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TRANSPORTATION GUIDE.

CHESAPEAKE G Ohio RT
Fast Trains to Richmond and the
West.
Leave Newport News 1905 a. m.
5:25 pm. and S:45 pm.
Local Trains to Richmond
600 a. m; 5:45 p. IN.
Trains arrive Newport News, 1900
a. m., 1880 a. m. $3.50 p. M. 1920 p
m. and S:45 D. m.
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tention. Orders for delivery or the
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places of business may be made by
postal card or telephone.
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ORANGE AND LEMON GAME
Amusing Pastime for the Children
That Finally Develops Into .
Tun Of War.

Two of the players join hands, fac
ing each other. having agreed private
ly which is to be oranges" and which
Lemons" The rest of the party form
long line, standing one behind the
other, and holding each others dresses
or coats. The first two raise their
hands so as to form an arch, and the
rest run through it, singing as they
run:
"Oranges and Lemons,
Say the Bells Of St. Clements;
You owe me five farthings.
Say the bells Of St. Martin's:
When will you pay me?
Say the bells of Old Bailey.
I do not know,
Say the bells of Bow.
Here comes candle to light you to
bed
Here comes chopper to chop off
your head!"
At the word head" the hand arch
way descends, and clasps the player
passing through at that moment. He
is then asked In a whisper: Oranges
or Lemons?" And if he chooses "Or-
anges" he is told to 60 behind the
player who has agreed to be "Oranges"
and clasp him around the waist.
The players must be careful to
speak in a whisper, so that the others
must not know what has been said.
The game then goes on again in the
same way until all the children have
been caught and have chosen which
they will be, "Oranges" or Lemons"
When this happens the two sides pre-
pare for tug of war Each child
clasps the one in front of him tightly,
and the two leaders pull with all their
might until one side has drawn the
other across line which has been
drawn between them.
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&&EEZMEHTE ~ ZzzMESE
TWo-LEGGED DOG ON WHEELS
Body Behind Fore Legs Rests on a
Little Gig and Animal seampers
About Apparently Contented.

4 curious sight in the streets Of
one of the residence districts of vi
enna is a two-legged black water span.
1el. His owner, Frau Berta Hoflinger,
thinks he is more wonderful than the
two-legged dogs on exhibition be-
cause they were born 50. while her
pet had his hind legs amputated after
he had been "ruthlessly wounded by
11human huntsmen." After the
wounds had healed the woman con-
suited many people as how to provide
artificial legs for the pet. and finally
adopted the idea of a saddler, who
constructed little two-wheeler, by
means Of which the dog now moves
about. The body behind the fore
legs rests on the little gig, and the dog
scampers about, apparently perfectly
happy, contented with the wheels as
substitutes for the lost legs.
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LABOR ON POSTAGE STAMPS
Amount Of Work Necessary to Pre-.
pare Them In Proper Manner
Is Simply AMAZING.

We. take so many things for grant,
ed that at times, when we learn Of
the amount of trouble a simple-an-
pearing thing has cost. we are
amazed. For instance, how manv
when they glibly stick a postage
stamp on letter, think of the tron.
BILE that has been taken to put inst
the right amount of mucilaee on tho
stamp? And yet the labor and caro-
expended on the backs of stamns 10
considerable. It is a most delicate m.
Grafton.
After the printing great sheets Of
stamps are passed under a roller from
which they receive a thin COATING ~
gum; then they are gradually dried
over steam pipes. OF course care 10
taken to make the coating even. Tests
are hourly made to see that the hoo+
and humidity are exactly riph+
Then for each season of the vear
allowance must be made. A harder
gum for summer, a thinner one for
winter. In winter the gum is ant tn
crack and care must be taken to nre.
vent that. A third grade for spring
and fall gum Is known as .1nterme.
diate.'' So you see even so small a
thing as a postage stamp is an item
Of interest in the country's workshop.
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Arab Women Little Priced.

