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The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-21
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.
HE SMET COUNCIL. NO 7I2. KNIGHTS
- OF Columbus. meets every second and
fourth Thursday in the west hall. Century
building. Ninth and Olive SIS. Visiting knights
c. p. MONAGHAN. Grand Knight
NJ ]. McGrane. Recorder.
" ENRICK COUNCIL NO. 6ss. KNIGHTS
IN OF Columbus, meets every second and
fourth Wednesday In Rose Hill Hall. No. 5So7
Maple avenue. Visiting knights are invited.
JOHN PAUL CHEW,
Grand knight
Walter T. Cunningham. Recorder.
m ARoUETTE COUNCIL. NO. sos.
ia knights or Columbus, meets every sec
gnd and fourth Tuesday in the west hall.
N:aitny knights Cordially invited.
W. l.. NEE. Grand Knight.
F. p. Leonard. Recorder.
CT. LOUIS COUNCIL. NO. $50. MEETS
- every first and third Tuesday at West
End Hall, southwest corner Finnsy and Van
deventer avenues. Visiting knights are corttrt-
ly invited. FRANCIS b. RUNDER.
Grand KelgA
Jos. F. Lsmy. Recorder
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-21

IMPROVED CITY PROPERTY FOR
SALE.
RIDGE 52l4-weu built, nine rooms: modern
in every particular: cheap: easy terms: open.
TEN-ROOM modern West End residence;
your own price and terms II sold this week;
must leave city. 40 20. Republic
500 will buy 1888 January ave. nice Groom
cottage; lot Soxl25; :, good condition: near
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-21

SECRET SOCIETIES,
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.

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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.
~~~s~>~~~~s>-~s~>~~>e~ ~~~s~~~~-->~~~.>~>>>e
CAsTLE HALL. ROBERT e cowAN
MGndag sgdes ~ and 300 Sss s
sharp. work in rank OF knight, Visitors cor
'iy atiest; iaSiife Henry H Laeb6ert A eiAef K q
Cohg!.Ml!BIA. .,!49 LODGE; 45.,s. NO 2ss < OF P;
fees ess Sa qnesv syennr N and 3s
= business. Members fssussssd 2 Sertt attend.
Visitors welcome Welcome w p pwYER- C. C.
DAMoN LODGE NO, IS. x, OF p.
work in rank Of Ksisht Me9bers nd and Visitors Visitors
'0'Hny in'itcf caAs sefLlnf L. holTzMaNS SliTsa &
Attest: H. r. Bermel. X. Of R. & s. No.
EuTURE GREAT LODGE. NO. rs. X. OF
! O'clock at aowarl's Hall Thlrtsth Ssih"t ard :"
Olive streets. on Wednesday evening. Septen-
Der 2s work in Page rank y!sitors I @ fraternay e
W. A. Roberts X. of r. & S.
m oDoc LODGE, NO. 2so. X. OF p.
III meets every Tuesday evening n:
eefson and Park avenaes Take cnmptoa
Heishts. Park or Jefferson avenue cas-. Mem
sss ss stsssa ars expected and yf9S eSs invited
G. W Thayer. X Of n - M -
PAcIFIc LODGE: NO. so4. x, OF p
floor. Century building. Ninth and Olive
streets. September %. work in rank OF E,s-
qure Members specially requested to ut
tend. Visitors invited and will find fra
ternal welcome awaits them.
W. f. Gray. X. of K I s. ANpHOS' l. T.
= 9REMIER LODGE. NO. 24o. X. OF P.
! Regular meeting every first and third
Monday evening in the month at hall No. ..
Odd Fellows building, Next meeting Mon
day. September a Work IN rank OF Knight.
anplified form. Members are requested to be
present. Visitors ere cordially invited.
BENZ. F. LINDAS. C. c.
j. F. Witte. Jr.. X OF r. & 8
PED CROSS LODGE. X OF p. meets
IN at Odd Fellows Hail. Ninth and Olive
streets. every Wednesday night Visitors al
ways welcome. September g. work third rank.
