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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-07-05

Morris Tribune: F. B. Desch il
having his household goods shipped
to his new home in st. Paul today
and the family will leave for there
next week. Mr.. and Mrs. Desch
leave behind them many friends who
regret their departure. but wish
them happiness in the new homo.
Mr.. Desch will now be aple to take
an assignment in the passenger
service on the Northern Pacific with.
out being compelled to be away from
home.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-07-05

st. Cloud Times: For those troubled
with dandelions in their lawns. the
following chemical solution. prepared
by the state chemist, will kill: Two
pounds OF sulphate iron in one gallon
Of water. The solution can be applied
with . regular sprinkler or applied
with sort of mop on the end Of q
stick. The stuff can be secured at any
drug store and is inexpensive.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-07-05

Vice. President fairbanks will de.
liver the Grafton at Fergus Falls July
4th.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-07-05

Clarence Batters returned Saturday
from Rugby, n. D., at which place he
had taken a horse sold by John Wet1el
to a party at that point. He also
stopped at Leeds short time.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-07-05

JAP ROSE transparent toilet and bath SOAP
is made from the whitest, purest and best vege
table oils-OILSTHATYOU EAT. Made
by kIRk-sod by all druggists and grocers.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-07-05

A number of western horses were
disposed of Saturday at the sale held
by NJ. S. jacobson. The horses
brought pretty fair prices Several
yearlings were among those sold.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-03-06
carpeau,s unoonventionaIity.

The sculptor Carpeau was always "A
bohemian aud generally absentmind-
ed Invited once to the Tuileries by
Emperor Napoleon III. and the EN-.
press Eugcnie, he pulled out his pipe
after dinner, filed It and, discovering
that he had no matches. took scrap
OF paper. climbed on chair and light
ed the pipe from the great chandelier
above the table. you don't mind smok-
ing, do you, ma'amY' he said to the
empress. lie once accepted from rich
patron an order to make sculptured
group representing the Cyclops Poly
phcmus crushing the youth Acis under
Il rock Carpeau had no sooner ac-
cepted the commission than he regret
ted 1t, for the subject had no fascina-
tons whatever for him. He put the
matter off again and again. but was
urgently pressed 10 begin 1t by his pa
iron. At last one day Carpeau took
the impatient patron to his studio and
showed him n great rough block of
uniformed clay. There is your group"
"Why, this is the rock" That's all
very well. but where Is AeisT' Under
the rock-crushed quite out of sight, of
course" But where is PolyphemusT
ooh, he? Why, do you think he would
remain anywhere about after he had
done thing like thatT This was as
far ms the classical group" ever got.
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Remarkable Loss Of Memory.

DR.. Macnish In his book on "The Phi.
losophy of Sleep" gives the following
remarkable instance of lost memory:
"A young American woman on awak-
cning from Il protractcd sleep lost
memory of all she had before learned.
Her memory was capacious and was
stored with Il copious stock of ideas.
Unexpectedly and without any fore
warning she fell into a profound sleep,
which continued several hours beyond
the ordinary term On waking she was
discovered TO have lost every trace of
acquired knowledge. Her memory was
a clean washed slate. All vestlges both
of words and things were obliterated
and gone. II was found necessary for
her to learn everything again. She
even acquired by new efforts the arts
of spelling, reading, writing and cal
culatlng and gradually became ac-
quainted with the persons and objects
around, Hike n being for the first time
brought into the world. In these eXer-
cises she made considerable proficieu-
cy But after few months another fit
of somnolency Invaded her ON rous.
ing from ii she found herself restored
to the state she was In before the first
paroxysm. but was wholly ignorant Of
every event and occurrence that had
befallen her afterward."
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Suhdued the Teller.

There's Il young fellow In Harlem
who is inclined to throw n bluiI," ms
they say down in the Bowcry. 4 few
days ago he had $500 to deposit and
decided he'd change his bank He
dropped into bank that is well known
to accept no small deposits and told
the teller that he wanted to open an
account.
Eve don't accept small deposits"
said the teller. And his tone WAS not
exactly what might he called soothing
who asked you to accept small
depositf' demanded the youth Il did
want to start an account with $50, COO
but I'll go elsewhere" lie got ont be-
fore he could be stopped, leaving the
teller with II look of pain and chagrln
scattered about his countenance.-New
York Globe.
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THE HUMAN BRAIN.
II Neither Originates a Word Nor
Forms a Notion.

