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EG1NNING OCTOBER. 14 ENDING NOVEMBER 11,1901
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jid will make price s that should fill their house daily with
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About Ozone.
finny people talk about ozone wlth
it so mucli as knowing what ozone is.
is a prevalent idea that it is
[mctliing [ you get at lungs. the sea What aud that that
Lnothing is good for the
Lii- is- however, few people have
ient curiosity to inquire. Ozone is
L t chemists call an allotropic form
f oxygen— that is to say, it is oxygen
[a [tion. lfghly active ordinary and concentrated air ozone con- ex
In pure
ts. lnit only in what chemists call
races.” Larger amounts are found in
can and mountain air. It instantly
^appears when brought in contact
fill! decaying matter, dissipating it
df as it were, in the act of oxidizing
lat mutter.
Ozone is known to occur more plenti
illv during thunderstorms, and we
lave, of course, the analogy of its be
ig artificially produced from oxygen
y electrical discharges iu the labors
pry. On the body ozone is believed to
ct as a stimulant; lienee the popular
lotion of its beneficial effects as expe
fienml by the sea. but in any greater
mount than mere traces it is a violent
tritaiii. One authority goes the length
if asserting that it is doubtful whether
t is beneficial to animal life at all.
[ Coloi-eil Swedes.
A little Swedish monthly magazine
tmlilisk-.-d Its in New York city requested
readers a short time ago to send iu
feccourds of the experiences they had
Kvlieu they first arrived in this country.
Ilcre is the prize specimen: “In my un
tophbticated days I once started out 1
p call upon a girl I had known in the (
[eld fet Madison country. I was told that she street, lived
avenue and
[When [doubt which I reached that corner, I was finally in
house to try, but I
|W(::t Jon the up the stops and of one the bell. that A faced girl
avenue rang
to the door. Nelson '
dime ‘Does Miss
live here?’ I asked as politely as I
jccTtld,
“ 'I don’t know any such person,’ she
[answered, FliP-.i she and called I was after turning ‘1s away she
[white me,
V
■ "Tiiat irritated me. ‘Did you ever
know any Swedes who were colored?’
I asked.
“ “til. I have
Swedes,' seen some green
I was her retort, and 1 did not
continue the conversation.
Trials of a Lecturer.
A w II known English woman iec
| I pcitse: hirer t: !is these stories at her own ex
‘‘I wr.s.” she says, “on a tour through
| [ pea.cd It on v.recs, the platform and one in night small as I ap
a town
[ p c!;;: : "'.'.an introduced me to my au
j- ..
: r.c-e n. thr. following way: ‘You have
’ in] a! Mr. Gladstone, the Grand Old
Man. _ Let me now introduce to you
! tho grand o!d woman.’ This in¬
tended was
"On as a sincere compliment,
anoth er occasion a bluff old fami¬
n' T !. uo 1 ; oast ed of his ability to look
R .
S!< -; s °f a question, announced
tnV’i fc ” r!7! ’ 8: ‘This lady’s come here
a i, 0iu | ler rights,’ he said. ‘She’s
.T 1 ; h( ' taI1 - and so she’s got a right
tv,,!' V*: h'V :::!( Kot ^ *f to an y of you don't like
ear'.i J i2t U wa ^ say y° u 've got an
on't , ” ° out iu tbe middle
It Aw. y p roiM Honlet
is bo i 0 S the fashion for
“ a wo
man ' U maternity
her oh;>.v. ' 1 hospital that
ienrps i ' Laaj * })e born aQ Ld conveu
-
. at home. The
are split children
They froin home to school.
men'iL are - " ■ od awa from home, and
.: Y
bos Pita'u - I UlLir family fiual are taken t0
ied ‘ ' illness and bur
‘ ‘ !a ^dertaker’s
beer parlor. It is
from '■ -'--on to take everything
Tbev 1 -cept the family
£r ® r.a rows,
sacred tq tha family
hearth.—Atcbiso :* Cioe-i.