JAMES p. BLAKE { Z
II ". BeldiuE. K Of R. & S.
AIgABAsH LODGE. NO. 2Is X OF p. WILL
W meet Tuesday. September %. at halI
Broadway and Benton. Visitors -; i!liIy in
Vited JOHN F. RENFRo, C. G.
F. II. Sachleben. X OF X. * 6.
Il ULEMA LODGE. No. asi, K. Of p.
1903, in Hail NJ l. tenth floor Century build
smpiifed form. Members expected and visitors
4. W. DAVIDSON, C c.
n y cf d r. c
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-21
We ADVANCE MONEY

TO SALAR1ED PEOPLE: NO MORTGAGE.
No INDORSER.
Without employers krowiedEe: also on furni.
and most private IN the city.
ST; LOUIS INVESTMENT Co.
IIls Missouri Trust bldg Kinloch 1867
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-21
BUSIEST CORNER
IN SAINT LOUIS

Above is a Plan OF u s4.,e OF three con
Meeting rooms on the second floor of The
Republic building. They front on Olive
street. and have a total of So square feet
of floor space. The tenant may divide and
arrange 10 suit. They have steam heat.
plenty natural light, elevator service and
are readily reached by stairway, one short
flight They are the best located and
handiest suite for business offices in the
city.
For particulars inquire at REPUBLIC
BUSINESS OFFICE.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-21
new HOUSE IN WEST END.

For Sale-57sO Chamberlain ave. Chamber
lain Park. about 800 feet east Of Goodfellow;
II is a new 2-story roch-front house Of 10
rooms. fne reception hall. fine mantels hard
wood finish. tiled bathroom. hot and cold wa
ter; lot 50xl55 feet For key. price and terms
oee Kp,EI..y l. 70 ma C-hes,rp, e, ;
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-21
DOWNTOWN CORNER

For Sale-Houses Nos. 100 and 1lo2 y. Elev-
enth ST.. corner Carr St. two three-story build
ings with two stores first floor and %
rooms second and third floors: rents for s112
per month: lot s0X5S feet. For particulars see
KELLEY & co. Ill3 Chestnut st
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-21
SECRET SOCIETIES.

KNIGHTS OF HONOR.
- LIVE BRANCH LODGE. NO. sI2. K. OF
~ H.-Regular meetings first and third
Mondays at Union Hall. southwest corner OF
Broadway and Benton street. All knights of
Honor are inrited.
W. 5. B. WEBER. Dictator.
1879 Temple place.
avenue.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-21

Zinc, $500.
DIstrfct-Iast week zinc, 10. 10 poends:
lead. f.2so17o. Zinc. s17s.oso LEAD, Ss.D4o. To-
Thirty-eieht weeks. zinc, go. 1885, 90 pounds.
lead. q. s9csso Zinc. IS, 20 f75; lead. fso.ts5.
Total. s.. .s5s. SO.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-21
A CONVENIENT PLACE

To secure a confidential loan on pianos or fur
niture; low rates and easy terms.
]. A. TELFORD. ST. Holland Building.
Seventh st, between Pine and Olive.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-21
Loans on Eurnitur

Rates and terms unheard OF. Look:
si.51 weekly pays a $40 loan.
SLED weekly pays $50 loan.
81 weekly pays a $50 loan.
75c weekly pays a $40 loan.
Payments may be made weekly semimonth-
" or monthly. II is to- your interest to con-
suit All business private and above hoard
See US. CHEMICAL FINANCE CO.,
Sol Chemical building Eighth and Olive.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18
Century Life Subscription Wanted.

A Century subscriber recently wrote to
the publishers inquiring what the charge
would be for u life subscription to The
Century for a man thirty-three years OF
age. The question was submitted to one
OF the large life insurance companies.
who report that by the American expert
ence table of mortality. assuming money
to earn three per cent. annual interest.
man thirtythrce years of age should pay
$s1.Gi for u life subscription to The Gem
tury. The publishers do not think that 1t
Is worth while to open department for
life subscriptions. but 1t In interesting to
know that man of thirty-three can
look forward to the probable enjoyment
of over eighty dollars worth OF future
Century Magazines.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18
SOME oNE-LINE AUTHORS.