IL Neither Originates Word Nor
Forms a Notion.
Those physiological and surgical
facts which show that brain matter
has itself no capacity for thought are
of such recent discovery that only n
relatively small number of persons.
mostly specialists the least idea
that the brain neither originates
word nor forms n notion Anatomy
and physiology alike indicate that the
brain is never other than the instru
ment Of what-in the present state of
science-must be called the personal
| ity." The personality is It's different
from, as separate from, the brain as
! the vlolinist is separate from his vio-
lin. Ii is not brain which makes man.
Man makes one of his brain hem-
spheres human by his own labor If a
human personality entered Il young
chimpanzee's brain-where, by the
way. II would find all the required
cerebral eonvolutions--that ape could
| then grow into Il true inventor or phi.
! loSophcr, for II is the great man who
makes the great brain and not the
| great brain which makes the great
| man. This is another Way of saying
| that we can make our own brains-so
| far rs special functions or aptitudes
| are concerned. Human brain matter
does not become human in Its powers,
indeed. until the personality within
| takes it in hand To fashion it,
What is the he himself" which thus
takes the mechanism known MS the
brain and uses II for thought purpose
as Il telegrapher would use ticker and
| Il series of wires for the transmission
of messages! In the present state OF
anatomy and of pathology. replies DIR.
Thomson. in effect, we have here the
greatest mystery connected with the
conscious personality. We know that
the conscious personality or whatever
one pleases TO call it-has n material
organ 10 think with. The conscious
personality does the thinking. The
material organ is the instrument of
thought, and that material organ exists
in two symmetrical halves. II Is only
one-half of this organ. however, which
| can be used for speech or for recogniz-
ing or knowing anything which Is eli
Their seen or heard or touched-in the
sense of the touch which Is educated.
All acquired human endowments
therefore are acquired by modification
| of the Inatcrial comprising the speak
| Ing half Of the brain. This speaking
| half of the brain did not originally have
single one of these great functions.
not single place in it for them. any
| more than It's fellow hemisphere has
to the end Of its life They are all
| stamped. as il were each In its re
| spectve place i'll HE speaking hem
| ispherc, by single creative agency
| All words and all knowledge are put
in the brain and arranged there for
| use, like 50 mang books on their brain
shelves by the brains librarian. Where
| he goes when he locks this library
up and leaves for the night-in sleep
we do not know. But one thing is Ger
tain-not one Of the books made Itself
or put itself where II properly is
Current Literature.
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"Somc sharper has the bonds. and the

"Somc sharper has the bonds. and the
police should be notified at once"
you will sit right here until that
telephone wire is in working order"'
announced Aunt Ruth. There are
men about the place, and we have dogs
and guns, and if you try to run away
it will he the worse FOR you. Winnie
notify the coachman that we have
suspicious character in the house"
.She needn't do anything of the sort
l will sit here until You have solved
the mystery am to blame for losing
the letter. but if the bonds are not re
covered it Will not be my fault"
"He doesn't look like Il suspicious
person." whispered Winnie to her aunt
but in tones loud enough so that he
caught the words and turned rcd
again
ale may net to you. who can't tell
robber from church deacon. But he
does. to me, and here he shall stay until
We know all about It, You sit down In
the hall and wait for the telephone.
and I'll keep him under my eyes
Aunt Ruth leaned back in her chair,
folded her arms. compressed her lips
and fastened her eyes on Mr.. Gray,
and had he been a bunko man of ten
years standing he must have been
Disconnected AS 1t was, he coughed
and blushed and hitched around and
crossed and reerossed his legs. When
the aunt broke the silence, 1t was TO
impart no cheerful information What
she said was
cit makes you squirm to realize that
you've reached the end of your rope at
last, but you'll squirm more still when
the judge pronounces sentence. While
l pity your poor mother, | hope you'll
get at least ten years
Mr.. Gray made no reply. He couldn't
find words. About every ten minutes
for the next hour he received brief,
vigorous lecture until he was almost
worked up 10 the point where he
thought of jumping through a window
and taking his chances. when mans
step was heard. There was an "Oh,
papa" from Miss Winnie In the hall,
and Colonel Graves stalkcd In 10 ex-
claim:
'What In the devil is the matter
here"
"'rhere he sitsr' replied Aunt Ruth
us she pointed to the culprit.
II took about ten minutes 10 unravel
things-that is. To establish Vincent
Gray's identity Fortunately by this
time the telephone was working. and
fortunately Mr.. Jones was In his Office
1t took five minutes more 10 discover
that Winnie had given the false mes
sengcr Honduras instead of Mexican
bonds and that the colonel WAS simply
relieved of some waste paper.
When 1t came to apologies and invit-
ing Mr.. Gray TO forgive and forget and
stay TO dinner, perhaps n full quarter
of an hour was consumed, but it Is not
on record that Mr. Gray regarded the
time as thrown away.
Now when the colonel smiles and
throws cut hints ut his prospective
son-in-law Miss Winnie bushes and
protests. Aunt Ruth assumes one of
her sweetest looks and says:
81 don't say shall leave when he
becomes one of the family. but do
say that | shall always lock up my
jewelry when go To bed and lock mud
bolt the door,
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The ChiIIinu RepIy.

