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THE JUMPING KANGAROO AND THE APPLE BUTTER CAT. H; Joint Walker liurrlngton yn;./. Jtuo, by McClure. Phillip* & Co.* i.rnr Moose'# Kich llrolhrr. ; ; ay Mouse sitting on his front h onn afternoon whan he heard a >1- of wheels and u coach stopped be • the door. It *a the funniest coach ver saw. and It u drawn by four . t... bugs all covens! with silver har i Two grasshopper* eat on the box. . of litem Jumped down and opened the ~,-or. Then a big fat mouse, all dressed and • arrylttg a oatie> with a gold head, got out ami came up the steps of Oray Mouse's house. "You don't seem to know, me." said the fat mouse ns he clapped Oray Mouse on the back. "Your ways art familiar.” answered Gray Mouae, "but your face X do not re member ot all." Why, I um your long-lost brother. Church Mouae," squawked thnt little ani mal, "and I hate Just rente back to visit alt my friends and relatione." Church Mouse strutted up and down the porch, whirled his cane and played Church Mouse Strutted Up and Down the Torch. with his watch chain, limy Mouse was sitting In lus old rurklng chair and lie had on his shabbiest pair of i <ri*'t sllp|'rs. "You need not la* ni proud." said Gray Mouse. "I rememt>er the time when you did not have a piece of cheese with which to hleas yourself. I>on't pul on any ulr* with your conch and your oil tumble huge 1 have not forgotten when you lived In the church a* roes the road, and were so poor that many la the time you were glad to come over to my poor little house for and finer " "You neixl not be cross " replied Church '•ou*e. "I am not prowl, and to-morrow t shall bring you a very large cheese." ' I am very pal to see you." said Gray use. changing his manners and smll „ "Now tell me how did you get so ’> < k and fat V Gray Mouse brought hi* best eaey chair our 01. the porch, und Cbutch Mouse .at! down in It and crossed hts hands over his stomach. Weil. 1 was so poor." began Church Mouse, "that man> Is the linn I have gnawed the la* kw of hj.mn booke One day 1 was wondering how I was going to get along, and d-okkcd to la* a booh agent A. 1 got Hedge Hog. who Is clever with qutils, to write tsook for me, culled Tli True History of the Greet Which What.' Then I started out to sell It.' "Wail. It was very hard w.*rk ai flrsi Cochin. Ills chtoken, slammed Hie dwt of his coop right In my fare. Chip Monk chased me off his door mat. Snapping Turtle called mo tumu and hit off tiv und of my uul Then I row the Adder 3 _ v - ■* Adder Ai k What Witch Church Mouae Meant. and i mini Just i po*ttly as I •■•ouM Mr. Adder. I have here the True History of the (trf.il Which hat. Whit witch'’- awked A<*r. who wa* h < cU>.if a* anything. H* had nn **nr liunprt, tout 1 do not believe that the tiumpet help..! him to hear any better. "No witch." 1 answered. Norwich 1* In Connecticut.” anwwcr<Hl A'Mcr. That la where 1 bought my ear trumpet.” I *iU! Which What." *<* , • No." replied the Adder. do not any dried applet* to-day.” I %mm* po Hilary that 1 cried I wen to the wheat bln out in Deacon Jone* ■ art, and th.ro I met my old friend. Of courts ‘ said Weevil. Whe., I told; him ulnhM roy bail luck, you don't ae l | taioka here became everybody I* so Intel ilgent. You come with me to Asia smt ■in will do far belter.' So I strayed In th, bln wl'h Weevil, in , day or two the wheat was pui 111 n wjgon and taken to Ins railroad *ta i ,on lie fore lons It nrrive-l In New York T.ien It was thrown down hill Into a ship •a I (or days and days after that Weevil a, l I knew nothing <■*. ,-pt the splash or v. iters and the Op tip of that great ship We reached the plan- called Asia. A. ■•n as I got n chance I said good by to Weevil nisi walked until I *■* n Jungle. Wnen you sell ls>oks II I. a good ii c to know eonu•’.■!} nho t * ,>l “ Weevil lokl me to go the llrst thing awl le.a .i • ' ■ • 1 . It ii iilining the IrtKW an I 1 walked U|l |> where h* war mdlog •yellow Uon.' 1 said v*** P Ol ) I *'*' 'Vellow l.ton, won't you please buy my ■ **ok ?* Mas It got anything about me In It a*k*.| Yellow Uon. No.’ 1 anrvrMf'l Wfli. then, 1 hv* r>* tli Tal * ° I ttlo animals like you.' sab* letiow l.t,n. 'You will oblige me by geitln* <>ut o? my lair, or I shall step all over you •• ■>'— —sit • 1 answered. '1 do lK>l wish to crowd you. Yellow Lion; and I am not of a, revengeful nature.' Bo I stood up straight, at and looked very proud aid angry "Two days after that I was walking through the jungle when I heard a loud noise 1 j eepM through the bushes rvi there 1 saw Ytllow lAoa lying under a hammock Good morning / I said "Seeing that you are so comfortable in your nice new famiru k I thought I waitd Just come and nay how d'ye do.' ' You mean little animal!' roared Yel low Lion, 'don't you ** that the hunters have caught me In a net?