There is not much romance a.
tached to Arab courtship. Despite
songs and legends to the contrary, It
is often true that the Arabs don't
think much of their women. Propos.
ais are made by Intermediates, and
not necessarily on love basis. Lit
tie can be expected from a people
whose proverbs include, There Is
only one soul among ten women" II
love thee as my soul and beat thee
as my cloak" and Marriage is jcy
for {. month and sorrow for a life
time. and the paying of settlements,
and the breaking of ones back, and
the listening to woman's tongue :"
At the betrothal of a couple among
certain Arab tribes the old folk have
to be there, and the lover and his
sweetheart meet before them and
stroke each others faces. Hugging is
strictly prohibited. kissing is not al
lowed, and at the ceremonial parting
the young man merely lays his hand
lightly on the young woman's head.
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HORATIO AND CURIATIUS

al trophy. and was carried back to
Rome on the upraised shields of his
applauding comrades. He had saved
the day for his city.
Horatia. with the other Roman
women, had been watching for the
army's return. AS her brother was
borne in triumph through the gates
she saw the cloak about his shoulders
and knew what had befallen her lover.
Bursting through the cheering crowd,
she barred the victor's way. Weep
k;,,.d FIR ing and with dis
love,. sak. hevelled hair, she
solemn]y cursed
him for the death of Curiatius.
Horatius, the fury of battle still
upon him, drew his sword, that yet
reeked with Curiatus' blood. and
stabbed Horatia to the heart, shout
ing:
$50 perish all who mourn their
country's foes!"
In an instant the triumphal process
sion was changed to throng Of
angry soldiers and townsfolk clamor-
ing for the murderer's blood. Horatius
WAS dragged before the judges. They
condemned him to be whipped to
death. But in recognition of his bat
tie record it was later decided that y
heavy fine and public humiliation
would suffice as punishment.
Horatia's body lay unburied where
it had fallen until passersby piled q
heap of stones above it to mark the
last resting place of the woman who
had dared to place love before patriot.-
ISM
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Transmitting PhotoQraphs.

A new method of transmitting pho,
tographs to distance has recently
been devised. A gelatine negative is
used, in which the picture is formed
in relief. A stylus travels over the
uneven surface of the negative and
operates rheostat in the main line.
At the receiving station a luminous
ray plays over sensitized plate, and
the intensity of its light is varied by
the rheostat The reliefs and hollows
Of the original are thus reproduced in
light and shadow on the sensitized
medium, and form the picture. This
method of transmitting pictures was
recently tried with success on the linz
between Paris and ~Lyons.
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GREAT LOVE STORIES
OF HISTORY G.
Paris and Helen, and the Siefe of Troy
Copyright BY The Author.)
BY ALBERT PAYSON TERI1UNE

