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Smyrna times., 1906-01-03
The nrenthing Earth.

That the earth breathes is well
known scientific fact. 1t is often to
be verified by that peculiar earthly
smell which arises Immediately after
thunderstorm, the lowering of the bar
ometric pressure causing the flow up
ward of air, just as it is once more
squeezed downward when the barome-
ter rises: A resident of Geneva dis
covered a natural barometer at Fer
ney-Voltaire. 1t is a deep natural well
or cave with a very small opening.
When this opening is made small
enough just to fit a whistle the differ
ent sounds as the earth inhales or ex-
hales the air warn the neighbors of the
coming weather. A lighted match or a
feather shows the direction of the flow
as well. 1t is said to be an excellent
weather prophet.
Smyrna times., 1906-01-03
TROT OR GALLOP?
A Problem For People With Even
Very Sharp Eyes.

A Problem For People with Even
Very Sharp Eyes.
Here is a problem for people with
sharp eyes: AS we all know, a horse
when walking or trotting advances
only one leg of each pair at time, but
when galloping lifts both forefeet to-
gether and then both hind feet. Now,
the question is how other animals man.
age this matter The birds. of course,
flap both wings together, but which
birds run and which hop? We human
beings ''trot' when we walk and ''gal-
lop'' when we swim-that is, if we are
using the plain breast stroke. The dog
however, "trots' for both. Now, do
the amphibious animals-the seals, OF
ters and the rest-swim like men or
like other four footed creatures?
Then there are the fish. One would
rather expect that, as they move their
tails from side to side, they would flap
alternately with the fins, which are
their hands and feet Who can tell
whether they do or not, and whether
all fish at all times follow one rule?
By the way, how does frog use its
''hands?" The great anatomist, e. Ray
Lancaster has pointed out that, while
the Thousand legs" such as our com
mon galleyworm, advance two feet OF
a pair together, the centipeds, which
are much like them, do exactly the op-
posite, and the swimming worms also
alternate the stroke of each pair OF
paddles.
Few people can tell on which system
the caterpillar manages its dozen or sc
legs or whether the adult insect walks
trots, PAGES or gallops on it's six. How
does the spider use eight? Altogether
this is a large field for observation. {
field, too, where any one may discover
new facts as yet unrecorded, and thus
add to the store of knowledge.
Smyrna times., 1906-01-03
a Proud Maine Judge.

In the early days of Augusta, Me-,
when the people rode about the country
on horseback, a certain aristocratic
judge, riding into town one day ON his
smart horse, was overtaken by a neigh
Dor, poorly dressed Irishman, riding
a rather rough looking animal
In the outskirts of the city the two
logged along side by side, discussing
the topics of the day. but as they near
ed the town the proud judge, thinking
it beneath his dignity to be seen in
company with Patrick, requested the
Irishman to fall back little.
The quick witted son of Erin, grasp
ing the situation, fell back few PAGES
and awaited his opportunity for re-
venge.
AS they We're entering the principal
street the Irishman called out from be-
hind: "Jedge -, am l far enough be-
hind yer honOr?"
The discounted judge, sitting very
erect, paid no heed to the Irishman.
A little further on Patrick again call
ed out, to the intense amusement of the
bystanders, "Jedge -, am l fal
enough behind yer honor now, sir?"
So, all along the way, Patrick pun
ished the proud judge.-Boston Herald
Smyrna times., 1906-01-03
Irving md Thinness.

Sir Henry Irving was the first actor
to make slenderness acceptable or toll
cradle on the English stage. He was
very thin in his earlier middle age, and
theater goers of that day wondered
whether they could endure to see long
figure and legs, both unpadded. Until
then fatness had been obligatory 1t is
difficult to realize now the full conven.
ton of chest and shoulders and calves
Comparatively lately a man of stage
experience was urgent with company
of English amateurs that all the thir
women and all the lean men should bt
made plump. Nothing" he said, sis
SO impossible on the stage as thinness.'
Irving changed all this because bis
genius was welded to uncompromisinl
thinness.
Smyrna times., 1906-01-03
The Kcxstone state.

