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HERALD AND GEORGIAN, SANDERSVILLE, GA.
Going to Bed.
I toll you what, when everything
Ts sizzling in my head,
’Bout pirates, or a storm at sea,
Or Injun scouts, or battles—Gee!
I hato to go to bed!
I want to know, bo awful bad,
.lust what the end Will be;
An' when that loud old dock goes whir.
I keep as still—1 never stir—
But mother looks at mo,
An' says, "My dear, It's time for bed;
You know we can't allow
This Is sitting up." Hut then I tease,
"Aw, Just this one short chapter—please.
It's so exciting now!”
Then 't ain't a minute till dad says,
"A lengthy chapter, son!"
An' mother says, "Come, come, enough!"
An' dad, lie says, "That boy's a bluff!
Conte, youngster, scuttle!—run!"
An' then dad ohnses me upstairs,
To muke me go to bed;
An' spanks me, an' I thump him back,
An' then he gives me one more whack,
An' stands me on my head.
I hate to start to go to bed,
The same way, every, night,
But dad. lie makes it' all a game—
1 have to mind, though. Just the same;
I tell you, datLs all right!
)
f?Scn mother comes and hears my pray
ers. * ^
An' dad getn me' n drink;
/In' then dad hugs 11s both real tight,
2>n' we hug back with all our might—
It's kind o' nice, 1 think.
—Kdna Kingsley Wallace, In Woman s
Home Companion.
The Lost Key.
The key of yesterday
I threw away.
And now, too late,
Before tomorrow’s close-looked pate
Helpless I stand—In vain to pray!
In vain to sorrow!
Only the key of yesterday
Unlocks tomorrow.
—Priscilla Leonard.
some sentence, and the sentence must
express a thought connectedly. Hav
ing spoken his sentence, No. 2 gives
three names of things to No. 3, who
In turn uses them in a sentence, and
then gives three other names of things
to No. 4.
For instance, No. 1 says: "Door,
boy, glass." Then No. 2 might say:
"The hoy hanged the door after he
broke the glanss and ran away. I give
egg, table, duty."
No. 3 then says; “The egg was left
In the basket on the table, for Johnny
had to perform another duty before
he could have it cooked. I give slate,
dog, honey.”
CAUSE OF EARTHQUAKES
VIEWS OF PROFESSOR TARR,
AMERICA’S SEISMIC AUTHOR
ITY.
Shock May Recur—If San Francisco
Was the Centre, She Is Still In Peril
—Cornell Geologist Tells His Deduc
tions from the Pacific Coast Disas
ter.
Ralph Stockman Tarr, professor of
dynamic geology and physical geogra
phy at Cornell, and perhaps the most
noted authority In America on seis
mic disturbances, telegraphed to the
New York Times bis views on the
causes of the disaster at San Fran
cisco as follows:
Ninety-four percent of all recorded
earthquake shocks occur In two nar
row zones following two great circles
of the earth. One of these passes
through the West Indies, Mediterran
ean. Caucasus and Himalaya regions
No. 4 immediately takes up those j inul | n this belt 53 percent of all re-
Only Half a Point.
A gentleman crossing the English
channel stood near the helmsman. It
was a calm and pleasant evening, and
no one dreamed of u possible danger
to their good ship; hut a sudden
flapping of a sail, as If the wind had
Bhifted, caught the ear of the officer
on watch, and he sprang at once to
the wheel, examining closely the
compass.
“You are half a point off the
course,” he said, sharply, to the man
at the helm. The deviation was cor
rected, and the officer returned to his
post.
“Ah! half a point In many places
might bring ub directly on the rocks,”
be said.
So It Is In life. Half a point from
Btrlct truthfulness Btrands us upon
rocks of falsehood. Half a point from
perfect honesty, and we are steering
Cor the rocks of crime. And so of all
kindred vices. The beginnings are
always small. No one climbs to the
summit at one bound, but goes the
one little step at a time. Children
think lightly of what they call small
sins. These rocks do not look so
fearful to them.—Southern Church
man.
words and says: “The slate was
broken by being knocked over by the
broke the glass anil ran away. I give
light. Island, watch."
