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MUST CONCENTRATE TO WIN
Though Thorough Absorption May Ro
Carried Too Far, Il 10 Necessary
to Success.

There Is always danger. when any
one concentrates. that the concentra-
ton viii be carried too far-so far
that IL produces a narrow. one-sided
and warped point Of view. The great
scientist, the great scholar, the great
thinker in any line Is usually not an
ail-around good fellow" Grabbed"
queer" peculiar" odd" funny"
and 'warped"-are these not the ad-
jeetives that generally describe the
geniuses Of the worldl The very ef-
fort to concentrate on the one sub
jet which has brought success has
made It impossible to keep In touch
with the thousand-and-one currents Of
thought and topics Of conversation
which 60 to make up comfortable and
easV-going life. Like the old sea cap
tain, these geniuses miss something In
their effort 20 tx their attention on
one thing.
Ii spite Of this danger, Il Is q good
thing TO work for concentration. The
likelihood Of becoming onesIded Is big
where genius Is concerned, but then
Il can be excused Most OF us can
safely concentrate our attention and
Etill feel sure that we win keep In
touch with the world about us.
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This f. the latest breakfast-table
problem. Although the town has fgs
ured prominently IN European history
At various times for over century.
Lloyd George had to confess, when IL
vas mentioned at the peace confer
enee. that he did not know exactly
where It was situated.
. Nor was he alone IN his lack o.
knowledge. II Is doubtful Il one per
son IN sdfty would be able to give you
any information about the town.
And Jet Il was once the scene Of a
great peace c0nference-fhat Of 1770.
when Vergennes. the foreign minister
Of France. arranged the peace OF
Tesehen. thereby avoiding great Eu-
ropean war. and also, IN an prOhabiI-
~. securing the undergraduates Of the
United States.
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plseouraa.a AIa. . se.utr.

In the day Of Louis XIV LaBruyere
wrote this: If women only desire to
be beautiful In each others eyes they
may. Of course. follow their own ca
price or taste as to the way In which
they dress and adorn themselves; but
r they desire to please men. II IL Is
to charm them they rouge and paint.
I can assert IN the name or mankind.
or at least Of thoGe men whose votes
have taken. that white and red paints
make women look old and hIdeous; that
It is as disgusting to see women with
paint on their faces as with false teeth
IN their mouths and Waxen balls to
pun out their thin cheeks; and that far
from c0untenancing II. men soIemnIy
protest against an such arts. which IN
fallibly tend to cure them Of love-"
he wonder arises II LaBruyere
spoke only for the men OF his time.
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Need for Eternal Vigilance.

we first make our habits and then
our habits make u.s." said an unknown
sage. In other words, what we are
at this moment. what we can do at this
moment, depends not only upon max
ng mp our minds at the time being.
but also upon how we have made up
our minds countless other times In
thousands OF minutes already gone by
and now out Of our control. The one
thing We cannot control Is the past /;
IL may, however. control us for good
or for evil. The fact that we should
remember in forming habits Is that our
minds and hearts are the meeting
ground OF strange conflicts; that good
and bad In rs are making opposite
suggestions; that each is striving for
the mastery; and that sometimes we
are 50 self-deluded that the bad may
seem to be the good. At any hour the
beginnings Of a vicious habit, perhaps
through the suggestion Of someone
else or by our own carelessness. indif-
ference. or faults, may find their way
into our hearts. The price we must
pay for continually proving and pos
sessing the good Is eternal vigilance.
Exchange.
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Bind 'Honea

