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SaNbl SIE. MARIE, Mich. Nov 4
Up Helen G.. Mowatt. last night
tst~en Wolf. 1890: PIummer. An.
drew Epson, Durston. II. Walsh. mid :
night; squire. lao; Amazonas, Ran.
ney, 4. Duluth. s. Chas. Bradley.
Brightie. Delaware. 6: RennseIaer'
$50. osler, !; Assinibola. saronic.
T:so; Farrell. s: nottingham. Tomiin.
son. Princeton. sac; Naicartler. D:
Cowle. s:30: James Wallace, Cole. II
Down: Glenshee. siemens. Manila.
Toiler. last night. Henry Rogers
horton. England. Marlposa. 10: Mer-
ida; li;so: Asawa Laushlin. MD.
nignt; sheadle, 1880. Capt Wilson.
Berry. 30; Beatty. Walter Scranton
Charles Warner. Z; Penobscot. sidney
Peter Rciss. s:se; Watson, Hoime.
f:30: Bicksrd.ke, Walton. 4: tsmaii,
Wolf .; Willis King. Nettieton, $40
Baker. 10: schlessinger. .usrge) ritr.
gerald. Reed. Howe. Toltec. Godfrey
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rySRttng--the plain neat kina-shat
ls riEht-T1aes Job Dept-Maln ]62o.
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yU AND Bggs.
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Ppistirg-the pIsls neat kinA--thst
- rigbt-TInes Jsh Dept sB3o.
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Detroit Stock Elk.

These quotations subject to COM
nissjon charges
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with the season for fresh fruits
over and gone there is no one Item
On the produce list OF commanding
Sntsrsst at present As Thanksgiving
Aay draws nearer. however. the poui-
tvy deal will attract more attention.
and even now dressers are keeplns
the market cleaned up on chickens,
which are going into the coolers
while the retail dealers are begin
ming 10 Inquire for ducks and tur-
Keys and occasionally for geese
Aside from poultry, commission men
report A steady demand for staple
lines OF goods. and steady price
list.
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work of N. Ground Mot.

There Is a popular belief that the
ground mole Is a destructive animal
Like many popular beliefs this cannot
be substantiated by facts. Ground
moIes do not feed upon roots and are
not destructive. The ground mole is
n subterranean animal. Ii builds It's
nest, rears its young and hunts Its prey
beneath the earth. II is well adapted
to its subterranean life, the shape OF
its body being cylindrical. gradually tn
pering TO a point at the extremity OF
fits nose. Ground moles visit only those
localities where the earth Is infested
with insect life. Where they are nu-
merous the ground Is interlaced with
runs" or passageways that lead from
one feeding ground to another. These
little animals deserve protection be
cause they prey upon all kinds OF I'M
derground insects, among which are the
larvae of some OF the most Injurious
Insects which pass their pupa or chrys-
ais stage beneath the earth.-Country
Life In America
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Lowering the Topmast.

Lord Chelmsford once related that
a friend of his at the bar was engaged
IN a nautical case, In which 1t appear
ed that a vessel, In a severe gale of
wind, had been thrown upon her beam
ends. The baTister, who appears to
have had a smAttering OF nautical mat
tiers, asked a sailor who was In the
witness box how 1t was they did not
lower the topmast, upon which the wit
ness replied, with a sneer, III you
knew as much Of the sea as do you
would know that that is not an easy
matter In a gale Of wind" This Incl
dent led the counsel TO turn his atten-
ton TO the subject, In consequence
Of which he invented an apparatus for
lowering tOpmasts, for which he OBJ
tanned a patent and earned upward Of
10000 by his invention - London
Globe.
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Eir,t ar..t Ameriean Palntsr.

The first portrait painter OF the Unit
ed States to win general fame was
Thomas Sully, who was born In 1ISS.
One Of the first celebrated American
historical paintings, washington Cross
ing the Delaware" was the product OF
his genius. Sully established himself
In Richmond as a portrait painter in
1903, but soon removed to New York
and in 1910 TO Philadelphia, which city
was afterward his home.
In addition to washington Crossing
the Delaware" his famous historical
paintings include THE Capture Of Ma
jor Andre" and Miranda" As a pOr-
trait painter his most notable subjects
were Thomas Jefferson, Lafayette,
James Madison. John Marshall, Fanny
Kemble and Queen Victoria He Wis
tied England TO paint the girl queen
In her coronation robes. Sully lived
to an advanced age, dying In Philadel-
phia In 1872
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The TraasdY of Old Ace,

