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A N is A T CLOSE

A NEW YORK naturalist, Miss Felde has in
~ vented portable ant nest in which may
keep ants in his own house and observe them
whenever he likes Miss Fiede herself has kept ants
thus for years, and in this way has found many
strange things which nobody knew certainly before
She discovered among other things that, although
ants are able to fairly WELL they depend for the
most part on their sense of smell; since of course
in the darkness of their underground nests where
they spend most of their time sight is of no use to
them. Even above ground also they rely largely on
smell, and find their way back to the nest by the
scent of their own tracks, dog might do.
Ants, however, do not smell with their noses
because they haven't any-but with the feelers or
antenna which project from the front of the head
When, therefore, two ants meet they at begin to
smell one another with their antenna, waving them
about and touching them here and there. Some
people think when they do this they only talking
or at least making signs, but really they are only
smelling although perhaps each may be able to tell
by the others odor something about where it has
been.
1t does not appear, however, that ants really
know one another as we know our friends. The
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By E. T. BREWSTER

inhabitants of each nest have their own smell, and
by this each ant distinguishes its kindred from
strangers. Miss Felde found that if she took
ant from colony and kept it apart for three
years the other ants of the nest would welcome it
back again But if she took away single ant and
sneared it with the blood of another kind, to
change its smell and Immediately put it back, the
Others nistook 1t for stranger, and killed it at
once. Ants, indeed, always try to kill stranger
which enters their nest, especially if they have
young in their care, and for them any ant with an
unfamiliar odor is enemy.
That this is all matter of smell and not of sight
is shown by such facts as these. Miss Fielde took
the chrysals and kept them until they We're several
weeks old. They had, of course, never their
mother, nor she them. When, however, they were
from among five other queen ants and she on her
side knew them for some of her hundreds of children.
Besides, ants taken from the nest when young and
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the table. They struck it DULY, and made no ringing
sound. He drew forth his knife and Clipped the
edge of one 1t cut easily, for it soft the
the bunch together and Replacing them in the
bag. Then he smiled and put them away. After
ward he called the steward to get the supper ready.
us Smoot aboard?" he asked couple of hours
later.
''No, sir, he went ashore with all his things right
after those men left" said the steward.
We'll l reckon he won't be back soon said
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Gales, cornplacently lighting a good cigar You
warn all the men forward to be very careful about
taking money when they go ashore-there's lot of
counterfeit stuff going about, and they want to be
careful
Yes SIR said the steward.
And if you happen to meet Srnoot UP the street
just tell him that I'm obliged for the favor he did
ne-that l like gratitude. Also tell him that
think he's the best diver I've seen for long time
and that if he will come back and do a little work
the wood locks of our rudder I'll pay him good
wages"
Yes, SIR said the steward in establishment
Anything more, sr?''
No, that's all. Tell the Waterman to keep
good lookout on deck at night while in port
and not allow anyone aboard after dark"
All right, SIR
And say, steward is there anything peculiar
about 1ne-rny looks YOU know. Do / look par
ticularly green? Do 1 look like I'm making my
first VOYAGE:
Hardly, SIR said the steward, grnning.
Well, l reckon that's all. Breakfast at eight
in the morning
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Up the street IN a small saloon three men
were quarreling. A white faced man, with
a peculiar hard CLINT in his eye, and a good
looking Cuban were furious at a short, stout
red faced fellow.
Why didn't you ask more, hey?" growled
the two for the twentieth time as they seated
themselves at a table. He had lot of
money in that safe-I saw it mvself-and
he would have stood for five times the raise
What do you take me for, diving all the
afternoon, making a voyage clear down to
this forsaken place, and only three hundred
dollars for it all? went on Smoot.
''Aw, he wouldn't have stood fer another
cent" said the stout man. Lets divvy UP
and try new lay Here's the wad." And
he drew forth the package of bills.
There was a strong light in the place.
the table had a white cloth upon it, and
everything was favorable for close exarnina-
ton of the haul. Smoot tore open package
and began to count the bills. Suddenly
he sprang to his feet with an oath.
Look-look at them" he roared. His COM
panions grasped note apiece and examined
them closely. There was moments silence.
Then the stout man spoke.
Hang me if it amt Red Leary'S stuH-the
stuff he's passing now. Lord how did the
old duffer get it? Must have got soaked
before, hey?"
Smoot sank into a chair and rested his
head in his hands; the Cuban swore softly
in excellent Spanish and glared at the stout
his pistol.
Hold on, none of that!" said the stout
man, suddenly whipping out long blue
barreled revolver and covering him. I've
played far-we all stand to lose together
this is not my graft"
No, that's straight enough" said Smoot
ng up at the Cuban. Il recognize the stuff
enough now. It's Learys all right; but
the deuce we could have played it like
beats me. All the trouble, all the sailing
nat wreck, all those gold pieces made of
lead, and the cost of plating them Put up
guns; it's no use fighting about it. Let's
a drink around and get out; I'm tired. It's
Sc of dog eat dog; all right and, come to
of it, those are the very words the old fellow
our business was before we started. 1 ought
We been wiser"
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wreck began the man on the shore, stepping into
the small boat and settling himself upon thwart,
and lot of loose gear that could be sold II anyone
wants to take the trouble to get it out He was a
stocky built fellow with a red face and black mus
tache, his eyes small and shifty. His companion
was evidently Cuban, who spoke Spanish well
dark ewes and olive complexion, his close cropped
black hair and beard giving him somewhat dis
tinguished appearance.
.?Weu" said Smoot, I'VE haven't much time to
talk business; but if you want to trade you might
go around with to Havana. We're going back
and want to get in before dark.
YES" said Gales "vou can sail around with
us I'm not in the wreckng business; but don't
mind trying venture if there's anything to make
at it.
Il bought her up to make try at it, said the
stout man; but don't believe I'm built on wreck
ing lines Here's her papers all right. And he
handed the bill of sale of the steamer to Gales while
Smoot hoisted the bit of canvas and made ready to
shove off The Cuban climbed aboard and they
were soon under for the harbor with fair wind
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They talked for an hour or more before getting
down to business, and then Gales asked the
price
"Oh, about thousand dollars; Ell. JOSEF"
asked the stout man, glancing at his COM
panion.
Eyes, one thousand dollars is ltte-a very
small bit" said the Cuban.
1t was growing dark when they reached the
Admiral, but Smoot urged the men aboard
Then, letting the Captain escort them aft, he
gathered the treasure from its hiding place
and came into the cabin where the three
discussing matters. He deity handed the bag
of gold pieces to the skipper, who promptly
hid them in his state room while excuslng HIM
self looking for cigars 1t was gloomy in the
cabin; for it was now nearly dark deck, and
Smoot suggested that he gel. light.
It's not necessary" said Gales. coming
forth with the cigars It'll only draw the
cabin lamp and turn it down low Now about
that wreck" he said. I'll go you the thou
sand dollars Draw up your bill of sale, and
I'll get the money from my safe
The stout man drew up his chair under
the light, and with paper and ink made
the paper out in clerky hand Jose signed
it, and it stood that the two men, Jose
Blanco and Patrick Farrell, transferred their
rights in the San Rafael to the skipper for the
sum of one dollar, :" and other considerations.
1t was not necessary to let anyone know the
exact price paid, and all agreed to this pro-
ceeding Smoot witnessed the document.
Nothing was to be said about the transac
ton by either party for various reasons. The
Captain did not wish it to be known that he
was interested in wrecks while master of
vessel. This was also agreed to. The light
was bad, but they managed to sign their
names respectively to the paper.
Then Gales turned down the lamp to pr
the mosquitoes from annoying, and del1be
went into his state room for the money. HI
just disappeared inside the door, when he tn
it canny to take last look at his guests. He a
had feeling that in a business transaction
faces of the parties interested indicated
thoughts better than words, especially if they
unobserved He paused inside the door and t
back peeping through the crack.
Smoot was gesticulating vociferously at
stout man, who glared at him from where h.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-01-26