Thus the game goes on as long as
the players like.
The Aae and the Little Dog.
The ase, observing how great a fa
vorlte a little dog was with his mas
ter, how much caressed and fondled,
and fed with choice bits at every
meal,—and for no other reason, that
be could see, but skipping and frisk
ing about, and wagging his tail,—re
solved to imitate him, and see wheth
er the same behavior would not bring
him similar favors. Accordingly, the
master was no sooner come home
from walking, and seated In his easy-
chair, than the ass came Into the
room, and danced around him with
many an awkward gambol. The man
could not help laughing aloud at the
odd sight. The joke, however, be
came serious, when the ass, rising on
his hind-legs, laid his fore-feet upon
his master’s shoulders, and, braying
in his face in the most fascinating
manner, would fain have jumped into
his lap. The man cried out for help;
and one of his servants, running in
with a good stick, laid It unmercifully
on the bones of the poor ass, who was
, glad to get back to his stable.
The Farmyard.
To play this game, the leader must
first go round the circle, giving to
each person the name of some animal,
beast or fowl. These names he whis
pers to each in turn, giving them at
the same time two signals. When he
raises his right hand, each animal
must make the noise peculiar to its
kind. As son as he raises his left
hand all must be silent. The catch
in this Is, that while every one else
is told to be quiet when the left hand
is raised the one to whom the name
of donkey Is given is told to bray the
louder at that signal. So when the
right hand Is raised there is a babel
of farmyard sounds—horses neighing,
cocks crowing, hens cackling, oows
mooing, dogs barking, turkeys gob
bling, sheep baaing. Suddenly the left
hand is raised and eve^y sound ceases
except the bray of the donkey, which
hursts forth in a more vigorous “he-
haw” than ever, greatly to the surprise
of the company, especially the donkey
himself, who finds that he is the cen
tre of attention and amusement. This
Is great fun for the juniors.
The Game of Three Things.
Any number may play this game,
the more the better, as a rule. The
players choose a leader, and then seat
themselves in a row In a circle. The
leader then numbers them, beginning
with himself as No. 1, the boy or girl
next to him as No. 2, and so on.
He then gives to the player next to
him the names of three things, aloud,
Which No. 2 must immediately use in
What Edward Saw In the Moon.
"Violin," said Grandpa Armstrong,
testily, "and what do you want with
a violin, if you please?"
"Oh, grandpa, the Italian teacher
staying down the village says I’ve
such a good ear, and I'll be splendid
at music if I had a chance."
"Oh, you always were mad with
your whistling and singing! But what
good is music to you, I should like
to know? Will It chop the wood or
help me with the haying later on?
Of course It won’t. It’s no good at
all, and that's the long and short of
It.”
Edward did not know enough to dis
prove this statement, so he wept si
lently as he climbed upstairs to bed,
while the moon looked In at him from
every window as he passed. Grand
papa had enough money to make him
a musician, he knew, when he could
prove that music was of any real
use!
It did help In some way! He thought
of this as he lay In bed, while the
moon grew larger and larger above
his tear-dlmmed eyes. He continued
thinking as It grew larger still—
enormously large; and then suddenly
he saw that this largeness was due
to the fact that he was rushing up
higher and higher toward that great
yellow space. He was journeying up
a moonbeam to the moon, and pres
ently, after a few dizzy minutes, he
landed on its surface.
But what a strange place! There
was no sun and no sunshine, yet
round him were the loveliest gardens
and orchards and wide fields of ripen-
nng corn. "Why,” he said, “I thought
nothing ever grew on the moon."
"Did you?" said a small moon man
standing near, with a violin under his
arm. "That would be funny with so
many of us farmers around.”
"Are you a farmer? But what are
you doing with a violin?”
"Why, what does a farmer generally
do with a violin?" said the moon man,
much surprised. “Make his corn grow
with it, of course.”
"What, does corn grow by music?
and do you play to it yourself?”
"I Just think I do. Nice sort of
farmer I should he If I couldn’t culti
vate my own fields. This patch here Is
mine, done by violin, and a touch of
the flute as It ripened."