That tragedy Of the old-the being
laid aside from life before the spirit is
ready to resign; the feeling that no one
wants you; that all those you have
borne and brought up have long pass
ed out on to roads where you cannot
follow; that even the thought life of
the world streams by 30 fast that you
lie up In a back water, feebly, bllndly
cropping for the full OF the water and
always pushed gently, hopelessly back;
that sense that you are still young and
warm and yet so furbelowed with old
thoughts and fashions that none can
see how young and warm you are,
none see how you long to rub hearts
with the active, how you yearn for
something real to do that can help life
on and how no one viii give 1t you
John Galsworthy In Scribners.
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Followed Suit

In the highlands Of Scotland a chief
tain Is always addressed by the name
OF his estate. An amusing story In
connection with this custom Is told of
Sir Frank Lockwood. On one occa-
sion when Maclaine Of Lochbuie and
bis wife arrived at a social gathering
they were announced quite correctly
by the butler as ~Lochbuie and Mrs.
Maclaine.p Sir Frank and Lady Lock
wood happened to arrive at the same
time. and Sir Frank, having overheard
the other announcement, whispered
hurfedly to the butler. The man hest
tated. but apparently lockwood con-
WINGED him, for when he flung open the
door to admit the Lockwoods the but
Ter announced, no F0rty-three, Pert
man Square, and Lady lockwood
London Tit-Bits.
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~. n.nie Bank Account.

At one time the famous author Rud-
yard Kipling always used to pay his
bills, no matter how small they hap
pened to be. by check. After awhile
be discovered, to his amazement that
his banking account showed a much
bigger balance than the coHnterfoils OF
his check book warranted. In fact, al
though he was drawing checks for
email amounts almost daily, his money
at the bank did not seem to dwindle
in the least.
For a long time he was at loss to
account for this astonishing fact until
one day. happening to visit an office
where the principal was an enthusiastic
autograph collector, he saw one OF his
own checks framed and hanging on
the wall.
Then It was that the mystery was
solved. 1t appeared that the local shop
keepers found that they could get more
for Kiplings checks by selling them to
autograph hunters than they could by
cashing them at the bank, and thus It
was that, although the author kept on
drawing money, his capital remained
almost stationary.
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The Remedy For Anger.

The greatest remedy for anger Is de
lay: beg anger to grant you this at the
first, not In order that it may pardon
the offense, but that II may form a right
judgment about 1t; II it delays It will
come TO an end. Do not attempt to
quell IL all at once, for Its first impulses
are fierce; by plucking away its parts
we shall remove the whole. We are
made angry by some things which we
learn at second hand and by some
things which we ourselves hear or see.
Now. we ought to be slow to believe
what Is told us. IL you were
about TO give sentence I'm court about
ever so small a sum of money you
would take nothing as proved without
a witness. and a witness would count
for nothing except on his oath You
would allow both sides to be heard;
you would allow them time.-Seneca-
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Lanauaas, In Switzerland.

There is no Swiss language as such.
By the federal constitution OF 1875
and 1874 French, German and Italian
are formally recognized as national
languages. Debates in the federal
parliament may be carried on In any
Of these languages. An laws and fed
eral acts appear In three versions.
There Is historical dialect called the
Romansch. or Latin. which is stfu used
BY some Of the people. but this dialect
Is not recognized politically.
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Fire In a Cotton Bale.

Kerosene oil has been used success
fully 10 extinguish FIRE in baled cot.
ton. A cotton bale Is subjected to a
very heavy pressure. Water win pene-
trate it but an inch or so, whereas
kerosene will go clear to the center. A
FIRE In a cotton bale does not blaze.
but simply smolders and eats its way
into the baIe. At the comparatively
low temperature at which cotton burns,
and where there Is no fame, kerosene
does not ignite. but smothers or extin-
guishes the slow. creeping fire. After
the fire is extinguished the bands are
removed from the bale and burned
portions Of the cotton stripped OF. 1t
Is said that the use OF kerosene has
practically no detrimental effect on the
cotton. and after 1t has been spread
out and aired for a few days all odor
Of the oil disappears.-Argonaut
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ma EId.rIx safstx Pin.

