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The Press., 1908-03-04
ha Tanned the Prineess.

William the Conqueror when he was only the Duke of Normandy had fallen in love with the Princess Mathilde of Flanders. She was proud and naughty and h@d refused the noble lovers who were anxious to win her hand. The willy Norman studied her character carefully and when he had mapped out his plan of campaign rode into the town one day when she, at the head of party, was going from church. He sprang from his horse by her side, boxed her ears soundly, pulled her off her steed, rolled her vigorously in the mud, told her that he loved her and rode away. The astonished princess was infuriated and swore all kinds of vengeance. After her rage cooled down, however, she said to her father that upon reflection she had come to the conclusion that the only man who could treat Mathilde of Flanders in that manner should be her husband
 They were married, and the union turned out to be one of the happieSt marriages in the history of royalty.
The Press., 1908-03-04
We'll Placed.

There had never been any difficulty about securing Mrs. Homer Clay Washington of Maple court when one more woman was needed for washing or scrubbing, so that when two postal cards failed to bring her to the Morse residence one. winter Mrs. Morse went to see what could be the trouble. She found Mrs. Washington. evident ly in the best of health, entertaining two of her neighbors and was well comed most cordially.
 T suttinly is pow'fuI glad to see yo', Mis- Morse" said the hostess, ''an' is de fambly all toPable well dis win ter?"
 Not as well as we should be if you had come to help us out" said Mrs. Morse "Why didn't you come when l wrote you? We thought you must be ill.,"
 'No. indeed, Mis- Morse" and the black head. tilted airIIy: ITS enjoyin' de best ob health. an de charity sO- ciety done establish a bread. soup an coal fund up at de corner. so none ob us ladies ip de cot has to work dis rbeumaticky time Ob yeah.
 You heah folks talkin' bout de harm society does. but us ladies ob Maple cot ls right ready to stan up ro' It any time now."-Youth's Com paniOn.
The Press., 1908-03-04
A Cane In pefensa.

eff you want to keep off holdup men," said an old detective to the Ob- server. "carry cane. A holdup man is more afraid of cane than he is of revolver. He's deathly afraid that the man carrying it will jab it in his face or eyes or get the end of it in his mouth. On this account they're just as much afraid of small light stick as they are of heavy One There are so many different ways of using a cane that a man doesn't know just which way to. guard against it. And any man can use it. Nine men out of ten who carry revolvers couldn't hit the side. of barn with them, and the 'holdups' know it, but it doesn't take any skill or practice to learn to slam bang away with a walking stick."- Columbus Dispatch.
The Press., 1908-03-04
The PrnnhaAic Gift.

That there are persons today who possess the somewhat uncanny gift of being able to predict future events is probably true. The wife of the late Sir Richard Burton, the famous trav- eler and linguist, not to mention other instances of her weird gift, announc- ed the very first time she saw Burton, at the time perfect stranger whom she had met quite casually, that he would be her husband. At the pres ent moment, too, there is said to be a man who has manifested such an ex- traordinary faculty of predicting things that are about to take place that g number of medical men have purchas- ed the reversion of his brain In order that they may examine that organ aft CT death to see if it shows any special development to account for his won derful gift.-Grand Magazine.
The Press., 1908-03-04

This will enable me to save other 1n- vestments Naturally Jessie is grate- full to the friend who has come to my rescue and looks with, favor upon hls suit. tell you this that you may un- derstand. Of course it will go no fur ther."
 "I thank you for your confidence, which will be respected. But l want to ask what you are getting for your Deepdale holdings"
 Howie looked at the younger man in surprise. Il presume that you have q reason for asking" he said. ''The sum is $1O,OOO. That is $2OO more than gave for the land."
 Bowen is generous in the extreme" said Darlington, with a sheer. No doubt you are aware that the Central and Suburban plans cutom to the main line that strikes the property? That will be better than the trolley which was not built. am junior cOun- sel for the road, and ] know that Bow en has known this For two weeks"
 For a moment Howie shrank back. stunned at tEe treachery of his fam cied benefactor Bowen would make handsome profit from his supposed charitable action.
 "I suppose this is the reason you seek Jessie's hand," sneered the elder man, stung to retort as an outlet to his feelings.
 Mot at all,' said Darlington calmly. My reason for speaking now is that they purchased my old homestead for model town They are to build their shops there. I had not thought of your holdings. Do you want q loan?"
 Twenty minutes later Darlington burst into his own office.
 'Tommy-boy," he cried, "for your great services let us get souSed on soda and then buy out a candy store and take it up to Jessie. You've en- abled me to beat Bowen at his own game and wipe Jessie's tears away. 'Soused' is vulgar word. Tommy boy, but it's expressive of my feelings, and to your uncanny powers of ob- servation I owe the fact that. I've re- versed the decision"
The Press., 1908-03-04
"At .Praxersr and a Seat.