More than one reason is given for
the name keystone State, which has
long been used for Pennsylvania.
When the vote adopting the Declara-
tion of Independence was taken by the
states at Philadelphia in 1776 six of
the original thirteen states had voted
IN the affirmative and six In the mega
tive. The delegates from Pennsylva-
MIA then came in, and John Morton
cast the deciding vote in favor Of in
dependence. This decision of the great
issue is one reason for the title the
keystone State
1t is also said that in buil,ling a
bridge between Pennsylvania avenue
and Georgetown, Washington. a single
arch was made Of stones left from
building the walls Of the capitol. On
the thirteen arch stones the names of
the thirteen states were engraved, and
as the stone marked PENNSYLVANIA
formed the keystone that state became
still more widely known as the Key
stone State. Probably the two rnasons
are linkeG ogether as cause and effect
Smyrna times., 1906-01-03
WlEGL.- -...LS.
New Zealand Slvarmrd With Them
Before its Occupation by Man.

New Zealand slvarmrd With Them
Before its Occupation by Man.
For ages before its occupation by
man New Zealand swarmed with great
wingless birds, which found there nc
carnivorous enemies, but an abundance
of vegetable food The moas not only
existed in vast numbers and for thou
sands of years, but had such diversity
of form as to embrace no less than sew
en- genera containing twenty-five spe-
cies, remarkable fact which is un.
paralleled in any other part Of the
world. The commonest kinds in the
North island were only from two and
one-half to four feet high. Those of the
South island We're mostly from four tc
six feet tall, while the giant forms,
reaching twelve and thirteen feet, were
always rare.
Immense deposits of moa bones have
been found in localities to which they
appear to have been washed from the
hills in tertiary times, Skeletons Oh
the surface of the ground, with skin
and ligaments still attached, have Civ
en- the impression that these birds have
been exterminated in very recent years
but other facts point to a different con
clusion. Tradition seems to show, ac
cording to f. NJ. Hutton, that the mos
became extinct in the North island soor
after the arrival of Maoris in New Zea
land-that is, not less than 400 to 50(
years ago, and in the South islant
about 100 years later.
The fresh appearing skin and liga
ments are supposed to have been pre-
served by unusually favorable condi
| tionS.
Smyrna times., 1906-01-03
CAT SUPERSTlTlONS.
Queer Beliefs of People of Ancient
Egypt Regarding Puss.


Queer Beliefs of People of Ancient
Egypt Regarding Puss.
The inhabitants of ancient Egypt are
believed to have been the first people
to attempt to domesticate the wild spe-
cies of felinae now represented by the
common house cat. This belief is based
upon the fact that sculptured repre-
sentations of such animals are found
upon their monuments Of the year
1000 3. c., more than 1,200 years be-
fore they appear on European monu-
ments. An Egyptian tomb of the year
1900 B. c. is the first to show a sculp-
tured representation Of the cat as a
domesticated animal, those of the
greater age first mentioned probably
representing the creature in its wild
state. In the relief sketch of the date
last mentioned, 1900 B. c., it is unmis-
takably a pet, being shown as seated
beneath chair. The Egyptians of
that age mummified dead cats just as
they did human beings and in many
instances entombed hundreds of thou
sands of them in a single pyramid OIL
pit. Bubastis was the Egyptian cat
goddess and was always represented
as having cats head. Among thaf
queer people puss was regarded as al
emblem Of the sun, its eyes being sup
posed to vary in color and in the siz,
of their pupils with the progress o
that luminary across the heavens.
Herodotus tells us that when al
Egyptian cat died a natural death it
owner went into mourning and shave,
| off his eyebrows.
Smyrna times., 1906-01-03
Holmes on Poetry.

When l feel inclined to read poetry,
l take down my dictionary. The poet
ry of words is quite as beautiful as
that of sentences. The author may ar
range the gems effectively, but their
shape and luster have been given by
the attrition of ages. Bring me the
finest simile from the whole range of
imaginative writing, and 1 will show
you a single word which conveys a
more profound, more accurate and a
more eloquent analogy.-"Autocrat of
the Breakfast Table"
Smyrna times., 1906-01-03
A Grim Tragedy.

is daily enacted, in thousands of homes
as Death claims, in each one, another
victim of Consumption or Pneumonia.
But when Coughs and Colds are prop
erlv treated, the tragedy is averted.
F. G.. Huntley, of Oaklandon, Ind,
writes: "My wife had the consumption
and three doctors gave her up. Finally
she took DIR. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds which
cured her, and to-day she is well and
strong" 1t kills the germs of all di-
seases. One dose relieves. Guaran-
teen at soc and 81 90 by Benton n.
Weldon, druggist. Trial bottle free.
Smyrna times., 1906-01-03
The Meaning of Di9erent cOlors.

