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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-18
punishable by law: also -there was mo

punishable by law: also there was no record, of the devil having made a com. pact with an animal. The public pros. ecutor stated in reply that the evil one sometimes entered into animals. as in the case of. the swine which drowned themselves in the sea of Galilee.
 So the poor creature was convicted not as cock. but as a sorcerer or per. haps the devil in the form of a cock whereupon the bird and the egg that was attributed to 1t were solemnly burned at the stake. s.
 Even stranger than this were the proceedings instituted dn 1445 and 14S7 against certain beetles which had made havoc in the vineyards of St. Julian. Advocates were named on behalf of the vine growers and the beetles re- spectively. but by singular coinci- dence the insects disappeared when cited to answer for the mischief they had done, and the proceedings were in consequence abandoned.
 That was in 1445. Tn l4s7, how ever. they reappeared. and a complaint was thereupon addressed to the vicar general of the bishop Of Maurienne. who named a judge and also an advo- cate to represent the beetles. A con- promise was finally agreed upon, wherein the vine growers consented to cede the beetles certain fields to their exclusive use. Some time after the beetles, through their attorney. pro tested that there was a right of way through these fields which would be to their detriment Consequently the case had to begin again. but how 1t ended is not known. owing to the mutt latlon of the records.-F. c. Evans in New York Pest.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-18
A BROKEN PANE OF GLASS.
One That Once Cost Citizen George
 Francis Train s6o,ooo.

A broken window pane once cost George Francis Train more than $60,' 900. It was this way: Citizen Train, with the brains of twenty men in his head, all pulling different ways" went to Omaha in the spring of 1864. At that time he was the most talked of man in America. He had not a thing but money. He bought 5000 city lots and altogether spent several hundred thousand dollars. He boarded at the Herndon House. the best hotel in sight. The quixotic Train was regular in only one thing-his habits. He always oc-' cupied the same seat at the table. One morning pane of glass was broken out of a window directly behind his chair. He protested and was advised to change his seat. He would not. h. stead he paid a servant 10 cents min ute to stand between him and the draft. After breakfast he expostulated with the landlord, but received no sat isfaction.
 Never mind" said Train. Tn sixty days I will build a hotel that will ruin your business"
 And be did. The contract was let that day. Scores of men were put to work. The site selected was Ninth and Harney streets. near the Missouri riv- CT. Citizen Train went to New York and engaged Colonel Cozzens, a noted caterer of that city, as manager for his hotel.
 The building alone cost S40.000. The furnishings cost S20.OOO more. In the basement was a gas plant, the only one west of St Louis. The work was done on time. and, true to his word. sixty days after he threatened the man. ager of the Herndon House George Francis Train. citizen of the earth. opened his hotel. which be called the Cozzens House. The grand opening ball was attended by the governor of Nebraska and his stan, the mayor of Omaha and many nOtables from other states The house was blaze of glory and a scene of almost oriental magnifi- cence. Just when the big reception was well on there was a sudden flash. a strange noise. and then-total dark ness. The gas plant had collapsed The Cozzens House did 1ourishing business for a year or two. and the Herndon House was badly crippled Finally Train fell out with his man. ager. and the place was closed.
 After the business part of Omaha moved back from the river the Hern- don House declined and finally re- Iapsed into a state of innocuous desue- tude. A few years later it became the property of the Union Pacific railroad
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-18
vooDoo DOCTORS.
Belief of Negroes In Their Ability to
 Work "SpeIts,"

