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The leader., 1905-09-09
TIE WATER WAS CURIOUS.
Poked His Hand Into Bag Of "Crab-
Apples with Disastrous
Result.

-Four men, two Of them carrying big
potato sack between them. walked into
the Hotel Vendig cafe, at Twelfth and
Market streets, shortly before closing time
the other night, and sat down at one Of
the tables. the bag was carefully de-
posted in corner, relates the Philadel-
phia Press.
Al German waiter took the order with
one eye on the sack. Finally bis Gu
riosity got the better Of him.
dot i q big bag, amt it?' he said.
s'Vot is in him."
Apples, Fritz" said one Of the men.
Take some home TO the children"
The waiter accepted the invitation and
plunged his hand into the sack. He
brought it out again in hurry, with a
hard-shell crab clinging to one Of his
fngers.
Two hundred brothers and sisters Of the
first crab promptly took advantage Of The
open mouth OF the bag to crawl to lib
erty. They backed out Of the sack with
rush and took possession Of the cafe,
nipping everything in reach Several
seized trouser legs and shoestrings and
held fast.
Heroic walters made a sortie with
brooms and swept the crustaceans back
into the bag and tied it up securely.
Say, please" demanded the German
waiter, sucking vigorously at his injured
finger, ''vot kind Of abbles do you call
dose?"
.'Crab-apples," said the four men. in
chorus.
The leader., 1905-09-09
Decanting wines.

A deposit will often form in the bot
ties, making it necessary to decant
them into other bottles. The utmost
care should be taken not to disturb
the sediment. In iasge wine cellars in
Europe, and in the cellars of hotels and
clubs employing a cellarman, de-
canting apparatus is used. Decantine
old wine is a-delicale operation which
requires much care. The bottle should
be carried in horizontal position and,
gently lifting it to slanting position,
insert power corkscrew'' and remove
the cork without shaking Then raise
the bottle so that you can see through
the wine by candlelight and, in draw
ing it of. stop as soon as the cloud or
deposit in the bottle gets to the neck.
In this way you avoid having any de-
posit, cloud or crust flowing into the
decante- American Wine Press.
The leader., 1905-09-09
RAT AND ROACH CATCHING
Men Who Make It a Business Are
Always Busy and Get
Good Pay.

Rat and roach catching at the steam
er docks and on ocean liners is one of
the queer ways men have of making a
living. And a good living they make
at 1t, toO-sometimes ali much as $10.-
900 year, states the New York Her
aid. The men who do it never adver-
tise, because the business does not
sound as well as it pays, and a man
whose house is built out Of dead rats
and cockroaches would just as soon not
have his neighbors know it.
Once year docks and piers are
turned over to the rat catcher for a
night. The man who has made a for
tune at the business in New York still
works with his men, for the secret of
the business is his and he trusts it to
no one. Rats run everywhere, bit
reaches have special liking for rope
lockers, and here they swarm by tens
of thousands unless the pier owners
have contract with the rat and roach
catcher, who, after thorough over
hauling, guarantees freedom from the
pests for year.
Whenever an ocean liner reaches
port, whether on this side or the other,
it is turned over for night TO this
same man. Cats do much toward keep
ing ships clear of rats, but of course
fayo no effect on reaches. On this side
of the Atlantic roach catching is the
more important branch of the business,
while on the ether side wharves are
almost as full of rat eatchers as the
ships are of rats.
These once worked with ferrets but
now they use chemicals. Large cage
like traps are used, in which lettuce
leaves are placed after being spriuklf
with liquid-only the catcher knows
what.
Whatever 1t is, it is as Irresistible to
rats as the weird piping of the Pied
Piper was to the rats of Hamelin town.
No matter how choice the food in the
lockers and in the hold, the rats leave
it instantly when they smell the mys
terious liquid on the lettuce leaves It
does not kill the rats. and herein lies
another secret of The profits of the
business. Live rats are worth money
in England, where they are used for
training terriers. Dead rats are worth
money, too, as their skins are used for
gloves. AT five or six cents apiece, 40
or SO rats mean something, and this is
quite usual catch
For reaches a powder is used, but
what puzzles all Old sailors who used
to have the job of clearing ships Of
reaches is that there are never any
dead ones lying around next morning.
The fay0fite way Of the sailors when
.sley had to catch reaches was TO put
i a cob" of bread on top of coil Of
rope. Very quickly it would be COW
ersd with hungry brown bugs, and
these they knocked into we'll creased
biscuit pan. The grease kept the
reaches from crawling up the sides,
and it was poor roach catcher who
would not have two or three inches Of
reaches when he was through, and in
a few days he could begin and do It all
over again.
The leader., 1905-09-09
LION FASCINATED BY GIRL.
Fair Dancer Affectionately Caressed
by Brute, But Her Face Is
Scratched.


