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The Miller County Liberal. VOL. X. MANYARE MANGLED In Frightful Wreck of Train on Outskirts of New York. VICTIMS ROSILY WOMEN t w,. Loaded With Theater Ma- tinee Party a„a Was Go)rlg Bix . 9 ty Miles an Hour whrn |f Left the Rails. Twenty dead, two fatally hurt and 145 others more or less seriously in jured, is the result of the wreck of an electric express train on the New York Central railroad at 205th street and Webster avenue, New Y’ork City, Saturday night. Os the large number of injured, fifty, according to the hospital and police reports, are seriously hurt and the death list may be increased. .Most of the others are suffering from lacerations or shock and will recover. The train was filled with matinee crowds and commuters, and was made up of two electric motors, a combination baggage and smoking car and four passenger coaches. It left the Grand Central station at 6:15 o’clock with the first scheduled stop at White Plains. It was running at high speed, probably 60 miles an hour, when it reached Woodlawn . road, where there is a sharp curve. The motors and the second car took the curve safely, but the following coaches were derailed and tumbling on their sides, were dragged 100 yards before the coupling gave way and the four cars piled together in ruins at the foot of a low embank ment. A sheet of electric flame enveloped the rear car, and for a moment threat ened to roast the victims pinioned in the debris. The flames did not, however, spread, and the horror of a holocaust was avoided. As the cars fell they smashed the third rail, brtaking the current and ending th» danger from this source. In the crash which followed, there vyas death for many, while practically every one in the four coaches received injuries ot some sort. Many were ground to pieces, and for hours identification was almost hopeless. As the cars went over many . ' ~.e pass. were thrown into or through the windows, and so cut and maimed. Os those instantly killed, by far lhe greater number were women. Many were mangled beyond recogni tion. Ambulances and surgeons from every hospital in Bronx borough, and from Bellevue in Manhattan, respond ed to hurry calls, as did the two fire engine companies and the police reserves from many stations. Many of the injured were quickly extricated from the wreckage, while others were so pinioned that they could not be taken out for some time. Those most seriously injured were hurried to hospitals, while coroners took charge of the dead as fast as the bodies were recovered. Fire started in the overturned cars, but the flames were quickly extin guished, and the firemen lent their aid to the injured. The cause of the wreck has not been officially determined. At the Grand Central station there was an inclination to blame the accident to the spreading of rails, but later it was said that it was believed that the axle of the first passenger coach broke, throwing the cars from the track. DELEGATES PASS THE LIE. Strenuous Encounter Enlivens Okla homa Constitutional Convention. The lie was passed between Dele gates Baker and Haskell, and a per sona' encounter between the two numbers enlivened the proceedings of the Oklahoma constitutional conven tion Saturday. In the debate over the adoption of the railroad report, Delegate Baker acused Delegate Has kell of being a railroad representa tive, which was resented. BLOUNT WANTS A SHARE. Alabama Man Seeks to Estop Pay ment of Note for $66,666.66. A petition was filed Wednesday with the clerk of the superior court by William H. Blount of Union Springs, Ala., plaintiff to prevent the I'u.'uent to Allen W. Jones of the proceed o f a note for $66,666.66, which wa- given by John Skelton Wil liams and oi.ers to Mr. Jones in part purchase of the Augusta and Florida railroad. It is alleged that Jones had not the right to sell, inasmuch as half interest in the Augusta and Florida belonged to the plaintiff, Taunt. LEGISLATURE TAKES ACTION. As Result of Steamship Disaster. List of Passengers Must Be Filed. As a result of the Larchmont dis aster the Massachusetts legislature Thursday received a lull providing that steamers sailing from Massachu setts ports shall file duplicate lists of passengers at their offices in the ports of departure. NO PROBING INTENDED. Report That Cotton Associations Would Re Put on Rack is De nied by Garfield. A Washington special says: The latest move in the campaign of the cotton exchanges to obstruct the pro gress ot the investigation which is being made by the bureau of cor porations by direction of a congres sional resolution is the report which has been industriously circulated by friends ot the New York cotton ex 'bange that the Southern Cotton As sociative w p] a i S o come under the probe of tg' e department of com merce and labor. The