* " ‘lt Is too bad 1 answered, ‘that you are In a net. but It I* still worse to be In the jungl# without a copy of * The True History of the Great Which What." In the little book which I hold In my hand !• tol l why th** what i* Which and what the whftl what said to the which who of the w hen did.’ Stop, stop" roared Yellow Lion. “ *H* re la a chapter, said I which tells ho wa !l<>n got caught In a net. aiul how a l**or little mouse in return for a kind ness out the net with bla sharp teeth and set the lion free * What kindness*** Yellow Lion *AU that the lion did.’ I answered whs to buy a book which the mouse was selling I <1 take that book.' said Yellow Lon. TH lakt* a hundred of ihem—#nd when I get out I'll make everybody else buy " 'All right. Yellow lA* tv' Mid I. Then I gnawpd th# net. an<! Yellow Lion got away The king of kept hlf word. I aokl more than l.OOu.ttoi 'i>pl*-# of the hook from that one sample, for Yellow Lion to • 1 all the that they muat buy. That 1# how I hecam* *o rich." "You are certainly a clever little ani mal," iMiltl Gray Mouae. when Church Moue# hid *d th* atory. "I am very lrf>ud of my rich brother.** I’HIM HH .t rrONßft It Y THE FOI YD. Fig Ii f MonArrlia Illilde the Tea Re nonn*il Diamond*. These lucky Individuals are the Cxar of Russia, the Fmperor of Germany, th# Emperor of Austria, th* King of Portugal, th* 81ah of Persia, the Khedive of Egypt, the Ruj.ih of Borneo and the Queen of England. The diamonds, with their weight, are m* 1 ' I Am "Very Proud of My Rich Brother. The Kraganza. whlrh Is th* only one uncut, un<l weighs l.*S units. An unnnnmed Item, weighing 367 carat*. The Orloff, m carats. The Florentine. a grand duke. 13*H car at*. An unnamed diamond, weighing IMVi carata. Tho nil or Regent. !3*i earnta The Kohlnoor. 106 1-10 carats. The Shah. 96 carat*. The Saucy, WVs carata Th< Pa* ha of Kgypt. to carats. The Bragansa belongs to the King of Portugal. It I* the largest diamond In the world and about the slxr of a hen's egg .ind Ps value Is £M.3oO.W>-oveT two hun dred million dollar* Is a pretty penny to have Invested in one gi m .There have al wuys bean doubts as to It* genuineness; by some expert* It Is thought to be a white topaz It I* not the personal prop erty of the King, but belongs to the crown jewels The King, however, own* the fifth largest diamond In the world, weigh ing US', carats. It Is not known by any name of It* own. The largest cut diamond—one of !>>. ct rat*— belong* to the Rajah of Romeo, by whom It i considered to be * palladium, but by what name h* distinguishes It I* not known. The second largest cut diamond, th" t*r loff t* set In the top of the scepter of tho Osar of Russia It I* cut In rose form, with a Hat face helow, resembling the half of a pig-cars , Kl It was once one of the eyes of a Idol In the Temple of Rrah ni i It came into the hands of the Shah Nadia of Persia, from whom It was stolen by a French grendadler. and sold lo an English sea captain for U.OOO The cap twin sold It to a Jew for lU.OCO In 177. the Km press Cat her Ino of Russia pur chased It thorugh Count Orloff for f*>.o in cash, an annuity of fMO and a title of Rus-ian nobility being the consideration. The diamond next In value In the , Wir * collection I* the Shah, one of M carata It wa* given by Choeroes to on* of the cun of Russia. A third one of the warkl-rMMNMt diamond* also THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28. 100(1 to Hus sis'a rirtw*-th# Saucy. weighing MS <*urmi It te*onged to tYtarl*# the Bold of Burgundy. It was bougnt in M 9& by Emmanuel of Portugal, ami was sold In li#o to the (kum da Saucy. In whoa# family it remained for a century, after which It met with as many adventure# as the heroin# of a three-volume novel It was security for a loan, entrueted to a servant, who being attack* and by rot> lirrs. swallowed It. He was murdered and the diamond m wove red It Is next heard of In the poce silon of Jam## II of Eng land. w ho carried It with him In hla flight laiuls XIV bought It of him for <26. W Napoleon 1 was another owner In 1926 II was sod to Prims* Paul Ivmldoff for <90,000 He in turn sold W. but the pur chaser failing to fulfil bis part of the contract, the g m became the subject of a lawsuit, which was decided In favor of the prince It next turns up In Bombay. In IM7 It . | i ftVSNd Ml of "the <rown necklace" worn by Mary of Sachsen Altenburg, on her marriage with Albert