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FACTS ABOUT FEET.

The typical Irish foot is fiat, rather
broad and not usually long.
The Frenchman's foot is proverbially
long, narrow and well proportioned.
The Scotchman's foot is high and
thick. strong, muscular and capable of
hard work.
The Tartar's foot is short and heavy,
the foot of a certain type of savage.
and the toes are all the same length.
The Englishman's foot is in most
cases short and rather fieshy and not
as rule as strong as proportionately it
should be.
The Russians foot possesses at least
one popularity which is worth MOTTO
ing. The toes are generally "webbed"
to the first joint.
The Spaniards foot is generally
small and, thanks to the Moorish blood
which flows in the veins of most Span
iards, elegantly curved.
The latest measurements seem TO
show that America is in the process of
developing a race with the smallest
feet among all the civilized nations.
The Teutonic and Scandinavian ma
uons appear to have the largest feet,
Swedes, Norwegians and Germans
standing in this respect at the head of
the list.
The Arabs foot is famous for its
high arch, whereby true Arab may,
indeed, always be known, the Koran
saying that a stream of water can run
under the foot without touching it.
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French co1ee.

The delicious flavor which all travel
ers in France discover in the coffee Of
that country is got, it Is said, by the
addition Of a little butter and sugar
during the roasting process. To every
three pounds Of roasting berries a ta-
blespoonful each Of butter and pow
dered sugar is added. These in melting
spread over the beans in a thin coat
Ing, which holds the aroma and con-
tributes a caramel flavor that is deli
cious and distinetive.-Harper' Bazaar.
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SMYRNA DIRECTORY.

SMYRNA DIRECTORY.
TOWN OFFICIALS.
President Of COuncil-James C. Robinson.
secretary OF Council-Henry S. Anthony.
Town Treasu.er-Ezekial V. Cooper.
CLERK OF fCouneil-Samuel ]. Reynolds.
Alderman-Eugene Crow.
Chiefof POlice-B. w. Turner.
Councilmen: LIST ward, DR.. T. C. Moore; 2nd
Ward. Samuel ]. Reynolds: grd Ward Harry r
Srleyesi 4th Ward. JOS. H. Wright; 5th Ward
= Marriott Fowler; 9th Ward James c. Robinson
and Henry S. Anthony.
Council meets the second and fourth Fridays
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Philadelphia, Wilmington ! saAinor salrnI
DELAWARE DIVISIOv

On and after Oct. I, 1902, trains win
as follows: 'NS VIII leave
SOUTHWARK
EXP Pass. Exp PassMail N.,r
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Mother dray's Sweet Powders for Children.
Successfully use by Mother Gray, nurse in
the Chlltlren's Home in New York. Cure
feyerishness, Bad Stomach, Teething Dis
orders, move and regulate the Bowels and
Destroy Worms: Over 30 600 testimonials.
dney never fail. At all druggists, 25c.
Leltoy, n. Y.
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The Tnauenc.

Jerry-How do good clothes make a
man gentleman?
Joe-Ihey mako him feel as IL he
was expected to act like one.-DetroIt
Free Press.
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BRANCH ROADS.

