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a Famous Emerald.

The emerald is mentioned by st.
John in his Apocalypse. An emer-
aid of inestimable value ornament
ed the oezel of the ring Of Poly
crates, king of Samos. That mon
arch, having been all his life ia
vored by fortune, determined to put
his luck to severe test. He threw
the ring into the sea. The next day
he went fishing. The record of that
days sport still remains unbroken.
His majesty caught ii fine fish, and
inside of the fish he found his ring.
That happened in the year $50 of
the foundation of Rome, and the
ring, considered as talisman, was
placed among the royal treasures of
the temple of Concord.
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ConkIind and Thurman.

Senator Roscoe Conkllng was once
addressing the senate in an impassion-
ed manner and seemed TO direct his
remarks to Senator Thurman Al
length the latter got irritated.
docs the senator from New YORK,
he roared, expect me to answer him
every time he turns TO meT'
For a moment Mr.. Conkllng besitat-
ed, and everybody expected terrific
explosion. Then. with an air Of ex-
quisite courtesy, he replied:
when / speak Of the law I turn to
the senator from Ohio as the Mnssul-
man turns toward Mecca. ! turn TO
him as I do to the English common
law as the worlds most copious foun-
tain Of human Jurisprudence"
The usually decorous senate broke
into a storm of applause. and the
Thurman eye moistened little. The
two statesmen were The best or
friends and greatly enjoyed each 9TH
ers society when ''off duty"
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SpectacIes of the Aztecs.

A traveller in Mexico who visited
some ancient Aztec ruins tells US Of
the tomb of a great chief on which
was sculptured the head of a man
wearing spectacles. These were
fastened on in precisely the way
common to US. In those prehistoric
days glass had not been invented,
so the spectacles could only be in
tended for protection against weap-
ons of war, probably arrows or
spears. This ancient Aztec warrior
evidently wore his spectacles for
such purpose, as they were made
of solid material with only small
mole left for the purpose of sight.
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Live Stock Notes.

The first cross animal in swine breed
ing makes good feeder. 1t is also well
known that if crossbreeding is carried
further than the first cross one rap
idly runs into inferior stock.
Try how the frosted bride bits feel
in your own mouth some of these crisp
mornings and you'll warm them up the
next time before putting them in the
dumb, helpless horses mouth.
Good bedding is not only comfortable
and beneficial to the stock. but it alb
serbs many juices and liquids which
otherwise would be lest, retaining them
to be deposited on the fields as valu
able fertilizers.
In winter as much variety should be
furnished the pigs and cows as pos
sible. They need some roughare. They
will eat clover hay and cornstalks.
Pigs intended for market should
weigh between $50 and 800 pounds al
ten months of age or less. To make
this weight they must be pushed from
birth to market day.
Sheep are the greatest fertilizers Of
all the farm stock. The old saying
that the hoof Of the sheep is COLDER
Is true enough. Sheep return to the
soil so per cent of fertility from the
food eaten.
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GARDEN SEED TESTING.
IL Is Important to Know terminating
Qualities of Stock.

" 10 important 20 Know terminating
Qualities of Stock.
AS rule, American gardeners pay
very little attention to seed testing,
depending mostly upon the seeds they
buy as being strong and fresh. How
ever, very often considerable quaint
ties of seed are carried ever from one
season to another, and these are Of
more value than any new supplies. be-
cause we have proved them by actual
cropping on our land and under our
conditions. Hence it is very inpor
tant to know the terminating qualities
of such stock to avoid losses or delays.
There are several methods of seed
testing in common use-placing seeds
between layers of moist cloth, sowing
In sand and sowing into ground. Each
has its proper place and time. How
ever, unless test is carefully carried
out 1t is worthless Thus the opera
tor must know the degree Of heat and
amount Of moisture most suitable. The
same treatment will not do for all.
We must try to get as near as possible
at natural conditions.
seeds are very difficult to sprout in
winter, and the nearer we approach
their natural sprouting season the bet
ter the test, while others again re: =
to sprout in great heat, such as the
summer months. Thus we see test
made out Of season may prove entirely
worthless or, worse than that. very
misleading.
During the winter months the sand
test is the best, as seeds sprout more
readily in clean sand than in moist
earth, and the sand gives enough root
action to allow us to judge of the
strength Of the young plSnts, which
the moist cloth test does not permit
The depth at which seeds should be
tested must be decided upon according
to season. Thus in the dark winter
months very little covering is permits
sible, while later on more covering is
needed to allow for higher tempera-
lures and rapid OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ing.
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ROYAL Jewels In Pawn.

