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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-10
T. /. Sorrells.

Especial to The Times Dispatch)
LEXINGTON, VA. itebrury % Mr..
Thomas j. Sorrels, for many years the
efficient road overseer for Lexington Dis
trict. died at his home near Lexington
Wednesday morning shortly after midi
night. He was past 81 years of age. and
until his recent illness had been re-
markedly vigorous man. He was n Con-
federate veteran. having served in CONF
pany Six. Twenty-seventh Virginia In
fantry, Mr.. Sorrell was twice married,
but both wives preceded him TO the grave,
Nine children survive.
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+ Colonel E. M. Sloan.

ISpoCIaI 10 Tho tIInles-DlspdtCh-J
LEXINGTON. VA. February 9.-Pro-
fessor and Mrs. D. c. Humphreys were
called to st. Louis this week on account
of the death of Mrs. Humphreys father.
Colonel Ewing NJ. Sloan, of that city.
He was aged "a years and was promi-
nent citizen of ST. Louis.
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(Ry Associatetl Press

w1LKEsBARRE. Pa. February o.
Two sessions of the Anthracite
Mine Scale Committee were held to-
day, and the work of formulating the
demands to be presented to the operators
was continued. Nothing was made pub
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-09
az ODE BIRD SECS.
she Does the courtinE and He Most
of the Nursery work.

She Does the COurtinE and He Most
of the Nursery work.
Wilson's ph:lIarope is very common
in nearly all parts of tiie northwestern
prairIes wherever there are grassy
pools or sloaysls 1t is a quiet. beauti-
full little bird, with no iInmodest out
cries. feedirg PRETTY along the moist
margins Of TIE slouslls and NOT dis
tressIng Itself over our presence. From
nearly every standpoint this ps.aIaroPe.
like all other species OF its class. is
nm anomaly among the birds. APP
parently land bird. it has partially
webbcd or scafIoped feet and is good
and graceful swimmer. The female Is
the larger and handsomer of the pair.
she does the court.ag and lie most of
the subsequent incuL alton and nursery
work. He is duly TBpek AID Obedient.
rs be comes the husband OF Gln amazon,
for so worthy and strenuous a young
female as she will not tolerate u buck
hanging around idle when there is
plenty OF useful work to be zone. For
her part. to lay eggs so big that the
chicks are clothed and able 10 run at
birth is all that should reasonably be
expected OF her. Their marital reIa-
lions are otherwise scandalous from
our point OF view Two or three idle,
vaInglorious females are often seen
devoting themselves to one little male
at the height of the nesting season. and
no one seems to be sure whether or
not he is the husband of any one or
all of them. Anyhow, they are an
head over ears in love with hlm.-Her-
bert x Job in Outing Magazine.
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l.ALIsApEs FORMATION.

R1Ided IN Time and Type to Nouns
HoIyOIee ana Cape momidon.
The complete height OF the cliff was
much higher, originally, for the glHcieR
that buried North America down to
thIs latitude erOded billions of tons
which went to the upbuilding of Long
Island, trap powders being common In
the soil of Brooklyn, and / have found
on the top Of the Palisades opposite
Spuyten Duyvn glacial groovings ana
poIIshinEs that haze survived the pre-
sumptive $4,000 years since the glacier
melted. The outpour of this mass from
a volcano whose crater we cannot so
much as guess In this day was tremen-
Cious, and it cut the Hudson and Hack
ensack valleys asunder and pushed the
harbor several miles to the southwark,
while related activities thrust above
the surface, either us downpours or up
pours. the thousand miles OF basaltic
hills that chain the Caroiinas to the
Bay of Fundy, so that our Palisades
are allied in form and time to Mount
Holyoke and Cape BIomidon-
To the mIneralogIst our Palisades do
not yield as much Of interest as we
ind In the rotting trap OF Paterson, a
few miles away. from which have been
taken the largest prehnites In the
world, sea green and wonderful; royal
anethysts, balls OF silky pectoltte and
quartz pseudomorphs that copy them;
but we find in these cliffs occasional
duplicates OF the columns that make
the Giants causeway and FingaIs
cave-geOmetric shapes OF three, four,
five, six and more sides, not result OF
capitalization, US was once imagined,
for trap is n rock. not mineral. but |
of lateral shrinking when 1t has cool
ad-CharIes n. Skinner in Century.
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the remainder, L.. which he was to re-
member. You viii thus know that 8
o'clock was the hour thought of.
If this trick be repeated more than
two or three times 1t is vel to vary
the number from which the deduction
IS to be made. Thus instead of deduct
ing, as In the foregoing example, 8
from 20, the person addressed may be
told to deduct the hour Thought Of
from 1S. but as IS is onIy six hours
more than u you must be sure to
make your sixth mot the eighth pro
miscuous count be at the figure ''12"
IN the dial
In the first example, with 20. the
eighth count was made at "12" be-
cause 20 is eight more than H. If %
Do the number adopted the tenth count
must be made on figure "12." % being
10 more than II, and so on with any
other number
When your friends see you are able
30 tell the time they thought OF from
different numbers to be deducted from,
then they will be more mystihed tban
aver and will become convinced yot
are real mind reader IL you don't lex
them into the secret.
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A onecr WnEcr.

