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Functions of Fruit.

The Medicine Brief thus summarizes
the various uses of fruit in relieving
diseased conditions of the body. The
list is worth keeping: Under the cate
CORY of laxatives, oranges. figs, tama-
rinds, prunes. mulberries, dates, nee
tarines and plums may be included.
Pomegranates, cranberries. blackber-
ries, sumac berries, dewberries, rasp-
berries, barberries, ounces. pears, wild
cherries and medlars are astringents.
Grapes, peaches. strawberries. whortle-
berries. prickly pears, black currants
and melon seeds are diuretics. Goose
berries, red and white currants. pump
kins and melons are refrigerants. Lem
ons, lines and apples are stomachic Sc
datiyeS.
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PlCKINGS FROM FICTION.

Counting the cost" of sins and fol-
Trinity Bells"
Good cooks are more in demand than
saints these days.-''The Tempting of
Father Anthony"
One has often to draw upon the imag
ination even In serious realism
Confessions Of a Caricaturist."
There's nothing so good to brush
away the cobwebs of scruples as the
pleasures of life.-"Doris Kingsley"
Wherever a man strays aside from
the beaten path there he finds the devil
waiting for him.-"The God Seeker"
There is no advantage in being poor
If you can't be common. 1t would be
like being well off without taste for
music or artichokes.-"TheL Last of the
Knickerbockers.
And at least am fair to confess that
the sensation of having once again
clean. smart clothes upon my person
gave a wonderful impetus to my self
esteem.-"Love's Itinerary"
Seems to me the Almighty just wants
a feller to do the right thing by his
neighbor and not be too independent,
but go long kind O. humble like and
keep clean.-'"The Man From Glengar-
ry."
Never be awasting your time a-think-
ing where woman is concerned When
her heart steps up and lays hold the
reins, the steed gallops to the goal;
she's always time to think after she's
acted.-"My Lady Peggy Goes to
Town."
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Why Big Fish Get Away.

1t is perfectly plain that large fish
are more apt to escape than small ones
Their weight and activity, combined
with the increased thickness and re-
sourcefulness of age and experience, of
course greatly increase their ability to
tear out the hook and enhance the dam
ger that their antics will expose a fatal
weakness in hook, leader, line or rod
Another presumption which must be
regretfully mentioned arises from the
fact that in many cases it is the en-
counter with large fish which causes
such excitement and such distraction
or perversion Of judgment as leads the
fisherman to do the wrong thing or fail
to do the right thing at the critical in
stant-Grover Cleveland in Saturday
Evening Post.
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THE BULGARIAN.
A Peculiar Fellow. He Ii Either &
Soldier or q Peasant.

A Peculiar Fellow, He In Either a
Soldier or q Peasant.
1t is a strange country of contrasts.
this Bulgaria that people have So long
watched as danger spot. The peasant
is a heavily built fellow. with a Kal
muk nose If he happens to be pure bred
from the original Samoyede stock,
which is not likely. His language has
become Slavic, which means d Ian
guage in which "beefsteak" is "mpiph-
teki" and "omelet soutfie" Is "omlet
cuphle."
The Bulgarian is peasant or a SOL
der. He knows no other trade. AS q
farmer the sheep is all in all to him.
food and clothing and companionship.
says q writer in The Era. He lives in a
hovel, does not understand why he
should be taxed and makes his women
slave in the field. He is called close
f1sted. churlish and suspicious and has
some Of the virtues that often go with
those qualities.
when Bulgaria became practically
free of tho n-siiltnn-ti------------
T,,.=-e left in the country. These are
gradually being crowded out, but there
is still mosque in Christian Sofia. and
in the palace Of the sobranje. or parlia-
ment, where the members have better
accommodations than the lords of Brit
ain on the Thames embankment, some
twenty Turkish deputies always sit to-
gether and exert an influence that they
never could do in their own land by
voting always with the party in power.
Every Saturday the members of the
sobranje are paid at the rate Of 15
francs a day, all in silver five franc
pieces These peasant lawmakers knot
it up in handkerchiefs, grin slowly and
shake the Jingling pieces playfully in
one another's face. They are playing
at craftsmanship yet. but fairly well
upon the whole.
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TALKING TO ONESELF.
Soliloquies Are Rare Because w
Fear They Mean Madness.