The ex-Sultan Abdul AZiz pawncd all
his crown jewels for a million francs
at the Mont de Piete at Paris, and
they were only just redeemed by the
Moorish government in time to pre-
vent their being sold among other I'M
redeemed goods.
The sword of state, which is regard
ed in Servia as a sacred relic, was also
pawned by a former king. while one
well known European monarch found
himself In such straitened circum-
stances that the famous house of At
tenborough once temporarily had pos
session of all his old silver.
Queen Isabella was. however. the
most famous royalty who made no
secret Of the fact that she raised mon
ey upon the security of the portraits
Of her ancestors. which hung on the
walls at the palace Cattle, her Pari-
sian home. The royal lady often de-
clared how deeply she was indebted to
her royal fOrbears for coming to her
rescue and helping her out of her iinan-
cial predicaments-Lon NJ. A. L.
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1t Is not SO much being exempt from
faults as having overcome them that
Is an advantage to us.
Tho Road to Success.

Just tack this up somewhere where
you can see it:
Success consists in getting out OF
yourself everything that's in you. 1t
does not consist in doing almost quite
as much or little more than the 9TH
er fellow. What the other fellow does
doesn't amount to n dent in a door
knob so far as you are concerned.
The fact that he succeeds by laying
an Atlantic cable. building an Einel
tower. inventing wireless telegraphy or
cornering the worlds supply of oil
doesn't make you n failure because you
haven't got enough ready money to
buy an automobile. You're successful
when you put to some useful purpose
every ounce of energy, every grain Of
gray matter. every mite of muscle that
you've got You're successful when
you've developed all there is to you
and have given that to the world
Pittsburg Gazette-Times.
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THERMOMETER TUBES.
To Be Accurate They Must Be Abso.
IuteIy Without Flaws

In making accurate thermome-
tiers the glass tubing is first drawn
out to great lengths. These lengths
are then cut into pieces about four
feet long, known as canes. These
are carefully examined for flaws.
Not more than four or FIVE out of
hundred of these canes are found
perfect. The rest are destroyed.
and that is why thoroughly accu-
rate thermometers cost so much.
The bore of thermometer is finer
than the diameter of hair, but it
looks much larger than it really is
on account of the magnifying lens
front Of the tube. To make the
bulb one end of this slender hollow
glass rod IS heated in a blowpipe
and is formed by expanding the
molten glass by blowing through
the open end of the tube.
The size Of the bore determines
the capacity of the bulb. The rule
is that the capacity of the latter
must be 900 times as great as that
of the former Getting the mercury
into the bulb is the next process
and is comparatively simple. The
bulb is heated so as TO expand the
air it contains and then inverted
with the end Of the tube in dish
of mercury. As the expanded air
cools it contracts, forms Il partial
vacuum, and the mercury is drawn
into the tube. The operation is con-
tinued until the tube and the bulb
are filled to the proper point Then
the tube is roasted in hot sand to
expel every particle of moisture
When it las thoroughly cooled the
bulb is plunged into cracked ice to
drive the mercury to a low point,
and then the finishing of the tube
begins by blowing a flame across the
point near the top where it is de-
sired to cut it of. 1t is drawn out
very thin. but minute hole is left
| in the center. Then the bulb is
heated again until the mercury fills
the tube and drop Of it is forced
out, thus displacing all the air orig
inally in the tube and the bulb. The
top is then sealed and the hook
drawn which secures the bulb to the
scale.
Making a thermometer is all hand
work. They have never been able
to make them by machinery. One
of the largest manufacturers of
thermometers in America said re-
Gently: eff all thermometer tubes
could be made with the same size
bore, if all could be made with the
same capacity bulb, if all could be
made without taking into account
the personal equation Of the work
men-then, and then only, could
the operation of thermometer man
ufacture be made mechanical. -
New York Press.
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Official Oath In Siam,