The manner in which blind horses
get about without coming to more
harm than they do Is remarkable.
They rarely. II ever. hit their heads
against q fence or stone wall, and
viii sheer or when they come near
one. II appears from careful obser-
vation that 1t is neither shade nor
shelter which warns them Of the dan
ger. On an absolutely sunless and
MINDLESS day their behavior Is the
same Their olfactory nerves doubt
less become very sensitive, for they
win poke their heads downward IN
search Of water fifty yards before they
come to a stream crossing the road
way.
1t cannot be an abnormally devel-
oped sense Of hearing which leads
them to do this. for they win act alike
though the water be a stagnant pool.
Men who have been blind for any
great length Of time develop some
what similar instincts to blind horses.
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Wealth is, after all. only what Is
produced by us. either by mental or
physical labor. II stands TO reason.
therefore. that II a man would become
rich in this worlds goods, or in knowl-
edge Of things - men. he must work
hard and long to acquire such knowl-
edge and skill And he viii be reward
ed In proportion to his work. Despite
; lucky stroke occasionally here and
there in a mans life. I am a firm be
lever in the motto that nothing really
comes by chance to man which is Of
much Valne beyond the ordinary.
Success has usually been prepared
for. striven for, helped onward by his
own innate ability, work, or tact in
ways the exterior world often failed
10 recognize. Hard work Is the best
friend any man ever embraced.
would say to all youthful beginners
IN business that business Il Ike the
land-the more you put sato 1t the
more you VIII get out. II you put
nothing in, you win get precious little
cut: II you tend It in desultory fash
Ion. you can only expect an Indifferent
harvest Il any at all.-Exehange.
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FLOWERS HOURS OF SLEEP
That They Differ 10 q Proos Of the
AdaPtabllIty Of Everything
IN Nature.

That flowers sleep Is evident to the
most casual observer. The beautiful
daisy opens at sunrise and closes at
sunset, whence fits name days eye"
The morning glory opens its flower
with the day. The -four O'Clock"
awakes at four o'clock IN the morning,
but closes its eyes In the middle Of the
day. and the dandelIon Is In fun bloom
only while there Is strong light The
habit Of some flowers Is certainly curl
Gus, and furnishes one OF the many
instances which prove the singular
adaptability Of everything In nature.
The reason Is found in the method By
which this class Of flowers Is fertillzed.
Flowers which are fertilized by
night flying insects derive no adVan-
tage from being open by day; and. on
the other hand. those which are fer
tilted by bees would gain nothing by
being open at night. Nay, II would be
q disadvantage. because It would rem
der them liable to be robbed Of their
honey and pollen b. insects which are
Of fertilizing them. It Is
possible. then. that the closing Of how-
ers may have reference 10 the habit Of
insects. and it may be observed, also,
In support Of this, that wind-fertiliEed
lowers never sleep.
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A charsrteristie q tbs eorD psppy.
besIde ifs brilliant scarlet eoloring. 4
he large size q IL two cutter petAla.
which hide TIE lesser pair nntil the
bower has opened Poppiss q Fian-
dsrs. Be they corn peoples e. ether
varieties. are not Of the oriental sDe-
aes fron which opium h derived Ire
corn poppy. when cultivated 4 known
a. ne Shirley poppy. me flower b
perennial OK annual. according 10 the
variety.
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NECESSARY TO KEEP BOOKS
Without Aecurats Accounts Ne FERN
Of Business Can Bs Successfully
Carried On.