Gloriously beautiful red-haired
creek princess, Helen of Argos,
was called upon. about 3,100 years ago,
10 choose husband She was the fair
est woman In all Greece. Nearly every
Greek king and nobleman was suitor
for her hand.
greece In those days was cut up
into many small safes, each with
KING OF it's own. It needed little to
set these states at war with one an.
other. So Ulysses, wisest of all the
petty monarchs, suggested that each
suitor not only pledge himself to sub
init to Helen's choice, but VOW also
20 defend her (and the husband she
might choose) against any foes. This
plan was meant to ward off war. 1t
had just the opposite effect.
Helen's choice fell upon Menelaus,
king of Sparta. The other suitors
went back to their homes in anger;
but kept their oath not to molest the
lucky man. A short time later royal
visitor came to the court of Meme
laus. This was Paris, one of the %
sons of old King Priam of Troy. Meme
laus was rough soldier. Paris was
handsome, graceful and what would
now be called a "woman's man." He
and Helen fell in love with each other
at sight. In those days there were
several ways in which a man might
legally win wife. He might ask the
hand of an unmarried girl; he might
marry another mans wife by chal-
longing her husband and killing him
The STEALING o, in fair fight Or
A.,., he might carry of
such wife, mar
ry her and defend her and himself
against her pursuing husband. Paris
chose the last named course. Fight
ing was not his strong point.
He kidnapped Helen and took her
by sea to his fathers great walled
city of Troy, In northwestern Asia
Minor, at the mouth of the Hellespont.
He knew that the warlike Trojans
could easily protect him from any
Spartan army. But he did not reckon
upon the oath sworn by Helen's suit
ors. BY the TERMS of this oath nearly
every monarch in Greece joined Meme
laus in avenging the theft of the lat
ter's wife. The combined Greciali
armies, under command of Menelaus'
brother Agamemnon, King of Myce-
nae, sailed for Asia Minor and laid
siege to Troy. The debt incurred by
Paris in stealing Helen was destined
to be paid in the blood of thousands
Of innocent men.
Helen, meanwhile, had been cor.
daily welcomed at Troy. She and
Paris were married there with splen.
did ceremonies. They embarked on a
life of Oriental luxury that delighted
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the frivolous girl, who had hitherto
known nothing more gay than the
meagre, rigorous plainness of the
Spartan court. But their dream of
bliss was short lived. An army Of
100000 Greeks encamped outside the
Trojan walls about 1884 D. c., and
laid siege tt, the city. The Trojans
admiration for their princes pretty
Greek bride suddenly changed to
wrath. For they saw she had brought
upon them a deadly war. Neverthe.
less, they loyalty refused to give up
Helen at Menelaus' demand, and pre-.
pared to defend their city against the
invader4
For ten long years the war dragged
on witk varying fortunes. (To while
away the time between conflicts the
game Ct checkers is said to have been
amedes, Greek.) Menelaus more
than once urged Paris to end the use.
less bloodshed by coming forth and
fighting him, man to man. It was far
pleasanter to stay at home with his
beautiful wife than face the man he
had wronged. At last, urged by his
elder brother, Hector, Paris consented
to the duel. He and Menelaus fought
in the presence Of both armies, Helen
looking on from the city wall. Paris
was overcome and barely escaped
death at the hands of his foe.
Not long afterward while lowering
in the rear ranks of battle Paris was
struck and slain by an arrow. His
brother Deiphobus then married Helen.
who does not seem to have grieved
greatly over Paris death. The Greeks,
failing to carry Troy by assault, re.
sorted to tragedy. They pretended tn
sail away, leaving on the seashore a
huge wooden horse. The Trojans,
thinking this horse an idol, bore it in.
to the town. Withing the wooden an.
imal several
80. Greeks were hid.
den. That night
they crept out and opened the gates
of Troy to their returning comrades.
The city was sacked and utterly de.
stroyed by fire. The inhabitants were
massacred, men, women and children
alike.
Helen was rescued and carried back
to Sparta by Menelaus, who freely for.
gave her desertion. But the other
Spartas were less merciful to the WON.
an who had brought such misfortunes
to their country. When Menelaus died
they drove her away. She fed ia
Rhodes for refuge The queen of that
island. jealous Of Helen's loveliness
| and fame, murdered her.
Thus ended the strange career os q
woman whose beauty had destroyed
! one nation and nearly ruined another.
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GAME OF FORBIDDEN LETTER
Interesting Amusement That Any
Number Can Participate Init
Is Also Very Instructive.

