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SUBMARINE soATs EYE.
Appliance by Which the Navigator Of
the Submerged Graft Views
Seas Surface.

The accident by which the British
tsA1n and all on board were lost was
caused without doubt by the periseope
of the boats being run into and broken
by one Of the surface crafts. The peri
scope, says a London paper, is the eye
Of the submarine. II is the means by
which the movements of the boats on
the surface are followed by the captain
OF the diving craft after the latter YES
sci has descended below the surface.
The periseope. as mounted on board
submarine Al at the time Of the disas-
ter, comprised a series of double convex
lenses and refectors fitted inside long
metal tube six inches in diameter. tele-
scopic and capable Of being extended 70
a total length of Is feet.
Ordinarily the top Of the tube, with
the sighting hood containing the re-
fectors and lenses, is kept at about three
feet above the surface of the sea. at
which height it commands a range Of Vi
sion Of about three miles. That is suf-
fcient for general purposes, the risk Of
detectionsin war times rendering it I'M
desirable to show more of the tube above
water
The principle of the working of the
periscope is practically the same as that
of the camera obscura. The periscope is
worked exactly the same way. The low
err end of the tube opens into the coming
tower of the submarine. where the Off
Ger in command stands. With the boat
submerged it is quite dark below ana
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OLD FASHIONED
But Still in the Fashion.

It IS an ever new and Interesting
story to hear how one can be entirely
made over by change OF food.
For two years / was troubled with
what my physician said was the old
fashioned dyspepsia.
There was nothing could eat but
20 or 80 minutes later ! would be spit
ting my food up In quantities until
would be very faint and weak. This
went on from day to day until was
terribly wasted away and without any
prospects Of being helped.
One day I was advised by an old
lady TO try Grape-Nuts and cream,
leaving of al fatty food I had no
confidence that Grape Nuts would do
all she said for me. as / had tried SO
many things without any help. But
II was so simple ] thought I would
give It q trial, she insisted so.
Well, / ate some for breakfast and
pretty soon the lady called to see her
patient as she called me, and asked
Il had tried her advice.
: Glad you did, child, do you feel
some better?'
No, said, 4 do not know as /
do, the only difference ! can see Is ]
have no sour stomach, and come to
think Of II, I haven't spit up your four
teaspoons Of Grape Nuts yet
Nor did have any trouble with
Grape-Nuts then or any other time, for
this food always stays down and M
stomach digests it perfectly; T soor
got strong and well again and b1ess
that old lady every time see her.
Once an Invalid Of 90 pounds / nov
weigh 125 pounds and feel strong AMI
well. and it is due entirely and only Il
| having found the proper food IN Grape
Nuts. s Name given BIZ Postum Co.
Battle Greek. Mich.
Get the little book. The Road i
WeIlVine.a ID each pkg.
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SURVEY That WAS MINUTE.


A high official Of the war department
tells of an amusing report made by
Gen. McKibBen, of the engineer corps,
who had been sent west to examine
the course and condition Of a certain
road. The generals instructions es-
peeially directed him to report Whence
and whittier the road led, says the
YalthSs Companion.
Most carefully did the officer follow
orders, and when the final report was
rendered it vas seen that the road
about which the war department
hungered for information eventually
made its way up a certain hill, and
climbed a tree at the top.
Don't you think we had better omit
that part?" inquired the commanding
officer, when the report was laid be-
fore him You see. this report is to
so through the regular miIitarT chan
mel, and will be fled Really, yen
knoA, a road wouldn't go up O. treeie
That's where this road went in
sisted Gen. MeIfoben. 1T got fainter
and fairter;: then up that hill it wound
and climbed up into q tree. just as
have shown i1a the report. There was,
sir, not the least evidence Of a trail
beyond the tree, but it b1azed far nu
toward the top. and that was the end
Of the trail I think the report should
stand as it is, a5r, I am prepared TO
substantiate every word OF i'll
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WI SAlE.OF A1