Aceountaney. which - the science
Of systematizing business. has q his
tory that rms back AZ least 1000
years very early IN shs development
q natIons Il was found that n COM
meree as wen a. IN the afAirs o. state.
systematic and careful acoount-kesp
ting were indispensable. These 10
tens were. Ct art crude and labOrf-
Gus. but they a. least kept the enanees
q tha nation aRd TIE marta q trade
from being ehaotie.
TIE Invention e double enfrg book
keeping early IN the fftsenth century
By the merchants and bankers e Ven
fee gave 10 ne eommeres e Europe an
invaluabls trade instrument. and enc
without which tie, great commercial
enterprises q The later eenturia8 could
hardly have existed
And % e has been sn down - TIE
present time; there has been parallel
progress between the Accomplishments
Of commerce and TIE seieAes of ae-
counting. and Il II known b ever man
In business that the fOrmer could not
continue without the latter. Even the
most unbusinesslTke people know this
much. and we can hardly imagine any
one silly enough to attempt 70 carry
on any kind Of q buslAsss enrsrpriss
without keeping books.
Bookkeeping. as q formal subject Of
study. Is taught in most Of the public
and private schools Of this country,
but II Is only that form Of bookkeeping
that applies to the affairs Of the mer-
chant or the shopkeeper. The public
has yet TO learn that bookkeeping Is
quite as necessary to the prosperity Of
the wagewOrker. the salaried man. the
farmer and the hOusekeeper as 1t is to
the shopkeeper. the merchant or the
MISUNDERSTANDING
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GIVES CAT PALM OF WISDOM
Writer In California Newspaper Genes
Forward With Loud Praise /
81 HoUsshoId Pet

II e often a subject for discussion
as to which Is the wisest animal
Some say It Is the dog and some are
IN favor Of the horse, while scientists
appear 70 think It Is the elephant.
We beg 70 differ with all these
views. We do not even agree to the
movement In certain quarters to give
the palm for wisdom 20 the fox. To
our mind the wiscst animal thar lives
Is the eat. And. II It goes to that, We
are willing to have II further known
-tilat Of all animals we Ike the cat
the best.
a cat'Is 50 wise that n succeeds In
not letting us know how wise Il really
is If you win be friendly with cats
and that's an easy thing to do-you
VIII be astounded at their wisdom. And
you could not imagine how afrectiOnate
q cat can also be.
There Is an old yellow cat up in the
VerdugO hills that we wOuidn'r trade
for all the dogs and horses and eIe-
plants outside Of Barnum's circus.
When the last OF his nine lives de-
parts from the earth those mountains
win be very lonely place for us.-LOs
Angeles Times.
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Patience.

The best things usually require the
most patience for their development
A tent may be put up in an hour. but
a strong and stately building calls fr
long and careful work. We have
need Of patience not only with Others.
but also with ourselves in the build
ing Of character into what We would
have Il. q
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-cateh IN. pOols

Mrs. Howe was always thoughtful
Of animals. During the reign at 241
Beacon street Of the little fox. terrier
Patch, II often fell to her lot to take
bin out to walk, and she felt this to
be q grave responsibility.
"one day Patch ran away on Bea-
con street, and would not come when
she called him. At this instant Doctor
Holmes, passing, paused for friendly
greeting.
Mrs. Howe he said. 7 trust this
6ne morning.
Catch the dogF cried Mrs. Howe.
One author few one way. one the 9TH
er; between them Patch was caught
and brought in triumph home."-From
the Life Of Jalia Ward Howe. BY her
daughters.
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ZINES AcTINa As sPUR
assd wsrk peas ~ Thoss whs Ole.
Ike t. and Want 70 Get
Threagh ard Rest

ne best work y done By the lazy
people who want to get through and
resE
ne industrioua. active bod. busy
a. . bee. and always At II b very y
able 20 beeoms q putterer.
Marx Twain called attentios 70 the
fact that the ant 10 whom the sago
rseommsnded the sluggard 70 60.
spends most Of his energy N running
around Iks q drunken indian.
ne great humorist hated % move;
n ussd to give the boy In tie print
lng eaies q nickel 10 sweep arsund
hin, - hat he would not have b take
his feet on the table. At seventy he
confessed, that All exercise Il loath-
some"
Laziness Il not good IN itself; but
when Joined % eonseientieusnsss and
q sense Of responsibility, ~ Il often
Il, II u the very best worker.
The worlds work II done By those
Who do not Ike Il. Nine persons out
Of ten would quit what they are do
ing II they could
At the very beginning Of Arnold
Benefits novel. "HIlda Lessways," n
q luminous bit Of philosophy:
'sHilda hated domestic work, and
because she hated It she often did II
passionately and thoroughly"
Mark Twain hated to write.-Dr.
Frank Crane, In Farm Life.
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II f. eonfended that woman's fear
Of mice arises from their being classed
as vermin. The fact that rats carry
disease and plague Is not disputed.
Nice may not be quite 80 dangerous.
Their bites and scratches are trininK.
But they carry disease and dirt. and
q baby sleeping 10 q cradle. for 10.
stance, may suffer In consequence.
Mothers have for ages been affected By
this dread. and In seeking 70 protect
their Offspring from coptaet With mice
have uneonsciously. weAare told. bred
that feeling Of nervousness which has
provided the comic artist witE his
periodical picture.
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Ancient Admonlssss.