So great was the impression which a
fascinating dancer made on lion while
she was playing to dancing hall where
it was performing Chat the animal after
contemplating her for some time, got on
its legs, moved off in her direction, and.
putting its paws through the bars of its
cage, took hold of her head and patted
her face affectionately.
Unfortunately, Samson had reSkoned
without his claws, which tore the ten
der skin of the pretty dancer, inflicting
scars, the traces of which will, in all
probability, never disappear This re-
suit Of what would otherwise have been
regarded as a good joke, not being like
" to enhance the professional attFac-
tiveness Of the graceful Spaniard, she
has taken legal action against the pro-
prietor of the place of entertainmerk
putting in a claim for damages ia the
amount of $4,000.
The case has just been brought before
one of the Paris courts, but, az the de-
fendant is abroad on business the hear
ing has been adjourned until Novem-
Der, when the judges may have q better
opportunity for forming iii exact opin.
ion of the injury which The charms III
the fair plaintiff have sustained at the
paws Of the susceptible Samson.
The leader., 1905-09-09
National Banks Increasing.

During the year 1904. 5S5 charters
for national banks were applied for
and approved BY the comptroller OF the
currency. But only 4S6 banks were
actually organized This difference Is
due to the fact that some applications
that have been approved have been
subsequently abandoned, and in other
cases, delay occurred in the completion
Of the organization and additional time
has been granted. The practice Of the
comptroiler's oflce IS to approve the
organization Of q bank and to reserve
the title for period Of so days, and to
grant an extension of time, II toward
the expiration Of that period good and
satisfactory reasons are given for de-
lay In completing the organization
The leader., 1905-09-09
INVENTIVE INGENUITY.

A Pittsburg man has invented ma
chine that will make and bake 40
pies minute
Among the latest inventions patent
ed is a contrivance which, fitted to an
ordinary sewing machine, will fan and
massage the operator while she is
working.
An Italian engineer has invented a
successful elevator for raising sunken
vessels. 1t consists of compressed air
chambers of canvas and wire, each
equal to lifting capacity of go tons,
and it is possible to attach as many of
these as may be necessary.
Silicon, the most tbundant metal in
the world, but hitherto little known
because of the difficulty of separating
1t from oxygen, has now been made
obtainable in quantities to meet any
demand by the electric furnace. 1t
gives to steel valuable electrical prop
critics, and is expected to assume i'm
portance in iron alloys.
Greater contrast In photographs is
claimed for new single lens, which
causes the picture to stand out in re-
lief as under the two lenses Of a stereo-
scope. The lcnse is convex -concave,
so that the axes of the rays from diff
ferent parts of thu picture meet in
the eye. and the local length should
equal that of the camera taking the
photograph.
A novel method of getting rid of
black smoke and at the same time
turning it to use is adopted in some
Belgian factories. The smoke is
driven by fans into porous recepta-
Gle over which flows stream of pc
troleum or similar liquid. The smoke
Is thus caught and turned into gas
that gives great heat, and can be used
for running gas engines.
A poor laboring man in Denmark
has made new invention in life-sav-
Ing. He impregna.es clothes with a
substance which will keep ship
wrecked person a1oat for several days
without losing its property. A coat,
vest, travelling rug-in fact, any
piece of wearing apparel impregnated
with the stuff is enough to keep any
one above water. The invention has
been successfully demonstrated.
The leader., 1905-09-09
DID A GOOD
TRADE IN TRAMPS
Shorty and His Pal Prospered Until
the County Law Vas Changed

CAID the man behind the bars:
"Yes, I'm in again. but | much
fear there amt nothing coming to me,
like there was the last time | was in
Jail when l was released It was in
the Leland county Jail. and there
met Shorty, shorty got religion from
the Sunday school reading a lady
handed in to us. He got affected by them
uplifting words ami the drunkard's
fate something emotional.
HE comes to me and says, earnest:
You amt walking in the light, are
your | say my business carries me
out nights mostly. Then Shorty groans
and exhorts on till see the folly OF
my ways and groans with him
Shorty says: I believe you, my
brother man; l believe your repent
ance is as sincere as mine is. Then
I'll help you. When ! get out know
of nice little business to go into, and
I'll take you for nv partner
Shorty and me was released to-
gether. Says Shorty:
"'All my plans is perfected, but a
little capital to start matters must be
forthcoming We wait till night and
it's dark and in crooked street by a
high board fence we see prosperous
looking gent.
"'You hold him and I'll go through
him. says Shorty. Which pleases me
very much. Most ii them that gets
converted is narrow and prejudiced
but Shorty-is the oroad-minded kind.
But we only lift S3S5 off him, and
take a sneak right out in the country
where our business interests is.
'In the morning we meet our first
customer out on the road. He's 9
young feller. and Shorty says:
"'My unfortunate fellow man, will
The leader., 1905-09-09
HOW 70 TELL A STATESMAN
Not Only Man Who Makes Speeches,
But Man Who Makes
Good Ones.