=ehe Wind Is IN Toe lilacs and the drum
ming &c the bees
-. aeToss the golden sunshfra to say
80 laaaiaIhoek meath the trees,
&saS my hesrt il with NV T..ssia ~,
sans the clover seas,
y A lleEe the Wind-Waves are srTa shfy,-
-. 49, TIE clover caps are dashfng-
" ny heart is with nav IadfIfa IN ~,
seas % ssee
IN ne port Of the piazza ran 1
z eaten the csafty Spaniard where M
slfks N Red-Top bay,
~ me locusts piped ssto u4larters-s a.
4rr~.l II steefed to join the FRAY,
g IL eurls tossing lightly,
xAlld ais eoior0 Haunting brightly
= 1tly e ode s2eered his stout ship to-
ward the fray.
md my book An, I'd forgotten T.at Il
re. For what's to me
- l Ms printed coil. this tangle neym OF
-. sNo hearts, now of three,
e 49, lioa ing louder, floating fainter
from the clover sea
near the shguts of battle.
r.s- lannon's roar and musket's rattle
.1sA..lis FAINTER from the clover blossom
= " = smile across the clover as I watch
me slant sunbeams,
D 2 " ! know that in my arus-and sooner
even than 1t seems
= t4fea httle sassor lad viii drop away to
dreams;
While the silver moon is sailing
among the star lamps trailing,
- y droWsy ladSie II board the sFi, AZ
Dreams
-hefh Bradford Gi1christ. in N. K. Inde-
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HPRosY NOT DUE TO FISH
So Declares English Physictan Who
Hes Made Study OF the
Disease.

Leprosy must now be added to the
other seouTges which aff1ict South AT
RIGA. Until recently the extent to which
this disease was prevalent in South
! Africa was little known. The fact that
it existed in the Transvaal was practic-
ally quite unknown, says a London re-
port, yet DR.. Turner, the health officer
of the Transvaal, reports that whereas
there were 100 cases in his charge in
1895, there are now over 200. DR.. Turn
er adds the remarkable fact that no one
| knows how many 1epers there are in
| the TransYaa1, He says that a medical
officer who had been in charge of the
lepers and had taken much interest IL
| the matter asserted that there were at
least 5000 in 1900.
The disease is defying the most heroic
efforts at its determination in Cape
Colon, while it is also Spreading In Bas
sutoland and elsewhere. The worst af-
| ficted are the Hottentots; the Kaf1rs.
| with the exception Of the Europeans, be-
| ing the least affected.
Prof. Jonathaa Hutehinson's theory
chief cause Of the disease has been fully
set forth in the Sun His arguments and
| statistics are cogent, but hitherto have
found little support. DR.. Turner, as the
result of most careful Investigation
differs absolutely from DR.. Hutchinson.
Official returns show that 70 per cent
| of the total amount of fish entering the
i Transvaal goes to Johannesburg. Near
| 1y ali of this is eaten by whites, but until
| December there was not q single Euro.
| pean in the Johannesburg leper hospital
| Then man vino was born in Europe was
/ admitted. He was d member of a large
| family, all of whom are living in the
| TransvaaI None of the others Is q
/ ieper In DR. Turner'S opinion, his dis
| ease was clearly the result of eontagion.
| as he habitualIy associated with a leper.
| Of DR.. Turner'S 30 patients, A pei
cent. had eaten fish, only II per cent. of
| which was cured fish. Among the white
! Iepers 95 per cent. had eaten fish, IS pei
| cent of which was cured fish. Among
| the eo1ored patients, who made up four
| f1fths of the total, only 80 per cent. ave1
| tasted fish, and only ten had eaten cured
fish.
| DR.. Turner is Convinced that con-
tagion is the most usual means of tbs
| spread OF leprosy. He treated a few
cases in which it was possible to assert
that its origin was hereditary. but prac.
| tically none in which contagion could
be excluded and several in which con-
tagion was the sole explanation. He
believes it will eventually be proved
! that some yerrain is the cause of the IN.
| lection.
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INSPIRED HIM TO PREACH,
Thgeat That Aroused the Eloquence
Of . Young Circuit
Rider.

