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pIsRAELps MAxlMs.

Every one loves power, even II ne
does not know what to do with 1t.
Always have distinguished friends.
Never have fools for friends They are
Of no use.
To govern men you must either excel
thcm in their accomplishments or de-
spise them.
no rule men we must be men. our
wisdom must be concealed under folly
and our consistency under caprice.
Next to knowing when to seize an op-
nortunlty the most important thing III
life Is TO know when to foreso an al
vantage.
The divine right Of kings may have
been a plea for feeble tyrants' but the
divine right Of government is the Key
stone Of human progress.
Talk TO women as much rs you can
This is the way TO gain huency' be
! cause you need not care what you say
and had better not be sensible.
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MENTAL REACTION.
The Minds QuiclSness of Operation
md How II IN Measured.

md How IL IN treasured.
Let n dozen or twenty persons take
hold of hands In ring. Each Is TO
press the hand Of his right hand neigh
bor Ms soon as he receives pressure
from the left. One person starts the
pressure going and Mt the same instant
observes the position of the second
hand of watch. The pressure passes
all around the circle, and when it ar
rives at the originator he notes how
many seconds were required for the
given number of persons in succession
TO receive an impression and make up
their minds to act In response. The
total time is then divided by the num-
Der of persons. This is crude illus
trahou Of the reaction time which we
measure with great accuracy on single
persons.
AS the mental portion OF the reaction
time becomes more complicated the
time becomes longer. For example,
the processes Of mental discrimination
and choice require times of their own.
The way we get these higher mental
processes can be Illustrated In a sim
ple way. A person placed in Il quiet
room Is to tap n telegraph key every
time he sees red light which can be
nroduced at the will of the expert
| menter in the recording room. The In
terval Of time between the actual ap-
nearance of the light and the moment
tbe key is tapped Is accurately meas
ured For awhile nothing but the red
LIGHT Is used, this to obtain the simple
reaction time. Then red and yellow
lights are turned on in irregular sue
cession. The person has now to dis
criminatc between two cOlors ana TO
choose between action and nonaction.
The increase Of time required over the
simple reaction time gives the dis
elimination time for two colors. In an
other set of experiments three colors are
used. then four colors. As the discrim-
nation and choice become more com
nlicated more time is required.
The importance Of rapid and accurate
reaction and discrimination is evident
Astronomers have difficulty In record
ing the moment at which star passes
4 line in the telescope. The sports
man must pull the trigger at just th'
nroper moment. The football player
tbe fencer and the boxer are trained
in rapidity Of discrimination and reac
tion It is very evident that a player
or a pugilist who takes a long tlm'
for discrimination. choice and volitiol
will give decided advantage 10
quick opponent.-Forum
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Savings Bank In Mexico.

Savings banks are practically I'M
known institutions in the City of Mex
leo. If q man has a small amount to
deposit, with the expectation of being
able to add to it from time to time, he
will be. at loss to find bank that will
be willing to take care Of his apparent
ly insignificant sums and pay him in
terest on the money that is thus gradu-
ally deposited. AS a matter of fact,
there are only about two places in the
entire city that will show any interest
in his small savings, one of these being
q little bank for working people, which
was organized a couple Of years ago,
and the other place being the Monte de
la Piedad, which receives deposits of
any amount and pays per cent inter-
est per annum on them. The little saw
ings bank has had hard struggle to
maintain itself 1t is a noticeable fact,
however, that the bank in question has
few Mexican working people as depos-
itors, most of its patrons being Span
iards who are working for wages as
grocery clerks and boOkkeepers.-Mexi'
can Herald
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INDIAN ARROWS.
why There Are Always Three
Grooves Cut on the Shaft.