The scramble for seats in the house of commons is regulated by certain rules. A member present at prayers has right to the place he then occu- pies until the rising of the house. Each evening stands absolutely inde- pendent and by itself, and therefore the title to a seat secured by attend ance at prayer lapses at the termina- tion of the sitting. On the table in a little box is supply of small white cards with the words At prayers" in large old English letters. Obtaining one of these cards and writing his name on it under the words At pray ers,' the member slips it into re- ceptacle ill the bench at the back of the seat and thus secures the place for the night against all corners. He may immediately leave the house and remain away as long as he pleases. The place may be occupied by another member in the meantime. but when ever the master of the seat, the gen tleman whose autograph is written on the card in the little brass slit, re- turns to the chamber the temporary occupant of the seat must give place to him
The Press., 1908-03-04
Salt.

In connection with the name salt a curious fact is to be noted. Salt was formerly regarded as a compound re- Bulting from the union of hydrochloric (or, as 1t used to be called, muriatic) acid and soda, and hence the generic term of salt was applied to all sub- stances produced by the combinatio of base with an acid.
 Sir Humphry Davy. however, show ed that during their action on each other. both the acid and the alkali un- derwent decomposition and that, while water is formed by the union of the oxygen of the alkali and the hydrogen of the acid, the sodium of the former combines with the chlorine of the lat ter to form chloride of sodium, and this term is the scientific designation of salt, which. paradoxical as it may seem, Is not salt. At one time near ly the whole of the salt used as food and for industrial purposes was ob- tained from the sea, and in many coun- tries where the climate is dry and warm and which have a convenient seaboard great quantity of salt Is still obtained
The Press., 1908-03-04
Dickens and His Beard.

Firth painted Charles Dickens DOT trait when the novelist began to grow beard and told this anecdote of the occasion:
 Well. one day when Dickens was sitting the servant came up to tell me Sir Edwin Landseer was below. Dick ems said. Let's have him up; he hasn't seen my beard and mustache yet Charles Landseer and Edwin had been abroad for some time together in Italy. and they hadn't all met for months. Edwin came up and. took no notice of the beard. and at last Dickens said: Well, Lanny, what about all this? D'you like it2 Think it's an improve mentY Oh. a great improvement Landseer said quite gravely. It hides 90 much of your face.' Dickens, wasn't the least offended. He'd let 'Lanny' say anything"
The Press., 1908-03-04
SECRET WRITING.
How Letters May Be Made Safe From
 Frying Eyes.

How Letters May Be Made Safe From Frying Eyes.
 Even with the most unromantic ot us occasions sometimes arise when we should like to make some memoran dunn or write some letter which cannot be read except by those we wish to dc so. Here is simple method:
 Soak q sheet of note paper i'll cold water and jay it perfectly flat upon a pane of glass. Place above 1t another sheet, dry this time, and on the upper sheet write your message with fairly hard pencil. You now destroy the dry paper and allow all the moisture to evaporate from the wet piece. Don't hold it to the fire, but let 1t dry nat. urally. If you then examine 1t close ly you will see not the faintest trace of writing but if you moisten the paper once more and hold 1t up to the light you can read quite plainly all you wrote. It will show up like the water. mark on postage stamp. This meth. od, by the way, Is sometimes adopted by convicts. They use their gruel cans instead of glass and sharp piece of wood for pencil.
 Another way is less dirty and even more effective. Lay several sheets of paper on fiat surface and write upon the top one. Then remove the bottom sheet, on which no impression appears. If you hold this in the vapor of iodine, however, the writing will turn brown and be quite legible. The explanation is plain. The note paper contains starch, which on being pressed turns to hydramide, substance which is acted on by iodine i'll the manner de scribed.-AnSwerS.
The Press., 1908-03-04
:. The Statue of Lihertx.

q wonder if local mariners appre- ciate the optical illusion which the statue of Liberty presents to man arriving in this port for the first time, said the skipper of an East Indian tramp. who few days before had en- tered New York harbor upon his first voyage here. H. saw the statue be- fore got to the Narr0ws. and it seem- ed as if 1t were just about where quarantine is, Later the thing seem ed about abeam of the Kill von Kull. It kept getting farther and farther away, until finally wondered wheth- CT should eyer bring 1t abeam. I suppose its great height accounts for this. ."-New York Post.
The Press., 1908-03-04
rh. British Breed.