Writers Whose Fame Rests Upon a
Single Book or Quotation.

Writers Whose Fame Rests Upon a
Single Book or Quotation.
1t is one of the many odd expert,
ences of life that, while some men in
pursuit of fame write a library of
books and die and are forgotten. other
men. under some happy inspiration.
write single line, poem or volume,
and are forever ranked with the i'm
mortals.
In some cases Immortality goes
a-begging frcm the modest shrinking
of an author to claim his offspring.
as in the case of the oracle who
answer to Punch's request for advice
to those about to marry.
Very few read Congreve nowadays.
and fewer still could quote half a
dozen lines from any of his poems
and dramas; and yet to many who
have never even heard his name there
are few lines more familiar than the
oft-quoted and misquoted, Music
hath charms to soothe the savage
breast"
Charles Wolfe, the Irish divine and
poet, wrote many poems of excellence.
but only one redeems him and all his
works from obscurity, and of this few
could get beyond the first line, I'VE
buried him darkly at dead of night"
Thomas Gray has left one legacy
only from all his writings, but that is
an imperishable one-his "Elegy Writ
ten in Country Churchyard," the
most widely quoted poem in our Ian
guage. Yet those who can recite every
word of 1t could probably not even
give the name of a single other poem
by the same writer.
Lady Anne Barnard would have no
place at all in the public memory II
she had not written Aud Robin
Gray"
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18
canada's Timber Belt.

The Impression that British North
America is covered with valuable tim
ber is fallacious. Black walnut, red
cedar and white oak are not found
north of Toronto. A line drawn from
the city of Quebec to Sault Ste. Marie
will designate the northern limit of
beech. elm and birch. The north shore
of Lake Superior will mark the north
ern boundary of sugar hard maple.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18

An Episcopal clergyman of Cincinnati
addicted to occasional sprees. The razor
manipulator cut the parsons face quite
considerably. You see. jackson that
comes from takino too much drink said
the man of God. Yes sab" replied
Jackson. "it makes de skin very tendah.
aal Ii do for fack -
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18

please tell me. paw began the cit
child. after soft coal had come into e,
elusive use. "TelI you what?'' querie
paw. Tell me about the time when sno'
used to be white"
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18
The Conquest of Arid America.

Is the title of one OF the most fascin-
ating books ever written about tho
wonderful development and boundless
resources OF the West. 1t is just such
q book as every western man ought to
read himself and then send to his
friends in the East. Recognizing its
value. permission was obtained from
the author and his publishers to re-
print several of its most striking chap
ters. such as THE Blessing OF Aridi-
ty." The New Colorado" etc. This
ffty-page pamphlet. with other liter
ature about the Sunny San Luis VAL
ley. will be sent free to any address
upon receipt OF four cents in stamps to
cover postage. ZEPH. CHAS. FELT.
GIG Majestic Building. Denver. Colo.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18

Real Estate Dealer-You must admit
that the town is well laid out. Looka-
bout-Thats all right. When a town is
dead 1t is the proper thing to lay 1t out
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18
INSIST ON GETTING IT.

Some grocers say they don't keep De-
in hand of IL OF. brands. which they know
cannot be sold to customer who has
once used the is OF. pkg. Defiance Starch
for sRme money
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18

Superior quality and extra quantity
must win. This is why Defiance Starch
is taking the place of all others.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18

When an eastern tourist stops person
in Colorado Springs and says by Joe"
he Is probably not swearing-only trying
TO ask for Bijou street.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18

II you have smoked Bullhead scent
cigar you know how good they are: IL
you have not better try one.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18

The mildest tobacco that grows is used
in the makeup of Baxter's Bullhead 5
cent cigar. Try one and see.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18

Jones (at the boarding house)-Only
two little biscuits for breakfast. Brown
Yes. but think how heavy they are.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18

To the housewife who mas not yet
become acquainted with the new things
of everyday use in the market and who
is reasonably satisfied with the old. we
would suggest that trial of Defiance
Cold Water starch be made at once.