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NO MAN Is STRONGER THAN
HIS STOMACH.

LIST the greatest athlete have dyspepsia
and bis muscles would soon fail. Physi-
cal strength Is derived from food. II 8
man has insufficient food he loses strength.
II he has no food he dies. Food is con-
Verted into nutrition through the stOm-
ach and bowels. It depends on the
strength OF the stomach TO what extent
food eaten is digested and asslmilated.
People can die of starvation who have
abundant food to eat, when the stomach
and its associate, organs Of digestion and
nutrition do not perform their duty.
Thus the stomach Is really the vital or
gan of the body. II the stomach is weak
the body will be weak also because 1t is
upon the stomach the body relies for its
strength. And as the body, considered as
q whole, Is made up OF Its several mem
oers and organs. 40 the weakness OF the
body as a consequence OF weak stom-
ach will be distributed among the or
gans which compose the body. II the
body Is weak because 1t is ill-nouriShed
that physical weakness will be found in
all the organs-heart, liver, kidneys. etc.
The liver viii be torpid and inactive,
giving rise TO biliousnesS, loss OF appetite,
weak nerves, feeble or irregular action Of
heart, palptation, dizziness, headache,
backache and kindred disturbances and
weaknesses.
Mr. Louis Pare, OF Quebec, writes: eFor
years after my health began TO fall. my head
grew dizzy. eyes panied me- and my stomach
was sore all the time. while everything
would eat would seem 70 lie heavy like lead
on my stomach. The doctors claimed that
| II was sympathetic trouble due TO dyspepsia,
and prescribed for me. and although ! took
| their powders regularly vet felt no better.
| Ny wife advised me to try DR.. Pterce's Golden
| Medical Discovery--and stop taking the doc
| tors medicine. She bought me bottle and
We soon found that began 10 improve, so
| kept up the treatment took on flesh. my
stomach became normal the digestive organs
| worked perfectly and ! soon began to look
like different person. l can never cease t.
be grateful for what your medicine has done
for me and certainly give It highest praise.
Don't be wheedled by penny-grabbing
dealer into taking inferior substitutes fol
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To gain knowledge of your own body
In sickness and health-send for the PEG
pies Common Sense Medical Adviser.
book of zoos pages. Send 81 one cen
stamps for paper-covered, or 81 stamp
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Pierce, 663 Main Street Buffalo, N. Y.
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SORES ON HANDS.