The late Horatio g. Herrick, Of Law
renee, for many years high sheriff Of Es.
sex county, always took a keen interest
in the Lawrence schools. and was for q
long time chairman of the school commit
tee Visiting the Saunders school soon
after the death of Garfield, relates the
Boston Herald, Sheriff Herrick spoke
to the pupils Of the life of the late
distinguished statesman, and thus asked,
genially:
''Now. can any of You tell me what ;
statesman is
A little hand went up, and little girl
replied:
- statesman is man who makes
speeches"
Hardly that" answered Mr.. Herrick,
who loved to tell this story. For instance.
/ sometimes make speeches, and yet | ann
not statesman"
The little hand again went up, and the
answer came, triumphantly:
Il know; a statesman is . man who
makes good speeches!"
The leader., 1905-09-09

No. says Shorty, me ard me
friend ain't going La again: we're In
business for ourselves now.
Oh. says his honor. He's little
cold and lost his tatherly interest ir
us then, seeing there aint no bounty
attached to US. He goes into the bar
room, bowing very dignifed but IA
therly to the prisoners. which was the
most important looking lot of prison
ers you ever see, as for the flrst time
in their lives, maybe, they was worth
seven dollars a head. They Is most
meek, and takes a day or TWO most
grateful. for it's a very pleasant jail.
without no separate cells; but 80 or so
in one ward, and nothing to do but be
sociable.
Shorty and me goes out the next
day and searches the country, and gets
very nice assortment of goods to
the number of IL The fact is we
prosper so that al last we think a
vacation is due us. We goes down to
the scashore and has swell time
Of 1t.
The first morning we're back we
start right out to do little business.
And all morning not a tramp do we
see! We hunt up one road and down
another and over others, but there
amt tramp in sight. and we're be-
ginning to feel sore. When afternoon
comes we spy hobo away of, hut he's
running for all he's worth. which is
seven dollars, and is out Of sight be-
fore we can hail him A couple of
hours later we spy another. His hair
is standing out behind him, and he'll
get in trouble for exceeding the speed
limit
There's something wrong, says
Shorty, much apprehensive. What's
all this excitement about?'
Another tramp comes tearing down
the road.
Don't stop met he implores, pite-
ously. The consequences would be
more than could bear. Lemme get
out of this county as quick as can
To-morrer will be the fusr Of the
month
What of it?' we ask.
"He tells US and we let him go.
Amt we in hard luck, though? The
supervisors has passed new law, to
go in effect the first of the MONTH
that tramp had said TO us. After that
every hobo is arrested on sight, and
gets three months. 1t ain't that that's
so terrifying, but the new law says
that every inmate of the county Jail
will be put to work. IN. Y. Sun.
The leader., 1905-09-09
The American IN London

Our American visftors are deter
mined to get the real flavor Of London
ct any expense. Last evening the
usual party swept into the Cheshire
Cheese from the sweltering street.
"Oh, amt it quaint exclaimed the
youngest Of the American ladies as she
Topped upon 3 bench. Now want
cheese and a sausage, because sHu-
sages here are heavenly, and ginger
ale. The man in charge Of the party
gave the order But mind cheese for
everybody, be added And this soli-
tary Britisher staggered into the
stifing street for air. London Chroni-
Gle.
The leader., 1905-09-09
FEVER'S At TER EFFECTS
Did Not Dlsappear Untll the Blood
Was Renewed BY Or. WIllianaes
Pink pIlIa.