Not alone because 1t is guaranteed by
the manufacturers to be superior to
any other brand but because each 10c
package contains 16 ozs.. while all the
other kinds contain but IL ozs. 1t is
safe to say that the lady who once uses
Definace Starch will use no other.
Quality and quantity must win.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18

The secret of the popularity of Baxter's
"Bullhead" scent cigar is revealed In one
word-"Quality."
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18

Small Willie had done an errand for
his uncle. who merely said: Thank
you" oh" rejoined Willie. ''if that's
all it's worth. l suppose you're well
come. But | was figuring on a nickel
at least"
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18

"They say that when you have to
live in a fiat marriage is failure"
Yes fiat failure"
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18

Rheumatism Positively Cured.
A simple remedy which renders the dis
ease impossible. and as unfailing as rate
in Its cure. Send at once % cents for rec
ipe. Prescription Co.. Box 253. Denver.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18
Read what Mrs. Day says:

Of
alton pain the stomach after eating and often thought
Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable
Compound feeling
highly all that 1t is recommended to do and
thatev
a Eeanora, March
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18
A0ubikeCk, The G0|FTQ|neT.
ev SEWARD w. HOPKINS,

Author Of Jack Robbins Of America" "in the
China Sea- 1.-TWO oentlemen Of
Hawaii "On a False
Charge" Etc.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18

GT0VE REPAIRS or every Known make Of
. w IL stove, furnace or range. 6EO. a.
PULLEN, 13Sl Lawrence St.. Denver. Phone rs.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18
Free Medical Advice to Women.

Mrs. PinI1ham invites all women to write to hel
for advice You need not be afraid to tell her tht
things you could not explain to the let
ter will be only by women and is absolutely con
ndential Mrs. P1nl<ham's vast experience with sucl
troubles enables her to tell you just what is best fol
you she will charge you nothing for her advice
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18
FOUNTAIN PUMPS FOR
GASOLINE ENGINES XXX lGA HUN

Write for prices. THE SCOTT SUPPLY q
TOOL CO., i725 TO 1881 Blake St, Denver. Colo.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-02-26
After Dinner Oratory.

The fake humorous speaker has an
easier career than even the fake elo-
quent speaker. Yet at any given din
ner the orator who passes out mere elo-
cution to his hearers has a success al
most as instant and splendid as his
Glowing brother. 1t is amazing what
things people will applaud when they
have the courage of each others inepti-
tude. They will listen after dinner to
anything but reason. They prefer also
the old speaker to new ones; they like
the familiar taps of humor, of elo-
quence. If they have tasted the brew
before, they know what they are going
to get. The note of their mood is toler-
ance. but tolerance of the accustomed,
the expected; not tolerance Of the
novel, the surprising. They wish to be
at rest. and what taxes their minds mo-
Tests their intellectual repose. They do
not wish to climb any great heights to
reach the level Of the orator.-W. D.
Howells in Harper's.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-02-26
Satisfied His Curiosity.

The curiosity Of the natives of wild
countries as to everything belonging to
the traveller often leads to amusing sit
uatiOns. Mr.. ]. w. Wells tells in Three
Thousand Miles Through Brazil" of his
visit to one settlement where the only
shopkeeper of the place proved very
inquisitive. He was a frequent visitor
and would carefully examine the few
belongings of the traveller. His curios-
ity was finally punished in a very fun
ny manner.
On one of his visits, writes Mr.. Wells,
he found my bottle of spirits of ammo
MIA on the table, and, seeing it was
something he had not hitherto inspect
ed, he naturally laid hold of it and
asked of me, "What ia this?"
