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Tests by an Eastern railroad Have

lonstrated that it is possible for a

locomotive to haul over 6,100

gcmebody has invented a combined

[c lamp and shaving mirror in

n the reflector can be arranged

, throw the light only upon the face

ow the eyes, no light falling upon

I mirror or the eyes.

jainpean engineers are said to be

appreciative of the value of ce

; grouting for repairing defective

mry, lining wells and for making

•1 riofs watc r-tight. In Germany

polluted by infiltrations was

t into satisfactory condition by low

Bg into it a sheet-iron drum, filling

s space between the drum and the

Is of the well with Portland ee

jt, and withdrawing the drum af

the cement had set. The dam

masonry of a tunnel was repair

^by injecting liquid cement under

isure. Air at a pressure of 78

nds per square inch sufficed to

the cement into place.

Until recently there has been no

tworthy way of ascertaining the

or fish. It has been shown that

size does not indicate the age.

Reibech, Heincke, and others j

discovered that many of the :

scales and otoliths of fishes !

annual age rings, resembling ;

__In trees, trunks, and by means j

[these Dr. Wallace and others have

lined the rate of growth of

showing that some specimens

i jthe age of twenty-five, or even

I modi as twenty-nine years. Age

now be correlated with size and

although it appears that the

have a different rate of growth.

A sntfatitute for the kitchen range

j t aource, of supply for hot water

m recently been introduced in Eng

An Iron block, cast round a

of pipe, Is heated by a small

heater placed in a chamber

Utl centre. Outside the block is a

tank containing th'e water,

in Its course through the coll

f hasted. The electric current for

heater comes from the regular

supply for lighting. As the

stores .considerable heat,

be cut off when the current Is

luhed for light without seriously

the supply of hot water. On

other hand, the heaters may be

itly connected with the elec

1, Independent of the light

What Roads Owe to Salt.

we are told, owe a great

1 to salt According to one theory,

I oldest trade routes came into ex

as a result of the traffic In

One of the oldest roads in Italy

É'"Vla Salaria," along which the

» Of the Sabine country obtained

r aalt from the salt pans of Ostia,

was the main merchandise

In* the Trans-Libyan caravans

> days of Herodotus, and salt la

Iff the chief elements in the trade

.the Sahara caravan routes to

| f Salt and salt fish, it is interest

[ to remember, entered largely into

Î MBUnerce of the Carthaginians.

I tatter, by the way, was consider

!t delicacy in those pre-Christian

-London Daily News.

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Cat Exchange in Paris. j

has a cat exchange, a "bourse '

chats." This establishment is

In a big chamber at the rear

I* wine-shop. Here are legions of

1 9t all sizes and colors, which are

*cen jumping and heard "mlaul

! Is said that the customers are by

f ®**ns tender-hearted old ladies,

tfor the most part furriers, glove

1 and cooks. A good sleek "ma

realizes from 2 1-2 cents to 20

The skin has a number of u%- j

•ad the flesh, according to the '

* ®ads Its way into the stewpans ,

-.CSTlaln restaurants possessing ;

Bterprise than scruple.—Chlca

®* r P*f* Made of Paper.

|S*ta*stad, Sweden, Pontas Holm

i ta about to start a spinning mill

•"Bg yam out of paper. Such

1 ilready exist in Germany and

8o far the manufacture of

J*®* carpets seems to be the

ijlèactical use of this new paper

It is said that people in Swe

ially in the provinces of Os

are already making car

paper weft. Narrow- rollfe of

are used, but this of course

; «pun.—London Globe.

to Be Masterpieces.

Ftfo you keep on painting mas

asked the artist's friend. -

tent you paint some pot-boil

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tly intended all these to be h

was the reply; "but no

M pu * up cas h to enable

|*9 figure as such."—'Washington

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A WARNING THAT MUST NOT BE IGNORED

Pain in the back is the kidneys' signal of distress . - If this

timely warning is ignored, kidney disease silently fastens

its deadly grip—for kidney sickness first shows itself in

pains and disorders in other parts, and the real cause is too

often hidden until fatal Bright's disease or diabetes has set

in. Suspect the kidneys if you are rheumatic and nervous

or have lame back, painful, too frequent, or scanty urina

tion, weak heart, dizzy spells, headaches, bloating or neur

algia. What you want, is a special kidney medicine—not

an experiment, but one that has stood the test for years.

Doan *s Kidney Pills relieve weak, congested kidneys—cure

backache—regulate the urine.

A KIDNEY REMEDY OF 75 YEARS' EXPERIENCE

DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS began curing lame backs and sick kidneys 75 years ago. The demand

lead w nearby druggist, James Doan, to prepare it for sale. From him the magic formula passed to the

ft present proprietors. ' Now, as in those early days, Doan's Kidney Pills

are made from only the purest drugs and are absolutely non-poisonous.