There are men whose pride is In the
stole endurance OF acute discomfort
They insist upon doing unpleasant
things In order to convince themselves
that they can do them. At Oxford
some years ago there was an eminent
Rugby football player wnoss passion
was to discover the most uncomfortn-
bIe things and then to do them. One
evening humorist suggested that-as
1t was January-it would be rather
beastIy to sit in a cold tub all night
Tong. The footbalIer Mt once offered to
wager that he could sit till morning
chapel time In his cold tnh. And he
aid it-I.ondon Chronicle.
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cold when refined from all impuri-
hes" said jeweler. ''and alloys of In
ferior metals is denominated pure.
This means gold OF twenty-four carats,
and this is the standard recognized by
the mint master and dealers in gold.
AS a matter of fact, however, there is
no gold so pure. Gold Of twenty-five
carats is about as pure as 1t can be got.
L has two parts OF silver or one part
of silver and one part of copper. The
copper darkens the color of gold, while
silver lightens it in color. Twenty
three carat gold is occasionally seen.
which means half carat Of silver and
Of copper. Ordinarily eighteen carat
gold Is the best gold than can be had.
Certainly it is the best for jewelry, for
pure gold, as it is called, is too soft and
will wear away much faster than the
owners of 1t desire.
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Test For Ready Boned LoBsters.