Returning, train leaves Fran Kiln Citv & O0s
M, and .O6 p. m. week DAYS
Leave Franklin City for Chincoteague via
sStteasmerl oS p M. weekdays. Returning, leave
Chincoteague 4.52 a. m. weekdays
Leave Harrington for GeOrgetown and Iewes
az ~ IO40 a. M, o.l4 p. m. weekdays Return
m. weekdays. -''- r
>, Leave Harrington for Rehobotb 1910 m
tues1ays; thursdays and Saturdays only. Re.
turning leave Rehoboih 110 D. m. TUESDAYS
thursdays and Saturdays only
Leave harrington for Berlin IO4Oa m and
- p. m. weekdays. Returning leave Berlin
o.o6 a. m and 02 D. m. week days.
Leave Clayton for Chestertown snd way sta
lions S42 a. m. week-days Returning leave
Chestertown $50 a. m. week-days -N'''
=, Leave Massey for Chestertown and wav sta
@ LIONS IO.l a. m. and $50 p. m week days Re.
p. m. weekdays - anu 81"
:. Leave a Townsend for Centreville and way sta.
~ ~ S;zo a; m and 5.08 p. m week. .days. Re-
turning, leave Centreville Isl a m ana . AZ n
m, week days. -' p
q Leave Clayton for Oxford and way stations at
80 ~ ahu o.zZ p. m. Returning, leave OK
ioTo 800 a. n. ana 81 p. m week days.
5,asN ase st. seaiord Tor Cambridge and interme.
9Iate stations at ll.l9 a N. and 50 D. m week.
Jays Returning, leave Cambridge al 7 O0 a m
ana 2.S2 p m. week DAYS
CoFNKcrIo Porter with Newark a Della.
ware City Railroad At Townsend with Queen
q So ntkailroad AtClayton, with Delaware
po ~ Ssa Peake hallroed and Baltimore Delaware
Isy IDsay nAliroad: At Harrington, with Deiawpre
Mary land q Virginia Railroad. Atseato-,9 Ii
Nsla S1ala pSrrloge q Seaford Railroad. AtDelm b
neW York, Philadelphia & Norfolk. Wi,
Foeomoke,and Peninsula Railroads.
SDaily except Sunday.
; y; HUTCHINSON. General Manager.
. n WOOD General Passenger Agent
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Don't say Il wish.' Anybody can
wish -Atehison Globe.
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Daily. sDaily except Sunday
Stops to leave passengers from Wilmington
and points north, or take passengers for points
south of Delmar
"e Stops TO leave passengers from New York
"f' stops only on notice to conductor OF agent
or on signal.
''i' Stops to leave passengers from Middletown
and points luth.
and beyond.
p stops to leave passengers from points south
OF Delma T, or take passengers for Wilmington
and points north.
*On Saturdays arrives at 9.25 D. m
+ArrlVes daily except Saturday and Sunday.
NEW CASTLE ACCOMMODATION TRAINs-Lesve
wilmington 6.l3 a. M, 304 4.O2 and SIS D N
weekdays. Leave New Castle S.3l, 958 lG5g
q M, 9 IL p m weekdays
Express trains leaving Harrington $40 a. m,
ana arriving at 61O p. m, week days, run
through solid to and from Baltimore, via Porter
and Newark. WV
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-02-11
Saving the Forests.

At an Iowa farmers institute one of
the most ardent speakers in favor of
bill before the State Legislature for
the preservation of the forests was a
farmer whom the writer found later in
the year hard at work in his wood lot
cutting down trees for fire wood. This
man was not a fraud by any means,
but he failed to see the slightest incon-
sistency in his action, and yet it seems
plain that the only way to preserve the
forests is for every farmer to take good
care of his own little forest If he has
one; if he has not, then he should make
haste and start the trees. 1t is all very
well to talk about the preservation Of
tie few remaining great forests of lit
tie value compared the five, ten and
twenty acre wood lots if such one
could be found on every farm in the
country. If you have a wood lot
friend, take care of it; keep stock and
fire out of it; scatter a few seeds of
forest trees over the ground every few
years and do everything possible to
preserve your small forest. If there IS
no wood lot on your farm. set out the
trees or SOW the seeds next spring on
that twenty-acre WORKOUT pasture.
Don't continue to rob nature; give her
chance and she Will return to you a
hundred fold.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-02-11
nighest Rents ON Earth.

The district around Cornhill is now
the most highly rented spot on earth.
Not long since one room near the Royal
exchange let for between $4,000 and
$4,000 a year. Within the past few
weeks a house agent advertised certain
properties in Throgmorton street to let.
For seven telephone boxes on the
ground floor $3.50 a year of rent was
asked for each. For a suite of three
rooms on the meZZanine floor f1,000
a year was asked Six rooms on the
first floor were offered at $1,000 year.
For shops Bond street is the dearest
thoroughfare in the world. Broadway
in New York comes next. and a limited
radius near the Place de fOpera in
Paris ranks third 4 small shop in
Bond street brings readily from 1850
to f1,300 a year. This includes the
shop and basement. but not, of course.
the remainder of the house. The shops
in Regent street cost even more. but
then they are larger. thus making the
rent per square foot work out less
London Mail.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-02-11
Care of Ron,s.

