Palmyra, Madison,
Kilbourn, ElkhaTt Lake, PeWaukes,
Lakeside, Hartland, Nashotah. 0conO-
moWoc, Sparta, Marquette, Houghton,
0ntonagon, Sault Ste. Marie, St.
1gnace, Minocqua and Star Lake.
Through sleeping cars TO Marquette,
Calumet, Minocqua and Star Lake and
frequent trains with parlOr cars to
nearby resortA-
Full information at Ticket Once, e5
Adams St, or st Union Passenger Sta
ton, Canal, Madison and Adams SITS
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Hon. Robert W. Wilcox. Delegate
TO Congress from Hawaii and the Sand
witch Islands, In a recent letter from
Washington, ID. c., writes:
81 haVe used Peruna for dyspepsia
and ! cheeHully give you This festf-
monlaL Am satisfied n Il Is used
properly IL VIII Be Of great benefit %
our people. lean oonScieHffOHSly rec
ommend Il 10 anyone who Is suffering
with stomach Or catarrhal troubles. "
r. W. Wilcox.
All over this country are hundreds Of
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Cardiff has grown more quickly than
any other large British town Of late
years. From 1881 to 1891 its pOpula-
ton rose from 5000 20 129, 900.
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TIGHTS FOR ISLAM.
.s,,sTIAR AT THE HEAD or
MoFOcco's Army.

- SsosShnaa VIA sAs uIshlaaa
=. Of Nso'oaa-Hs DARING Dood.
p.sas Hsvs Woa Hoaor ter
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S0Z0DONT Teeth Powder Use
Paste This ln Your Haf

FOR REFERENCE. can ssn good Improves land
IN Brookingl County So. Dakota, Tor from twenty
forty dollars per UnimproEed cheaper he Agri-
cultural College e. IN Brookius Have lover priced
lands ana stock ranchs In other counties On So Dakota
Minnesota and North Dakota Long time and terms
On part Write.mc for particulars
EF. PIERCE. Srookngs. Soulh DakolA.
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Some men are made by c.rcum-
stances and some are unmade.
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10000 H ASX6s


required 70 harvest the grain crop OF west
- ern Canada.
90 D. !: J !. ]! !: J.
The most abund-
HHeNnS& Hbs ant yield on the Con-
HLU$2 ~ tinent Reports are
INV that the average
eGMgSS Weld Of No Hard
wheat In Western
Canada viii he over
thirty bushels to the acre. Prices for farm
help win be excellent. Splendid Ranching
Lands adjoining the Wheat Belt.
Excursions viii be run from all points In
the United 81 ates to the Free Grant Lands
Secure q home at once, and IL you wish 70
purchase at prevailing prices, and secure
the advantage Of the low rates, apply for
literature, rates, etc, to +. PEDLEK,
Superintendent immigration, Ottawa, Can
ada, or to the nearest one OF the fol-
lowing Canadian Government Agents:
@. J. BrOughton. 1923 MOnadnOck Block,
Chicago, III, Z. I. Holmes, Room 8, Big
Four Building, Indianapolis, Ind, %
Joseph Young, 5l1f State St., Columbus, o.
When visiting Buffalo, do not fail to Sc
the Canadian Exhibit at the Pah-American.
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It. like truth. only asks a hearing.
Wizard Oil cures pain.
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The one-armed man has an oh-hand
method Of doing things.
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The political orator and the whale
are both spouters.
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A frst-elass pump is a thing that de-
serves to be well tested.
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MFH- WlnaloW'a Soothing syrup.
Per children teething. B0ftens the guma, reduces
ANIMATION, allayb pain, cures wind cole sc oottl
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DOEB YOUR BACK ACHEg
II 90 Try DIR. CRANES QUAKER TON
&c TABLETS. Cure certain. SOC q box.
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". y. .. CHICAGO. Ro. e. leoi.
Nnsa Answering A1rsrtisesesfs kishy
Asntioa his FsDsE
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1901-11-02
HUMAN FINGER PRINTS.
There Are Possible Drawbacks to Their
Value in Identification.