A we'll educated and clever negro in Philadelphia related, with obvious sin cerity, an experience of his own with a famous voodoo doctor of that city who had grown rich from his wiz ardry.
 "once a person had a writ out against me-" this negro said. "The constable had 1t The magistrate was set against me. I went and got a charm from the doctor 1 met my enemy. but I was not seen. I met the constable. and he walked by and never noticed me. The magistrate did what he had never done before-for- got all about it The voodoo stopped 1t all"
 This same negro related another in- cident of his experience:
 "0nce I was nearly killed by voo- doc black cat, which used to come into the house. I threw q stick and hit 1t It was a witch. It tormented me was ridden h dreams like a horse. l suffered terribly. was dying. I went to the voodoo doctor I paid him s for a spell. That night I awoke. The window was open; the moon was shin ing. I saw the little black witch hoy ering up and down there. She was smaller than in her own body. She wore a very big. old fashioned bonnet. Her face was like that of the cat. But she did not come any closer to me. Then she faded away. That ended it."
 The belief is prevalent among the negroes that witches have power to as- sume the forms of various animals. In South Carolina a means employed to guard against such visitations is to scatter rice or similar small grains thIckly over the floor in the form of a cross. Before the witch can approach her victim she must devour every grain. This task Is too tedious for her patience. and she takes herself off. Marvin Dana in Metropolitan Maga- zine.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-18

in order to be tasted, and dry morsel in a dry mouth has no flavor. This is why smokers cannot taste well. Their mouth glands. which manufacture sa- liva, are paralyzed by the tobacco. Very hot or very cold things are scarce ly tasted at all. If you want to get the best flavor from your food it must be at some temperature between 50 and 95 degrees.
 Every one knows aow easily the sense of sight is deceived by optical puzzles. But a curious deception is practiced on us all throughout our lives, and no one ever perceives it. There is blind spot in the eye where the optic nerve enters. In everything we look at therefore. there is a little gap where we see nothing But no one is aware of 1t, because 1t has been the case since we first opened our eyes.
 In estimating distance we judge by the experience we gain in walking. The eye itself cannot judge distances. A near hill and a distant mountain will each form an image of the same size on the eye. We know the noun tain is farther away than the hill be- cause there are more intervening ob- Jects. But we can often make an esti- mate of distance. in a curious way, by the muscles of the eyeball. In order to focus near object we must bulge the lens, and to focus a distant object we must flatten the lens. The amount of muscular labor used in doing this gives us an idea of the distance of the object.
 A man seems much thinner in dark than in light clothing. All black things. fin fact. appear smaller than white things of the same size An image re- mains on the eye for some time after looking at an object If the thing is very bright the image remains a long time. and sometimes if you look direct ly at the sun you will carry the image of 1t around with you for days.
 Color blind people have a defective musical sense. They confuse different notes. and. curiously. the confusion of green blind people differs from the confusion of red blind people. Colors strengthen the sense of taste Red ap- pies and tomatoes and strawberries and green pickles taste better than the selfsame vegetables and fruit when they are paIer.
 For feeling we have a variety of nerves. Some spots on the skin feel pain. some warmth. some cold and some simple touch The tip of the : finger has a much better sense of touch than the forearm or the cheek BUt the cheek and the forearm are far better judges of heat In the white of the eye We can feel neither touch. hsst ncr cn,d-onIy pain slone-but the red lilirs of the eyelIis can feel scarcely anything but cod. The r1G-tE- as every one knows. can enjoy tea OE c0sse at 2 temperature that zouId S:re great rain to the hands or test
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-18
Lotteriea.

The first scheme for the distribution of prizes by chance in modern times is generally attributed to one Bene- detto Gentle of Genoa. who establish ed his lottery in 1920. The proper lot tery. in which each person takes part by means of tickets costing each a fixed sum of money. had its origin in more ancient times. being known even fin the middle ages. Such a lottery was established at Florence as early as 1530.-New York American.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-18
TRIALS FOR ANIMALS
Curious Custom That Prevailed
 In the Middle Ages.
PROSECUTED FOR HOMICIDE.