If any form of oath IS calculated to
impress one. that which is prescribed
to the state officials of Siam is likely
SO to do. Each official on taking the
oath of office has to say: May the
blood flow from my veins; may croco
dies devOur me; may | be condemned
to carry water TO the flames of hell in
vessels without bottoms; after death
may l enter into the body Of 4 slave;
may l suffer the harshest treatments
during all time in years as numerous
as the sands of all the seas; may
be reborn deaf, dumb and blind and
afflicted with dire maladies; may l
alsO~be thrown into Narok-the lower
regions-and tortured by Prea Yam If
l break this oath"
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Grant and Pickett

New evidence that the great men
are the true men-true to themselves.
10 their country and to their friends
appears in a story told in Colonel Mich
olaS Smiths book, Grant, the Man OF
Mystery"
While Grant was president General
q. L. Pickett, who led the fatal charge
against the Union forces the last day
at Gettysburg, called at the White
House to pay his respects. Grant knew
that his old comrade at West Point
had been made poor man by the
war and offered him the marshalship
OF Virginia. While sorely needing help,
General Pickett knew the heavy draft
made upon the president by Office seek
erS.
You can't afford to do this for me-"
he said, land l can't afford to take it."
Il can afford to do anything please
that is right" Grant replied quietly.
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A Hard Hearted People.

Filial piety finds no place in Tibetan
character. 1t is no uncommon thing
for a son to turn his father, when too
old for work, out OF doors and to leave
him to perish in the cold. The supersti-
ton that the souls of the dead can,
If they will, haunt the living drives
their hardened natures to gain by the
exercise of cruelty the promise of the
dying that they will not return to
earth. AS death approaches the dying
person is asked, "Will you come back
or will you not?" If he replies that
he will they pull leather bag over
his head and smother him. If he says
he will not he is allowed to die in
peace.
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A Wonderful Clock.

A remarkably complicated clock is
that Of the Beauvais cathedral. 1t is
said to be composed of 1900 separate
pieces, according to a French state
ment One sees on the fifty-two dial
plates the hour, the day, the week and
the month, the rising, the setting OF
the sun, the phases of the moon. the
tides, the time IN the principal capitals
Of the world. together with series Of
terrestrial and astronomical evolutions-
The framework is of carved oak by
8 meters, or % by 1914 feet When the
clock strikes all the edifice seems In
movement The designer wished TO de-
pict the last judgment This wonder
full clock Is the work OF a Beauvaisian.
NJ. Verite. He died In 1SSI-Harper' 8
Weekly.
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He Obeyed Orders.

General Dabney II. Maury In his
"1ncidents OF General T. ]. Jackson"
says that when the war between the
states broke out Jackson was the pro-
lessor Of mathematics at the Military
College Of the South. He wished
strongly to take command OF n cadet
corps, but the heads of the institu-
ton were DESTROYS to have him cor
tnue his teaching. Governor Wise
called out the state troops and ordered
that corps of cadets be held ready
for immediate service. Jackson. thea
major, reported at once ut the guard
room as ready for duty. General
Smith said:
"Major Jackson, you will remain rs
you are until further orders"
Jackson at that moment was sitting
on q camp stool In the guardroom with
his saber across his knees. At reveille
the next morning he was found in the
same position.
"Why, major, why are you here?" ex
claimed General Smith.
Because last night you ordered me
to remain where l was" was the reply.
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Mournino In Korea.

Koreans wear full mourning for
their fathers. The dress is Of hemp
cloth, with a hempen girdle. A
face shield is used to show that the
wearer is a sinner and must not
speak to any one unless addressed.
The costume is retained for three
years, the shield for three months.
This is worn for a father only.
Secondary mourning is worn for a
mother and no mourning at all for
a wife. The hat is of wickor. Dur
ing the China-Japanese war the
United States minister ordered ev-
cry American citizen to have in
readiness a dress of this sort for
disguise in case of flight.
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CURIOUS WAY TO WRITE.
Balzae's Copy Locked Like a chiId's
Drawing of Fireworks.