British bred animals. whether they be horses. cattle, sheep or even pigs, are superior to all others in quality and stamina. There Is some strange and admirable power in our soil which puts stronger fiber and more enduring stamp of excellence into the live stock bred in our islands than are found in the same breed or species in any other part of the wOrld.-London Times.
The Press., 1908-03-04
Froa,s NarreM Eaoana.

A correspondent writes: My son, aged ten and a half years, was working iR the garden when a viper about two feet long glided past him. A good shot with a stone about the size of d cricket, ball broke the reptiles. spine, while sharp edge of the granite cut open the belly, thereby restoring to freedom frog, which hopped out of it's prison unhurt. ."-Madras Mall.
The Press., 1908-03-04
In a Bad Way,

There is a Pennsylvania divine who is not averse to telling a good story at his own expense.
 Once In addressing 8 mission meet ing in Philadelphia which was attend ed mainly by sailors the good man had sought to adapt his remarks to his hearers by using nautical similes, and in so doing he ventured somewhat be- yond his depth.
 And now what shall we do-what shall we do?"
 "Nothin' doin'. cap'nv' sang out one of the sailors We're in bad! We're Ro,n' in starnforemostp'
The Press., 1908-03-04
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
items of local Interest taken from the columns
 of The Press, thirty years ago.l
March !. 1878.

F. W. Preston has commenced work upon a cottage on Highland. ave. south of St. Mary's Convent.
 The s3hool in Dist. No closed Feb 26. Length of term 12 weeks whole number of scholars in grammar department (A. Francis Adams, teach CT, ) 21; average attendance. 19.6 The scholars neither absent nor tardy during the term were: Nellie Lavery, Addie ColburB, Iuez Gerould, Lizzie Cady, Ida Bell Cady. Eddie Pinney, Freddie Batchelder, Willie Batchelder. Perfect in spelling -- Cora Putney, Addie Oolburn, Freddie Batchelder. Iu the primary department Anna B.. Cros. teacher. those not absent nor tardy were Mary E, Lord Nora IL. Squier, Eutoca Squier, Della St. Mary. Edgar St Mary, Charlie B. Piuney Perfect in spelling Lottie R. Weston
 Born. - In West Stafford, 3d, a daughter to H J. Warrington
 Iu Stafford Springs, 4th, a son tc John Lavalle.
 Iu Stafford Springs, Feb 2sth, {, sou to Anthony Adams
 This is what Hon Jake M hore, State War en of Georgia, says of Kodol fol Dyspepsia "E. C. Dewitt x Co., hi cago, III Dear >rs have suffclec n ore hau twenty years from indigestion About eighteen months ago had growI so much worse at could not digest crust of corn bread ar q could moi retain anything on my stomach lost D lbs :; in fact, l made up my mind that 1 could not live but short time, when friend oi mine recommended Kndol, consentp, t" try it to please him, and l was better in one day now weigh more an ! ever did i'll my Ii and am in etter health han for years. Kolo did 1t. keep bottle constantly, and write hi, hoping that humanity will be benefitte Your very truly, Jake Moore, Atlanta. Aug 70, 1904" Sold by finders Jacobsen.
The Press., 1908-03-04

There yet remain eleven weeks ot the New York Herald Competition to deter mine whether England or America has produced the better novel.
 Every week seven cash prizes seventy-seven in all-will be paid to readers for the best criticisms of the two stories.
 You can compete all of the eleven weeks, and it is possible for you to win a cash prize every week-to get eleven checks for your opinions.
 Don't lose any more time-start next Sunday.
 The Herald publishes complete synop- ses of the stories each week, so you can easily pick up the threads.
 Here are last weeks prize winners: First Prize-Mrs. c. H Baxter, S14 East Twenty Eighth Street, Paterson, N. J. Second Prize-Anna l. OConnel, BIO North Jay Street, Rome, N. Y.
 Third Prize-Helene Marie Ferro, 24S5 Broad way, New York City.
 Fourth Prize-Guy Spencer, 43S West 1l5th Street, New York City.
 Fifth Prze-L. D. Morgan, 315 West Monu- ment Street, Baltimore, Md.
 Sixth Prize-V. Gilmore Iden, Room 30, Wy att Building, Washington, D. O..
 Seventh Prize Florence Starr King, "A F1ske Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Press., 1908-03-04
HOW CoUGH GERMs MULTIPLY,