But now the other moon men were
gathering around Edward. Some were
gardeners, and played waltz music,
which Is good for flowers, while a
good deal of drumming, he heard, was
necessary if one wanted a really sat
isfactory return from maize and po
tatoes. "Everything grows by music
here," they explained when they saw
that It was all new to him. "Oh, I
tell you It means something to be a
good farmer. A few false notes
ruined three of our best last year
crops, and there was poor Woodman
Brown, the other day, what lopsided
trees he grew in his plantation, all be
cause he would keep bad time! Of
course, it’s easy here, where the cli
mate’s temperate; It’s much harder
In the Arctic regions. We’re organ
izing a colonizing expedition there this
season. Trombones will be required
to soften the ground, and our chief
agriculturist is composing just the
loveliest fugue to melt the icebergs.
Oh, no, you can’t join In that," as Ed
ward begged to be of the party; "but,
there,” he added kindly, handing him
his own violin and leading him fur
ther on; “Now here is a piece of
ground that none of us can do any
thing with; our music doesn’t suit it.
See if you can do anything."
“And then grandpapa will see there
is use In music,” cried Edward, look
ing round the stony tract which seem
ed to soften as the bow swept over
the strlngB.
Faster and faster he played, and all
round him the ground trembled, the
clods of earth dissolved. Little shafts
of green appeared; they shot upward.
He softened his notes, and now on the
green branches bloomed little blue
flowers; they became bluer and lar
ger; they massed together into one
Immense blueness—and above him
was the morning sky, and he was In
his own little bed on earth.
"But it does show that music may
be good for something somewhere,"
said Edward, as he related his dream
at breakfast, “doesn’t It, grandpapa?”
“Humph,” said Grandpapa Arm
strong, but his face looked more cheer-
full than usual; “seems to me I might
as well get you that violin and he
done with it.”—Constance Clyde in the
London News.
corded earthquakes have occurred.
The other, in which California lies,
encircles the Pacific, following the An
des, the mountains of Western North
America, the Aleutian Islands, Japan,
and the East Indies. Forty-one per
cent of all known shocks have oc
curred In this belt.
Other regions on the earth have sup
plied but G percent of recorded earth
quakes, and those for the most part
were- of slight intensity. Consequent
ly, areas outside these belts are in
slight danger of earthquakes. The two
zones of recent shaking are also re
gions of volcanic eruptions and grow
ing mountains.
The great majority of the active
volcanoes of the earth lie In these
belts, and geological evidence proves
conclusively that In these zones the
mountains are still rising. These two
phenomena, volcanoes and growing
mountains, account for the vast major
ity of earthquake shocks. The move
ments of the lava and of the pent-up
steam preceding and accompanying
volcanic eruptions send out tremors
and shocks through the earth. But
the most extensive nnd violent shak
ing occurs when the rocks break or
move along previous breaks, called
faults. Then a succession of jars
passes through the crust, often doing
groat damage. Such movments result
from the strains to which the rigid
crust of the earth Is subjected in the
process of mountain growth.
It Is too early to pronounce a final
opinion upon the nature and cause of
the San Francisco earthquake, hut
from what has been said It will be
seen that it is probable that this shock
is the result of movements along one
or more fault lines In the course of
the natural growth of the Cfcast
Ranges, which geologists have long
known to be still In progress through
out the entire extent of California
That the Coast Ranges are growing
is proved by numerous evidehces.
There are upraised short lines at vari
ous points along the California coast,
proving recent uplift. The very bay
of San Francisco Is the result of a
geologically recent subsidence of this
part of the coast which has admitted
the sea into the gorge that the Sacra
mento river formerly cut across the
Coast Ranges. This forms the Golden
Gate, and in the broader mountain
valley behind the sea has spread out
to form the bay.