Sohloquies Are Rare Because We
Fear They Mean Madness,
Talking to oneself has this obvious
advantage over any other form Of ora
tory or gossip: One is assured of
sympathetic audience. But 1t has also
this peculiar drawback: It Is supposed
to be one Of the early symptoms of in
sanity. Wrongly so perhaps. A mad
doctor might rule the habit out of his
diagnosis. Nevertheless the popular
belief is firmly rooted, and it is for
fear Of this belief doubtless that we
talk to ourselves even as we dress our
hair with straws so rarely.
1t may be said that we never do adj
dress ourselves at any length except in
the delirium of fever. In moments
of ordinary excitement Of course we
utter to the wind some sort of appro-
pirate ejaculation. Delight wrings
from us cry Of "Hurrahr' or 'Thank
heavenw even though there be none by
to echo US. Similarly in any disgust
we emit one Of those sounds whose
rather poor equivalents in print are
Ugh" and "Faughp and "Tutr' Much
further than this we do not go. "Why,
what an ass am Ir cries Hamlet in
one Of his soiiloquies. Omitting the
first word and transposing the last
two. the ordinary modern man does
often soliloquize to that extent But
he could no more soliloquize to Ham
let's extent than he could speak in
decasyllabics.
Nor is there any reason to suppose
that that class Of the community with
which, contemptuous of his own fluen-
cy. Hamlet compared himself is or
ever was more prone to soliloQuize
than any other. In the matter of solil-
oquies we cannot accept Hamlet as an
unbiased authority. We merely find in
him the possible origin of the belief
that talking to oneself is a bad sign.-
Saturday Review.
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tFRAIVN0 Or OUr-
Some Celebrated Men Who Marie,
Their Domestic Servants.

Some Celebrated Men Who Married
Their Domestic Servants.
Many celebrated men have married
their domestic servants. Sir Henry
Parkes. premier of New South Wales.
is an example. One night when dining
at u friends house he was struck by
the appearance Of servant girl who
waited upon the table and persuaded
his host to allow her to enter his en-
ploy. This she did and for short time
held the position Of cook in Sir Henry's
household. Then he made her Lady
Parkes.
But more illustrious than this is the
case of Peter the Great One day he
was dining at the house Of Prince Men
shikoff. He noticed one of the servant
maids particularly, and. though she
was not handsome, she caught his fam
cy. Her name, the prince told the czar,
was Martha. She had been a servant
in the house of Lutheran minister Of
Marienburg. and when that city was
captured by the troops Of Russia she
had been taken prisoner by General
Bauer, who had passed her over to the
prince, whose servant she was. The
count politely made present Of her to
the czar, who eventually married her.
William Cobbett, the great writer,
when he was only twenty-one years Of
age one morning CHANGED to see bux-
ON servant girl busily engaged in
washing the family linen. The girl
was pretty, so Cobbett spoke to her,
learned her name and the same even
ing called upon her parents and said
he would like to marry their daughter.
The parents of the girl informed the
young man that they had no objections
to him as their son-in-law, but that he
would have to wait until their daugh-
ter was of a marriageable age. Five
years later Cobbett, true to his early
love, married her.
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RICE WATER NUTRITIOUS.
Curious Way Some british OARcers
Discovered This Fact.


1t is probable that few occidental
cooks who prepare rice in various
forms for diet are aware that In dis
'carding the water in which 1t Is boiled
they are wasting what is regarded by
the oriental as the most nutritious part
of the food. This fact was curiously
proved some years since when a de-
tachment of Europeans and native
troops in India found themselves be-
leaguered in fort with insufficient ra-
tions, even of rice. to enable them to
hold out until a force could march to
their relief
1t was when the officers were seri-
ously debating this problem that the
natives approached them with what
was regarded as a curious solution of
the difficulty. If, proposed the latter,
the Europeans took all the rice, they,
the natives, would be quite content
with the water In which it was boiled.
The suggestion. I'm place of any better,
was adopted, when it was remarked
that while the Europeans found it diff
ficult to maintain their strength on full
rations of rice the natives lost none of
their stamina by several weeks diet on
the water. When the proposal was
made, the action of the natives was
praised as one of great devotion to
their superiors, but the sentiment was
somewhat Modified when the discov-
cry was made that the natives were
quite aware that the principal nourish-
ment lay in the water.
Since that time Europeans in the orr
ent, following the custom of the na-
ttves, have given rice water to pa
tients, particularly in cases Of cholera,
as last resort when no other food can
be retained in the stomach and usually
with good results. But the natives al
ways value this water so highly that it
is never thrown away.
In fact, it would surprise many cooks
to discover how much may be done
with this apparently worthless stock.
If the rice is cooked in the oriental
fashion-that is, boiled only so long
that each grain comes out of the pan
separate and not as sodden mass
the water when strained off and per-
mitted to cool will become jelly ap-
preaching the consistency Of blanc
mango. To suit the occidental palate
the water should be favored with an
extract or otherwise the jelly may
have rather an insipid taste.
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southey on word.worth.