Italian Brigandage In 1S-iS. '
One summer evening in the crowded
theater an impatient house demanded
the drawing of the curtain preliminary
to the first act. When at last it was ;
upraised, II Passatore and iris armed [
band occupied the stage, with muskets ! '
aimed at the affrighted audience. The
chief stated that he should levy a tax
per head, which lie then and there eol
lected. The gang made off with their
booty unmolested. — Lady Presturch’s
“Essays.”
Gold.
The specific gravity of gold is 19.50—
that is. it weighs nineteen and a half
times ns much as its own bulk of wa
ter. The ductility and malleability of
this metal are equaled by no other. F.y
ductility is meant the property of al
lowing itself to be drawn out into a
wire and by malleability its property
of flattening without splitting under
the hammer.
Make Some One Happy.
Charles Kingsley thus counseled a
friend: “Make it a rule and pray to
God to help you to keep it never, if pos¬
sible, to lie down at night without be¬
ing able to say, ‘I have made one Im
man being at least a little wiser, a lit
tie happier or a little better this day.’
You will find it easier than you think
and pleasanter.”
Bowleggod Sailors.
Sailors are a bowlogged class. An
old salt always walks as if he were on
the deck of a ship, and he never takes
great strides like a landsman. He is
used to having to walk great distances,
in his imagination, on the quarter deck,
and he can’t get rid of the habit ol
making the most of his promenade,
The Sponge.
Tlie sponge reproduces its kind main¬
ly by' eggs. In each animal are con¬
tained both the male and the female
elements, and it throws out the ova to
be hatched in the water. At first the
young are free swimming, aud after
attach themselves to con- '
ward they
Venient spots and grow.
Well Bred.
Gentleman—That looks a well bred
.
dog. well 1
Owner—I should think he was
bred. Why, he won’t have a bit of din
ner till lie’s got liis collar on!—Punch.
■
The Nile is noted for the variety of
its fish. An expedition sent by tlie
British museum brought home 2,200
specimens.
Railways use up over 2,000,000 tons
of steel a year, almost half the world s <
product. ;
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Two Good Arguments. 1
“I say that Adam and Eve never ex- !
* theological
isted,” declared the first
disputant. the
“Oh. but they did." answered sec¬
ond theological disputant.
“How do you know they did ? Were j
you there?”
“How do you know they didn't?
Were you there?”—Baltimore Ameri¬
can.
Giants Nearly Twenty Feet Tall. i
The giant Farragos, who was slain i
by Orlando, the nephew of Charle
magne, was i eighteen feet high, lie al
ways accompanied the army on foot.
there being no horse tall and strong
enough to carry him. Platerus in his
published writings tells of a giant
whom he examined at Lucerne whose
body measured 10 feet 4 Inches and 3
lines.
WEEKLY - BANNER.
Ci'alia Are Piglikn,
Crabs are fighting animals. la fact,
they will tight anything, says a natu
ralist. I have seen a erab, in conflict
with a lobster, catch the latter over
the fore part of the head, where the
shell is hardest, and crush it in by one
effort, and it rather bears out my idea
that tlie claws of these creatures are
particularly weapons of war; that the
moment one of them receives severe in
jury in a claw it drops it off by volun
tary amputation, severing its connec
tion with the body at the shoulder by
an act of its own will. It seems to me
probable that if the claw were neces
sary for feeding nature would rather
seek to cure an injury to it than let the
animal discard it altogether.
Tlie species of crab which is most
conspicuously a fighter is the hermit
crab. Its first idea of independent life
is to eat a harmless whelk and occupy
its shell. Its next notion is to give bat¬
tle to every crab of the same persua¬
sion as itself that it comes across. Al¬
together hermit crabs are undoubtedly
tbo most quarrelsome creatures in ex¬
istence. ,
The Rand Iviss.
The kiss of the band is undoubtedly
ancient and therefore is not derived
from that of the lips, but probably the
converse is true. The hand kiss is
loosely asserted to be developed from
servile obeisances in- which the earth,
the foot and the. garments were kissed,
the hand aud cheek succeeding iu order
of time and approach to equality of '
rank. But it is doubtful if that was ,
tlie actual order, and it is certain that |
at the time when hand kissing began
there were less numerous gradations of
rank than at a later stage.