Suffered for Long Time Without
Relief-Doctor Was Afraid to Touch
Then-cured by cuticura.
"For a long time suffered with
sores on the hands which were Itch
ing, painful and disagreeable. had
three doctors, and derived no benefit
from any Of them. One doctor said
he was afraid to touch my hands, SO
YOU must know how bad they were;
another said | never could be cured;
and the third said the sores were
caused by the dipping Of my hands
in water In the dye-house where
work. l saw in the papers about the
wonderful cures OF the Cuticura Rene
dies and procured some OF the Cuti-
cura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. In
three days after the application OF the
Cuticura Ointment my hands began
to peel and we're better. The sore
ness disappeared, and they are now
smooth and clean, and am still
working in the dye-house. Mrs. A. e.
Maurer, 234O State St., Chicago, H.,
July 1, 1906"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-01-26
HE KNEW TOO MUCH
WAS PUT OUT OF WAY
Young Missourian Supposed to Have
Been Killed in Oregon BY Man
Who Robbed Forest Grove Bank

kansas City.-R. N Snyder, a well
known fnancier of New York, received
telegram from Portland, Ore, Fri
day indicating that his son, Carey
Snyder. had been murdered by men
suspected of a bank robbery concern
ing which young Snyder was supposed
to know too much The bank robbed
was at Forest Grove. Ore, and the
authorities at Forest Grove and Port
land notified the police Of this city
that they suspected Carey Snyder,
"Pinky" Blitz and George Perry OF
committing the robbery Blitz and
Perry, who are cousins, are notorious
police characters here, and Snyder
had been involved in serious trouble.
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WRIGHT Goes to Japan.

Washington.-Luk E. Wright, gov
ernor of the Philippines, has been
named by the president as the first
American ambassador to Japan. This
announcement was made Friday at
the war department: Judge Ide, gov
ernor of the Philippine islands, has
asked to be relieved from further
duty, June / next after six years of
faithful and efficient service as COM
missioner and vice governor in these
islands. The president considers that
he is entitled to the dignity and honor
of the governor generalship during
that period. Upon Governor Ide's re-
tirement, General James e. Smith,
now a member of the commission, JUS
tice of the Philippine supreme court,
will succeed him, and General Smith S
name will be sent to the senate after
the confirmation of Governor Ide.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-01-26

"The most remarkable arrangement
of numbers that | know Of" said
local business college man who takes
a delight in solving curious problems
and digging up mathematical oddities,
lis the combination Of the six figures
Of 142,S57. Multiply this number By
2 and the answer Is 2S5.714. by and
the answer is 42S,571, by 4 and the an
swer is ST., 42s, by and the answer
is 714.2S5, by and the answer IL
S57,142. Each answer contains ex
actly the same digits as the original
sum, and, to cap the climax. multi.
ply the number by and UP comes thu
answer $780, 99."
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OLD PLACE WAS GOOD ENOUGH.
Comprehensive Reason Why Citizen
Came Home.

Comprehensive Reason Why Citizen
Came Home.
Squire" Lord, Of local fame in Ef-
fingham. N. H., fifty years ago. had
accumulated. by all sorts Of methods.
fortune for the times and place.
Keeping the country store, being prac-
tically the bank" OF those parts and
increasing wealth beyond expenditures
had nourished an ambition to live in
a place larger and with more social
opportunities than the little village at
forded. So he packed up one autumn.
took a house in Portland, which was
the town o. the world to country peo-
pie then, and with his family started
in to cut a dash.
To his chagrin, he found he was one
OF many in that place, and not a
scrape or bow was coming his way.
Christmas saw him back, bag and
baggage, in Efingham, and that even
ing In his store. to the inquiry Of one
of the village loafers, Why'd We come
hack, squire, fore you'd calculated? p
he replied:
I've had enough Of that place. Yel
see, I'd rather be king among hogs
than hog among kings"
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ATTEMPTED TO
POISON PEABODY
Entire Family is Poisoned at
Breakfast Table, But All
Will Recover.
Ex-Governor Of Colorado and His Wife
and Daughter Have Marrow Es-
cape-sald TO Have Been
Threatened With Fate
Of Steunenberg.