why There Are Always Three
Grooves Cut on thc Shaft.
In making the Indian arrow three
small undulating grooves are cut on the
shaft. running down to the head from
the lower end of the feathers. This has
attracted the attention Of some of the
ethuologists, who gave the matter con-
siderable study and wisely concluded
that the little lines were made for the
blood to run through or that they rep
resented lightning. An old Omaha VINO
had the reputation Of being very Skill
full In cutting the grooves In arrow
shafts was called by the cher 10 90
that work for him on some arrows ne
was making. The chief himself was a
fine arrow maker, but he recognized
the skill Of the old man in this parucu-
lar line. While the work was In prog
ross the chiefs son, who had reached
the inouisitive age and was looking on
with wide eyed interest, suddenly ask
ed. venerable man, why are you max
ing those crooked lines| The chief
gave a hearty laugh and said, "Father'
tell him, for he Will be making arrows
himself some day, and he should know.
Every sapling," answered the old man,
"out Of which the arrow is made has
some defect, however faultless 1t may
appear to be. The good arrow maker
takes a great deal of pains to smooth
out and straighten the imperfections by
oiling and heating. but the wood IN
time will spring back because Of its IN
herent defects unless these grooves are
cut In the shaft soon after seasoning
and Strengthening" - Southern Work
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ordinance Of Town OF Belle fisvea.

At meeting of the Town Council
of Belle Haven, Virginia, held at the
office of the Mayor thereof on the 9th
day of January, 1905, the following
ordinance was passed unanimously :.
Be it enacted by the Town Council
of the Town of Belle Haven, Virginia,
THAT the following described territory
living within the corporate limits OF
the said Town of Belle Haven, Vir-
ginia. be stricken off and left out OF
aid corporation
F rst. All that part of said Town of
Relic Haven situated within the
County of Northampton. ...---.----
Second. All that part of said Town
of Belle Haven situated within the
County of Accomac, lying between
the present limits and confines OF said
CORPORATION and thefollowing described
boundary: Beginning on the line be-
tween the Counties Of Aceomac and
Northampton at that division Of a GER
tain Branch leading around the land
of William Upshu, colored, thence
following said spur of said Branch 70
the county road leading from Belle
Haven to Wardtown; thence north
east from where said Branch crosses
said road, opposite the house OF the
said William Upshur, colored, follow
inc certain ditch through the Lands
of John B. Floyd and Seymour d
Ward, across La Rue street. on
through the lands of Solomon Byrd to
point where said ditch connects With
another ditch separating the lands OF
John T. b. Hyslop and Edw. o. Kel-
lam; thence eastward, following said
ditch across the man county road or
street, on through the field Of Woodie
w. Brickhouse to the woods mot
thicket) of the said Brickhouse; thence
at right angles southwark to the head
Of a certain ditch on the west edge OF
the seaside County cross-road, thence
along the west edge of said seaside
county cross road TO a certain Hickory
tree on the corner of the lanes be-
longing to n. A. Smith; thence in a
enthusiastically direction to The line
dividing The Counties of Accomac and
Northampton, thence west ward fol-
lowing said line to point of beginning:
the above defined line constituting
the new boundaries of said Town OF
Belle Haven after the contraction OF
the territory and the striking out OF
those portions above named.
Further, be it enacted, that this or
dinance be published in the PENN
sula Enterprise" a newspaper pub
lished at Accomac O. H., Virginia,
and be posted ir at least ten public
places in the territory to be stricken
off. and that copies Of this ordinance
be served on the Boards Of Supervi-
sors of the said Counties of Accomac
and Northampton.
Given under our hands this 9Th day
Of January, 1906.
S. b. Ward, Mayor.
w. G. Emmett, Recorder.
A copy, Teste:
w. &. Emmett. Recorder.
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Cathedral Art Ignored.

"a thing that has surprised me
about your American etchers and en-
gravers," remarked a European artist
who is on visit here, "is that not one
of them has ever seen the value of the
interior of your st. Patrick's cathedral
as a subject for pictorial representa-
ton. The dealers in such things tell
me there is no engraving of that in
terror in existence, and yet its wonder
full beauty must be apparent to every
one at the first glance.
"T am told your nOvelists have not
been so chary Of lack of apprecla-
ton Of what the cathedral stands for,
esthetically as well as from its spirit
ual appeal. And so l am not only sur
prised but grieved that my colleagues
should not have grasped the opportunl'
ties it presents. That there would DC
q sale for prints Of such a picture
seems to 20 without saying. AS to Its
beauty. there can be no question. -
New York Press.
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The bishops Thousand Pounds.