Typhoid fever is sometimes called ner
yous fever. During the course Of the
fever the nerves are always profoundly
disturbed, and when it is over they are
left SO sensitive that the patient has to
be guarded against all excitement. Iii tho
;onic treatment then demanded. regard
must be paid not only to building up flesh
but also to strengthening the nerves. a
:emedy that will do both, make sound
desh to repair waste and give new vigor
10 feeble nerves, is the most convenient
md economical. Such a remedy is DR..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
One proof of this is the experience OF
Mr.. Charles Worth, of East Vassalboro,
Maine. He says: q I had a severe at
Jack of typhoid fever late III the fall
which left me very weak aud debilitated.
iIy heart palpitated, my breathing be-
came difficult after the least exertion and
there was numbness iii both hands. /
suffered in that way for fully six months.
As did not grow out Of it, did not III
fact see the slightest Improvements as
time passed, / decided to use DIR. VIII
iams' Pink Pills as knew of some cures
they had effected in cases like mine.
Almost as soon as / began taking
Them I could see decided improvement
and after keeping on with them for
several weeks I was completely well. ]
consider DIR. Williams Pink Pills a most
valuable remedy, and I am in the habit
Of recommending them to others afflicted
as was.
When the nerves ache and trein-
BILE itmeans that they are starving. The
only way to feed them is through the
blood, and the best food is Dr.. Williams
Pink Pills. They are absolutely guaran-
teed to be free from opiates or other harm
full drugs. They are sold by all drug.
gists, or may be obtained directly from
the DR.. Williams Medicine Co., Schenec'
tady, N. Y.
The leader., 1905-09-09
Sure Cure at Last.


Monticello, Miss, Sept. (Special) =
Lawrence County is almost dally IN re-
ceipt of fresh evidence that sure cure
for all Kidney Troubles has at last been
found, and that cure is Dodd's Kidney
Pills.
Among those who have reason to bless
the Great American Kidney Remedy is
Mrs. L. E. Baggett, of this place. Mrs.
Baggett had dropsy. Dodd's Kidney
Pills cured her.
sI was troubled with my kidneys" !"
Mrs. Baggett says in recommending Dodd's
Kidney Pills to her friends, my urine
would hardly pass. The Doctors said
had Dropsy. I have taken Dodd's Kidney
Pills as directed, and am now well
woman"
Dodd's Kidney Pills cure the kidneys.
Cured Kidneys strain all the impurities
out Of the blood. That means pure blood
and a sound, energetic body. Dodd's
Kidney Pills are the greatest tonic the
world has ever known.
The leader., 1905-09-09
RELIGIOUS RUMoR.

The Salesian fathers and Benedic-
tine missionaries report great progress
this year in upper Brazil.
The czar of Russia has given the Greek
Orthodox Christians Of Boston 81, 1000
toward erecting place of worship.
The papal decree with regard to plain
chant has been put into practical effect
throughout Spain, the choirs Of all the
large churches now rendering the same
according to the solssmer revision.
The full official report Of the papers,
speeches and proceedings Of the church
congress of the Episcopal church, re-
Gently in session in Brooklyn, N. r., is
being prepared by Thomas Whitaker.
The edition will be limited.
BY the side of the bishop Of ST. AZ
bans, special preacher. the other day,
ct the church for the deaf and dumb,
oxford street, London, stood curate
who with nimble fingers translated the
sermon, sentence by sentence, into the
deaf and dumb alphabet.
A spiritual awakening is being ex-
perienced in Christiania, Norway,
worthy to be compared with that in
wales. The young evangelist, Albert
Lunde, who has been working until re-
Gently among the Morse and Danish
people In various parts Of this country,
has found the people Of Norway ripe for
an awakening.
The growth of Professionalism 10
France during the last century is
prophetic Of larger progress when the
separation between church and state il
completed. IN 100 years Protestant
church buildings have increased from so
to 1890; pastors from 120 to nearly
/ 900, besides 200 eyangeIists, while
more than 100 religious societies and
charities have sprung up and 65 period
icals are published.
The leader., 1905-09-09
Barber Wanted Talk.

Now say something, said the bar
ber to the customer iE his hair whose
beard he had just finished trimming.
whats that said the astonished
customer
eThat'll do, said the polite barber.
Naturally, the customer had been
sitting with his mouth closed, and
what the barber wanted was to see him
with his mouth open. SO that he could
detect any stray projecting hair ends
Of the mustache that he might have
overlooked in trimming N. Y. Sun.
The leader., 1905-09-09
a - 81 1nnnA

A prison visitor recently asked one
OF the prisoners how he came to be
there.
want" was the answer.
"How was that, pray?''
Well, | wanted another mans
watch. He wasn't willing I should
have 1t. and the judge wants me to
stay here five years. -Tit-Bits.
The leader., 1905-09-09
Severe Surgery

The following conversation recently took
place in India:
Physician with his ear to the patients
breast There is curious swelling over
the region of your heart, sir, which must
be relieved at once.
Patient (anxiously) THAT swelling" is
my pocketbook, doctor. Please don't re-
duce it too much. Medical Record.
The leader., 1905-09-09
Heat 81 Bie Guns.