Th0aehfless persons VINO insist On
taIking during musical performances.
maFring the pleasure Of those who
would listen to the muSic. we have al
ways with N II u curious 10 note
thar this particular pest was already
extanf more than 1000 years ago. In
the ancient book -Eccleklasticus" we
read. Speak. thon that art the elder.
for II beconeth thee. but with sound
Judgment and hindersnot music
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HORSES N ANCIENT BATTLE
eso,n d lsass Bsea lsslis 9sa1 Exespk
. caFFT re lnsantr1 Int

n fAa old eaga When ne Romans
and GroS1l E1nEht 1aFious battles. the
charioteers droVa tier cars n an
dirscEibnA hnElsd thslr javeilna and
~ tha din and cIafter of horses
al HhoelH comnonly fhreW TIE
ranks - ths oasny inf4 dlsordsr.
ana mahing thelr way ansng ne
sQaaGesn1 e ~ oneEy'B eas4iFy.
lsapsd dsun fpelA fAsiF ehariots and
f0ashf q fooE Ths ehariotssrs then
NlfhdEsW. little ~ llflles from TIE nght
and placsd their ehariots b meA way
tat q thsg Wers hard presssd
eAeE eoul1 readily retreat 70 thar OWn
sidA Thus b battle fhsy GRorded TIE
mobEiEy e eaEalry Win the stsadf
nsaI e infnntE9. Daily practices en-
ebIsd then % pull - their horses a.
fun spesd WHEN e. 4 steep slopa. or
% run out sn TIE pols and stand on
tie yoks. and.to 81 nimhly back into
the chariot.
Win the Introduction Of cavalry
n the later iron are came larger
horses. but their NE for this pur-
pose seems % have been restricted
70 isolated areaL There Is no doubt
that the west German tribes. a.
late as the campaign Of Caesar IN
GaUl, used only the shaggy pony. II
Is said In cavalry actions they held II
dlsgracsful and slothfnl to use any
kind Of saddle, and instead Of charg-
ing IN sQuadrons they dismounted and
fought on foot. As far as England Is
concerned, the art Of riding seems to
have been introduced BY the Normans-
he Saxons appear 70 have been but
indifferent horsemen.
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We are reminded that resentment
loubt and eynicism are 80 easily mis-
aiken Tor the wisdom OF dlsillusion-
nent lhat there - double reason
70 guard against them. Many q hurt
soul fancies, II Is growing wise In the
ways Of the world when in truth II IL
snly growing hard and bitter. An
acquaintance with mankind does not
mean merely learning humanity's seamy
side and being on guard against II. A
wider study win bring a far different
and more hopeful knowledge.
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On he twehty-ninth Of Nav :, TO-
Lincoln made a speech at the ~. 40
Republican state convention in NM urst
that Is remembered as LlncoIn,s II
Speech Lincoln. who was one =, ~
delegates was suggested for gov !. me
but he proposed that William p'uI
should be nominated instead. The am
gestion was accepted and LincoI,
dressed the convention for one Ao a'
speaking with such fire and eloon ~Oul'
that the surprised and lnterestSJ ~
porters forgot to take notes and ~
reat speech was never recorded
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The crow b one Of the most widely
dlslIked Of bIrdA His reputation 4
bad. and Il probably deserved.
No matter how long you study the
crow. yoa VII always have something
to learn. and AZ the end Of all your
study he viii know more about you
than jon win about him. AT times It
seems as Il he knsH what you were
thinking about
NE crow has q large variety o.
Eotes or calls. and each one aeerrs %
be TIE harshest IN al bird vocaIlsn
until the next one Is sounded. which
4 q little harsher He Il an accom-
pllshed bird. and intelligent II tanned.
be car Be taught many thinez but
neTes 20 be god. He 4 q natural
thief and eapnot Be reformed
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Relic Of Nnah