Colors have a language of their own.
White, for instance, which is a reunion
Of the seven primitive colors, is the
symbol of power, divine wisdom, puri-
ty, candor, innocence and chastity. Red
represents fire. 1t is therefore symbol
ic of passion, power and riches; hence
kings and the powerful rulers of the
earth wore red mantles. 1t Is also en-
blematic of hardness and cruelty, be-
ing the color worn by the executioners
of old and by the members Of the in
QUESTION.
Blue denotes fidelity, sweetness, ten
derness, loyalty, a spotless reputation.
With the ancients yellow denoted glory
and fortune. Now it is called the color
of infidelity and shame. How is it
that yellow has become the enablem of
infidelity, perfidy and misfortune? Be
cause Jews were forced to wear yellow
during the middle ages, and the house
doors of traitors were smeared with
the yolk of eggs.
Green is the color of hope and joy
and the emblem of youth Black de-
notes sadness. Pink denotes health,
youth. pleasure. love, violet the color
allowed to faith. Orange means di-
vine inspiration and poetry. The muses.
are all represented clad in orar.e col
ored draperies. Orange was also the
color of Hymen. Brides once wore or
ange colored wells called fiarnmeum
and they could not pronounce their
vows unless covered with the fam
meum.
Smyrna times., 1906-01-03
Tbe ~sIan Eater.v

Lower California is the home of
species of lizard which appears to be
at least a second cousin of the famed
"Gila monster" 1t Is of a notified yell
low and brown color and only about
fifteen inches long. The natives Of that
region have given it the terrible name
of man eater" because it has habit
of attacking every human being it sees,
going at one open mouthed, but does
not appear to mind either wild or do
nestle animals. The man eaters body
is almost as brittle as that of the myth
ical "joint snakeg
Smyrna times., 1906-01-03
BREAD BEST OF FOOD.
SAID 10 be More Valuable Than Meat
as u f1ci0er OF Energy.


According to DR.. Robert Hutchinson |
of the London hospital, who supplied |
evidence regarding food supply to a
royal commission, bread is the most
important of all the common foods of
the people. AS a yielder of energy a
pound of bread is more valuable than a
pound Of meat. Its chief deficiency.
however, is its poverty in nitrogenous
matter, and it therefore has to be sup
plemented with articles that remedy
thls defect. Life could be sustained
Tor long periods on a diet of bread,
with Il few beans or little cheese.
A man in time of scarcity of general
food could subsist upon two pounds of
bread a day, says DR.. Hutchinson. He
would begin to suffer from lack of en-
ergy if he got less, but could go consid-
erably below the two pounds for bare
subsistence in times of great urgency,
such as garrisons undergo in time of
siege. Cndeg these conditions it is dis
ease that carries men off rather than
starvation.
One interesting point ON which DR..
Hutchinson insists is the value Of ordi-
nary white bread. Rye, he states, Is
lower in nutritive value than wheat.
The next most important article Of
diet as source of energy is sugar. In
commenting on this DR.. Hutchinson
makes an interesting statement on the
duties of food
"The unfortunate thing about sugar
is that it contains no nitrogenous mat
ter at all" says the expert. Bread
does contain some. Without nitrogen
Gus matter one cannot get ON at all. 1t
is absolutely necessary.
'There are two sorts of food. The
two things that food does are, first, it
1t supplies it with energy. Some foods
can supply it with energy, but cannot
do anything to keep it in repair. Bread
can do both, but it is better as a source
of energy than as q repairer."
Among nitrogenous foods instanced
as good adjuncts in supplying the de-
fects of bread are beans, cheese and
fish. The white of an egg is stated to
be a very essential element of food If
no meat is available at any time bread
sugar and eggs are all that is wanted
for "a very respectable support for the
body" Under conditions of compare.
tive scarcity if a child is given its slice
of bread with molasses I'VE are doing
as well as we can for '''c child.''
Another illustration VI the marvellous
value of bread as food is given by
Dr. Hutchinson. Zone pound of beef,
he states, lis only about half as valua
BILE as a source of energy as an equa
quantity of cheese, while a giver
weight of bread yields third more en
ergy than its equivalent in beef"
The amount of food required by al
ordinary person is somewhat remarka
bic when comparison is made with al
engine. A man requires to be supplied
with about 1900 foot tons of energy
day. That is to say, his food, if con
sumed in an engine, would raise 400
tons weight one foot high every day
This does not allow for waste.
"The human body is rather a waste
full machine" says DIR. Hutchinson
''That is to say, an enormous amoun
of energy is not turned out as worl
but is lost in heat" Considered as
heat machine, the human body is d.
scribed as being more effective than th
best engine.-New York Mail and E.
press.
Smyrna times., 1906-01-03
put rnem on TiIl Tomorrovy.