story was pub lished throughout the. country Sat urday that such an investigation was contemplated and that it would be shown that the combinations of south ern farmers to boom the price of the south’s staple was inimical to the interests of the producing sec tions ot’ the, country and in defiance of law. Commissioner Garfield, of the bu reau of corporations, was seen at his office and denied that any such steps had been taken. He also denied that they even contemplated an investi gation of cotton associations. Knott Smith, the assistant commissioner, also expressed ignorance of any such movement; though he said the bu reau was not necessarily confined in the scope of 'its investigations-. It is true that the bureau of corpora tions might under authority of law. investigate the organization, conduct and management of any corporation or combination of corporations en gaged in interstate commerce, except, of course, railroads, which come un der the provisions of the interstate commerce clause. The department might even invest! gate the southern cotton associations in conformity with their authority to gather and publish useful information concerning corporations engaged in in terstate commerce on the ground that such combinations affect interstate commerce. The main point at pres ent is that no such investigation has bee*, undertaken. No such investiga tion was contemplated in the Liv ingston-Burleson resolution directing an Investigation into , he uotton ex . changes of the country, a„a Colonel Livingston was informed that was at present contemplated. When the LivinestL-BurU. . lotion was pending Representative Levering, of Massachusetts, declared it should provide also for an investi gation into the southern cotton asso ciations of cotton farmers, but no at tempt was made to provide for this in any resolution passed by the sen ate ALL DISPENSARIES CLOSED. South Carolina Has Several Days of Total Prohibition. The South Carolina house of rep resentatives, Saturday, by a vote ot 78 to 28, adopted the report of the conference committee, which for 36 hours had been working on defects in the local option bill. The report also was adopted by the senate by a vote of 25 to. 10, and the act was signed by Governor Ansell at once, the state dispensary thus passing out of existence with Saturday. Governor Ansel, late Sunday night, issued a proclamation instructing all dispensaries to close their doors Mon day and remain closed until the county boards are appointed and take charge of the dispensaries. This means that the dispensaries will not open their doors at all again until the counties have taken charge. It is likely that the state will have complete prohibition for several days. KELSEY DEFIES GOV. HUGHES. York State Insurance Inspector Re fuses to Resign. A dispatch from Albany, N. Y., says: Otto Kels°y, superintendent of insurance for the state of New York, in a letter to Governor Hughes, has declined to accede to the governor’s t equest that he resign his office, to which he was appointed in May of last year by Governor Higgins. A PULAJANES BURN TOWNS. Six Members of Constabular Killed and Two Americans Missing. A Manila special saf’s: Pulajanes attacked and burned two towns in the province of Occidental Negros on Wednesday and killed six members of the Constabulary Two American teachers, V,'. J. Bassettei and Walter J. Lilt-, are reported to be missing. No cause is known for the sudden uprising. Raids were made within a radius of ten miles and schools were first attacked and burned in both instances. SHIPP CASE DRAGS. So Far No Positive Proof Has Seen Brought Against Sheriff. The third day’s bearing by Special Commissioner Maher of the case of She ’if Shipp at Chattanooga, charg ed with contempt of the United States court, brought no positive proof against him or the other 26 'defendants. COLQUITT. GA. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 20. 1907. SURPRISE SPRUNG Cotton Associations Will Also Be Investigated. SPINNERS DECLARE WAR Commissioner Garfield Construes Res olution for Probing txenanges to Include Cotton Association and Farmers' union. A Washington dispatch says: Cor poration Commissioner Garfield has construed the Livingston-Burleson cot ton resolution, that recently passed the house, to provide uot only for the investigation of the cotton ex changes dealing in futures, but also for an investigation of the methods of the great cotton and cotton seed associations of the south. He accordingly proposes to direct an Inquiry into the methods of the Farmers’ National Union, the South ern Cotton Association, the National Ginners’ Association and other or ganizations of similar character. The views of the corporation com missioner are not as yet generally known among the southern congress men, but the few that have heard ot his intention