IeHt For HeRdy boIIeU LobHterH.
Should ready boiled Holsters be pur-
chased. test them by gently drawing
back the tail, which should rebound
with a spring. If the tail IS not curIed
up and will not spring back when
Strengthened the lobster was dead when
boiled and should not be eaten. Choose
the smaller Holsters that are heavy for
their size, as the larger ones are apt to
be coarse and tough. HOLSTERS weigh
ting from one and half to three pounds
are the best In size. All parts OF the
lobster are wholesome and may be
used. except the stomach, which Is q
sDaalI hard sack and contains poisonous
matter and lies directly under the head,
and little vein which runs the entire
length of the tail.
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lis y Hlr ErTtqlllrr4
red dow
6 dTI 1e SIC
b6nt . ccllapse The pr1riri-
etnf sted her INTO q chair and pre-
gllrSd q mia stinlnlant for her ME
diruegIsts5 manner was 50 sympathetfe
that little later she eondded 10 him
that she suffered With her heart and
feared she had not much longer TO live.
saeart diseases' inquired the drug
gfst genIaliy why, have heart dis
that's nothing don't worry MYSELF
about It. don't look IKE man with
q load on his mind, dosIs You prob
ably think that you are liable to drop
on any time. On the contrary, any
doctor wiz tell you that the average
person with heart disease generally
Ifyes to a good old age The very care
that a sufferer from heart disease takes
of himself OF herself Is calculated to
lengthen the years indefinitely. You
see. man with a weak heart naturally
Is careful of himself bit. he doesn't
commit any e1cesses, never oTerdoes
ANYTHING. lives In moderation and thus
keeps his vitality unimpaired. That's
all you have to do-just take care OF
yourself what's the use OF worry
ing?
The druggists cheerfulness was In
fsctious, the genial interest OF HIS talk
made depression appear foolish, and
the girl soon began to look more hope
tui and even smiled. After the drug
Efst had Eayly chatted with her awhile
che rose and walked out OF the store
with firm step.
This druggist, though he would scorn
Ghe idea II suggested to him. is a bene-
factor to humanity. he is a believer
In the power of cheerfulness. and the
good that he does In his peculiar way
Is not easy to estimate.
Not a day passes that he does not
Cmpart his message of the cheerful life
TO some despairing Individual BE
makes all others ailments his own and
points out the uselessness OF worry. "A
man will come in bent and suffering. 4
Perhaps he confides to the druggist
that he has kidney disease and fears
his DAYS are numbered. The druggist
immediately Informs him that there is
no cause for alarm; he has had kidney |
trouble himself for. oh, SO many years, |
and has no intention of dropping or. |
That druggist. in the course of a week, !
probably win acknowledge that he is
afflicted with every ailment except |
knee. He makes every |
feel better. He fairly radI- |
ties good cheer and optimism. 1t is
his belief that half the sufferers In the |
world have complaints that bright |
pirits will overcome. But even when
hey have a real disease 1t is his theory
hat a little cheerfulness doesn't hurt
ind that the malady Is only aggrn-
rated by constant depression. BE
makes it his mission In life to drive /
way depression and turn the thoughts
Il people toward brighter things Ills
heerfulness Is tonic that never fails
o act.-New York Press.
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Az lrr Nn Il THIS
the nFnl
11 en-
appeal, e Kim On ny ground q Loo.
pftaIfty Of ler1sIt y " the aut1l1e
OF eTn ths Deert you haFasa hold
on him.
It used to be the boast Of Arab poe
ny In Its best days that It never
praised 4 man except for what Vas IN
him ana the habit OF judging direct
II ana without regard 70 surroundings
has always been m instinct Of the
race An those evidences OF worldly
prosperity and success which turn
the heart of the AngIo-Saxon to water
leave the Arab unmoved.
The Arab Is an artist In manners-
remember certain sheik, who was
once my travelling companion on tbs
Upper NiIe, a tail, lean. keen faeed
man, OF a complexion almost black
with a glitter on It Ike the sun poIisk
on desert stones. who walked among
the fel1ahs on the crowded deck Ike
a chief among his slaves.
with him shared the same narrow
corner Of the deck. He was strict Ia
his religious observances and at the
appointed hours would spread his mat
on the deck; turn In the supposed d.
rection OF Mecca and then kneel and
rise ana kneel again, bowling with
his forehead to the ground In the I'M
posing attitudes OF AIoslem prayer.
Quick at detecting the least sign OF
or respect IL I'VE stop
ped talking or moved to make room.
he yyould treasure up the courtesy and
when his prayers were over turn ana
acknowledge It with grave gesture
md a smile that seemed no conven-
tionaI grimace, but expressed the m
tention OF deliberate friendIiness.
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THE FUNNY FROG.
How Would You Like to BE In RES
Bed All winter LOngT


Bed All Winter LOnER
Among the many creatures tast
BIeep I'm the winter are the frFEs.
with their very long hindlegs, short
foreleGs and with big black eyes on
each side of their very big mouths.
When the cold days come and the
water begins to freeze in the pond The
frogs know that 1t is time to go to bed
Tor the winter. Down they go and
their families with them to the Dot
tom. Then they begin to dig with
their long hind feet into the soft mud.
They work Themselves down into their
beds backward until at last they are
covered under the mud, all except the
bps of their noses
There they so to sleep. After awhile
they have an ice spread over them,
and they can sleep safely all winter.
they do not get hungry all this time,
When spring comes and the sun
crows bright and warm and Jack
Frost carries away their covering.
sid father frog begins to push his nost'
up out of the mud until his ears arr
uncovered. Then he nudges mothez
frog Wake upr' he says. 'Don'T
vyu hear everybody busy up there
And. oh, how sleepy she Is, poor this
But he Ind tried the water and foS
( warm, and they must not rest n
cpger.
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INDIAN REMEDIES.
Peculiar Medical Methods Used In
the Far East.


the Far East.
Great virtues are ascribed tn the
claws and horns OF certain animals.
Tigers claws are In great demand with
the common people. One or two claws
may be worn near the loins, but should
one possess lurger number the fortu-
nate owner makes garland OF them
and wears them around his neck.
Deer's horn ground into the paste Is an
excellent balia for paIa ana swellings.
4 more curious use IL found for the
same substance: 1t is sometimes made
into Il powder which Is supposed to MD
the growth of stunted women. The
joints taken from the long and slender
tail of the black scorpion are supposed
to keep Illness at arms distance when
children wear them on their waist
thread.
A red or swollen eye is cured by hav-
ing 1t touched with the bolt or chain of
3 door. y remedy which have seen
applied with considerable effect In more
than one epilcptic ht Is to place
bunch of Keys in the palm of the suffer
er. I have heard 1t said that the ut
passes away as readily IL the keys are
placed on the head. a rather quaint
remedy in the case Of spruincd neck
Is to use an iron measure for n pillow.
Sore throat is cured by splitting on
redhot iron. quite tile simplest and least
expensive cure known to the native
doctor Pcacock'S hcsh and pigs ghee
are the best medicines for acute rheu-
matism.-AHilg Mall
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stoves.