OF Wordsworth, Southey writes in
1908 says Harold s. Scott in The At
lantic: HE has written a mastery
poem called The White Doe of Rilston
Hall; or, The Fate Of the Nortons.' The
poem Is incomparably fine. 1t would
amuse you to hear how he talks Of his
own production. His entire and intense
selfishness exceeds anything you could
have conceived. I am more amused at
it than offended; not being sufficiently
attached to him to feel pain at perceiv-
ing his faults, and yet respecting him
far too much on the average Of his
qualities to be disgusted. 1t is so pure
and unmixed a passion in him that Ben
Jonson would have had him in a play
had he been his contemporary"
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The Horse md the stnrs.

Once upon time in melodramatic
theatrical performance the leading man
took a fiery, untamed steed on the
stage. After the horse heard some of
the lines delivered by several of the
actors he began kicking the flats and
wings to pieces, sending them up
among the flies.
"Help, helpP' cried the leading man.
"Nay, nay" answered the manager.
''The horse shows great discernment.
He is trying to elevate the stage"
Moral.-We should not scorn the
most humble effort In a good cause
New York Herald.
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sheep In varied Clothing.

One of the results of the investiga-
ton of special committee of the So
ciety of Arts into the question of book
binding goes to show that sheepskin
is often used by bookbinders under
very different names. They found
books bound nominally in Levant mo-
rocco. hard grain morocco, straight
grain morocco, pigskin, calfskin, croco-
die and alligator feathers, all of which
on close microscopic examination were
found to be the ordinary common
sheepskin on which had been stamped
the special grains and markings of the
skins they were got up to initiate. The
committee, however, were satisfied
that in many cases both the book
binders and the librarians had bought
these feathers under the impression
that they were buying the genuine ar
ticle.-London Globe.
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Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local application, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one one way to cure deaf
ness, and that is by constitutional re-
needles. Deafness is caused by infiam-
ed condition of the mucous lining of
the Eustachian tube. When this tube
gets inhamed you have rumbling
sound of imperfect hearing, and when
it is entirely closed deafness is the re-
suit, and unless the inflammation can be
taken and this tube restored to its nor
NAL condition, hearing will be destroy
ed forever; nine cases out of ten are
caused by catarrah, which is nothing
but an infamed condition of the
mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness (saused by
catarrah) that can not be cured by
Halls Catarrah Cure. Send for cir
culars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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How Russian Peasants Live.

Most of the Russian peasants pass
great deal of their lives in workshops,
where they work. eat and sleep, the
same room sheltering a number and
probably pig in the bargain. There
are few beds. Instead, all around the
four walls Of the room is fixed what
may be literally described as a bench.
1t is made of wood, and at this works
the peasant by day, and on it he sleeps
by night, each man at his own spot
The conditions of the Russian work.
shop or factory and the Russian prison
and military barracks, so far as In
terror arrangements are concerned, are
akin. Chairs there will also be and a
table, rudely fashioned, as rule, by
the men MISUNDERSTANDING Re-
view
Amador ledger., 1902-03-28

and cures female weakness. It makes
weak women strong and sick women
well.
uwith pleasure write to-day in praise of Dr.
Pierce and his medicines" says Mrs Mary Con-
way, of Appleton, Lawrence Co., Tenn. Uwas
troubled with female disease; the back of my
head hurt me so could not lie in bed and
would have to sit up, and then would have
such pains from my waist down could scarcely
raise up. My feet and hands would feel almost
like ice. Since taking DIR. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription can sleep well all night Could
hardly drag around before / took your medi- :
cine and now can do my housework and help
nv husband in the field. Words cannot express
the thanks owe to DR.. Pierce"
Weak and sick women are invited to
consult DR.. Pierce, by letter, free. All
correspondence is held as strictly private
and sacredly confidential. Address DIR.
R. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, containing more than thou
sand large pages, is sent free on receipt
of stamps to pay expense of mailing
only. Send 81 one-cent stamps for the
cloth-bound volume, or only 2I stamps
for the book in paper covers. Address
Or. R. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
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A COMEDIANS TRICK.
Ruse by which He Escaped Arrest
and Had Ills Debts Paid.