A further reason for knowing that
the mountains of this region are grow
ing is the frequency of earthquake
shocks in California. Every year
there are from 25 to 40 earthquakes
recorded in the state, and not a few
of these have been felt in San Fran
cisco itself. For example, on March
30, 1898, there was a shock which did
damage to the extent of $342,000 at the
Mare Island navy yard. The cjty is in
a region of earthquake frequency, and
itself seems to be near a line of move
ment. Whether the centre ot greatest
disturbance of the present shock Is in
or near the city cannot yet be told
though the meagre reports so far re
celved Indicate this. If it is, San
Francisco is In danger of future dls
asters.
It x Is the experience in the study of
earthquakes due to fault movement
that the slipping may extend through
a period of days before the strain is
fuliy relieved. This was illustrated
in the Yakutat bay earthquake, which
lasted 17 days. Therefore, it need not
be surprising if the shock of yesterday
i3 followed by others, but this is not
an absolutely certain conclusion, for it
is possible that the single slip com
pletely relieved the strain for the
time.
Some day—no one can tell when—
the strain will again need relief, and
renewed slipping will occur, and with
It renewed shaking of the crust, the
violence of which will depend upon
the amount of slipping. It is a neces
sary result of mountain growth. This
instance is but one of many thousands
on record, and from all accounts ap
parently not one of the greatest mag
nitude. It has attracted our attention
because it happened to be near a great
centre of population, and not far away
from habitations, as was the case with
the Y'akutat Bay earthquake, which
was scarcely noticed.
Coming so soon after the eruption of
Vesuvius it Is natural to think of as
sociation between the two phenomena.
There is, however, no known geologi
cal reason for associating the two.
They are too far apart, and on two
separate zones of earthquake frequen
cy. For these reasons they cas hard
ly be sympathetic. Geologists will, I
feel confident, agree that the close re
lation between the eruption of Vesu
vius and the San Francisco earth
quake from the*standpoint of time is a
•mere coincidence. The shock is but
one of many in the history of Califor
nia; it is one out of many in the gre.-vt
clrcum-Pacific belt sf earthquaho
even during the present year—
one more movement chanced to come
near a great city a short time after
an eruption of Vesuvius.
I am confident also that, barring its
occurrence near a city, geologists will
agree that the San Francisco earth
quake is a normal outcome of rocjc
movements which are a necessary re
sult of mountain growth. The reason
for the mountain growth, however, is
not a subject upon which agreement
would be so general. This is not the
place to enter into a discussion of that
subject, and it must suffice therefore
to state a hypothesis most generally
held by geologists as best supported
by the evidence. This hypothesis Is
that the heated earth In cooling is
contracting; that in doing this the
cold, rigid crust along certain lines is
being crumpled, placed In a state of
strain, and broken. When the break
occurs and a renewed movement is
forced along a previous line of break
ing an earthquake results. The moun
tain bolt which almost completely en
circles the Pacific is receiving the
thrust from the shrinking of the
earth, and for that reason its moiin-
ains are rising nil the way from the
Southern Andes to the Bering Sea and
from the Kurile Islands (in the North
Pacific) to the East Indies. With this
rising melted rock is forced out here
and there in form of volcanic cones,
md by tholr eruptions and by the slip-
pings of the rocks along fault planes
earthquake shocks are occurring
throughout the zone and may always
he expected to occur so long as tin
mountains continue to grow.
8IGNALS OF THE WILD.
STRANGE FREAKS OF FORTUNE.
Was
instances In Which Wealth
Quickly Made and Lost.
Nothing in real life Is more grim
than the way In which fortune, sought
or unsought, will suddenly smile up
on an individual and then with equal
suddenness withdraw her favors.
Such cases, of course, are to be seen
by scores at gambling resorts like
Monte Carlo. Quite recently a young
Austrian officer won £23,000 at the
table in five days and lost every pen
ny of it on the sixth.
The vicissitudes of fortune were
never more vividly Illustrated, says
London Answers, than by the evi
dence given recently in a bankruptcy
case In the Sydney court.
The bankrupt, a mining engineer,
had won nnd lost no fewer than six
fortunes In his lifetime. Once he
made £7000 in a single week by buy
ing a mine and selling It again. So
soon as he was paid the money he
went to Wyoming and invested it,
and some three thousand besides, in
purchasing an Interest in another—a
copper mine. Before night came the
news that the copper lode had sud
denly “pinched out.” The Investors
were beggared.