of Prussia. Three year# Inter, in the Investiture of the Star of In dia by the Prince of Wales in Calcutta. It was worn by a Maharajah It now tie long* to the Cz r of Russia. What fur ther adventures await this much traveled slone remains to be seen. The Polnr Hiar. a brilliant gem. also belongs to sle zir. Another Hussian stone, which iw well known Is a r*d diamond--* rare scone. This cost <16,000. The Florentine, or Grand Duke. Is the prop* rtv of the Emperor of Austria This gem. too. I*!onge| to Charles the Bold l> whom It ww lost at the battle of Granson and found by a B*lm soldier, who old It for half a crown, thinking it wa only pier# of rock It was next wold lor <3OO to an Italian grand fluke, from whom It p.sse*l into the hands of Pope Judus 11. who gave it to an rn peror of Austria The Pitt, or liegent. I>#fore It was cut. weighed 41b carats. The fragments cut from It were \ .titled at some thousand pounds. It Is considered tit# most bril liant diamond In Europe and belongs t tne German Ktnperor. or. rather. It is the property of the Prussian crown. It was bought In 1?0J In Indt.i by Mr. Pitt, who was governor of Madras He in.i about (900,000 for It. He took It to Lon don nnd had It cut at a cost of £9,000. In 1717 he sold It to the Regent Duke of Or l*-ans—bene# It- name, the Regent—for Louis XV for CUS.(Ot. it is now valued at twire that price It. too. was at one tlm- 1 owned and worn by Napoleon I. The Koh-1-noor—"Mountain >j f IJght " the property of the Queen of Kngland. or. lather, of the British crown, weighed, before cutting, 7MN, carat*. It Is valu'd at ll9a.<rt> According to the Indian le gend it was found In Goleonda nd worn a.OJO years ago by Kama It passed through many hands to Baber, founder of the Mogul dynasty. In P.3K, and the stone Is often spoken of as "the Grand Mogul." It next passed to Nadir. Shah of Persia, who Is said to have named It the Koh-i-noor. The Nadir became It* [assessor by a shrewd trick. Aurungze bo’a great-grandson owned the stone an I kept It hidden In his turhan. The Nadir Invited him to a feast, and Insisted on changing turhan*. "to cement our love," and thus It fell Into his bund*. The Hhah Mhuja wa* the next possessor and wore It In a bracelet. It finally wa* deposited in the Lahore treasury, and after the annexation of the Punjaub It was present ed to Queen Victoria This was In 19&). It was shown ot the I-or.don World’s Fair the following year. There Is another diamond railed the Koh-i-noor, also a brilliant and bounti ful gem. belonging to the Shah of Persia The Pasha of KgVpt. renowned not for It* slxe but Ita brilliancy, cost 129.000. and belongs to the Khedive of Kgypt. Electric Itanoee*. A pie-* of glass I* supported between iwo hooks by being placed beneath the covers, and underneath It are put little figures cut from tissue puper. If the glass lie now rubbed with a piece of flannel the electricity generate,! will cause the (Itrures to rise and fall. * If In the act of danc ing. Three adware Puatle. If cut out, the (!v* piece* here shown may be formed Into large square, and | this square may again be maje Into two other*. A good plan to make the paper thick enough to avoid bending I* to past* them all together on a pleeo of cardboard be fore cutting them out. [ Tbe Mott concentrate form ot beet j science knows j LiebiG j COMPANY'S EXTRACT ol Beel Signed bins NAMES AND NICKNAMES. (inn ME%YING or MANY OK Tllll lI- I.INTHIOt* % 491KA OT t IIIV4. Milk Kintfi, Behool Names, l.tfe Na itt e• and Soulirltiurlo—Thr Ileal t <itnoittrn* Are Kyps More* Hr* utArUnbls Titan Thotr lateen In Snort—Ll Ifluna I hana 44 oald %i -lear In He an Illustrious tllrd tn a I*l iim Tree— Prince Tuan la a l Irar bar ly Name— The* I*l nm Who Holds the Beale* In Ahnntaua A Fragrant Pa lac# U the Papa la r (hluetr Minister at Washington. Many I ugnosne-ns Whirls the t hI - naiunn Gathers as Me (irosi I p. I nlversal Habit of Nlekuamlna. The Malm. Halt and Itllnd Are the Nutijeeta t haraeterlato t hlneae \n in lii g n# 4 oinmi on Objects. Copyright 1W by I. T Headland. Borne one has said that If you wish to put a man to pleep, or destroy all hla In terest In what you have to say. you need .nly repeat a few Chinese names to him Whether Chinese names are Interesting or not depend*, however, upon one's un derslanding of them as well as upon whom the name represents The name LI Hung 'hang Is no better pounding than any other Chinese name, and yet It attracts attention and Is full of meaning Id la the family name, and Is said to indicate It* owner's descent from the founder of Taoism. This old man. wo* born nearly six hundred