In the easily days of Methodism in the
vest, a circuit rider, il he had a laFge
field to cover, was sometimes permitted
to have a colleague just beginning to
preach. Rev. John Thompson was cir
cult rider in a somewhat thinly settled
part of central Illinois more than SO years
ago. The colleague assigned to him was
Brother James Smith, an excellent
young man, but with very little expert
ence as a preacher, says Youths Com
panion.
One Sunday Mr.. Thompson had an ap-
pointment at a small meeting house III
the country; but having a severe cold, he
asked his young assistant to go along
with him and preach the sermon; and
the latter, as in duty bound, obeyed or
ders.
Brother Smith had never undertaken
to preach in the presence of his more
experienced eo1aborer, and when, after
the opening services, he arose and gave
out his text he was visibIy embarrassed.
He stammered through few SEN
teaees, hesitated. made another attempt
and came to q dead stop.
Whats the use, brethren. he said,
sitting down. Il can't preaeh!''
Brother Thompson saw that the case
was one in which heroic measures were
necessary.
tYoeng man. he whispered, sternly
IN his ear. you ger up again and preach
that sermon or I'll take YOU out in the
grove after this naeeting and gre you a
hard spanking, as sure as your name is
Smith,
An electric shock could not have ap-
Grated quicker. Brother Smith rose to
his feet again, his hesitation all gone
and in ringing tones he preached SER
mon that is still remembered 5y aged
survivors of that old time congregation
as the most fervid and eloquent discourse
they ever heard SO young man deliver
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-08-20
GREAT MEN AT BUNKER HILL.
Characteristic Conduct OF Lafayette
and Webster at Laying of
the Corner Stone

On June IT. 1875, the streets Of Bos-
ton were thronged with citizens and
country folk. AS ore of the old stage.
drivers remarked, Everything that
has wheels and everything that has
legs used them to get to town to-day!''
A brilliant civic and military process
sion marched through CharIestoWn,
relates Youths Companion. In the
place of honor rode the fine, portly
figure of Lafayette No inhrnity be-
spoke his almost threescore and ten
years, for of course on horseback he
did not display the Slight lameness con-
traeted in this country's cause at the
battle Of Brandywine.
Aftes laying the cornerstone OF
Bunker Hill monument Lafayette re-
fused to take the seat prepared for him
under the pavilion devoted to the Off
eial and distinguished guests.
NO." he said, my place is here
with the survivors Of the revolution, =
and he took a seat among the veterans
who were resting on rude benches I'M
sheltered from the hot rays of the sun
The great anxiety Of the people to
near Daniel Webster's speech came
very near being disastrous. The crowd
surged nearer aud nearer the stand,
clothes were torn, people were hurt
and women shrieked and tainted. The
marshals, fearful Of a panic, endeav-
ored by every means to gain control
over the needless crowd. They en-
treated, they called out commands for
order. all in vain; their very efforts
only increased the excitement.
Suddenly Webster, moved by i'm
pulse, spFang forward and il a voice
of thunder cried to the marshals:
BE silent yourselves and the people
will obey!''
They did obey. Those clear, mag
netie notes carried cortrol to every one
Of that struggling throng. The mob
became as manageable as q child.
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NAILED TO THE SIDEWALK.
Drrnkards in Persia Are Spiked
Through the Ears and
spat Upon.