Kissing of tlie hands between men is
mentioned in the Old Testament, also
by Homer, Pliny and Lucian. The kiss
was applied reverentially to sacred cb
jeets. such as statues of the gods, as is
Shown bv ancient works of art, and
also among numerous etymologies by
that of the Latin word “adoro,” and it '
was also metaphorically applied by the
inferior or worshiper kissing his own
hand and throwing the salute to the
superior or statue,
Convincing.
The methods employed by ex-Gov
ernor Throckmorton of Texas to make
t *^ ai . the claims of his clients were
perhaps unlike those of any other Jaw
y er j )Ut tliey often carried conviction
^em.
At one time he was defending a man
who was on trial for murder in Gaines
v jp Pi Tex. He desired to make it plain
t 0 fi 10 j m y that the man whom liis cli
ent p a d killed, although in Ids shirt
sleeves and without a pistol pocket,
might have been well armed.
“L’an you see any signs of arms
aboat me y> demanded the general, tak
leg off his coat and standing before ,
the jurors.
They shook fheir heads.
“Watch me!” he said dramatically,
and with that he proceeded to draw a
pistol from under each arm, one from
eacdi hoot leg aud from the hack of his
neck a bowie knife of most sinister as¬
pect—Youth’s Companion.
Hearing a FI y V/aJk.
As the fiv glides rapidly over a smooth
surface every step presses out a supply !
of gum strong enough to give him a
sure footing and to sustain him in safe- I
tv if he halts. So strong Is the cement
that that upon one of his six feet is
quite sufficient to sustain the weight of
his whole l otly. But if lie stands still ;
the gum*may dry up and harden the traveler’s quick- j
lv and so securely fasten
foot as i ; make a sudden step snap the
loor itself.
If you wish to hear a fiy walk, you
cau do it without the aid o£ the uuga-
phone. Having made friends with tlie
fly. spread a silk handkerchief over
your ear and induce the insect to crawl
across the handkerchief. As he np
proaehos your ear you will distinctly
hear a harsh, rasping sound, made by
the contact of the insect’s feet with
the filaments of silk.
Politely Put.
Anxious Father (from top of stairs)—
Say, Mary Jane!
Mary Jane—Yes, papa,
Anxious Father—Is it 11 o’clock yet?
Mary Jane—Yes, papa,
Anxious Father—Well, give the young
man my compliments and ask him to
kindly close the front door from the
outside.—Chicago News.
Th«- 3!i8giK!«l|ipl.
Before the coming of the whites to
America the Mississippi river was
known by a different name every few
miles of its course. Each tribe that
dwelt along its banks gave it a name,
nml more than thirty of these local
designations are preserved in the nar¬
ratives of the early travelers.
In Scotland a twentieth of flic area is
forest land. The greater portion of the
country is mountain heath and lake,
The cultivated land is comparatively
very limited in its area.
Killing tlie Woollen Horse.
Torture on a grand scale went out
with Felton, tlie assassin of Bucking
ham. but tenure on a small scale cou
tmued to be practiced on military of¬
fenders down to the eighteenth cen¬
tury. The form most frequently resort¬
ed to was that known as the wooden
horse, to ride which was the punish
ment accorded for petty thefts, in
subordination and so on. The wooden
horse was made of planks nailed to
gather so as to form a sharp ridge or
angle about eight or nine feet long,
This ridge represented the back of the
horse and was supported by four posts
or legs about five feet high placed on
a stand made movable by truckles. To
complete the resemblance to the no¬
blest animal in creation a head and
tail were added.
When a soldier was sentenced, either
by court martial or by his commanding
officer, to ride the horse, lie was placed
on the brute's back, with his hands tied
behind him, and frequently enough, in
order to increase the pain, muskets
were fastened to his legs to weigh
them down or, as was jocularly said,
to prevent tlie fiery, untamed, bare¬
backed steed from kicking bim off.—
London Graphic.
Tlie Camphor Mater.