express great sur prise. When the attitude of the de partment becomes generally known, it is bound to create a sensation, and will no doubt, meet with resentment in the south among the members ot the associations to be affected by the inquiry. Representative William C. Lovering of Massachusetts, the member of the Interstate commerce committee, who reported the demanded resolution, is authority for the statement that the corporation commissioner will inves tigate the associations of the south in connection with the cotton ex changes. He himself Is a member ot the New York cotton exchange, at which the original resolution was di rected. Mr. Lovering was also responsible for the amendments that were tacked onto the original resolution, and he Dow- verv c-ilml' ass-oHs "at it wns ms purpose at Lie time to incorpo rate all of the associations of the south. “Why have a one-sided investiga tion?" he asked when seen Friday. “Certainly the corporation commis sioner will investigate the Farmers’ Union, the Southern Cotton Associa tion, the National Ginners, etc. He can do nothing else under the pro visions of the’ resolution as it pass ed the house, it was our purpose to have a thorough investigation.’’ Representative Lovering continued by saying that, in his opinion, the associations of the south were or ganized to advance the price of cot ton, etc. He said these associations are as much responsible for the fluc tuations as is the New York cotton exchange, ot which he is a member, Mr. Lovering is a New- England spin ner, and as such he insists that thq spinners are entitled to know wily and how the price of cotton is ’ ad vanced as much so as the" farmers of the sotith are to know why and how it is beaten down. “The associations of the south are combinations to bolster the price of cotton,” continued Mr. Lovering, “and I can assure you that the corpora tion commissioner will be given tes timony to bear out this statement.” It now develops that Mr. Lovering has been careful to have the amend ed resolution so worded that the or ganizations were included. He was wise enough to say not a word about this and as no one else suspected as much at the time the resolution was unanimously passed. While.it is known that the South ern Cotton Association, the Farmers’ (inion, etc., are legitimate organiza tion along co-operative lines and should have nothing to fear from an investigation, it is known that cer tain interests are anxious to -destroy their usefulness if possible. Representative Livingston express ed surprise when informed of the new turn the matter has taken. He insisted there must be a mistake, and claimed that the corporation commis sioner had no right to investigate the cotton associations under the terms of the resolution “It specifically provides for an in vestigation of cotton exchanges and makes no mention of the associations of the south,” he said, "but Mr. Lov ering quotes the resolution as it pass ed the house and as he says the cor poration commissioner understands it," A COMPULSORY PASS BILL Adopted by Oregon Legislature and ! Sent to Governor for Signature. The Oregon state legislature has passed a compulsory pass bill which makes it obligatory on the part of the railroads to furnish free trans portation to state and district officers and to county judges and sheriffs. The bill has gone to the governor for signature. t BARRY GOES T CUBA. To Succeed Gen. Windw le Uuvall, of the Department oft' ■ wuit, is Sent to wasting; >n. A Washington speca: savs: Be cause of physical di s Uy, Briga dier General Theodor Wint, in command of the army <bar paci fication, has asked f< md been : granted three months! ~-a.e ot ab sence. Brigadier Geneal T’omas 11. Barry, assistant chief of -'aff will at once leave for Cb: o relieve him. General Barry 's orde s v e com mand in Cuba, which h ill obey, created an important ia . arcy in the at my general staff w‘|ich the presi dent has filled by the i 'ointment, ot Brigadier General W Hi .i> P. Duvall, in command of the Dea ment ot the Gulf, who conYteqiiem I >ecomes the principal assistant to) -.jor General Bell, chief of general alt. General Duvall will be succeeck ia command ot the Department o he Gulf by Brigadier Bdgerly. Tlte fact that Brigadiit leneral Wil liam P. Duvall will >e assigned to duty in Washington ind will have to leave Atlanta will >e a matter oi real regret, for since its assignment to Atlanta, General! Duvall has, through his upiform curtesy, as well as h's recognized abiliv an officer, alsor made a host of v uita friends and admirers. In the d partment ot the gulf, of which heli he head, he is revered and respetie oy his asso ciates, officers and tile nlisted men as scarcely any otlie commander since the opening ot th department. Lately General Duv; has been proininent as the heat of board of the United