There is only one custom in our
country which would like to see estab-
lished in America, and that is the Gus
tom Of dealing with drunkards,' : said
Isaac Yohannen, a Persian missionary,
Lecturing at the Norwegian Lutheran
church, says the Sioux City Journal
In our country wien man gets drunk
We take him and nail him to the side
walk, driving the spikes through his
ears. Then when other people come
along they spit in his face and kick him
until he is sober. think this method
would do great deal Of good in Amer
lea, because you have more drunkenness
than we do. There are no saloons in
Persia, the chief beverage being home
made wine. They don't en- know what
beer is
Our officials have several ways OF
making prisoners confess to crimes, :
said Mr.. Yohannen. The fayorite
method is to take them on stand,
around which all the people Of the town
gather, ana then put out one. eye. If the
crime is not very great an arm is cut
off or a leg severed. Ifitis only a trivial
offense probably an ear is sacrificed.
Very often innocent people are subjected
to these torrents, but it cannot be
helped.
The Persians very seldom hang a
man for crime. # he kills another he is
fined SIS and allowed to go. It he kills
ten or a dozen and the people finally de-
eide that he ought to be put out Of ths
way he is hanged. But he is not hanged
as they hang men in this country. Hei is
hanged by the feet and a heavy weight
Is tied to his head Then he is allowed
to die. If the accused prisoner is WON
an her hair is sho1n from her head, pro
viding the offense IS a trivial one. Il
1t is a serious one she may be turned into
a room filed with mad cats and be
scratched to death.
Persian jaiIs are dark cellars and
contain no furniture whatever. The
government doesn't feed prisoners, this
being left to friends of the accused. Il
he happens to have no friends he vii
starve to death. Oftentimes when food
Is brought by friends the keepers Of the
prison and other officials appropriate
it, so that the prisoners have to go hun
pry''
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Ha Took No Chances.

a story IS told OF a Kentucky noun
taineer who had never seen q railroad
train. One day he consented TO go to
town and see the wonder He arrived
a little ahead of train time, and, set
ting impatient as he waited, he walked
up the track to meet it. He met it as
It rounded a curve. Turning about,
the mountaineer ran along the track
as for his life.
..Toot, foot sounded the 1ocomo-
tive, slowing up, but the mountafneer
only dug the gravel more industriously
than ever He soon reached the sta
ton completely out Of breath.
s4Why didn't yon cut across?'s In
CURED one Of the bystanders.
Cut across." exclaimed the un-
conth lad IF had struck that plowed
ground the d--n thing certainly would
have caught me New York Tribune.
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s0h, and is chat fact? Don't want
one man because his ears are little
and doRst want another because he has
a long tooth. wash my hauds OF you
SO far IS marriage is concerned
But the next day he came with the
information that young niles was heis
to his grandfatRer's property.
did you ever meet him, FIgrenee?' @
he asked.
yes. sir; one night at a BALI
swell, ] am told that he is much
smitten with you. Are his ears all
right"
ssYes, sir; SO Far as I know
Anything the matter with his front
tooth?'s
4Not that I saw
Then ! suppose you would consent
TO marry him?''
@No, for don't love him.
There It is again. VIII you please
come and tell me when you find that
you do love some one?n
Il told you that / loved Mr.. Hardy. .
aNow I do wash my hands. I dom:
care il a prince were to come along,
would say, Sire, have no daughter. =
That night, when Iisnberlake cams
home, the steak was Indifferent,
What's the matter?" he asked.
| 1--WE have new COOK
aThe deuce we have! What's be-
come Of Mary Ann?''
"She and Florence have gone out
tsshe and Florence! What the deuce
does she mean by trotting about with
a hired girl?"
tshe isn't trotting about with 8
hired girl
isn't Mary Ann q hired grip
Mrs. Undertake leaned back and
laughed.
Now what's the matter?" Timber
lake demanded. Man comes home
|. finds his steak ruined, ana when he
complains, is told that his daughter
is out with the hired girl, and after
that, egad, is assured that the girl is
not a hired girl I'll go down to a
hotel!''
wait a moment" said his wife, but
she could scarcely talk for laughing
Finally she said, MARY Ann was not
q hired girl, but a hired man
What, And my daughter has gone
out with him?''
YES: she has married him. His
name is Handy. Oh. you needn't
worry. He has been left fortune
and we have been having fun with
you all the time
Timberlake sat down. We'll, Il
might have been worse said he, ..but
I wish ne had cooked my steak. p
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These were especially severe when
STOPPING to lift anything and often I
could hardly straighten my back. The
aching was bad in the day time, but just
as bad at night, and was always lame
in the morning. I was bothered with
rheumatic pains and dropsiealsvei1ing
of tile feet. The urinary passages wers
painful and the seeretions were dis
colored and SO free that often / had to
rise at night. felt tired all day. HALF
box served to relieve me, and three
boxes effected a permanent cure. y
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The Great Struggle.