The Desert de Carlitte. in the PyrA
nees. close on 10000 feet above the
sea. contains no fewer than 60 lakes az
varying sizes. These, according to 10
cal tradition, were left ut the tim,
OF the flood. When the water subSided
IL Is said. Noah and his family landed
on the Puy de Prigue. one If the higb.
est peaks in the district.
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Chief Executives csnsursd.

Congress has twice eensured pres
ident--Andrew Jackson. In June. 1884.
for causing the removal Of the govern
ment deposits Of about ten million dol
lars from the United States hank the
preceding September; and John Tyler.
IN 1873. Tyler was elected as q Wing.
but was really Democrat; 50 he was
therefore constantly antagonizIng the
policies OF the party which had elected
him.
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James was fond OF one of his moth
er's friends. a girl in her Juveniles.
One day, when he had been particular
ly well entertained by her. he remark
ed: Aunt Margie. when i grow up
I'm going to marry you" Then he
looked at her thOughtfully and added:
That Is, II you last long enough"
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The funeral Of Harold Bannister. an
outhtter OF Leyland, was followed by
his favorite dog. II entered the
church with the mourners. and, sitting
by the bier. occasionally shifted at the
cOfin- At the graveside the dog sat
stIlI while the conn was being lowered
and then put its paws on the edge OF
the grave and took a farewell view OF
It's late master.-London Express.
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Eve At th. st.ra.b

At the end Of each arm in the star.
nsh there is little red eye. 1t does
not form an image, but has consider
able sensitiveness III distinguishing diff
ferent degrees of fight. enabling the
fish to become aware of distant fllumI-
nation that differs from the surround
ing area.
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Flowers Loved ev An

Flowers seem intended for the sOl,,.
81 ordinary humanity; children Iovs
them; quiet, eODtented. ordinary nv
pie love them as they grow; luxuriOS'
and disorderiy people rejoice In tbs.
gathered; they are the cOttager's trss.
ure. and In the crowded town ma.
- with q little broken fragment :,
rainbow, the windows Of the wort. :.
IN whose hear rests the covenant J,
peaee.-Ruskin "
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whsr. Ii. RanIs Cam. From.

The modern banjo was introduced
into England from the United States,
to which country IL was probably
taken by the African slaves, who
originally obtained the idea from In
dia. The unmusical name banjo"
seems TO have been derived from
'banya," the name OF a SenegambIan
instrument OF the guitar species.
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A darkF was unloading horses ana
When he had the halter hanks e. SIX
horses be started up the road toward
camp and the stables. Just before en-
tering camp the road turned sharply
%. the right n fact. It made q right
ahgIs with It's previous course
Al this paint the dairy win HIS SIX
halter hanks experienced some ain
cnity IA getung al TIE horses % make
ne mn and he vas heard 70 shout:
Here. what's tie matter win you
alll Don't you All knoa how to make
= tnfn 70 "a fighfl Nsnber one glrotl
Pivot daf on de rielt Pi,fr 1nrrA
14o1Icle Telegraph.
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Regularly Acquired.

/ was visiting in a little country
place and was about to board The
train to return when I noticed u dear
little girl with tight curlS close to her
lead, and, calling her, I asked: Where
did you get all those pretty crrlsy
Much annoyed. she answered: "Oh.
dey was on me when / tumed."-Chi-
cago Tribune.
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Worth SEEING.