Some writer's apply the gospel Of
Infinite pains from the first mo-
ment of their conception of a plot
| down to the last revision of the
page proofs. Balzac was one of
these, says Frederic Taber Cooper
IN the Bookman His cratic and
labored methods of revision as re-
corded by Theophile Gautier in
his PORTRAITS Contemporaries" are
such an interesting object lesson of
the extent to which the fever of re-
vision may be carried that it seems
worth while to quote him here rath-
er extensively:
His method of proceeding was
as follows: When he had long borne
and lived subject he wrote, in a
rapid, uneven, blotted, almost HER
oglyphic writing, a species of out
line on several pages. These pages
went to the printing Office, from
which they were returned in plac-
ards-that is to say, in detached
columns in the center of large
sheets.
|FHe read these proofs attentive
ly, for they already gave to his en-
bryo work that impersonal charac-
ter which manuscript never pos
sesses, and he applied to this first
sketch the great critical faculty
with which he was gifted precisely
as though he were judging another
mans work.
s'Then he began operations APP
proving or disappearing, he main
tanned or corrected; but, above all,
he added. After some hours the
paper might have been taken for a
drawing of fireworks by a child.
Rockets, darting from the original
text, exploded on all sides. Then
there were crosses-simple crosses,
crosses recrossed like those Of a
blazon, stars, SUNS, Arabic figures,
letters, Greek, Roman or French, all
imaginable signs, mingled with era
sures.
"Strips of paper, fastened on by
waters or pins, we're added to the
insufficient margins and were rayed
with lines of writing, very fine to
save room and full themselves OF
erasures, for correction was hard
ly made before that again was cor
rected.
''The following day the proofs
came back, the bulk, of course, dou-
bled. Balzac set to work again, al
ways simplifying.
soften this tremendous labor
ended with an intensity of atten-
ton, a clearness of perception, OF
which he alone was capable. He
would see that the thought was
warped by the execution; that an
episode predominated; that figure
which he meant should be second
airy for the general effect was pro.
jecting out of its plan. Then with
one stroke of his pen he bravely
annihilated the result of four OF
five nights of labor He was heroic
at such times"
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(From bulletin of Kansas State Agricul-
tural college experiment station.l
dirt, with it's accompanying bacteria,
produces typical cases of staggers.
The extract of such corn is rapidly
fatal to rabbits.
Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus niger
and RhiZOpuS nfgricans (moldSD have
been found abundantly on the corn
only in localities which lose horses
from staggers.,
Corn containing any molds should be
thoroughly cleaned or "foated" before
feeding.
Mixing corn with bran ard oats
seems to lessen the danger.
Treatment to be effective must be
begun early.
During the course of investigations
It was found that in some localities
cases which were reported as staggers
were in reality typical cases of para.
sitism produced in horses by the pail
SADIE worm in the intestines and blood
vessels, the error arising from the SIM
ilarity Of some of the symptoms of
the two diseases.
The observations have not been suf-
fciently extensive to determine the re-
lation between staggers and the so
called cornstalk disease. The latter is
the name popularity applied to many
disorders Of the digestive tract in cat
tie and horses, some of which are
clearly not the result of any poison or
toxin. 1t seems that neither the sea-
sons nor the localities in which many
cattle have died in the stalk fields co.
incide with those in which severe out
breaks Of staggers in horses have oc-
Cured.
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a Vanished Island.

Volcanic islands have frequently ap-
peared and disappeared in the various
oceans. A British man-of-war once
was sailing near where such an event
took place. and its crew had chance
to witness that seldom seen occur
renee, the birth Of an Island As soon
as 1t was possible the British captain
landed and formally annexed the new
land to the British empire. Then he
hoisted the union jack and sailed
away. He expected 10 be knighted for
his enterprise, but when another ship
was sent out TO take a lack at the is
land and report upon its availability
as naval post for Supplying passing
ships the ROW found island had van
ished entirety
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Miles Grave.