States a jV recommend ing the 'purchase of F large amount of land, over 32,000 icres, adjoining the Fort Oglethorpe reservation, for the purpose of incr&si’ig this from a regimental to a bigade post amt also providing for i big maneuver grounds in connectio! with the Fort Oglethorpe reservattp end Chicka mauga Park. This itirchase recom mended was approvi lby Secretary ot War Taft, and is n<k availing the action of congress. Several officers wire Interviewed regarding General Eckirly, who will head the department-‘£jhe gulf.Thesa stated that he ne ‘ u 8 st enviable - ■- with a charm f", tlal.hy such as had won him Velmany friends, both in military and c 1 life. BRUTES GET THE DESERTS. Two White Men Hur in Kentucky for Criminally Assting Girl. W. JI Fletcher anrjuy H. Lyon were hanged in Russ'ille, Ky., at sunrise Friday morn .for criminal, assault committed orjry E. Glad / May 22, 1905. 1 / The necks of botwere b-men by the drop Each t ' long talks I on the gallows, den' their guilt I and declaring that ir lives had ’ been sworn away by'se witnesses. ; Lyon attempted sde Thursday night by opening a od vessel in his left arm with a ’spoon, which had • been sharpened nysicians in jccterf nearly a gal of artificial I blood- into the man,-fitch revived ! him, but he was so w'Friday morn ing that he had to supported to • the scaffold. Jim Lyon, a broth of Guy Lyon, i and J. H. Sacra werndicted joint ' ly, and when taken, Russellville ■ foi trial a mob at.ted the jail, and Sacra, in the coision, escaped, but was shot and serely wounded, and for this reasoa t was granted a new trial. Jim Lyon turned te's evidence and was sentenced ttwenty years' imprisonment. The 6ult on Mary Glader was conreittenear Russell ville, where the’,Vl|d her father, an old German, had opped for the I night. The men forced tlgirl’s father to i drink a lot of whisk and during a I drunken stupor th girl was as- | saulted J - EXPERT SAFEBLOjRS AT WORK Alabama County Trq rer's Vault is Looted of La Sum. The vault in the <: sty treasurer s i office at Hamilton, -rion county, I Ala., was blown opj Friday morn- j ing about 3 o'clock I looted of be tween six thousand d eight thou sand dollars. Sever, thousand dob lars were left behim It is supposed that pert safebiow ers did the work. A ward of SSOO is offered for the a t of the rob be rs. KAVANAUGH CA 5 MEETING At Which Schedule Baseball Sea son of 1907 Will e Adopted. President William 'I. Kavanaugh at Little Rock, Wet -:day, issued a call for the spring eating of the Southern Associatioi of baseball clubs in Atlanta Firuary 22. The only business to be considered w ill be the adoption of a -hedulc for the 1907 season. I X Four officers of the general staff of the German army have started for Japan for two years’ service in the Japanese army In order to study meth ods of training, strategy and other matters These officers have been making especial preparations for this service and among other things they have taken a course in Japanese. An Art Sale Two young artists were talking the other day of th® state of the market for their wares and the temptations whio’a beset them to forsake their high ideals and hopes for the sak® of making money. Both came to the conclusion that the. prosperous year 1 just closed had done very Utile in tit® ' way of encouraging art. T haven’t painted a pot-boiler this year,” said one. "Into everything I’ve done I've put my best efforts and my most conscientious work, and I» ■haven’t sold a thing.” The other considered for a while 1 and then said I “Well, it’s pretty bad. but it might be worse You know Jones never I paints anything but his best, and 1 1 hear he made a good sale during the j holidays.” ■ Just then Jones happened to come • ! in. > I “Jones." said the first speaker, did > 1 you sell anything during the holl [ ; days?” Jones's hesitation was manifest. I "Yes," he said at last, ”1 sold my ! ! overcoat and my crush hat.”—-PbUr adelnhia Record. Deafness Cannot Be Cured bylocal applications as th sy cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only ono ; wavtocuredeafness, and that is by consti tutional remedies. D.’afncss ia caused by an i inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tubeis in I flumed you have a rumbling sound crimper ; foot hearing, and when it is entirely closed Deafness is the result, mid unlees the inflair, million can be taken out and this tube re stored to its normal condition, bearing will : be destroyed forever. Nine cases out of ten are causeci by cat arrh which is notbingVu tan inflamed condition ot it- mucous surfaces. We will give One Hunurad Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused bycatarrh) that can not be curodby Hall's Catarrh Cnre. Seudfor circulars free.' F. J Cwtssv & Co.,Tdledo.O. Sold bv Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. A