According to II Washington legal
light, there are times when n lawyer
regrets the use of an illustration which
a moment before has appeared especial
ly felicitous
"The argument Of my learned and
brilliant colleague said counsel for
the plaintiff in suit for damages from
n railway company, is like the snow
now falling outside-it Is scattered
here, there and everywhere.
Whereupon opposing counsel inprov-
al his opportunity. ".All | can say"
he hastily interposed. lis that the gen
tleman who has likened my argument
to the snow now falling outside has
neglected to observe one little point to
which | fatter myself the similarity
extends-it has covered all the ground
In very short time. "-IIarper's Week
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The Word Etiauette.

The very high sounding word cti-
quette Ind ii very humble origin, for
etiquette meant simply label. 1t re-
ceiyed Its present Specification from
the fnet that II Scotch gardener who
laid out the grounds AT Versailles for
Louis NV. was much annoyed Mt the
eourtiers walking over his newly made
paths and ut length had labels placed
to Indicate where they might pass At
first these labels were not attended TO,
but IA hint from high quarters that in
future the walks Of the courtiers must
be within the "etiquettes" or labels
was promptly attended TO. To keep
within the etiqucttes became the cor.
rect thing. The meaning of the phrase
WAS aftcrward widcned
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China's Insanity Test.

In Laos, an undeveloped region of
French lndo China, there Is something
out of the way In the shape of vii
lage of lunatics. The most common
form of madness there Is belief among
the lunatics that buffaloes are inside
them. When these madmen get too
troublesome they are at once removed
20 the village. But previously they are
tested for madness by being bound
hand and foot and thrown into a river.
If they manage to swim that is sign
Of their being of sound mind. II they
sink to the bottom. as Is most often
the case, isolation in their village is
the sentence-in the event Of their be-
ing rescued alIve.-South China Post.
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MAN NOT BORN TO READ.
That Is the Reason He is Compelled
to Wear Glasses.