There Are Possible Drawbacks to Their
Value in Identification.
The constancy of human finger prints
has chiefly been discussed in connec-
ton with the Identification of criminals.
Assuming that the evidence of finger
prints is to be admissible in criminal
proceedings, it will be not only neces-
sary to prove that in the case of the
same man the finger prints remain IN
altered, but that no two persons have
identical finger prints. Where is the
evidence of this?
There are propably 1,500,000,000 men
and women on the earth. Can we sup
pose that no two of these have identical
finger prints? Nor indeed is this all.
We may be comparing the finger prints
of living man with those of one who
has been dead for years past, and the
doctrine of heredity might lead us to
expect to find similar finger prints in
the case Of parents and children and Of
different children of the same parents
1t is, at all events, certain that if this
| finger print system were once intro
duced into our courts of justice there
would be any amount of wrangling as
to whether they were Identical or only
similar-experts contradicting each
other and involving the whole subject
in confusion.
Moreover, professional criminals
would probably soon find some mode Of
altering their finger prints. No doubt
if the person who committed a crime
q murder, for eXample-has left the i'm
print of his fingers on anything it may
prove an important clew, but the same
thing may be said of the imprint of his
boots or shoes. But clew is one thing
and proof is another thing.
Let me point out another difficulty. In
country where there are large num-
Der of criminals whose finger prints are
collected, the number of these will soon
be very large. How long would it take
to examine this collection in order to
find out whether any Of them CORE
sponded accurately with the finger
prints of the man who is now accused
The task would, 1 think, be hopeless
one.
That finger prints may be important
in the detection of crime whenever the
criminal has left the print of his fin
gers behind him l do not dispute, but
without much stronger evidence than
we now possess that no two persons
have undistinguishable finger prints
such evidence ought never to be per-
mitted to outweigh what appeared to
be tolerably satisfactory alibi.-
knowledge.
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the necessary repairs, and Congress
appropriated the money for a new
building. The legation building at
Pekin was erected by the United States
Government at small cost, and since
then other inexpensive houses have
been put up for offices, but the accom-
modations have been inconvenient and
unnecessarily humble. The late Con-
gress authorized the erection of lega
ton building at Pekin commensurate
with the prominent position this coun-
try has taken in Chinese affairs. Forty
thousand dollars will be spent in ac-
curing additional ground and laying
the foundation for the new building.
1t is characteristic of American deal
ings with weak nations that the Presi-
dent has instructed the Pekin legation
to pay a fair price for the land, al
though the European governments
have simply confiscated the property
they want.
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eron Of absolute sway. Each has also
its hamper, which is as deadly an enc
my to the Manhattan populace as the
frying-pan to the Kansas farm hand.
l took an inventory Of one of these
hampers last year, and as 1 was a
member Of the physiology class at the
time, it startled me out Of a sessions
growth.
when the hamper was opened the
chaperon drew forth one bag of sand
witches and one pie; one bottle of pick
les, one pie; one sponge cake, one pie;
one roast chicken, one pie; one bottle of
lemon juice, one pie; one bag of assert
ed cookies, one pie; one dozen dough-
nuts, one pie; one package of biscuits
and one pie. This was all, except that
there were few extra pies at the bot
tom, for the purpose, 1 suppose, Of
forestalling famine.
1.-THE chaperon wondered after lunch
con why the girls and boys didn't enter
into their play with as much zest as
they did when they first arrived at the
park l didn't. l was studying natu-
raj history at the time, and only a few
days before a lucid explanation had
been given why the boa constructor
takes a months nap after dining on
far more digestible food than anything
saw in Central Park that day."
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THE SlAMESE TWINS.
Freaks that Were the Subject of Muc
Curiosity a Generation Ago.

Freaks that Were the Subject of Much
Curiosity Generation Ago.
To most people nowadays the SIAM
csc twins are name and nothing more,
public knowledge of them ending with
the fact that they were joined to each
other through life by some kind of nat
ural ligament. But a generation ago
these extraordinary freaks were the
subject of much curiosity and research.
They were born in Siam in 1911 of i
Chinese father and a China-Siamese
mother, and named Eng, fright" and
Chang, left" Their bodies were join
ed by thick fieshy ligament from the
lower end of the breastbone of each.
The substance was hard, being, in fact,
a prolongatiou of the cartilage of the
breastbone. The whole of this cord was
covered by the skin. 1t was remarkably
strong, and had no great sensibility, for
they allowed themselves to be pulled
by rope fastened to it, without eX-
hibiting uneasiness. The slightest i'm
pulse of one to move in any direction
was Immediately followed by the other.
SO that they appeared to be influenced
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by the. same wish. This harmony in

by the, same wish. This harmony in
by necessity.
They never held consultation as to
their movements. Indeed, they seldom
spoke to each other, although they con-
versed constantly with Il Siamese lad
who was their companion. They al
ways faced in one direction; standing
nearly side by side, and were not able,
without Inconvenience, to face in op-
posite directions, so that one was al
ways at the right, the other at the left.
Although not placed exactly in paral-
lei line, they were able to run and leap
with surprising activity.
They were quite cheerful; appeared
intelligent; attending to whatever was
presented to them. and readily ac-
knowledging any ciyility. AS proof
of their intelligence, it is stated that in
few days they learned to play
draughts well enough to become antag-
onists of those who were versed in the
game. They sometimes played with
each other, and it was noticed that
when one made a bad move the other
would sometimes correct it, and pro-
pose that it should be taken back.
They differed in intellectual vigor.
The perceptions of one were more acute
than those of the other; and there was
corresponding difference in moral
qualities. He who appeared most in
telligent was somewhat irritable in
temper; while the disposition of the
other was extremely mild.
They were inclined to sleep about the
same time, eat about the same quanti-
ty, and perform other acts with great
similarity. There was no part Of them
which had common perception, except
the middle of the connecting cord and a
space near it. When pointed instru-
ment was applied precisely in the mid
die of the cord it was felt by both; and
also for about an inch on each side. be-
yond which the impression was limited
to the individual of the side touched.
The pulsations of the hearts of both
conceded exactly under ordinary cir
cumstances, and their respirations
were, in consequence, simultaneous.
The twins were exhibited in Europe
and America a number of times, and
ultimately settled in tine State of Penn
sylvania. They married two sisters and
had large families of children, none of
whom exhibited any malformation.
Chang suffered a paralytic stroke in
1870, and three years later was affected