"Only a medicine" l replied, and
with a perhaps unworthy satisfaction
I watched him hold it up to the light,
look at it all round and finally remove
the glass stopper and then take a good
sniff.
I had to rush forward to save my
precious ammonia, as he staggered and
gasped for breath and calculated, Il
,.4A uying!!' BY dint OF much slapping
of his back and dousing of cold water
he quickly recovered, but nevermore
did he touch any of my things.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-02-26
Verdi Was Right.

When Verdi was putting the last
touches to I'll Trovatore," he was Wis
tied in his study by u privileged friend,
who was one Of the ablest living mu-
sicians and critics. He was permitted
to examine the score and run owe the
anvil Chorus" on the pianoforte.
what do you think Of that?' asked
Verdi. TRASH" responded the con-
n~oisseur. Verdi rubbed his hands and
:chuckled. "Now look at this" he said.
Rubbish" said the other, rolling a
cigarette. The composer rose and en-
braced him with a burst of joy. What
do you mean?' asked the critic. "My
dear friend" cried Verdi, Il have been
making a popular opera. In it l re-
solved to please everybody except the
purists, the great judges. the clas-
sicists like you. Had l pleased you
should have pleased no IL else. What
you say u me Of success. In
three months III Trovatore' will be
sung and roared ana
rel organed all over Italy" And so it
proved.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-02-26
A Safe Proceedings.

Lord Lyons. English minister at
Washington during the civil war and
afterward ambassador to France, was
a diplomatist to the core. He was ex-
ceedingly tactful in action and had the
rare art of keeping his W counsel.
When Sir Edward Blount called upon
him n day at the embassy in Paris
he found that a we'll known journalist
had preceded him. The visitor was lay
ing down the law in a loud tone. and
when. after his departure, Sir Edward
was received. he took the liberty Of
saying:
May be allowed to ask if it is quite
wise to discuss state secrets in such a
loud tone? l heard every word that
was said, my lord, as l sat in the ante
ROOM"
"Ahr' said Lord Lyons. But even
then you could not hear what I said.
for l said nothing."-Youth's Com
paniOn.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-02-26
A Queer Relic.

In University college, London, is a
singular object that is preserved care
fully in a remote gallery inside a glass
case, which again is contained in q
huge wooden cupboard, the doors of
which are locked and the keys in safe
custody. The relic which is thus so
z~ealously guarded is described in some
notes on the history Of the college as
the skeleton" Of Jeremy Bentham,
"clad in the garments in which he
lived" while his head only is stated to
have been "mummified." 1t has always
been understood that Bentham's body
was embalmed, and in that case it can
not be his mere skeleton which is re-
posing there under lock and key.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-02-26
SOME QUAINT ENGLISH.
Portuguese dea of tae Language In
a Book of ~tEenrniGR.'

Portuguese Idea of the ~ In
q Book of '~IEeeruiGR."
A book as amusing as it is rare is in
the library of a Wissahickon student.
The work is called 80 Nova Guia da
Conversacao." 1t is supposed to in
struct the Portuguese in English con-
versation, and the following, a dia-
logue headed For to Ride a Horse" Is
the kind of English conversation it sup
plies:
Here is a horse who have a bad
looks. Give mi another; l will not that.
He not sail know to march, he is pursy,
he is foundered. Don't you are ashamed
to give me a jade as like? He is und-
shoed, he is with nails up; it want to
lead to the farrier."
An anecdote in the book is:
"a day came a man to consult this
philosopher for to know at o'clock it
was one to eat. If thou art rich, told
him eat when you shall wish; if you
are poor, when you may do"
In the preface the most elegant par
agraph is the following:
I'VE expect then, who the little book
(for the care what we wrote him, and
for her typographical correction) that
may be worth the a~cceptation of the
studious persons, and especially of the
youth. at which we dedicate him par
%ticularly."
The authors of this strange volume
are Jose da Fonseca and Pedro Caro-
limo. 1t would be interesting to know
where Pedro and Jose learned" Eng
lish.-Philadelphia Record.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-02-26
The Cherokees and Pclytheism.