The heat developed BY the firing Of
heavy guns is remarkable. During
some recent tests a gun that had been
fired rs times melted solder upon the
chase while another was hot enough
to soften lead, indicating temperature
Of 900 degrees Fahrenheit.
The leader., 1905-09-09
Ambiguous.

"T must compliment you on the remark
able hghtness of your Bread said the
woman customer.
"Thank you," rejoined the baker. at
is my aim to turn out the hghtest bread
in the city"
eYes," continued the woman customer,
"and if you get it much lighter it will take
two of your pound loaves to weigh 1e
ounces. STRAY Stories.
The leader., 1905-09-09

using crude petroleum as tho explo-
sive "a internal combustion engineq.
When this invention is perfected we
shall see gas engines driving the loeo-
motives IN all the regions where OIL
wells are to be found.
The leader., 1905-09-09

The crown Of Roumania is made Of
gun metal, being ornamented with NJ
precious stones, and relieved Of severe
simplicity only through the skill q
the artisan It is the only European
crown absolutely der0 Of gems.
The leader., 1905-09-09

Ono Is in the habit nowadays OF
seeing brides absolutely self-possessed.
almost socose. Laughing and smiling
and nooding to their friends! Moth
ers and sisters never cry nowadays at
parting. Lady Violet Greville, IN
London Graphic
The leader., 1905-09-09

Ward Seminary, Nashville, Tenn, by
being model Of the educated Christian
home and by its thorough faculty and
course Of instruction prepares girls for life.
Write at once for Book Of Information.
The leader., 1905-09-09
Perjury.

Mrs. Bacon-Do you think your husband
is getting better?
Mrs. Egbert-No, worse! When he goes
fishing now he's not satisfied to tell what
he caught, but he makes an affidavit to
it!-Yonkers Statesman.
The leader., 1905-09-09
Desired Effect.

"Try to look a little pleasanter, said
the photographer to Mr.. Tyte-Phist. RE
member, | am making these pictures at
half my usual rates. . There, that will
do nicely.-Chicago Tribune.
The leader., 1905-09-09
SENATOR SULLIVAN
Says He has Found Doan's Kidney Pill
Invaluable in Treating Sick Kidneys.

Hon. Timothy D. Sullivan, Of New
York, Member OF Congress from the
Eighth New York District and one of
the Democratic leaders of New York
State, strongly recommends Doan's
The leader., 1905-09-09

One Of the most important engineer
lug problems waiting FOR solution to-
day, says Railway and Locomotive En-
gineefsng + q practical msthod ef
The leader., 1905-09-09
yVhere Thev AlI look Alilxe.

You want to marry my daughter, you
say. But don't recall that she has
ever mentioned you
You surprise me. Isn't your name
Timmons?
No.
Excuse me, must have got into the
wrong hat Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The leader., 1905-09-09

Never hold anyone by the button or the
hand, in order to be heard out; for, if
people are unwilling to hear you, you had
better hold your tongue than them
Chesterfield.
The leader., 1905-09-09
pinchad.

"You say / remind you Of some
thing (playfulIy pinching her shoul
der); what is TT"
"A lobster. Houston Post.
The leader., 1905-09-09
Inckv.

Knicker Jones calls himself a vet
eran Of the revolution.
Booker Yes; he Is survivor Of the
last Fourth Of July.--N. Y. Sun.
The leader., 1905-09-09

What's the use of Worrying about
whether or not we shall know each other
in heaven? Few of us really know each
other here.N. y Times.
The leader., 1905-09-09

When pretty girl asks to look at a
mans watch it's safe to bet that she
doesn't want to know the time, but to
see if. there is woman's picture in the
case-Boston Globe
The leader., 1905-09-09

Il is highly improbable that the world
will ever again see time when it viii
not consider itself on the threshold Of d
new era. Puck.
The leader., 1905-09-09

The national alliance for increasing
the population of France declares that
France Is on the way to become a
third class power, owing 70 the dimin.
iahinR birth rate.
The leader., 1905-09-09
nehnIad

"Papa, what is the Panama canal?"
''My son, it's long line Of politics ex.
tending across the Isthmus of Panama. "
The leader., 1905-09-09

The conquest Of peace may be made on
the fields Of Mars, but it IS the iawbone
of the diplomat that arranges the thrifty
details. Philadelphia Ledger.
The leader., 1905-09-09

Do not believe Piso's Cure for Consunp
fion has an equal FOR coughs and colds.-J.
B. Boyer, Trinity Springs, lnds Feb. ., 1900.
The leader., 1905-09-09

Many poor man has discovered that
the shady side Of Wall street is quite a
long walk from the sunny side Of Easy