Progressive Hog Raiser. Chester Thomas, of Waterville, in I probably one of the most progressive I hog breeders of Kansas. He believes in keeping his stock up to the high est standard and In appropriately housing the animals he raises. He i has just completed a cement hog house, Which cost him SBOO One of , i the features of this house is a dipping I i tdiiA’ „•I'o •» nn-. oHv Instead *0 1 dipping ' ie animal at a time, he has I [, n |] t . tinge dipping tank and ar | ran’-'- an elevator which works in i sl d , le tank. He loads this elevator ful’of hogs, and then lowers It tin- i trail the hogs are Immersed, when t> platform is raised and, after the : j gs are allowed to drip for a min- J te or two, the gates are opened and j he hogs released as the elevator Is being again filled. By this method he can dip more hogs in a minute than can be done in an hour by the old system.—Kansas City Journal. Cardinals and Nationality. ■ At the present time the College of , , Cardinals at Rome has fifty-six mem- ; ; bers. of whom thirty-five, almost two- | I thirds, are Italians. And yet Italy ; ' constitutes only one-sixth of the whole I Catholic world. The complete college , ; consists of seventy cardinals, and pro- | I portionately Italy should have only ] I eleven. There are til'the United States, as per Cathollb reports, about .14,- I 000,000 Catholics, of whom about 10,- 000.000 are communicants, with 0,500.- 000 in the Philippines and 1,000,000 fn Porto Rico, Hawaii and Guam, a total of 21.500,000. There are also 1,900,000 in Cuba. On the estimate of population there should be eight cardinals for the United States and Its dependencies. There is only one I —Cardinal Gibbons, of Baltimore Australia, with only 1,500,000 Cath olle population, has one—Newark AA verttser. DREADED TO EAT A Quaker Couple’s Experience. How many persons dread to eat I their meals, although actually hun- I gry nearly all the time! ; Nature never Intended this should I be so, for we are given a thing called i appetite that should guide us as to ' what the system needs at any time ' and can digest. But we get in a hurry, swallow our | food very much as we shovel coal Into the furnace, and our sense of | appetite becomes unnatural and per verted Then we eat the wrong kind I of food or eat too much, and there i you are —indigestion and its accom- I panying miseries. I A Pbila. lady said the other day: “My husband and I have been sick ; and nervous for 15 or 20 years from j drinking coffee feverish, indiges- ■ tlon, totally unfit, a good pan of the i time, for work or pleasure. We act j ually dreaded to eat our meals. '“We tried doctors and patent med icines that counted up into hundreds ' of dollars’, with little if any benefit. I “Accidentally, a small package of Postum came into my hands. I made '• some according to directions, with I surprising results. We both liked it and have not used any coffee since. I “The dull feeling after meals has i left us and we feel better every way. i We are so well satisfied with Postum 1 ! that we recommend it to our friends who have been made sick and nervous 1 and miserable by coffee. Name giv- ■ en by Postum Co.,Battle Creek, Mich. 1 i Read the little book. “The Road to s Wellville,” in pkgs. “There’s a Rea son.” Carrabelle, Tallahassee <Sc Georgia Railroad. Passenger Train Schedules Corrected tc June 22, 1906 NORTHBOUND Ex Ex. D’ly Sun Sun D'ly June 22 1906. D’l- Sur. Sun D’lv AMI P.M. AM. AM. P.M. P.M. A.M F .1 7:00 Lv Apalachicola . ,Ar 5:35 6:00 8:00 11:35 . Carrabelle . . . 2:36 :: 40 to:l.‘ 6:45 B’2o 11.50 , . Lanark . . . . 2 28 3:20 io- 7:21 9:14 12:22 .... Sopchoppy .... 1:58 2:36 ' 7:45 9:53 12:45 . . Arran 1:36 1:55 O '." 8:40 11:00 1:35 Ar Tallahassee I.v 12.51 12 30 ’ 6:40 8:50 3:25 Lv Tallahassee . Ar 12:46 8 x: 7:17 9:25 4:05 Ar . . Havana . . Lv 12:02 ” 8:. 6:25 3:00 Lv . Quincy ... Ar 1:15 9.00 jo 7:10 3:45 Ar Havana . . Lv 12:30 8:15 9:25 Note See Below. 7:17 9:80 4:05 Lv . Havana . . Ar 12:02 7:. S: I 8:25 10:25 513 . . Bainbridge . . . 11’00 6:: 7: 0 9:23 6:10 . . . Colquitt .... 9 59 m 10:16 7:20 . . . Arlington .... 9:10 i> I>’ 10:45 7:46 ... Edison . ... 11:35 8:30 Ar Cuthbert . Lv 7:5C 4:05 Through Connection' fsllabhassee. . AM P.M. P.M. AM. P.M . .H. 7 . 40 ~ A -—~ . Lv 'iYoo 11:15 i 10:50 . Pcnse . . 5:00 A.M. A.M Via Ba nbri 9:40 9:40 9:40 Ar Savanna: . Lv 0:45 6:4' 9 ’0 6-15 8:05 8:06 Montgomery . . 6:15 6:15 6: P.M. PM. Via Cuthbert. I. ’. 1:00 9:49 Ar . Smithville .LT 6:33 ? .10 4:10 12 50 . . . Macon . 8:3? 11:35 7:65 7:10 . Atlanta . . 