and Had His Debts Paid.
Many amusing stories are told of Joe
Haines. comedian of the time OF
Charles IL, sometimes called Count
Haines. Ii is said that he was arrested
one morning by two bailiffs for a debt
OF EGO. when he saw q bishop to whom
he was related passing along In his
coach. With ready resource he imme-
u1ately saw lcophole for escape, and,
turning to the men, he said, LET me
speak to his lordship, to whom am
well known. and he will pay the debt
and your charges into the bargain"
The bailiffs thought they might VEN
ture this, as they were within two or
three yards Of the coach, and acceded
to the request. Joe boldly advanced
and took of his hat to the bishop. His
lordship ordered the coach to stop.
when Joe whispered to the divine that
the two men were suffering from such
scruphsS of conscience that he feared
they would hang themselves, suggest
Ing that his lordship should invite them
to his house and promise to satisfy
DSAOP CCO, duu,
to the bailiffs, he said, "You two men
come to me tomorrow morning, and
will satisfy you.'
The men bowed and went away
pleased, and early the next day waited
on his lordship, who, when they were
ushered in. said. well, my men, what
are these scruples Of conscience?"
"Scruples?' replied one of them. I'VE
have no scruples! We are bailiffs. my
lord. who yesterday arrested your cou.
sin. Joe Haines, for debt of f2O, and
your lordship kindly promised to salts.
fy u.s."
The trick was strange. but the result
was stranger. for his lordship. either
appreciating its cleverness or consider
ing himself bound by the promise he
had unintentionally given, there and
then settled with the men In full.
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LIFE's UPS AND DOWNS.
The Magnificent Revenge of n Go,
ernor of Missouri.

In@ Ma&n1ncent Revenge of q Gov.
ernor of Missouri.
While Robert Stewart was governor
of Missouri a steamboat man was
brought in from the penitentiaE as an
applicant for a pardon. He was large,
powerful fellow, and when the govern
or looked at him he seemed strangely
affected. He scrutinized him long and
closely. Finally he signed the docu-
ment that restored the prisoner to lib
erty. Before he handed it to kim he
said, 'You will commit some other
crime and be in the penitentiary again,
l fear"
The man solemnly promised that he
would not. The governor looked doubt
full, mused few minutes and said:
''You will go back on the river and
be mate again, supposeT
The man replied that he would.
well, want you to promise me one
thing" resumed the governor. 81 want
you to pledge your word that when you
are mate again you will never take a
billet of wood in your hand and drive
a sick boy out of bunk to help you
load your boat on stormy night"
The steamboat man said he would
not and inquired what the governor
meant by asking him such question.
The governor replied: Because some
day that boy may become q governor,
and you may want him to pardon you
for crime One dark, stormy night.
many years ago. you stopped your boat
on the Mississippi river to take on a
load Of wood. There was a boy on
board who was working his passage
from New Orleans to st. Louis, but be
was very sick of fever and was lying In
bunk. You had plenty of men to do
the work, but you went to that boy
with stick Of wood in your hand and
drove him with blows and curses out
into the wretched night and kept him
toiling like slave until the load was
completed. l was that boy. Here is
your pardon. Never again be guilty of
such brutality"
The man, covering and hiding his
face, went out without a word.
What noble revenge that was and
q 70,
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For The Complexion.

The complexion always suffers from
blilousness or constipation. Unless the
bowels are kept open the impurities
from the body appear in the form of
unsightly eruptions. De Wits Little
Early Risers keep the liver and bowels
In healthy condition and remove the
cause OF such troubles. C. E. Hooper,
Albany, Ca. says: Il took De Wits
Little Early Risers for biliousness.
They were were just what l needed.
| am feeling better now than in years. J"
Never gripe or distress. Safe through
and gentle. The very best pills. Kerr's
Pharmacy, Jackson.
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The PoIkn.
Q Q o

The polka is the natural dance for
the feet of the people. Takerin evidence
its origin. A Bohemian peasant girl
was seen dancing "out of her own
head" extemporizing from the sheer
joy of her heart song. tune and steps.
This she did on Sunday afternoon in
Elbeleinitz, and an artist, one Josef
Neruda, who spied her. made, note of
all he saw. The people of the town
adopted the dance and called it the
pulka, half step. In 1885 it reached
Prague and Vienna in 1910; thence it
spread rapidly through Europe. When
NJ. Cellarius introduced it to the Pari-
slams, we hear that all else gave way
before 'the all absorbing pursuit, the
polka, which embraces in its qualities
the intimacy of the waltz with the vi
vacity Of the Irish jig.'-CasselPs Mag
aZine.
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Jenny Lind and the Tri11.