Some things are very much better put
Off until tomorrow. Among them are
the reprimand you mean to deliver, the
defiance you mean to express, the resig-
nation you mean to hand in to heart
less employer. Put off doing these
and you'll probably discover that you
don't have to do them.
Smyrna times., 1906-01-03
spoiled Her Beauty.

Harriet Howard, of W. 34th
Street, New York, at one time had her
beauty spoiled with skin trouble. She
writes: II had Salt Rheum or Eczema
for years, but nothing would cure it,
until used Bucklen's Aruica Salve.
A quick and sure healer for cuts,
burns and sores, 25c at Benton N.
Weldon's drug store.
Smyrna times., 1906-01-03

A reasonable amount of food thor
oughly digested and properly assimi-
lated will always increase the strength.
If your stomach is 'little OFF, Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure will digest what
yon eat aud enable the digestive or
gans to assimilate and transform all
foods into tissue building blood. Ko-
dol relieves Sour Stomach, Belching,
Heart Burn ard al forms of indiges-
ion Palatable aud Strengthening
old by William + Dunn.
Smyrna times., 1906-01-03
Cheap Warmth.

AS the cold increases. if you find that
the stables are not warm enough, build
ing paper, literally used and carefully
put on, will help the matter. 1t is
cheaper than anything else.-Farm
Journal
Smyrna times., 1906-01-03
N.t ~ her nxp.rrence.

This proverb," said Mrs. Hiram Of
fen over her evening paper always
makes me tired"
"What proverbs that, dear?" asked
her husband.
I" Too many cooks spoil the broth.
l don't believe there ever was such a
thing as too many ooks.v-Philadel-
phia Press.
Smyrna times., 1906-01-03

Memory is the primary and funda-
mental power without which there
could be no other Intellectual opera
tlon.--Johnson.
Smyrna times., 1906-01-03
The sin of II.

Maud-Is it true that Miles engage
ment IS broken off? Clara-Yes; she
accused Jack of stealing kiss Maud
Why, that's nothing, surely. Clara
All. but he stole it from another girl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-09-02
HAD FOUR WIVES,
TRIES FOR ANOTHER
Has Been Divorced Twice
and Buried Two Life
Partners.

MONTEREY. Ind. Sept. daniel
Overmeyer, Of this town, has been in
consultation with his attorney. NJ. n.
Hathaway. OF Winamac. as 20 fling
proceedings for a divorce against Mrs.
Mildred Smith OvermeyeT, OF Mobiles
Vile, upon the ground o." abandonment
and desertion.
This aged Romeo has been married
four times. twice divorced. and separat-
ed by death from two wives. He told
his attorneys as soon as he was free
again he was going TO Argos, north Of
this place, and probably would marry
widow, the mother Of FIVE children. by
the name Of Laura HeCkthornc. II he
failed 10 bring the widow 70 terms he
was going 10 South Bend and accept q
proposition from a young woman OF
that place.
Mr.. Overmeyer is about seventy-hve
years old. owner Of a fine farm. the
father of eleven children. To each child
upon its marriage, he gave eighty acres
OF land. S7oo. and a team OF horses. His
present wife was the daughter OF for
mer Mayor Smith, OF NOblesville, and
Overmeyer saws she was never intend
ed for a farmers wife.
He says newspaper advertising
wanted, a wife"-brings scores OF let
ters from women. begging to be some
mans wife. but that choosing a wife is
ike trading horses-you don't know
what you have Untn you get stuck in
the bargain"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-09-02
HEROISN Of FATHER
MAY SAVE HIS SON
Submits to Skin Grating Each Morn
ing While on Way to
Work

PITTSBURG. Sept His wife and
one daughter in the hospital suffering
from typhoid fever. Joseph Hoehn, a
roofer. of 80 Arcola street. Allegheny.
goes 10 the same hospital each morning
on his way 10 work and submits 10 the
painful process of skin grating in an
effort 10 save the life of his little son,
William. five years old. who was burn.
ed by tho overturning of a kettle Of boil
ing water several weeks ago.
The child was taken 10 the Allegheny
General Hospital AT the time of the ac-
cident, and II was finally decided that
grating alone could save his life. The
father Immediately volunteered, and
each morning a portion of the skin is
stripped from his arm and transferred
70 the body of the suffering child, before
the father goes TO work. The mother, TO
assist in bearing the financial burden,
worked early and late till she and her
four-year-old daughter. Eleanor, We're
sent to the same hospital with typhoid
fever. The parents We're forced, after a
brave struggle, 10 appeal for relief. The
only remaining members of the family
at home are the father and one little
girl.
The mother and daughter are reported
70 be in a serious condition. Hoehn is
twentv-seven years old. and his wife a
year younger.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-09-02
LARD FROM WEEDS
STIRS MEAT MEN
Method Discovered Whereby FAT Can
Be Extracted From Pigweed, Hitherto
Considered Worthless.