years It. C., was said to have tfen born under a plum tree which Is ailed LI. and so he was called Plum. The given name of a Chinese boy is supposed to indicate his disposition, character prospects or the desires of hla parents And mv the given name of the great Chinese diplomat. Hung Chang, may mean "Illustrious Bird." or "learned Treatise/* Ills brother, who was also a viceroy, was l.nown as "Bottomless Bag." perhaps In reference to the depth of his diplomacy Some Prominent Names Tran* lated. Next to Li Hung Chang, the most "ll ustrlous Bird” In China Is Vlcerory Chang Chih-tung. the famous author of "China’s Only Hope/' Ills family name, Chang, means "to open out." while Chth-tung signifies "him a cave," the whole name signifying, apparently, one who open* himself out like a cove. Another great viceroy who has been appointed with Chang Chlh-tung and LI Hung Chang ax peace commissioner, is Liu Kun-yi, aiul his name and surname taken together Indicate th*t he will "put the earth In crtkrr/* It Is to be hoisxl that lie will fulfill the mission of hla nomenclature, as peace commissioner The governor of Shantung, who ban made himself so useful the gm*^t few months In the transmission of telegram* from the government (?> t Peking to Chefoo and Shanghai. Is Yuan Hhlh-kal. vtho*** name indicates that he is the "first of >i "generation of victors.*’ Prince Citing** name Is Yl-Kang. and proclaims him an "assistant generation,*' whatever that may mean. Asa matter of fact, the Prince of Ch'ing's character If Hi* indefinite 4* hi* name, lie Is one of non-desrripts who never makes any serious errors, and yet never takes a stand which Indicates a strong charac ter. The president of Pekin Imperrlal Uni versity. who is. by the way. one of china * great liberal leaders. Is 6un Chla-nai Hie given name, Bun. means 'Grandson," and chia-nai means a ‘house-va*e"~ Grtindson of a House-A use, title which in America might In* regarded as oi*-n to the suspicion of ridicule. The Taotal at Shanghai, who Is In chargs of the to o graph communications and has sent so many telegram* the past few months. Is Bheng-Hsunn-hual III* name. Hheng. means "abundant.** and hla given name. Hsuan-hai. means to "reveal thoughts." if he revealed all the abundant thoughts that passed over hla wires since the pre sent outbreak he would be liable to have hi* own thinking apparatus removed with th# sword. Jung Lu, the man who was objected to on the peace commission, has a name which means "glorious salary" or hap pin ess." which may be regarded by many as a fair equivalent The man who was appointed governor at Tientsin when L Hung Chang w.is removed was Wang Wen-shao. His name. Wong. Is the earn* as our name King, while Wen-shao mean> "classical music/* He Is not. however, known as a romponer General Nleh Hhln ch’eng. who was in command of the troop which attacked and killed W> of the Box ers between Peking and Tientsin, who wa then rebuked by the empress dowager tn an edict, and who wa* afterward killed tad a surname which means “hard” and a [lien name which means "successful student ” Her* the name fitted, a* the road to military glory In Phlna la through hard and successful study. General Ma Yukon's family name means "horse" and his given name "Jade mountain.” Any American wlto can make anything out of this combination Is welcome lo the result. Cognomens Appropriate and Innp proprlatr. Th* Chlnraa at Washington, one of Ihe most popular who has ever been In this country. Mr. Wu Ting-fang has a name which signifies fragrant pal ace " The name of the minister to Kng land. Mr 1.0 Flng-lu, means "a rich har vest," while the name of the minister to Franca. Mr. Yu Keng. signifies "much gold." a very appropriate name for any Chinese who obtain* an ofTh-lal position Now let us turn to aome of the antl forelgn conservative* who have mad" themselves prominent and obnoxious In the past few months. I’rtnce Tuan's name is TVal-YI and mean* a "clear year " No name ever given to a man was more Incongruous He hi* been largely Instru m- ntal In making ids first year In publb life one of the dark-st In fh. whole his tory of hi* country. The name of Tung Fushslaug. the Kansu general who has been In charge of the troops In Pekin and who tied with the empress as her body guard mean* 'happiness snd auspicious omens." To whom he has brought hip plnes* and what suspicion* omens precede bis coming It would be dim ult Indeed to point out Nothing but fear precedes I.ls coming nothing but walling follows In his track and the Kmpress Dowager will discover before she Is through with him that neither Joy nor fortune