Jenny Lind. after years of steady
practice. believed that the much covet-
ed trill was for her an impossibility.
She practiced hours day, but was un-
able to accomplish the feat. One day,
thoroughly discouraged, she was sit
ting in her garden when all at once she
looked up into tree. Above her bird
was triliing. She at once went to her
piano and through some magic or pow
er Of imitation began the trill and from
that day never had any further diff
Guilty,
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THE POINT OF THE JOKE.
1t Was Difficult For the EngIishman,
but He Finally Saw 1t.

but He Finally Saw 1t.
cago sightseeing some time ago. They
were entertained at dinner by some
Chicago Englishmen who have lived in
America long enough to have q keen
appreciation of the American idea of a
joke. During the evening all the mem
bers of the party told stories or sung
songs and entertained according to
their several abilities.
One of the English visitors could see
nothing funny in the stories told by the
Chicago Englishmen. Every time one
of them would tell good American
story at which most of the party would
laugh uproariously this particular Eng
lishman would adjust his nfonocle to
his eye and, looking wonderingly
around the table. would remark, But,
/ say. l don't see anything in that to
laugh at. y knaw."
One of the Chicago men finally re-
cited an original poem. The poem told
Of an Englishman who had come to
America and after being in this coun-
try only a short time had died and gone
to another and much warmer country.
Ten years passed, and one day an imp
passing that way heard the English
man laughing uproariously.
''Why, what are you laughing at?" in
quired the imp.
"Oh, oh, oh. such u funny story as
heard in AmericaI Oh, it was so fun
nyr' laughed the victim, and he held his
hands to his side and almost doubled
up with merriment
"a story you heard! Why, you've
heard no story" said the imp. You've
been dead ten years."
eyes, yes. l know, l know" cried the
man. But I've just seen the joke"
This poem set the table in a roar
Amid all the laughing and shouting
the obtuse visitor adjusted his monocle
and drawled out, But, l say. don't
see anything funny in that, y knaw."
mo" replied the man who had read
the poem as quick as a flash. "Of
course you don't. You haven't been
dead ten years." And even the obtuse
Englishman saw the point.-Chicago
Tribune.
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Twentieth Century Medicine.

Twentieth Century Medicine.
The twentieth century has almost a
free field in medicine. Although much
has been accomplished in the treatment
of diseases, the science is still largely
experimental, and there is room for
host of discoveries. Perhaps by the
time this century is ended there will be
lymph or an antitoXin or some sort
of treatment for every i'll the flesh is
heir to, so that few vaccinations and
other treatments will guarantee immu-
pity for a long period Then centena-
rians will be as common as blackber-
ries and man will be young at eighty.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
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To BE Considered.

81 see that your town has been con-
Bidering the idea of imposing a tax on
bachelors"
'Yes." answered the young woman.
"but we thought it over, and we con-
cluded that the men might be mean
enough to take the money to pay it out
for what they spend for caramels and
theater tickets. s."-Washington Star.
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Hoped to Strike the Right One.

Hoped to Strike the Right One.
"Here are half a dozen prescriptions
I would like to have you fill as soon as
you can," wheezed Rivers.
81 can see they are all for the cure of
a cold" remarked the druggist, looking
them over.
ITS this way" explained Rivers.
when had the other cold. tried all
these. One Of 'em cured me. but
can't remember now which one it
was."-Chicago Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1902-03-28
The Grumpy Bachelor.

A wealthy gentleman who owns a
country seat on one occasion nearly
lost his wife. who fell into a river
which flows through his estate. He an
nounced the narrow escape to his
friends, expecting their congratula-
tions.
One Of them-an old bachelor-wrote
as follows: 81 always told you that riv-
or was too shallowr'lTit-B Bits.