BELLOWS FALLS. Vt. Sept. l.
Thousands OF acres Of wild mountain
land are now being planted with pig
weed. and options have been obtained
on thousands more by several capital
lists who see vast fortunes in this here
tofOre considered worthless plant
Chemists who have analysed the pig
weed so named because Of the fond
ness of pyrkers for it. announce that it
contains the elements which add fat TO
hogs. and a process has been devised
10 extract the cells and concentrate
them into the finest quality of leaf lard.
A building has been erected near
and machinery is being installed to
carry on the process Of refining the
pig-weed on a large scale.
While the process has been kept
secret. the great pork packers of Chi
cago have got an inkling Of the matter,
and agents are here trying to buy the
rights from the inventors. The packers
fear that their industry Will be ruined
If pig-weed lard comes into general Nse,
for. according TO the claims OF the men
interested. il can be put on the market
at a cost not exceeding Al cents a
pound
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-09-02
CHILDREN ENJOY
OUTING AT LUNA
Department of Agriculture
Also Spends Half-Holiday
at Resort.

The sixth Of the series OF outings
given for the benefit of the school chill
dren Of Washington was held at Luna
Park yesterday, The big resort was
crowded with little stay-at-homes from
early IN the morning until the lights
were turned out last night. Ii was the
largest crowd of youngsters that Luna
Park has ever entertained on any day
since the opening. Although special
cars had been provided by the Wash
ington, Alexandra and Mt. Vernon Rail-
way Company, quite a number of over
anxious children took advantage Of the
work train that passes Luna Park at :
O clock in the morning and secured per
mission from the conductor 10 let them
of at Luna Park.
When the time for the gates TO open
at $50 arrived the big resort was well
filled with school children from Wash
ington. Alexandra, and vicinity
Yesterday, the second OF the series Of
Government departmental outings, was
also held at Luna The Agricultural
Department spent their half-holiday
there and took with them as their spe-
cial guests the employees of the Bureau
OF Engraving and Printing
a complimentary outing of the E.
Morrison Paper Company served to
draw a big percentage Of that firm s
friends and patrons 10 the park yester-
day also.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-09-02
GRAND DUKES SHARE
IN PEOPLES SPORTS

ST. PETERSBURG. Sept. For the
first time in Russian history grand
dukes have condescended to share i'm
the sports and pastimes OF the people.
The merit of the innovation is due to the
scholarly Grand Duke Constantine who,
despite the wishes of TWO Cars, sent
his children to ordinary public schools
and brought them up In touch with the
people.
Grand Duke Constantine has a sea-
side residence on the Gulf Of Finland
some five miles east Of Peterhof, and
here his two sons, Grand Duke Ivan
and Grand Duke Gavril. this week com
peted in a sailing match. The Grand
Duke Gavril came in second last, and
took his beating like a sportsman. Grand
Duke Constantine looked on and cheered
the winners.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-09-02
SINKING.
CREDITORS CLAHOR
Man Who Tried to Break Into Peni-
Tertiary at Deaths Door in
Chicago.

CHICAGO. Sept. Louis W. Gour-
dain. the one-time millionaire wizard Of
the lottery world. Chicago Banker, and
eccentric character, who traversed half
the continent ia a sensational effort to
break into the penitontiary, lies desper-
ately i'll. a pathetic figure, at the Audi
forum Annex, deserted by friends and
retainers. Creditors are ready to pOunce
upon him. it is declared. in an attempt
TO wrest from him all that remains Of
his fortune and leave him penniless.
Gourdain's bank in Jackson Boulevard
is still open. but L is deserted save for
a clerk or two.
Those who still entertain an interest
in Gourdain declare that he has been In
a peculiar mental condition for years.
They say his effort to break into the
penitentiary was honestly made, but that
his angle of view of life emanated from
a 6isOrdeTed mind.