A Bull That Killed a Man Found
 Guilty, Sentenced to Death and Exc.
 cuted-Fate of Cock That Was
 Charged With Having Laid an Egg.
 Among the many curious customs of the past is recorded singular feature of the jurisprudence of the middle ages, when animals were indicted for injuries inflicted upon human beings. The custom was not abolished in France until the middle of the eight eenth century, and the French court records show that at least ninetytwo trials took place between 1120 and 1741.
 There is some Biblical precedent for these proceedings. for in the twenty first chapter of Exodus one finds, If an OK gore a man or a woman that they die. then the OK shall be stoned and his flesh shall not be eaten"
 An early instance of the custom was in 1914. when a bull escaped from a farmyard in a village in France in the duchy of valois and gored a man to death. The Count of Valots, being in- formed of the case. directed that the bull be captured and formally prose cuted for homicide. This was done. and evidence was given by persons who had seen the man attacked and killed. Tue bull was thereupon sem fenced to suffer death. which was in- iicted by strangulation. after which the carcass was suspended from a tree by the hind legs.
 In i3SC a SOW was executed in the square of Falaise for having caused the death of a child, and three years later a horse vas condemned to death at Duon for having killed a man. In l457 6 SOW and her six young ones were tried at Lavegny on the charge of having killed and partially eaten q child The SOW was convicted and condemned to death. but the little ones were acquitted on the ground of their extreme youth and inexperience. the bad example of their mother and the absence of direct evidence of their having partaken of the atrocious feast.
 One of the most grotesque of these trials took place in Basel when a farmyarJl cock was tried on the ab- surl charge of having laid an egg. It was contended in support of the prose cution that eggs laid by cocks were of inestimabie worth for use In certain magical preparations. that a sorcerer would rather possess q cocks egg than the elixir of life and thst Satan em- ployed witches to hatch such eggs. from which proceeded winged serpents most dangerous to mankind
 The prisoners sdvocate admitted the facts of the case. but coutended that 10 evil intention had been proved and that DO evil result had taken place. Besides the laying Of an ezx vas an involuntnry aet and as szch wzs not
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-18
OUR ERRAT|C SENSES
Some of the Curious Facts Re-
 corded by Psychologists.
THE PHENOMENA OF SOUND.

squeals of Mice and the Lowest Notes
 of an Organ Are lnaudible to Some
 Persons-Peeuliaritie of the Deli
 cate Sense of Smell.
 If you shade the eyes, you weaken your sense of hearing. Try 1t with a watch and the result will surprise you. If you sip glass of cold water, you will increase for a short time your power of vision. If you fill the mouth with water, you will greatly strength en your sense of smell.
 Many similar curious facts about the senses are told by physiologists.
 There is a multitude of sounds made in the world every day. for instance, which we cannot hear, however close they may be. Every sound must last a certain time in order to be heard by the ear. If it is an extremely feeble sound 1t must last quite two seconds or we cannot hear it But, no matter how long it lasts, we cannot hear it if it is very low or a very high note. Extremely small animals emit such high notes that we never hear them. Some people cannot even hear the squeal of mice The lowest notes of an organ are mere rumbling noises to most people. and some cannot hear them at all.
 It is by means of the external ear we judge the direction from which sound comes. Stand facing a clock, place your hands in front of your ears, with the palms turned back. close your eyes; you will then think the clock is behind you.
 Why can some animals smell more keenly than others? IL is question of the space within the nose capable of smelling. In man this space is very smaII-less than one-fourth of a square inch. In dogs and most mammals it is very much larger. The pOrpOise has no sense of smell Then comes man. and also the monkeys. whales and all kinds of fowl and birds, with very feeble smelling power. When peO- pie talk of vultures scenting dead bodies they make a mistake. Lions. tigers. wolves. etc. can scent them at long distances. but vultures depend on their sense of sight
 The sense of smell is exceedingly del tcate If one ounce Of musk were di- viied into 15.OO0.OOO.O0O parts one of these infnitesimal parts would be per ceptfble by the average persons nose On the other hand. many people have no power to smell some substances. such as miguonette. vanilla. violets and prussic acid
 Taste is curious in the fact that diff fereat parts of the tongue appreciate different favorS. .tt the tip we per ceive sweet tastes best. at the sides acid tastes and at the back bitter tastes. Substances must be dissolved
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-18
PRINTERS BLuNDERs.
Comic Effects Frequent In the Days When Bad Copy Was the Rule.