The bishop of London tells the fol
lowing story: 81 was sitting in my
room one morning very busy, when l
was told that a lady wanted to see me.
I was very busy and almost said at
first, oh. I'm too busy to see any one
this morning. But l thought and
said, No; have made rule never 10
refuse to see anybody, in case 1t IS
some one in trouble SO said, Let
the lady come upstairs She came, and
the first thing she said to me was this;
4 was going to ask you whether you
can find a use in your work for 1000
| said. 1T is the very thing have been
wondering all the morning how l was
to get l showed her exactly what L
was going to spend her f1,OOO on, ano
the whole scheme was carried out"
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NEW GAME ON TRAINS.
The Man with the Cards and the Far
Too Sure Thing Bet.

TOO sure
A forlorn individual with a "tele-
scope" grip in one hand and an empty
poclletbook in the other enlightened
the detectives at the Union depot the
other day concerning the latest wrh-
kle in confidence games. The meian-
cholv one had just been relieved OF
s5O NV n couple of chance acquaint-
ances on train.
"This is how it happened said the
traveller: IL was coming from Oklaho-
ma and after leaving Fort Scott sat IN
the smoker with man who got on az
that station. We chatted a bit and
were watching game OF crlDDage
among some travelling men across the
aisle when a man came through the
car with pack of playing cards in his
hand. He stopped by the cribbage
PLAYERS and asked them to buy the
cards. They refused, so he turned 10
our seat.
Gentlemen he said, I'D like to sell
these cards. They are of unusually
good quality, and I'll sell them for the
price of an ordinary deck
LETS see,' said my seat mate, tax
ing the pack. 4 don't see anything re-
markable about these. They look ike
ordinary twenty-five cent cards to me-
"'AIl right replied the owner Of the
cards in an offended tone; If you can't
distinguish the difference IN the quail
tv of cards, there's no use in my vast
ing time talking to you
"He reached for the pack, ana as II
was handed back to him one or the
cards fell to the floor, apparently I'M
noticed by the owner. My seat mate
however. saw the card fall and said
banteringly:
".Those cards may be extra fine, but
I'll bet there's not full pack there.
"The owner of the cards glared In
dignantly at my seat mate.
"'You say you willY he exclaimed
Now. what will you bet on thatT
"Mv companion had already covered
the card on the floor with his foot.
"'Oh. I'll call anything you've got
he laughed.
"Without more ado the card sales
man logged out bundle of bills and
announced that he didn't like to take
candy from infants, but that he woui'
bet a hundred, even money, that tht
pasteboards in his hand composed
full deck of fifty-two cards, not count
ing the Joker. This, Of course, looked
like Christmas expenses to us, VINO
knew that one card of the pack lay OF
the floor.
"In let you in on half Of the bet
said nv seat mate generously, and O
course. jumped at the chance.
"The money was posted, the card
were counted and the deck found TO d.
complete. My seat mate and the care
salesman left the train at the next sta
tion. OF course l see it all now-tha
is. all but one thing:
"Why did it not occur to me ina
there was something odd in man nav
ing 500 who had moment befor
been trying to peddle two bit pack o
, cards?"-Kansas City Star.
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Monkey Language.

1t is generally supposed that Profess
or Garner is the first man to study
what has come to be called the speech
of monkeys. AS matter OF fact, the
honor belongs to Sir Richard Burton,
the famous orientalist, who translate
ed the Thousand and One Nights"
Lady Burton tells in her biography or
her distinguished husband that Sir
Richard believed firmly in monkey
speech, that he had forty apes con-
tinually with him for several years
and that he had written down a mon
KEY vocabulary Of sixty words. This
vocabulary unfortunately was lost.
Professor Garner can make strange
monkey drink by saying a certain
word. and with another word he can
make it eat, and with another word he
can frighten it. But Sir Richard Bur-
ton could do all these things too. His
vocabulary, furthermore, WAS larger
than that of Professor Garner. Ernst
Haeckel the great German scientist
is in hearty sympathy with the study
of the monkey language. He says DC
believes firmly that such language ex
ists-
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Postomce Stones.

In the early history Of Cape Colony,
before the first permanent settlement
had been made, it was the custom OF
the captains of passing ships to leave
letters for Europe underneath a large
stone on the shores of Table bay to be
called for by the next returning squad
ron. Several of these "postO6ice stones"
have been discovered, and one Is now
in the entrance hall Of the general post
office in Cape Town. Another has Just
been found built into the southwestern
bastion of the castle The stone must
have been used in building the wall.
which was completed in 1879, or more
than fifty years after the date of the
inscription 1t bears. 1t records the stay
in Table bay of some English ships, the
Lesser James and the Abigail.
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OUR CLOSED CHURCHES.
A Criticism of Them From the Com
merciaI Point of View.