Not only those who expect to sell
their surplus Of potatoes and other
roots, but those who intend to use the
tubers for seed purposes, should be
careful to guard against the cold
weather. When it gets so cold that
frost can be seen upon the inside of
the cellar walls, it is too cold in the
cellar for nearly all roots, but espe-
cially for potatoes and such others as
may be INTENDED for seed purposes. The
Cooper system of cold storage places
the proper temperature of potatoes in
storage at "a degrees. or two above the
freezing point, while carrots may be
kept at 80 degrees, onions and parsnips
at 30 degrees. or just at freezing. We
have seen onions kept well at much
lower temperature than that, but an
essential requirement was that they
should thaw out gradually, and with
out any exposure to sunlight or artiti-
cial heat How onions so kept would
have proved if they had been set to
grow seed we do not know, as we never
tested them But it is said that the po-
tato which has been in cold storage
and even not lower than "a degrees,
has been so chilled that it is unfit to
use as n seed. Its vitality has been re-
duced, and while we have had sprouts
come from potatoes that were partially
frozen. the yield was not such as to
lead us to advise any one to freeze
their seed potatoes. We are also told
that a long term of chilling at tenn
perature near the freezing point is
worse for them than an actual quick
freeze-American Cultivator.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-02-11
CIVIL SERVICE IN BUSINESS.
Growth Of the Merit System in Lines
of Industry.

Growth Of the Merit System in Lines
of Industry.
One of the most important steps in
the direction of closer relations be
tween capital and labor is that taken
by the steel trust, which has adopted
the civil service idea in its dealings
with its 1000 employees on its lake
steamship lines. The presumption is
that this is but the forerunner of sim
liar action in connection with the tens
of thousands of men employed in the
various enterprises of the trust, says
the Kansas City Journal
Civil service practice, of course. OBJ
tains in modified form in the business
world. to such an extent that the con-
trast between conduct of private and
public business is proverbial. Other
things being equal the tenure Of posi-
tion in ordinary business enterprises
depends upon fidelity and competency
to far greater degree than positions
in political offices.
Discharges are usually made for
cause rather than on account of a
change in officials at the head of the
concern. 1t is fashionable among po-
litical demagogues to say that the en-
ploye has to vote with the corporation
for which he works. But the fact re-
mains that interference with private
political belief is very rare, and that
the business man does not care what
views are held by his employees, unless
they constitute direct attack upon his
interests, and, indirectly, upon their
own interests.
But this conspicuous Endorsement
and application of the civil service idea
must have n good influence. 1t is CO.
operation in a certain form. and the
feeling of stability on the part of the
employee must be an incentive toward a
closer relationship with the employer
and the recognition of the interdepen-
dence of interests. 1t is along these
lines that capital and labor must APP
proach each other if they are ever to
cease to maintain their present atti-
tude of hostility and distrust ON the
one hand and Indifference and selfish
ness on the other.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-02-11
New Leguminous Plant.

German papers speak of an annual
belonging TO the leguminous class,
growing in tropical Africa, which is
largely cultivated by the negroes as an
article of food 1t has been introduced
10 some extent in Brazil. The Afri-
cans call it woandsu. but its botanical
name is Glycine subterranea. The
fruit. like the peanut, natures under
the ground. The eatable kernel has
the shape of an egg. and is dark red.
with black stripes and a white hilum
like most beans. 1t furnishes a very
white flour, the favor of which, after
cooking. very much resembles that Of
chestnuts. Two pounds of this pro
duct would supply the daily require
ments Of the human system. This is
one of the very few fruits which in a
natural state contain all the chemical
properties of n perfect nutriment.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-02-11

until illness came upon me three years
ago. l first noticed it by being irreg-
ular and having very painful and
scanty menstruation; gradually my
general health failed; could not en-
JOY my meals; l became languid and
nervous, with gripping pains frequently
in the groins.
Il advised with our family phys
ician who prescribed without any i'm
provement. One day he said Try
Lydia Pinkham's Remedies I
did, thank God the next month was
better, and it gradually built me up
until in four months was cured. This
is nearly a year ago and 1 have not
had pain or ache since. BONNIE
DELANo, 324s Indiana Ave, Chicago,
lH.-s50oo forfeit II above testimonial 10 not
genuine.
Trustworthy proof is abundant that
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound saves thousands Of
young women from dangers resulting
from organic irregularity, suppression
or retention of the menses, ovarian or
womb troubles. Refuse substitutes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-02-11
Roof Window in the Barn.