 Typographical errors that produced weird or comical effects are described by the St Louis Republic in an article recalling the days when all of that newspapers type was set by hand, be- fore the introduction of typesetting machines, when the copy, instead of being typewriter, was turned over to the printer in an infinite variety of good. bad and indifferent chlrography.
 Comparatively few of the errors were allowed to contribute to the gay ety of the subscribers. as the majority were squelched in the house of cor rection," as the proofroom was face tiously termed. From a collection made by a proofreader the following instances of ridiculous misreading of copy are taken:
 His blushing bride" was trans formed into "his clustering bride"
 A captain was said to have served with destruction in the Confederate army" but the writer thought he wrote distinction"
 Two pictures entitled The Galley Slave" and Each In Their Turn" were referred to as The Galley I Love" and ''Enoch In Shin Town"
 Having in mind the influence of former citizens of the land of the shamrock upon the political destlnies of the town. what more natural than that the printer man should set up an Irish district court" where it had been the first district courtl-
 Professor Frank Gecks was men toned as having rendered violent se- lcctions" rather than .vioin selec- tions."
 Somebody was quoted as saying that "all the singing folks on the vaudevills stage have hundreds of wives.r but the copy. when carefully examined was found to read husbands or wives" and a sensation in the the atrical world was averted.
 They sailed for three days around, the cape and finally slaughtered q small Italian was corrected to read sighted q small island"
 On one occasion the reporter wrote of certain -dwarfed and hungered ehil- dren." who were made to appear per. haps more pathetic when the compost tor substituted the words ''doorfed and haezard"
 "IIe takes delight in taking on bis family shame" was a shameful thlnr to say about him. for ''favorite theme vas meant
 -fRed Gross Society wni Fight Cor bettT was the way the typesetter trans formed the copy conceruins a crusads against cholera
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-18
Tn. Silver Rabbit.

There Is q kind of rabbit whIeh abounds in Lincolnshire. England. and Is called the ssilver rabbit" Its fur Is of a delicate silvery gray. Although 1t is little prixed in England. It's skins are shipped in enormous numbers to different parts of Asia. especially Tar. tary and China. where the fur Is con sidered the Attest thing for mo1archs 10 wear. Only the richest can afford it there. So heavy Is the price de rnardad
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-18
hau .a ar..k c.la oui.llr-

In addition 10 the ordinary precan- tons to break . cold. such as taking a few grains of quinlne when first feli or six or ten drops of camphor on . lump of sugar if the cold he In the head. it fs well to live carefully til the disease k conquered Drink plenty of cosd water. est sparingiy. svold cof- fee ard other stfu1iants and be care ful nct to overfativse yourself cr ex- poss yourself 10 draffsL This does not mean. hovever. lying ia herueticzfly seaied roou1 as eosds ssuxI1y fes zo<e quickly if ore kas pssnu q fr-b r1<.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-18
A strorn Hint.

They had met for the first time since their schOoldsys and were telling each other of their professional careers
 And how did you come to leave the stageT asked one
 T had a hint that I was not suited for fl"
 T see. The little birds told you. ehY
 Well no. not exactly. But they might have been birds had thsy been allowed tp hatch"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-18
A Iem,n.

The Lady - Look here. You said that if I'd give you your dinner you'd nov the lawn fo- ne Tbe Hobo I'd ike to do if. zz'am. but I gotter teach yer a lesson Never trust tn word of q total sfrznzsr.-CIeTeIand Leader
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-18
Lsdylike.

You say you acted like a perfect lady throughoutT Sure. yer honor. When he tips his bat to me an me not knowin' him. I ups with a rock an caves In his face"-Houstun Post
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-18
Hshis.

Action repeated becomes habit Habit long continued becomes second nature. We are today what we were accustomed 10 do yesterday and the day before--Lyman Abbott
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-18
n. ErrIsnssIsn.

Him Cin the surfD-The water is get ting cold l wonder why.
 Her-Th7t tall girl vho just came tx is from BOston--New Orleans Times Democrat
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-18
Hsns.r. phiIs...hv.

Handel. when the curtain wouid rfse upon . nsariy empty house wculd say soothingiy to bis assocGates:
 -Ach ns-er mind: the muxsc wfl sound all the betfsr.T
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-18

There are two ways cf mesetnx . troub,e-eifher Eivs t 70 sftsnft1u sf sn o< girs 6 rr~st 6ezi of xft<.<5r. rruzp<iT<-Afrkzsru os1ha
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-18

!. Wealth is not hIs that has IL but his fhsf nicys it.-Frznkiln-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-18

EvH comes by taking of h-Trish Proverb.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-01-20
No order Today.