A Criticism of Them From the COM
mercinI Point of view.
| suppose many readers VIII be star
tied and some offended, at least in their
first impression, when they see our
churches arraigned as misusers OF
wealth. How is that possible? they VIII
protest. Are not our churches obviously
and conspicuously devoted to the gen
eral good? Are they not guided by able
and unselfsh men who devote their
lives to the spiritual needs Of their rel
low men? And is it not preposterOus to
charge them with mlsusing wealth, ell
Their shamefully or otherwise, when ey-
cry one knows that most Of our church
es are struggling under a burden OF
debt?
All that is true enough, yet the brief
est consideration makes ii clear that the
hundred thousand churches in America
0et us take that number for the sake OF
argumenO are trying to do their work
under conditions that would be consid-
cred foolish and wasteful If they exist
ed in any ordinary enterprise. Imagine
100000 department stores doing active
business only one day in seven and re-
naming closed for the other six days,
or at best doing laHguid business on
one or two odd afternoons Imagine
100000 theaters giving performances
two or three eycll.ngS week ana then
remaining closed and silent for four or
five evenings. Imagine 10000 facto-
ries working ten hours Il day for sin
Gle day in seven and working five
hours day for two other days and
then letting their fire engines and ma
chinery lie idle all the rest of the time.
We should call it stupid and extraya-
CANT folly, we should expect such fool
ish factories, theaters and department
stores TO lose both in money and In gen.
eral esteem. and if such conditions per-
sisted we should conclude either that
the directors of these activities were
hopelessly incompetent or that there
was very small demand for what they
were trying to furnish.
! vi fOUISt We ntNN 5ADNH w 80 49,
idea that it is the right and natural
state of churches to be closed and 81
lent most of the time, just why no one
can say; but, being creatures of habit
we accept things as we find them we
expect our houses to be used every day,
our barns to be used every day, our
shops. libraries, hospitals, Office build
ings. ali the structures on our soil, we
expect to be used every day save only
the churches, which are the most costly
and the most beautiful These we OK
pect to be used occasionally. less than
half the time, probably not One-third OF
the time, yet the churches represent a
huge material investment based on inf
mite labor and saving, a value far
greater than all the gold coin in the
| United States, a value, counting land
and buildings, that certainly exceeds
100000. 600 on which the money in
terest ut 5 per cent would be S250OOO O
day. And the spiritual daily equivalent
well, that is beyond our reckoning,
but it should be very great and pre-
cious to offset so huge a sum. And
most of the days it is wasted.-Cleve-
land MOffet in Success.
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BEAUTY SPOTS.

japanese women gild their teeth.
In Greenland women paint their faces
blue and yellow.
The ladies Of Arabia stain their nm
gers and toes red.
In India the women Of three high
castles paint their teeth black.
Borneo women dye the hair In fantas-
tic co!ors-pink, green. blue and scarlet
A Hindoo bride is anOinted from head
TO foot with grease and saffron.
In New Holland scars made carefully
with shells form elaborate patterns on
the ladies faces.
In some South American tribes the
women draw the front teeth, esteeming
as an ornament the black gap thus
made.
In New Guinea the ladies wear nose
rings. piercing the nose in the same
fiendish way that civilized women
pierce the ears.-Philadelphia Bulletin.
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The Rage For Automobiles.

According to the Auto Directories
company. New York has a larger num-
Der of registered cars than any other
state. 23,S4O being registered to date.
Utah. with $50, has the smallest regis
tration. Good roads keep pace with the
automobile, and vice verso, but 1t does
not necessarily follow that the state
with the best roads has the highest reg
istration. In New Jersey, for instance,
where the roads are masterpieces or
construction, 1880 cars are licensed,
or only q few more than h@f of the
number in New York. The bulk OF New
York cars. however, are owned in New
York city, where their owners may cas-
ilv reach the fine roads across the river.
New Jersey is second only to New York
and leads Massachusetts, which Is
third, with 10000. and Ohio, fourth,
with 5000. Connecticut has 1000 cars
registered, Illinois, 1900; California,
1900; Indiana, 1900; Michigan, Mary
land. Wisconsin and Iowa, 1000 each;
Minnesota and Rhode Island, 1,2OO;
Missouri, 1000, and so on down to
Utah, Alabama and Tennessee, which
range between 100 and 150.-Henry Jay
Case in Harper's Weekly.
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The Remnant of n Regiment.