1201 8:00 P.M. A.M AM AM, NOT® —Additional trains, daily Lv Havana 7:85a -.1 Quiuey 8:20a Lv Quincy 11:00a Ar Havana 11 45a J. H. WILLIAMS. G. P. A. American I Sy E. P, Powell, Editor and Author. _ . ' ■ “r'-sssra — DMITTI.XG Oklahoma ami Indian Territory, and New w- A'' ico and Arizona into two single states under the titles of Oklahoma and Arizona is a notably good movement in the’ way of nomenclature, which will be welcomed by every ra- tional American. It is lamentable that our great Empire J state must forever wear th-- name of an English nobleman who bears no relation Io American bister - , -nd the con.- t. 1— monwealth boasting of Trenton and Valley Forge must carry down through time the name of an island chiefly fam ous for its cows. Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin Michigan, Alabama, Mississippi, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Oregon are net only pleasant to the car, but they are also to the manner born. Kansas, Montana. lowa and Kentucky are good Illustrations ot what we can do. But wherever the naming of states and towns has fallen into the hands of learned committees, the result has been provoking tautology Besides he Clintons in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, and a dozen other state .. there are In New York state alone 17 Clintons in various shades and fmms. i There is no reason why, in our affection for George Clinton and De T it t. I honorable governors and great leaders in their day. New York state miou.i j tolerate this sprinkling of their names over its postoffices and its towns.t.?s i There is a commercial side to the question, for bushels of letters are c- y u I astray every year. Those who suppose that Hastings-on-Hudson is a'” | affectation, will find that there is in lhe same state a Hastings .-nd . I Ings Center to be taken account of in mailing their letters. Not a y' the Union but is suffering from this wretched lack of oversight on the of our postoffice department. One of the worst illustrations of absurd and unmeaning naming ,?t occurred in New York, when th- classical dictionary was pome.. -1' , the central part of the state; dropping around the Oriskany llths, the hawk Flats, and the Niagara and Ontario Valley, such un-Arnei-teat ■>• - as Utica, Syracuse, Rome, Homer, Claudius, Virgil. Manlius, Cicero, cyt.yy to say nothing of Poland. Russia, Mexico, and other foreign title P- 1 ing sonorous Indian names and ignoring others either descriptive or ■'< memoratlve. West Virginia should have been Kanawha, as was pioy.- I at the time of its admission, and the noble name of Dakota shonm iiaie y a j spared a prefix adjective giving the equally noble name of 1 he’C-iiu. n cn ored place on our roll of states. —Collier's Weekly. /. To Keep Young .'. 1 By O. S. Mar den. i . EVER retire from active life if yo.. can possibly ay d it Nl keep "in the swim;" keep the mind active; never refer t<? your advancing years or say "at my age.” To preserve youth, you must have a variety of expori : — ==x == cnee. The country woman at 40. although breathing a purer air and living on a more healthful diet than the city 'F woman, often looks 50, while the lai ter at the same age does not look more than 30 But her mind is more active I than that of her country sister; that is the secret of her I more youthful appearance. Nothing else ages one more rapidly than monoton” —a dead level exist ence without change of scene or experience. The mind must be kept fresh or it will age. and the body cannot, be younger than the mind. Few minds are strong enough to overcome the aging influence of the monotonus life which rules in the average country home. City people have infinitely greater variety of life They enjoy themselves a great deal more than country people. They work hard when at work, but, when they are through, they drop everything and have a good time. There is no doubt that the theatre, in spite of its many evils, has done a great deal toward erasing the marks of age. People who laugh much retain their youth longer.— Success. Speech Costs $20,000. The French Chamber has recently ordered two Ministerial speeches to be placarded throughout the country. The cost of this will be $20,000 for I each speech, which will come out of the pockets of (he taxpayers. Is the time well chosen for such an ex ; pense?—La Petit Journal of Paris. The secretary bird is so-called be cause it has upon its head feathers > which suggest a pen behind the ear. - Indigenous to South Africa, it is a British subject now, and Is represent ed in the London zoo. yo. 2’. 1 Keeping Healthy. Lord Bacon (all wisdom was h tortel said: “A man's own observa l tion. v hat he finds good of and what : he finds hurt of. is the best physic to ■ preserve Health." But alas: how tew of us stop to think whether this, that or the other food or drink is going to be to our advantage In the great ma i jority the appetite controls, not the judgment. To eternity with the con | sequences, is the cry. "I’ll eat thi-> if ; it kills me!”—New York Press. ! Some Paris cabs now bear the i I scriptiou, "English spoken."