When you have a cold the mucous membrane is inflamed and the disease germs which you breathe find lodgement and multiply, especially the pneumonia germ Foley's Honey and Tar soothes and heals the inflamed air passage, stops the cough and expels the cold from your system. Refuse substitutes. Anders Jacobsen.
The Press., 1908-03-04
The NeuO York HernId AngLO-AmericGn Competition Max England E. Wilkins Freeman America
 Public
v MORE PRIZES GET YOURS

The New York Herald is always pro- viding new and striking features for the information and entertainment of its readers, and the Herald's Magazine Section is filled every Sunday with the worlds best literature and art
 Its contributors are the greatest living writers illustrators are artists whose names are known wherever good pictures are appreciated-its staff of trained jour- nalists covers the globe in the search for new wonders and notable developments of human activity.
 And everything published in the Herald's Sunday Magazine is timely-of special value and interest at the moment whether it be a political article, real life romance, or fashion news direct from the headquarters of the Herald's Paris Edition.
 No monthly magazine costing three to five times the price of the New York Sum- day Herald can possess such timeliness.
 Order next Sundays Herald now. Beside the great Herald Magazine you'll get also the News Sections, describing the worlds doings, and the Comic Sec tion, famous as the home of Little Memo, "Buster Brown" and the "Tiny Tads "-and each section is worth more than the price of the whole-5 cents.
The Press., 1908-03-04
The Eleventh.

Archbishop Usher was once washed ashore from wreck off the coast of Ireland Almost destitute of clothing, he wandered to the house of a church dignitary and asked for shelter and aid of brother clergyman.
 How many commandments are there?" inquired the other. thinking to detect an impostor.
 ''I can at once satisfy you that am not the ignorant impostor you take me for" replied the archbishop. There are eleven commandments"
 "No,'' was the Sneerng comment; ''there are but ten commandments in my Bible. Tell me the eleventh and l will relieve you"
 "There it is,'' said the archbishop; ca new commandment 1 give unto you, that ye love one another.'"
The Press., 1908-03-04
A Choice of EviIe.

"Your daughter can come to me for her music lessons and can do her prac- ticing at home." q
 ''rd rather you'd give her her les sons here at home and have her do her practicing at your rooms. ."-HoustoD Pest.
The Press., 1908-03-04
A CARD

This is to certify that all druggists gre authorized to refund your money if Foley's Honey and Tar fails to cure your cough and cold. It stops the cough, results from cold. Cures la grippe coughs and prevents pneumonia and consumption. Contains no opiates. The genuine is in yellow package Refuse substitutes. Anders Jacobsen.
The Press., 1908-03-04

Just little CAsoAswEET is all that is necessary to give your baby when it is cross and peevish. Cascasweet contains no opiates nor harmful drugs, and Is high ly recommended by mothers everywhere. Conforms to the National Pure Food and Drugs Law. Sold by finders Jacobsen.
The Press., 1908-03-04
THE NEW YORK HERALD, New York City

Kodol is to-day the best known and most reliable remedy for all disorders of the stomach, such as dyspepsia, heart burn, sour stomach and belching of gas Kodol contains the esame juices found in healthy stomach. Kodol Is pleasant to take It is guaranteed to give relief, and is sold here by A. ders Jacobsen.
The Press., 1908-03-04
A NARROW ESCAPE.

Many people have a narrow escape from pneumonia and consumption as q result of cold that hangs on Foley's Honey and Tar cures cough and colds no matter how deep seated and prevents pneumonia and consumption. Refuse substitutes An CTS Jacobsen.
The Press., 1908-03-04
Tim. to Get Ruav,

"But life has no bright sider' walled the pessimist. F.
 'Then get busy and polish up the dark side" rejoined the Optimist.-Chi- cago News.
The Press., 1908-03-04
THOUSANDS PERISH

Thousands perish every year from con- sumption resulting from cold. Foley g Honey and Tar cures the most obstinate racking coughs and expels the cold from your system and prevents consumption and pneumonia. It has cured many cases of incipient consumption. finders Jacob apn
The Press., 1908-03-04
A sIiqht Deduction,

In Mrs. Lapham's family circle her powers of reasoning were accounted most remarkable and convincing. Out side the family her ability to convince was not so marked.
 See here" she said without releas- ing the ten cent piece for which the conductor of the trolley car had gone to her side. I've only brought Willy with me. He's eight. so Eve got to pay his fare. I've left Myra. that's four, and Neddy. that's two. at home. Now, you wouldn't have charged me for them, would you?"
 "No. madam.'' said the conductor ''Your fare. please"
 ''Well. they'd have taken one seat" persisted Mrs. Lapham. still retaining her hold on the ten cent piece. q couldn't have held 'em both. thought of bringing them. only twas too far. Now. why can't you take of something from Willy under the circumstances Y'
The Press., 1908-03-04
A LIFE AT STAKE.