The safety pin and the hook and eye
are generally supposed to be modern
inventions. The former, In fact, has
been credited TO Queen Victoria She
may have improved upon It but Ger
tHinly she Is not entitled to the dis
ttnction Of having invented It NJ
merous specimens Of the useful con-
trfvance have been found In the ruins
% Crete. Some Of them are In the
museum Of the University Of Pennsyl-
wanna, and the museum has also a
hook and eye from the same place.
Both the safety pins and the hook
and eye now In the museum were
made at least 900 hundred years be
fore Christ Some are made Of bronze,
but amber or some other material was
often used on the more elaborate pins.
Some were even made OF finely
wrought gold-Youth's Companion.
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Human ErailtN.

Let a bishop appear and members OF
his church viii be preached a great
sermon The appreciation is for the
mans reputation and position Thou
sands Of books actually worthless re
eeive what is called appreciation be
cause they are written by noted men,
printed by noted publishers. You laugh
at the Jokes Of a clown, but you would
not smile at the same nonsense offered
BY neighbOr. How the children laugh
at the teachers jokesl How an agent
laughs at your jokes when he thinks
he has you in a buying humorI We
are actually honest about nothing.-E.
W. Howe's Monthly.
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Famous Dams.

The construction Of the gigantic stor-
age wall. known as the Burrintuck
dam, the most interesting part Of the
New South Wales irrigation scheme.
was a clever piece Of engineering
work. Indeed, 1t ranks as one Of the
greatest dams In the world. both in re
gard to height and volume OF water
tmpounded. It Is 236 feet high, 16S
feet thick at the base. tapering to Is
feet at the top and some 80 feet in
length. The famous dam at Assuan.
on the Nile, has total height OF only
i56 feet, while the great Croton and
Roosevelt dams In America eclipse the
Burrinjuck structure by only a few feet
II Is a massive wall Of concrete over
thirty feet higher than the London
monument This colossal structure,
however, had to be built across the bed
OF a river subjected to floods, In deep
gorge whose sides were so steep that
Il was impossible 70 establish work
shops upon them-London Mail
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spureeon was Noneommittal.

The Rev. W. Williams. in his "Per'
sonal "reminiscences Of C. H. spur
geon." tells an anecdOte concernins
the great preacher as a smoker. Souie
gentleman wrote to Mr.. Spurgeon' 81!
ing: He had heard he smoked anu
could not believe it was true. "our
Mr.. Spurgeon write and tell if II reaiiy
was soT" The reply was sent is ~
lows: Dear -. cultivate my nov
ers and burn my weeds. Yours trui''
c. Fl. Spurgeon."
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Morri. and R.d Lion Mar.

It Is a pity that more domestic serV-
ants have not taken. to authorship, for
some Of them could have written most
entertaining "reminiscences. Foremost
among these stands Red Lion Mary,
who looked after Burne-Jones and VIII
liam Morris when they shared studio
at II Red Lion square. We are told
that one morning after breakfast Nor
ris came out on the landing and roared
downstairs: MARY, those six eggs were
bad. I've eaten them, but don't let 1t
occur again." Morris was in the habit
of lunching daily or roast beef and
plum pudding, no matter at what sea
son Of the year, records f. II. Huener.
not a domestic servant, and he liked
his buildings large. do you call that
a pudding, MaryT' he shouted when
served with one about the size Of
breakfast cup, and, having added some
appropriate objurgations, he hurled It
at her. This anecdote should not be
taken to evidence settled brutality on
his part Red Lion Mary was one OF
his loyal supporters to the end OF her
days.-London Chronicle
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rhaeksray,s Appetite.

Thackeray, telling Of dinner he en-
joyed at Antwerp, said it consisted 'of
green pea soup. boiled salmon, mussels,
crimpled skate, roast meat patties, mel
On, carp stewed with mushrooms and
onions, roast turkey, caulifower, hllets
Of venison, stewed calls ear, roast
veal, roast lamb, stewed cherries, Cru
we're cheese and about twenty-four
cakes Of different kinds. Except I've.
thirteen and fourteen I ate al, with
three rolls of bread and a score Of 20
tatoes"
Those twenty potatoes remind the
reader Of the dreadful disinusion Of
Charlotte Bronte when she came to
London and sat opposite her literary
Hon at dinner. ~Oh, Mr.. ThackerayE"
she cried IN shocked surprise as she
watched him eat. She had never i'm
agined hero who ate potatoes by the
score.
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stsvsnsnn,s chaerfuIness.