We don't know much about this CIR.
Gus that's coming. but We hope its the
one Pat attended not long ago. There
was wan fellow" he said. that beat
all the rest. Sure. he balances lad
der on his nose, climbs up to the top
and pulls the ladder up after him
Boston Transcript.
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Nak. for Business Success.

The foundations for success In buSi-
ness are work. perseverance and char
acter. Different men who have tri-
umphed IN various spheres OF business
may set down their own experiences
and views in other ways. but you will
practically always find that the sum-
ming up comes to those three items IN
the end.
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The ven.r,bl. TOAD

Toads often look very old, don't
they1 Even 50. probably you have
never imagined that toad might be
go years old. Actual records prove
that there have been toads Of more
than 100 years Of age. and very likely
this estimate has been exceeded.
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Learning.

Learning. Joined with true knowi-
edge, is an especial and graceful Orna-
ment. and an implement OF wonderful
use and consequence. .. I would
rather prefer wisdom, Judgment, civil
customs and modest behavior. than
hare and mere literal learning
Montague.
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Forces Within.

Trials without discover forces
within. Says Victor Hugo: There
are instincts for all the crises of life"
A deep perplexity awakens a fash Of
insight; a bitter opposition sets the
soul on fire; a brave peril opens our
eyes to horses and chariots OF fire; a
severe catastrophe evokes a heroIsm Of
which the sufferer had not thought
himself capable.-W. L. watkinsOn.
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Had oriuIn In America.

There has been much controversy
over the song. ''The Red. White and
Blue" but the logical conclusion is
that the English adapted their words
from the American song. which was
written by Thomas A. Beckett, an Eng
lishman, after he had pade America
his home. Before this sang was writ
ten, In 1850. no similar version was
known in England.
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Ths chrnanthenuD.

1t is believed that the first specins,
Of the ehrysanthemum in Euroue ws.
reared at the Botanic gardens. LopdOD
In 17e4. The flowers rise into fave,
was chiefly due to the Stoke Newin1
ton Chrysanthemum society, which bsIs
its first exhibition Of blossoms in 1SGs
and served as school of chrysantbs.
mum culture for the world.
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Two Famous Brosues.

Broken English. Professor Beers
says, is merely the imperfect English
OF an individual foreigner. Pidgin Eng.
lish. the English of Hans Brietmanns
ballads and of the comedy French
man, are Of that class. Creole English
and Pennsylvania Dutch are brOgus.
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Nemesis was a goddess OF justice
and retribution. In Greek mythology
Nemesis was a goddess personifying
allotment. Of the divine distribution to
every man Of the precise share Of for
tune, good and bad.
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oIsss-sottomed Bucket.

A curious sight at Palermo Is to see
the fishermen spearing fish by the aid
Of glass-bottOmed buckets. There are
many corners Of the world where fish
are speared. but perhaps the use OF
the glass-bottomed bucket In this con-
neetion is to be seen only at 8alermo.
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AneIsn. Rock pr.wInos.

A huge buffalo with enormous horns
is conspicuous in prehistoric. rock
drawings lately found in Algeria. The
African elephant Is, also a striking
feature. and other animals include the
lion. leopard, gazelle and domestic
goats and sheep.
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No PIae. for Him 70 Die.

Daniel Webster. taken Ill one day In
town, Of decided Democratic lean
Ings, begged his friends to take him
home at once. Il was born a FedersI-
lst," he pleaded ct have lived a Fed
eralist. and can't die In a Democratic
town"
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Had to Split Up.

Little Jack. very much impressed
with his first night I'm a berth on
Pullman sleeper. said: why. grand
ma, the fats were 50 small We couldn't
all live together. Mamma and ! slept
In the first fat, and Daddy in the sec
ond fat"