Your life may be at stake when you mo- tlce any sign of kidney or bladder trouble, as Bright's disease and diabetes start with slight irIegularity that could be quickly cured by Foley's Xii ney Remedy. Commence taking it at the first sign of danger. finders Jacobsen.
The Press., 1908-03-04
Qnaan'k AnrAa.

You should never take anything that doesn't agree with you" the phy- sician told Mir. Marks.
 eff had always followed that rule, Maria." he remarked to his wife. where would you beT
The Press., 1908-03-04
Financial Expedient.

Shoeblack- Shine. sir: Four sous Passerby-No. thank you. Shoeblack- Two sous? Passerby-No. Shoeblack- For nothing. then? Passerby . All right. if you like ShoebIack (after having finished one shoep-It's sous to clean the other, sir.-Nos Loisirs.
The Press., 1908-03-04
Kept Busy.

One of the contemporary poets asks. Where are the bright girls of the past?' Our own observation is that some of them are administering eau tious doses of paregoric to the bright girls of the future.
The Press., 1908-03-04

Probably it is your stomach and not your heart that causes pain in neighbor hood of the heart. If it is, Lane's Fami- ly Medicine will give relief. 25 cents at druggists 5
The Press., 1908-03-04
Rome,s Corn andizina.

The decline of nation commences when gormandizing begins. Rome's collapse was well under way when slaves were thrown into the eel pits to increase the gamy flavor of the cells when they came upon the table.
The Press., 1908-03-04
Tender Hearted.

Mrs. Muggins-My husband is too tender hearted to whip the children. Yrs. Buggins-Humph! My husband is so tender hearted that he can't even beat the carpet!
The Press., 1908-03-04
A City of happx homes.

Dublavln took a walk in the eeme- tery, where he noticed on the tomb stones. -'1;ood Husband" 1" ''Good Wife. ]" Good Son.
 "It is evidently here that the hap piest homes are found" he reflected Nos Loisirs.
The Press., 1908-03-04

Foley's Orino Laxative Is sold under a positive guarantee to cure constipation, sick headache, stomach trouble. or any form of indigestion. If 1t fails, the man ufacturere refund your money. What more can any one do finders Jacobsen.
The Press., 1908-03-04
HOW'S This !?

We oner One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of CataFrh tAat cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. F.J.CHBNEY F. CO.,, Toledo, o. We, the undersigned. have known F. J. Cheney for the last IS years, and believe him pc fectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by this nrm.
 WALDIRD. KINNAN 4 MARVIN,
 Wholesale Druggista, Toledo, o. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
 Take HAll's Family Pills for constipation. 1
The Press., 1908-03-04

Get DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve-it is healing, soothing and cooling. It Is good for piles. Sold by finders Ja- cobsen.
The Press., 1908-03-04

JAPANESE Napkins st The Press Of O nce-i0 cents q hundred, 300 foR e cents.
The Press., 1908-03-04

AoEToE will break up Cold Tn Q, 6 night
The Press., 1908-03-04

Bad breath has probably broten of more matches than bad temper, and that $ good many. The best cure for bad breath Is the tonic laxative, Lane's Fami. lY Medicine ]
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-03
kocH's VIEWS OPPOSED
As to Danger Of Human Infection from
Bovine tuberculosis.

Washington, Oct 2.-Pronounccd oppo-
sition to the theory advanced by DIR. Rob-
ert Koch. the eminent German scientist
who mininizes the danger of human IN
lection from bovine tuberculosis and who
declares that the tubercle baclli of boz
vine tuberculosis are different from those
of human tuberculosis again developed it
self at todays session Of the Intcrnation-
al Congress on Tuberculosis.
The German scientists theories were
| combatted by some of the most promi-
nent veterinary physicians in the United
States. DR.. Arthur H. Hughes of Cornell
University declared that in America there
is a general disagreement with the views
of Koch. He empha sized the importance
Of coordination in veterinary lesisla tion
| in the Individual states agans animal
tuberculosis.
| The President this afternoon gave re-
cepticn at the White House to the dele
gates attending the tuberculosis congress
The Marine Band played during the re-
ceptiOn.