There are thousands of barns scat
tered throughout the country. the roof
space in which is but little. if at all,
utilized. largely for the reason that the
roof space IS Inaccessible. \ barn was
secently seen in which this difficulty
was solved by the insertion of a roof
window similar TO that shown in the
cut. This gives a chance to unload hay
into the loft from the outside, either
by hand or by hay fork. and where
as the loft before was dark ard poorly
ventilated it is row light and airy.
The style of window that is shown IS
much better than the pitched roof dor
mer window that is sometimes put up
on roofs. The style shown admits of
having large square window in front
especially useful il a hay fork is to
be used
The advantage of thus changing a
barn is that the loft can be floored over
and the hay and straw stored in the
second story. utilizing the space clear
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-02-11
Farmer Finds a Friend.

Nadeau, Mich. Feb. 3.-Mr. Nelson
De Roster of this place, a prosperous
farmer sixty-one years Of age, has suf-
fered for years with Kidney Trouble.
He has tried many medicines, but
found nothing to relieve him until he
began to use Dodd's Kidney Pills, and
he has found this remedy to be friend
indeed. He says:
Il thank God that there is one medi-
cine in the world that does help weak
and sick humanity. l would earnestly
advise every one who has Kidney
Trouble to use Dodds Kidney Pills.
They have given great satisfaction in
our family"
Wherever Dodd's Kidney Pills have
been used according to directions. they
have not failed to cure all Kidney
Troubles. Brights Disease, Dropsy,
Rheumatism, Lumbago and Backache.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-02-11

1t is not maav years ago that farmers
in the Western States were burning
their straw stacks to get them out of
the way. There was apparently no
market for it excepting at points where
the cost of transportation was likely to
exceed the price for which they could
sell it. Now at nearly every market in
the States the price of good straw is
as high as that of No l hay. and in
some places it is higher. There were
some who would not burn it. but put it
in the yards for the farm animals to
pick what they wished to of it. and to
trample the rest into manure After a
few years it was found that the farms
of these men Increased in fertility and
.producuveness. and the practice Of
burning straw was nearly discontin-
ued, even before the common use of
the baling press made it profitable to
ship it to Eastern markets. A change
almost as great has taken place in the
opinion of the value of corn fodder 1t
is but very few years since the cora
growers of the Western States cut no
corn fodder. but after picking off ears.
let the cattle and hogs in to pick and
break down the fodder or what they
would of it. and then it was a task in
the spring to break down the rest so
that it could be plowed under. Now it
is nearly all being put through the
shredder, and made so fine that any
stock eats it, and it is thought as val
liable as the average Western hay
New England Homestead
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-02-11
Pack Butter with Care.

Butter for shipment or for the home
market should have much greater care
OF course the size and kind Of package
will depend upon the demands of the
customers. If tubs are wanted, see that
the butter is put in soli6ly. The top
may be smoothed off evenly by means
of a straight edge or wire. A cloth is
then spread over the top Of the tub,
and light layer of salt is sprinkled
over the cloth. II prints are wanted,
see that they are carefully and neatly
made, are wrapped in parchment paper
and carefully packed. Use special care
with small packages designed for Gus
tom trade.-New England Homestead.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-02-11

\ pretty girl announced to papa her
enga cement to dear Cholly. The old
man became very grave at once. Chol-
ly had good salary. was to all APP
peararces nice, steady young man,
but then" said papa. ''let the en-
gagement be n long one, my dear. In
that case you will have time to find
out each others faults and failings.
and discover serious defects of char
acter which would make you wretched
for life if you marry"
But, papa" interposed the sweet
girl, Il object to long engagements,
they are SO apt to be broken. don't you
know" And while the old man medi-
tated she rushed off into the parlor to
tell Cholly it was all right and resume
the yum-yum business. Louisville
Times
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-02-11
soaking Corn for Hogs.