II shall never forget Mr.. Stevenson,
said a captain who commanded a ship
on which Robert Louis Stevenson SAIL
ed The ship had broken her SHAFT
and was delayed. he cheered every
body up by telling funny stories that
were better coming Offhand from ms
lips than most literary men could write
IL they worked over them for weeks
He knew. too. that it was only ques-
ton of a short time before he Woull
die OF consumption and that he coulu
never again go home for more than d
brief visit. II was simply wonderful
what a difference that one man mace
among the passengers, and ] guess al
most all Of US would gladly spend the
time to make port under sail, with ma
chinery disabled, if we could have
Stevenson aboard"
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Colored Evidences.

A well known lawyer was trying to
make clear TO a legal student the sig.
nificance Of the term ''colored evi
dence," meaning that evidence which
has been tempered with.
-'The best illustration l can think of
came within my observation not long
ago" said the lawyer "a physician
had said TO fair patient:
Madam. yOu are n little run down.
You need frequent baths and plenty
OF fresh air. and advise you TO dress
In the coolest. most comfortable
clothes; nothing stiff or formal
when the lady got home this Is how
she rendered TO her husband the nd,
vice given to her by the doctor:
"'He says l must 90 to the seashOre.
do plenty Of motoring and get some
new summer gowns" - New York
Times.
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Obsolete Trade Names.

Some obsolete names OF trades sur
vive as surnames-e. &. Webster
Lister, Walker. In the fourteenth cen
fury the weaver was known as 1.-THE
webster" the dyer was the lyster'
and the workman who trod the cloth
In the dye vat was "a the walker" The
arkwright made the arks or chests
In which clothes or meal were stored
and the smith was frequently dubbed
''the faber." this later being one OF
the rare cases In which the Latin
translation Of a craft has become a
common surname When the cOtteler
had forged an edged tool the blomer
finished 1t OF or put the bloom on; the
chapman travelled with goods from
door to door and the coke baked cakes
and sold them.-London Taller.
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Weddinc Presents n The Orient.


With modern Arabians the bride
groom makes the bride presents, which
are sent q day or two before the nup-
tials. As soon as the bride reaches the
bridegroom's house she makes him pres
ents Of household furniture, a spear
and a tent.
In Persia the bridegroom Is obliged to
give a certain sum of money In addi-
don to other presents. II he is In
moderate circumstances he gives his
bride two complete dresses, a ring and
q mirror. He also supplies the furnl-
ture, carpets, mats, culinary utensils
and other necessities for their home.
With the celestiaIs the family OF the
bridegroom make presents TO the fam
ny Of the bride Of various articles a
few days before the day fixed for the
marriage The presents generally con-
sist Of food, a cock and hen, the leg
and foot OF pig, the leg Of goat,
eight small cakes of bread, eight
torches, three pairs OF large red can
dies, a quantity Of vermiceIh and sew
eral punches Of firecrackes-
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Aacanaion laland.

The island Of Ascension. In the At
lantic, belonging to Great Britain, Is
one Of the most unique places In the
world, In that there is no private prop
erty IN land, no rents. no taxes and no
use for money. The 1ocks and herds
are public property, and the meat Is
issued as rations. So are the vegeta-
bles grown on the farms. When an
island fisherman makes a catch he
brings It to the guardroom. where Il
II issued by the sergeant major.
Practically the entire population are
sailors, and they work at most Of the
common trades. The climate Is almost
perfect and anything can be grown.
The island is miles by 9 in size and
has a population OF about $50. II Is
go miles nOrthward OF St. Helena and
Is governed by a captain appointed by
the British navy.
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saIutina the Quarter Decks.

In response to an inquiry as to why
officers and men of the navy salute
the deck" and civilians remove their
hats when going aboard a naval YES
sci it may be said that, though COM
monty called a salute to the deck
the salute In question is really sa-
lutte to the flag. For instance, at night
on reaching the quarter deck or upon
leaving it no salute is required, as the
flag Is, OF course, not flying. The fact
that this salute Is rendered upon reach
ing the quarter deck from below or
when coming on board and upon leay-
ing the quarter deck, as when leaving
the ship, is probably responsible Tor
its having been known as a salute 10
the deck; but. as has been stated. 1t IS
really a salute to the flag. Men should
when rendering it stop, stand erect and
face the aag.-Philadelphia Press.
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OF all fits many descriptive epithets.
ancient and modern, none has chung
with more persistent tenacity than the
simple, early adjective Of 'nshy" Bos-
porus. Seventy edible varieties Of fish.
familiar to connoisseurs, sport In its
waters. Some have their permanent
haunts within the stream. The most
are migratory. The instinct Of the sea
sons moves them northward or south
ward with the birds. The strait is
their only possible highway between
the Black sea and the Mediterranean.
their summer and winter homes. From
March until June and from August TO
December men, poised In the quaint
perches high on piles above the water
and constantly on the outlook, watch
for the fash Of their gliding scales
From 'C0nstantinople." by DR.. Edwin
A Grosvenor.
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AIrnieknsss and Axiators.