The idea of this game is to try
how many sentences can be spoken
without containing a certain letter
which has been agreed upon. Suppos-
ing, for instance. the letter "f'' is not
to be introduced, the first player
might ask: rs this a new game to
you?" The second player could an
swer: "Oh, no! I played it years ago
when quite youngster.'
He would perhaps turn to the third
player and ask: "You remember it, do
you not?" The third player might an
swer:
Eyes, but we used to play it differ
entity" This player, having used q
word with an "f'' in it, must pay a
forfeit and remain out
The answers must be given at once
without hesitation, and the player
who avoids for the greatest length of
time using a word containing the for.
hidden letter wins the game.
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Aorat1a was the daughter OF noble
Roman family, in the ancient days
when Rome was a small city and
ruled by line of Kings. The nearby
city Of Alba Longa was Rome's chief
rival for the supremacy of that part
of Italy. In Alba Longa lived a young
nobleman named Curiatius, who had
won Horatia's love. The two were be-
trothed.
The girl had, with her own hands,
woven for her lover a rich cloak Of
many bright colors. This cloak was
the envy of the rough Albans and was
the dearest possession of young Curl
atius.
The king of Rome was Tullius Hos
titus, a warlike sovereign, who de-
sired to make his city the strongest in
all Italy. He began by declaring war
on Alba Longa. A few border skir-
mishes started the kostilities. Then
an Alban army under King Cluilius
marched against Rome. Tullus and
the Roman troops went out to meet
the invaders and the two opposing
armies drew up in battle line, waiting
their leaders orders to begin the con-
fict.
Then 1t was that the Alban king.
Cluilius, sent messenger to Tullus
A strano. with the follow
rr;nIe Dve, ing proposal: He
said it was use
less to sacrifice many lives in warfare
when a smaller number might serve
the purpose just al we'll. He there
fore suggested that each side select
three champions, and that these six
men fight to the death. The army
whose three representatives should be
slain was to be declared defeated
without further battle.
The idea appealed to Tulius. He &C.
cepted the challenge and chose for
Rome's champions Horatia's three
brothers, known as "the Horatii."
Cluilius selected young Curiatius and
the latter's two brothers to fight for
Alba Longa. Curiatius was thus forced
to contend for his life and the honor
Of his native city against the brothers
Of the girl he loved.
The three "HOratu and the three
"Curiatii" put on their armor and
marched out into great open space
between the two waiting a-mies. There
the strange triple duel began. For a
long time the fight waged and the is.
sue hung in doubt. O4e after an
other, at last, all three ef the Curiatii
were badly wounded. Two of the
Horatii were slain Outright. To the
surprise o: both armieS, the third OF
the Horatii turned ana fled. He was
still unwounded. as ne was known
to be brave man. no one could un-
derstand his flight.
But the rise was soon explained.
The three wounded c"uriatii pursued
him fiercely. They lid not keep to-
gether, but strung out" some dis
tance apart in the ci.:se. AS soon as
they were so far .p:-st that they could
no longer assist cacL other, Horatius
suddenly turned upon the one who
was nearest to b'r:. Rushing at the
wounded, tired E%n, he killed him
with one blow of lis sword. Then, in
the same way, he attacked and slew
in succession the second and third Of
the Curiatii.
Dragging from the body Of his SIS
ter's dead lover the gorgeous cloak
the girl had woven, ,Horatius threw
the garment about his own shoulders.
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"Piq in the ParIor" Inns.

In China there are many inns where
there is shelter for man and beast
without regard to whether you are
man or beast. Animals belonging to
the pack trains, men who drive them
and the traveller who may chance
upon one of these democratic inns, lie
down-not in peace-but in confusion
together. The Praying of asses,
believing Of oxen, bleating of camels
and snores of exhausted mankind, all
rise together. An American traveller
may indeed be thankful that railroads
are doing away with pack trains. and
that soon these queer inns will have
no reason for exiOHqG.
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And There Are Others.

V1tO tOS6o 1%T0 OIH0USs
The cook had been called away to a
sick sister, and so the newly wed mis-
tress of the house undertook, with the
aid of the maid, to get the Sunday
luncheon. The little maid, who had
been struggling in the kitchen with a
coffee mill that would not work, con.
fessed that she had forgotten to wash
the lettuce.
"Well, never mind, Pearl. Go on
with the coffee and I'll do it," said the
considerate mistress. "Where do they
keep the soap?"
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Secret of happiness.

I have lived to know that the great
secret Of human happiness is this:
Never suffer your energies to stag
nate. The old adage of "too many
Irons in the fire" conveys an untruth
you cannot have too many-poker,
tongs and all-keep them going
Adam Clark.
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Thrifty.

II have heard a good many storie.
illustrating thrift" remarked a New
Yorker, but the janitor of some new
steam-heated fats told me one thai
beat them ALL On Sundays the ten
ants have a great many visitors, and
the janitor discovered that these Wis.
itors paid the tenants two cents each
for the privilege of taking a hos oath:
i've cents they did not brig thsiz
own 1owqasS' .s:..3 ...zs; :-.,. - :
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HoW's This?

We offer Ono Hundred Dollars Reward for any
ease Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by HAl'e
Catarrh Cure.
F.J CHENEY CO., Toledo, O.
We. the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney
for the last IS years. and believe him perfectly hon
orable In all business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made BY his nrm.
WALDINo K1NNAN 4 MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. O.
Halls Cat8rrh Cure b taken internally. acting
system. Testimonials sent free Price IS osate pss
bottle. Sold by all Druggists
Take Hairs Family Pills for constipation.
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BREAD THAT GROWS ON TREES
Cultivated In South America
10 Bio Ball.