James Addison Reavis spent more
than 20 years In building up a ficti
tious claim to 12,500,000 acres of land
In Mexico and Arizona. This enor
mous territory, which is, roughly
speaking, ten times the size of Dev
onshire, was originally granted to
Don Miguel, a grandee of his court,
by Philip V of Spain, and still belongs
to his heir, If one can be found.
Reavis Invented one In the shape
of a beautiful Mexican girl. There Is
no space here to detail the Ingenious
forgeries of birth and marriage cer
tificates, the felse miniatures and oth
er evidence which this brilliant swin
dler prepared In order to bolster up
the claims of the girl.
A verdict was given for the girl,
who was by this time Reavis’ wife.
Reavls was turning to receive the
congratulations of his friends on his
enormous inheritance when a tele
gram was handed In. It contained
the news that a second examination
had proved that the original deed of
gift to Don Miguel was a forgery. The
verdict was revoked, Reavls was tried
and sent to prison for a long term.
Maximilian Harshall, a wealthy
miser, was found one day In his
wretched room dying and carried to
a hospital. At once he asked that his
adopted daughter might be sent for.
On her arrival he told her that he had
left her all his wealth—over £300,-
000. Breath was falling him fast, hut
after a short pause he began to speak
again, In low, unbroken whispers. He
had not revealed the secret of where
his bonds or cash were hidden
Search proved useless and the poor
girl, wealthy for a minute, went back
to work for 15 shillings a week,
How the Caribou Talked and Walked
for Their Obeervere.
A gregarious animal has usually
many moans of communicating with
Its fellows. The well-marked livery
of the species serves it as his uniform
does a soldier—It lets friend and foe
alike know who he Is.
Next in Importance, says a writer
in Scribner’s, is the white flag with
which most deer do their wigwag
signaling. This is his tail, and Its
surrounding, the disc. The sudden
elevation of this white tall when dan
ger is sensed conveys at once a silent
alarm to the next of Its kind.
Another signal that I have not Been
noted by any one else 13 thus describ
ed by Mr. E. A. Preble during his trip
to the Barrens, In 1900. Though the
obaervation applies to the barren-
ground species, I believe it will bo
found equally true of the woodland:
“Soon after leaving our camp on
the morning of August 13 we saw
some barren-ground caribou. A young
buck on a point of land was approach
ing as closely as the depth of the
water would permit—about 200 yards.
He showed little fear, trotting along
the shore abreast of our boat for
about a quarter of a mile. He would
frequently stop and wade some • dis
tance toward the boat, at short Inter
vals spreading and contracting the
white patch on his throat literally In
to an oval disc, so abruptly as to give
the efTect of flashes of light. He
finally grew tired of following 11s and
drifted behind."
What was the caribu doing? Ap
parently signaling to what might be
others of his own kind out on the
water.
The caribou's grunt or bark, as
Professor D. G. Eliot calls It, I have
never heard in a state of nature, but
It is said to be much like that of the
reindeer ,and my notes on this are
very full.
‘On July 4, 1900. got Into a herd of
about 1000 half-wild reindeer. Their
only vocal sound Is a grunt. This Is
uttered singly or else doubled—that
is, two are given In rapid succession.
It is sometimes the call of a cow to
her calf, and sometimes Is uttered by
one that is left behind, evidently a
note of alarm or Inquiry to find out If
his friends are close at hand."
But the most singular of the sounds
made by the caribou is the cracking
of the hoof. At each step each foot
gives out a loud, sharp craok.
Persons who have never heard It
In life have no difficulty in explain
ing It. "Of course, the hoofs spread
when they bear the weight of the
animal,” they say, "and when lifted
the hard surfaces spring together
with a crack." But a close observa
tion shows that the crack Is made by
some mechanism In a foot, and it
‘goes off” while the weight Is on it.