That Is the Reason He is Compelled
to Wear Glasses.
Many of the eommonest physical de-
fccts of civilized man are due 10 an
imperfect adaptation of his body to
new conditions of life. Nearsighted-
pess is an example.
G. W. SaleehN, the English writer on
scientific subjects says that all the talk
about the degeneration of the human
eye is "undiluted nonsense" The truth
is that man was not born TO read"
An instrument made for seeing long
distances is forced 10 accommodate it
self to little marks and signs on Il piece
of paper. Says DR.. Saleehy, The eve
which we have Inherited from our an
cestors is one TINT is used without eff.
fort ut long range. merely containing
within IL an apparatus enabling ii at
the cost OF nervous and muscular eff
fort 10 he used ut short range"
The general need of glasses arises
from the necessity In modern life of
the use of the eyes ut short distances
If the eye were naturally focused upon
near objects the advantage, as DIR.
Salecby admits would be great How
ever. he continues. IF one started TO
make Il list Of the bodily characters of
man which the amazing development
of his intelligence has rendered more
or less appropriate 10 his needs than
originally one would require n vol.
ump'
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minute later II came to Aunt
Helen, one sharp, shrill cry of boyish
terror. She sprang to her feet. terri
lied and trying TO figure the direction
from which it had come. When she
reached the street, Mrs Johnson. white
OF face, was leaning against tree.
8crtie-he's caught on the railroad
track! The express is backing down.
My heart can't rum
But Aunt Helen could run. and down
the street toward the track she sped.
She could see the small dark blue fig
ure huddled in the middle of the
tracks. She could hear the warning
whistle of the express. backing from
the transfer depot to the local station.
and then something dreadful happened
Bertie. Rerlie I'm coming" she
cried and then fell, her dainty slipper
tangled III nlass Of lace fripperles.
III vain SHE struggled to her feet. \
FRESH ENHANCEMENT of lace threw her
back 10 The ground She could hear
people screaming in every direction.
she heard the rush of hurrying feet,
ana then strong voice called. Com
ing. Just rs she got to her own feet
she saw Henry Strong slide down the
| pillar of his sisters porch He had
sprung through his window to the roof
OF the porch and was not wasting
time on stairways. Straight ahead of
her he flew like Il streak, bounded over
the first track. bent over the boy. and
then something came between her and
the two dark figures-something that
rumbled and Numbered away into Il
horrible silence. Aunt Helen did not
open her eyes. She did not dare to.
When Mrs. Johnson came she found
her lying unconscious and white on the
edge of the curb.
Ii was Mr.. Henry who carried Aunt
Helen home to the dim sitting room,
and BERTHE limped soberly, for, like the
boy in the song, he had one shoe of
and one shoe on. Later when Aunt
Helen was quite herself Mrs. Johnson
brought in what was left of the miss
Ing shoe when the express had passed
over 10, and then Aunt Helen learned
how Mr.. Henry had ripped open the
shoe. which had caught in frog on
the track, and with BERTHE In his arms
had rolled down the bank to safety
That night after Berthe had eaten two
| sponge cakes and had been tucked into
| bed Mr.. Henry, who had forgotten that
dinner engagements ever existed, sat
| in his old corner in Aunt Helens sit.
ting room, and Aunt Helen sat beside
| him in her little wicker rocker.
Henry" she said softly. II was
wrong. and you were right. BERTHE
needs you-and | need you. have
missed YOU
lie did not answer. and there WAS n
troubled look In his eyes. She rose
suddenly and crossed to her desk.
See, dear, 1t was not because of
whnt happened this afternoon. was
writing to you when he ran away, poor
| lonely laddie, He knew something was
| wrong"
Henry Strong read the half finished
letter md kissed her.
"And now he knows It Is all RICH,
again. Let's go upstairs and MAKE
sure he IL not having bad dreams
Poor chap! He had great scare
And SO BERTHE, waking frem restless
slumber saw the two faces dearest In
all the world bending over him. and,
reaching out for two protecting hands.
he fell into peaceful sleep
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The punp,u Cattle Of Samoa

The Samoan islands are the natural
habitat of the most diminutlve species
of variety Of the genus hos now known
to the naturalist The average weight
seldom exceeds 200 pounds. the aver.
age being not greater than 1870 pounds.
The females usually average about Il
hundred pounds larger and are very
"stocky" built. seldom being taller
than Merino sheep. These dwarf cat
tie are nearly all of the same color
reddish mouse color, marked with
white. They have very large heads as
compared with their bodies, and their
horns are of exceptional length
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-03-06
GAY FUNERAL RITES.
Curious Ceremonies That Accompany
Cremation In Siam

Cremation In Siam.
The funerals of young unmarried Ia
dies in Brazil are grewsomely gay. so
TO speak The color of the coffin IL
bright scarlet. and bright scarlet, too.
are the hcarse, the livery of the driver.
the harness and the plumes that nod
on the heads of the horses.
But for n gay funeral we must go TO
the cremation of the dead in Siam.
When the body is that of Il prince the
proceedings are most elaborate. Gold
carriages galore abound. and the pyre
Is ultimately lighted by the king him.
self with Wndles which have been ig=
nitod ut the sacred lamps in the tenn
pies Of his palace. which burn night
and day The lighting of the funeral
pyre is followed up With sports and
the lotus dance The king promotes
the mirth by tossing lines To the PEG.
pie. by whom they are eagerly fought
for. as inserted in each are current
coins of the realm. Darkness having
nj length fallen over the land, fire
works and gay illuminations conclude
these curious funeral rites.
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Enulish Barmaids.