Stoves which concealed the FIRE wore
in use In Greek and Roman house
holds. The ancients also employed
open tubes of metal or enrthenware
and, In addition. heated their rooms
with charcoal braziers. Crates for the
burning OF coal were employed two
centuries ago in Great Britain. Many
thousands of patents have been taken
out upon stoves and ranges since
FRANKLIN aud Count Rumford pointed
out the waste of fuel and Of heat in
voIved in open hreplaces.
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ST. ANTHONY.
80 Temptations OF che Father Of
AIonnstIc1am.

HLomm8tIcfam.
what were the temptations OF St
Anthony? st. Anthony was one of the
earliest names placed on the calendar.
He Is called the father OF monnsti-
cfsm because his life and teachings
were really the foundation OF the
many monlSlsh orders OF medieval
times. He was born in city of Egypt
In 251 A. D. of parents who y~re both
wealthy and pious, and he early de
cided to gfye his life up to religious
contemplation. Ee went into the viii
derness, taking up his solitary abode
In an old ruin on RICH hill, where he
disciplined himself I'm austerity. But
his devotIons were interrupted by
protracted series of sadly irrelevant
Authorizations, believed to be sent by
the devil to tempt him aside from O
holy life. he was visited successivelF
by visions OF all the idoIatrles of tho
early world, by the princes and poteu-
tates of history and their wives and
daughters, by Solomon and the queen
of Sbeba, by the gods and goddesses
OF Greece and Rome, especially by Di-
ana and Venus. and other interesting
Characters. According to the legend,
his devoutness at last breaks the pow
er of the visions, and they leave him
forever. He remained twenty years in
his lonely ruin, then, yielding to the
wishes of other anchorites, went to
Memphis ind there founded the first
monastery, which was little more than
a group OF cells. After six years OF
teaching he returned to his desert
home and at last died there at the age
OF 1o5 years. The French novelist Gus
tave Flaubert has written an entire
volume on 1.-THE Temptations Of st
most elaborate description. a decided
" hippant, not to say profane. poem
bearing the same title and in the style
Of the ''IngoIdsby Legends is some
times included with these humorous
ballads. But Bnrham did not write it
1t was the work OF one Tom Sellers, a
much inferior scrIbbler.-IOusekeep
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SWEET MELODY FLOUR.

Henry E. Jones, of Tampa, Fla,
writes: 'I can thank God for my
presnt health, due to Foley's Kid
ney Cure. I tried doctors and all
kinds of kidney cures, but nothing
done me much good TIL I took
Foley's Kidney Cure. -Four bot
ties cured me, and I have no more
pain in my back and shoulders. I
am GO years old, and suffered long,
but thanks to Foley's Kidney Cure.
I am well and can walk and enjoy
myself. 1t is a pleasure to recon-.
mend it to those needing a kidney
Sold by Sturm & Will
son.
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english Indie. ana Observation-Disclosures

English Indies aud Floral E'nHcInntIon
English ladies partake the character
and the aspect of flowers. 1 do not
mean merely that their visages shine
with the pure freshness of matutinaI
flowers even when within they are con-
trariwlsc affected. nor am I thinking
solely of thelr azure eyes. limpld as
lilies. NJ OF their blond heads OF hair.
golden IS ears OF wheat. or of their
transpm ent skin OF roseate hue. No.
Apart from an those natural personal
traits : n'rlish dies betrny In their
EeadgeHi ul trnr methods of combinS
ard dre iaE aad general adornmcns
that ticy ravr r-er hsfo-e them the
acwers - T-''crn. and NaP'e'
sic.tino
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TAE MAGIC BlAt
A TmslIar Fe.4 Is1li sse1ss AHA e
~ rl....Ia..-


Ask any OF your playI1ates to think
Of some hour of the day. Ten him to
deduct It from 20 and remember the
remainder. You produce your big clock
dial and INFORM him-t that you are go
ting TO CONT around on the dial and
that when you have counted the num-
Der corresponding with the remainder
that he must remember, he must stop
you
Suppose lie thought OF O'Clock.
Five taken from % leaves 10 remain
der. You now count promiscuously
(mentaIly, not orally. pointing at each
count with pencil to one Of the hours
IN the dial which must be provided in
advance and Is made by cutting out
circle of cardboard and marking on It
with ink the twelve figures OF the clock
faee).
Be sure when you make the eighth
count to point TO the @12" and thence
In regular rotation backward t0WArd
the left. When you come to the ngure
';6'' you VIII be stopped, as this Win b
the afteenth count, corresponding TO
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-09