It is not always one sharp crack,
but sometimes a crackle like several
sounds close together. Many exami
nations showed that just as the foot
Is relieved pf the animal's weight, hut
before any part is off the ground, the
crack takes place. The hoofs do not
strike together during the stride, and
the crackle is not heard until the foot
is placed and the weight is on it. Thus
it usually crackles twice at the place
of each track, always once as the
weight is coming on usually a second
time as he is going off. I walked on
hands and knees by the side of a
reindeer again and again to make ob
servations, and finally Induced one to
walk while at. considerable personal
risk I kept my hand on the knuckle
joint of the hind foot. The crack
took place each time with the bend
ing of the knuckle joint. It was so
violent that It jarred the hand laid
on it. It was deep-seated and on the
level of the clouts of back hoofs and
appeared to be made by tendons or
sesamolds slipping over adjoining
bones.
The sound Is easily heard 50 feet
In a wind, and twice as far in still
weather. When a herd is moving
along the countless crackles from
their hoofs make a volume of low,
continuous sounds.
The object If this Is doubtless the
same as that of the whistling of a
whistler’s wing or the twittering of
birds migrating by night.
Too Previous.
It was Immediately after George
felled the tree, and while he was yet
wondering what would happen when
his father came around and saw the
stump.
“It is up to me to make seme sort
of an explanation,” mused George.
Gazing pensively at the fallen
tree, and then at his little hatchet
George heaved a sigh and muttered:
"I should have waited about a cen
tury and a half. Then I could have
laid the blame on the lumber trust.’
Realizing, however, that he was
bom too soon for that, George de
elded that he would have to make a
(clean breast of it.
North Country England Custom
In the north of England, and espe
daily In Cumberland and Lancashire
a large bowl of rum butter is made
before the birth of a child. It Is
made from brown sugar worked into
as much butter as will absorb it and
flavored with rum and nutmeg.
The mother of the child Is allowed
to partake of this dainty, but its chief
use is for the entertainment of call
ers, who drink the health of the new
comer and eat biscuits spread 'with
rum butter.—Food and Cooker.
INSURES AGAINST HAIL8TOR M j
How the Kansas Whaat Grower p I
tacts Hlmaalf From Lose r<> |
"Hailstorms have destroyed mcrJ
wheat In Kansas In the last ten y Par J
than all the grasshoppers and chinch]
bugs since the state was organized
said a farmer from southern Kan^J
whose crop was destroyed by a receJ
storm In that section. 1
"Last year one hailstorm In thJ
northern part of Sumner county a J
the southern part of Sedgwick sweJ
an area thirty miles long by two milej
wide. About 38,900 acres, most
it In growing wheat that promised tol
yield twenty-five bushels to the acre!
were destroyed. A half million doji
lura worth of wheat was ruined
that one storm.”
The hailstorm was never feared bJ
the Kansas farmer until wheat became!
a staple crop. Corn will recover Iron
a hailstorm and make nn averasd
crop, but a light fall of ice at a ecrl
lain time will ruin a crop cf wheat]
May and June are the month.! of hail.]
storms In Knnsas.
In France and Spain, where tim hailJ
storms destroy the grape crop, large!
cannon have been placed on the hiilsT
above the vineyards. At the
proach of a hailstorm explosive!
6)hot. Into the cloud, and It’s a heliefl
among farmers—laughed at by scienJ
title men— that the storm Is some]
times dissipated. The Kansas fame
doesn't bombard the clouds. He had
found that It pays better to Insure]
his crops.
Hull Insurance companies have bcanl
organized^ The farmer Insures hid
wneaT crop against hail Just as the
man In the city Insures his hoiiati
against fire. He places whutevei)
value on his crop he can afford to pay!
the premium on. Somr> farmers occaj
Blonslly Insure so heavily that they]
would not object to a hailstorm
save the expense of harvesting tho|
crop.
The first hall Insurance companies!
were mutual companies, organize
among the farmers of a county or;
district. It was soon found that those)
companies were not safe, because
hailstorm usually cleared a whole disl
trlct. Then each farmer was
pel led to bear ills own loss, for thaT
mutual company' could not pay. Eastl
ern capitalists Lave formed a numj
her of hail Insurance companies in uio
last five years.