The Cherokee Indian was originally
a polytheist. To him the spirit world
was only a shadowy counterpart of
this one. He had no great spirit. no
happy hunting ground, no heaven, no
hell-all of which ideas were first in
troduced to the American aborigines
by Christian missionaries. Consequent
" death had for him no ~terrors. and he
awaited the inevitable end with no
anxiety as to the future. All his pray
ers were for temporal and tangible
blessings--for health. for long life, for
success in the chase. in fishing, in war
and in love, for good crops, for protec-
ton and for revenge.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-02-26
Blind
During Attacks Of
Heart Failure.
Would Appear To Be
Dead.
DIR. Miles Heart Cure
Relieved and Cured.

81 nave no hesitation in saying that DR..
Miles Heart Cure is all that one can wish it
to be. | was troubled with heart disease for
fifteen years. | lave tried many different
remedies but until l tried DR.. Miles Heart
Cure | could f1d NO relief. l was subject to
headaches and had tried your Pain Pills and
they were SO effective l thought your Heart
Cure might help me. l would have attacks
at times so severe that l would be stone
blind for the time being. During these
spells | would be to all appearances dead.
/ took the medicine strictly as directed and l
can truthfully say that | am completely cured.
l advise all that are troubled with heart dis
ease t. take DR.. Miles New Heart Cure
at once. l write this and give my name to
my fellow sufferers."-S E. Purdy, Atkinson,
Nebraska.
81 first felt the effects of a weak heart in
the fall of 1896. l saw an advertisement in
the Sioux City paper in which a man stated
his symptoms which seemed to me to indicate
a trouble similar to mine. | had a soreness
in the chest at times, and in my shoulder, an
oppre, sive choking sensation in my throat
and suffered from weak and hungry spells.
l was truly frightened at my condition and
procured six bottles of DR.. Miles Heart Cure.
Since taking my first bottle. I have never
been bothered by any of the old disagree
able symptoms and now am we'll and on
slider my cure permanent. Lewis Anderson,
Kuhn, S. D.
All druggists sell and guarantee first bot
tie DR.. Miles Remedies. Send for free book
on Nervous and Heart diseases. Address
DR.. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart Ind.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-02-26
Softer.

II have no doubt you have heard
some stories to my discredit," he said.
Il don't like to put it in that way"
she quietly replied.
"How thenT' he hopefully asked.
II have never heard any stories to
Dealer.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-02-26
A RAZOR'S EDGE.
0lnuts Teeth, Like Those Of . Saw,
Make Its Keenness.

s1lnute Teeth, Like Those Of Q saw,
Make Its Keenness.
The edge Of a razor consists Of in
Vulnerable points or "teeth," which If
the "a is Of good material follow
each other throughout its whole length
With great order and clearness. The
unbroken regularity Of these minute
teeth" goes to make up the blades
excessive keenness. The edge acts upon
the beard not so much by the direct ap-
pIication of weight or force as it does
by a slight 'seesaw" movement, which
causes the successive teeth" to act
rapidly on one certain part of the hairy
growth. The best razors, according to
the microscopists, have the teeth Of
their edges set as regularly as those of
a perfectly set saw.
This explains the magic effect of hot
water ON the raZor's blade-the act of
dipping it thoroughly cleansing the
teeth of any greasy or dirty substance
with which they may have been
elogged. BARRIERS often claim that ra-
zors get tired of shaving and that
they will be all right after awhile if
permitted to take a rest. When in this
tired condition a microscopic exam
ination of the edge shows that con
slant stropping by the same person has
caused the teeth or fbers of the edge
to all arrange themselves in n direc-
ton. A month of disuse causes these
fine particles to rearrange themselves
SO that they again present the hetero-
geneous saw toothed edge. After this
little recreation each particle of the fine
edge is up and ready to support his
fellow, and it again takes some time
to spoil the grain of the blade.