It is surprising what a number of
camphor eaters there are among the
well to do classes. The idea seems to
prevail that this gum, taken In small
and regular doses, gives a peculiarly
clear c-reaminess of complexion, and
scores of young women buy it for this
purpose. The habit is, moreover, very
difficult to cast off, for camphor pro
duces a mild form of exhilaration and
stupefaction, and in many instances
where very large doses have been s\\al
lowed the habit has become a sort of
slavery.
These camphor eaters all have a!
dreamy, dazed and very listless air. j
and In most of them there is an ever
present longing to sleep or at least to
rest. Extreme weakness generally fol- j
lows the taking of regular doses, and I
have seen cases where it has been al
most difficult to tell the effects from
those of alcohol. As to the complexion,
if a ghastly pallor be an improvement
camphor certainly produces it.—Clinic.
When “Pluck” Was Sin ns.
The word “pluck” affQyds another to-
stance of the way in which slang
words in the course of time become
adopted into current English. We now
meet with “pluck” and “plucky” as the
recognized equivalents of “courage’*
and “courageous.” An entry in Sir
Walter Scott's “Journal" shows that in
1827 the word had not yet lost its low
character. lie says (volume 2, page
30), “Want of that article blackguard¬
ly called pluck.” Its origin is obvious.
From early times the heart has been
popularly regarded as the seat of cour¬
age. Now, when n butcher lays open a
carcass he divides the great vessels of
the heart, cuts through the windpipe
nml then plucks out together the united
heart and lungs—lights, he calls them—
and he terms the united mass “the
pluck.”—Notes aud Queries.
A Victim of Scotch Logic.
A highland hotel keeper was one day
having a squabble with an Englishman
iu the lobby of tlie hotel about his bill.
Tlie stranger said it was a gross impo¬
sition—he could live cheaper iu the best
hotel in London.
The highland landlord replied, “Oh,
nae doot, sir. nae dool; but dae ye no*
ken the reason?”
“Not a bit of it,” replied the stranger
hastily.
“Wee 1, then,” replied the host, “as y«
seem to be a sensible bit oallant, I’ll
tell ye. There’s 3(15 days in the Lunaon
hotel keeper’s calendar, but we liavu
only three months here. I>ne ye under¬
stand me noo, freon’? We maun inak*
hay in the hielan's when the sun
shines, for it’s unco seldom she dis’t.”—■
Scottish American.
f,he Appl# ”
The famous Applnn way. mentioned
b X almost every Itomau v.riicr, con
n< < ted the Et< mnl < \ \. .th .ill P- ,rt *
*' 6:0,1 1 a '* or 01 ' s N"!
Rome the space on each side was tilled
with sepulchers, many of them of pen
«»» distinguished in history. To l.av.
a sepulr Lei on the Appian way wa# i
equivalent to being buried to Green
lu York, or Pere la Chain*
in Paris. I
A Peculiar Word.
The word “habit” is one of the moil
peculiar in our language. If you tak*
off the first Ictler, you still have “a bit.”
If you remove Hie second, the word
“bit” is still on hand. Decapitate that
by removing tlie “b” and it is still a
word. Take off tlie “i," and you find
the old "habit” not “t” totally destroy
P
.
Knew Her.
Pat—And how is the wife, Mike?
Mike—Sure, and I had the doctor last
night.
l’at—I didn’t know thot she was m
sick as tliot.
Mike—No, and she didn’t need him,
but iv she hod died sure and she would
always hov blamed me!—Judge.
Tlie Blver Jordan.
The Jordan is the “Descender.” Dur
j^ g coursP j* f a q s over ],200 fent.
no point is it navigable even by •
gma n rril ft to any considerable dia
t ance an( j presents tlie unique sjieofnelit
of a river which has never been navi¬
gated flowing into a sea which contain*
not one living ereature.
Experienced
lIe _ Thi . , ove , , iavp declared f „ t
mv (lt . ar . ls a p prfePt , OVe .
She And will you swear that you
have never loved another?
lie—Ah, darling, you forget that prac¬
makes perfect.—Richmond Dh*
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