Farmers have a belief that hall will
follow the same path for three conf
■ecutlve years. So if a hahstorn
destroys a crop they Insure heavllyl
for the next two years—Kansas Cltj|
Oldest Woman in the World.
In a refuge for the aged In Madrid
there Is now a woman who has
claims to being the oldest of her sex
In the world. She Is an Andalusian,
and was born In Grenada in 1781. She
has lived In Madrid for 103 years and
haB been the mother of twenty-one
children, all of whom are dead,
though most of them lived to a fairly
old age. There is nothing emaciated
or cadaverous about the old woman.
The skin has a healthy appearance;
there is color in the cheeks, and her
eye Is still clear and bright. The
surgeon in charge of the home thinks
she may still live a considerable time
House In a Maple Tree.
A singular maple tree on the left!
bank of the Oder, In Germany, Is atl
leaet a century old, and has beuil
twisted and cut Into a kind of eircul
lar house of two stories.. A firm!
leafy floor has been formed by caus-f
log the branches to become graduallyj
woven together. Above this Is
smaller second floor, similarly form-1
ed, and the ends of the branches have!
been woven Into solid walls, In which!
eight windows on each story hav«|
been cut.
The horse refuses to go, and his vail
ue has advanced. On .January 1.
there were 14,364,000 horses Is thlf
country. On the first day of 1906 tliera
were 18,718,000. In nine years therd
has been an Increase of 30 per ccnj
The gain In the numner of mules haj
been great, but not so large.
1897 there were 2,215,000. This y el 1
notwithstanding the heavy purchase
made by the British government durj
ing the Boer war, thero are 3,4'”’
000.
The Earl of Wemyss, who is elghtyl
eight years old, solemnly Informed thf
House of Lords that Great Brltaij
had no army and only sixty up-tc-dat
cannon. On the same day, laughing!
ly adds Town Topics, the official newf
of the surrender of Turkey was aD |
nouaced, and seriously Impaired t f
effect of the eloquent speech of thl
noble lord, who was requested 1
take a scat on beach No. 23.
The Growth of Children.
Until the age of eleven or twelve
boys are taller and heavier than girls.
Then the girls for the next few years
surpass the boys both in weight and
height; but the boys soon overtake
and pass them. The sons of non-lab
oring parents are taller and heavier
than those of laboring parents. The
heads of girls are a little rounder than
those of boys, and always a little
smaller. It has been found that chil
dren grow but little from the end of
November to the end of March; grow
tall but increase little in weight from
March till August, and increase main
ly In weight and little in height fronr
August to November.—Sketch.
The most primitive toy is the doll.
It dates back to prehistoric times and
is found in every part of the world.
THE DOCTOR’S WIFE
Agrees With Him About rood.
A trained nurse says: "In the l ,raf l
lice of my profession 1 have found
many points In favor of Gnipt’-^l
food that I unhesitatingly recouiuiewj
it to all my patients. .
"It is delicate and pleasing to ’“I
palate (nn essential in food for the m< I
and can be adapted to all ages, he T
softened with milk or cream for bn
or the aged when deficiency of tee 1
renders mastication Impossible. 1
fever putients or those on liquid u e
find Grape-Nuts and albumen tra
very nourishing and refreshing. 1
recipe Is my own Idea nnd is niu *
follows: Soak a teaspoonful of 1
Nuts In a glass of water for an > I
strain and serve with the beaten " T
of nn egg and a spoonful of frui J ’
or flavoring. This affords n grea l
of nourishment that even the T
stomach can assimilate withou
distress. , J
"My husband Is a physician • J
uses Grape-Nuts himself and orue
many times for his patients.
“Personally I regard a dlsb 0 ■ I
Nuts with fresh or stewed fruit a
ideal breakfast for anyone-ue
Sick." Name given by r° 8 1
Battle Creek, Mich. nC 4
In any case of stomach troum*^ J( |
vous prostration or brnin fnK’
days’ trial of Grape-Nuts win
wonders toward nourishing ^ 1
building, and In this way J’ ,u tr j#T
trouble. “There’s a reason, ;> 11U 1
proves. ,
Look in pkgs. for the fnj"“ u8
hook. "The Road to WellviUe.
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