(which is the deepest, the longest,
the broadcast and the smallest grave
In the churchyard?" said pedestrian
to his companion while meditating
among the tombs in the burying ground
at Esher.
why" replied his companion, sit
Is that in which poor Miles Button lies
buried, for it contains Miles below the
sod, Miles in length and Miles in
breadth, and yet, after all, it is but
Button hole "-Pearson's Weekly.
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Peppered Ice Cream

There's pepper in that" said & res
ut waiter, pointing to a small
silver shaker he had placed beside a
heaping dish of Ice cream he was car
ring to guest. Sure, it's to put on
the ice cream, too" he replied when
an inquirer failed to see the connec-
ton between the two.
Lots of folks want to put pepper
on their ices. You see, if mans
stomach is sensitive the cold cream
hurts him, but pepper is stimulating
enough to overcome the effects Of the
CoId. And the funny thing is that you
uont taste the pepper at all The ice
cream Is so cold that 1t kills the 9TH
ct. If you don't believe it I'll give
you some with pepper, and you'll find
mat there's no taste of pepper there
at all"
mere wasn't.-New York Sun.
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A Fierce Night Alarm

Is the hoarse, startling cough OF a child
suddenly attacked by Group. Often it
aroused Lewis Chamblin of Manchester, O.,
Or. R. No. p ior their four children were
greatly subject to Group. Some times in
severe attacks" he wrote I'VE were afraid
they would die, but since we proved what
certa n remedy DR.. Kings New Discovery is,
We have no fear. We rely on it for Group
and for coughs, colds or any throat or lung
trouble. So do thousands of Others. So
may you. Asthma, Hay Fever, La Grippe
Whooping Cough, Hemorrhages fly before
it 5Oci and 81. 60. Trial bottle free. Sold
by Melville Dorsey.
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Taken at His Word,

When dealing with black servants
in India it is necessary to be very
careful in the wording of ones in
structions, for they are sometimes
taken literally. A missionary voy-
aging on a river boat with primitive
accommodations was compelled 10
use a bucket as a washbowl. One
morning his boy servant was bring
ing the bucket to his master when
he spilled some of it over the lat
ter's feet. "Why don't you throw it
all over me?" said the missionary
irritably. "Ahaw exclaimed the boz
and promptly did so.
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The Saints larder.

Not much is known in this country
of st. Corentin, but Quimper, where he
dwelt, cherishes legend of him. Ac-
cording to the version given by Mary
Atkinson in a Chateau In Brittany"
God, pleased with his life Of devo-
ton, provided his food. A little fish
swan to him every day, presenting
its side that the hermit might cut
away a sufficient portion for his needs.
As soon as it was thrown Lack into
the water the fish became Immediately
whole again, with no faintest trace OF
the cut"
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Great Painters of oIden Time.


The two most celebrated painters
of antiquity were Apelies and Zeux-
is, both Greeks. Apelles was born
at Calophon and was contempt
rary of Alexander the Great. 1t is
said that one day while Alexander
was looking at a painting of horse
by Apelles and making some sharp
criticisms upon it horse neighed
toward the picture, whereupon
Apelles remarked that the horse
knew more of art than the king.
His work was almost as natural as
nature itself. And to Apeiles Zeuxis
was a "close second" 1t is said that
Zeuxis painted cherries so perfectly
that the birds pecked at them,
thinking them real.
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'Iet me sell you "a galvanized
hatrack," said the nervy peddler.
"Got a dozen hatracks now"
growled the grouchy suburbanite.
'How about Il combination whisk
broom and toothbrush ?"
Gone in the garrett"
FFLet me show you an ostrich in
cubator
"Get away from here or I'll mop
the floor up with you"
And the agent opened his yellow
satchel.
"Why, my dear sir, such strenu-
GUS exercise on a warm day is high
1y injurious. Let me sell you one OF
the greatest floor mops in seven
states
But just then the bulldog got
loose.-Chicago News.
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A LIGHTNING Change Artist.

The rapdity with which chameleons
change their color is marvellous. You
gather one from an outdoor shrub and
it Immediately becomes dark, almost
black, kissing and with its mouth wide
open, threatening to bite Meanwhile
it is never still, but continues to crawl
upward whenever possible-up you, up
your sleeve, always upward. BY de-
grees the angry black changes Into
whatever color is nearest. IL ones
dress is of brownish color so Is the
chameleon'S.
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Keep Your Carriage or Buggy New.

Keep your carriage or buggy looking
bright and new with a can of the L. &
NJ. Carriage Varnish Paint in various
colors.
Its cost is small per can.
One can makes a buggy look as fresh
as though just from the maker.
Anybody can use it.
Get it from Melville Dorsey.