On the opening day of the Shaho
battle there were many deeds Of hero
ism, writes the author Of "An Eyewit-
ness In Manchuria." One incident, he
says, brought out clearly the terrible
nature of the encounter During the
Russian retreat a general commanding
q division noticed an officer and some
forty men returning through the lines.
1t appeared as if it were Il small party
which had been charged with some
outpost duty and had shown the white
feather. Incensed at their apparent
cowardice, the general rode up to the
officer and asked him what he meant
by deserving his post. With a some
what grim smile the officer saluting,
said:
"sir, this is all that is left Of my reg
iment."
That regiment had gone into action
over 1000 strong.
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OF 4 conscientious Chinese Judge
Uopgkong correspondent writes "Ihe
new Ham IIol magistrate, Chan FAX
IIau. is a very energetic Official. lie
has placed two letter boxes at the en-
trance Of his yamen. Here is literal
translation Of the Chinese characters
on them. On one Of the boxes IS the
heading in large characters, 'Deslrous
TO learn about my own faults ana IN
smaller characters the following notl-
Gcation: II any Of my secretaries OF
domestic servants should cause trouble
or swindle people outside or If any OF
my clerks or yamcn runners should
extort money, etc, the public are re-
ouested to write out statements de-
scribmg full particulars Of the case
and put same into this box The head
inc on the other box is, Request to d.
informed Of all public affairs concern
ing the people
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A MonopoIIst At His Ease.

Stamp canceling dies for all the
Dostof1ices Of the United States ana
its dependencies are made in lonely
little harbor of Northumberland
comfy. Va. The man who makes
them has had the contract Tor nearly
a generation; his father had 1t before
him and it seems likely to descend 10
the third generation.
lust one thing makes it possible Tor
the present contractor to hold ana
transmit his contract, and that is the
fact'that he has secret process OF
hardening the face of his dies so that
they last longer than any hardened
nv other processes. The process is an
inheritance, and the contractor has
two sons associated with him, one or
both of whom will inherit the secret.
Nearly twenty years ago the con-
tractor, now getting to be an old man,
was ordered by his physician to leave
Washington and tOliye near salt water.
He pitched upon the Mountaineering
county harbor as the scene OF his HE
and labOrs.
Here he set up a small factory, and
as his business grew with the growth
of the postal system he took a few OF
the BRIGHTEST country lads thereabout
and taught them so much OF the WORK
as they could do without knowing MS
secret He now has about score OF
these men about him, and the young
fellows of the neighborhOod are Keen
tn pet places in the factory, for the
wopkmen are well paid and theirs are
the neatest and most comfortable,
homes in the homiest that cluster
about the glittering little harbor.
The factory has grown to be con-
siderable place, and its putting steam
let has an odd air above the treeuoPS7
that almost smother it from view Au
about are rich and well titled heidS'
and all day long the hooking BIRDS
sing in the trees within earshot OF uhe
factory. n.,
II is fifty miles or more to the near,
oct railway station in Virginia, and
the only way Of communication Wlth
the outside world is by slow sailing
craft and a steamboat that touches
three times week at the harbor ano
consumes twenty-four hours in the
voyage to Washington. Tins steam
boat takes to the factory the DIES II
the rough to be lettered and hardened
and carries them away again Wnen
thew are finished, to be distributed tC
nosfofTices all over the continental
area of the United States, to Porto
Rico. Hawaii and the Philippines.
The little factory turns out thous
ands of dies every year, and the pusl
ness grows with astonishing rapldlUy
The heaviest freight OF the steam
boat at that harbor comes from the
die factory. r.,-
er has spread abroad, and he is some
times called upon to make dies TO
foreign Governments. One of his re
Gently executed orders came iron
Venezuela, and he is likely to hay
more than he can easily do for othe
South American republics.