goes with him whom she selected as her bodyguard and protes tor. Again, taka Ihe name of the man who was governor of Shantung when the Ger man snatched away the port of Chlao I Chou Hl* name l< 1.l Plngherg He Is the •plum'' who "hold* the ivcales," hut a* a Chinese gentleman with whom I ws* ; talking a fw days ago remarked; "The tscales which ha hold* would navar weigh out justice either to his friends or to til* enemies The man who was governor of Shantung when the Boxer trouble l*e gan. and who | more than any other f*cr *on responsible for the who)* unfort inaio disturbance, as well *< the murder of all tit# foreigners, both at Pao Ting-fu and Tal Yusn-fu, Is Yu ll iot Ills name means to "nurture virtu*' " lie we# about a* much a patron of virtue us wa# N ro In ht* most fiendish freak Two men among thi* anil foreign group are true to th# names they bear, one la K atig Yl. the principal advisor ol her naj**-i> who*** name * until* * a "strong determination." an "unbending will," th# other Is llsu T ung, (he tutor to the heir apirarent who is eighty years old con stitutionally antl-forelgn. and abuve hlitre taking Hl* famtiv name algnlde* "slow" and his given name "tarnish tire." "Blow' ** a \ amlsh Tree" lie Is, a..*l as slrtslf ut and stubborn. The Chinaman ban almost any number of luimi * A* a baby he i. iv. * hi- "milk nagie." when he enter* a< htx>l Ids *> hool name;** when he enters life, u till* ot life mini* ** An old friend of th* writer had In the IVltln University a sou w hnn h* had not *. en since th* lad left home to enter uihui his studies I bit never known tha* student by anything but hi* s. hool name w hi* h was Wcl Fan. I was telling the father what a quiet, gentle, attractive boy Wei Fan w 1 ami hr. poor man. hadn't the least idea of whom I was speaking until 1 told him I was talk ing about bis fourth son, when the face of the old man ilglihd up. and he said "Oh. you in* an 'Get a Man * " Thai was tie* boy's milk name Th* school nam* hadn't been given until the l*oy left home, and so th* father did not recognize it as applied to hi** son. Another man whom I km w called hi boy Got a Mountain, his m ond Got Garden and ht* third dot n Man. Those who have been following th# con duct of nfratra Is China and reading the paper* without any thought of the ge graphicol naim-s. expe t their dlftl. uKy of pronunciation, would have found pba- Niirs and instruction In knowing th* mean ing of these almost tin pronoun* able, but often po#tle, For instance, when w* read about Shunhaikuan w* would be much mr* apt*re*lntlv# If w urvbrstoo.l that shin means mountain, hal means sea and kuati the official res sk nee which controls, th* whol* meaning "The City Which Guards th* N irrow Gap Between the Mountains and the Hea Tientsin is the Heavenly Place. Pekin th* North Capital. l*e|ho the North Klver. Hun Ho the Muddy Itlver. Yang Tsun the Village of the Yang famMy, Ho-Hsl-Wu the Place on The West of the Klver. Cht n*>e names also preserve much of the his lory of th** (mist. snd explain the reason* for there existence The Grand Canal ta called by the Chinese Yuti-Llnng-110. the Itlver for Transporting Grain The name of Chefoo Is Yen-Ta!• and mean* Ito- ky Terrace. A tram. th* immr** of th* on whli'h tho various pin *■* whFh hav* b++n M<‘thodl*t Tunf or “Filial I'icty Mrmn * fh Ain't l<nn Batyrt of Foroitrn Ml**4on* nt Tenpr Bh)h K’ou'rh. or th “Mouth of the laimp Market.” Ih school for the Nltid on Kan yu IPi Ttinjr or **l>rl#-*t Ft ah rtrwil;" the l*n nhjrtprlan MU* loti on Ya’rh Hi* Tuna or “Duck afreet. ’* whP*h rtina ofT Yen Thl Chleh or "P| afr*et;‘* md the lon don Ml*a4on on Isii Jou Hu Tunic or "Don atreef." while the Society for th* Propoiraftor* of the Hoapel I* on Jung llalen Hu Tunic or “811 k Thread rtreet “ The nattH't which the <*hmrae give to all kind* of fm‘ucn Invention*, machinery uul Important lona, nr** not without In teret. The car la called n “fine wheel • •art,*' the engine n “fire cart hen<| “ nml •he man-of-war only n “aoMler boat." The bicycle ta rnllrrt a **ae|f moving cart*’ or a “cart that one can hlmaelf move.” The phonograph la rxill*t a “falk-lnix." the tep-Kraph ami "electric wire,” the tel • xr.iin an “e|. trie letter.” nnl the ti le phone a “talk wire " “Coal ira* lampa” !nl “electric ina lampa” are aulTh’letitly clear not to nee<| explanation. A fountain pen la “water pen,” a drvk la a “book table,“ atifj i waabatanfl |a a “wash face table. M That rule which caution a ua niralnat tak Ina about feet In the preaence of a dub foot eft man flora not apply In f'hin.t Kvery peculiarity, fiarttcularly If it be phyalcal