They are used and praised all over the civilized world.

DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS MAKE LASTING CURES

beery Pi chut

Tells A Story}

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C. P. Bartling, 138 Middle St., New Bern, N. C.,

aay*i "For some time I «offered from a aavere case

of fckiney complaint. I had dull, grinding backaches

and pain* acroaa my loin», and felt miserable in every

way. Often I waa in »uoh a condition that I could

not attend to' my work. The kidney accretion! were

irregular in peaaaga and unnatural, plainly ahowing

that my kidney* ware not performing their functions

property. Terming of Doan's Kidney Pilla, I decided

to try them and procured a box at Brad ham'* Drug

Stare. I began their use as directed and in a short

time they effeoted a complete cure." (Statement given

Apr. 2, 1903.)

On Jen. 29, 1906, Mr. Bartling said: "I gave a

statement publicly recommending Doan's Kidney Pills

in 1903 ana at this time I gladly confirm all I then

■aid. I neve had no trouble from my kidneys since

this remedy cured me."

Mrs. Henry

says: "Doan'

and I am glad

r Sykes, Field St., Naugatuck,

's Kidney Pills benefited me

to recommend them. For son

Conn.,

greatly

some time

I suffered "from a dull, heavy aehe acroaa the small

back and kidneys. My beck ached constantly

of my 1

and if 1 stood in one position for any length of

time, or did mnch stooping, my suffering waa great

ly intensified. Going up or down stairs also aggra

vated my trouble. Learning of Doan ■ Kidney

Pilla. I procured a box at Bremen'« Drug Store,

and began their uae. The symptoms of my trouble

began to disappear immediately and it was but a

short time when I waa free from kidney com

ment 1 gave some years ago in favor of Doan's

Kidney Pills was correct. Doan's Kidney Pills

cured me of kidney disease and I hi

-tically no trouble from my kidneys since.

have had prac

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DOAN S KIDNEY PILLS

Sold by all dealers. Price 5o cents. IFoster-Milburn Co: /Buffalo. N Y- Proprietors.

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A Gate With s History.

Situated in Avon, Mass., Is a curi

ous gate made from a tree trunk

and parts of (branches, the latter

forming the word ''Equity.'' It is

close beside the main road to Bos

ton, and has long been an object of

curiosity to passengers on the trol

ley cans which pass by. The land in

that section was owned at one time

by a Mr. Porter, «who erected the

gate with the word "Porter" Insert

ed. When the town of Avon estab

lished a water supply some of Mr.

Porter's land was taken for that pur

pose. in tho dispute that ensued he

! thought himself unfairly treated and

j changed the word to' "tequity" as a

' continual reminder of the injustice,

real or fancied, whidh he suffered.

The gate has stood unchanged for

twenty years, bleached and weather

beaten, but still strong and service

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able, and is used almost daily.—Lon

don Strand

Settled an Old Score.

This one comes from Missouri,

where one editor "showed" them

why:

"An evangelist asked all the men

present who were honest and paid

their debts to stand up. All arose

but one. He said he was the local

editor and couldn't pay his debts be

cause the men standing were his de

linquent subscribers."—Atlanta Con

stitution.^_

Hedgehogs as Pets.

Women of fashion in England have

taken to hedgehogs as pets. The

hedgehog Is common to Europe and

Western Asia and is easily trained.

"Tile Countess of Craven, who was

M!m Bradley-Martin, of thlp city,

has a dozen pet hedgehogs In her

country, place in England, and the

queer little animals answer her call

and eat from her hand. She has

five young hedgehogs, hardly bigger

than mke, Thesè animate roll in a

ball, showin« nothing except their

spines, whefi strangers cross their

path, but they are quick to make

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One / the daughters of

Premier Asquith has two pet hedge

h ^s. The girl «he other day ruffled

ihe dignity of & visiting diplomat by

•walting Into tho drawing room of the

official residence In Downing street

with the two bristling little fellow? j

at he» heelA— to* 1

Uncle Sam Teaches Farming.

The Department of Agriculture l*

maintained by the United States at

an expense of 911 , 000,000 annually to

discover and teach Improved meth

ods of farming. Co-operating with

it are 63 State agricultural colleges,

with free tuition. And a further im

portant feature of the system is some

4,000 farmers' institutes, by which tho

classroom Is taken to the fields

wherever 60 farmers will gather to

gether to hear lecturers and experts.

Sometimes these institutes are sent

on wheels; a railroad train is char

tered and an entire equipment for

demonstration purposes placed

aboard, accompanied by horticulturists,

entomologists and botanists. At each

little station a halt is made, while the

lecturers from the rear platform ad

dress the crowd that gathers round

Such are the "corn specials" of Ne

braska and Iowa, the "wheat spe

cial" of "Washington and tho "fruit

♦rain" of Idaho.—Delineator.