The West Virginia Experiment Sta
ton tested the value of soaking corn
for hogs by dividing some cross breed
hogs into two lots. alike as to size,
breed and sex. They used Western
corn and for one it was ground into
meal. mixed with water and fed as a
mash. For the other lot corn was
soaked in water until soft. the supply
being kept up as needed. Both lots
had all that they would cat up clean.
The lot fed on soaked corn consumed
.. 1873 pounds of corn and gained 555
pounds. Or $50 pounds of corn for each
one hundred pounds of gain. Those
given meal used 40 pounds for each
hundred pounds Of gain. saving Of
- pounds of corn, beside the cost Of
grinding. or for a gain Of go pounds a
saving Of $50 pounds of grain
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-02-11

A GOOD MIXER. general rule the
dairyman must rely upon the common
stock of the country on the one hand
and the thoroughbred bull on the other
for the base of his operations 1t is use
less to talk about the exclusive intro
duction of pure thoroughbreds TO meet
the present wants of dairymen. The
animals would be altogether too ex-
pensive. even if it We're possible to find
them. Again. it may be doubted
whether any advantage would be gain
ed in the mere production of milk over
crossing of common stock with thor
oughbreds. The grade animal as a
mixer may prove equal to or even bet
ter than the thoroughbred. The only
course for the most of dairymen is to
start with a good herd Of native cows
having good dairy types. use thor
oughbred bull and breed up to the
qualities Observation-Disclosures Farmer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-02-11
Pushing Young PIGS.

The best food for pushing pigs is
milk mixed with shorts placed in a
trough close to the pen, where the
mother cannot get at it. The little pigs
quickly learn it is for them, and as
soon as they eat it up entirely add n
little cornmeal with it, and when three
months old | put as much oats ground
fine as | have shorts and cornmeaL
Then soak shelled corn and feed it for
Stops. Make the slop thick. just so IL
pours readily; put little salt in it; 1t
aids digestion and is relished more by
the pigs. AS substitute for milk use
oil meal, old process. and soak slop for
twelve hours. | can get more growth
from this mode of feeding than any
thing | have tried yet. Pigs, when be-
ing pushed heavily. should have lots
Of eXercise.-EXchange.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-02-11
THE PoPE's VALET.
His Duties of Great Importance Treat
ed with Consideration.


ed with Consideration.
They say. that Pho Contra, the Pope's
valet receives a greater quantity Of
letters than any other man in Europe.
But Pho Centra also takes less notice
Of the letters he finds every morning on
his breakfast tray than any other man;
for he simply takes little bundles CT
them while lie is drinking his chocolate
and throws them into the fire without
even looking at the addresses on the
envelopes. He knows that this enor-
nous correspondence only confirms in
quiries about lis masters health, and
he win not entertain the idea that such
a sanity person might ever Ire submit
ted to common human ailments. and
less still that he could ever die like any
other mortal
Pho Contra lives with his family in a
small pavilion in the Corte san Dam
aso. which is in the Vatican itself. He
looks so distinguished with his clean
shaver face ana his large, beautiful
gray eyes, that those who do not know
him take him for mOnsignor, and a
high-born one, and when, as early Is
, a. m, he crosses the yard which leads
TO the Pope's apartments, those he
meets honor him with a deep bow.
These honors he receives with great
dignity, and as if they were due to him,
At 6 O'Clock he enters the apartments
Of his Holiness, whom he helps TO get
up and dress Then he assists in the
Mass in the private chapel, kneeling be-
hind his master, attends afterwards TO
the light collation.. consisting of toast
and chocolate or cOnsOmme, and practi-
caIly never leaves the holy father dur
ing the day.
TO Pho Contra alone Dr. Lapponi
gives minute directions about the diet.
rest or exercise. and the amount of
sleep or work More than once the car
dinals and high dignitaries have been
Mortified TO see Pho Contra snatch cup
or glass from his masters hands, or
gently compel him to sit down on coax
him into a little walk.-LondOn Society.