anl obvioue, la eagerly and promptly alexed uj>on m* ii baaia for the almost unlvf raal habit of nt< knamltiK The founder of the Taotat Bed iroee by the n.imr of the lloy” I,ao Txii TMh la not applied to him In any aport- Ive aenae. but becauae It I* aald he looked old when he wua !rr. If irr*a*t ofh lula and fmind era of rdtirioua ayat* me are not free from bdnff nl* knnrn* and If cannot be expected that the people will api re the common herd, or the forelftn devil The member* of our elllnir through the country and talklnjr with the people. we;*e commonly iddre ed. tboUßh not In a apirlt of rtideneaa, mu Mr “ForHicri Devil," Kue| txu ls.lo Yeh And the doctor, when he visile a path nt, l frequently announced In n rn.m# which la hardly calculated to prove cheer ing to the sick one. “The Devil Doctor haa ro m* ” An Individual la nick-named usually from some phyalcal defo tnlty or afiort comlng. r mental or moral charactaiiatlc A man whose face la pitted deoply with small pox goes by the name of pock -mark ed Mi, Mu Txu The ordinary rhltwaw method of addressing a child fa to call him “Ifaldy" either because of his ahaved head or his spirit hair A little girl Is called “alave" Ya Ton A cross-eyed mail. If his name la Wang la always "crosaed-eyed Wang." Hatch Yen If he Is the unfortunate possessor of an unthatched roof, he goes by the name of “Hldy“ llxta yen, If It la hD hearing he |s "deafy” Dung tiu. If he ta lame ho loaea all other personality and answers per force to "lantcy" Ch* Uth T/u. There la an old woman In the Preabv tertan mission In Pekin who la afTllcHd with a birth mark which almost covers her face Bhe goes by no other name than “Hlack-face Wang * If<4 Lien Wang Any peculiarity about the nose, eyes, hair. LIKE OPIUM EATERS taiffee Drinkers Become Slaves. "Tho experience, suffering, and slavery of some coffeo drinkers would mo almost as Inlercatlng as the famous" Confessions <f an Opium Eater," says a Boston man. W. J Tuson. 131 W. Newton Ml. “For twenty years I have use,! ,-nffe* at the breakfast table and. IneWlcntally, htmugh th day, I craved it as a whiskey drinker longs for hi* morning bracer. I knew per fectly well that It was lowly killing me, but 1 could not relinquish it. "The effect on the nervous system wa* finally alarming and my general health greatly Impaired I ha l dysfiepiila, serious heart difficulty, and Insomnia. When I would lie down. 1 would almost suffocate My doctor assured rite It was due to the action of caffeine (which Is tho active principle of coffee) on til* heart. "I persisted In Its use. however, and suf fered along Just as drunkards do. one day when i was feeling unusually deprrs ni, a friend whom I met, looked me over oral said: 'Now, look here, old man. 1 be lieve I know exactly what's the matter with you You are a coffee tl.-nd and If* killing you. I want to tell you my experience. I drank coffee and It ruined toy nerve*, affected my h'art are I made me a sallow, bl.h us old man. hut through a frtend who had been similarly afflicted. I found a blessed relief and want to tell you about It. Try Poalum Food Coffee, a grateful, delicious bevetage. full of nourishment, that will satisfy your taste for coffee end feed your nervous system ha, k into health, rath,r than tear It down as coffee has been delng ' "I look my friend's advlc*. and wlihin a week from that lime my digestion seem ed perfect. I slept a >wt. refreshing aleep all night, and my heart quit Ita quivering , and Jumping I have been steadily gam | .ng in health and vlladty right aloof." Bellcr write Today Th<>w battlinß with ttihhom Wood and kin diwawn arc often dux-oaraged >n<l at tunc aiuut itrijuir of a cure. I’rrbipii wc ran help you, as wr hav, thouaumla of others Write in all about your caw ; our physicians, who are skilled ill the treatment of these disease,, will Kl-dly asaist you bv their advice Urtnrmbrr, your health u involved and you lauuot aflord to wait; Bailor wrilo ttxfjy, CANCEROUS SORES often neel some stimulating or soothinf salve or wash to keep down tnllatntnatiot and relieve pain while S. S S is deatroying the jjerma and purifying the blood. Our physicians will Jiresenbe the loral treatment that will prove moat tieneficta in vour 1-aar. if you will but write us atwiut it. After reaching a certain st*e Cancert bey in to cat ra pally, and it ia best to act promptly. Bailor wrilo today, CONTAGIOUS BLOOD POtSOd r a most treacherous and loath some disease You take mercury and potash faithful!