Raconteurs Of strange adventures
have made the bread fruit famous.
their heroes always find it at the mo-
ment when they are about to die Of
hunger. AS result, it is thought
generally to be an extraordinary
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vegetable. Really it 10 a common
enough tree. 1t is cultivated in
Oceanica and the Antilles and in
South America Its fruit is a big
greenish ball, which grows about as
large as the human head.
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Young man, beware of the peach
who is the apple of your eye. She may
prove to be lemon.
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Parental LOYALTY

did the father Of the bride give
her away?"
Far from it. He told the bride.
groom that she had the disposition of
an angel"
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UNIQUE OPTICAL ILLUSION
No One Would at First Suppose That
tho Four Lines Arc Perfectly
Straight.

Are these four lines perfectly
straight?
No one would suppose at first sight
that they are perfectly straight and
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Some people assume that hearing Is
Just as good as seeing.
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HAVE YOU CHILBLAINS3
6 80, you will welcome Perry Davis Painkiler Will
its soothing and healing effect Equally good for rheu
matism, ,lumbagO frost bites In 2c &c. SOC bottles
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WE SELL GUNS AND TRAPS CHEAF
N. w. Hide & Fur Co., Minneapolis. MINI
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parallel, but they will stand the test
of a straight edge. The divergent
rays distract the vision.
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FREED At LAST +'
: rs ~
From tie Awful Torturel Of kidney
I Disease.

Ars. Rachel 1vie, Henrietta, Texas,
says: II would be ungrateful II I did
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He WOULDN'T SMOKE

Kind Man-My boy, aren't you
ashamed to be seen smoking at such
young age?
The Kid-Aw, amt smoking. I'm
only keeping dis pill lit fer a fellow
wots gone on an errand.
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Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softens tho gurus reduces IN
esmmation, aays pain, cures wind collie. 2c bottle
Smith-So the will was read?
Jones-Yes; but the air was blue.
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not tell what Doan's
Kidney Pills have
done for me. Fifteen
years kidney trouble
clung to me, my ex-
tstence was one Of
misery and for two
whole years I was un.
able tn. ~. ont If the
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house. My back ached all the time and
was utterly weak, unable at times to
walk without assistance. The kidney
secretfons were very irregular. Doan's
Kidney Pills restored me to good
health, and am able to do as much
work as the average woman, though
nearly eighty years DID,"
Remember the name-Doan's. Sold
by all dealers. so cents a box. Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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Ingenious Student Of Holy Scrip
tures Cemposes Biblical Statis-
tics in Novel Form.

4 student Of holy writ has CON-
posed biblical statistics in this novel
form:
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Book
Of Esther. It
contains knowledge
wisdom, holiness and love,

The composition is called by its au.
thor 'The Tree of KNOWLEDGE"
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TREE FULL OF BIBLE LORE

TREE FULL OF Bible LORE
ingenious Student Of Holy Scrip
tures cemposes Biblical Statis-
tics in Novel Form.
posed biblical statistics in this novel
form:
The
Bible con-
tains 3, ,566, ,4S0
letters, 810,697
words, 31.175 ver-
ses. 1.1S9 chapters
and 66 books. The
longest chapter is the
1l9th Psalm: the shortest
and middle chapter the 117th
Psalm. The middle verse is
the Sth Of the 11Sth Psalm. The
longest name Is in the 8th chapter
Of Isaiah. The word "and" occurs 46.
627 times: the word Lord 1856 times
The 37th chapterof Isaiah and the 18th
chapter Of the I'd Book of Kings are
alike. The longest verse is the 9th OF the
sth chapter of Esther; the shortest verse
is the 35th of the 11th chapter of John.
In the Est verse Of the 7th chap
ter of Ezra is the alphabet.
The finest piece Of reading
Is the 26th chapter of Acts,
The name of God Is not
mentioned in
the
Book
Of Esther. It
contains KNOWLEDGE
wisdom, holiness and love.
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szo.25 to Cincinnati, Ohio, and Return,
Baltimore and Ohio r. r. June 19 to ~,
valid for return to 18th. Consult agents.
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