The budding aviator is not prone 20
seasickness. Airsickness undoubtedly
does sometimes trouble pilots Of the
bad sailor variety during long and
stormy voyages, when the machine
rocks and pitches TO excess. but II Is
comparatively rare and generally
means the fier Is exhausted or out of
condition. The airsickness that is
akin to mountain sickness only makes
its appearance at heights very IN
usually attained by flying machines.
In the matter Of the controls" these
are now more or less uniform and
standardized, to the great advantage OF
the beginner, who. apart from being
relieved OF the necessity Of learning
many different systems, Is called on
By the system now employed to do In
flight Just that which his natural In
gttnct would Observation-Disclosures Ga
Sette
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The Wounded Foes.

Here Is a beautiful hospital story re
corded by the Rev. William Sellers n
his book with Our Fighting Men,"
An English coloners wife was making
the round Of a military ward when she
noticed a wounded soldier toying with
q German helmet
'well," said she, 81 suppose you Kill
ed your manT
well. naw." quietly responded the
soldier. You see It was like this. BE
lay on the field pretty near me with
an awful bad wound an bleedin' away
somethin' terrible. was losin' a LOT
Of blood, too, fra my leg, but man
aged to crawl up TO him an bound him
up as well as l could, an he did the
same for me. Nawthin'. O. coorse, was
said between Us. I knew no German
an the ither man not a word o. Eng
Iish, so when he'd dun, not SEEM hoo
else tae thank him, just smiled an
by way o. token handed him my Glen
garry, an he smiled back an Civ me
his helmet"
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PAa1 Erx
Animals at Play.

THAT the lower animals do not
laugh, that they have no sense Of hu-
NOR, Is hard to understand when we
think how thoroughly they love to
play. From the highest to the hum
blest they show the keenest JOY In
sport but they cannot laugh. II they
could perhaps the power would bring
with II other mental gifts, such as to
upset the whole order Of things Be
that as It may. the watcher OF wild
life never gets used TO the sight OF
their mirthless sport, Tor In all other
respects their play Is entirely human.
/ "A great deal Of human play Is Sc
ricus- desperately serious on the foot
bah field and at the card table, espe-
ciaIly when a lonely player at soil
taire, for instance. Is trying to XIII
time
Z II have watched a great ungainly
hippopotamus trying by the hour 70 do
the same solemn thing cutting Gro
Quet ball back and forth from one end
Of his cage to the other. Bis keepers
said that without the plaything the
poor Gagged giant would fret and worry
himself to death. It was his game Of
solitaire."-DaIlas Lore Sharp IN St
Nicholas.
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Nor, EHeotive Than cursina.

Babylonian tablets, declared to be
the oldest writings In existence, relate
how farmers Of 1000 years ago fought
locusts and cateTpillars In their fields.
The translator AYERS that they called
IN a necrcmancer, who thus brought
his artillery in 20 play:
HE broke jar, cut open a sacrifice,
q word Of cursing he repeated, and the
locusts and caterpilars fed"
II must have been powerful word
OF cursing" he repeated Pity It Is that
It has been lost. These plaques have
been "cussed out7 good and plenty In
all modern tongues, but they have
calmly continued their work Of crop
devastation. Possibly through the cen
turtles they gradually became hardened
b such verbal warfare and declined to
abdicate until the man came with the
insecticide spray. Then is the time for
disappearing certainly.-Breeder's Ga
sette
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R.rb,d Wiz. In The War.

In war barbed wire Is used In Eari-
Gus ways. but its main object Is man
stopping. 1t Is interIaced with ground
pegs IN front Of trenches for the pur-
pose Of tripping charging troops, # is
strung across bridges and main roads
to prevent the passage OF cavalry, and
It Is used for fencing in camps 10 guard
against rushing tactics on the part Of
the enemy. Whenever possible barbed
wire entanglements are hidden In long
grass or in hedges, 50 that advancing
troops win be trapped while the enc
my rake their lines with shot and
shell. Barbed wire concealed In un-
dergrowth is particularly deadly where
cavalry Is concerned. for the wire grips
the horses hoofs. causing them 10 fall
on the spike strewn ground.-London
Times.