} for years; still your letirs,rhr, pimples and son s are continually breaking out. You think you are almost well sometimes all sums of tbe disease diaapjiear when, without warning or apparent cause, all tbe old symptoms return Vou may erpect to be worried this way all your life if you are defending upon mercury and fmstaah for a cure Write ns about yonr caae, describing symptoms, and our phy sicians will answer your letter promptly, and we will send yon a most interesting and valuable little book on self -ti eutnwnt of thus disease Bailor Wrlto today', RHEUM A TIC increase as the c i 1 damp days of winter approach Th* slight iwnu y.ni |. || .luring the fipnog and Summer strike deeper into the must fs and joints, and jauns increase in aptts of liniments and ordinary remedies. The acid laden blood must lie restored to* healhty condition tiefore the paius will entirely cease S. S S nrutralues .he acids, puribes and quickens the circulation, when the poisonous deposits in the tissues sud bones are djiaolveit and filtered out. Send f r our laaik on Kheuraa tiam, and don’t endure pain when it can be helped. Bottor wrlto today • OLD SORES are caused by a depraved condition of the blood. Thai old sore that has worried you so long, and made life a burden instead of pleasure, mav develop into a cancer, if it ha* not alreadv done to. S. S. S. makes the weak, sluggish blood health v and strung, and forces tbe impurities out, and tbe eore heals. Don't spend one-half your life nursing an old sore; write us. Bottor wrlto today, ECZEMA, tetter, psoriasis, salt rheum, in fact, all sever* 9 forms of skin diseases are caused by an eaceas of acid in th* blood, which keepa the skin irritated and inflamed b S. S destroys these acid poiaous, and when pure, healths blood is earned to the skin the eruptions heal and the skin become, smooth and soft. If your skin is rough ami pimply, hard, dry ami sealv. write ua at once. , Don't wait until your disease becomes chronic and disfigures you. Bottor wrlto today. cures all diseases that originate in the blood: ggj>q.tg gfteafeg £lP<feu| " 1 pur l , vegetable. and the l- . .il bl.asl purifier For nearly fifty year* S bis been curing Ido.kl and skin dis- S a. rases, HI III4IIV ra-.es after all other remedies ..Ife bad failed mMHmiP yj&ipirfWr Nr.. . b.c . c enjovrd such popularity. There is an ever increaaini* demand for this medicine, and it is told by all druggists. Our Medical 1 lepartment ia in COCtespondem e with hundreds of ;>atienta all the time llarh case receives the most careful attention anil best advice Write us fully snd freely, as nothing you say goes beyond our otfire We make no charge whatever for medical advice, and we will lie glad to mail you onr books free. Address THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, ATLANTA, GA. •ward, feet, mouth or figure may attach to Its pawnor aurm* such rhyme as th following The big-bellied merchant, lie opened up a etall, • Hut had to adl hi* trousers To get tho capital What pertulna to physic | d* formltlea la true also of mental charecterfstlce I knew a young man who went by the rmm of “Impulsive IJu.” If hla tem|>er la bod that gives him his nick-name. If h la a book worm as we say, he la called either a ”lM>ok cover." Bhi |>o txu, or a "bak Insect,** Hhu ke txu If he Is generous or ten>volent, ambitions or mvaHclous, Jtmt or good, his disposition gives him hia n.inm A Uxy or useless woman is Justly and pert Ilian tly designated as a # *br al b.isket" aitd it “clothes horse “ B*metlrH the nick-name, howrever, ibpOMlf ti|Ka some particular action, as for ttuftemee I knew one of the mleslonarie** who preach ed a series of sermon* on Onlallatis and le. .nn.' known to hla bearers aa **Oalu nan Liu." Chin In '#• Another preached a atrlea of sermons on the eight beati tudes and they called him “Klght JlwiU tudea" Chin. ** f Chki Another missionary because he wore a mouse ntloral suit of clothes went hy tile name of “Mel Mouse." Mel Mao txu.” and still another mem bar of the same mis sion. a man beloved by every Chinaman with whom he came into contact, w> known among his Oriental frlenda us “Blind Pal." Pal Hsla txu. becausa hla eyee were ile p a**t and hal In them a sightless apt mw ranee—• characteristic which I had never noticed until after I heard his nick name A member of another mission In Pekin was known as the "Buddhist Priest.” Won lioHlmng, because hla baldneaa gave Mm more or leas the appearance of hav ing had his hood shaved. Another member If the Mime mission had an immense b-ard and was alwiya known among th’ rhlneso as “Ml Big-whiskers" Ml Ta ht txu. Two oth*-r members ef one of the mis named Without any particular reason, one of them was called the “Old Fellow” l#ao Tou txu, snl the