AT the time of the Crlmean war,
when there was dearth Of young men
for civilian employment an enterpris-
ing London publican engaged an ex-
ceedingly handsome girl TO serve in his
bar. The innovation caused considcra-
Bile sensation and much adverse com
ment, but his business went up with
n bound. and naturally his example
was widely followed. Barmaids, hav-
ing met temporary want. were after
ward regarded as necessity, and
their employment became general.
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The skv and the woatber

Whether clear or cloudy, II rosy sun
set prcsages fine weather; a sickly
n dark, or Indian, red. rain; u red sky
in the morning, bad weather or much
wind perhaps rain, gray sky In the
morning, fine weather, high dawn,
wind; n low dawn, fair weather. Re
markable clearncss Of atmosphere near
the horizon, distant objects. such as
hills, unusually visible or raised by re.
fraction and whit IL called n good
"hearing day may be mentioned
among signs of wet, if not wind
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1t is not always easy TO sympathize
with fidgety, highly sensitive persons.
like the old lady on the train. She said
10 the conductor as he punched her
ticket, Conductor, Is II n fact that the
locomotive is ut the rear of the train? p
Yes, madam" the conductor answer
ed. I'VE have n locomotive nj each
end. 1t takes one to push and one to
pull TO get us up this grade" "Oh,
dear, what shall ! dof" moaned the old
lady. I'm always train sick if ride
with my back to the locomotive"
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At the Breakfast Table

what a lovely morning" said moth,
er ms she seated herself behind the
coffee cups. "And yesterday the
weather man prophesied rain''
Bobby aged fourJ-The newspapers
don't always know what Gods going
TO do, do they. mammal Woman't
Home Companion
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Leg OF mute
L ILL, u I


"Mamma did YOU love to Grt when
You were youngT'
Il am afraid did. dear"
And were yoH ever punished for it.,
mammal
"Cruelly, dear. : married your IA
ther."- Rire.
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Bridegroom ito his young wife. over
fond of Dress The dress you have on
pleases me greatly. | should like al
ways to see yon in it, my darling.
Bride | will fulfil your wishes. |
will have my portrait painted In it at
once, and you can hang the portrait
over your desk. Flicgendc Blatter
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Corr sct Diaonosia.

Patient-Shall have to give up beer,
doctor: Doctor No; | shan't forbid
1t to you. Patlent-It's extraordinary,
doctor, what confidence have In you.
-Fleigende Batter
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Father Well Tommy. what did you
learn nj school today Tommy
learned that two negatives are equiva
lent 10 an Affirmative. Father And
what's an atfirmatlvcl Tommy I don't
know We haven't got that far along
yet-Chicago News
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a Pretfy paradcx

"rbe charming dcbutante upsets all
received maXlms"
How so?'
by proving THAI miss can also be
n hit Baltimore American.
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Lame Of Memoru.

The Counts Valet Permit me to in
form you, sir, that in six months you
have spent 23.si7 francs and 10 cen
times. The Count-Reallyf | wonder
what | bought for those A. centimes?-
Sourire
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-03-06
Washinston,s Fourth of July Dinner.

The menus run very much the same
throughout the books (Washlngton's
accounts, but there Is one page which
holds the attention in spite Of It's SINH
larity to the others. 1t is dated Thurs
day, July 4, 1916. 1t shows what
Washington had for dinner on the very
first Independence day The account
reads.
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SnncIaI Rnte.

The Preacher Have you special rates
for clergymen? The Hotel Clerk Yes,
air; we charge them II dollar extra.
The Preacher-D Dollar extra. Why The
Hotel Clerk-They don't patronizc the
Brooklyn Eagle.