Canon City, Colo.-Former Governor
James H. Peabody, his wife and their
daughter were poisoned by food eaten
at breakfast Thursday morning, and
the daughter, Miss Cora Peabody, is
in dangerous condition as result.
The governor and Mrs. Peabody, al
though quite i'll for several hours, re-
covered sufficiently to devote their at
tention to the daughter. Physicians
are In attendance upon the young wo-
man and unless a change for the worse
comes they believe she will escape
serious consequences.
An air of mystery surrounds the al
fair. Enough was CLEANED from
friends Of the family. however, to show
that there is a belief that an attempt
was made to destroy the family by
poison. An intimate friend OF the Pea
bodys said that several letters had
been received by the former governor
within the past week or two calling his
attention to the manner of the death
of former Governor Steunenberg oil
Idaho, and threatening him with a
similar fate.
Referring to the incident his family
went through Governor Peabody said
Il do not want to say where think
the responsibility lies until the results
Of the investigations now being made
are known"
Mr. Peabody was governor of Colo
RADIO during the labor troubles at Grip
pie Creek and Telluride, when troops
took possession of the two camps, ant
during which time the independence
depot dynamite disaster happened
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-01-26

Some people question the statements
that coffee hurts the delicate nerves
Of the body. Personal experience with
thousands proves the general state
ment true and physicians have records
Of great numbers of cases that add to
the testimony.
The following is from the Rockford,
ILL.,, Register-Gazette:
DR.. William Langhorst of Aurora
has been treating one of the queerest
cases Of lost eyesight ever in history.
The patient is o. A. Leach of Beach
county, and in the last four months he
had doctored with all of the specialists
about the country and has at last re-
turned home with the fact impressed
on his mind that his case is ircurable.
A portion Of the optic nerve has
been ruined, rendering his sight SC
limited that he is unable to see any.
thing before him. but he can see plain.
ly anything at the side Of him. Thort
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-01-26
China Growing Wiser.

Pekin.-It is now proposed by the
Chinese government that all foreign
settlements in China to be opened in
the futisre must differ from the old
treaty ports. 1t is pointed out that
these treaty ports are practically for
eign territory and that therefore they
are able to dispute the Chinese
claims for damages. as was instanced
in the riots at Shanghai when China
was debarred from maintaining troops
to keep order. 1t is the plan of the
government generally to restrict the
privileges of foreigners.
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An Absent.MInded Adventist.

There are none among the attend
ants of the Second Advent church in
Marblehead who are more steadfast
in the faith than Mrs. Nancy Jameson,
whose remarks sometimes, however,
belle her expectations.
One day a friend, who was in the
antique furniture business, called on
her, and she thought it coed time to
warn him to prepare for the day Of
judgment.
"You ought to be prepared" said
she, "for all signs point to next week
as the appointed time"
well, Nancy" said the dealer, iii
that's the case, don't you want to sell
me your old chairs"
"Oh, no." she said; Johns going tc
fix them up next week. EXCHANGE.
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salt and Civilization.

Salt has had much influence in shap-
ing the civilization and exploration of
the world. 1t is believed by many that
the oldest trade routes were created
for the salt traffic. This was certain
ly the case with the caravan routes in
Libya and the Sahara, while the mines
of North India we're the center of a
large trade before the time Of Alex
ander. Salt, too, has played q consid-
cradle part in the distribution Of man.
He was forced to migrate to places
where it could be obtained. This
brought him to the seashore, where he
gained his ideas Of maritime com
merce. Lastly, the preservative ef
fects of salt on flesh food made long
oceanic voyages possible and thus
opened up the world to commerce and
civilization.
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BurcHERED AS THEY SLEPT.
Latest outrages in New Guinea and
North Australia.

Victoria, B. C.-Adyicss Of massa-
cres by the blacks in New Guinea and
north Australia were received by the
steamer Moana In New Guinea
party of warriors made a raid on the
village of Ekiri, thirty miles from the
capital, Port Moresby, and killed thir-
ty-three of the inhabitants, who were
sleeping. The bodies were much mu-
tilated The village was looted and
destroyed, anything of value being
carried off The village constable es-
capped, though his loin cloth was
pierced by spears thrown at him, and
after hiding in the bush for some days
with two other survivors he reported
at Port Moresby to report the massa-
ere, and force of armed constables
were sent to punish the raiders.
The other massacre at Port Keats,
involved the killing by blacks of six
white men and three natives. The
men were killed with tomahawks
while sleeping.