other **Old Poo,** Isn* Pao. A young tnin, a member of this same mission, was 'wiled “My Ktder Bro ther Bea." Ilal Tn Ke, while I myself went as “tTnde llo,'* Ho TANARUS Hhu. I know another gentleman who while In charge of a school had the reputation of keeping order among the boys by fre quent use of s ruler, and they dubbed him "Board * Chla nan tsu A teacher who kept rigid account of everything wan called “Contractor I A," LI Chang Kuel tl. or as we would say, “Overseer LI ’* Often nick-names are extremely pat and hit the mark wtth such effect that they , racterlxo for life. One's only hofe of avoiding some humiliating <*r sardonic soubriquet from bis Chlneea friends Is to keep himself |Hir#-. gentle kind, conside rate and Just, and then If ho Is given a nick-name It will b ona which reflects credit upon him. -Isaac Taylor Headland. Profe*or of Mental and Moral Philosophy In the University of Pekin. Scrofula the Cause Eczema. catarrh. hl|> discs**, whit" HWelllng. snd even consumption have their origin In scrofulous conditions With the slightest taint of scrofula In the Wood, there I* no safety The remedy for this disease In all It# forms la Hood's Haraa patlll*. whlrh goe* to the riot of tho trouble and ezpel* oil Impurities ami dis ease germs from the blood. The best family cathartic Is Hood's Pill*. nSIL No 19*0. Chartered, UN. —THE— Hals ini it or HA VANN AH. CAPITAL. MI'.UK SURPLUS. KOb.M UNITED HTATEB DEPOSITORY. J A. G. CARBON, I'ro-ld'Ot. BEIItN'K GORDON. Vi e president W. M, DA V A NT. ('ashler. Accounts of look* and barker*, nv r ehanta and corporations received op n the most favorable term, corolstant with safe and conservative banking THECEORGIA STATE B l ILDINO AND LOAN ASSOCIATION. IS YORK NT KELT. WEOT. 5 PER CBNT. per annum allowed on deposits, withdrawable on demand. Inter,at credited quarterly gr PER I'NT i- annum allowed on 0 deposits ■ f even hundred*, withdraw able at annual iwrtods OKO. W. TIKDEMAN. Ptesldenu B. H. LEVY. Vice President. E. W. BELIa Secrotary. C. O. ANDHRSON, JR . Traazurae. k LEOPOLD ADLFJft, JNO. R. DILLON; Prescient. ('ashlar C B KLMR. BARRON CART KB. Vice Presidest. Amst. Cashier. The Chatham Bank HAVANNAH Will ho pleased to receive the accounts of Merchants, Finns. Individual*, Book* •nd Oort>oratiana Liberal favors extended. collection facilitlao. InoUP* tng prompt re| l)rTM | SEPARATESAVINISDEPARTMENT MlliltlUT HHll'ill Milji t,| UITKII. I.Y O* I>KI*OMIT>. Baftr Drpo,lt tiox M and Vault, fot rani Corraaportd, n ,. The Citizens Bank •' NAVANWAH. CAPITAL $500,000. ’•'•‘•"•".••a m krarral llaakla, ■ Ihklnr,,. Aallrlta lanaata of IndlvMMla, .Irrrtiaul, Hank. mnd mth „ ratleas. t allMilaa. baadlod wtth n(Mr, •■••0n..,,,, U d dli.ua,oh. latwMt, MaMaatM gaartrHy. allonod on la oor anoint* Department. hnfetf llepoeft Rome* aad Ntoragn Vnulta. HIltVri.KV A. DJ VllAlt.lt. VroaUffal Mil.I,A 11. LA Al 5, 1 100 I-yooidonl. tiKimi.K r. imi-ini, raatiw. iionnoA i.. uhoovm, mi. -■ !■>■■ SOUTHERN BANK of Uia ttlalu ol Georgia. i^x.ta Burpiu* an<l uiulivkl.d proflu ... Mul.Doa I't.lObllOlt Y OK lilt, aTA Thi OK OKOKULA. Kuportor taclliu** lor tratiaacllnc a Uanorai .<oll*lo, Cotiacllona ni*a on ail point, "■ * '■ !" I*l . i tmnfcaMl Aucou.ii* of liM.ik., liaiikvi*. Mvrcl.aiita and othara auluAtad. Bala Liopoalt Uotaa lor ra.iL Uapartmrnt of Saving,. Intoraal payahla quartarly Balia Blcrlins Bxehanca on Indaa a and upward* JOHN FI.ANNFRT, Praaldcnl. HORACE) A r RANK. Vlo t'raaklaot rfAlfEB Bt'I.l.tVAN rhior. r>IRKX.’TOnB: JNO. YLANNKitY. WM W. GORGON. E. A. WBIL. \y \V GORDON, Jr. H A CRANE. JOHN M ROAN. DISK ROY MYERS JOBKPH FKRBT. II P SMART. CHARLES Kl.r.ti FDWARD KRLDT. JOHN J. KIRBY. ana Bi snail CAPITAL, 81150,000. Accounts of banka merchants, corpora tions and Individuals solicited. Savings Departmenl, Hit. rest paid quartarly. Safety Rosas and Storage Vaults foe rent. Collections mad* 00 all points at raws aot.able rataa. Drafts sold on all tha chief cities of tha world. Correspondence Invited. JOSEPH D. WEED. PraeldanL JOHN C. ROWLAND. Vies President. w r. McCauley, cashier. THE GERMANIA BANK SAVANNAH, UA. Cap-lei .kWVdg Utidivid* and pi elite bv-iw Thl. bank off- ra ita aervlcaa to corports tlona. mnrcbania and Uvilvtduaia. lias authority to act aa axeoutor, ad ministrator, guardian ate 1 ~.i.* diafia on the prim ipal cples In Great Hrltabi and Ireland and on the Continent Inter-at paid or compound'd quarterly #n dap 'Hie In th* Savings Department. Safety Hoy** for rent. HENRY HI.tTN, President. ■ let*. JOHN M HOGAN, Cashier WALTER F. HOGAN, Ass't Cashier. 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