When Theirs was president OF the
French republic. he was about to issue
some Important manifesto and submit
ted the draft to critical friend.
Yes" said the critic, the matter Il
clearly expressed, but I miss the ease
and fucncy of your usual style"
''Ah," replied Theirs. II have not
worked those in yet! The ease will
cost me much labor, and the fiuency
shall have 10 drag in by the hair of lite
head."
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Ignorant OF Legal Terms.

Tarantula Tom-Why did Bill plug
the tenderfoot?
Lava Bed Pete-It all come o. Bits
distressln' ignorance o legal terms.
T. T.-How 'uz that?
L. b. P-welI, Bill owed the short
horn some money an was sorter slow
about payin'. So the stranger writ him
a letter sayIn', 81 will draw on you at
sight" An BIZ thought that meant
gun play, so when he meets up win
the stranger he draws first. 1t was
misunderstanding. Cleveland Leader.
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SWEET MELODY FLOUR.

freventics, as the name implies,
prevent all colds and grippe when
Fftaken at the sneeze stage" Pre-
ventics are toothsome candy tab
lets. Preventics dissipate all colds
quickly, and taken early, when you
first feel that a cold is coming, they
check and prevent them. Pre-
ventics are thoroughly safe for
children, and as effectual for adults.
Sold and recommended in cent
and % cent boxes by all druggists.
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a spoIIed story.

Young Tommy was 4 reckless chap
As ever you did spy.
He crept into the pantry once
And ate n pot Of Iye-
No. no: mean a lot OF pie!
The pie did not agree with Ton.
SO very large n piece
he felt 50 hi he hnstened on
To find pot OF grense-
Dear me. mean a grot OF Peonsi
He wept with pain and doubled %
As tight rs any clam.
''Oh. denr, fcekus bud as NhoA
ate that jot Of lamlo--
NO, no: mean that lot OF 1amF
This story gets so r:ixed at times
Under my v@-,- ei.cr
RI stop 80 frr whnt suvc aaid
Seems Ike a lacy - pie---
Dasr t1e. ] urln o u=-lS OF icHi
II =, v'~-.-srt 3, O. N-f-hotsa
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Hoyv sponren Are rropaented.

There are great many things which
the scientists of today are not able to
explain md n great many others over
which they have frequent discusslc MS
owing to a difference of opinion. The
method by which sponges are propa-
gated when left t. themselves is one
OF these mooted scientific questions
Some declare that they are reproduced
from true eggs; others are equally pos
Hive that they are propasated from
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Nc 100 I.ad,- AIotorInt..

Tile two great motors were pulled
up in front of one OF the big dry goods
stores. One lady was entering het
machine; the other was getting out.
Hello. Gladys! Ont for u spin?"
Yes; glad to see you
Just ran across your husband a
block above"
"You did? How can ever thaAE
you enough ?''-New York Press.
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What Is 1t that has neither flesh poa
blood. yet has four fingers anc =
numb? y glove.
What is 1t that no one wishes to have
md yet when he has it does not Wish
10 lose itI 4 bald head
Why is II historical event like par
pel united and tied again? Bei:auss Is
n recorded.
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If an article is initiated, the
original is always best. Think it
over, and when you go to buy that
box of salve to keep around the
house, get DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve. 1t is the original and the
name is stamped on every box. Good
for eczema, letter, boils, cuts and
bruises, and especially recommend
ed for piles. Sold by Stone & Mer-
Ger.
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The Erect.

''datbilde. throw that poor beggnr
crown"
"Ah, yes, he looks very unhappy
"Not on that account. but theNAIeyer1
are watching us from their window oP
posIte. wiener Salonwitzblntt
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You say you are a woman hater, Mr.
De Smith?"
Decidedly so,' he replied. In my
youthful days woman made con
founded fool OF me, and
you never got over it. 1 understand
sir. De Smith.''-AIIlwaukee Sentinel.
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SWEET MELODY FLOUR

Aluminium paper, which is prae-
ticaIly a new article of production,
is said to preserve the sweetness OF
butter that is wrapped in it for a
very long time,