He Expressed No Opinion.

Tiere the Judge took a hand in ex

amining the venireman.

"You don't seem to understand the

questions addressed to you by the at

torney," he said. "What they want

to know is whether you have formed

or expressed any opinion In this

case. That Is to say, have vos told

anybody whether or not you believe

the defendant guilty of the crime

charged against him, or have you

said to anybodv that you believe him

to be Innocent?"

"Course not, judge," answered the

venireman. "It ain't necessary fur

me to express no opinion about him.

I've knowed him fur thirty years, an'

I know blame well he stole the

cow"—

"That will do, Mr. Skiles. You

mar stand aside."—Chicago Tribune.

Peanut Fluctuations.

The last thing to recover from the

Hudson-Fulton celebration was the

five cent bag of peanuts. Even that

has resumed its normal proportions.

It dwindled painfully while the cele

bration was on. Big crowds always

affect It that way. Other foods re

main comparatively stable In quan

tlty for a fixed price, but the mob

diminishes the allowance of peanuts

tor a nickel by hsfif.— New York

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Pay Roll Near Million a Day.

The Carnegie Steel Company will

fiand out to Its employes on October

15 the largest pay roll since the mid

monthly pay of October, 1907, during

this week. The pay roll In its Alle

gheny county plants alone will aggre

gate more than $350,000. The num

ber of men put to work during the

last month, together with the increas

ed working hours, has brought the

working capacity up to 97 per cent.

The National Tube Works In its

four plants in Allegheny county will

also hand out the greatest pay roll

since the panic, and this will be

further Increased with the closing of

the month. The National Tube Works

will deliver to its employes about

$250.000.

The pay roll in the Connellsville

coke region on October 15 will be

greater than any in the last two

years, and will aggregate about $300,

000. The Pittsburg district is rapidly

approaching the million-dollar-a-day

pay roll.—Pittsburg Dispatch to New

York Press.

You can generally tell that a man

is a big gun from the way he doesn't

shoot off his mouth.

A Decoy.

Asa Paine, vice-president of the

American Automobile Association,

said In St. Augustine of the automo

bile Industry:

"Cars are now made to last. The

rich man no longer finds his 1907

car unfashionable, like his 1907 coat.

In 1909. •

"At the beginning of the Industry

a car was antiquated in no time—

so antiquated that people laughed at

It

"They tell a story In Detroit about

a dealer who had, In 1900, an an

tiquated 1895 car. He tried vainly to

sell this car. He put low'er and low

er price tags on it—$100, $50, $10—

and finally he put on a tag to the

effect that the car was to be given

away.

"Even then there were no tatters.

"So one evening, desperate, the

dealer left the 1895 car in a vacant

lot beside his shop, hoping that some

one would steal it in the night. But

when he came down to work the

next morning, not only was the old

car «till there, but another one ol

similar pattern had been placed be

aid* It."—Detroit free Prçss,

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The people of the United States

Waste in the course of a year $33,

000,000 worth of gas. This statement

is made by the president of the Na

tional Commercial Gas Association,

William J. Clark. One of the ways

in which gas is wasted is by having

wall coverings that absorb light.

Colors differ immensely in their

power of reflection. The reflective

power of yellow wall paper, for in

stance, Is 40 per cent., while that of

emerald green Is only 18 per cent

Dark brown paper reflects 13 per

cent, and orange as much as 50 per

cent. It pays to be clean, for a

yellow painted wall that is soiled has

only half the reflecting power of a

clean yellow painted wall.

Wrong types of burners are an

other sourco of waste, and so are

burners that aro out of order. Hav

ing the chandelier too high throws

the gas where It Isn't needed, and

so wastes it. Some people try to se

cure what they call a cheerful effect

by having bright spots of gilding,

polished bric-a-brac and inconsequent

mirrors to catch the light. This is a

mistake; it simply wearies the eyes.

Light should he thrown where it is

needed, and reflected from broad 8UJ>

'ices.—New York Tr ibune.

A City's Small Shops.

It has been recorded of Chicago

that it has no "little shops," that all

the space in the downtown district is

taken up by the great stores. Thiä

observation was taken without reck

oning with the woman shopkeeper

and her stronghold, the skyscraper.

The woman shopkeeper flourishes in

great numbers and the floor space

that she occupies is so tiny that she

seems to be engaged In play shop

keeping nevertheless, she makes a

living and pays her rent by the

test that she stays year after year.

Every year new specialty shops in

women's apparel are opened until at

the present time It is possible to

buy everything that a woman needs

or ever wants to hope to have in

separate "little shops" under the

roof of one skyscraper. Incidentally,

In some of these buildings a dainty

little lunch can be partaken at what

are known as "woman's prices."—

Chicago Inter Ocean.

France has

banks.

7,883 poifal savings