Sometimes" he drawled as he lit
another csarette. aw-seems to
me that the struggle IS hardly worth
while,
Wat struggIe?' soc lnnocently
asked, the struggle to give the i'm
preston that you really have an en-
cuse for living Chicago Record
Herald
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Just Like Men

you men may laugh all you please
at the Wordiness Of women said Mrs.
sNippy. but You can't deny that every
short story IN this months leading
magazines is by a woman
My dear. replied Mr.. Nippy, go per
cent. of all those authors are men They
are wise. They know that their only
hope Of selling their stories to those
magazines is in taking a feminine pen
name. Newark News.
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When Wilhelm Wakes.

The emperor OF Germany usually
rises about five O'Clock and is general
" to be f04lAd in his Workroom at six
o'clock First there is served to him
a cup OF tea or t0uilIon and a sand
Wich. Then, lighting a cigar. he reads
over such clippings from newspapers
and magazines published all over the
world as are deemed worthy Of his at
tention.
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Londons Cemeteries.

London's burial grounds within the
county total $50 acres, or an area
larger than the city Of London, while
without the county there are 1874
acres. f.008 acres Of which contain no
bodies at present. London's cene-
terfes cover three square miles, nearly
two Of which are unused at present for
burial purposes.
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INACCESSIBLE NOUN ANS.
interesting Discovery Of an English
Explorer in Southern Fart
of Venezuela.

A British naturalist named Andre
plunged, awhile ago, into the depths OF
the tropical forest along the Caura river,
one of the large southern tributaries OF
the Orfnoco. On account of its numer-
Gus falls and rapids the upper Caura IS
very difficult of ascent, and what Andre
discovered shows how little we know OF
large areas in South America. and espe-
cia1ly of those covered with great forests
spreading away between the equatorial
rivers, states the New York Sun.
We had scarcely any idea OF the pla-.
teaus he found ascending by a succession
Of giant steps. The one nearest the
Orinoco rises abruptly from an elevation
| of 200 feet to 1000 feet above the sea:
the next to 1900 feet. and the third to
1000 feet at the foot Of the Mereyari
range, Caura. The best maps before the
public give no idea of the nature Of the
country through which the Caura flows
as Andre has just described and mapped
it in his book, a Naturalist in the Gui-
anas.'
The most interesting feature OF his
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vide over the southern part Of Venezue-
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on the border between British Guiana
| and Venezuela. This giant boxlike cube
of earth, far outtopping our Mount
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Always Ta ka Ter Advice

How much better off man would
be If he would take his Wife's advice
yes, answered young Mrs. Torkins:
Il have told Charley time and again not
to bet On horses that don't win, but be
will do Il Stray Stories.
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Something Of.

Mahoo1y-Nfxt tonne Oh pass wild a
Ioidy, Mulligan, ye've got to remove yer
hat.
MuIIgan (belIigerent1y)-An suppose
Oh refuse?
Thin, for shure, we've got to remove
yer coat. ,7-Tit-B Bits.
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sensib bic J.

The Swiss government has passed a
law prohibiting parents affecting their
children with fantastic and absurd
Christian names.
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Ohio. says II
was cured by
Doan's Kidney
Pills Of a severe
case Of kidney
trouble Of eight
Or en- years
standing. I suf-
fered the most
severe baekaehe
and other pains
in the region of
tho liza