When She Goes TO tho Theaters
- ins; don't want any seats at all
anless they're good ones. The last
time | was here ! sat bcnlnd. post,
and / said right tlien that iSi never
come into the place again if-I think
,liope oyar there might DO Hunt
Ch4iifmt Mighty faahy how all the
good seats are mRen before the box Of
ice opets
no. don't want those. There's a
post IN the way, aud besides, the Wot-
shcrnamc family always sit there aud
chatter through the whole play Yes
there Is ] post too. guess I've been
ia this theater before wouldn't mind
tnose. but they're right by the bass
Nuni. and YOU cau't hear yourself talk
what Two dollars apiece for that
kind OF show? And not next to the
aisle. either Lots OF people say you
can see just as good and hear better
In the balcony. anyhow We'll, you
can give me those two down there
They're not as good as I'm used to
having. but guess No. I don't be-
lleve I'll take them, either
Cant you lay aside those two. and
those two, and those two for me. and
when decide III send my husband
around after them? Huh? We'll. /
think you're very accommodating
Whatg OF course want to buy seats.
Just you give me those two. young
man, without any comment OF any Kind.
Impertinentg'- indianapolis News
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-01-20

"Lend my dress sultg Not on your
lifer replied the man Il might get il
In the neck the way Corrigan did"
"Whot l,appencd to cOrrigapY'
''Well, two years ago fellow whom
he knew slightly borrowed Cofrigan's
dress suit 70 20 to Il dance NpSt thing
Corrlgan heard was trat The follow
had dropped dead or heaS disease.
Corrgan went 70 The fuueral TO 20 the
right thing When he rocked nto Tie
casEct he noticed the deceased bad on
his dress suit Tile uadcrtaker had
picked it out because i, was the only
dark suit ia the fellows warecobe-
Corrlgan wcpt sal toars wLen he saw
them lowering the coffin into the grave
That was his FIRST and last dress suit
He vowed he'd never get another
san Francisco Chronicle.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-01-20
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-01-20

II is very important and in fact is Is
absolutely necessary TO health that
we give relief TO the stomach promptly
at the first signs OF trouble Take
something once in a while; especi-
ally after meals; something like
KODOL for Dyspepsia and Indiges-
ton It viii enable your stomach to
do its work properly. Sold by c. r.
Renfro
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-01-20
THE CHILDREN LIKE 1T
EIENNEDY'S LAXATIVE
COUGH SYRUP
pidnll know !. c0uId Be p0ne.

II didn't sec You in church sunday
morning." said Mrs OldcastlC.
"No,o replied her hostess, toying
with her $500 solitaire. II was 50
nervous knew ! couldn't sit still II /
went So | gave up and laid in bed near
ly the whole morning"
"rhat was too bad. You ought TO
have been there. DR.. Mlggsworth eS-
coriatcd several Of our l9adlng tinan-
ciers, and considerable anger was cx-
hibited by some Of them."
as that so2 I didn't know they could
do such things in our church. ! s'posed
only the pope had that power."-Chi-
cago Record Herald.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-01-20

'YOar speech sounded fne," said the
attentive listener, but, do you know, /
can't remember half a dozen words
Of it,"
That's good" answered Senator So--
ghum. "The art Of speechmaking con-
slsts in pleasing the ear without fur
nishing any data for subsequent con
tradiction. .p-W Washington Star.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-01-20

Geddie-Dubley is publishing his
verses at his own expense. He calls
the book Wisdom In Fancy" Queer
title, isn't Il? Wise Yes, but it's pret.
~ near right. 40 be exact he should
call It "wisdom's lnfancy."-E Exchange
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-01-20

Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup
acts upon the bowles and thereby
drives the cold out of the system. It
contains no opiates-it is pleasant TO
take and is highly recommended for
children. Sold by c. r. RSNFRO.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-01-20
F you kNEW

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you would never suffer from kidney,
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two months treatment, sold by Drug
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ST Louis.